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YV; ClXlVi. Unsettled wiu occasional rain; no change m'teraperatnre; fresh, southerly winds. Max. 55. Min.44. River 5.3.1 rising. Rain fall, .30," Atm&splrerejdoudy, Wind, Southwest. The Average Flax Crop ia. estimated at lVz torn per: acre. Flax growing should be profitable i i the! Salem district. See the classified columns of The Statesman for listings of farm propertr in this district. SEVENTY-FIFTH I YEAR i SALEM, OREGON, SATURDAY MORNING, APRIL 18, 1925 PRICE FIVE CEinS 'i : X ' A " - . S , . . . . r ; - : . - ' - " (. 'fi t . I t I I i i rl it i I SHIPPING SUIT FILED AGIST lilJFJOiD The Bethlehem Shipbuilding Company Announce Action of Nearly Ten- Million Dol lars for Ships ; M EMERGENCY FLEET EN TER COUNTER CLAIMS Attack Against Charles . M, Schwab Made; Favoritism is Charged NEW YORK, , April j 1". Suit for $9,744,899.94 wag filed here today by the Bethlehem Ship building corporation against the l'-ited. States shipping board em ergency fleet corpo ration, j claim ing the amount as balances due on account of construction of 86 vessel during and just after the war. - ; I Coantcr Action Started i . The .filing of the complaint in this-suit in the I'nitejd States district court here was Simultane ous with the government'p filing of a suit for approximately $11, 000,000 against the Bethlehem Shipbuilding corporation aid sub sidiaries' in Philadelphia in ac cordance with an agreement by opposing counsel. Summons in the Bethlehem company'is suit had been filed in the state oujrts last May, -. but action is transferred now to the United States jcourte Schwab Attacked j Both Charles M. Schwab, chair man of the board of directors of the Bethlehem Steel corporation and the Bethlehem Shipbuilding corporation and Eugene G Grace, president of the former1 concern, issued statements today In denial of the government's suits in Phil adelphia that Mr. Schwjab as di rector general of the ejmergency fleet corporation from Ajprjl 11 to December. 12, 1918, mipused his powers In favor of his bwh com pany. Grace pointed ouj tpat Mr. Schwab had accepted that ipost at the "urgent solicitatioirof Presi dent Wilson-and the shipping board "at a time of serious . na tional crisis," and that he became director general of the emergency fleet -corporation "upon; the ex press understanding, reduced to writing, thai he would have noth ing whatever to do witti the re lations between the fleet corpor ation and the Bethlehem inter- ests. i a Artions Are i?efended "Mr. Schwab faithfully carried out this arrangement," Mr. Grace stated. ;r Mr. Schwab issued thie 'ollow ing statement: i ; "I have nothing to acjd jto Mr. Grace's statement bey on;g j giving out by letter to the government's emergency fleet' corporation, stat ing the understanding wjtrij Presi dent Wilson under whicjh jl took office. Members of the shipping board and the emergency fleet corporation know that I ejuious ly observed the arrangement that I would keep hands off relations between the fleet corporation and Bethlehem: The charge now made; despite this understanding I should have affirmatively! inter, fered in the relations with the Bethlehem, speaks for itself." : Supreme Court Presented . With Evidence Tending ; to Defend Action! WASHINGTON, April )l7f-The sales of the California-Orient line steamships to the Dollar j interests as authorized by majority, vote ot the Shipping board was ideiended In the District of Columbia su preme court here todayj through the f iling of a voluminous J state ment contending it was made with due consideration of the law, ol good business practices' and jot the interests of the United States. The action was preliminary to the hearing set for next Monday on the question of making per manent the temporary injunction staying the sale which has. beea obtained by the Pacific Mall Steam ship company, which has been op-r erating the five vessels involved for the board, but was usiiccea& ful in the bidding for their pur Chase. SALE OF SHIPS HELD REGULAR : ! i Wheeler Is Oil Trial ) i ' , , ". ! . i ; I ' Graft GREAT FALLS, Mont.. April ,17. (By the Associated Press. ) Dozing comfortably, while the gov ernment Introduced piles of docu ments and the evidence of two witnesses In its attempt to prove that he accepted a fee after being; elected senator for prosecuting claims for ja' client before the de partment of the. interior, Burton K ; Wheeler -of Montana passed the second; day of his trial in fed eral court here so calmly that he wis the subject of much attention in; the court room. j; !!jjjl !H ii; lit was a dull session through out, and a cloudy , day added to the Inclination of spectators to re cline in their seats and take oc casional naps. j ; j Only tw witnesses were i heard atj the; afternoon session, Louis E., Lincoln and Johnjjv'. Cooper, both of; Lewiston, Mont. Lincoln tes tified that he filed! application with the interior department for anj oil prospecting permit at the HI IS ILL: TEST IS ASKED Sanity Jfearing for Mrs. An na Cunningham Wanted by Authorities CROWN POINT, Ind.; April 17, Lake county authorities tonight intended to arraign Mrs. Anna Cunningham, confessed murderer of jthree ofjher children and pois oner of a fourth who lies serious ly ill in a Chicago hospital, at 10 o'clock tomorrow morning if her condition Was such as to permit removing her from, her, hospital ward cell iri the county jail here. Mrs. Cunningham spent a good da, said. Sheriff Benjamin Strong, to vhom she confessed-Wednesday night. She broke down when! she signed the confession j Thursday morning and a . few : hours : later passed into a cataleptic condition forj the second time since she taken into custody in Chicago was last week." 1 ; i I M Plans fof1 a sanity test, under stood to - bio - trader consideration by (Mrs. Cunningham's attorneys, will not bfli permitted, August Bremer, county prosecutor, said until atter the preliminary hearing and the action of the grand jury which meets April' 27.1-. ..-. TO BE PRESENTED a -f 1 Murdock,! Exemplar of Mys tic Arts, to Drive Blind folded in Salem Streets Next week's nrneram i at ! thu Blith theater promises to be un usually interesting, not only to the seeker Of entertainment alone. but to those who are students of the occult and ow pyschic phen omena. Murdock's appearance here is an event of the theatrical season. His blind drive, which will be staged Tuesday noon with a Moon touting car is causing much in terest. Full details of the drive will; he published In Sunday morn ing's Statesman. Many questions, the first of which will be answered in Tues dayj morning's Statesman are com. ing in. All questions should be addressed to Murdock, In care of The Statesman, and be signed with .the fill name. Only, the Initials wiH be published. OCCULT PHOMEI Oregon Furnishes Another Champion ; 1 Salem jBoy Fighter Winner in Bostorv Clayton Er' la Son, of P. S. Frye, Chapel Guard at Penitentiary; ' j Raised In State but Lives in California; Coming Back to OAC Oregon has, another champion in athletics that is helping bring fame to the state and to Salem.: . The latest titleholder is Clayton Frye, son Of P. S. Frye, chapel guard at the penitentiary, who won, the national 16 Q-pound cham pionship in Boston this week, meeting several of the. best ama teu boxers! in. this class in the United; States. . , Frye entered the contest under the auspices of the Los Angeles Amateur. Athletic club, but is an Oregon boy1. He was born in Denver but has- spent practically alL of- his life in this state, re- celv;in& his. tion under Multnomah. eajrly.I boxing instruc Tom Loutt it at the Amateur Athletic club in Portland. He will return to Oregon soon and under present as Proceeds; Charge Probed request of Gordon Campbell, for whom Wheeler is alleged to have appeared before the interior de partment, j ! ; , Lincoln said he assigned it to the California company and was to receive a 2 Va per cent! royalty on all oil produced from the claim, i : I "Did you receive $250,000 for the permit?" demanded Federal District Attorney John Li Slat- tery. :! .! u AA ; f !;! :',t'A- j "We object to that as Immater ial," interposed Senator Thomas J. Walsh chief of defense counsel. The objection was sustained. ; Cooper testified he was present at a meeting In a Great Fails ho tel in January, 1923. when Camp bell, I former Ccongressman, j Tom Stout of Montana, Wheeler and L. G j Wortheimer, a salesman, were I discussing Wheeler's ; enf ployment by Campbell. (Continued oo p(t . 8) WIAWiHELD FOR Attendant At Insane Hospital Said to Have Been Brib- ed By Inmate j A. U j : : ", I '" E. J." Tobin, who for the last two; months has been an attend ant! at the state ; hospital tor the insane, was arrested today j in the office of ! Dr. R. Lee, Steiner, superintendent of the institution, and is in the county jail charged with aiding and abetting an Inmate to escape. I iThe! charge recites that last Tuesday night Tobin! let Orel Courter, an inmate, out of a ward at the hospital and later met him with an automobile on Twenty fourth street They; drove to Falls City, Polk county, it is al leged, T to the home of Courter's father. 1 ! . ; From his father, Alexander Courter, an old man who ia blind, Orel Courter was to get $100 and another automobile, according to thennmsstOTr.Tplien '"he' and Tobin were to meet at Vancouver and drive east to Chicago. The $100 was to be given Tobin. ii The elder Courter refused to let his son have the automobile. , To birr- is said to have made a full confession to John H. Carson, district attorney, and will be given a hearing in the justice court. The 1 arrest was 1 made by Sam Burkhart, deputy sheriff. t! STUDENTS ELECT Five Men Are Out For Posi i tion As President of As- r i ii;l soqiated Group i' ; ! nou j j . The annual student body elec tion at Willamette university-will be held next Friday.1 ; The peti tions naming the candidates will have had to be in by 12 o'clock last night to be considered.! The petitions bejng circulated among, the students are as follows: President.- ' George ; Atkinson Richard Briggs, Wairen J Day, Charles Nunn, and DeLoss Robert son. ' ; i ;. . :. First ! vice president Hazel Malmsten and Jessie Pybusi Second vice president onnie Eschwig and Clare Geddies. . Editor ot the Collegian Eliia beth Hyde. plana will register at Oregon Ag ricultural college in the fall. Before leaving Oregon for Los Angeles some months ago young Frye boxed 21 times in meets for the Multnomah club, losing only two of this number. ! . . In 1921, his first good year, he won both city and Pacific north west championships at 158-pound class. The following year he took the Pacific northwest titles at 147 and 160 pounds; also the Pa cific coast championship at 160 pounds, which that year, became the middleweight limit Instead of the old 158 pounds. I Before going to California he won the Pacific ? northwest title again in 1923 at 147 pounds, and later took the southern California title at th same weight. A I . ' - ! Si Bfll TOLL IS 1REASED TO 15 Explosion in Bulgarian Cath edral During Funeral Ser vice of Assassinated Gen- ' era) Kills Many COMMUNISTS DECLARED RESPONSIBLE FOR PLOT Martial Law Proclaimed, in Sofia ; Hospitals Filled With Injured SOFIA. Bulgaria. April 17. -The toll; of dead from the explo sion of a. bomb in. the roof f the Sveti Krai, cathedral while funeral services.! were in . progress yester day for General Georghieff who was slain in the streets offSofia Tuesday j night stood, at 150 to night, but the figure is. likely; to be added, to, as many, of the injured ara, in. a. critical' condition. Hospitals Crowded ; Hospitala and clinics are crowd ed with injured, some of them so badly hurt as to be. almoEt un recognizable. It has been found impossible to identify some Of the dead and these have been placed in a mortuary chapel. With the exception of Minister of Interior Roussef, all the mem bers of the cabinet who were pres ent at the funeral services, escap ed with only slight injuries.? They, owe their lives to the fact that the infernal machine was concealed in the roof near the side of the cathedral, while they and other prominent personages were assembled around the cata falque in the center of the edifice, a detail which had been overlook ed fcy. tlw perpetrators of the out rage. ; j . j ... Communists Active ' ' It is the assumption of the po lice that ' the Agraro-Communtsts, to whom ; the authorities attribute the outrage, in assassinating Gen eral Georgbjieff, counted upon the assembling j at the funeral of all the prominent persons attached to the existing regime," thus afford ing an opportunity for, wiping them all out at one time. I TO MEET I Third Annual Conference Will Discuss New Fores - try Legislation forty district wardens and law enforcement men who hold, com; missions Will attend the third anr nual fire j wardens' conference to be he.ld at ! the state house May i and 5, Invitations have been sent to many men throughout the northwest and Canada who. are in terested Jn j forestry and lumber ing. A banquet will be held Mon day'nighlUj ' . The conference this year will be devoted j to discussion of new forestry Jaws and the Interpre tations placed by the state board of. forestry. The men. will receive instructions as to just what will be expected of them this year in the way of law enforcement. An instructive' and educational pro gram has been prepared with men long identified with forestry in terests to speak. A demonstra tion of portable power pumps will be given the first day. The program for the two days is. as follows: May 4 Morning Scirion 9:00. Call to order F, A. Elliott, lUte foreiitrr. j . r "lenUaned en p I) 411 FIRE H IS Ntt IT MUST AND WILL BE PUT OVER There is a warm welcome for the Salem Chamber of Commerce committees working for the! second linen mill here ' v i..v-.U 1 Every; single public spirited And some subscribers are hunting up the members of the committees. Two such pledges were signed up yesterday, by one member. j , Wm. Bell, James Nicholson, Dan Burns and Fred Thielr sen are working together as a soliciting committee. They have not be able to more than get started in their; district, and they haye now $11,400 in-pledges, a good! many of them by wage earners taking two to six shares; and a number of these voluntary pledges. There is to be a new line up of the committee work after the noon luncheon of Monday . ) And every one is to settle down to real work, with a view to putting over Salem's quota, and doing it quickly. s The enthusiasm of the workers in Portland and the other valley towns will depend largely on Salem's speed. ER i RESULTS OF BOOK TEST Chemical Analysis of Organs of Dr. Oscar Olson Com . pleted; Announcement to Be Made Today NEW WITNESSES HEARD - IN CORONER'S INQUEST 1 lleged Murderer of Young McClintock May Face Other Charges, Said CHICAGO. April. 17. Dr. Wil liam D. McNally. coroner's chem ist, announced tonight that the re sults of the chemical analysis of the organs of Dr. Oscar Olson, whq died three years ago, will be made public some time tomorrow , morn ing. ... - : . j I . Rrother Ti ges Probe Dr. pison was a brother of Judge -Harry Olson, who institut ed the investigation intfo the death of William N. McClintock, millionr aire orphan. William D. Sheph erd, McClintock foster father, is now under! indictment for mur der, it being alleged that he innoc ulated his I ward with typhoid germs. j . Earl P. Clark and his wife, two of the witnesses who testified at the coroner's inquest into young McClintock's death against Shep herd, were; brought .before the grand jury today and their state ments taken. : ' Testimony Is Sworn Robert E. Crowe, state's attor ney, said that this action did not preface other indictments in the case, but was merely a move to get Clark's sworn statements into the record.) j It was Clark who first told of Shepherd's connection with Charles C. Faiman, head of a school of science. Faiman was indicted with Shepherd, but was not formally arrested after he had confessed that Shepherd had of fered him $100,000 for typhoid germs to be, used in innoculating McClintock.! 1 The interstate commerce com mission ordered railroads to re? duce rates on iron and steel ar tides from) Pittsburgh and St. Louis interests in Illinois and In diana. ' I ' j . " TO BE BROUGHT HOME Deputy Warden Will Leave For Sacrampnto For High wayman (Tonight J. W. Lillie, deputy warden at the state penitentiary, will leave for Sacramento, Cal., tonight for "Oregon" Jones, escaped highway man who ia under arrest por petit larceny. Jones 'was Identified by the records of a state bureau of Identification. " i Deputy Warden! Lillie will take an "Oregon hoot,'? handcuffs and schackles with him. "Give Jones plenty of weight to carry and he won't be so much bother,' the deputy warden said Friday. j j : j " . Jones has served about a year of a 20-year sentence. He escaped with five others the morning of March 28, 1924. The others were recaptured in a few days but since his escape Jones is believed to have been hiding in Josephine, county, from which he was sen tenced. ' f i ; citizen approached is glad toj COI 01 1 1 OREGON JONES New Government Policy j of Public Lands Asked at Meeting of B o ax ds WASHING TON. April 17. Es tablishment of a new government policy dealing with the remaining public domain is the goal of hear ings opened today by the senate public lands committee. With all acreage suitable for farming now out of federal control the com mitter started an investigation of other uses by which the estimat ed 185,000,000 acres might be put on "a basis of greatest equity to the government and citizen.' More than 35,000 stockmen in 11 western states from Arizona to Washington are directly interest ed in the project through posses sion of grazing permits. Statistics presented to the committee show that more! than 4,250,000 cattle and 16,000,000 sheep are grazed under these permits, which are controlled -by the department or agriculture. "Under present conditions," Willamette Students Name Committee to Look Into a Matter of Faculty Policy j A committee was appointed at the regular student body meeting at Willamette university Friday to look into the matter of the use of "stool pigeons" in the enforce ment of student regulations, in re gard to attending public dances, using cigarettes and frequenting pool halls. ,The duty of the com mittee will ! be to determine the reason for the faculty taking such action and to determine if possible the extent to which the policy Is followed. j In the discussion it was pointed out that while the majority of students were i nfavor of obeying university regulations, if for no other reason than that they were university regulations, the stu dents were! not .in, favor of the "stool pigeon" system of enforce ment. It was felt that Willam ette students should he of a high er, caliber than to stoop to such work. -That no one cared to trust such a person and that as they did not know who the spiel were the average student could not trust a number of his fellows. - The committee is slated to re port at the next regular student body meeting and the common census of opinion among the stu dents seems to be that if condi tions warrant, a petition will be presented asking taht some more honorable means be used in en forcing student regulations. Defective Lights Cause Five Arrests Last Night The city police department's campaign against defective light ing equipment on automobiles netted five additional offenders last night. . i " . ; Those receiving tags were C. L. Carson, route 3; A. W. Saver, Monmouth; Mckolas .Brinkley, route 6; T. B. Robb, route 3, and L. S. Laughlin. Strict enforcement of the light ing law is being carried out by the department, following the edict of the police chief and the mayor. I , ORDER PROBES OF 'SPOTTERS' Wonder: Dog Becomes Proud Father; Sixteen Pups and All of 'Em Boys. "Bobby" and Mrs. Bobby. Formerly of i Silverton, Pweent Owners With Urge FamUy; Xew House Now Seeded , - Born At Salem, Ore., to Bob ble, the Wonder Dog , and Mrs. Bobbie, 16 sons." j . This might have been the an nouncement at Salem yesterday if official canine records had been kept. Confimatlon of the news was received in a telegram here from G. F. Blazier. owner of the dog which made a trip from Wol cbtt. Ind., to Silverton Ore., last year unassisted, and which was later the center of attraction at the Home Beautiful show at the public auditorium. : The news . of the' additions to Bobbie's family was somewhat of a. shock to members of the Port land Realty, board, -when they re alixed yesterday that the house presented to the touted dog would now become altogether too small. The kennelt a bungalow type, was Chairman, Stanfield, republican, of Oregon said, "there is so law de fining the! rights of stockmen to run their! herds in the; national forests and this situation has ai ded to the hazards of the livestock industry." S ! After a week or 10 days of hearings in Washington, the com mittee will spend much of the summer, traveling, through the west to giather first hand know ledge of the situation. A bill to be- based On these, studies will be submitted ! to the next congress, designed to put into law regula tions now governing public do main, j Representatives of -the interior and agriculture departments and of. the forestry service were pre sented today at the" initial meet ing when the committee outlined Its program.. . HUGE SWINDLE DEAL ALLEGED 'Critical Illness' Saves Man From Prison on Numer ous Occassions LOS ANGELES, April 1G. The alleged critical illness which re peatedly saved John W. ! Worth ington, "Wolf of La Salle street." from beginning" bis penitentiary term for fraudulent operations fn Chicago, also gave him the oppor tunity to participate in a bond juggling campaign in Los Angeles, according to the district attor ney's office which today issued a complaint j charging Worthington and Samuel Balentlne,1 broker, with six, counts of embezzlement and two of: grand larceny, growing out of frauds said to have cost investors approximately; $50,000. The complaint alleges. , Worth ington backed Balentine's 'Los Angeles brokerage operations with $25,000 worth of stolen bonds be lieved to have been part of the loot of the Rondout mail robbery (Continued -on P 8r E FOR HOLSTEIN BULL Four Year Old Pedigrjeed An imal Sells For $1 10,000 irj California LOS ANGELES, April 17. Prince Aagie of Berylwobd, a four year old pedigreed Holsteln-Fries-sian bull jwhose sevenj nearest dams are reputed to hold a world's record for j butterfat production, has changed hands for a price of $110,000, a new record .for such a transaction. Announcement of the deal was made here today by E. II. Agee secretary of the Cali fornia Livestock Breeders' asso ciation. The valuable animal was' purchased by August A. Rubel of Santa Paula, Cal.. from J. W. Snodgrasa, manager ot the Beryl wood stock I farm, Hueneme, Ven tura county; . j According to records, the near est approach to today's transaction was $106,000 paid for Carnation King Silvia by the Carnation stock farms of Seattle in 1916.1 presented at the homes, exhibition last year. i Whether the Portland Realty board will provide an. addition to the house to meet the new needs was undetermined yesterday, J. W. CrossleyJ who received, the tele gram, admitted that . something would have to be, done. - , Bobbie, has been, a. resident ot Salem since Mr. Blazier moved away from Silverton some-months ago.-. The- house . which was pre sented by the Portland mea was set up in the front yard of -the Commercial ! street home ; of the Blaziers -i and has. attracted- con siderable attention. ... "I am daddy to 16 puppies this morning by, my wife, Tigpy.. All Bobbies." Bobbie ; the , Wonder Dog ; ,? :'A": ' ' :! ;." ,'.;v!- The collie, female Is own ed by George. Brenner of West Eilem. Route 2, Boxl.. , . . , .. . . RECORD PAD GIRLS GilER fj SflLEF! FOR 131 sessio; Organization of Older Girts"" Conference Gets Under Way At Methodist Church Last Night DELEGATES ARRIVING BY TRAIN AND STAGE Main Business To Be Trans . acted Tonight Including Election of Officers With a ringing message from the director, Mrs. Jean M. John son, the thirteenth annual Oregon Older Girls' conference was g:ottea underway last night at the First Methodist church. Following a talk by Miss Oril E. Henthorne. pastor's assistant, of the Portland First Presbyterian church, the greatest part ot,the opening night was turned- over to organization and getting the conference under way, j i Fully 500 girls are expected to the meeting, with the first 125 arriving in Salem on a special Southern Pacific train Friday. Delegates were coming into the city from all parts of the state up to a late hour last night, and ad ditional delegates are expected in the. city today. Friday afternoon arrangements were made for the entertainment of a number of the girls fcy a sight-seeing tour of Salem, includ ing visits to various state inEtitu tions. . The program for today includes the second assembly, opening at 9:15 o'clock, with luncheon to served at- noon under, the- auspices of the Willamette university YWCA. Mrs. Alta Lewis Stever3. state lecturer to women, Oregca Social Hygiene society.- will ad dress two groups In the morning BesBion, while afternoon and eve nlng sessions wil be marked by lectures, a general session, anj election, of officers for the 12 2 1 conference; " A banquet is scheduled at 5:21 when gifts and pledges will t made to the Geneva fund. Arrangements have been mad for a special train to leave Salem, for Portland Sunday afternoon. Salem Girl President Miss Susie Church, senior at Wllamette university, is president of the Oregon Older Girls; Kath ryn Seelye, of Eugene, vice presi dent; Eleanor Eastman, Portland,' secretary; Miss Ruth Ross, WiIIa mette university senior, is dele gate to Geneva, who will make & report this afternoon. Miss Ber nice Cofer, of -McMinnville, will also appear on the program. Conference, entertainment and housing committee is Miss Mary Findley, director of religious edu cation for the First Methodist church of this city. Aggie Debaters Win From Syracuse University Team SYRACUSE, N. Y., April 17. The. debating team of Oregon ag ricultural college won the decis ion over the Syracuse university debaters tonight. The questicoa was: "Resolved, That ,con;rre3 should have power by two-thlrda vote to overrule decisions of tie supreme court of the United States declaring acts of congress uncon stitutional." Oregon took the affirmative. FRIDAY v INWASHINGTOi: The supreme, court heard fur ther argument in the newspaper income tax list publication case. President-elect Machado cf Cuba visited the tombs of George Washington and the Unknowa Soldier. The Nlckle Plate merger heart ing was recessed until Thursday by the Interstate commerce com mission. - -''- 5- The shipping board filed lndi: trict court a "intense of its twarl of five president ships to the E ' lar Interests. - A sub-committee of the senate public lands committee prer : i for an investigation this sue r of j ajimlnlgtration of ; the r , j domain. ' w- . --. : : - I The Rumanian legation p.r nounced a settlement with tl. Standard Oil interests In the di--pute resulting from Ruma 'x's Mew minins. law, .., -