c r - s- Li V... 1 imt Li mJ VEATHEU FOIt SATURDAY OREGON Cloudy and unsettled with moderate! tem perature; moderate north and northwest winds. Max. 63 ; JMin. 38 ; River 3.6,, ris ing; Rainfall none; Atmosphere clear; Wind northwest.! . f J I II TURN TO PAGE FOUIl Of thL j-zr :r for market news and information of valua for your household.;. You will find h'ro fcboking recipes and other information . well as advertisements containing rr.oszr es of value to you. Read tha ads to SEVENTY-FIFTH YEAR, SALEM, OREGON, SATURDAY MORNING, MAY 9, 1925 PRICE FIVE CZ17T3 4l'!!Cr!T0 IE OEi r.'HE!' Gjirilla! .Vvar Carried Oil ' My Eiim Runners at X) LEDGE IS MADE j r BY COOUDGE TO - AID PEACE PLAN United States to lk Everything Possible to Farther, Friend-. J ship Uetween Nations Shepherd Worried as Court Digs Into McClintock Death m. W FETE DRBCflG - ! Bay; Bzzth List Made . . .: . - ' i 1,- . . - , O v ' ., V. - im X L, mm ' V. 1 . tir Government Vessel Crowded ' With Engineers Sinks in Mississippi River; Cause JJot Known ELEVEN MISSIN& AFTER3? .: FINAL COUNT IS TAKEN Shift Moving In Smooth Wa- I ter, Suddenly Rocks and Keels Over - MEMPHIS' Tenn... May 8. Four are known, to be dead "and 14 are missing as a result of the. capsielng of the United States steamer Norman,; 16 miles south of Memphis! on the Mississippi river late tonight, a check of the iunrlTors showed shortly before midnight tonight. ' - : pA The- surrirors arrived here to- Jitght on board the steamer Mis 1 sissippl. The recheck added to the list of known dead Mrs. J. P. porroh. wife of Dean. Dorroh of he UniTersity of Miaslsslppl, en gineering department, and Mrs. i Walter Kerkpatrick. wife of Prof. -;rr Kerkpatrick of the UniTersity of fis'siippL ;;.'!- I The Norman sank as she was retnrning from Cow: Island with a party of engineers here attending the convention of the mid-south association of engineers. She was raoYing along" smoothly, accord ing to BurriTors when she sudden ly began rocking from ; side to side. This conttsgjed for perhaps live mlhute3 when she careened far- over and failed to recover. Three minutes later she had vir tually gone from sight. The scene of the disaster is 16 miles south, of Memphis opposite fcoahona landing and 300 feet ' The steamer had on board about fifty persons ' of these ap proximately forty were huddled n a little cabin on. the, shore of the river near the scene of the disaster. The place is isolated and difficult to reach. Newspaper men sent to the scene were torced to make their way" to Tunica, Aliss., eight miles away traveling part' way on mule back, part by hmt m-n A narf (n n (nmnhl!a . maim m jrm m ... to obuin wire facilities. 'J 8tfmpr Rocks . Severely r The steamer, according to sur vivors first began i rocking; from side to side, careening so that persons oa board" were forced to run from one side to the other in. an effort to remain, on the high side of the boat. Finally she careened so far that she could not recover. Survivors said, however, that there was no panic. Tom Lea, operating a motor' boat for the Tennessee Construction company, who happened to be passing the Norman when she , turned over, saved the lives of most of those i escued. '4. ; - --- W. -W. Deberard of Memphis, told the Ascsociated Press but for this fact virtually every person on: . board would have- been drowned. ! Few persons managed to swim ashore. t " , There was no explosion when the boat sank, the survivors said- Jack Cothran, engineer, having turned off the fuel ell under the boilers, when the boat began to misbehave. J LEE IfilEB " TOisSSiSTEUiS Prohibition Commissionerjo . Duplicate Service Per- formed Long Ago Services performed for the Sa lem Elks 30 years ago will be duplicated Thursday May 28, by William S. Levens, state prohibition-commissioner, who will de liver the main address at the lay ing of the cornerstone for the new 8175,000 temple at State and Cot tage. - Mr. Levens was district deputy grand exalted ruler at that time. Improvement lodge papers to be placed in the cornerstone are being collected by Harry J. Wied mer, secretary. , ' . Ritualistic work la connection with the ceremonies will be1 In charge of Percy A. Young, Albany banker, who la now district dep uty grand exalted ruler for Ore gon south. Charles R. Archerd, chairman of the building commit I tee, willhave cl.urtoa of the pro- : jrara.'.- " , ' - WASHINGTON May 8 Ey The Associated" Press) The rum smugglers' armada on the: Atlan tic is. fighting back;: r i " jl Mobilization of the coast guard's fleet In fan attempt to drive the supply Ships to; sea and destroy L rum row has been answered With 4 counter offensive. 'Coast guard officials!; declared! today that3 the situatioq was t tantamount i to guerilla warfare from the stand point! oflthe coast guard crews. "It's fa big job. a hard Job' Mr. Andrews remarked. "ButiWe mean buineBS. We are not quit ters. l The crews of the coast guard have! tn tradition of their service at heari They won't be fgrelght ened away by threats." r Confidental reports to head quarter and incidents involving officials and members of the coast guard daily within "the last few weeks,ave convinced all that the summer will be no vacation trip J for the outfit; but will be crowded with attacks, threats, sa botage, insults, ambuscades, bri I'JIfJTER WHEAT DST IfJIlORTH Seventy-Two: i Percent of Crop Declared Killed; - ! Shortage Is. Heavy SBOKANE, May 8. Seventy two per cent of ' the area sown to winter wheat last I fait In Wash ington I has been winter-killed, G. S; Ray, agent here for the fed eral 'division of crop and livestock estimates, declared .in his- May 1 report, made public here today. Rye also suffered?, heavily from winter injury, something unusual in this state, and the production and rye is very low. Only- 425,- 000 acres, of winter wheat remain for harvest, the report says, om pared -with. l,26g,000 acres In 1924. iThe crop May 1 was 75 per " cent normal, indicating a production of 8,559,000 bushels as com)?aredjwithl9,S54,000 bu shels last year and 30,346,00 bushels as the average of the five previous years. Winter wheat acreage lost by winter Injury was 1,093,000 acres, it is declared. Abandonment last year was only 20 percent and the five year average only a little over T peri cent." ;-;-'; ''ii-.-: '' "The. sudden and severe drop in temperature in mid-December 1924 with practically no snow on the I wheat fields except in a few localities was responsible for most of the winter injury," the report states. -I ciupiH wins ra COLLEGE OMTH First Place in Pacific Coast Meeting Awarded WiP- ' ! lamette Senior ' lielatnd Chapin, Willamette nnf versity senior, received first place In the Paclfie Coast oratorical con tes held at Corvallis last night. The first place carried with, it a cash prise of 50j Second place and a cash prize of $2S went to Frank Lacey, repre sentative of the Oregon Agricul tural college. Othes colleges rep resented were Washington State, WbltsUn, aad the Unitersity of Oresou. Men from the University ot Southern California and Leiana Stanford were expected to be at the contest but did not appear. " tetand Chapin has been an out standing forrensic man during his college career at Willamette and has won a number of contests for his school. While here iie has been awarded the forensic Bar-W, the collegian "C", and an Eonor "W sweater for four years faithful servic in football. Mr. Chapin will be employed as an instructor la a Chinese unl- versttf for three years after he leaves here. He is to be graduated in June. . L wiinvT is coxTiucrrr.D ri:NDI.rrrONr, May 8 Some Umatilla county farmers have con tracted to sell a part ot their 1925 crop bt wheat for $1.25 a bushel on,' the tIs of grade Norabef 1. The volume contracted for was as!d to ts7.z"z front 6&,0S to 75,CC3 bushels. bery attempts and' political pres sured .. ' : t Headquarters officials have been; called by long distance and locaf telephones in the last two dayei -by ram agents who oflerett bribes; when they were refused the agents branded the of facials as crooks and charged them: with letting other rum boats through the lines; - - j . It has not been disclosed whe- ther Commander Teandle is one of the men named in a death list which, the rum agents have drawn up. Several of the men named in a death list which the. rum run ners have drawn op. ' Several well known , coast guard officials are Included In that lUt, however, and Admiral Blllard has Informed all officers and men to be careful, lest they' will meet the fate of Boatswain. Gustafson of CG-237 who was shot . from ambush off Montauk Point a few weeks ago. or Boatswain Pearson' who was kidnaped recently in Allantia City. .; ' if - ! BABES' DEATHS : TO BE PROBED 22 Infants Said to Have Died From Being Mistreated ! at "Farm" NEW YORK, May 8. (By the Associated Press.) Police invest tigators announced tonight that records in the city medical exam iner's office revealed that 22 in fants had" died in the East 8Cth street" "baby farm" conducted by Mrs. Helen , Anguste Geisene-Volk since January, 1924. One baby died today after being taken to a haanltaL. .a---- District Attorney: Banton has ordered l an investigation into the circumstances- surrounding the series of , deaths. . Mrs. Gelsene Volk, imprisened on sk- charge of baby substitution because she can not obtain $35,000 ball, is silent concerning the charges. , . - Twenty-one of the babies died in a period of less than 15 months between January 1, 1924, and last February 15- Seventeen of the deaths occurred in 1924, the rec ords show. More than a dozen infants and a number or older cnuaren-iouna in the house since the woman's ar rest have been taken to the rooms ot the children's society. Several of them are reported to be in a serious condition because of Tart' ous ailments, said to have been in duced by mal-nntritlon. One of the children, a girl, told an agent of the children's society that she often had been whipped when she begged for more food, and that the children In the place were "always nungry. GIBES in n PfiffiBUI mr iit Far Reaching Significance Attached to Meeting of State barristers mmm m i PORTLAND, Or., May . Changes ot far reaching signifi cance in the jurisprudence of the state are contemplated in recom mendation ot the Oregoa a association adopted today by the recently re-authoriied judicial council ol the state following a meeting: here of the- state associa tion and the first mestinar of the judicial coancil. ' , ' . -By virtue of the recommenda tloQt the bench and bar ; of the state went on record la favei! of the inlttation - of a, constitutional amendment at the general election in November. 1926 to provide that the rule making power governing practice and procedure In Oregsa courts be taken out cf the hands of the state' legislature and be vested in the - supreme court of the state. & To make tlie suggeitlona . eud contemplated changes as effectrfe as possible, the recommendations also nrovide that every parcttclng attorney in the state automatical ly become a mencer of the sine bar association. John Henry Wlag more, cean or rcortaweiiern tni versity law school wa guest of honor at a luncheon given by the bar association. Governor Walter Z.T. FUrca f rz:s I?'- TrcJ Wilsea ef URGED The Dalles was cta!r:-.2x WASHINGTON, May 8. (By Associated Presa.) President CoolJdge, opening the national or atorical contest with an address here tonight, declared that the United . States has, a- "weighty re sponsibility,, not , only for main taining its own welfare, liberties and power, but for. the utmost pos sible contribution toward organiz ing the nations, and peoples in the aspirations- and ways of" peace." "Here is.a field for institution al development' to , which the thoughts of men and women every where are ,. turned : as - they never were before," he-stated. 'IThough their scale is . greater, yet, the problems In this realm of world organization are , essentially the tne as, tho3e to which mankind has been, addressing itself from the beginning of society. -j "These, are the problems of as suring justice- alike to the weak and the strong; of assuring peace with ' honor, of enthroning con science In places of Authority too long usurped by mers force. The same humanity that has been able to erect the rule ot lav and lib erty on the scale of great! nations and mighty federations i will - at last fled" Institutions by which to place; International relations- upon the same sure foundations." :; Recall that he had dellveredf an ad in 3 when a similar contest was-held here a year ago, the pres ident reminded his hearers thai he had observed then that, "there never was. a time when our insti tutions' were so universally-being subjected to intimate scrutiny and close consideration as they are to day. . V' . ' IVILUffiTTETO ' WELCOE M Student Body to Meet Morn- ing Train and Greet Re-: ' . tiirnino- PrAinpnt - . f Dr. Carl Gregg Doney is sched uled to arrive here at 9:45 this morning at the Oregon! Electric depot and Is expected tp resume his official duties as president of Willamette for the rslj of this year.- Dr. Doney left Salem last August-1": for " Cam bridge, Mass., where he spent the year in re gaining his health after his strenu ous work as president of Willam ette for the- last few years. Ac cording to the Willamette Colleg ian' he lis expected to reside at Lausanne hall, women's dormi tory,, until further arrangements can be made. ,lt is. not definitely known whether or not Mrs. Doney will accompany the president, al though she is not expected until later. , ;v .-, r i.. , . H Willamette students j plan to greet' the' president at the train. and Dr. B. L. Steeves. president of ; the board of trustees?, will be on- band to officiate at j the' wel come as-' representative! of the board.' : ': ; j ' Dr. Doney will be here in time to take part in most of the Sat urday May day festivities and the program has been re-arranged to make time for the : students to greet him at the depot, j PORTLAND EXCHANGE BURNS PORTLAND, .Ore., May 8 Downtown telephone service I was paralysed and almost 15,000 tele phones were put out of commission as a result of a fire which broke out today Jn the basement of the Pacific Telephone . Telegraph company's main exchange.. Pro perty loss was estimated by the company at 250,000 "to $300, 000. i . i ' Stirir.ll BA.V LIFTED ; NEW YORK. May 8. f By As sociated Press.) -The ban on the competitive activities ef Paavo Norm! j was lifted temporarily to day by the Amature Athletic' anion the Finnish runner being granted permission to race again. . ? i THE HARDEST WORK The Bolicitckrs. for subscriptions for the second linen imill for Salem havodonej wonderfully well , i Victory seems ntar - . i . i . Uut they have the hardest work yet tp do; to round out tho quota and crown the undertaking with success when most peopb assume that because the total ia so nearly isccurcd thcro will of course ba n failure. , j ' : i That is what makea the And the ones who. stick rrectest credit. - . j - This is the biggest thing for Salem ever undertaken, rnd eyeryinan who help3 from now on to clinch the! victory will deserve an especially rrorninent place on the roll of honor. : William D.: Shepherd, foster he is being held, appears worried state's attorney, who prosecuted by (1), whe Shepherd is (2). ; CfiSHBOf, REPORT Ell'EI Two-Thirds of Authorized Bond Issue Exhausted;! Another One Imminent i s Cash bonuses amounting, to $4, 721,763.54 have been - issued j to ex-service mens and 6174 more . I - I i s have received state loans amount- ins co ia,is,uu, atcoraiugj 10 Major W. P. Simpson, secretary of. the state bonus commission!. There have been 1257 applications re jected. Spanish War -veterans have filed for 172 loans' agg're gating 8430,000 under an act! of the 1925, legislature, effective May 28. Repayment on loans! aggre gate 81,862,322.38 and of this amount 8878.701.32 represent principal and $983,621.04 interest. Twenty million dollars; of the $30,000,000 : bond issue authoriz ed have been issued and of that amount $19,910,663.54 has been paid out and another bond issue will shortly have to be floated.! ,1 There have been 114 foreclos ures authorized- in the total loan amount of $294,400. Of i this number 82 are farm propertied in the amount of $214,800 and (32 city properties ftr the amdtinf i of $79,C00. Of these authorized fore closures 18 were settled before the proceedings were completed j and the loans" restored to good stand ing. There are at the t present time 33 foreclosures ins process and C3 foreclosures completed to date. .' This accounts tor the 114 authorized foreclosuH-s. J ' ; 5 Of the authorized foreclosures three of the properties. have been sold for cash in the amount- Of $6600, and 19 told on contract ef sale in the amount of. $45,800. Seventeen of the properties, in which the state has Involved $47, 800 are leased. ;: '4 l j Twenty properties have been deeded back to the state on which $42,900 had been loaned, j ' f . One of the leased properties consists of a large country store and garage. The store is vacant but the garage is rented for' 50 cents per month. - f i WINNER IS,-AMED; WASHINGTON, May 8. Rob ert Ses3ionaof Birmingham, Ala., tonight won the national pratori eal contest over six competitors chosen In regional contests from among 1,400, Q00 starters -' j list part of the work hanMt-f- to the last will deserve the ;1 v v I i ' "I'm. - father of- William McClintock, t"orphan millionaire," for whose death lit these photos, taken in the courtroom In Chicago. Robert E. Crowe, Loeb and Leopold and is now arraigned against Shepherd is indicated Inset is a closeup of Shepherd. . . 3 i REW EVIDENCE IS Officials Announce Newest Discovery in Shepherd Poisoning Case CHICAGO, May 8 -Chicago and Houston authorities tonight were attempting to substantiate the latest- bit of evidence hat has been furnished, volunarily against '. Wil liam D. Shepherd, foster-father and principal heir of William Nelson McClintock, millionaire orphan. Shepherd is under Indictment for murder in connection with bis young ward's death and a coroners jury also has recommended that his wife be held as an accessory to the slaying and htat both he and his wife be held for the mur der of Mrs. Emma Nelson McClin tock, young- McCIintock's mother, 16 years ago. ' Judge Harry Olson, instigator of the Investigation1 today said that he had ' received a letter from a Mrs. Myrtle Osborne of Houston, Texas, fn which the writer said that she was formerly Mrs. H. H. Nichols' and was a friend of the McCHntocks. She said that young McClintock suspected ' that l his mother had been poisoned, he ad mitted in a conversation with her. She also said that Shepherd had a bnols. on., poison when he was in Texas with Mrs,: McClintock a short time before her -death, and that this book is now. In ' the writer's possession. ''? " Judge Olson said he believed the, letter to be genuine, but Houston officials had been unable after several hours search to, find the woman who said she was writing from a hospital against the orders of her doctor, s u ; ; FOItTiFiGATIOri OF IIMAIlAnS URGED Butte r Declares Islands Should be Strongest Mil .. itary Hold in. World WASHINGTON", May 8 (By The - Associated Press Fortifica tion of the Hawaiian islands to make the "strongest military out post in the world," . was recom- mendeiHoday; by Chairman But ler of the House naval committee. Butler said he favored making Peart Harbor "Impregnable" and would UTge enactment of legisla tion at the next session ef con gress to accomplish this purpose. As chairman of the naval com mittee, Mr, Butler has arranged with Secretary Wilbur for Its members to leave Annapolis June 4 on the transport Henderson for a visit to the Islands to obtain lirat band information- as to the needs for the defense. - f i This trip which the chairman sa!d would be an "eulircly om cial one," was proposed last 'win ter in a'letter to Mr. Wilbur. High, officials of the navr, be said, will accompany the members on the trip and, a., tho roc r a survey will be made with attention directed practically to I tarl Harbor. i M J ',: s USS Pwlaryland, Most Power ful Rghting Ship, Nearly Lost in Harbor SAN , DIEGO, May 8-The su perdreadnaught Maryland, Ameri ca's most powerful fighting ship, recently had a- narrow escape from destruction ; on the coral reefs putting out from Diamond head, at the entrances of Honolulu harbor and several botor sailors and launches, were crushed in the surf off the island oftOahu, with the loss of three men from" the battleship Tennessee according to officers and men on the transport Henderson, which arrived here to day from Honolulu. ," ! According" ' to these unofficial reports, the Maryland sustained damages amounting to more than $150,000 and narrowly escaped turning turdle, with heavy loss of life. , The Maryland was the first capital ship to anchor oft Hono lulu at the conclusion of the joint army and navy maneuvers. Soon after coming to anchor she began rolling. She Reeled over, it s, re ported, to an'jmgle of 31 degrees. Four feet of water covered i her quarterdeck. Tons of water poured through port holes; and ladder hatches, flooding the engine and dynamo rooms. Furniture in the ward room -and offices below the main deck were swept against the steel bulkheads and smashed. "At one period we thought that the Maryland was going to turn turdle,". said one of the men who watched. the thrilling scene from the deck of . the West Virginia. "The big ship keeled over until we actually could see the keel, j We saw officers and men pouring out of the ladders leading to below decks and seeking refuge on the upper work?. Hours seemed to lapse ..before the ship slowly right ed, only Jto list again at an alarm ing degree when sideswiped by another tremendous comber.' . 1BEIS SEESIOG F SElflL DlfiECTOil Local Insurance Mari to Op- - pose rraMCNeer at tlecr i tion June 15th - - J. C. Tibbeta will oppose Frank J.'ecr in the race for a position on the Salem school board, It was an nounced yesterday, petitions are being circulated with TSbb iV nam printed upon them,' follow ing a meeting of the Falm eajo clation of fire Irmiraiica agents. in? election tq the School board will be hfld June IS, to fill the place to I vaetei by vurus unss, uiirt u unawa to cafe for the dutiva dn ta ill health. mi. iuuia, . wbo nag Been a resident of Salem for seven and ope-hsli .year?, nil rcr resent t' eastern portion cf the. city, If t! ei, it was stated yesterduy. DREADi'vjiUGHT KEEL-Sr 3 BHO OFOUER2D0 Bteachers and Standa at Willamette University Are Filled to Capacity for An nual Festival COROriATION OF QUEEN LUCIA IS MAIN EVENT Program to be Continued To day; Athletic Events to T be Featured ! TODAY'S ntOfiRAHl G:30-::J0 A. M. May Breakfast on the Ca'm- l'"T ' pus ":" " ' ; ; 0:30-10:20 ' Students greet Dr. Doney 10:io 1 Tennis )AC vs. WU l l:0O A. M.- j Musical Concert in Chapel t I 1:30 r. si.. Freshmen Green Cap Stunt Sweetlanil Field 2:00 V. M. Track Meet Chemawa rs. Willamette 3:30 P. 31. ? 1 FresUnien . Sophomore - v, Ig Race 2 Frfslimen - Sophomore 7:30 1 31.- HiawathaV Wedding Feasts Chapel ' 1 M . Fountain Plays la Willson Park A capacity crowd that complete ly filled the 'Willamette bleachers, eet up to hold over 2,000, witness ed the coronation of Queen Lucia and the May day dances on the university campus yesterday., Over 1,000 were served at the noonday lunch and the Willamette grand, stand was nearly filled during tht baseball game in which the Bear cats defeated their ancient rivals, Pacific university, to the tune ol S-4. f 3,00ft Visit 'Campus The male students were on th campus at an early hour yester day, morning and had the entire tampus well cleaned up by the time the first of the guests made their appearance. About 250 of the Willamette alumni and other visitors were registered, although it was .estimated that over 3,009 person.1 visited the campus at some time during- the day. At noon the victory bell pealed forth in honor of the May day fes tivities and the queen, although it served . an . altogether different purpose in that It called the guests to the plcnie dinner served on the grounds. A long line soon formed stretching from the booth, located between Waller and science balls. to almost In front of Eaton hall. Oyer 1.000 were served. ' Court Program Started The queen's court program bo- pan at 1:15 t. m. Francis Ellis. May day manager, introduced Pro fessor Mathews as master of cera- (Continued 9a paf 7) FRIDAY IN WASHIMGTGI J Mrs. Guflbert Hitchcock, wif a ct former Senator Hitchcock cf Ne braska, died at her home here af ter a long illness. 'i- m m m Coast guard hea'dauartera tl ; .7- closed evidence that rum row h embarked on a counter-ofrer.ii ; of .intimidation and against the blockade. ; The winter wheit, crop was fore cast by the department of culturis 444.S23.000 busht!;. 143,0uw,000 bushels less than U : year. w " "" ' President CooIIdge'a per :r I Interest In expansion of tho f t,:; of aviation at West Tolnt ea , 1 Ss A -napollg was dlaclost- l s. t t 3 WfcUe House. mm Minority ;tocthoWer cf Chegap.-aKa C. Ohio railr;. I tered a motlo 1 loforo t: : state commtrr cominl : I ing to annulm' .t of stc;-s ?: taken for it 2 icrgcr v. ir Kiclicl ruts, m Oairmaa Hut' naval committco r cf V nr.: sou:: a program for c. 'r;.-. ttrc-cst cav:l I j-: t.Uav.-u : : : - the next 1 . : :. r - :