The Oregon statesman., May 13, 1925, Page 1, Image 1

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i variable winds. Max. 71; Min. 50; Kiver
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A CLASSIFIED DIRECTORY Of Re
sponsible business firms; and professional
men of Salem-arranged for easy reference
may be found on page seven of today's
paper. Look it over. V 1
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SEVENTY-FIFTH YEAR
SALEM, OREGON, WEDNESDAY MORNING, MAY 13, 1925
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JDEUBURGIS
HOW H E AD OF
GEEEJITI
Fcrrricr Ficld J.larshal of Re
public Is Inducted Into Of
fice; ; . Solemn ; Oath r Is
Given . . .
COMMUNISTS DERISIVE f
AS CEREMONIES OPEN
Cries of "Long Live the Soviet
Republic" Is Shouted
j Throush Chamber . ,
BERLIN, May 12. (By Asso
ciated Press, l--FIeld Marshal von
Iindenburg at high noon today
olemnly pledged his word as a
taau' lhat he would faithfully ful
fill the duties of president of Ger
many to which office he was elect
ed ofl"Aprir26. The oath of office
ras administered by the president
f the Reichstag, Paul Loebe, in
I the presence of all members of the
house with the exception of 46
J pommunists who left the chamber
' whnsVnn . Hindc-nburr asneared.
t shouting "Down with the mon-
t s . . . . .. . . . . . .1 . . .
nrcnists; Liong live me au",i ic-
r imbucr; ; r :f: -
J I Vak ITarr I nohA'a invitation
o the constitutional oatn nor tne
resident's reply after being sworn
n contained the slightest element
f ambiguity to which even the
ptaunchest republican might make
(objection and Von Hindenburg's
added utterance that both the of
Upes of president and the relchstag
epresented the sovereign will of
be German people gave emphasis
o his manliest desire to leave no
doubt in. the minds of his auditors
r With rpsDAft to his nolitical inter
preta'tlons of the . constitutional
i Significance of the office into
wnicn ne was toaay mauciea. .
Hslawa-. iho first, tl"1'?! 'Bfneft
vember 18, 1919, thai the field
arshal had entered the relchstag
utlding. Then he and Gene.ral
udendorff, came In - response to
n urgent summons from a parlia-
entary inquisitorial board which
as investigating the German gen-
eral staff relative to unrestricted
submarine warfare nad the extent
to which it was familiar with the
policy of mediation and the efforts
ct the late President Wilson in tnia
direction.
On that , occasion Hindenburg
and his quartermaster general
were summoned to give aceount of
their stewardship as leaders of the
German armies and among the
men examined them were indepenr
dent socialists, several democrats
and representatives of the other
political parties. r
Today Yon Hindenburg entered
the Reichstag as president-elect
and less than twenty paces from
the speaker's desk where he took
'the oath of office sat Lundendorf
among the rest of the deputies. V
Led by Herr Loebe the new pres
ident appeared ,a ; the speaker's
stand a few minutes after 12 ,
b'clock. He ranged himself among
the men surrounding mm; pe was
attired In civilian clothes with
hilack frock coat, but wore no dec
orations. The reichsUg president
lost no time in informing the new
executive of the nature of the
oath he was i expected to take;
whereupon1 ' the document h. was
handed to Von i Hindenburg whO,
in a loud stacco voice announced
with the double addition of a re
ligious affirmation repeated, the
oath. He followed this with a
brief supplementary speech. In
which he made' specific reference
to the republican constitution. ;;
ELECTION IS NEXT
Student Nominations Are TTcId at
High School Thursday
Cecil Edwards and Homer Rich
ards are candidates for the offiee
of president of the: Salem high
school student body as a Tesult pf
nominations ' held Tuesday morn
ing. - In cases where an office Is
not contested i the nominee will
be declared elected- !
Other officers nominated yester
day w.ere: Vice president, Mildred
Pugh; secretary, Carolyn Lam
hlrth; -Clarion - editor, . Donald
Deckebaeh, Leroy Grote, Charles
IlaKeman: editor Clarion annual.
t i"
N Ttoss Harris, Raryl Myers; yell
leader, Garlen Simpson; sergeant-
at-arms, Don Kelly; athletic man
ager, John Drager, Robert Kitchi
en; Clarion manager, Kola McCIel
lan, Ezra Webb; forensic mana
ger, Kenneth Allen, Martin Red
ding, Harold Tomllnson; girls'
song leader, Josephine Albert,
Iaxiae Clover, Fay Wolz.
Relegation of
i Discussed
I Fight
GENEVA. May J 2 (By the As
sociated jPresa.) After a, bitter
forensic tight in the military com
mittee1, afmored trains figurative
ly steamed out of the league of
nations palace tonight. By a rote
of 13 j to 11 the governments re
ported at' the conference of the
control of. traffic In arma and mu
nitions, j sitting on the military
committee, decided the sale of
these would not be subject to In
ternational supervision. -
After excluding armored trains
the committee eliminated flajme
throwers; ;the use of which In war.
Hungaryj recently protested on the
ground that she herself, tinder
the Trianon treaty, hal been for
bidden to employ them; The com
mittee made no pronouncement pf
its, view? j as to whether flame
throwers! should be used in wars.
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INFANTS' BODIES
WILL BE EXHUMED
Court Issue Order After Investiga
tion of "Ilaby Farm"
! "!:!:!; Death' 1::
NEW YORK,! May 12. Court
orders for the exhumation or the
bodiesji'dr, khe two babies who died
In tbe "baby farnr of Mrs. Helen
Auguste Geisen-Volk, were Issued
by Supreme Court Justice Cotillo
today;'J!l f" i ; f j .
Assista it District Attorney Ryan
told the co.urt he expected to get
evidence lei warrant a charge of
homicide. ' I The bodies to be ex
humed are those of Agnes Toohey,
18 months old, who died last De
cember 15, and, William Winters,
six months, who died last Febru
ary, i Witnesses have told Ryan
that Mrs.! Geisen-Volk, a former
German Red Cross nurse ajid the
widow" ct a Prussian army officer,
had 4 dashed the Toohey'sf child's
head against a wall wheiv angered
by its continued crying the night
before); Ita ! death, t . :- -. -j ,,
j Mrs. Margaret Toohey, mother
of the dead girl, told Ryan today
that Mrs, Geisen-Volk; had Induced
her, to buy a grave for hef child's
DdaymrrlTRerTT
dertaker for which she paid $66.
She later learned, the mother
said, that; her baby had been hur
ried In Mrs. Geisen-Volk'a private
burial ' plot in St. Michael's ceme
tery; iL(! 1 t ' . . :;;. j - '
, Ryan has subpoenaed . several
undertakers known to have in
terred this remains of many' of
the i 23 children who died after
having been inmates of the wom
an's place and will seek to learn if
Mrs. .GeJaen-yolk made a. general
practice of this procedure. -'
I Ryan also is investigating a
number of stories that Mrs. Gei-sen-Volk
bad i maltreated many
other tables, i i 1 f
SOLUTION SOUGHT
Meeting Held, "to Discuss Farm
. Problems; Pi of Its to lie l-gurfnl
DE3 MOINES, Iowa. May 12
(By Associated Press.) The prob
lem o setting up an agricultural
problem calculated to Insure the
farmer "cost of production pin's
a fair ji profit" on his products re
mained for solution with a council
of twentyrf ive, ; chosea by repre
sentative farm organizations of the
middle west at the farm confer
ence here, today, ; The conference
here called by the Farmers Educa
tional I and Cooperative tJnion of
America, to formulate a program
for fajrm .relief to which the many
agricultural interests ? eould sub
scribe)! was to have ended today,
bu tit was decided to continue the
meeting tomorrow when the coun
cil was .unable to complete its
work. More than 300 delegates
were in attendance. : -1 :
The plan was to select a sub
committee of five men which
would,' dlde upon a course, sub
mit it to the council ard then en
deavor to obtain its ratification by
the meeting as a whole. . v
While there was no controversy
apparent; in the council's delibera
tions,! two sharply ; divergent
schools kept the body from agree
ing upoa a program this afternoon.
Both were avowedly prepared to
support :the principle of. cost of
production plus a fair profit."
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STATE MAN DIES
;:.' I'M "v-'- ;-',..-
W. Ml Smith, World War Veteran,
Succumbs to Blood Poisoning;
William M. Smith, 27, a veteran
of the World war and laboratory
assistant for the Oregon 'state
highway department, died at the
Salein hospital last night follow
ing alfeV days' Illness from blood
poisoning. Funeral arrangements
are la Charge of the RlgdoU mbr
tuary and wilt be announced later.
iHei is survived by his mother,
Mrs. O. O. Smith, of Long Beach,
Cal., four sisters and four broth
ers. Mr . ' !' -'i'.:--r
Arms
in Bitter
in Conference
Tanks alone remain' as the sole
representative of that original list
of employments of war, which fig
ured in the draft convention un
der a special heading and which
before the list was scaled down
included warships, armored trains.
airplanes and tanks. In the con
trol label category, however, there
are numerous other , Instruments
of warfare such as artillery and
munitions.
- With the delegates wondering
how they would make public opin
ion understand the reasons for
these exclusions, there was eager
discussion of another development
which plainly caused the greatest
gratification in conference circles.
Tbe American delegation was re
sponsible for this when Represen
tative Theodore E. Burton made
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CONTRACTS GIVEN
SALEM TEACHERS
Board Signs Up Three, in High,
and Junior High and Fonr
In Grades
Eleven teachers were elected by
the Salem' school board last night
for the coming year. Three - in
structors were engaged for the
high school, - three for the J. L,
Parrish Junior high school and
four teachers for the grades.
E. Bergman was engaged as
instructor in the , machine shop
under the Smith-Hughes ' ? educa
tional act, Lewis A. Woodworth,
a graduate of the University of
Chicago, as instructor in Latin
and French languages. ; . Mrs.
Woodworth is head of the Spanish
language department of Willam
ette university. Lawrence Spitzen
burger has been secured , as in
structor In the physical education
department.
T. O. Davis has been elected as
assistant 1 principal at the J. L.
Parrish Junior high school. Hazel
Brewer will be in the English de
partment, and Grace Sullivan in
the - physical education depart
ment.' i . ; ; , . l-
"TeTectftms tvftSe ; grades 'were
Amy Martin, who has been teach
ing during the pase season; Mabel
Curry, who has been j away on
leave of absence; Ina :IIubbs,
Blanche--Hubbs and Beraice Stew
art. ',-
R. A. Harra was elected to the
chemistry department for next
year on a 10 months' basis, while
Clara Pomeroy was elected to the
supervisorship of penmanship and
spelling in the' Salem schools. '
BOARD CONSIDERS
ROUTINE AFFAIRS
Health Demonstration Work In
Schools Is Reviewed Again
Last Xlght
Routine matters were consid
ered by the Salem school board at
their regular meeting laBt night
with Dr. H. H. Olinger presiding.
A report of the work being car
ried on ' in the Salem ; school by
the Marion county child health
demonstration was made by Geo.,
W. Hug, ' superintendent of city
schools, j : -' - '
A - report on the organization
and procedure of the organization
at the; Garfield school was made
to the board. High compliments
were paid to the manner of con
ducting the physical examination
of the pupils. It was brought out
that many of the- parents were
present for the examination. -
In order to createj-a: better
health habit among pupils of the
Salem schools. Dr. C. Walker, who
recently arrived in this city from
Newi York, presented a paper
questionnaire, which is to be cir
culated among the fifth grade, pu
pils. !
PASSENGER TRAIN" CRASHES
ATOKA, Okla., Majr 1 2. Pas
senger train No. 16 on the Okla
homa Clty-Ada-Atoka railroad was
wrecked near here today when
the entire train turned over. A
numbeT of passengers were badly
shaken but no one was seriously
injured.
RANCHMAN LS KILLED
OKANOOAN. Wash , May 12.
Rick Burns. 53 pioneer of the i
Methow valley, was killed today
near Twisp, two miles from here,
when he fell from a train. Burke
owned a large ranch here since
189Q.
" "V GAS PRICE, IUISED
MITCHELL, S. D., May 12.
The state , gasoline stations here
Increased its prices 1 cent a gal
lon today, making the retail price
21 cents. Standard and . ine-r
pendent dealers continued to sell
for 20 cents a gallon.
CBBJO
If PART I
BIG FESTIVAL
Invitation from Portland
Royal Rosarians is Ac
cepted Last Night by Sa
lem Booster Order !
COMMITTEES NAMED
ON VARIOUS EVENTS
Gabrielson to Captain Drill
Team While Dr. Epley
to Get TaU Hat
The Cherrlana will take part In
the floral day parade of the Port
land Rose, festival Thursday, June
18. The invitation from the Ro
sarfans and Rose Festival officials
was given ; last, evening at the
monthly dinner held at the Cham
ber of Commerce, and was offici
ally accepted. .
J S. C. Pier,, prime minister of
the Rosarians. in extending the
Invitation, j said: .
j "The C errians and -Rosarians
have buil- up a most delightful
friendship: and one that will last
for all time.
"We will put on this year the
finest and .best Rose Festival w
have had,"; ' declared 1 M4. Pier.
"We will have a pageant that will
be one of the most wonderful ever
produced. Hi; We will offer you
something you have never seen."
- - Program Outlined ,
J. R. Raley was introduced as
"the man back of the Pendleton
Roundup, j and . -,; manager of the
Rose Pe8tivaV and "Pageant of
Roses." -ii ' ;. --. .;-...--'
Mr. Raley said; "We will make
the rose f estiral the greatest . pa
geant ever ; produced in t coun
try;. We aow hayatf chorus of
1S0O rehearsing: The stadium of
Multnomah' field: will seat from
17,000 to ?0,000. The pageant
wmbe pY6dueedoif'-the stage- a
Multnomah field each evening dur
ing the rose festival.'
The coniing: rose festival will
begin Monday, evening, June 15,
with, the production of "The Pa-
geant at the Rose." ' Tuesday will
be for the; ceremony of the Royal
Rosarians, Wednesday will be
designated as water carnival day.
Mr. Raley said. Thursday ; has
been set aside foj the great floral
parade when. the Cherrlana .will
parade as Usual.
' Tridav will be carnival day ana
the day for high jinks, when every
(Continued en pr S)
AMY LOWEtL DIES
Widely Read American Fpet Passes
Following Paralytic strose
BROOKLYN; Mass.. May 12.
Ha Amw i Lowell, the poet and
ulster of President A. Lawrence
Lowell of Harvard university, died
suddenly at ner home here today.
; A paralytic stroke which came
without warning, was the cause of
deatbAwhlch occurred late this
afternoons Dr. Theodore Eastman
an A Dr. Charles Allan Porter were
Hummqned and shortly afterward
President Lowell arrived at his sis
ter's home,!
Miss Lowell was taken ill sud
denly at her home on April 11 and
irln to EuroDe.- The illness, the
recurrence of an old complaint was
said at that time to be pot danger
ous. A statement issued at that
time by Miss Lowell's secretary
aaid that there was no Immediate
danger but that the patient was
being carefully watched.
STEPS ARE BUILT
W6rk Istarted on Senlora' Annnal
Gift to Willamette Campus
Wnrv c.waa started Tuesday
morning ab the east steps ot Wal-
ler hall at Willamette university
which are to be rebuilt by the
senior class as their gift to the
university;; The plans are to re
place the" old ; wood steps with a
new entrance of brick and cement.
This wiU be a much needed im
provement as several ot the wood
en timbers are already far gone
with dry :irot and decay.
The work has been given to
Wechter Jfc Hughes, local contrac
tors, and I is to cost the class ap
proximately 9450. About a week
will he used in the completion oi
the Job. I;! k : - ' v
It is a' tradition at Willamette
that each. incoming and outgoing
class give the university some gift
the form of a campus improve
ment and it is through this man
ner that Willamette has a large
umber of cement sidewalks and
other desirable Improvements,
CLEARING SEA
Huge Vessels Declared
! Leaving for More Friendly
Quarters; Coast Guard
Ships Active
LARGE FRENCH CRAFT ! I
IS ENCIRCLED ABOUT
Barrage of Highpower Motor
Boats Hold Liquor on
Outlaw. Carriers
: NEW YORK, May 12. While
coast guard officials were anf
nbunclng today that rum row wal
gradually crumbling under the dry
navy's, blockode, which opened
just a week ago, word came ashore
that another liq'uor carrier, a big
Ffench steamer had arrived on the
row. . ; , ; . :r ' .;',." !
.The new steamer was loaded to
tbe gunwales with a wet cargo,
according to wireless messages to
the coast guard. ' No sooner had
she 'dropped her anchor than four
of the dry navy's vigilant I pilot
boats were buzzing about her,
bringing her In circle designed to
endure as long as the big ship may
remain. Capt, s W. V. E. Jacobs,
New York commandant of the
coast guard, announced that sev
eral of the rum fleet masters iso
lated from shore for a week now,
were - weighing their anchors and
bunting new waters. , I h : ;!
"The rum fleet is gradually 'dis
integrating." he said. j"And the
situation Is practically! the same
as It was yesterday," ; ; !
l it was learned that every one of
the contraband carriers that had
weighed anchor and left for more
friendly waters, had been followed
by one or more dry navy craft; j
It was also learned that the
blockade had sprung one tiny leak
tftfurln last sight when one small
dory got through, The little fug;
Itive managed to get to water, too
shallow - for the ; pursuer a InTas-
lon.
There was talk of a shakeup of
land forces of the prohibition unit
with the arrival in the : city today
of Assistant Prohibition Commis
sioner James IT. Jones ! and Field
Supervisor John IE. Murphy, j J j
i Complete details of the pro
posed changes were not obtain
able, but it was announced that
the 50 enforcement agents under!
the supervision of R. Q. Merrick,
divisional chief, had been put; un
der the direction of Palmer Can-
field, state prohibition director.
WOODBURN LADYi
CALLED BY DEATH
Funeral Services for Mrs. John Fj
mmnammer to ue item i
- Thursday
Word was received In Salem
last night that j Mrs. Jennie M.
steeinammer, wire of John Fj
Steelhammer of Wood burn. - , died
suddenly in that city Tuesday
morning. - She is survived by her
husband and two boys, John F.
Jr., 16, and Carl G., 14. Three
sisters, Mrs. Relle Shantz of Sa
lem, Mrs! Hattie West of Warren
ton and Mrs. Luella West of Win
lock. Wash., as well as a brother,!
Frank Goode of San Francisco aH
so survive her. She was a sister-
in-law of Oscar Steelhammer,
Marion county assessor. 1 j
Mrs. Steelhammer was born jta
Kansas 47 years ago and has lived
in Oregon for over 30 years, mak-j
tag her home In Salem before her,
marriage In 1906. She was active
in Eastern Star work at iWood-f
burn and was a member of the;
Daughters of. the Nile. Her husj
band is engaged la business In
Woodburn and is well known here
playing in the Salem band with
his brother. ; . '!' : j :
Funeral services will be held
Thursday afternoon at 2 o'clock
from the First Methodist church;
at Woodburn. Burial will take
place in the Silverton cemetery.
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NAB STILL OWNER
Paul Monro Enters Plea of "Not
Guilt v In Jastlce Court h;
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Paul Murno of Salem was 'it
rested yesterday by Roy Bremmf 4
deputy sheriff, and was arraigned
in justice court to answer j1 a
charge of possession of a still.
Murno entered a plea of not guilty
and was released, on his own rei
cognizance. . :: ... ;i. ' .. -
It is said that the case grew out
of the arrest of Will Bloch, wh
was arrested Monday on a charge
of possession ot liquor, Bloch is
now out on 1750 ball, 4 i i
OF Rill BOATS
Willamette Student
Withdraws
! What promised to develop Into
a campus scandal at Willamette
subsided Tuesday when hcarges
against F. M. Chapman, prominent
student and member of tbe law
school, which would have resulted
In his dishonorable dismissal from
the institution, were, quietly set
tled, the matter dropped and Chap
man withdrew from school. Smell
If liquor upon tbe breath of the
student following a nance was re
ported to school authorities and
pdeceedings instigated.
According to Chapman and his
was hearsay only and the charges
attorney, the evidence presented
were filed that would have result
ed in ris dismissal under a cloud,
and the charges were not substan
tiated in .fact. Dean George H.
GET MORE NAMES
! FOR LINEN: MILL
Additional Subscriptions Received
Will Bo Made Public
j r Thursday
j All workers are being urged to
get out and work harder on solicit
ing subscriptions for Salem's
Quota, towards erecting a new
$640,000 linen mill here, in order
that the proposition may be put
over at the Thursday noon meet
ing at the Salem Chamber of
Commerce. The . extra work
Wednesday and the solicitations of
Thursday, morning will be enough
to put the mark at $275,000.
I It is understood that some of
the workers have secured one or
two fairly large subscriptions,
which will be made public at the
complimentary luncheon Thursday
noon.1".; ' '
j Much enthusiasm has been
shown by the workers in the field,
but many ot them have sacrificed
much in getting the matter before
the people. t It Is thought, how
ever, that if the workers will
buckle down to the Job and make
it 'fZTB.OOOitby Thursday . noon,
plans may be figured out'hy which
Salem's Quota may be assured.'
ROCKPILE LOOMS
FOR PRISONERS
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County Jail Crowded With "Long
Termers;" Aeed of Work
Keenly Felt
With the prospect of an oyer
population In the county jail, as
a result of the unusually large
number of convictions arising
from liquor cases, the county court
is faced with the problem of car
ing for the men and providing
work for them to do.
j At the present time 21 men are
confined in the county jail, many
of them there to serve sentences
of six months to a year. Con
ditions at the present time will
not permit many more than 25
to be held in the jail. As a deter
rent to crime, and as a possible
remedy for conditions, it has been
suggested that some sort of work
be provided by the county. At a
meeting of the county court yes
terday, at which Judge Hunt and
the . commissioners were present,
plans were discussed for putting
the prisoners to work on . road
building. . - -
"We believe," Judge - Hunt
Stated : that "prospects of a term,
at hard labor would act as a de
Cided check of some of, our ama
teur moonshiners and bootleggers.
A term of six months assumes
enormous" proportions when" it fs
realized that most of it will be
spent digging rocks for road
work.' , ; ;;
HUGE 500 GALLON
STILL CAPTURED
Plant Found Near Newberg Rivals
Mount Angel District
Distillery
PORTLAND, Or., May 12.
Cleverly hidden in a cove on the
banks of the Willamette " river
about 6 miles . east of Newberg,
one ' of the largest moonshine
plants ever discovered in Oregon
was found Monday night by fed
eral and state officers and the dis
tillery was destroyed. ;j
. Included In the seizure were
two 250-gallon copper stills, each
equipped with oil burners, so that
no smoke . might reveal the loca
tion; 6500 gallons' of mash, much
of which was contained in newly
constructed vats; : 1600 pints 'of
finished liquor, sacked and ready
to be transported to the local
market, and about 200 gallons of
liquor In five-gallon kegs. The
two men operating the still es
caped.
Charg
Following
e By Officials
Alden refused to comment upon
the affair but Ray Smith, secre
tary of the law school, said that
a settlement had been effected
and that the affair was a "dead",
issue. Chapman's father, a Port
land banker, accompanied his son
and attorney Inorder to get at the
bottom of things.
Chapman has a brilliant record
at Willamette and has been active
in student affairs, being clever
with musical Instruments. He re
fused to leave the Institution, he
said, until th charge against him
was removed. Following this he
withdrew from the school. Re
gardless of the charges, as a priv
ate institution, the faculty has the
right to drop any student that it
may desire at any time if they be-
"Vntiaqd sa ptse Si
SWINDLE ALLEGED
IN ROAD MERGER
Probe Is Carried on- aa Result of
Six Billion Dollar
Deal .
LOS ANGELES. May 12. A
special agent of the interstate
commerce commission, Lawrence
McCord, was the first questioned
by the county grand jury today
in its investigation of the $6,000,
000,000 rail merger scheme, al
leged to have been used by, Harry
Hibbs and Thomas Hennessey to
swindle several hundred southern
Californians out of approximately
half a million. ' -
McCord told the jury how; he
had been invited, while posing as
a wealthy easterner, to invest $25
000 with Hibbs & Hennessey and
share with them the huge profits
of a merger Involving the West
ern Pacific and several other rail
roads. He was assured, he said,
that the interstate commerce com
mission had "been fixed" with
liberal bribes to approve of the
merger. ; . . -L;
Another witness was Frank E.
Willard, collection agency man,
who yesterday was -quoted as as
suring alleged victims of the mer
ger promoters that he knew where
Hibbs and Hennessey had $700,
000 hidden away; and knew how
to obtain reimbursement for vie
tlms out of that sum. Today he
confided to the grand Jury that
he knew nothing of a Hibbs-Hen
nessey gold hoard, and was only
trying to draw "up a little business
for the collection agency that em
ployed him.
TENTATIVE DATE
SET AT JUNE 12
Annual; Commencement Exercises
Will Probably Be Held in
, Armory '
Tentative selection of June 12
as the commencement date of the
Salem high school, has been made
by George W. Hug. superintend
ent of schools, who has been ap
pointed a committee of one to se
cure a building for the day. The
exercises will be held at the ar
mory, providing the date is open.
" The 1925 class is the largest one
in the history, of the local high
school and numbers 230 students
Consequently, it is difficult to se
cure a building large enough to
care for the students and their
guests. - Even with the use of the
armory, the graduates are to be
limited to the number of guests
that will be able to attend the ex
ercises. The high school auditor
turn is not large enough and it was
necessary that a larger place be
secured. . ; . ; - . : j :u
Members of the school board
last night viewed a large map that
has been prepared to show, the lo
cation pf the students in the Sa
lem school district. Red and yel
low headed pins are used to show
where each pupil lives in the high
school and was designed to show
the relative needs for school build
ings in the various districts of the
city. To complete the map, sev
eral students of the high ' school
were employed I during the' past
two weeks. '";
PAINTERS GHOSTS
Delegates to Central Labor Coun
cil ami Friends Entertained
i Celebration of their 1 5th anni
versary in Salem - will be held by
the painters' union in the labor
hall Friday night, . AH delegates
to the central council and their
friends are invited to attend.
An extensive Droeram has been
arranged by the committee of
which Roy Shumake is chairman.
This will Include some good speak
ers, singing, stunts,; while many
valuable prizes will be offered.. A
big feed is also promised by the
committee.' ' - 5; .
Preparations are be-fr? r-'aia f '.
entertain a large ciod. '
KLII1TH FULLS
II IS WE
US PRESIDE?!!
A. Fred Glover to Head Ore
gon Retail Jewelers' Asso
ciation During Ensuing
I Business Year
A. A. KEENE, OF SALEM
SECRETARY-TREASURER
Salem Man Retires From Of
. fice; Convention Presents
Resolutions
A: Fred Glover, of Klamath
Falls, waa elected president of the
Oregon Retail Jewelers' associa
tion at the closing session of the
18th annual . convention Tuesday.
Klamath. Falls was selected as the
fcite of the 1926 convention late
in -July. A. A. Keene, Salem, 13
the retiring president.
Other officers elected were W.
H. Saxton, Portland, 1 first vice
president; W. F, Bertram, Marsh-
Warren,. Coryallis," third vice pres
ident and A. A. Keene, Salem,
secretary-treasurer. The officers
and F. W. Heitkemper. Portland,
and F, M. French, Albany, : will
compose the . board; of directors.
Long in Office
Mr. Freneh, who retired from
office after 18 years of consecutive
seryice as secretary-treasurer, or ,
sociation, was presented with a
smoking jacket and an Indian robe
last night in appreciation of hi a
long and faithful service . ;
Two committees named yester
day were membership, consisting
of Mr. Keene ; W. A. Saxton, Port
land, and F M. French, jUbany,
and Heitkemper, Portland; Carl
J. Greve, Portland and O. 1.
Skeie, Eugene, resolutions com
mittee.. Resolutions urging tne repeal ot
excise tax on jewelry; indorsement
pf Sterling Silver week. May 21
to 30; urging the Oregon Jewel,
ers to join the National Retail
Jewelers' publicity association an
appreciation for their entertain
ment while In Salem, were adopt
ed. The 'session closed with a
banquet at the-Marion hotel last
night. . .
Hawlcy s Speaker ;.
Business enterprises engaged in
by the government have proved to
be losing propositions, Congrees
man W. C. Hawlcy told the jewel
ers In the" morning session, speak
ing on "The Relation of Govern
ment to Business." There is a
growing tendency of disapproval
in bpth housea in congress and
among representatives of both par-
ties, hesald. .Congressman Haw
ley held that, the government
should lev the' minimum of taxes
necessary to secure funds, for car
rying on the government.
"I, believe the jeweler pays a
disproportionate amount of pres
ent . taxes," Congressman Hawley '
said in closing. "In addition to
the,. Income tax. Which must be
rid by all, he is forced to pay an
excise tax, 'which . though reduced
uring the last year, was 5 cer
cent." The, speaker Intimated that
It would be abolished In another
year or two A
Others speakers yesterday were
Carl T. Grieve. Portland, on
What the Association is Doing
CMtlmna on pg si
Director Lord of the hnrte-et tin.
reau renewed hla prediction of a
$108,000,000 surplus for. the enr-
rent fiscal year.
j v: :-, j -
President Coolidsre's attltnr!, to
ward the (Frehch debt conversa
tions was displosed as hopeful that
mey win, lead to a definlfA res.
funding; program.
- '
A new i federal grand inrv i -,-
gan recopslderatloa of the cc i-
spiracy charges growing out of V. 2
naval oil reserve leases.
The navy department
ed plana for a commercial surrey
flight of the T.na A n cr
Philadelphia mobilization district.
It was stated that the ARfri-
charge at Berlin would make verb
ally such expression as he deeme.l
appropriate in connection witli
President Hindenburg's Inaugura
tion. '
The International r..-T.rt -
Women adopted resolutions urr:-
ei?-eibn of laws for rro--'t;
TUESDAY
IN WASHINGTON