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SEVENTY-FIFTH YEAR
SALEM, OREGON, WEDNESDAY MORNING, MAY 20, 1925"
PRICE FIVE CENTS
BLACK LICENSE PLATES
ARE ORDERED. FOR 1926
PIIC I SUBWAY !
HITS 110 PEOPLE
ROMANCE SHATTERED !
BY SWEETIE'S "GAT"
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DRQKEN ENGAGEMENT; CAVS
. E8 YOUNG MAN TO FLEE
1 fllillUii
ARGUMENT ON EV0LUTI0
IS ENDED BY FIST FIGHT
DEBT QUESTION TG B -ACTED
ON IN FEW DAY$
CLARK III HEED
fflciiraip,
BErlfiiiii
CONTRACT 1 HALF-CENT UN
DER PRICE THIS YKAK
BARKER RESORTS TO BLOWS
WHEN ARGUMENT FAILS
FRENCH MAKE EFFORTS TO
HELP SITUATION
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Only Three Men Arc Tempor-
arily . Accepted; Many
1 Challenges Made
STATE WITNESS IS GONE
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Sensation Created at Disappear
ance of Star ' Man for Prose
cution;' Fear for
Life
Said Felt
CHICAGO, May 19. (Associat
ed Press.) Faces changed in tle
jury-box today but no progress
was made in obtaining the 12 men
for. the trial of William Darling
Shepherd, charged wi.th slaying
ilia young foster son, William Nel
son McClintock by aojnlnistering
pathogenic germs. ,
1 As on yesterday adjournment of
Judge Thomks J. Lynch's court
found three men in the Jury box
temporarily "acceptable to both
prosecution and defense, but they
had: "replaced three, eliminated by
peremptory challenges.
A minor sensation was created
by the reported disappearance of
Robert White, an important state's
witness. .
William Scott Stewart, counsel
lot Shepherd, insisted on examin
ing veniremen as to their attitude
towards the: possible motive of the
prosecution. Robert E. Crowe,
the state's attorney, objected but
wa overruled "when vStewart as
serted to a venireman: "You have
a right to take into consideration
whether the prosecution is based
upon some motive such as. Judge
Olson and the Northern Trust
company."
; Stewart had reference to the de
fense's contention that prosecu
tion of Shepherd is motivated by
a desire to break the Will o'f young
McClintock, who named Shepherd
the chief beneficiary of the $1,
500,000 estate; Judge Harry Ol
son, chief justice of Chicago's mu
nicipal courts, who. terming him
self "counsel for' the dead" first
accused Shepherd and the trust
company which was administrator
of the youth's "estate. The miss
ing White. was known as the "body
guard" of C. C. Faiman, proprie
tor, of the National University of
Sciences. Faiman has said he sup
plied tphoid fever germs to Shep
herd and taught him how to mur
der his foster son with them.
- ' Prosecutor Crowe said tonight
that a "rigid investigation of
White's disappearance waa being
made.
State's Attorney Crowe tonight
Eatd he had Information leading
him to believe White has left Chi
cago because of threats made
against his life. A letter written
by White's wife to a friend indi
cated that the couple with, their
two children intended cither to
leave the city or to go into hiding
because of the threats.
Mr. Crowe also charged that be
fore White, left be had. given de
fense attorneys affidavits to "take
the course off the fact that he was
chafed out of town.
Defense attorneys ,upon learning
of Crowe's charges said that they
did have an affidavit from White
in which he said that be had never
eeen Shepherd in Fairroan's of
fice and that it was his belief
that tfie entire case is a "frame
up" against Shepherd. Defense
attorneys said they were Just as
anxious to find White as is the
state because they desire him as
i n Important, defense witness.
JACK DEMPSEY IS FETED
CHAMPION'S
NEW
NOSE
MAKES FIRST APPEARANCE
PARIS, May 19. (By Asso
ciated Press.) Jack Denipscy's
rew filmdom nose made its first
t ppearance in a Parisian -ring, to
night' when I the heavyweight
.champion, hand L In hand with
Georges Carpentier, bowed to the
Louse of Gaumont Palace.
Previously some portion of the
Vopulace were! able to get a
. glimpse of Dempsey on his arrival
in Paris with his bride but only
'after they had; a battle with the
police who were endeavoring to
" protect the champion from the on-
' rush of admirers at the railway
station. ' i ; J '
Jack had an easy evening in
the ring, because the bout be
tween Debve and Kelly, which hi
' refereed and whlchwas scheduled
for 10 rounds germinated at the
5 end of the fifth when DeN took
a count of nine and reft- H
Bf-Jtt tO
wai evl-
"continue. ; ;
L ; Dempsey's refereelng
dently heartily appreciated by the
crowd of 7,000 who acclaimed him
en expert on the fine points of the
.game. . After his official duties
had ended he went to the" hotel
; and took his wife to a dinner
given in their honor at a fashion
6tlt restaurant fey Carpeatfer,
Two of SO Mana fact vers Send
Bids; 220,100 Pairs Needed
for all Classes "of Cars
Automobile license plates for
1926 will be of the same size and
style used for the past 10 years
and have white figures imposed
upon a black background, Sam A.
Kozer, secretary of state, an
nounced Tuesday after awarding
the contract to the Irwin Hodson
company of Portland, the lowest
of two bidders. Plates next year
will be furnished f.o.b. Salem on
the basis of $.1297 per pair! The
plates this year cost $.1347 a pair.
The Kittle Manufacturing com
pany of Los Angeles was under
bid $.0203 a pair. Chauffeur
badges will be furnished at 11
cents each, one cent under the
price paid for those used last year:
The contract calls for 200,000
pairs of plates for passenger cars,
17,000 for trucks,; 2700 pairs for
motorcycles,, 700 pairs of dealers
plates and 15,000 chauffeur badg
es. '.First deliveries will be made
September 1 and the entire con
tract must 'be completed not later
than November 1.
"" Specifications for the plates
were mailed to nearly 20 manu
facturers in. the country.
PIONEERS GET READY
FOR ANNUAL SESSION
FIFTY-THIRD MEETING TO BE
HELRLN PORTLAXI
Splendid , Program Arranged for
I Entire Day at Municipal
Auditorium June 15
The 53rd reunion of the Oregon
Pioneer association will be held
in the municipal auditorium, Port
land, Thursday, June 15.' Assem
bly will be heidUt 1:30 o'clock
under the dJrectloja of Grand Mar
shal Ivan Humason and his aides.
The literary exercises begin at 2
o'clock;' ii., iif-i -- .. .. .
The program includes patriotic
music with Ralph, WrHoyt at the
organ;, call to order, David S.
Stearns, 1857, president; invoca
tion. Rev. Troy j Shelley, 1848,
chaplain; address pt welcome,
Mayor.George L. Baker; response
by President Stearns; annual ad
dress, Judge Alfred S. Bennett,
The. Dalles; song, Mrs. Maud
Springer Bowen,? with Miss Bul
lock accompanist;7 special service,
with reference to pioneers who
have died, , since June 1, 1924,
Judge Peter II. D'Arcy, 1857, Sa-?
lein, past president;- solo. Dr.
Stuart McGUire; Jmusic and bene
diction. J j f '
; At 4:30 nhe annual "Kloshe
mlick-a-muck" will be; held in the
auditorium followed by a social
hour, Hi-yu Wa-wa, Hi-yu Hehe.
The annual business meeting will
be held at 7:30 o'clock at which
time officers will be- elected. The
annual tamp fixe will begin, at 8
o'clock with Robert A. Miller,
1854, past president, presiding.
Five-minute talks by pioneers will
be given, with Joseph D. Lee 1848,
past president, timekeeper.
Indian war veterans will hold
their1 annual business meeting at
10 o'clock Wednesday, June 17.
A banquet will be servted from
noon , until 1:30 o'clock, with the
final business meeting at 2 o'clock
All persons coming to, or bori
in the originaf Territory of Ore
gon up to 1859 inclusive, includ
ing Washington, Idaho and those
parts of Montana and Wyoming
are eligible to membership.
Tuesday In Washington
' Impressive honors were paid
Lieutenant General Nelson A.
Miles in a funeral service attended
by President and Mrs. Cpolidge.
B. Means surrendered
to the local court and asked to be
sent to Atlanta to begin a two
year sentence. f t. -
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Officers of the submarine S-19,
which grounded last January at
Nauset Beach, Mass., were ordered
court martialed by Secretary Wil
bur. ; ' i : ; i ' ' '
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Senator Watson of Indiana an
nounced that a final drive to make
prohibition effective has been de
cided upon by the administration.
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Members of the couzens com
mittee criticized prohibition en
forcement methods.
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The department of justice an
nounced It would appeal the deci
sion of the St. Paul courts. in the
Harvester dissolution case. :."':-'
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' Announcement Belgium would
institute funding negotiations
brought an optimistic statement
. (xoja governjaejxt officials, - ... .
Crowd Breaks in Stampede
When Fuse Blows Out on j
Underground Road
MOB FIGHTS FOR OPENING
Windows and Doors of Cars Are
Smashed By Terror-stricken
People; Smoke Fills
i " Compartments
NEW YORK, May 19. Trapped
in a smoke filled, unlighted tube,
30 feet underground, about 100
persons were injured in a panic
which followed an electrical short
circuit which set fire to an east
side subway train today. .'
The accident occurred a block
from the Grand Central terminal
station just after the morning rush
bojir. .
Eighty-six of the victims receiv
ed treatment at first-aid stations
hastily improvised in nearby ho
tels and in hospitals. One woman
suffered fractures c both; lej3
when trampled in a terror driven
rush for windows and emergency,
exits. There were hundreds of
people in the six-car steel train.
Fully half were stampeded Into
the panic as the mob fought its
way through the acrid moke to?:
ward exits which were in some
instances six blocks from the
scene of the accident.
It was at first thought that two
women were near death from in
ternal injuries but later examin
ation showed their -hurts would
not be fatal.
Virtually all of the passengers
were Bronx residents bound1 for
middle or lower Manhattan.
At FoTty-first street there was
a loud report, and a sheet of flame
came from between' the fifth and
sixth cars. The "jumpers" which
connect the cars electrically had
:ahOiteJL.TheigJitsJlickereL
out as the mbtorman, Harry Post,
shut off the: train, current a,nd
threw on hi brakes.: , The sudden
stop threw scores to the floors.
The real excitement occurred - a
few minutes later after Post had
started his train. He had run
less than a block when there was
another flash and all the lights
on the train, with the exception
of a few emergency bulbs, blew
out.-
Immediately the six cars became
a swirling mass of hrieking hu
manity. Women and girls threw
themselves on the car floors in
hysterical attempts to get below
the clouds of smoke. , A few men
tried to calm them but other men
lost their heads and joined the
more panic-stricken of the women
in a fight to smash windows ot
open emergency doors, which the
train crew fought vainly to keep
closed. " ;
One girl literally dived through
a window, the shattered glass rip
ping half her clothes from her
body and slashing her , about the
head and back.
Two other women were hurled
through windows to the roadbed,
falling near the highly charged
third rail. Post, a veteran mo
torman, groped his way.to an em
ergency power switch and turned
off the power in the third rail.
The din rose to the street above
where a patrolman's eye was
caught by a wisp of smoke that
curled from a man hole. He sum
moned ambulances, firemen and
police reserves and plunged Into
the tunnel and assisted a number
of women to the streets.
The fashionable Hotel Vander
bilt, the Commodore, the Murray
Hill and the Park Avenue hotels
hastily organized their staffs into
emergency workers, and the suf
ferers were given first aid treat
ment. Internes Installed an op
erating table on the Grand Cen
tral station platform and took care
of 13 victims there. The more
serious cases were sent to hospi
tals.
KIWANIS ENTERTAINED
NOVELTY PROGRAM; OFFERED
IN FLACK Or BrBAivrak
With E. CooWPatton presiding
as officer pro tern, the KIwanis
held an interesting meeting Tues
day noon at the Marion hoteL A
skit put on by James Nicholson,
manaeer r the Metropolitan In
surance company, and Mr. Pom
eroy of Pomeroy, & Keene Jewel
ers, was mirth provoking. The two
rlenicte.rf a scene in Canton. China,
v, here a KIwanis club had been or-
Organized. Nicholson was ques
tioned by Pomeroy as. to the mat
ter of conducting the, club.
Mrs. Earl Pearcy entertained
with a .solo and encore number
which were well received by the
ae&bert present,
Statement That Forebears Were
Low Forms of Animal Life
, Is Reseated
DAYTON, Tenn. May 19 By
Associated Press.) A meeting of
indignant Dayton citizens to pro
test against Chattanooga's obtain
ing any of the publicity this town
expected in .the legal battle over
constitutionality of the anti-evolution
act today ended in a fist fight
between a proponent and an op
ponent of the evolution theory.
; Thurlbw Reed, a Dayton bar
ber and anti-evolutionist, con
strued a-statement of Dr.- George
Rapplyea, evolution leader, that
lower forms of life were man's
forebears, as a reflection on his
family and attempted on the ros
trum to chastise the physician. -
Resolutions adopted condemned
the reported plans of Chattanooga
to have'Chattanooga school teach
ers indicted for disseminating in
formation about evolution con
trary to the new law, instead of
allowing Professor ; Scopes of the
Dayton school to be tried in a test
case.' i;-:" : . i $
: The resolution said Dayton peo
ple might . boycott Chattanooga
unless efforts to change the plade
of -the t contest ' were dropped.
Chattanooga school teachers who
have been offered the honor of in
dictment i are ; not enthusiastic
about; iC according to reports
here., j- The grand Jury is in ses
sion at Chattanooga now. ;
; A telegram from an actress of
fering the use of a trained chim
panzee to combat the law was read
at the meeting. .
WASHINGTON SCHOOL ' ,
BOUNDARIES CHANGED
CONGESTION WILL RE RELIEV
i ED IT IS RELIEVED
Old Struct we May Be Used Once
More Due to Natural Growth ,
of Salem
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The school boundaries for the
old Washington school have been
outlined by George W. Hug. city
superintendent of schools, prepa
ratory to using the Old building.
In. order to relieve the conges
tion In the other schools of the
city boundaries have been created
at D and Summer, south on Sum
mer to corner of i Summer and
Court-thence-wesLoru Court to
Church, then south on Church to
Bellevlew. At 4.his corner, the
line turns east and runs to Seven
teenth on Belleview, then to State,
on State to Twentieth, then north
to Center, and then west on A.
The lines continues on A to Fif
teenth, then on this street to D
and then to D and Summer
streets.
In case the building is opened
for school purposes 324 pupils
will be accomodated, who are now
in, other schools. This change
would necessiate a rearrangement
of the boundaries of the other
schools. ' "
The natural growth, in the
school population will make It
necessary to open the old building.
It Is thought in soine ' quarters.
Just 'what use will be mad of the
building will be determined by
the school board at their next
meeting.
STUDENTS PAY FINES
TWO OAC MEN FINED $150
j , EACH IN POLICE COURT
.The two students of OAC who
were arrested and charged with
the transportation and posession
of liquor, Kenneth S. Perry, of
Klamath Falls and E..K. Hunter
were given fines of $150 each,
when they appeared before Police
Judge Marthin Poulsen yesterday.
1 The two were arrested early
Sunday morning by Officer Ed
wards and Smart in the north
part of the city.
Sid Brownell. charged with be
ing intoxicated, paid a fine of $10.
SENTENCE IS GIVEN
' YAKIMA, May 19 Found
guilty by a federal court jury here
late today on liquor charges, John
F. Cody was sentenced' by Federal
Judge J. Stanley Webster to
serve six months In the county jail
and, to pay a fine of $1,000. CotTy
was charged by the government
with having sold liquor to federal
agents. " , '
SAYS, COAST NEEDS PLANES
, SEATTLE. May 1 9,.-While the
tc fan try and the battle ship are
.'.ill the.; backbone of the nation's
defense, more jaircraft and im
proved anti-aircraft guns are need
ed for. the defense of the Pacific
toast, ,
Officers of ForHgn Finance to
Confer And Draw Up
Suggestions '
PARIS, May 19. Premier Paln
leve, M. Briand, the foreign min
ister and M. Caillaux, , finance
minister went over the French
tinancial situation together this
evening considering particularly
the question of! interallied debts.
At the conclusion oC the confer
ence the official spokesman of the
Quai D'Orsay announced ; to the
correspondent: I r
"The inter-allied debts question
may now be said to have entered
the state of real official negotia
tions. If the negotiations are not
yet in an officially international
state, internal study of the ques
tion here -makes it certain that
they will be within a few days.
"The ministers ot foreign af
fairs and finance will confer again
this week tor the purpose of draw
ing up suggestions to be presented
to the United States government,
M. Briand will be assited by com
petent foreign official authorities,
icluding Mj Berthalot, general sec
retary of the ministry an N. Sey
doux, director of political affairs."
The entire French press today
is adopting a much more friendly
tone in, which is a tinge of relief
that the United- States is sending
no official note'to France. The
newspapers urge the government
to make all possible haste in sub
mitting proposals acceptable to
Washington. The Petit Parissien,
the Matin and the Temps, all pub
lish leading articles asking public
opinion to refrain from permature
judgment and advising patience
and confidence that the "govern
ment's effort would not effect the
relations j between the United
States and 'France which were
never better or more cordiaL"
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' WASHINGTON, May 19. Con
vinced their plan for hastening
funding negotiations by debtor
nations Is progressing satisfactor
ily, the government believes the
situation has begun to clarify.
Secretaries Mellon of the -treasury
and Kellogg of the state de
partment feel the way has been
opened for further moves from
this government, If "such are ne
cessary and confidently expect to
receive diplomatic inquiries ; soon
from other, governments.
France,! Belgium and Esthonia
already are giving serious j con
sideration! to funding and high of
ficials see ground . for believing
other powers: soon may take up
the question. President Coolidge
is hopeful that active steps will
be taken! without much further
delay hy some of the debtor na
tions, i i . . --' ; ! --.
RAIL CHANGE TO BE MADE
BETTER SERVICE THROUGH
OREGON IS MADE POSSIRLE
'SAN FRANCISCO,! May 19 A
new rail artery., through southern
and central Oregon for through
traffic between Oregon and the
eastern states will be made possi
ble through steps taken by the
Southern Pacific company, for the
conversion of the Nevada-Cali
fornia-Oregon railway to a Stand
ard guage line and the comple
tion of the Oregon-California and
Eastern railway, it was announc
ed today, j j
The proposed arrangements,
which must first be approved by
the interstate commerce commis
sion, provides, according to a
statement by President William
Sproule of the Southern Pacific
for the rebuilding under Southern
Pacific auspices of the Nevada-California-Oregon
railway Jas a
broad guage line for its entire dis
tance of, 156 mites between Lake
view, ore., and Wendel, Cal..
where It connects with the 'South
ern pacific. The arrangements
were made with the President
Charles Moran of the ; Nevada
Call Torn la-Oregon line i whereby
the Southern Pacific will aid him
In securing the money ' for the
work thus giving that, company a
substantial interest In the road.
CLASSES BURY HATCHET
SOPHS AND FROSH TO flOLD
JOINT PICNIC FRIDAY
The sophomore and freshman
classes -at Willamette University
will bury the hatchet and other
wise signify that class hostilities
are over for the year at the sophomore-freshman
picnic to be held
Friday afternoon and evening.
The picnia is given each year by
the upper class and is in the form
of a good-natured get-together by
the two lower classes of the uni
versity All class hostilities cease
after the ' picnic with the j excep
tion - of a few of the inter-class
rivalry event which have aot yet
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Prohibition Forces Plan Con
centrated Attack on Source
of Supplies - ! ,;
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SENATE COMMITTEE ACTS
Eiilire Administration Favors Plan
Announced at Investigation;
Land and Sea .'Forces
Are Active
- Washington, May 19. With
the prohibition "army" swinging
Into action Jit the warfare already
considerably advanced by the dry
"navy" off the Atlantic coast, the
special senate committee investi
gating the subject has just been
Informed that the administration
from President Coolidge down., is
determined to enforce the prohi
bition law to the limit.
This was disclosed today! with
publication of a transcript of
secret hearings conducted by the
committee, which also brought out
considerable criticism of enforce
ment in general on the part of
committee members who held that
administration of the law had
failed chiefly in that efforts had
not been directed, sufficiently
against main sources of supply.'
Chairman Couzens insisted, that,
to date, there had been a lack of
proper organization and the use
of agents had been inefficient. Too
much attention, he held, has been
directed to.' minor police work in
the states rather than to the stop
ping of known sources of supply,
which, in his opinion, lay chiefly
in alcohol manufacturing and de
naturing plants and breweries, and
not in ruin row.
Senator Watson, republican, 'In
diana, who told the committee of
the administration's intention to
go the limit in enforcement, de
clared It was generally known that
the present system of enforcement
was defensive in parts. He point
ed out,' however, that prohibition
is in tts incipiencyr'and hrTtT
is being wantonly, violated, he
predicted that if given sufficient
funds it could be made effective!
This would be aided particularly,
he said, if the recommendations of
senators and representatives in
behalf of applicants for enforce
ment positions should be ' given
no weight, although he considered
the question of placing the pro
hibition forces under civil force a
subject for debate. :
Declaring "the whole thing Is
problematical," and a tremendous
task. Senator Watson aserfed that
the prohibition unit was doing the
best it could to correct insuffici
ency and to strengthen enforce
ment. .
From the president down, the
administration bad determined to
make' unsparing efforts to enforce
prohibition, he said, and would
use to that end all agencies at Its
command.: '
' "If, after Its enforcement to the
limit the people do not want to
stand for it." he continued, "it
Is for the people to say so, and it
can be modified;
There-has been a good deal of
friction between the department
of justice and the prohibition unit.
Chairman Couzens asserted, but he
added that : the committee had
been promised by Assistant Secre
tarjr Andrews recently placed in
supervision of prohibition enforce
ment in the treasury, that these
difficulties would be eliminated.
The committee's investigation, he
declared, had demonstrated that
the prohibition problem had not
been approached- in the proper
manner to bring about the best
results. i .-:
DAVIS TRIAL IS NEAR END
EVIDENCE IN ALLEGED GRAFT
Case Will Close. Today .
TOPEKA- May 19. (Associat
ed Press.) -Oratory and- then a
verdict are all that remain to com
plete the trial of Jonathan M. Da
via on a charge' of seeking a bribe
for granting ajparole while gov
ernor of Kansas.
The case will go to the jury to
morrow.5 Judge James ; A. Mc
Clure will charge the Jury tomor
row morning And then give the
prosecution, and defense three
hours each for arguments.
Introduction of evidence ended
this afternoon., "A few hours be
fore the defense rested its case,
the former governor left the wit
ness stand after undergoing a pro
longed cross examination. If the
Jury returns a verdict of guilty
Davis will face a sentence of one
to flve.years at hard labor in the
4tate penitentiary or imprisonment
in the county " jail not to exceed
one year. Coupled with a'fine of
$1000, He is charged with solicit
ing $2500 bribe from Anthony L.
Oswald, young attorney who
sought a parole for Walter Grundy
convicted Hutchinson banker, still
'1 Uejjuajud eq nj
Girl t Leave City Tuwday. and
Man j Returns Prom Ills x
- "Summer Vacation:" I
That; a Bian; may unflinchingly
face the (artillery cn he .western
f on t, eastern front or any other
front; other than that presented
by an ; irate young lady with a
bUBioess-liko "gat" in her 1 hand
may be testified to by a promin
ent young Salem.' business mari.
according to, various and authen
tic sources.
According to the story, the
young !man called upon his best
girl a; week ago Sunday night
and in -the course of the evening,
broke the engagement that existed
between j them. Whether feminine
pride was wounded or the loss of
a good: man was too great to bear
is not kno wn, but the young lady,
ii. approved western style, drew
her trusty revolver, upon, which
the young man left her home.
At a safe distance, some nine
miles from the girl's home, the
sheriffs; office was notified but
no official action taken under the
circumstances. Monday, the fol
lowing day, .the young man was
iotinihis accustomed place and
his employers announced that he
as taking' his summer vacation.
Yesterday the young lady !eft
for eastern Oregon and perhaps it
a as coincidence, ; but the young
man appeared in the city and will
be back; in his place today where
he is employed. . r
ERROR THROWS DAMAGE
ACTION BACK IN COURT
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RETRIAL ORDERED LY OPIN
ION RY.CIHEF JUSTICE i
Stanfleld vs. Fletcher,! Involving
Suit tor $7500, Thrown Rack;
i Into. Marlon Court .
, Error in instruction given to
jurors in the case of Hilda Stan
field against Mrs. Zella S, Fletch
er, Salem, - who was sued for
00 aamage5''nn.rtW'em?Toy-
ers liability act, will result in a
re-trial pf the case in circuit court
according 4o an opinion handed
down j Tuesday by the supreme
court, The opinion, written jby
Chief Justice McBride, reverses
the late Judge George G. Bing
ham. ; ' ' . i
Ray Stanfleld. the plaintiff's
husband, was killed on April jlo,
1922, while operating a wood saw
operated by a gasoline engine.
There were no witnesses, the case
hinging upon circumstantial evi
dence, j It la said the machine was
not properly protected with safety
guards. j
Other cases handed down by the
supreme court yesterday were:
William Crowther vs. C. R. Jones,
appeal from fMultnomah county;
motion to dismiss appeal granted
by Chief Justice McBride. Ej C.
Herrlck vs. Clyde E. R. Wallace
and j others, appeal from Lone
county, action to cancel satisf tc
tion of judgment; opinion by Jus
tice Brown, affirming Judge G. F.
Skipwbrth. Petition for rehear
ing denied in the case of Gilbert
vs. Branchflower.
SCRAPPING IS FAVORED
O'CONNOR IS SUPPORTED IN
i PROPOSAL TO HOARD '
WASHINGTON, May 19 (By
The Associated Press) (ihalrman
O'Connor of the Shipping Board
declared in a statement today thai
his proposal to scrap as useless
400 Idle government merchant
vessels was supported by a re
port of a committee ot experts
made to him last April. - i
The experts he said, found that
521 -cargo vessels, of which 302
were lakers, were in excess of the
commercial needs of . the country
and were not required In connec
tion with the military service. .
The committee was made up of
representatives of the war depart
ment, navy; department, depart
ment of commerce, the shipping
board and ; the fleet, corporation
and was said to have acted under,
the authority of the committee ap
pointed by the president in 1924
to study and make recommenda
tions! oni : matters affecting! the
American merchant marine. The
report of the . president's com
mittee was made public some
time! ago, but it did not go Into
detail, on the question of scrap
ping. ! . ; .-.
, i GIRL 14, IS SUICTDE !
VANCOUVER, Wash.. May 19
Grace Esther. All way, 14. daugh
ter of Mr.' and Mrs. Alfred Tr. All.
way or Bear Prairie, near Washou
gal, committed suicide early today
by shooting herself in the ihead
with a rifle. The act was believed
by her parents to have been the
result of a quarrel with, a boy
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Growers of Salem District
Meet Last Night and Form
New Association
PROBLEM IS DISCUSSED
Good Price WUl Be Received For
Fruit Regardless, of LiJuited
Production; California
' Short "
Following an enthusiastic meet
ing of the cherry growers of. this
city at the Chamber of Commerce
last night, a new association, of
Cherry growers was former. The
new organization has many ot the
prominent cherry growers of the
district including George Vick, E.
O. Brooks, , J. F, Hogg, and Max
Gehaler. of Polk county, j
Discnssjpn of the cherry prob
lems of the district disclosed that
regardless of the limited produc
tion of th.e,crop here, aj good price
is in the offering for the growers.
The tonnage for the Salem dis
trlcts,whlch is produced around
the Salem homes, will be notice
ably reduced and the, production
cut down. it was shown.; County
Fruit Inspector Van Trump stated
that this year's yield I will be
smaller than usual, while other
growers were very 'optimistic la
the prices that "could be secured.
Reports of good crops from
certain districts were made by re-
preventatives present. '
A telegram read before the
members of the new association
that the California cherry crop
was entirely sold out at 18.40 per
100. The crop showed a scarcity,
while the demand for cherries was
keen, according to the: telegram
received by Max Gehaler, promin
ent worker in the new j organiza
tion, y-'' - - u I
Many new members were secur
ed by the association last night,
following the close of the discus-
r? In order to secure a price for
the Salem cherries, a committee
of five members Is to be selected,
which will confer with! cannery
men to determine the price for
the product. . j -
J The meeting was called by O. E.
Brooks and Max Gehler. cnerrj
grower of the Willamette valley.
Picking prices will be announced
later. - ! ' j
C. A. Clark was named presl
dent, while J. Gi Hogg was elect
ed secretary. A committee con
sisting of Max Gehler, B. I. Fer
guson and M. L. Guy, of Dallas,
was appointed to confer with- the
cannerymen. I . i i "
PIERCE'- PROTESTS DAM
STRUCTURE REGARDED MEN
ACE TO. FISII INDUSTRY
. If construction of the Priest
Rapids dam will in any manner
prove a menace to the fishing In
dustry of the Columbia river. Gov
ernor. Pierce will seek action pre
venting the. improvement of the
structure ort compel , the builders
to install facilities ,ta protect the
propagation of salmon, it is indi
cated in a letter to the secretary
of interior at Washington, D. C
Hundreds of letters protesting
the dam have been received since
the. license was granted by the fed
eral power commission to the
Washington Irrigation and Devel
opment company, r The construc
tion Is held by the governor as a
menace to one of the state. s basic
industries, which represents mil
lions o? dollars in investments.
GIRL MAY DIE FRQ3I CRASH
" TACOMA. May 19 Six year old
Mildred Miller was possibly fatally
Injured, and four other persons
Were more or less seriously hurt,
in a series of auto accidents last
nisrht and todavJ -
The Miller girl suffered a frac
tured skull when etruck by a mo
tor truck yesterday evening. SIi
had not regained conscloussness
late tonight and her condition waa
described by hospital authorities
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