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SALEM, OREGON, TUESDAY MORNING, MAY 26, 1925
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SION DEMANDS RETUR.
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Latest Disaster in Japan
Jakes Heavy Toll of Life;
CSus'e Not Known
fS SECOND QUAKE IS FELT
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Number of Dead , and Wounded
From Earthquake Believed
800; Aid Being Rushed
f To Towns
PEKING, May 25. (By Associat
ed Press). Three- hundred per
sons are reported i to hare been
killed or wounded in an explosion
at the Mukden arsenal. The blast
occured In the middle of the
night and demolished buildings a
thousand yards from the arsenal.
'The cause is not known.
The Mukden arsenal originally
equipped with machinery manu
factured in China was recently
brought up to date and the most
modern plant installed, the ma
chines being imported from Den
mark. Ether, sulphuric acid and
smokeless powder, were, manufac
tured there besides all descriptions
of arms and amunitions. Foreign
instructors were engaged.
TOKIO, May 26. (By Associ
ated Press). A heavy after-quake
is reoorted to have occurred' at
ml: 21 this morning at Osaka, Ky-
the region so severely shaken
Saturday morning. The clocks In
Osaka and Kyoto were stopped
and the populace badly frighten
ed. Apparently no casualties and
no damage was done. ' v
. NEW YORK, ! ! May 25. (By
Associated Press). A cablegram
today received by the Japanese
consulate states ! that the prob
able number of dead and wounded
from the earthquake in Japan, is
800. Koyo-Oka with 2,000 families
Kinosaki with 700 and Kumihama
with 500 are the principal towns
that suffered the message says.
Toyo-Oka and Kinosaki were said
to have been destroyed mainly by
fire. "'. " 1
No further anxiety for the
stricken region is felt according to
the cablegram. Railway commun
ications were established the. day
after the quake, it says, and re
lief work is proceeding satisfac
torily. P " "
The emperor and empress have
personally contributed 3T;500 yen
toward relief to the sufferers and
many other contributions are com
ing in.
Reconstruction is reported al
ready under way, 'while ' relief
work is continuing satisfactorily.
The government is expected to re
voke the taxes due by the suf
ferers. The foreign office has received
many messages j of condolence
from abroad. The American am
bassy has received numerous
cables from the United States of
fering contributions, 'if necessary.
LEGION IS ''GOING OVER",
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HALF OF $40OO ENDOWMENT
QUOTA RAISED MONDAY , ,'
The American Legion ; endow
ment campaign started off with a
"bang" Monday morning and at
the close of the day something ov
er half of Salem's quota was sub
scribed. Organized teams were
calling at local business houses
early in the day! and the results
of the first day's effort are fully
up to the expectations of those
in charge of the drive. ;
Local Legionaires say that if
i today's' drive results 'equal those
of Monday the drive will beover
by this evening. ; A number of lo
cal business men assisted in solic
iting funds, giving their time as
money for the good cause. Salem
Lesion' men are pleased with the
response their appeal has met with
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MINISTERS HOLD PICNIC
REV. POLING ; NAMED PRESI
DENT OF ASSOCIATION
Rev. C. C. Poling of the First
Evangelical church was elected
president and Rev. Carl Miller of
the. .South Friends church, secre
tary-treasurer, at the annual meet
ing and picnic of the Salem Min
, isterial, association at Rickreall
Monday. The new program com
mittee consists ' of Rev. E. II.
Shanks, ' First Baptist church;
Rev. R. L. Putnam, Court" Street
Christian church, and Rev. Fred
G. Taylor. First Methodist.
A fine 'basket lunch was served
at noon to a large representation
of the association and their fam
ilies.' Volley; ball, croquet, base
ball and horseshoe pitching con
testa :were staged as a feature 6t
the picate.
Slust Appear Before Judge Ale
Mahan to Answer Charge
on Wednesday 'pi
Frank C. Bramwell, state super
intendent of banks, was cited for
contempt ' of court yesterday by
Circuit Judge L. H. McMahan,
when he and his attorney failed to
appear in court yesterday morning
to show reason why an appeal of
prejudice had j been brought
against the court. Bramwell has
been ordered to j appear in court
Wednesday morning to answer the
contempt charge. j
The case grewout of a petition
filed by George I Putnam, , Salem
publisher, asking' that the head
quarters of the state banking de
partment be returned to Salem
from Portland where It was moved
some weeks ago. Bramwell was
cited to appear f in' clrifulf "court
here to give cause Why the change
should not be made. He then
filed a complaint stating tha't
Judge McMahan was prejudiced
against-him, and could, not1 give
him a fair trial on the merits of
the case!, - rjJ- -'1
- Judge McMahan then demanded
that Bramwell appear in court and
explain wherein ; - the charge of
prejudice ' lay, asserting that he
had never, to his knowledge, seen
the man, and knew nothing about
him, and knew or no reason why
he could not give him a fair trial.
Bram well's attorney appeared in
court and stated that, ; under ex
isting conditions: Judge McMahan
had no alternative in the matter,
and must issue an order directing
the trial to be held in some other
eourt, ' ; : J " ; -, : ) ' ' .
Judge McMahan is of. a differ
ent opinion, however, and declares
that he must be shown cause why
a prejudice complaint was entered.
It has been stated , that "in case
Bramwell fails to appear Ho 'the
contempt of court charge, a bench
warrant may be issued for hli" ar
rest, " -
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EUGENE GOLFERS Wlfl
TR I - C IT Y f 6 UR JA T
FINE LOVING. CUP BECOMES
PERMANENT PRpPERTY
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Al Krause Trophies for j Rlihce
Men on by Ercel Kay and
Rex' Sanford
The Eugene Country club went
ahead with the honors in the tri
city tournament held at Corvallis
Sunday, won first place and the
silver trophy put up five years ago
for the team winnng' it three times
in succession ' The winners" were
going fine, although the! Salem
team, composed;" mostly of new
men who have played less than a
year, put up a splendid showing."
It Is planned to have two teams
from eachrf club in the, : tri-city
matches: In' this manner more
players will be given a chance to
enter the game, and to-show their
mettle. It will also let each golf
club use its courses each Sunday.
' From all indications the quali
fying play 'for the president's cup
and the Gray Belle trophy; will
be staged this, week at the Illihee
Country club. . ' . . s ' :
Ercel Kay. won the golf: bag
given , by Al Krause" for the best
score of the Illihee Country club
course. Rex Sanford won the sil
ver loving cup1 offered by Al
Krause for the first place honors.
The games were hard fought and
two tie games resulted for the
right to meet Sanford in the fin
als. The trophy has been, en
graved. ' . t
OREGON EXPOSITION SET
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EXPLOITATION OF NORTH
WEST SCHEDCLEli FOR 1D20
NEW YORK. May, 25. An In
dustrial exposition displaying' the
resources and scenic attractions of
Oregon. Washington, Idaho and
Montana, will be held1 at Grand
Central palace in 1926, it was an
nounced today at a meeting of
business men to indorse the plan.
'Though a' definite date for the
show has not been set Edward P.
Kemmer. manager of tho Cham
ber of Commerce of Tacoma, Wn.,
arrangements ' for it ' are being
made in the Pacific Northwest and
popular as well ; as financial sup
port has been assured. ) i
"By visual illustration and per
sonal contact,1 "Mr. .Kemmer said,
"the exposition-is designed to ac
quaint business . factors in New
York with the opportunities of the
Pacific Northwest. It will em
bace every line of activity which
is now contributing to the devel
opment of Washington, Oregon,
Montana and Idaho.";
Edward H. Lang, general traffic
manager' of the Anaconda Copper
Mining ' company, ; - formerly of
Butte, Mont., was named chair-
Iman of the New York committee.
Rate of Increase: Alarming
Declares State Hospital
Superintendent 1
WAR PERIOD FOUND LOW
Percentage Picks Up After 1922;
Low Morality Standard Is
Also Held for Iany ?
New Patients
Insanity,' due directly to alco
holism, is increasing at an alarm
ing1 rate and for the! period Sep
tember, 1924, to April" 1, 1923, a
total of 4.9 percent of all inmate
received is traceable to alcoholic
beverages, according to Dr. R.-E.
.Lee Steiner, superintendent of the
state hospital, who has compiled
figures" for the biennial reort of
the institution.
,The low ebb was reached during
the" war and the period of recon
struction which immediately fol
lowed. From October, 1916, to
September, '19J8, there were 29
patients received for treatment,
28 of whom were men and one
wpman" 'The Percentage was 2.6.
During the following period 29
men and four women were receiv
ed, or a total of .025 of all pa
tients received by tho institution.
From 1920 to 1922 SI were re
reived 25 men and six women r
leaving the "percentage of the to
tal number of patients unchanged,
i Alcoholism ! increased alarming
ly from 1922 to 1924. when 48
patients were received for treat-,
ment. Of this number 45 were
men and"Tthree women, giving a
percentage of "4.2 for all inmates
received 'during the biennlum.
The high tide was "reached in
1912-14, when ' 84 pien and 11
women 'were received, giving a
percentage of 7.1 -off all patients
received. - The following biennlum
witnessed' a reduction of 1.8 per
cehtahd the next period, 1916-18,
a further reduction"o 2.7 percent.
1 Arrivals' at the institution re
mained practically the same for j
with" the exceptionof the last 18
months, when only 304 were re
ceived. New arrivals and the
'period covered by each are 1912
14, 1198; 1914-16, 1089; 1916
18, 1095; l3l-20; 1236; 1920-22,
1244. and 1922-24, lt48.
The poor quality of; Intoxicating
liquor obtainable today and pois
onous moonshine are the only so
lutions Xto the increase of alco
holic insanity, Dr. Stelner beUeves.
In commenting upon the report he
said' that morality is; on the de
crease and that the percentage of
syphillitic patients is jalso increas
ing at 'ah alarming rate.
GERMANY DECLARED TO
FAVOR PEACE PROTOCOL
STATEMENT IS CAUSE OF SAT
"' ISF ACTION TO OFFICIALS
Nation i Stands Ready to Yrove
N-v Peaceful Intentions, Spokes- ...
. man Says ,:!;'.
,i GENEVA, May 25. No an
nouncement affecting the future
of world eace has treated more
satisfaction and more eager dis
cussion than Germany's official
declaration today of lier readiness
to subscribe o an international
agreement that chemical warfare
be banned. 1
,i German circles emphasize the
importance of the announcement
in view" of the charges that Ger
many vast industrial equipment
would make her a formidable ad
versary in any future war, since
German factories could be trans
formed immediately f into plants
for the manufacture qt poison
gases. : f
Thus say the German spokes
men, Germany stands ready" to
prove her peaceful Intentions by
condemning the employment of
what has been styled her strongest
potential armament. ? ;
Hcrr Von Eckhardt, in making
the announcement, s41d "Germany
is solemnly desirous; of ; eliminat
ing the use of chemicals in war
fare and in warfare and will join
an international conference for
that purpose."
Funeral Services ! for Mrs,
Chamberlain Vill be Held
WASHINGTON, May 25. (By
Associated Press.) Funeral serv
ices will be held here tomorrow
for the late Saliie Welsh Chamber
lain, wife of. former Senator
Chamberlain of Oregon, who died
Sunday. Interment will be in Ar
l:ngton National 'cemetery. Be
sides her husband who has prac
ticed law here since his retirement
from the senate, Mrs. Chamberlain
la survived by two ions and four
daughters." " "
Preparations Now Being Made to
1 Hold Second Test of the Na
tion's Strength
WASHINGTON, May 25. (By
Associated Press). Th4 second
national defense test will be held
July 4. !
President Coolidge today reject
ed' the war department proposal
that the muster "be held on Arm
istice Day, November "11, suggest
ing Independence Dayl'as being
a more appropriate day," and
preparations were immediately be
gun to comply with his preierence.
despite the limited time remaining
in which to arrange the demon
stration. 1
In his letter to Acting Secretary
Davis, j the president did not ex
plain, his reason for rejecting the
Armistice Day suggestion, saying
merely "I do not approve your
proposal that it be held on Armis
tice Day."! ,
The j president's action opened
the question whether the need for
a test this year justified an effort
to prepare 'for it "by July 4. Mr.
Davis and his military advisors
have felt that such a limited peri
od will be' insufficient for lay In i
the ground work for a test as ln
portant as it was intended to hold
if the Armistice Day date had been
approved, but they decided imme
diately that the educational value
of the demonstration in promoting
public understanding; of the new
military policy which requires" na
tionwide' civilian' cooperation 'war
ranted efforts to hold a creditable
muster July 4. "; - ;
ARMY TANKS TO PLAY
PART IN TOURNAMENT
EACH WEIGHS NINE TONS; IN
t i ACTION SUNDAY ' ; )
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OAC Students Will Pilot Huge
r iron jagnung aucmnes '
f From Camp Lewis
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Two huge army trucks, one
equipped with a. 137 mm gun ndrl
the other a machine gun, wm be
brought to Corvallis from; Camp
Lewis,' Wash.. ' for the ' miliUry
tournament. May 30. Approval for
shipping the tanks has been re
ceived; from - General William
Johnston at Camp Lewis, and Gen
eral G. H. Menoher, San Francis
co, byi Captain', T. C. McCormlck,
tournament director. The tanks,
weighing more than nine- tons
each, will be shipped on flat cars.
These-tanks are of historical in
terest;1 having been used on the
western front in France. This will
be .the; first' time they have left
Camp Lewis since they were sent
there after' the war. In View of
their history, they have been nam
ed Mt. Tacoma and Mt. Rainier.
The Mt. Rainier tank will be
driven while in Corvallis by James
V. "Jim" Dixon, sophomore in vo
cational education, whose home is
in Seattle, and Mt. Tacoma will be
driven; by Louis jEade, junior in
commerce, of Tacoma. .
' Captain McCormlck has made
arrangements lor the. insurance
policy. for the man whos will make
the 3000 foot parachute Jump
from an airplane; as a part of the
aerial program for the military
show i ,
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MAY ! PRINT TAX LISTS
COURT RULES PAPERS MAY
PRINT INCOME TAX LIST
WASHINGTON, May 25. (By
Associated Press). Newspapers
may publish without hindrance
from the government or any one
else any official information whihe
congress makes available to public
inspection, the supreme court held
today in deciding two cases in
volving the publication of income
tax lists opened to inspection last
fall at ;the offices of Internal rev
enue collectors.
The opinion which wes rendered
by Justice Sutherland, was unan
imous and was based upon the
statuatory construction of the law,
the court finding that it was not
necessary to pass upon the con
stitutional question of the freedom
of the press.; "
- The ! case ' decided had been
brought against the Kansas City
Journal Past' and the Baltimore
Post, , which were sustained in
their , contentions by the lower
courts.! , ' ' -
I "Information which : everybody
is at liberty to acquire is the ac
quisition of which congress seem
ed to especially desirous of facili
tating connot In the absence' of
some clear and positive provision
to the contrary be regarded other
wise than as public - property,; to
be passed on to others as freely
as the possessors ; of " it may
choose," Justice Sutherland stated.
Famous Old Craft Inspected Over
Week-End; Reported in
Good Condition
Return of the $25,000 silver
service set presented-to the battle
ship Oregon when it was first com
missioned will be demanded of the
navy department by the battleship
commission. Col. Carle Abrams
chairman, said yesterday. Furni
ture and other equipment will al
so be asked. ;
Inspection of the craft in the
Puget sound. navy yard at-Brem-erton
was made over the week
end. The vessel has been- com
pletely repainted outside and the
Interior re-cleaned and scrubbed,
though not painted, as promised.
Every assurance of cooperation
was given the commission by Ad
miral Chase, commandant, and
Captain MenneK who ivill com
mand the craft on its voyage to
Portland. , The Oregon will leave
June 8 in tow of three govern
ment tugs. Boilers and, engines
have been rendered' useless, in ac
cordance with the edict of the dis
armament conference and only
sufficient steam to assure steering
will be carried. , The battleship
will be brought to Morgan's land
ing near the mouth of the Wil
lamette river, the morning of June
141. The following day, with the
Rose Festival queen, attendants,
and an excursion party of nearly
:1, 000 persons, the famous old
fighting ship will be towed to its
anchorage at the east end of the
Broadway bridge.
Those making the inspection
trip over the week-end were Col.
Carle 'Abrams, Salem, chairman of
the commission; Mrs Cora Thomp
son, Portland, and Mr. and Mrs.
Howard Waddell, Roseburg. The
commission was accompanied by
Captain Speider, harbormaster of
Portland.
WIFE SHOOTS HUSBAND
DURING MURDER TRIAL
SPECTATORS WITNESS FATAL
v .SHOT FIRED BY WOMAN
Chamber Filled With People at
... Murder Trial, Turned Into
Death Room
EL PASO, Texas. May 25. (By
the - Associated Press. ) C. R.
Jones, who', came to El Paso a
month ago from Los Angeles, was
shot in the head late today by his
wife in the 34th district court
room where both were among the
spectators at a murder trial.
Mrs. Jones, a blonde, pretty and
modlshly dressed, dropped a small
"bulldog" pistol and stood by the
door, silent, while the court room
was in pandemonium. Court at
taches arrested her and rushed to
the aid of her husband. A police
surgeon found that the bullet had
entered the "man's left ear and
come out by theright eye. While
the wound is serious, it is said,
he has a chance to live. As he
fell. Jones exclaimed i
"Oh. my God, I'm shot. She
did it. She followed me all' the
way from California."
r The woman was taken1 Into the
office of the district attorney and
subjected to a brief questioning.
She declared that" following a
quarrel" with her husband he came
tq EI Paso a month ago from their
home in Los Angeles.? He took
with him their child, AUeen Jones.
5, which the woman claimed had
been awarded to her custody. She
followed him to El Paso, arriving
today, and demanded the custody
or the Child, which he has been
maintaining at the Salvation Army
home. Jones refused, she said,
and the couple by mutual agree
ment had come to court to make
the custody of the child subject
to court action when the Bhooting
occurred.
EAST STRICKEN BY COLD
RECORD HEAT AND COLD NOT
ED WITHIN TWO DAYS
NEW YORK. May 25. New
York, after having sweltered
through the warmest May 23 ever
known, noly two days ago. shiver
ed through its coldest May 25
since "the weather,: bureau began
to record nature's , behavior. ;
A temperature of 40 degrees
was reported at 7.1 o'clock this
morning, 38 hours after a high
record of 92 degrees had been set
at 4:40 o'clock Satruday after
noon. The mercury today hovered
at the 40 mark until 10 o'clock,
rising to 48 at 3 o'clock." .
. The previous cold record for
May, was 43 degrees in 1877.; "
I Snow and frost today were re
ported J in many sections of New
York state.:;. The weather bureau
at. .Wakhington,.jredicted "heavy
and killing frosts as far south' as
West Virginia tonight, with only
a little'lesa'Tlgorous weather In
state farther south; ;
More Than Four Days Now
' Elapsed Since Air Flight
From Spitzbergen 1
FEARS ARE EXPRESSED
Arctic Now Threatened by Severe
' Storms Prediction From
North States; Watch '
a ' Kept ' ''
NEW, YORK, May 25. (Asso
ciated Press.)- The North Ameri
can Newspaper Alliance announc
ee through' The Associated Press
at 9 O'clock tonight that there was
no news from the 'Amundsen-Ells
worth North Pole expedition.'
. More than four days have now
elapsed since the two airplanes
left King's Bay, Spitzbergen,, for
their pole flight, and nothing has
been heard' from them;
OSLO, Norway.'May 25. (Asso
ciated Press. ) The Shipping Ga
zette eays that the Arctic regions
are threatened with storms which
it is thought' will compel Captain
Amundsen to return immediately
Jf he is able.
' The weather forecast is for
snow and fog on Wednesday.
LOS ANGELES. May 25. (As
sociated "Press. 1 The zero hour
for the relief of Roald Amundsen,
Arctic explorer, missing since he
started his north' pole flight from
Spitzberggen last " Thursday will
fall at dawn tomorrow in the opin
ion of Haakon H. Hammer, friend
and former assistant of the Nor
wegian explorer, and leader of the
expedition that went to the lat
jter's relief in1 1923.
"A fifth day without word from
Amundsen will be almost certain
troof that relief from the outside
will be necessary and I am doing
everything in my power to organ
ize and finance a relief plane to
make the air .dash from Spits
bergen to the aid of the party,"
said Hammer.; - j
: 1 The Amundsen party in its two
seaplanes carried gasoline fuet
sufficient for sustained fligta of
approximately 12 H hours by both
machines, according to estimates
compiled here by Hammer on fig
ures received from Spitzbergen. ,:
i A solution of the mystery of the
whereabouts of the party,, veiled
in the Arctic haze since it hopped
off from King's Bay, Spitzenberg
en, last Thursday must be based
on three probable contingencies,
according to Hammer.
"Amundsen has landed at or
near the pole for observation.-
"He has come down to transfer
gasoline and menin the second to
the first in order to continue on
toward Alaska or one or both
planes have lost their way and
have been driven to a forced land
ing for lack of fuel," Hammer
eaid. i! : -
"In the case of: a voluntary
landing for either the first or sec
ond reason mentioned above it is
not only possible, hut' highly prob
able that the planes suffered some
damage in "coming down on the
rough, ice-covered terrain of the
Arctic. This Is not the season of
open water in - those latitudes.
; ; "One thing certain. Amund
sen's 'absence for this length : of
time, four days, is involuntary. He
has with him five other men and
their safety, from my association
with him, will be first consider
ation. ' '' " ' ," :
Monday in Washington
, Newspapers wer upheld by the
supreme court in the publication
of income tax lists.
;'
, The Nickel Plate merger hear
ings were resumed -before the in
terstate commerce commission,
, Further unseasonable weather
was forecast by the weather bur
eau for a large section of the
country. .. . ,
- President Coolidge returned
from his : week-end yachting trip
apparently thoroughly recovered
from his recent illness. ;
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The supreme court ruled that
a fair average value of a corpor
ation's assets must be used in
assessing federal'" capital stock
taxes.' -'' f f
Jury 4 was selcted by . the war
department at the suggestion of
President Coolidge as the 'date
for national -defense 'muster this
year.: ; ' -
Silas F. Strawn of Chicago ac
cepted appointment as American
commissioner to the special con
ference on Chinese customs pro
vided for in the nine power treaty.
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The supreme court held that
Asiatics are not entitled to natur
al ization even thou glTXhey served
in the army, nary or coast guard
during .the worll war.
Practise Ceases at Midnight
Thursday; 235 Statutes Go
Into Effect'
One of the 235 new laws which
go into effect at midnight Thurs
day Is not meeting with any great
noticible amount of appreciation
upon the part of state officials and
employees as this prohibits the
user of state-owned vehicles for
other state business and puts a de
finite stop ' to "joy-riding" over
the county at public expense at
the rate of 10 cents a mile, the
amount checked up against the
vehicles and renumeration allowed
for taking private machines on of
ficial business. State traffic of
ficers have announced that they
would rigidly enforce this law. -
Speed ' traps, which have been
employed In the past, are also un
der the ban and1 any traffic offi
cer employing this method will be
considered to have committed a
breach; of the statute and the of
fense regarded as a misdemeanor.
Emblems of various automobile
associations cannot" , be displayed
unless the right to, display ' such
emblem of emblems is vested in
the person displaying the em
blems." ' Violation' of this law car
ries a severe penalty. - ;
Among the vast array of sta
tutes are those providing for: an
increase in salary for justices of
the supreme court, district attor
neys and a great many county of
ficials throughout the state. New
boards and commissioners will al
so go into effect. Change 'in the
time for paying taxes and giving
the state highway commission ad
ditional powers are provided.
Other laws merely correct or
amend existing statutes and are
minor in importance.
The new lighting law providing
for the use of standard lights' on
automibiles does not go Into ef
fect at this time but at midnight
August 31. Official testing sta
tions will be ' announced before
the law goes Into effect. Under
this law lights must be tested at
certain" intervals ; and spotlights
focused to the edge of the pave
ment. Dimming on dry paving
will be discontinued. ' . . -
COUNSEL FIGHT HARD
IN SELECTING PANEL
BATTLE OF WITS STAGED BY
CROWE AND STEWART
Only One Venireman Tentatively
Passed by Both Sides;
13 Held
CHICAGO. May 25. (By Asso
ciated Press). Selection'of a jury
to try William Darling Shepherd
for the alleged murder of his mil
lionaire foster son. William Nel
son McClintock )by administering
poisons and typhoid germs, devel
oped into a sharp battle of wits
today between Robert E. Crowe,
the state's attorney, and William
Scott Stewart, chief of defense
counsel, but a losing battle so far
as filling the jury box was 'con
cerned. J j ;jf'ij---
The 12 men locked up tonight
included four jurors sworn in last
Friday, one of the veniremen ten
tatively passed by both sides, two
veniremen questioned by the pros
ecution and five who had not been
examined by either Bide. "
The call for veniremen was well
down into the second special panel
of 100 tonight, a total of 73 men
having been excused because of
prejudices against certain legal re
quirements, or fixed opinions, 25
by agreement of prosecution and
defense,' eight by peremptory chal
lenges by state and two by defense
peremptory challenges. v '
A detective from the state's at
torney's office left tonight for
Philadelphia In searching Tor Rob
ert White, described by both pros
ecution and defense as a much de
sired witness: w V : f,
Joseph P. . Savage i assistant
state's attorney," today received a
special delivery letter mailed in
Philadelphia Saturday evening
and purporting'jto have been writ
ten by White in which the writer
said he had fled' Chicago": a ner
vous wreck in fear of his life. The
letter said Shepherd is'goilty. . I
admit and he knows it. and God
help him .when I get back. His
bunch made a nervou wreck of
me and also made he sign a state
ment against my will. I am just
commencing to fight Shepherd and
his gang." - ...) . '
Defense Counsel Stewart stated
when' White's ' disappearance be
came known' that White had vol
untarily "sfgned an affidavit with
drawing his accusations that Shep
herd was seen at the national un
iversity of sciences where White
was known as - a bodyguard for
Charles C, Falman,'the'proprietort
OilTOBMCOM
Eighteen of 36 Counties
" Contribute Big Total of
14,173 Signatures
REVOJUE. NOV DELAYED
Large Sum Lost Throngh Action;
Tithing and Dos Petitions
Must be Completed by V"
-' 5 p. m. Thursday
Referendum petitions bearing
14,173 signatures against the cig
arette and tobacco tax bill were
filed. with the secreary of state's
Office Monday by L. A. McNary,
attorney for the Oregon Retail Ci
gar dealers association.
' Fifty per cent of the 36 coun
ties of the state-are listed, with
a greater portion of signatures be
ing received in Multnomah county
with a total of 11,018. Marlon
county was second with 723 signa
tures, while Baker county was
third with 335. Polk county con
tributed 191. Other counties in ,
which petitions were circulated aro
Benton,' Crook, Clackamas, Colum
bia", Deschutes, Douglas, Jackson,
Josephine, Klamath, Linn, Tilla
mook, Umatilla, Wasco and Lane.
Based upon the S per cent vote,
It was necessary to obtain approx
imately 9,000 signatures if the per
centage was taken to apply to the
vote for ' justices of the. supremo
court, but if interpreted to apply
to the highest vote cast nearly
14,000 were necessary, as he larg-"
est vote was cast for United States
senator. In order to play safe the
petitioners based their petitions
upon the higher vote.
. Filing of the petition serves to
block the enactment of the law
and deprive the state of between
1800,000 to 11,000,000 revenue,
it is claimed, and prevents any tar
being " placed upon tobacco until
the nexV general election In No- -yember
1926, when it " Is to ba
referred to the people.
' Petitions for referendum against
two Other revenue producing
measures have not yet been filed.
These are the co-called tithing
bill, transferring 10 per cent, of
the fees" received by self-supporting
departments and commissions
Into the general fund, and the pro
posed bus measure.
Only three more days remain in
which petitions may be filed with
the secretary of state's office. Th
time limit expires at 5 o'clock
Thursday afternoon.
POWER MACHINERY IS
UNLOADED FOR PLANT
WORK IN . WEST SALEM WILL f
GET? UNDER WAIT SOON
Connecting Link Will Completo
Line From Washington to '
Mexican Border ,
Machinery which is to be assem
bled here for the big power station"
In .West Salem arrived in Salem
yesterday for the Portland Elec
tric Power " company officials.
Workmen are to be brought hero
to start active work within the
next " 10 days, which will take
about three months to finish.
When completed, the West Sa
lem station will form a connect
ing link on a system connecting
Washington state with the Mexi
can border, and will Berve as a
distributing center for this section
Of the Willamette valley. Power
will be furnished the Southern. Pa
cific company, as well as power
for the-city" of Independence.
r The power here is to bo supple
mented by a Current from Esta
cada and in case of an emergency
power can be brought here fro ex
Southern Oregon. The lines from
the east will bring power to tha
station to ba established.
COMMUNIS?.! IS TAUGHT
HEAD OP SONS OF VETERANS
SAYS 'VIGILANCE NEEDED
TACOMA, May 2. On a tour of
the course, during which he will
visit all cities where chapters of
the Sons of Veterans are organ
ized William M. Coffin. Cincinna
ti, commander In chief of the or
ganization arrived in Tacoma to
day. - " .
' In a short talk at a luncheon in
his honor, Mr. Coffin declared
that the principal work now undr
way is a campaign against the rad
ical teachings . which . have crept
into mary American schools.
: "Our children are being" taught
communism and otherrradical doc
trines In many public echooL-t," li i
declared. "Our work is beins di
rected towards a revival ot rever
ence or American ideals, Ar r
Ican traditions and Ar-eika L:..-tory."-
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