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MSIISSlitt' COiiMIOil OPEff'S 3 KILLED; MANY jpYING; LIGHTNING HITSlSCHQOL REFUGEES FLEEING ARMORY IS THRONGED I JO HEAR GRADUATION HUGE LIQUOR RING SAID UNCOVERED BY OFFICERS DRAINAGE SURVEY IS URGED BY ENGINEER SEOF DEATH l! BYUSGOHH ARGUED GOUkSEL CROWDED BUILDING TARGET OF THUNDER STORM BrELL,' JAMES AND CHILDS ARE PRIZE WINNERS m o Fffi.iCflllEMS PAPERS BELONGING TO JAKE f WOITT SAID IMPORTANT 1 i ' RHEA LITER TO; SEGREGATE LOW AND HIGHLANDS Registration . and Introduc tion of Visitors Occupies Ail First Day PRESIDENT IS ABSENT , .I - Miss Blargaret Fleming Give Ad dress of Welcome; Election of Officers Will Form Today's Program The first day of the fourth state convention of the Oregon Federa tion of Business and Professional "Women -was a success from the time tne registration booth was opened until the closing number last; night at the Chamber of Com merce auditorium. ' Registration and introduction of the visiting delegates occupied the greater' portion of the afternoon session, while the eyening was de voted to addresses of welcome and a general get-together. From the enthusiasm and interest shown, this is considered one of the best state conventions the organization has held. J ... , ,..'..,; 1 ; Miss Margaret Fleming, Port land, first vice president, officiat ed in lieu of Mrs. Alice Maloney of Marshfleld, president, who was called to California by the illness of her father. Miss Fleming made the address of welcome. During the evening's entertain ment a piano number was offered by Robert Alexander; vocal num bers by Susan Varty and Grace IE. Smith i followed an informal meeting, at which members be came acquainted. Refreshments were served. A total of. 41 delegates - were present from clubs' situated In dif ferent parts of the state. Others are expected to arrive in the city this morning. ' Today's session will be featured by the main address of th& occa sion by Mrs. Shloe-Miller Mac Reynolds, who Is recording secre tary of the national organization. She made the trip. to Oregon from North Carolina to attend the Ore- gon state convention. An election of officers and the business session will also be held. - Vera Mackay, Vivian Mackay, Ellen Ruduas and Alice Cox. all of Marshfleld; Wrs. R. E. McClellan, Louise M. Hacker, Margaret A. Fleming and Alice Hutchinson, all of Portland; Dorothy Povey, M. D. Roseburg, Ethel T. Webb, of Roseburg, and Miss Martha Gosch Portland, are among those regis tered at the Marion hotel for the convention. : AIR CHALLENGE REFUSED i WRIGHT DECLINES TO ACCEPT ! LANGLEY PLANE TEST DAYTON, Ohio, June 12 (By The Associated Press) An an swer to the challenge of Charles M. jdanley, former pilot of the Langley aerodrome during exper iments In 1903, in which he sought to make further flying ev periments with the original Lang ley plane now in the Smithsonian Institution was made here late to day by Orville Wright. Manley asked that tests be made at Long Island in August. Mr. Wright's answer said: ."The evident purpose of the challenge which Mr. Manley has announced is to draw attention from the real issues of the contro versy between Dr. Walcott and myself. These issues are the charges which I have made that the Smithsonian institution Is not a safe repository historic rel ics. " ' "The Issues of this controversy do not relate to events of the fu ture, but to events of the past. 2 therefore see no reason for intro ducing a discussion of future ex periments into a discussion which has to do only with experiments of the past. This proposal to do so can only be taken as an ad- ; mission of the truth of my charg : es as to the fraudulent nature of so-called tests of the Langley ma chine at Hammondsport, In 1914." SUICIDE PACT CONFESSED BOY, 19, CONFESSES TO PART IN DEATH AGREEMENT? WELLESLEY FARMS, Mass,, June 12 (By Associated Press.) Sterling Mills, 18 year old hign school student, admitted to the au thorities tonight that he and Prts cilla Ajnidon, his school girl sweetheart, had made a suicide pact. Mills shot himself at the same time and is in a hospital in Newton. The girl is dead. .- TOURIST KILLS YOUTH FRESNO, CaL, June 12. J. W. Denton, 38, itinerant automobile tourist, killed an unidentified youth near here today. I if teen Others Injured by Boh; " Heveral More Expected to Die BRECKENRIDGEj Tjexas. June 12.- (By The Associated Press), At " least three ij persons weni killed and a number o others in jured when lightning! struck a school house nearj heife tonight. The building was saifl to have been crowded with persons attend ing. a mass meeting to discuss an irrigation project. ! The dead are": CacI Lebetter, 9. A boy 11, and a giijl 13, of the Broils family. j ( Fifteen others j wefe Injured, five or six; of them probably fatal ly. A xt year old sister of the two young Broils victims was taken from the schoolhouse in a dying condition, while the chil dren's mother was stricken un conscious. " i , I Clyde Perry, 12 year old boy living near, Cisco4 is expected to die. Darkness andj the storm from which the fatal bolt Issued prevented relief workers from de termining the extent; of the vic tims' injuries. Evej-y physician and nurse in Breeklenridge was called into service ashe wounded were brought to locajj hospitals. Among the victims was C. M. Caldwell, wealthy oilfman of Abi line. who was rendWed uncon scious, j ' TERRIFIC STORAl SWEEPS THROUGH EASTERN STATE ONE DEAD, SO INJCttED; PROP -ERTY DAMAGE f & HIGH 1?500,C Loss Estimated at $500,000 in " Southern Minnesota; Wires ; All Dom ST. PAUL, Mlnn., June 12. One dead, 20 injured and property damage estimated - at 1500,000 was the toll taken by the storm which -.swept through southern Minnesota last, night, reports from the storm area Indicated tonight. 'At Rochester and Vicinity dam age from cloudburst?, hail and rainstorms was centered about that city yesterday and today, will probably total $200,000, it was indicated tonight as I gradual re storation of crippled telephone and teleeraDh service brought in news of'addltional losses through out the. countryside. Three per sons were injured lnfthat section. Thousands of acres of valuable farm lands were inundated south and west of Rochester! by the over flow front the Zambto river. In .the lowlands borderihg the river crops are reported to have been totally destroyed. I Additional reports Reaching Al- A. T - J 1 . Deri L,ea dj courier late loaay ana tonight showed the sform In that section was more.eeere than at first indicated. ' Whole fields were under water, large Darns which bad been blown away were scat tered over the countryside and bodies of chickens, ckttle, horses and other stock was Strewn about the wreckage. Pat Kelly and his son, farmers near lAlbert Lea, Were pinned underneath a barn vhlch collapsed durinjg the storm, killing several head ojf horses and cattle. The men escaped, how ever, with only painffrl injuries. - - 1 1 PASSENGER ' IS ! INJURED MRS. W. H. SOUTH! HIT BY A . j ROCK THROWN AT TRAIN .1, A rock hurled through the win dow of a south bound Oregon Electric train last njight caused Mrs. W. H. South of Orville to be taken to the New Salem hotel suf fering from injuries $to her head and eyes, caused by flying glass. "I can feel some glass in my eyes now," she! said last night over the telephone. I "I - guess it will be taken out in the moraine. I don't know how It happened, for I was sitting on the left side of the train and thef thing came through the windowJ They told me !t was a rock. 2aybe it was just meanness in ' some one to throw it at me. If it Was for spite I wish they had selected the right person." i i ; The accident occurred near the Schindler ranch, so&ti of the city, while the train 5 was- slowing up for" the switch, to pais .the- north bound train. 5 j ; 1 INT03IBED MA? ALIVE GRASS VALLEY, ?al., June 12 -".(By Associated press.) The sound . of tapping, communicated along the metal rails bn which the ore cars run, at 7 olock tonight Indicated - tht R,obrt Hill, im prisoned by a cavein $0 hours pre viously, was still alive, work by the rescue crews was; slow- as tim bering had to be placed as fast as the sliding rock wasj removed. K Anti-Japanese Strikes Break Out in Some Cities; Mis sionaries Leave SHIPPING IS TIED UP Diplomatic Corps in Peking Called in; Anti-foreign Agitation la Felt in Many : Sections .: SAN FRANCISCO. June 12. (By The Associated Press).- Both from Hankow, the great river city of 1 China, where British volun teers yesterday fired on a mob of strikers who were threatening the concessior fetid Cant6n, the south ern river city, where Yunnanese and Kwangtung troops, have been engaged in a long. range battle for nearly a fortnight, refugees, Chi nese and f 0reign,(. are leaving for the ports where they can find pro tection under the guns of foreign warships. Missionaries, too, have been ordered from 'Hupeh prov ince In which Hankow is situated. the presumption being that anti- foreign agitation is being felt in the interior. TThe foreigners of Canton, who have their separate concession on Shameen island, have not yet been disturbed toy the fighting, dispatches say. In Shangnat, as a resut of the disturbances at Hankow, there has been a recrudescense of strikes in the cotton mills and some anti Japanese disturbances in the for eign settlement. River and coast al shipping is practically tied up by the strike of seamen and en gine room crews. j ' The displomatic corps at Peking has suggested to the, Chinese au thorities that a discussion on the spot would be the best means of settling the trouble at Shanghai and has instructed its representa tives there to consider with the foreign consuls and Chinese au thorities the best remedy for the present state of affairs. NEW YORK, June 12. (By the Associated Press.) Grave con- ( Continued opra 2) . TEACHER SETS RECORD WOMAN TEACHES SCHOOL FOB 57 YEARS SEATTLE, June 12 After 57 years as a sclrciol teacher, Miss Leota Lowest, who' has been teaching at the Camano island school this year, has retired. For mer pupils, many of whom have grandchildren are to honor her at a picnic at the home of a friend here Sunday. Miss West began :' teaching school when 17 years old in 1868 She plans to move to Spokane in a few weeks. . ' " s mm t , . , J:f: - 1 Governor Pierce Delivers Main Address; Dr. OUnger Pre sents Diplomas One of the most successful and outstanding classes in the history of the Salem high school was grad uated last night , at the Armory. The building was crowded, with practically . every available space used. The 23G members of the senior class marched into their seats, directly in front of the plat form and with the audience. Those receiving prizes were Nathan Buell, Frank James, aad Thomas W. Chllds. Buell received the Albert prize, awarded upon general scholarship and character; James secured the second prize. which was a gold watch, awarded by Dr. W. B. Moore-to the best student in industrial arts. The third one went to Thomas Childs, which was presented by the Salem Greater OAC committee to the stu dent possessing the greatest char acteristics, fitting him for leader skip as: a freshman at OAC next year. The principal address to the class wis made by Governor Wal ter M. Pierce," who used "A Look Into the Future" as hi3 subject. He' stressed the development Of op portunities that are within the grasp of the individual. He also stressed developing the faculties that made for manliness and wom anliness in the members of the class. I Thomas Childs, holding Tirst honors in scholarship and class representative, delivered an ora tion on "The Power of Human Life." He brought out the fact that honesty and 'truthfulness should characterize all the endeav ors of the memoers of the class, and their objective in life should be in service to others. ; Avery Thompson, who was elect ed class orator, presented his ideas on The Receding Frontier." de veloping' the thought of farewelU ' The invocation was delivered by Rev. George Koehler, -and the benediction by Rev. F. W. Launer. j Lucile Anderson, elected by ta4 faculty, presented a piano solo, while the high school orchestra furnished the music. : The . presentation address was made by Dr. H. H. Olinger, pre ceding the individual presentation of the diplomas. The members of the graduating class marched up to the platform a section at a time, and as the diplomas were received, Principal J. C. Nelson gave the name of the student. - il BILLIARD CHAMP DIES CHICAGO, June 12 (By Asso ciated Press.) Calvin Demarest, world's amateur champion 18.2 balkline billiardist in 1907, died here today. He wa sholder of the professional title in 1909. He was 39 years old. THE STAGE DIRECTOR! Federal Authorities Discover False Clearance Papers for Rum Running Ships s.' SAN FRANCISCO. June 12. (By the Associated Press.) Act ing on a search warrant issued by United States Commissioner Hay den, federal agents today opened the safety deposit box of Jake Woitt, asserted operator of large run runners, and seized papers which are said to reveal valuable information concerning the oper ations of the bootleg ring of the Pacific coast. Woitt is under indictment at Seattle for violation of the pro hibition act, but has not been ap prehended, j Federal authorities declare that Woitt, alias Jask. White, is. the United States agent for the North western lirokers, Ltd., of Vancou ver. B. C, said to be the owners of Stadaconia, suspected rum run ner. . - '! ' ' While the precise nature of the papers taken from Woitt's deposit box was not disclosed it is Relieved that the most ; important are a number of false clearance pipers for the Stadaconia, nowbelieved to be in southern California wat ers under another .name. ; The warrant for the seizure of papers was issued on application of the internal revenue depart ment. Woitt. who is believed to be in Bermuda, also is wanted on a charge that he is more than 1 30, 000 in arrears in his payments of income tax., 1 . COMMON LAW FAVORED SOVIET ANNOUNCES RECOGNI TION OF MARRIAGES MOSCOW, June 12. (By Asso ciated press.) Under the terms of an agreement under discussion by soviet "officials, common law inar riages hereafter will be recognized as legal and binding - by " soviet courts. Men and women wil not need to go through either a civil or religious ceremony or even reg ister themselves to be considerd husband and wif and enjoy the protection of the soviet law, but the period of their living together under the proposed decree, must be a "reasonably long one," if the couple desires that the union be legalized by the courts. DRY WORK SAID NEEDED SEATTLE, June 12. Express ing the observation that there ap peared to be a great field for the anti-saloon league in Washington, Bernard N. Hicks, newly appro priated state superintendent of dry organization arrived in Seattle today. 4Any man has a right to his own opinions about prohibi tion, but it is his duty as a citizen to obey enacted laws. Hicks de Confiscation of Property of Americans Must Stop, Kellogg Declares ' SITUATION SAID GRAVE Mexico on Trial Before World; Note States; Restoration of Property and Indemnity Sought WASHINGTON. June 12. (As sociated Press.) Blunt warning to the Mexican government that the United States cannot counten ance violation by Mexico of her In ternational obligations or failure to protect American citizens, was served by Secretary Kellogg today in a formal statement. The strong language employed by the secretary came as a sur prise, although it had been Indi cated he would make a public dec laration as a result of recent con versations with Ambassador Shef field, who appears to have return ed from his post on tleave chiefly to- discuss the grave' situation in Mexico with the president and Mr. Kellogg. The secretary's statement de clared while relations with the Mexican government were friend ly, "conditions are not entirely satisfactory and we are looking to and expect the Mexican govern ment to restore properties illegali ty taken and to indemnify Ameri can citizens." "It should be made clear that this government will continue to support the government in Mexico only so long as it protects Ameri can lives and American rights and complies with its international en gagements and obligations," Mr. Kellogg said. "The government of Mexico is- now on trial before the world." ' Additional significance attaches to Mr. Kellogg's statement because it was Issued after White House conferences. : -. .. ' Ambassador Sheffield has been the president's guest since he ar rived in Washington and Senator Borah, chairman of the foreign re lations committee also was a din ner guest there last night. Ambassador Tellez at the Mex ican ambassy expressed "surprise" at the nature of the Kellogg state ment. He said he had no previous knowledge that it was to be made and that he knew -of no question pending between the two govern ments nor of any condition in Mexico which could have prompt ed the statement. "I fully concur In the belief ex pressed by Secretary Kellogg, in the case of Mexico, however that is more than a desire; It is a fixed determination and policy." 1 The ambassador insisted? there had been no new outrages against American citizens in Mexico and that all pending cases inviting in demnification of Americans had arisen out of the Mexican revolu tion. , . The present Mexican govern ment, Ambassador Tellez asserted, Is a "strong" government because President Calles was elected by the vote of workers and small farm ers. DEFENSE CLOSES CASE REBUTTAL TO OPEN IN LIBEL ' TRIAL OF PUBLISHER YUMA. Ariz., June 12 (By Associated Press.) The defense of George W. Linn, publisher, who is on trial of a charge of criminal libel preferred' by E. F. Sangui neus a wealthy business man and land owner, closed today. The day . was devoted largely to testi mony regarding milk sold by the dairy which the defense contends poisoned a Chinese baby. The The article which provoked the present action referred to pre servatives in milk sold by Sangui neus - Upon instructions from the court, the state's attorneys pre pared to call the first of their re buttal witnesses at a night session onlght. Judge E. Elma Bollinger said the night sessions, would con tinue until the trial Is ended, the Jury having expressed a desire for greater speed. f The testimony concerning the death of the Chinese baby, which occurred in January, 1923, was given by Mrs. Mary Cyphert. ; a practical nurse, who said that it was in her care and that .the milk which caused its death was pur chased from Frank Gardenshire who was convicted In 1923 of sell ing milk containing a' preservative. The defense contended - that Gar-denshire- nd Bangaiaetti were partners in the milk business. - Blueprints Showing Results Will be Presented to Marion County Court In a conference held with mem bers of the county court relative to the establishment of drainage districts southeast' of the city, Rhea Luper, state engineer, de cided to undertake a survey of the land, to segregate the high sec tions from the lowlands, - and to present to the couuty court a blue print of the results, together with a report. The county court has had the drainage project under advisement for mauy months but have as yet reached no workable solution of thes problem. It is believe!, how ever, that with the purvey com pleted and working plans drawn up a speedy adjustment of the dif ficulties will be made. . The state engineer will run lines as near as possible to ttije point where the high water covers the lands, and will make a report of the territory which is unaffected by floods. It Is said that owners of property which would not be benefited by drainage will not be taxed, and those owning land, part of which is high and part low, will be taxed in proportion to the amount of land which is covered now by high water. Members of the county court de clare that this is the only solution to the drainage question in that district, and they are working in an effort to have the work com pleted as soon as possible. HEAD OF BROKER FIRM IS DECLAREDi SUICIDE PROMINENT MONTANA FlNANi CIER FOUND DEAD IN BED Geoffry , A. Lauzier Sakl fo, Have Killed Self Braiding Over Money Troubles BUTE, Mont., June 12i Geoffry A. Lauzier, 57, head of the broker age firm of Lauzier, Wolcott & Co., which closed its offices last week, was found dead in his apart ments this morning with a . glass' containing deadly poison on the dresser near the bed where n lay, apparently asleep. The house, with its main office here and with branches in Spokane, Walla Walla, Missoula and .Billings, failed to open its doors June ,4, a notice stating that it .was unable fo meet its financial obligations. - The death of Mr. Lauzier was discovered w"hen a friend called at the house this morning to con sult him. His housekeeper said he had not yet arisen for break fast, and when the two went to call him and secured no response, they entered the room and found the body lifeless. Several friends had been with Mr. Lauzier at his home until mid night last night. He had' tele phoned for information as - to whether a life insurance policy for $75,000 In favor of the firm was in good standing, and had been as sured that it was. ' , . WARREN S- STONE DIES NATIONAL' LABOR LEADER WAS H EAD OP ENGINEERS CLEVELAND, Ohio, June 1 2. (By The Associated Press) War ren Stanford Stone, ffsj- labor leader and labor financier, presi dent of the Brotherhood of Loco motive Engineers and all its allied activities, died. In a hospital here late today from an acute attack of Bright's disease. Funeral Services and burial will be held here Mon day- afternoon.: " ',: '!.; " j f ! " Mr, Stone's wife was at home here when his death occurred. They had no children. ; I . : Next Monday, June 15, Oberlin college, Oberlin, Ohio, was to con fer the degree of master of arts upon Mr. Stone at the . annual commencement exercises. ! j Telegrams of condolence ' were pouring into the brotherhood of fices tonight. I -.- i Mr. Stone was taken ill in New York last April,-' his first serious illness. He returned from a busi ness trip a week ago yesterday and was at work until late Tues day of this week when he was taken from his office to a hospital suffering from an attack of urae mlc poisoning. He, was only semi conscious from that time nntil his death.- :. , TRAPPER FOUND DEAD FORT WILLIAM, Ont.. June 12. With a rich' catch of furs laced ready for the long trek south tv , civilization outside - the , door, two trapperft found the bodies of n.n aged man and a dog in a cabin beside Cat lake, north of! here, they related today. No signs of foul play were discovered, i Shepherd Defense Attorneys; Declare State Must Prove . ' Boy Murdered . THREE DOCTORS CALLED Attending Ibyticl.tnii Declare Me. dintock Boy May Have ; Hted After Eating Soma , . Tainted. Oysters '"" CHICAGOv June 12. (By the Associated Press.) The prosecu tion'today was upheld in its meth od of presenting its murder case against William Darling Shepherd, Chicago lawyer, charged with slay ing William Nelson McCllntock, but the defense turned in its own favor medical testimony of threa state witnesses. Attorneys late today entered In to prolonged debate on the defense contention Judge Thomas J. Lynch should force the prosecution forth with to establish -the "corpus de licti" or forfeit its case. The defense contended it bad not been proved "Billy" McClin tock died through criminal means. The state successfully contended the introduction of "each witness" was a step in establishing the "corpus delicti" which could only be fixed only by circumstantial evidence. "The fair and orderly way to try this' case is to prove the cor pus delicti' first before poisoning the minds of this jury with testU mohy of motive," contended Wil liam. Scott" Stewart, 'chief of de fense counsel, "and they jcannot prove IC' i ; "If they ddnV I'll throw tha case ' into the street, no matter how big It is, said Judge Lynch In finality. ; Doctors Rufus Stolp and J. IleT ricki who attended Billy McClin--tock in his" last illness, under cross examination admitted the young man sickened and died during an epidemic of typhoid -fever, attrib uted to eating tainted oysters. Dr.. Stolpr: called first to treat the youth, said ft faulty diagnosis had been made, and It was not nn til twa or three Cays later that the correct diagnosis had 1een" made. " ' ' . Typhoid fever alone caused tha rich youth's death, testified Dr. William b. McNally, coroner chemist. He asserted no medical science in. the world could tell whether it was caused in a norma! manner or by the alleged innocu lation by Shepherd. No trace of poison was found, testified Dr. Mc Nally, thereby dismissing a halt dozen counts In the Indictment against Shepherd. Estelle Gehling, trained nurse and the "sunshine girl" of tho case, a witness today, was a rival for aLhrief time of Mrs. Julie Shep herd. ; ,T ' ; Miss Gehiing -was asked only to identify a letter Shepherd had written. to her. She Identified a passage in which Shepherd said he was a nobody going nowhere, and . their- friendship must end. Shepherd and abe met while be was a hospital patient. ' Others of thft eight witnesses heard today Included F. T. Breldi gan. Grand Rapids, Mich., bac teriologist, who testified Shepherd visited his laboratory In Chicago with Dr Oscar Olson and Mrs. W. H. Grandsen of Tulsa. Okla., who swore she heard Shepherd 18 years ago denounce Alexander F. Reichmann, . co-guardian of Billy McCllntock and principal witness today, She said Shepherd attrib uted to Reich man n the- remark that the co-guardian intended to get a slice of the estate. . FILM ACTOR IS DROWNED SHOOTINO RAPIDS IN CANOE AT JIARSHFIELD FATAL MARSHFIELD, Ore., June 12. R. D. Jones of Hollywood, rid ing in a canoe ahead of an expect ed log drive "today, was drowned m the middle fork of the Coquille river. . ' , - . Jynes was - Bent througa the Sugar Leaf canyon, a dangerous narrowing of the river, With rap id and rocks, r His canoe struck first one rock then another and overturned. The man swam 10 0 yards' and disappeared beneath the prater. Jones was advance mart and doubling for an actor that U expected later." -' The Famous Players-La sky filrri company has been shooting pic tures for several days past end Jones had etarted his work to lay. 1 A crew of searchers was organ ized at Myrtle Point to search tha river f Or the "body. . QTAKD ' REGISTERniH : LOS "ANGELES, June 12. X light earthquake frem which r.o damage was reported was felt 1. r today shortly after 2 p.m.