SEVENTY-FIFTH YEAR
SALEM, OREGON,4 SATURDAY MORNING, JUNE 20, 1925
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PRICE FIVE CENTS
NEARLY 300 DIPLOMAS
ARE PRESENTED! TODAY
SHEPHERD DEFENSE:
TINY ACTIVE OBJECTS
20TH CENTJJ R Y PI RATES
ANNUAL S.S. PICNIC !
SIMM UPHELD li
DEMANDING ATTENTION
ARE SENTENCED TO HANG
PLANS ARE COMPLETE
WOn BY EXPLORERS
COUNSEL OPEN CASE
oil suit wm
EIGHTH GRADE GRADUATES
OF COUNTY GATHERING
PLANT OR ANIMAL ORIGIN
HIJACKERS MUST PAY PEN
EVERYTHING IS IN READINESS
NOW BEING DEBATED
ALTY FOR MURDER
AT FAIR GROUNDS f
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SJlLEMTOBEIIOuT
TO150IIWO0DW1EFJ
Local Lodge Will Hold Giant
State-Wide Initiation
Here on June 27
Sto r y of Amundsen-EIIs-WOrth
Expedition Is Tolcf f
By Party Journalist
WEEKS ON ICE SEVERE
Hardships and Suffering Under
gone by ' Polar Explorers ;
t Ellsworth, American, Is
, ( Hero of Trip
OSLO, June 19. (By Associat
ed Press. The Dagbladat, in its
, noon edition today, printed a non-
. copyright story outlining some of
the experiences of the 'Amundsen
north pole expedition. The news
paper said the story was based on
'. messages from the expedition's
'.Journalist. : K; "."-:!'
"In narrating their story on ar
riving at King's bay," says the
Dagbladet, "the fliers, all of whom
looked worn and thin from suf
fering, said their weeks upon the
- ice was, like a fight with death.
'.Amundsen: will later narrate this.
Now he mentions that mem
bers of the expedition were separ
ated for a while and that Leif
, Dietrichsen (Norwegian pilot of
one of the planes) and Oskar Om-
dahl (Norwegian mechanician!
i v, noiar nnd were lust
ICH IU 1UO " M. . v -
saved from drowning by Lincoln
Ellsworth. Meanwhile Amundsen
and Hjalmar Nisser-Larsen lor
wegian plane pilot) were on the
other side of the plane. They
heard them scream, but were un
able to help, as thin ice prevented
using the canvas boat.' ;
Regarding the picking up of the
members of the expedition by the
fishing boat; Sjoeliv. .which
brought them to King's bay, the
Dagbladefs story says: ..j.
"Th. fishine boat Sjoeliv is a
small cutter of 12 tons with a
crew of nine men. - er capvajn
is Nils Wollan. The vessel had
had a poor eaten and was hunting
for a wounded walrus. When, off
Huggle bay, on the north side of
Spitsbergen, the crew heard mo
tors purring ana aiscucu
lirplane ten kilometers away;
"They at. first thought it was an
irplane from the patrol expe
dition, but when it neared they
immediately recognized. Amundsen
In spite of bis long beard.
"The explorers all quickly got
aboard the Sjoeliv and crowded
into the small berths.
"There was not much food foT
seal, beef, cider
tv, hawser towing the
SHU C66a-
plane broke once, but a new one
' held. , . . .
As Amundsen was told that the
patrol expedition , was ready to
leave King's bay, he decided to
make for King's bay as . fast as
possible and leave the plane
Wollan says this was the greaiesi
catch he had made in his 15 years
experience In the regions."
The Dagbladet also prints, the
following account of the arrival of
the expedition in King's bay with
out claim of copyright:
"When it was rumored at King's
bay that the Heimdal (the Nor
wegian government's Amundsen
relief ship) was to clear for Dane
island at 10 o'clock in the eve
ning, many people went tothep
to watch her departure .The mid
night sun's rays penetrated the
light clouds.
"Out In the f lord, a small vessel
was noted making for King's bay
with manjr persons on deck.
Aboard the Heimdal the Rob
by (another relief expedition ves-
HEW HEAT RECORD IS SET
3LXI.OP DEGREES IS
Setting a record for heat this
year, the thermometer touched 88
degrees Friday, and remained
there for three hours, giving-Sa-i.m-
Aftnio the first intimation
that summer is here. The pre
vious high mark was set si
month when: a temperature of 87
i was registered. The minimum for
''. yesterday was 52.
With the change in weather con
ditions, Salem business offices are
preparing for the Is it warm
enough for you today" pest. Var
ious forms of extermination of the
critter have been passed on and
approved.
With prospects of ': a perfect
week-end, from a meteorological
point of view, iundreds" of pic
nickers are planning trips. "Ex
cursions to fishing streams and
watering places will be made by
many Salem people. Reports of
large catches of fish are coming
in from the mountain streams.
YAKIMA, June 19. Today was
the hottest day of the year here,
with the thermometer registering
&5 degres late this afternoon.
Increase of CO Over Last- Year Is
Shown; i Program i Will Re
Held In Salem
The Marion county eighth grade
commencement exercises will be
held this afternoon at ',2 o'clock
in the Salem high school auditor
ium. It is expected that approxi
mately 300 children will be pres
ent to receive diplomas,, jj Mary L.
Fulkerson, county school superin
tendent, will make ; the presenta
tions, j a.-- -1 i j.ri ; j
f For the past I four years, the
group .commencement! has been
held in Salem, with! a large num
ber of the schools. in the county
sending their eighth grade gradu
ates here to receive jthfir certifi
cates. In some schools,! in distant
sections of the countyj however,
private graduation i (exercises are
held.
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This . year I a total j of; over SO 0
eighth grade diplomas lhave been
issued by the school; superintend
ent's office. This is an increase
of about 60 over j last'j jjear. ' j
II. F. Durham; principal of the
J. L. Parrish junior high school.
will ' speak Ion ''Why Everybody
Should Be Educated."; j The invo
cation will be read by ;Rev. T. C
Taylor, pastor of the First Metho
dist church of Salem.' !j Miss Lena
Belle , Tartar will lead ;in the na
tlonal anthem, accompanied by the
Salem high school orchestra. Piano
selections by Claudia Lewis, and
violin selections by jWJma Cours
ey and Margaret Kaster : will be
heard. Thelma Davis will sing.
The presentation! ' of diplomas
will be made by Mary L. Fulker
son, county school superintendent
TERRITORY TO
BE HELD
M'MIIXAN TOLD TC PLANT U.
1 j S. FLAG AT- POLE
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SOUTHPORT, 1 Me.; June 1 9.-
( By Associated Press. )i Governor
Ralph O. Brewster; f; Maine to
night authorized Donald B. Mac
Millan, who sails , for j the Arctic
tomorrow, j to ' claim! any territory
he may discover inj thie polar re
gions for the State! of; Maine.
He made this announcement at
a dinner in honor of; tlhe explorer
which was attended by many per
sons prominent in state and na
tional affairs. ; f j : :
; Governor Brewster himself ar
ranged for the dinner jand in view
of the recent press i dispatches an
nouncing
ward the
Canada's
attitude to-
United
States in the
matter of claiming any territory
discovered by. the
MacMillan ex
pedition, his announcement
was
heralded with keen interest
; "By the well settled principles
of' International: law,'!' said Gov
ernor Brewster, ''disebvery is the
primary incident In a claim for
any, land,) If question shall arise
as to its title ampiie 'constitutional
provision
is made for its determin
ation, by the constitution.
DRUG VESSEL
VANISHES
SHIP WITH CARGO; OF f I.OOO,
OOO IX NAR(X)TICS GONE !
VANCOUVER, B- C June 19.
Wholesale narcotic drug trafrick
ers, baffled by strict guard on the
Atlantic coast, are turning their
attention te the Pacific, Vancouver
police and customs officials de
clared today. Three weeks ago a
ship said to be carrying a narcotic
cargo valued at $1,000,000 ap
peared off the west Coast of Van
couver.. Island and suddenly van
ished, 'officers revealed, jit has
not been established whether, or
not the cargo was landed and a
close watch has been detailed to
cover the whole cbast linej i
Men believed to be agents of an
eastern Canadian drug ring are
under surveillance. It was said, i
PATIENT TOO TALKATIVE
MOTORIST REFUSES TO LET
INMATE RIDE IN CAR M
.. Because Oscar Johnson, 42, 1 a
patient at the state hospital, ailed
to keep his' identity to himself he
lost out on a ride to Portland Fri
day, according to word received
from a tourist by Dr. R." E. Lee
Steiner, s superintendent of the
state hospital, j i
Johnson was walking up the
highway near Woodburn when he
was given a ride by a passing mo
torist. He told who he was and
from whence he had come. The
result was that ! Johnson found
himself on foot ion the highway
again. ; i j !
. Johnson was & - dining, room
trusty and harmlcssi He Is 5 feet
5 Inches tall, weighs 140 pounds
and has blue eyes.; He was re
ceived from Astoria,
Defendant Himself Is Ex
pected to Take Witness
Stand on Monday
FOUR. WITNESSES CALLED
State Rests Following Cross-Ex-
amlnation of Faiman; De- '
fense Tries to Incrim
inate Witness
CHICAGO, June lf. (By As
sociated Press.) The defense of
William Darling Shepherd began
presenting its case today with the
expressed ''intention to climax it
Monday v h the testimony of the
defendant himself.
Pour defense witnesses were
called before an early adjourn
ment v.n taken to permit the trial
judge, Thomas' J.. Lynch, to attend
a meeting of the Cook county
judges, at which he was elected
chief Justice. ; : J
The state rested its case shortly
after noon with the completion of
frnsa examination of Charles C.
Faiman. upon whose direct testi
mony the state relies to establish
the corous delicti. He testified
giving Shepherd typhoid baccili.
later learned thev were wanted to
slao William Nelson McClintock
and exacted a promise of $100,000
from the defendant. Faiman, un
der cross examination admitted he
was 'mixed up in numerous accu
sations involving Shepherd - and
that he had made several false
statements.
Though the defense attempted
tn make him annear ludicrous.! he
had not retracted any statements
incriminating Shepherd when he
left the stand. J
Arthur T- Conway defense wit
ness who admitted he had served
a penitentiary sentence, testified
Faiman's reputation for veracity
was very bad.
Two others attacked the story
of Faiman and of John P. March
and. former representative of Fal
man's school, that Shepherd had
written a letter to the school in
nnli-tnsr iihnii t a pnn rn in criminal
bacteriology. Their story was re
futed bv Miss Eva Peterson. Shep
herd's stenographer, and Miss Isa-
bell Anderson, formerly employed
by Stoll and Shepherd, the firm of
which the defendant formerly was
a member.
The statement of Miss Isabelle
Pope, finances of Billy , McClin-
tock, that Shepherd had told her
he had studied "typhoid and
germs' was refuted by W. J. Mit
chell, a court reporter at the cor
oner's inquest, l
"In any part of her testimony at
the Inquest did she use- the word
(Continued on pace 4)
A MUCH NEEDED "BULL" IN. THE
Experts at OAO Admit They Are
Uaffled; Discovered on Fair-. :
view Property, -
Contenders to the fame of the
jumping Mexican beans are on ex
hibition at the Fitts market.
Resembling the mustard seed In
size and general appearance, the
tiny objects are nervous, roll
around and bob up into the air at
will. Samples sent to OAC were
returned without word of their
origin or geneology and the spe
cialists admit that they are baffiea.
Samples have been forwarded to
Portland.
Whether animal or plant is de
batable, but under a microscope
the objects appear to toe small
eggs. Each lies dormant lor a
very short time then all at once it
becomes agitated and hops Into
the air for perhaps half an inch.
The objects were found on the
ground in a small wooded tract an
the farm of Mrs. T. A. - Ditmar,
near Fairview, who discovered
them about four days ago. i
So far nothing has happened to
the objects. If eggs they have hot
yet hatched and if plant, no one
has planted them to learn What
fruit, if any, they bear.
The tiny spheres are on a plate
in the window at the market and
attract the attention of passersby.
SALEM POST WINS $150
AWARDED FIRST IN PORT-
j LAXDyFESTlVAI EVENT;
( Though it proved, to be a long,
long trail and a warm one, the
drum and bugle corps of Capitol
post No. 9, American legion, hiked
it inrougn to nrst place and a
cash prize of $150 in competition
with i eeven other legion drum
corps" at the Rose festival In Port
land Friday. McMinnville was
second and Hood River third.
Capitol post entered 28 music
ians in the event, with Karl Hing
es as drum major. Cheered with
the heavy purse, which was badly
needed to help finance the trip to
the state convention at Prinevllle
next week, the local post expects
to take another first prize In east
ern Oregon.
JEFFERSON MAN INJURED
RALPH WALLING RECEIVES
BROKEN BACK IN FALL
: Ralph WalKng. of Jefferson, re
ceived a broken back Friday when
he fell from a box car at the Hill-
man Fuel company yards. Wall
ing was taken to the Salem hos
pital. A medical examination re
vealed that two bones in his back
were broken. He has been placed
in a plaster cast and unless com
plications develop, has an excel
I lent chance to recover.,
Attack on the Liquor Vessel and
Fatal Shooting Brings
Death Sentence .
VICTORIA. B. C. June 19.
Pirates of the latest type hijack
ers -Owen B. Baker and Harry F.
Sowash, who In the final hours of
a trial that opened Monday desert
ed one another and each told a
story to save his own life, were
convicted in an hour here today,
They were forthwith sentenced to
hang September 4 for attacking
the rUm runner Beryl G, in the
night, beating, and shooting the
crew of two to death, and sinking
the bodies in Haro strait, near
Victoria, just this side of tho Am
erican boundary.
The bodies of the victims, Wil
liam G. Gillis and, his son, Wil
liam E., were hot recovered, and
one lone witness, Paul Stromkins,
boatman of this city, who turned
crown's evidence and obtained l's-
mlssal ot a murder charge against
himself, assured the jury that the
Gillises had been slain in a sur
prise attack before the Beryl G
was looted of hor $35,000 liquor
cargo and turned adrift.
Justice Morrison's charge to the
Jury warned them against "senti
mental rubbish." He remarked
that bootleggers Baker and So-
wash, former convicts, admitted
that they had engaged extensively
in the liquor traffic from British
Columbia to the United States
"are men who violate the laws of
their own country and of any
other country involved." He .ex
horted the deliberators to "be
cold blooded." r .
SHIP ACTION URGED
SAN FRANCISCO, June 19
(By Associated Press.) The ship
ping strike. ; which has tied up
some coastal and river steamers at
Shanghai and has so seriously in
jured business generally that the
Chinese chamber of commerce
there has proposed that it be
called off, has now spread to' the
British colony of Hong Kong in
the south,' stopping the regular
service between, that port Canton
and-Maco. . , t
THOUSANDS SEE PAGEANT ,
PORTLAND, June 19. Port
land's Rose festival closed here
tonight with a final production
of the allegorical pageant Rosa
ria," before an audience of several
thousand j persons. In the after
noon thousands of persons crowd
ed the down town streets to wit
ness" the "Merrykhana" parade.
SNORES COST $10 ,
SALT LAKE CITY, June 19.
Attorney William Newton went to
sleep and snored in City Judge
Galen S. Young's court today and
was bailed for contempt. A fine
of $10 was assessed.
Mr. Newton was waiting for a
case, in which he was counsel, to
be called when he dozed off.
CHINA SHOP
100 CAMPS WILL VISIT
Membership of Salem Camp Now
825; Entertainment Last
Night Much Enjoyed
By Candidates? .
Preliminary plans were complet
ed at a meeting of . the Salem
camp of Woodman ot the -World
last night for the entertainment of
100 camps bringing between 1000
and 1500 delegates to a state-wide
initiation to be held at the sta
dium at the state fairgrounds Sat
urday, June 27.' The visitors will
be the guests of. the local camp.
In addition to the large delega
tion, head camp officers rrom the
nine western states having head
quarters in Denver are expected to
be present.
. Thirty-one applications, for
membership were acted upon last
night, bringing the total number
ot new members to 175 during the
last three months. The member
ship of the Salem camp is now 825.
Following the regular business
session, the Neighbors of Wood
craft were, invited, for a social hour
and entertainment. Selections by
the Circle, including vocal and in
strumental; were given -while sev
eral readings were offered. Two
short plays i were presented by a
group from the St. Paul Episcopal
church. . These wene: "Ain't
Women Wonderful, and "Consid-!
erable Courtship."
The uniformed drill team from
the Neighbors of Woodcraft gave
an excellent exhibition. They wore
their new uniforms for the first
time and wil appear in Portland
next week at the head camp ses
sion. . r-
AMOTHER REVENUE CUT
GROSS, EARNINGS TAX RE
CEIPTS SLASHED $40,000
Estimated receipts of $80,000
per biennium for the public serv
Ice commission from the gross
earnings tax on public utilities and
railroads .was cut nearly In two
Friday by am opinion of I. II. Van
Winkle, attorney general, who
holds that the tax applies only to
purely intrastate business and that
any Income of the utilities from In
terstate business in Oregon can
not be taxed. To attempt to col
lect such a4 tax, it is held, would
be in violation to the federal con
stitution. I'
The public service commission
has collected $26,051 to date but
it so happens that only a small
portion of this will be refunded
under the ruling of the attorney
general.
THREE DEATH TRIES FAIL
HOMESICK GIRL : ATTEMPTS
SUICIDE FOR THREE DAYS
SEATTLE. June 19 Miss Tina
Fleming walked Into her home at
Nlpawin, Sask.. Wednesday nleht
with pistol wounds in her head
and her side below the heart and
said that she had failed to kill her
self in three trys. stated a Cana
dian Press dispatch received here
today from1 Saskatoon. Sask.
Miss-Fleming, declared she de
cided to shoot herself Tuesday
mgnt because she had not heard
from her people In'. Scotland for
long time. She walked into a field
ninety yards distant, she asserted
ana snot herself In the side. She
lay unconscious until morning
when she came to nii immDtisfat
shot herself in the head, the
wounaea gin continued. A rain
revived her-Wednesday night, she
6ald, and she tried to shoot her
self thrice more but the gun would
not discharge and she went hom
A doctor stated that she might re
cover. t
MATTRESS FACTORY BURNS
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SEATTLE, June 19. -Fire be-
uevea to have started from a
spark in a. silk picking machine
did about $78,000 damage to the
plant of the , Western Mattress
company, here tonight, officials
the company estimated., -
POULTRY HEAD NA3D3I)
of
YAKIMA. Wash.. June 19: -
E. Mitchell of Spokane has been
appointed superintendent of the
poultry department of the Wash
ington state fair for this fall and
C. A. Greenfield of Butte. Mont
has consented to serve as poultry
judge, according to A. E. Lawson
secretary.
Representatives of Every. District.
In County Are Expected to
Bo Present
With representatives from every
district In the county Invited to
be , present, the annual Marion
County Sunday school picnic will
be held today at the Fairgrounds.!
Registrations will open at 10
o'clock. Dr. Fred E. Brown will
preside at the meeting, with Fred
Lpckley, of Portland, the prin
cipal speaker of the day; Fred De
Vries, of Pratum has charge of the
program.
Although no parade will be held
this year, other features are sched
uled which, will compensate for
the elimination of that event.
Children's games will be held in
the afternoon, under ihd direction
of iBob Boardman and Mary Find-
ley. ,,Ben Kimler and H. E. Bar
rett will officiate at the games fori
the older people.
Lunch will be held at 12 o'clock,
after which, the program will be
offered. Talks from workers.
prominent in child: welfare in the
county will .be given, and- prob
lems, concerning the child and the
church will be discussed.
A record attendance is expected
this .year, according to the number
who have filed their intention qf
being present. Favorable weather
conditions will permit holding al
the games and events out of doors.
RAIL BRANCH IS PLANNED
SOUTHERN PACIFIC TO. BUILD
IN KLAMATH FALLS ..(
SAN FRANCISCO, June 19.
(By .Associated Press.) The
Southern Pacific company, today
forwarded to the, interstate com
merce commission an application
on behalf of the Central Paciflo
railway, a proprietary company,
for authority to construct and ex
tend' a line of railroad from a
noint of connection with the ex
isting line at Klamath Falls, Ore.,
about 40 miles in a southeasterly
direction through Merrill and near
Malm. Ore.v-to CornelT." Call it
was announced by .Yillim Sproule,
president of the Southern Pacific.
i ma is another step in the
Southern Pacific company's devel
opment program," Mrs. Sproule
said, "which was stopped by law
salts involving the Central Pa
cific, compelling the company to
hold in abeyance its plans which
are the construction of a standard
'gauge railroad connection to the
Klamath1 Falls region and the Cen.
tral Pacific mainline across Ne
vada so as to provide a direct rail
route between the. northwest and
the inter-mountain region, and
also between Southern Oregon and
the. east with such branches and
feeders aa may be neceesarv to
give service to the public? '
Rights of way for about 20 miles
of (the proposed route, already ac
quired in the' name of. the Modoc
Northern Railway company, have
been transferred to, the Central
Pacific, it was stated. 1 y ,
BRYAN GIVES STATEMENT
FREE SPEECH NOT DISCUSSED
IN EVOLUTION TRIAL
ATLANTA, Ga., June 19. The
state of Tennessee expects to sus
tain the law prohibiting the teach
ing of evolution In public schools
of the state and- is prepared to
meet any attacks that may be
made against it, William Jennings
Bryan said in a statement to news
papermen here today, after a con
sultation with attorneys for "the
prosecution of John T. Scopes for
violation of the law
As the consultation was being
concluded, newespapermen. who
had been excluded, were called in
to the room and Mr. Bryan issued
a formal statement.
Mr.' Bryan defined the state
ment as an elaborate "attemnt to
say nothing," and other attorneys
tor iub owie agreea wiiD nim that
plans of the prosecution could not
kbe revealed now.
Mr. Bryan defined the case, as
one In which only the right of the
state to control the schools it cre
ates and supports, and .the right
of parents to guide the religious
welfare of their children, while- in
school were involved.
"The mistaken idea that the
right of free speech and religious
liberty was Involved has been con
celved," he said. "These, how
ever,. have nothing to do with the
case. I would defend the Indivi
dual right to free speech and lib
erty of conscience against any, as
sault in any state in the union.
"The recent decision In the Ore
gon school cases would seem'
affirm both the right of the state
to control the schools it creates
and the right of parents to euard
the, religious welfare of their chil
dren while In school.
"If the people are not to. con
Itrol the schools, who shall?"
United States District Judgo
Declares. Teapot Dome
Lease Is Legal
GOVERNMENT TO APPEAL
Every Act In Process Completely
Upheld in Court; -Charges
Y Against Fall Lost in
Decision; V
CHENEY. Wash- June 19
Teapot Dome rightfully belongs to
Hiirrr V: Sinclair's Uammonth OH
company, T. Blake Kennedy, Unit
ed States , district attorney, . an
nounced after tho decision that an
ppeal would be taken..
Judge Kennedy's . decision con
tained the following rulings:
That the executive order signed
May 31, 1921, by President Ilard-ina-
transferrins, the naval oil re
serves from the jurisdiction of tho
navy department to that. of the in
terior, department, was legal and
not obtained from the chief execu
tive by fraud. . . '
That an act of congress of June
. 1920, under which the lease and
other negotiations were consum
mated, clothed' the secretary of the
navy with full power to do every
thing that was done In negotiating
the naval oil leases.
That the "loan" of $25,000 by
Sinclair to Fall in June, 1923, was
a "suspicious circumstance," but
that the. ready explanation eiven
by Sinclair's attorney, J. W. Zevley
to a senate Investigating commit
tee and the lack of evidence that
any attempt at secrecy was made
over the transaction gave it the
badge of a legitimate transaction.
; inai me government s allega
tions of fraud had not been sus
tained. : That . the "collateral
transactions" involved in the case
-the mysterious high financing
carried on by the Continental
Trading company of Toronto head
ed by IL a. Osier, with certain
American oil companies, including
the Midwest Oil company, the Sin
clair crude oil purchasing ". com
pany, the Prairie Oil company and
A. E. Humphreys, independent op
erator, could not, from the evi
dence, be stamped judicially as
evidence ot conspiracy involving
Fall.
That in carrying out the provi
sions of the act ot June 1920, then
secretary of the navy, Edwin
Denby, didTiot usurp the Dowers
of congress as alleged by the eov-
ernment
That the evidence introduced re
garding Fall's hank accounts , in
the government's attempt to prove
conspiracy and. fraud did not link
the former Interior secretary with
any unlawful dealings with Sin
clair. (
.This evidence was stricken from
the record. '
That congress may delegate how
to executive branches of the gov
ernment to. handle government
property "in an unrestricted way,
and in accordance with a vested
discretion." - ?
That Former Secretary Denby,
Former Assistant : Secretary ot
Navy Roosevelt. -Rea- a rfm i t
K. Robison, chief of navy engineer
ing, who acted as Dpnby's agent;
E. C. Finney, former assistant sec
retary of the Interior and H. Fos
ter Bain and A. W. Ambrose of
the federal bureau of mines "must
be considered; as . absolved from
any incriminating fault as to trad
ulent motive", to their actions In
connection wlththe negotiations,
PRESCRIPTIONS FORGED
PERMITS FOR OBTAINING NAIJ
: . , COTICS SAD FALSE
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YAKIMA, June 19 Federal
agent and Yakima police today
revealed an unsuccessful plan for
the wholesale forgery of narcotics
prescriptions in the Yakima valley
when Tom J. Cronfn, alleged nar
cotics addict, pleaded guilty be
fore C. P. Rorberg; United States
commissioner, to a charge of vio
lating the Harrison narcotics act.
Cronin'a bail bond was fixed at
$1,800, and he was remanded to
the county Jail. Police said that
they began investigation of the
case-a month ago when the arrest
ed Cronin and found In his podket
60 ' undated prescriptions presum
ably signed by a physician in
Prosser. Federal agents were
called In and Investigation proved
the prescriptions were forged, 'of
ficers said.
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. j KEX REttlVD DIES. "
TEXARKANA. Texas. June 10.
Mrs. , Rebecca Turner NorwooJ.
93, granddaughter of Franc! ?
Scott - Key,-, author V;f f : '?
Spangled Eanner, del Lc: t.- -.