SEVENTY-FIFTH YEAR SALEM, OREGON, SAT UK JJ Ax JV1UKW1JNU, Juwr. HISTORY OF SHEPHERD SHEPHERD IS FREED TEMPERATURE RECORD BELOW CENTURY MARK E CAMP JACKSON BATTLE j TARIFF CUT IS FIRMLY .OPPOSED BY PRESIDENT ' . ; ... ENGLISH ASK CUT IN PRODUC- TTON TO AID GERMANY WOODMEN GATHER CASE GIVEN IN DETAIL TRIIT. T.RTINO OVEK SIX v IS HISTORY FOR GUARD UflOEfl Oil llOli PROBLEMS DEBATED MERCURY CLIMBS TO OO AND REMAINS FRIDAY SALEM CONTINGENT RETURNS WEEKS DS "IS ACQUITTAL . FROM SOUTn SECTOR DEB REPLIES I ELECT!! DESIDS BUI I la V Arguments Must Be Filed With Secretary ot. state's; a Office by July 1 -PRECEDENT ESTABLISHED PonW of Governor to Veto Meas ures Passed by Legislature Have Jiever Previously Been Questioned In the event the supreme court would conclude that a special Section shall be h'eld the second Tuesday in September it will be necessary , that any arguments to be printed, in the official pamph lets containing copied of the meas ures to be referred must .bo filed by. July 1, Secretary of State Sam Kozer said .yesterday, follow ing thehearing in the supreme iurt on relation of L. L. Swan, I, inn county representative to the legislature, petitioner for an al ternative writ of mandamus sin relation, to the holding of a special ejection. . - The petition charged that Gov ernor Walter M. Pierce exceeded is constitutional 'authority In Vetoing a" measure passed Jay the legislature calling for the special electlon. This charge is denied. An order is expected at an. early date. . t" "It was j not possible - to bring this matterto the attention of in terested parties before this time for the reason that the question of the governor's power to veto measures of the legislature provid ing for the holding of special elec tions has never been heretofore taised," Secretary of State Kozer laid. "Action was not taken., by I he litigants until June 23, and he case heard yesterday." "The measure calling for a spe cial election provides that all measures passed by the 33rd legis lative assemblv which lew an v tax fr license fee upon the .transac tion or any business upon which the referendum may be invoked br petition of the people are to be submitted to the people at the special election therein provided for. "Any persons who desire to submit arguments favoring or op posing any of the measures which tnay be referred to the people, subject, of course, to the decision f f the supreme court, and the V Committees authorized by legisla aire action in many of the resolu tions and measures, will have to 4ct speedily In order that such Tlrguments shall be filed with the Secretary, of "state, not later than the time which the law providing or the holding of a' special elec- I ion named- July 1. . Persons or ssociatlona other than the legis lative committees must accompany ,i their arguments with a remittance , ft $100 for each page of space Tpnicn such arguments will occupy n me pamphlet, does it become necessary to issue the same?" This statement is made so that nterested parties may have such iotice as it is possible to give of Ihe requirements of the situation (Continued on page 21 SPELLING BEE MONDAY ANNUAL EVENT FEATURES CLOSING FORUM LUNCHEON" The annual line-up and drag- down spelling bee will be a feature bf the closing luncheon of the Chamber of Commerce Monday fioon. Captains will be selected and sides chosen, y No back talk ill be Detmitted and when a man Is "spelled" down he must take his eeat v'hout further argument. .nncheons will be held No luncheons will be held dur- ng July and August. ' Prof. W. I, Staley will preside as teacher and general pronouncer. ?he 0 Id W( Oregon Blue Book and the febster spelling book will be Used. No trick words are per mitted. i - Free Cakes Today The Statesman is giving awaj 100 cakes free to those bring ing in classified ads to run in The Statesman for three issues, Including Sunday's issue June" 28th.: .v;.!. There are no' strings1 other than bringing. in the ad.' The regular rate of 5 cents per word for three issues is being charged. Many have already jfj to run and received the tickets ior me cakes, which are reaay for delivery.. The cakes ' are guaranteed to be good.' They sell regularly for 25 cents. "- Don't wait until too late, as only 100 cakes have been or dered. Bring your ad In early. Cooling Ocean Breeze Brings, Re lief; Hot7Wa,ye Abatement Believed General : 5 , . For the first time in three days the mercury dropped below the century mark when a. temperature of 90 degrees was recorded, ten degrees cooler than Thursday and 11 degrees less than the figure for .Wednesday. A cool 'ocean) breeze enabled those who were able to see lc relief in the shade. At 9:30 o'clock last night the thermometer, -registered ' 67 de grees, in contrast to the 76 de grees shown at the same hour 4the previous night. . ;, ( .;. Few telegraphic weather reports were received last night, indicat ing that the heat wave is abating throughout the state. . j Word was received from Albany that Floyd Simmons, while work ing in a hay field near Shedd, suf fered from sunstroke.! 1 He was taken unconscious to his home by his father where he was found not in' a serious condition.' : Girls at the state bouse, anun f ailing barometer, kept their shoes on the entire day, indicating cool er weather conditions, f"; Heat records for June were broken at Yakima with 103 de grees. At Spokane a 44-year; re cord was broken at' 3:30 o'clock,' with the thermometer climbing to 100.2 degrees. f - Willson park, Marion square, and all the bathing resorts of the district, particularly the one at Twenty-first and State, were crowded during the entire day. ONLY TWO DIE IN BLAST FIRST ESTIMATE OP KANSAS CITY FIRE TOO LARGE i i KANSAS CITY, Moi, June. 26. - (By The Associated Press). Firemen and laborers today : re covered from the wreckage of the Gillis theater building, demolished by an explosion and subsequent fire late last night, the body of Harry Likely of Salina Kan., a cook, under tons of debris. The -finding of this body brought to two the total number of the yictims of tbV blast ' John Hogan, fireman, died in a hospital from injuries sustained when a fire truck overturned while en route to the scene. 1 " Fire Chief Alex Henderson to night expressed the belief that not more than one or two add! tional victims would be found in the debris. Only three men have not been accounted for. It was learned tonight from the theater's manager and 'patrons that not more than a score were witnessing the performance when the explosion occurred.; " i ' ! " ; Emmett Scanfan, fire inspector, said the" property loss; would ap proximate 1 150,000. ...r THOUSANDS HEAR MUSIC .-.4 ; . u ' . r : WILLSON PORK THRONGED FOR OPENING; CONCERT i i Thousands of persons thronged Willson Vparklast night' for the opening of the 1925 band concert season. Automobiles were parked early in ; advantageous positions and lined the streets' for blocks on all sides of the state house grounds. An excellent program was offered under the direction of Oscar Steelhammer. j ' Following the concert the Waite memorial electric fountain went into action, bringing excla mations of delight from hundreds who hadnot before witnessed the brilliant "spectacle. Shortly after the opening of the exhibition some little trouble developed with the pressure but this was remedied within a few "moments and the fountain continued to play for half an hoar. ; The second concert of the sea son will be offered Tuesday night. LIQUOR CAPTURE MADE MOBILE, Ala., June 26.Set tlng what is believed to be a rec ord for a single handed capture since the United States guard opened war on rum ; smuggling several weeks ago, an alleged li quor schooner and j six small boats, along with a whisky cargo estimated, to be worth a quarter of a million dollars or more, were towed into Mobile tonight follow ing their seizure by j the coast guard cutter SaukeeJ Twenty three men, were brought Into port as prisoners and lodged in the county jail for safe keeping. IDAHO MAN DIES LEWISTON.i Idaho, June 2G. F. S. Randall, prominent Lewis ton attorney, died tonight shortly before . midnight, the cause of death being double pneumonia, following an" operation. Mr. Ran dall has been prominent In- com munity and state affairs and has represented Nez Perce county - In both houses of the legislature. Private Ownership Is Urged By Admiral Palmer at Seattle Convention ALTERNATIVE PRESENTED Government Operation Is Under Heavy Loos; Subsidy, or Dis appearance of U. S. Ships " Is Forecast SEATTLE. June 2.".. (By The Associated Press). Shipping, es pecially with reference to lumber and grain, received extensive dis cussion in closing session here to day of tlio eleventh annual con vention the national foreign trade council, which met Wednes day. Admiral Leigh C. Palmer, USN, resigned, president of the emer gency fleet corporation, in whose hands, at the instance of Presi dent Coolidge, negotiations for sale of government vessels were placed, raised questions on which the convention general committee was expected to announce opinions of the council. Admiral Palmer recommended "private ownership on terms that protect the government interests," operation of government lines on trade routes economically essen tial to the national Interests, and "where sales are impossible, char ter of lines to private responsible parties." "To summarize," Admiral Palm er continued, "our country faces three alternatives In ' respect to the merchant marine in foreign trade: First, continued govern ment operation costing ultimately around $30,000,000 a year; sec ond, government aid to private shipping amounting to about $15, 000,000 a year; or third, the grad ual but certain disappearance of our flag from the international trade routes and a return to our pre war condition when less than 10 per cent of our foreign com merce was carried in American vessels." ' . . . . Frank L. Shull, flour miller of Portland, Ore., speaking for grain growers and manufacturers of the Pacific northwest, declared for a subsidy to build up the American merchant marine under private ownership "Never will there be a lumber famine in the United States," pre dicted J. H. Bloedel, Seattle lum berman. "The consumption of lumber will decline witlT the ad vance of culture and civilization. In Europe today it is only five feet a head a year. : "By , the tim the American level of consumption is nearly as low as that in Europe," explained (Continued on page 2) THE OAK IS Heat at Medford Is Excessive; No Drills for Men Held I During Afternoons Salejn's contingent to the-armed forces which mobilized at Camp Jackson, in southern Oregon, for extensive military maneuvers dur ing the past two weeks came home last --'night, tanned and tired from me outing, ana not and weary from an all-day ride on the train The "Army" was "demobilized" at the Armory shortly after 7 o'clock The camp was very successful. according to Capt. Paul Hendricks Because of the excessive heat there was no drill for the men in the afternoons, with the exception of Mwo military maneuvers of an ex tensive nature. Officers and non commissioned orricers were re quired to attend schools, while the privates ex-service men at leniion engaged in athletics or spent the time as they saw fit. Two thermometers were broken by the heat at the camp hospital when 112 degrees were recorded. Medford itself was a little more charitable, and out of" respect for the feelings of the folks at home and not to alarm them, quoted the temperature as 104 degrees. On Wednesday, however, Medford ad mitted to 108.8 degrees. None of the Salem men suf fered from illness of any nature, and all returned home in the best of physical condition. The coast artillery unit, train ing at Fort Barry, Cal., is due back in the city July 2. EVOLUTIONISTS VISITING DR. E. A. .CAUTRELL4S FRIEND OP S.H. VAN TRUMP ; Dr. Edward A. Cautrell. field secretary of the American Science League, wUh headquarters at San Francisco,' is spending a few daya in Salem visiting his friend, S. H. Van Trump, Marion county fruit inspector, 1221 North Fourth. I Dr.; Cautrell is just returning from Seattle where he held on Wednesday night, the last of a se ries of four debates on Evolution and Fundamentalism-,with Dr. William Branch Riley, who repre sented the- Fundamentalist Asso ciation of America. l Dj.1 Cautrell reports .large at tendance and lively interest at all four debates, the first of which wa3 held in Los Angeles, and the last in Seattle. ' ilOPE FOR RESCUE HELD WALLACE, Idaho, June 26.- Some grounds for hope for the rescue alive of four men caught Wednesday in the cavein of the Ajax mine near Burke were.seen tonight and the rescue crewa have redoubled their effOTts to reach the entrapped men. '-r GONE, BUT THE ROOTS REMAIN Coolidge Declares Many European Proposals Not Madtf In Good Faith. SWAMPSCOTT, Mass., June 2 (By The Associated Press.)- President Coolidge is firmly op posed to suggestions made abroad that the United States lower its tariff duties and curtail produc tion as a means of aiding Germany to meet reparations payments and European governments generally to pay their debts, i The president's 1 view outlined today at the summer White House concerned particularly-the propos al on tariff reduction and produc tion curtailment made before- the 'international Chamber of Com -tneree meeting at Brussels by Sir Joshua Stamp, a British member of. the reparations commission. The president believes many plans proposed for the j betterment .of conditions abroad are simply left handed efforts to ge the United States to pay reparations. .The people of the United States on, whom the burden of any pro posal, if adopted, would rest, Mr, Coolidge is convinced, are deter mined not to become involved in the reparations problem and are unalterably: opposed to debt can cellation. In the president's opinion the increase in American imports dur ing the last few years is a suffi cient answer to the suggestion that tariff duties should be lower ed. He considers it significant tat American trade volume is ap proximately 50 per cent greater than before the war, while the im port and export business of most European countries is less. While Mr. Coolidge holds to the view that the American public feel that Germany: must pay rep arations and that other European nations must meet their debt ob ligations, he believes that to an extent the people of the United States have a concern in world conditions which they would be glad to alleviate through any plan which did not shift until warrant ed burdens on their shoulders. NGtf-STOP TRIP PLANNED FLIGHT FROM COAST TO HA WAII WILL BE ATTEMPTED SEATTLE, June 26. Lieuten ant Ralph Davidson of St. Louis, United States navy aviator, was in Seattle today awaiting the comple tion 6t a hydro-airplane here to be flown to-Hawaii in September on a non-stop flight from Califor nia. Lieutenant Davison arrived last night, completing the person nel of the plane, y Lieutenant Commander J. H Strong and Lieutenant Ricko Bot- ta, the other officers, and a me chanic and radio operator, repre sent the crew for the flight. Thirty-Fifth Founding of Or- i iiiiii n r-'n.' I. . aer w ui ce r uuugiy cel ebrated Today INITIATE LARGE CLASS More Than l.OOO Men From All Parts of State to Receive Work; Head Camp Of ficials Are Here Woodmen of the World from all parts of Oregon are in (Salem to day celebrating the 35th anniver sary of the founding or the order. Deputy Head Consul Martin of Portland has been in the city for several days with a corps of as sistants perfecting arrangements for handling the crowd which he estimates will reach several thou sands. The following head camp offic ials are in Salem today to attend the celebration: Head Consu.1,,1. I. Boak of Denver; Head Clerki T M. Robinson of Denver: Head Manager W. C. Hawley of Salem; Head Manager J. O. Wilson of Portland: Head Manager John Pattison of Spokane; Head Mana ger H. L. Raymond of Denver; head Manager J. W. Klein of Den ver. At 12 o'clock noon today, on the down town streets there will be band and orchestra concerts by those who will participate in the program at the fairgrounds whereJ the celebration will be staged. Beginning at 1 o'clock and con tinuing through the afternoon and evening there will be a continuous program of music and vaudeville stunts, two baseball games, and a complete program of athletic contests, foot races, etc., with a valuable prize list. The public is invited to enjoy the day with the Woodmen at the fairgrounds. The dining room will be open'for the public and meals are served by an experienced caterer. In the evening a class of 1,000 new mem bers will be initiated in the stad ium, which has been tratflformed Into "a bower of beauty Tor the" occasion.- , - - , . saiem camp no. 118 has se cured a class of 212 candidates for .(Continued on paga 2) 'in CONVENTION ENDS TODAY LEGIONNAIRES SELECT COOS BAY FOR NEXT MEETING PRINEVILLE, Or., June 26. A plea for Americanization, unsul lied by a hint of internationalism. was made at the . seventh annual convention of the American legion here today by Father Lonergan of Illinois, national chaplain of the legion. Coos Bay will be host to the 1926 convention, of the American legion. Marshfield and North Bend combined to invite i the legionnaires to those cities for the next meeting, which will be held in July or August. "- The convention parade was held this - afternoon 'with nine drum corps and hundreds of legionnaires Indian ' cowboys ' and cowgirls in line. This was Bend. Madras and Redmond day - at the American legion TOdeo. ' i Tomorrow will see the conclu sc ion of the'eonvention with election of officers. California' visitors who address ed the convention today were Sam Ingram of Los Angeles, national cheminot of the Forty and Eight; George Hatfield, national commit teeman; George Stout, secretary of the veterans welfare board of California, ? and ' Morgan Keaton, past 'department adjutant.. FIRE HERO MEETS DEATH FOREST BLAZE KILLS MAN "WHO SAVED QTHER LIVES ; . VANCOUVER, B. C., June 26. Oliver G: Clark; foreman of a' log ging camp: near - Prince' Rupert. 500 miles north of here, was hurnetf to death today In a forest fire. A boat load of refugees left while he was gone back to the cabins to 'see that everybody was clear. - ' 4 .- t Clark, f IghUnr alongside thirty rangers had 1 confined lo thirty acses a blatd that had" swept 300, when sthe wind changed, and flames rolled upon the camp. In fifteen ; minute Clark had hurried all the people in the camp aboard the boat which Is in the Canadian forestry serrice.t Then the flames' came close to the boat, but Clark: ran off to the cabins. The captain ot the -boat was on- aware that' Clark was not aboard. When he learned the truth be-put back, though the flames threat ened him and his charge. -'- A few yards from the water lay- Clark's charred body. - - . Cliarge of Killing Foster Son By Typhoid Germs Not Be- -l lieved By Jury CHICAGO. June 26. (By Asso- riniPd Press.) The trial of Wil liam Darling Shepherd was begun annroximately six weeks ago. Three weeks and three days were required for selection or a Jury, 12 days for presentation oi testimony and the last three days for iury pleas by four attorneys Ghonhprrt waa indieted March -17 last upon 22 counts of murder, chief of which were that he had used typhoid germs to precipitate a fatal disease in his young foster son William Nelson McCllntocK, who made a will naming Shepherd chief Aeir of an estate valued in excess v6f $1,000,000. The youth died December 4 last of typhoid fever during an epidemic of-that disease traced by city health of ficers to contaminated oysters shipped here from the east. Virtually from the day of the voiith's death, however, wMspers vara tiaarri a.ainst Snepnera in Kenilworth, the fashionable nortn shore suburb in which the Shep herds shared young McClintock's home. Judge Harry Olson, chief jus tice of the municipal courtof Chi cago, proclaimed himself "coun sel for the dead," and demanded an official Investigation. Shepherd and his wife, who had gone to Albuquerque, N. M., re turned to Chicago, but refused to testify-before the coroner and upon March 3 that official heard Judge Olson accuse Shepherd of the murder of the youth. TSe boy's body had been disinterred December 24 and an autopsy re vealed that typhoid had been the sole cause of death. . Charles C. Faiman, head of the small National - University of Sciences was brought into the case and upon March 12 alleged Shep herd had stolen live typhoid germs from hl3 school. The statement later was varied to a formal confession in which Faiman said he gave ShephercTThe germs and taught Mm how to. use them to slay the youth to keep him from marrying Miss Isabelle Pope, a young school teacher, and there by nullify the will he had made in Shepherd's favor. The day after Faiman made his original statement. Shepherd was taken lalro formal custody of the state's attorney, held at a hotel until after he was indicted, March 17, and then placed in jail, where he since has been. The death ot Billy McClintock gained newspaper first page space through the fact that Miss Pope waited with a marriage license while he sank into the Jast coma. She maintained that but for Shepherd's interference she would have married the youthrShepherd informing her that she alone could not obtain a marriage license. From the witness stand in Shep herd's trial the young woman stat ed that she had a "fifty-fifty" ar rangement with, the cousins of Billy's mother for division of the estate if they could break the will. The seven cousins, most ofwhom live: In Iowa, served notice ' of a will contest, two weeks after Billy died. . ' - After Shepherd had been Indict ed the coroner's jury continued the inquest and upon May 5 directed that both Shepherds be held for the murder. The grand lurv re fused to indict Mrs. Shepherd. JARDINE VISITS TODAY SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE : MAKING SHORT STAY - W.' M. Jardlnei secretary of ag riculture, 'will stop in Salem; this morning for an' official visit with Governor Walter M. Pierce. The visit here is expected about o'clock, as Secretary Jardine Is due to ipeak before the4 Pdrtland Chamber of - Commerce at 11 o'clock. ; ; v- ' Governor Pierce was-iri'Corval-' lis yesterday to' meet" Secretary Jardine, who spoke at the Cham- ber:of Commerce; Secretary Jar dine accepted no invitations for last night in order that he might have opportunity to visit Jar broth er, 'James T. Jardine. who Is a member qX the Oregon Agricultur al college experiment station staff. APE FIGHT FRQWNED ON MEMPHIS, Tenn., June 26 - (By Associated Press:) A resolu- tionr protesting against the mak ing: and using of a criminal or othr trial before any court of our state as an advertising jnedlunv as Is now' being done in regard to" the" Scopes' trial at Dayton, Tenn., were presented for approval before' the ennessee bar association late to day by Giles Evan$of Fayette- vllle: i t'.i - - Jury Debates'for Five HourS and 40 Minutes;' Ballots Not Explained VERDICT IS APPLAUDED crowaeu lourtroona iryJts Cheers AVhen tle Verdict ; Is Announced; Another - Charge Is Faced - , : - -r ..--- CHICAGO, June 2C (By the Associated Press.) William Darl ing Shepherd tonight was acquit ted, of the murder of his foster son, William Nelson McClintock The jury deliberated'five hours and 40 minutes. " ' Members of it would not divulge the number of ballots taken, nor the methods by which they reach ed final - agreement. They said that they had taken a collective" oath "hot ''to reveal the record of the balloting. As a result of the verdict Shep herd tonight walked from the Cook county Jail at 10:45 p. m. a free man after having been in custody since March 15 last. He still faces another murder charge, s but Judge Thomas J Lynch agreed1; to permit him to Eign his own bond. At the same time, the coroner's jury recommended he be held for the' murder of Billy McCormick it directed that he be held for the murder also of Mrs. Emma Nelson. - McClintock, Billy's -mother, 17 years" ago. " It is that charge which still hangs over his head, although' to night it was not believed by Shep- nerd s attorneys that he ever . would be brought to trial. Shep herd's face was wreathed in smites as he heard the verdict and leaped forward to thank the Jury. His' wife, Mrs. Julie Shepherd, waa net in the court room. She wait ed with friends at a downtown ho tel for the verdict. At Shepherd's side when the verdict was read were his brother, J. Henry Shep herd-of tittle-Rock, Ark.7 and his former law partner, Robert Stoll. - Desbita stern' admonishments, the crowd rent the air with cheers and were not stilled Immediately by inreacs. Above the bedlam and the boom ng of flashlights ot news-photo-" graphers the foreman of the jury, William Burnett, - finally made himself heard. He read a nota of thanks the jurors had written to Judge Lynch, expressing appreci ation ior consideration and cour- - tesy and the orderly conduct of the trial. - The judge, from hin dais, re turned the jurors' expressions of good-will, thanked them and re leased them until tomorrow morn ing when they can get the pay due mem ror their long service. " Meanwhile Shepherd and hli at torneys. -William Scott - Stewart and W. w. O'Brien, were waiting at the end of the Jury box forva numphal procession of handshak ing and thanking down its length. mere waa not a Juror but who returned smile for smile and hand clasp for handclasp and none of the bitterness which sounded in debating voices shortly after the ury retired, was evidenced. During the long deliberation tht; voices of at least one juror was heard in harsh argument as it sounded above the others. A number of times the 'Judge-Olson" were heard. It was Judge Harry Olson, chief justice of the municipal court who forced investigation of the death of Billy McClintock and the sub sequent indictment of Shepherd. During the trial Judge Olson expressed keen disapproval of the efforts f the stale's attorney; ' That official flanked by GCorga, r S (Continued on pare 4) "" w NOTICE To Our Readers The Statesman carriers will call to make their monthly col lections today. . -T,Hr newspaper boy Is jt starting In" business for Himself. 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