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THOUSANDS OF VISITORS WILL TAI vE ADVAN7 I OF SALE Rl BARGAIN; DAY, THURS DAY, J U LV : . .. l SEVENTY-FIFTH YEAR SALEM, OREGON. TUESDAY MORNING, JUNE 30, 1925 PRICE FIVE CEIH'S i-'l 31 A RD o ) A ROM ..III J 1 V n- v I FIJI IS FREED BY COURT ORDERS Self-Confessed Accomplice of Shepherd, and State Witness Is Let Go Y SLANDER SUIT SCOUTED o Retaliatory Measures Will Be Used, Stewart Announces; Probation of Will to Bo Started CHICAGO, June . 29. (By the Associated Press.) Charles C Faiman, indicted with. Williaml Darling Shepherd for the murder of Shepherd's millionaire ward William Nelson McCHntock, was freed today when the charge was stricken off the record with leave to reinstate at the request of Rob- V crt E. Crowe, state s attorney. Y't- Shepherd was acquitted last week on the murder charge. Fai man conducted a scBooI-of sciences and said that he had given-Shept herd typhoid germs to administer to McClintock and had been prom ised 1100.000 for his part in the alleged plot. Faiman since his indictment had been, in the cus tody of the state's attorney. Questioned tonight about- re ports that Shepherd planned re taliatory measures In the form of suits for libel or slander against various persons who had a part in the investigation which led. up to his trial, attorneys for Shepherd admitted tonight that such action never had been seriously consid ered. VThat Is not our policy, and the thing never has been consid ered seriously," said W, W. O' Brien, --one of the attorneys who defended Shepherd. t Mr. O'Brien added that neither he nor his assistant, William Scott Stewart, authorized a widely pub lished interview today on the question of. prospective action in Shepherd's behalf. It was also reported today that j m aueooera annnin worn man , j ' form of suits for libel or slander against several of his accusers, in eluding Judge Harry Olson of the municipal court, who instigated the Investigation, attorneys for Miss Isabelle Pope, McClintock's fiancee, and Alexander Reichmann co-guardian with Mrs. Shepherd of young McClintock. First action In the fight for probation of Mc Clintock's will, drawn up by Shep herd, and leaving nearlyvall the youth's fortune to Shepherd, will come Wednesday when attorneys forMiss Pope and for ten cousins of McCHntock, mostly from Iowa, are expected to appear in court to oppose the probation. t ' HEART STRAIN IS SEVERE : . . : : ...... "i . CARItfAC TROUBLE SAID MOST DEADLY OF DISEASES PORTLAND, June 29. -Great strides in medical efforts to lengthen the average span of human life can not be made until heart disease, now more deadly man , cancer, tuberculosis and Blague, is controlled. Physicians here attending the opening of the 1923 session of the Pacific Northwest Medical as sociation, declared. The human heart must, physi cally, be a heart of steef to with stand the terrific pace imposed by the rapid pace of modern living, declared two of the leading medi cal men of the world, both of whom devoted their lectures to a discussion of the heart. Dr. Alan N. Drury. full-time research ; worker of the medical research council : of England and honorary assistant in the cardiac department of the -University Col lege hospital of London, and Dr. James B. Herrick. professor and head of the department of medi cine at Rush Medical college, were the two speakers who made con tributions today. , Their discus eions were heard by more than 400 medical men and women of the Pacific northwest, assembled in three-day session. HOTEL MAX DIES JUNEAU. Alaska, June 29 George R.Dedman, proprietor f the Golden North hotel at Skag way for more than 25 years, died at Skagway yesterday, It was learned today.-, Dedman lived In Portland before coming to Alas ka, it was said. ENGLISH LABOR TROUBLE BRINGS STRIFE IN HOUSE MacDONALD FAILS IX MOTION TO CENSURE GOVERNMENT Great Britain Declared to Have Failed to Deal With the - Situation LONDON, June ;29. (BytfThe Associated Press) JK. motion of censure moved by j Ramsay - Mac- Donald, the labor leader, against the government for . failure to solve the unemployment problem, was voted down in the house of commons tonight, 373 to 143. The motion declared that the government "after a lengthy per lod of industrial depression and confronted by an alarming growth in the number of unemployed, has failed to take measures to deal with a situation of , unprecedented gravity." j . The debate has a strong flavor of political activity, the govern ment speakers having the easy re tort that the late f labor govern ment had failed to solve the same problems. The debate further de monstrated that the government had no heroic measures to pro pose. I Premier Baldwin, In a long speech, argued except in the coal. ironr-and. steel, shipbuilding and engineering industries which are more affected than others, unem ployment was not! much greater than a year ago, when labor was in office. Moreover it should be remembered that the population had increased and emigration had been greatly restricted, while the difficulties wero aggravated by the growing of the foreign tarrifs against British trade. On. this point, j however, the prime minister made, the Inciden tal remark that he doubted whe ther it would benefit the trade if the United States adopted free trade. -- - ' T' u:' ''vr1 The premier emphasized that the British foreign policy was un swervingly r devoted to fostering peace in Europe and hoped- for much from the efforts to obtain an agreement oeiween naoce. Germany, Belgium and Great Bri tain, which would go far to make foreign credits flourishing. Mr. Baldwin then came to his chief point when he said the .gov ernment had been considering, and asked the house to consider, the possibility of subsidies to au thorities, which, at the moment, seemed to be beaten down into a position of helplessness. He suggested bounties on, pro duction or subsidies in especially distressed districts in aid of oleal rate and railway freights. He ad mitted the difficulties were great but thought them not insur mountable, i i TIRE BURSTS; TWO HURT BUS DRIVER, MAKING REPAIR, MAY DIE FROM INJURY TACOMA, June; 29. Fred E. Hackett, bus driver for a Tacoma bus company and ' eon of E. J Hackett, local police Judge, was critically injured this afternoon when a tire which he was mount ing on rear wheel of a bus, ex ploded. He is not expected to live. kTom Barry, an i employe of a tire i company, suffered an injury to his right hand ;when the tire rim was thrown from the wheel. The tire bad been inflated, to a pressure of 120 pounds when it exploded, throwing the rim with terrific force from the wheeL Hackett, who was In a crouching position at the side of the rear wheel, was struck above the- left eye. He was taken to tne county hospital in a critical condition. At tendants at the hospital reported that the fore part of his skull had been crushed. , s AL .H. STEINER IS ' DEAD PROMINENT SALEM MAX DDES AFTER LONG ILLNESS Al Stdncrof Salem died this morning at 12:30, following an ill ness of several months. He died at his home in West Salem. Mr, Steiner Vasj formerly con nected . with the T state accident commission,' and was prominent In Masonic and Elk circles. Besides his wife he Is survived by his brother A. T. Steiner and a sister, Mrs. F. II. Berger. His fa ther Darld Steiner lives in Salem. Al Steiner was a cousin of Dr. R. E. Lee Steiner. f GEODETIC SURVEY OF DUfiKES URGED Distinguished Earth Shock Irwestisator Says Quakes ' Not Related Need of Government Aid In tailing Line Faults Said Ne- iSary; Tremblors I.Iay De Forecast De- - WASHINGTON. June 2 9 The California and Montana earth quakes, although occuring so closely together, were said today by William Bowie, chief of the di vision of geodetic survey and president of the international geodetic association to have been unrelated. . r . Pointing out that congress is expected to appropriate funds at the next session for an earthquake survey 'of the United States auth orized at the last session he as serted that the last disturbances are local phenomena- and that community is absolutely free from the possibility of such an occur rence. : While the Montana disturbance, Mr. Bowie said, is the first in that region of which there is any re cord, he thought both that and the California quake today would be found to have occurred along old faults" lines where the earth's crust previously had been frac tured. California, he added, is charted as a more active region oecause studies have Indicated that the coastal - mountains there are young" mountains still In pro cess of formation . and develop ment In older mountain, forma tion BBlsmlc disturbances are rarer. . "T In emphasizing the liability of another earthquake Mr. Bowie as serted that present seismic stud ies indicate the probability of a major disturbance near the east ern seaboard within the next 100 years. ' - , . . - - I He said he believed the survey which congress authorized would make possible a great advance in the study of earthquakes and their causes. ! " . i 'Within the next five or ten years, he thought, earth faults and pressures could be so com prehensively charted as to make possible a fairly accurate forecast of the time and locality of major disturbances. ; Jrl V "EVEk AS YOU AUD 1. X, i SSK p2 o Thousands of Visitors Cojmihg to Salem for the tn Annual isarg The streets of Salem will be lined with visitors on Thursday of this week, and the stores and shops will be full of people com ing from near and; far places- For that day, Thursday, July 2, is set apart for the annual bargain day, this being the eighth year for this important event in the capital city. ; Bargain day in Salem has grown every year because real bargains are offered. There is - no make believe about it, J jMore merchants are participat ing this year than ever before. The crowds will come in greater num bers and from longer distances. Each event has advertised the next one; and the ways of travel have improved from year to year, expanding Salem's trading terri tory. - . ,j r 'No one need think of Salem's bargain day event with any mis giving, for it is genuine; our mer chants live up to their promises; they offer genuine bargains, and in many, many lines. . Every merchant who has-entered the bargain-igiving event will have hanging in his window ah authori- tive card announcing that within the store are bargains, put ones pecially for this city-wide event, and that all who are seeking first quality merchandise at reduced prices will : find just what they want. ; Below , is a list of merchants wjio -will on that day be offering to the public their best wares at greatly reduced prices. The shop per should clip out the list, and then when on the street watch carefully for the display of the bargain cards, which will indicate that that store-orpface trf .busT-T ness is. authoritatively numbered among - the gargain-giving con cerns. "Efforts have been made to see every merchant, requesting his co operation, and if any have been overlooked, we would like to have them phone 23 or 81 and we will list their names," it was an nounced yesterday by the commit tee in charge. Following is the list of the busi ness " houses that have already pledged themselves to make this the biggest bargain festival of the kind on record: j Price Shoe company, Shipley, Gahlsdorf, Pickens & Haynes, Ka fonry Bros., Miller Mercantile Co., Al A. Clothing company, Tyler drug store, Al Krause, . G. W. MORE TRUTH THAN POETRY! Day am Johnson & Co., Salem Electric Co., The French Shop, The Smart Shop, Kafateria shoe store, J. W. Wool worth, The Man's Shop, Skaggs No. 37. Model ! Bakery, McDowell Market. Buster Brown. Schaefer's drug store. John Rottle,- Rostein & tireenbaum,: Hartman Bros., Piggly Wlggly, C. J. Breier Co., West Fur Co., Midget Market, Schei's men's wear, Simpson gro cery. Square Deal hardware, M. Haniger, A. E. Lyons, Army & Outing store, Salem's Leading Army Goods store. Grand theater, C. & C. Store, Max O. Buren, The Spa, Giese Furniture Co., iSheldon- Sherwin. Roth Grocery Co., Capi tal Drug store; Central Pharmacy. Perry Drug store. STRICKEN CITY IS AIDED ARMY MEN DESPATCinSD TO GUARD RUINED DISTRICT SAN FRANCISCO, June ,29. The ninth corps area army 'head quarters here received a dispatch from Santa Barbara tonight stat ing that the stricken district was being policed by a temporary or ganization of:' city authorities, members of the American legion, and others. The dispatch sent by Col. FP. Lahm, air service officer at San Francisco, who flew from Rock well field, San Diego, to Santa Barbara today, said there was "no tendency to loot. "Business practically destroyed. residential district slightly . dam aged," the message said. "Loss of life approximately 10; Injured ap proximately 50. American Ipp-fnn ROTC. organized reserves and city police have effected temnor- ary organization. Situation well in hand with no tendency to loot. . . All PIP.rtrif RVStPmd hotro KnnA thrown out of commission. Water - J w w m- m v v WCU I system in excellent condition with exception of ohe reservoir destroy- ed. No fire." VACCINATION IS URGED ULiMrlA , June 29 (By The Associated Press) On recom- mendation of Dr. A. E. Stunt. head of the state department of heath, the institutional board of health which met here today or- deru vaccination of inmates of state institutions against small pox. Smallpox cases reported In the state now number more than 1100 Dr. Stuht reported. 1 LIFEPOSITIIS SOUGHT BY MYERS Would Finance Salem Hos pital Wing Construction and Become Manager MISS STEELE IS OUSTED Resignation Demanded Alter Five Years Service; Successor, Now In Europe, Due September 1 Petty Jealousies, misunderstand ings among at least three Salem physicians using the Salem hos pital, and the determined effort of Henry Myers to buy annuity, are given as reasons behind the forced resignation of Miss Gladys Steele, superintendent, who will not re main in her position after her suc cessor arrives, regardess of any action that may be taken by the executive committee of the hos-I-ita, consisting of H. S. Gile, pres ident of the board of directorsr Henry Myers, secretary, and E. T. Barnes The resignation was demanded several weeks ago and came as surprise to Miss Steele, who has been with the institution for the last five years, the greater portion of the time in the old frame build ing with a capacity of an even dozen patients. Since last sum mer the head nurse has been re moved, there has been no provis ion for clerical work and Miss Steele has been holding down the three positions to the best of her I ability- --In spite of thiy4ettF rom supply nouses are nign m their praise of her ability to pur I chase and drive a hard bargain I Mil- 3 1 A IL.l AV.MH Alf. Li 116 ilUtUlUS mat IUCIO 4iaa I been no question raised as to her ability, but that the good of the I institution demands that a change I be made The Salem hospital has been losing money. With the equip ment possessed at present, an ad ditional trained nurse, two or three probationers and another I win, it is possible to turn the I venture from the loss to the profit I column. How to raise the money has per. iplexed the board of directors, which has virtually turned over! the entire management to the ex ecutive committee. The wing, it is estimated, will cost approxi mately $65,000. The committee is loathe to ask Salem residents for the money. a Henry Myers has offered to con tribute 63,000 toward the con struction of the proposed wfng. In return he and Mrs. Myers are to receive an annuity of 8 per cent for the remainder of their lives. The debt is cancelled, under the agreement, upon the death of the Contributors. In addition to the 8 per cent" re- tu:ns, amounting to more than $40'J each month, Mr. Myers is to be given the position of superin tendent at a salary of $250 per month for the remainder of his life. One-half of this amount is to be turned back to the hospital. No action has been taken by the executive committee. One mem ber stated that the money was needed and at once, but that ef- ( Continued on pace 4) RECORD RUN ATTEMPTED DRIVERS WILL TRY TO BEAT TIJIE OF CRACK TRAINS CHICAGO, June 29. (By the Associated Press.) 'At 4 , o'clock tomorrow morning an automobile will leave Chicago in an effort t6 break the record of the fastest trains to the Pacific coast.. The car, driven, night and day by three drivers working in four-hoar shifts, will try to reach Los An geles in less than" 68s hours, running time of the fastest over land passenger train. -J The trip is in charge of Morris and Samuel Klein, Chicago jewelers, who say a group of 18 men has wagered 860.000 against $10,000 of their money that the feat is impossible. With them will be Dick Holz, for mer professional automobile racer. ! While one man is driving and the other sitting with him to watch the road and assist, the third man will sleep in a bed which has re placed the tonneau of the car. geared tQ ,75 "jtnijei an hout, and with a gasoline capacity of 40 gal-Jons,:'-: -, QUAKES LOOSEN SIDE OF MOUNTAIN; FEAR SLIDE AVALANCHE WILL DAM GROS VETRE VALLEY Mountain Declared to be Moving Perceptibly; Huge Lake Now Formed JACKSON, Wyo., June 29. (By The Associated Press) The north end of Chief mountain in the Teton natlonaLXorest near here is crackins. prfebably as a result of he' earth tremors which rocked ur Rocky mountain states Sat- nMav nieht and another aval anVhe greater than that of last Tuesday into -' the Gros Ventre rivHr is feared, forestry officials reported today. The north end of the mountain on a front of several miles is cracking, the advices stated, and it is slipping down into the river almost perceptibly. Indications are that, when the landslide does occur, a lake which will be formed by the damming of the river will be considerablv larger than the basin created by last Tuesday's slide. A recent survey by the forestry officials shows that, if this aval anche occurs, the forest ranger station near the Gros Ventre river in the vicinity will be under water Forestry officials declared that the continuance of land slides from the mountains in the region will probably turn the river into a new outlet. The landslide last Tuesday has virtually ended all Irrigation op erations of ranchers of the dis trict for the season, it is reported The lake formed by the aval anche last week Is estimated to cover an area of 5,000 acres, ac cording to a survey pf the forestry officials. The piling, up of rocks and .earth around the sides of the basin has created cliffs hundreds of feet high. , The landslide last week into the Gros Ventre river deepened the stream from 120 to SOOteet. ' 4 MONTANA CHECKS LOSS LOSS FROM QUAKE ESTIMATED AT HALF MILLION HELENA, Mont., June 29. (By Associated Press.) While stricken Santa Barbara prepared to take inventory pf Its disaster. the task of checking up damages done by earthquakes throughout Montana over the last three days proceeded, with indications that total property damage would not exceed $500,000. Although shocks were reported today from Helena, Great Falls, Billings, Bozeman, Logan, Three Forks aftH Manhat tan, tone was severe enough to cause additional damage. Discovery was made today that large cracks had appeared in the county jail at Missoula and that the building had , listed sevten inches. Reports from White Sul phur Springs declared that $10,- 000 would cover the damage caused there. Officials of the Great Northern failway tonight said their lines were open and Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul rail heads announced that their tracks probably would be cleared by Wednesday. Twenty miles of the Milwaukee's main line tracks still are blocked by land slides. FORMER SALEM MAN SAFE TELEGRAM FROM STRICKEN KEASSURKS FAMILY George Barr, son of Mr. and Mrs. Theodore M. Barr, 185 North Fourteenth street, was not injured In the terrific earth shock that destroyed the entire business district of Santa Barbara yester day, according to a telegram re ceived here. The shock was the most severe ever witnessed In that city, the-telegram 'stated. Mr. Barr has lived in the south for three years, and was formerly associated with his fa ther here In Salem, where he liv ed for 17 years. He is now en gaged with a Santa Barbara firm. City Manager Nunn. of Santa Barbara is also a I'ormer Salem man. BACK SALARY PAID SEATTLE, June 29 Awarding of $3,000 back salary to J. D. Ross, superintendent of the Seat tle Light department after a two year fight waa pronounced le gal by corporation counsel Ken nedy here today. The back pay Fas for 1922 and 1923 when his salary was cut from $7,500 to $6,000. His salary la $6,000 now. LOSS OF LIFE IS IT LARGE Property Damage Believed to Be Over $15,000,000 by City Engineer PANICSWEEPS DISTRICT Early Mornlnjr Earthquake Takes Heavy Toll of Ilnildings; City Flootk-d Wlicn Res ervoir Breaks SANTA BARBARA, Juno .TO. (By The Associate! Press). A violent earthquake shock struck this city at 1:22 o'clock this morn ing. This was the heaviest shock since the heavy temMor of yester day morning. SANTA BARBARA, Cal., June 29. (By Associated Press.) A series of earthquakes, described by survivors as rocking and sway ing the business center of Santa Barbara as if it were on a turbu lent ocean, early today left the principal structures of the chan nel city a mass of debris and ruins. The loss of life was not large, due to the tremor occurring at 6:44 o'clock in the morning and also that the mass of ruins fell in the second earthquake some fifteen minutes after the first tremor. , Estimates of. the loss vary from $3,000,000, a 'conservative" fig ure by the cityqtnanager, to $30.- 000,000, a figure quoted by the city engineer. Indications are that twelve lives were lost although this rests upon the recovery of several bodies as serted to be in the ruins,. 1 State street, the main thorough fare, is a ghastly avenue of ruin, portions of its most stately build- ings being tumbled down, and cornices, walls and fronts of prac- i tically all principal structure! .shattered down. The earthquakes continued throughout the day. -They men aced the water supply by crashing out the dam of Sheffield reservoir. but a by-pass has been established to a main reservoir back In the hilla and water provided Tor the city. - The terror stricken 30,000 In habitants in most cases settled down to an emergency existence by noon, many of them living on the lawns. have been through fifty earthquakes but never one like this," said Manager Richmond of the Arlington hotel. "It just took the hotel that we considered strong as a fortress and shook it back and forth as if it were a rag. "It was precisely as if one were at sea in a storm. One would not believe it were ptfssible for a build- ng to move with such force In so many directions and apparently so limply as did the Arlington. "The hotel is a total loss." Other stories of the motion of the earthquake were similar. Mrs. Charles E. Perkins, widow of the late railroad wizard, former. president of the Chicago. Burllne- ton and Quincy, was declared lo be burled la the ruins of the Ariing- (Continued on page 2) TREASURE SHIPFOUND EXPLORERS DISCOVER SHIP LOAD OF SI NKEN WEALTH - a- " ' NEW YORK. June 29. (Dy As sociated Pres.?,)The two traw lers. Foam and Spray, which slip ped out of New York harbor threo weeks ago on a $4,000,000 treas ure hunt, backed, by a group of wealthy sportsmen, have accom plished the first part of their mis sion, it was announced today. ;, A diver sent down from one of them has located the treasure shi; Merida. The next step will be to' cut through the iron walls of th fctore room and bring up n?ir!y no tons of gold and silver bullion. Fourteen years ago the Ward lin er Meridla sailed from Mexico for New York. On baard was $4,000. 080 worth of treasure which Ind been smuggled out of Mexico ur the adherents of r.Iador'o an l l.i-i When the ship was off t'ar Charles, Va., it was ranmei ;! A sunk by the Admiral Fsrrnc;"?. j rests on the bottom at dcMii of fathoms."- Since. then if ! ! the goal of Uca iv 1 i ;.i " V