THOUSANDS OF VISITORS WILL TAI vE ADVAN7
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SALEM, OREGON. TUESDAY MORNING, JUNE 30, 1925
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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
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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
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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
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- 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,
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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
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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.
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All PIP.rtrif RVStPmd hotro KnnA
thrown out of commission. Water
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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.
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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
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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-
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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,:'-:
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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.
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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-
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TREASURE SHIPFOUND
EXPLORERS DISCOVER SHIP
LOAD OF SI NKEN WEALTH
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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
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