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SEVENTY-FIFTH YEAR SALEM, OREGON, FRIDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 30, 1925 PRICE FIVE CENTS V y- If ? I i Ml ELL IS LDSER If Mil Prosecution Blocks AH Effort to Escape Trial by Army! Court Martial f BOY SCOUT DRIVE' NOW OVER HALF-WAY MARK TOTAL OP 91853 IS COLLECTED OX FIRST DAY PLEAS ARE OVERRULED Proceedings Advance Rapidly and i .Court, WtiL rrbably-Close ; for. .finding Refbre End ot Wtrts WASHINGTON,? Oct. 29.--(By Associated Press: ) Every, move i ls escape - trial" by an army' court ( martial ' on charges ot conduct preju.dlctal to good order and mili tary discipline resulted in failure today t for , Colonel William Mitchell- 1 j; : The prosecution proceedings, started yesterday by a courtmar ' tiki 'convened by direction j of President Coolidge and based on be colonel's . charges in public statements relating - to the army and nary air. service administra : lions, swept forward rapidly with . plain - indications that the court vouldcldse for findings probably this week. - ' i 'Numerous pleas entered onibe- half of the air officer by Repre sentative Frank Reld of - Illinois, - bU civilian legal adviser, availed nothing. Tbe conrt left the cham ber several times to vote In secret on contentions advanced by ; the 'defense counsel.' The members Re mained seated behind the bench just as often, however, accepting the opinions of the court law of ficer,' Colohel Elanton Winsbip, Without, objection. Whether in or out of.the'eourt chamber, the de liberations ended always in "quick decisions against - the" motions of the defense. - i Colonel Mitchell's plea that he bad committed no offense tryable by the court when 'le: Issued the sutements at San Antonio, charg ing the war and navy departments with '. incompetency, criminal neg ligenoe'and almost treasonable ad , ministration s of the. national ' de fense the act for which he Is Goal of $3000 Expected to Be Reached Ry Tonight; Teams i Well Received i FRETiCH FAMILIES ; HEAR PPjjT $ ANNE STILLMAN BRINGS SUIT' AGAINST HUSBAND AMERICAN YOUTH GOOD SAYS NOTED EDUCATOR No Warning Given to Ameri can Residents ; Prior to Bombing in Damascus The half way mark in the Boy Scouts financial drive was passed Thursday, although it was only the first day of the drive. A total of $1853 was collected during tbe course of tbe day. This represents but"irlne out of tbe ten teams that were out. The other team did not report,5 but is going out once more today. . . . . Fred Thielsen.who has charge of the drive, declared that the re sults of tbe day's labor were high ly satisfactory and expressed con fidence hat the quota of $3000 will be reached before 5 o clock this evening. ' .. Only about 30 of tbe 50 men on the teams ' -were able to work Thursday, and the remainder will be at it all day today. .Thursday all of the canvassing was done in the business section. Today the places will be taken up that were missed yesterday and other parties on the outskirts ot the city will be visited. , - : i All of the teams report that they are being received well every where. One team made 23 calls and "were turned down at only three --places, . incidentally its members collected $243 in an hour and a half. 1 All of the teams will be out early this mOrning and' will work bard all day in an effort to reach the $3000 mark by night. Tbe pros pects are that the mark ' will ' be reached as hoped allowing Salem to retain the headquarters for this division. EXPLANATION IS SOUGHT Paris Government - Will Be Asked i J or Explanation of Failure t to Protect Foreigners and "Property VISION PRESAGES DEATH Wife toresees killing op I HUSBAND IN DAY DREAM YAKIMA Oct. 29. Hovsbe had been warned in a day dream this afternoon that her aged hus band would be killed wa$ told to night f by Jdrs. O. B. Lane in mortuary ; here tonight ' as she sobbed oat beside his body the story of their gradual change from a life of comparative af DIVORCE FILING IUSE1) OS ! STATUTORY GROUNDS . HIGH' ETHICAL STANDARDS FOR TEACHERS URGED Summons Served on Ranker Over Month Ago; Affirmative Iefense Planned Readjustments in Carrirnlum and Methods Are Disrossed j by Pedagogues cuargea hm. I fiaence lo one cA hard toil aftd .-article-of-war was overruled -by 5Wj;' - il.-i r -I ; 7 k 111, W AVSH. uv w D - a of today's sessions.- The decision on this point estab lished' the legal competency of the court ' to ait In judgment of ' the accused. ' A plea that he had been within constitutional rights, exercising only the privilege of free speech when i he issued the statements also was quickly rejected. Succes sive pleas were filed -" and voted down. - One 'contending that all the charges' and specifications against Colonel Mitchell should be! ner vision, she said she saw some- vacated because they should nave I one nicking him an 'from :he been, prepared .in accordance with jgreet. Seeing her idle, a boss. at court martial provoked the most I the cannery cautioned her to get nro lodged and heated arguments I to work, she said. Soon after Mr between the defense attorneys and Lane, whose 'shift was over, told , i-iai' 4nAr advocates' In'charge 1 her Tie would "walk 'down town. A tup ....... 4 o - - , .... of the- nrosecution. Mr. Kemsiiew minutes later sr. was iniorm ea mat ne naa ueeo laiaiiy nur 75 years old, was Knocaea 10 tne pavement 1 as he "was " crossing a ' street here tonight and died later in. the hospital. Ben Drlnkwater. driver ' of " the automobile which struck the old man, was not held. Police said Mr. Lane was Jaywalking., Mr. and Mrs. Lane were em ployed by a cannery here. Mrs. Lane said tonight that during the afternoon a warning came to her as in a dream that Mr. Lane would be killed by an automobile. In WWASHINGTOX, Oct. 29. (By Associated Press.) Failure of French authorities in Dabascus to . give warning to American residents prior to the punitive bombardment of certain sections of the ci.y last week has prompt- ed the Washington government to make reprsentations through Am bassador Herrick to Paris. No lives were lost nor was any American injured so far as of f i fclal advices have reported, but yome damage was caused to prop erty owned by Americans and suitable claims will be filed with the French government when the necessary data is available. The more serious aspect of the situation lies in the fact that the reports received -from the Ameri ca nconsul show that while the French families were withdrawn to nlaces of 'safety before the bombardment, no warning wa? was given t5 the consul or to Americans or other foreign resi dents. . The consulate itself is situated in the Christian quarter of Dam ascus .and American nationals re side in the surrounding sections which were subjected to artillery fire as a warning to the native population and a retaliation tgainst those who had joined, with Druse tribesmen in rtoting and attacks upon the French sol diery and police. ; While the instructions sent -to Ambassador Hetrick covered only j thp ; jujiklng, of, regresentationa .as to protection to ' be -accorded, by the French authorities to Ameri can- lives and - property, there is little doubt that they left room for vigorous language by the am bassador in calling attention to the imperiling of American Ives without warning. Offclals here, today would not go beyond confirming that such representations had been made by the Ambassador on instruc tions from Washington, but there is no question that the Washing ton government feels that, in common with other k governments it -has the right to expect the Paris government to take definite steps to explain failure to protect foreignes and bring about disci plinary action. NEW YORK. Oct. 29. (Bv As sociated Press.) The New York Times will say tomorrow that an action for divorce on statutory grounds has been begun by Mrs. Anne Q. Stillman against her banker-husband. James A. Still- man. Mr. Stillman failed in an earlier attempt on his part to di vorce his wife on the grounds that Baby Guy Stillman was of illegitimate birth. He sought to prove that Fred Beauvais, French- Canadian guide, was the childs father. Summons and complaint in Mrs. Stillman's action were served on the banker more than a; month ago, it was learned to day. Mrs. Stillman will introduce In her suit the evidence she brought against her husband during his Buit. It was said tonight that vf itnesses may not be called, as Mrs. Stillman's lawyers will intro duce into the record a certified copy of the record of the previous suit. YAKIMA, Wash.. Oct. 29. De- fense of the boys and girls of America and a plea for high ethi cal standards in the teaching! pro fession were heard by 1100 teach ers" convened here ; today in the 39th annual convention of the East Washington Educational as sociation. : Miss Mary McKihnon of Brookline, Mass., president of the National Education associa tion, W. H. Gray um of Puyallup, president' of the Washington Edu cation association, and Norman F. Coleman, president of Reed col lege in- Portland, were the speakers.' "America has good fcoysj and girls,", declared Miss McKinnon. 'There never was : a time in the past 10 years when the children were so inherently good and well behaved as today. : The teabhers' problem is to send; them out with the desire to serve the world-" Every precaution was taken by" both sides to maintain secrecy in the action. - Even when informed that Mrs. Stillman's action had become known, lawyers for both sides professed to have no known edsre of the suit, although' they did not deny that a suit had been filed. I Fighting her husband's action fivs years ago, after a somewhat belated start, Mrs. Stillman met he banker's attack by setting 'up an affirmative defense. In her 'statement she charged that Mr, Stillman had misconducted him self with Mrs. Florence S. Leeds in that Jay Ward Leeds, then baby or about the- same 'age- as Guy, was the banker's son. Mrs. stillman charged that Mrs Leeds -was in reality Florence Law lor, who left a Broadway show for sudden affluence. After Mrs. Leeds was named she was found at Miami, Fla., in a fine villa. She. disappeared at "once and with her departure went Mr Stillman's steam yacht, then called the "Modesty."' but. subsequently renamed "'The ""Wenonah," after months of ceaseless-uWieityi Mr Stillman later amended her an swer to include the name of other co-respondents. motions' on this point said: "The charge and each specification fail to.state.any offense of which this court martial has Jurisdiction; tor na tvshuii i iir i uu aaw ow w a , iMOuKR-lTION IN - - B . the - accused s Investigated h the charges or ordered them to be.in Testigated: !"2. The commanding officer of the "accused recommended a court martial; . proper officers as COLD RELIEF PROMISED TEMPERA i tTCRE FORECAST FOR EAST (Continued n VK ) CONSERVATIVES WIN .OUT , ... . . . -' ' r trA?i ADL4N ' ELECTION SWUNG . r.tn artTHln MEIGHAX t CHICAGO, Oct 29. (liy Asso ciated Press.) Moderation of the cold wave over the ' middle "west and .moving eastward was prom-T Ised .for tonight -and tomorrowf While the record-breaking low temperatures for October are due to: rise, the rise probably will be accompanied by ..snow so. that the passing, of October M : Hkely to present a Christmas scene as far east as. the Ohio river. The, jise 'will be very gradual, weather officials indicated to night, adding that temperatures OTTAWA. Ont., Oct. 3 0. (By Associated Press.) Canada's generat election will end with Ar j toay under the season's normal thur 'Melgnan, canseryaxive ju-i fo several days. er, as -head of the largest group i : Cold weather readings that in the, next - house ot commons, i DTOfee 4n previous records were But - the retuna thus r far- avail:! reported from scores of cities and able 4o not give any party a clear I towns - in the middle .west last majority, over all. ! j night. Tonight's mercury read- l At '2 o'clock this morning.-ac- j ings it: Was' Indicated, will" be only cording to unofficial figures i a few degrees above those of last available at the prime minister s i ntgnt nffir'the oartlea artooa:: con servatives 118; Liberals 7 ; Pr o gtessives 20; Independent 2; La bor -2 ;--dontfl -. 30 (By DENVER,, Colo.,-Oct. 29. (By Associated Press.) Clearing skies and " sunshine .today .brought re lief that broke the grip of the cold wave - which held sway for two . -OTTAWA, Ont; .Oct Associated .Press.) The : Priia-Jdayg tn the northern Rocky monn- mentary election pendulum tnisiUIn states. Warmer weather was t Friday) morning continued t to I r.ported throughout Montana swing : in favor of the- conserva-1 woere the mercury tumbled below i tives. Ifttormatlon " given' ont by I ero "yesterday- -The minimum Premier King at his headquarters j temperature at Helena last night credited Arthur Heighan, tne I was 12 above. conservative leader, with having ' 11? seats to his credit, vr just six short of a bare majority in the : Iiaum nf Mmmnni . Tb liberals '1M Pr-mi-r Kin had -won 86.1 SEATTLE, Oct 29.(By Asso- hn tb- nromir nd sev.n of his ciatdd '.PressOWhlle a second mtnistera had cona down to de-1 chUd was born to Mrj and Mrs. E. ft. Tha nrorresslvea had b-en I Wardell here -.tonight, Georgia " Tictortana in nin constituencies! Merle, their three-year-old daugh and the laborites and independ- ter, wag run oter ahd -kHledlby a MOTHER BEREFT VICTIM'S FATHER CHARGED MPIA, Oct. 29. (By Asso ciated Press ). Charges of man slaughter were filed here today by Roscoe Fullerton, Thurston county prosecuting a 1 1 o r n e against Victor Olson of OlympI whose six year old son, Victor, Jr, was killed when an automobile driven by the elder Olson turned over, six miles south of Olympia September 27. Other occupants of the car escaped serious injury BIG in ; ' - ! 6-. Third Annual Homecoming Celebration Will Get Un der Way This Morning BEARCATS CONFIDENT Hope Runs High ou Campus That Whitman Football Squad Will be Beaten and Jinx Broken Saturday wuiametie university Is to launch forth today on its third annual Homecoming week-end. The program for the event is a full one, and is a decided depart ure from that given on the two former occasions, the main chang es being the doing away with the freshman bonfire and the country fair, and will introduce fireworks SUSPENSION EXTENDED , TO FRIARS CLUB GROUP ALLEGED ' DISTURBANCE ' 1 DIS vPLKASES PRINCIPAL Xelson Adds Two More Days' Pen alty and Threatens to Make It Indefinite ' Because of an alleged disturb ance that distracted the attention of students in classes, the IT sus pended members of the Salem high school were not permitted to return to school Thursday morn lng and J. C Nelson, principal, ex tended the probation period two more days. The boys, all mem bers of the old Friars': club, are expected back in school Monday morning, Pledges that membership In an -alleged .secret Organization, formed in violation to a recent rul ing of the school board, ?were signed by f the boys Wednesday and dey were told to report for school Thursday morning. W?hile Garland Simpson, one of the group, was conferring with Mr. Nelson and George W. Hug, super- GHEES 1 II VAR BORDERS Retreat Taken. m Conformity With League of Nations . Edict Is Sullen J" s :! TROOPS "NUMBER 1 0,000 Bulgarians Warned By " Off Iciala Not to DIstarb Greek With drnwal; War Damage ' I Estimated She championed pension movement. the teachers' and a play. Male students at the university intendent of schools, the remaind- wiil all gather on the campus at er of the boys became too noisy i.&v ociock tnis morning tor a Warning was given that if any TACOMA, : Oct. 29. Readjust ments, both in the curriculum and the method of teaching, which should be made in the public schools to' meet the changes 1n modern life' and the demands of modern children, provided subject for discussion and debate in the sectional meetings of the Washing ton Education association conven tion this afternoon. Sex segregation, inclusion of civic problems of today, such as divorce,? poverty and national in dustrlansituations in the history courses and the need for fitting general campus cleanup. The main object to be accomplished is the tearing down of the old grand stand that is laid alongside the mill stream. All the Tubbish that might have accumulated on the campus is to be removed, and gen eral beautification will take place. similar demonstration should be forthcoming the suspension would be continued indefinitely. As Simpson was not with the group he was offered the oppor tunity to come back to school but refused to leave the other boys SOFIA, Oct 29. (By Associat ed ' Press ) .-?-Ther Greeks sullenly and silently began their march out of Bulgarian territory at 1 o'clock, this morning. At that hour a bug ler "walked between the hostile camps and signalled the Greek in tention to obey the orders of the league of nations. The Bulgarians retained 1 their position until ' the arrival of the allied attaches was heralded by bugles in "the Greek camp. .The attaches went forward to meet tbe Bulgarian colonel, Selateff. ' They warned him not to disturb the Greek withdrawal.. , ' '. ..' Already the attaches have be gun to estimate the damage caused in the evacuated territory. v The number of Greek troops' engaged in the entire operations was Those conducting the cleanup intM and w"l remain out until Monday, thought to be about 30,000. the study to tfae individual student Le R large attendance ' of former mate that students failing to re- port for the cleanup will be given Some of the parents of the boys an opportunity to try the tempera- are highly dissatisfied with the ture of the mill stream when the extended suspension and waited week-end is over. I npon Mr. Nelson Thursday morn- The afternoon is to he devoted ing. in an effort to have it re- to the registering of alumni and moved. The principal is standing grade and Athens so succeeded in visitors who are here to partiei- pat with the school board. I smoothing out the Greco-Bulgar- nate in the occasion. According . The argument is advanced that I lan conflict that the council of the to communications that have come the DeMolay order, consisting of league ot nations was vastly aided in from various alumni, there will junior Masons, is iust as much an tonight in us work ot clearing up PARIS. Oct. 29. (By Associat ed Press) Hastening to the scene of the Macedonian fighting - on - special trains, provided by Jugo slavian and Greek governments. the allied military attaches at Bel- were among the subjects presented for consideration by some of the speakers, nearly all of whom advo cated a change from the set forms of instruction heretofore adhered to Willamette students, and it is ex pected that last year's attendance record for the event will at least be doubled. An invitation has been sent to every alumnus of the school, according to Manager Charles Nunn. offender to the ruling of the school board as the Friars club and it is indicated that steps may be taken by the parents of some of the boys to take action to re ; move the DeMolay from the'school if possible.; RASS DEATH SENTENCE The big event for today will be the rally to be held this evening CHINESE AGAIN IN ARMS KELLEY AND WILLOS XOI1 h u ub .msunum tn.nv d ttl- vnniv I at tnis rally rormeriy to noia a Dig iregnman Donnre- Ellsworth But the fire J Willos. convicts, will appear be- ,?aQ u" .ureV fore Judge Percy R. Kelly at 9 P"e fc w l, tia nnrnl to h-vo sen- n eId. making f 0h .e, nMn thpm. unpleasant for the players in the Tm.u.0r.,ri,tCHh irv Uame on the day following. wh degree NEW OFFENSE OPENED STRA TEGIC gPOINT S TAKEN of , the Balkan crisis. ! ;lv Although another session -wilt be held tomorrow morning to re ceive final reports from the at- . taches that evacuation -has been . completed, the council unanimous ly adopted Austen Chamberlain resolution that the council was satisfied hostilities had ceased and that the troops were withdrawing. The council formally appointed a commission of inquiry headed by ail nui icq nuiuuvju, . uuu ambaadoi!'paIhrto-pTOceed to the spot and report its findings t LONDON, Oct. 29. (By Asso-h. nA-,. M..i- f h. n.. ciated Press). A dispatch to the M, , . Morning Post from Shanghai says rt,H n.v rtninVn rn. that OeneraLChang Tso-Lin began re8entatlveg assured the coun a counter Offensive thin mnrnlnv .. . .... c xi.u ..v ! hnnfire ha hepn nhotished and iv. i. V . L Z. Z meir counmes wouia -accept in ich returned a verdict of first e bonfire has bee, n rJed nd with an attack on Haichow. which commi88on.8 - flodings .wIthout Eree murder against the two qualification and give it every a,- So . . .. haver p-atherpd fireworks of all de- . u . j o clock Monday aii-i . . . , , . " vaciory is an impon- Bcripuuus auu lue ncm win ant strategical attack and that is ngntea wun a conunuaus now oi pj0saibiy wlll involre he retreat of IireworKS. thf) ant.rhTir' fnrao . O vvi, Alumni will speak at the rally, insisting that the men must win PEKING, Oct. 30. (By Asso the game with Whitman the next ciated Press). Sertous conditions day. Spirit is running high oh in Honan province where poorly convicts at 4 ernoon after deliberating for nearly 52 hours. Kelley and Willos with Tom Murray, another convict under sentence to hang December 18, were convicted for the killing of John Sweeney, guard, during the prison break of August 12 which resulted in the death of J. M Holman, guard, Bert j Oregon Jones, convict and the serious wounding of Lute Savage, guard sistance both at the. frontier and in Athens and in' Sofia. The council, resolution empha sizes' the wisdom of rthe commis sion's studying measures to elimi nate future conflicts and .specif i cally Instructs it to ascertain ths origin of the recent outbreak and LOW BRIDGE ! 51! v.v ,T w" are saw 10 ne 0f responsibility. " tIt must also biouories iui year is srcaici iuou urgmg tneir leaders to action are! ,nn.kaiat'A.-M.Mi...t-. n . ' ' V 1 ruiveu vy iweiguers arnymg of the reparations iuc iui wn. uc uo.u iiiu, uWe irom tne province. '! it is stinulatM that all tirifliSnera rnh wthHn wiiiametto men. tv .u .v.. x is stipuiaieo luat aii prisoners " I 'ucj icuuil luai ll.-O UUV99 mn. V. A nlnnnJ . fcJ nM i.;tl Wrt nolrAil n anttolr ati.l.. . ; . - . 1 VyXXIi .,. tl ht I, L p 0 Ion cated property restored iciuiuj pKoitvva 'v -o lime buu mat most 01 mem siin . .. ... , j . . i game. Tne rally win cuiramaie are jn summer Clothine. since in a huge serpentine through the 1 winter uniforms are not available. 1 , CONSUL IS WELCOMED down-town district. Furthermore, the Deonle are suf- PORTLAND. Ore.- .Oet,. 29 Another distinctive feature of fering from requisitions by the I (AP.)-Kosaku Mi&zusawa,-new the Homecoming will he the alum- milltarj', heavy taxation, looting Japanese consul,' was formally wel ni breakfast to be held Saturday! by the soldiers and depredations! corned ; to ' Portland by" foreign morning, rne Dreaasi vui siaritDy Dantms. f - at 8 6'clock'and wiircontlnue for Drastic methods are being em about two hours. During its ployed to keep the population un course alumni will again be called I der control, it is reported, ind on to talk up tne oia ngni tor i tne neaas oi several persons re- the game of the afternoon, and I cently decapitated are being Jex Willamette songs will be sung con-I hibited in the railway stations at trade leaders and foreign attaches at a luncheon -given in his hdhor today.-;:-' - ,- - ' - : tinuously. All friends of the uni versity are invited to the break fast. The WMllamette-Whitman game, to be held on Sweetland field at 2:30 o'clock, is to be the main event of the week-end. Thus far in her history Willamette has ! never been able to defeat Whit man, on the gridiron. But the fight displayed by the team this year, and the speed they are show- ing, lead the students to believe that the Homecoming event will Keifeng. M'LAREN GETS REPRIEVE ONLY' ONE OV TRIO IS IX THE STATE ' PENITENTIARY That 'Alien' McLiren, son" of W. ! G. -'McLaren of Portland, 'member of the state parole board, may never serve his four-year sentence in the penitentiary for 'an attack upon a Portland girl was indi- be made perfect by the taking of cated Thursday When Governor Pierce issued a 30-day reprieve. (Conttati en pc S) I McLaren was slated to start his sentence yesterday. Gladwin. - Iwnauirh: -whn wa GUILTY PLfcAS tN J tntU also convicted on the same charge in connection with the case- beean THRJ-:E MEN (X)XFESS GUILT serving a five-year sentence a -week i H - . . . . . . - i ON THIRTEEN CHARGES . 1 ago wniie Archie uvtngston,- ithe third - member of- the rtrio."r was YAKIMA, Oct. 29. Three men paroled from the bench by, Judge entered 1 nleas of euiltv to 1 vnipDeu i -vrcSo 'ivy ;We Guarantee Oiir 'Delivery -'Service Vi " If the carrier fails to bring your . - Statesman charges of second degree burglary He Is under a : two-year sentence. Governor Pierce was out -of the and were sentenced in superior cUy ye8tcrday and-W. A. Delsell. private secretary, refused; to com ment upon the reprieve. i jrW f :. - . J -WOMEN OPTDIISTIC U I court today. QjKone charge Ben Lowery was Jiftenced to : serve five to fifte years in Walla ! Walla penitentiary ' and on four others was sentenced to serve from two to 15 years concurrently. I. .DETROIT, Mich., Oct. 29, (By Melvin Lowery was sent to Men-1 Associated rressj. upumism per roe for 18 months on four charges vaded; the firBt regular .session to- and E. B. Trimble -as given a j day "of the biennial session, of. the minimnm of three veara in Monroe I National Council of Women which on Tourcharges in addition to two was addressed ,by leaders ia! f,o- veam itrevlouslv imno3ed. " The 1 claU educational .and industrial robberies all occurred near'Yaki- fields, who advocated closer union Phone -583 . Circulation Department - " . 1 '.., f '." - " " V'f '- and we will 'make "special iieli very t The 'Oregon Statesnildn ma. ; (and sympathy of thought, enta In four. litreetear.