PRICE FIVE CENTS;
piraoBii
ARMISTICE DAY PLANS
DUTCH ilEllSOf IS
ITALIAN OBLIGATION TO
REVENUE TAX SUGGESTED
TO HALT FLOOD OF BEER
SECIIWTS
SUSPENDED STUDENTS
SOCIALISTS REFUSE
AMERICA NS DISCUSSED
RAPIDLY TAKING SHAPE
ARE BACK IN SCHOOL
m mm
KILLED BY CM!!
MITCHELL TPilftL
TO UPHOLD PHU
DETAILS ARE ASSIGNED
BY
DELEGATES MEET TO SOLVE
DEBT FUNDING PROBLEM
NEAR ; BEER MAKERS WOULD
COME UNDER INSPECTION
SEVENTEEN REPRIMANDED .
FOR BREAKING PLEDGE
CAPITAL. POST NO. 0
SALEM, OREGON, TUESDAY, MORNING, NOVEMBER 3, 1925
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Bitulithic Vs Concrete Ques
. .tion Brought Up for Fur
ther Debate Last Night
TWO MEASURES VETOED
Increase In Taxi Licenses and Spur j
Track Disapproved by Mayor;
Budget CommUtee
Is Named
Th nrnblem of black ton ftar-l
ment once more confronted the
city council when at its meeting
last night II. E..Bolineer reauest-
ed. on behalf , of several property I
owners, bitulithic pavement on Fir!
between John and Wilson. Mayor
J. H. Giesy vetoed two ordinances I
iw'seii at the last meeting, one!
laMng the license for vehicles ear-Ua
rying passengers within the city
from J 25 to $50, and the other
granting the Western Paper Con-
verting company and the Southern Pec, of Portland. Civic organi
ratific the right to build a spur rations -are taking an interest in
alongside the company's Rite on tbe Parade and efforts are being
ns property. r
Af Tnitr.. m.j4
vhen Mr, Bollnger had made.
in .c.jucai um iciiou i iuc pivy l
rnjr -uwiuris. mrwu lie "
nft vi luti uiau . ? . nuoc i
urtugo way me owners preierrea
hlnVlr ton navement t concrete
replied that he believed it was
Alderman W. II. Dancy declared
that : h fa nnwnallv nnnnserl tnl
.i t.
sad erperinces sVtenT ras had"
with it, and brought out that the
council is on record as favoring
concrete pavement.
Alderman Rosebraueh also ex-
5 . I
wmMrnrA Vltiisnlf aa Knlniv Annmail I
to DiacK top pavement, out assert
oA that- if iha nrnnortv owners
wished bitulithic pavement, they
snouia Dring suiiicieni argument
Tiofnra tho ronntl tn nrova tn that
body that an exception should be j
made in their action favoring con-
crete. .
Aiuerman nai u. xanuu laiu.i
i uui uui mu lotuiu, iui vuiitt cuit
ine people nave w psy mr we
pavement; iney snouia do giveni
the right to choose the kind they
want." .k He JSited thecase of the
concrete pavement on North Win-
ter as being proof that concrete
Bometimes turns oat to be as much
subjected to wear as- black top.
Alderman R. J. Simeral broucht
out that a petition for the pave-
ment In question had been brought
hoforA th council, was renorted
on unfavorably by the committee f
on streets and laid on the tableT)y
the council. Mayor Giesy ended
ha riiacnaHion bv an tree tin c that!
the members of the council make j
Individual investigations of the
nortion of th street in ouestion. I
t .mntTnnt to
the bill regulating" and licensing
- v r
motor vehicles carrying passeng-
ers in MwWch
cense imi
jaayor uieay "'a 1 """""
that after a consultation he found
that the amendment is in conflict
wun me vregou iaw on me axu
suojeci, wnicu uraus mo hcbukb
the city can cnarge 10 sucn an
' amnnnt ott " : tut TPSnilnrtftTV
only. The mayor held that the
charge of SoG would make it a tax
for revenue whici is not permit-
ted. He explained that he had in
tended to have ready an ordinance
to substitute for the on vetoed
but has not yet had the time
He
gave the council to understand
that an ordinance would bo drawn
I up immediately to take care of the
i' matter. His veto was sustained. -1
- . - The reason for vetoing the or-
V dinance granting the estern
I Paper company and Southern Pa-J
i cific a franchise to construct . a
; snur on the property of the form-lthe
I er, as given by Mayor Giesy, wast
I that there is no tlai-5 limit clause j
in the ordinance. He stated it as
I iitn belief that it wonld be a poor
f policy to extend to any company a
. rminoTit franchise. The veto of
'the mayor was sustained by the
council, out me cuy a""'";"
ordered to araw up a uew uiuw-i
. .... . . 1 1 i . .i.nH.
ance lnciuamg a iuui- i.m.t c-u
Immediately so that the company
. wiu uoi w " V " .
its spur, which, it is held, is neces
arv f n order to commence in
business. The council came to an
informal uaueiBumuius vv " -
franchise should be granted for
iwt.n.4 on r,., t
r
aaiiiitv neecccnDO Ll CD CI
UUUPII I HOOUJJuiw iikiik.
pnr ARE .ABSENT FROM
; STATE TAX COMMISSION
Assessors from nearly all of tne
.38 counties of the state were m
a. Mnndav for a hearing be-
. fore the state tax commission. The
: visitors were questioned by Gov-
km Pierce relative to the
i amount of tax burden borne by
'farm lands ana levtes on in
Hnntrihie3. -The anticipated fire
orta failed to materialize. The
; assessors will meet in annual ses
sion at' Dallas today.
; workln in the interest of a
limit to the Increase In railway
assessments, several rauroad tax
" experts and attorneys attended the
session and occasionally as tea per
tfnont mientions. x " :
The commission meets Wednes
Av to tlx the ratios between full
nd assessed vaiaation of prop-
' prty. v ; t' ;
Sale of Special Tickets Inaugurat
ed This Year; Basketball
Call Sounds 1
Assignment to details in charge
of various American Legion acti
vities for the observance of Armis-
"she cKlefi,UBl?es?
i mi h i .h dith i Knar rvi r u ior nicrnr 1
The business section has been
divided into pptnr with n h h v
planned on each by a - special
squad. Tickets thus sold will ad
mit the bearer to the WiUamette
Albany college football game at
9:15 o'clock November 11 one of
the ynovlng picture shows: the af-
ternoon game between Salem and1
Eugene nigh school j and one or I
the. two,.bis dances. at night. The!
drum corps will be in action dur-
InS the day.
As In former years, the' parade
win iorm at Marlon sauare. march
down Commercial to State and
thence to the court house, where
conjunction with the SaletS'War
Mothers, special services will be
held -at Marion county's memorial;
statue with a short talk by Cassius
iu uaic evw ijegtonnaire in
u marcn. jx-oervice men
wm maot Q t .n,.
nromntlv at 10 n'olnrk Pnl Porlo
Abrams will h 'th I oroml
jmarsnai
, . I
"ot lur uasaelud piayers
r"1. na e
?nf"S? .O-
- " V "v -""-" "V
wun tne scnoi board tonight. It
SL - ' V reW wiIt
George P. Griffity, deputy state
treasurer and -past state and post
commander, reported on -the na-
. t 1 . -
mucin
if. a
ituuni American legion conven-
INSANE MOTHER KILLS
FIVE-YK.R-OLD - BOY HACKED
to DEATH WITH AXE
AJiljBU, Wash., Nov. 2. (By
ABsuciuiGu rTess.) Mrs. t Cora
ia, demented mother of nine
cnuaren who had lived ifor 20
years on a lonely homestead in
the upper Kalama River I valley,
today killed her youngest son, Gil-
bert, 5, , by Jiacking his head off
with, a 4ouWe-bitted . axe . in the
front room of her , home, Sheriff
Studebaker said tonisht. She was
brought here tonight y Sheriff
Studebaker and Coroner Van Note
lodged in the county jail. The
DOdy of the boy was taken to Kal-
ttmtt
After killing the boy, ilrs. Zack
walked a mile and a half to the
-rigeon springs acnooi where she
reported ner act to Fred Sauer.
He turned the woman over to L.
ne wno beld her In custody
tVTT.7c:rV ZTXJCl
wnflo Qaiifiv urAnt a Ka imit
Ithe.Puget Sound Power & Light
company, seven miles away, and
The tragedy took place at about
noon. Mrs. Zack reached the
-rh ooi t lis t m Tha vman
Bai, that 8he had killed the" boy
because he "had never been Just
right.
SCHOOL FIGURES GAIN
ENROLLMENT INCREASES 214
DURING TWO WEEKS
Total enrollment nf tno finhlfo
I schools nf aleni at theisnri nf
October amounted to 4237, ac
cording to report from the office
of the city superintendent. . This
shows an increase of 214 over two
weeks ago when 4023 were en-
I rolled. At the end of October,
1924, there was a total enrollment
I of 4094, making an increase for
same time this year of 143.
Enrollment at the Salem high
school is now 1023. compared to
ai me same ume last year.
CHILD KILLED BY TRUCK
I
L, MEI5TS dkatII WHILE
CLIMBING ABOARD MACHINE
EUGENE, Ore.. Nov. 2. Henrv
F1(J Flsk ? in8tantly killed
I today in the road near his home at
Veneta, 15 miles west of Eugene
when he was run over by a motor
truck driven by Er,c Nesnwander
1 nr oana tv, k tiBni.
ed to cllmb aboafd the truck, ac-
cording to eye witnesses of the ac-
cident. Coroner Branstetter said
the driver was not to blame. To-
day wa8 Hhe boy's birthday.
FEDERAL ACTION TAKEN
YAKIMA. . Wash.. Nov. 2,
Three former Yakima policemen,
Fred Schumacher, Alden Schu
macher and Harry Blair, and
Frank HowaTd, were bound over i
to the federal grand jury here this
morning by C. P. Borberg, resi
dent commissioner for the federal
district court of eastern Washing
ton on a charge of conspiracy to
violate, the 1 Volstead act. Attor
neys for the men waived prelimm-l
ary hearing and bonds, of 11,000
were furnished by each. . . 1
WRITER KILLED BY POET
LIMA," Peru, Nov. 2. (AP)1.
Edwin Elmore, a writer, who was
wounded by a bullet at the hands!
of Carlos Chocano, poet laureate
of Peru . on Saturday, died this
afternoon,
Notorious Bandit and Pal of
Gerald Chapman Slays
Officer in Battle
IDENTITY IS ESTABLISHED
Gunman Killed Saturday Night
Not Identified for Twb Days;
Fake Bill Leads to Cap.
tare of Desperado
MUSKEGON. Mich.. Nov. 2.
(By Associated Press ) The In
exorable hand of the law has cut
the last noteh In the gun of George ;
(Dutch) Anderson and the notch i
stands for Anderson himself. '
Anderson, gun "pal of the su
per criminn?" Gerald Chapman, !
and j the lian whose face stares
from thousands of "wanted" pla
cards in postoffices. and jails
across the continent, was dropped
by a bullet from his own revolver.
wrested-from him by Detective
Charles Hammond.
Death overtook Anderson Sat
urday night, but H was not until
today that he was identified. It
was not a clear-cut victory for the
law,, because Anderson, with his
last ; shot, mortally wounded De
tective Hammond.
Identification of Anderson was
made positive today by means of
finger prints and Bertilon meas
urements. A federal operative
from Toledo, Ohio, who knew An
derson personally, was expected
here tonight to complete the iden
tification. A box of candy, a $20 bank
note that was "queer," an astute
storekeeper and a straight-shoot
ing detective played roles in the
tragic climax of Anderson's life.
It was a : strange jest of fate
that Anderson, who with Chap
man, made a nation gasp- four
years ago with a daring mail truck
holdup in New York city, and wno
has , been sought everywhere by
the erack sleuths of the secret
service, should die in a small
Michigan city at the hands- of a
small city detective.
Anderson sealed his doom late
Saturday afternoon when he en
tered a Muskegon confectionery
store and purchased a box of
candy. He tendered a $20 bill in
payment, received his change and
sauntered - out, - It was the same
procedure he. had f olio wad. in
Flint, Lansing, Saginaw and other
Michigan cities in the last 14
months, always escaping detection.
He tiled the trick once too often,
however.
The shopkeeper, skeptical of the
bill's genuineness, crossed the
street to a bank where the cashier
confirmed his suspicions. He
called the police and with Detec
tive Hammond walked into the
afternoon crowds in Western ave
nue.
"There's the man," he said.
pointing to Anderson. "If he isn't
the one who passed the bill, he at
least was in the store."
Hammond collared Anderson
and started toward the police sta
tion with him. When they had
gone a short distance Anderson
jerked away, pulled a revolver and
began firing. The first two shots
went wild as Anderson ran into
(Continued on 3
HELL HATH
i , "X HIT IM 0
Italian Financial Condition Said
Critical; Oyer Two Bil
lion Dollars Owed
WASHINGTON, Nov. 2. (By
Associated Press. ) - Tne Italian
and American debt funding- com
missions met today for a renewal
of the effort to find a satisfactory
formula for funding Italy's war
dejbt to the United States, but the
first session did not carry discus
sion beyond exchanges of felicita
tions and the beginning of consid
eration of. Italy's economic and
financial situation.
(Members of the two commis
sions, grouped around a great
mahogany table at the treasury,
talked an hour and a half about
th situation in which Italy finds
herself with a debt of $2,138.
542, S73 to the American govern
ment and a stabilized government
fiscal policy and a balanced budg
et jonly in the starting stage.
Secretary Mellon, sneaking for
th Americans, assured tbeHUal-
laas tnat tnis nation was tuuy
acquainted with Italy's problem
and would- ask only a "just settle
ment that will insure economic
peace.
Count Volpi, the Italian finance
minister, replied that he recog
niied that the American policy of
holding a nation's capacity to pay
as the basis for settlement was a
prpper one, and added:
!"In determining the capacity of
a nation, the Teport of the Dawes
commission has shown two princi
pal elements, first, the capacity to
collect m a country from its pea
pi the necessary money; and the
second, the transfer of money col
lected in the national currency, to
the creditor country in the cur
retiey of the latter."
'He submitted a series of 21 doc
uments having to do with these
twio elements.
IThe Americans wanted further
time to look into the Italian state
ments and there will be no joint
meeting until Wednesday, nor any
further conferences of a formal
nature between members of the
missions.
GHT CHILDREN KILLED
TRAGEDY OCCURS W HE
WHEN TRAIN HITS BUS
WAYCROSS, Ga., Nov. 5. (By
Associated Press. The collision of
the Atlantic Coast line's fast New
York to Florida passenger train,
the Everglades, and a loaded
school bus at Nahunta, Ga., today
resulted in the deaths ,ot eight
children and injuries to 21 oth
ers. I Elroy Strickland, who was driv
ing the bus, told railroad officials
here that there was a misty rain
at the time and that he had all the
slide curtains up. When the bus
approached the crossing, he said,
he asked one of the boys to look
to the north to see if a train was
approaching.
"At the same time," he said, "I
looked towards the south. Just
as the bus reached the crossing,
the train crashed into it."
J The terrific impact of the heavy
lpcomotive threw the bus 20 feet
and strewed its occupants along
the right of way. Three of the
children were killed instantly. .
NO FURY LIKE A WOMAN
Federal Prohibition Department
Seeks Power to Investigate
, ' Breweries !
WASHINGTON,
Associated Press. )-
Nov. 2. (By
-The taxing
power of congress was called upon
today by prohibition officials to
aid in checking the "tremendous
Hood of high powered beer sweep
ing the country."
Lincoln C. Andrews, assistant
secretary of the treasury, In chargt
of prohibition enforcement, asked
the house ways and means com
mittee to include in the new rev
enue bill a levy of one cent a gal
lon on cereal beverages, which
would give the government power
to inspect breweries manufactur
ing near beer.
Describing high powered beer
as that which contained an alco
holic content of from three toi five
per cent, ;Mr. Andrews said the
treasury laced a real problem in
checking the "increasing and tre
mtndous flood" of this beverage.
In the manufacture of near beer
breweries first make regular beer
and then de-alcoholize it, he ask
ed, but under the present law pro
hibition officials do not have the
power to inspect these plants.
Mr. Andrews suggested, as fur
ther means of aiding enforcement,
a reduction of the tax of $2.20 a
proof gallon on pure alcohol, and
the imposition of a levy of one cent
a gallon on denatured alcohol. '
The committee also heard today
a program; for general tax revision,
submitted on behalf of the Ameri
can Farm bureau federation and
received a brief from the New
York stock exchange urging repeal
of taxes affecting its members.
The federation plan, presented
by E. B. Reid of Washington, call
ed for exemption of incomes of
$5,000 and less, retention of pres
ent surtax rates and of the inheri
tance tax and "sharp curtailment"
of the miscellaneous taxes, par
ticularly on automobiles, trucks
and accessories.
RADIO STATION CHANGES
KPDJ, CORVALLIS, ADVANCED
TO CLASS B DIVISION
CORVALLIS, Ore.. Nov. Nov. 2.
(By Associated Press.)) Radio
station KFDJ operated by Oregon
Agricultural college will change
to class B wave lengtlr Wednesday
when a length of 282.5 meters will
Infused. " This station has been on
500 watts for more than a month
and has just passed final inspec
tion for class B fating. For the
present the time will be divided
with KFAU at Boise, Idaho,
though a different adjustment is
expected soon.
VICE FIGHT CONTINUED
MINISTER SAYS HE HAS EVI
DENCE AGAINST OFFICERS
SEATTLE, Nov. 2. (By Asso
ciated Press.) Refusing to be
alarmed until his life is openly
threatened, Dr. Ambrose Bailey,
pastor of the First Baptist church
here, announced today that he will
follow up his charges of wide
spread vice in Seattle with a list
of names, places and the police
officials who he alleges are, pro
viding protection.
SCORNED !
Defense Counsel Desires to
Subpoena High Govern
mental Officials
STATEMENT INTRODUCED
Correspondence Between Former
Air Leader and Corps Chief
Submitted; Victory Said
j Scored
WASHINGTON, Nov. 2. (By
Associated Press. ) The prosecu
tion rested today in the court mar
tial of Colonel William Mitchell,
charged with conduct to the preju
dice of good order and military
discipline, and the defense called
in wholesale fashion for witnesses.
Colonel Sherman Moreland.
trial Judge advocate, announced
that the prosecution rested its case
after he had put seven witnesses
on the stand and evidence had
been taken to prove that Col.
Mitchell had personally distributed
through newspapermen in San An
tonio, Texas, statements charging
the war and navy departments
with incompetency, criminal ne
glect and almost treasonable con
duct in administration of the
national defense.
A motion by the defense to
strike out all specifications and
charges against Col. Mitchell and
the question whether the court
will call the witnesses, Represen
tative Frank R. Reid of Illinois,
his civilian counsel, asked the
court to subpoena or other sum
mons, was put over for future dis
tribution. More than 70 names,
including Secretary Davis of the
war department, Secretary Wilbur
of the navy, Secretary Jardine of
agriculture and Everett Sanders,
secretary to President Coolidge,
numerous members of congress
and army and navy officers, were
given the court by Mr. Reid, with
the request that they be subpoe
naed.
The defense hailed as an Im
portant victory today a statement
by Lieutenant Colonel George L.
hicks, witness for the prosecu
tion, under cross examination that
the charges against the war and
navy departments had not, to his
Knowledge caused disorder or bad
discipline among the Eighth Corps
area troops,,.,-
Colonel Hicks who is actin
adjutant general t of the Eighth
Corps, testified that he had sub
mitted newspaper accounts of the
Mitchell statements to the air ser
vice and obtained written admis
sion of their authenticity. Offi
cial correspondence which passed
between Colonel Mitchell and Col
onel Hicks on the subject were ac
cepted by the court as exhibits.
Apparently taking coitnizanca
of implications to be drawn from
the selection- of some of the wit
nesses named in the lists submit
ted by the defense, Colonel More
land gave warning that the prose
cution would object to the intro
duction of testimony It regarded as
not pertinent to the charges and
specifications at issue, but intend
ed to bring out questions of war
and navy department air policies.
He said the. prosecution would
waive objections to evidence bear
ing directly upon the question of
conduct and helpful, in the deter
mination of the guilt or innocence
of the defendant on that charge,
but he intimated that testimony as
to air policies of the two depart
ments, the "condition of the nation
al defense or other controversial
subjects mentioned in the Mitch
ell statements would not be ac
ceptable unless submitted in the
form of pleas in" mitigation of sen
tence. SALESMEN SAID UNFAIR
92 3IEN ARE CITED TO AP
PEAR IN FEDERAL COURT
CINCINNATI, Ohio. Nov. 2.
By Associated Press.) Ninety
two salesmen for the National
Cash Register company, Dayton,
Ohio, today were cited to appear
in federal court here December 15
to face contempt charges for al
leged unfair sales methods in vio
lation of a federal "Injunction
issued; In 1918. ' '
United States District Judge
Smith Hickenlooper granted the
order of citation upon the appli
cation of John L. Lott, special in
vestigator of the department of
justice, Washington, D. C.
. Policies of the defendant sales
men in .meeting the competition
of the Remington Cash Register
company, 11 ion, N. Y., the Ameri
can Cash: Register company, 'Sagi
naw, Mich., and the St. -Louis Cash
Register company, St. Louis., have
been under ' federal investigation
for a year, and form the basis of
the contempt proceedings.
The government alleges that the
Cincinnati salesmen', persuaded
Remington customers not to buy
Remington registers, that they
persuaded others to break , pur
chase contracts with the Reming
ton company, that they Interfered
with Remington salesmen and
with the mechanism of Reming
ton machines, and that they made
false statements as to the' solv
ency of the Remington concern
and its ability to fTil orders and
make repairs.
The salesmen mentioned in the
contempt order are the traveling
agents of the National .compeny
and their territories cover scatter
ed parts tiroushout the country.
Friars' club Is . Not poat" of
School Board Declares
Principal Nelson ,
The 17 members of the reor
ganized Friars club, who were sus
pended by J. C. Nelson, principal
of the Salem high 8chool,' for
breaking their pledge not to enter
secret societies this year, returned
to school - Monday after I having
pledged themselves rsolemnly to
withdraw from the society 'and to
make no further efforts toward a
reorganization. - ;
Mr. Nelson delivered a repri
mand to the boys before school
opened in the morning; 'telling
them he could not understand
their attitude in taking their word
so lightly as to break It soiquickly.
He told them that thejr were not
to consider themselves the "goat",
of fhe school board, as they were
attacked -not because they were
specifically the Friars, but because
theirs was an organization rjhatj
thrived in violation of the rule set
down by the school Jjoard.prohibit
ing the existence of secret societies
at the high school. He said their
thoughts had centered too 'much
on the club Instead upon the
pledge they had taken, and de-t
dared . that if thev thouffht soi
much of their club they should
not have been so ready to sign
the pledge. -,
The matter is considered closed.
Mr. Nelson declared, and the
Friars are to be taken back In
school with no marks chalked up
aeainst them Mr. Nelson, how
ever, advised the bbya hot to Vcon
sider yourselves martyrs, but suf
ferers from your own weagness.-
Some iof the boys implied that
their, club had been sorted out,
and that other clubs In the school
are planning similar organizations.
But Mr. Nelson aeciarea w b
has asked members of the two;
other boys' clubs at the1' school
personally if they are reorganiz
ing, and they denied flatly that
they are, or intend to organize in
any way. Mr. Nelson said he was
sure the girls are keeping their
word.
DEATH PENALTY FLAYED
WARDEN OF SING SING SAYS
HANGING IS NOT WISE
CHICAGO, Nov.A 2 (By Asso
ciated Press), r-The; warden of
Slng Slng who Baa directed the
execution of, more than-a hundred
convicted murderers tonight In an
address here declared capital pun
ishment a'falluro. "It Is tha cer
tainty, not the nature, of the pen
alty which deters crime," Warden
L. F. Laws told his audience, and
"capital punishment can never be
anything but an uncertainty
"In capital punishment we see
the spectacle of a great common
wealth stooping to the ethics of a
murderer, for legal execution is a
cold deliberate act. It is punish
ment . for revenge, not for protecr
tion. It serves no "purpose but to
feet rid of the murderer. "I used
to believe strongly in the social
necessity of capital punishment,
now 1 do not.
"There is no room for senti
mentality, . but -death pales into
insignificance compared ' with' the
life Imprisonment."
The warden advocated life sen
tences without pardon for at least
twenty years, except on order from
the state supreme court showing
ground for it.
"We find fewer homicidal
crimes in states which have abol
ished the death penalty than in
those, comparable in character,
where it is retained. . When Eng
land , had 240 capital offenses
crime-was far more prevalent than
today. Executions, like war, bru
place, the greater the, number
talize men;, the more that take
there are to execute.
"WeVhave. bad -CApitalpuiiah-!
ment for generations, and are as
far from a successful solution of
the homicidal problem" as we ever
were." ' " - $
MURDER TRIAL HALTED
f ,f ' " ' 1 . ;
VICTIM'S '. REPUTATION SXifi
BAD; CASE DISMISSED,
SEATTLE, Nov. 2. (By Associ
ated Press.) Murder charges
against Thomas Glover, logger, for
the slaying of John Edin. foot
hall proprietor : here October ."2
were dismissed today by Superior
Judge Calvin S. Hall. . .
Four state witnesses testified
that fdin's reputation was bad.
After Prosecutor E wing D. Colvin
aakI 12 jurors to bringjn a ver4
V - V14 frJF t . 11.12 - VU U I L. UB"
missed tbe case.
ELECTION -JtlOTS FATAL
5 KILLED, 27 WOUNDED IN
MEXICAN- DISTURBANCES
MEXICO' CITY, Not. 2. (By
Associated . Press.)'' Five killed
ind 27 wounded in the course of
the gubernatorial elections in Yu
catan today, are reported in special
dispatches from Merida, capital of
the state,
k Socialists supporting Dr. Alvaro
Torre " Diaz, Mexican minister to
Brazil, clashed with supporters of
Ancona Albertos in several towns.
The socialist mayor of the town
of Kanasin was killed by adher
ents of Jose Canon, who also 'was
a candidate, for tae.gtvernd;L.iy
fJew French " Government
-Will Not Have Support ;
'.of. Left Wing in House "
SITUATION IS
CRITICAL
. t
Political Observers. Say Success or
Failure of Ministry De
4 pends on Parliament 1
Session Today
PA1US. Nov. 3. (By Associat
ed press. ) - The socialists have
decided not to support the new
government of Premier -Painleve
in parliament, thus making a sur
vival of it more than doubtful be
fore Jt even has appeared in ; the
chamber, of deputies. , -: -
".Tnis decision was reached early
this morning at a council of the
socialist party following a confer-
ence previously between -M Pain- -leve
and a committee of the coun
cil at which the premier outlined
his .plans. ..
The vote of the council on Che
question of supporting the gov
ernment was 1431 to 1228 against.
'" "' The yote came as a surprise, as
It was generally supposed thee so
cialists would give M. Painleve at
least such a measure-of guarded -support
as would prevent the cab
inet from being defeated by I the
right. The principal stumbling
block for the socialists -af ten the
ever-present difficulty over .voting
Syrian and Moroccan annrbnria-
tions was the premier's financial
policy. It was felt by a majority
of the council that M. Painleve
had'not gone far enough in the di
rection of a capital levy. .
The council reached! a vote at
about 4 o'clock, this morning and
consequently the reaction to It will
are filled for the opening session
today. v ' '
PARIS, Nov. 2. (By the Asso
ciated Press.) The Painleve cab
inet, with M. Caillaux alone ab
sent from the leading role, T will
confront parliament tomorrow, in
an atmosphere which friends; and
foes alike agree is laden with
electricity. ' ,r "
Not Bince the Viviani ministry
met to discuss the war in August,
1914. has the French government
been faced by a more momentous
situation. Syria looms like a heavy
cloud, -destined 'to obscure -the
bright sun of Locarno. ; and
France's internal problem i war
aever more acute. ! -
The finishing touches were put
on the ministerial declaration trj
the cabinet which met this eve
ning. It would appear the min
istry realizes that the most effec
tive remedy for the present finan
cial crisis ? would be to come to
terms with the United States on
the matter of debts. i
M. Painleve and nis colleagues
hope in this way to halt the down
ward trend of the franc and they
feel that a loan would put
France's financial house in order.
The great authority and pres
tige M. Briand enjoys in the new
cabinet is seen in the decision to
reopen the negotiations with the
United States. Only a few days
ago Premier Painleve was recon
ciled to "letting the American
debt situation drift."
DEMOLAY IS IN CLEAR
ORDER NOT CONSTRUED AS
HIGH SCHOOL CLUB
High school students belonging
to the DeMolay are not effected
by the ruling of the school board
against secret clubs and 'societies,
it was announced ; Monday. Tbe
matter was tested out thoroughly
in Portland courts and the deci
sion reached is that the DeMolay
is not a secret high school organ
ization and not connected with the
schools aslconstrued by the law.
There has been some discussion of
the legar status of members of the
ofder.'ln tontfeetlon t with . action
taken 'by the school board in Bus
pending 17 . members of . the
Friars', Salem hifb? school secret
boys' club.' f- f .' r
Homer Richards has been
oamed manager of the DeMolay
play, "A;PaIr ef Sixes," to be pre-,
aented at'the:Heilig theatre De-
cember 9.. Richards succeeds Cecil
EflwaYds. president of the Asso
ciated Student boXiyt Salem high,
school. " - ' -:
ATTORNEY IS CHARGED . B
Seattle,'; Nov. ?r. cap.)
Prosecuting attorney Ewing D.
Colvin announced here today that
first tlegree assault charges are to
be .filed ,&ez ; tomorrow against
Thomas R. Horner, attorney and
democratic politician,' as the re
sult of a fight here early today
with William Pond, 27. In a hotel
where Horner was staying.
CANADL1N SOLONS MEET
VICTORIA. B. C.. Nov. 2. (By
Associated Press.) With an but
one or two members in tneir seats
tbe second -session of British Co
lumbia's 16th legislature opened
here today. Guests and visitors
crowded the floor and public gal
leries of the house.
KLAN CROSS BLAZES "
CORDOVA, Alaska, Nov. 2.
(AP.) A Ku Klux Klan cross, the
first ' that ha been seen in Cor-dova.-was,
flaming last night en a
bill neaf Here, ' ' t . .