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a SEVENTY-FIFTH YEAB SALEM, OREGON, WEDNESDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 25, 1925 PRICE FIVE CENTS mm -ti TOWMDlle Search for Five Gangsters .Who Captured Village Is Without -.Result WIRE SERVICE CRIPPLED Bank Robbers Cat AH Communi cation Wires land Blast Safe; Town People Are Held in Own Homes .CASSOPOUS. Mich., Not. 24. (By Associated Press.) Sheriff's posses returned tonight after scouring southwestern . Michigan In automobiles all day In a fruit less .search for the robbers who terrorized the Tillage for more than two hours early today. Leaving; behind them one wounded resident, a badly wrecked safe in the " offices of , the First National bank and a crippled tele phone system, that interferred with efforts to trace the bandits or to summon a sufficient number of townsmen to capture them, the robbers sped out of town by auto mobile shortly before 5 o'clock this morning .after the strength of the Inner bank Tault had baffled their attempt at robbery. The number of the armed men engaged in the attempted robbery is not definitely known, although those who saw them are .positive there were five or more. Residents tonight praised Miss Josephine August, telephone oper ator who they said, shattered the hopes of the bandits. With much of the telephone system put out of commission by the bandits, Miss August ultimately got a call through to Dr. James H. Kelsey, who armed himself and summoned Sheriff Eai-1 Fill and Undersheriff A. K. Nixon, i Arrival or the physician and two officers precipitated an ex . change of shots that lasted for more than an hour. . Villagers, at traded by the firing, rushed out thinly clad to determine the cause, only to dodge back again when the bullets flew close to them. George Jones, a stock buyer, was struck and slightly wounded by one of the bullets. The sheriff said that more than 260 shots were ex changed, some of which broke Windows in .houses and business places. Revolvers ' and sa wed-off shot guns were used and the targets were anyone who appeared on the streets or -who showed lights in office buildings or residences near the business sections. - The robbers first visited an ail night restaurant and bound the proprietor and the Tillage night watchman, who was in the place. Leaving a guard jover the men, the other bandits went to another . restaurant and treated its proprie tor similarly. . The front door of the First Na tional bank then was forced, the robbers takingrthelr prisoners in- Vside with them. The outer door of the safe was dynamited, no ef fort being made to deaden the sound of the explosion and the noise brought several persons to the street andto windows. Five charges of dynamite were exploded, the outer door of the vault being torn away but the in ner door withstanding the bandits' .efforts. .Over, a wire which the bandits failed to cut, a Mrs. Au gust,"' night telephone - operator, notified officers at Nlles while the bandits still were at the bank and roads leading out ,ot Cassopolls were Immediately placed under guard; 1 -r ' SCHOOL IS ACCEPTED lSOUOYS TO BE MOVED TO WQODBUBN LOCATION Buildings at the new site of the dots .training, school near Wood- burn were accepted by the Btate board of control Tuesday. "As soon as tlSOO e feet pf walks are con structed vnd a iew, other minor matters attended to, 120 of the boys will be transferred, accord- - Ing to M. Gilbert, superintend ent of the training school. Seventy -boys will. remain at the old insti . tut ion on the Turner road. -With, appropriations by various legislatures, including, well at the bid site, arehi tests' fees and . an investigational trip east, the state has ; expended $305,000 on .the new. plant, which consists of seven ; new. buildings, a large barn and well. ' The amount includes all equipment. ' WHEAT PRICE SOARS CHICAGO, Nov. 24. (By As sociated ..Press). Adverse crop news ..from - tbeArgentine isent wheat prices ' soaring , the ' world over today, USED CLOTHES PARTY FAVORED Endorsements of the Used Clothes Party to be given the day after Thanksgiving by the Oregon Theater and the Oregon Statesman are being received from many sources. The fol lowing letter reached The Statesman, last evening: "I wish to voice my approval of the "Used Clothes Party' at the Oregon Theater next Friday afternoon, and to offer my wishes for its success. ; I have had .no opportunity of announc ing it from the pulpit, but I feel certain my congregation will be glad to assist. (Signed.) REV. J. R. BUCK. Pastor, St. Joseph's Church." Another reads: "That any poor child not hav iag a garment to give as an admission to Friday's picture show at the Oregon, may at tend, I will furnish a garment from my home, at 1520 Che meketa Street, to any . poor child calling between 4 o'clock and 6 o'clock, Wednesday even ing. (Signed) MRS. BERTHA E. RYLEY." With children eager to at tend, and Salem heartily en dorsing this project, used cloth ing and bedding is being culled out of hiding places, and made into bundles to be used as ad mission. - Remember these facts: Time, Friday afternoon, between 1:45 o'clock and 3:30 o'clock. Place, the Oregon Theater. Picture, "Seven Keys To Baldpate, with Douglas MacLean. Admission, free to children who bring a bundle of used clothing or bedding. BOARD SETS PRECEDENT FUNDS FOR RETURN OF ES CAPED XuD WITHHELD Over the protest of Sam A. Ko zer. secretary of state, Governor Pierce and T. B. Kay, state treas urer, established a precedent on Tuesday when, as majority mem bers "of the state board of control, they refused to authorize the ex pendltite or state money in -returning an escaped youth from the training school from Denver, where he is under arrest for hav ing stolen an automobile in his possession. The boy, named Val lereau, is- being held for the Ore gon authorities. Such action, ac cording to Secretary of State Ko zer. Is "bad for the morale of the institution." In refusing to sanction the cost of the transportation. Governor Pierce said that the boy's father, railroad man, was willing to furnish transportation and that they might as well save the state approximately $150. It is customary for the state, I through the taxpayers, to pay for the return of escaped inmates of alt state institutions, and the action taken yesterday was out o- the ordinary procedure for such a matter. PAIR UNHURT. 1N WRECK BAY ABLE AND "LEO KILLIAN NOT HURT IX AUTO CRASH Ray Able of Silverton and Leo Killian of this city narrowly es caped death or serious injury Tuesday morning when a heavy touring, car in which they -were riding crashed through a guard rail on the Silverton road near the Mathis nursery. The machine plunged through the heavy railing. snapping off two heavy posts. Un checked by the fence, it leaped a six-foot ditch, turned over and then lit right side up in a field. The car was badly damaged but the occupants escaped unhurt. The wreck was investigated by Officer Edwards of the Salem traf fic department and William S. Levens, state prohibition commis sioner. Walter Binegar, a farmer living near the scene of the acci dent; heard the crash and ran to aid the men. He said, however, that he. he approached. Able and KiUlan started running across a field, leaving the car. It was also said that there was a third person in the machine. . C00LIDGE LITTLE BETTER ORGANIZATIONS SEEK TO FIND : SOME SETTLEMENT ' SCRANTONv Penn., Nov. 24.-7-( By ' Associated Press.) -Representatives of civic organizations from cities and towns throughout the anthracite region were in con ference here today in an effort to devise a plan to bring about a are sumptioa of the wage conferences, between : the,hard coal operators and miners. The meeting lasted four hours and was behind closed doors. , I i With the .exception of a .: brief statement, nothing was given out l the conclusion of the meeting FUSOCIISTS WHIATB Attempt to Select New Cab inet Is Blocked by De mands of Radicals LEADERS REFUSE POSTS Positions Under Briand Not Ar . cepted; Socialists Want to Name at Least Half of Cabinet PARIS, Npv. 24. (By Associat ed Press). The socialists' de mands for half the portfolios in the new government, for. the right to name the new premier and to dictate the financial policy, block ed cabinet-making negotiations to day and spoi)ed the efforts of M. Briand t- form a ministry. M. Briand finally declined to at tempt formation of a cabinet and suggested Senator Paul Doumer, former finance minister, who con sulted with President Doumergue and requested 24 hours in which to give his final answer. Leon Blum, socialist leader, and Paul Bonicour refused positions under M. Briand, while the entire socialist group decided that it must be allowed to name at least half the new ministers and adopt ed a resolution declaring that it could support the government only on condition that the government adopt the socialist project for a capital levy. M. Briand offered portfolios to M. Painleve and M. Herriot. M. Painleve declined and M. Herriot made his acceptance conditional upon the participation of the so cialists. As a result of a seeming ly well laid plan to maneuver him into a corner, M. Briand informed President Doumergue that Senator Doumer seemed to be the most likely man to rally a safe majority in the chamber. M. Doumer agreed to Bee what he could do and started on his task at once by obtaining M. Briand's assurance that be would stand by him as foreign minister. The senator apparently is sure of success, as he went to work this evening on financial projects he proposes to introduce in the chamber immediately if he be comes premier. There was less confidence among the deputies in M. Dou mer's ability to solve the situa tion. The socialists declared they would have none of him. The radicals are divided; a consider able number are hostile because M. Doumer is not regarded as a man of the radical-socialist coali tion. The uncompromising attitude of the two groups is said to indicate a disposition to force President Doumergue to call on M. Herriot to form a radical socialist cabinet 1 CHRISTMAS VACATION DATES SET BY BOARD PUBLIC BCHOOLS CLOSE DEC. 23, AND OPEN JAN. 4 Portrait of J. L. Parrish Accepted; Will Hang in Building Bear, ing Name The Christmas vacation Tor the Salem public schools will com mence December 24 and end Jan uary 3, according to action taken by the Salem school board at its regular meeting last night. Such dates for the vacation were recom mended by Superintendent George Hug. School will close Wednesday afternoon, December 23, and will be resumed Monday morning, Jan uary 4, 1926. Tiie board voted to rent the higtt school gymnasium for basketball practice at the rate of $i for each night of practice. The motion also provided that the city super intendent be instructed to draw up rules and regulations to govern the use of the floor and conduct in the building of those teams that might want to accept the proposi tion. It is understood that one of these rules will be that no smok ing shall be allowed, and another that there shall be no spectators at the practice. The American Le gion, at the last meeting of the board, asked permission to use the high school gymnasium, and sig nified their willingness to pay for the expense of keeping open the gym for the practices. Director L. J. Simeral was in structed by the board to purchase a heater for the purpose of heat ing the water to be used on the nights of basketball practice and games. It was brought out that use of such a heater would save the expense of running the furnace to keep the water hot during these nights. Nina W. Parrish offered to pre sent to the school board a large crayon portrait of her grandfath er, J. L. Parrish, to be hung in some fitting place in the J. L. Par- (Continued on dk 2) WALLING SERVICE TODAY FUNERAL FOR PIONEER TO BE HELD IX OREGON CITY Mrs. Margaret Elizabeth Wall ing who died in this city at the home of her son, Ray Walling, on Sunday at the age of 65 years, will be buried today in Oregon City. Services will be held from the Episcopalian church in that city and interment will be in the Mountain View cemetery. Mrs. Walling came to this state in 1865 with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Johnston, pioneers from Iowa. They settled in Clack amas county and started one of the first commercial nurseries in the state. Mrs. Walling was mar ried there to George Walling. She came to Salem about a year ago to live with her two sons here, Wil liam and Ray. Besides her sons, she is also survived by a daugh ter, Mrs. Vera Sutherland of Ilock away. THE BROKEN TETHER ALICE RHINELANDER TO BE CALLED AS WITNESS DAUGHTER OP NEGRO CAB DRIVER IS TO TAKE STAND Wife of Wealthy Young New York Society Man Is to Tell of Romance WHITE PLAINS. N. Y.. Nov. 24. (By Associated Press.) Alice Beatrice Jones, daughter of a negro hack driver, will tomor row tell her version of her rom ance with! Leonard Kip Rhineland er, wealthy young society man, who seeks annulment .of their marriage.: For the past week young Rhine lander, stuttering and red of face, has told bis story and submitted to a gruelling cross examination of intimate questions concerning his love life. Today he stepped down as his counsel rested his case. Alice was to have been the first defense witness but she was too shaken to begin her testimony by her ordeal of yesterday when she partly disrobed in a private room to permit the jury to Bee the color of her skin. Lee Parsons Davis, her attor ney announced that she will be the first witness tomorrow. Her appearance, however, may be delayed by a legal angle which has resulted from an application by Rhinelander's attorney to amend the original complaint. In the complaint the plaintiff al leges that Alice defrauded her husband by claiming she was white. The amendment, sought today by Isaac N. Mills, Rhine lander's attorney, would charge her- with defrauding him also by not telling him she was a negress. Justice Morschauser will rule on the question tomorrow. Mr. Davis, In objecting to the amendment, contended that Mr. Mills sought to "put two arrows in his bow." Although it was first thought that a mis-trial might result over the issue, counsel for the plaintiff said they did not consider the point vital enough to contest an adverse decision by the presiding Justice. iiTbe morning session was con cerned with Alice's actions during the four days immediately follow ing the breakup of her home with Leonard when news of their mar riage was first published. Mrs. Joseph Rich, wife of a furniture dealer with whom Alice sought shelter, testified that Alice laid claim to being of Spanish descent. WOUNDED BY OWN GUN MAX SERIOUSLY SHOT WHEX GUN FALIaS FROM POCKET BOONE V1LLE. Or , Nov. 24. (By Associated Press.) Larry W. Sherman, 35, manager of a garage here, was shot and seriously wounded in the abdomen today when a revolver fell from his pocket and discharged while he was wrestling in sport with C. II. Leonard. Sherman was removed to a Portland hospital. BESIEGED GARRISON TAKEN FROM DRUSE French Soldiery Stage Thril ling Rescue of 250 Im prisoned Comrades TRIBESMEN ARE QUELLED Hastily Assembled Troops Make Concerted Attack and Sweep Rebel Druse From the City; Loss Heavy BEIRUT, Nov. 24. (By Associ ated Press.) French reinforce ments converging on the town v Rasheiya, west of Damascus, hsve routed the Druse tribesmen who were investing the French garri son of 250 men, thereby rescuing the defenders from what seemed at times would prove annihilation. Prior to the relief of the garri son the French artillerymen with in the citadel bombarded the town which was den on fire. Various French columns were dispatched hastily and by a concerted attack swept the tribesmen before them inflicting what are described as "considerable losses." The Druses launched violent but unsuccessful attacks against Rasheiya Saturday and Sunday nights and Monday morning. Sultan Pasha Atrash, chief of the Druse tribesmen, has issued a manifesto with reference to rum ors that certain persons were plan ning to negotiate with the new high commissioner on the future of Syria. "We will not accept anything less than complete independence." the manifesto declares; "not al low anyone to negotiate for us ex cept those we have empowered to negotiate. Any secret negotia tions are without our knowledge and will be unavailing. Nothing will deflect us from the patriotic struggle until all the wishes of Syria have been realized, especi ally after the grave misfortunes the mandatory power has caused our brothers in Damascus." All today there was severe fight ing in the Bika valley, where the insurgents attacked two columns of French reinforcements. The French forces, comprising 2500 cavalry and infantry, with Spahis and Moroccans, defeated the Druses with severe losses. The Druse force at first numbered only 1,000, but as the fighting progress ed they sent scouts into the vil lages shouting "rise up, brothers; the French are coming!" and 1,000 more hardy mountaineers poured from the foothills to Join the rebels. Several times during the fight ing, airplanes from Rayak joined in spreading death among the tribesmen who lost 200 killed. EUGENE MAYOR RESIGNS CRITICISE RELATIVE TO READ DISAPPEARANCE, CAUSE EUGENE. Or . Nov. 24. Mayor E. B. Parks tonight at a city coun cil meeting ttndered his resigna tion, to take effect at once, and it was accepted. Mr. Parks in a statement to the public said that adverse criticism in regard to the disappearance of George W. Read, a local street contractor, is the reason for his resignation. It is charged that Read in some manner received more than $13,- 000 in citv warrants before they were due him, and which had been assigned to a local bank. He has since left the city. The mayor has been accused of giving these warrants to Read, but he denies it. Mr. Parks has been mayor for two and a half years and as coun cilman eight and a halt years prior to h" advancement. BANDITS MAKE BIG HAUL POIACEMAN IS FATALLY SHOT AND $37,760 TAKEN CHICAGO, Nov. 24. By Asso ciated Press.) A policeman was shot, probably fatally, today as six men overpowered five bank mes sengers and escaped with a ship ment of 9 57,760 that was -being taken from the Drovers National bank, near the stockyards, to the Federal Reserve bank. The policeman, Patrick O'Shea, later identified Leroy Marshall, who lives in the neighborhood of the holdup, as one of the robbers. The money was being taken In an automobile by the Messengers, accompanied by O'Shea. A car containing , the robbers drove up alongside- When the messengers refused to atop, a volley of .revol ver shots followed and the police man was wounded through the head and arm. He returned the fire ' before lapsing- Into - uncon sciousness and is believed to have wounded two of the robbers. The robbers seised the money and led. STOCK TRADER TO QUIT "JAKKY" FIELD IS TO SKLX SEAT ON EXCHANGE NEW YORK, Nov. 24. (By Associated Press). The World will-say tomorrow that Jacob "Jakey" Field,-for many years considered one of the most dar ing traders- on the stock ex change and known as the man who ran a $10 bill up to sev eral millions, is planning to quit Wall street because of ill ness, Mr. Field is said to have arranged to sell his stock ex change membership for $152, 000, the record price paid for a seat on the exchange. In 1898 he, established a record by pay ing 125,000 for the same' seat. Back in 1873, Field, then an uneducated boy drawing a sal ary of J 3 a week, was given a certified check for $130,000 to deposit In a bank. Becoming suspicious of the actions of the bank-'officials, he returned with the check, to his office. That afternoon the bank failed. His employer rewarded him with a $10 bill. Field immediately Invested this sum in a speculation and ran his "shoestring" Into thous ands and became the terror of bucket shop proprietors. LIQUOR LAW VIOLATIONS BEING RIGIDLY ATTACKED MORE SUCCESSFUL PROS ECU TION NOTED BY COURTS Further Tightening of Restrictions - Is Advocate! by Nation al Bureau WASHINGTON. Nov. 24. (By Associated Press). While the treasury was taking another step toward tightening prohibition re strictions today the department of Justice made public, a report on its last year's work, declaring prose cutions for liquor law violations had been, more successful. The treasury action came In an announcement by Assistant Secre tary Andrews i)t a filling revoking all permits for the manufacture of wine by householders, one of the last pre-prohibition exemptions to be wiped out, and instructing internal revenue collectors to issue no more of them. More than two hundred thousand such permits, which allowed the holders to make 200 gallons of wine a year without license or tax, are said to be out standing. - - Later in the day Mrs. Mabel Walker, Willebrandt, assistant at torney general in charge of probl bition prosecutions, delivered to Attorney General Sargent a review of the work of her division for the fiscal year ending last June 30. A study of the prosecution records for the 12 months, the report said showed betterment in the program of prosecutions' as follows: "The government is prosecuting larger and more important cases "There has been a decrease in each of the last years in the num ber of cases pending,' Indicating more prompt trials. "The penalties for violations, especially in the matter of jail and prison sentences, are steadily In creasing. . "There has been a very substan tial increase in the number of in junctions made effective." MORE CARS ARE ICED CELERY SHIPMENTS ARE FIX ISIIED FOR SEASON Prices for the late celery of the Lake Labish' district were report ed Tuesday to be around $4. The report also conveyed the news that the icing of the celery cars for the district has been completed. As ample proof that the celery indus try is gaining headway ; in the Labish district, figures; show that 277 cars have . been Iced this year while last year but 188 cars were iced. . ' : . ' . .. j High, quality of the celery pro duced in the district is enabling the growers to find ready markets throughout- the United States. "The western and southern territory are being given special . attention in the matter of sales.. Next year the raisers are. planning to plant on an extensive scale to produce their cropa in November, when it appears, that prices are the most satisfactory, ; ! ; BANK rRKSUENT DIES SEATTLE; Nov. 24-Joseph T, Grenleaf, president of the People! Savings bank Of this city, died here today. He had been associ ated with the bank since he came to Seattle In 1888. " i Fitrrr company fixed YAKIMA. Not -2 4Fine of $5.0 and costs was imposed by Justice court here "today on the western Fruit b Produce company for nay ing for purposes of sale 122 boxes of apples below specified' raqe MITCHELL DECUES STMEMSIIE orrner Air Chief Stands Squarely Behind Charges . Against Departments - RITICISMS AMPLIFIED Colonel Mitchell Declares War and Navy Bureaus Have Failed Utterly in Their Trust to the Public WASHINGTON. Nov. 24. fBr Associated Press.) Col. William Mitchell concluded late today a 0-hour recitation of air service troubles of the army and navy which he delivered in his own de fense before the court martial try ing him for insubordination, and ' then prepared to rest his case to-- morrow. The conclusion of hi3 testimony found the air officer standlnr squarely behind the famous charg es he published, accusing the war and. navy departments of incompe tence, criminal neglect and almost treasonable conduct of the nation al defense. After he had passed the direct examination he faced the prosecu tioa cross examination, and then answered numerous questions put by his counsel, the court Itself took a turn with the air service critic. His last words on the stand were, a definition of the 'al most treason" charge as he meant to be understood. - "I meant that the people have put their trust in the war and navy departments to guarantee a proper national defense and that they have failed in that trust." he declared. Previously the colonel had sum med . np his charges under the treason, neglect and rncomnetAniA charges and specified Just what air troubles he referred .to in the triple accusation. The court heard five witnesses and a number of stipulation! which the defense Introduced be. fore It recessed tonight. The wit nesses included ReDresentattve Fiorello La Gnafdia, of New York, who testified that New York citr was not nronerbr nrotected ara1nt air attacks,a!d the national guard of his state were given obsolete plans by the army, ridiculed the ort Tiiaen, N. j.. anti-aircraft tests, and finally attested to the accuracy of a statement he had made to the .effect that Colonel Mitchell was being tried by nine flog robbers of the general staff." This characterization' of the court caused MaJor.General Howse as its president to ask tor an ex planation. This the witness re plied thaf his experience in con. (ContUuud n paf 1) ORGANIZATION HELD UP NAMIXO OF CONGRERSIOtfAT, POSTPONED WASHINGTON. Nor. 24, fBr Associated Press). Postponement of organization of most of the pub- ' iic committees until after the tax reduction bill Is disposed of uroba- hly Just before the Christmas re cess la under consideration' by house republican leaders. Putting forward this scheme tentatively today. Representative Longworth of Ohio. - floor leader for the party at the last session and designated by it for speaker at tne coming session, explained that it would prevent any Interference with consideration of the tax measure. ! ' , At the same time such a pro gram obviously would put off final action ,on .assignment of' some of the republican insurgents to committees until after tbey had voted not only on the revenue bill but on organization of the house. While the republican caucus, which met' last-spring, accepted the policy set forth by Mr. Lonr- worth withholding; places of "key committees" from members of the. party who supported the candidacy of .Robert $1., LaFollette for presi dent, some leaders re puzzled over just .how far , to .carry out this program and a, delay In com mittee organization ,'would . give opportunity to determine the in tentions of sopie of those listed among the Insurgents. V WILL GIVE FREE. 'SITES SEATTLE BOARD OF TRADE IS TO AID SIAXUFACTUltERS . SEATTLE,. Not, .J.-- By As soclated iPjess.)-:Free I factory sites will be given by the newly or ganized Beanie board f trade to manufacturer who' want' to start plants her.e. " One tract is now available and eight others will be soon,' the board announced today. Besides the free sites the board is trying -to secure tax reduction on 'actsrj altes, i . -. ' . . . : : - . .