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"X V'.: " - t - " : . " ; " .C "'lX'i , I ' " ' - SEVENTT-lTPrH YEAB SALEM, OBEdON.:WEDNEBGAYt HOENING DECEMBER 30, 1925 PRICE FIVE CENTS DISSISSI08DEIE0 "SPECIAL FORD EliJSTEIfJ THEORY IS INCOME TAX TO ADD TO ! SCHOOL REVENUE ASKED FLOODS SWEEP EUROPE 9. PRINCIPLES 6F JOHN L McNARY TELLS HilTHii TURNS WEIRD MYSTERY DAMAGE REPORTED HIGH OFGREATiOREGONIANS IMPERILED BY TEST EVOLIIIIOI) OUTLIO BE PLANNED DIN NER DANCE FOR STATE TEACHERS., ASSOCIA TION FAVORS NEW PLAN 1923 WILL BE KNOWN AS THE COL. JAMES NESMTTH AND O, VALLEY MOTOR MEN GREAT FLOOD YEAR" H. WILLIAMS NAMED fused e mm r ! f Charges, of: Oil Land Con spiracy Halted by ;Aetion .;' ot bupreme Court SENSATIONAL CASE ENDS Court Holds That Charge Against Montana Senator Failed to .: . Prove Violation of , Federal Law : 5VASHINGTON, Dec. 2 9. ( By 'Associated . Press. j The prosecu tion Ql Senator Burton K. Wheeler of Montana by the department of justice was halted abruptly today in the District of Columbia su preme court. S , it ; The indictment returned here against the senator alleging an oilland conspiracy was dismissed on, .the ground that it failed to charge violation of the federal statutes. Previously Mr. Wheeler had been, acquitted by a jury in his own tate of the charges brought against him there. Unless an appeal is taken in the case Jiere the decision today ends the prosecutions started in 1924 VVaucting the sensational investiga J4 tion !of the administration of the fdepartment of justice under Har y. M. Daugherty. .. WASHINGTON, Dec. 29. (By Associated Press.) The tax re duction measure now "before con gress was described as "one of the worst attempts at class; legislation that has- been offered since the passage of the Fordney-McCumber tariff bill," In a epeech ly Senator Wheeler, democrat, Montana, to night at a dinner concluding a tariff conference called by the peo ple's s reconstruction league. Sen ator .Wheeler, whose demurrer to the oil and gas permit conspiracy indictments brought against him here- had been sustained by the District . . of . Columbia supreme court only a few hounr before the "dinner,- received an ovation upon vs his appearance as toastmaster. The federal trade commission, i- the1 tariff commission and the in- I terstate commerce commission I . were declared by Senator Wheeler tc be the agencies "packed for the 1 beacfit of the special interests." Z ' Addressing the conference today Senator Capper, Kansas, asserted wthat farmers of the west "were I !- .Justified in their demand for changes in the tariff law. Saying be had voted for the Fordney-Mc Cumber tariff measure while op posed to many of its features, he ; held that "taking It all In all the iarmers nad the short end of a protective tariff," under that act. "There is a growing feeling in the west hel continued, "that there must be, a readjustment of the tariff,; and this is taking definite forni In what is known as tho Mc- Nary-IIaogcn plan f FORMER OUTLAW TAKEN "PAT" , CROWU, K1DNUPKR, ARRESTED FOR VAGRANCY NEW YORK, Dec. 29.-T(By Associated,- Press.) -"Pat" ' Crowe, 5T, former outlaw, who in 1900 with "Jim" 'Callahan, kidnaped Eddie Cudahy, 16 year old son of tbe Chicago millionaire packer, and who received a ransom of 950,000 when tbe boy was re turned .unharmed, was given a uspended Bentence on a charge I Jp3f vagrancy when arraigned to- flay, in the Essex Market court rgwHe was. specifically charged with a. pegging' in a subway. I! Vs ; Crowe held up the. SL Joseph f atd Council Bluffs railroad train near. stJ Joseph, Mo., many ,years ago.. JIo and his confederates se enred 92,t00, and a reward of $50,000 was at that time offered for him ,"dead or alive," , Crowe told reporters he had dis sipated the proceeds of his esca pades on "wine, women and Bong;"Vttiat he "had done time in Missouri : penitentiary for his part In J a railroad robbery and subsequently reformed. .' Reduced now to .beggary, he said, he pre ferred to , beg rather than steal and that accounted for his pres ent pHshL..v'., - . BORAH IS, GUEST . . WASHINGTON, ..Dec. . ;..29.- (AP-rrChalrman Borah of the senate foreign . relations commH- f3 was-a dinner guest tonight, at ne White House. V CHERRY TREE BLOOMING WATERLOO. N. Y.. Dec. 29. (AIYJ Surviving a temperature nging from 15 below Saturday iht to "zbto tontrht; & rherrv tre is in bloom on the farm of Johu Michaelson. It blossomed H &9.r9 Iruit ihe past fumci. Unknown at Detroit, Wllmot Will Answer Forgery Charge in Eugene V - W, W. Wilmot, claiming to be supervisor of the "western divi sion of the public relation depart ment" of the Ford. Motor com pany, was arrested here last night by Deputy Sheriff Burkhart and being held in" the county jail for Eugene officials on a forgery charge. A telegram received by the Valley Motor company here, in answer to a query, discredits Wil mot, says he is not connected with the Ford company and declares that no such department mention ed by Wilmot exists. Wilmot is said to have cashed a check for 1165 with a Eugene hotel. The check was made out on the Ford Motor Company of Detroit. Wilmot Attracted attention here Monday, when he approached Mr. Phillips of the Valley Motor com pany and declared that he, had made arrangements for a banquet for the 42 employes. The banquet was to have been served at a local hotel and was to have been .paid for, Wilmot said, by the Ford company. Wilmot outlined -ar rangements for an elaborate din ner and dance. He left Salem Monday afternoon telling Mr. Phil lips that he was going to Drain and that he would return the next day and complete preparations for he banquet. Phillips became sus- dcious, chucked, and found that Wilmot went only as far as Cor- vallis. A short time later Wilmot called up from Corvallis. told Phillips he had been to Drain and that he would return to Salem at once. The Salem company then began making inquiries and determined that Wilmot was apparently un-H known on the coast. A telegram to Detroit brought forth the state ment that he should be discredit ed and that he was not connected in any way with the Ford Motor company. While in Salem, Wilmot visited newspapers t and made., arrange ments for full page advertisements as publicity for a series of indus trial motion pictures he declared would be shown at local theatres later in the week. He also made a rrangements for securing a five-act vaudeville pro gram from Portland, to furnish en tertainment during the "banquet. He is said to have informed them that if they "filled the bill," he would engage them for several v.eeks, intimating that he intend ed putting on banquets in a num ber of towns. wumot sun declares ne is an official representative of the Ford company. A woman traveling with him, admits that she is not his wife and says she met him in Cen tralia and Chehalis. Wilmot will be returned to Eu gene this morning, officers say. CONDITION UNIMPROVED COL. JOHN COOLIDGE ILVS i' IOST USE OF LEGS PLYMOUTH, Vt., Dec. 29. (Bjr, Associated . Press.) Colonel John C. COolidge, the president's father, was "very, very comfort able," his physician reported late today. Colonel Coolidge sat up tn his wheel chair for half an hour and was apparently not fatigued by the exertion. Butjie had lost the use of his legs through faulty circulation, and his physician. Dr. Albert W. Cram of Bridgewater. said , the prospect of his ever re gaining the use of the legs was remote. s . The defective circulation, Dr Cram explained, has prevented the proper amount of blood from reaching the' nerves in the parts affected, and., the result is a "sort of paralysis." The? ailment is not to be attributed to the "heart blocks" from ; whieh the colonel I has suffered and which -caused his serious illness several weeks ago The poor circulation. Dr. Cram aaid. is due rather to old age, lowered vitality and other causes not reaauy anaiyzeu. MAN KILLED IN WRECK -t " ; PORTLANDER, 40. IS -VICTIM OF AUTO ACCIDENT TILLAMOOK, Ore., Dec. 29. By.4 Associated Press.) R. M Briggs, 40, of Torttand was in stantly killed, and Harry Black also of. Portland was seriously In ju red today In an automobile acci dent on the Roosevelt highway about 35 milea south of here,; According to reports given County Coroner Hankie and Dis Jrict Attorney ' Barrick wh in vestigated the accident, a roads tejndriren -br -Briggs -plunged ver a 4 0-foot embankment, crashed Into a telephone pole at the bot tgnj agd yfiUedvsIf Jta a Held on Relativity May Result From Observations ETHER WAVES DISCUSSED Scientist! Declare Recent Experi ments May Result in New Conception of Light Wave Theory KANSAS CITY J Mo.. Dec. 2S. (By Associated Press. ) Observa tions, extending over five years at Mount Wilson observatory in Cal ifornia have led to conclusions that way modify the famous Ein stein theory of relativity. Dr. Dayton O. Miller, professor of physics at the Case school of applied science and president of the American physical society de scribed the experiments before the general session of the American association tor the advancement of science annual convention here to day. They Indicate he said that ether drifts vith the earth at the rate of approximately 10 kilome ters per second. To account for his observations, Dr. Miller declared it was neces sary to make two assumptions: irst, that there is a constant mo tion of the solar system with a velocity of 200 kilometers per sec ond or more toward the middle of the constellation of Dragon; sec ond, that in effect, the earth drags the ether. Einstein, Dr. Miller said, based similar elements of his theory on ether drift experiments conducted in 1887 at Case school of applied science in Cleveland by Prof. Michelson and the late Prof. Ed ward W. Morley of Western Re serve university, which produced negative result. The experi ments which sought to reveal whether the motion of the earth through space affected the velocity by light, were renewed by Dr. Mil ler at the Mopnt Wilson observa tory, -".fr r'""Z- "The general acceptance of the theory that light consists of a wave action in aluminiferous ether," Dr. Miller explained, "made it neces sary to determine the essential properties "of the ether, which (Cantinuri CQ pl(e 3. N LABOR PROBLEM GROWS GREAT INCREASE SEEN IN UNEMPLOYED IN GERMANY BERLIN, Dec. 29. (By Asso ciated Press.) There was a sud den and remarkable increase in the number of ' unemployed . in Germany receiving relief during the early weeks of December. On December 1 the number was 672,- 000, and on December 15 it had mounted to 1,057,000. . Modification! of Views ' v r f : jDOT YOU .( DARE xO UNTIL M I Til THIS JM?- ii'r r Mils Wt4- f M-'r p j i'iitirnv- -MX:..: - TWKn'-" ' - - I .-..' , . - -v.. : Fifty Per Cent of Revenue Would Be Vted for Education in' Oregon PORTLAND, Or., Dec. 29. (By Associated. Press.) A state income tax from which 50 per cent of the derived revenue shall be used for education in Oregon was favored today, by the Oregon State Teachers association in session here. A committee will confer with the Grange and other state wide organizations which foster the tax revision to draft a bill to be placed on the ballot at the No vember election. The Income tax was the only one of four initiative measures to increase school funds, drafted by the committee on legislation, to receive the support of the associa-? tion. The' defeated recommenda tions were for a severance tax, a tax on the destruction of natural resources; an inheritance tax, rev enues from which were to be plac ed In an irreducible school fund and some pliase of a luxury tax of which 50 per cent was to be placed In the current school fund. Dr. Hofner Rainey of the Uni versity of Oregon was one of those opposed to adopting the report of the legislative committee as a pro gram for action. C. C. Chapman, editor of the Oregon Voter, told the teachers that an enemy of their program "would only have to take its text end drive through it all the auto mobiles and chariots he wants to, it is so wide open for criticism. An epidemic of protests follow ed Mr. Chapman's speech, several stating that teachers should not allow someone from the outside to come in and tell them how to handle their own affairs or to die tate with the stand they were to take on matters in which they were primarily Interested. One of those who spoke in favor of the income tax was A. C. Hampton, superintendent of Astoria schools and a member of the legislative committee and the textbook com mission. Mrs. Suzanne" Homes Carter, county superintendent of Jackson county was elected . vice president of the association to succeed Dr J. S. Landers, president of Mon mouth State normal school, who will automatically succeed to the office of president. C. A. Rice, act ing superintendent of schools of Portland, and J. O. McLaughlin of Corvallis were elected to sue ceed themselves as members of the executive committee. IDAHO UNIVERSITY WINS KELLOGG, Idaho. Dec. 29. (By Associated Press.) The Uni versity of Idaho trounced the Kel logg town basketball team 37 to 17 heretonight. The victory was the second in two days for Idaho, which defeated the Wallace All Stars last night. TAKING NO CHANCES Warm Winds Cause Rapid Melt ing of Snow in Central and Western Part PARIS, Dec. 28. (By Asso ciated Press.) The year 1925 may still be remembered in his tory as the "great flood year" in central and western Europe if the warm winds which have swept the highlands and caused rapid melt ing of the snows do not give place to colder airs soon. Already there have been many lives lost in Ru mania . and Hungary, while vast sections of France, Belgium, Switzerland, Germany, Austria and Czecho-Slovakla are inundat ed. The weather predictions point to continued warmth and heavy rains. The most alarming conditions are reported-from cen tral Europe. Torda (Thorenburg) Rumania, has been swept by a torrent of 'overflowing waters that smashed bouses by the score. Di rect reports from Torda report the loss of hundreds of lives along the Rumanian frontier, with the wa ters sweeping bodies and debris through the streets. In the Bekes district of Hungary more than 100,000 acres are covered with water; the ' situation is growing worse. Between Vesztoe and Ok- any, tne nuge masonry dams are threatening to give way and the whole population has turned out in an effort to avert disaster. An ice Jam has added to the se riousness of the situation in the Theiss river, near Tisza Dada, and sappers have been carried to the scene with dynamite to blast it and allow the water to escape. .The river Sajo likewise has overflowed its banks and is men acing the entire Borod district. At Cluj, Transylvania, 50 houses and factories 'have been destriyed by the torrents. Throughout Bel gium there are serious floods. The Riverside quarters of many towns are submerged and people are abandoning their houses. Naviga tion has been Interrupted on the Meuse. . r.The rise-in the-waters -of the Rhine and Moselle ' is becoming most disquieting. The Rhine Is al ready, over its banks at Kruese (Continued on page 2) FOG HAMPERS SHIPPING COAST BOATS TIED UP; MIST IS AID TO HOLDUPS - SEATTLE, Dec. 29. A dense fog hanging over Puget Sound and the British Columbia coast since Saturday halted shipping and aided holdup men today. Three vessels, the. London Ship per, Kingswood and Siam City, anchored outside of Vancouver harbor, waiting for the mist to lift. Eleven persons were robbed in four hours on the streets here last night. Traditional Theology and Modern bcience Are baid irreconcilable THEORY DECLARED FACT Evolution Has Taken Place Be side Law of Gravitation, Professor Declares to Assembly NEW HAVEN, Conn., Dec. 29. -(By Associated Press. ) Two new principles in evolution today were announced by Henry Fair field Osborn, research professor of zoology at Columbia university, coupled with the assertion that traditional theology and modern science are irreconcilable, and that "evolution has taken its place beside' the law of gravitation." Dr. Osborn is president of the board of trustees of the Ameri can Museum of natural history. The principles were developed through the science of paleontol ogy. The first proves that evolu tion works through an unbroken rise in new and useful character istics in animals and plants from generation to generation, not as Darwin thought, by chance vari ations. The second shows that these characteristics "from the beginning" take a line directed toward their future fitness and not as DeVries thought by sudden changes in structure. , Paleontology deals with the interpretation or the fossil re- remalns of life. America leads all nations in their science, he said. Dr. Osborn spoke at the dedl cation of Yale's new Peabody mu seum of natural history. Professor Osborn also for the first time formulated into what he termed five "laws" the ideas of evolution which he claimed are generally accepted by scientists as explanations of the way new spe cies come into existence. He sum marized them as follows: . First, the principle whereby every animal fits Itself to new modes of lifo by modifying' its own structure and activities, al tnougn tnese modifications are not inherited, as supposed by La marck, do mark out the future course of evolution so that each animal helps to shape the destiny of its race. Second, the principle of devel opment of special organs through use, the degeneration of organs through disuse, and maintaining (Continued on pace 2) AVOID CABINET CRISIS RADICALS ACCEPT ULTIMA TUM DELIVERED BY BRIAN D PARIS, Dec. 29. (By Associat cd Press.) Premier Briand today avoided a threatened cabinet crisis by boldly declaring that the resignation of radical ministers who threatened to leave tho gov crnment if M. Doumer's financial plans were adopted would be ac cepted "with regret, but without despair." His plain intimation that the departure of former Pre xnier Herriot's friends would not be allowed to disrupt the cabinet caused a. sudden and complete transformation ot the situation. The radicals accepted the fi nance minister's measures without a dissenting voice and the decisive issue between the government and the coalition of the left, which seemed imminent for the past ten days, has been put off at least un til the regular session of the chamber on January 12., "The spirit of Locarno has been introduced into the cabinet," was the way M. Briand described his victory over the recalcitrant min isters after the meeting. There was a disposition in political cir cles, however, to regard the pre mier's success as temporary. The radical ministers. It was argued in tho lobbies of the chamber had been outgeneralled.but not sub dued. They preferred to remain in the cabinet rather than furnish a chanco for the "head of tho gov ernmentio enlarge his maojrlty iu the chamber by putting represen tatives of other groups in their places. HUGE METEORITE FALLS FLAMING MASS SEEN. SPEED 1NG THROUGH SKY OTTAWA, Ont., Dec. 23. (By Associated Press.) What believed- to have been a huge meteorite sped . through the sky and fell near . Kingsmere Hills, near here, tonight. The Rev. E. O. : May, Angelican rector at Chelsea, Que., and other residents of the district said they saw the naming raass tall Governor Presented With 'Picture of Self and Grown White Faced Calf John H. McNary told Salem Ki- wanians at their luncheon Tues day noon cf two of "Oregon's greatest men." These he named as Col. iames w. iNesmith and George H. Williams, both of whom have been United States senators from Oregon. Colonel Kesmith was born in Ireland of Scotch parents. He was reputed to love his friends and hate his enemies. He was noted for his wit. When only a child he crossed the ocean with' his parents and settled in Missouri. He came to Oregon with the famous Apple gate party in 1843. He became a lawyer because he had shown wit as a lawyer; in a moot court held on the nights ot the tedious journey overland as a form of en tertainment. His wit and clear ness of judgment appealed! to his friends, who . persuaded him to set up his shingle" when he ar rived in Oregon City. Williams was the first man from the Pacific coast .to be elected to a cabinet position,' having been named as attorney general by President Grant. An interesting revelation of petty jealousies among ladies of state was ..made by McNary in relating the way in which Wil liams was defeated in another nomination for a cabinet position. At that time ethics in Washing ton required that wives of cabinet men should pay first visits to ladies of the senate -wives of senators, was all that meant in those days. Mrs. Williams could not see it that way. She called a meeting of the ladies in Wash ington and endeavored to have the ethic ruling changed. . But the senators wives were hot in favor of her proposed change. -She, however, was stub born, and refused to-pay "the first (Continued n f 3) mt Mckinley erupts STEAM AND SMOKE SEEN: SHARP QUAKE FELT ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Dec. 29. (By Associated Press.) A large volume of smoke and steam was plainly seen here today issuing from Mount McKlnley. 100 miles north ot . here and the highest peak on this continent. Reports were received that smoke has en veloped the far side of the moun tain. , The vapor seemed to come from the peak with .little force behind it, drifting slowly . away north east. A sharp earthquake was felt here last Tuesday. McKinley is 20,300 feet high. The next .loftiest peak of North America is Mount St. Ellas, 18, 024. St. Elias li 300 miles east of here. Mount McKinley, which is described- as an extinct volcano, has never erupted in the knowledge of white man, but Indians of the region tell of days long ago when the mountain belched flames and smoke. The peak, which rises al most from sea level, is almost in accessible because of the enormous glacial fields which surfound?lt The south peak, the highest point on the mountain, was scaled for the first time by Archdeacon Stuck and Harry Karstens In 1913. Dr. Frederick A. Cook, whose announced "discovery" of the north pole is generally discred ited, also claimed to have ascend ed Mt. McKinley. Other explorers have declared his claim sfraudu- lent. : I DIALECT IS LONGHVED QUAINT SPEECH TO ALWAYS LIVE IN LITERATURE CHICAGO, Dec. 29.- (By Asso rted Press,) Ms of quaint di aloct expressed by Characters in James Fcnimore Cooper's "Leath er Stocking Tales" will bo alive when "so V your old man," and other current bits of slang are dead and buried. " So declared Dr. Louise Pound ot the University of Nebraska, and editor of "American Speech," speaker today at the annual meet ing of the Modern Language as sociation of Chicago. .Dialects she said, la deliberate speech while slang Is but tran siont in standard usage. She stat ed as super archaeic but still liv lag expressions "git" for "getv ','how be you" for "how are yon," . a ; i . . .a a m, ' '' ... ana usea to -com a' for "was able tb." . American - literature. Professor Fred L. Patton of Pennsylvania State college said "cannot help but be great for literature Is reflection of life and the story of development of America is the greatest ronianr in the world4 Markle Plan for Settlement of Anthracite Coal Strike Is Rejected OPPOSITION EXPRESSED Representatives of Mine Workers Declare They Will Continue to Oppose Arbitration Agreement NEW YORK, Dec. 29. (By As sociated Press.) The. joint con ferenpe of minera. and , operators adjourned at ' midnight without agreeing on a plan of settlement of the anthracite strike. ( .. Adjournment was taken until 1 p. m. tomorrow when discussions -will be resumed on various plana of settlement conference. submitted to the. NEW YORK, Dec. 29. (By As sociated Press.) The plan of set tlement of the anthracite strike proposed tonight by;i Alran Mar kle, chairman of the joint , wage conference, .was opposed: by the' mine workers on the ground that' it contained an arbitration feat ure. The miners stated they were . .. as much opposed to arbitration to- : day as they were lour months ago and will continue their opposition. " AH the various peace plans of fered since the suspension began September 1 were placed before the joint conference and discus sion of them continued tonight. The principal points in the Mar kle plan were: . The contract and working con ditions which were operative up to the time of calling the strike shall be continued for one year.' Creation ot a fact finding com mission consisting of three oper- ators, three miners and three im-,-' partial citizens; representing the public, the latter ; to be selected by the president of the "United - States. Adoption of the principle of collective bargaining "resting upon reason and not endurance." Provision that the award of the anthracite coal strike coin -mission and subsequent agree - ments be ratified an& continued until September 1925, subject t ' renewal every 10 years thereaf ter. ' ;! ';i ''I--- - Selection of a firm of reputable certified public accountants with authority to investigate ; ahd re port promptly on every phase of the industry. This: committee of nine shall meet as a whole to. reach' an agreement as to wages and possible changes in the con- ' tract. The public representatives shall not be entitled to vote un less the operators and miners fall to agree. i jM V . Then a majority vote shall rule. : Should the committee be delay ed in fixing rates through unfore seen circumstances until1 after September 1 in -any year ' there shall be no lockout or strike. Any decision rendered afterwards shall be retroactive as of September 1. WHEAT PRICES BOOSTED NEW HIGH LEVEL FOR SEA SON REACHED IN CHICAGO CHICAGO, Dec. 29. (By Asso ciated ! Press.) -Wheat prices soared to a new high level for the season on the board of trade, to day after reports that flour prtees had. been boosted past the flO a barrel mark. ' J . . ! During the late trading a spirited fight between longs and shorts developed and prices Were shipped about at a mad rate with the- rates soaring to new high peaks during the last minutes of trading. - Late trading also de veloped strength in the corn mar ket T - ri ' Wheat went up 1 3-4c to l-2c. May closing at 11.83 1-2 showing mo greatest gain, corn showed a rise of . -I1-8C to 4 l-8o and oats were also up slightly at the end of the day. FATHER ; SER0SK1 HURT; LEO IS BROKEN LV HEAVY FALL FROM A LADDER Tather jCharles Seroski. priest Of the Catholic church of Gcrvais ustained a broken leg when he fell f rom a ladder Tuesday even- ' lug. .He had been working la the ! tower of the, iharch.s and., was descending ,byt means of ladder. He slipped whea but three wmngs from-the Hoot, tk fall resulting in -the broken leg. m ( father SeToskf was brought to : Salem by the, Colden Anjbulance of i this city,, and taken to the Sa- ' lem hospital where he is bein.T taken care of. Last report from the hospital la tbat his injuiy in gainful but not serioys,