ffltlSHO
EATH
POM, PLEfl
JAmendment Would End Cap-
, ital Punisnmeht; Create
Pardon Board
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WAY MAKE FALlj BALLOT
Dr. Nina Enliae Wood, Ben Snel
ling, B. F. Mulkey and Oth-
i Sign Petition Ask-
tag-State Ref omt
; Abolition,, of "capital punish
ment, shifting consideration of ap-
plication- for pardons from'-the
governor to i a" state board or par
dons, and, parole and creating a
atate board of control to be com
- posed of the -secretary of state
and two appointees, are proposed
In a petition for an amendment to
the Oregon constitution submitted
to officials of thai state depart
ment here Thursday. ; ,
The petition was signed by Dr.
Nina Evaline Wood, Beit Selling,
B.. F, Mulkey, Judge. Richard
Dlech and a. large number of
other residents of the city of Port
land. - The secretary of state re
ferred the petition to the attorney
general for Investigation; In case
the petition eventually is filed
. with the secretary of state it
would go before the to ten atahe
general election In November.
Under the provisions of the pro
. posed amendment to the constitu
tion no pardon for the crime of
murder would be granted except
by unanimous rote of the- mem
bers of the state board of par
dons and paroles. Pour members
of the board would constitute a
quorum for the consideration of
' applications for pardon except In
cases of murder.
Provision also is made In the
proposed amendment . that the
1927- session of the . lerlftL&tnm
ball enact a law providing for the
creation of a state board of par
dons and, paroles. Members ; of
(Ooattas ,- pg 4.) fV-
- -REVOKE DEATH SEfiTEMCH
OXE -MAX SA vEJV ANOTHER
t- TO DIE BY LETHAL GAS
STATES PRISON, Carson City.
Nev., May 20. (By Associated
Press.) The state board of par
dons late today commuted the
death sentence ' imposed . upon
John H. Randolph of Reno, con
victed of the murder of his mother
last year. A short time before
clemency was denied Stanko
Jakich, 28 year old miner of Ruth,'
Nev., and he will be put to death
tomorrow morning ,hy lethal gas
this state's form of capital pun
ishment. Randolph,), 5 8 year old
matricide, made desperate and
successful appeal for clemency
today. ., , j .. -
A petition signed by 8 S lawyers,
Including the district attorney and
Judge who tried .and sentenced
him. respectively, was submitted.
Zn its findings, the board decided
that Randolph's' crime' was not
premeditated.- - ja- ".
Commutation of the death pen
alty,' automatically sends Ran-"
dolph to prison for life. ' -
Jukich. stolid foreigner, who
cannot understand why the . law
demands his deaf b.' also asked for
mercy. - It was a dramatic plea
this young mine worker made to
scape punishment for the shoot
ing of Jennie. Madek, 18 year old
girl whose parents bethrothed her
to him some years before. Jenny
refused to marry him last year and
died from a pistol bullet wound In
her body. The shooting took place
at the Madek home at Ruth.
Thursday
In Washington
. ' ----- .- ft . , . ; t .
; President Coolidge signed, the
.Watson-Parker railroad labor bill.
- . i - y'ii'
Three members of ' the' senate
campaign inTestlgation commlt-
tee resigned.' --' ' "-i
.
The senate 'approved the" llber
' allied civil service retirement
' measure. . ' .
:
: Acceptance - of France's .debt
agreement was urged before ' the
house ways and means committee
by Secretaory Mellon.
Senate rejected 'the nomination
of Aubrey, Bbyles. for another
term'as United States attorney for
southern Alabama. 4 ;
Ilouse completed reading of. the
i jlVn farm, bill for, amendment
.""" -.the Tincher and CurtistAswell
f sure we're offered as substi
. tutea. ' , t , . ,
Anti-trust, charges against the
New York Central for its purchase
of train control devices were dla
. missed by the interstate commerce
commission. '" V;;i;--t-o
- Action on - the ' Pullman ' sur-
7 charge repeal and federal. bus con
trol measures was deferred until
roxt session ly the senate tater-
Disappea
ranee
Evangelist Ts tJnsoived
Mystery Surrounds Fate of Aiinee Seriiple M'cPherson Fol
lowers Convinced Leader Met; Deajh in Waves;
( Police Investigate New Details of Case
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LOS ANGELES. May 20. (ByAssociated Press.) Offi
cers of tlie Jaw, crowding past
prward tonlgnt uito the darkness of the mystery 'surrounding
the disappearance' Tuesday of the noted religious leader,
Ahiaee Semple McPherson, armed with" several theories which
they' felt might upset : the belief of thousands of her flock
here that the. evangelist had been accidentally drowned while
surf bathing .at anta MbnicX , ' : 1
Meanwhile a : little band of : her supporters, j each" ' with
JERSEY-CATTLE EXHIBIT
DRAW 20b SPECTATORS
PRIZES AWARDED ASSOCIA-
lu V. Morley, National Chief, Ad
dresses Assembly at Fair
? .' Grounds - .; ,
Over three hundred; persons at
tended the Marlon county day cel
ebration of the Oregon Jersey Cat
tle club at the Fairgrounds
Thursday, when the Marion county
branch of the breeders associa
tion met for their regular stock
showing. Approximately 65 head
of 'cattle were exhibited;
C F. IBates, president of the
Marion County Jersey club, presid
ed at themeeting, and addresses
were made by L. V.. Morely of
New York, representing the Amer
ican Jersey - Cattle club; Iran
Loughary, western field man for
the same organization, and' Dr.
W. H. Lytel. state veterinarian.
A cafeteria style lunch was served'
by the wives of the club members,
with. butter, milk' and cheese fur
nished, by the Capital City Co-Op-erative
creamery. v
. The boys and girls high school
glee club of Turner was well re
ceived in a number of selections.
Instrumental music was furnished
by ' a seven pieco orchestra from
Salem. : , ..
"Av list of the ; awards made .at
the exhibition follow: : n
. Bull: TVro jf ear old;. first, Wil
liam Thornier,: Silverton, with
Lion's Farm: Oxford; -settlor, year
ling,- first, Joe' Kramer, Silverton,
M. O.v Gunderson. . Silverton, sec
bnd; - Junior ! yearling, 'Frank
Kuenstlng, - Woodburn, first;
Henry Anundson, Silverton, sec
ond. Warren Gray, Marion, third.
In the senior bull calf depart
ment, E. O. Loe & Sons of Silver-
, (Qontianed on ptf S.)
DISEASE BAN END SEEN
nOOF, MOUTH iQUARANTIXE IB
CALLED UNNECESSARY
. Revocation of the quarantine
order resulting from the hoof and
mouth disease-' in California two
years ago was recommended by
members of. the Oregon state live
stock sanitary board at a meeting
held here Thursday. The recom-m-endation
was sent to Governor
Pierce who probably will issue ' a
proclamation revoking the quar
antine order within' the next few
days. - . 1. i . . . . . :v
It was said - that Oregon was
the last state in the union to re
commend elimination of the quar
antine. ; Reports- showed : no new
cases of the hoof and month, dis
ease ' in . California - for , nearly a
year.- ..-. . 'w-. '
The quarantine order Issued In
this state provided that, no live
stock wonld be allowed to cross
the northern boundary of Califor
nia unless the. shipment had been
certified by representative of either
the state of Oregon or the federal
officials... i - f -.: - -
No cases of the disease were re
potted taUfcls states, x v.i4,.
STATtrASICSF40RE FUNDS
IIERGEJfCYi BOARD MKETING
f 1IAY" GRANT. $70,000
t. Members of tile- state emerg
ency board have been . called to
meet 1 in Salem next .Tuesday to
consider ? applications for defici
ency, appropriations . aggregating
approximately, S70.000.
Included among the applications
is a request to ; the secretary of
state for a. deficiency appropria
tion of S3O,00O for the, payment
of salaries, wages and contingent
expenses. . , f i . ;
An additional 125.009 Is asked
for the payment of interest on irri
gation district interest bonds. The
state board of horticulture has re
quested an appropriation of 55,000
for administrative expenses.
t Other small appropriations will
be requested by the Oregon mining
survey and for the payment of in
surance on traveling libraries de
stroyed by; fire. ,i
ROBERXrBlSHOPl RETURNS
DECLARES imiSELF FE,EL
. ING -' FINE- AFTER TRIP
- Robert Bishop, who went east
for an operation on tils limb fol
lowing i an injury .while y playing
football' some time ago,- returned
to Salem. Thursday night and de
clared- he was steeling;. line." .
He is still in a plaster cast and
wUl be compelled - to c return to
Boston in' the fall for further
treatment:"? TheJ8ummer'"win-be
spent here in Salem.' Every pros
pect tor complete recovery la held
of Woman
her faithful followers, surged
worn face and heayy , eyes, gath
ered before' the altar of Angelus
Temple, block-square monument to
the six years of labor of Mrs. Mc
Pherson here. - and ' chanted:
"Aimee Is with Jesus ; - pray - for
her." .
Today's developments; " every
angle of which is being investi
gated by detectives, 'include the
following: ,
New comolezlon itlven story -of
Detective Lieutenant M.' O. Bar
nard of Culver City that he posi
tlrely saw Mrs. McPherson, in
company with -another; woman in
an automobile bound for Los -Angeles
at the time she was reported
missing by Emma Schaffer, secre
tary to the pastor, that they took
another route to the beach 'city
for the swim in the surf.- '
Two women reports that they
saw Mrs. McPherson at the beach
hotel where she letC her clothing
at 1:20 p. m. on-Tuesday, .giving
a note to one of two men.
Report of Venice police officers
that at least two women knew of
the disappearance of Mrs. McPher
son before it was reported to the
Ieach station.. This report stated
that two women called the station
at.2;20 p. m., saying that a woman
bad been drowned ; in the surf.
This was more than an hour before
her secretary made her report. -
A theory of possible violence,
centering - about the evangelist's
opposition to the election measure
(Centlaaed n 8.)
ALLEN NAMED PRESIDENT
men . SCHOOL ASSOCIATION
-JCTiECTS !S7 OFFICERS4
Kenneth Allen was ; elected
president' of the associated student
body of -Salem high, school Thurs
day. He is president of the junior
class this year and forensic man
ager, being instrumental in ar
ranging the cross-continent; de
bate with Salem, Mass. . .- :
Robert Bishop was elected edi
tor of the Clarion, school paper.
He serred as associate editor this
year, and handled the sports. Don
ald Deckebacb president editor of
the Clarion paper, , was -' elected
editor of next year's-' Clarion an
nual. - : it-: ..;-.'..,
Other officers elected . were:
Rosalie Jones, Tlce president
Marvin Headrick,- yell leader;
Dwight Adams, athletic4 manager;
and Ed Nash, forensic manager.
An assembly of the . student
body will be held Tuesday morning-
at which the officers will be
installed. At this assembly, also,
the members of. the debate team
that traveled to Salem, Mass., wilL
be formally welcomed back. . ,
The debaters were in Los-An
geles -Thursday. They are sched
uled to arrive in Sam Francisco to
day, -and wni arrive home Mon
day evenmg. : - ' , " -
NttVAtPAGTlB
'A .
Possibility of U. S.-BritisbJ-
Japanese Conference Con
' sidered by Japan
AMERICANS ARE RETICENT
Neither United States Nor English
' Delegates' Comment on
Plan; Deep Interest
Is Displayed . ,
. GENEVA, May 20. (By Asso
ciated Press.) Japanese diplo
mats are considering the possibil
ity of a three-cornered naval con-!
ference between Great Britain, the
United States and Japan. The
Japanese delegates who are at
tending the sessions of the pre
paratory commission on disarms,
ment here, today told aicorresr
pondent for the Associated Press
that they would advocate such a
conference provided it were found
that France and Italy would not
attend a separate naval confer
ence. f Tne Japanese spokesmen ex
pressed themselves as In favor of
a second Washington naval con
ference. - They explained that
Japan had abandoned its position
taken at Geneva that naval and
land armaments could not be dis
associated. They are now con
vinced that naval matters can be
handled separately.
They, declared that even if
France and Italy hold to the
theory that naval and land arma
ments should be discussed at the
same time, the United States,
Great Britain and Japan could
frame a supplementary Washing
ton agreement by themselves. This
agreement. would cover cruisers,
submarines, and seaplanes.
Deep interest was displayed to
day in the probable attitude of the
United States and Great Britain
on the Japanese viewpoint, which
is described as incorporating the
idea advanced by some delegates
to the present disarmament con
f erence. The American-delegates
decline to comment ., on.. J span's
suggestion, v C ;i
Japanese diplomats say that
Premier Wakatsuki. like former
Premier Kato, is favorable to ; a
limitation of armaments and that
Japanese leaders are convinced
i - - (Continnwt o . psg 8.)
POWER PROFITS LISTED
. ". ' ' " ' , .
MOUNTAIN STATES NET IN-
COME SET AT 422,783
The Mountain' States Power com
pany, had a net operating income
of $422,785.81 during the year
1925, or an increase of 289,424.71
as compared with the Jyear 19 24-,
according' to the annual report of
the corporation filed with the pub-
llic service commission here Thurs
uay. ?;
Operating income Of the com
pany was 1,24J,075.11. while the
operating expenses were $672,
876.71. Taxes and other inciden
tals not chargeable to operating
expenses ' contributed to the ma
terial reduction of profits.
r WilEK THE CATS AWAY
SEES DRY LI
RESULTS GOOD
Best Thing .We Can Have"
Says Australian Follow-
ing -Observation
'ONLY ONE DRUNK FOUND'
W. T. Coates Tells Realtors Hoi
idays Come on Monday in South
Seas Continent, Rest f
Given
r. "I'm in favor of prohibition."
W.. T. a Coates, newspaperman of
Sydney,' .Australia, told Marion
Polk u county realtors at their
luncheon.' Thursday noon. "In
Australia hundreds of thousands
are in favor of it. About 90 per
Cent of the women are for it.
. "From what I have seen of pro
hiblti'on in this country I am sat
isfied that it is the best; thing we
can have, . I have only seen one
man drunk since I have been in
America. In Australia we would
hardly know what to make of such
an ideal condition."
Mr. Coates told of some of the
conditions in his country. Mem
bers of the building trades work
only five days- a week. About 30
per cent of the other workers also
have five day weeks.
All public holidays are on Mon-
( Continued on page 4.)
OFFICIALS CAST VOTES
STATE HOUSE CDOSEDr EM
PLOYEES WILL BALLOT
A large number of state ' offi
cials and employes left here
Thursday night for their former
homes where they wiU cast their
ballot at the primary election to
day. Governor Pierce whose legal
residence is in Union county will
vote at Mitchell, where h,e . is
scheduled to give an address at
noon today. - - .
Sam A. Kozer, secretary ' of
state, will cast his ballot, at As
toria, while T. B.' Kay, ; state
treasurer, will vote in Salem. Sev
eral state officials have taken ad
vantage of the absent voters v law
and have sent their ballots by
mail. ( t
All state, county and city of
fices will be closed here today.-
GARDEN SHOW ON TODAY
THIRD ANNUAL EXHIBIT WILL
OPEN AT 2 O'CLOCK i
Members of the Salem Garden
club will hold their third annual
garden show from 2 o'clock this
afternoon until 8 -o'clock this
evening, at the gardens of Dr. R.
E. L. Steiner and Dr. Frank Grif
fith at the Oregon state hospital
grounds. : ?
A .slight , fee will be charged
visitors to cover the incidental
costs of potting' on the exhibits.
There will be music as a f ea'ture
of the vent.
'AsPolitical Picture f Gallery
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Crosslcy
. Jj. B. Sandblast
B. E." Haney. J.'- H. tTnton. Is
P VSr. Toow nVACr-AldesC-
with county
as soon alter
McLaughlin
Precinct Votiiig
, Salem residents will find voting!
places open today from 8 o'clock
this mornings till 8 o'clock this
evening, listed " according , to pre
cincts below. '
Salem No. PortaWei school
house - at 'Washington school. 1 - ?. " '
Salem- No. 2 First- floor of
Bungalow Christian' church, Court
and' 11th street; ; ' :i ? : ' 7
Salem No. 3 CafiSeron's paint
shop, j 21st betwkenv;Chemeketa
and Centers streets. -iV . C: ,
' Salem ? No. ' 4 -Swedish taber
nacle, corner Mill and 15th. ;r
Salem No. S Richmond 'school.
Salem No;., "Yew Park school.
Salem , No'.' 7 Currey's milk
station. No'. 2 41 Portland road--,
Salem No 8 --Jason- Lee church
corner .Jefferson and' Wilson sts.
Salera . No. - 91 Bapti3t church,
corner D an.d." Cottage ' streets. ; ;
' Salem NO. '10 -Basement Woui
an's club building, 4 SO N. Cottage
street." - v' -i ( t r-1 ' ,i.
t Salem. No. 11 County court
housed Salome " ' "' r" ' ; :
Salem No. 12 Vick Bros,230
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. Above is a group of Republican and Dem- .:
ocratic contenders for offices 6t national
committeemen,- United States senator, gov-
ernor and superintendent bf public" instruc
tion at the primary election, today. '.
- I s Bulletin, - megaphone" and-, telephone ser-
vice on the returns of the! primaries will be
available to people of the, 'Salem district at '
the office of The Statesman, The leased wire
Associated ! Press - service .irill carry returns (
and city returns, will.be on file
tne pous ciose aa possioie. - . ;
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Courtesy, The Oregon Journal
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Headquarters;
; Salem . Not IS E, Sherwood's
residence, J 8 T .Cross street.
Salem No.? 1 rfortn commer
cial Service station,. 1610 Nor t hi
rCoramerciaL street. ; - .-i
h Salm". N6. 15 nunt Bros.
Packing Co. t warehouse, ; No. -7 8 5
North. Frontistreet.. .
e Salem? Noi.j 16 City ; ball In
Salem. ; . I V- ; ' , .. ....r.
r Salem No17f Bonesteele ; Mo
tor co.,. iio south - commercial
street,; v .
: Salem No.; 18 Friends church,
corner Washington "and Commer
cial streets, f "-. X'i,Vw-v:-.-4v t'V-
HEAVY VOTE IS iEXPECTtlb
LARGE TXRIf OCT FORr POtL
v, roRuscEXBr joxjes
Reports received at local politi
calr headquarters' .Thursday indi
cated that a large ivote would be
polled In Marion county today. The
vote in Salvia will be unusually
ELECTION RAGE
IHTEHESTKEEi!
mm
f Spfiritof ApatbyLcstl.
Minute Campaigns .
CLOSE VOTING FORECAST
Conteat Over Mayorallty, Conncil,
City Tax Measttre, State Sea-
ator and House Lead .
Local Issnea
Marked local Interest is mani
fest in the election-for city k and
county, offices today, with polling "
places open-" from 86'clock J : this ,
morninr tui-8 o'clock tnia even
ing, a! particularly heavy vote be- ,
ing expected within the city as the
result; or the- lour taxi, projects
which! appear noon the ballot.'" f-
With . friends ot .T. A, Wvesley
and Earl Race both expecting vie-"
tory for their- candidate in - , the
mo wAwellfw rea . 1 lmAsr amin T
tunjyitMj avwf twMvw u
terest centers in the contest , (cr '
city council in whicfi.U'j; Sim-
eral and R. A. .Harris are oppca- '
ents in Ward 1, Including pre--cinctaj
- f, 10 and 15. Paul V.
Johnson' and C 8. Parker op-.
ponents In Ward '4, Including pre-
cinctsf 16 and 17; B-r F. ' Brunk -
and Orvllle Oglesby opponents in
Ward 5, including -precincts .7, S -
and" 14; and Watson To whBend
and Chris J. Kowitx opponents In
a.
Poulson and C. O. Rice ate
upopposed as recorder and treas
urer respectively. . ; , . .
. Thja f inai . contest In .the, city -
measures asking .3 tax levy. for.
support, of the City Zoning 'and .
Planning-Commission, 'a- 830,000 -bond
issue for ) the ' purchase ot
pumpers for thet fire department, i
a 2 ; mill tax levy lor 'construction
(Continued pig
B0VS TO-GIVE PROGRAM,.
T3ICA DEPICATIOX" PASSED ON -
. ; to, jtjxior .board
, Thursday night's dedication sen ,f
vices at the new home of the Sa.
lem YM CA ' were conducted by tht
Salem Ministerial association.
Dr. Norman K. Tully, pastor ot
the First . Presbyterian church,"
made the principal address ot the
evening, having- as hla subject, -"How
the'YMCA Can Best Co
operate With the Churches of the-,
City : Several ministers spoke .
briefly on the, same subject.
Two songs were rendered by the
Civic male chorus," led by Prof
Hobson of Willamette university.
Dr. H. C. Epley led the audience
in a; song . service. Walter Jen
kins was- chairman for the eve-
nfng; - 4 :
: Tonight's progfanf Vlll be con -ducted
by the' junior aboard of di-"
rectors of the YMCA. The, pro
gram follows r "High school' band'
playing, in lobby; address of wel- '
come, by "Wesley Helsei' son g, , by
Parrish junior high school chorus:
electric clubs, by Guy Rathbun:
soIoR by Earl Potter:, T. . W. Jones; ,
surprise, aiories, oy airs.' ileum
ger; Charleston specialist,, by Glen
and Donald Woodry; the aewYJ.
1M. C, A, by C. AT Kells. J . . J '
will usher. Officers of the jtunlor..
William . EasV ; vice'. : president : :
Hugh Shattuc. secretary, and Era
Webb; Dwight Adams, Ivan Ka
foury,. Carlton .Roth and Wesley
Heise, directors. , . , -
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nUUUlNI OFFERS 510,000
SU3t AVAILABLE TO- alEDnJSlS
PRODUCING EFFECTS
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' WASHINGTON... May 2 o: (Byv
Associated Press1. ) Denial that
she had ever tpld of. spiritualistic
..... 1.4. .a t '
reiterated before a house com
mittee today, by Mr s Jane Coates, .
& Washington medium. . ; ' .
. The . committee . worked' during.,
most ot the morning with $10,060,
In, $100 bills spread out before It.
The money had been placed thersu
oy uarry iiouaini, who offered Ur
give tit a spiritualist ' present who
could cerform ur sa&ncA which.
he could- not duplicate by trick-
Election
Retoris
j Readers of this paper are
invited to use the facilities ot
'-this organization "in keeping
la ; touch with ; election - re
f ; turns tonight. : t J -; !: ' -1
, A large staff will "cover tie
.rs cityand r county,' r pre-'scts
' : J forwarding news ;ct aU r
; turns to thia office as ls.it aa
"they are made availatls. . ,
; ! Persons wishing to teep ia
' ,tuca with these r: teres Era
. ., mvitea to cau cr.s
freq.uently''as mtyte'Cciir- i
ed. - All availatla r - i sr:!I f
be placed at their I,
aad will be racTar' - I to J
'crowds in the strei.
tFor first full accouU c.
the local election rt 1 j
: Th onncox et.it::;.;