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SALEM, OREGON, THURSDAY MORNING, JULY 8, 1926
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TRY OWN CASE,
PIERCE STATES
Portland Graft Evidence
Does Not Require Van
P Winkle's Presence
'FACTS ALREADY KNOWN'
"Spare No Effort In Conviction
and Punishment of Guilty
Patties, Is Governor's Ad
vice in Note
Governor Pierce, in a letter ad
dressed to Stanley Myers, district
attorney of Multnomah county,
y.sterday refused to send the at
ti rney general of the state to
Portland to conduct a grand jury
Investigation into charges of al
leged, graft paid to public officials
there in connection with the en
forcement of the criminal statutes.
"I hare considered your re
quest," read the governor's let-
ter, ' that the attorney general be
SdSlrected to conduct an investiga
sJioB before the grand jury of Mult
nomah county into the charges of
alleged graft paid to public of
Nflcers of said county and the city
of Portland for protection In rio
latin g the laws.
"I am informed by those in
touch with the situation, and it
has been publicly stated, that
there is not sufficient competent
evidence at hand, at this time oth
er than that which you may have
in your possession or is accessable
to you to Justify my ordering the
attorney general to take up this
inquiry.
" Evidence procured by investi
gatiltr4aade by private citizens
coveWkg the activities of gam
bling houses has been furnished
you and indictments have been
returned thereon Ty the grand
jury of Multnomah county. Pre
sumably, therefore, such evidence
as has been secured Is in your
possession or is at your command
at this time.
"In the prosecution of these
gambling cases you will be expect
ed to spare no effort in securing
the conviction and punishment of
til persons guilty of such, crimes,
jnd if you have or discover any
frfj'evldence of bribery of public offi
t Vials which you deem' sufficient to
"jonvict, it will then be equally
I your duty as district attorney,
I charged with the prosecution ot
' all crimes in your county, to sub
mit such evidence to the grand
jury and if indictments are re
turned thereon to prosecute such
cases to the fullest extent of the
law.
"You informed me that the
grand jury, under your, direction,
is now in readiness to consider
such evidence as may be presented
upon this subject.
"For the foregoing reasons it is
my judgment that these matters
of law enforcement should ,be left
in the hands of the district attor
ney of Multnomah county and the
executive officials of the city of
Portland.
PORTLAND, July 7 (By Asso
ciated Press) A subpoena has
been issued for Rev. Clement G.
Clark to appear before the Mult
nomah grand jury and present
what evidence he may have of
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Nlan university talks
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UBEATER OREGON PROGRAMS
WILL BE PRESENTED
The programs of the Rotary, Ki
wanis, and Lions clubs at their
weekly luncheons next week will
l given over to the Greater Ore
gon Committee of the University
of 'Oregon, according to a state
ment by Herbert Socolof sky of
Salem, cha irman of the committee
for this district. Pauline Know-Is,-!
and Oray Thompson will as
14 jgeolofsky in arranging 1 the
proems.
Jfcf-k Hempstead of Gladstone,
a Junior at the university, will
spakr on the semi-centennial cele
bration there. He is a debater at
the ;. university and has consider
able renown as a' speaker.
Similar programs are being held
throughout the state to explain
ae work of the university to the
people. The history of the vni
7rersity will be told and an analysis
of its influence on the state's his
tory will be given.
, The complete program for each
day will be announced preceding
the luncheon. An invitation will
be extended. to the people ot Sa
lem to attend the- celebration at
Jne Balrerslty on Jt birthday.
M'Mahan Refuses Divorce;
Jazz, Liquor Talk Halted
'Neither Party in This Suit Deserves Slightest Sympathy,"
Declares Court, Advising Tanzers to
"Patch Things Up."
Declaring; that he had "heard enough" of the testimony,
Circuit Judge L. H. McMahan yesterday brought the Tanzer
divorce case to an abrupt close by stating that the court
would not consider giving either of the parties a decree, and
followed this declaration with a scathing rebuke directed at
both Tanzer and his wife, in which he remarked that neither
were deserving of the slightest sympathy, and would not
receive any at the hands of the court. The case was inter
rupted in the midst of the taking of testimony.
The Tanzer case, which has been pending in the courts for
: 1 some time, opened Saturday after
NEW YORK. Indigetion, says
Dr. Arthur L. Holland, is mostly a
state of mind. Emotions, nerves, sus
picions of certain particular foods cause
men to experience indigestion. Most
of the time the feod itself is prae-
tieafly harmless. Suspicion, says the
doctor, is a more important factor in
indigestion than say bad cooking.
. . . Which giTes the newlywed a new
alibi. "Thanks, darling," the groom
may say, '"it's not that yotir biscuits
are stony. I'm just'suspicicas of them,
that's all. And you know what sus
picions do to my digestion."
LOUISIANA. On his way to the
east is i a gentle
man named Farm
er Hiram Moor,
who is; 77 years
old and, who votes
Democratic. He
happens tc be the
only ancle of the
somewhat empha
tically Republican
incumbent of the
White House. The
last time Farmer
Moor l saw his
nephew i was dur
ing the latter'a
regime aa goTeri
nor oi jnassacnu
aetts and he is
not an i authority
on intimate de
tails of the presi
dent's life. Still,
and air, he is
proud enough of him.
CONCORD, K. H. . Six j graduates
of St. Paul'a School here, evolved a
cruel and unusual - vacation opener.
They divided into three teams of two
each, set an allotment of $50.00 per
team and purchased "second" hand
motor cars fcr as little as possible.
In these ancient chariots they set out
for Hartford, Conn. The first to ar
rive if any is to receive ithe other
two ancient basses as the prise. One
of the entries coat, at the start, ex
actly $20. The other two were ex
pensive $35.
WIRES TAKE TWO! LIVES
MAN 78, AND LAD, 17 KILLED
BY POWER LINE
MEDFORD, Ore., July 7.
Killed some time last, night by
walking against a 4000-volt mill
service wire near Hilton, Cal., the
body of Lee Watkins, 7$, watch
man for the Avergris j Sawmill
there, was found today.
The accident occurred, jit is con
jectured, as a result of the high
powered line being taken down by
a tree which was blown over dur
ing & high windstorm last night.
Watkins apparently stumbled in
to the wire.
Asa Sanders, 17. , high school
student, was killed by a high volt
age wire 'early today at his par
ents', home near Centrail Point,
while repairing a telephone wire.
BRAVES OCEAN IN 1 SKIFF
AD VENTURER STARTS DOW
COAST IN 16-FOOT BOAT
ABERDEEN, . Wash., Jhly
(By. Associated Press. )-t-Travel-ing
alone In a 16-foot sail boat, B.
H. Allen left Aberdeen last, night
on a pleasure jaunt to Sin Fran
cisco. He hoped to cross1 the bar
this afternoon and proceed to As
toria on the first leg ot hia voyage.
Allen has never been to sea and
admits he knows nothing about
sailing ships. But he thinks by
using discretion and not attempt
ins to travel under adverse weath
er conditions he " will reach " his
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noon and was continued over the
holidays. The case was filed orig
inally by Teresa Tanzer, who
charged that " her husband had
been cruel and abusive to her and
that he failed to support their
children. Tanzer immediately
filed a counter-complaint, declar
ing among other things, that his
wife had neglected their home and
children.
On the witness stand, Mrs. Tan
zer charged that her husband was
inordinately addicted to the use of
intoxicating liquor and that "he
got drunk pretty near every night
after he came home from work."
She heatedly denied, while on the
stand, that she had participated
in any parties during the period
of their separation some time ago,
and on cross-examination indig
nantly declared that she had
never used intoxicating liquor.
"Neither party in this suit Is
deserving of the slightest sym
pathy," Judge McMahan declared
after calling a halt on the testi
mony. "The court is weary of
hearing all this talk of jazz and
booze. It seems that all that those
interested in the case think about
is having a 'good time'. Neither
one has the slightest regard for
moral responsibilities. The court
will refuse to issue a decree of
divorce for either party, and wish
es it shown in the court records
that neither is entitled to a di
vorce. "A divorce issued at this time
would probably mean that both
parties would remarry, start new
families and make a mess of
things again. Such a situation
will not receive the slightest sup
port from this coart.' ; -r ' '
AUTO VICTIM IMPROVING
MRS. MOORE SLIGHTLY IM
PROVED, REPORT SAYS
PORTLAND, July 7. Although
still unconscious Mrs. J. T. Moore,
wife of Captain Moore of the po
lice detective bureau of this city,
injured in an automobile accident
at Port Townsend, Monday, was
showing some improvement today
and hope was expressed for her
final recovery, said messages re
ceived here.
Detective Robert Craddock,
Captain Moore and Mrs. Crad
dock, Injured at the same time
were still in the hospital but were
recovering rapidly.
OHYS IN88
DF WET GASES
Of 153 Arrested During May.
135 Are Convicted, Re-
port Indicates
$28,541 IS FINE TOTAL
Critics of Enforcement Find Rate
c
of Liquor Convictions Sur
pass Record in Other
State Crimes
Critics of prohibition enforce
ment, who maintain that the
liquor law has defied prosecuting
attorneys of this state, will find
interesting reading in the report
from 23 counties for the month of
May, showing 153 arrests for vio
lations, and 135 convictions.
Of the 153 persons arrested for
violations, more than 88 per cent
were convicted and paid the pen
alty required by law.
Grant was the. only county in
the state that reported no arrests
for liquor violations.
Of the persons arrested for pro
hibition law violations 135 were
convicted in the courts. Fines
were imposed in the amount of
128,541.40, while the jail sen
tences aggregated 4281 days. Of
the fines imposed; by the courts
the defendants paid $15,338.30.
The officers Confiscated 16
stills and destroyed 182 gallons of
liquor. Counties that failed to
send in reports included Baker,
Curry, Harney, Jefferson, Multno
mah, Malheur, Marion, Sherman,
Tillamook, Union, Umatilla,
Wasco and Wheeler.
An effort will be made at the
next session of the legislature to
make it incumbent upon county
officials to send Jo . the state pro
hlbitiorl "department a record of all
arrests for liquor law violations
together with information regard
ing disposition of the cases.
YOUTH DIES OF INJURIES
HOOD RIVER BOY VICTI3I OP
AUTOMOBILE CRASH
PORTLAND, July 7. Niel Rob
inson, 23, of Hood River, who re
ceived a fractured skull in an au
tomobile accident here Monday
died at the St. Vincent's hospital
today without regaining conscious
ness. His body will be sent to
Hood River for burial.
Sutherlin Three big pepper
mint stills will be built here, for
300-acre peppermint crop.
LAND AT LAST!
CHAUTAUQUA WILL OPEN
SUNDAY FOR WEEK STAY
PROGRAMS ARRANGED AFTER
NOONS AND EVENINGS
Billy Sunday Tentatively Booked
for Wednesday, Schedule
Is Given
The Chautauqua season will
begin in Salem Sunday, to last
until the following Saturday night.
Afternoon programs will be at
2:30 o'clock and evening at 8. A
Junior Chautauqua will be held in
connection, the hours to be an
nounced later.
Billy Sunday, the famous
evangelist and ex-baseball player,
from Hood River, will be featured
in one evening's program, the date
to be made public later. It was
not known until recently that Mr.
Sunday could be persuaded to at
tend. The tentative program given
out is as follows: Sunday, a spe
cial program by the Robert Hard
away players; Monday afternoon,
Jon Ross Reed concert company
in a concert; Monday evening,
John Ross Reed concert and Her
bert Leon Cope, humorist; Tues
day afternoon. Philharmonic en
semble; Tuesday evening, John B.
Ratto in a pageant of world ce
lebrities; Wednesday afternoon,
the- Immanuel male quartet and
Dr. Sudhlndra Bose. professor of
political economy, on "The
'Awakened Orient; Wednesday
evening, Immanuel male quartet;
Thursday afternoon, Mason Jubi
lee singers in plantation melodies;
Thursday evening, Mason Jubilee
singers and J. Smith Damron, in
'The Potter and His Clay"; Fri
day afternoon, Herbert Sprague
'and Floy Sprague in "Rip Van
Winkle"; Friday evening, Herbert
Sprague players in "Lightnin ";
Saturday afternoon. Harmony
girls; Saturday evening, Harmony
firls and Hon. J. N. Norton of
Nebraska on "Blocs and Blocks."
LAD 10, IS FIRE HERO
SAVES TWO LITTLE SISTERS
WHEN HOUSE BURNS
SEATTLE, July 7. After he
had discovered flames devouring
has home here today, 10-year-old
Guy Westphalen carried Star, 3 a
sister, to safety and then returned
into the blazing building and led
another sister, Marian, 6, to the
street. His sisters safe, Guy
rushed to a neighbor's house and
telephoned the tire department.
Fire engines arrived too late to
save the building. The children's
parents were absent when the fire
started from matches with which
the youngest girl was playing.
KILLED BY LIGHTNING
EDMONTON, Alta., July 7.
By Associated Press). Andrew
Oranczuk and Frank Turdeno,
farmers of Mundare, near here.
were killed by lightning last night
when a bolt entered a window,
8 truck both men and set fire to
Oranczuk's house.
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STSTE PLEADS
Closing Arguments Heard By
Jury in Trial of Chicago
Bandit
DEFENDENT IS UNMOVED
U. R. Prosecutor Demands Su
preme Penalty In Compen
sation for Death of
Federal Officer
CHICAGO, July 7. (By Asso
ciated Press.) Decrying "the
maudlin sentimentality of a public
that has seized Martin J. Durkin
to its heart," Michael Romano, as
sistant United States district at
torney, tonight asked a Jury to.de
cree death by hanging for Durkin
in compensation for his killing
last October of Edwin C. Shana
han, federal. agent.
Romano opened the final argu
ments in the trial for murder of
the youth who shot to death the
federal agent when the latter tried
to arrest him for interstate trans
portation of an alleged stolen au
tomobile.
Durkin sat complacently in his
chair as the five week-long mur
der trial drew toward its close
after a day which started with
conclusion of his testimony, pro
ceeded rapidly through the hear-
ine of rebuttal witnesses, and
found the closing pleas well un
der way at adjournment. Often
with a smile chasing across his
features. Durkin heard himself
called by Romano "a Sir Gallahad
in quest of licentious adventure.
"a ten-thousand-dollar bootleg
ger," a "hogger of the spotlight
whose hands are raised In a plea
for mercy."
"Will you proclaim to youth,
asked Romano, "that crime, giv
en actorful glamour, is not crime
but fame? If you do you will
make of every boy a potential
Martin J. Durkin.
"We ask that Justicfe be served
with the only satisfying penalty
in this case, that of death."
After this emotional beginning,
Romano launched into the legal
phases of the case, and he had not
concluded his plea when court ad
journed.
NEW THEATER PLANNED
PORTLAND TO HAVE TWO
M1XJLION DOLLAR HOUSE
PORTLAND, July 7 (By As
sociated Press) A two million
dollar theatre to cover an entire
block, will be erected in Port
land by the Famous Players-Lasky
corporation, it was announced to
night.
The moving picture concern to
day closed negotiations for a 35
year lease on a site for the pro
posed structure. The deal was
said to Involve In excess of $11,
000,000. Plans for the theatre, which it
was declared would be the most
nagnificent of its kind west of
New York will be drawn up by
New York theatre architects and
actual construction will follow im
mediately. The show houe will
l ave a seating capacity of 3500.
PORTLAND GETS MEETING
ADVERTISING CLUBS GATHER
IN OREGON IN 1927
SAN FRANCISCO, July 7.
(By Associated Press). Portland
was assured the 1927 convention
of the Pacific coast advertising
clubs association tonight when
Honolulu delegates, headed by
Governor Wallace R. FarrlngtoU
of Hawaii, withdrew their city
from the contest. Honolulu dele
gates have been promised, it was
reported, the 1928 convention.
Marshall Dana, associate editor
of the Oregon Journal, Portland,
Ore.,, was unanimously nominated
president of the organization to
day. His confirmation and the
final action on selection of the
1927 convention city will take
place tomorrow. -
SYMBOLS FOUND
SPOKANE, July 7. (By -Asso
ciated Press) .Discovery of an
other group of runlcs dated 1010
A. D., describing; Norsemen swim-
rain g. for ; their ; lives across the
Columbia river to escape from In
dians, was revealed-here late to
day hy Prof. Oluf .Osjon in con
nection with . his - Invitation to
scientists to investigate such
markings found ig Jhla region,
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PEN BARBERS GET. BUSY,
CONVICT'S HAIR DOOMED
STRIPED UNIFORMS OUTLINED
FOR INCORRIGD3LES
Marion County Grand Jury to Fix
Blame for Recent Prison
Escape
All Incorrigible convicts at the
state penitentiary will immediate
ly visit the barber shop and have
their hair clipped, then don strip
ed uniforms, in keeping with de
cisions of Warden Lillie and Gov
ernor Pierce, in conference last
night. The new order will include
approximately 130 of the prison
inmates.
Investigation by the Marlon
county grand jury of the circum
stances connected with the escape
of four convicts from the Oregon
state penitentiary here last Friday
got under way yesterday. The
investigation was requested by
Warden Lillie and other prison
officials. Among the witnesses
who
jury
testified before the grand
jwere W. W. Cason, R. F.
Ochs and W. B. Cyrus who were
employed as wall guards at the
time of the break. ' All three jot
these guards were discharged for
inefficiency.
District Attorney Carson said
that a large number of prison em
ployes and convicts had been sub
poenaed to appear before the
grand jury and that the probe
probably would not be completed
before late in the week.
The grand jury will attempt to
fix the responsibility for the
break. The four convicts scaled
the wall of the institution unseen
by any of the prison officials or
guards. They were captured near
McMinnville.
LOST SUB IS RECLAIMED
S-51 TAKEN FROM SEA GRAVE
AFTER LONG STRUGGLE
NE YORK, July 7. The navy's
long battle to reclaim its dead
from the sea ended today. Torn
bull of the submarine S-51 coffin
of more than a score of her crew.
rested in dry dock in the Brook
lyn navy yard. Nin months of
heart breaking effort to raise her
froA her grave beneath the trou
bled waters off Block Island. R. I.,
where she foundered when the
steel prow of the steamer City of
Rome cut her open were ovr.
The slow funeral voyage from
the stormy New England coast.
which at one point came near an
other despairing delay, was fin
ished at 11:10 p. m. Five miles
from the haven at which . the
families of the ill-fated crew
awaited their dead this morning,
the hulk, in tow of a convoy! of
tugs and salvage vessels, went
aground and the waters of the
East river closed over her.
The weary crews of the vessels
which had brought the submarine
from Brock Island, once more
took up the grim battle with Davy
Jones and aided by high tide
achieved final victory late tonight
when the submarine was warped
into dry dock. I
TWO FARMERS KILLED
BOTH MEET DEATH IN ACCI
DENTS WHILE HAYING
ALBANY, Ore., July 7. (By
Associated Press.) John Custer,
68, a resident of the Lebanon dis
trict for mere than 40 years and
of Oregon tor 62 years, was
killed instantly today when he
fell from a load of hay at his farm
five miles northeast of Lebanon,
on the La comb road. : No one saw
Custer fall, but it is believed he
was .jolted from the wagon with
which he was hauling hay from
the field to the barn. His head
is throught to have struck a
stump. He is survived by his
widow, daughter and two grand
children. 0 i
OREGON CITY. Ore.. July 7.--(By
Associated Press.) Fred
Daugherty was killed yesterday
afternoon at his farm, four miles
southeast of Molalla when the
binding pole of a load of hay
broke and the sharp end thrust
Itself into his body as he fell to
the ground. He lived for several
hours after the accident.
TRAFFIC MOVING FASTER
NEW YORK, July 7 -(By
Aa-
sociated Press). Further
im
provement in traffic! conditions
were noted by the city authorities
today, as the second day off the
subway strike ended. Better ac
quaintance of the public with
emergency routes and increased
service on the unaffected subway
and elevated lines were cited at
major contributing factors.
OOOLIDGE ON VACATION
PAUL SMITHS. T. Y., July! 7
(By Associated Press). -cares 'of
official wlife rerei cast aside
President Coolidge today as in the
seclusion ofY the .forest of 'the
Adirondack he settled into a va
cation arranged so as to give him
rest and strength for . the year
ahead a head p Joe cation,
RANSOM STORY
QUERY OPENED
Federal Authorities Take
Hand in McPherson Kid
napping Investigation
LETTER IS SAID ALTERED
Alleged Tampering With Ransom
Note Gets Rise From Federal
Officials; Interest Run
ning High
LOS ANGELES, July 7 (By.
Associated Press)- An atmor
sphere ot tense expectancy per
vaded the entire community to
night as city, county and federal
officers threw their combined
weight behind the efforts to solve
the. mystery surrounding the ac
counting given by Almee Bemple
McPherson for her "five weeks ab-
sence from her Angelus temple -pulpit
here.
Bolstered up by the action of
the United States attorney's office
in placing the case before the fed
eral grand jury, district attorney's
officers were putting forth" re
newed efforts to confirm or dls-
that she was kidnaped from one
of southern California's most pop
ular beaches In broad' daylight,
spirited away to the, desert wastes
of Mexico, tortured; threatened
with mutilation and held for halt
a million dollars ransom.
If her story ot abduction is sub
stantiated, officials declare no ef
fort will be spared to run down
ber kidnapers, j from whom the
famous four square gospel expon
ent declared she escaped after she
had cut the thongs which held her
wrists, climbed out of a window
fn'a shack and made her way by "
foot for nearly 20 miles through
virtually uncharted stretches ' ' of,
cactus and mesquite to the Mexi
can border town of Agua Prieta,
there to unfold her tale after hav
ing been mourned as dead by
thousands of her followers.;
Federal Interest in the case was
believed to hinge about the al
leged tampering with a letter re
ceived by Mrs. Minnie Kennedy
mother of the evangelist, suppos
edly from the kidnapers, demand
ing the sum of half a million dol
lars, tor Mrs. McPherson' safe
return. The United States at
torney's office declined to divulge
the nature ot Us information but
Assistant Attorney O'Hanneslan
declared two important leads had
been unearthed in a quiet investi
gation conducted over a three
weeks period. .
The ransom letter; post 'Office
records showed was delivered to
Angelus temple 'prior to memorial ,
services held there for the 'evan-
erallat. ltinna whfrh t.MMMAmhlii
sum of money is said to have been f
raised and pledged with which to
complete a pioie ecnooi project)
launched by Mrs. McPherson.
Mrs. Kennedy when she deliver-. "
(CoBtianad oa psga 4.)
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Todays
Reasons
Fori
Driving
Carefully
A car driven by James Ferguson
of Salem was struck by one driven
by E. D. Owens ' at Aurora yester
day, according to a report Fergu
son turned in to the' Salem police.
Ferguson wa driving: south on
the highway in a string of cars, he ,
states, when Owens came out from
a side road and struck his car. The
front Whftnl Vnnrka ntT
Owens car. the report states, and
a fender and hub cap were bent
on. Ferguson's machine.
Av car driven by W. W. Powell
was struck; by one driven by a man
named Swartbz, according to it
report Powell made to police here
yesterday.. The accident occurred '
An 1 Ctli nVA
were no injuries, the report stat- .
ed.
A Ford touring car was stolen
from the corner ot Liberty and
Ferry streets Tuesday night be
tween ,7:30 and 8 30, according .
to a report turned in. to Salem po
lice headquarter. Lloyd A. Lee
of Route 6, Salem, is the owner. .. .
.A smashed headlight and radia- .
car driven by James Campbell of .
Oalvfi 4 mwi MlfAH( vrt tvi m ai-
cial street v between Court , and
State yesterday,1 according to a re- .
port be turned in to Salem police.
R. lu McCready, driver of the
other car,' was stopped on Com-
ffeaUav4 9 far t.)
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