1 1 ! 5 . - ' -WEATHER FORECAST: Generally fair: slowly .rising, temperature, in ,t be Interior; gentle wept and; northwest win. ' .Maximum .Friday. 67;' minimum,, 4s; .r.iyr, r2,2 rls- Jng;.ralnfali.,62atinospherei partly, cloudy;. 'wind, southeast, .,ft!F . . t The graduate Is discovering that in the matter, of getting; a job, a Bheepskin Isn't ' as 'important "aa sole leather. Stamford Advocate, c v i .. . S2VEN1X-SIXTII ,YEAR l SALEM,! OREGON; SATURDAY JM0RNING, SEPTEMBER 18, 192G PRICE FIVE CENTS Weird Story Told by Lone I1IDP! COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT Held For Slaying DRAWS NAMES FOR JURY of Liquor Ship PANEL OP 31 TAKEN FROM BOX BY" CLERK BOYER Mystery Surrounds Whereabouts of Original Crew of Mariori a i u. Douglas "Flying. Dutchman of California's ' Rum Row- Slterif f O. D. Bower Publicly An nounces Those Selected for-October hue o k OT ilfl WARY URGES ' FARM AID BILL SurviYbr - - - t " ' - ' i "- " DEFIES STHEAW1 SKULL INJURED T Illinois River Rises to Within ' Four ' Inches of Top, 7000 Periled HUNDREDS PATROL! BANK Women Drive Trucks leaded With Gravel, While Men La bor . Without ' Rest to Strengthen Dyke BEARDSTOWN. 111., Sept. 17. (AP") A thin line of sand bags stood tonight' between Beards- town's 7000 residents and the ris ing . of the Illinois river. -More than a hundred men, some of whom Wave labored without sleep since Wednesday, worked along the mile long levee, which pro tects the city from the river's waters, staunching . the.:? weak spots in the wall ot sand bags. Women found a share in the battle of the river's churning cur rents. They "drove trucks, filled with Band to the edges of Ihe levee and put the Band in bags with which the dyke is .being bolstered. while other groups. served coffee to the workmen. Three 1 organ ized crews of workers patroled the mile of levee with horse drawn sledges loaded with sand bags which were banked wherever the levee showed, weakness. Tonight the river stood at 22 ; feet, one and three fourths Inches, les sthan - four inches- below. -the -.of the dyke, with Ihe flood's . lowly swelling as the ' San- river emptied into Ihe 'Illi nois, nine miles above the city, the burden of a Wednesday freshet. Only if the weather remains fair withoutfurther rain, prwind will the barrier .holdt back . the flood-waters, according to C. .O. (Drd) Miller, in charge ot the levee workers, ' who has Jaboren 70 hours at his task of guiding the efforts to control the river. GERMANS, FRENCH AGREE - .- ? ' BBIAXD AND STRESE3IAN RE CONCILE VIEWPOIJf TS GENEVA, Sept. 1 7. ( AP) . An official communique 'issued, by the French delegation following lengthy - conversations " between Foreign Ministers Briand of France and fitresemaa of Germany today c says they - examined all problems noexisting In Franco- German relations and reconciled their viewpoints regarding the solution.. . :r The foreign ministers agreed to refer their conclusions , to their respective governments and If; inese are approved they will "con tinue their collaboration later to achieve the desired results." PYTHIANS MEET TODAY MEMBERS. FROM TWO STATES MEET ?AT VANCOUVER VANCOUVER, Wash.. Sept. 17. (AP). Members of the grand lodges of Knights ot Pythias and of the grand temples of Pythian Sisters in Oregon and Washington will be united in the dedication of the childrenVunlt at the Pythian , home here tojnorrow. - .. The program and formal dedi cation will berheld this Afternoon at 2:30 o'clock. Jay Upton pf Bead will be principal speaker for the occasion. . ' ... . SNOW FALLS NEAR BEND REVERAii Inches reported AT M'KKNZIE PASS BEND, Or., Sept. 17. (AP.) Sno- had . fallen to . a depth , of i 7w ' than, 12 inches at Sparks' . .Jalong.the Century drive, this lved by the forestry officials. A ioret service road crew near j Dutchman's Flat, on the Century ririve, was called in today as pros jwcts for more work this fall had dwindled. . , FLIGHT POSTPOXED NEW YORK, Sept .17. (AP) Storms In be. S-35's pathway . to Paris again have postponed the Aop-off of .the giant Sikorsky Plane. Captain Rene Fonck; In command Of the - proposed non stop New York to Paris, flight, this afternoon said there1 was no J?. of Btartisf tomprrqw.'. . US SAN DIEGO, Cal., Sept. story and with a sole survivor aboard' the Canadian liquor schooner Marion G. Douglas, California's rum row, came motorship isersren, which had ;i Al Jewel, survivor, declared Diego and placed -aboard the rum schooner as a caretaker off; San Martins Island on the lower California coast. He found only one man aboard, he said, HELP! HELP! LONDON, ri- Prof. . 3J. Low. so the atorjr goes, has invented new elabor ation of the alarm clock idea which, should it. spread, need to be called to the attention of friend of humanity eTerywhere. The invention it an alarm clock which got off at the- set time, ttarts the breakfast tea going nd then, when th tea is ready, palls the bed clothes off the sleeper, thus subtly suggesting that he get up and have breakfast.-: . Unless the in vention provides one farther step, to wit. a ' means by which the clock throws itself out of the window, it' luwt possible it Won't estrh on com mercially, after all. There a alwava one ray of hope, atnywsy. O WOULD WIN IK J. a. NEW i YORK. .The door to fame is about to open for Miss Oisella Xeu. At the age -of 11 ibis girl vio linist, then in Budapest,, first at tracted attention. Following success es Is ter there and in Vienna she went to Havana, ' Cubs, and there csad bee .-.debirt ; with Titt Ruffs. Kpw she is here ready for. a series ot recitals which she hopes will win 5iStULA HEW her '. lasting favor vpth Amercan audi ences. , - , ' eQe oBLianro POUGHKEEPSIE. K. Y. A thief has stolen, from lorsl steel company. a jack capable of raising 15 tons. De tectives are trying" to figure out just what sort of thief would have use for jack of this sort. Perhaps be plans to use it-to get a raise out of bis em-, ployer.' ' Or maybe, be contemplates giving "hikers" exactly what they ask for when they aslc for a int. CIGARETTE IV WINNER BOAT J LAKES 55 MILES AN HOUR ON POTOMAC WASHINGTON, Sept 17. (By AP.). Skimming the water, at a speed of 54.77 miles H an .hour. Cigarette IV; owned and pilotci by L Gordon Hammersley ofth'i Columbia Yacht club,-New York cityt easily (won the first heat for the $5,000 gold cup in. the. first national regatta held today on the Potomac , , .... Leaping ahead at the start of ihe,. race .like a greyhound, the Duralumin speed boat, -the first, of her kind! gradually Increased, her advantage as she sped five times around the three mile course and won outby nearly a vmfle vver Miss Syndicate, which placed, sec ond... i : Cigarette IV's time was 16 mln- u te-t, 25 seconds. . ' EA RLY ENTRANCE ; ASKED CHILDREN 3IUSTHAVE PASSED ; SIXTH BIRTHDAY - All children expecting to enter the: first grade in the local schools this fall must have passed their sixth birthday by Oct 15, accord ing, to an announcement made by George W. Hug, city school super intendent, ,; yesterday .afternoon. First' grade , children will; not be allowed to enter efter Oct 1, he said, but roust wait until. February It1 they are , not -entered by Jhat time. t , Boundaries of all. grade school districts will remain -the same as they ' were last year, according- td the. annoy ncemenW;. .,.f-'- f -w, - t . jaFT7 17-('AP) Brimrino; a weird flying Dutchman of Southern into port today in tow of tha salvaged the Douglas. he was shanghaied from Sari and declared he could shed nq .flight on the fa.te of the rum run-4 ner s original crew or wnat De came of the ship's cargo of whis key. His stery only added to the mystery surrounding j the "ghost; ship." Jewel was arrested by! officers of the United States coast; guard cutter No. 253 when the Douglas .reached quarantine, bul was released later. "The t only man aboard was a sailox whom I. called Snow," said) Jewel, in re fating his experiences "He evidently v was a narcotic fiend and crazy as a loon. There were times when I did not see him for two days. He disappeared when the' Marion Douglas arrived at Turtle Bay after being picked up , by the Bergen. I did not speak 20 words with the man and therefore could learn nothing about what happened to the ori ginal crew. They may have been murdered, but I believe they sold the cargo of liquor and departed with the money, leaving the ship to its fate. j . "I remained aboard eight day before the Bergen took us in tow I searched every nook and craney ot the vessel but could not find a pingle paper of any description. The schooner was stripped clean except for the sails." Officers of the coast guard cut ter No. 253 say that the Marion Douglas was loaded with approxir mately 20,000 cases of whiskey when her .crew of nine men either were hijacked or sold the liquor and departed with, the funds de rived from the sale. WEEK'S TOLL, ONE DEAD 042 ACCIDENTS IN INDUSTRY SHOWN ON REPORT There was! one fatality in Ore gon due to industrial accidents during, the week ending Septem ber 16, according to a report pre pared here yesterday by the state industrial accident . commission. The victim was Charles Coleman, sawmill operator, of. Brighton. Of the total of 942 accidents re ported, 791 were subjects to the provisions of the workmen's com pensation law, 135 -were from firms and corporations that have rejected the act and 16 were from public utilities not subject to state protection. st : . . . . . Posts $2,500 Bond After denying Charges, Hear- ing on September 27 : AIM EE ILL, SAY POLICE Keyes -Asks Officers Over Entire Country, to Hunt for Orm- . 1st on; Immunity Of fer Is False LOS ANGELES, Sept. 17. -(AP). A major crisis in the strange .disappearance case - Of Aimee Semple Mcpherson, most picturesque evangelist of the west, took place today when her moth er and co-worker, ajrs. Minnie Kennedy was formally arrested on a charge of criminal conspiracy and released on $2,500 ball after being in custody of the district attorney for 40 minutes. Formal arrest of Aimee Semple McPherson was deferred owing to her physical condition and proba bly will not formally .take place. due to developments late today when the muncipal court agreed to fix her bail at 12, 500 upon agreement, of her attorney, W. I Gilbert, that she be brought into (Continued on page 2.) MARION COUNTY'S SHARE OF LAND GRANT FIGURED ASSESSOR WILL SEND STATE MENT TO WASHINGTON Senator McNary to Aid Federal Board in Making Distribu- to 18 Oregon Counties . A Marion county will receive ap proximately $119,000 under the terms of the Hawley-Sinnott bill which provides for the return to 18 Oregon counties of federal funds equal to the amount that would have been realized by the counties from taxes had not the Oregon & California Railroad grant lands reverted- to the gov ernment : A statement of Marion county's share of the fund was completed by the assessor yesterday prepara tory to being sent to Washington. It will not be necessary for Mac- ion county to send a special repre- (Continued ' on page 7.) MY DOLLAR? Yesterday the names of 31 ven iermen for the October term of the Marion .county circuit court were publicly drawn from the Jury panel by u. G. Boyer, county clerk and were announced by O. D. Bow er, sheriff, in the county court house. Ballots containing the follow - iu& uauics w ci r uiiiwu iruui I UK jury box: James Murphy, St Paul, farmer; Lida L. Walker, West Stayton, housewife; Homer N. Beck, West Hubbard, merch ant; Helen F. Sadler, Aurora, housewife; Cecil R. Sischo, Elk- horn, farmer; Joseph ' Rubens, West Gervais, farmer; George O. Savage, Fairgrounds, retired; Peter L. Hershberger, East Hub bard, merchant; T. J. Cronise, Sa lem, photographer; Lloyd A: Lee, Englewood, farmer; Anna Matten, East Salem, housewife: H. W, Smith, Turner, retired; W. T. Col- lard, Waconda, farmer; George W. Atwood, Aurora, farmer; Wil liam Zosel, Liberty, farmer; John II. Friend, West Hubbard, farmer; W. D. Smith, Salem, real estate; Henry Stauffer, Donald, retired; A. B. Kelsay, Salem, merchant; J. B. Putnam, Salem, . laborer; Asenath P. Swafford, Salem, housewife; Isaiah Beecroft, Salem, laborer; Allan Bellinger, "Scotts Mills, farmer; H. B. Carson, East Silverton, druggist; G. F. Benson, North' Silverton, farmer; William South, Rlverview, farmer; E. F. Looney, Jefferson, farmer; Del bert B. Hill, Mill City, banker; L. II. Lickel, Englewood, farmer; Joe DuBois, West Woodburn; la borer, 'and Mattie L. Ellis, Salem, liousewie. STORM SWEEPS BAHAMAS ENORMOUS PROPERTY DAM AGE CAUSED ON ISLAND TURK'S ISLAND, Bahamas, Sept. 17. (AP) Enormous dam- tropical storm of. hurricane force which passed over Turk's Island yesterday. There were no fatali ties. Nearly all the lighters in port were lost. EDUCATE BARBERS, PLEA MUCH LEARNING ASKED OF WASHINGTON CLIPPERS SEATTLE, Wash., Sept 17- A law compelling .barbers to have a knowledge of hcemistry,. bacter iology of hair, skin, nails, muscles and nerves, and diseases of the skn will be asked of' the Wash ington state legislature, C. A. Belmont announced here tonight. Will Prod Senate to Act Dur- ing Short Session if Groups Unite h$J TO RE GOP TEST Measure AVill Have to Compete for Attention, He Declares, by Pointing to Crucial Western Votes CHICAGO, Sept. 17. (AP.) The United States senate will be urged , again at the coming short session to enact farm relief legis lation on the McNary plan, Sena tor Charles L. McNary, republi can., Oregon, declared here today. but such a measure will have to compete for the senate's attention with several other important items which already crowd the calendar. McNary arrived today at west ern headquarters of the republi-j can senate campaign committee, of which he is a member. He di vulged plans to reintroduce .the McNary bill rejected by two pre vious, congresses, with some sim plifications, and refinemcn IS. i "It is uncertain, however," be said, "whether action can be had at the short session. If not, we hope the farm groups can all get together and Rndyn measure the farmers. can support unitedly before-the long. session convenes a year from December.". Mr MfNflrv pynrncanl lia Jief that republican control of the senate after Nove'mber may hinge upon results in . several Pacific coast and. Rocky Mountain states, where stiff contests are develop ing. LHArMAN TO TALK TAX EDITOR OF OREGON VOTER IS : CHAMBER SPEAKER C. C. Chapman of Portland, ed itor of the Oregon voter, will dis cuss the income tax at the cham ber of commerce luncheon Mon day noon. He will attack the ques tion from several angles, telling reasons for the difference of opin ion that exists as to whether Ore gon should have such a tax. .Mr. Chapman is a recognized authority on taxation statistics, having initiated the bill for repeal b fthe 1923 state income tax law He grew up in newspaper life in Chicago, serving as a political re porter, and came to Oregon in 1904, entering the advertising business. ', He served as secretary of the Portland chamber of commerce for .five years and founded the Oregon Voter in 1915. He origin ated the plan of financing state highways through revenue from. motor vehicles, a plan now adopt-f ed by most states. . Mr. Chapman is not a candidate' for rkfflf' , k T ORCHARDISTS FIND SNOW MT. DEFIANCE IS COVERED FIFTH TIME IN 40 YEARS HOOD RIVER, Sept 17 (AP) ! Orchardists arose today to find Mount Defiance, highest foothill eminence to the west of the val ley, covered with snow. The top of Lookout mountain, just east of Mount Hood, was also white. Old timers say snow has fallen tnls early on. Defiance pnly five times in the past 40 years. , ... CAN SMOKE IN FORESTS ; ', - - a ALL; RESTRICTIONS REMOVED i WEST op; CASCADES PORTLAND,, Sept. 17. (AP)i Smoking: and camp, fire permit restrictions have, ben removed In ail national 5 forests west of the Cascades, the forest service an nounced today. Rains have made the fire hazards low. The air plane forest fire patrol was dis continued Wednesday, COOLIDGE PACKS SUITCASE PAUL SMITH'S,' .- N. Y., Sept 17. ( AP) " Refreshed : and , In vigorated by ten and a half weeks of outdoor 4life In the . northern Adirondacks,., President Coolidge concluded, his summer vacation at White Pine camp tonight and pre pared to leave with Mrs. Coolidge early tomdrrowl by -' special train fPX Washington. ; ... ' . ;:".::-. ..... ' j:.--3-::- . -.: . .ff:..: . ... v"' --: ' $ - ? . . r - - . , s s -y " , X ' S -V . ? .:r ..: x.- f f -v I - I I , y v.. 4 h 1? W J4ALL SOMERVILLE, N. J., Sept 17. (AP). The four defendants indicted for the murder, four years ago, of the Rev. Edward Wheeler Hail and his choir sing er, Mrs. Eleanor Mills, pleaded "notguilty" late today in court The bail of Mrs.-Frances Stev ens Hall, widow, who has been at liberty in $15,000 bail, was or dered Increased to $40,000 .and she was released when that ; was furnished. Henry and .Willie Stevens, , her brothers, and Henry De La B. Carpender, her cousin, were re manded to -jail without bail. CARELESSNESS LEADING IN AUGUST CRASH LIST KOI B PERSONS DIE, 331 IN JURED IN ACCIDENTS' 1 1iirfy.Eight Men Patrol Prarti rally Every Oregon Bond, Says Traffic Cliief Four .persons Wre killed and 331 persons werb injured in 2395 traffic accidents in the state of Oregon during the month of August, according to a report Dre- paf ed here yesterdayby T. A. Raf- fety, chief inspector; for the state motor vehicle department Of the total number of accidents reported, 1881 were in the city of Portland. There was one death resulting from motor vehicle ac cidents in Portland, while 214 per tons, were injured. A. total of 1181 of the accidents were due to carelessness on the part of drivers, 35S accidents were caused by drivers failing to give right-of-way, and 227 accidents were due to neglect on the part of drivers to give proper" signals Fifty accidents resulted from cars being on the wrong side of the street. Inadequate brakes were responsible for 27 accidents, while 16 accidents were due to skidding, There were a total of 329 ar rests during the month due to the activities oc traffic officers em ployed by the state. Seventy-three of the cases are still pending In (Continued oa paga s2.) HAIL SERVICE PROMISED LETTER SAYS MONMOUTH TO : .tlAVJri laiUUJSK.. Congressman Willis C. Hawley has .received a letter from the first assistant postmaster general at Washington, telling him that an order has been issued .for es tablishment of village delivery service ."at Monmouth..- Tlrere will be one regular carrier, , who .will begin , his duties October, 16. The letter, was dated .Sept' 8. V I : :-' HAY QUARANTINE SOUGHT kna msw .At .v. TWO OREGON, COUNTIES AF JFECTED BY MONTANA PLAN HELENA, Mont, Sept 17. (AP.)-fHay from only two coun ties in.Oregon---Malheur and Ba- ker---was considered, in connec tion with a quarantine ofhay from certain counties.- inT Oregon, Idaho, California, f Wyoming, , Colorado and Nevada! 't6 prevent coming into this - state alfalfa weevil, it was said . today. ' Governor Erick- son; was . considering the : quaran tine at the. request of (he state de partment of agriculture. PLAN& : HIT M HAWAII TWO AVIATORS UNINJURED IN . CRASH. 4,000, FEET UP . HONOLULU, Sept 17. (AP.) -Two- United.: States . army air planes, collided"- today , 4..000 ..feet above Lake field without injury to the aviators. ' . , . . - v - - Lieutenant Charles . C. Williams leaped from his machine and drift ed to earth In a parachute. The airplane crashed, -. , Although his plane. was badly damaged, Lieutenant . Harry . C. Wlseheart landed with It - Marshall Peters, 9, Rushed To Hospital, Expected to Recover PORTLAND DRIVER FREED Eye-Witness Confirms Story That CarVas Moving SJouly ; ' ; When Y'outh Was Hit Crossing Street . - Marshall Peters, 9, son of Mr. and Mrs. R. F. Peters, 1191 North Capitol street, suffered a fractured skull and minor bruises yesterday afternoon when struck ' by a car driven by C. A. Sharp of Portland as he was crossing Capitol street with a companion. He was -picked np by Sharp and taken to a" local hospital, "where It was reported last night that he would probably recover. According to the report - made by Sharp at police headquarters he was going -north on Capitol street at about 15 miles an hour, as the two boys were crossing the street. The Peters boy suddenly without looking, stepped in front of bis car, and he could notCaVold striking the lad. ' ' ' Sharp' said that he stopped the ca,r inlO feet, picked the boy. up, . and -took hi mto the . hospital im mediately. ! ','. His story was substantiated by an eye wellness, who said that Sharp was driving ver slowly and that the boy .dashed 'in .front; of his car without looking1 ' Marshall is the son Of R. . F. Peters, 1191. North" .Capitol. Mr. Peters would not comment on th occurrence, further than to staU JJbat the boy. was" badly. Injured and he was unable to tell whetbet be would recover or not; ." . YAKIMA. Wash.. Sept 17. (AP) When his bicycle skidded on a pavement made slippery by a sudden flurry of rain, Melvin R. Cook, aged 15,, was killed this afternoon. The lad was hurled to the pavement directly in front of an automobile, which passed over his neck. He died while be ing taken to atphysiclan. PORTLAND, Ore.. Sept 17- (AP) Mr. and Mrs. Harry Sor vlk of Ceour d' Alene, Idaho, their two daughters, 6 and 8 years bid.' and Mr. Sorvik's sister7 Miss Inga Sorvik olj Seattle, were injured today, two of them seriously when . the automobile in which they were . riding was crowded off the high way three miles below Linn ton, and rolled down a 75 foot bantf. , Sorvik , suffered serious- , back injuries and the oldest .daughter, Orris, sustained severe head bruis es. The others escaped with. een- eral body bruises and cuts. " j 1 The automobile, a large sedan, tamed over twice on its roll down the bank. The top was demolished by the firBt turn over and the oc- , cupants were catapaulted from the car when it righted itself. ' Ropes were used by passing motorists to bring the injured per sons back-to the" highway. ,.; The Sorvlks were on' their way to Sea side.1 ' - ; ' SCREEN, ACTORS MARRY Vr-,. ;- , , ;, ........ . LEW CODY AND MABEL NOR- . BLIND W ED AT HOLLYWOOD .HOLLYWOOD, Sept 17. Lew Cody, popular motion picture act or, surprised the film colony here this morning by returning from a midnight ride to ... Ventura with Mabel -Normand, screen actress, as his bride. "! - - The affair developed with all the suddenness ot a feature movie,, his friends were. informed. . Last night, according to his secretary, he dined with Miss Normand, and proposed after-dinner, was accept-' ed; and the couple left immediately for Ventura, some 80 miles north of here.. .-' - RICKENBACKER -RESIGNS ACE QUITS fS PRESIDENT OP " . MOTOR CAR COMPANY, DETROIT, Sept 17. (AP.) - Capt . E. y,' Rickenbacker, -vice president of the Rickenbacker Mo tor company, announced "his resig nation .' today.' ' The former - war jce indicated his resignation would not affect, his holdings in the auto mobile firm or binder re-organ iza- lon nlansinow In prosress. lie will devote hia time to aTiatlon Jateresta.: ' . '4 if