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Ax' C apita CITY EDITION THE WEATHER ' OREGON: UoietUed, probably rain In the north end weit portlone tonight end Sundej. Strong eouth and wind. Local: Max. 51; mln. 44; rlrer, 12.5; rain .18; atmoa., cloud jr; wind, eouth. Dill? tTrif set pild circulation (or month Ddlnc December SI, ltlt 6366 Average dally distribution 6,761. Member Audit Bureau of Circulations. FORTY-SEVENTH YEAR No. 3 SALEM, OREGON, SATURDAY, JANUARY 3, 1925 PRICE THREE CENTS s0tna"8ainAvae Vknt'I ft I JRlf KILLED WIFE WITH HATCHET ID HAH Wealthy Omaha Man Is Held For Brutal Mur der of Spouse Woman Found In Basement. Omaha, Neb., Jan. 3. (By Associated Press) A coroner's Jury investigating the death of Mra. Mae llabne, whose badly gashed body was found at the foot of the stairway In the base ment of her home yesterday af ternoon, this noon recommended that her husband. John W. Hahne Omaha contractor and real estate man, be held on a charge of first degree murder. "We find that Mae Hahne came to her death by wounds in flicted by her husband, John W. Hahne and recommend that he be turned over to the district court on a first degree murder," the coroner's report stated. Hahne was immediately arrested. Hatchet Used Mrs. Habne's badly gashed body was found lying in a heap at the bottom of the stairway in the basement of the Hahne home yesterday afternoon. Hahne de clares that he knew nothing of the affair until he arrived home with a plumber yesterday. A hatchet and a hammer, each with strands ot hair and email clots of blood clinging to it, were found hanging over Hahne'e work bench In the basement, detectives declare. A suit of work clothes. with blood on the suspenders, was also found, according to the police report this morning. Twelve deep gashec. several of them three and four inches long, bad been inflicted on the wo man's head, while knuckles on her band had been broken and cut In an attempt at defense, ac cording to the police theory. Diamonds Missing That robbery might have been a motive for the deed is being in vestigated by police, who point to the fact that two diamond rings valued at J 1000 each are miss tng. However, two valuable dia mond earrings had been left un touched. According to Hahne and plumber Thomas Bronder, the two came to the house yesterday afternoon. When they came to the basement door they came upon the body, huddled in a heap at the bottom of the floor. A doctor was called and he in turn called police. Mrs. Hahne was formerly May Schaeffer of Colorado Springs, Colo., and was Hahne'e second wife. She i atd to have been highly educated, receiving de grees from the University of Wis consin, and was graduated from the Methodist Theological Semin ary at Chicago. She is survived by her husband, a brother, Edward Schaeffer of Tulsa, Okla., and her two sisters, Mrs. Herman Roth coff and Mrs. Charles Lecroix both of Denver. IT Ovid C. Kumler, who started Torce proceedings against Pearl Kumler. charging her with a ser ies of offenses aaginst their do mestic felicity. Is now faced with court order signed by Judge JIc Mahan to pay out $312.70 on or before January S, and 130 a month In addition during the divorce proceedings. The court requires Kumler to pay his defendant wife 1150 for a crney'a fees, $132.70 for wit nesses and alvo the $30 a month pending the hearing of the euit. Kumler's charges were various in volving hie wife In escapades with other men. all of which she denies and comes back with some char?- agalnet him. Tho case promises to be an Interesting one If it flnil ly comes up for hearing. Mavor Assassinated Havana, Cuba, Jan. S. The mayor ot Guantanamo, Manuel Salas, has been assassinated, ac cording to a dispatch to Kl Muul from that city. No details were given. Guantanamo is near the American naval base on Guanu namo bay. INCH DEBT OFFER PROVES UNOFFICIAL Washington At Sea In Flood of Contradictory Reports Nothing Offi cial From Paris. Washington, Jan. 3. (Dy As sociated Press.) Manifestly puz zled by the flood of contradictory reports which have emanated from Paris during the last 24 houra. administration orriciala concerned in the war debt discussions with France determined today to form no opinion regarding latest devel opments in the French capital un til they had received a full official report from Ambassador Herrick From a condensed message sent previously by the ambassador anil considered at yesterday'a cabinet meeting, officials here understood that Mr. Herrick bad received a note from French Finance Minis ter Clementel outlining a French proposal for debt settlement. The ambassador's message did not give uetaiis ot tne plan, however, and lie was asked for rurther informa tion. Today's press dispatches from i-aris indicating that M. Clementel had presented to the embassy only an unomcial memorandum ' in stead of a "formal note," some what dampened the optimism with watch first reports of the develop ments were received. The chasm between these two classes of docu ments In diplomatic usage Is so wide that officials decided neither to discuss the situation nor to form any opinion of their own un til they had all the facts before tnem. Paris, Jan. 3. (By Associated Press.) Pressed from all sides fcr further Information as to the step taken br Finance Minister Pbm. entel to open up informal ex- ciianges ot views on the funding of the French debt, American Am bassador Herrick today said that he had not yet forwarded to Wash ington the memorandum which the minister of finance had hand ed him. He said he had been en gaged In the most Informal and personal discussions with various officials of the government con cerning tbe contents of the mem orandum. The document wnlch M. Clem entel handed the ambassador was entitled "an unofficial memoran dum concerning French public opinion on the payment of France's debt to the United States.'- Ambassador Herrick Bald h; could make no statement regar.! ing the memorandum further thai, that It contained an official sug gestion regarding the manner ii payment of the French debt. NINE BURNED TO DEATH IN MONTREAL BLAZE Montreal, Jan. 3. Nine pr jons, eight of them small children lost their lives early today when fire swept through three dwellings fn two different nertlnna rf tho city. In each case, the flame spread so rapidly that the victim were trapped in their beds or were overcome as they attempted tu flee. 1924 Year of Progress Without Parallel for Salem Public Schools The year 1924 for the Salem public achool system was one of signal accomplishment that la al most without parallel In the achievements of any ether single year it la shown by an examina tion of the records of City Super intendent of Schools George W. Hug. Outstanding In the progress of the year was the erection of the new Parrlsh Junior High school, the opening ot the Grant building aa a grade school, eilcnsfve men tal testa made through the system, deTelopment of the school health program, and the purchaae ot property adjoining the Parrlsh nr. unda as the site ot a future building. Chief among tbe accomplish ; erce Denies - Vuthorizing Raid z Made in Eugene l reply to an Inquiry today t ernor Pierce said that he gave Instructions and did not ou- thoi'ze a raid on the Lee Travis home at Eugene on New Year's eve. The governor said he was called on the telephone late at night by persons who asked his advice about making the raid and that he told them, In effect, to use their own judgment. The governo. said he did not know who called him, but knew definitely that it was not members of the state prohibition depart ment. The raid is said to have teen made without a Bearch warrant. No liquor was found, according to information reaching here. TARIFF WAR IS HELD PROBABLE Berlin, Jan. 3 (By Associated Press) A tariff war between France and Germany Is viewed as an early eventuality in conse quence of the deadlock In the ne gotiations between French and German delegations, which have been going on in Paris for more than a month. As there appears to be no pros pect of a formal agreement before January 10, when the customs and other conditions imposed on Ger many by the peace treaty autO' ma tl cully expire, the French dele gates have proposed a preliminary pact. To this the Germans are said to have agreed, provided such traditional treaty shall not be bas ed on the existing trade restric tions, as they suspect that the French steel and textile Interests would devote an additional period of customs immunity to a whole sale unloading of products in the occupied areas. The German-Belgian negotia tlons have also reached an impasse owing. It Is said, to a demand on the part of the Belgian Industrial and manufacturing Interests that certain German products rhould be subjected to a differential tariff Official quarters deny that the German delegates are deliberately delaying the negotiations In order to provoke a tariff war in reprisal for the entente's failure to evacu ate the Cologne area by the stipu lated data of January 1. FAILS TO REPLY The alienation proceedings of Alice Eozell against Cella Boll man former private secretary to Gov ernor Pierce, flashed into the limelight in circuit court for a few minutes yesterday when It develop ed that the defense has filed no answer to the last complaint In the cause. The defendants were given 10 days In which to answer to the last complaint. This complaint contains sensational allegations charging that tho plaintiff's hus band and the defendant were reg istered at different limes at a ho tel In Washington. ments Is the opening of tbe Par rlsh Junior high school which was erected at a cost of 240,000 and which now houses 871 pupils. The building Is one of the finest equipped In the state and gave the city Its most modern school build ing. Development of the achool health program has produced noteworthy results chiefly aa the result of corrective training of school children and constant health supervision. During the year tne board established the custom of furnishing iodine tab lets free ot cost to the pupils aa a preventative of goiter. At the present time about 1500 atudenta (Continued on fair Nine) I LAKE Officials of Lower Klam ath Lake District Pro test Withdrawal of Lake Bed As Bird Preserve. Governor Pierce has received a letter from officials of the Klam ath drainage district asking his support in their protest against the government's proposal to re flood the marsh lauds that former ly comprised lo. cr Klamath lake, the government's Idea being m make the lake a bird preserve. The government proposes a hear ing on the question. The Bottlers want the land to remain open for settlement. The American Legion is vitally inter ested since It has been Droposad to give ex-service men preference in tne settlement. The tract comprises about 60. 000 acres, lying both in Oretca ana California, Formerly Lower Klamath lake was formed by a flow ot water from Klamath river tbrough the Ady straits. In 1905 the legislatures ot Oregon and California ceded the land to tie government for reclamation pur poses, and it Is now charged Unit the government's plan for a bird preserve Is in the nature of a breach of contract. The lake disappeared when a railroad waa hunt across the straits, forming a dam which cut off the flow of water from the river. The government, however. forced the railroad company to put in gates, so that it is possible to re-nood the area. There is a suspicion that power companies are oack ot the government move, since with the straitB open in the :ry season the water from the lake flowed back Into the river and kept the stream in condition tor power development. The land In the lake bed If ciaimeu to be highly productive by Protestants, but too alkali for crops by the government. A few years ago some of the land, because of its peat composi tion, caught fire and was burned out to a considerable depth, though, it is said, the land is no: Injured to any great extent. The district has voted bonds It the sum ot (200,000, ot which $15,000 has been certified by the state and sold. Governor Pierce will aide with the settlers In the controversy. representing the state's intereits as having certified the bonds. New York, Jan. 3. Winter's heaviest snowstorm hae descended on tile Atlantic seaboard. Fore casters prcd'eted that it would etui today and would be followed by riBlnsr temperatures and cloudy weather. Tho storm which started early yetserriay, did not Bpare any sec tion of the eastern states. A 6K mil gi.lc plied 1j foot waves on the beach at Atlantic City and drove shipping dangerously close to shore. Street traffic and wire service In Baltimore and Wash ington were seriously crippled. In New York ten Inchs of snow tell. In spite of the efforts of 7ui) motor plows, six hundred trucks and approximately 13,000 shovel ers the streets were badly clo'-l today. OCEAN GALES DELAY TRANS-ATLANTIC LINERS New York, Jan. 3 Four ocean linera were over-due today and fir pan trnffif VLnn rnnrlorarf a nnrll for craft of all six' by the gales. nnwc and heavy seas. The White Star linr Artr-tatt Is. not expected 'Wore Tur-sday. The "t earner As.svrla I nlrfmlv Ey h late and is expected to make port tonight or tmorrow. The Mount Hay, out of Hamburg. Is two davs late, and the French liner Pan will be about a day late. The Morm caused postpnnrm n f the departure of the U. 8. S. Arkansas and 10 destroyer on their cniliw to southern waters for winter maneuver. WAN DRAINEDFOR MM LAN Legal Problems of Dry Enforcement Solved by Decision For student f the prohibition lawi and their enforcement, peace officers reformers and that por tion of the general public interest ed In the question, as well as ..be state courts, the majority opinion rendered by the state supreme court yesterday in the appeal of b". A. McDaniel irom the findings of tbe circuit court of Benton county Is replete with interpreta tions of the Oregon dry laws and the legal problems which have arisen out of their enforcement. These are aside from the two main points covered In tbe de cision, declaring that the person of a man cannot be searched by of ficers without a search warrant unless the man be under legal ar rest for the commission ot some crime, and defining the difference between an arrest growing out of a search and a search subsequent to an arrest. Relative to the authority of of ficers to search persons suspeced of having In their possession con VIOLATOR ALSO J. F, Ehrenreich, wanted In Stayton for bootlegging, who es caped from the Stiiyttm jail Fri day while Deputy Sheriff Smith of Stayton was in Salem, is alleged to be an old offender and is said to be on bail from Linn county being "'eld to the grand jury under $500 bonds for a fracas eugagel in at Brownsvilh In that coun ty. According to the officers Ehren reich and a womau created a dis turbance at the Brownsville hotel, smashing out window lights and otherwise causing such an noyance he was arrested and bound over. It Is not kndvn whether the woman he was with at Brownsville is the same one who was arrested with him by the Stayton officer, and who later took French leave from a Stayton lodg ing house where she had been placed pending her hearing. Deputy Sheriff Smith declare he will hold the Star car se'2cd when' Ehrenreich was arrested. The car Is virtually new, he states It fa understood only $250 bal been paid on it. Officers believe they will hear no more of Eurm reich In these parts, with the jail breaking episode at Stayton, fne alleged bootleggrng operations near there and the possibility of facing a grand Jury in Linn coun ty ajl facing him, and chnnces of long jail sentences lying in the background of each charge. Thov say he probably will prefer to sac rifice the $250 paid on the Star enr to taking chanres on what might be coining to him If he i turns to claim his automobile. FASCISTI RIOTS ALL OVER ITALY Rome, Jin. 3 My A.sjtuchited Pr ss ) It lot ing between fusclntl and opposition sympathise rs In which several persons have been wounded and several killed Is re ported from various parts of Itnly. Tho .jotincil of ministers early thin woetc issued a communique stating that mont rlxld mcnsur'.w would be adapted to "preserve anil safe ffu'ird the moral and material cel lar of the country." In its campaign agaln.it the dis- sMent f-jroe. the government has already seized it-vcrnl opposition newspapers and private homes throuKhut the country have been 'starched by the authorities. There mriiuim have brought on numer ous eight's between the contend ing el'iiit-nts. CALIFORNIA NOT T0 PLAY NOTRE DAME IIeiky. C.i', .Inn. 3 Th-re will be hi tf.ni.c lietween the t'nl vers ly ul Ciltfoi iila and Notre Hani-) nniwr-dty during the pres ent vitit of the Bouth fiend team to the const, It wns off Irinlly nn nounrcil toflny ny I.uther Nlrhdla. RTa!iijite ni.-itiater of student af f.ilis at Cnjlloniia. traband goods or Instrumentalities of crime the opinion In one piece reads: "An officer may arrest a person for a crime committed in hie pres ence And it he arrest him and has him In his custody he may search him. But if he does not arrest him for Borne crime known to the laws, he cannot search him without a search warrant, al though he may uelieve and, in fact, have probable cause to be lieve that the person hae on his person instrumentalities of crime He cannot decide himself that probable cause exists for tlu search, nor act upon such deci sion. Another question broached in the case upon which the court comments is that ot the restrains placed upon state and local offi cers by tbe provisions ot the con stitution, it having been contend ed that "the constitution is ad- (Continued on Pa.ge Nine) E Mount Vernon, 111., Jan. 3. Judge J. C. Kern today overruled a motion for a new trial for Mrs. lilsie Sweetln and the Kov. Law rence M. Might, deposed pastor, convicted or the poison murder or her huehand, Wllford Sweetln, an I formally passed sentence of life imprisonment on the man and 35 years on the woman. Hight will serve In the southern Illinois penitentiary at Menard and Mrs. Sweetln In the Illinois prison at Ktuleville. The former minister displayed no emotion as sentence was passed. Mrs. Sneetin's eyes filled Willi tears as Judge Kern declared Be was convinced she was equally us guilty as Hight and the Jilrv would have heen fully warrnn'c.1 from the evidence In Imposing a sentence equally as severe. "I changed my mind ahout you during the course of this trial. Mrs. Sweetin," the Judge said. "At first I thought you might hive been led Into this crime by the urging of you co-defendant, but now I am convinced that you have a stronger mind than Hight. "The evldenco shows that your husband died from poison and vou said you gave Mm poison three limes, once In candy, ones In oat meal and once In tomato soup. It talies a lot of cruelty and a lot of nerve to do a thing like that. It took a cruel heart to witness the suffering of tho man who had b-en your husband for 16 yparw and to see him get better and then give him more poison. "Now your husband Is dead an l you must go to prison and lean' your children wl..iout a mother or father." Eeserve Earnines Fall off Washington, Jan. 3. Aggre gate net earnings of the twelve federal reserve banks were only 13,700,000 In the calendar year 1924, a reduction of 9,000,00u from the not earnings for 1923. Mrs. Scott Accuses Husband's Secretary As Cause of Trouble Alpena , Mich., Jan. 3. Mrs. Kdna James Scott, contesting the suit fo- divorce brought by Con gressman Frank I). Scott, took the stand In her own behalf when tin hearing was resumed In circuit court here today. Accused yester day by Mis Jane Kennedy, secre tary to her husband, of having told of numerous ocra.sione on which jibe received the clerk of .t Washington hotel In her roonn late at night -ml of other alleged indiret(ons, Mi. Hcntt declared Miss Kennrdy was not an inti mate friend of hers. "When we went to Washington, I rprely saw her." Mrs. Scott testi fied. "At flret I was kind and in troduced her to people. Then for week I wouldn't mfi hpr.' SELF-EXILED SENATORS TO RET1H0I Rhode Island Solons Who Fled Following: Release Of Chlorine Gas Dur ing Filibuster Returning Rut land. Mas., Jan. 3 Self exiled Khode Island republican senators are going home today, the ox Mo which began after the re lease of bromine gas in the sen ate chamber on June 19, ended when the general assembly ad journed yesterday after a session which began on January 1, 1924. Worn out by the strain of the filibuster conducted by the demo cratic minority In which protract ed sittings were common, the last of 62 hours, and during which disorder several times occurred with threats of personal violence 21 of the 22 republicans left the state. Thoy established themselves here in a hotel and many of their families soon followed and the hotel became almost completely a sub-station of the Rhode Island capltol. Had Own Community Tho "exiles" organized them selves Into a close-knit community. The senators led a life In the open which restored their physical vigor. (Continued on Page Nine) Governor Plerco said today that he probably will announce his de cision Monday relative to the ous ter of Dr. Thomas Ross from the state fish commission. A trans cript of tbe testimony taken at the recent hearing in the case was received by the governor today. and' ne said he would go over it with Attorney General Van Win kle. The governor attempted to re move Ross from the commission. charging him with extravagance and with having bought liquor from a police officer In Astoria After the hearing here the liquor charge was apparently dropped, Ross denying It vehemently and the governor showing Inclination to bcllovo him. The alleged extravagance was mainly tho employment of Carl D. .Shoemaker by the commission as business manager at a salary of 1000 a month. Ross refused to leave the com mission and demanded a hearing, which was gnintcd, and following tho hearing the mutter was taken under advisement by the governor American Envovs Named. Washington. Jan. 3. Ainhaim ilors Frank KcHna at London and Myron T. Herrick at I'arls. wlt.i Colonel James A. Logan, will ivp- rcsent the United Ktatee govern ment at the ailed finance minis ters' meeting, to convene In I'ann next Wedripsdnv. Miss Kennedy once latighingly remarked In her presence. Mrs Scott testified, that Scott had ak cd her to "keep an eye" on Mn. Scott when he was away. "She said," Mrs. Scott declared, "that 'the boss a. -iked mo if hit canary ever stepped out and told me to keep an eye on her when he was away. ' Miss Kennedy In named by Mrs. Scott is her cross bill as the dis turbing element in the Scott home. Mrs. Scott accuses her of being re sponsible for the breaking up of her home 'through malicious talc bearing." The court room again wns crowded today In anticipation or Mrs. Scott's appenrunee on ilu TWO SECRET 0 INDICTMENTS IN THE LIST Grand Jury Reports 10 True Bills, 3 Not True; Makes Report On State Institutions Later. Ten true bille of Indictment and three not true bills were re ported to Judge Percy R. Kelly by the Marion county &iand Jury today. The grand Jury yeeterdav made an Inspection of etate Insti tutions and ie expected to make a report of its findinge later todar. Of the 10 true bills reported two aro eecret. After its investigations the grand jury decided against In dictment and returned not trua bille In the following caeee: Victor Phillips, who was accus ed of the larceny of a dog valued at $300 from H. Stein bock. Harry Jensen, who was accus ed of contributing to the delin quency of a minor. J. H. Wheeler, who was ac cused of larceny of produce from tne premises of Sarah L. Hulen. True bills of indictment wera returned against tbe following: Ida Oakley, assault on Mary Martin, December 9. Accused ot attacking and wounding Mrs. Mnrtfn. William Harper, assault with a dangerous weapon on the pei-eon of Harry Christian October 19. Accused of wounding Christian with a knife. Bert Brown, larceny of mohair and wool from Roy King Aug ust 10. Myron January, forgery. Check paetted on Milter store November 24, signed by Jack Blair. John Chilcott and Don Morri son, burglary not in a dwelling. Charged with taking goods from Shafer harnem shop November 21 warren Welton and Louie Fox, larceny from a dwelling. Accus ed of taking clothing from home of Tare Singh September 19. Thomas E. Brown, two trua bills fo. obtaining property by false pretenses, from the Man's Shop and from the A. A. Cloth ing company November 1. New York, Jan. S (By Asso ciated Press) The United States did fifty per cent more business with Soviet Russia In 1924 without officii! I recognition than with Czarist Russia before tne war, ac cording to claims made by soviet representatives here today. The Soviet's three principal trad tng companies here footed up their ledgers for the 12 months ending December 31, Inst, to report a trade turnover tbrough their hands between the two countries of $63t 416,147. They then ndded 10 per cent to cover transactions presum ably concluded in Moscow, Berlin, London and other European me tropolitan centers, making an es timated totnl of $09,757,761. This exceeded by $23,257,761 the pre war turnover In Rustdan-Amerl- ran trade of about $46,000,000. The present turnover of $C9,757,- 1, represented actual exports from the United States to Russia of $52,6!)2.S49 and Imports of $10, 723,598, leaving an apparent trade balance In fnvor of this country of about $11,908 951, according to the books. ILL. IS REPORT Peking, China, Jan. 3. (By Associated Press.) Dr. Sun Yat- Sen, leader In the government of rtmithein China, who has been hers n conference with the victorious Chang Tso-Ltn, wing of the cen tral government, is seriously HI. Seven physicians, after a con ciliation tod y, said the liver mal ady affecting the famous Chinese lender will entull an operation. The prospects for complete reJT ery are promising, the physician aatd, but Dr. Sun was ordered to ahituin front all official or social activities during his convalescent np r( ml
