Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, January 10, 1925, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextVEATCH SUCCEEDS ROSS ON FISH CITY EDITION BOAFSEk Dally average net paid circulation tor nth ending December 91, 1124 6366 Average dally distribution 6,76$. Member Audit Bureau of Circulations. FORTY-SEVENTH YEAR No. 9 mm ROSS NAMES Deposed Commissioner To Fight Removal Ap pointment Surprise To Veatch. Portland, Or., Jan. 10. John C. Veatcb, Portland attorney, lias been Delected by Governor Walter M. Pierce as successor to Tom W. liusa as Btate fish commissioner, tbe Portland Telegram Bays touay. The Telegram kuotes Hoss ay saying be would f iglit bis removal in tbe courts. "I've got to see my lawyer right away," be declared on being informed by the Tele gram of Veatcb'e selection. "Tbe governor preferred charges against me and then proceeded to act as judge, jury and executioner at bis own hearing. His decision now allows the matter to be taken into the courts where it will be decided on by judicial minus d;1 swayed by abjr.rdities, tears and prejudices." Veatch is quoted by the Tele gram as saying he bad no knowl edge of the impending appoint ment until last night. "I am going into the office bound by no promises and with no strings tied to me and I shall '.'on cern myself solely with do'ng what seems to me to be the be1 thing to do for the interests of tbe state, said Veatcb. Veatch is a native of Iane couiv ty and a gradaute of tbe Univor sity of Oregon in 1907. Follow ing graduation he taught In Wash In g ton high school and studied in the Oregon law school, being ad m it tod to law practice in 1912. For four years he served as chiei asistant United States prosecutor rnd resigned abo.it a year ago to go Into practice with Joseph, Honey ft Litchfield, with which firm he is now identified. I :vemor Confirms. In confirming today the report that he had removed Dr. Thom.w Continued on Page Seven) E T ARCH Architects' plans for tbe new Balem Y. M. C. A. building will be completed In approximately six weeks, and work on the building will begin shortly after, according to statements made by Y. M. C. A. officials this morning. At a meeting of the executive board last night Morris White house of Portland was chosen architect for tbe building, with Kenneth Legge, of Salem, associ ate. Sherman W. Dean, national Y. M. C. A. official. Is working with the architects at Portland today. Fear that some of the features of the building will bave to be eliminated from the plans has been expressed. Mr. Dean has stated that the building as plan ned cannot be erected for $135, 000, the sum stated by officials to be available for the purpose. Emma Godfrey reported to tbe police today that her automobile collided with the car of an un identified drlTer at Court and High it r tee It. Tbe report o laced bit me for the accident. BE CAREFUL C apita LEGISLATOR f ARRIVING FOR 1925 SESSION Vanguard of Lawmakers Drift In ; Everything Ready For Opening At 11 o'CIock Monday, Their desks fully equipped for pending action by Sam A. Kozer, secretary of state, and bis corps of a id ee, members of the thirty- third Oregon legislative assembly will swing Into action here Mon day In their biennial wrangle with the laws of the state. Promptly at 11 o'clock Monday morning, or theorectLcally so, the big clocks In the senate and house chambers will be set Into motion and the session of forty daya and forty nights will be under way. The stage is all set and the eolons should get away to a flying start, although there is little Indication that early plana to close the ses sion in thirty days will materialize, That kind of talk, as usual, look ed practical Immediately after election, but subsequent develop ments have injected so much latent dynamite into the program to en able anyone to seriou-ily consider adjournment before the expiration of the 40-day limit. Rapid Progress Likely Everything, however, presages rapid progress during the first few days, and there appears to be no reason why the two houses should not bo ready to get down to seri ous business by Tuesday morning. The election of officers and t'.ie or ganization of the two houses will be but a formality, with Senator Gus Mooter and Representative Buptlick already sitting tight in the presidency and speakership. Both have their organizations well worked out, and are understood to have their committee ready foi announcement. By Monday afternoon both or- (Continued on Page Seven) GRAFT RAMPANT Washington, Jan. 10. Investi gation of conditions In the cus toms office at Honolulu has re sulted in tbe conviction of one customs agent named Bilsland and the indictment of four others. The investigation was said in treasury department advices today to have been under way secretly for ten weeks and to have dis closed a "very bad situation." Assistant Secretary Moss In charge of the customs service said the treasury did not yet know the scope of an alleged conspiracy uncovered by the investigators, through which the government was declared to have been de frauded of "a good many thous and dollars." He expects further disclosures. $3,017,733 is Cost Of State Institutions For Past Biennium The total expend. cure for all purposes made through the state yoard of control for the hienniuui 1923-1924 was $3,017,733.03. ac ord'ns to the biennial report i.f the board, which was made public today. This is an Increase cf 1217,611. S3 o- er the expenditure., it the previous uiennium, wn:ch totaled 12,860 : 21.21. Of the ex penditure tor the biennium just closed $2,213,040.22 was spent for Tcneral maintenance of institu tions and $804,692.81 for spe-lal .mrpobes. The average dally population :.nl monthly per capita cost of the 11 state Institutions over which the bosrd has control were: Oregon state hospital, 1839. 17.2S: easterr Oregon state hoa tal, (56, $16.39; state penltea iary, 420. $33.14; Institution fjr '.eble-ralBdod, 7 '4, $15.66; train- Kansas Governor Accused of Taking Bribe For Pardon I cJraOTKAir jc iv s art. County Commissioner J. B Smith of Marlon county, secretary and treasurer of the county Judges and commissioners association has completed programs for the annual convention to be held in Portland January 15 and 16. The conven tion was held in Salem last year. Commissioner Smith announced the program for this year's session today as follows: Thursday morning Address of welcome, Major George L. Baker. Response by Judge H. E. Cross. Roll call and introduction of mem hers. Thursday afternoon Address by Governor Walter M. Pierce "Oregon and It's Future." Address by R. L. Sabin on "County Finan ces." Address by Roy A. Klein, state highway engineer, on "State Highway System." Friday morning Address by Sam A. Kozer, secretary of state, on "Traf'lc Regulations." Address by T. B. Kay, state treasurer, on "State Finance." Address by Steph en A- Lowell on "Law Enforce ment." Friday afternoon Address bv H. B. Van Duzer, on "Road Main tenance. Question box and reso lution. Report of committees. Election of officers. Friday evening Banquet at Tensjn hotel. Music by orchestra and quartette. BOWL OF GOLD FISH CAUSE OF A FIRE Newark, N. J., Jan. 10. A bowl of gold fish was listed by the (Irt department yesterday as havins caused a lire In the home of 1) Morris Zimmerman. Inquiry .mowed mat the rays of the sun focused throilRh the glass how: heated a seat of a chair until It I'irst into flan. cp. ing school f jr ' ojs. 156. $32 07 tuberculosis hospital. 130. $40.19 school for tho blind, 43, 3U 86: scnooi lor the deer. 121. $31. 11 industrial school for girls, CI. $35.88; soldiers' home. 111 $35.87; employment Institution for blind, 32, $72.32. The population of four Institu tions Is reported as exceeding their capacity. The state hngplml for the Insane wUh a capacity ol 1800 patien s has 1804. The ituti training sc ool for boys, rapacity 120. has 181 Inmal-s. The stale tuberculosis hospital has 153 pa tients, or three more than capac ity. The girls' school has a capac :ty of 65 with 73 Inmates. Th only Important recommend ition of the board Is that whci the training school Is moved to (Continued oa fags Nine) II " 1 iOtti .IS SALEM, OREGON, SATURDAY, JANUARY 10, 1925 BIKER BUYS PARDON FOR $1,250 CLAIM Kansas City Newspaper Exposes Prison Scan dal Involving Governor Through His Son. Topeka, Kan., Jan. 10 (By As sociated Press) Kansas political circles were agog today with the allegation that Richard G. Davis, son of Governor Jonathan M. Da vis accepted $1250 and delivered a pardon to Fred W. Poll man, for mer president of a Kansas bank and convicted forger. The transactions took place In a hotel room here and were exposed by the Kansas City Journal, whose representatives In conjunction with Pollman had set a trap for the governors son. Governor Davis, whose term ex plres next Monday, admitted his son had been "Inveigled into ac cepting the money," and asserted the affair "was a frame up by po litical enemies to get me. Governor Davis' explanation of the scene of the hotel room did not agree with' the story related by the Journal reporters present, The Journal's version was: Young Davis who was 28 years old, accepted $1000 from Pollman whllo two Journal representatives, a shorthand reporter and several other witnesses listened in adjoin ing rooms by tho aid of a tele phonic device hidden behind a cur tain in Poll man's room. Receiving the (1000 payment, the governor's son left the hotel and returned with the pardon and then recelv ed an additional 9250. He was then confronted by the Journal reporters and the other witnesses. When threatened with arrest, the governors son returned the $250 received on delivery of the pardon (Continued on Page Ten) RAILROADS FAIL TO AGREE UPON Portland, Or.. Jan. 10. Ben C Di-y, attorney for the Southern Pa cific here, who was back totla irom Lan rraucisco. where he at tended a conference of railway of ficials considering the riiilrn.il situation In central Oregon, eaid no conclusion was reached regnr l ing construction of either a Bend Klamath Kails o.- Klamath r'allu- ULKevlew line. Mr. !Jcy said further that no un derstanding between the Southern Pacific and the northern lines bail been reached concerning use of tuo .URcne-Kli math cut-off, or an interchange of traffic over It. The conference, according to oi-y, merely agreed as to the form of exceptions of findings of Kxa iner epbart of the Interstate commerce commission, which are to he filed sho Jy. Kepharl's report was made fol lowing a hearing Inst summer in Portland on the application of tin. Oregon public service commii ni and various communities and siiij, ping Interests east of the Can' ad mountains fur an order reu.u!r'n me railways lo oillld a line fioni Hums to llend and for nn exten lion of railway facilities from upna to Mamath Falls and La!(e vlnw. The time of filing briefs and ex ceptions by the railways in i ir central Oregon case has ber-n ex tended from January 17 to Felini nry 1. CATTLEMENTEATdIY PRESIDEHTSCCMMiSSION Washington, Jan. 10. The president's agricultural commls flion heard cattle and commission men from the west today and then began drafting its recommen datlons for relief of tha Industry. Chairman Carey expects to report to the president Monday. He salt) the recommendations would be pointed and brief. I nn UL Belgium Given Priority In Reparations Allies In Agreement Upm Questions. AH Paris, Jan. 10 (Ey Aoeiated Press.) The first provisional agree ment on the settlement of the United States war damage claims was reached this afternoon by the British and American representa tives in attendance at tho confer ence of allied finance ministers here, according to announcement made by Winston Churchill, the Iirltish chancellor of the exchequer Tho American delegation at the conference of allied flnnnce min isters has agreed that tho begin ning of payments on United States war damage claims can wait for two years until the Belgian repar ation priority is paid, according to French sources. In addition. It was stated, the delegates of tho six big powers, including the United Stttcs, have practically reached an accord on all the questions before them These solutions will be put in shape by the experts for consldera tlon by Tuesday's plenary session of tho conference The nature of these solutions, Mr. Churchill announced would be kept secret until finally adopted. It was added that the Anglo-Am erican provisional agreement was subject to the approval of Wash ington. Tn announcing the tentative set ttem'ent of the various basic prob lem before the conference, Mr. Churchill gave the Impression that ratification by the various govern ments was practically certain. A member of the United States delegation confirmed the announce ment that an agreement had prac tically been reached and said that Washington had been asked to ap prove Us terms. Topeka, Kan., Jan. 10. ( By Associalcd Press.; The Ku Klux Klan was outlawed by the su preme court of Kansas today. Put ting an end to a battle that ba.s been' waged between klan and state for more than two years, the supreme court banded down a de cision sustaining the stale's plea and ousting the klan from KaiL-us. The contention of Attorney tJen eral Charles U. Griffith that Ui hooded order was operating for profit and therefore would re tjuire aut hoi ity from the stale charter board, was upheld. At torneys for tho klan had counter ed that the purpose of the order was benevolent and as nu:h would not need a corporate charier. AMERICA TO WAIT 2 YEARS FOR MONEYS Mrs. Willebrandt to Be Appointed Judge Of Federal Court , Wahim,-!')!!, .Ian. J 0. Appoint ment of Mrs. Mabel Walker Will-j-brandt, now an ansislant attorney general, to the vacancy in the fed eral court for northern Califonv'j, is undrTsto.id to be under consid eration hy President Cooiidge. Mrs, Will'-hrandt, who baa ben in charge of prohibition cases In the department of justice, eallfr! on Mr. Coolidge today and pI though no official announcement was made, there were indications that Iit nomination as tho fLst woman to ait as a federal Judge might go to the capltol shortly. There has been a disagreement among California members of cw gresg regard in r; the appointment, however, and immediately af.r word of the possibility of Mrs. WUIehrandt'H selection rracb 1 the rapitol, Senator Hhnrtridgt. re publican, of that city, left bis of MCCU APPOINTED UNITED STATES ATTORNEY GENERAL jr.'. - J A CHARlSS- Washington, Jan. 10 The nom ination of Charles Beecher Warren of Michigan to be attorney general waa sent to the senate today by President Coolidge. It la understood that Mr. War ren, a former Ambassador to Mex Of APPRAISERS The estate of George F. Uodgeia is valued at $S4,42U, according to an Inventory made by Joseph H. Albert, W. I. Needham and K. F.I Slade, appraisers, filed In probate court. Oft this amount 574, (Kid Is In personal property and $ S 7 .1 0 in real property. The real proper ty la virtually all In Oak Lo'lgc addition inc tiding about 40 blocks in that subdivision. Personal property Includes 200 shares In the Kil-i National bank of Salem valued at $14,000, 13 shares in the Washington Nursery company valued at $1300; shares in the Albert estate, valued at $1250; two shares iu the Kodg ers I'aper company, valued nt $200; one share In tbe Capital City Creamery, valued at $2&; 24 shares in the Court apartments vi.lued at $15,000; 088 share In the Marion Ileal ty company valued at $30,000, and 750 shares in IU Wcttt F ir company, valued at $2500. It is understood his own ership of the Hodgers building at nigh and ferry is covered by the shares in the Marion Realty com pany of which be was practically t lie Hole owner. fice tor the While' llou.to. A former practicing attorney In Los Angeles, Mrs. Willebrandt was appointed assistant attorney g eral at the outset of the Haidiim administration. As an outgrowth or her supervision over liquor c-ua she has become the InevitibU storm center of a n inner of aerl'jii: controversies and has been Instru mental In the discharge of a iiui:. her of district attorneys and asu'-t ant district attorneys who lis agreed with the justice depart ment over liquor prosecutions. The latest Incident In which ah figured prominently waa that oi Assistant District Attorney Van Itiper if New Jersey, who was for bidden by her to have anything to do with the prosecution of th Wrehawken rurn cases and who subsequently waa forced out of office. DDIfiri ipnopp r,T?MrrS ON TRAINS AND NEWS a ikivju in vuniu STANL mm A 1 ftE-ECHER. TfrftaR-EyT, ico and to Japan- and for years one of the leaders of the republi can party, has Indicated ho will accept the cabinet place In suc cession to Attorney General Stone, recently appointed to the supreme court. DEFALCATION OF CASHIER CLOSES F Olympia, Wash., Jan. 10. The Miners and Merchants bank of Chelan, Wash., waa closed this morning by order of tbe state de partment of banking. "Orders were given for the closing follow ing the disclosure of Kiamlner F. It. Amende of a defalcation of $45,000 by Cashier Van Slyke." J. C. Mlnshull, banking supervisor announced. This bank was organized In June, 1907, and has been recog nized as being one of tbe best conducted and most conservative Institutions Mr. Mlnshull said. "On December 21 the bank had deposits of $270,223.12 with a capital of $25,000 and a surplus of $45,000. At that time It had a cash reserve equal to 45 per tent of its total deposits and a second ary reserve equal to an additional 10 per cent. "Unless a complete check dis closos defalcation of a greater sum than Is Indlrated at this time there will be no loss to depos itors." BITTER COLD Tlflis, Georgia, Jan. 10. (By Associated Tress.) One hundred persons and thousands of cattle have frozen to death during the unprecedented cold weather now prevailing throughout tho Cau casus. In several rases Bhepherds ami farmers who went to the fields to tend their sheep or cattle, wer. frozen with their flocks. Driven from their mountain shelters by the fierce cold and lark of food, Rreat droves of antelope and wild boars bave Invaded the plains and valleys only to pen?h in their tracks. In the Alexanoropnl district of Armenia, where Americans of tie N.ar Kant relief are caring for thousands of orphans, the th' r tnometer registered 32 degrees be low zero. The Cati"aRiis has not experi enced such bitter cold for a ccn tury and it Is feared the effect on the crops will bring s famine next year. THE WEATHER ORECON: Cloudy tonight and Sun day. Probably light rains near the coast. Strong west winds. Local: Max. 46; min. 37; rain, .23; rlrer t.t; atmoi., cloudy. ids five: cents UVl KELLOGG HEAD STATE DEPARTMENT Hughes To Quit March 4 And Present Ambassa dor To England Named As Successor. Charles Evans Hughes has re signed as secretary of state and will be succeded Ly Frank B. Kel logg of Minnesota, now amba.-fs.i-dor to Great Britain. Tho resignation of Mr. Hughes wilt be effective March 4 when be completes four years as bead of tbe state department. Mr. Kellogg is expected to take office imme diately afterwurd. The prospective cabinet change was announced late today at tho White House. Mr. H'tghea, It waa said, desired after 20 yean of public life, interrupted only for a short period, to return to private life. In bis letter of resignation Mr. Hughes expressed to President Coolidge bis "deep aprpeciatioa of the confidence you have reposed and of the privilege of serving un der your leadership.' Mr. Coolidge replied with an ex pression of regret and of renewed confidence iu His retiring secre tary. The news of Mr. Hughes' with drawal from the cabinet just at this time surprised the capital. It had been understood for some months that be desired to recoup his personal fortunes by again en gaging In the practice of law but . recently his friends had said ha l-rohably would remain for at leist another year In the official family of "resident Coolh.gc. LANDfS CLEARS !N BRIBE GRAFT Chicago, Jan. 10. (By Associ ated Press) Official records of Baseball Commissioner K. M. I.andls' Investigation of the New York Giants bribery scandal of 1024, made public today, disclos ed nothing Involving any base ball officials. The stenographic record of La mils' Interrogation of the play ers named as alleged participant In the attempt to "throw a game" revealed that the commis sioner found no evidence against any oie except Cozy Dolan, Giant coach and Jimmy O'Connetl, Gi ant outfielder. Dolan persistently declared h had no recollection of any sug gestion to O'Connell, as alleged by the latter, to offer "Heinle" Sands, Philadelphia shortstop, not to play too hard against the Giants' club, which was in a crucial position In the National league pennant race. The record shows that the commissioner told O'Connell that his own confession was sufficient to put him out of baseball. Lan dis also told O'Connell that Do lan s attitude was the reason for putting him out, despite Dolan'e denials. KLAN DRAGON GRANTED CONTINUANCE FOR PLEA Denver, Colo., Jan. 10. A continuance until January 20 to plead to charges of kidnapping and conspiracy In connection with the alleged forced marriage of Keith noehm. 19. to Miss Mae Nash in his office last Tuesday night, was granted Dr. John Oa ten Ixcke, grand dragon of the Colorado realm of the Ku Klux Klan hy Judge Ben B. Llndsey In Juvenile court today. Forks Fire lost $80,000 Port Angeles, Wash., Jan. 10. Fire early today practically destroyed the business district of Forks, a small town west "f Port Angeles, according to word received here. Only one building was left standing. Damage woe estimated at $80,000.