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Newspaper Page Text- m AGRICUUUKAL CUUSE FE3 2 1925 CITY EDITION Daily tTtrait i fata eireuUlloa lor month udlns Ucmbr 11, 1114 THE WEATHER OREGON: Tonight fair and Sunday. Moderate temperature. Strong souther ly win. - - Local: Max. ST; mln. 47; rain, ol; rirer, 17.1, rising; .atmos., cloudy. 6366 Average dally distribution MM. Member Audit Bureau of Circulation!. FORTY-SEVENTH YEAR No. - 27 SALEM, OREGON, SATURDAY, JANUARY 31, 1925 DDTfr TtTDT?I7 ni?IT(i . ON TRAINS' AND NSW . I llinuu VAiii-i Ltj STANDS FIVE CIS NTS ft V7 nn to (L aiDitalllJoiifiaa 11 mE WWW mm i i ii ii ! i-i iii-i ii i 10 SACRIFICE CLEAVER 10 KEEP BUREAU BEGIN MONDAY Investigation to Conclude Monday Evening Di vided Report Expected -Dry Agent Made Goat The legislative Investigation of the 6tate prohibition department a administered by George L. Cleaver during the past two years le rapidly drawing to a close, and ometlmc during the coming week the committee may be expected to report its flndlncs and recom mendations back to the two houses. While there has been no direct Intimation from the committee or any of its members there is a feel ing prevalent among those who have been following the probe closely that the public hearing et for Monday evening In the senate chamber is designed prin cipally to gather up the tag ends, and that about Tuesday night or Wednesday the probers will wind up their deliberations and set themselves to the task of framing their report, which promises to be a more or less difficult task. Continued on Page Ten) GIBBONS CLAIMS Detroit, Mich., Jan. 31. (By Associated Press Tommy Gib- bone marie definite claim to the world's heavyweight boxing title following hie defeat ot "Tiny Jim Herman here last night. Gibbons believe he la the man whose record entitles him to the crown Jack Dempeey hae not de fended for more than a year and which the champion Is declaring he will relinquish next May. In defense of hie claim, Gibbone pro poses he le ready to meet any log ical contender for the title. He Indicated Harry Wills was at the head of the list of men who might challenge hie claim. He Is ready to box Wills, be declared. In making claim to the title. Gibbons also announced he wae out of the light heavyweight ran he. Gibbone decision to eliminate himself from the lighter division came at the end of hie training for the Herman bout. He reduced ie far as he thought desirable ind dried out as much as pos sible. The result wae 179 1-2 founds. "I was open to meet any of Ihem ln the past." Gibbons de tlared In making emphatic decla ration that he was open to meet ny logical heavyweight con tender, "and I am open now to meet any men ot the class who will get Into the ring with me. Wills probably le in the lead for consideration for a match and I tm ready to box him. Firpo and Jack Renault are other possibili ties and 1 have been, and am, open to meet them." SECOND STILL ON WINS Walter C. Winslow, locil lorney well known for his militant ftttltu'Je toward all forma of In toxlcatlng liquor and those who eddts I., has Just been advised that a still has been discovered on land which he owns In Polk coun ty, or at least immediately adacent thereto. Some time ago Winslow received a similar Jolt when sheriff Bower located a still on a plc?e of prop erty owned by Winslow "tiot far from the Bower place on the asy lum road. This still was found In an old abandoned cabin on the place, hidden In deep brush. "Just why they pick on me 1 don't know," wax the plaint of Winslow today. "There seems to be lomcthini salubrious ln the tmrphre around my ranch holdings which the moonshiners like." FIREWORKS OF Bills For Reorganization Of Boards and for Pri mary Modification on Calendar Next Week. Spectators In the legislative gal leries will commence to have their inning during the coming week when the program In both of the ho Ms calls for consideration of measures that should provide ex tended bursts ot inspired oratory. Monday will see the house In heated action, with house bill 2(31, extendiug state relief to wheat farmers whose crops have been frozeu out, coming up unJer special order for consideration at 11 o'clock. No particular opposi tion to this measure Is antilcpated, as most of tlio members are agreed that some form of relief should be extended, but there la a serious question as to whether the sinking tund of the bonus commission should be so used. The question has been raised as to the feasibil ity of so using this fund, a:id there Is also some question as to the constitutionality ot such a di version. The bill provides for first mortgage on the wheat crops- for two years as security for, the loans to be made but the law regulating the use of the bonus sinking fund speclfices that these funds shall (Continued on Page Nine) 10 FORCE HAND New York, Jan. 31. Intima tions that Charles II. Duell was engaged to Lillian Gieh, screen star, whom he has sued to pre vent from making motion pictures except under a contract with him, were discussed today In state ment by attorneys. "The wholly unwarranted pre sumption that Mr. Duell hopes to win the favor ot Mies Glen's hand," said her attorney, "Is some -Indication of the length to which the gentleman now Is will ing to go In order to coerce her Into working for htm. It would perhaps have been more fitting It be had sued her for breach of promise rather than having adopt ed an Indirect meane of forcing her to work for him " In a statement In behalf of Mr. Dutll It was said be made the contract with Mies Gish because he regarded himself as engaged to her. Mr. Duell, who Is a member of an old Knickerbocker family and a relative ot Ellhu Root, wae di vorced by his wife ln Paris and after the divorce there were re peated reports that he and Mies Gish were engaged to marry Mrs. Duell was formerly Miss Lillian Tucker of Pasadena, Cal. She was an actress. GLIMPSES SESSION iter Bergdoll'e Aid Surrenders . etjSEHE (IKEjSTSCKEgj Eugene (Ike) Sleeker, the chauffer who helped Grover Cleve land Berg Jo tl notorious million aire Philadelphia draft dodger, es cape from a military guard at his mother's home ln 1920, and who accompanied Bergdoll to Germany has returned to Philadelphia and surrendered himself. In default of $10,000 bail he was sent to the Mayamenslng prison. FORBES GUILTY, SAYS-JURY.OF G Chicago, Jan. 31 (By Associat ed Press.) Colonel Charles R. Forbes, former director of the United States veterans bureau, and John W. Thompson, St. Louis con tractor, were found guilty of con spiracy to defraud the government In contracts for soldiers' hospitals by a federal court jury here last night. New trials were Immediately requested and Judge George A. Carpenter set February 4 for hear ing the plea. Sentence was re served pending disposal of the mo tion. The maximum penalty Is two years Imprisonment and a $10,000 fine or either. The Jury Interrupted Its consid eration of a verdict at the end of tour hours to ask the court con cerning Its right to consider overt acts committed beyond the juris diction of the trial court and was Informed that the verdict must be confined to acts within the Juris diction of the court. The prin cipal overt act charged by the prosecution to have been commit ted In this division was the alleg ed payment of $5000 cash to Forbes by Ellih H. Mortimer, chief prosecution witness, In a hotel here Juno 20, 1922. Mortimer says he paid the money as Thompson's agent. At that time, the government charged, there existed conspir acy between Thompson, Forbes, Mortimer, James W. Black, de ceased partner of Thompson and Charles F. Cramer, deceased, for mer general counsel of the veter ans bureau to fraudulently award veterans' hospital contracts to Thompson and Black Interests. - OF LEGISLATORS BY MURRAY WADE BRIDE LEAVES CHAPLIN ASKS SETTLEiVIENT Screen Comedian's Wife Goes To Parents Law yers Negotiating Finan cial Arrangement Loa Angelas, Cal., Jan. 31. Tlic home of Charles Spencer Chaplin, film comedian, likewise his studio, might Just aa well be peopled by the deaf and dumb so far as the possibility of getting a statement on the reported strained marital relations ot the Chaplius is con cerned. Attorneys tor the custard pic joke-maker's receutly acquired girl bride, Lita Grey Chaplin, have announced that negotiations are under rfay for a "financial settle ment" between the pair. The comedian's money eventual ly may talk, but so far the com eedian himself has refused to say one word A Japanese valet at the Chaplin home Is loquacious enough in a phonographic way. The suave Oriental answers the bell with a smile and a bow and the statement: "Everything ail right, Mr. and Mrs. Chaplin get ting 'long tine. p(o news today. Sorry.' He has made the same an nouncement possibly two hundred times In the past six weeks, and he le gcttlug almost letter perfect in the role. Meanwhile, attorneys who say they represent Mrs. Chaplin, de clare that they have been consult ing for ten days on the subject of a financial settlement. In these conferences, Edwin McMurray, San Francisco attorney and uncle of the bride, has taken a leading part They assert that Mrs. Chap lin can add nothing at present to their announcements, and she, like her comedian husband, has isolated herself completely. The fact that Mrs. Chaplin bad joined members ot her family ln consulting attorneys became known, according to the Los An geles Times, upon the arrival he."e of Edwin McMurray. McMurray today Is quoted bv The Times ss admitted that finan cial negotiations "are in progress" though declaring that "there la nn connection between these negotia tions and any contemplated action for separation or divorce." PAILS TO AGREE Geneva, Jan. 31. (By Associat ed Press.) The Joint commission of the International opium confer ence, composed of members of the first and second conferences and formed for the purpose of consid ering the suppression of opium smoking In the Far East this aft ernoon failed to reach an agree ment regarding the diverge at viewpoints of the American and European delegations and an ad journment was taken until Tues day. in i a ii i i TAXES OF CITY FOR 1924 8 88 68 83 88 83 83 Highest in Salem's History & 83 83 83 83 83 83 SHOW $14,023 INCREASE Valuations, Levies and Valuation ..143,724,719 . 43.724.7H Stute County County, achool and library ..... 43,724,719 High achool tuition fund .... 19,705.491 County road 30.290.094 Total state and county L'ouciency i23 high school tuition fund.. Union high achool No. 1 . Cnlor. high achool No. 3 Special s?hoct Special road 1.357,4(1 1,773.466 1.453,0ae Special city .... Miller drainage district No. Forest patrol . . Total tax roll The total tax roll for Marlon county tor 1924 is SI, 817. 700. 14, as compared to 81,610,127.62, or an Increase pt 8207,677.52, ac cording to the roll as completed by County Assessor Oscar Steel hammer. Incidentally the complete state ment shows that Salem's city taxes to be paid In 1925 will be the E -. Herbert Thomas and son Ray bave.confessed to H. H. Pomeroy, agent of State Fire Marshal Will Moore, and Sheriff Aschlm of Tillamook county, and District At torney Barrick that they burned a four-room dwelling house near the mouth ot Foley river, 30 miles from Tillamook, on the night ot June 30, last. The -property was leased by Ed Vogt. The Investigation leading to the confession was not com pleted until this week. Thomas and his son told how a basement had been excavated under the house In which a still was housed. The night of the fire the owners got a tip that the place was to be raided. They were away from home at the time, but hurried back, removed the still, scattered kerosene about the place mi set firs to It. After the building bad b'lrned they emptied ths barrels ot mash that were In the base tot, according to a statement from the fire marshal's office, rolled the barrels to the rler and tilled the hole wttn dirt. The con fession also Implicated Vogt and Ralph Thomas, another son of Ht.bert Thomas. EXPECT ANTI-TOXIN t TO REACH NOME TODAY . Anchorage, Alaska, Jan. 31. (By Associated Press.) Leonard Scpilla and his team of 20 d"M which were expected to arrivo ot Nome, Alaska, today with anti toxin for a diphtheria epidemic, had almost reached Bering ea when the latest report enme hero. k Taxes for year 1024 Levy .0071 .0097 Tax 1114 t i32.307.lit Tax 1123 t 327.712.00 3,33J.V6 156.232.47 51.17U.C5 139.137.10 1, 009,596. 67 .0037 .0033 ,0046 Hl.781.43 45.S22.t 119.331.43 $1,102,870.11 .0031 I 10.407.81 .004 .0049 7.093,80 7,120.11 156.99S.41 68.207.62 172.804 85 686.70 1.507. 07 t.776.89 5, 374.68 296 780.21 309.89 44, 145 .104.16 686. 7Q .500.53 8,S17,705.14 81,610,127.62 largest ln her hi-tnrv with of 50.5 mills as compared to 45 9 mills Inst year. The total tax to ue paiu ny saiem people this yeir for city purposes will be 8212. 267.06. as compared to 8193. 243.20 paid last year, an Increase of 814.023.86. The Increase Is due (Continued on Pago Twelve) SCARLET FEVER Chicago, Jan. 21. (By Assoclat ed Press) Successful results even with severe and complicated cases of scarlet fever as indicated in a dispatch from Hartford, Conn Thursday night have been obtain ed by the use of the Dochese re- rum , the American Medical asso ciation announced today. The results, as found by Dr. Francis G. Blake of New Haven, Conn., must be checked up, how ever, according to Dr. Morris Fish bein, editor of the Journal of the American Medical association. The scrum used was that of Dr. Alphonse K. Dochese, a well known mcdl;nl Investigator In New fork city, formerly of the staff of the Rockefeller Institute for me tit cal research, who Isolated the tpe cific scirrlet fever organism a year and a half ago. Dr. Dochese was born in San Francisco. Presumably a strong serum was used tn th; cases reported, accord ing to Dr. Flshheln whose records showed that while the general death rate among children afflict ed with scarlet fever, la from six to ei-jht per cent, ln the compli cated cases rhe death rate Is as high as 18 per cent, while the cases observed by Dr. Blake there was only one death ln a total of 28 cases with compllcat'ons and that death occurred among the 19 patients who were not treated un Ul after the fourth day. KILLS CHILDREN WHILE IN LIT OF Pottstown, Pa., Jan. 31. While in a religious frenzy, police say, Walter ilingaman, 30, a fanner of Coventry, ten miles from here killed his ten month old daughter Anna and his five year old son, Walter Jr., today. Illngaman's father, Christopher, 72, died of heart disease while battling with his eon to save the children's lives. The baby was strangled In her crib. The boy was killed by a beating administered with the handle of a carpet sweeper. When state policemen arrived at the farm house they found Mlng-iman seated in the parlor calmly reading a bible. They surrounded him with drawn revolvers but he manifest ed no excitement. "I know why you have come,' the policemen said he told them "I will go with you peaceably. I did right. A spirit told me to kill them and I did." He repeated the statement that "a spirit told me to do It," half dosen times during the rids to the county Jail. VOTE ON PORT I GIVES LIST OF BILL NO TEST Outlook For Other Bills Still Doubtful With Governor Holding Nine of Needed 11 Votes. By Harry N. Crain Governor l'iwce got little con solation out of the manner In which the legislature yesterday re plied to the challenge he Issued when he took It upon himself to an nounce his appointments to suc ceed the five retiring members of th Port of Portland commission four months In advance of the ex piration of their terms of office. Nor did the governor's explana tion of why he had taken the ac tion, as stated by Senator Joseph, mitiguto to any appreciable extent the chastisement that the sotons handed out to the chief executive in casting their votes upon the proposal to remove the appointive power from the hands of the gov ernor, vest it In the legislature, and reappoint the five members depos ed by Governor Pierce. In the house the battle lasted about two minutes, and just that (Continued on Page Six) CHICAGO BLAZE: Chicago, Jan. 31. Five persons were killed, and two were missing In a fire today In a four story, 16 apartment building on the South Side. Four bodies were Identified and one other was seen In the ruins by firemen who were ham pered In rescue work by fallen debris and ice. The known dead are: Anthony Harde, 24, and Olive, 22, his wife, their 19 months old baby Doris, and Lorotta Pryor, 16. The missing: Mrs. Elizabeth Pryor, mother of Loretta, was missing1. The body of a woman was seen by rescuers on the third floor and It was thought that others might be uncovered when the wreckage and Ice were penetraatcd. Four Injured persons were tak en to hospitals and other slightly Injured were sheltered by neigh bors and In an adjoining hotel. Some occupants of the burning apartment were rescued by guests of the hotel who pushed boards In to opposite windows and others jumped Into the life nets of the firemen. The twn women were killed In jumping from the third story win dow, firemen said. OUTPOINTED Whining Bandit is Back in Jail After Spell of Freedom Onco more the prodio.il son has coma homo, lint this time there Is no fatted calf for htm, nor father's arm to rush to merely the clang of the Iron doors at the county Jail, Ucrt Foils, known by his associates a", the peniten'.iary as the "whining bandit" because of tho peculiar whine in his tout-, has once more come to the end of his way. The moral of the whole thing is that IJert, af;cr nearly 10 years working out a three year prison sentence, and out and in the peni tentiary off and on, hai accumulat rd durlrvg his progress only one hat and one overcoat, both of doubtful value. This wna the ex tent cf tho spoils on his person when he arrived at the county Jail from the city Jail yesterday, after being apprehended for break ln into the Fairgrounds store. K he gathered In any loot at tho store It was not evident when he tvas "frisked" at the county Jail. The balance of his clothe, union null find all, were charitably preiM-nicd to him by the ttata when ho left RATE GUTS BY COMMISSI Corey Reputes Assertions Made by Governor In( Special Message Subt nuts Statement. , H. H. Corey, of the nubile senrt ice commission, today issued . jf lengthy statement in refutation of statements against the com mission made by Governor Pierc in his special message to the lego islature Thursday. The governoi said tliat "in not one single in stance ln 1924 was there a rats; reduction or any kind made in th interest of the public by the pub He service commisalou of Oregon.' Corey's statement lists a iium ber of cases which, he claims show that Pierce was wrong. Thq statement also defends the com mission's action In the Pacific Telephone ft Telegraph rate caa and presents other arguments id refute the governor's messaga. "I wish to call to the public'! attention the following list of rat rcuuctions maoe during laaf, year," says Corey. "Substantial reduction In tele phone exchange rates ln Albany, Heppner, Hermlston, Wood bum Marshflcld and North Bend, and 72 farmer lines, covering practi cally the entire state, and involve ing 8760 subscribers,- which re suited ln a saving ot approximate ly $56,000 annually. "Reduced toll rates betweent Portland and Oswego. "Ordered refunds on charge fot telephone jacks, amounting tf $5000, as well as many othef minor reductions in telephon rates. (Continued on Page Ten) Portland, Or., Jan. 31. Th sixteenth annual regional north, west autoomhlle show opened heisj today, ln a new building erected here recently and devoted to thd. automobile industry. The shof will continue for eight days, A total of 240 automobiles and 46 trucks are on display and 30.000 square feet of display room art occupied by displays of accessaries and products of the ludustry. Today is children's day, wlttk school children admitted free. Th nnnuul style show will be neld next Wednesday and Thursday nights. The Interior of the building which provides three times th space of any previous northwest tmow has been transformed by ft corps ot decorators tn a replica o( the Moorish Alhambra In Spain. the stato prison loM December, lie still wais them, with no vislblo "Igns that they had been sent to th laundry since they were handed tv him, dry and clean. Kolrs came up from Wasco count ty In the first instance for a thres year jolt for larceny from a stors, Paroles meant nothing In his young life, as he wis onco pariled and, came bak. Tim out on parol docs not run against a prijoncr's) sentence and as a result he was) finally released troni the penlton tlary ln December, 1523, as having finished a thrcu year seatenc started In 1913. The famous whine Is still with him. lie attempted to whine hit way out of the prism at one tim muler Warden Lewis by declaring he lit,! t.iberculosis. lie stated h fit i led fresh air. Ho still sesmstf however, to be afflicted with on I cite dlte.is'? constitutional ave ln to work. It Is contidircd highly probably Kolts n.ay have bi en responsibly fur numerous petty robberies per n'tia rd l(l th;s vicinity tho past few wevk.