Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, February 14, 1925, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextRESCUERS, TO REACH. COLLINS ON SUNDAY a.'.;SmJ! ti- i. FEB IS 1325 CITY EDITION Daily average nci paid circulation for month ending January Jl, 1926 CLOUDY WEATHER Tjnlsht and Sunday. -SUfrht temperature changes, Moderute westerly winds. 6548 Local: Max.. 58; mln., 44; rain, .01; river. 9.7, falling; atraoa., part cloudy; wind, a-jutht-ast. Average dally distribution TOT I. Membr Audit Bureau of Circulstlon. FORTY-SEVENTH YEAR No. 39 SALEM, OREGON, SATURDAY FEBRUARY 14, 1925 PRICE THREE CENTS 2?iN 1 ik: RESCUE SHAFT NEW TREATY 3 FEE! FRO Zero Hour For Reaching Collins Fixed For Eight o'Clock Sunday Night; Precautions Taken. Cave City. Ky.. Feb. 14. (By Associated Press.) Definite hopes that Floyd Collins, imprisoned cave exulorer. would be rescued by 7 o'clock tomorrow morning ut the latest were voiced today by officials In. chance ot .he Sand cave rescue shaft. The supreme efffort of the dig gers was set to start tonight when the last section of shaft cribbing was to be placed with the digging; from then on expected to strike al most immediately Into a nine-fool cavern. Hore runs high that this will lead to Tloyd Col Una. Sand Cave, Ky., Feb. 14. (By Associated Press) An official bulletin at 2 o'clock said the Fiord Collins rescue shaft is now &5 1-2 feet deep. A ehift of ex perienced hard rock miners was sent down at 2:30 o'clock to start a eloping tunnel down to the nine foot cavern, which officials hope will lead to Collins' prison. Cave City, Ky., Feb. 14. (By Associated Press.) The roof of an avenue expected to lead to the natural rock trap where loyd Collins has been imprisoned for 1 5 days, was only three feet away from the diggers in the rescue shaft at 9 o clock his morning, ac cording to the official bulletin ifa- seud by those In charge. M .E. S. Posey, executive secre tary of the state highway irepatt ment, who was sent to Sand oavj by Governor W. J. Fields, sent u (Continued on Page Nine) A Chevrolet touring car left be side the Pacific highway half mile north of the Valley Packing tompany, was towed Into Salem by Deputy Sheriffs Burkhart and Smith today and officers are look ing Into the possibility of the car having had some connection witii the Park rose bank robbery Portland yesterday. They do think it probab.e that this car may have been used by the robbers but It Is possible. The car con tained nothing but an Oregonian few walnut shells and some guin wrappers. A front tire and spotlight had been stripped from the car and un unsuccessful attempt made to re move the ammeters. Officers think this was the work of high way vandals, rather than those who stole the abandoned machine The car carried Washington 11 censes 82857, but gave no Indtci- tion a to what town It was from The Parkrose robbers ditched Oregon license numbers from their car before entering the bank and It is thought possible they mi have replaced them ' with Wash lngton license tags stolen fro.n -ome other car. TROTZKY LOSES LAST OF OFFICES Moeoow, Feb. 14. Leon Trol iky, who wis recently removed from the poet of war minister, hM been relieved of hifl memberah'p In the council for labor and de fence, It ie officially announced. He will be succeeded on the eouncll by M. W. Frume, the new war mlnieter. Thli deprives Trotrky of all connection with the aoTiet gov ernment, but be la atill a member of the central committee of the eommnniet party, his fate In thin connection remaining to be de elded at the party congress In April. PRISON CA BIS RUSSIA WITH JAPAN Berlin Paper. Publishes Secret Clause of Mili tary Alliance Against Allies. Berlin, Feb. 14. The Lokal Anzeiger today published from what it described as a "hitherto very reliable Russian source." tue alleged details of secret clauses included In the Russo-Japanese treaty signed at Peking lat month. According to this newspaper e information, one of these clauses provides that should either Eng land, America or France take military measures against the pendhig government or against Chinese territory, which Is not neutralized, Russia will place at China's disposal 200,000 men who will be armed by Japan. It is also stated that Russia renounces in favor of Japan fifty per cent or the shares of the Chi nese Eastern Railway, which Rus sia hitherto hi g claimed. Another clause is declared to give the en tire Island of Sakhalien to Japan within five years on conditioa that the latter supplies Russia with four small cruisers, one bat tleship, thirty submarines and seven destroyers. Vladivostok is to be made t first class fleet base. Japan pay ing sixty per cent of the cost of construction, it is added. A Chinese army of the peace strength of 800,000 men shall re ceive instruction from Russian and Japanese officers, the news paper declared and China under takes to buy weapons and war materials only from Russia and Japan. The treaty is supposed to have been concluded for a per iod of 30 years. The Japanese embassy here brands the Lokal Anzeiger story as "altogether unfounded and pure invention." The embassy pointed out that the substance of the treaty was correctly publish cd In Paris February 9. Regard ing the alleged military clause the embassy observes: "Japan Is not In such a situa tion as to find it necessary to call upon Russia for aid. Later the Russian embassy Is sued a catagorical denial of the existence of a secret treaty with Japan. 5 ON FRIDAY. 13TH Five Insanity commitments which were Issued out of probate court yesterday probably tops the one day record In the county as far as is known. Whether or not the fact that 't was Friday the 13th had anything to do with the general flood of commitments is not known, but it so happened in one case and the general chastic atmospheric con ditions caused by such an uncanny combination may have been re sponsible for the whole situation. There came nearly being another one as Sheriff Bower was culled out to investigate a report of a crazy man, whose only signs of insanity when his trouble was In vestigated seemed to lie in the fact that be was looking for a job of work. MARRIAGE LICENSE FEE INCREASE KILLED Representative Bennett's bills proposing to Increase the marriage license fee from $2.50 to $3 and to Increase by 60 cents the fee paid by the plaintiff In the filing of dlvorcs case were killed In the senate today, the former being beaten by Tote and the latter hv indefinite postponement. Tliey were companion measure and provided for the establishing of a central state record of marrlagv and diorre- for convenience In settling estatss or applying for pensions. Stork Brings Child To Only Daughter Of Teddy Roosevelt Mrs. Nicholas Longworth 10 PRINCESS ALICE Chicago, Feb. 14. (By Associ ated Press.) A daughter was born to Mrs. Nicholas Longworth at the Chicago lying In hospital at 10:30 this morning. Physicians In attendance said both mother and baby were "doing well. Mrs, Theodore Roosevelt, widow of the former president, accom panted her daughter, Mrs. Long- worth, to the hospital, as did -the letter's brother, Kermit Roosevelt. Representative Longworth hid planned to be here too. The child is the first born to Mr. and Mrs. Longworth and is an addition to the grandchildren of Theodore Roosevelt. Representative Longworth of Ohio was in Washington but ie ex pertted to arrive here tomorrow by fast train to be with his wife an 1 their first child. The baby weighed 6 pounds 8 V? ounces, the nu rises announced, and was a normal, healthy infant. The mother, too, was In good condition, though for some time after the event of the daughter s arrival she was under an anaethe tic. THREE DEATHS DUE TO - NEW ENGLAND FLOODS Boston, Mass.,' Feb. 14. Three deaths, the destruction of bridges and dams and the disruption of rail, telephone, teiegram and hiirh way communication in variou3 sections were tinted tcday among the results of the flood and ice jams that have occurred througl out New England during the last two days. Peter Silver lost his wife white helping to strengmen a railroa'l bridge in New Hampshire; Carl Hooper, a lumberman, was drown ed while trying to prevent loss from being carried away in Main and Atden Loring, 90 years old. was drowned In a brook at Stone ham, Man I ii i - i mm ii i a, i i. i. i i fZl TTVTPQFC ni? f FniQT ATHPQ RV MTTPPAV WAW. I KINDERGARTEN BILL LOST IN E Senate Defeats Measure; Attack Led By Strayer And Eddy; Other Bills Passed. The senate today defeated the kindergarten bill introduced by Representatives Woodward, Col lier, Hurlburt, Bailey, Tucker and Hazlett. Eddy and Strayer at tacked the bill, which would give five school boards In first class districts the authority to establish kindergartens. Strayer called it an attempt to foist upon school districts an additional burden of taxation. Klepper, Clark and Tooze de fended the bill. Moser changed his vote to no. giving notice that be would move later for reconsideration. The senate today passed the fol lowing house bills: H. B. 194, Miller and others- Providing for memorial at sum mit of Blue mountains where Harding dedicated Old Oregon Trail. H. B. 280, Bailey and Lonergan Relating to Jurisdiction of Jus tices of the peace and district courts. H. B. 275, Bailey and Lonergan Providing that district courts in Multnomah county shall draw Jur ies from regular jury list. H. B. 279, Bailey and Lonesan Setting out rules by which dis trict court juries shall be drawn H. B. 387, committee on educa tion Clarifying law relating to union high schools. H. B, 162, Melndl Providing method whereby railroad co'.n panics may appropriate water, In cluding right of condemnation for public use. H. B. 195, Randall To prevent the use of state-owned vehicles ex cept for state or county business. H. B. 369, McCallister (by re quest) Relating to agricultural and horticultural statistics. H. B. 116,Peirce To regulate trolling and angling for salmon in Rogue river by limiting number. H. B. 228, Fisher Giving jus tice courts concurrent jurisdiction with circuit courts in trials of persons accused of pointing guns at other persons. CHILD LABOR BILL UP IN SENATE MONDAY The senate today made the child labor amendment to the federal constitution a special order for Monday at 2 o'clock. This was by recommendation of the judiciary committee which otherwise report ed the bill out without recom mendatlon. The house bill provld ing that the question be referred to the people will be taken up prior to the resolution. PE k L ill -.J L fro ( VV." "I,T AKAIRMAM I 'I Itlicwui It V MVw cmm,ttcJj - W tlv I m Boys' and Clubs of County To Cease Work With hoys and girls clubs or ganized In the county up to a membership of 625, all of the work In the animal clubs will have to go by the boards this year because of failure of the Marion County Bankers association to co-operate according to announcement made from the office of County School Superintendent Fulkerson. The bankers' association at a recent meeting withdrew plans for co-op-cratlon because of opposition on the part of some of the largest bankers in the county. It was stat ed, and while a majority of the members of the association were favorable to co-operation they de cided against It bevause of the op position that has developed. Ths county superintendent's of fice will continue giving what supervision R can to the girlB club departments such as cooking and wing, but the animal clubs will be left to shift for themselves, and unless some assistance is given those departments will have no showing at the state fair this year. This in spite of the fact that the clubs from this county have wontion turned the project down. E OF TO $300 A YEAR Increases of 300 Instead of $G0O a year In the salaries of the district attorneys of Clackamas, Marion and Lane counties, and an increase of $500 instead of $2't0 in the salary of the district at torney of Washington county will be amendments to the district at torneys' salary bill when it Is re ported out by the senate judiciary committee Monday. It was Intro duced in the house by Mott. The district attorneys of Clack amas, Marlon and Lane counties now receive $2400 a year. Ttu Mott bill proposed to increase these to $3000 each. The amend ment makes the Increase. to $2700. The district attorney of Washing ton county now receives $220') and the bill provided an Increase to $2400. The amendment tnakos the Increase to $2700, placing tint couny In the same class with Clackamas, Marlon and Lane. Nd changes are made in the pro posed increases for the other d's tricfc attorneys of the state. The additional money necessary for the increases will bo provide! by an increase from $5 to $10 !n the fees for filing divorce caecf, This increase Is estimated to raise about $19,000 a year, while th increases In the salaries of the dis trict attorneys, as the bill is amended, will amount to $17,000 a year. . fin WmW iyjii.uu. Ww . , Girls' liitrh honors In these departments. The county superintendent states It will be physically impassible for her and Rural Supervisor Pox to give attention to those department tut they will assist the girls clulwi with what aid con be given hy the I teachers merely because they are organised and they do not wish to see-the pupils suffer. The. present conditions arone. when federal funds for club work in -this district became exhausted. Some time ago VV. H. Hal I lie, for merly rural supervisor here, left that work to take up the district leadership of club work In Marion. Polk, Linn and Lane counties. He had brought the club organizations in this county up to their highest point of membership when the fed eral funds became exhausted and Ids work as district leader wiu discontinued. Then tho movement doveloped among the banks to c-jntlnue on the work hero with financial as sistance from the banks, the work to go on in this county alone, with the consequent result at the recent meeting that the bankers' associa- T E Washington, Feb. 14. The In terstate commerce commission ha.- authorized three railroads which operate between Puget Sound cities in Washington and Port land, Or., to consolidate passenger train service, in the interests of economy. Roads concerned are the North ern Pacific. Great Northern and Oregon-Washington Railroad & Navigation company. They will run joint trains from Seattle and Tacoma to Portland and will di vide earnings. At presen there are six passen ger trains operated e'eh way over the route. After consolidation there will be five. One of the trains to be operated after consoli dation, however, will be a fast train, meeting demands of tin cities served. Competition between the steam lines and automobile bus an; suburban lines made the conaol idation advisable, the commission said. The authority to Issue the orJei was given the commission by the transportation act of 1912 0, but h never before been exercised. Sentences Governor's Son Columbus, Ohio, Feb. 14. Hal flonahey, 18-year-old son of Gov ernor Donahey, today was sm tenced to throe Mays In jail for violation of the automobile traffic aws FISHING CODE $1,500,000 WINS HOUSE IN AUTOS GO BY ONE VOTE UPINFLAMES Longest and Most Bitterly Contested Fight of Ses sion Over Section Ad mitting Aliens To Fish. At the close of the longest and most bitterly contested figlt to ake place on the floor of the house during tha present session Representative James Mott. of ltflop, lost his single handed at- ack upon ths forces of the com mercial fish interests by a single vote Just before 1 o'clock this af ternoon. Balloting upon Mott's motion to r.ubstltuta his minority report hai ring aliens from unrestricted fish- ng prtveleges in Oregon maters for a period of six years, as is pro vided in the fish code bill around which the war was waged, the ouse voted 31 to 27 to sustain the! majority report of the fisheries committee. The vote was: For substitution Eailey. Ben nett, BraK'her, Buchanan, CowrIU, Cramer, Fisher Graham, Hall, Jlnxlett, Horcher, Hosse, Hunter f Union, Hunter of Union and Wallowa, Hurlburt, Mott. Randall, Russell, Shriek, ShumtVay. Swnn, Teegirden. Tucker, Wheeler, Wil son, Winslow, Woodward. (Continued on Page Nine) E E Washington. Feb. 14. William M. Jardine. president of the Kansas Agricultural college, was selected today by President, Cool idge to be secretary of agriculture. He Is to take office on the re tirement of Secretary Gore, who on March 4 becomes governor of West Virginia. Along with Mr. Jardlne's nom Inatlon the president today sent to the senate the nomination of Frank B. Kellogg of Minnesota, now ambassador at London, to be secretary of state after Secretary Hughes leaves the cabinet March )lth. This action leaves three cabinet appointments pending before the senate, that of Churli s li. Warren to be attorney general, having been sent to the cnpltol a month ago but delayed by opposition, Selection of Mr. Kellogg to succeed Secretary Hughes had been previously announced but within an hour of the time Mr. Jardine 's nomination was sent from the White House, the sup porters of other candidates, still hopeful of success, had called there In an effort to sway the president's decision. GUILTY. MURDER Klamath Falls, Or.. Feb. I I. Pete Sullivan, accused as the ac tual slayer of Oscar K rick son In n gambling house robbery here early last month was convicted of fir;t degree murder here early ihm morning. The Jury deliberated less than three hours. A recom mendation for life Imprisonment accompanied trie verdict. La.e ibis morning Circuit Judge C. M Thomas of .'ackson county sen ten red both Sullivan and Sim Patv 'o life Imprisonment In the raV penitentiary. Pate was convicted of first degree murder last wee! in connection with the van'r crime. John Taylor, tnoe confession resulted In the arrtHt of three otn ers, will be eentencrd Tuodav morning. Only ono of the f-i'. men John O'Shea was acu, lifted. Kansas City Auto Show: Destroyed With $t50 000 Pavilion Sirens Shriek Wildly. Kansas City, Mo., Feb. 14. (U Associated Press.) Fire starting In flimsy decorations, supposedly from defective wiring destroyed uutomoblles valued at $1, BOO, 000 and the American Royal Livestr.es; pavilion valued at $650,000 early; today. All of the exhibits at the annual motor show were a total loss. The) show had closed fur the night, and no one was in the building when the fire broke out. The exhibits! were to have been moved to San Francisco for a showing there latqj this month. Firemen were hampered In theii work because of the lack of water plugs near the building and It was several minutes before they could play streams of water on the build ing which was a mass of flames when the firs, companies arrived. The explosion of gasoline tanks J a the car exhibits also held the fire men In check. Captain John J. Crane, 65. t lie- oldest fireman on the department. was caught In an incline between the annex and the main building (Continued on Page Nine) OF The senate today passed the foU lowing senate bills. S. II. 2 OS, committee on alco holic traffic Providing for two Kallons of wine yearly for use of ortholox Jews for family use. 3. B. 213. Multnomah (K lega tion Increasing salary of Multno mah county deputy sheriff $50 month. S. I. 17, Denins Providing that coroners shall immediately report sudden deaths to the district at torncy. S. B. 144, Klepper Granting; the rlirht to mutual Insurance com panies of other states or countiea to write automobile Insurance. S. B. 12s. Dennis Permitting shippers to have same riht o appeal for reparations to the pub lie service commission within ths state as they have for Interstate) shipments. S. U. 17. HareProviding for release of laborers lien on saw logs when substituted by bond. !E BILL DEFEATED SiMiatur JoJseph'a bill to distri bute Juris'lictlon over probate mat tors among all the circuit Judges of Multnomah county and cmpow crlng the Judges to select one of (heir number to handle probate) was defeated In the senate today. Joseph changed his vote so he may rater move ror reconsideration. The vote was as follows; For Hanks, Butler, Eddy. Ha rev Jospeh, Kinney, La Follctt, Stap les, Strayer, Zimmerman. Against Reals, Brown .Clark,, Corbett, Davis, Dennis, Dunn, risk, Johnson, Klepper, Mat;ladry, Kxcued Cai'ner, Garland and Kit net, Taylor, Upton Moser. Mlllor. A two nt Hall, Tooce. New Alaskan Governor. Washington, Feb, 14. George? Alexander Parks of Alaska wu nominated today by President Cnnlidga to be governor of Alaska Vr. Parks, who has been stationed in Alaska for several years, will succeed Scott C. Bone, whose torm f governor will expire In several Months.