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Newspaper Page TextMAR 7 1325 LIBRARY Capita 1 CITY EDITION Dally av.rag. net pud circulation tor month end February J I, l:s 6811 Average dally distribution 721. Member Audit Bureau of Circulations. GENERALLY FAIR Tonight and Saturday: frost la the In terior; moderate northerly wlodti ' X,ocal: Max.. 41; mln.. SI; rain, none, river, falling'; atmoa,. part cloudy, wind, southciut. FORTY-SEVENTH YEAR No. 56 SALEM, OREGON, FRIDAY, MARCH 6, 1925 PRICE THREE CENTS gSm1"0 ' rvi on Km TO CENTER IN Big: Switching Station To Be Constructed On Plot Purchased By Portland Electric Company, Purchase of block 12, West St leu, by tne Portland Electric Pow er company, fur the installation of a high tension switching sta tiou, was announced Ihis morning by V M. Hamilton, manager jt the Salem department. AH of the 00 cycle, tiOO.OOO-voIt transmission lines leading into bu lem, including one from the hy dro-electric plant in hstaeada, one from the hydro-electric plant at Oregon City, one from the steam plants in Portland, and one from the 2500-kilowaU steam plant here in Salem, will head up at tki switching station in the near fu ture, says Mr. Hamilton. Tn Kri-va Wee Siilf "Ultimately we will install big transformers and tranform power over in West Salem for the city of Salem, rather than with the substation along our power plant which will be transferred across the river, and the space it now oc cupies be used for additions to ou; steam plant." announces Mr. Hamilton. The connection with the Mouu tain States company which ie to go via the transmission line from Salem to Brunkg corner, thence to Independence, now planned, will head up at this switching station. A Sl.r0,000 transmission line now under construction from Newberg to Salem will give (Continued on Page Ten) "pons, of PRISON FAME IS J. W. Murray, Bertillon expert at the state penitentiary, left to day for Marshfield to return to th prison E. J. Potts, a parole viola tor. Potts was sent up from CJ it- liam county In 1917 to serve from one to ten years for embezzle ment. He was paroled in Septem ber. 1923. Potts has been a persistent of fender and made himself acquaint ed in an informal and disagreeable way wilh a number of leading re 1 dents of Salem. On an occasion or two he left a string of unsatis fied checks here, which took him to the prison. On one occasion, while on pa role, he assumed the title of doc tor, which he still carries, opened up business ns an itinerant prac titioner and became involved In an escapade with a young girl in alls City, which brought him back to the penitentiary. Potts became noted for his oily tongue and ways and since the occasion of his last parole in 1923 did not pass checks here, but from a number of liens on file against him in the couty clerk's office, nevertheless succeeded In appar ently getting away with othe people's money or goods, withou reimbursement to the owners. According to word received hre use of bad checks proved 0 downfall at Marshfield. KLAMATH FALLS Klamath Falls. Or., March 6 Klamath F.ills was covered with snow todav as a result of a brick snow storm which followed heavy rain last night. Within the city the snow covered a depth of about four inches, and was even heavier In the surrounding hills Benl, Or., Mnrrh 6. Following more than two weeks of balmv weather the temperature droppe late yesterday afternoon and light snnw fell early in the even tng. While the stfnw had nwlv; on the pavements downtown thl aftrnron It showed no sign entirely disappearing elsewhe- ana a cold wind was blowinr. 11 Too Mary Too Fe - Undf Too many marriages and too tew divorces proved the undoing of Moses Hind, alias William John son, who wus arrested last nig in at 20th aud Lee streets, where he was living with wile No. it ner sister and child. iue arrest was made on telegraphic request from Ft. Scott, Kansas, where it i& claimed Hind's wife No. 1 Is liv ing. Sheriff Bower and Deputy Sheriff Burkbart were the arrest ing officers. Hind, who Jived here under tne name of William Johnson, con fessed to the sheriff and his depu ty that he had a wife living in the east. 'She was mean to me. She wouldn't let me get a divorce. She nagged me, and made life general. ly unbearable," Hind is reported to have said to the officers. Wife No. 2 and her sister both appeared extremely astonished when the arrest was made. They professed having had no knowl- dge of the fact that Hind had an other wife and Hind bore them out Bourbons Refuse To Take Part In Organization Plans Reading Insur gents Out of Party. Washington, March 6. With the support of the senators they have read out of the party coun cils, the republicans proceded to day to the re-organization of the new senate. Senator Moses of New Hamp shire was elected president pro tein pore, 3G to uU over Senator Pittman, democrat, Nevada, the choice of 1'ic democratic confer ence. Senator Robinson told the dem ocratic conference that democratic senators should allow the re publican party to "fight out the issues without interference" over committee assignments. "The minority," he said. "Is under no obligation to settle dis putes of this nature. We should recognize the right of the admin istration to organize the senate and unless its efforts prove futile, stand by and refrain from partici pation in dashes among republi cans concerning committee assign ments.' ' Ho advocated non-partisan con sideration of foreign relations "In order that the moral strength of our nation in itn dealings with other peoples may be undimin- ;hed." He admonished the democratic senators against attempting to ommit the party organization on political Issues without thorough onslderation in conference. Senator Hobinson was re-elected party floor trader and all the off i cere of the con Terence were re tcted. 26 LOSE LIVES IN ! Dl ACT DLrldl Lcnin ;rad, March C. (By As sociated Pre?., t Twenty-six per- vms were killed and an unknown number wounded by an explosion f ovygen tanks tn a building tn he enter of Leningrad today. The explosion caused a panic In the vicinity and scattered debris and parts of humin bodies In ev- "y direction. Most of the virtini r. rnd h'li!ron were Tri- GIBBONS-CONROY BOUT OFF St. Paul. Mini'., .":reh 6 Cm collation of the boxing match be ween Tommy Gibbons of St. Paul eav weight ana Mike Conroy nf '?nhe' r, .V. i ,. scheduled for St .t?r' d y. ru announced to ! .v. T:: pn motors said that the ::. wmi'd intrrfere with a Min i . i V :m frhr show of March 23 DEM0CRATS1N ME ALOOF Wives, Divorces ng of Hind to their ignorance. - According to the story, Hind with h i present wife and her sis ter and child came out to Oregon from Kansas last fall. a Whether they were married here,' there, or en route is not kuown. Since ar riving here Hind aas been attend ing an automobile school in Port land and would be away several days at a time. Officers had been stalking the place of bis residence here for over a week before locating him and had begun to fear that he had been tipped off and had fled. Then last night he appeared. Discovery of his whereabouts was made through correspondenc between his wife and her sister and their relatives at Ft. Scott. The fact that they were corre sponding so openly further bears out tho belief that the woman in volved at this end had no knowl edge of Hind's previous marriage Hind is held in jail here await ing the arrival of officers from Kansas. STOKES YELLS OUTDENIALS Millionaire Who Accused Wife of Misconduct Is Moved to Rage by Cross Examination Turn. Chicago, March 6. (By Asso ciated Press.) The prosecution was warned by Judge W. N. Gem mill this afternoon that if It did not quit trying to get smut before the jury, the verdict would be set aside' if against W. E. D. Stokes aged New York millionaire, on trial charged with conspiracy to defame his wife, Helen Eltwood Stokes of Denver, Colo. Chicago, March 6. (By Asso ciated Press) Three days of direct examination of W. E. D. Stokes on trial with Robert Lee, Chicago negro for conspiring to defame Mrs. Stokes were ended this afternoon and In the ten minutes that remained before the luncheon recess, Milton D. Smith, assistant state's attorney, asked questions that bad the aged de fendant shaking with rage and (Continued on Page Nine Washington, March 6. A sec ond favorable report on the nom ination of Charles B. Warren of Michigan to be attorney general, was ordered today by the senate judiciary committee. At the same time senate repub licans in conference, voted 28 to 11, against- consideration of the nomination in open session of the senate. The proposal for open consider ation was made by Senator Goed ng, republican, Idaho, but was op posed generally byatf ministration leaders. It was supported largely by those who opposed confirma tion and who succeeded In holding up action at the last session. An effort to Ret the nomination up in executive session later failed and consideration of It went over until tomorrow. NOT GUILTY IS PLEA OF PHILLIP HAMMGND -Portland. Or., March . Phil lip Hammond, Oregon City lawyer and a member of the legislature. pleaded not guilty in federal court today to a charge of violating the war risk insurance act by over charging parents of a deceased veteran for making out their ap plications for compensation. The trial was set for May 7, 1L CALLED 10 TESTIFY Former Secretary Served With Subpoena ; Two Oil Operators Quizzed In Paris, Report. El Paso, Texas, March 6. For mer Secretary of the Interior A B. Fall was Berved today with s subpoena to appear as a witness In; the Teapot Dome oil lease cancel lation suit-by United States de- partmcnt marshal, N. F. Work. It understood Mr. Fall will leave; within the next 2 ' hours for Chey-1 enne, where the suit opens Alou day. Cheyenne, Wyo., March 6. Al bert B, Fall, former secretary o the interior, will be served today at 1 Paso, Texas, with a subpoena to appear as a witness for the gov ernment in the Teapot Dome lease -.nulmcnt trial opening next Monday, it was announced here today. Paris, March 6. (By Associat ed Press.) H. M. Blackmer and James E. O'Nei), former official: of American oil companies, win hae been visiting in France, wei summoned before the civil trl bunal of the Seine on February 24 1 for Interrogation by Ulrica J. Mcngert, special representative oi the United States state depart ment, in connection with the Tea pot Dome naval reserve case, It was revealed today. Both men, it was added, refused to testify. The proceedings which seem ingly took place in privacy were properly attested, orficially, by the French court immediately so that Mr. Mengert was able to return to America aboard the George Wash ington on the following day. Both Mr. Blackmer and Mr. O'Neil, it is understood, quietly af firmed they personally had noth ing to do with the case and de clined resolutely to answer ques tions. I. IN TOLEDO, 01 Walter Sinclair. charged with ssfsttng his stepfather In burning two automobile trucks at Fair field over a year and a half ago in order to collect Insurance money, Is under arrest at Toledo, Ohio, ac cording to telegraphic advices to Sheriff Bower. It Is expected man will be cent from the nttite fire niarwhall's office to return Sinclair here for trial. His step father, named Mason, pleaded guilty to the offense shortly after ris arrest and was paroled. Mason and Sinclair were tnken to Portland by inveMl.uors from the f re marshall's office and after m Inquisition It In stated both of them. In signed statement, admit ted their guilt. On representations on the part of Sinclair that he woud appear the next morning, he was permitted to rejoin his wife for the nif?ht at a Portland hotel, The next morning he failed to ap pear and his arrest at Toledo has been the result of a nation wide search since that time. The two men were employed at Fairfield on a logging contract In which they employed the two trucks. One was tn a shtl and another outsiJe when the fire oc- -.1 destroyed both. Rem nants of the destroyed machine are still held by sheriff as evl dence against them. He has been employed as I truck driver between Toledo and Detroit, making his home In Tole do. The sheriff haa requested the fire ma i8 hall's office to send man after him as the trip will hrobably consume nearly three weeks and the sheriff does not wish to spare a deputy from hlr dutlea for that length of time. Pershinr Still in Bed Havana, Cuba, March 6. Gen eral John Pershing, taken III here last Tuesday after he arrived from Santiago De Cub:, was still In bed early today and was not expected to arise until tomorrow, when he is expected to visit President .ay as. IN OIL CASE SALEM SERVED WITH PHOTOGRAPHS OF INAUGURATION OVER TELEPHONE LINES' HM R $ 0 . Chief Justice Taft administering the oath of office to President PHOTOS SENT OVER WIRES Pictures Transmitted By Telephone Serve Salem With Inaugural Views In 48 Hours. Today the Capital Journal pre sents to Its readers photographs of the inauguration of President Coolidge taken in .Washington, 300Q miles away, which were transmitted over 3600 miles of telephone line, and ma do avail able for publication here less than 48 hours after the inaugural cere monies had been completed. The publication of these views is made possible through the courtesy of the Pacific State Tel ephone & Telegraph company, coast division of the Bell system. Snapped In Washington dur ing the ceremonies, the views were transmitted to San Francis co over a special wire in seven minutes. Here they were repro duced, made up into newspaper mats and mailed to Salem. They arrived here at 3 o'clock this morning. Just 36 hours after the pictures were taken in Washing ton. tiiaiitturntloit Photos TfKt The purpnsj of the present test was to demonstrate the capabili ties over transcontinental distances of a new system of electrically transmitting pictures devised by the Hell Telephone engineers. Four cities were connected to 'ether for Ihe purposes of this test, the ar rangements being such that pic tures were sent from Washington, . C, to New York, Chicago and San Franelsco simultaneously. The (Continued on Page Seven) FOR CHAS. FORBES Chicago, March 6. (By Asso ciated Press.) Application for writ of error on behalf of Colonel Charles H. Forbes, former bead of the United States veterans' bu reau, recently found guilty with John W. Thompson of conspiracy, was filed In federal court today. Forbes' counsel seeks to pass the sentence to the circuit court of ap peals. " i Stay of sentence of Forbes, who like Thompson, was fined 110,000 and sentenced to prison for two years, was extended for 40 days by Judge Samuel Alschulcr of the cir cuit court of appeals, but he re fused to pnss on the application for a writ of error and supersedeas in the absence of the trial judga, George A. Carpenter, who sen ten red Forbes and Thompson. Six Killed in Crash Willtsmxport, Ind., March 6. Mrs. Fred Bodine, 28, and four small children of this place and .Vina Clara Hurd, 21, Marysville, Ohio, were killed today when their automobile was struck by a freight train here. PLANES COLLIDE 4000 FEET IN AIR PILOTS ESCAPE San Aii'miio, Tn, Mur. 0 When two Kflley fielil plimrs collided In mlil-nlr nl nil Heviitioti nf about 41IOU feet todny, both pilot? jump ed from I lie wrct'Ufd mach ine In parachute, lauding nfcty mod nflcr Ihe burning: pin i ics, locked wing In whig, crashed. Sm-oik1 (Jciitcimnt O, J Mt't'nlllNicr a it d C u d I Charles A Xlndherg of ihe advanced flying hcIhmiI of Kelly field were the pilots of the iiluiic. With the excep tion of it few minor scrntche neither mini wan hurt. This Is ihe first time In history that two pllota have Iciipcd from different dil(m following a million nnd la ml ed whhout fiital injuries. I'mli-r l lie ronimand of FIi-ki IJciiiciintit T. Itliuk burn, n group of aduinccd student flying In 9-hlp formation, wore practicing attack work mi n 1, II. -4-11 plane driven by Lieutenant It. J j. Maiighun. City Built on Gold Bearing Sand, Claim Salem is a city built on gold, contends Walter I -owe. street coin missioner, who tn 1880 pauned gold from the black sands taken from the excavations for the base ment of the city ball on Che- meketa and High street, and who declares that tho gravel beiny taken from the sewer ditch be-i tween the Bush pasture and Rural avenue is gold bearing gravel. 'This whole city of Salem is built on the delta of the Santlam river, which carried gold to the Willamette for ages," says Mr. Lowe. "Utile old Mill creek Is now flowing along the former channel of the Sautiam. I don't remt mber seeing It, but records prove It,' he declared. At the time the ctiy hall base ment was dug, Mr. Lowe was fire chief of Salem and assistant city engineer. He used laborers from the city jail to a lar;;e extent, and wnile he watched them, he panneo the sands they excaatcd and took out enough gold for pin money. Only powdered flour gold f to be found In this old delta land," nays Mr. Lowe. "If thcre'd been anything big In tho way of gold, this city would have been dug jd years ago.' FARMERS' BALLOT To ascertain the sentiment of farmers upon the auto parking limit in the business district of Salem, country readers are requested to cut out, mark with an X their preference and mail this ballot to the Capital Journal. ) Favor one hour parking limit. Il Favor two hour parking limit. No limit. Name Address Coolidue at the Capitol. BOOKS ARE JUMBLED Rumors of Shortage In Accounts of Former Justice of Peace Not Substantiated by Audit. Investigation of reports which have been growing on the streets to the effect that shortages have been found In the accounts of P. J. Kuntz, retiring justice of the peace for this district, reveals that discrepancies which are said to exist will be adjusted between the county court and Justice Kuntz without difficulty. It Is even posstble if any shortage ex ists it Is In favor of Kuntz as against the county, although It has not been definitely dctermln ed which way the answer may read until final audit Is complet ed by J. C. Siegnnuid. Siegmund has been working on an audit of the justice's accounts for the county court. The Initial audit revealed an apparent discrepancy in regard to fines collected and fine moneys paid Into the county treasurer, but this soon was cleared up. It developed that there were a num ber of instances where fines were assessed and the defendant per mitted to pay the fines In month ly Installments, but the books failed to reveal this clearly for the auditor. One instance was shown where a fine was assessed, the defendant made an effort to secure the money, fatted to do so and laid out his time In jail. The amount Involved was 100. The (Continued on Page Four) BEND AND MITCHELL TEAMS WIN IN TOURNEY Bend, Or., March 6. Bend and Mitchell won In the first two g mes of the central Oregon and mid-Columbia basketball tun ma ment which started here last night. They will meet in one of the seml-ffnal games tonight att er the other two preliminary games have been played off. Bend defeated Wasco Inst night by a score of 52 to 18 while Mitch ell won from Madras, ZO to 11. ,ui wa rn mm BY C00LID9E Veteran of Spanish-American War Selected By Weeks to Displace Critic of Aviation Service, Washington, Mar. 9 Selection of Colonel Jaiuea E. Fechet to be assistant chief of the army air acr. vice, to succeed Brigadier gener al William Mitchell, was announc ed today by Secretary Weeks. General Mitchell's term as as sistant chief will expire April 27, when Colonel Fechet will assume the duties and the rank of brigad ier general. General Mitchell re verting to his own rank of colonel Colonel Fechet was born In Texan, August 21, 1877, and en listed as a private in the Sixth cavalry during tho war with Spain. April IS, 1S8. He became a second lieutenant In 19'0 and has passed through the other grades to his present rank In the regular army. He participated in the Santiago campaign und was wounded at the battle of San Juan In 1898. He also saw active service during the Phlnpplno Insurrection and served with the punitive expedition In Mexico in ltflfi. Colonel Fechet is a qualified pi lot, having served continuously in the aviation service since Septem ber, 1917. He wus appointed tem porary lieutenant colonel, aviation at the outbreak of the world war,, promoted to temporary colonel in 1918, his. temporary commission terminating In 1920, when he was permanently transferred to the air service. He stands third in rela tive rank among the lieutenant colonels of the army air service. Nomination Transmitted Tho nomination of Colonel Fe chet. carrying the rank of briga dier general wns sent to the senate hy President Coolidge a short time after he had received tho recom mendation from Secretary Weeks. (Continued on Page Nine) Sardines aud pineapples were tho net gain of robbers who en tered the Salem Heights store of Wiggins & Son last night, making a raid on a storehouse in the rear after efforts to gain entrance to the front of the store bad proved neriectual. The robbera pried a lock from the front door, but there was an other lock on the aoor which baf fled them. They then mad entrance at the rear through a window which led them into a s to re h ouse w h e re odds and ends were kept In addi tion to canned goovs, sacked Qiied fruits and similar staple articles. They picked out some cans of sar dines and pineapples and fled, ac cording to a check of the goods made tfis morning. Deputy Sheriffs Burkhart and Smith made an Investigation of the premises today. Donver, Colo.. March 6. A cor oner's Jury today returned a ver- ilfrt that Hazel llluzer, 32 yean olil, fifed "an a rexult o( poison ad ministered by her lather. Dr. H. K. Blazer," Kr.glewood physician. Dr. lllazer, who la differing from poitMin taken in a suicide at tempt after he is alltftcd to have slain hla daughter, already is fac ing flrat degree murder charges. The daughter had been an invalid sinre childhood. Reed Criticize, Dawes Washington. March . A aatir leal attack on any on man who would set his will against that .)t the senate was delivered here last night In an address by Rcnntor Itced of Missouri. He did not men tion namea, but told of an "at tack" on the senate. ApologlilnR to Kipling, he said, the object of his remarks reminded hlra of an "India ruliber Inlun on a spree."