MAR 7 1325
LIBRARY
Capita
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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
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"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."