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Newspaper Page TextJomraal CITY EDITION Dally average net paid circulation (or month end February II, 112ft FAIR AND COOL Tonight and Sunday. Fro at tonight; gentle variable winds. Local: Max., 52; mln., SI: rain, none, river, l.i, falling; atmoa., clear; wind. 6811 Average daily distribution 7561. Mmhfp Audit Bureau of Circulation. FORTY-SEVENTH YEAR No. 57 SALEM, OREGON, SATURDAY, MARCH 7, 1925 DDTCl" TUDTfl? f'VMT! ON TRAINS ANU NKW8 i iih u u i kj STANDS FIVB CUNTS fo) 0) 6P run UttUYJ CaBitalifi 1L nnnn$r MM re NEWSTATUTE DELAYS ROAD ACTIVITIES County Court Forced To Wait 90 Days Before Mapping Program For 1925 Construction. The county highway program will not be definitely marked out for 90 days, due to bouse bill No. 4, which does not become a law for approximately that length of time. Between 120 and 125 miles ot road Improvements will be made with market road funds, with no definite determination yet as to how many of these miles will be paved roads, but probably in the neighborhood 01 ii mnes. Developments in the art of building graveled roads, which can be laid three miles to one lor naved roads at the same expense. will mean a turning to that class of improvement to a large extent in the market road program. Turner to uet Road- One definitely determined pave road will be o link from Turner to the I'acific hignway. but jut where has not been decided. These are the highlights in the proposed county road program as outlined today by County Judge Hunt to a delegation from Turner headed by John McKinney appearing before the court today. Incidentally McKinney told the county court that for tho first time In 20 years the people of Turner were a unit on a proposi tlon and all had joined forces in a common cause. It also developed that there is a flpht between two sections ae to where the Turner-Pacific cutoff will run, although McKinney state that the Turner people themselve: were as a unit for the cutoff thi? delegation was proposing a road by way of Cloverdale. The other proposed cutoff Is by (Continued on Pago Four) SIMONS CHOSEN TO FILL EBERT'S E Berlin, Mar. 7 The majority party In the relchstng have agreed to frame a measure appointing Dr, Walter Slnons, president ad terim of the German republic. Dr. Simons is a former foreign mln Irter, aiii now president of the su preme court at Leipslc. It la understood that the decls Ion to make Dr. Simons the tern porary president until a successor ot the lata President Ebert Is ei:ct rd, watt primarily with the Idea ot leaving Dr. Hans Luther free to carry on his important work as rhancellor unhampered by the duties of the presidential office. Dr. Simons was minister of for eign affairs In the Fehretn bach cabinet and was the leader In the German reparations nego tiation with the allies. While Chancellor Fehrenbach was a cen trist. Dr. Simons entered the min istry with no proclaimed party affiliations. He resigned with the cabinet In May, 1921, following the allies ultimatum on reparation?. He later became the German lega adviser on the upper Sileslan boun dary commission and was appoint' ed president of the supreme court In T922. Dr. Simons wan born in 1861. ACT TO BLOCK SALE OF DISEASE GERM CULTURES Chicago, Mar. 7 Because of testimony that disease germ cul tures may be "bought as easily pitols" In the coroner's inquest Into the doith of William Nelson McCllntock. millionaire orphan :he city council had ordered its le cnl department to draft "such law u may be required and ordinances passed tu properly protect the public from any abuse In this re gard. ' Stit-'s attorn?, conducting Investigation jf McCllntock's rit at h. supposedly from typhoid said the Inquiry hM convinced them It Is an easy matter for any on to obtain deadly germs with evil Intent. TOW" FIGHTS COL T ORDER TO JACATE IT Citizens of Wyoming Oil Town Plan To Carry Battle To U. S. Supreme Court If Necessary. Lavoye, Wyo., Mar. 7 Frontier- like Lavoye, perturbed as never before, contrived today for means to stave off her day of Judgment set yesterday by a federal court because. It is alleged, the soil on which this boom town stands. Is 1 occupied in trespass, and against the laws of the land. Kcv;& of tho decree of Federal Judge T. Blake Kennedy in Chey enne, yesterday, ruling that La voye's townsite the home of 1500 people rightfully belongs to the Ohio Oil company was received calmly by grizzled, weather beat en citizens, but nevertheless caus ed concern felt by evey Inhabit ant. The court held that the oM com pany was entitled to possession of the land within 60 days through a lease granted by the government for oil development. Business leaders in Lavoye, which lies in the heart of the Salt Creek oil field, promptly called a masd meeting at which probably a li una red person! publicly reiterat ed th?lr stand not to vacate their tiomcs anu DuuuingA ana announc ed a continuance of their fight In higher com la. The townsite authorized counsel to carry the case to the United States circuit court of appeals at St. Louis. Unless the townsite is vacated within the period set yes terday by Judge Kennedy, all who still live in Lavoye must answer to citations of contempt. Springing almost over night dur ing the oil rush. Lavoye's contour la mapi ing against a sparsely set tled section, spoticj with a sage brush and alk t 11 covered. Homes there ar emostly flimsy frame structures, but sufficient to pro vide for men who sought their fortune in a day. The town has three weekly newspapers, several motion picture theaters and other institutions built with a view of being permanently maintained. Outwardly Lavoye was without much worry today as her future hangs in the balance, and the wheel.! of business ground on as usual. (ED "GEORGE ADE" IS - Macon, Ga., Mar. 7. Mra. George Ade, until six weeks ago Mrs. rom uxrord, beautiful and reputed wealthy widow of Grif fin, Ga., today found her hu band'fl Identity questioned. Six weeks ago 6he was mar ried to a man purporting to be tiie Indiana author, accomDanyin him Into Alabama for the cere mony. Shortly afterward ehe ac companlcd her husband here. His coming was announced by local newspapers and in inter views during the past week her husband told reporters he was writing his autobiography. Last night newspapers became suspicious and located the other George Ade In Florida. After con verentiona oyer long distance tele phone they classed her husband In the category of "salesmen for a local packing bouse." PERSHING AGAIN ABIE TO ATTEfiD FUNCTIONS Havana, Cuba. March 7. Gen eral John J. Pershing, who was taken 111 on his arrival here with members of his mission to South America from Santiago De Cuba last Tuesday, will probably leave his bed tod.iv for the first time since the afternoon of his arrival. The gener-l plans to rislt Pres ident Zayas at the presidential palace. The entire mission. Including Admiral Dayton and Minister Hirlcs, with their aides, under present plans, will witness the .invellng of the Maine monument tomorrow morning. Farmers For 2-Hour Plan Of Parking RESULT OF BALLOT One Hour Parkins 14 Two Hour Parking.... 40 No Limit Parking 20 Conclusion of the farmers al lot on the time limit for parkins in downtown Salem today shows a large majority of those who voted by mall to be in favor of the two hour limit, proposed by two peti tioning bodies in the city, over the ono hour limit now in effect and tbe no limit rule formerly In force. Forty farmers sent in approval of the two-hour limit, as com pared to 14 In favor of the one hour limit, and 20 were in fa vol' ot no limit at all. These 74 votes were mailed in from nearly every community tri- (Continued on Page Nine) Senate Votes To Consider Nomination of Warren In Open Session Over Objections. Washington, March 7. The senate voted today to consider in open session the nomination of Charles B. Warren to be attorney general. The doors were opened over the protest of administration senators by a vote of 46 to 39. The senate just before had voted 39 to 38 to override a ruling by President Pro-tempore Moses that a two thirds vote would be necessary fur a:, open session. Opponents of the nomination began their attack soon after the doors were thrown open with Sena tor Walsh, Ccmocrat, Montana, leading off. The president should have wide latitude in hiej selections. Senator Walsh said, hut he did not agree that nominations for the cabinet should be confirmed "unless some moral charge" was brought against the nominee. He cited precedents when the sennte failed io confirm cabinet nominations. Senator Walsh declared Mi. Warren has "no reputation as a lawyer" although he did make an argument on tho North Atlantic fisheries case at The Hague, and appeared in the record as a law yer In the seals arbitration case. He thon came to the nonrnec's sugar connections, declaring he was known as a representative of tho "sugar trust." From a book colled "The Ills tory of Trusts in America.'' Sena tor Walsh read a description of the companies In which Mr. Warren was interested. The operations of these companies, he said, "at tempted to stifle every bit of com petition th.it raised its head." "Having acquired control of the can sugar refineries," ho continu ed, "they then set out to get con trol of tho beet sugar industry.' Senator Smoot, republican, Utah interrupted to ray that they did not now control the beet sugar in dustry. "No," replied Senator Walsh, (Continued on Page Nine) U. OF 0. AND AGGIES I Eugene, Or , March 7. Grimly determined basketball players from the University of Oregon, ac companied by their coach, "Billy" Keinhart, w;ll leave Eugene 4:30 o'clock I his afternoon for Corvallis, where ney will meet the Oregon Agricultural college quintet at 7:30 o'clock tonight In the second of a three-game series' for the championship of the north ern section of the Pacific coast conference. The Aggie team won the first game of the seiles here Thursday afternoon 15 to 12 and another victory for them tonight would give them. the championship. A victory for Oregon on the other hand would throw the series Into a tie, and would necessitate the playing of the third game Monday, in Salem on the Willamette uni- WARREN FIGHT AGAIN OPENED versity court. REPUBLICANS ARE UNABLE Objections From Within Own Ranks Block Plan To Demote Insurgent Senate Members. Washington. Mar. 7. Objec tion from their own ranks pre vented the republican majority today from completing organiza tion ot the new senate. When the republican organiza tion brought In Us slate of com mittee assignments, relegating the LaFollette insurgents to plac es of minor rank. Senator Nor- ris, republican, Nebraska, and Borah, Idaho, blocked immediate consideration. Replying to an Inquiry by Sen ator Borah, Chairman Watson of the republican committee on com mi t tees said it had been decided to remove Senators LaFollette, Wisconsin; Ladd and Frazier, North Dakota and Brookbart, Iowa, from their former rank and assign them to places below even the rank of the democrats, be cause of the action taken by the senator republican conference last November, reading them out of the party. The party conference had de cided, Senator Watson explained that not only should these sena tors not be invited to attend fur ther conferences but that they should not be named In filling re publican Vacancies .on commit tees. "Then, if these gentlemen are not to be treated as republicans, Senator Borah returned, "by what right does a republican committee on committees assign them to places on the standing commit tees?" "My answer to that," replied Senator Watson, "is that two years ago when the farmer labor senators came in they asked to be assigned to committee places by the republicans." The Nebraska senator protested against hasty action and said he would require some time to con sider the committee list present ed by the republican committee on committees. Senator Borah de clared removal of the Insurgent 5x0 up from their positions of seniority was "impolitic, unwise and unfair. "It is not only unfair to the men themselves," said Senator Borah, "but it is unfair to their constituents. I venture to say that within the next two years my colleagues will regret this ac tion and will look back upon It ae a mistake. Republican campaign " spokes men, he predicted would have to devote most of their time in ex plaining this act to the constitu ents when they go Into these men's states." "You may demote these men,1 he continued, "but they have the same Influence In the senate they always had. There Is a difference of opinion in the republican party but it is not conrlned to the lead ers but exists among the con tit it uen ts. "If these men stood alone, it would be different. But 1 see men sitting in this chamber today whose scats will be Imperiled If this program goes through.' Senator Vvateon, Indiana, one of the republican leaders, replied that a political party was organ ized In reality lor only one cam paign. - "I do know," he asserted, "that in 1924 these Individuals left the republican party. Senator Brook.art, Iowa, one ol those read out of the party. Jump ed to bis feet and immedfatcl challenged the statement. "I did not !ave the republican party," he said. "I am a better republican than the senator from Indiana. I stand for the principles of Abraham Lincoln and Theodore Roosevelt, two great republicans, pnd I have ihown this by my votes more than the senator from Indf ana'. Senator Watson replied that the Insurgents certainly did not rep resent the republican party as It declared itself In Its last plat form. Under the republican committee slate, Senator McKfnley of Illinois would succeed LaFollette as chair mar of the manufacturers commit tee and Senator Htanfield of Ore gon would succeed Senator Ladd of North Dakota as chairman of the public lands committee. Other changes In chairmanship include ORGANIZE Objections Of Washington School Site At Any Price, Survey Shows Four-fifths of the people of Sa lem are opposed to the sale of the1 site ot the old Washington school at any price if sentiment found by Capital Journal reporters sent out to interview various citizens is any criterion of the general feel ing. Of a score or more of persons interviewed fully 80 per cent have expressed themselves in opposition to any disposal of the property which will take it out of the hands ot the public and a goodly major ity lavor some plan whereby the site can be converted Into a public park. Among those who would see the block converted Into a park and playground fully half desire to see title remain in the school dis trict, so that the site may be avail able for a new school at such time as one is needed. They propose that the old building Te torn down ani the grounds improved as a park until that time arrives. They would solve the problem of ell ml na'.ing the hoie that would be left T Governor's Secretary Goes To County Jail To See That Order Liberating Fee Is Obeyed. Once more a Marion county moonshiner has departed from the couuty Jail under executive clem ency, this time it being Lester Fee, and Private Secretary Delzell of the executive department went to the sheriff's office personally yesterday afternoon to see that Fee was released on scheduled time. Fee was let out with his three months' sentence nearly served. but with $250 yet to be paid as a fine. His release was on a pardon, conditioned on his paying the fine in monthly installments and a bond was put up by Fee that he vould make such payments. Case Notorious One. The Fee case constituted one of the notorious liquor captures of last year. In a well under the front porch of Fee's brother's home in the Lab is h country, the officers found many feet underground a complete moonshine outfit. Fee completely exonerated his brother from any connection with the operation1). After Fee's Incarceration In Jail, Mrs. George Fee, wife of Lcster a brother, started action against a neighbor named Blair seek in? heavy damages for alleged assault and battery. Blair came back In his answer and alleged the whole affair grew out of the fact that Mrs. Fee was In a gross state of intoxication on Christmas day (Continue.l on Page Nine) London. Mar. 7. (By AshocI ated Prrw) Marquem Curzon of Kedlrston, lord president of the council, who suffered a collapse while about to addrens a meeting at Cambridge, last Saturday night, will undergo an operation Monday, it was stated today. He pawed a fairly good night and his condition was said to be unchanged this morning. A bulletin testier! from his res ident last night described his condition "as not calling for alarm" but stated he had suffer ed "a severe hemorrhaged At the time of his collapse the outward symptoms of his illness were described as faintness and a slight nasal hemorrhage. Lord Cu neon's physicians after a consultation this morning, is sued the following bulletin: "The patient passed a good night and the hemorrhage Is much reduced, but we consider an operation necessary to remove the cause of the bleeding. This will take place Monday. PIERCE FREES E Strong to by the basement of the old build ing by converting it Into a sunk en garden. And in connection with thai phase of the question the school board is pretty much of the same mind. It might also be said here that members of the school board have Intimated strongly during the past day or two that there Is little dan ger that the property will be sold at this time, and not at all un less prospective purchasers are willing to advance their offers to a figure far beyond any that they havo been reeclved to date. "I am very much In favor of us ing the Washligton grounds for a combined park and playground," said Dr. Henry Morris yesterday. "The playground across the creek Is so muddy that It can't be used except during a small part of the year. Furthermore, I think It is better to have a children's play ground surrounded by houses rath er than to let tbe kids go off out of view somewhere." Dr Morris Four Burned To Death in Home Blaze LaGrande, Ore., March 7. Four persons were burned to death, and two others were severely burned today when the home of Walter Schultz In Evans, 65 miles north east of here, was destroyed by fire. The dead arc: Mrs. Walter Schultz, her son Jimmy, aged 4; her daughter, Florence, aged 2, and her six months old baby. Schultz and a brother-in-law, Ted Frost, 16, were seriously burned. Physicians said It might be neces. sary to amputate Frost's hands, but that both men have chances of recovery. The flames were caused by a kerosene explosion when Schultz started a ftrc In the room occupied by Mrs. Schultz and her children. The house was completely destroyed. Schultz was employed by the O. W. K. & N. as section hand. AT Tuition for students at Willam ette university was raised from $100 a year to $160 by action of the executive committee of the board of trustees, meeting on the Wilamettc campus this morning. The increase will go into effect next fall. The flCO will Include $20 stu dent body fee4, $140 ot the uiouey being used by t'.ie administration itself. Included in the $20 will be whatever sun. may be appro priated by the si u dents for the Wallulah, tho Willamette univcr Jity annual, which heretofore has been published by the junior class and sold to whoever of the stu dents will buy It. Recent actio?) by the student body resulted i Warren Day appearing before the committee with a petition from the stu'lents raking that the price of the Wallulah he added to the student body tve and collected oy the administration at the same time the tuition tn collected. Thin lias been the customary method of collecting the student body fee. Inquiry by Willamette authori ties revealed 'lie fact that no other independent eel lege in the state lias a tuition ot less than $200 a year. Even with the increase Willamette's tuition will be lower than any other college in Oregon. SCHOOLS FOR ROBBERS IN OKLAHOMA, CHARGE Oklahoma City Okln , March 7 A declaration that "schools" are being conducted In Oklahoma in which bank robbers learn their tricks was made on the floor of the house ot the state legislature esterday by Representative W. L. Carl lie. Sale lives within a block of the Wash ington grounds, and has children who would go to school there if a building were in uce on the prop erty. Th3 fact that the grounds are situated next the railroad track Is cited as a reajn why a park should be located there. It would bo viewed each year by htousands of people passing through the city on the train. Danger t othe chll-J aren irom passing trains is acciar ed to be slight In comparison with the danger from automobiles. Henry Meyers states that he fa vors making the grounds into a, park and a plat e for the young sters to play. George C. Wills, Joe Adolph, and others advise keep ing the property for the present regard lew of wh.xt Is done with it. "I was greatly surprised to bear they Intenidod to sell It," said Mr. Wills. "I think the use of this Wash ington school property as a park and playground would be a wise (Continued on Page Four) L Objection of Kay Causes Board To Change Plans For Training School On Woodburn Site. A protect raised by Stato Treas urer Kay today caused a change in the plans for construction of the new boys' stato training school to be established near Woodburn. Governor pierce without much persuasion agreed to .the change and it was voted to advertise nt once for bids from contractors. It Is believed construction will be un- der-way In May. Kay nnnounccd that he was op posed to the construction scheme relative to the location of the heating plant, kilchun and two of the four cottages, nnd that his fltnnd was about the same as that of h's predecessor, Jefferson My ers. The gr.iunds as planned for lo cation of buildings are ova! in shape, aoid as the plans were drawn the four cottages were all placed on 0.10 side ot the oval with the heating plant a distance of three-eights of a mile from the administration building. The kit chen was similarly located, the plan being to transport food from the kitchen to the four cottages between the kitchen and the ad ministration building by means of an underground conduit. The din tance of the heating plant from (he school building and cottages. Kay declared, would be very expensive. He protested that the Initial ex pense would he i2300 per Inmate, which, ho said, would buy a house and lot for each boy. It would be tho most expensive and aristocratic of all the state institutions, he Raid. As the pi ins are now changed (Continued on Page Nino) Chicago. Mar. 7 Stricter cen Korship of wild went and bad mn nmtifin picturo thrillers by public officials was urged In an opinion handed down by the appellate court, reversing a circuit court de cision restraining the city from In terference with the exhibition of a western picture In which gun I'.ny figured prominently. 1 ho opinion traced close rela tionship between the two gun men of the films and the Increasing number of shootings Morgan Col lins, police chi'-f, nnl tho oninlon would be irnt to the board of cen sors to guide delegates from objec tionable pictures. "Where "gun play or the shoot ing of human beings Is the essence of a play", the opinion snld, "and docs not pertain to the necessities of war, nor to the preservation of law and order; when it Is for per sonal spite or revenge and thus be cornea a murder, the pictures trxy be aaid to be Immoral. It in culcates murder." ALTER STATE HQ PLAN OIL POURED OVER BODY 0FIICTIM Polish Secret Police Are Accused of Barbarous Murder of Churchman In Ukraine. Kiev, Ukraine, March 7. (By Associated Press) Fath er Andrae Fedoukovitch, a Polish Catholic priest, has been burned alive in the town of Jitomir near here. The authorities allege that his as sailants were agents of the Polish secret police. The murderers poured kero sene over the priest's body and then ignited it say the ad vices from Jitomir, the un fortunate man writhing in agony while his assassins looked on unmoved. Father Fedoukovitch was the author of a widely known letter to the pope in which he protested to the Vatican against the participation of Polish clergymen in the anti soviet campaign. His friends declare he was killed by his enemies for divulging to the authorities the activities of Polish spies in the Ukraine. The crime has caused a sensation throughout the region. SALEM SCHOLLS IN PAST 5 YEARS The enrollment in the public schols ot Salem is now 4u2, an increase of 1096 In the lust fivi years, according to a report com piled by George Hug, superintend. ent of schools, made public this morning. At the first of Marcn, 1920, the total enrollment waft 3433 pupils. The increase repre sents almost one-third. During tho five-year period there has been an Increase in the elementary grades amounting to 25.4 per cent. The Beniur high school bus increased in enrollment by 54 per cent, an Increase from 707 in 1920 to 10X6 In 1925. The number of Junior high school stu dents has risen from 763 to 1105 during the same length of time. The llighluud-Orunt district haa shown more increase than any other section of the city, a raise of more than Go per cent being re corded for the five-year period. During the l:.ut three years alone thp Increase has been 248 pupils. Tho superintendent's report will he submitted at the next meeting of the schol board, Tuesday even ing. Plans ly Fred Iegge, Salem architect, to have at least one ad dition built on the - Highland school building wll also be sub mitted. BATTLE FLEETS HEARING CLASH On Board V. S. 8. Seattle, Off Mexican West Const. Mar. 7 By Associated Picks) The clahh of two great fleets embracing Q$ Unite 1 Htatvft w ar craft In tho cli max of one of the most spectacu lar maneuvers of stvegy ever held In the Pacific, today was expect ed to occur within the not two days. Interest has been exceed Ir.gly keen In the progress ot the defensive blue fleet tc ward the vreno of contact off the coast ot lower California. It will be the first time that fast scout cruisers have been seen In action In the Pacific. It will b the greatest mobilisation ever witnessed irt the western ocean.