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FORTY-SEVENTH YEAR No. 59
SALEM, OREGON, TUESDAY, MARCH 10, 1925
PRICE THREE CENTS &lNhtS
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An
C apital JlJOTir
SCHOOL SHE
SHE UP FOR
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Board Calls Upon People
To Present Ideas And
Consider AH Plans At
Meeting Tonight.
Dy HARRY N. CRA1N
If straws that wave In the wind
Indicate with any degree of ac
curacy the direction in which the
tempeat blows the meeting of the
city school board this evening will
probably resolve Itself into an
open forum discussion of parks vs.
schools and schools vs. parks, the
Issue being precipitated by the
proposal to sell the site of the old
Washington school building, bids
upon which are to be opened dur
ing the evening.
There Is little likelihood that the
school Bite wilt be sold at this
time, but members of the board
are hopeful that the proposal to
sell has aroused sufficient interest
to bring out to an open discussion
of the problem the taxpayers and
other citizens of the district. With
any approach at a good attendance
the board hopes to give over the
entire meeting tonight to an ex
pression of the opinions of the
people of the city.
Sale Now NottProbable
Neither Individually, nor col
lectively are the members of the
school board pledged to a program
that calls for the sale of the school
Ite. They advertised the site for
sale principally with the Idea of
blasting loose from interested
citizens some ideas and opinions
that would Indicate the desires of
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STATE BOTTLERS
Junior Owens and George Mar
tin were speakers at a luncheon
this noon of representatives of
bottling plants throughout the
state, particularly the Willamette
valley. Mr. Owens Is secretary or
the American Bottlers of Carbon
ated Beverages, and has charge of
the organization's head office at
Washington, D. C. Mr. Martin is
best known as the publisher oi
the Bottler's Friend, a magazine
having to do with the bottling in
dustry. He Is from St. Louie, Mo.
The purpose of the national or
ganization is to secure co-operation
between the various beverage
manufacturers of the United
States, stimulate interest in the
industry through effective adver
tising and keep an eye on ssate
and federal legislation which af
fects them. It has been largclv
through the efforts of the associa
tion, working through Mr. Owen.-.
Its secretary, that the federal tax
has been removed on drinks, bev
erages and carbon gas.
The meeting was expected to
continue most of the afternoon.
Ethel ll.m-ymorc III
Kansas City, Mo., Mar. 10
Physicians expressed the hope to
day that Ethel Barry more, the ac
trcss, who is ill with arthritis
would be able to fill her engage
ment at a theater here tonight.
1
AGIN
Kiwanis Club Drive
For Civic Confidence
Launched by Faville
A definite beginning ivas mnde
this noon by the Salem KHvanls
club In Its campaign to develop
among Sale mi teg a confidence in
their own city. Five different com
nutters were appointed. One will
proJure a series of lettrf showing
the various admirable points of the
city. The others are for the pur
pose ot cooperating with the Sa
lem Buir.es Men's league, the
city authorities, the public sctwo's
and the chamber of commerce. A
program of education will be In
augurated, the main purpose be
ing to convince Salem and the rent
of the worTH that 8alem ami Us
Immediate vicinity are second to
PARTY RULE
IS FAVORED
BY QUIDS
President Supports Sen
ate Leaders In Disci
plinary Measures De
moting Insurgents.
Washington, Mar. 10 President
Coolidgc fully supports the action
of senate republicans in replacing
Insurgents in Important commit
tee places with regulars and con
siders that the question at issue Is
on of the making it possible for
hl.i party to govern the country.
Tho whole question, as the presl
dent sees It, win whether congress
was to be organized In such a
fashion that the republican party
aould carry out its campaign
pledgts.
The chairmanship of the Import
ant committees and a majority of
each one he believes, should go au
tomatically to members of the
dominant party and their should
Le no objection to the exclusion of
others from these responsibilities.
Ready For Warren Case
Washington, Mar. 10 With re
organization completed by approv
al of the standing committee
states, the senate had a clear road
today for further consideration of
the nomination of Charles B. War
ren of Michigan, to be attorney
general.
Approval of the committee line
ups by which the La Pol let te Insur
gents are demoted from their prev
lous ranking, was voted by the sen
ate late yesterday. 64 to 11, after
five hours debate.
Before the vote on final appro
vat the Insurgent! gave up their
fight as a futile one, after the real
test of the ability of the party or
gaulzation to ptit through Its pro
gram committee on the proposal
to displace Senator Ladd of North
Dakota, one of the insurgents, from
the? chairmanship of the public
lands committee.
Sttinrirhl Gets Plum
The result gave &U votes to Sen
ator Stanfield, of Oregon, the ma
jority candidate, against 13 for
Ladd and three for Senator Jones,
democrat, New Mexico.
Two democrats. Wheeler of Mon
tana, LaPollelte's running mate
on the independent presidential
ticket lat November and Cope
land, of New York, voted for Ladd
while 25 voted present.
Senator Bruc3 of Maryland, east
tno only democratic vote for Stan
field.
After that there worn nlv
protests froirrthe insurgents over
the selection of Senator Watson of
Indiana as chairman of the inter
state commerce committee or
which ho was outranked by Sena
lor La Pollettc.
E
PASSES TO REST
Baldwin. K:in., Mar. 10 Bishop
William A. Qu.iyle,, author, lec
turer, educator and for more than
.1 quarter century one of the out
standlnir figures of the Methodist
Kpiscopal church, died at hi, home
near here late yesterday.
Binnop Quayle had heen In 111
health for several year. He was
t, years old.
ueatn came following a sudden
neart attnrk.
no other communities anywhere.
Co, one! E. E. Faville of Portland
was the n-.aln sreaker 0f the lunch
con. He dealt with the subject of
community spirit in his speech.
Colonel Kavlllo i editor and pub
lisher of the Western Parmer, a
.taper published in Portland, and
chairman of the agricultural com
mltteo of the Portland chamber of
commerce. He Is recognized as a
leading men in community work.
"It Is optimism like yours," he
said, -that makes it possible for a
community to grow." He indicat
ed th.it optimism, whllo a desir-
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BARRED FROM
BELGIUM
Brussels, Mar. 10 The Belgian
government has Issued orders to
prevent the admission into the
country of tho Irish republican
leader, Eamon Devalera, who has
been invited by Flemish agitators
to give three lectures here on the
Ireland and the Flemish martyrs.
SENATE TURNS
Nomination For Attorney
General Rejected By
Senators; Cummins Is
Lone Defender.
Washington, March 10. The
nomination of Charles B. Warren
to be attorney general, was re
jected today by the senate.
The senate vote was 39 to 11.
Senator Kced, republican, Penn
sylvania, breaking a tie ati i
hanging bis vote eo that he
might move a reconsideration.
Washington, March 10. The
dispute over Charles B. Wurren y
nomination to be attorney general
was resumed today in the senato.
Chairman Cummins of the judi
ciary committee defended the
nominee against the charges that
have been brought against jim
while the burden of the opposition
was taken over by Senator Heed
democrat, Missouri,
Opening the debate. Senator
Cummins declared the whole argu
ment of tnose who oppose confir
mation rested on a supposition
that Air. Warren would not faith
fully execute the lawa. Just be
cause be had been faithful to one
client in private left, the senator
said, his enemies appeared to be
lieve he would not be faithful to
another.
"If he is an honest man," h
continued, "he will execute t:
laws of the United States Just u
ruithtuu and just as diligently ni
is in his power.
Senator Cummins said tlir
president should have "a Tree
choice in the selection of members
of his official family and "should
be held responsible for the faith
ful execution of the law.'
Keviewing .Mr. Warren s con
nection with the sugar interests
the Iowa senator declared th'
nominee's "sola Interest in the
sugar interests was to place th
Michigan sugar company on its
feet so that it could product
sugar."
"In my opinion," he continue-!
"a combination intended to cheap
en the c wt of a product Is never a
violation of the anti-trust law ex
cept when It stifles competition so
that it can fix the price.-'
GIRL JUMPS TO DEATH
FROM HIGH MONUMENT
Baltimore, Md., March 10. A
richly dressed girl, apparent) 2
years old, plunged 180 feet to her
death from the balcony of wash
fngton monument, Mount V'ern in
place, here today.
The girl wa Identified as Mhv
Margaret Koontz of St. Josepn
Mi. She had been undergoing
hospital treatment for a nerrou
ailment.
11101
D0UBT1DMB
10 BE THAT
OF S1FERU
Newly Discovered Tomb
May Reveal Only Mum
my Royal Retainer,
Serving Man or Barber
Calio, Egypt, March 10. (By
Associated Press.) Although it is
generally hoped that the newly
discovered tomb at Giza, unearth
ed by the Boston-Harvard expedi
t'on, contains the mummy of the
Pharaoh Seneferu, and records of
his reign, there is considerable
doubt as to this among the Egyp-
tolugists here. Several consider it
unlikely that a king who built
himself two pyramids at Medum
and Dahshur stuuld finally have
been so modest as to order his own
interment 90 feet below the sur
face, thus obliterating the per
sonality of the powerful and pros
perous ruler.
They therefore express the opin
ion that It la unwise to raise great
hopes at present lest the public be
disappointed if the exploration re
veals only the mummy of a mem
ber of the king's family or even
perhaps some retainer, such as
serving man or barber,"
Authoritv Scentical.
Boston, Mass.. March 10
A. Reiser, curajor of the Egyptian
department of the Boston museum
of fine arts and professor ol
Egyptology at Harvard, who heads
the Joint expendition which has
been conducting exploration in
Eiypt for 18 years, last night In
pitted the newly discovered tombs
to some lesser personage than
Kings Seneferu or Cheops, al
though he did not minimize the
importance of the find to the
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S
BITTER
TO
IL
London, March 10. Hours be
fore the resumption of the Dennis
toun trial today, a large line of
sensation seeking persons, includ
ing more then two score women,
waited outside the doors of the
law courts, t Some had equipped
themselves with blankets and
flasks of hot tea, for the day was
bitterly cold.
Mrs. Dcnnlstoiln Is suing her
former husband, now the husband
of the Dowager Countess Carnar
von, for money alleged to have
been loaned him before their
divorce. She had testified that, to
further his own military ambi.
tions he encouraged her in becom
ing Intimate with the late Sir
John Cowans, former British
quaterniaster general.
There was a mild sensation
when Sir Marshall Hall, defense
counsel, In cross-examining Sir
George Lewis, Mrs. Dennistoun 'b
solicitor, who was called as a wit
ness attacked the validity of the
divorce granted to the dennls
touns in Paris In 1921, on the
ground that It was collusive and
that neither party was domiciled
in France. The witness Insisted
that Colonel Dennistoun lived in
France when the divorce was
granted and that be would have
remained there had he not married
Countess Carnarvon.
Mrs. Dennistoun, who went to
the country over the week-end on
the advice of her physician, ap
peared in court, looking pale and
not well. Neither Colonel Den
nistoun nor his wife was present
during the early proceedings.
SIMONS SUGGESTED AS
COMPROMISE CANDIDATE
Berlin. March 10. (Ry Asso
elated Press.) The democrat!:
party has corns forward with the
suggestion that In the Interests of
unity and harmony Dr. Walter
Simons, former foreign minister
be made the joint candidate of
all the parties, excepting the rfgh
ind left extremes, in the coming
presidential election.
PAY F NA
TRIBUTE TO
Large Crowd Attends
Funeral of Governor's
Wife Most Members
of Family Present
The First Presbyterian church
ol Salem was throngttd this after
noon with friends and acquaint
ances, many of state-wide or more
than state-wide prominence, who
came to pay tribute at the funeral
of Mrs. Laura Pierce wife of Gov
eruor Walter M. Pierce, who paus
ed a way early Sunday. The church
about the casket wag heaped blgn
with flowers that came from hun
dreds of persons and organizations
and a little later in the afternoon
the grave In City View cemetery
was left a veritable floral mound.
All members of the Pierce fam
ily who were able to reach Salem
were present, the governor and hit
children fortified against the
ordeal of parting by messages of
condolence that came from all
parts of the nation. The two
daughters in New York, Mist.
Clara Pierce and Mrs. Buy Wilson,
were not present.
Rev. Ward Willis Long gave the
funeral -address. His topic was
"The Christian Hope." Christian
ity as exemplified in the life cf
Mrs. Pierce, tho minister empha.
sized, is not merely something to
give hope for the world to come,
but is a force that has ever pro
duced the most beautirul Jives,
and a preparation for the most
crucial hour that mankind hue to
meet, that of departing this life.
Rev, Mr. Long quoted from the
remarkable "Easter Hope" of Vic
tor Hugo.
Muic was furnished by a mixed
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AURORA ROBBERY
CLEARED UP BY
ARREST OF BOYS
The mystery of the Wills
Snyder department store robbery
at Aurora of ten days ago, whe:
over 91000 worth of silks anu
other high class goods were taken,
was solved yesterday when offi
cers of the Potrland sheriff's and
police departments apprehended
three youths who confessed to the
robbery, and a considered quan
tity of the goods were restored
Sheriff Bower was notified of the
arrests today.
Peter Sturkrath, 18 years of
:ge. In the Multnomah county Jull.j
was probably ringleader of th. j
trio. The other two boys, whoa-
names are not known here, and
who are reported to be consider- J
ably younger than Stuckruth, arc1
held In the juvenile ward by thi.-i
Portland police. j
Mr. Wills, of the Aurora depart
ment store, was expected htv
from Aurora today i sign a war
rant for the return of the boys to
this county for such action us it
deemed necessary here.
The Aurora robbery occurred on
the same night as the robbery of
the Director department store heie
when a .simllur amount of largely
oimilar goods was taken. How
ever, Sheriff Bower stated tof'ay
lie believed there Is no connection
between the two robberies and
that older yeggmen than the boyn
involved In the Auroru robbery
were responsible for the haul
made here.
DRUG ADDICT SOUGHT
AS ROBBERY SUSPEGT
New York, March 10. Th
pasty face of a gray haired man Is
the principal clue police have t;
the latest of the series nfJewel
bberies perpetuated upon wom
en who frequent the cabarets of
flrnndwuy.
Mm. Beatrice Perkins, 24, from
whom three masked burglars took
gems valued at more than $25,000
yesterday, after tney had entered
her apartment and bound and
beaten her and Milton Abbott, her
rompanton, told the police that
she hail caught a fleeing glimpw
of theace of a man, apparently a
drng addict, when his handker
chief mgk jod fallen.
Jewish Rabbi, Who
Annoyed Coolidge
With Letters, Held
New York, Mar. 10. Rabbi E.
B. M. Browne, head of the Am
erican Jewish Seventy elders and
pastor of Temple Zlon in the
Bronx, was arrested today on a
warrant In which the complain
ants, Calvin Coolidue. Mrs. Cool
idge and Frank Stearns charged
him with annoying the president.
The Rabbi la 72 years old.
It la charged that the rabbi in
flicted upon the complainants an
avalanche of letters demanding
that he he reimbursed for half of
125,000, he aeserta the American
Jewish Seventy Elders spent in
campaigning for President Cool
idge last fall.
Rabbi Browne was arrested by
secret service agents and arraign
ed in Yorkville court.
When the rabbi produced ap
parently authentic letters from
former Presidents McKlnley, Har
rison, Roosevelt and Harding he
SECRET SOHETY
A written report was completed
today by George Hug, superin
tendent of Salem public schools,
regarding the secret society situ
ation In Salem high school. Spe
cial stress Is laid on the seven,
three boys' and four girls' organ
izations, that have been reported
to be of a primarily social nature.
The report will be presented to
the Salem school board for con
sideration at Its meeting tonight.
What the board will see fit to
do with the report Is largely a
matter of conjecture. Now that
the information has been secured
and placed in an official report
it Is a question whether the or
ganizations can be regarded as
being secret.
Information of a similar na
ture has been compiled in previ
ous years, and the matter drop
ped by the board, allowing the
school organizations to la pee into
the status of secret organizations,
which are forbidden by state law.
Any organization about which
the school authorities do not have
full and complete Information is
regarded as a secret organization
BY GRAND JURY
San Francisco, Cat., March 10
('barges made by Ralph P.
King, former jail keeper at I lilt;,
T. 11., th.n Kir hard M. Ilotnling
wealthy San Francisco clubman,
conspired with him to murder Mrs.
Frederick C. Motaung. sister-in-
law of the clubman, were declirtd
be u n fou n ded by the cou 11 1 y
r?rand Jury Inst night and the mat
ter was dropped. King was or
dcred dismissed from custody, but
Louis Madison, supposed gunman
who, according to king's story
had been hired with Al Keels.
other suspected i.unmon, to do the
killing, was held on a charge nf
burglary. Reels has never b?en
?aptured.
CONGRESSMAN TUCKER
REFUSES PAY INCREASE
Washlng'on, Mar. 10 Repre
sentative Tucker, democrat, Vir
ginia, has refused to accept the
$2500 Increase hi his congressional
salary on tho ground that mcinbern
of the last congrm:i who were re
elected were cii04rm to positions
carrying only $7!ou a year.
Mr. Tucker's grandfather, HVnry
St. George Tucker, a representa
tive In the fourteenth conf;ri's,
refwcl an Increase for the same
reason nnd the money has remain
ed to ills credit In tho treasury
for 109 y?ars.
PARENTS OF KU KLUX
LEADER HURT IN BLAST
Ilerrln. III., March 10. H. O
Fowler, father of Glenn Fowler
one of the principals In the klan
and anti-Man fighting here, an'l
his wife were Injured today by an
explosion which tore out a corner
of Fowler's butcher shop.
was paroled In hie own custody
without bail tor examination next
Monday.
The secret service agent testi
fied that the Coolidges and Mr.
Stearns had received a great num
ber of letters from Rabbi Browne
demanding that they pay him
12,500 and that they had replied
to many of these letters.
Rabbi Browne claimed he was
the only surviving by pall bearer
at the funeral of President Grant
and that he had once employed
the late President Harding as a
private secretary. In 1888 he
bald, Mr. Harding had just taken
over the Marlon Star and the
rabbi, who was supporting Ben
jamin Harrison, brought the
Ohiottn to New York as his secre
tary during the campaign. He ex
hibited a letter signed with Presi
dent Harding's name, congratu
lntlng him upon his birthday and
recalling 'old times.
TAYLOR CALLED
TO LOCAL PULPIT
BY METHODISTS
Action by a special committee
of the First Methodist church of
Salem last night resulted In an In
vitation being extended to Rev
erend Fred C. Taylor, of Grace
Methodist church, Sioux City,
Iowa, to become pastor of the lo
cal church. . Indications are that
he will accept, and arrive In 8a-
em within a few weeks. The ap
pointment was ma le by Bishop
Shepard last Sat nr. lay.
The new minister is a graduate
of Garrett Biblical Institute, which
Is connected with Northwestern
university. He graduated In 1900.
He has been pastor of a number of
churches, most of them located In
the state of Iowa. Ills pastorate at
Salem will be the first one in a
western city. A few years ago
there was tome agitation of his
coming to Kugne to take tho pas
torate of the First Methodist
church there, but he did not ac
cept the position nt that time.
Ho has been offered a position at
the head of a large Mrthodint
church in Milwaukee, but has de
clined, stating that he prcferii to
como west. He Is 48 years old
F
Kenneth Towcll, 10 years of
age, deaf mute and student at the
deaf mute school here since he was
eight years old, Is under arrest
in a hospital at Oregon City, fol
lowing confessions to a series of
thefts staged In Salem. Powell,
who stole $0.17 from the gymnas
ium of the deaf school Saturday
night, then broke Into the supcrin
tendent's office, but failed to find
money made his way to Albany,
stole a bicycle in Albany, hut find
ing It unsatisfactory, replaced It
with a stolen motorcycle and
started for Portland. Near Ore
gon City the machine skidded on
wet pavement and Powell was tak
en to the hospital at Oregon City,
Officers stated that Powell con
fessed to a number of rohberles
of Salem residences last fall, that
he stole an automobile belonging
to O. L. Mclntlre, superintendent
of tho school and drove It to
Klamath Falls, where he aban
doned it.
He also admitted, officers stat.
ed, that last summer he stole four
new motorcycles from the Harry
Scott motorcycle company In Sa
lem and a shotgun and other ar
ticles from Salem residences.
It Is expected Powell will be
returned to Albany where it Is
said charges also are lodged
against him.
Powell is a son of Mr. and Mr.
Arthur Powell of Albany. He Is
one of eight children, and It is
stated some of the others have
been In trouble with the law.
Curzon No Better.
I-ondon. . larch lO.Thnr wc.
no change In l,ird Curzon 's con
dition thin morning. It Is now re
ported the operation which he t:
derweiil yesterday was for bladd r
trouble.
FRUIT UNION
IS ASSESSED
$110,243.19
Supreme Court Order Will
Mean Receivership For
Union; Suits Against
Some Growers Pend.
Mandate coming to the county
clerk's office today from the su
preme court winds up the famous
case of the Phez company against
the Salem Fruit union and nu
merous loganberry grower de
fendants, spells the final end of
the Salem Fruit union. It also pre
sages a series of minor suit
against growers whose fate Is not
decided by the latest mandate.
Under the mandate judgment
of $110,243.19 is entered in fav
or of the Phes company against
the Salem Fruit union.
The Salem Fruit Union's assets;
virtually all covered by its build
ing property at Trade and High
streets, is variously estimated at
from $30,000 to $40,000. The un
ion has held a reserve of about
$16,000 tor Its growers, but it la
understood this Is practically all
eaten up In back income taxes col
lected by the federal government,
and the sole plum the Phez com
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SEEK RELEASE
OF BRIDE
Theodore Heury Rum bo, father
and George W. Sanders, husbtintl
of Nellie Kambo Sanders. Inmate
of the state institution for (ha
eeblo minded, yesterday after
noon filed application for a writ
of habeas corpus to secure relc-usa
of the girl from the state Institu
tion tor the feeble minded, where)
they allege the is being unlawful
ly detained. Kambo is a Portland
resident and Sanders a soldier, at
Vancouver barracks.
The Kambo girl escaped ab-mt
Christmas time and following her
escape married Sanders, witti
whom she lived at Vancouver bar
racks for a number of weeks before)
being recaptured and returned to
the the institution.
The complaint charges that the
i rl originally was sent to the
Frnzor home by the court of do
mestic relations on a delinquency
hurge and that she never hail a
hearing as to her mental capacity.
while detained In the Fra.er
home, It Is charged, she was truus-
forred to the feeble minded insti
tution, without notice to her pat
ents.
The complainant recites that
her husband, George Sanders. Is ft
-ol tlier in the United States ariuv,
of good reputation, able bodied
and fully able to cure for his wits
and desires her return to him.
Judge Me. Ma nun signed an al
ternative writ setting March 23
.is the time for Superintendent J.
N. Smith of the Institution to
ihow cause why h I charge should
not be released.
FLEET GUNNERS AIDE
WHALERS IN PRACTICE
Ran Diego, Cal., March 10.
Presence of a large school of
whale off Mnnuiena bay gavt)
crews of the Atlantic scouting
fleet which Is en route to Sua
IHcgo for the general mobiliza
tion, an opportunity for subma
rine firing practice that they did
not overlook, according to reports,
to tho hydrographlc office hero.
Master of westbound steamers,
have reported that several wholes
hearing evidence of having ben
killed by battleship shells have
heen sighted oft the Rower Colt
furniu roast. The Norwegian whal
ing fleet now operating near Mag
d:ilena bay Is reported to taiva
hrn nsslsted materially In Its
finest for wliale oil by the marks
munshlp of the Yankee gunners.
Dr Sn SinHn
Peking. China. March 10. (Hf
.Wiwi.itrd Pres-O Dr. Sun Yat
&'n, wtfb has been 111 hers for
more than a month, was weaker
today. The South China leader's
condition was described as he!n;
.Tit leal.