Capital journal., March 18, 1925, Image 1

TOKIO SWEPT BY FIRE; 20,000 HOMELESS
Capita
CITY EDITION
Dally average net paid circulation for
niomb end February 28, 1826
FAIR TONIGHT
In the Interior; cloudy on the coast to
night: frosts In the interior; Thursday
tali In east, unsettled west; rain west.
Local: Max., 54; min.. 34; river, t.t.
rising; rain, none; atmos., cloudy; wind
southwest.
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Average dally distribution 72M.
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SALEM, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 18, 1925
FORTY-SEVENTH YEAR No. 66
PRICE THREE CENTS SAsSsiNu SSSS
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Salem
People Requested to Help
Send Championship
Basketbal l Team., to
Chicago
Asked To
Contribute to Fund Now
Being Gathered and
Show World' City Is
Ready to
Back Team
((By Harry N. Craln)
Fifteen hundred dollars is all
that stand between the justifi
able ambition of the Salem high
school Btutlents to be represented
In the national intcreeholatstic
basketball tournament, which
opens in Chicago on March 31,
and realization of the dream they
have been harboring since the
red and black quintet last week
fought its way through the state
tournament to championship of
th state.
Seventeen hundred dollars will
be required to finance the expens
es of the team if It makes the
trin. Two hundred and fifteen
oollars of this amount has already
been pledged.
At an assembly rally held thia
morning to discuss the feasibility
of sending Coach Huntington and
his team east the various school
clubs and societies pledged them
selves to raise amounts totaling
$195.
To this The Captial Journal
adds a donation of $20 to head off
the list of contributions that arc
to be solicited by students belong
ing to the "S" club of the high
school. They will canvaes the en
tire city, asking merchants and
everyone else to contribute what
ever amount they feel they can
afford.
Several voluntary offers of as
sistance in raising the money
promoted the students in under
taking to finance the trip by pub
lic subscription, and this arter
neon it was reported that there
was in the neighborhood of $500
!p sight
By next Tuesday evening, when
a. benefit dance for the fund Is to
be held In Crystal Palace with
music by the high school orches
tra. It is honed that the entire
amount needed will have been
raised. The tickets for the dance,
which will sell at 55 cents each.
will b.? sold about the city by the
girls of the high school.
Efforts are also being made to
day to Interest the chamber of
commerce and the various lunch
con and professional clubs of the
state In the proposition to send
the team east, sponsors for this
plea pointing out that the pres
ence of a Salem team in the Chi
cago tournament would be a big
advertising feature for Oregon
and for Salem. Arrangements
have already been made In Port
land to send the Franklin high
school team, runners up In the
elate tournament, to Chicago, and
It Is argued that Salem would be
remiss In its duty to the city, as
well as to its young folks. In fail
ing to take advantage of the on
portunlty the youngsters have
won for the city.
Rotarians Endorse
Head-On Parking for
Salem at Luncheon
By a vote that was virtually
unanimous the Salem Rotary club
Indorsed the head-on parking
regulation for Salem at it meet
ing at the Marlon hotel this noon.
The question of the two hour
parking limitation, upon which a
vote was requested by mem hern of
the organization, drew a brisk de
bate. Representatives of Interests
outside of the downtown business
district favored the present one
hour limitation. "If you were do
ing business on the outside." said
one, "you would favor the onr
hour rule.' It was Indicated that
the one hour limitation was neces
ary to enable owners of cars to
get near the places where they
mlcht have business to tranwitt
Other members of the Rotary club,
re-presenting downtown bui-!ncs
hout, spoke tn favor of the two
hour limitation. When the vote
was taken the two hour lhnitMlon
prevailed, the cUb committing It
self as heirg oppod to retiiln'-nr
the one hour tine limit.
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3001 'OODEN
STRuuTURES
DESTROYED
Flames Sweep Thru Area
Rebuilt Since Quake of
Year Ago ; Casualties
Unestimated.
Tokio, Mar. (By Associat
ed Press) T 'nty thousand
persons were rendered homeless
when a major conflagration swept
northeastern Tokio today, diwtroy
ing 3000 buildings and resulting
in unestimated casualties. The
fire was brought under control
tonight. Troops were on the
scene, tearing down buildings In
an effort to check the spread of
the flames while thousands of
residents, laden with household
goods streamed towards safety.
Firemen were almost help lees in
their attempts to check the blaze
because of drought that had ex
hausted the reservoirs.
The fire started in a factory at
Nuppori Junction in northeastern
Tokio. Simultaneous with the out
break of tho major conflagration,
fire started in the Ohimachi and
Zoshigaya district, detached
areas, but these were soon con
trolled. The fire reported In the fore
going dispatch from Tokio swept
through an area which was being
rebuilt after the fire and earth
quake which devastated the city.
. It started In a factory district
untouched by the tire that came
in the wake of the earthquake
and ran its course through a dis
trict made up of temporary and
reconstructed building. In the
area are many wooden structures.
Washington, Mar. ' 18 Peter
Augustus Jay of Rhode Island, at
present minister to Roumania
was nominated today by president
Cooiluge to be ambassador to Ar
Sent iua.
Washington. Mar. 18 President
Coolillgo today nominated the fol
lowing to be pi embers of tho
board of tax repeals: William R
Green of Iowa; Percy W. Phllllw
of New York; Lnga,n Morris of
Utah and William D. Love of Tex
as. Wa sh In gt on , Mar. 18 Wi 1 b u r
F. Booth of Minnesota and Arba
F. Van Volkenbuigh of Missouri
were nominated today by Presi
dent Coolidge to bo circuit Judges
In the eighth circuit.
The nominations of Judge;
Booth and Van Valkenburh were
confirmed later by the senate.
Must of the meeting was given
over to preparation for tho trip
of delegate to the district Rotary
convention at Portend next week.
Approximately a quarter of the
Sa. m orgnniKitl-m 1 now Plated
to at'end the convention, and it Is
expected that the number will be
increased considerably by the time
tho convention Is held. A number
ff Saien: Rotarmn mated this
noon that Ihy will take their au
tomnhllr to Portland and assist
tho tiie Portland R- tniians In en
tertaining delfg-ntr from distant
point". An ex'eosi' e trip Is plan
ned for Sun-lay afternoon.
Work hi been carried cm for
Severn 1 weeks in perfecting a stunt
which w.ll bo given Monday night
in behalf of . the Silem club, fol
lowing a banquet at, which all dele
rates w.ll be present.
At thin noon's nieeUr.a; the ?.!
Inwi-H club etn.irti't sang two num
hrr 'Silvia" and "Roses of Ptc-
ardl."
BOMB
LORD CURZON
ON DEATHBED
London, Mar, 18 A bulletin
Issued at 3 o'clock this afternoon
by tho physician of Marquis Cur-
zon of Kedteston, says the patient
is showing early signs of a lung
complication. This followed an
earlier bulletin stating that Lord
Curzon's condition was giving In
creased anxiety.
It was reported In the lobbies of
the house of Lords this afternoon
that Lord Curzon's condition was
hopeless.
IS
JURY'S FINDING
Only a short time was required
for the coroner's jury, sitting at
the inquest over the body of Fred
Swartz, killed in a dynamite blast
on his farm last Saturday morn
ing, to find that the death wa:
from purely accidental causes.
As far as 1b known this wipes
the whole slate clean and leaves
the deaths of Swartz and his brother-in-law,
H. H. Keunzll a year
ago, as officially recorded as ac
cidental n each case.
It closes the Investigation put
under way by the attorney gen
eval's office before the death oi
Swartz, it finishes up the prosecu
t-on set under way by Swartz
against George Slaughter
charges of intimacy with Mrs.
Swartz. and leaves the secrets be
hind the twin tragedies unsolved
ps far as considerable share of the
population is concerned.
TOUR FOR HEALTH
London, Mar. 18 (By Asxoclat
ed Press) King George leaves to
morrow on tha southern trip pres
cribed by hU phy.ilclana during his
recent attack of bronchitis.
Accompanied by Queen Mary,
he will leave for Dover, thence?
crossing to Calal, where the party
wilt board the British royal train
which Is usually kept at Dunkirk
In readme for such occasions.
Arriving at Genoa on Friday
they will embark on the royal
yacht Victoria and Albert, which
is already there under the escort
of two Brltbdi d"troyer Tnc
Itinerary of the Mediterranean
cruise has not been fully arranged
but probably will Include vMls to
the Island of Malta and It Is stnt
ed that the king will witness the
British navy maneuvers.
Owing to King George's infre
quent absences rtnee his enthrone
ment. In 1910, the appointment of
a special committee to care for
the business of state whlleM.e Is
away has almost an air of novelty.
and the newspapers print
length the quaint official an
nouncement Iwufd from the palace
yeterdy, In antiquated, media
val phraseology.
CAUSED MINE BLAST
PE
HELD IN NINE
I
Rescuers Are Unable To
Locate Entombed Men
Follow ing Supposed
Gas Blast.
Fairmont, W. Va., March 18.
Three men were placed under ar
rest today In connection with the
explosion at mine 41 of the Beth
lehem .Mines corporation, in which
34 men were entombed. Their ar
rest followed the report of a possi
bility that the disaster had been
caused by the explosion of a bomb.
The report was promptly denied
and it wis said that an accumula
tion of gas was Believed to have
caused the explosion. Officers de
clored, however, that sufficient
credence had been given the re
port to cause the arrest of three
men. They are held In the county
jail pending further investigation.
The mine has been operating on a
non-union basis since lat October.
Company officers declared the
damage to the mine would approxi
mate $500,000
Thousands of persons gathered
near the mine and waited anxiouo-
y for some word as each shift of
the rescue crew came to the sur
face. State police stretched ropes
ilong the county highway to keep
the throng from the mine en
trance.
Most of the entombed men are
experienced miners and officers
bold to a Blender hope that they
may have been able to brattice
themselves In a section of the
mine before the deadly "black
damp" overtook them. The work
men are believed to have been
scattered about in various sections
of the pit and hope was still enter
tained that some might be rescued
alive.
Fairmont, W. Va., March 18.
(By Associated Press.) A hun
dred or more men, frantically, but
nopelcssly pushed their way
through the underground recesses
of mine 41 of the Bethlehem
Mines corporation, three miles
west of here today, in an effort to
tind 34 miners who were entomb
ed last night when an explosion
wrecked the shaft.
Not since a sheet of flame burst
up through the opening that ex
tends 300 feet below the ground
baa any one on the surface heard
from the imprisoned men. A low
rumbling preceded the explosion
which wrecked the mine's lifting
equipment and fans, caused the
tipple to totter and fall into the
L-Laft and which shook building?
in Fairmont, broke windows and
shook doors from their hinges on
houses 300 feet ay.
Since that moment crowds of
frantic women and children have
milled about the mine trying to
iind some word of the entombed
men. Only two rescue workers
had been able to send word to the
surface and that word was not en
couraging. H. M. Lambie, chief
mine inspector of West Virginia
and a companion were the first to
go down. They pushed their way
past the debris to the stable where
i he mine horses were kept. All
the 36 animals were dead. Then
they pusher! on Into one of the
headings. The air was bad, they
said. That was all. They could
t.nd no trace of the men and when
they came to the surface experts
from every mine in the district or
ganized themselves into groups,
ready t explore every heading to
its further est reaches.
While not definitely determined,
gas was believed t have caused
the explosion, and late last night
Mine Superintendent Hen ton
Mitchell said he did not believe
any of the men could be alive.
Soon after the explosion oc
curred there were reports that
a dynamite bomb had been drop
ped Into the shaft but these were
later denied. The mine opened on
a non-union basis last October anil
employs about 250 men.
Lambie reported that the mine
was badly damaged Inside and
that reacue workers would find it
hard going through the shattered
RAGtDY CASE
passage ways.
Torrential
Flood and Destroy
Third City of Peru
Lima, Peru, March 18. (By Associated Press) Official
and private radio advices from Trujillo, the third important
city of Peru say that the city has been completely destroyed
by inundations caused by torrential rains.
The inhabitants abandoned their homes, taking refuge in
elevated fields nearby. Efforts made to erect flood gates to
stem the advance of the rising waters were useless.
Advices from Trujillo are incomplete.
Trujillo was founded in 1535 by Pizarro, who gave it the
name of his native town in Spain, is in northern Peru, about
one and a half miles east of the Pacific ocean. It is capital
of the department of Liberia and lies in the Chimu valley.
Nearby is a vast space covered by ancient Peruvian remains.
It ha? a population of about 11,000.
IS
E
Mosey Hind, alias William John
son charged with bigamy In a
telegraphic warrant from Fort
Scott, Kansas, and being held here
In .1nil pending arrival of officers
from that point, yesterday insti
tuted proceedings in habeas cor
pus to secure his release front jail.
He declares In his petition that
tho telegraphic warrant was re
ceived hero on March 3 and he
has beep In Jail since March 5, or
virtually two weeks. lie asserts
that he has kept In constant touch
with the governor's office and no
application has been made there
for extradition papers, and that at
the executive department they have
no knowledge of the matter.
Ho asserts that Kansas officers
have had ample time to make ap
plication for requisition if they
have.; any Intention of doing so
and. -that the period of his incar
ceiatlon constitutes an unwarrant
ed time to be held pending the
making of such application.
Hind alias Johnson, It Is charg
ed, has a wife in Fort Scott, Kan
sas, and another one here, that he
traveled out here with his second
wife nnd her siller by motor hurt
fall. It is stated Johnson had
been attending an auto school In
Portland up to the time of his
arrest while the second wife and
sister have been living In Salem.
Hind Is said to have told the of
ficers that he had a first wife,
from whom he was not divorced,
but that she refused to permit him
to get a divorce nnd he left any
way. The second wifo was snld to
have had no knowledge of the first
wife's existence up to the time of
Hind's arrest.
POLISH BORDER
PATROL FIRES
Pari,. March IS. (My Aiwocl
.nod Pre. ) A J'olleh frontier
patrol in alliged by the Lithuan
ian delegation here to have at
tacked Lithuanian border guard
near Rlrvlntal without provoca
Hon, Monday nlRht, and to have
threatened to occupy the dlntrlct
r.y fore of arms unh the Lttliu
unlann evacuated It by 3 p. m. yen
terday.
The Lithuanian communique
ny the Lithuanian government
appealed to the league of nation
to Intervene.
The Lithuanian legation allege
that the I'oliih patrol, which In
'iuded kimfl cavalry and had ten
machine sunn, aurprled the
Lithuanian guarda and drove them
hack and that during the Uthuan
.an counter attack they took three
l.lthuanlene prlanner, although
tiie Ijtthuanian guard, succeeded
ij regaining their original poal
tions.
Rains
I
OF
I
Iloaeburg, Or., March 18.
fudgo J. W. Hamilton late yester
day handed down a decision in
favor of the Guardian Life Iusitr
ance company, in a suit to cancel
insurance policies of Itoy A. Dc
Autremont, one of the brothers
sought in connection with the
holdup of a Southern Pacific train
and the murder of four members
of the crew at Siskiyou.
DcAutremont, prior to the crime
with which he is charged, took
out five Insurance policies which
the company brought suit to can-
eel. Mies Dorothy M. Wlberg.
formerly of this city, now of Al
bany, wag made beneficiary in two
.,f the policies to the amount of
$3000. The insurance settled with
Miss Wiberg for $750, and as Ue-
Autremont failed to answer the
summons served by publication.
tils case went by default, and the
policies were cancelled, as request
ed by the company.
Washington, March 18. rrea
Ident Cooltdgc today re-submitted
to the senate the nomination of
Thomas F. Woodlock of New
York to be a member of the Inter
state commerce commission.
When Mr. Woodlock 's name
first was submitted at the last
session of the senate so much op
position developed that republican
leaders decided not to bring It to
a vote.
After another canvass of the
situation today It was Indicated
there might be no attempt to con
firm the nomination and that
after adjournment sine die had
been taken the president would
give Mr. Woodlock a recess a p.
polntment.
POISON BOOZE DEATHS
IN PHILADELPHIA MANY
Philadelphia, Pa., March 18.
Coroner Pat ton aaid today he was
inclined to believe his estimate of
1000 deaths a year In Philadel
phia from poisoned Honor, as
quoted by tlnvernor Pinchot In hi
address before the state legisla
ture ye. terday In support of an
enforcement bill wan too low.
Since making hti estimate several
weeks ago at 12 deaths a day from
thla cause, the coroner said he
fcund ft was too modest.
Senate Adioumi.
Washington, March 18.
The senate ended today Us
special session which began
March 4.
DAYTON BANK
F
$1
Bandits Flee Southward
In Auto; Are Reported
Surrounded Near Hol
mes Gap Now.
Dayton, Or., March 18. The
Hank of Dayton was held up this
afternoon by a masked inaii. ap
parently about 22 years of age.
who escaped with between $1500
and $2000 in currency which he
gathered up after driving the em
ployes into the vault. The robber
drove away in an automobile
waiting outside the bank.
Armed with an automatic pistol
the robber entered the bank white
the president, J. L. Sherman wae
alone in the place. He forced
Sherman into the vault, and when
two employee appeared he forced
them nMo into the vault. The rob
ber attempted to lock the vault
but failed, on account of the time
, device.
He gathered up the silver and
currency on the counter and also
took a package of curre'ney fro'm
the vault when he placed the men
inside.
Leaving the bank the robber en
tered in automobile waiting out
side and drove away. Two or three
persons werj In the automobile In
which the robber escaped, accord
ing1 to different stories told by
persons on the street.
One man entered the bank, ac
cording to meager reports avail
able here, ond secured the money
at the point of a gun white his
companion stayed outride In a
large gray auto. After collecting
what money he could lay his
hands on the gun wlelder dashed
out of the bank and jumped into
the car, which sped awny eoutti
ward nlong the West Side high
way.
At Holmea Caw. 12 mites south
(.? McMinnvillc, the bandits were
forced to abandon the car.
Posses from Polk and Yamhill
counties are on the trnil oi tne
pair, while Marlon county offlcen-
are watching all of the outlets
hading eastward toward the W il
lametto river.
Zadok Itlggs Is forced to pay
$954.8 to his mother-in-law, Mrs.
Waller, as a result of a verdict re
turned by the jury In the case this
afternoon. Mrs. Waller was suing
for a total of $9,464 damages for
injuries alleged to have been
sustained In an auto accident
when she was riding with her son-in-law
on the Pacific highway on
March 12, 1924. Arthm B. Juno,
who was driving the car which
collided with Itlggs' machine won
some $1,500 In a suit last fall ae a
result of Injuries sustained by him
In the accident.
DAWES TO GARRY FIGHT
TO VOTERS OF NATION
Was Ii I ng t on , March 18. V Ice
I'reeldent Dawes will carry to the
country In public sddressea the
issue h made with the senate in
his Inaugural address for a revi
sion of the rules so ai to prohibit
one-ma' filibusters,
SALEM MANlS TROMOTED
Eugene, Or., March 18. It. C.
McC'ammon of Salem, salesman of
'U the Associated Oil company, will
to district manager of the com
pany at the new district hesdntiar
tera here, H was announced to
day. Mr. MrCamtnon plans to
i.ove to Kugene the first of the
week. The new plant here will
open about April 1. '
LivJU
FA1AN ALSO
Indictment Charges Use
of Poison and Typhoid
Germs To Cause Death
of McClintock.
Chionirn Min-V, 1 ft Willi.,.., r
Shepherd was turned over to tha
sheriff today to be placed in Jail
tne iiiuicimeiu returned earlier
iriiargiug him and Charles O. Fui-
man with the murder of Shen-
herd's ward, William McClintuck.
Chicago. Mar. 18 (By Associat
ed Press) William D. Shepherd
:iud Charles C. Faiinnn were cHarsr
ed with the murder of William N.
McCli.itock, Shephcrd'B foster eon,
in an Indictment returned today
by the county grand Jury.
Zhe Indictment, returned before
Chief Justice Hopkins of the crim
inal court, charged that Shephard
and Faiman, the latter head of a
acleno school who has confess
ed, the state's attorney has an
nounced that he taught Shepherd
how to feed "iillly" McCllntcck
typhoid germs to get the boy'a
$1,000,000 estate, inoculated tha
victim witth typln.ld bacilli.
The Indictment futther churned
that poison In the form of aconi
tlne, prusslc acid and morphine
wero administered.
JudKo Hopkins ordered that two
men, who are prisoners of tho
stale's attorney, who took shep
herd into custody Sunday night, ba
brought before him at 2 p. m. for
arraignment on the Indictment.
At the hour of the arraignment,
i habeas corpus writ In behalf of
Shepherd. i returnable before
Judge Hopkins. The writ. In view
of the Indictment, now is futile.
Although murder Is not a bail
able offense under the Illinois law
the courts exercise discretion and
counsel for S hep nerd Is expected
to apply for bond.
Fannan, who has confessed
Shepherd promised him $200,000
for his part In the alleged plot to
murder by Inoculation, Is not a
party to the habeas corpus action
and although ho has been actually
in ciwtody for several dnye. no at
torneys have yet appeared In hil
behalf.
When the accused are arraigned
it will be the first time William
Darling Shepherd, lawyer and for
mer resident of Indiana and of Sa
Una, Kan., has formally faced In
court the charge that he murdered
his ward and foster on.
Fnl man's confession In which ha
declared that he had conspired
t4 Shepherd to Introduce typhoid
germs into the young mlllion'tlra
when he made a will leaving his)
$1,000,000 to Shepherd was consid
ered by prosecutors to have been
strengthened lost night by Hobert
White, former student at Fnttnnn'a
school, who Identified Shepherd aa
the man who attended the school
In the fall of 1923.
Shepherd, an id White, seemed
much Interested In bacteriology
and laboratory equipment. Hia
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T
Washington, Mar. 18 The trana
fer of Dr. Jacob Gould Schurman
from hU post as minister at Pe
king to succeed Alanson B. Hough
ton as ambassador to Germany, for
which assignment he was prompt
ly confirmed by the senate yester
day, tenve the Peking post and
that of ambassador to Argentine
as the two major diplomatic va
cancies yet to be filled.
An Intimate knowledge of affairs
there Is understood to b sought
In the appointee for the Pi-klna
port nnd It would cause no ui
pris here If the administration
nhnuld turn to John Van A. Mc
Murrny, .uwlJtant secretary oi
Ktnte, a recngnlteu expert on Fac
Kaftern question".
In tilling tho ambassadorship to
Argentina, re ently made vacant
by the renUnntinn of John W. Rid
die. Indications now point to tha
npj.ointnu-nt pf Peter August ul
.lny. present minister to Roumania
to that post.
INDICTED BY
GRID JURY