OKtGON
ASHICULTUHAL COLlfGf
Capital
ffi 23 1925
CITY EDITION
I CLOUDY TODAY
In west portion. Pair In east portion to
night and Sunday. Moderate tempera
ture, light southerly winds.
Local: Max., 59; mln., 30: rain, non
river, 4,1; attnoa., totgy; wind south.
Dally average nl paid circulation for
noma cna itoruary 19, 12
6811
Average dally distribution 7261.
Member Audit Bureau of Circulations.
FORTY-SEVENTH YEAR No. 69
SALEM, OREGON, SATURDAY, MARCH 21, 1925
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SUICIDE TRIED BY WOMAN
CUTS THROAT
WHEN ARREST
ATTEMPTED
Mrs. G. Gamble Grabs and
Weilds Razor When Of
ficers Seek to Examine
Her For Sanity.
In a fit of insane frenzy, Mrs.
C. Gamble, 64, attempted to com
mit fmiehlo this morning at 758
North Commercial street in the
presence of Deputy Sheriffs Bert
Smith and Roy liremmer, who had
appeared to apprehend her on a
warrant for examination a to her
sanity. Sho cut her throat and
slashed both wrists with a razor
bfT3 tho officers could seize her
and overpower ner. The injuries
will not prove fatal, according lo
present belief.
Airs. Gamble 1 deaf and her
talk i mostly gibberish, according
to the officers. Because of her
deafness Deputy Sheriff Smith
handed her a note advising her to
put on hJ' coat and hat. Quick
as a flash the voman turned, seiz
ed a razor lying on a nearby table,
and endeavored to kill herself.
Xho woman, who owns a little
home near the state fairgrounds,
left her home there about two
weeks ago, declaring that a groc
er In tho vicinity was endeavoring
to lake her life.
Last night she telephoned to the
polico station that a couple in an
apartment adjoining the one she
had taken temporarily after leav
In? her home, were endeavoring to
kill their baby. An Investigation
disclosed the fuet that the couple
has no baby and that the report
was based on an insane delusion
After he. suicld il attempt today
the woman was rushed to the stile
hospital for treatment. The sanity
examination will b conductca there
The woman is said to have a
daughter at Cottage Grove, Ore
gon. Tho Capital Journal today wa
In retci.pt of a letter signed "That
Old Woman," 758 North Commer
cial street, evidently written by
Mrs. Gamble. In tho letter she
declares that her llfo is in danger
and Is "not safe a single night."
The letter Is long and of a ramb
ling nature.
Sheriff K. A. Cook of Scott coun
ty, Kansas, arrived here today to
tako back to his state Moses Hind
alia Will Johnson, who is held
in the Marlon county Jail and who
Is wanted In Scott City, Kansas, on
a chnree of bigamy. An extriil
tlon hearing will bo held In the
office of Governor Pierce at 2
o'clock this afteinoon.
According to the requisition
brought here by Sheriff Cook,
Hind ha a wife living with her
father at Stella, Mo., who he mar
ried December 25. 1912. By hU
first wife he has four children, the
youngest of whom Is not yet a
month old.
Recently, after working In the
harvest fields of Kansas and malt
Ing various other movements, he
went to Healy, Kansas, whore he
Joined. Goldlna Wallace. 2 years
old. whom Sheriff Cook describes
as "one of the finest girls In our
country." Hind had met her dur
ing the harvest season. They wen!
to Scott City where they were mar
lied by a probate Judge November
20 last, goon afterward they left
for Oregon and were traced to Sa
lern.
When Hind was arrested by Mar
Ion county officers he, his wife
an.l her stater were living on
South 19;h street, and Hind was
taking a course In automobile me
chanics In Portland. The Salem
wife claim that she dll not know
Hind had another wife Her
mother signed the complaint
ag.dnM Hind.
Oxford Wins Meet
Londou. March 21. (By Asso
ciated Press.) Oxford won the
annual track meet with Cam
bridge today, six events to five.
WHERE 60
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First wired photo of the fearful toll taken by the tornado thnt swept five stntcs and dashed a tliouinndl liunian beings to death.
The picture above shows a room of the Longfellow school lit Murplisboro In wlricli 60 children were burned to death. Photo copyright
Internal lonnl N'ewsrcel.
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THREATENED
Coal Famine and Renewal
of Diphtheria Edidemic
Feared; Fuel Situation
Real Serious.
Nome, Alaska, March 21. (By
Associated Pret.) Nome was
threatened with two crisises today,
a coal famine and a threatened re
newal of a diphtheria epidemic
which took a toll of six lives from
the time of the outbreak in the
middle of January to the lifting of
the quarantine a month ago.
The city council purchased fifty
to no of coal, tho mat of the spare
uel In town, from the United
States signal corps radio station
yesterday and apportioned 11 in
one to six sacks. This must 1W
until June when the next coal
ship arives. Sudden prosperity of
the natives, who purchased coal
trom the proceeds of their rich fox
catches, and failure ot the coal
.-hip Apollo, due to storms, to ar
rive last fail caused the shortage
The nearest forest Is 70 miles in
land with no trails connecting it
All beach wood for 30 miles up
ind dowa the coast has been ex-
liauste.1.
A white child, tho daughter of
Herman Eeeausky, formerly of Se
attle, was the diphtheria patient
reportel yesterday. Nearly all the
Nome diphtheria patients have re
coered.
Dr. Curtis Welch sole physician
of Nome, on receiving word of
Mre thr-jat epidemic and possible
diphtheria cases among residents
(f Buckland river, sent a ship
ment of rnti-toxin by dog team
By EARTHQUAKE
Quebec, March 21. An Intense
earthquake shock was felt here
this morning. Houses were shak
en but no serious damage or fatal
ities wera reported.
The shock occurred between
10:24 and 10:26 o'clock. Follow
tog the earthquake tremors of
February 28 there were recurrent
flktnrhaiices for several days In
this district. Today's ehork lat
ed onlv five to ten seconds, de
pending upon the locality.
Telephone communication wttii
L'alestnaul. Murray Bay, St. Sim
ecu and other places in Charle
voix county as well as points In
the Saguenay district, was inter
ruptcd.
CHILDREN PERISHED
Claims Shepherd
Had Control Over
McClintock Will
Chicago, March 21. (By Asso
ciated Press.) Testimony that
William D. Shepherd, under in
dictment charged with the murder
iy typhoid inoculation of his fos
ter son, William N. McClintock,
orphan millionaire, had said-, he
would have McClintock's will
drawn to suit himself was given
y C. C. Fairman, indicted with
shepherd, at a hail hearing today.
Falman said Shepherd had
r.greed to give him $100,000 when
he completed "a big deal" which
the witness said Shepherd told
m he was working on. He said
this "bit; deal" was admitted by
Shepherd to relate to the McClin
tock estate.
Faiman, president of the Nation
1 University of Sciences, admit
ted that he knew of no witnesses
who had heard conversations he
he alleged he and Shepherd had
had abou-t typnoid germs and
about the McClintock will.
MINERS MAY BE
ALIVE, IS BELIEF
Fairmont, V. Va., March 21.
il esc ue work at the wrecked shaft
of mine No, 41 ol the Bethlehem
Mines corporation at Harracksville :
was speeded up this morning in the
nope that 22 of the 33 workmen :
iinpriHoni'd by an explosion last
Tuesday might still be alive.
Eleven bodies bad been found by
S o'clock.
William Berry, a rescue fore-!
man for the mines organization
upon emerging from the shall
t-sid that be had pentrated one ol
its arms for a distance of 400 fe't
and had found that the force of
the blast had not reached that
far. It Is believed that 22 of the
imprisoned miners are in that aim
and sine all are seasoned min
workers, Berry believed, he said,
that they might have escaped the
blast and bairiraded themselv
against gas and other d:.ngi s
which folowed.
However, William Wringman, 0
veteran inspector for the Virginia
department of mines, entered the
.haft after Berry's announcement
rnd penetrated it, he eaid, for
2000 feet. He expressed doubt up
on emerting thut any of the Im
prisoned men still live
Mine officials said today that
check revealed that only 33 min
ers were caught In the blast and
nut 34 as was at first believed.
IN TORNADO WRECKED SCHOOL
He said Shepherd had In one
conversation referred to young
McClintock and Mies Isabel Pope,
his fi.incee, .intending to marry
soon. That was In the full of
1923, according to Falman, who
said Shepherd referred to Mc
Clintock's approaching his major
ity he was 21 years old a year
aco.
Falman asset ted that he said to
Shepherd that such a marriage
would "leave him. out," but that
Shepherd said be would have Mc
Clintock draw a will. The wit
ness said he then said "that the
girl must be taken care of or it
would cause talk," and that Shep
herd said "some of those typhoid
cultures could be used.'
Faiman had previously stated
ttiat he had given Shepherd three
tubes of baccillf. These tubes he
had obtained in the Chicago
(Continued on Page Seven)
EXTORTION LAID
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According to advices from Oak
and, California, citations have
been Issued by the prosecuting at
torney there to H. L. Purdy, for
merly district manager of the Na
tional Securities company of San
!oe; A. F. March, Mountain View.
Cal., and Sherwood !rover of Oak
land to appear March 28 and show
cause why extortion warrants
should not be issued against them.
It Is stated that the action Is tak
en in connection with re-organiza
tion of the Kings Food Products;
company by Ladd & Tilton bank
of Portland.
At about the same time Mrs
Madge MfClintork filed suit Id
.ircul court In Portland to recov
er $5100 from Ladd & Tilton
bank because of the bank's partic
ipation In the affairs of the Ktng
company. Similar suits represent,
.ng 40 utorkhold'-rs "already were
cn tile in the circuit court of that
ounty.
One suit is on file here, brought
by the Kev. and Mrs. H. I). Cham
bers to 1 erover money from the
company for stock purchased In
fraudulent practices being alleged.
The suit In Oakland 1 under
tood to involve California, stock-
n older only, large blocks ot stock
eing sold in that state or re
organization of the company.
STOCK SALES
ARE ENJOINED
Drive To Sell Bank Shares
of Ford of Canada Is
Halted; First Brought
To Light Here.
lNew lurk, March 21. A tern
rorary injunction restraining th
sale ot bunk Bhureg of the Ford
Motor company of Canada, Ltd
has been issued against the Con
tinental company and Marshall &
company of this city. State Attor
ney t.enerui uttinger announced
tojlay. In asking the injunction
from the state supreme court th
attorney general's office asserted
that bet en 5000 and 10,000 per
:,nrw had bought the shares under
the Impression that they were
buying Kcrd Motor company stock
Ford stock, according to the at
torney general, was purchased in
the open market and banking
shares were issued against It to bt
sold to the public at a rate which
1 rough t the price of the stuck
above market value. The Ford
company of Canada has denied
any interest In (he bankers share
el itti t'k. More than fifty let
tcrs to Henry Ford asking about
ytock wore introduced as evidence.
A permanent injunction will be
sought.'
The operations of stork sales
men In Melting bank shares secured
by b ord Motor of Canada stoc
first came to the attention of fed
eral and state officials, it Is be
lieved, wiien stock a let men of th
company came to Salem. Local
lutomoblle men took up the
matter with the Ford company I
Detroit and were Informed tha
the sLi'Tk offered for sale was no
lock ot the Ford Motor company
Also persons who had receive
matter through the mall advertis
ing the galea and soliciting the!
nreslm-'ntn sent the advertisin
matter to State Coropration Com
iiiisisoner W. K. t.Tews. Commie
iioner Crews Issued a statement
uutlonfrig the ptmiic against th
nvestment and alno sent copies 01
letters and of the advertising mat
ter to thi po-stal authorities.
vahcouverTotelT
AGAIN SELLING BEER
Vancouver, H. C, Mnr. 21.
ElKhte1!! Yanroiivpr hotIa toiloy
began th aale of bepr by the
KlBa. Nut all the hotels were
ready lo hesin enle of the bever
age at 10 o'clork, the afhedtlled
opening time, due to delay In ob
taining lliemioa and In the deliv
ery of the beer but the majority
wera open by noon. A number of
other hotcli were expected to re
ceive Mcenaes today.
COURT ISSUES
HEW MARKET
ROADS ED 1 CT
Sections Seeking New
Highways Must Supply
Free Rights - of - Way ;
Competition Is Keen.
Any aectioh seeking a market
oad from the county court niusl
nreaent the right ot way free to
he court, with al curved, angles
ud chunges provided tor it lliey
want lo have bucu a roXU estab
lished. Tula is the ultimatum ol'
he court this year, according to
County Commissioner Smith, who
eclures that competition for es
tablishment ot market roads is bo
keen, it ia not neceasury for the
court to expend its market road
money in buying righto of way,
raiglueuing out curves and tor
damages, when the money can all
be ueed on the roads proper. '
If a road jright of wuy cannol
be presented to us clean and free
rom entanglements there is no
necessity for establishing the road
there at this time. There are too
many demands for these roads and
too many roads that are needed
which are offered free of such en
tanglements." Commissioners bmith and Por
ter and Deputy Hoadmaster Johu-
son yesterday Inspected a number
ot routes that have put in their
bide for market road preferment
this year.
Notable among tnose visiteu
are two competing for the honor
of being selected as the cutoff be
tween Turner and the 1'acific
highway. The court has stated
definitely that such a cutoff will
be installed and paved this year,
but has riven no indiculion us to
which route it will select.
The two routes before the court
are known as me name uieeu
route and a road a little further
couth. The members of the court
went ovir both of the .routes in
their car yesterday without chains
and without getting stuck In the
mud. In a place or two one or
more of the iiarty had to get out
and shove a bit, ant overv. ise there
were not casualties reported
Despite the fact that a thorough
xaminotion was made of both
hese routes members of the party
would give no Inkling on their re
urn as to whlcn one wouiu ui
the nrolahle selection.
The party also travelea over uic
road from lluena Vista to Jeffer-
pon. a older ior a marci
nnrf the route from Jertcrson to
Marlon, which will no cnangeu
tliiti vear to provide for th ellmi
nation of grade crossings with the
sulHtitutiuti of an overhead.
Itiilii were opened hy the coun
tv court today for 4000 yardB ot
crushed road, and its hauling for
mad work through district wo. n
ihe district running from the Sil-
erton city limits tit Hllver urcen
falls. It Is the plan of the coun
ty court to have this rond In an
year shape by fall. The main
vork to bo done Is on the section
where the good road ends on inio
Silver Creek Kalis, but there arc a
few intermediate strips to be till
ed In, all of which are inciunen
n the bids submitted today.
STATE
BE IN PORTLAND
The mate banking department
which for many ye.im ha oc:u
pled offl'.-eji on tho third door of
the state capltol will next Tuesday
be tranHferrej to I'ortlnnd where
ntlU t-n have beon anani(d In the
Henry building. Frank O. Itrain
well, state superintendent of banks
la head of the department. Kin
ployes of the department, nnld
from examiner in the field, num
ber about half a dJfn.
The nulte of offires now occu
nd by th banking department
will be uttllied by some other
Ftate department. The transfer f
the department to I'ortlnnd Is
neceiixltiited mainly by the con Ren
tion In the state house, which will
be made worse by legislation enact
ed at the 192 session. A bill wait
contemplated to provide for ft new
orrico build mir on me bum
rrr'unds but because of the state'
financial condition woe not punhed
by those favoring- It.
Students Rush
Cuban Capital;
Eight Injured
Havana, Cuba, March 21.
Eight atudenta and three police
men were Injured today when
several hundrad students gathered
in front of the presidential palace
aa a protest against fines given
three students as a result ot ar.
rests in connection -with a pro
clamation against the Hay
Quezada treaty celebration last
Wednesday.
The students attempted to rush
the palace, police said.
IN TRIP FUND
Cash on Hand at Noon
Runs to Total of $1523
Dance Proceeds to be
Used for Incidentals.
MON'F.Y
si us itim:i
Capllnl Journal
$
25.00
lft. 00
fi.ou
15.00
25.00
5.00
25.00
10.00
25.00
25.00
25.00
15.00
10.00
15.00
Ilimklfift c Uoneris
Irle Slim t'n
Cherry City Hakhur Co
First Ntil iiMiul Hunk
John I'arrur
livny Hello
Marion Creamery ..........
illshop Cloihlni; Co
l M. ir' try -
Frank Myers
White HoiiHf ItcMtiiiinutt
Koynl Ciilelei'in
O, K. Itui bor Shop
Nevivi.iry of Male's
orrice tto.oo
II lull School OrKiuiiui-
lioiiw 250.00
William Ilcll 5 00
V. S. Notional Hank 60.00
Central I'liarinacy A. 00
Hunk of Commerce 5.00
l'u.il II. W.i 1 1 ii ee 25.00
Uuhl iiml Hil-h 50.00
I. H. Silillll 10.00
T riiiliial t are 25.00
F.Iks Cluh 40.20
Milh-i-H 25.00
Sliipli 's .. 15. OU
f.UMiull - Itohh Studio 25.00
lr. C. A. Douil.s 5.00
lr. Frank Hrou il.... 1.00
CIkiml W idler 2.00
II. C Itiil - 2.50
Fry'M llmjr Kintv 10.00
llnl(-Vs merry 5.01
V. Scli.d ft.00
SueoloNky HrotherM 5.00
C. .1. Ilrlrr Co. 5.00
Dim Ijiiiiueiilli-rt; 2.50
I. A. While & Son 10.00
Crouit Drnir Co i.00
iVriiiLit.il Itilliiiid 4Hm 5.00
Kennel h Hroun 5.00
Tvih HavlcM 2.50
.1. A. Sitmlcrsoli 1.50
Kirhy Itoss 6.00
Mark I 'on ls oi l.oO
lllxli Sclicol Much inc.
Shop 8.00
A. V. Fa Hev 5.00
W. 11. Lorkrlt ft.00
Mr, lleiltfill ft. 00
Mili Heauiy I'iiiloo ... 5.00
Mi- liCim Hrlle Tartar ft. 00
T. A. liUwlry 15.00
loV4lov lUtd K4I1C....H '5.00
lliinniiili Jruclry 5.00
Marlon Anlo Co In. 00
Mivllat.ci.us 205.00
liiir Sale 100.00
Hiwnrii Mt'inlN'rH
(idcdKt'dj 119.50
Total
..$152:1.70
With a margin of approximately
200 yet to be covered before the
Salem high hoot basketball team
could be uxMin d of its trip to Chi
cago to enter the national tourna-
(Contlnued on I 'age Heven)
$200 NEEDED
Offer to Underwrite
Inter-State Debate
Next Year Reported
Announcement has been made
l:y Principal J. C. Nelson of the
high school that the contemplated
It.ter-clty debate between high
echools teams of Salem, Mans., aini
Salem, Or, has been abandoned for
this yeir, negotiations to be re
sumed next year on the basis of a
debute In Kalem, Mass., In l!t2G.
the third centenulal year for thut
o i ty and a return debate In Salem.
Oieron, the following year.
With Ihe announcement. Pro
fessor Neisnn stated that a Salem.
Or., citizen, upon condition that
bis name be not revealed, has
agreed to underwrite the plan tn
the extent of $1000, providing the
debates are put off until next year
jnd the year succeeding.
Ucal high school authorities
hare agreed to this plan and be
lieve there Is no question but that
the trancontincntal debates will
STORM TOTAL
NOW STANDS
AT 822 LIVES
Burial of Dead Proceeds
Rapidly With Brief
Ceremony; Call Issued
For Physicians.
fny Associated Pre0
The known and eetimated dead
from Wedneeilay'a tornado and
h tor in which dipped into eections
of five etatee. stood at 822 short
ly Derore noon today. This total
included five additional death
reported from Griffin, Ind.. one
more from Princeton, Ind.. and
ecven more from Murphytboro.
'Ihe number of injured etill
hovered around 3000.
Durial of the dead was pro
ceeding rapidly in all sections,
with brief ceremonies. Some com
munitics plan memorial eervicea
later. Ministers are remaining
constantly on duty. There are
et ill some unidentified dead, with
more bodice probably yet to be
found.
More Doctors Needed
Organized reacue and rellet
work wae methodically In oper
ation throughout the devastated
regions.
An immediate need of enrgeone
for tho southern Illinois field '
prompted the etate health direc
tor to appeal to county niedioal
societies for help. He aleo request
ed supplies of anti-toxin for gan
grene which has appeared among
the wounded. The departments
field director reported 738 sur
gical cases in this zone.
Heavy contributions of money
and supplies continued to pour
in from sourcos nil over the Unit
ed Stntes.
Property loes In all devastated
(Continue! on Pace Eight)
TO TAKE PLACE OF
SVVARTZ SOUGHT
Petition was filed In probate to
day asking; for the appointment
of a new administrator of the
estate of H. H. Keunzll, to replace
Fred Swarlz, his brother-in-law,
who was killed by dynamite on
his ranch last week. By another
coincidence. In a chain of colnci.
dences which has marked the kill
ings of the brother-in-laws, the
application came on the day on,
which the final account of Swarts
was to have been up for final hear
ing before the court.
On the death of Kcunzli. who
was found with a bullet hole la
h Is head Kehru try 25, 19 3.4.
Swartz was named as administra
tor. The find account shows
about $1688.63 In cash on hand
belonging to the estate, all of the
assets of the estate having been
converted by Swartz Into cash.
(Continued on Page Seven)
he arranged. In event they re.
tttated Professor Nelson, this wilt
1 c tho greatest distance that two
high school trams have ever trav
eled to participate In debates.
Sulci high school team, as Oie
son's champion high school debat
ers for hi year, are compelled to
prepare for their national tryouts,
which Is another reason for It be
ing deemed wise to postpone the
long distance affair for another
year.
It Is estimated the cost of the
two trips will be in the neighbor
hood of $2000 and the $1000
jiHurante-'d by the unnamed local
citizen will cover Oregon's share
rd the coat.
The unknown donor of the
$1000 declared that under no con
ditions does he wish his name to
be known, Intimating that If ef
forts are made to establish hie
identity he may call off his offer.