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W 2? 1925
CaitalAJoiiirrial.
CITY EDITION
Dally average ai paid circulation for
month and February 28,
CLOUDY OR RAIN
Tjste tontgh: or Friday; war Tier tonight
fresh east to aouth winds.
6811
Loci I: Max, 55; mln , 33; rain, none;
river, JlQ; atmoa., clear; wind, north,
Average dally distribution 7261.
Member Audit Bureau of Clreulntlona,
FORTY-SEVENTH YEAR No. 73
SALEM, OREGON, THURSDAY, MARCH 26, 1925.
PRICE THREE CENTS &AZttlM2
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TEAPOTDOIVI
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Prosecutor's Reference to
Denby's Statements To
Senate Probers Brings
Defense Protest.
Cheyenne, Wyo., March 26.
(liy Associated Press.) Tho Tea
pat Djuic lease annulment suit
came to a fiery climax and ended
In the space of a few minutes to
day. The climax was a high pressure
verbal exchange between Owen J.
Koberts of government counsel
and attorneys for the defense, who
contended that in referring to the
testimony of Edwin Denby, for
mer secretary of the navy, befors
a senate committee, Mr. Roberts
began answering the charge by
tho defense that the government
bad not called all the witnesses it
could have summoned In order to
make an equitable presentation of
the case. He was referring to the
failure of the government to use
the teatimon of Hear Admiral J.
K. Kobisdn, chief of the navy en
gineering, and 11. Foster Bain.
Trial of the suit ended at 11:40
a ni. The finale or the trial was
reached when Owen J. Koberts, of
government counsel, delivered the
final argument before rederai
Judge T. Blake Kenuedy.
Mr. Roberts started his argu
ment by defending the govern
ment's bi'l of complaint which the
defense alleged was too general to
be effective as a statement of
cause of action. The government
read from the rules of the United
States supreme court, which re-
Quire, he said, only a statement of
ultimate tacts in a complaint.
ORDERS BODIES
OF 3 EXHUMED
Chicago. March 26. (By Asso
elated Press.) Coroner Oscar
V'oIff announced today he would
Issue an order for the exhumation
rt the bodies of Mrs. Emma Nelson
McClintock, mother of the dead
orphan millionaire, William N
McClintock and Dr. Oscar Olson.
The coroner's decision, after a
conference with a representative
of tho state's attorney, came short
ly after counsel for William D.
Shepherd, charged with the mur
der of thi McClintock orphan, had
announced he would fight on in
an attempt to free Shepherd on
bail which had been denied yestee
day by Judge Jacob Hoktns, chief
justice of the criminal court. Mrs
McClintock died 16 years ago and
Dr. Oi-on died three years ago.
TO TEST SANITY
OF CULT LEADER
Oroviile, Cal., March, 26. D;
trict Attorney William K. Itothe
announced today that he wculd
file a charge of insanity against
Mrs. Edward Rhodes, sister of
Herman B. Sharlow. who died la
week after branding of his body
with a red hot iron rod.
Mrs. Ithcdes. Rot hi said, yester
day conformed that the had brand
ed her brother as a pai't of the r it
ual of a private relilgcti cult of
which the two members. . M
Rhodes told the district attorney
that her brother was a willing vie
IS lilC
Portland, Or., March 26. Ed
fuv Hlaiu-hard, dismlsjd potrol
n.im, w.'i indicted this afternoon
ly i he Multnomah county grand
ry on charge of a-sauit and
I'Tery In cr.nntclion wi'h the
e that hp attt-W-d tv d
Fonlkra Jr., In the course of a raid
n iie i .nj.c home by inS
in e wl'ln:u a search warrant la:
h .i't day evening.
CASE CLOSES
WITH CLASH
PRAIRIE FIRES SWEEP
ABDUCTION f
DANCING GIRL
SISINDIA
High Officials Involved
In Trial Centering On
Attempts To Kidnap
Former Court Favorite.
Bombay, India. March 26. (By
Associated Press.) Widespread
attention throughout India has
been attracted to the trial which
upened litre today of nine persons
accused of attempting on January
ll, to kidnap Muintazbegum,
beautiful dancing girl and former
ravoritc of the Maharja of Indore.
Several of the accused persons
held high positions under the Ma-
harja and It is alleged the girl,
who had escaped from the house
hold of the potentate had been
threatened with abduction unless
he returned willingly.
Ahudul Kadir Baula, a wealthy
Mohammedan merchant, under
whose protection the girl was at
the tim 3 of the crime, was killed
in the attempt to prevent her ab
duction.
Hieh Officials Involved
Sensational revelations concern
tug persons in high quarters have
been predicted in connection with
the trial, in which the accused in
clude Shafs Ahmed, who was the
nsaliar (commander) of the In
do re mounted police; Sham Raon
Mighe, captain of the Indore and
Anand Rao Phanse,, adjutant gen
eral of the Indore state forces.
The others are holders of minor
position- in the Indore govern
:uent.
Mumtaz, who lay In a hospital
for wceki suffering from knife
wounds which disfigured her face
and who has been closely guarded
;nce the attempted kidnaping be
cause or repeated anonymou
tn reals, was called as the firjt
witue&j for tho prosecution.
Mtimtaz testified she had first
entered the household of the Ma
harja as a singing and dancing
girl and later living there for nine
or ten years as his mistress, giv
ing birth to a cm Id who died in
infancy. Finally, discovering she
was apparently no longer the fuv
crlte of the potentate, she escaped
through the aid of a policeman
und sought Baula s protection.
JEFFERSON GROSSING
BIDS OPENED TODAY
County Judge Hunt and Road
master Culver left today for Port
la n.l to attend a meeting of the
state highway commission and op
ening of bids on the construction of
the overhead crossing to be install
ed in connection with road chanr;
on the highway between Marie
and Jefferson. Bids are due to be
opened at 2 o'clock.
H Is estimated the total cost of
construction of the road will be
about $20,000, the Southern Pa
cific's sharo of the expense having
b or n a c s.-- e c 1 at $12,500 by the
public er vir commission. The
ro:d nlti rations themselves will
cof! about $:J'jo0 a mile, it is esti
mated. SAYS SPIRITS REVEAL
SHEPHERD INNOCENT
Tndir napnlis Ind... Mrch 26.
Vhe "spirits" hove revealed to
Mrs. Mirtha SlHpheid Hnyden,
mother of William D. ShepliTd.
charged w'th the murder of Will
iam McClintock in Chicago, tlut
i,cr fon is innocent, she eaiil late
vesterdiy. Mr.-t. Hnydt'n, who '!
77 years old, ha been a spirittnl
m il'iim here for years.
BONUS APPRAISERS" NAMED
Appointment of appr.i iser for
the uppralcil hoards of three roun
Ue was nnnounepfl at the offire of
Lhe World War Veterans Slate Aid
commiflidon here this morning.
Thcae nfpflntud ore:
(Jnrivtt Van Ilipcr'bf Klamath
F'Mlr, fur Klamath county.
Marlin White of St. Helena, for
Ci'lumbl.i county.
Linn MeCr.ndy of Engine, ior
Liina county.
Baby Thought
Buried Found
Safe and Well
West Frarkfort, 111., March 26.
(By Associated Press. ) One
West Frankfort family wae re
united today. The two-year-old
'laughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jerry
Sullivan, who last Monday had
buried another child as their own,
was back with her parents again.
The child was missing after the
tornado a week ago and was
mourned as dead. In the ruins of
the Sullivan home the body of a
child wia found. Mr. and Mrs.
Sullivan supposed it their own and
as such :t was buried.
The little Sullivan girl was
found alive and well at the home
of a neighbor yesterday.
The body of tne child buried
will be disinterred for identifica
tion.
SAYS PRINCIPAL
The controversy between Ed
ward R. Mahoney, proprietor of
a store two blocks north of the
McKinley school, and Mrs. La
Moine R. Clark, principal of the
school, broke out again this
morning, after smouldering for
several weeks. Mahoney states
that Mrs. C.ark has taken action
preventing the school children
from coming to his store at noon
Mrs. Clark denies the allegation,
but fails to account for the fact
that the school children have
suddenly stopped buying at the
store.
"I can't think of any reason
under the sun why she should do
it, said Mahoney this morning,
"unless she Just wants to protect
the school cafeteria, and she says
she doesn t make any money on
that." Mahoney states positively
that the children have been, thru
some method, kept away from his
store by Mrs. Clark.
The controversy came to a head
a month ago, but was thought to
have blown over after Mahoney
appeared before the school board.
He visited Superintendent Hug
this, morning, laying his case be
fore him. Up to an early hour
this afternoon no further move
had been made by either side in
the argument.
Washington, Mar. 26 Frederick
Sutherland, an auditor In the bu
reau of internal revenue hag been
arrested here in connection with
alh-ged attempts to reduce taxes
by misrepresentation. James J.
Clifford ana John b McCarren,
describes ns tax reducer, were ar
rested in Milford, Conn , yesterd:iy.
Clifford and McCarren were tak
en Into cu&totly after Joseph I.
Brady, connoted with the New
Haven railroad had given the de
partment of Justice Information as
to their operation. It was al-
Ifged that they offered to have
reduced the income tax on the
rond.
Records show Clifford refignd
from the treasury March 15. 1921,
and McCarren wat discontinued
from the service November 16,
1321.
Mrs. Mary Kinney, -state sena
tor from Clatsop county, was to
day appointf, by (iovernor Pierre
as regent f Oregon Agricultural
college to fill out the unexpired
Mrra of the late M. 8. Woodcock
of Corvallis. She will aerve for
two yfars.
Senator Kinney bears the dis
tinction of being the only woman
ever to sit in the upper house of
the state legislature.
UNVERIFIED
AY
LIVKLOST
Farmers and Townspeople
Battle To Subdue Two
Fires In Widely Separ
ated Sections.
(By Associated Press)
Whipped along by a brisk
wind, prairie fires last night and
today swept over two widely sep
arated sections of North and
South Dakota, causing extensive
property loss and giving rise' to
unconfirmed reports of fatalities.
One fire zone centered on the
North and South Dakota boun
dary; aouth of Bismarck, N. D.,
while the other area affected is
straight south on the South Da
kota llns, embracing part of the
Rosebud Indian reservation and
extending toward Valentine, Neb.
In each zone several distinct
separate fires were rcporlcu, all
traveling in a south and slightly
east direction. Reports that a
man had perished near Waller. S,
D., and a woman and two children
had lost their lives at Tuthill, S
D., had not been confirmed.
Miles City, Mont., Mar. 26.
The entire population of Wak
pala has deserted the town to
fight two big fires that are rag
ing near there, according to in
formation received here by Mil
waukee railway officials. The
fire is on the Standing Rock In
dian reservation and is raging
only a short distance from Yates
where the body. of Sitting Bull,
famous Indian warrior is buried.
Calls for Help Issued
The fire started last night
northwest of Wakpala and burn-
(Continued on Page Nine)
vaccina of
Victoria, B. C, Mar. 26 The
provincial board of health today
ordered every person in British
Columbia vaccinated against Btnall
pox. The order followed one re
quiring vaccination of persons en
tering the United States from Van
couver. The provincial order went Into
cftcct immediately, and only per-:-cns
proving a successful vaccina
tion in the last two years are ex
empt. Persons violating the ord.:r
ate subject to a fine of 10'i or
to six months' imprisonment,
wttli or without hard labor or to
r-oth fine and imprisonment.
An epidemic of smallpox in Van.
couver has been officially describ
ed as mild and no deaths have
leen reported.
BLANCHARD TO FIGHT
BOOZE SEARCH CHARGES
Portland. Or., March 26. Pa
iroltnan Kdgar Blancliard dig
r.iiKHPil hv Miivor (1 1 or ee I,. Hnkpi
after he admitted that he had en
tered the home of David Koulkes,
Saturday, without a search war
rant, has retained Attorney Mil
tin H. Klpnnpr to drfrnd him
against charges developing from
the a lair. iiianchard admitted
that a search warrant was ob
tained after the raid on the
Koulkes home, for a pla e nearby
where liquor was found. The
Koulkes home waB entered by mis
take. Attorney Klepper in a state
ment today said Illanehurd had
been worMng tinner instructions
ard blamed methods employed In
the poll.-e department for the af
fair. Yokel Defeats Edwards.
Portland, Or., March 26. Mike
Yokel, light heavyweight wrestler,
won a flnirh match here last night
with billy Kdwaran, Kansas City.
taking two of three falls. Yokel
won tli -j first fall In 62 minutes
and the third In 35 minutes. Ed
wards took the second in 36 ruin
utes
Miss Aldrich
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Miss L.UCJ Aldrich, daughter of a former Doited States Senator, and
ilster-ln-law of John D. Rockefeller, Jr.. has been awarded $41,000 by
tha Chinese Oorernment to pay for her sufferings when she was can
tcred by Chinese bandits more than a year ago, while riding on the
Bhanghal-Pekln railroad. The bandits held her for 11,000,000 ransom,
bvt later released her.
High School Lads,
Out to Win, Depart
For Chicago Today
Final check on all money turned in for the use of the
Salem high school basketball
made at 2 p. m. today. Money
at that time, exclusive of $115.17 raised by the Lions club,
No group of batttcrs, journeyingjje
foith to ir?e. a distant enemy, ever
went watched more closidy, hope-
ully and expectantly than tho S
men and coach who leave for Chl
Rcgo at fuur o'clock this afternoon.
The trip, by far the longest that
hau ever been attempted by a Sa
lem high school team of any kind,
and perhaps the longest, that will
ever be attempted by a Salem team
Is expected to help make athletic
history and place the city of Salem
definitely on the map.
"Vo don't know how far we're
going to get In the tournament,"
paid Koltw Huntington. Salem men
tor, "but we do know that wc re
going on the floor for the fir.st
round with the intention of win
ning our first game. Then, if we
go to the second round we'll go
Into It with the intention of win
ning that." The same determina
tion has been echoed by various
members of the team.
A f.irewcll rally will be held at
the O. K. station when the team
leave..
Ab to who their first opponents
will be, the local playeis have ab
solutely no Idea. It may be a
team from anywhere between the
Atlantic ami tho Pacific. Th'.-y are
not aure that It wilt not be Krank
tin high, tho late lamented con-
tendfrs for the Oregon state title
Whllo her husband is llvlnn
with his automobile, anil plenty
of money, ho In without mean?
:.nd desires J 150 attorney's fees,
$100 suit money and 150 a month
as alimony and lor support of her
self and three minor ehlldren, nc
oordini? to on affidavit filed by
.Mrs. Kon-e.
How started divorco proreed
Inm alleclnir de.iertlon. The wife
has coma haek by altering that
the oniy reason she left his home
was because of hie cruel and In
human trcutmcnt; that he has
property aluea at IHUUO,' delud
ing autuomhlles, rarniing machin
ery and other property; that he
never supported her or the chil
dren. Khe assert that she left be
fore the last child wan born to
protect her children and that h
has never even been to see the
child.
DAKOTAS
Gets Indemnity
team on its trip to Chicago was
on hand totalled exactly $2,02G
-
In tho finals of tho st ito lourna
nicnt. Wnoevur it may happen to
be. Salem's opponent is due for
hard scrap, the local players de
clare.
KesMents of Salem alato that
while It may be expected a little
too much to ask their team to win
the national championship, tho fact
that the city Is represented by s
team will dlicot attention to Salem
They point to the fact that even
In tho Btato tournament, held here
eac.i year, many small cities, previ
ou.'dy practically unknown, step in
to prominence.
Kxperlrnced men, who have kept
an eye on the financial situation,
declare that tho squad has just
enough money to see It comfort
ably through without any serious
ribk of being caught unprepared
for a m'mhip. The amount in the
treasury this morning was report
ed to be $1700.26, the Anderson
Sporting Goods store contributing
$2! yesterday afternoon, and high
school organizations paying In 1U0
of amounts previously pledged, y
E. Khafer gave two dollars. A re
check brought to light the fact
that Saul Anderson, who gave $4
cai ly In the campaign, was not
credited with tho donation.
(Continued on I'aKe Nine)
EUGENE TfTEATER
OPERATOR DEAD
F.ugene, Or., March 26. Aaron
II. McDonald, owner of the Ilex
theater here and of the now Iow
ell theater now under process of
construction, died at a local hos
pital this morning. Me whs welt
known In cohh and theutrical and
business circles.
Home 14 years neo he formed
the first film exehange in Port
land, and lutcr built the Hex thea
ter and moved here. Ifs liad been
here for 12 years and during that
lime had owned the Castle thei
ter, now dismantled with tho con
struction of the new Lowell and
the old Krgenc theater, "which Is
now owned by the Hetllg com
pany. lie Is survived by his widow.
Mrs. M anon Iee M Donald ; one
son, Donald McDonald of Kngene
and one brother. Hubert McDon
ald of Han Francisco.
T
VN'O INDIANS
Rt SOUGHT
MURDER
Men Who Escaped Jail at
Klamath Falls Linked
With Supposed Acci
dental Death.
Klumath Falls, Or., March 26.
Indians who escaped from the
county jail early Monday Silas
Hurcluy and Louis Knight, are be
ing hunted iu connection with the
possible murder of Freddie Jack
son, who met death on the streets
cf Chiloquln, Sunday, March 25,
tollowing a win ride on bis horse.
It wae believed that Jackson
.sustained a skull fracture In the
fall from the horse, but Acting
District Attorney Myers said today
he has information which indi
cates Jaokson might have sustain
ed a fractured skuri in a fight anil
was then placed astride his horse
tor his last ride, unconscious,
through the streets of Chlloquin.
According to information the
acting district attorney says he
has, Jacksou is said to have been
drinking In an old barn with
Knight and Uarclay. They are
alleged to have had a fight of
tiome kind.
The acting district attorney
kept all his suspicions and evi
dencc to himself, not even notify
ing Sheriff Hawkins of his us)l
ciotiB and investigation. As a re
suit, the sheriff did not put extra
guards about the admittedly film
sy county jail and as a result it
was an easy matter for Uarclay
and Knight to make their escape.
No trace of the missing Indians
has yet been found, and It is not
known what angle the murder
probe will take. vr. W. S. lingers,
reservation physician, today scout
ed the ui'irder theory and said he
was confident the death was dip'
to the fail from the horse. Jaclc
vn did not die for five hours aft
er the ride, and he was examined
Iy Dr. Kogci's that afternoon.
Paris, Mar. 26.
ated Tress) Tho
express, east bound,
track today near
-(By Assocl
I'aris-Vienna
jumped the
I'rovins, de-
partment of Seine-et-Marne, fifty
miles from Paris, where two rails
had been removed from the road
bed. The police declared the re
moval evidently had been done
by experts. There was no loss of
life although the entire train,
traveling at full speed, was de
railed. A deep ravine was jut
ahead of the sjot.
The wreck, following the
wrecking of the Paris-Bordeaux
express yesterday from causes as
yet unexplained, with the hws of
five lives and the injury of fifty
persons, has stirred railroad air!
fficial circle.
$600,000 TO BE SPENT
ON HARDING MEMORIAL
Washington. March 26. Thf
hoard of trusteea of the Hnidim:
Memorial association decided to
day to proceed immediately with
erection of a $ti0,uo memorial
to Warren U. Harding on a site
;;lready ejected on the outskirts
of Marlon, Ohio.
The association has availabl
iSOO.OOt) for the work. It wa
decided to reserve fl'.Ml.ouO for
landscape gardening effoe't
around the memorial a n d t o u
the other $100,000 as an endow
ment for the perpetual care of
maintena nee.
JAPANESElOWlAVE
MANHOOD SUFFRAGE
Tokio. March 2l. ( lly Assocl
ited l'ress ) The house of peer
today naeped the manhood SHf
frajce bill The messure. previ
ously passed by tho lower house.
(lies the voting axe. at z ami
abollshe property qualification
DEFENSE MAY
PLACE BLAME
ON ANOTHER
Attorney For Jazz Girl
Intimates Confession
Made To Shield Real
Slayer.
Sun Francisco, Mar. 26 A pos
sibility that tho defense may at
tempt to content the charge of the
stale that Dorothy KUingson ac
tually shot and killed her mother
appeared in a new phase of inter
rogation opened by the defease in
examining a Juror at this morn
ings session of the murder trial.
Walter McCiovern of defense coun
sol asked Airs. Ji'lia Ott, a prospea
tive juror, whether she would be
prejudiced against a verdict In fa
vor of the girl should the evidence
disclose that Dorothy did not ac
tually shoot her mother, but had
admitted tho act to shield soma
one else.
Thli was the first Intimation
that the defense contemplated re
stating the state's establishment of
the body of he alleged crime. At
he time of her arrest In January
the 10 year old girl freely discuss
ed the quarrel with her mother
over the girl's life of jazz and Joy
rides which the girl said, led her
in a fit of temper, to shoot her
mother in the bedroom of their
home. ' ;
The girl, as she left court for
the noon recess supported by at
tendants, slumped into a faint and
was carried to an ante-room. She
had lost consciousness completely.
She wis revived In a few min
utes. She was able to walk, lean
ing on Jail attaches. Her father
i.nd brother stood outside the
ante rom. anxious and followed
her to the prison hospital where)
iiie was taken to rest until 2
o'clock.
Girl's Nerve Broken
The trial was resumed today
with - attorneys for the defense
and prosecution making the same
painstaking selection of the jury
which will try the young defend
ant and with precautionary mcaa
u res in force to guard against a
physical and mental breakdown
V4 IIIU
The fourth collapse of the girl
In court yesterday during the
third day of the trial led her at
torneys to announce last night
that they might petition the
court today to have the girl ex
amined by a physician every day
hofore she is brought Into court.
The girl's father was quoted as
expressing the belief bis daugh
ter will not be able to stand an
uninterrupted progress of the
court proceedings and that a
postponement might bo necessary.
The girl, from ail apparent evi
dence is breaking under the
! KenrrMnc examination to whirh
all prospective jurors are being;
nulijeeted and obviously is losing
her early Indifference and char-
,irteritic control of her emo
tions. When the trial was resumed
(his morning eleven jurors had
been selected tentatively with tho
prospect of another panel being
brought into court as the present
panel of sixty almost Is exhaust-
I.
VETERAN WINS
IN COURT TRIAL
Portland. Or., Mar. 26. C.
Clarenre Liklne today won tha
first cliinh In his battle against
the veterans bureau when Judge
Wolverton overruled the govern
ment's motion for a directed ver-
diet In his suit to place htm on a
permanent disability rating.
The court further declared he
believes I.ikins to he totally dis
abled nnd that in his opinion thi
disability is permanent.
The government will present
medical testimony. It is Bald, to
prove that Ijiklns' Injuries are
not permanent and that they
might have been received when
he fell after a run down Port
land Heights or in a fall down
an elevator shaft, both sustained
before the war.
Great Kails. Mont., March 2C
Two cns8 aaainst Gordon Camp
bell, oil operator, and others In
dicted for using the mails to de
fraud, which had been In 1'ntUd
Ftates district court here from
April 1, were vacated today.