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Newspaper Page Textt TT Capital CITY EDITION mall Dally average nt pa.d circulation tor Toni. lion ton., nfyht; molt. month end ftsnruary Z, 192 6811 Local. Mar, S3; nib.,, river, 2.7; atmos., cloudy';' wA., . Average d.iily distribution 72 fll. Member Audit Bureau of Circulations. FORTY-SEVENTH YEAR No. 75 SALEM, OREGON, SATURDAY, MARCH 28, 1325 "PRICE THREE CENTS $?AS!SilsM2u $gf& (VI .4 tit UVA1 t mm - . . i . i i IhJJuiJlIJu E OF CONVICTS Location of Body Found Near Chchalis Casts Doubt on Story Told By Prisoners. Seattle, Wash., March 28. Dispatches published here today indicated conflict of opinion as to whether a body found Sunday in a shallow grave near Chehalis wok that ol a man whom Armand Dar ner and Jumes Mack, inmates of the Oregon penitentiary confessed yesterday they had slain. One dispatch stated that the body found Sunday was undoubt edly that of the muu whom Ujurucr mnl Mack said they burled along the road aa they were driving south from Seattle in a stolen automobile last May. This narrative left the body in a grave beyond Chchalis. Another telegram said Sheriff Roberts of Lewis county expressed doubt, pointing out that while the body found Sunday, which was near the THton river, about 30 miles east of Chehalis, had been dead as long aa last May, It Beenied to have been only a short time in that place. The sheriff also re marked that the spot would have been a very br.rd one for strangers tc reach. - Declaring thnt they prefer to pay the penalty, even death by the rope, rather than bear any longer the mentai burden of nneonfeesed guilt, two youthful prisoners in the fctate penitentiary yesterday voluntarily confessed to Warden Dalrymple that they murdered tne man whose skeleton was found last Sunday by Deputy Hheriff Joe Coleman of Chchalis, Wash., on Tilton river, 28 miles cast of that city. A bullet hole in the skull in dicated murder, but the my.nery was coni plete, with the skeleton unidentified and suspicion hr!d agniiift no man. Names Not r.cveulrtl The prison authorities refused to make public the names of the two men. but state. t they were receiv ed at the state prison about four month ago from Jackson county to do five years each fur burglary. Dispatches from Med ford indicate that the two are Armond II. Dor tier end James W. Mack. J. V. Starrtlt, slate parole offi cer, who also heard the confession of the two men, said that he was working at the Jackson couiyy court huiise at the time they were convicted and that he distinctly remembered that they were mem bers of a parly of five hoboes who were traveling- south. They are 23 and 24 years old. According to the story told by the two men to the warden, they had stolen a Sludebaker automo bile in Seattle the latter part of last May and started south in the car. A short distance out of Seat tle they overtook a stranger who wanted to ride. They allowed him to get into their car. He was drunk (Continued on Page Four) Cambridge Wins Race Putney, Eng., March 28. (By Associated Press. ) The annual Oxford-Cambridge boat race end J sennit ionally this afternoon when the Oxonians after rowing about two miles In very rough water, were forced to abandon the contest owing to the waterlogged condition of their boat. CONF N is npo: Germans to Choose Ruler by Ballot for First Time Sunday Berlin, Mar 28 By Associated Press) For the first time in its history of more than a thousand years, dotted with the turbulent re:ng of Margraves, eiectors, kings and emperors, the German nation tomorrow will be given the oppor tunity of electing Us head through the medium of a ponulnr ballot. The laic 1 rii'deri!. Eltert, first pntsKlyu of the Oerman republic held yoffice by virtue of a note of the -national assembly in 1919, by which he was designated1 provision al president. P.y act of the retch Sta in October, 1921, his provi sional Ptatus was changed to rcKuIar on .hit term to expire Juno Ills tuJden death 'IIIOBID ilMIION f OF FLAX ILL Determination To Secure Proposed Plant Voiced At Meeting; Will Seek Local Finances. Determination of local citizens to bring to Salem or some nearby community a second flux manu facturing enterprise, which would be a spinning factory promoted mainly by D. M. Sanson, head of Canadian and New England inilU, was manifested Id a conference at the chamber of commerce last night. Sanson, while unable to promise location of the project di rectly in Salem, explained the na ture of the proposed plant at length and several local men spoke enthusiastically for the project. No opposition was heard. As a first step Mr. Sanson and liia associates will be-thoroughly investigated by the present local committee, and then a method to raise the necessary money will be formulated. Mr. Sanson announced last night tint G00,000 will be neces sary acj the initial financial out lay for the plant, and the promot ers desire that all but $50,000 If possible be raised in the Willam ette vullsv communities, with con trol of the plant placed into the hands of local men hut supervision furnished by the Sanson interests. R. O. Snclling, chairman of the local committee, announced that the project would embrace not only the major enterprise of a r pinning mill, but also a number nf scutching mills to be located in the smaller cities of the valley. Silver ton citizens, he said, have promised to subscribe to $50,000 tor the major operation In addi tion to what Is neci ssary for a ucutchiti'r mill at that plare. The same is inte of Albany. Eugene ig a candidate as the location c,f the main plant and is not takhi'-; up the project as a chamber of commerce enterprise at present, but has n local counnitte working (Continued on I'ago Four) MWM7 PARTY SECRETS New York, Mar. 28 L. A. Van Patten, w hose advertising agency Is involved in a wrangle with the democratic national committee ov er an advertising deal during the president! '.1 campaign last night, promises that "fire works" will be produced at the trial of suits fil ed yesterday by both si les. '"The Uorah committee Investi gating campaign expenditures will be Interested more than a little In thlj suit, ' said Mr. Van I'atten. Me added that trial of the cases "would shed creat light on the rea sons why John W. Davis, demo cratic prcedential . candidate, and Charles W. Bryan, via presiden tial candidate. suffered such n crushing defeat in iVe election ln.st fail." The democratic natlonnl commit tee filed suit to compel .Van Pat ten, Inc., to account for a ."i0,000 ca-h advance for campaign adver tising last fall and to return any amounts due. advanced this date ty two months. The law for election of the presi dent provides that a candidate must obtain a clear majority of all the votes cast to be declared elect ed. As there are seven candidates running, nobody seriously believes that any candidate can obtain I majority. The law therefore pro vldes that a second ballot shall be taken and this second election day has already been fixed for April 28. This time the candidate obtain ing the highest number of votes will be declared elected regardless of how large a vote the various opponents may roll up In 'he aff g re cite. Sentiment on Parking Plan Being Sought PARKING BALLOT For Head-on For Present Plan . Name Address ... For more than three years Sa lem has been engaged spasmodical ly in more or less heated discus sions over the system of parking to be used In the city. Time and again efforts have been made to have the present system of back ing Into the curb changed, and to require autos parking in the busi ness district to park head-on to the curbs. The merits of both systems have been argued and reargued before the city's service clubs, mass meet ings and the city council. T ho council has before It for final action at Its next meeting an ordinance establishing the head on system. Whether or not it will pass is a matter of 'conjecture. (Continued on Page Nine) PLEA OF GUILTY iiuoun San Francisco, Mar. 28. The counsel for the defense of Doro thy Ellingson, confessed matri cide, refused in a conference with Judge Harold Louderhack, the trial judge today, to enter a plea of guilty to a murder charge in any degree. The conference was arranged by the defense in an ef fort to bring the trial to an im mediate conclusion. The prosectitiou has held that the girl must plead guilty to a murder charge before it will consent to halt the case. The girl's chief counsel, Alc. iinrter Mooylin, had announced that he would confer with the trial judge in an effort to agree upon a plea that would be accept able to all concerned. Titis plan, if agreed upon, would obviate the necessity of testimony before a ji'ry, and would place the girl's fate with Judge LouderbacU ;ilone. Jourt was adjourned yes terday until Monday. Tiie defense has expressed its willingnees to have the girl plead guilty to a charge of manslaugh ter, while the prosecution will c-'nsider Lothing less than a sec ond degree murder plea. The spec tacle of the girl repeatedly faint ing through the court ordeal has hastened the desire of both par ties to bring the trial to an imme diate end. S Washington, March 28. Mem ories of Spanish-American war days crowded in today on the oc cason of the removal of the body jf Admiral George Dewey, hero of Manila bay, from its resting place of nearly eight years In Arlington cemetery to the Bethlehem chapel f Washington cathedral to re lose there with other noted dead. Full military honors attended arrangements for the transfer of the body, including the stationing of blue jackets and marines, with the navy band, to face the cais- urn within the entrance to the cathedral grounds. For the escort from the mauso .turn, however, where the naval hero has lain within rows of his dead comrades in war, there was only a little group hie widow, at whose request the transfer of the body was arranged; his son. Ceo G. Dewey of Chicrgo, and as hon orary pail bearers, fellow officers who served with him in the battle ARCHBISHOP CHRISTIE IN SERIOUS CONDITION Portland, Or., March 28. Arch htshop Alexander Christie, aged 75. of the Catholic archdiocese of Oregon CM, was reported In serl mis condition today at a local bos pita). BLACKMAIL HE IDE BY SHEPHERD Hearing On Motion Ask ing: Bail Also Featured By Allegations of At tempts At Intimidation Chicago, Mar. 28 Charges of blackmail and of intimidation and bribery were exchanged today as counsel for William D. Shepherd, charged with murder, renewed the fight for ball for the accused. In an affidavit In support of a mo tion that Judge Jacob Hopkins re consider his denial of bail, It was charged that the confession of C. C. Faiman that he taught Shepherd- how to kill Shepherd's ward, William N. McCllntock, with ty phoid germs, was obtained by a blackmail scheme. Tho defense first called upon the court to give Shepherd its pro tection. After riling the affida vit with Judge Hopkins, Attorney William Scott Stewart, who him self swore to the affidavit, announc ed that Earl Clark, a former agent for Faiman's national university of sciences, had been arrested by the state's attorney's men last night and that Clark's wife also wa held In custody. Assistant State's Attorney George E. Gorman stated to th? court that it was true that Clarke and his wife were held a"d declared that all witnesses against whom Intim idation or bribery was attempted, would be taken into custody for their own protection, as was Clark. Clark was represented In the af fids vie as having told Attorney Stewart that Faiman once had op- crated upon a woman who died af terward and that fear of prosecu tion had caused him to make hie confession accusing Shepherd. The affidavit set forth that ac cording to Earl Clark, a former agent for Faiman's school, the woman was taken to the school by. a man and there an operation for some disease was performed by Faimin and that the death fol lowed. Further the affiant deposed that he had information and be lief that John Sharharo. assistant state's attorney, had promised im munity to Faiman who was in dieted with Shepherd but who had been held In a hotel by the state's attorney's men and had not yet been arrested on the indictment or put in jail, also, it was said that bis school would not be In terfered with. It was further stated that the affiant believed that when J. P. Marehand, the name by which a former agent of Faiman's school was known, and had said Shepherd wrote a letter applying for a course in bacter iology which Faiman spoke of In his confession, had struck Fai man In the state's attorney's of fice before Faiman confessed thnt It was In reference to the alleged operation. It was asserted that Marehand was threatening to divulge information of the oper ation unless Faiman would tell the state's attorney about the al leged study of germs by Shepherd at Faiman's school. The affidavit charged that Faiman's confession was obtained by an alleged blackmail scheme, in connection with the encounter with Marehand and the alleged operation. Clark, the affidavit al leged, told the affiant that he had a certain conversation with Marehand regarding the letter of application Marehand and Faiman say was sent to the school and that as a rrsult he sought advice from C. C. Bartlett, an attorney. In the fear that some blackmail charge might arise. Marehand has testified that he once made the remark that that letter ought to be worth $50,000 or $100,000 Ntn f..lean. La., Mar. 28 T)l coveiy of a sacred island contain ing ruins of the ancient Maya In dian civilisation In Lake Catemaco In the Mexican state of Vera Crus has been made by the Archaeolo gical exploring expedlt-on of the department f American research of Tulane university. SACRED ISLAND IS DISCOVERED Conspiracy Found In Apartment Deal By Court Decision That the stockholders In the de funct Capital Apartment company were victims of a secret conspir acy between Warren Armington, promotor, and Carle Llnde, archi tect of Portland, to defraud them under the terms of a concealed contract between Armington and Llnde, to the finding of Circuit Judge McMahan In connection with a decree handed down today. Under the terms of the decree the following actions are taken: Subscriptions made by stock holders are cancelled and declar ed null and void. Money paid on account of such subscriptions Is decreed to be the property of the plaintiffs in the suit and secretary Fred D. Thiel son of the corporation ordered to repay it to the subscribing stock holders. A judgment entered in Multno mah circuit court against the stockholders Is declared null and vo4d. Linde is enjoined from causing any execution to be levied against thft stockholders or from starting any action or suit to collect. Med ford, Ore., March 2S. The demurrer of Jackson county, named defendant in the suit of the Ilight Rev. Walter T. Sumner bishop of the Episcopal diocese of Oregon, against Joseph A. Newell, eiil, for the collection of $5,000, alUged to be due on a promissory note, secured by a mortgage on nn orchard, was overruled in an opin ion handed down by Circuit Judge Charles M. Thomas late yesterday. Jackson county filed a horticul-j tiii'.tl lion against the orchard, for about $100 Incurred In combatting blight in the orchard. Bishop Sumner contended that the horticultural liens constituted a cloud on the title, and charged that the horticultural lien notices had not been filed within the six months specified time provided by the lnw. The county In Its demurrer ad mitted this, but held that It had the right to file at any time, and the six months clause was not mandatory. The court In its opinion upholds the contention of the plaintiff, that the county has not the right to enter upon a premise and Incur expenditures and attempt collec tion, except "as in the Identical and precise manner prescrihid by the law." B!G RUSH OF TAX With tax payments on the firnt half of this year's taxs due by April 5, the big rush ie expected the next few days, in fact has started, and Sheriff Bower stated that while laves being received by mall are cleaned up to date In sending out of statements, frotn now on this mail will begin to pile up and statements sent out as it In possible to reach them Cons'quently ho urges that peo pie do not become alarmed If theij receipts are not mailed at. once. ITn tl 1 r H tl. i J r.rt I .1 Ntatements had been made out This is 2.")0 more paid receipts than last year, and a total of 1100 more statements have been made out th.in were made out last year as of the same date This is largely due to the fact that thp tax rolls were not re ceived by the sheriff last year until February 29, while on this year they were turned over Feb ruary 5. The delay last year was rl He to litigation which held up completion of the roll until court action could be had. The new law which change date of payment for the first half from April 5 to May 5 and for the Iftst half from October 6 to November 6, does not become ef rectlre until January I, 192A. and r Ncs'-quently has no bearing on litis year's payments. In bis findings Judge McMahan states that the stockholders did agree with Linde on plans for an apartment house to coat not In ex cess of $150,000 based on certain conditions In connection with stock subscriptions. But, that on November 8, 1922. Warren Armington and the Archi tect Llnde entered int3 a secret agreement, which was entirely con cealed by the stockholder s, In which Llnde was to draw plans for an apartment house without limi tation of cost. This agreement, stated the findings was never rati fied by the stockholders or agreed to by any officer of the corpora tion but Armington. As soon as it was discovered, the findings Mate, the contract with Lindc was rescinded. The findings further state that the uit against the stockholders brought In Multnomah county by Llnde and based on which judg ment of $4500 was awarded against tho stockholders, was brought in furtherance of the design to de fraud the stockholders and the judgment secured thereunder Is de clarcd null and void. E WAITS ARREST OF 2 SUSPECTS Klamath Falls, Or., March 28. Investigation into tho supposed itiurder mystery involving Freddie Jackson, Klamath Indian cowboy. reached stalemate this niorninj; when the acting district attorney announced that nothing further would ba done until the apprehen- ion of Louis Knight and Silas Barclay, two Indian huspect, who caped from the county jail here (.arly M mday. The murder theory connected with Jackson's ill-fated horseback ride through Chiloquin. March 15, is fast being dissipated as the in- tuiry proceeds. Although Fred A. Baker, super intendent of the reservation, yes terday gave county authorities i;or in lesion to exhume Jackson's body, cling District Attorney Myers today announced that the cxhumntiuii would be postponed until aftfir the capture of the two missing Indians. The original theory that Jack son was knocked unconscious and then placed astride an untamed I ony for the spectacular death ride has been exploded by the tes timouy of competent white wit nesses. The one theory which now rc Riuins for tho acting diwtrict at torney and tiie Indian fricnd.s of young Jackson Is that the boy might have received a fractured vkull di'rlng ifight with Barclay niid Knight jfT-t before the ride. but had remained conscious up un til tho time he rolled from the racing pony. Tho two camped Indians have been reported Mon at various t.olnts on tho resirvation since their escape from jail but officers (litis far have ben unable to lo eate them. 1925 BUSINESS BETTER. REPORT San Francisco, Mar. 28. Busi ness was better in the went during February, 1925, as compared with the same mr.nth in 1924 The retail price advanced 8 ppr rent as compared with 1924 Feb ruary prices, according to the re port of John I'errln, chairman of the federal reserve board In the twelfth district. The report made public today shows that the volume nf traiN during the month of February 1925, was slightly larger than In February, 1924. Decrease in Industrial output were general during. February, 1924. Production nf lumber was prac tically unchanged as compared with January, 1925, and 10.5 per cent le than In February, 1924. The value of building permits Issued during February, 1925, In 20 principal cities, showed a sea sonal Increase over January, 1925, bu( decrease of 4 6 per cent from February, 1924. OREGON PLEA AGED VICTIM FOR RAILWAY OF ASSAULT IS OPPOSED NEAR DEATH Union Pacific Spokesman Says Business Needed To Justify Expenditure Is Not In Sight. Washington, Mar. 28. Rail roads wound up today before the interstate commerce commission their argument In opposition to the demand of the state of Oregon that more than 400 miles of new lines be constructed through Its central and eastern portions. Af ter brief rejoinders by attorneys representing the state and local ities interested, the Issue was taken under consideration by the commission. A. O. Spencer, general solicitor for the Union Pacific, declared the Oregon-Washington Kail mad and Navigation company, the Un ion Pacific's subsidiary which would be obliged to undertake a large portion of the expenditure, was In no financial condition to assume the burden. Business Not There "That corporation now has $11,000,000 of accumulated def icit on operations." he eald. "The country Is extensive through which these lines are projected but the extension to a. matter of emharrnf-sment to the railroads which must serve It. It Is well to remember that 26,000,000 acres of the total area of Oregon are owned by the United States gov ernment and millions of this total are marked in yellow on the map the high desert country. "I think the Union Pacific Is well enough known in the west so that these gentlemen even would admit that its directors would not hesitate to put up the $11,000, 000 necewary To construct the carit and west line if they could sc the traffic In sight to main tain It. But there inn t any such tonnage. Chairman Aitchion suggested that with tiie line built arrows cen tral Oregon to tap the timber re- sorves on the western slope, the Union Pad I ic could count or making joint rates to attract tim ber for movement eastward. Mr. Spencer rejoined that the timber mills on t lie western slope were already located on Southern Pa cific lines and that tiie corpora tion would have no difficulty in relainiug the haul for their own systems. "The Union Pacific would have spent $11,000,000 in order to put a line nrro, he said, "where I could sit on the side of a moun tain and watch the traffic go by on the rails of its competitors." R NOTE IS CHARGE John Mincer, aged horticultural 1st of this section, is directly charg ed with miving "wrongfully, un lawfully, feloniously and fraudu lently f urged' a nolo for IliOOO ;ig;iint the estate of Adele Mln gei'. In an miMver filed by Loub Anil man and other defendants to the coniphiiiit of Minger, endeav oring to collect on tho $2000 note. It is charged In tho Minger com plaint that Adele Minger, before her death. g;ivo him a promissory note for $"?, that the noto has been submitted for collection to A-hliman as executor of the es tate, and Ashliniiin h:is re fu.se d to pay It. Intlniati'rtis have been made in lillgutiom before that Minger in some manner interjected a note which the cM.ito did not owe, but this answer niuke the direct al legation of forgeiy. Tho ent.ito has been more or less involved in litigation ever since Its admission to probate. RAILROAD PERMIT ASKED Washington. March 28. T Oregon. California & Kastern rail road asked the Interstate com merce coin allusion today for per mission to build 140 miles of new railroad In Cregon. No estimates of costs were Included. The line would extend In two direction from Sprague river, tho present termini: of tho Oregon. Califor nia At Faster n's system. On branch would run lo Silver lake and the other to Lakevlew. - Broadacres Man. Beaten By Employer, In Bad Shape; Officers Seek Death-bed Statement. The grim bhadow of a murder charge darkened the cell of Jamea tiaker in the county jail today. L,ast week Kaker was arrested at broadacres on a charge of as sault with a dangerous weapon on un aged employe, Jamea Hanson. Today Sheriit Oscar Bower. Dis trict Attorney Carson, Deputy Dis trict Attorney Page and Miss Blanche Barrett, court reporter, rushed to the shack where Han son has been lying since the af fault to take what may be Han son's dying statement relative to the assault. Reported Dvine. Dr. Donnelly ot Wood burn re ported after an examination of the man yesterday that he is in a dying condition and unless piompt deps are taken to alleviate him cud remove him from his unkempt surroundings where he has been lying with practically no care for the past week, that it will be a care for the coroner and a possible chance for the noose for Raker. According to the allegations made Kaker assaulted Hanson as a result of some argument, first beating him up with a steel banjo. ten using a heavy club to con tinue his tattou on the man's body, and finally winding up the assault with a knife wound some where in the neighborhood of the heart. Wound? Neelected. The knife wound was consider ed superficial and the other Liulses not of such a character as to cause grave, concern. But Han tion is a bachelor and has been lying unattended so for one pre vious virfit from the physician. If his condition is such that be can be moved, District Attorney Cai'Hon stated today, he will be taken to a hospital, or some steps will be taken for hie care in an ef fort to save his life. From reports it is possible that prompt attention may succeed In keping the aged man alive, but ft lew days more without care prob ably would remi It In hlo death. If he does die the question arises ih to what extent Raker could be harged with his death. While, it s stated, from every Indication the alleged asarailt on the part of Rak er was responsible for bis present condition, failure to receive prop er care after the assault would probably be directly responsible lor his death. FOR GENETUNNEY St. Paul, Minn., March 28. (By Associated Press.) Whatever doubt existed as to the superiority of Uen? Tunncy, American light heavyweight champion, over Harry (treb, former holder of the title. v.-as dispelled today as a result of Tunney'a decisive victory over the world's middleweight title holder here Inst night. Tunney gave Greb as thorough a benttng in their ten-round no decision bout as he has ever re reived. To give Greb credit he showed remarkable nKsimUntlve power ill standing up under Tunney s vlci ous attack. KLAMATH FALLS Klam ilh Fulls. Or, March J8.- Klaiiialb alls Rot another touch f winter this niorninR when It awoke to find from three to lonr Inches of snow on the ground. The mowfiUI followed a brisk wind and rain storm which started last nlKht, hut which turned to snow shortly before midnight. The kic were clearing thlf nornlng and it appeared M though tho warm spring weather of the pavt week would again pr. vail iat;r In Ilia day.