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FORTY-SEVENTH YEAR No. 78
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INDIAN BABE IS BURIED ALIVE
ME CRIME MICE
ON MEDICINE OFMRICAN
MAN OF TRIBE STATES PLAN
Father and Grandfather
of Infant Buried With
Dead Mother Held
Responsible.
Denver, Colo., April 1. Plat
Nay, father of the 18 day old
baby alleged to have been buried
alive beside her mother In ac
cordance with a Ute Indian tribal
rito was held today pending an
Investigation on the Ute Indian
reservation, near Cortez, Colo.,
according to ad vices reaching the
federal authorities here.
- Plat Nay and his wife . were
treated by Mormon Joe, ancient
tribal medicine man, during a re
cent Illness. When his wife died.
Nay is reported to have said he
consented to the burial of the in
fant beside his wife after being
jo advised by Mormon Joe, his
father in law. ,
The medicine man is being held
is an accessory in the jail at Cor
tez. At an inquest held late yester
day. United States District At
torney Stephnn announced Nay
"was found responsible for the
burial alive of his daughter and
Mormon Joe, Ute Indian medicine
man and father in law of Nay,
was named as "instigating the
act."
PAL INVOLVED IN
$120,000 ROBBERY
Buffalo. N. Y., April 1. Aug
ust Le tun fin, a car cleaner and
Herman Re is, alias Rice, alias
Chuck Connors, are In custody in
connection with the loss from the
mails of $120,000 in currency.
Lehman says he found a pouch
containing $120,000 in ten dollar
bills consigned to the federal re
lerve bank of Detroit, from Wash
ington, under a pile of empty
mail sacks In the corner of a
car which was sent to be cleaned
bere in the yards where he work
id. Postal inspectors said the
pouch apparently had been lost in
the transfer of the car.
Lehman took the money home,
keeping it there until stories ap
peared in the newspapers about
the robbery and then bid it in a
garage. There the authorities iaM
light found $115,000. The other
15000 Lehman had lost in gamb
ling, he said, or otherwise dispos-
d of with the aid of Reis.
GET MORE MONEY
Washington, April 1. Addi
tional river and harbor allotments
announced today by the war 'de
partment bring the total of eucb
allotment for tne current eir
up to 130,633,510 or mure than
lhrec-fourthaf the lump sum of
40,oou oog appropriated by con
gres.
The pew allotment included:
"Oregon Coquille rlrer, $ 1 0,-
000; Coos Bay, J.50.000; Coo
river, (3000: Columbia river and
tributaries above Celllo fall and
mouth of Snake rlrer, (fr-egon and
Washington, 16000; Snake river.
Oregtfn, Washington and Idaho.
S14.000; Columbia and lower Wil
lamette river below Vancouver,
Wash., tnd Portland, Or., 1883,
000; Clatskanls river, $7200.
Willamette river, above Portland
and Yamhill river, $17,400.
' Dunlin Take Office.
Washington, April 1. Rcnlck
W. Dunlnp of Ohio today took of
fice m assistant secretary of agri
culture filling a position vacant
Inee Assistant Secretary Oore be
came secretary last November.
C apital Aloniraal
Uli.
Reorganization of Pan
American Union on Re
vised Lines at Rio de
Janeiro Meet Proposed.
Washington, April 1. Publi
cation today of a series of thirty
draft conventions proposed for dis
cussion at liio lie Janeiro this
year by the jurists comtuuiided by
the fifth Fan-American conference
to begin codification of American
international law reveuled a vast
tentative project for rekultting
American republics Into a cohesive
community oi sovereign states
Pledged to solidarity of policy and
action aimea chiefly at outlawing
wars of conquest among them
selves. -
Included in the project is one
proposed pact banding any grant
ot territory by the contractus
parties to new American states. It
torbids also even temporary occu
pation or such territory by any
nation with the purpose of exer
cising sovereignty recardces of the
will of the republic whose terri
tory was affected.
Arbitration Provided.
"In caie of violation of the pro
vision of the preceding articles by
one or more nations, or in general.
in case o menace, offense or acts
of violence, individual or collec
tive, committed by those nations
with respect to an American re
public, the continental solidarity
will be affected thereby and any
American republic may refer the
question to the Pan-American un
ion in order to bring about an ex
change of views on the subject,
declares tin final clause of the
draft convention on this subject.
Among other provisions design
ed to prevent war between the
contracting parties are conven
tions, to establish new and far
reaching machinery for concilia
tion of disputes and plan for a
Pan-American court of interna
tional justice. both plans arc
taken, with necessary modifica
tions, from the original concilia
tion and world court project);
launched at The Hague, and in
the separate convention suggest
ing a preamble' and a bill of
fundamental rights for the Amer
ican republics, occurs this expla
nation 3f the purposes aimed at:
Aim to Abolish War.
'The American republics" arc-
more interested In regulations
concerning the peaceful relations
and neutrality than In those con
cerning war, in hope that the lat
ter is happily and forever banisheJ
from the American continent."
the preliminary declarations
also affirm the reliance of the
American republics upon the gen
eral principles or international
law, but assert reservations of the
right to reject or protest against
rules in force with which Europe
may contradict American Inde
pendence and sovereignty.
The draft couvention which
follow sweep the whole gamut of
international relationships be
tween tho republics. They cover
commerce and transportation by
land, water or air.
Ministers Mistake
Kick from Coffee for
Holy Spirit, is Claim
Los Angeles, Cal., April 1. The
aim of the church today I for
more preachers who will eliminate
themselves from discourses and
put Christ Into their sermon, de
clared Dr. E. Hughes, bishop of
the Chicago area of the Methodist
Episcopal church. In an address
here yesterday before delegate to
the Pacific coast theological con.
ference.
"Minister may sometime mis
take lbs effects of a cap of coffee
for the power of the holy spirit
aid It fs possible for a highly
emotionalized or eomotose congre
gation to be deceived thereby,"
th speaker continued.
n n r
Public Little
Interested in
Parking Plan
PARKING BALLOT
For Head-on
For Present Plan
Name
Address
Public Indifference regard inp
what system of automobile park
ing in prescribed for Salem is so
mar Iced that it may result in faii
uro of the city council to take any
action when the proposed head-on
parkins ordinance comes up for
final consideration next Monday
evenintr.
Up to 1 o'clock this afternoon
only 73 votes had been cast in the
balloting: being: conducted through
the Capital Journal to determine
what system of parking Is most
favored by the people of Salem.
At that hour the count stood:
! or head-on parking, 54t.
For present eystem, 19.
HIM 22
Covell and Peare Senten
ced To Pay Penalties
For Murder; Innocence
of Crime Chained.
Marshfleld. Or., Anrll 1. Ar
thur Lovell, crippled astrologer.
convicted of first degree murder
lor the deth of Mrs. Ebba Covell,
his sister-in-law at Ilandon in
was today sentenced bv
lunge J. U. Kendall, at Coauille.
to hung on May 22.
U . Teare, convicted of the
lurder uf James Culver, In 1922,
was sentenced at the same time to
Me on the same date. Both were
brought front the state peniten-
iary at balem to hear the sen'
tence. Doth Indlcatod they would
appeal to the governor for clenv
ency. Both have lost appeals to
tne supreme court.
Covell made a statement before
hearing his sentence, declaring
that his nephew, Alton Covell,
wno is serving a life sentence for
the execution of the murder which
Mie state charged was planned by
Arthur Covell, was innocent. The
astrologer said the boy took the
oiame to clear tne name of his
father who was arrested after the
murder, adding that the boy felt H
a nis duly to do so. He declared
tnot the confessons made by Alton
and himself were untrue and that
both were Innocent of the crime as
iiarged.
Peare made no statement.
Forbes Imnrovin?-
Boston. Mass., April 1. Colonel
Charles It. Forbes, former head of
he United State veterans' bu
eau, who sustained a shock Frl
!uy, was resting comfortably to
day and his condition showed
slight Improvement.
"I feel that we are safe In ay
ing that many of the sermons that
pas for deep preaching ar? merely
dense, muddy, sttupld verbal
whirlpool of confusion."
Among other speaker yester
day wa Dr. O. S. Davia, president
of the Chicago Theological Semin
ary, who said that the most effec
tive sermon are those containing
th best original thoughts and
highest Ideal of th mind of the
preacner. .
"Neither the press nor the
radio baa displayed or will dis
place the real preachers." Dr.
Davis aald. "The msa with a mes
sage ttlll gets a hearing and al.
way will."
SALEM, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 1, 1925
WILLAMETTE
PRESIDENCY
StILLINAIR
Time for Reply to Querry
of Regents Expires
With No Word From
Doney Officials State.
Although today, April 1. was
the dute set by the board of trus
tees at Willamette university for
lr. Carl Gregg Doney to give no-
rncation oi hi intention either
to return to the presidency of Wil
lamette university or definitelv
signify his intention to resign, no
official word had been heard from
him by tils morning, It was stated
by officiuls of the board of trus
tees.
Amity Smith ot Portland, when
asked about the situation replied:
mere are no new. developments.
Donoy is president, lie was giv
en a years leave of absence on ac
count of ill health. We're just
waning t j near irom him as to
how he Ic getting along."
bmith Is chairman of a special
rommitUe of the bonrd and was
to have bocn notified by April 1.
Dr. B. U Steeves of Sulelll. pres
ident ot the board, this morning
declined tc comment on the situa
tion. R, A. Booth of Eugene,
promlnen'. member of the board.
stated that he hau nothing to say.
tne general opinion in most
quarters c that the dato set. April
l, 18 not necessarily the exact time
at which the board expects a re
ply, although the motion as passed
at the board meeting enrried that
(late. However, It is believed that
tne matter of Dr. Doney's return
win he decided In the near future,
probably word will come from him
within a few days. Unofficial rc-
rorts havs it that his health, upon
which his return is said to hlngo.
has been distinctly on tiie mend
during the past few months.
I0W GIBBONS
THEY ARE
New York, April 1. Tommy
Gibbons, St. Paul heavyweight.
aud Gene Tunncy, American light
ucavyweignt champion, will meet
in a 15-round match at the Polo
Grounds on the night of June 12.
Articles of agreement were signed
today by the manager of the two
principal and Jimmy DeForest,
matchmaker of the Polo Grounds
Athletic club.
Gibbons will receive 30 per cent
ot the gate receipts as his share
of the puise while Tunney will
receive it) per cent. Both fight
ers agre?d to post forfeit fees of
10,(IU0. .
In announcing the closing of
articles, DeKoreBt said the match
would bo for the heavyweight
championship of the world. This
stipulation was demanded by Gib
bons in view of the fact that his
challenge for a match with Demp
ry was not accepted and. that the
elate athletic commlslson had re
turned his forfeit fee of I2D00
which he hod posted with tlu
challenge. Gibbons contends there
fore that he In the heavyweight
champion.
WILL IS WRITTEN ON CARD
San Francisco, Cel., April 1. A
business card with a bit of writ
ing on It wa filed with the coun
ty clerk hero today under the
heading "Will for Probate.'
It wa the last testlment of
John Depair, city agent of the
Santa Fe railroad and was written
on a train bound for Kansas City.
Denalr hid a premonition of death
on the train. He drew out the
card, hastily wrote on It a will
conveying an estate of more thin
110,90? to hla wife. A day later
he collapsed and died on the train
nrlln Anrll 1 , t . . t
d Press.) Dr. Hermann lloepkei
ucnoii, nemoerat. today wac
elected premier of the 1'iussian
government, succeeding Ttr nvt
helm Mifi
Jazz Girl on Trial for Murder
rosto-Erar V5Nifr
CZveasrJ ttA&oTO XOtnDErSBAeic.
Road Program for
Year Takes Shape;
Engineers Confer
While not yet announced, plana
for the market road prop ram In
Marion county are getting well
under way and County Ron dm as
ter Culver thie week made a trip
over tlie proposed improvement!
with J. H. Scott, market road en
Bineer for the highway commte
r.Ion. Under the new law enacted by
the last legislature, to become ef
fective the latter part of May, it
la essential for the highway com
mltwion to paee on market road
programs of the various counties
and no road work can go ahead
with financial assistance from
market road funds of the statu
without uch approval. No diffi
culties are contemplated by the
county court in securing what
ever road program it desires to
put over, as it never has had any
clashes with the comm lesion
along these lines and the county
carefully works out its own pro
grams before submitting tbem to
the court. There has been super
vision of county market road
building heretofore by the high
way, commission but not of such
rigid nature as is contemplated
tin iter the new amendment.
The court has let it be known
E
RING DUELL SAYS
New York, April 1. Lillian
Olsh wore Charles 11. Due Ms rine;
when "unofficially" engaged to
him as well as when the engage
ment became "official," Ducll has
testified. He Is suing the actress
to enforce a contract whereby she
was' to make pictures for his com
pany.
Miss Gfflh has denied that an
engagement ever existed and Duel)
has- testified that there was an
'utwfficlai" engagement before
) was divorced; that the engage
ment became "official' when he
was divorced, and that later it was
broken by mutual consent. "In
June, 1923.'' Dull tetiffd In fed
eral 'court yesterday, "Miss Olsh
and I went to Mrs. Olsh and t"d
her that my wife and I were going
Jo be divorced and after that Miss
Glsh and I Intended to be mar
ried."
Iid vnu give her an engage
ment ring?''
'i-dirt."
"Did ever wear It?"
"She r.ore It from (Imt to
time." .
"Did the rturujt to you?'
"She did, In July or August,
1 24."
Afoitt this time Inspiration
I if -t-ir' rf which Duel I was the
JV
in- court; ; t. w.
that It plans to ndd nbout three
miles of pavement to the road be
tween Stay I on and Mehama, that
it plana to compieto tho road be
tween Silvertoii and .Silver Creek
FnJIs, to jnnke.nti all year road
into the falls and that it alno will
pave a cutoff between Turner and
the Pacific highway, but Jiwt
which route will be selected for
this cutoff has not been deter
mined. Neither has any definite state
ment been made as to Just how
matiJy miles of hardmirfacfng will
go In, although It is guesmed It
will he around about 15 to 17
miles. The court has a leaning to
ward gravel roads in many in
stances as much greater mfleaKo
can be secured, and under the
new proceseM of putting down
gravel roads It is stated much
more siitinfactory results can be
secured IVr gravel roads under
motor vehicle traffic than has
been had in the past.
It ie probable a tentative five
year program1 will also bo o'i'i in
ert this year, so that all of the
work which is to bn done this
year, will dovetail Into a general
scheme. The original five year
program under the 9S50.OOO bond
Issue cloned last year.
F
Waslilngon, April 1 Adminis
tration of the prohlhliion unit wns
remove todny from the office of
Aflfllwtant Secretary Mom to that of
Aintfint HcrrtMary Andrews.
Mr. M(w will continue adminis
tration of the internal revenue bu
renu under which the prohibition
unit heretofore has functioned.
This is one of a series of changes
In trnmiry administration an
nounced nftr Lincoln Andrews,
whose home In In N-w York, had
tak?n the oath of office, succeed
ing l.Uot Wadiworth, renljcned.
The result will he a doner sup
ervision by hlKh tre.-mury officials
of the operations of the Internal
revenue bureau In tax matter and
of the prohibition unit In enforc
ing the Volfttead act.
Alexander W. Clregg was sworn
In as solicitor f ihe Internnl rve
nui bureau. Hi rep tarns Nelson
T. Hnrtffoh, also resigned.
Murdered Han Found
New York, April 1. The body
of a man, containing two bullet
wounds and believed to ba that
of Mack J'amwerl of St. Louis,
found today stuffed in the nar
row areaway of an upper Tar
avenue tenement bouse. In a rok
et was found a savings bank book
ahnwtn 1tvMlfa nt ISO AA
PRICE THREE CENTS S?A5Eu'iltS0 j$
BIRTHDAY OF LOCALS LOSE
JAZZ GIRL IS
Dorothy EIHngson Is 17
Years Old; Day Spent
In Court In Defense
of Own Life. " ,
San Francisco. Cal.. Anrll t.
Dorothy KUiugson, who confesseJ
mat she killed her mother I ant
January in a quarrel over the
uauguters conduct, observed her
seventeenth birthday today In cu-
couy on tne charge of murder
which has been held in abeyance
penuing a determination of hor
P resent sanity. Jier program for
the day included a rest in the
morning and a court session In the
afternoon, when her attorneys had
appeared to produce testimony In
support cf their contention that
she is inaane
A jury to decide the Issue of
sanity was empanelled last night
nut juue Louderback adjourned
court unti this afternoon because
the defense would not be ready to
proceed until theft.
The Jury which will pass unon
her sanity was sworn in last nlcht
after comparatively brief proceed
ings, it is composed of three wom
en and uine men.
When the proceedings were re
sumed In superior court today the
corridors leading to the court
were thronged with persons seek
ing an early admittance. They
were drawn there not only by th
wide degree of Interest tho trial
lias provoked but by uncertainty
or developments which may ar's1
touuy as tre result of contlictim:
statements credited to the defense
ii nd prj'jecution.
Tho prosecution lust night de
nied that it had obtained a signed
(statement from tho young defend
ant In which she said she wan
inc and wanted to plead guilty to
a charge of having killed her
mother, with a full realization of
the serinuHness of this admission.
The de fell so was just as em
phatically positive In denying th:'
truth of vni;ite reports that their
Hent had repudiated her attor
neys and cenr.ured them for tliefr
ullcged failure to consult her be
fore demanding her trial on o
charge of insanity, i
I
Phlfllirn Anrll I V r ... tti
davits charging that William I).
KtlOnhorrl It n A a I ml In t tvion t
charged with murder, wus tho vic
tim ot .framed testimony were
taken to the criminal court today
I y Shepherd's counsel.
rne airidavits to lie filed In th"
Oil n Will of lhr nloa fur fr-.tril(im mi
hail for .Shepherd, which once wan
denied, dispute the testimony of
C. C. Paiman, head of a science
school, who testified he gave
Shepherd typhoid grms
500 Kiddies to See
The Thief of Bagdad'
At Journal Matinee
Flvo hundred or more children
of 12 years or undt-r are expected
to attend the special matinee dhow
Ing of "The Thief of Bagdad."
featuring Ijouglas Falrbnnkn, an
guests of the Capital Journal nt
ihe Oregon theater tomorrow afu-r
noon.
The special matinee will open
THIS COUPON
And 5 Cents
Will Admit Any Child of 12 Years or Under to the
Special Showing of
"The Thief of Bagdad"
at the Oregon Theater
Thursday, April 2, 8:45 p. ni.
As a Gueitt of
The Capital Journal
CLOUDY TONIGHT
And TburslJV probably rain In west
portion; cooler In east portion tonight,
moderate southeast winds.
Loral: Max., t: mm., 40: rain, .05;
liver, 2.5; atmos., cloudy; wl3l, south-
i
FIRS! GAME
AFFAIR SCORE 2723
Connecticut Tossers Win
In Final Period; Home
Lads Lead 10 to 9 At
End of First Half.
Chicago. Anrll 1. Fiirhltnr
hard for mastery of a game that
wa decided entirely In the second
half, Torrlngton, Conn., high
scnooi today won the first gam
ot the second day's play In the
national basketball tnnrnamon, .
from .Salem. Oregon. 87 to 23.
Torrlngton' left forward, Szo
sskowskl, was the star, shooting
eight baskets and taking thrcs
free throws. The first half drag
ged. Players on neither side
warmed up until the second halt
when the lead changed hands
frequently and the decision wa
delayed until the last two minutes
of play.
The line up:
Salem. Ore. (23) n v v
Ellis, rf . s 1 9
Heenan. If in
J. Urager, e 2 2 1
ll. urager, rg 10 0
Ash by, Ig 0 0 0
Hanson (stib) rf 0 0 1
Torrlngton, Conn.(27) R P P
nrlggs, rf 2 0 1
Szoszkowskl, If 8 3 0
Burns, c 2 0 4
ViBtonte, rg ...... 0 0 1
James, lg 0 0 2
Mains (sub) c 0 0 1
Franklin High lose
Chicago. Anrll 1. Twn unrh
prodigies faced each other In tho
elgluh game Inst night of the
(Continued on Page Seven)
Chicago, April 1. Senator
Hurton K. Wheeler, en route last
night to .Montana to stand trial
April 1G, charged that federal
agents hnd given government if -
nesses intoxicants during th
grand Jury Inquiry 'which resulted
in his indictment In Washington
recently on charges of represent
ing a client .before a federal bu-
renu while holding his senatorial
office.
In Indlrtlng me," said the ecn-
ntor, "the department of Justice ia
carrying out a boast made months
ago by Marry M. Daugherty. They
brought many witnesses I never
md heard of, herded them to
filler In a Washington hotel and
ttpplied them with unlimited liq
uor for thrcs weeks to give them
courage to rarry out the designs
f the persecutors.
promptly at 3:43 o'clock, tin med
iately futlctf inic the regular mat
inee that will ntart at l:;40.
llecaiirto It Is doubtful If seating
accommodation: can bs arranged,
for all of, the chiidren who wish to
take ndvaiitaiie of the special per
formance, ndultit will be excluded
(Continued on Vag-s l-'lvc)
BOOZE GIVEN 10
WITNESSES BY
AGENTS. CHARGE
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