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About Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980 | View Entire Issue (April 2, 1925)
CITY EDITION Dally average n ai circulation (or month ending Mjrch It, i25. 6719 Average daily distribution 7055. Member Audit Ilurtnu of Circulations. FORTY-SEVENTH Affirmative Action Hasten Settlement To By Debtor Nations Finds Favor In Washington. Washington. Apr. 2. Franee'e continued delay in proposing a funding of her war debts has led to a revival of eentfment here for eome affirmative step by the United States designed to hasten a settlement. Some of those who have talked with administration officials on the subject believe a formal note soon may be sent to all the debtor nations asking each to submit a funding plan. Nevertheless, there have been unmistakable evidenced of pa tience in many quarters and con tinuing pressure has been brought to bear by influential members of congress favoring a definite move by the American govern ment. France "Will Pay" Paris, Apr. 2. After explain ing the gravity of the French fi nancial situation in the senate to day. Finance Minister Clementel declared that a general liquida tion of the problem necessarily involved an arrangement for pay ment of the French war debts.: 'France l honest," he declared. "She will pay; it remains only to be determined In what manner." "Americans know we mean to pay," M. Clementel continued. "We have so aesured Mr. Hughe and Secretary of State Kpllogg. We have found in considering the matter with them that the old fraternity of arms has not been forgotten and we are on the road to a satisfactory agreement." M. Clementel explained that he had merely made nominal men tion of war debts in the inventory of France's resources and liabili ties because at the time it was im possible to fix the exact amount France would have to pay. He de clared that the question of inter allied debts must be settled in cooperation with the French par liament, which must be consuTt ed before the French signature is affixed to any agreement. DISPUTE ENDS EI Centre Cal., Apr. 2. Two Imperial valley business men arc dead and a Hindu farmer Is in the county Jail on suspicion of murder as a result of what au thorities believe was a dispute over the disposal of a lettuce crop near Cal'patria, north of here, late yesterday. Parker Singh, the Hindn, who has been a lettuce grower in the Talley for nine years, Is alleged to have opened fire during the dis pute, putting a bullet through the heart of Victor R. Sterling, real estate operator and then killing John B. Haggard, Sterling's as sociate and owner of a fruit ex press company. Before he was arrested and brought to El Centro, the Hindu attempted to shoot Herbert J Thornberg, an associate of the lain men, officers say, but the (hot went wild and he was dis armed before he could fire again Bandon. Or., April 2. The First National bank of Bandon failed to open for business this morning, a notice on the door saying: "Closed by order of the board of direc tors." Non-liquid assets are given as " ' riUltt lUKIiJil ilia STANDI. FIVM CENTO AMERICA 10 INDIANHEU ! DUELL HELD CHAPMAN ON rfjesj m AfflM FOR PARI IN i ON CHARGE SlANDCOOL I M p! BAIL REFUSED OF WAR DEBT 2 MUBtSf-P Of PERIV ANDASSURED IfWjjP 5: mm BANK AT BANDON CLOSES DOORS the reaarm for closing. Officers of the Institution stated they hoped lo arrange a reorganization after the national bank examiner ar rives to take charge. The bank was organized In 1910 ' tsd Is said to be the first bank In the history of Coos county to close its doors. The statement showed about $13.000 deposits and loans tn about the same amount, with, a capital o! J25.O0O. I YEAR No. 79 Medicine Man Who Caus ed Baby To Be Buried Alive, Beats Cellmate to Death in Cortez Jail. Cortez, Colo., April 2 An aged Indian medicine man, of a western Colorado tribe, was a prisoner in thla ancient town today while his 'pale face brothers set in motion tho laws of . civilization to exact the penalty for the death of a papoose burled alive as a sacri fice to sacred tribal rites. The prisoner, Mormon Joe. to day faced charges of the federal and state governments as an ac cessory to the burial of the In dian babe, and as the slayer of Joseph Chevez, a Mi-xican cell mate, whom he clubbed to death in the Cortez Jail Jate yesterday. rhe medicine man's son in law Pete Nay is charged with the mur der of the infant. Federal officers armed with warrants were to arrive from Den yer today "were to take charge of the Investigation of the burial cere monial 09 the alleged crime was committed on an Indian reser vation, where the Washington government has Jurisdiction. The itate, however, will prosecute for he killing of Cbevez as the crime occurred out-sldo the reservation boundary. The warrant charges ped the body In a blanket with that Pete Nay, whose squaw re cently succumbed to lltne.es, wrap- (ContinuPd on Page Seven) ATTORNEYS FOR JAZZ SEEK IE GUILT San Francisco. Cal., April 2. By the rtrange twist the murder trial of Dorothy Kllingson, 17-year-old -slayer of her mother, hae taken In developing into a deter mination of her sanity, her owi attorneys introduced evidence to day to establish by circumstantial evidence that she killed her moth er, as charged. When the defense started this line of testimony, the prosecution questioned Its relevancy. "Are you prepared to admit,'' asked Assistant District Atorney Iiarmon D. Skillln, "that this de fendant actually killed her moth er ?' ."We arc stipulating nothing," lesponued Sylvester J. McAfee of defense counsel., "but we do in tend to irove that, as part of the evidence of her insanity. Nobody saw the defendant kill Anna f:l lingeon. Hut we will bring It out by a chain of circumstances." The girl, nervous and agitated. sat through the testimony of her father, Joseph Ellington, without l recurrence of the fainting spells that have Interrupted other ses sions of her trial. A matron sat beside her, occasionally proffering mell:ng rait and the girl whis l.cred comments on the testimony seme times an Indignant "no." She left the court room smiling witi tne matron. The defense went Into Its the ory that pre-natal influences dis posed Dorothy toward Insanity. Under questioning Joseph El Ihigeon said: "About three months before Dorothy was born her mother came Into the bedroom where I was sleeping alone and tried to choke me. 1 overpowered her with difficulty, after which she fell to the floor in a faint." The father then began a recit al of his daughter's delinquen cies as a child. The first serious breach in her conduct, he said, cams at the age of 12 when she and another girl "were picked up oy a sailor and a soldier" and stayed away all night. He said she played truant from school frequently and finally was detained In a juvenile home (or a time. "Did you ever talk to vour daughter regarding ber late hours?" I did." said tht witness. He ex plained that h. warned her that sha should consider ber future. that a girl of ber years should not (Continued on Pans J-Ivs) Name . " viwimiici Julian ,-iHegea slayer 01 r once I t . I I Address , I , JT it P Advocates of the proposed head- on system of automobile parking in the business district of Salem led three to one over the pro ponents of the present system In the balloting being conducted by the capital Journal. At 1 o'clock this afternoon the count fitood: For head-on parking, 66. For present plan, 22. Public indifference continues to mark the balloting, and tomorro- tae students in the civics classes of Parrlsii Junior high school can tConltnued on Page Five) RESULT OF FEUD Mexico City, April 2. The as saasination of General Abelardo rVcosta, Thursday night, by Gun eral Asustiu Rluciel and the lat ter s suicide after confessing hit crime to the police are declared by the authorities to be the outcome of a lou standing feud. The two men were elose friends in their youth, while students at tho military academy and the lartlng is said 10 have come through an attempt by Maciel to eulist Aoosta's aid in procuring a divorce. Aiaciei g wife took her own life upon learning of her hus band s intentions. Later General Obregon ae presi dent, appointed -Maciel third chief of the war department and he is said to lizve so used his influence against Acosta that the latter wrote to hi3 enemy an insulting tr, in consequence of which he as tried hy court martial for in subordination. Acosta'a 3latements also brought him a duel challenge from Maciel, but this he rejected, declaring Maciel had dishonored himself by bis proposition as to the divorce. Recently the newspapers took up tho case, printing some of the tetters exchanged by the two offi cers and this brought about Ma c:el's dismissal as head of the ar tillery department. The climax was reached Tucs lay night as Acosra was entering the war department Maciel, ac companied by other officers, alighted from an automobile and shot his enemy from behind. Two street venders were wounded by stray builets and one is reported o have died. Maciel, fleeing from the scene. :pent the night at the home of a friend. After reading the report nf the crime In the morning pa pers he went to police headquar ters and confessed. Later In the day his body was found in Kscana ark, a bullet hole in the right emple. LOOT IN DETROIT Detroit, Mich., April 2. Securi ties stoles In the (2.400,000 rois tered mail robbery In New York in 1922 and in which Gerald Chap man, now on trial for his life In flartrord, Conn., was alleged to have been the leading figure, ri sking sought in Detroit, it became known today. According to local secret service operatives. Chap man spent several weeks here In March. 1022. and during that time purchased some real estate anrl contracted for further invest ments. Payments for the proper ly, the officers say, were made with bonds and other securities since identified as part of the loot of the mll robbery. Bert C. Brown, acting chief of the Detroit secret service, said to day that Chapman's activities In Detroit are being Investigated with "renewed vigor." "There Is nothing ws can divulge concern ing the Investigation except that ws are sure the securltles'Volen In the mall robbery are hidden In De troit." hs ssld. ASSASSINATION AND SUICIDE ARE SALEM. ORRfiOM THTTRSmv I finSt T rv- 1 1:11: Hi . 01 . .. I lts iil I a-.-Yuiuaivt.-iv rut mm la L11SCUSSCS Fast KCCOI'd l j y " r Dismissed. Dispassionately. Kb J"j New York, April 2. Charle H Duel, head of a motion picture company, was held for grand Jury action on a charge of perjury to day after Federal Judge Mack had dismissed the bill of coinulaint filed by Duel! iu his suit to com pel Lillian Gish, screen star, to make plnures only for his com pany. "Neve? in 22 years of judicial experience," said Judge Muck, have I had 'before me a case of such a flagrant breach of trust as tias been shown in this. With the possible exception of one case.1! have beard no other case wherein there was more perjury In con section with both the affidavits for preliminary injunction and the testimony ottered the court. Bail for Duell was fixed at $10 000 but Judge Mack later released him in the custody of his counsel and brother, Holland S. Duell. Duell has admitted that he con ulted Elihu Hoot's firm last year concerning possible libel proceed ng ugainst a newspaper for pub tilling that ne and the actress were engaged. Duell had claimed throughout the testimony that he and Mist. Gish were engaged, explaining that there were two phases of the romance one when they were 'unofficially" engaged before his divorce and another when they wero officially engaged after his voice. The engagement was broken by Jiisent, Duell avers. Miss Guh ba3 denied it ever cx- sted. When Duell declared yewterdtfy that he had asked for legal advice :oncerning libel proceeding, ouimel for Miss Gish said Duell d furnished the Hoot firm with note denying tho engagement. Counsel produced the note, signed y Miss Gieh. Tho lawyer con tended the body of the note was n Duell s handwriting. It read: I am not engaged to marry liarles Duell or any other man. Lillian Gish." ORGERY CASE UP A. F. Winkleblack, who wap arrested by Officer Oleon and Deputy Sheriff Senter of Polk county on a charge of forgery. win oe given a preliminary hear Ing today and it Is expected that his cane will be before the grand jury Demre the end of till day. Winkleblack formerly lived In Salem and Portland and at pres ent his home Is in Polk county. He Is said to have used the aliases of bnilth and Hughes and to have pawied several hundred dnllarx' worth of bad checks on a Dalian bank. Some have been parsed on Salem merchants. Wlnkloblark's method was to purchase articles and give a check In payment. Ol son traced him by the purchases ne had made and by tires he had bought at the .Malcolm tire shop. KlnKleniaek was defiant at the police station and In a sullen mood because the officers search ed his home In Polk county where some evidence was obtained. SALEM TO PLAY Chicago. April 2. Forfeiture of . consolation game by Salem, Or.. ;o Tonopah, Nev., was recalled at the national basketball tourna ment today and the contest will be played at 3 p. m. The Salem play ers did not leave town as previous ly reported but failed to appear through a misunderstanding re garding the time. Efforts to get returns on the Sslem-Tonopah game, which was scheduled for 1 o'clock this sfter- noon, coast time, wers unavailing up to I o clock. Han ford, Conn., April 2 By jusociaieu rress) Gerald Chan man this morning took the Atand In his defense on a charge of hav ing murdered Patrolman Janice Shelley in New Britain last Octo ber 12. Chapman, cool and collected speaking in clear tones denied he had been in tho Davidson and Leveuthal store at New Britain at any time. It was In this store hat Skelley was murdereJ. 11s nirect examination was brief. Under questioning of Frederick J. Groehl, he told of having met Walter b. Shean of Surinnfield, Mass., who first accuse i him of the Skelley murder through the agency of "Dutch' Anderson, hin pal of the New York mail robbery. Cool and Collorted Unilor cross-examination he re fused to be rushed into a corner at tho hands of States Attorney Hugh M. Alcorn. Alcorn wc:it into tho prisoner's past life over the objections of Groehl, which Judge Jennings overruled. Coolly and candidly he discussed his criminal record, under Alcorn's rging. He admitted four crim nat convictions and discussed them dispassionately. nen Alcorn asked tho un flinching witness if ho had a gun ncn ho held up tho mail truck in New York In 19LM, he said he had not. "Anderson had, but I had not," he said. Alcorn disagreed with Chap man's version of tho mall robbery nd tne wttne.M looking straight into the prosecutor's eyes said: K Tiim'h To Argue I don't want to argue this mat er with you. I ilnn't wish to go nto the c;me at all. Jt has noth ing to do with this t liar go of mur- lie ha I fired a shot it a Monde polioemnn at the time of hU arrest occau.se ho thought him ,i holdup man," ho suit. 'He said nothing before ho nok- cd a gun under mv heart." he lidded, staling he was "an unnro- pasxewlng fellow ot beat." So ho ilcted on tho linpul.se. ho. paid. hhiKing the policeman a highway -lviji and ho fired to save J4700 o -had. The nitroglycerine founl In his effects, .he said, had been bought hy' him and Anderson' at Shean's (Continued on l-age Six) STATE TO TAKE Neva Kelly has secured an or nor from Judge Mlahon making me Slala a party In her dlvorci proceedings against (I. K. Kellv and has I. led an affidavit asking that ber former husband bo uun- ished for contempt In failure to aliloo by a divorce decree which awarded the wife $25 a month and dep.- veil the liueliand of th right to visit his child If he did not keep the support money paid. She avers In one affidavit thai her nusbund, in defiance of the court decree, has continued to vis it the child while in arrears in payment of support money. She occlsr- s that he has only paid S!0 n eight months and is now in debted 1150 under the decree. ribs asserts he is a strong, able-l-odied man, that she Is unable to support herself and asks the court to snlor-r the decree or punish the defendant for contempt. AftlHBlSHlQiPTSWlAKER Portland, Or., April 2. Arch hishan Alexander Christie passed a restless night at Ht. Vincent's hospital and was somewhat weak er today, according to a report given ouf. this morning. Mrj. Booth Better Rugene. Or.. Apr. 2. Condi tio! of Mrs. It. A. Booth, wife of the former chairman of the state highway commission, was report ed to he stlshtlv Imnrnveil mt h.v home this morning. She has been critically III lor tht past few days GF.T5i3.yP. ALLEGED BOOZE Ituilnml. Vt., April 2. Mum- em ot (Joraldinc Farrar'a n.-nty n concert tour today miiil tlitit -it was near-beer and not chaninaKiie nat ciHioms ascitis cwuecl when hey sirrht:il lier private cur at .om-.es roll, I, N. Y., yesterday. Aliss l'atrar refused to com ment on leporls that 40 Unities x ne ai! a (iiianlity of real heer ad hoe 11 found In her ear aft t criKsscfi the holder on tho way 0111 Montreal to this citv. - tier 1. ranker denied that any quor liii-i been found in the nd naid it would be alhsurd tv smuggle ihampnxnc into tho Uni ted State when the liquor wae so ially obtainable here. House's Point, N. Y., April 2. The mutter of prosecution of Ui-r Iduio rarrar, noted singer, as th esult of tho seizure of liquor In er pilvaLe ear, wus In ubtyauc! mlay ponding a report from vuv, om agents litre to the eolle tor of he Port ot OKdenbure. The Hlner's private car, the cw York, wa boarded by four eputy collector:) after it had osscd the border en route from viontreal to ltutland, Vt., wher -Mis Farrar was to appear in con ert. Four :b initios said they found about 40 bottles of cbampaKiie. wnthkey (.(id beer concealed in the car. Miss Furrnr was In bd in her stateroom and was not disturbed. She did not appear during the iiearrh. The singer and hrr party were allowed to proceed to ltutlund without furnlnhlniT bond. BE E WushiiiRtnn, April 2. Wallace McCammant of Portland. Or., who upset the plans of ri-pulillcan lead ers by stampi-dine; the Chicago convention In 1930 to Calvin Cool Idice for vice-president, was rec-ommend-d to President CoallilKe tday tw a federal Judgeship. Henatnr Stanfleld took the rec immendallon to the White House. stimrc-stlnK that Judge Mcf'amnnt be named to the vacancy caused by i-tlrcnvnt of Judge Hoss of the Ninth district. Portland Oeti Walsh. Portland. Or.. April 2. Presi dent Turner of the Portland club of the Pacific Coast baseball league today closed a deal where by the club will get lies Walsh. l-iflelder, In exchange lor Pitcher Ted Plllette and cash, says dis patch from San Jose, Cal. Walsh has been utility Inflelder with San Frmclsco for number of ears, hut was sold last winter to th, Llncjln Westers league club. CHA-E.M7VKr CitVXRPrgtD- ,t:. I'iBln.j thu Importance of road trawled by thousands every :ear, 'oills l-uiilliiiiliil. T. A l.ivealey, Uideon Ktoli and Sev inour J.mua appeared before, the enmity court yesterday with j plea lor pavement this year on th t.tleteli iietween Kcizer school Inline an. I where the road forks to i-Iiuiiks l.uudlnK. a distance -jl iHiout two miles. H waa pointed out by Ihe peti tioners that this th one uf the ino.sl heavily traveled of counlry road, in the county, particularly in cer ium seasons of tho year. Darlm: tho sumirer period especially on Sundays tho road is fairly black with vehicles all day long. In addition the road serves a thickly populated rural district which hamllce. great quantities !' produce and would romhiiio III advantages of giving a superior mnrket r ad In a district where It is badly needed ns well as asr.fnt ing tliouKunds of city people wilt truvel thn road In great numben during the summer time. Members ot the court have pass ed no decision on tho proposition E AT THEATER HERE Arrangements have been made for noon-day services in the Ore- i. on theater during Paxalon week I ho pastors of the downtown diuretics with the approval anil ntlorseinent of the ministerial as sociation, havo arranged for tlieHi- services. Ileglnnlng Monday and continuing through Friday of next week at each noon fiour a fine In spiring series of services will be held. A musical program that will he put on from 11:6U to 12:20 each day with Homer McDonald, the or ganist at tho Oregon theater, pre- siiiing n i tne oran. This will he followed by a short address given by one nf the pastors. The meet- ugs will be just one hour. FORMER ARCHDUKE IS NOW FILM MESSENGER Vienna, Apr. I "I am an un skilled laborer, and must provide for my wire and children, plead ed the Archduke Leopold when arraigned for speeding his mo torcycle last night and knocking man down. The archduke explained thnt he was employed nightly to rush motion picture films from one theater to another and had do time to loss. Ths victim of his motorcycle. said In court: "I don't want any compensation. Ths defendant is victim of hard luck." Hut the magistrate lined lbs srehduks 20 shillings. RAIN TONIGHT And Friday. Moderate Itmptii tar strong south and southeast win la. Local: Mix., tt: niln., 4t; rnln, traces river, x.4; atmos., part cloudy; wind, southeast. . ... Formal Arraignment ot Alleged Germ Slayei Set By Court For Next Wednesday. Chicnsro. Anrll 9 Mtv a..ua. ated Press.) William D. .Shep herd, charired with mttritoi. in,i.. a second time was denied freedom nn Dan by Chief Justice Jacob Hopkins In the criminal court. The ilidera set Rlianh..'. . nl arraignment for a week from iuuuj uner ueiense attorneys had Indicated their proposed intention to appeal tO the state mnirni court on the question of bail . auuge nopKina after consider ing the six affidavits flle.i v.is. day by the defense, refused to ra- teiisiuer nis previous decision denying Shcnhenl ndmliluno. m ball. TllS question of RhpnlierH'a Kuilt or innocence of the cbargs ii me inuieinicnt tnat he mur dered William Nc HcClintock. hi foster son, by typhoid Inoculation, to gain hla million-dollar estate, was not mi for decision- thn l,irf.. said, and he would not be forced into any expresson ot opinion as tn such guilt or innocence. The affidavits the court held, tld not warrant re-openlng the ball qucs lon. "The' affidavits purport In tha mnln to attack the character anj credibility of the state witnesses and that Is n matter for a jury," arid Judge Hopkins. State's Attorney Crowe asked that Shepherd be lnund,uitei.ar. laigned so at an early trial n'ata could bo set, but William Scott .Stewart. Shepherd's attorney, said he wanted time to decide whether to appeal to the supreme court on the ball question. Tho court then set the iri-aigllllient for April 9 and sal.f It could be continued if nenwd.-y in case an appeal was decided i ll. The defense affidavits princi pally attacked the character and testimony of C. C. Putmnn hd of a school of sciences, who con- rosccii and wnB Indicted with shep herd, that ho had supplied Shep herd with livo typhoid culture, ol-tnined from the city health da partment. (mil Instructed Sllcp licid h"w to administer the genus. Whether the Oregon quarantine igalnst livestock shipments from California, still existing sines It nas Imposed a year ago becainu. of tho prevalence of foot and mouth disease In California, shall now be lifted will be diecusid at a meet 'ug of th state livestock sanitary board in the nfflco ot Governor Pierce tomorrow. It. N. Wilson, representing Governor Richardson of Califor nia, conferred today with Gov ernor Pierce, Sinle Veterinarian W. II. I.ytie and C. A. Park, uresi- dent of tho state board of horti culture, and requested that ths ban lie lifted. Ho said there had been no appearanco ot the ditieass among 1'ir.iestlc animals since Oc tober last, that It Is practically eliminated among deer and that all other states bavs lifted their !iiarantinee. About s week ago the stats livestock sanitary hoard of Oregon adopted ft resolution ssklng ths governor not to lift ths quaran tine. EFFORT TO BLOCK SALE DEFEATED Washington, April 1. An ef fort to ilelujr consummation of th Hale of tho flv California-Orient steamers to th Dollar Interests. pending a rultnjr by the attorney Ken era I ap to the legality ot tha transaction wm blocked today by a tneetiuK of the uhlpplnjr, board. Iiy a margin of alngla vote the same majority that- recently approved the aale the board re pctrd a motion by Vice Chairman lummer propoainc that the legal (mention! Involved be referred U QUARANTINE! STOCK MAY END Ue department of Justice.
