Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, April 07, 1925, Image 1

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Newspaper Page Textn CITY EDITION Dally average bi paid circulation for month ending-March II. Xl2, FAIR TONIGHT And Wednesday; moderate temperature) light northerly winds. Local: Max.. Bl; ruin., 17; rain, none) river, 2-6; atmoi., clear; wind west. 6719 Average dally distribution 7059. Member Audit Bureau of Circulations. FORTY-SEVENTH YEAR No. 83 SALEM, OREGON, TUESDAY, APRIL 7, 1925 - -Cn,: nilim? TOBPP ON TRAINS AND NBW 1 UUU lliuuu vui-wu STANDS rlVH CUNTS AW MEMM OfOTfi fiTlfP A ffffi M U Mis Win toIaS) MIJM UIlIjjJ THOMPSON IS '"L' SAYS TESTS COUNCIL NI : l "'"" FRENCH FUlT 'POSSE AFTER SENTENCED f:Qp REVEAL JAZZ HTOifffly A- OF FINANCING OUTLAWNEAR MOMBDUD 1LJSM UllPpNG M ' IMRODUCED GfiANTSPASS Former Cashier In State Treasury Office Pleads Guilty at Unusual Ses. . sion of Court. - . . Clarence W. TLompson, former cashier in the state treasury de partment under State Treasurers O. P. Holt and Jefferson Myers, waa last night sentenced by Judge Percy R. Kelly to two years in the state penitentiary tor larceny of public funds, but was paroled I from the bench. The sentence was I imposed after Thompson had pleaded guilty tu the charge of larceny of public funds for which he was recently indicted by the lfarion county grand jury. The plea was entered, aentsnce passed and the parole granted at - a court session held after dinner last evening, with only the court, the defendant, his attorney and witnesses, the district attorney and a newspaper reporter or two present. Asued this morning if the procedure of holding a specif ! court session In the evening for the purpose of hearing a plea nnd passing sentence were not un usual, the defense attorney replied that It was tiot. He added Iha. ctuch a course was quite common in the days when Judge Burnett presided over the circuit court here. No recommendation was made by District Attorney Carson eithe: for or against the parole. Attorney John H. McNary, in applying for parole for his client, 'Continued on Pago Seven) E NEW EFFORTTO FREE SHEPHERD Chicago. April 7 (By Associat ed Press) William Scott Stewart, counsel for William P. Shepherd announced today he was express ing to Springfield to the supreme court of Illinois a petition for writ of habeas corpus for Shep herd. The latter Iff In jail await Ing arraignment, sot for April 9, on a charge of murder of William McClintock. "As soon as an Investigation was started by certain powerful inter ests,' Mid Stewart in his brief In ' support of the petition, "dissatis fied with the distribution of the large McClintock, estate and said investigation was called to the at tention through the press, of cer tain worthless scoundrels, who the evidence shows, were conducting a fake school and diploma mill and the activities Included the black mailing of citizens, there was some talk among these people concerning- the possibility of claim Ing the existence of a letter tr the school written by William D. Shep herd. Inquiring about a bacteriol ogy course." The petitioner alleges that a prewpectivo witness for the defense was rhned down a fire escape by seven detectives and adds: "The Mate's attorney at the pres nt time holds at least four people In custody at the various hotels." GIESY TO VETO CURFEW CHANGE Mayor John B ulesy said today that he will veto the curfew ordi nance that Wi, passed last -light ny the city council. The new mV1 nance changes from until Id c'clock the hour at which minors until 18 year old must be off the ttreeta unless accompanied by par ents or guardians, and ths reiw.i given for it was that It is Imp-wi-ellile for boys slid girls attending theaters or basketball games i) be in before 10 o'clock. The may or faro:- making a classification of agea so that the 9 o'clock hour woutd be maintained for young children. Vnder the prrent act the 10 o'clock hour Is fixed anyway for the summer months and the mnjr says he is at a leu as to the r on for tbe council for changing the ordinance at tills time of ;a Lx Prosecution Attacks De-Comnnttee Scks Further P 'i.. Proposed Voluntary Levjr j ll, fense Effort To Prove Information and H0W9 "ft On Capital Has Teeth I ffUMl Dorothy Ellingson Not Ordinance Over; " Two pi ... r- - ' To Enforce Collections I !ftgfiYP I In Right Mind. Hour Plan Passes. ' I If Need-Arises. -v Bert "Oregon" Jones, escaped convict who is reported hiding In wilds of Josephine county. IS AS "Blossom Day" in this section of the Willamette valley has been set for next Sunday, April 11. hy the Salem Cberrl&ne, officially in charge of the arrangement for the day. .At that time thousands uf fruit trees, principally prune trees win be In full bloom, and in addi tion visitors invading the section will see tulips and other Dutch flowers blooming by the acre. Pla cards marked "Blossom Route" will direct motorists when they come within the blossom zone. In addition side trips have been ar ranged for through grounds nf state Institutions which also are coming Into a wilderness of bloom. Decision to name blossom day for next Sunday was reached by the council of nobles of the Cher rians last night. The official route has been fix ed to include the famous Oak Grove, Liberty and Rosedale dis tricts, the visitors by this route passing the W. F. Franklin tulip farm, and the Oregon Bulb com pany's planting will be passed on the Pacific highway from Port land. Plans also have been made for .s&uing 6000 postal cards of invi tation, theso to be distributed through the business district this week for mailing to friends. Sign committee C. S. Hamil ton, chairman; O. L. Fisher anJ X. B. Kugel. Automobile committee F. G. Delano, chairman; F. G. Myers end Lee Canfleld Auto committee tor Old Peoples' Home H. R. Worth and Herbert Stiff. Committee to assign Chcrrians sreclal duty Z. J. Riggs, ch.iir- nan; Paul Stege and William Mc nilrhrist. T. A. Raffoiv. state traffic '.f- fioer, will be asked by the Cner- nans to assist on Blossom day in 'Mrecting traffic. SEND DELEGATE Instructions have been receiv ed by local VMCA authorities to nominate a Salem boy to become a delegate from the United States to the International YMCA boys' conference In Switzerland next summer. The conference is to be gin August 10 at Lake Neuohatel situated In the Burnpse moun tains, which are part of tie Alps. Boys from 32 countries will at tend the conference. Twenty will attend from the United States. Each delegate will pay his own expense, which are estimated at between eix and seven hundred dollars. The leag'ie of nations head quarters at Geneva will be visit led, as well as the countries. France. Germany, Austria, Hun gary, Poland and Czechoslovakia The affair wjjl be over in time for the boys to return to school next fall. The official language of -the conference will be English. The conference Is the second one of Its kind to be held, the first being staged a year ago. The purpo-e Is said to be to create a friendly International spirit, the Idea being that morn can be ac rompllshrd with young .mimln than old ones. Secretary Kelts his1 announced that all applicants for the nomi nation hould confer . with him -n. the near future. LAl'll II I'llft IIAV Catton. a prosecution alienist, was uu uru.uance, ai.u iuL l jl rH.l I III 111 II IH I introduced at the sanity trial toJtatement was made by Alderman U if ft JMV . JllJf kl iWil 1 SAl EM. ASKED TO ' San Francisco, .April 7. A written account of an interview between Dorothy Ellingson, the 17 year old matricide, and Dr. Joseph Catton, a prosecution alienist, was Introduced at the sanity trial to. day and contained a test Intended to demonstrate that the girl un derstood all the proceedings and was capable of making a rational defense. The statement, signed by the girl, quoted her as saying she would rather stand trial for mur der because otherwise she "might have to be sent somewhere and have to stand it later the quick er the better." The girl added that if necessary she could go into court and defend herself. Moral Sense Normal The former "jazz girl" who killed ber mother in a quarrel over late hours and wild parties, was quoted in the statement as declar ing she "certainly knew" the dif ference between right and wrong and understood what it meant to take a human life. With the resumption -of the Banlty hearing, this morning, Mrs. Mary O'Shea, a jailer, was called by the state. The witness -said the girl always had talked ration ally and coherently since the Im prisonment in the county jail. The girl once said, according to (Continued from vage jne) TOP IN FINANCIAL T Salem Is in the best financial condition 'of any city in the Pa cific northwest, and Is the only city In the states of Washington, Oregon, Idaho and Nevada mark ed as having the best sates oppor tunities, according to the April sales and credit map of the Bab son statistical organization just received here. It is one of five cities In the went so marked, including the Rocky mountain region, the only other cities in the entire section so marked being San Francisco. Los Angeles, Biebee. Arizona, and Great Falls, Montana. The only other Oregon cities that are mentioned on the map are Astoria, Portland and Eugene, all being put in the same class on the map this month as leant fav orable for sales opportunities. In dicating business conditions con siderably below the level of those existing here. This map, which goes to every financial agency In the United States, a year ago contained mention of Salem. The chamber of commerce got busy and since that tlme this city's rating has appeared every month, this month it being given the highest rating in the entire Pacific northwest, with San Francisco and Great Falls being tbe two nearest rivals in the same class. COURT REFUSES TO KILL APPEAL The supreme court today. In an opinion by Chief Justice MrRride, denied a motion for dismissal of appeal and affirmation of judg ment In the case of Oxman ft Har rington, contractors, against Bak er county, appellant- This was a case in which the plaintiffs sued the county for about $37,000, de claring that contrary to contract the county had required them to widen and change the lines of a portion of Cornucopia highway. The court allowed them $26,000 aad the couaiy appealed. The motion for dismissal is said to be based mainly on technicalities. . 1. 1 -"sr ' 'II 1 No report was made by the or dinance committee of the -olty council last night on the head' on parking ordinance, and the statement was made by Alderman Rosebraugh, chairman of the or dinance committee, that the com mittee had not yet taken action on the ordinance. The council passed the two hour parking ordinance, which. as soon as the ordinance Is signed by the mayor, will supplant the present one hour limit and sub stitute a two hour limit. The or dinance was amended In commit tee of the whole to extend the an gle parking requirement to a wider area than now required, Parking Zones Chanced By this amendment parking at an angle will be required by the present hacking In method Commercial street from Trade street to Center etreet Instead of from Ferry to Chemeketa; High street from Ferry to Che meketa instead of from State to Chemeketa; on Court street from Front to Church instead of from Front to High; on Chemeketa from Front to Church Instead, of from Commercial to High, and on State street from Front to Cot tage Instead of from Front to a point SO feet west of High. Here an exception is made for that por tion of the south side of State that lies between th west curb line of High and a point on the south side of State which Is 30 feet west of the west curb line of High street. The reasfB fnr making the ex tension from High to Cottage on State street is that the new Elks temple will soon cause a conges tion of parking in that district. , Protests Are Heard Although head on parking wae not taken up for discussion two citizens, F. W. Jobelman and a representative of the Chambers furniture, were heard against tbe measure. Chambers opposed it on grounds that it would cause in convenience for trucks loading or unloading In front ot stores. Jo belman said he represented the B"Kh estate, which controls three hotels in the city, and the taxlcab men. all of whom he said were opposed to head on parking. He declared that straw vote at the Bligh hotel was tour ' to one against It Other ordinance bills passed last night were an amendment to tbe curfew ordinance, extending the time to 10 o'clock at night, and an ordinance providing ir the issuance and sale of 120,883 city Improvement bonds. The ordinance bill to prohibit the selling of cigarettes and to bacco within 250 feet of any pub lic school building was killed by adoption of an adverse committee report. A bill was Introduced to correct the assessni'-ts for the paving of the alley In block 21. Louisville, Ky., Apr. 7. A pe tition asking receivership for the local unit of the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan alleging that funds had been "misappropriated, dissi pated and squandered" was filed in circuit court here today by Dr. W. H. Morgan and A. J. Owens.! insurance agent, recently suspend ed by the atate Insurance commis sioner. Not less than $20,000 has been collected by A. D. George, kleagle, and A. W. Hohman, secretary and treasurer, the petition alleged. No report of the funds collect ed as Initiation fees, dues, and through gifts t the local order has been made, to the member ship at large, the petition de clared. Statement made by klan agents declared In the petition to have been "fraudulent and false" were responsible for the stem ber ship enrollment of S000 in tbe county. I 1.1 11 .l. I I, ' : m.vJI W -5 4 WWTtsjiw rii "an cxMfit'jnmm-A Camden, N. J., April 7. Tne Saratoga, the woild's greatest fnd Bwiftest airplann carrier, was launched at the New York Ship FREE SERVICES It- is unethical for architects to do something for nothing, accord ing to a reply fi:ed by F. H. Mor rison, in cticuit court in bis case against the city of Sllverton to collect a fee for services allege'l to have been performed In draft ing plans or estimates for the proposed new Sllverton city inll. . Morrison do. lie that he entered into competition to draw estimates as a soliciting architect, declaring in his reply, It is considered un ethical for architects to draw such estimates without compensation atrd he states It Is a violation of ethics for any architect to enter into competition hy solicitation. He further avers that the city ci Sllverton knew that this wa an unethical practice and If It didn't know it: It could easily have found It out. Consequently be In sists on having hip fee. The defense nf the city is that Morris! on was one of a number of soliciting architects asked to pre pare estimates prior to the mattr; of the cost of a new city halt being rut, up to the voters of the ;i ty BALLOT TITLE IS Attorney General Van Winkle today completed ballot title for th. referendum of the legislative act directing to the general fund of the state 10 per cent of the proceeds of self sustaining boards and commissions. The title, which wll appear on the referendum petitions, follows: "To transfer to the ntate gener al fund for the payment of gener al expenses of the state ten per' centum of the receipts of the state, boards and commissions therein named, constituting prac tically all of thoHA supported by and, collecting fees, licenses and taxes, and to deduct the same from the revenues available for suck boards and commissions." BATTLElHiPTREGl COMMISSION NAMED Governor Pl'-rco today appohit- -d the battleship Oregon commu- r.ion, tinder an act nf the 1 925 lc? Islatute, which will have charge i t tbe old man o' war when It Is brought to Portland, Including t.ie administration ot the lls.000 an nual appropriation for its main tenance. Tbe members of the rem mission are: Cora A. Thompson, Portland past president of the General Nr. tlonat Auxiliary nf the Hpanlsh War - Veterans; La re Manning, Portland, who served on the Or goa during the Hpanlsh war; Col onel Carle Abrums, Salem, pa state rommander of ths Bpan'ah War veterans; Howard C Ws; dell, - Rosebnrg, past state com ma a tier of ths Spanish War V trans; Colonel U. O. Warrilow, Portland, commander of Scout Young Camp, HpanUh War Veter-aaiu building corporation yard at 1 : 1 S p m. today. As the newest addition to . (Continued on Page Six) Construction of a community building on the Salem auto touitsl camp grounds for this season is now apparently assured. Tbe city council last night granted a re quest "of the park board fur the lianst'ir of S1000 from the park hoard to the automobile park for the purpose ot erecting the building. The council lost night gran It J a license to H. H. Robertson to oper ate the Belleview hotel, wIulIi three weeks ago was temporarily closed by the police after the conn cil had withheld the granting of a icense. City Attorney Chris Kowitz called the attei.tion of the con i- til to a luw enacted by the ll)2ri lcgiulature requiring inspection of to mint camp grounds by the stale board of health and said tills would be necesuary fur the Salem grounds. Sewer Petitions Favored. The city attorney was iiiHtmc ed by tlio council to cull the at tentlon of the Southern Pacific. company to the condition of Us eroding on Market street. The sewer CDmmlttee of th council recommended the grun'.Iii: i pennon lor sewers t accui,! uiodate blocks 3S and 39, eW.. ttrcet, Idlewine addition, and tl;c city engineer v.-as instructed draw plans and specifications fur them. The street committee reported favorably on a petition for t.i paving of 17th street between Kj: ry and Uellevl-jw, and North Win ter from Market to South. It r. ported unfavorably on a petition or property owners for a nut claim deed to property on High t-treet between Leslie and Mill streets; also unfavorably on Hi petition of property owners f r the vacation of a part of Linco'n street, ror the re-pavlng of Nort Summer street the committee roc- ctnirtjtrndcd concrete pavement and the removal of all the old black lop. Gravel Bids Received- Bids were received on sand an gravel and on cement for the vea son's paving program and were re ferred to the street Improvcmt-;, committee. Bids alBo were reived for a new paving plant foi the city which, it Is declared, vill be necessary If the ctly Is to con tlnue to do Its own paving. Ui; were received from five roncenii langfng from 4i90 to 72H7 for various Classen of machines an (qulpment. All the bids were r ferred to -the street Improvemen committee. The following sidewalk m-nlii tlons were adontcd and referred to the street committee: Went slde of North Fourth between Co lumbia and Grove; North Flfi between MadlFon and Columlri lllRhli.nd avenu-j between Hazel and Maple av -mien; Capitol I, tween Fairgrounds road and Hun street; east side cf Fourteenth be tween Chemeketa and Center, Cincinnati, Ohio, Apr. 7. (By Assoc! sled . Press) Thirty former Cincinnati policemen rn rural dry agents entered pleas of guilty to federal jury liquor gnfi indictments In federal court day. Six of the indicted men hi sieatiea guiuy Saturday. Paris. April 7. (By Associated Press.) The government's n-fw Inanclal bill, embodying the pu lsions ot the proposed capital levy or force loan was Introduced n the chamber of deputies this fternoon by- Finance Minister Dc- Monzie. The measure was agreed tu by the cabinet this morning. He usked lta immediate reference to the finance committee and a re port on it before the end ot tbe day. i The government s financial plan also includes regularlzation it the currency situation by raising the limit of the bank bill issue yi the Bank of France from 41,000,- 000,000 to a total of 45,000,u0u.- 000 francs and Increasing the limit ot advances by the bank U the state by four billion tones. Two Sessions Planned. M. DeMouzie asked the cham ber to set aside two afternoon sit tings for examination and discus sion ot the finance bill and the chamber agreed to this request owing to the extremely important nature of this bill and public an xiety "which must and will be re insured." "The government will be at the chamber's disposition to morrow" said the finance min ister. It was announced that both Pre mier llerrlott and Minister Fi nance DeMonzie will appear at once before the finance commis sion. Then In an atmosphere still heavily charged with suppressed excitement the chamber turned to the discussion ot woman suffrage. Ha Enforcement Teeth. The mechanism of the system as explulned by the finance minister after adjournment of this morn ing's cabinet meeting is Intended to afford property owners and capitalists of Km nee a chanco to come forward ami contribute pro portionately to fietr wealth to the renovation of French finances. It contains provisions obliKlng them to do so If they refrain from voluntary subscription. It is a plebiscite on the ques tion of the free voluntary contri tuition, each according to hit means or constraint," was the way M. DeMonzie put It. "It the French capiltulnrs understand the system and patriotically responn to the call of the government will work without the slightest anoyance or Interference In pi I vate matters. On the contrary. )i they make constraint necessary, it will be resorted to." COAST LEAGUE Los Angeles, Cah, April 7 The tin mml coronation of Kins; Base ball, was tlio center of attraction In the sport world tndny ns the 102S Parlflc conit lenRoe season opened in four cities on the cir cuit. In Los Angeles, the Portland Bunvcre and the Angel were slat ed to cla.th In the Inaugural game, whllo the rest of the circuit open ed with Vernon at Halt Lake City, Seattle ut Han Francisco and Oak land and Hacramento at the Cali fornia cnpital. Harry A. Williams, president of the lei true, wns optimistic In his uutlook for the uccesj of the sea son and a;rld that everything Indi cated a bnnor year. STATE WILL PURCHASE 47 ACRES FOR PRISON Under an apiJioprlutlon act the 1925 I.Tlsiulure the aUie lionni control is ready to pni chase fof the uj of the state pen itentiary a tract of 47 acres "t i.nd adjoining til) prison ground.-! at M)0 an acr;. Carle Abrnm necrctary of the board, was au-h'tr-ised yesterday ( close the opt'.on on the land. The tract la ni v owned by Qeortte Savage. The land will be used for farm ing purposes. The recommenda tion of Governor Fierce and War flen Dalrymple that the land he bought caused much debate In the ways and means committee during Iha legislative session. Fugitive Convict Hiding In Josephine ;:. County Wilds . In Disguise of Hunchback, Claim. Medford, Or., April 7. In for v mation was rKcIcd by the sheriff- nffA Unnrltv ihai famim Jones, no tori oOa desperado and caped , convict from the state) prison at Salem, la biding in the wilds of western Josephine cuun iy, disguised us a hunchback t;nd wearing a full set ot whiskers anil horn rimmed fpectacles. Deputy sheriffs fully armed have been ?ent to search f r nlm and effect a capture it possible. According to Deputy Sheriff Forn crook, Jons had a pad on hie) back that gives him the appear unce of being deformed and haa been recognized by people who know him, and who reported the) matter to the authorities. . Milam Jones, a brother of Ore gon Jones, who escaped from the county jail at Jacksonville 18 months ago whllo awaiting trial for highway robbery, is believed M be In the same vicinity. Oregon Jones, serving a 20-year sentence for highway robbery, es caped from the penitentiary at Sa- till, illOltll AO, ifil, MUll VlUltMft capture. He wai regarded as a desperate man. - . , Milam Jones, brother and part ner In his crlm?s, was arrested at Los Angeles and brought back In to this county o await trial. He escaped ten days later. Dewey Jones, another brother, and you us eei of the family. Is serving a 20 year sentence at Salem. SET FUNERAL OF T Portland, Or., April 7. The funeral of Archbishop Alexander Christie, of the Catholic arch diocese ot Oregon City, "who iie4 yesterday, will be held Wednes day, April 15, at 10:30 a. m. from St. Mary's pro-cathedral here, it plans suggested today are ap proved at a conference ot prelates cf the archdioceji tomorrow. The consulte.- will select an ad mlniHtrator to carry on the work ut the archbishop until a succes sor Is appointed by Rome, and will send formal notice to the Vati can of the deatn ot Archbishop Christie. They will also decide upon what memorial services ara to be held. The archbishop's body will lie In state at St. Mf.ry'a, Monday and Tuesday of next week. Special trvlces were heid today at Cain ollc churches here. The consuiiur-t who will select the administrator are Monsignor A. Hildebrand, the Kt. Rev. J. H, Black, the KtKUt Kev. A. Lane, the Kev. J. C. Hughes, the Rev. W. A. Daly and th Rev. G. F. Thomp. eon. TENTH MEMBER OF Ji; Wade, the tenth member of the group of local men accused of cunti Uniting to the delinquency of four minor girls by giving them liquor and by other acta, was ar rested by police today afid his bond placed at fsoo when ho waa arraigned In )utlci court. Aerorrilng to the complnlnlng witness, a 14-year-old Sllverton girl, it was to Wade's room that he wae taken .luring the early morning hours after ahe had been left for several noma In the Kelzer school to sober up from the effect of a booie pnaty. Escaped Convict Cantrht. Walla Walla, Wash., April 7. William Tucker, convict, who ? caped Sunday, aa captured hat night near Pendleton and return ed at once to the penitentiary ia Walla Walla.