Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, April 08, 1925, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextCITY EDITION isl FAIR TONIGHT Dally average t pud circulation for montn ending Aiarcn SI, 19Z3. 6719 A vera dally distribution 7059. Member Audit Bureau of Circulations. I FORTY-SEVENTH YEAR No. 84 rfm CALL MEETING TO SET FORTH IEI Proposed $640,000 Mill To Be Explained To Public At Grand Theater Friday. What the proposed 0,000 linen mill will mean to Salem, just what Is planned to do and how the proposition -will go over, will be told at a mass meeting; which has been called for Friday evening at 8 o'clock at the Grand theater. While D. M, Sanson, eastern lln en manufacturer, around whom the proponed new milt largely revolves to now In Loa Angeles and will not be at the meeting .speakers will be there who have been promin ently Identified with tho movement and will tell all of the details of the preposition. The names of the Breakers have not been definitely announced, but It la probable T. B. Kay will be one of them, promoter of the meet ing want It understood that thia la not a flax meeting, but a meeting dealing purely and simply with the proposition of the new mill and what it means to the community. Out of the $640,000 to be raised It la expected Salem in to raise $300,000. Albany and Silvertun will put up $50,000 each, Mr. San son will put In $62,500 and the balance is expected to be raised In Portland or elsewhere. Scutching mill are to be established at Al bany and SUverton in connection with their share of the investment and in consequence the movement for the mil In expected to be of direct benefit to all of this section of the valley and not to Salem alone. Everyone Interested In the prop ositlon is urged to be at Friday's meeting wheu the whole story will be told. Severe criticism was leveled at Judge Percy R. Kelly yesterday by the Fidelity & Deposit company cf Portland because of Kelly's ac tion In paroling Clarence W. Thompson from the bench after Thompson had pleaded guilty to a charge of larceny of state fuels. The Fidelity & Deposit company was Thompson's bondsmen. "Men betraying positions of trust in public offices who are iij punished only destroy public con fidence in the enforcement of laws," said Clarence D. Porter of the bonding company. "If there ever was a case where justice should have been meted out, It was here.' It was In the presence of Portl and K. E. Piney that Thompson is said to have admitted that he took $5000. The bondsmen said that they had been informed Thompson wan not to be arraigned until today, at which time they planned to be present. I'ntil the exact amounts cf Thompson's defalcations under the respective bonds are established, the liability of the several bon.lu men cannot be determined. Wh;n that Is known, however, they will have to reimburse the state aa-i look to Thompson, for recovery through civil action. Columbus. Ohio, April 8. Mlv Lilian Voxel. IS. missing Zauci Tllle girl, i, in Columbus and eh" was brought here Sunday night by Hal Donahey, 17-year-old ion of Governor Donahey, it was an nounced at the governor's office t noon today. Mrs. Donahey, her son, Hal, and Miss Voxel left the executive mansion, at I o'clock this after noon for Zaaervtlle, where the boy and girl will turned over to juvenile authorities. Mrs. Doaalty took the girl to the executive man sion from rooming house. PLANT Capital, jazz m SANITY TRIAL Dorothy Ellingson An swers Questions Clear ly and Tersely For Half An Hour. San Francisco, Cal., April S. Dorothy Elliiigson, 17-y ear-old rt.ayer of her mother, took the wit ness stand In superior court here this morning at her trial for san ity. Judge Louderback satisfied himself that tiie defendant under stood the nature of an oath before i'e allowed her to be sworn. The court then Informed thi! girl that she would not be forced io answer any question whicQ might incriminate herself. Assiit r.ut District Attorney Harmoi Skillin then began to Interrogate the witness. He asked her cu orlcally questions where the county jail was, the name of her attorneys, where they were seat ed. She gave her responses In low ciear voice, answering every query tersely. "Are you charged with any criminal act?" inquired the prose cutor. "I am,' said the girt. "What Is that charge?" 'Murder,'. The examination proceeded with a tost of the girl s knowledg. of the legal procedure that cul minated in the present sanity tri.il before a special jury. She then gave the names of the all cuius who examined her at the county jail. She showed.no nervousness. She was attired modish ly in her tan gown. After the girl had been quaa t?oned about 30 minutes, both sides rested and final arguments were begun. ' When Mr. McAtee went Into t vents following the death of her mother the girl responded calmly. "The prosecution objected to the "wide scope" of the cross-examination but later withdrew the ob jection -adien the defense explain ed that its purpose was to test the lien uii competence of the defend ant. Under another rehearsal of the eft-repeated details surrounding the tragedy, the girl was plasi I, i.ut Bhe stood on her constitution al rights and refused to answer several questions touching on the "party" she attended tho night after she killed her mother. BOY BAND! I IS Charles Stuckrath. arrestel in Portland some time ago on a charge of having participated in the robbery of the Wills Snyder store at Aurora was sentencej to the boys' school by Judge Hunt yesterday and paroled. The home of Stuckrath is hi Portland. His father, who has been here -a few times since bis boy was arrested, i spoken highly of by the officers and agreed to take care of the o:y and endeavor to keep him out al" trouble. STAND Cherrians Issue 5000 Postal Invitations to Blossom Day Drive The Cherrian; have Issued 50'I0 postal card size invitations asking all the world to attend the annua; blossom day In the Salem dletri-'t r-ext Sunday, On one side of the card is the legend: ','Trall 'Em to Salem, Blos som day, Sunday, April 12. The spendor of our tulip fields and tie cherry and the prune s-lossoni await ou." On the address lile of the card Is: "Write a personal appeal to your friends to come." The appeal la made that the In vitation be sent to friends within traveling distsnce of Salem, m all indications are that the klllsidss will be white with bloasosM n-xl Sunday. Visitors ll fc direct- U two peelnl districts. One la the Oak First Straw Hat Conclusive Proof Spring has 'Came9 Spring has came and winter ra went. Today was o sunshiny that even poems could have been writ ten about It. Reports from tho rural districts all Indicate tlut brooklets are babbling, that the hillsides are alive with b!ossDns, that the bees are busy sucking lit tlo grains of pollen from the plants that are peeping out with: their pretty little facea toward the ?uo. In short, nature sems to be responding as It properly should In springtime. But the proof positive of the ar rival of the grandest time of tho year was the appearance on the street of an Individual wearing a last summer's strawhat. It atill bore the odor of mothballs and in dicated heavy wear during its pre vious battle with existence In the open, but it could ie easily Identi fied as a straw hat bjranyone giv ing it the once over. Regardless )i the edict on the chamber of commerce booklet, "that all the time Is summer time ' in the Willamette valley, a survey nf the situation Indicates that spring visits this section either an nually, or once a year, It has not been determined which. Juet where the chamber of commerce secured Its Information that nil NEW SYSTEM OF "Washington. April " S Senator MeNary. Oregon, chairman of the senate irrigation and reclamation committees, has announced a na tional reclamation policy which he will put forth at the next session of con g reus. The plan, which Me Nary believes will eliminate log rolling m congress embraces all forms- of reclamation In all parts of the country, Including drainage of sw-inip lands. The senator announced that he would propose establishment by congre?f of a revolving fund of from $50,000,000 to $500,000,000 to capitalize reclamation projects approved by the secretary of the Interior and incorporated under the laws of the state or states in which they might be situated. The plan would contemplate the Issuance of bonds by the incorpor ated reclamation districts or pro- jects. which In the opinion of Sena tor McNnry would find a readV market. Proceeds from the sale of the bonds would bo used to re pay advances mtulo by the govern ment out of the revolving fund. WIDOW OF 50 TO WED 21 YEAR OLD YOUTH Chicago, April 8. Mrs. Idaho Sundine Campbell, comply wiio.v of 50 and James Weaver. 21-yen old elevator operator, plan to he married Saturday in the municipal conservatory in Garfield park, providing permission Is gran'ed. the bride-elect has announced. Mrs, Campbell, formerly of I?s Moines, who styles herself a "dijh washer end poetess," wrote a poem on the conservatory list year. Grove fruit section, known is ' Orchard Heights.' Just across in liver from Salem, and the oth.fr the Liuerty-Rosedale district, south of the city. Tomorrow, Cherrians will dis tribute these csrds in the busing district in order that the S'JOO may be mailed by Thursday or Fri day. Those having friends In Port land are especially urged to send one of the Rlnssom day Invitations. These cards, with a photo of a typical prune district, may be hi I of any Cherrian or at the chamber uf eomnwrcs. . . . If the people of the city will send rat these Invltsttons to near by fiieade, thousand of vlstVim will see the fruit district aro'ind Salem In the height of tlx blos soming period. SALEM, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 8, 1925 rvi UVL the time Is summer time has not been definitely learned, and repre sentatives of that body declined tuday to reveal the sourceof thtir information. Inquiries made among the oldest Inhabitants, however, confirm the fact that spring has been coming here eich year since they can remember, and wwther experts are positive th it it will come again this year, in truth, vouch tor the fact that H is 1-ere now. Weather such as today ev.'n gives presage of the possibility I bat this will be even a springier spring than has been enjoyed here lor a number of years. Further Indications that eprln ; Is in the midst of the environs here Include tulips, anemones and other spring flowers in bloom, to say nothing of the modest violet and tho forward anchusa. ' Over coats have been put Into the dis card and s-h-h-one man whispered that he had taken out bis B. V. D.'s. . - Gardens are being made, radish es have pushed their way through the ground along with new pe:is and numerous other mandibles. The evidence ie overwhelming. Oh, boy! ' LINEN WEEK TO BE OBSERVED BY - The Salem Rotary club will make a request that next week he observed as "Linen Week" in Sa lem. In accordance with fiction taken by the Kotari&ns this noon. The suggestion will be convoyed to the KIwanis club, the Lions ciub, the Mar.on-Polk Couuly Realty association, the chamber of commerce. The idea as explained by the Rotarians is not to make a campaign for selling stock, but simply to discuss and explain the flax and linen situation in the Sa lem vicinity. The main address before the Ro- turlans was made by Thomas A, Haffety, chief inspector of state traffic. Raffety made a plea for law enforcement, stating that In his opinion if the states did not do something by way of handling traffic in motor vehicles, the time will eventually come when the federal government will step in and regulate traffic within the j tales. "My observation has been that the pedestrian Is just as unruly and just as hoggish as Is the mo torist," said Raffety. "However, other things being equal, I believe that in case of accident the pedes trian should be given the benefit of the doubt. The speaker stated that, on sidcring the increasing number cf automobiles, the greater power to be derived from tbem, and the rapidly Improving highway condi tions, the traffic situation Is grow ing better rather than worse. In the year, 1924, over 20 000 persons were killed In the UiMtel Kitatea as a result of motor velikie accidents. YEOMEN ELECT R B. Rt-eves of North Rend was elected preld-nt of the Brother hood of Amerkan Yoemen for Oregon at the Oregon itnte Con clave here today. Other officers were as follows: J. J. AVelsi, of M.-dford, viee- prosldent; C. K. Albln, of giilcm, treasurer: Fred K- Schmidt, of Pendleton, secretary; Julia E. Moore. f Eugene, chaplain. Delegates selected to attend the national Yoenens convention at New York city from June I to 13 are J, H. Esell and C. E. Alhln, both of Halem, and Waller Fry of HHverton. " , The Yoen en hold their state conclave every four years. Chicago, April 8 Bogus m CIusm who forge messages from the spirits of the noted dead for a few doll art were bitterly assall etf by iaft fllaUr of Los AbcUm before the Illinois State Spiritual Its' association. In convention bra. BASKETBALL CHAMPSBACK FROMCHICAGO Salem Players Return From Tournament r i Stopped At Loeb'8 Frat Reporta given out by the Salem high school basketball players. all but one of -whom arrived in Salem. at 9:45 this morning, stat ed that the team, while In Chi cago participating In the nation al 125 tournament, were enter-; tainetl at the fraternity to which Richard Loeb ' belonged. Loeb, who jWith Nathan Leopold was sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder of Robert Franks, after one of the most sensational trials in history, was well known to every man of the fraternity house, who were generally out of sympathy with him, and glad he had been sentenced. Loeb e pic ture appeared with the rest of the fraternity members in the University of Chicago annual. The fraternity, the Beta 'el a Tan, t a Jewish organization. Membcre are all eons of wealthy Jews, It is reported. : , John brager wae left:-In Spo kane yesterday on the return tirp. and will put In his appearance at Salem tonight. A persistent aroma of .romance la v.. connected' with John s failure to ftrrrve. The .lad had purchased av beautiful pres ent for a certain member of the fair gender, the story goes, but In a forgetful interval while visiting In Spokane In Spokane in body, if not In spirit he left the pres ent in a barbershop. At the sta tion, exactly seven minutes be fore train time, realization of the mteaing present dawned on him. The shop waa a number of blocks away, and the stimulus which drove him back for the mining package did not quite enable him to arrive again at the station In time to take the train with the rest of the squad. A ticket and money were left for him, and his comrades of the trip are hopeful that nothing further will occur to prevent his safe arrival. Many parte of the trip were utterly devoid of romance, how ever, if reports given out by the returning players are any crl tartan. The weather wae Intensely cold, although the sun mione ev ery day. "If the trip didn't ac complish anything else It cer- CnnfjnuM on Vn x H'ven According to Governor Pier-'e. in a message sent today to the Vow York Kvening Graphic, Oro gon is repenting federal inter fer ence lr. state affair. The gov ernor's telegram was In reply to tin inquiry received from the new tork publication asking the attl- ude Ih this state towards Senator Horah's ipeeh nttnrklng govern mental encroachment upon state powers. 'Sentiment Is rapidly growing In Orr-gon against federal Interference In local afr.ilrx,' snyi tho govern or's telegrnm. "Over one -ha If of the nrea of our state In now under federal control through forest re serves. We feel the encroachment of the bureaucratic government at Wash'nqton In almost every ac tivity. We are perfectly competent to govern ounselves. We will earn estly rtnmt all fiture attempts to Increase federal authority en croachment ttpon our powers of self-government. Agree with Senator Borah and fully endorse his pit' i lot fa utterances, feeling that 'states' rights are being n- croacited upon to a dangerous de gree. The attempt ttenu to be to chanirt the whole form of our gov- rnm'-nt. We bel eve In local gov ernment and not in centralized fcurenocr.try." CHURIJH GOVERNMENT ' IS CONFERENCE ISSUE Indrnendenee. Mo., Aorll Th re-organiser Church of Jeans Christ of letter Day Halnts tenk np again this morning the ques tion of its government. Two resolutions hearing on th- question were before the annuil conference attended hr officers am oelegatea of th church. Eai French Premier To Resign Office Tonight jKtlotmrt llcrrlot STILL PLANTED BY ENEMIES IS Charges that he has been framed" and an effort la being made to railroad him to a convic tion on spltu testimony, are offer ed by Albert Arthur , Kieper, al leged still owner In an effort to hae his trial continued over to the next term of circuit court. A ' house formerly occupied by Kieper was raided near Jefferson and a stltl discovered there. Kiep er had gone. Laer he was an est ed at Bend nnd returned here by Deputy Sheriff Sam Ilurkhart. Kieper, In a motion to have the trial go over another term, declares that ho Oaks for tho continuance In order to have witnesses here nee cflpiiry to his defense. : He at-serts that one Wad worth de Wight, formerly a resident of Jefferson but now of Rainier, Wash., will testify that he waa familiar with the premwes while it was occupied by Kieper and that there was no liquor thore, and further that de Wight will testify that one G. W. Taylor, who o p pea red be fore t ho gra n d Ju ry will state that he heard Taylor make threats he would "get some thing" on the defendant and would "plant something" on him in order to get it. He deciiire. further In his mo tion that Clarence and Cclla How ell widl testify that Taylor made threats that he Intended to g nnd convict the defendant of some crime. Kieper asserts that this couple will testify that Kieper had no still and did not manufacture or sell Intoxicating liquor but was engaged In the bee business and that they were employed by him In such business. HEARST TO OFFER Los Angeles, Cal., April S. T'ie Los Angeles hxamitier in tn ar tide published thia morning says that Willluni Randolph lleurst. publisher, and .useph M. Schenck motion picture executive, havi formed a partnership for the pur pose 01 launching a tuition-wide radio broadcasting program. The announcement was by Mr. Hearst. runr powerful broudcasling edi tions, the paper says, will b erected in as many cities. Rise in Wheat Prices Due to Speculation Only Says Shipstead Washington, April 8. A charge that the recent sky-rocketing of uheat prices on the Chicago board of trade was due to the activities i.f price fixing speculators Is made by Senator Shipstead, farmer labor. Minnesota, in a letter to Julius barnes, former president .if the chamber of commerce of the I'nited States. The senator also ssserts that tho department of agriculture "whe'.n. er by good Intention or other wise" assisted In the "bull'1 move ment by co-operating with the is sue of "false propaganda" regard ing a threatened shortage of world wheat supplies. Th eommunieslion. mads pub ile by the senator. today, was In reply to an article published .e (ently by Mr. Barnes, In which he ssserted that Senator Shlnstetd In advising the farmers last fall to market their wheat eroj then 4. Local: river, 1.6; nmnn rrnnnp H7MT0 0 I KAlfla Mil ruivCi x n nCiCj jsuri& stands fivb cents (m w A fruk? 1 . QU1T T0NIGHT STUB SHOWED AS PREMIER ONLY $5,000 Failure To Receive Vote . of Confidence In Senate Followed By Cabinet Meeting. Pario. Apr. I (By Associat ed Prone) The government's ma jority of two, recorded in a vote of confidence In the senate today later disappeared when two sen ators declared their votes wrong ly entered in the records. The vote of confidence of 142 to 140 stand as ofticiatly announced but Premier Herriot "having heard of the changes summoned a cabi net meeting for 9:30 p. in., to consider the ministry situation and whether resignation should be offered. In the lobbies of the chamber of deputies the meeting of the cabinet was widely interpreted as meaning that the ministry would resign tonight. Premier Herriot arrived In the senate unexpectedly and when the senates finance committee opposed the government's propos ed appropriation for secondary educational scholarship be put the question of confidence, com plaining that the finance commit tee had shown him marked host i I ity- during the pnt two days. The president of the finance committee replied that the com mittee was only seeking econo mies and Senator Be re n gar, to wbocie disclosures yesterday the premier's words evidently, refer red, declared there was nothing political in the financew?ommlt tee's action. The vote of confi dence wa. taken during the great est excitement. TOTAL OVER 4700 During the first three niontliH -if the present year, the records of tile scm-etnry of stato's office show that a total of 4731 automobile from other stiitcs have registered in Oregon. Good roads and Ore- gon scenery are held by Secretary itozcr to be mulnly the reason. Of these rcRialrutlona the ftraai est number was at the Asltlun'l station with 1144. The Portland I'rnnch was second with 981 and .Mr (I ford third with 810. Ciilltnrnla led In the number ol cms coin Ins; into Oregon, 2505 be ing registered from that state dur ing the quarter, while Washington registered 1CU5. A total of 37 tales and territories are Includ'.'j :n the list, besides the Dominion of Canada and Alaska Itcglxlrallnn suit Ions showed the following cars from ottliT slates registered tor tile quarter: Albnny 152, Aslilund 1144. Am torlu 38. linker 21. Ilend 68, IJor- vills 711, KlIKCtie 2G1, (irallts Pa : 34, llimd Itiver 32. Klnrna'D Kails 25, l.a U ran do 27. Mari field 2G, Medford 810. Nyssa 14 I'ellilleton 77, Portland S1, Rose I: ii raj 229, Salem 409, Seaslili 2 l:y truffle Inspectors 4. made it Impossible for the farmers :o take advantage of the higher :rlces of wheat prevailing this year until the recent break in the niarket. Denying that he so advised the farmers, Senator Shipstead sdid be did warn producers not to be ' fooled by the money powers pushing up quotations for polltl?al end financial purposes. lly fol lowing this warning. Senator Ship stead said, the producers had es caped being caught In the "awful crash In the market. To support his contention Ibat the II wheat pries waa the work rl speculators, the Minnesota iu etor said the secretary of agricul ture had attested that during rebruary alone the Chicago botrd of trads sold wheat "future' amounting to 1. 581,614. 000. or mors tban five times the official world a v 11 bit supply, And Thursday, except cloudy ntr the east. Light norths isterly winds. Max.. IT; niln., 40; rain none; struos., clear; wind, north. Thompson's Accounts Show Concealed Short age Last July of $3000 Not Located Before. Another Item of 13000. allo-oi to have been embeiiled from w. .u ...is iicMury uy VJ. - W. Thompson, former cashier in the treasurer's office under Its administration of O. P. Hoff tml Jefferson .Myers, in addition to the ,931. to which Thompson plead guilty to taking, has biin discovered by Alexander Hauill- ton, bookkeeper In the treasury office, who has been searching; through the records In order U establish the exact liabilities ot the bonding companies that tar nished Thompson's bond. ' The 3000 shortage waa disooj- ered only this morning, and what action, If any, is . to be taken to bring Thompson to trial on this charge could not be ascertained, this afternoon. District Attorney John Csrn. busily engaged in court today, said that the facts of the case had oot been submitted to bim, and that he could not say what action tus office would take until he was tui. ly and formally advised of ths circumstances. The district attorney may ei'.her file an Information charging Thompson with larceny of pupils funds to the amount ot (3000, file the charge as sworn to by mie other party, or lay the Information directly before the grand jury for investigation. The (3000 item discovered to day is in addtiion to the amounts upon which the grand jury :u dieted Thompson, and is over -md abovo the amount of $1031 whicil Thompson repaid out of hia aU leged defalcations of $5000. - A cuurge' against him tor embezxling; the sum uncovered today will bs in addition to the charges whl-a be plead guilty at a special pes sion of the circuit court Moi.diy evening, and for which he was sentenced to serve two yeara in the penitentiary and then paroled by Judge Percy R; Kelly. Hamilton, explaining the newly discovered deficit in the accounts, said that the books show that on (Continued on Page Seven) CITY OWNERSHIP Chicago, April 8. Tabulation o lotes early today showed t'i proposal for municipal acquisition of the street railways, elevated Hnc ai d tan building ot a subway to be defeated by the election yes terday by more than 100,000 votes. The plan, sponsored by Mavoc William E, Dever and said to be the largest municipal owners i in project ever attempted, wouid nave Involved an expenditure of tor.0.000.000 with a forty-veir period provided for payment tot the properties out of earnings nf tho lines. It was proposed to pay f 162,845.685 for the surface Hn 85,000.000 for the elevated rail ways with an appropriation uf JUGS, 3 01.000 for 438 miles of ex tension to both with 140.000.000 already available from the city's diare of the street railway earn in pe was to start a subway, Tn majority opposed to the city ordi nance sdopting the plan was 101, C74 while the municipal opera tion proposal lost by 100,St3 votes. Portland. Or., April I. Mcn slgnor A. Hlllebrand. vicar gen era! of the Catholic archdiocese oC Oregon City, was this afternnon named administrator In place nf Archbishop Alexander Christie. Ha wilt aerv until an archbishop in aam4 by the vaticn.