Capital journal., April 17, 1925, Image 1

STATE'S CONTROL OF
CITY EDITION-
Daily average net p:d .circulation for
month ending March it, 1925.
6719
Average daily distribution 7039.
Member Audit Bureau or Circulation!
FORTY-SEVENTH YEAR No. 92.
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U U AC
Attempt To Compel Pub
lic School Attendance of
Roger Watts, EJujted
Privately, Resisted.
Hoa a parent the right to edu
cate hia own child or is the child
In Oregon the ward of the state?
This Is the iane raised by the ar
rest of T. S. Watts, farmer in the
Salem Heights district, for not
sending his 10-year-old sou, Rog
er, to the public schools. He will
fight the case, claiming that he
came to Oregon from Canada and
became an American citizen ex
pecting to find liberty here. He
has retained Kollin K. Page as hit
counsel.
The boy has been receiving hits
education at home, under the tu
telage of his parents, and also in
n enrollment in the Calvej-t
school of Baltimore in a home in
tructio n Cburse by correspond
ence. Contention is made that the
boy is receiving as good instruc
tion or even better tlian in tho
public schools, that he writes clear
essays, reads Emerson with under
standing, is wel mannered and in
the third year in his correspond
ence course, under instruction at
the hands of his mother, herself a
former teacher. V. M. Hillyer,
headmaster of the Calvert school
certifies that he is In good stand
ing, receiving regular criticisms
on hie work and high markings.
The complaint was Bworn to by
Cora Reid, truant officer, after
the attorney general's office, by
Grace E Smith, assistant, render
ed an opinion to the district at
torney that the correspondence
course given did not comply with
the law which requires a child to
either attend the public school, a
parochial or private school, or if
absent for private Instruction, re
ceive a written permit from the
county superintendent for such in
struction. The attorney general'
opinion holds that such Instruc
tion does not constitute "attend
ance" on a private or parochial
school, as provided by law.
In commenting on the case. T.
8. Watts, father of the boy, eaid:
Traininer Explained.
'When our boy approached the
age he should be going to school,
we were confronted with the prob
lem of how to get him there on
account of the long distance to
school and the fact of hiB suffer
ing from a severe inguinal hernia
which would prohibit him being
able to walk anything like three
miles daily besides recreation in
recess time.
"Som before he was of school
Continued on Page Ten)
SCHOOL BOY CAUSES
RIOT CALL FOR COPS
Denver, Colo., Apr. 17. Police
answered a riot call In a Denver
grade school today to find the of
fender a curly headed boy of
even years.
Hie teacher said he bad 'defied'
her, had "jostled other boys at
recess time," and "was saucy to
the girls."
The juvenile court ordered the
boy's parents to place him on
strict probation until hia behav
ior Improved.
Partners In
Concern
Court
Excoriation of Rich Relmann
and his partner, Kroecker, In tho
Snnllam River Timber company,
br Circuit Jurffre McMahan fea
tured the eonrfugfon of the case
of John Sneed against that cor
poration In that court, when Mc
Mahan declared that he did not
wlah to listen to argumpnM :n
the rase, and that men who would
come into court to put up the
kind of a claim they did In order
to defeat an bonost debt were not
such kind of men a he cared o
bellevs. and that the court dM
not consider their testimony of
any Talu, wbateTer. He far the
INSTRUCTION
INHOIHELO
LEGAL R I GHT
C aettalAfcEFiiial
Wonder Dog Is
Proud Dad of
Fifteen Puppies
Salem le growing.
Not a doubt of it, now since
Bobbie, the "Wonder Dog," and
prominent resident of this city,
has become the proud father of no
lees than 15 Bobbies, Jr. News of
the addition to the household of
this dog that made himself fam
ous by taking his historical trip
across the continent last year
leaked out yesterd re. Bobby.
otherwise known Ppy, 1 a
Collie. C. F. Blazi ner of the
dog, formerly lh Silverton,
but is now a re - of Salem.
(Continued q e Nine)
Hollywood, Cal., April 17.
John W. Worthington, who dis
appeared from the Hollywood
hospital a few hours before com
plaints of embezzlement were is
sued against him In Los Angeles,
was located here by newspapermen
in a modest house near the foot
hills. A woman who replied to a
telephone call said that Worth'
lngton was there 111 with diabetes
but in no Immediate danger of
death.
Los Angeles, Cal., April 17.
John W. Worthington, "wolf of
LaSalle street,1' of Chicago, be
lieved to be dying here in the
face of a penitentiary sentence
imposed for fraudulent operations
in the east today was charged
with embezzlement of $50,000 In
connection with brokerage house
operations In Los Angeles.
The indictment was Issued by
the Los Angeles district attorney's
offece where it was alleged that
Worthington had backed Samuel
F. Balentlne & company of Los
Angeles with $25,000 worth of
stolen bonds, believed to have been
part of the loot of a Chicago mail
robbery.
It was charged In the complaint,
In which Balentlne of the brok
erage firm also was named, that
Worthington and Balentlne had
engaged in a bond juggling con
spiracy here which bad resulted
in the embezzlement by them of
$50,000.
The charge contained eight
counts.
Riletgh, X. C Apr. 17 Charles
V. Stewart, SI, and Elmer Stewart
23, his on, paid with their lives
In the electric chair today for a
double murder perpetrated In
Brunswick ounty List year. The
father wai led to the chair first
and was pronounced dead after
three shock. Two shocks were re
quired to execute the son.
. The two men were executed for
the murder of Sam Lily, a United
States deputy marshal and Deputy
Sheriff Long George, wfclle the of
ficers were searching for prohi
bition vlolntois.
Timber
Flayed In
By M'Mahan
plaintiff Judsment for all that
was asked for.
Sneed brourht an action to col
lect ,218.80 from the rorsora
lion for road work alleged to hare
been performed. The case origin
ally waa brought in department
No. I, where It waa held that the
written agreement covering the
work waa algned by the timber
company and that the individual!
were not liable. Complaint s
I then filed In equity court on the
ground of mutual mistake In the
signing of the contract.
When Relman was on the stand
Continued on Page Eleven)
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NEW FRENCH
MINISTRY
COMPLETED
Painleve Presents Person
nel of New Cabinet To
President; Organization
Task Difficult.
Paris, April 17 iBy Associated
Press) The new premier M. Pain
lev presented his ministry to
President Doumergue In the paiacc
uf tho Elysee at noon today.
Tho r.lnistry will meet tomor
row morning at ten o'clock to
draft tho declaration which it will
submit lo parliament next Tues
day. Rarely has a French cabinet
been so difficult to form as that
comrletC'J to succeed the fallen
Herriot ministry.
Several times during tho nego
tiations the v task- appeared quite
impossible lut M. Faiiilevo per
ser'd and was able to submit the
following list.
Presd.T.t of the council and
minister of war. M. Painleve.
Foreign minister, Aristlde
uriand.
Finance, Joseph CaHlaux.
Justice an;l vice-presl J?nt of tho
council, Jules Steeg.
Public instruction. An. Hole De
Al3nzie.
Interior, A. R'.-hr .mire.
Commerce, Charle.i C haul net.
Marine, Em tie Borel.
Colonics, An-irv Hesse.
Agriculture, Jean Dur.ind.
Publl-s works, Pierre Laval.
Labor, Ant lino Durafour.
Pensions, Louis Anteriou.
The main obstiole In firming
the ministry was the divergence
between Cailhmx and Brland. The
latter wantjl Louis Luueheur to
be a member o the cabinet, but
M. Lnu;heur was not In agree
ment with Ciillaux on various
questions and hesiuteJ a long
time. Then he acceptcl the port
folio of commerce, on'y tii change
his mini at the last moment and
abstain.
The two former premiers also
(Continued on Page Ten)
SPORTSMEN SAY
PIERCE AXE OUT
F
Medford, Or.. Anr. 17. Med-
ford sportsmen are still discuss
ing today the unexpected turn of
events at last night's annual ban
quet of the Jackson County Fish
ana uame protective assoclatl
when Representative R. J. Kirk-
wood of Portland, president of
the Multnomah association, call.
ed upon the members of the state
fish and game commission pres
ent to go on record concerning
any proposed changes In the per
sonnel of the state officials, w'"h
particular reference to the reten
tion of Captain A. E. Uurghdilff,
state game warden.
Harold Clifford, chairman. R.
W. Price and Judge J. W. Malo
ney, commissioners present, all
responded, but the only statement
approaching a definite declara
tion came from Mr. Price who
said he waa interested In protect
ing trie fish and game of the state
and was not Interested tn the for
tunes of any particular Individu
al. A majority of local aportimen
appear to be convinced that this
means Burghduff Is slated tor
dismissal In the near future.
Although the recent dlsnlasu)
of Ben Dorrls, from the state com
mittee by Governor f'ierse arous
ed local sportsmen to a high pitch
of excitement, the only action
taken last night, waa the passage
of a resolution without debate en
dorsing Mr. Dorrls and regretting
his removal. Mr. Clifford in
commenting upon Mr. Dorris re
moval regretted the action but
asked for fair play and consider
ation for bis successor, Mr. Bauer
of Corvallls.
The meeting, attended by S30
sportsmen from Medford and all
parts of the slate closed with the
presentation of moving pictures
inowtng recent development' In
Lths Diamond lake hatchery and
the various fame preserves of the
tats.
SALEM, OREGON, FRIDAY, . APRIL 17, . .1925
7Q
ARRESTED
E. J. Tobin Charged With
Aiding Patient To Flee;
Admits Theft of Ring
From Another.
E. J. Tobin, who for the last
two months has been an attendant
at the state hospital for the insane,
was arrested today In tho office
of Dr. R. E. Lee S'eine., superin
tendent of the institution, and Is
in the county Jail charged with aid
in j and abetting an Inmate to es
cape.
Tho charge recites that Inst
Tuesday night Tobin let Orel Comp
ter, an inmate, out of a ward at
the hospital, and later in the night
met him with an automobile at
24th street. They drove to Falls
City, Polk county, It is alleged, to
the home of Courier's father. From
his father, Alex Courier, an old
man who Is blind, Orel Courier
was able to get $100 and another
automobile, according to the In
mate's story. Then he and Tobin
were to meet at Vancouver nnd
drive east to Chicago. The $100
was to be given Tobin. The elder
Courier refused to lot his son have
the automobile.
Hospital authorities suspected
that Courier had gone to Falls
(Continued on Page Nine)
ESSAY PRIZES
Two Salem high school eirli,
Miss Dorothy M. Baker and Mies
Nellie E. Tibblts are among the
nrst prize winners tn the state
priie essay contest conducted by
the American Chemical society,
winners in which were annouiic-
ed today by J. A. Churchill, state
superintendent of schools, after
having been reported to him by
the state commitroe which select
ed the prize essays. .
Miss Baker is a daughter of
Mr. and .Mrs. C. C. ' Uuker, 11i
Saginaw street, and Mind Tlbbits
a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. C.
Tlbbits, 190 south 14th street.
The subject on which Mies Baker
wrote was "The Relation of Chem
istry to Health and Disease'1 and
MIfs Tlbbits' subject was "The
Relation of Chemistry to the En
richment of Life."
The first prizes for the best
essays on each of six subjects are
120 in gold and the second prises
are certificates of honorable men
tlon. But in addition to this the
winning essays will be forwarded
to the national committee where
they will compete for the nation
al prizes.- which. In the contest
for students in high and second
ary schools, are six four year
scholarships to Yale university or
tuition fees and 1500 annually.
DRAGOOlilMSlls".
WORD LAW OVER STATE
Indianapolis, Inil., April )7.
D. C. Stephenson expressed his
lack of fear of any consequences
that might come from his alleged
attack upon Miss Madge Ober
holtzer at the Inquest into her
death.
"My word la law In Indiana,
Stephenson was quoted as saying
to Miss Oberholtzer In the father's
repetition of her story given at
the inquest. Stephenson, a former
grand dragon of the Ku Klux
Klan, has been active In republi
can politics In Indiana.
EDITQRSTEETI PORTLAND
Portland. Ore., April 17. Rep
resentative of state press associa
tions of Oregon, Washington,
Idaho and British Columbia as
sembled here todsy for a two day
conference on topics to be dis
cussed at the annual mMlng of
the various bodies. Hal E. llnxs,
president of the Oregon associa
tion, Oregon Citr. was ehalrmsn.
ATTENDANT
AT ASYLUM
CHILDREN
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SHIP SALE TO
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Authority of Court To En
join Sale Authorized By
Majority Vote of Board
Is Questioned.
Washington, April 17. A de
fense of the action of the ship
ping board in awarding the five
president ships of the California
Orjeot mail line by sale to the Dol
lar interests was filed today In the
District of Columbia supreme
court. The answer to injunction
proceedings brought by the Pacific
Meal Steamship company to hall
the sale challenged the jurisdic
tion of the court and its power to
review discretionary acta of the
board as determined by majority
rote. Presented by general coun
sel for the board, acting as special
assistant attorney general, it as
serted the sale was authorized
with due consideration of the law,
of good business practices and of
the Interests of the United States,
The answer alleged that at one
time ships operated in the Orient
trade by the Pacific Mall hud been
disposed of to enterprises con
trolled by foreign interests.
Sale Held Authorized.
Accompanying the answer were
a number of supporting affidavits
signed by Chairman O'Connor and
Commissioners Llssner, Hill and
Haney, who constituted the ma
jority voting for the sale, as well
as Joffi davits from business men
and organizations on the Pacific
coast, testifying to the backing of
the Dollar interests.
Commissioners Pluiumer, ' Ben
son and Thompson, who opposed
the sale either to the Dollar In
terests or the Pacific Mail, did not
sign such affidavits and It wne In
dicated that Coinmissoners Pluiu
mer and Thompson would file sep
arate answers.
It is the view of government
counsel that although the proceed
ings were brought against the
shipping board commissioners.
they were sued collectively as a
board and H was indicated that If
any of the dissenting members
should seek to answer individual
ly as commissioners, their status
before the court will be chal
lenged. ' Government counsel also con
(ended thnt the Pacific Mall.
which atr present operates me
ships for the board out of San
Francisco to the Orient, has no
property right in the vessels, and
that the board had not Infringed
upon the Pacific Mull s rights.
Government counsel In the an
swer filed today asserted that In
awarding tho sale the board gave
"prime consideration ' to the per
manenry of the service to be main
bt'.ned and added that, with all
other factors considered, the price
offered by the Dollar Interests wa
in reality higher than that of the
Pssirtc Mail, the only other bid
der.
Pulham. Eng. Apr. 17. (By
Associated Press) To the cheers
a' British srmy officers, soldier
workers end crowds of spectators,
the army dirigible R-33 returned
home safely shortly after 2 o dork
this afternoon after her twenty
eight hour battle with the ele
ments over te east coast of storm
ftwept North sea. The runaway
rrafl, whirh tore away from her
moorings at the Pulhsm air si a
tlon venterdav dtirinr one of the
I fiercest gales In recent years, was
flighted by the anxious watchers
at the airdrome at 1:45 o clock
this sflernoon. She maneuvered
for position snd landed safely
tnarter of an hour later.
An excited crowd had waited
on the shore ince the big craft
wfth her damaged prow drop
pint? low was swept out to sea
yesterday.
British air ministry offl
clals are loud In their praise of
the stability of the K-33. which
withstood the severs buffeting tn
whifb It bsd been subjected snd
It Is their opinion that the crew
gained much valuable experience
dnrlnc their forced fonrnsv.
DOLLAR
N
S DEFENDED
SfORIVl BUFFETED
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L2)
Portland to Help
Put Mill Project
Across, Is Pledge
The Willamette valley present
ed a united front to Portland yes
terday at a meeting at the Port
land chamber of commerce to let
the metropolis know that the new
linen mill proposition is going
over and that Portland is expected
to help. The result was that the
chamber decided on and named a
committee to solicit stock sub
scriptions and put over her share
In assisting to establish the propo
sition. Salem was well represented at
the meeting aj were other vulloy
towns. Salem took the lead In
speaking on the subject, John H.
McNary and T. B. Kay repeating
DELEGATES HERE
OF OLDER GIRLS
A special Southern Pacific
train with 125 delegates to the
older girls' conference, to be held
In Snlem today, Saturday and
Sunday, arrived In Salem at 12:110
today. Delegates 'were still com
ing In from all directions on ev
ery train this afternoon. It is ex
pected that tbere will be '500
young women at the conference.
Meetings are to be held In the
First Methodist church.
Arrangements were mado to
take a number of parties around
Salem and the vicinity this after?
noon, showing them the sights of
the community.
The conference begins at 7:30;
tonight with the director's mes
sage and Instructions. Tomorrow
morning s session will begin at
9.15. Luncheon at 12:30 will be
served under the auspices of the
Willamette university YWCA.
The afternoon session will begin
at 2:15. A banquet will b0 serv
ed at 6:30, when gifts and pledg
es for Geneva will be made. Elec
tion of officers for the coming
year will be made at tomorrow
nlKht's meeting.
A special Southern Pacific
train will leave Salem for Port-
laud Sunday afternoon at 4:45
according to C. S. Stinger, amitn
ant gcneriil passenger agent. TJ.e
train will leave from TAde and
Churrh streets, where It disrhurg
ed Its passengers this morning.
T
iMVoye, Wyo., April 17 L.iVoye
the little oil ton, whoe right to
tn place on Wyoming map re
rently wi deniel by a fed ra I
court todny meekly prcpaied for
the end of lt earthly xinfnee, In
itcrordancii with tho mnndnie of
the litw.
The townspeople, numbering al
most IftoO, who were held In trea
parvi on LaVnye's site because tho
Ohio Oil company holds a govri
m-nt ln.ie on the soil, were de
liberating plans for diAmunttlnR
tull(lin-i an I home nnd fot mov
ing all they founde d horu In the
Tnintlo oil mh of l'J20.
The hiinlet's biiflirHHri lender at
on Impromptu meeting last night
almoKt unanimously Its decision to
abide wiMl the" law's decre.. The
dec-btion was a surpi Iwj, for on
March 6, IftMt, when Falernl Judge
T. Dink Kennedy ordered the in
hnMtaniH to vacate within sixty
days, tnere was a host flu fe.-llnjr
uf resentment snd an unanimous
sentiment to n!M the ouster.
Th9 majority provided however
that satisfactory srrungementfr
f.iujvt be made with the oil com
I'.iny for removing tho town's
buslnem props-tv, which Is valued
nt apprux. nalely $27a,O0O.
Portland Trades Eckert.
Portland. Or., April 17. Pi(h
er Chsrles Kckcrt has been traded
by ths Portland cluh of the Paci
fic Coast baseball league to the
Vernon club for Im fielder Charll
Ileal. President Thomas I Turner
ATTACKED
PRTPP. THRP.R P1?NITS 9i J NEWS
sVV4
their tulks. Frank J. Miller of Al
bany, resident of Salem for many
year, presided at the meeting.
D. M. Sanson, head of Dominion
Linens, Ltd., and who la to have
charge of the proposed mill here
declared that a market already ex
isted for the prouuet, that Oregon
produced suitable raw material at
advantageous cost of production,
and that goods could be made in
Oregon and sold at a substantial
profit.
"Wo do not have to make a mar
ket for "our goods," he said. "The
market is already made. The ex-
i Continued on Page Ten)
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4 CONFERENCES
Aliil.M-ann In.1 Anrll 1 ? I ax-
delegates attending the North ln
dianan conference of tho Method
ist Episcopal church here voted
tudav. 1H0 tn O In. fuvnr of tho
unification of the northern and
Houtnern branches 01 the church
Concord, N. H., Ajril 17. The
New Hampshire conference of the
Methodist Episcopal church voted
today 60to 2 in favor of unifica
tion of the Methodist Episcopal
church of the north with the
church of the south.
Scran ton. Pa., April 17. The
Wyoming Methodist Episcopal
cuuference today voted In favor of
unification of the northern and
southern brunches of the church-
New York, April 17 Tho New
York east annual' conference of
the Methodist Episcopal church
today voted by 109 to 2 for unifi
cation of the northern and south
ern branchec of the church.
New York, April 17. With the
removal of an abscess from Babe
Ruth's back this morning, physic
ians hoped that the home run hit
ter's condition would Improve
more rupldly than it has since his
return to New York last week.
"The operation was successful,"
said a statement Issued at St.
Vincent's hospital after Huth had
been returned to his room, "and
tho patient Is resting well "
The babe was on the operating
table for 20 minutes. A general
anaesthetic was administered.
Dr. Edward King said Both
would not be able to leave the
hospital for two weeks.
Gibson Supported by
Cowboys and Indians
In Show for Kiddies
One coupon, plus five copper
pennies, or their equal, Is all the
admlssnn charge required of any
Sale in child, hoy or girl, who cares
to see Hoot Gibson and his com
pany of 1 ml lan chiefs, cowboys,
bareback riders bulldoggers, rop
ers and broncho busters at the
THIS COUPON
And 5 Cunts
W ill Admit Any Child of 12 Years or Under to the
Special Showing of
"LET 'ER BUCK"
at tho Grand Theater
Saturday, April 18, 2 p. m.
As a Client of
The Capital Journal
UNSETTLED
With rain tonight an J Saturday. Mod
erate temperature, fresh southerly winds
Local: Max.. C4: mln ,' -12; r.iln, 04;
river, 5.1; atmta., cloudy; win 1, southwest.
ST A N OS KI V B CBNT8
Women and Children Are
Numbered As Victims
of Blast At Funeral of
Bulgarian Officer.
Sofia. Bulgaria, Apr. 17.- (By
Associated Press) Latest fig
ures show that 140 persons, In
cluding 20 women and 10 chil
dren, were killed In the explosion
of an infernal machine In tho
cathedral of Svetl Krai during
the funeral of General GeorghlefC -yesterday.
Six generals and 30
other officers were among those
killed.
Sofia today waa In state of fer
ment, tbe greatest excitement pre
vailing. Martial law baa been
proclaimed throughout the coun
try, while the military authori
ties have ordered a curfew estab
lished, the streets to be cleared at
7:30 p. m.
Others Narrowly Escape
Although all members of the
government were present at tho
funeral service tn the cathedral,
none was seriously Injured. Pre
mier Tznnkoff was one of those
Injured, but wae able to preolda
over a cabinet meeting during Its
emergency session today.
General Georgehleff, whose fu
neral was being held when the
explosion occurred was aasasi
nated In the street here Tuesday
night. The a waiwl nation closely
followed an attempt upon the life
of King Boris ae he was motoring
near Sofia.
The bomb was apparently deto
nated by clockwork mechanism.
It has been concealed under the
roof In the southern part of the
cathedral and spent most of Ite
force upon the crowd In that
part of the edifice.
200 Are Wounded
In addition to the large num
ber of fatalities. It Is estimated
that about 200 persons were
wounded. Upon leurnlng of the
disaster, tbe king Immediately
went, to the scene.
The director of the central pris
on was assassinated in the street
here today, but otherwise there
were no disturbances last night
or this morning in either Sofia
or the provinces.
Paesengers on trains are being;
neurchcd rigorously. Citizens are
enrolling and forming patrols to
maintain order under the direc
tion of the war minister. General
Voulkoff.
GOVERNMENT SUES TO
RECOVER LARGE SUM
Philadelphia. April 17. Suit
for the recovery by the novern.
ment of 1 1,000.000 to J 15.000,
000 from the Bethlehem Steel In
terests for aliened over-payments)
fur war construction work was en
tered today In the United State!
district court.
Grand thmtcr tomorrow afternoon
at 2 o'clock.
The matinee, given by The
Capital Journal, Is for all boyi
and girls of 12 years or under.
The faniom 1924 ttnundup,
Continued on Page Eleven)
EXPLOSION
BLAMED ON
ASSASSINS