INJUNCTION TO
CITY EDITION -
Daily average net paia circulation for
month ending March 31, 1925,
6719
Average dally distribution 70S).
Member Audit Bureau of Circulation.
FORTY-SEVENTH YEAR No. 91
(PAR))
G
SKPOI
Court Decides To Proceed
With Motion Asking for
Dismissal of Injunction
Request.
Washington, April 20. The
injunction suit by which the
Pacific Mail Steamship company
ought to block sale of the ship
ping Board's Orient -line to the
Dollar interests was dismissed to
day in the District of Columbia
supreme court.
Washington, April 20. The
government today won its first
point at the hearing on the Pacific
Mail injunction suit when Justice
Hitz In the supreme court of the
District of Columbia decided to
proceed with tho motion of gov
ernment to dismiss the suit.
Lengthy arguments by counsel
for both sides preceded the court's
initial decision in the promised
legal battle growing out of the
sale by the. shipping board to the
Dollar interests of the five nrest-
dent type ships operated on the
California-Orient line.
Opposing immMimte considera
tion of the motion to dismiss,
counsel of the Pacific Mail urged
that it be combined with tho peti
tion for a permanent Injunction
nnd the case be proceeded with
"on its merits."
Meanwhile the situation was
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F
Concord, Mass., April 20 A sa
lute or 150 guns ' today bexan a
spectacular celebration of the
150th anniversary of the buttle of
Lexington and Concord. Although
lirellminary observances were held
yesterday, the actual anntveteary
of the battle, the main events
were reserved for today.
Vice-President Da wen arrange .1
to visit Concord, Lextnsrtun nnd
other towns which figured In stir
ring scenes of 1, '75. He planned
to ride in an automobile accom
panied by General Perhtn?, over
the route followed on horseback
by tola ancestor, William Dawes,
Junior, who with Paul Revere,
warned inh.ibltirts of the ap
proach of tho KrltUh troops.
Vice-President Dawes arrange J
to greet at L?xin,rlon two horse
back ri-lers Impersonating Revere
nd William iMwes.
At Concord the tenure was a
reproduction of tho fight at the
north bridge over the Concord riv
er. National guai'lsmtn and mil
itia marched down to the briie
and drovs back th British regu-1
lam.
QeNMENT
IN SHIP SUIT
Neighbors to Blame
For Prosecution of
Watts Truancy Case
A letter fnm Tom Watts, Salem
Height! fa-mer, written some time
go to the district attorney, that
he did not want his boy to "des
cend to the public iwhool level" In
tduc.itlon. Is one tlithg that stirred
p the wrath of tho Interred
In bflntrlng about prosecution of
Watts, for failure to send his nine-year-o'i
son to the public schools.
It has been learned. The language
aroused the ire of people who are
sending their cMI U -n to much
school- and njetid a blUerneM
Into a small fowl which has h'en
conducted in the ntghtHji hood. It
Is st it"d
This Inn;ufi7e, coupled with the
tWlarntton by ne.jthhor that the
Waits hav. no knowl lee of the
public i-'hn-d. or what they are
because their child has never at
(u aprtalLMJoiir mal
Yankee Tars
Take Hand In
Revolution
Washington, Apr. 20. (Bv
Associated Press)-One hundred
and fifty five officers and men
from the cruiser Denver of the
special service squadron were
landed today at Ceiba, Honduras.
They are under orders to pro
tect American lives and proper
ty that may be endangered as a
result of the revolutionary out
break. Managua, Nicaragua, Apr. 20.
(By Associated Press) It is
reported that Honduran revolu
tionists have captured Ocotepec
Honduras, a village fifty miles
from San Salvador, and are march
ing toward Comayagua, which is
thirty seven miles northwest of
Tegucigalpa, the capital where
the situation Is reported as crit
ical.
STEPHENS
Former Klan bragon And
Associates. Accused of
Girl's Murder, Arrested
In Indianapolis.
Indiaftapolis, Ind., April 20.'
D. C. Stephenson, former grand
dragon of the Ku Klux Klan, was
arrested today on the charge of
first Ut'gree murder in connection
with tne death of Miss Madgu
Oberuottzer, 128, of Indianapolis.
An indictment on a murder charge
was returned against Stephenson
by the Marion county grand jury
last Saturday.
Earl Klinck and Karl Genlry,
former residents of Evanavlile,
Ind., both indicted with Stephen
son on the murder charge were
taken into custody with him. All
were taken to the county jail.
Judge James A. Collins of crim
inal court iu issuing capiases for
their arrest announced they would
not be admitted to bail.
Stephenson, Klinck and Gentry
wero arrested in the office of Eph
Inman, their attorney. They had
been missing since the return of
the murder indictments Saturday
Stephenson told newspapermen
he had been in the southern part
oi the slate on a fishing trip and
that the fish "were biting fine."
Stephenson had been at liberty
under $25,000 bond provided M
lowing bis arrest several days ao
on indictments charging him with
attacking Miss Oberhoitzer.
Miss Obernottzer died last Tues
day. In ante-morten statements
alleged to have been given her
parents she told of taking poison
at a Hammond, Ind., hotel after
she had teen attacked by Stephen
ion while on a train en route to
Hammond and again In the hotel
Date for Stephenson's trial in In
dictments charging the attack has
;iot been set.
Soviet Decline
Geneva, April ;,. t By Assort
ted Press.) Soviet Russia has
refused to participate In the forth
coming conference on control of
the traffic In arms.
tended the.n, ha! considerable to
do with puhlif prosecutl in, It Is
stated.
County Supj-inttindc-nt Fulker
ron gave he. veniifi of the Watts
caie to 1.iv, st .v Ing th-it she had
no knowle-l9 of the fa;t lh;.t the
boy was suffering from a phjj. aj
disability, until s'le rei the state
ment of the parent in the Capital
Journal on Sat u id iv nigh.
'We want the nubile to under
stand th.-i: this office Is not res
ponsible for bringing up this cae
for promcutim, stved Mrs t'ul
k e rs j n. W h en ea ee.i of 1 1 u.-uiry
are reported In ther- Is nothing to
do but to c imply with the U.
"V.e were fAreful. een after
this cise wit report el In. to Mao
Jle thn affair as delicately an pos
sible snd 1 persnniUr, not offi-
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DEN ED
BAIL
rvi
UUL
ONEIIDOF
MILL STOCK
SUBSCRIBED
Unofficial Estimates Put
Subscriptions To Linen
Plant To Date At Over
Hundred Thousand.
The general belief around
headquarters is that $100,000 or
more of the $300,000 needed for
Salem's quota to put over the
new linen mill has been subscrib
ed, or at least promised, but ab
sence of 'definite reports from
workers make it impossible jus
at present to give an accurate
line on the subscriptions.
A resume, however, of reports
received from various workers in
an unofficial way make it seem
certain that tho $100,000 mark in
the march toward the goal ha
been reached. Not all of this is
yet on the dotted line, but virtu
ally so, as it includes some prom
ises from leading citizens whose
words are as good as their signed
subscription blanks, and the sis-
natures aro considered merely a
formality. In addition It include!
some subscriptions which have
been made, which are good for
from two to three and even five
times tho amount offered if the
situation becomes so tense that
the additional subscriptions are
needed.
For instance one prominent lo
cal citizen who has stated he will
come in for $5000, has supple
mented It with the statement that
this probably will not be the lim
it of his subscription and that
he may come in for $10,000 or
even $25,000 if it is found such
action is necessary to get the
plant here. Other citizens have
made similar assertions.
Riddle brothers of Monmouth,
flax growers themselves, have sub
scribed for $5250 and It Is prob
able more growers will come in
A carpenter came in for $200
worth of stock. And many other
email subscriptions of this nature
have been reported.
With the reorganized plan now
functioning it is expected this
week will see the proposition go
over as a definite success. The
hope is t Set Salem's share over
before any other town interested
has returned its quota.
GAR OPENS 34TH
Washington, April 20 Opening
the .1 4t n continent nl congrese of
the Daughter.? of the American
revolution hro today, Mrs. An
thony Wayne Cook, president
ireneral. In her annual message,
urged an?w that Ita members work
solidly with tho forces of the na
tlon that arc building for main
tenance of a "respectable, a hardt
nd a free people." Only thus, she
said, can the nation fulfill the
heritage of its forefathers who
fought it Lexington.
tenance of a "respectable, a harJy
delegatos t V l?nin recommit
ment to a nationat poilcy of safe
guard against "aggr xwl jn by help
lug to support and maintain land
ca and air forces for our reason
able protection." and rlU support
of tho .matlKvatlon laws.
Upwards of 6000 delegniea and
alternates aro enrolled for th con
gress which will heir an ad Irem
tonight by Prtld.nt Ccoillge.
OREGON BANK CASE IS
ADVANCED ON DOCKET
Washington. April 20 The su
preme eo u rt t r do y a 4 va nee il for
hearing on November 5 the roue
brought by the fupertntendfnt of
banks for Oroeon to determine
whether the V'nlted State Fidel
ity and f )ua rarity Trut company
was entitle,! to priority In the set
tlement nf the affa'ri of in lnnlr
ent state bank. Tne Oiurnn'y com
pany as surety for tne faihd ha oh.
had paid the gove:nment the
amount of Indfnns fnuJs on de-
pftnlt in the bank.
The lnnolvent state b-tnk Involv
ed was the Klrwt State and Riving
tank of Klanath Kulls.
HALT
SALEM, OREGON, MONDAY, APRIL 20, 1925
PIERCE LAYS
CLAIM TO TAX
E
Admits Promise, Ofi De
nicd, to Cut Taxes Half;
Says Repeal of Income
Tax Blocked Fulfillment
A claim that direct property
taxes for state purposes would
have been reduced by one-half un
der his administration if the state
income tax had not been repealed
was advanced by Governor Walter
Pierce in an address 'before the Sa
lem chamber of commerce here
this noon.
"In 1922 the tax was 9 mills,
or the highest direct levy of any
state In the union except Nevada."
said Pierce. "The levy has been
reduced until for this year It is
7 mills. For next year it will
7 mills, and would have been 4U,
making good my promise to cut
taxes in half, if the income tax
had only stayed."
Lecislatiirs. Hoc Tied.
He indicated that many statets
of the union are pratcically abol
ishing direct otate taxes. Penn
sylvania and California have no
direct tak for state purposes, and
seven other states, not mentioned
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10
Paris, April 20. (By Associat
ed Press.) The Bulgarian gov
ernment has asked the allied coun
cil of ambaasadora for permission
to add 10.000 men to Its mllltla.
Tho request follows the dis
orders attributed to communists
Including the attack on King Boris
and the bomulng of the Sofia ca
thedral with the loss of 10o lives
Sofia. April 20. (By Associat
ed Press.) Nlkoff, said by Bul
garian police to have placed the
infernal machine which killed
more than ltiO persons in the Svetl
Krai cathedral Thursday was cor
nered by the police today and
when he resisted was shot and
killed. Nikoff, a former officer In
the engineer corps was aub-chlof
of the Sofia communist executive
central committee.
Tho leaders of the various par
ties summoned by General Voul-
koff, have given the war minister
assurances of their support in his
endeavors to maintain order In
the face of the terroristic cam
paign ascribed to the communist
Among the latrot arrota waR
that of a man wearing an army
offler'a uniform and oarrylng a
document f Ivlng the composition
of a revolutionary cabinet which
was to have been set up, the au
thorities say, if as the plotters
hoped, all the government minis
ters were killed In the bomhln
of tho Sveti Krai, cathedral last
week.
Investigation of the cathedral
ruins indicated that an infernal
machine was placed nn tho roof
several days before the outrage
and that It must have weighed
from 40 to 50 pounds.
UNIFORM NAMESTOR .
HIGHWAYSARE SOUGHT
Washington, Apr. 20. The
Joint board on Interstate high
way rompoAed of state and fed
eral highway officials meetfhir
here today discussed th feasibil
ity nf adopting a uniform system
for designating the main high
ways of the country In in effort
to avoid duplication of routes.
It vm brought out that one
road In the west, 1S09 miles Ion;
had IS different names. An ef
fort will b marie to retain the
names of soma of the principal
highways, such as the Lincoln
highway, but the board express-
en approval of abandoning cer
tain names of roads which are
only links of some national high
way. '
PL
SHIP
HI
CONFESSED
SLAYER OF 1
St. Paul Woman who Gave
Poison To Seven Not To
Face Charge of Murder
Says Prosecution.
St. Paul. Nob., April 20. Mrs.
Delia Sorenscn of Dannehrog. u
small town near here, who con
fessed to County Attorney Dobry
and newspaper men Sunday she
had poisoned eight persons, seven
of whom had died, will be taken to
tne etaie insane asylum at Hast
ings today in accordance with a
ruling by the Howard countv in
sanity board. No formal charges
win oe meu and no prosecution
will be carried out against the
woman, authorities announced.
Dobry announced last niubl
that an investigation had shown
that Mrs, Sorensen was mentally
unbalanced and that she would bo
placed In the state insane asvlum.
If she should he released from the
Institution "within two or three
years," the states attoney said.
the murder charges could bo re
vived.
The investigation into the ser
ies of deaths extending over a
period of seven years, which led to
Mrs. horensen S arrest Saturday.
and subsequently her confession.
was started three weeks ago fol
lowing the serious illness of two
small children, to whom Mrs.
Sorensen. is alleged to have given
some poisoned cookies.
Killed Own Children.
In her signed confession yester
day, Mis. Sorensen related how
she had killed two of her own
children, a -baby, Deloris, and her
three-year-old daughter, Minnie;
tho former because her "crying
and fleeting" irritated anil the
latter because she was ill with
St. Vitus' dance, and I could do
nothing lor her."
I wanted to relieve her suf
fering." she said. Her husband.
Joseph Weldam, she said she pois
oned after a quarrel between the
couple.
Mrs. Wlllielm William. Mrs.
Sorenserfs aged mother-in-law,
died of poison, anministered by
the accused woman, according to
ncr confession. In the summer of
920. "She was iconic and child
ish and a burden un my hands; 1
wanted to get her ont of the way,"
the confession continued.
Two children of Mrs. Wetzled
Cooper, Mrs. florensen's sister-in-
law, were slain because, Mrs.
Sorensen auld, she had "offended
their aunt ny gossiping" about
her. The first of these, a little
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Portland. April 20 A ult mobile
accident f.itRlitifa in Oregon and
south western Washington totalled
five over the week-end.
Mi. (leorge II. SwinHieart, 35
of Jtla?k Ilutle, Oregon, w.is kill
of Cuttnss CJrove ewerved' to avoid
whon a car driven by C. H. Busne
of oCtt.igo Orove swerved to avoid
hitting a t-uefc.
Joh.i Morris, nine, w.n killed at
Mnmiifleld Inat night whon thrown
from a bike tinder the whc! of
an ftiitomebll- The accident v.a
attributed to poor vision on ac
count of n driving rain.
Mn. Bllwi f;ldttln w u klllfd
In PortVml yeete-Jiy in i traffic
cridnt. Ceorve I. Withrnw,
'on la nil. wan klll'-d lute H-iturrity
when an aut i.nobile left a road
near K,1-ihtpno( Ore.
Mr. va CfM.cIwin was killed
Sunday near Wa hugul. Wanh..
when an auto left the road and
plunged Into the WaHunugjI i ?r
ASTORIA STORE IS BURNED
toi l.v nr.! JO The liellar
and Kotiul! mer'n etithing tor
w.i burn1 out mrl? tody.
A ean, MIm Iligr"m, " wax
slightly Injured when he )ump-d
from a eeron:! rtory w.nlow cf the
IHale ro.intnr hou above a por-
tl of the irtorn.
The Mlre io.kof h utore
wa defrayed or badly ilun.e..
0
AN
.SAbJE REFUSED
ffl
i
Slayer and Informer
fegl SAYS WHEELER
Mrs. Anna Cunningham, con
feflfwd iolatn?r of threo rhildrcn.
and he cousin, iirn, Dorothy Will
lam, who atari?! poM.?o on their
Investigation of the murders.
REMIT ON TAXES
Uend, Or., Apr. 20. The Des
chutes county court voted Satur
day to remit tho Interest and pen
alty on delinquent taxes under
the provisions of the law enacted
by the last session of the legisla
ture. The votP of the court was
divided. Judge R. W. Sawyer, vot
ing no and Commissioners Scdge
wlrk and Joe Innls voting in the
affirmative.
Tho vote followed a public hear
Ing at which a number of farm
ers and business men spoke. II
was said that while the law was
passed to help farmers who had
suffered from crop failures Des
chutes county farmers had not
suffered from crop failure.
In answer to a question as to
what had i:-n done by other
counties. Judge Sawyer said that
Harney and Crook county courts
had accepted the right to remit
the taxes while Jefferson county
had turned It down.
METHODISTSlEFUSE
TO CONDEMN KU KLUX
North A damn, Mas.. Apr. 2".
A condemnation of the Ku
Klux Klan wan eliminated from
the report nf the committee
the tate of the nation at the
clone of the Troy ennfrrenre of
the Methodist Kpiacopal church
today by a vote of 66 to 58.
SNOW INCH DEEP AT BENO
Ind. April 20 More than an
Inch of onow co-ed the ground
thin morning and enow -:nnl Inui d
lo fnlt. The rniow followed a run
lderable fall In temoei attire bui
th re wj n wind.
While tt: ere hn.e been flurrle
of anow several lime during the
net wek at n time hn the
grourd bef-n whlti a It wn thin
-mjrrlng While the nnw melted
nn ilnv ntnw.i pnvenientu It .tvo
no Indlr-ution f fumktng at once
the oihr apoa.
PRICE THREE CENTS ciswA
nn
J U UVl
AGREED TO USE
POLITICAL PULL
Orcat Kails, Mont., April 20.
(lly Associated 1'rcss) Testimony
that Senator llurton K. Wheeler
agreed to "fix things up in Wash
ington" for his client, Gordon
Campbell, Montana oil operutor.
was given In tho trial of tho Mon
tana senator hero toduy by L. J.
Werthelmer, formerly a stock
sulesiuun for Campbell.
Werthelmer suld Wheeler's re
mark was made during a general
discussion of Campbell's oil pros
pecting permits, obtained from the
department of tho Interior. The
government charges that Wheeler
wrongfully used Ills influence be
fore the Interlo. department In
prosecution of Campbell's claims.
Under cross-exumiiiutlun Wur
thelrmer said the remarks about
fixing things up" referred to the
ability of Campbell to transfer ti
tles to certain lands from one of
his companies to another for the
purpose of organizing a $10,000,
000 concern.
Werthelmer declared that while
he was In New York a department
of Justice agent and a postofilcc
inspector called on him and told
Mm to go to the federal building
and make an affidavit regarding
Wheeler's statement about federal
permits.
Washington. April 20. Con
versations looking to the opening
tf negotiations for a settlement 'f
another foreign debt have been In
augurated. Secretary Mellon an
nounced today
Work Commences On
Community House at
Auto Camp Grounds
Active work on construction of
the new community house at the
Salem camp grounds was begun
this morning.
The house Is to measure J4 by
.1 feet. It will face west, and
have a foot porch running
across th't intlre front of the
house. The Inside will be one
large room, without partitions. A
huge flreplacs will be built at the
eat side of the room. Ths Inald?
will bt finished In wood, It being
thought Inadvisable to use plas
ter. The room will bs well lighted
with numerous largs windows.
Ths hoim. Is locattd at the
eaAt end of ths camp grounils, at
ths right of ths entrancs snd Im
mediately opposlts ths headquar
ters home.
It Is estimated that the house
will seat 150 people. Speakers
will bo furnished from tints lo
PROBABLY RAIN
ronlirhl: Tuesday nci-.illy fair with
icavy frosts In ths morning; continued
-ool, moderate nortnwest wind.
Local: Mar.. 53: uln.. 40: rain. .!!;
river, I.I; atmos, Couuy; wind, north.
3 BOOTLEGGER
CAUGHT HERE
AS SPEEDER
Herbert Thorn Held In
City Jail for Santa Bar
bara Authorities ;v Also
Sought as Auto Thief.
Herbert Thorn, held today In
the Salem city Jail, was wanted
rucently in Santa Barbara, Cal.,
aud possibly Is atill wanted as
main wltnesB for the state In a
murder case. He Is also wanted
there on a chargo of embezzling
an automobile. Thorn and his
wife. Itoso Thorn, wero picked up
for speeding on South Commercial
street last night by Officer Ed
wards of the polico department.
and tho records at the police sta
tion disclosed that he was wanted
on tho embezzlement charge.
Thorn belongs to a well known
family of Lebanon, Ore.
Thorn told the story of tho mur
der hero todny, but said he was
giving no Information that was
not already known to Santa Bar
bara authorities.
Partner of Hijackers
Thorn, according to his own
story, was acting as salesman In
Santa Barbara for L. C. Buntin
and Irving Hies, alias Denton,
bootleggers who handled Canadian
liquor. One night early last Feb
ruary, says Thorn, Buntin and
Denton went Into tho country
about six miles to "hijack ' Wll
llnm Kcefo alias Turner, another
bootlegger. Whllo they were get
ting his stuff Turner appenrcd
and was shot dead by Denton.
Denton went Into hiding and
Buntin roturned to Santa Barbara
whero ho sought Thorn. Informing
Thorn that ho needed his assist
ance. Thorn says It was not until
they were on their way Into ths
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FROST FORECAST
Portland, April 20 Frost that la
likely to do aomn dnmape la pre
dicted for mort of Oregon tomor
row mornincr. 10. L. Well, local
observer believes It will not be o
bad In Portland, but the Itogua
river valley, Snleni and nolnia east
of the Cnacadca are likely to bo
nipped to the point of eoulderablo
damage, pple In the Hood riv
er district are not quite eo likely
to bo damaged.
MMlford, Apill 20 A new rec
ord for depth of anow at Crater
Inks for th!i time of year was an
nounced today, the total being over
17 reot. with mow trill r.llinfr.
Rnln wna general throughout the
valley today, the total for the
month ii date beinoc 1.H2 Inches
time, and crowds gathered partic
ularly from aniong ths campers,
to heur them. I'rograms of various'
kinds will be given, snd when
nothing In particular Is offered at
the house It is expected that it
will bs used as a general loung
ing and recreation plact by ths
campers.
The cost will be approximately
(1200. C. W. Thompson, local
contractor. Is doing ths construe.
(Inn. He states that It will bs fin
ished in approximately thres
weeks.
The purpose of ths community
hnuss Is to furnish an added at
traction to the camp grounds, ths
expectation being that camper)
will bs brought to the city In
greater numbers. It Is believed
that many parties who would oth
erwlss stop elsewhers to camn
will stop at the local grounds oa
account of tht house.