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Newspaper Page Text3 Capita CITY EDITION UNSETTLED TONIGHT Probably rain tonight and Thursday; modeiMttt westerly winds. Dlly average a circulation for month ending Mrch 31, l!5 6719 Local: Max., 82; mln., 42; rain, .10; river, S.S; utmos., cloudy; wind, south west. Average dally distribution 7059. Member Audit Bureau of Circulation!. FORTY-SEVENTH YEAR No. 96 SALEM, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 22, 1925 V .?,- PRTfirc THREE fiENTS S?. JJAINAuiy"a A JF IDE El STOCKSALE LAGSJODAY Solicitors Renew Efforts With Goal of $200,000 Set For Thursday; To tal Now Only $151,000. With subscriptions for a total of (154,390 turned la by noon, determination was made at to day's luncheon at the chamber of commerce rooms to redouble ef forts for selling stock In the pro posed $600,000 linen mill for Sa lem. "We ought to be boosted well up toward the $200,000 mark by this time tomorrow," said R. O. Snelling, who presided at the luncheon. Colonel Bartram, who was pres ent, spoke briefly. "I see now that this thing will be an actual fact In a very short time," he said. Colonel Bartram arrived from Portland this morning. "Portland Is now looking for the valley to take the lead in this proposition," he stated. "Usually the valley looks to Portland, but this time the situation is reversed. Port land Is waiting to see what is ac complished in the Willamette val ley before investing very heavily in the mill." D. N. Sanson, head of Dominion Linens, Ltd.. was still in Portland this noon, but announcement was made that be would arnve in &a lem before night. A delegation of 5 prominent business men from Silverton was present at today's luncheon. George W. Hubbs and L. C. East man both spoke briefly upon the situation at Silverton. "Silverton as a whole is very enthusiastic about this linen mill proposition," said Eastman, who is president of the Silverton chamber of com merce. "We expect to assist you in ev ery way we can in this drive," said Hubbs. Both men indicated that Silverton was looking to see how much money would be sub scribed in Salem, and advieed that the drive here be well advanced before beginning active work there. Reports brought In from other nearby . points indicated that a similar situation exists at (Continued on Page Seven) 3 ORDERED KILLED Leipsic, Apr. 22. The three principal defendants of the six teen communist members of the German "cheka" today were sen tenced to death for murder and terroristic acts. They are Felix Neumann, Ernest Poegle and a Russian, Alexander Skobievsky. The thirteen other defendants were given pen sentences varying from 15 years to five months. Neumann is a Berlin printer who claimed that In 1923 he was commissioned by Skobievsky to organize the proposed communist revolution, which, according to the charges, was to start in Sax ony and then capture Berlin. Skobievsky, a Russian mechan ical worker, was called the "mas ter mind" of the revolutionary group. He is slipped to have been working under Moscow's direc tion. T Sail Lake City, Utah, April 22. Saltalr resort on the Great Sale Lake, 20 mllea west ot here and nationally famous wag reported afire late this afternoon. Flames were risible from here and the country fire department has been dispatched to the scene. VITAGRAPH COMPANY SOLD TOWARNER BROS. New York, April 22 Warner Brothers, Inc.. Independent notion picture producers of New York nd Los Angeles, today announced the purchass of the .Vitagrapb company of America, IN NM LL Youth Weds Age I ift,- tjf MB ftfrlOS' TTHKOPOgS. TOKCTST Theodore Forrest, twenty-threi-, t musician and Government clerk to Washington, has been married to Mrs. Flora Hitter Gorton, sixty-inrec-yearold widow, and sister o! tVilliaru McC. Hitter, millionaire lumberman. BUDGE; 2 DEAD Miles City, Mont., Apr. 22. Both the engineer and fireman of the Columbian, crack passenger train on the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul railroad, were kill ed this morning at 10:15 o'clock when the train hit a burned out bridge and the engine dropped ten feet into a dry run three miles west of Rahway, Mont. As the engine plungl, the air lines burdt, automatically setting the brakes on the passenger coach es behind and stopping the train, all of the coaches except the mail car remaining on the tracks. Some of the passengers were bad ly shaken, but none seriously in jured, according to the announce ment of railroad officials here. The engineer of the train was Alex A. Rugby and the fireman was Hans Stuve, both of Miles City. Late this afternoon the bodies were still pined beneath the locomotive. PLAN AMENDMENTS TO CONSTITUTION OF D. A. R. Washington, April 22 Action g1 propo.tcl u men dm ruts to it constitution and offering the nom inations for seven vire-prealdcnt general wero the most important matters before today's seislon of the annuil congress of the Daugh ters of the American Revolution. Consideration of various com mittor reports alf wa on the program. A report presnte! by Mrs. Al fred J. I.roau. chil-innn of the F.llis Man committee, contained a derailed record of the society's wjrk during the past year amone arriving Immigrant thrro and al fv at the Ansl I'dnnil, Cal., sta tion. KLAMATH FALLS SWEPT BY SEVERE SNOW STORM Klamath Kalis, April 22 A driving snrw stirm, far more se vers thtn the others which hae descended upon Kin math since the close of winter, blew In from the northwest this morning and was still nging late this morning. The s'irroundfng hills were blank eted with white, while the mow wbm remaining even Innids the city vxert on the heavily traveled atreets. SAKS SPAIN REAL LAND , OF LIBERTY ' rsonal Privileges Less Restricted In Madrid Than New York or London Says Alfonso. Paris, Apr. 22. (By Associat ed Press) King Alfonso of Spain is quoted by the French writers and brothers, Jerome and Jean Tharaucl, as declaring to them in an interview that the tranquil conditions In Spain are proof that his country Is satisfied with the government of the military directory. Only a handful of pro fessional politicians are opposed to it, he asserts. A question which he asserts is more important than that of par liamentary government In Spain is whether such parliamentary government will be capable of de- fendng itself against that con ception of life which the soviet government is seeking to impose forcibly upon the world. Liberties Not Eestricted "Have you in your travels in Spain noticed that we are living in a state of siege under military oppression?" be asked the writ ers. "The foreign papers I see de clare our directory shoots and im prisons people and spreads ter ror everywhere. Have you reviv ed such an impression? "Nothing has changed In our customary life and for my part I know of no country where the po lice are less interfering than here You esn stand in the middle of the road to talk with friends without a policeman telling you to move on. You can drink what ever you like In the cafes after midnight, which I defy you to do In New York or London those countries of liberty. In Madrid you can sing your head off until five in the morning if 1iat amus es you. Outlaws Controlled "There is only one thing changed since the directory, you can walk about with money in your pockets without fear of be ing attacked. There are no more strikes; our factories are at work and our employers no longer se their workmen arrive morning with revolver In hand to assassi nate them or to impose their own will. You must admit that is something." "Oh. yes," the king added iron ically. "It has to be paid for. General Primo He Rivera (bead of the military directory) has put us outside the constitution and that evidently." The king remarked that there were certainly fewer communists in Spain than In France, "but perhaps our climate makes ours more virulent." The king tpoke of the bolshe vik saying Italy has been the first country to grasp the fact that parliamentarism was incapable of resisting the effort the soviet ; v ernment was making to impose It will upon the world by force. Spain had followed suit. "Who knows," he asked, "if other nations will not be obliged to abandon legality for a time? I see the outline of the sword form ing almost everywhere." A. P. REELECTS ALL OFFICERS New York, Apr. 22 The board of directors of the Associated Prc today re-elected ita officers as follows: President. Frank B. Noyes, Washington Star: first vice pres ident, E. II. Butler, Buffalo, N. Y. News; second vice president, C. P. 1. Mooney. Memphis, Tenn., Commercial Appeal; secretary. Melville E. Stone; treasurer, i. R. Youatt. Kent Cooper, the new general manager succeeds Frederick Hoy Martin, the retiring general man ager, as assistant secretsry. The executive committee of the board consists of Clark Howell. Atlanta, Ca., Constitution; Chas Hopkins Clark, Hartford, Conn.. Conrant; Elbert H. Baker, Cleve land, Ohio, Plain Dealer; Frank B. Koyea, Washington Star, Adolph 8. Ochs, New York Times; E. Lansing Ray, Bt. Louis, Mo., Globe-Democrat, and Robert Mc Lean, Philadelphia, Bulletin. Give Bulgaria Permission to Enlarge Army Parle, Apr. 22. (By Associat ed Pretw) The council of am bassadors today authorised Bul garia to increase her armed forc es by seven thousand, the per mission to extend only until the end of May for the purpose of settling present disturbances. FISTS FLY 1 N OF CHAMBER Former Premier Herriot Elected President By Deputies; Opponents Cast No Votes. Paris. Ari! 22 (By Associated Press) Former Premier Edodnrd Herriot, was elected president of the chamber of deputies this even ing. He received 270 votes with but a single vote ag-iint him, the or position abstaining from vot ing. The members of the Cartel, or group supnffrtlng the government, arose and cheered when the re sult was announced. The new pres ident of the lower house bowed bis thanks in return and the chamber adjourned. He will pre side over the session tomorrow. There was some speculation as to whether the ex-prcmier had voted for himself or whether he was the lone deputy who voted the other way. Paris, April 22 (By Associated Press) Fist fights occurred on tho president's roptruni of the chamber of deputies this afternoon during the second balloting for the presidency of the body. When a member of the opposi tion. Deputy Balnnat, charged that ten deputies voted twice," two so cialists broke through the protec t!on offered by tho sergeant at arms. There was much wild Pswlnging of arms . One etratuht arm punch stag gered lialanat, whose friends mix ed in making tho fiaht general on :he rost m n. Suspension of the MUsion was necessary before order could be restored. E PORTLAND HELD Deputy Sherifi 'Sam Burkhart has returned from Detroit bring ing with him Wilma Peterson, wanted In Portland on a charge oi obtaining mony by false pretense. Burkhart found his quarry working as a waitress in a log ging camp, end she told him a story of blasted hopes revolving around a touring car and a Ford coupe which resulted in the war rant being sworn out against her in Portland. According to tne woman the man she was engaged to marry in Portland owned an automobile which he kept ir a public garage He left for a trip end asked her to vatch out for the car. She paid atorage on it a number of month when the garage owner suggested she might trade it In on a Ford coupe, for vhich she expressed a fancy. She told him she didn't own the car. Huwover, he said, she had been paying storage on It a number of months and the car was her s. So shu traded, prom ising a money consideration be sides. She pa'd $20 a month for a time on the rord coupe, but couldn't keep up the payments and gave it back. Then the climax came, her old sweetheart, who owrifd the orfg inal car came back. She says her lawyers told her that nothing could be done to her and so she went to Detroit. Last night sh- p"nt in jail. "She ssng all the way from Pe troit to Mill City, but when I tot her she would have to pnd thr night In jail her fsalhtrs dropped and the singing quit, said Hurk hart. Portland officers were due to take her back to the big city todar. BALLOTING LOS ANGELES STIRRED BY NEW MURDER Police Find Body of Un identified Woman, Beaten to Death Follow Attack at Road House. Los Angeles, Cal.," Apr. 22. The bruised skull and crushed body of Mrs. L. Untermeyer. comely dressmaker of the subur ban town of Palms, with practic ally all clothing torn from it, was found today behind a road house a$ Culver City near here. A (ii anion u ring ana pean necK lace found on the body eliminated a theory of robbery, the police sa(rt. Several residents of the neighborhood reported that they had heard groans about midnight in the vicinity in which the trag edy, was uncovered. Surgical examination revealed that the woman had been killed with a club after being criminal ly ' assaulted. Her skull was crushed. Earlier police reports fixed her Identity as Mildred Tracy, inmate of a Culver City sanitarium, who had escaped from the institution yesterday. This Identification lat er was proved erroneous. The body when found was on ly partly clad, the greater portion of the clothing having been torn off, apparently in the struggle which the victim bad waged with her attacker. No marks of Identification could be found on the clothing that remained on the body or on the articles which had been torn off and lay scattered around. A bloodstained battered club was found nearby. T Washington, April- 22. Warn ing ngalnst "certain religious bod ies '-which have condemned na tional defense plans, was sounded here today by Acting Secretary Da of the war department, at a luncheon at the council of chap lains, which Is meeting here to study the department plans for re ligion In the army. - "In a sense It may be a natural reaction to harrowing experiences of the World war," Mr. Davis said "but like every reaction, it is like ly to go to extreme. "I am heartily in sympathy with any vonstructive effort that is In tended to do away with the trag edy of war. The church would be untrue to one ot Its greatest tenets it It did not do its utmost to bring about 'peace on earth, but It will do more by promoting 'good will among men' and by creating a sen timent which shall make It possi ble for a man lo serve his country in the army without feeling that by so doing he la anting disloyally lows'd the JIactcr. "Many a good cause has found its worst enemy among Its III addncd friends. The church, like the individual, needs to be on Its guard agalnRt emotional reaction." 91 0! N York. Apr. 22. Chaunrey M. lirpew, fo. nHT Cnlted Htates senator from New York and now active- as chairman of the hoard of dlr?tors of the New York Central railroad, tomorrow will celrS: ite bis Hint birthday by go ing tn work as usual at his deik In the railroads offices here. In en interview today he dlo- nh'V many topics In his usualiy optt:".tlc manner. Asked wheth er the thought the world was get ting better or worse he said: "lly hirkorv. It l getting better! De spite the calamity howlers. "Believe in your country your fellow man, have falih in (lod, be rearonahly careful of yo'ir diet and temperate In your appetl'e and the rest of the problem will taks. cart of Itielf. State Insurance Clause Dropped in School Contract A heated argument took place at a meeting of the state board of control today over the question whether the state, in its contract for construction of the new state training school, should enforce a contract which has been signed and which provides that the con tractor must come under the work men's compensation act while on that wor'. O over nor Pierce held that the contract should be en forced, but he was voted down by State Treasurer Kay and Secror tary ot State Kozer, and the con tract will be altered accordingly. The contractor, it appears, is in sured with the Aetna Casualty & Surety company, and Karl Lively, a representative of that firm, par ticipated In tho discussion. It was claimed that the policy furnished by the oompauy provides for pruc tically the same benefits as pro vided by the state department. W. A. Marshall, of the accident com mission, sided with the governor in the argument, which became tropical at times. Washington, April 22 Labor department plans for examining prospective immigrants abroad which Immigration officials hope will eventually eliminate (lie ned for an immigration station tit Kills Ijdnnd and other porta, were up for consideration at an Inter-oepart-mentul conference called here to dny at tho Instance of Secretary IMvls. The plan, which, labor depart ment official hope may soon bo put into effect, contemplate more complete examination of intend ing Immigrants, botrt medical and otherwise, at American consulates abroad and possibly at porta of en-harkation. They contain thu further sufritestlon that Inspectors i-.nd medical examiners conduct examinations aboard ship during tho voyage to American ports. The new program, designed to remedy what offlcli's regari as the most objectionable feature of the present system requiring Im migrants t3 unjivgo medlc:il ex amination upon their arrival" In this country ha1 bsen submitted to the consideration of officials of the public henlth servic? nnd oth er agencies concerned prl.ir to calling today's conference. Tho Ellis Island station, which has becomo the "white elephant" of the Jabor department nnd where conditions were blltctly as sailed a year ago In tho British parliament, would bo eliminate 1 under the eventual operation of tho new plan as an Immigration station and used only as a con centration point for aliens held fcr doportitlon. LYNCH WILL TRY E rtilenffn-. Anrll 22 fUit tke Hopkins of the criminal court today assigned the trial of William u. nhepticrd. charged with tne murder of his foster son, William IV Mrf'llntnck hv tvnhnirl Inocu lation, to Judge Thomas Lynch for trial. Judge i.yncii announced that he would ct the cane for next Monday for preliminary motions. "Our niilpndnr ! In mirh shattr that It will be postile to grant a rraNonamy rany tri;ii, nam judge Lynch. SHIP saleTnjuFctI CONTINUED ANOTHER DAY Wanhlngton, April 22 The tem porary Injunction retraining alc to the r")lnr Interests of five ship ping board vewels In the Pacific rnds bus ben extended until to morrow. Attorneys for the Pa-.. In Mail fltcamship company, whirl, now eperates the vessels for the hard risked for the xtnnlpn that the l'a. iflc Mill cfriclsls rouM have mr,re itrt to decide .hlr future action in the case. The governor averred that the insurance companies "hold a knif? at the heart of state compensation and will kill it.". Kay declared that the governor had done more than anyone else to kill It by urg ing withdrawal of state aid for the department Both the gov ernor and Kay said tht;y were in favor of state compensation, but the governor said he favored com pulsory Insurance under the state commission, while Kay said he op posed It. Kozer's vote was on the basis of a precedent BCt when the same contractor built a wing on the eastern Oregon Insane hospital at Pendleton. The contractor at that time provided for state compensa tion, but this provision was not enforced by the state, and it is aid the contractor signed a simi tar contract for tho training school In the supposition that again it would not be enforced. The action taken today does not establish a pollc, with respect to future contracts. This Is to be taken up later. I VOTE TO UNITE Chicago, April 22. Twenty- seven conferences of tho Method ist Episcopal church have voted 2420 to 241 in favor of unifica tion of the Methodist Episcopal church South, according to figures announced today by Dr. H. J Wade, secretary of tho general conference ot the northern church. Only two conferences of the southern church have voted on the proposition, tho Cuban conference having voted unanimously for uni flcation, while the Baltimore con fore nee voted against It. There are 37 conferences in the south ern church yet to take action. In the northern 'church, fivc- .mrlng conferences and 78 confer ences which meet next fall, re main to be heard from. Of the 27 conferences which have ballot ted the vote ot tho Wyoming confer nce of Pennsylvania, which acted on April 17, has not yet been re ceived. HEAD OF BLIND Mr. Ella Ooodln today resigned a t acting superintendent ot the stato employment Institution for ih blind In Portland, effective iliiy 15. State Senator W. J. H. Clm k WM elect d In hor ptnu nnd Mrs. Cl-irk will servo ns matron The combined sulnriea for tho two will be $2.r0') h year. The firm of Knighton and Howell were employed to draw I-Iiiiih for a new wing of the (ant- crn Oicgon stilt; honnitul nt I'nd leton, cost of the wing to b $225. (M'O. Grand Jury to Probe Death of Child After Beating by Woman Tillamook. Or., April 22. The death yesterday of Sylvia Louise Dcscamps, ag.'d 4, at the furm home of her grandmother, .Mrs. M. C. 1'atnn, 35 miles south of Tilla mook, following a beating which the grandmother admitted to Dis trict Attorney llarrlck she had given the child will he Investi gated tomorrow by the county grand Jury, barrick announced to day. The nature ot charges. If any, will '-s determined by the findings of the grand Jury, he added. Mrs. Paton is In Jail here. The girl's body waa taken In charge lata yesterday by Coroner Uenkle after Investigation by llar rlck and Deputy Sheriff I.uras of reports that the child had died after receiving a beating with a strnp at the hands of the grand mother. Mrs. l'atcn, the auyiorl- A H OF TELEGRAM QUESTIONED Former Secretary Doubts If Alleged Message To Oil Operator Signed By Montana Solon. Great Palls, Mont, Apr. 22.. (By Associated I'ress) Hesum- ini? the story of his connection with Uordon Campbell. Montana oil promoter. Senator Burton K, Wheeler again took the witness stand In his trial here late today. lie explained that he was employ ed by Campbell to defend a re ceivership case acalnst Campbell Drougnt by u. V. Stevenson, a ri val oil man. He said Tom Stout, former Mon tana - Congressman, came to him in Butte in January, 1923, and asked him to taks the case. "I told Mr. Stout I was leaving for Washington soon and was not prepared to take on many cas es," said Senator Wheeler. "I also explained that 1 could tuke no case involving an appear ance in land permits.. I said I would have to have 000 a year to take the case. Later I waa Informed Campbell did not hava that much cash available and I agreed to accept $4000 in cash, and the rest later." Richard A. Haste, former secre tary to Senator Wheeler, testified today that ho did not believe a telegram signed by Wheeler und sent to Gordon Campbell, Montana oil operator, on March 14, 1023. wuh sent by his employer. The telegram read: "Have already discussed permit with solicitor." (Kdwln S. I!n:th (Continued on 'age Seven! POLLEY GRANTED Judge McMuhan of the circuit court today granted a writ of re view in the enso of the statu ugalnst Joe Pulley, a Bend, Or., contractor, who 1s accused with a violation ot the prohibition law in connection with the seizure of a still. The case la being appealed from the justice to the circuit court. When the case was called for hearing last Friday, District At torney Carsoa moved that the jus lice of the peace sit as a commit ting magistrate and bind the de fendant vore to the grand jury without hearing The motion wan granted and P-dley was treed upon furnishing ball of $250. He has returned to eastern Oregon. Policy insists on a hearing In the case, whirh Is the reason for the appeal. While the law provides that the district attorney may, any tima hetore trial, move that tho juntic of thr peace sit as committing magistrate, it Is the contention ot Policy's atorney that the trial was under way before the motion was made Inasmuch as the jury hal been been drawn and witnesses for both sidf wrp prAnrnt ties declared, said she had correct ed tLe child for a minor fault, and that the beat'ng followed an at tempt by the child to atrike back. Mrs. I'uton sa.d she did not In tend to harm the child and did not re. lize she was striking the child hard. The child went out to play after the whipping, and later cams la complaining ot feeling 111. Mrs. 1'nton put her In a chair, and later to bed. She said shs sent for aid to a neighbor's home. Sylvia was the uaughter of Mrs. Cora M. Dcscamps of Portland and I'eter C Dcscampa of Washougal, Wash. The parents were separated and the mother had sent Sylvia and three other children to ths grandmother's home laat year. Mrs. Paton has been homestead Inn a 40-aere tract In .the Mda district. Shs la It year, of ago.