M m
CITY EDITION
Dally averao n sia eireulatlon tor
month ending March II, 125.
i ; FAIR TONIGHT ;
Continued root with heavy fraota In the
interior; -Sunday fair and warmer. Hud
rater dry north wind.
6719
Average dally distribution 705$.
Memier Audit ''Bureau of Circulations.
Lo3ul: Max.. lsrmln.,,3;; rain. none,
rlvor, i.l; atmoa., clar -.wind northwest
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FORTY-SEVENTH YEAR No". . 99
SALEM, OREGON,". SATURDAY; APRIL 25, 1925
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ACQUITTED
OF CHARGES
Exoneration and News of
Birth of Daughter Arc
Received At Same Time
By Senator.
Great Falls, -Mont, April 25.
(By Associated Presa.) Senator
Bur Ton K. Wheeler of Montana,
late vice-presidential candidate
and political storm center, basked
today in the double distilled sun
shine of fortune. This followed
what developed to be a red letter
event in the Wheeler family last
night when he etood In federal
court here and received two mes
sages simultaneously, one being
his acquittal of a charge of wrong,
fully using his .:natorial influence
with the interior department and
the other announcing the birth of
a daughter in the Wheeler borne
in Washington
The verdict was returned two
hours and thirteen minutes after
the Jury had retired to deliberate.
and out of this time it took ona
hours for dinner. But one ballot
was taken.
Curt in Uproar-
In spite of an admonition to
spectators by Federal Judge Frank
S. IX' t rich that there must be no
demonstration in the court room,
there Tas a .ush for the scnator
when the verdict was read. In his
r.and he held the telegram an
nouncing the birth of a daughter.
But court was in session only two
minutes and his delighted follow
ers were let loose without delay
He strode over to the jury box and
snook hands with each of the 12
men who passed on hie case. Then
District Attorney John U Slattery
(Continued on Page Nine)
E
Representatives of tlie federal
secret service from Portland are
expeetel hard today to take back
With them Al Tobln, now In the
county jail with his brother, chare
ed with hatifrg assisted In coining
t pension check belonging to an
Insane patient at the state hospi
tal. It is alleged that Tobin's
brother, E. J. Tobln, now In Jail
charged with assisting- a patient
to escape from the insane hospital,
extracted the check from the pa
tient's mall, gave It to hie brother
who cashed !t here In Salem. It Is
probable both of the Tobina will
fnll Into the federal net because
of the a.Tt, asd-et service operatives
having bsen hero checking up on
all of the circumstances.
E. J. Tobln, who was an attend
ant at 'the honplv.il, recently aided
a patient f escape from the ward
nn which. Tobln was waiting. It
Velng charred that To bin was to
secure $100 for his service. The
brother wh canned the check re
cently served 14 days In the city
jnil in Portland on a vagrancy
charge, he confesses.
Drugless Healer i?
Tricked Into Signing
Extradition Papers
Seattle, Wash.. April 25. W. A.
Andersen, drugless healer, ato
knows as Ma, or Wellington M.
Belford and Dr. Martin L. Belford.
arretted in Vancouver, April 15.
on embezzlement charges made In
Detroit, left here today for that
city in charge of Lieutenant H. I.
Garvin, of the Detroit polict
Carvln related that be tricked An
derr)n Into waiving extradition
and brought n ra across the Inter
national line 1j.t n'ght.
YcT-rdey. Garvin said, he ap
peared before a Vanccuver magis
trate and requested that extradi
tion proceeds be dropped. The
Jvdse continue the case until to
C y and Garvin suggested to An
rt'rrn that they take an antomo
b' ride. Anderson agreeing,
signed "papers- v released
EXONERATED
at jw-TvOfrltap,-
FROST DAMAGE
Yakima, Wash.. April 25.
Though warnings of a damaging
frost were woadcast all over the
Yakima valley last night thte
morning's check showed that
there had been practically no dam
age, thanks to the heavy clouds
that formed early ia the evening
and the high wind. -
Wcnatchee, Wash., April 25.
No damage to fruit in the Wenat
chce valley was reported today at
the horticultural office following
last night's light frost. A strong
wind blew most of the night.
Reports from Omak today said
the mercury went down to 27 last
night and Pogue Flats reported
one-quarter-of an Inch of Ice, Con-
conulty had 25 degree above zero.
Walla Wall,-. Wash. April 23,
With temperatures in various
parts of the valley ranging from n
minimum of 2S to 36, according
to locality, a light frost .occurred
here early this morning, causing
slight damage to some fruits in
spots.
E,
Washington, April 25.; Speed
ing up the transcontinental air
mail service was ordered today by
Postmaster -General New In order
to cut down transit time between
San Francisco and New York from
31 hours and 35 minutes to
28 hours anU 5G minutes, and at
the same time to advance southern
California air mall practically one
lull day.
Departures from San, Francisco
win tie made at s:4t a. m., eifec
tive May 1, .instead of 6:30 a. m,
as at present. Thie will enabk
mall leaving Los Angeles at 6 p.
m. to be piaced on the tronscontl
netai plane leaving San Francis?o
the following morning Instead of
being held there 24 hours. The
change will not affect time of ar
rival at New Yors.
from the Jail for the drive. The
"papers" were an extradition
waiver, and before he realized it
Anderson was on the Aemricam
aide of the line, where he wa
placed aboard a Seattle train.
Enraged at first. Anderson soon
became amiable and loquacious
Commenting on women, accord
ing to Garvin, he eaid: "Women
are the biggest fools In the world
and when I get out of this me
I'M go right on having a good t ie
with them."
The detetlve ?ald Anderson had
defrauded Detroit women of over
550.000.
Bclfort'. declared that Ruth
Rmfck. an act revs at Oakland.
Cal., had hired a good American
lawyer to-fight his extradition
from Canada.
EXCONVICT
AP
AT ROSEBURG
Lee Duncan, Who Escap
ed County Jail By Slug
ging Officer, Caught;
Admits Store Robbery.
Roeeburg, Or., Apr. 25. Lee
Duncan, who for the past three
days haa been a fugitive, after
escaping from the county Jail,
was captured this morning on the
banks of the South Umpqua river,
about one mile south of the city
limits.
When arrested. Duncan was
wearing clothing stolen from the
J. C. Penney store on Thursday
night and he gave the officers a
complete account of the robbery
of that store, telling them where
they would find articles of cloth
ing which he stated be had hid
den. Duncan was seen this morning
by Lewis Tayne, a young school
boy of Alexanders addition, near
where the fugitive was hiding,
and a report was made to the
sheriff's office and deputies suc
ceeded In locating Duncan within
a few minutes: He made no re
sistance and freely discussed .with
the' officers the details of his
three day flight through the
woods.
Twice the officers were almost
upon him, be stated. Once they
stopped their automobile directly
in front -of blm, Duncan said
Another iime they were in a cab
in where he was in Riding in the
attle. Several times he saw the
posses near him..
OF
GIRL WILL ACT
Indianapolis, Ind., April, 23.
Residents of Irvlngton. the suburb
in which. Is locntod the home of
miss Aiaage UDerholtzer, were
called today to assemble in a mass
meeting-tomonow to outline nlans
for assisting authorities to bring
to justice the persona responsible
lor oer deatii
D. C. Stephenson, former grand
dragon of the iu Klux Klan.
whose home Is also in Irvlngton.
has been Indicted on a charge of
first degrej murder in connection
r.'ith Miss Olierhollzer's death
Earl Gllnck and Earl Gentry.
both former residents of Evans,
vine, were nl.?o Indicted on mur
der charges as alleged accomplices
of Htephenson.
The call for trie mass meeting
was Issued by Mrs. J. H. Dunn,
president of tae Irvlngton Parent-
Teacier association. It was orig
inally extende.'. only to women's
organization!, but later was made
to Include all residents of tha
suburb.
TO RESIST TAX
The public service commission to
day reccied a letter from the
Western Union Telegraph com
lany. signed by Francis R Stirk
of New Vork, general attorney, in
dicating that the comiiiny will re
fuse to pay the state of Oregon a
rr. earnings lax under House
ill .f)a of the 1923 legislature,
The contention la that thi act Is
unconstitutional, for the renson
that It declared an emergency on
a ta: m-aHiir.
The com mny also contend thnt
the fee should re paid dirertly. to
tho. pu ll2 service commission and
placed In its Tund for th purpose
f-f regnl.itlng public utilities and
rn4!roR:A, and not into the general
funds f the state.
docks Tamed Ahead-
New York, April z5. More
clocks will be turned, ahead on
hour tomorrow morning at 2
o'clock when daylight saving time
goes Into effect than any other
year since the world war. the mer
chants association estimated to
day.
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ROAD 10
FOLLOW OUT
HILL'SiPLANS
Oregon Extensions Pro
jected By ''Empire
Builder" to be Pushed,
Asserts G. N. Head.
Portland, April 25 Declaration
by Ralph Budd, president of tho
Great Northern railway that his
company in planning an extension
south from Bend Is aiming to car
ry out the plans of the late J. J.
Hill, and a report by Ben Dey,
counwi fo:1 tha Southern Pacific
that his company's Natron cut-off
has been completed 45 of the 108
milert and that the project would
be finlsh-a.t early next year, were
features of discussion of tho Ore
gon railroad situation at the an
nual dinner meeting of the cham
ber of commerce lnat night.
'I: Is our aim and ambition to
carry out the things so far as pos
sible thatTMr. Hill wanted to do,"
said Mr. Budd. "This has been
impossible for some years. Con
ditions have ImprovcSl and the
Great Northern plans to do some
building. In Montana, for In
stance, there la need for more rail
roads, and tjiere la likely to be
some building there. This may
seem far away, yot the benefits
will probably be reflected here in
giving wider markets , to Oregon
products. - "
War United Plans
"Plans Mr. Hill made In central
Oregon wero not completed at the
time of his death. Up the Des
chutes river n road was built that
was Intended to extend farther
south. The war came on and de
layed completion of the plan. It
mow appears further development
ii that section of the state Is at
hand.
"If It appears the Oregon Trunk
can be extended southward, it Is
our belief btfitima would be stlmu
lnted there and further develop
ment woutd follow. There would
be more business tot all Interests
concerned.
"The st.tus of the road as map
I ed from Bend south was that the
surveys made tilery had conflicts
with the Natron road of the South
crn Pacific company. There were
places where the surveys used the
name groun.l and the roads cross
ed. "N
To Avoid Duplication
"In 1910 and 1SIL Joint surveys
were n ado no that the lines would
not Interfero with each other so
there ia no particular Interference
(Continued on Pc Nine)
PLAN TO CURTAIL
Portland, April 25 CurtsMlng
of jogging operations In western
Oregon .ind Washington as a
means of stabilizing the Industry
whs ten'atlvely agreed on at a con
fer) ce here yesterday, tha Port
land Telegram says today. The
agreement will be put Into conclu
sive form .Monday, It Is ndded.
The reason assigned for the ac
tion Is that receding lumber prices
have affected log prices and that
unless the demand for 1 gs In
creases there will be still lower
(rices, says the newspaper.
According to tentative agree
ment t,f loRglng operators they
Mill cease activities Jtirfo l and
prolong the July uiosod period
for two weeks at least. Operators
attending the conference eaid this
would also uid in minimising the
forest fire menace.
CONyiCfFREED REARRESTED
Jefferson City, Mo., April 25.
jame Carrol, released today from
the state ptisan after serving a
term for burglary and larceny
os taken into custody by officers
from the stjle of Washington
where he Is wonted on a charge of
burglary. .
Carroll has served two terms In
Han Quentln, Cal., prison and one
in the prison et nalem. Or.
Monetta. 8. V... April 25. Sher
iff Henry II. Howard of Aiken
county was eh U and killed: Annk
Low man. a neiess, was killed and
her daughter, Bertha, was pro I)
ably fatally wounded today la
-hooting affray when officers at-
'.empttd to search the home of
Ham Lowman, the dead women'.!
husband, for liquor.
Pioneers
f Feature
Guests
A group of 15 or 20 old pioneers.
who have' been residents of Ore
gon for 70 years or more, will see
"Janice Merldeth," moving pic
ture of Revolutionary days; as
special guests of Capital Joural
and the Oregon theater next Mon
day,. The entertainment will be
gin at 2 o'clock Monday after
noon, and will follow shortly after
the luncheon at the Salem cham
ber of commerce, where old pio
neers are to be featured. In case
an escort Is with a pioneer the
escort in invited also.
The picture Itself features
Marion Davies, prominent screen
star. It is her newest screen pro
duction, and Is a thrilling story
of a time in history of particular
interest to pioneers. "American
to the core," is the way the pic
ture is described by critics.
Janice Meredith' began a four
day run at th Oregon Theater to
day, drawing heavy crowds. A
number of people saw the advance
showing of the picture yesterday
morning, and were high in their
praises of it.
Spectacular scenes of faonous
episode of the Am or lean revolu
tion are accurately reproduced in
"Janice Meredith."
L
Washington, Apr. 25. The
Public School Defense league of
Detroit, tiled a brief In the su
preme court today In the c-irfe
brought by Oregon to- maintain
Its law requiring children be
tween 6 and 16 years of age to
attend public schools. Appearing
as a friend of the court the lea
gue declared that should the Ore
gon law be sustained a stmUi.r
statute would be enacted by
Michigan.
It was contended that unless
states could require children of
school age to attend public
schools not only the schools but
ths.etate might be destroyed by
private parties. 'If the govern
ment could compel cltisns to
perform military service, the
league Insisted, eta ten rould re-
qu'-e children to attend public
schools "for the purpose of giving
education necessary to make them
useful cltisens and loyal defend
ers of the country
The brief contained criticisms
of "the doctrines and moral teach
in ft of tho Woman Catholic
church," Argument in the cane
has been completed and U is now
awaiting decision.
Socramento, Cal., April 25. A
burglar trao arranged In a drug
:itore in the residence district here
woaked so successful! that E. L
Lydnton, a local resident, lies in s
hospital today shot through the
chest, seriously wounded.
bydston, he (old police, crawled
through the broken skylight.
clambered down a rope and Jut
as he ncared the floor a font
itmck a wire attached to a rifle
and the weapon was discharged.
Francis K. Kvans, proprietor of
the store, said his place was rob
bed week ago and he had left the
skylight broken and also the rope
in position, b.-fore placing th"
rifle.
pesshntsrefiiseTo
SUPPORT KING BORIS
Vienna, April .5. (fly Associ
ated Press.) ft Is reported her
that Klnx IlnrW of Ilulgarla, In a.-i
ftutnern;h,d letter t M. Oboff.
leader of the Uuluai Into refugees
In Jugo-:-tlrvia has Invltrd the
.npmbtrs of the peaxan' parly out
of the country to refit n horn
their reprerenttitive to enter tlte
government
The rcfugre leader Is said to
have replied that the refuses are
ready to return but are not pre
reared U guarantee the retention
of tb Co bur dynasty, the pre
nit ruling house on the Bulgar
ian- throne.
to See
Film as
of Honor
The skirmish at Lexington
the snot that was heard around
tho world" the breathless mo
ment of suspense, waltlnr; to see
whether tbe British would flr-j the
first allot In the American revolu
tion; the dnmulces MinutJ Men
l:ravcly fighting against frightful
odda this is ono of the thrilling
scenes of the production.
Crossing I he Dclnuniv
Washington crossing the Dela
ware, a living reproduction of the
famous painting by Trumbull, Is
also a gripping chanter cf the
photoplay. A "channel 400 feet
wide had to be cut throuKh the
Saranao river In the AdiromlackB
to permit the crossing of specially
constructed flat boats and rnftn,
transp3i'Mng the auldlers and load
ed cannon, oxen and supply wag
ons Paul Kevcro'a immortal ride
when his horse's hoofs resounded
through the night, when startled
heads appeared nt wlndoU-s in nn
swer to his nail, and when ho took
t'espcrnto Jumps over fences and
hedges, is full of thrillfj and tutis
tic efforts.
'XUci Hnlllcor Yo-Mowii
Then there's tho baltlo and sur
render of tho rtrltirih at Yorktown,
impressive, authentic niid thrill
ing.. STAGE COMPANY
STEAL BUSINESS
Charging thM through collusion
between the Central Stage Termi
nal Hotel company of Salem and
the "Oregon Siages, It is the plan
of thoe two concerns to "freeze-
them out of the stage buHiness.
Ben Henry ant! J. H. Brown have
Instituted suit in circuit court to
compel the production in court of
the books and records of the termi
nal company, and In event of a
failure to produce to appoint a re
ceiver to take charge of the prop
erty. In addition the plaintiff
ask a judgement of I3i4u,
In their complaint the pluintlffs
allego that by virtue of a con
tract between the Central Motor
(Jus line, of which they are mem
bers, and the tcrminu) company,
entered into in August, 1922. that
the Central Motor Hus line was to
h?.ve use of the terminal property
as a terminal in exclusion of all
other bus lines.
They further allege that In
April, 1924, an organization
known as the "Oregon Stages" be
gan operating in competition wltb
tho Centra) Motor Bus line, cm
ploying the facilities of the termi
nal company end even accepting
the tickets of the Central Motor
Bus line.
The plaintiffs claim as members
t the Central Motor Bus line they
are entitled to their share of the
proceeds from sale of such tickets
used by the Oregon Stages. They
claim that through collusion be
tween the terminal company and
the Oregon Stage., It was possibl
for the Oregon Stages to show
operating revenue of 33 cents per
automobile mile as against IS
cents a mile for the Central Motor
Bus lines, and that prior to the
operation of thp Oregon Stages the
Central Motor Bus line was mak
ing 25 cents a mile. It Is th
plan, the plaintiffs allege, to
eventually freeze out the plain
tiffs through surh rolluston.
The $3400 exked as judgment
Is one-seventh of the proceeds al
leged to have been diverted to tli
Oregon HtngfB from the Central
Motor Bum lines, the plaintiff
claim, this bring their alleged
ihare In such operations.
Wife Leaves Word
For Trapped Miner
To Get Loaf Bread
Wnllmv, Hi. ho, April 2.'
In cnilrat tttli Hit iiMtnl
tl"tnro of (error Mlrlr-krn
loved hii'ldb'tl nlMMit
idi;ilt f n ttr.' 'k'-tl mlfi wih
lt.t- niin niiriMMi til Itiirki
yi-tfwliiy tlmt tlie II mm
ImprlxHirrti In fli Ileclti
nihil thm hv n lire iwmhl
fio r'f !'! ifH r.
Mm ft II. It. I ptoff rii'rtg
cil wtili liU iiMililH-jrhn
itu-il fit1, .rM.nlay evening,
lit ttii4 Ktib-'l liy n fi'ilmv
worker wh' Imd Imvii out
nidi' during Hie tluv.
"Ili'v, i ptoff," I lit ntip In
f(trnit', lilni, "your wife wild
to lell tun wltrn )ou g.it out
ti bring tom puuut brvuoV
FLEETS CLASH
IN BATTLE 0
A
ISLAND
Opposing Forces Make
Contact At 6:13 This
Morning: In War Game
Conducted By Navy
Honolulu, April 25. (By Asso
ciated Press) The "battle" for
possession for the island ot Ouhu,
goal of the joint army-navy man
euvers, started at 6:15 this morn
ing.
Contuct was established when a
contingent of the ''blue" attack
ing forces rushed a fortress held
by the "black' troops defending
the islaud.
The cruisers and destroyers
forming the fringes of the "blue"
fleet'1 were sighted by observers
for the "black" forces off the
island In a general southeasterly
diroctlon from Dtumond Head, the
southern most tip of Oahu. -
The "blue" attack signalized
the start of the most extensive
peace time maneuvers ever staged
by the United States army and
navy.
For purpossc ot the military ex
ercise It is assumed that the
Hawaiian Islands are in posseselon
of another power and that the
United Stutes is trying to capturo
them. The Islands are defended
by military forces already tbore,
including tho territorial national
guard: the attack is being made
by the United States grand fleet,
which also carries a landing force
of United States marines.
The maneuvers will end with
the capture of Oahu. It Is not ex
pected that tho grand fleet will be
defeated.
The purposo of the maneuvers
Is to train the army and navy In
Joint operations and to test the
defenses of tho Islands as well as
trying out methods of attack
against defended localities
CONVICT TRIES
T
Sacramento, Cul., April 25. W
0. Ktevens, commtted to Kolsont
stnte prlKon fr m Alameda county
was shot and probably fatally
wounded shortly after noon today
during nn nt'.cinpt to escape from
Oeputy Hherlff It M. Whnley. The
shooting occurred nt an nuto serv
ice station at Thirty-first and M
streets on the I'oIhoiu road. Wha
ley had Htevns In cuetody and
was taking him to the prison.
Execnticns Denied.
Sofia, April 25. (By Assoc!:
ed Press. Tlie report that the
agrarian leader, Prutkin, and
former War Minister Mouravleff
had been put to death Is denied In
Hcml-officiul quarters. It Is stated
that both mjti attended yester
day's Inquiry lntn the Sveti-Kra'
cathedral bomb plot.
Federal Officials
Silent on Collapse
Of Wheeler Charges
Washington, April 25. Dcpart
be:it of Justice ifficinls had noth
ing to say today In regard to the
collapne of tbir cose in Montana
u.T'ilnt Sen it-ir Wheeler. Th
celerity with wblrh the Jury threw
the department's charge and exon
erated the senator manifestly
cruised disappointment and chit
liiin and In view of tlie ci renin
italics no official would predict
whether the separate proceeding
aRlnt Mr. Wheeler In the Dis
trict of Columbia would be press
ed. Senator W:ie?lers friends mean
time were predicting that the case
hfr never would be brought to
trial. Senator IiKollette of Wis
f onsin, with whom the Montana
annrtor was a candidate nn the In
dependent presidential ticket last
si: turner, sent this telegram of
congrut'ilntlun:
"Great rejoicing hers and
throughout ths country. Your
6 ARE KILLED
IN CONFLICTS
OVER NIGHT
Earlier Report ' of Im
provement In Balkans
Contradicted by News
of Fresh Disturbances.
(By l he Associated Press)
Bulgarian disturbances flamed 1
up ugaln the province! today al
though earlier reports had In-
sistcd the situation was improv-'
lnff. . i
' Six are dead and a number
wounded as a result of several
conflicts In different provincial
towns, according to direct dis
patches from Sofia or Indirect re
ports coming via other Euronen
capitals. '
At Plevna the city hall, library
and theater were burned; at
Uugas two were killed and a num
ber wounded in a conflict between
government troops and commun
ists; In fighting at Gabrovo three
communists were killed; at Verna
police killed the communist lead
er Kassaboff after burning his
house, according to these reports.
Unsuccessful attempts to destroy
three bridges in the region of
Varna were reported.
- Tho former agrarian minister,
OmarchovHky, swore allegiance to
(Continued on Page Nine)
ENJOIN PAVING
Portland. April 25 Suit was fil
ed In the circuit court of Multno
mah county today by Frederick
DeNcffo, Portland attorney, as
taxpayer, to enjoin the state high
way commission from entering Into
a contract with Hlmonpen und
Hefty for the pavement with con
crete of the sei'tion of tho lower
Columbia river highway between
Antorin and &venon.
The highway cotnm legion yes
tirday accepted a bid for concrete)
which was $10,000 higher than the
bid of the Wurren Construction
com pmy for paving the stretcti
with nsphaltum.
Defendants named In the suit
are William luby, H. B- VanDu
zer and W. H. Malone, members oC
the statu highway commission.
The complaint declares that th
luphway In this eection ho, been
paved, and that the commission
la without authority to destroy the
present pavement and repavs tha
road. It Is a Ho set forth that ths
law required c.intrarui be let to
the lowost bidder.
Aft'M the com minion accepted
the Simonn and Hefty bid yes
terd iy protect were made by John
F. Logan, Portland attcrney, and;
Jay Howerman, former governor.
The commlraion pr-ceedd to
award the contract after hearing
the objections.
friends are exi.nitely happy that
a Jury chosen from the good people
of Montana hate acquitted yoil
and vindicated Justkev-
"Ilut every decent self-respecting
American clliien must bow hifl
head with shame in the face of tho
established furt. t;i;t the leaders,
of u political party nnd highest re
-'pouHihlo public officials h
instituted a gt4.it department to
iiuhvert Jt slice xMeld thr guiltf
and ronvLt m honest man oC
crime."'
Justice department officials
have always maintained that thl
conspiracy Indictment recently re
turned hers, w is wholly Independ
cnt of the proceeding at Ureal
Falls, but the friends of Senator
Wheeler hare taken ths opposite
lew.- The case here was prepared
by Assistant Attorney General
Donovan, who it absent frofls
Washington.