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FORTY-SEVENTH YEAR No,-MB'!
LARGEST STILL
lilUS
PROCEEDING
SPIED
District Attorney Acting
On Demand of Capital
Journal Files Action To
Force Return
Following a formal demand
made April 6, District Attorney
John H. Carsoa today filed In the
circuit court here a petition for
- an alternative writ of mandamus
leuuiring Frank C. B.-amwell,
state superintendent of banlcs, to
return the state banking de
partment from Portland to Salem
The petition is on relation of
George Putnam, publisher of The
Capiiul Journal, who made the de
niand to the district attorney.
Sam A. Kozer, secretary of
state, is also made a defendant in
the case and the petition demands
that he furnish quarteia for the
department In Salem.
Law Bo.n? Violated.
The proceedings c.te the law
which requires that the state
nankin? department to have its
offices In Si'..em. The banking
code wax amended by the 192Ii
legislature, but when the amended
code goes into effect Way 2S will
still require the department to
have its offices in Salem, only
branch office being allowed in
For. land undor the amended coiio.
The present law covering the
casj says that t:it fitale ijann e:.
amlner shall maintain his office In
tup cty of S.lleni, and the secre
tary of state is hereby requiied to
furnish suitable quarters mere
fore." The new cj:1j. effective May 2S
says: "The superintendent o:
banks shall ma'ntaiu hM office in
the city of Salem, and the secre
tary of state is hereby required tc
furnish suitable quarters thurc
for; provided, the superintendent
of bank3 when consldared by bJm
to be expedient or convenient, miy
establish branch offices within
the city of Portland."
Snhtei fii!. Chnrped
Since the removal of the depart
ment to Portland abiut March 24.
the superintendent of banks ha.
tstablished a desk in the stat.
house and occasionally a clerk of
the dep.irtmnt comes to Salem
Continued on Pafte Six
Sand Wins Aajn.
Jamaica, N. V., April 29.
Worthmore. of the Everglade:1
tables, carryint; top weight and
ridden by Earl Sande, captured
the Paumonok handicap featur
ed the Jamai.-.i opening t"dav.
Plans for Composite
Athletic Field Here
luhmitted to Board
Ui
Plans for a new atMct'c field
to :u y. of ft football gr d run
trak, two tennis couits, tw
volby ball court an! i . j ,i :n
ba5tuj.il d a.iiir.dj v.:ru U.i.a u.
by riojd Sc K'-ma.i, (.:&. i in. a
d raw. tig teacher at t..e L;;.
school, in accoidne win a re
q next ma, )y the board si a pre
vious meeting.
Wiiite eU;M work h- hie.i h
gun on gi.:d n; the field, phn
r;.i;d ng tnc att:a1 l.ci; a
arlov pans f the f r- i prr.e n i
been do i-.itd ui aa t.f ;t a a.,
jnoff c a) wa. It v. is it: t.i
I, dcc:dd Int.; n ; t t'naT th? f.j t
ball f vir! 1 '11 trtH'l d iwtt.
north and otith, rKv..vn!;,g ic
practically in present lo atim
except for bs:n turned ti f'llli
I uow ex ten. i partly n"f ha-'
Had soufhwejt. The g nn-Vtif.
wh'ch la iltuaed pnr.ilkl to 'b
field. Will b turned tlighMy.
TO COiPEL RETURN W BANK-OFHC
Home Sought
For Youthful
County Ward
Nobody seems to want Paul
Thompson, 15 year old boy being
held by county authorities at the
Deaconess hospital. - He escaped
with two other lads from the St.
Mary's home near Portland about
a week ago. One of the boys was
taken in charge by the American
Legion, being a son of a veteran
who was killed in France. . The
third was not apprehended.
The boy at the Deaconess hos
pital had parents In Oklahoma at
one time but a telegram sent to
their address by " County Judge
IContinued on Page Seven)
A definite statement that a
candidate will be entered in ths
race against Finnk Neer for a po
sition on the Salem school board
at the coming election was issued
Uy local Insurance and real estate
nen today. No numea were men
tioned as possibilities, but it was
hinted that some prominent wom
an might bo pushed as a candi
date. The underlying cause of oppo
sition to Neor seems to be his re
fusal to become Involved' in the
controversy as to who shall get
the school Insurance business. It
s said that at present the great
hulk of business goes to Burkhart.
Smith and Dyer. In the boliet
lhat the business should be divid
ed more generally, a delegation of
local men Is said to have ap
preached Neer and. asked him as
to his stand, ftcer is quoicu
refusing to run on a platform in
volving any change in the award
nit of iniuninrc business.
GU.iSSTGlDlO
PROTECT CHAMBERLAIN
London, April 29 (By Asso
ciated Press) Additional guards
have been assigned to protect for
eign Secretary Austen Chamber
lain, presumably in connection
with the discovery of a plot
aralnst his life.
The news of additional police
protection tor the British foreign
secretary came from official quar
ters, but there was much reticence
about discussing the nature of the
supposed plot. It was intimated
that some of the details were dis
covered outside of London.
A auarter mile track, banked at
, t,e turns, will be bu.lt around the
wJtball f.Jld. Weit of the field
:ie t:uuis Cuur. and volley ball
;-us are to be built, baseball
I ,i, '.miis are to be made at tht
n .rui end of Hie school property
,od n .rt.i of the gridiron.
The erhool property consists of
'.mtjinT over 11 acres.
.v li-mrtr-d dollars has been
.-.t.J ovr by the hgh school stu
f r use in constructing the
. eld. Th4 aura will be added (o
y the s it ol t-oard. It is expect-
- j th 't severtil yeaii will be con-
- .ii'-d in csmpletinff all work in-'-!-.
d, but prabbly it will be pas.
.'!e use the field for football
s ne .t fsll.
It was a;; arc ntiy 'orgotten that
hoard at one time announced
its plan tb4 construction of o
;i "1- s'-hool tm ths property. No
r tn has be?n left IB ths nlann
tor jy buildljg.
GERMANY il
TO ALTER ANY
PASTPOLICIES
Chancellor Asserts New
Government Will Not
Change Program of
Foreign Relations
Berlin, April 29. (By Asaoci
aoted Press.) Germany's foreign
policy will not be changed, br.
Hans Luther, the German chan
cellor, declared emphatically to-
uay in an address before the an
nual congress of the League for
German Industry and Commerce.
This declaration Is understood
also to reflect the view point of
rresident-elect Von Hindenburg
v-'lth whom the chancellor con
ferred yesterdny.
while Dr. Luther did not refer
to the recent election, it is" geuer
illy understood he spoke with the
lull authority of Hindenburg and
the groups promoting the field
marshal's candidacy.
Evacuation ImDortant.
In order to bring about stable
European conditions the question
of the evacuation of the Cologne
area by the allies must be speed
ily settled. Dr. Luther declared.
'For more than three months,"
he eaid, "we have waited In vain
or the reasons held to justify the
uon-evacution.
"The people of Europe desire
the removal of uncertainty and
ack of cleanups,'' Dr. Luther had
previously declared. "A policy
having that end in view must nat
urally be governed by the law of
continuity and cannot arbitrarily
change its direction.
That Germany does not desire
war was a further categorical dec
laration by the chancellor who
laid great etrees upon Germany's
adherence to the security pad
dea.
War to Be Avoided.
"Germany desires to protect her
self by treaty," he observed, "and
ar. I wish to emphasize at this
time, does not desire- to conduct
var."
With regard to the failure to
-.cttle the evacuation question. Dr.
Luther declared:
"The whole European policy
uffers from delay on this que
t on."
Reverting to the security prob
Iciri he reiterated:
"It la eelf-evldent that the
.-.tandpoint adopted by the govern
ment remains unchanged."
2 SALEM YOUTHS
Eugene, Or., April 29. Benolt
Mc-C'roskey and Ralph Bailey, both
jf Salem, were the University :f
Oregon orato.s picked last night
to represent Oregon in two of the
most import?nt oratorical contest"
of the year.
McCroskey,- by winning first
place among four enntestants at
Ust nights tryouw, is to be reprc-
mutative of the university in the
tri-state contes; to he held In Seat
He, May 22. Dafley, winning ser
.nd place, will represent the uni
versity In the Pacific coast foren
sic league contest to be held In
Corvallfs, Ma7 .
FIRST FOREST FIRE
OF SEASON REPORTED
The first torest fire of the
'.on on lands under the Jurisdic
tion of the i-tate department of
forestry was reported yewterdav
Trom Josephine county.- Tho dis
trict warden reported that the fin
was caused by a cigarette thrown
!rom an automobile. Due to the
prompt work of wardens It wsk
confined to one-fourth ot an acre.v
SALEM, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 29, 1925
IN WEST
CONFISCATED
DISTILLERY
Plant Near Mt. Angel
Raided Yesterday Said
To Be Largest Ever
Seized In West
Federal operatives, working In
co-operation with Deputy Slierlft
Bremmer of this county, yesterday
afternoon captured near Mt. Angel
what they believed to bo the big
gest illicit still ever seized In the
west, and which they positively
assert is the biggest plant ever
seized In Oregon. With the raiding
of the stilt four men were captur
ed. Joe Walker, owner of the farm
on which the still was located,
John Andrews, Henry Johnson and
L. S. Dickson, said to be employed
In operation of tho place. Federal
Officers Harry Barkct, A. C.
Smith and A. Chrlstensen partlct
rated In the raid and arrests.
Although the still was.operatlng
in a granary in plain sight not
over 100 yards from the road, oper
atlves say it ptobably would have
operated- without detection all
summer, but for a lucky fluko In
Portland. The officers there got
wind of a shipment of sugar and
bottles going out on a truck and
followed the truck. The truck,
zigzagged bark and forth for sev
eral miles in Portland before leav
ing the city, plainly to throw off
the track any possible pursuers,
but the officers clung to the trail
which took them to the still.
The still itself, the operatives
declare, was notonly the largest
but the best ever seized in this
(Continued on Page Sovenl
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Hood River, Ore., April 29.
Highways In thin vicinity are be
nig watched for nn automobile in
wMch Mrs. Helen JMrilr, younr
I-.enJ matron escaped from
autotuobile In which she htj being
Uil; en to SUam, where she vas to
Hcrve ti sentence in the state In
1uitrLl school for frtrli.
The ecitio occurred here ye"
turday whei tho autoirobilo In
which Mis. Hl.iir was traveling In
cifctody of ILetrtct Attorney Moore
of V'tni and Mrs. IIel-n V. John
srtii, an officer of the Woman's'
Protective Ilureau stopped at a
filling station.
The woman bonrJeil a car which
rtoppei immediately behind
Moore's car, arj It drove off at a
rapid late of uporil which soon
put It oat of night. The car bore
a California llcens-, A-9S-76C. It
was Jut he;rd of travollrij at a
h1?b iel on the tt side ore fi
nd road.
District Attorney Moore muiA he
WUevAj the cfir w.is driven by e
former KM math Falls policeman
ra.ni el Jones.
Mrs. lUnlr was unVritf-d to the
itate school f dlowlng conviction
t.t posnlon of fcntoxicntl,!?
liquor.
STERLING AGAIN ADVANCES
London. April J (By A
elated Press Great Britain's
return lo th (Old standard la hall-
td with Keneral satisfaction In the
eichanite market where ths pound
sterling took another step near
er parity this morning and touch
ed It. MM under strong buying
from practically all aourcet.
IS COMPLETE
rami m
Girl Witness in
Vice Ring Cases
Refuses to Talk
The fourth girl, Implicated In
the recent escapade of local men
who are facing charges for con
tributing to delinquency of min
ora, has been arrested in beat tie.
but her cade hae come to an lm
paaac. ae he refueea to return to
Salem. Ker father, eent to Seattle
to bring her back, has found him
self unable to cope with her stub
bornness, according to word com
ing to local officers and they are
at a lots to know what to do. The
girl Is 17 years of age and It 16
whispered has testimony conceal
ed In her head if she wished to
divulge It. that would add much
interest to the prospective pro
ceedings agalnet tho men who are
under indictment.
The girl herself bo far la charg
ed with no offense and cannot be
extradited, it la stated. An extra
ditlon warrant would not opcrale
to bring her back as a material
witness.
. Officers are cudgelling their
brains as to just what to do. The
father, It is reported, has reached
the point where he admits he Is
powerless In his persuasions and
so far has given no Indication of
TO
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A state War Mothers convention
will be held here tomorrow, meet
ing at the i-oorim of the Salem
chamber of commerce. Walter
t-lerce, governor or the state, Carl.:
Abrauw, head of the Veterans of
Foreign Wars, Major W. S. Gil
bert, nnd Clifford Drown, head
of the focal American Legion
pnst. will address tne convention.
.State officers will be elected for
the coming year.
The women will convene at
10:30 a. m. A round table dis
cussion of affairs pertaining to
the organization will occupy most
of the morning. At noon the con
vention will adjourn to the Gray
Belle, ofter which delegates wilt
return to the chamber of com
n.erce rooms. Previous to speech
es by Pierce, Abrams and Brown,
reports of state committees and
hapters will be given. Arrange
ments ate bein made to have sev
eral musical numbers on the pro
gram. The convention Is the first of
its kind to be held in this state
It Is expected that It will be an
annual affair In the future. Dele
gates are expected from Albany.
I'urtluml and yjletn.
Announcement has been mad'
that all war mothers who can b?
present, whether they belong to
tho organisation or not, are uv
vlted to attend the meeting.
Chicago, April 15. Threats at
tributed to Frank Kocurek, for
mer army butcher, that he Intend
ed to kill nil wife, have led to M,
detention In connection with th'
finding a week ago of the dismem
bered and h;idfK body of a wom
an In a catch basin on a golf
course.
H? a taken into cust'idy aftrt
William Littleton, an arquatnt
ance told the poi.ee Kocurek had
' I am going to kill her and when
1 do HI use my army experience w
a butcher and kill her In surh
way that should what's left of her
le found BO one will ever be able
to tell who she was."
Kocurek ma l vehement denial
'iut admitted the body might be
'hut of bis wife, who, ha said, was
kidnaped by two men May 1, 1924.
torn
IS RAIDED
wanting to Indulge in a kidnap-,
lug ca
Officials say that some effort.
they hope, will be devised to get
ths girl to change her mind, but
what course they will pursue 1
not yet clear.
She Is now in the hands of the
Sent tie police department.
The other three girls are nil
under surveillance here. One was
captured not long ago at Kelso
an returned to Salem by County
juvenile officer, Ms. Nona White
This girl also hae developed a
case of being close mouthed. It
Is rumored, and Is declining to
tell much of a story about the
parties she is alleged to have par
ticipated In.
The two other girls are also
here ready to be called in at the
trials. Just what they will tell,
officials are not saying.
Every effort has been made to
locate the last girl caught in Se
attle, as it has been generally
stated she would be tho star wit
ness. It, by any chance, she i
persuaded to return, there Is no
assurance, It Is said, that she can
b compelled to talk.
REBEL FORCES IN
CONFLICT AGAIN
Rome, April 29. A dispatch to
the Tribuua from -its Sofia corre
spondent reports a renewed out
breaks of fighting between llul
j;urinn government troops aim
communists. Casualties are un
known, but this dittpalch says they
are believed to be fairly heavy.
The dispatcn to the Trlbunn
nays a sanguinary battlo was
fought throughout yesterday be
tween government troops and
communists.
The population of Sofia became
panic striken becaitso of inter
mittent muffled explosions and all
street traffic was stopped. A
strict censorship prevails, the
(ilspatch adds.
The Tribuna dispatch says the
explosions were caused by at
tempts of government forces to
blast the communiHts out of un
dcrground tunnels where they had
taken refuge.
Sofia. April 29. (By Associat
ed rre. ) Tho Dulgurinn gov
ernment Is considering calling one
of the army clasHes to the colors,
as It has been unable to get the
ten thousand addltfonat volun
toers recently authorized by tln
cotincil of ambassadors at Purl
to pacify the country.
On a charge of lewd cohabit a
tlon with Ixmbte Whlttaker.
George Miller had a hearing In
Justice court today and wa
bound over to he grand Jury with
ball fixed nt $1000, which he dn
not furnish, and he Is In the
county jail.
Kvldenre In the cake showed
that he met Loule Whlttaker,
who Is 19 years old. at Ureamlnn
.ikating rink and that they l-f
Salem together the next day. The
girl claims aha thought they
were to bo married. They lived
together at a hotel In l'orllan
iw. a week and then went to I'en
dteton where they llvd togethei
for three weeks. They then re
turned to Salem to the home of
the girl's sister, Mrs. James Law
less, claiming they had been mar
ried at Vancouver. An Investiga
tion showed that this was untrue,
and the complaint was brought
by Mm. Lawless.
DDtYM? TU DPT 'rMTC ON TRAINS AND NBWS
rtIL ItltVCiCi lO STANDS PIVS CENTS
DALUS TOLD
OF PLAN FOR
LIN MILL
Campaigners Lay Project
Before Residents of
Prune City In Drive
To Finance Plant
Dallas. Apr. 29. The proposed!
development ot the flax and Un-1
en Industry In the Willamette
valley through the Dominion
Linens, Limited, and the general
possibilities of the industry for
this territory were discussed
Tuesday night In the circuit court
roo.n In Dallas by a group of Sa
lem men.' The crowd was disap
pointingly small with only about
0 present.
Col. W. B. Iiartram of Toronto,
Cannda, speaking in behalf of the
Canadian concern, attacked the
criticism ot the Oregon Voter re
cently directed against the fi
nancing plan of the proposed Sa
lem mill. The Dominion Linenn
did not come to promote the In
dustry, he declared, but came on
Invitation of a group of Oregon
men. The prosperity .of the com
pany at present Is beyond immn
diale requirements. Mr. Uartram
declared, and it was not apt to
lend Itself to high financing
schemes.
Industry Held Need
Col. Ilurtrain commented on
the marked lack of development
of much of the Willamette valley
and declared It was due to lark
of In vest men t of capital In home
development projects.
The linen Industry In Ontario,
where the Dominion Linens in
ercsts center, has proved profit
able. Col. Iiartram declared. Hut
its yarns shipped Into the United
Slates the largest market, pay a
31 per cent duty, with a corre
sponding rate on other linen pro
ducts. Conditions in Oregon have
been found more favorable for
the manufacture and the fibre
quality Indefinitely better than
the Canadian product. With no
market to create, with a high
protective tariff differential and
ti superior quality of fibre to une,
the linen Industry in Oregon
stands assured ot micro, he de
clared. Dominion Linen crauli,
which the mills sold at 17c was
found to sell In Chicago at 40c
and In Portland at 4Gc, Col. Iiar
tram stated. The production cost
in Oregon should be no greater
than In the Dominion mills.
Col, Hartraai predicted that
within 24 months the $640,000
p'ant now contemplated would te
duplicated with another by the
same concern.
Board Authorizes
Child Health Work
In Schools of City
The Salem school board off!-1
dally recognized tho Marion
county child health demon tru
Hun program at Its meeting lut
niglit when It voted to accept a
formal offer presented by Dr.
Walter Urown. head of the. pro
gram. As explained by Dr. Itrown
the program will begin in Sntrm
f I. (jo Is Immediately, and will be
well under way before fall.
The program In public m houls
will have two distinct phase.
One will have to do with actual
nurshig service for children: the
other will Involve an educational
program, efficient health teach
ers being added to the regular
staff of public school teachnr.
snd paid by the health awocla
Hon.
To Examine Children
The nurse service will tnclud'
thorough physical examination.
UNSETTLED TONIGHT
ana Thursday. Cooler Thuraley; light
southerly wind.
Ixk.i1: Max. 1: mtn. 41: rain, nons;
rlvr, 4.1; atmoa, cluar; wind, northwest
ONE 11
OF BLAZE IS
Laborer Jumping for Life
Misses Net; Is Killed;
Apartment House To
tally Destroyed
Portland, Or., Apr. 29. Four
persons died In a firs that con-
sumed the Hendricks apartments.
ruieenin ana Flanders streets.
early this morning.
Two young women were hum.
ed to death.
'A blind man died near the win
dow from which his wife had Just
neen rescued.
Another man dived three stor
ies and missed a life net.
The dead:
Miss Clara Short. 30, waitress
Mlas Bernlcs Prssier. employs
of Llpman and Wolfs company.
about 20.
B. Sullivan, 55 year old laborer
W. H. Lawr, 62, and blind. .
Frame Building
The flames swept rapidly thru
the frame building and the forty
persons who occupied the 49
apartments fled to the streets In
what attire they were able to
don.
Mrs. W. H. Lawr, flittering
from smoke asphyxiation was in
a serious condition this morning
but attendants said shs would
probably recover.
Sullivan died as the result of
injuries eustnincd when he leap
ed from the fourth floor ot the
building and mtsscd a net which
firemen had spread to save him
after he had been trapped with no
chance of eecupo.
The fire started In the base-
fCrintinupd on Pnae Hcven
LIBEL BY HORST
San Francisco, Cal.. April 29.
Charging libel and defamation ot
haructcr, K. Clemens llorst, mil
lion;, re- San I'Vanclsco business
man and hop grower, has filed
niit for $200,000 damages against
tho Anti-Saloon League of Call
nrnla, Dr. A. II. llriggs. Its presi
de nt, and Nell Knees, also aftillat.
.d with the or,anixatlon.
llorst. In hla complaint, charges
that Dr. Uriggs, as editor of ths
Liberator, official publication of
he league ridiculed hlrn In a way
as to expose him to "hats and em
jurrassinent." The article in the Liberator,
the complaint avers, was a criti
cism of an article written and
published by llorst In which ho
ridiculed the "prohibition II I bis.
offered to all children In certain
grades In Hulrm public schools.
So child will be examined with
out the parents' consent. Tho en
M program will bo carried thru
on a voluntary basl. as explain
ed by Dr. Brown. He mentioned
the third, seventh and eighth
grades, stating that beginning
might be made In them before
fall.
A beginning has already bea
mide in Marlon county, he stated.
Over 300 children have been ex
amlnrd already. In every cm ex
nomination was made with th con
icnt of the parents, and n irost
cases the parents were present
when the examination was made.
In schools where ths work has"
bet n begun a small perci ntage
I Continued on Page Sevan)
BLIND
MAN