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OREGON AIRICULTUhAL COLLEGt . MAY 4 1325 CITY EDITION FAIR TONIGHT Dully averag net paid circulation (or uioniFiiaji t ui'l Sunday: moderate temperature, gentle variable wind along ths coast. roonm oaiotf Apm 10, isz& 6755 Average dally distribution 7041. Memlcr Au-iit Bureau nf Clr iuUtloni. Local: Mai. 3: mln. 4; rain, .01; river. S.7; atmos. part cloudy. -ngpn prjiimn ON TRAINS AND NKWS PRICE THREE LrLNlo stands kivb cents FORTY-SEVENTH YEAR No. 105 SALEM, OREGON, SATURDAY, MAY 2, 1925 CaratalJI rn uuv WMl- km I HELD IN GARY MURDER A t PROBE Identification of Burned Body of Girl Shaken by Further Developments In Mystery Case Gary, lnd., May Z. Five men were held hers and in Chicago to day in connection with the mys terious burned and' maimed body of a young woman found Sunday near here. But questioning them failed to pierce materially the blank wall against which investi gators found themselves after a week uf effort. The belief, at first positive, that the "woman was Mrs. Jose phine Desiderio. 21-yeor-old moth er of three children, which wav ered yesterday, was further shak en today when James A. Brown Fort Wayne, lnd., said the body resembled his missing niece, Mrs. Mabel Wahls Miller, 23. TJicle Under Arrest. Brown, with Samuel Jackson Allen county, lnd., prosecutor, anil Samuel Immel. Fort Wayne, depu ty sheriff, caused the detention in ( hicaco of Ellsworth C. Miller, husband of Brown's niece. The uncle told the police that Mllltr ond his wite were married two vAnra cn in Cedar Ranidd. Iowa. and that there frequently was Irovble between them. Six week ago, Brown said Miller and his wne visited Brown in Fort Wayne and later left From then, until last Monday Brown said, he had not heard from them. Then he was told by Mine (Continued cn Page Eight)- TOPE T T A large number of telegrams were received at the office of Governor Pierce today urging h. to appoint B. F. Mulkey, Portland attorney, as a successor to the late Judge George W. Sta pleton of the circuit court in Mult nomah county. It i said that Mulkey has not sought the ap pointment, but that his friends ars urging the governor to ap point him and urging Mr. Mulkey to accept. The argument is made that he has wide experience as an attorney including experience as district attorney while living In Jackson county. Newton McCoy, former public s- vice commissioner; Roscoe Hurst, W. T. Slater and several others are being urged upon the governor. McCoy and Hurst are democrats, and Mulkey la a repub lican. In urging the apointment of Mulkey his friends argue that the appointment should not be a partisan one. P.mdleton. Or.. May 2. It Is understood here that some local citiiens are -urging Governor Pierce to annolnt Joseph K. Car son of Portland as circuit Judge to succeed the late Judge George W. Stapleton. THIELSEN SAYS E Frederick D. Thielsen. answer ing the damage action complaint brought by Huiel DeLaney, as ad mlnlstratrix of tbe estate of flalpa Flint, who was killed by Thiel- rens automobile on High street In March, 152S. oeerts that the ac cident was due to the boy's own negligence. He alleys that the boy. who v.-a riding a bicycle rone out Miller street onto High street in reckless manner, at a speed ex ceeding 12 m'les an hour, and turning on High street was n sagging his machine bark an forth. The machine skidded an.! threw Flint under the wheel o Thielsen'e autoombile, the snswe alleges. Big Seaplane 5 Flies 28Hours Without Stop Plymouth, May 2. After hav ing flown without top for 28 hor-- and 36 minutes the naval eea le PN-9 landed at the ua' 'ard at 2:58 p. m. today. 1 ng the flight, which am; d all seaplane endurance rec i, observers stated, a dis tan ' covered greater than tha 6 intended flight of the PN . ,m San Diego to Hono lulu I Hanover, May 2. (By Associat ed Press.) The president-elect Field Marshal Von Hindenburg, expects to arrive in Berlin on May 11, remaining at the chancellor's palRce until after his inaugura tion on the following day. Hanover's cltixens are planning a torchlight procession in honor of the President-elect Thursday. In response to a letter of con gratulation froxi Dr. Wilhelm .Marx, the unsuccessful candidate of the republican bloc, the field marshal sent a reply, in which after thanking Dr. Marx for his telicitations, he said: "I am hap py to note that you take the same standpoint which I would havi held in the event of your victory at tne polls. Your wlshee for ou aorely troubled fatherland incldes with mine. May they be fulfilled through the unselfish and unifying work of all to whom Ger many Is deader than political par ty.-- The delicate problem as to whether he ohould wear a frock coat or a niiiltr.ry uniform at hii in nuguratlo; is said to have been solved by Field Marshal Von Hin denburg. According to the pres ent plans, he will wear a Prince Albeit, but with it a number of war medals. Plymouth, Vt., May 2 Colonel John C, Coolidge, father of the president, was back at his home in Plymouth today performing his usual chores after having under gone a heart examination at the Massachusetts general hospital In Boston yesterday. Colonel Coortdge had nothing to say concerning his trip to Boston, other than that he was feeling as usual. Specialists who examined him said he had heart block, a condition often occurring among persons of advanced age. There was a dance in the hall above the general store In Ply mouth last night but the presi dent's father did not attend. Often times be drops over to these af fairs and watches the merrymak ers but It was said tbe Journey from Boston which he made In a day coach tn preference to wait ing for a train with the Pullman ccommodations had made him tired and he had gone to bed early OPERATING REVENUE OF ESPEE DECREASES The net operating income of the Souther Pacific company for If-2 4 was $40,733,741.63, which wan lt),17S.f B 11 less tl an the previous year, according to the an r ual r-'port which has been fl'ed with the public service com mis sion. Operating revenues are list ed ftt 1301.211.372.72 and oper Mltrr exoerte $147,021,812 Tnxes aggr-jg L'e.1 357,190, 060. 05 and unc-illctiMe tc? junta fJ,- A34.I3. Thfl Port tin 1 Southern railway rcpor'Ji a deficit for the yrar of 811.45 Operating rivcnj"! were 51.h$.30 ant! oper.it In xpenren 13.713.75. The presideri of the fund, Stephen Gamr, received fnr his service $849 4S. Editor Found Gailtv Minneapolis. Minn.. May 2 A N. Jacobs, publisher of a maga zine in Minneapolis today, was found guilty on a charge of crTm inal libel In connection with tin printing ot a story charging for mer Senator Magnus Johnson with disorderly conduct. ON 10 MATH PROJECTED Northern Pacific Board Approves Plans for Ex tension From Bend South to California Portland, Or., May 2. Official action was taken yesterday in New York by the director ol the Northern Pacific Railroad com pany toward extending the Oregon rrunk railway from Bend to Klamath Falls and on to a con- aection with the Western Pacific in northern California, according to advices received by officers of the Northern Pacific, the Oregon Trunk and the Spokane, Portland & Seattle railway here late yester day. Already the Great Northern railway, through Ralph Budd president, has declared its inten tion of invading the Klamath Palp region. Both the northern lines own the Spokane, Portland & Seattle system, one of whose subsidiaries Is the Oregon Trunk, reaching from the Columbia river to Bend, 150 miles. Two Roads Join News of the decision of the Northern Pacific to join with its ally, the Great Northern, in in vading the Klamath Falls region was received through a telegram late yesterday from President Charles Donnelly to A.' D. Charl ton, general passenger agent. The message from New York was to the effect that the directors by unanimous vote had authorized the Oregon Trunk to make appli- (Continued on Page Hlffht) FAIL TO ACCEPT E Nine teachers of the Salem public school system had failed to sign their contracts by yesterday. May 1. which was the date set an the last day -upon which they could sign them. Of the high school staff G. W. Harra, Bee De Good and L. J. Sparks did not have their con tracts signed and In the hands of the superintendent by the ap pointed time. E. E. Bergman Smith-Hughes instructor, failed to receive his contract due to I hitch in arrangements. He will re ceive a contract later, and Js ex pected to sign. At Parnsh junior high school Virgil McKlnney, Joanna Lord, Myrtel Petker and Alice Thomp son failed to sign. Myrtel Martin- sen of Yew Park school also fail ed to get her contract in. No others were reported missing. It Is thought that In many coses the teachers simply forgot to get their contracts signed. Ot!.ers. however, are known to have plans to go elsewhere next year. It is expected that there will be some leave even though they have signed to remain here. They are allowed to break a con tract on 6 weeks notice. . YAKIMA PEARS AT $55 PER TOfUlFFERED HERE Yakima pars of the coming crop wer offered for sale in mi cm ttday for 155 a t-n f. o. b. Yakima, by O. Vfnlhrnn Coffin, president iind V. R. William, secretary of (he Winthrop Krjit company of Yakima, here on a pear selling trip. The vlnitors told wrai fruit mn Ihftt Y.iklma will have a hig Top of pear this year, from every Indication. MASTER-GENERAL OF DOMINICAN OROER DEAD New York, May 2 Word was received here of the death In Rome this morning of the Most Rev, Louit Thelssllng, master-general of the domlnlcan ordor, and head of the order throughout the world A cablegram announcing his death was received here by the Very Rev. Raymond Meagher, provincial of the domtnclans In the eastern Dart ot the United State. In Phonofilm F 2?) J COOTltHSTEV PHOKTOFII'K : I The above Is an enlargement of a section of the De Forest Phonofilm of President Cooltdg maklug a speech which was deliv ered by a moving picture and synchronised talking machine, at a banquet in New York tendered by M. Koenigsberg to the editors and publishers of America. The voice and picture of Mr. Coolidge wero photographed as he spoke In Washington. GASOLINE TAXES L The state tax on gasoline and distillate collected on sales made during the month of March, 1925 amounted to $211,366.41, accord ing to a statement by Sam A, Kozer, secretary of state. To date the motor vehicle fuels tax measures have brought to the state treasury the total sum or $3,267,176.86. Of the amount collected under the law of 1921 there bas been returned up to April 30, 1925, the Bum of $256,- 950.86 to operators of farm trac tors, motor boats, commercial cleaning establishments, etc., pur suant to that provision authoriz ing refunds of taxes on such mot or vehicle fuels as are used for purposes other than In the opera tion of motor vehicles upon the public highways. ' i Two important amendments to1 the refund law were made by the: 1925 legislature. The time for filing claims for refunds, at pres ent 90 days, was extended to one year, and the rate of refund on distillate was changed to 2Mt rents a gallon ho Include the tax paid under the law of 1919. These changes will be effective on and after May 28 next. The refund rate on gasoline will remain at 2 cents as at present, and the in creased rate on distillate will ap ply only to purchases made after the new law becomes effective. March taxes were remitted on 6,665,775 gallons of gasoline and 455,725 gallons of distillate. Of the total collected the sum of $68,- 936.39 resulted from the opera tion of the original law Imposing a tax of one cent a gallon on gaso- line and one-half cent a. gallon on distillate, while $142,430.02 was returned under the additional tax law providing for a uniform rate of 2 cents a gallon on all kinds of motor vehicle fuel. As compared with March, 1924, gasoline sales Increased approxi mately 16 per cent and distillate about 30 per cent. Motor vehicle fuels taxes ar credited to the state highway fund becoming available for expendi ture In the construction and main tenance of state highways. BURGHDUFF SEEKS TO CLOSE WILLAMETTE RIVER Portland. Or.. Mar i. Cloning of the Wlllametre rier to com merclal fishing 1 advocated ly Captain A. E. Burghduff, itate game warden, In hl monthly re port to the game commiiwion. Thl could only be permanently effected Uurgh li'ff mate througli ronxtltutlonal amendment aettln the river aalde to remain forever a trolling anl eed trenm, thnp harrlng any micceedlng leglnlatiire from throwing the river open to ommerclal flahlcg. I TOLL OF FIVE LIVESAT SEA Two Steamers and Three Schooners Lost In Gale Sweeping. North Atlan tic for Three Days Halifax, May 2 The North At lantic, heavily mantled with fog and lashed by a driving easterly wind and rain, has taken toll of five lives, two steamers and one three masted schooner since Tours day afternoon. The crew of one of the steam era at last reports, still was In Im minent danger. The Nova Scotia schooner Cape D'Or went down Thursday night three minutes after being rammed by the steamer Clackamas off Sambro lightship. Mrs. Margaret Leon wilkle wife of the captain; and four ot the crew, including the captain 's brother, were drowned. Captain Wilkle and two other men were rescued. Two steamers, tbe Azov, ashore on the southern Cape Breton coast, and the Motdegaard, a Norwegian boat, ashore off Pennant point, were expected to be total losses. According to last reports,, last night, both boats were being pounded to pieces by the high seas. The1 twenty-five men aboard the Azo managed to reach shore in their boats; init the crew of the Moldcgaard was unable to do this, and seas were running too high to permit the Dominion govern ment steamer Stanley, standing by, to approach. Hopes were held out that rescue might be effected this morning. Captain Ralph McKenzle, of the fishing schooner Archie F. Mc Kenzle, reported late last night that about eight miles south of the Liverpool automatic buoy he had sighted what he believed to be a schooner of about 300 tons hot torn up and drifting shoreward This, however, la to be believed the wreckage of the Cape D'Or as no other vessels have been report ed In distress. COTTAGE GROVE Eugene, May 2 The body of Morton Calvin Robbins of -Cottage Grove was found yesterday morn ing in Moshy creek, about a mile from his old home. The body was found by his two sons, George and Chester. He had been missing since early Wednesday morning. Robbins had been despondent for some time, according to rela tives. He had suffered an attack of flu, and his Illness was ascrib ed an the cause. According to the members of the family, he had remarked be fore he left home that the place where he ended his life would be a "fine place to jump Into the creek," from a large flat rock. He bad wrapped a wire rope about his "lt aeveral times, and fastened a large rock to It. It was Raid that he anked for chloroform at a Dorena store Thursday. He i survived hy a widow and 12 children. ORE60N-WILLAMETTE 6AMES ARE POSTPONED Eugene, Or., May 2. The Uni vereiiy of Oregon-Willamette uni versity baseball game, srheflul'd for this afternoon on the local field, has been cancelled, accord Ing to announcement of Jack llcnefiel, graduate manager of Otrgon. A misunderstanding In i he schedule raused Indefinite postponement of both Willamette games. The return contest was to have been played In Halem, May If. Monkt Held Rebels. Rofla. May 2 (Hy Aenoclated Press.) Traces of the communist cenftpiracy In Bulgaria have led to tne Tcheropttch monastery, 3?i mile from Sofia, where the thorltk-s claim secret meetings were held. Tho attorney general iia, ordered tli" arrest of Ihs im j'lat"d monks. IE Terror Spread by Convicts Lesson For "Sob Sisters" Sacramento, Cal May 2 Gov ernor Richardson today Issued a statement declaring that the crimes of "Joe Tanko and Floyd Hall, escaped San Quentln convicts and murderer;, "hould prove a val uable lesson to "sob sisters, whose influence caused the San Mateo county jury to give the slay era of the city marshal ot San Bruno life imprisonment rather than the death penalty. The governor's statement. Issu ed In connection with his official announcement ot $500 reward of fered by htm for the capture of Hall and Tanko dead or alive Is as follows: "Joe Tanko and Floyd Hall com mitted a particularly cold-blooded murder In San Mateo county. The city marshal .of San Bruno appre hended them for violating a traffic rule and followed them on a motor cycle and tiled to stop them. "These criminals ran the mar shal into the curb so he fell off his motorcycle and broke his leg. St. Joseph, Mo., May 2. Day light today fiaw five balloons in the national elimination race headed eouthwestward, probably over southern or southeastern Mtpsourl. National aeronautic as sociation officials early today anxiously awaited word from the balloons that left Rosccranz field here late yesterday to contest for the honor of representing tho United States In the Internation al balloon racea Four of the balloons, those pi loted by Captain H. E. Honey well, veteran of 25 years experi ence; W. T. Van Orman, winner of the race !t year; Herbert V. Th ft den and Lieutenant William J. Flood, are thone contesting for tho coveted positions in the inter national race. Thoso balloonlsts niching In the lead are eligl- to to enter. Tho fifth balloon pl oted by Major Maurice Smith of KanHas City, was a pilot balloon hat led the way for tbe racers. The pilot was to drop memage today telling of his position tfpeed and experiences. The mew sages are to be delivered to N, A. officials here and to the Associated Prefw. T1G big bags took off late yes tcrday and UcdeU toward the tioulheast and the weather bureau predicted they would follow that course to the vicinity of Memphis Tenn., where they would hea eastward with tho wind toward the Atlantic coast. The Inst re port from the balloons lat night wu that three had passed over Liberty, Mo., and another over Kansas City. - E IS Los Angeles, Cal., May 2. In vestigation of the death of Mrs W. H. Hancock, wealthy widow whose bruised and battered bod was found In her apartment here last Tuesday, has been dropped by police with the announremen that they were convinced It was not a case of murder. The three skuil fractures, elgh broken ribs and other Injuries re vealed by an autopsy after th tieath originally had been listed 'due to nal'jrftl causes aparent ly were sustained by Mrs. Hahcoc n a fall from a kitchen stool, de tectives said. A coroner's jury Thursday returtcd an open ver diet of murder. VILLA RETAINS TITLE -IN BOUT AT MANII Manila, May 2 By Associated Press Pancho Villa, world'a fly weight boxing champion, retained hla tltl In a match fought here tonight, against Clever Sencio. Villa received a decision on points at the end of the fifteen scheduled rounds. Then these -two young criminals stopped their car and went back and shot the officer in cold blood. "The jury, owing to the sob sis ters Influence gave them life im prisonment. These men had crim inal records and had been tn re form schools in another state, While in state's prison they suc ceeded In escaping and have since been terrorizing different terri tories. They have killed one citi zen and wounded an officer. "If society Is to be protected against murderers the law must be rigidly enforced. It la partlcu larly Important every criminal who murders a police officer should be severely dealt with, as these officers are simply repre senting the majesty of the state. When a criminal attacks an offi cer he 1b in effect defying the state. "I sincerely hope that the crim inal exploits of these two young murderers will be a warning to kind hearted but misguided sob sisters." FIGHT CASE OUT Notice of appeal from the jus- Ice court to the circuit court wus filed today In the case ot tho state gainst Joe Walker, who was sen tenced by Justice of the Peace Hmall yesterday to pay a fine of $3000 and serve a year in tv county jail for possession of a still. ;uy Smith, one of the attorneys for Walker, Lester Dickson, John Andrews and Henry Johnson, stated today that appeal would Iso be taken In the case of the hree latter, each ot whom was lined $500 and sentenced to six months In jail by Justice ot the eace Small yesterday. They were .sentenced for manufacturing liq uor. On the charge of possessing a still they wore bound over to the grand jury. Emil J. Wllke. a fifth man who lias linen arrextrd In the case, ifi minor end probably will bo turned over to the county court. L Rev, Charles E. Ward, new pas tor of the First Congregational church of Salem, arrived In this city late last night, being met In Portland by Frank Neer and Or. Kantner of the local church and brought to Salem by automobile. Rev. Mr. Ward Is a graduate of Pacific university, and has play ed football against Willamette. He graduated from Pacific In 1912. He was also a basketball player while In college. He was prominent In V. M. C, A. work and business men 'a athletics at Ash tabula, Ohio, where he occupied bis last pulpit, and where he Is said to have made a good record as a pastor. He left Ashtabula Monday with hlB wife and family ot four boys. They stopped In Seattle, where his wife and children are still remain ing with relatives. They will come on to Salem as Boon as the household goods arrive from Ohio. At present Rev. Mr. Ward Is' staying with Mr. and Mrs. It. J. Hendricks at their home. He will eventually occupy the Congrega tional parsonage on Center street next the church. The first sermon by the new pantor will be given Sunday morn ing. FAIRWEAMRlSlORECAST Pan Kranclnco, May J The weather outlook for the week he- glnnlng May 3 wu announced here today by the United States weather bureau as follows: For California, On-gnn and Washington: Generally fair wealh er with normal temperature, ex cept that conlderahle cloudiness and local rains are likely along the Wanhlnglon and Oregon coast. WOMAN AND 2INSH0I Seattle Blacksmith Opens Fire As Intruders Try To Force Entrance To Hotel Room Seattle, Wanh May 2. EddU Mundorff,' 29 years old, died to day from the effects of a shooting affray in a hotel here last night, in which Nora Reynolds, 36, and Robert Fulton, 40, a card room employe, also were killed. Law rence Higdon, 64 years old, black smith, is held by the police in connection, with the deaths. Questioned by detectives, Hig don said Severn 1 men broke In the door ot bis room and started to heat him and tuat he fired abut ten shots. Jerry Howard, a roomer in the hotel, was arretted 'when Higdon named him as ooo of the men who rntored his room, but was later released. Police discredit a story by Higdon that he did not see tho Reynolds woman In the room when he began shooting. Two sons in Tacoma, 16 and 17 years old, survlvo the Reynolds woman, police announced. GETS TOOLS FOR Roeeburg, May 2 Lee Duncan, prisoner In the county Jail, who escaped two weeks ago and was at liberty for a week before being recaptured, was found In posses sion of six hacksaw blades, a flash light and a can of red popper, ' when officers searched his cell to day. These articles are believed. Sheriff Starmor says, to have heen slipped to Duncan by George Hud son, who is serving a sentence for having liquor In his possession. District Atlornoy Cordon stnted this morning that Hudson's ac tions will be Investigated by the grand Jury which Is to meet on May 18. Hudson, who was a trusty, hav been working on the court house yard, trimming rose bushes and cleaning up the grounds and ac cording to the officers is thought to have gone to his tent about three blocks from the Jail yester day and to have procured the ar tides found in Duncan's cell. SherIK starmer stated that loose boards weer found In Hud son's cell, which la directly above Duncan's and evidence, the offi cer says, indicates that Hudson slipped through a hole in his own cell last night and passed the hack saw blades, pepper can and flash light through to Duncan, who hid them in his mattress. 13,500 BABIES ENTERED IN HEALTH CONGRESS Chicago, M.iy 2. The first na tional baby congress and health .xposilion opened here today, the 'iiottt extenslva of its kind ever undertaken, and the first ot It ch,ructer sponsored and supported 'iy the organized medical profea- ion. From all ovsr America, 13,600 liahtes alrealy have been entered. jnd 705 physicians, working in lilfta, all conduct the physical el iminations. Hponaored bv the Illinois Slate Medical society, the ocngrees has the support of the American Medi al association and the Chicago Medical society, whose officers, v 1 1 h thoae of the Illinois Stats Medical society are In supervi sion. PRINCESS LOUISE STRICKEN London, May I Th Princes Royal Louise, sister of King George, yesterday suffered s vera shock ot gastric hemorrhage which was followed by consider able weaknees. A medical bulletin this morn ing says that after restful night her highness regained som strength and there has been no rcrurrenc ot the Incident- IN GUN DUEL