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CITY EDITION
Dally avorag net paid circulation for
month ending April Jo, U25
FAIR TONIGHT.
In the Interior, cloudy on the coast to
night and Thursday, riliihlly lower tarn
parature in the Interior; varUble winds
moatiy southerly.
Local: Max., 87; min, SO rain, none;
river, J.l; atmoe., clear; wind, north.
LIBRARY
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Average dally distribution TiMI.
Member Aullt Bureau of Circulations,
FORTY-SEVENTH YEAR No. 108
SALEM, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, MAY 6, 1925
PRICE THREE CENTS
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LAST KILLS EIGHT
14 LOSE LIVES
IN TWO FIRES
-" SIXHREMEN
Three Buildings In Pitts
burgh Suburb Wreck
ed By Explosion; Bomb
Believed Cause.
Pittsburgh, Pa., May 6. Fire
men, searching the ruins of three
wisavale building, destroyed by
an explosion shortly after last
midnight recovered two addition
al bodies today making the total
death list eight.
The eight victims of the explo
sion were mombers of the same
family. Mr. and Mrs. Clement
jeremiah were the parents of Mrs.
Karl Keglar aud Mrs. Carl Baldus,
,oll of whom were killed together
with their husbands and a eon of
Mr. and Mrs. Ualdus. Mrs. Marie
Kohlte, the eight victim, was a
sister of Mrs. Jeremiah.
Fire Marshal Thomas Pfarr said
bo believed the blaBt was caused
by dynamite or nitro-glycerine,
bearing cit the police theory that
the explosion was the work of
"black handerj."
County detectives were malting
an effort to locate Thomas Pusa
tera, owner of a fruit stand In
which the explosion occurred. It
was said that Pusatera had re
ceived threatening letters recently.
Pittsburgh, pa., May 6. Six
bodies had been recovered earlv
today from the ruins of three
built' in gs in Swlssvale, a suburb,
which were wrecked by an explo
sion shortly after midnight. Two
other persons are missing and arc
believed by police and fire officials
Continued on Page Eleven)
ASTOR MANSION.
IS PURCHASED BY-
New York, May 6 (A. P.)
The palatial mansion of Vincent
Astor at Fifth avenue and 65th
treet. long known as one of the
social landmarks of the country
was the property today of Benja
min Winter, who 26 years ago
was a penniless immigrant boy
from Poland. The price was ap
proximately $3,000,000. The resi
dence will be demolished and a
new 910,000,000 apartment house
will be erected there, Mr. Winter
said.
For many years the house wa
the social center of New York'e
MOO."
The residence contains the Ali
tor art collection, one of the most
famous private art collections Id
the world:
The new owner of the mansion
began hie career as a bouse paint
er. He gradually accumulated a
little capital and entered the con
tracting business. His real estate
operations began in 1914. He has
purchased $10,000,000 worth of
real estate within the last ten
weeks.
Linen Mill Workers
Renew Efforts with
Goal Not Far Distant
' Every worker on the Tinen mill
proposition is expected to be at
the luncheo i at the chamber of
commerce tonorrow. Realtors
i:avs postponed 'their regular
weekly luncheon and at tomor
row Catherine; there will be a
general all around discusaion ae
to the ffnal driT ut the campaign
Subscription the pan day or
two bar been dragging but thl
ha aroused a turtner apirit of de
termination that the flat mf!
n.iitt go over an1 will go over. A
rallying of emsll tuhscr'pt'rc
ceded ai well a lew more k'.
Strawbry,
Crop; Howa
IsWi dOut
Chicago, May bA. P.) Ad
vices to the weat 5 ureau today
said frost has j Really wiped
cut the strawber op and also
unprotected trucl 'J; ps in Iowa.
The bureau aiaova reports of
freezing temperatures In northern
Michigan, Minnesota and the Da
Itotas with snowfalls in northern
Michigan and other northern sec
tions. Snow also fell today for a few
minutes In northern Illinois cities,
including Chicago. The tempera
ture was so high that the snow
melted virtually before reaching
tho ground. The temperature
here stood at 49 degrees as the
snow ceased. '
The seriousness of the frost
damage in Iowa Indicated that
(Continued on Page Nine)
F
Mrs. Shepherd, Sought As
Accessory To Murder,
Takes No Chances of
Being Denied Bail.
C he l ago, May 6 After Chief
J uatioo Hopkins of tho criminal
court had indicated he would grant
ball to Mrs. Wit lam 1 Shepherd,
charged es accessory to the mur
iler chattel against her husband,
of Mrs. Emma McClintock and her
son "liiliy'' counsel fur the ac
cused woman promised to produce
her in court at S p m. .
Cicago, May 6. (A. P.) Mrs.
William D. Suepherd, who wen;
into biding after a coroners jury
recommended yesterday that sue
be held a an accessory to the
murder of William McCUntock.
the boy millionaire, and his moth
er, Mrs. Emma Nelson McClintock,
planned to give herself up in court
today,, her attorneys announced.
They said they antiicpated no dif
ficulty (u oLtaining bail for her.
Her husband William D. Shep
herd, wept last night in bis cell
in the cojnty jail where he hus
been held since March llf aud
thrice was denied bail after he was
indicted char sec! with the murder
of Billy" McClintock.
Mrs. Shepherd was angered by
the finding of the coroner's Jur
against' her and the accusations
u.ade against her by Chief Justice
Harry Olson, of the municipal
court, whose late brother, Dr.
Oscar Olson, was the McClintock
family phvsician aud whose death
the judge had also questioned in
connection with the deaths of Mrs.
JUntock, 16 years ago, and be.
m last December 4.
I hope there will be a fitting
punishment for the fiendishness oi
Judge Olson,' Mrs. Shepherd ex
claimed shortly before ehe fled
from the beautiful McCl:ntoi-k
home in Kenilworth, a North
Shore suburb, where Shepherd
and his wife had lived for seve.a'
years with their foster son, "Bil
iy" McClintock. The house, gen
erally known as the . Sh?pher1.
home, actually belong to the es
tate of young McClintock. who:'
Contlnu1 on Page Nine
.nc to put the mill over In 8
spurt at the finish and worker:
.'eclore they will get ail of these.
Tonight a arty will go from
ialem to Sllv-erton to further
.-ssist In the drive In prns.-es?
ihere, Include In the party to bf
r M. lllcke, Taro(. re lloth. K. O
Celling, Coolnel W. B. Uartram
nd other.
Up to date the list of subscrlb
rs to the pr-. t la as f-llows:
Joneph II. Albert. George E
"'ln. A. J. Anders n Earl A. An-
'vl . n f-iti.rt. W:l'
WOMAN HIDES
BOM ARREST
nV.fi-tniteri un Pi fsevent
EMPLOYER OF
WHEELER IS
Gordon Campbell Sentenc
ed To Serve Two Years
And Pay. Fine of $1000
For Oil Operations.
Great; Falls, Mont , May 5 (By
Associated Press) Gordon Camp
hell was sentenced to two years tn
Leavenworth, Knsis, federal pen!
tcnlJary and to pay a fine of one
thousand dollais by Judge George
M. Bourquin after he was found
guilty by a Jury In federal district
court hero this morning of using
the malls to defraud and fraudu
lent oil promotion. He was found
not guilty of the sixth count in
ihe Indictment, which alleged con
spiracy. Mr. Campbell employed United
States Senator B. K. Wheeler of
this state as his ntto.Tcy at $10,
I'OO a year following the latter'
election to the senate In 1922.'
Senator Wheclor last month was
acquitted by a federal jury here of
accepting money for having repre
sented Mr. Canipbi'U beforo the in
terior department after his elec
tion. Ihe Jury reachol its verdict in
tho Campbell case at 9:30 last
night after hav.ng 'deliberated 29
hours, and It was opened In court
ut 10 a. m. today.
Campbell is under Indictment In
the District of Columbia Jointly
with Senator Wheeler and E. S.
Booth, former solicitor of the in
terior department, charged with
conspiracy to procure federal land
by fraud.
E;
St. Louis Mo.. May . Charg
ug that skin was unlawfully cut
aiom her legs and thighs, and
grafted on another child, Sarah
i'iner, 13 years of age, hat;
lrou?ht suit for $10,000 damages
against Abraham and Rebecca
finer, grocery proprietors ot
Orentwood, a euburb, with whom
the formerly lived.
The action vac brought through
Samuel Finer, ber legal guardian.
The removal of patches of skin
took place August 17, 1923, the
uilt avers. The skin, according to
attorneys for the child, was graft
ed on a child of the Finers who
woa badly burned and later died.
The suit charges that Finer and
his wife abused Sr. rah, struck and
menaced her ana compelled her to
undergo the operation, In which
the child was given an anaeithetir
'' hypodermic Injections and the
'tin removei?.
The removal, It Is charged, left
iter limbs permanently disfigured
rnd scarred.
V. H. FULKERSON
DIES AT SEASIDE
Word has been received here of
the death of W, H. Fulkerson at
Seaside. He was father of A. N.
Fulkerson of the Marlon County
Community federation, and father-in-law
of Mrs. Mary Fulkerson,
county superintendent ot schools.
He was well known here, spending
half of his time In his declining
rears with his son tn Salem and
the other half with a daughter at
Seaside.
Mr. Fulkerson was a pioneer of
1847, living the greater share of
bis life In Polk county, being one
of the pioneer farmers of that
county. According to present
plans he will be burled In the
eametery near Crowley Station In
Polk county In the family lot
A. N. Fulkerson Is now at Seaside.
EDJ1TY
FRENCH LOSS
IN MOROCCO
HELD HEAVY
Official Reports Mlnum
izc Casualties. Private
Reports Say; Riffian
Attack Repulsed.
Rabat, French Morocco, May 6.
(A. P.) An official communi
que today reports a fierce fight
between French and Riffians
troops in which the French re
pulsed violent counter' attacks,
killed "many of the enemy' and
took some prisoners.
Dispatches from the interior re
reived here after the official com
munique was Issued, said the
luencb, forces had serious diffi
culties today and sustained consid
erable losses.
Casualties Concealed.
Paris, May 6. (A. P.) The
Temps prints a telegram from Fez,
not otherwise veruied giving the
French losses In one recent en
gagement as four officers frnd 46
men killed and 150 French wound
ed. This message says the Riffian
losses were teu times as heavy as
the French. This casualty list dis
agrees with tho official announce
ment. Meililla, Spanish Morocco, May
6. (A. P.) The fighting be
tween the Riffians and the French
is reported to be increasing In se
verity but the present engage
ments are believed to be but a pre
lude to greater conflicts which
will develop ts Abd-el-Krim
throws more men across the neu
tral zone separating the Spanish
end French protectorates.
The French are said to have
-en successful thus far, being
led by native contingents In the
ench area and advices here says
lie Fiffians have been driven back
.nlo their own country in some
daces.
French aviators nave done ef
tective work In bombing the
tribesmen from entrenched posi
tions and Inflicting severe punish
ment by means of machine gun
fire from low altitudes.
Fez, French Morocco, May 6.
(A. P.) Tbd-2l-Krlm, the Moroc
can rebel leader, now Is reported
to have mobili.ed 20,000 Riffian
tribesmen for hlg attack on the
Trench zone, instead of the 4000
previously estimated. Of these
forces, 6000 are on the border be
tween the Spanish and French
zones, from which they are mak
ing raids into the territory occu
pied by the French in their ad
vance bf last Autumn.
The French outposts, some of
which were Isolated bv the first
movement of tho Riffians from the
Spanish zone, have been relieved
hy General Cokmbat's column and
the garrison, rtpplied with food
:tnd water.
Colonel Freydenburg, In a aerie?
of fiercely contested engagements,
s reported to be clearing the cen
tral sector, while to the east In
the vicinity of Tazat, General
Lam bay, after ft riving back the
nvaders, haa successfully repulsed
a series of counter attacks.
Satisfied with the success thus
far achieved and the preparation
made for further developments.
the French governor general, Mar
sha Lyartey, has returned to Ra
bat on the coast.
Marshal Lyautey Is keeping in
constant touch with Marshal Foch
at Paris, acquainting him fully
with all aspects or the situation.
General Count De Chambrun
brotber-ln-law of Nicholas Long
worth, Is under oiarnhol Lyautey
n general charge of the opera
lions. ACCEPTS PRESIDENCY
PACIFIC UNIVERSITY
MaMen. Mass., tiny (. Ilrr.
Dr. John Francis Dobbs, who will
rstlrs In Juns aa pastor of ths
First Congregational church of
this cltr. haa accepted tha prnil-
dsncr of tha Pacific unireralty
at Forest Orors, Or., and will as
mims hit duties In September. He
Is a gradual of Union Theolniclc
sl Seminsry and hat been In ths
rontrea;atlonat ministry 10 yeara,
holding pastoratea In New York
and Syracuse befora comlnf to
Maiden In 1915.
IN ONE F AMILYlOFFER BONUS
2 PLANES HOP
OFF ON POLAR
T
Amundsen Expedition
Favored by Fine Weath
ier; Expect To Reach
'Polo In Eight Hours.
Stockholm, Sweden, Muy 6
(By Associated Press) The weath
er prjspects at Spitsbergen are re
ported excellent for the forthcom
ing attempt bv Captain Ronld
Amundrien's expedition to reach the
North pole by airplane.
Both the airplanes will be flown
northward, following the two ex
pedition steamers, Farm and Hob
by, which yesterday left tor the
Intended hopping off point on
Danes islnnd.
A; dlapntch from OaIo, Norway,
Inst nlffht, snld the dash for the
pole of the Amundsen planes mlpht
i'inlbly stnrt this (Wednesday)
afternoon at 4 o'clocK from Pfiiiew
island, on the northwestern const
of Sj)it.bergen.
Am er U'n n Pnsson ger
The first pinna Is to be piloted
by Lieutenant Rolser Lnrsen, with
Amundsen as passenger and the
second by Oscar Omdal, with Lin
coln El'wwortli, an American en
ginoer as naigator.
The plrines have a speed of more
than 90 miles an hour, making it
pOt!)le, the explorers believe, to
reach tho pole In about eight hours
(Continued on Page Four)
Frank Cplts and Julius Schmit
are in the ;ounty Jail, and In jus
tice court this afternoon will be
formally charged with ponsewion
and transportation of liquor. They
wer arrested Inst nltrht two miles
wos of St. Paul by two traffic of
fleers, Williun S. Levi mi "tMe pro
hlbit:on commissioner, and V. V
Iuckuorth, nn operative for the
Mate department. In their poe-
mnlon wero a full ls-gnCon ke;
of moonshine and two Jugs, con
taining liquor, n total of about 16
gallons. Tho officers say the two
men were ready to make n. deliv
my o the liquor. T'.ie cache was
in the wo ids. A Chevrolet coup
was also taken by tho officers.
The two men did not rettist ar
rift, but 8rh"ilt ran Into the woods
pndr throw away a gun that be was
cm rvlnz.
Schn.lt hn been In th limelight
before. He Is the man whom Cul
bertfton. a former nt:ite prohibit lor.
iigent, best severely when be ar
icstcd Schmlt. A a rwjlt Cul-
bcrtson wns dlsrharitfld from- the
stale service by George I Cleaver
who was then prohibition com-
miasluner.
EXPERT TO TALK
Portlnnd, Muy Pursuant to
the new auto llitht la v, which be
oo-nes effective August 31, lecture
will be given thronshout the statf
m4W direction of Secretory of
Hi ate Birr. A. Kxer, by Frank A
hm, ll'iimlnit'ng enxinc?r. The
tjrst of thf uu lectures will be here
tonight.
Oregon stamina 0"e tiiktn from
thore .idopted by the United Htaicj.
bur en a r.f standards an J already in
force tn severnl tnteii, arcordlng
tn Ptm, who mvj that ultimately
Ihe anie sWimO-ml will b9 adopt
erl unit iimIIv.
Light niljiritlic titl.inii where
n.ntor mm will b toted for head,
KlMt an I till llghu will be dwig
netcd. .!n-n lisnnnce of receipt
of trrt a, the fceretnry of Mate will
gr.m4 rntlfb'ntrs In compliance
wilH the tnw.
FUGH
1DHY
HOP OFF ON
BLATANT BALLYH0 HERE
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Civic Center is Raided
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SWEET CHARITY EXCUSE
Salem, the beautiful city of
dreums'. Onward and upward, you
can't stop her. Here is the city
of flowers, vistas, wide streets,
glorious landscapes, snow-capped
mountains In the distance yea, a
veritable paradise.
And now comes tho final touch.
All nature's artistry cannot equal
it.
Arising in tho center of Salem's
civic center, her boast and her
pride, are the two most beautiful
objects of all. .-
One of these "objects of artistic
grandeur is n merry -go-round,
r me times called a carousel by
the aristocratic.
Another Is a ferrls wheel.
These two charming sights were
the needed touches to place Salem's
civic center In the same rank as
ihe grounds at Versailles.
With all Its charm It has been
Known by experienced In intern pod
LIBEL CHARGED
TO
Kelso, Wash.. May 6. Mayor
A. Kuric Todd was arrested to
day on a warrant charging crim
inal libel, taeued on Information
filed by Prosecuting Attorney
Kite Imus. The charges were bas
ed on a hand bill circulated to ad
vertise a meeting called by May
or Todd. The handbill was alleg
ed to have made damaging refer
ences to certain of the mayor's
opponents In his controversy with
the city council.
The warrant was Issued late
yesterday but service was delay
ed, It was said, to permit Mayor
Todd to attend a council meeting
last night.
When the council convened last
night the chamber was packed
with spectstors. A resolution
adopted at the Todd meeting
which called for resignation of
six councilmen and the city at
torney was read by Fred Rswson,
but no official action was taken
LISBON"RlTlNGlESUMED
Lisbon, Portugal, Majr . (A.
P.) Disorders hars broken out
analn Id Lisbon and today tho
stresta ars patrolled by cavalry,
occasional - revolver ahots are
heard, a few persona hare been
wounded and many arrests hav.
been made. Tbs dlsonlsrs began
Humlay nlnht aa a result of the
elections. I.saI nlxht women led s
street psrads. followed by male
demonstrators firing ahots. Gov
ernment troops chanced ths dem
oiMtratona and tha troops r rs n)w
swslilna; reinforcements to es
tablish order
POLAR FLIGHT
artists for a long time thut just
some little touch was missing to
make the Salem civtc center the
boast of the continent and the joy
of tho world. It remained for th
Ilrowning-AmuMMiient company to
itep in and provide the touches.
And It all is. done in the name
of charity sweet charity. For
v50 and a percentage of the grog:
receipts the heart of the civic ccn
tcr has been tvrned over to the
llatant ballylio of the carnival
l.ing and the lilting swing of the
clacked voice organ that will per
meate the atmosphere with wicrd
bound.
If a wild man could be placed
at one end of the avenue and a
pnake charmer at the other, noth
ing could stop admiring nature
i overs from exclaiming with awe
ever Salem s glories.
Truly, there would be a picture
no artist could paint.
IAL
CLEARS PULLER
Norfolk, Va., Muy 6. (A. P.)
Cominmider D. W. Fuller, com
manding the naval transport
Beaufort, was acquitted by a
court martial at the naval bate
here today of all three charges al
leging neglect of duty In connec
tion with the finding aboard his
ship of 500 quarts of whiskey
when it docked here in February.
Location of Normal
School Building at
Independence Legal
In an opinion today Attorney
General Van Winkle holds that the
new training school for the norcal
school at Monmouth can be legally
located at Independence as pro
vided by the 1 i25 legislature and
for which an appropriation of
$ 125.000 was nurds.
The oplr ion holds that the con
ftttutiomil smciiOmcnt of 1908.
providing thi;t all state institu
tions must be in the county whrc
the seat of government is located
unless other who voted by the peo
ple does not inhibit construction
of the building at Independence
tor the reason that It Is part of
tbe Monmouth normal school end
the normal Sfhool was located nt
Monmouth by vote of the people-
The nnlntnn hold) that th word
FOR HPS ON
RUMRUNNERS
Citizens Who Inform On
Booze Smugglers To
Get 25 Percent of Fines
Imposed. ..
New York, May . (A. P.)
Citizens wbo inform the federal
authorities of liquor smuggling
activities leading to the convic
tion of bootleggers under tha cus
toms law will receive 25 per cent
of the fines Imposed and of tha
money obtained through the fale
of selied boats, Edward Barnes,
assistant solicitor to the collector
of the port announced today. (
New York, May 6. Sixty four
heavily armed coast guard boats,
with 13 seaplanes as auxiliaries,
tbe greatest dry armada in his
tory, patrolled this section of the
Atlantic coast today, the second
of the war against rum row.
Eighteen more craft steamed
out ot Clifton Bay, Stitten Island
coast guard base, to Join tbe 21
that opened the offensive yester
day. Earlier a fleet of twenty
five craft had Joined the New
York fleet from Boston and other
New England points.
Operations of the entire - fleet
are being directed by means of
code wirelces messages from
Washington to the coast guard
cutter Mojave. which because of
her size and apeed and powerful
engines and crew of seventy men
has been made the flagship ot v.he
armada.
In addition a dozen more boata
are being held in reserve for em-
Continued on I'ags Rleven)
AT
Marahfleld, Ore., May S Fire to
day at noon destroyed the Douno
npnrtm-?nt house No. 2, the resi
dence of Snruh Wi)M)n adjoining
oud the Coos liny auta wrecking
plant which was on the first floor
cf the apartment building.
i?lx fnnillirs lost nil their per
Hiinl belongings and are homeless
1 ut theri were no casualties.
The loss was estimated at $20,
000. The apart ment b ilMIng was
owid by J. C. Uoane.
Mnttthfield w;ut cut off from
wire communh'-itinn with the out
p.de for a whll-j due to the flro
burning out the long distance lines
The Johnson Motor company, a
branch houne of Allen and Lewis,
wholes tie grocers, an-1 three rod
rf.-ncs caught fire several times)
but wre snved by firemen es wera
three biitnea blocks which were
tlirentene.l.
There was believed to be little
Insurance on any of the destroyed
property.
Offlclnl bvlievo the fire started
Ir. the 1,1 1 He apartments, at tha
ir-nr of tho .l'troved building
"af Is a terra ot relativity and tha
inw locating the normal school at
Monmouth may mean In or near
that place, and the supreme court
ic quoted ns authority. It ts point
ed out that prior to the 19u8
.'intendment the constitution pro
vided that state institutions must
Uc "af the seat of government,
hut this was never construed as
inhibiting them from being lo
rated several miles away from tha
city of Sulem.
In effect, the oplnon holds that
although the new building will be
in Independence It Is under the
law "at" Monmouth.
The new school will at the sams
time serve Indepednenre for rrgu
inr school purioses and servo the
v.'nte normal school as a tratniaf
4rhwi) fo teachers.