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About Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980 | View Entire Issue (May 7, 1925)
C apital Md 8 jg25 CITY EDITION Dully avorikff net paJJ circulation for montU, ending April $0, 192& CLOUDY TONIGHT Ana Friday, cooler In eat portion to nurnt. Preah went, becoming north wind Local: Max., 75; mln., 4t: rain, -Ot ; river, I.I; atmoa., part cloudy; wind, . 6755 Average dally distribution 7011. Member Auilt Bureau of Circulations. aouthweat. FORTY-SEVENTH YEAR No. 109 SALEM.OREGON, TH1LRSI?AX,MAY-7, 1925 k -) iii"" i DDTfl? TH DT?TC PTTMTQ ON TRAINS AND NRWg rniKsEj laKEjEi -oimnio stands fivb cents rn UV! rvn JV An ISpL . . PERMIT FOR RAILROAD IS IP PL ED FOR Oregon Trunk Files Appli cation With Commis sion; Talk of Reno Eureka Road Revived. Washington, May 7. A project (or constructing 250 miles of new line in central Oregon, was filed today with the interstate com merce commission by the Oregon Trunk railway, a corporation con trolled by tho Great Northern Northern Pacific, Burlington group. No estimates of cost were Included. The projected line will run from P.eud, Or., lu a general southerly direction 170 mites to Klamath Falls, via Bonanza and Olean. In addition 80 mnes of mainline would be built through northward from Klamath Kalis along the west eide of KHmath lake and return Ins to the main trunk again at a junction point called Skookum. Woiil Tan Timber. The line would open an avenue ot transportation for very large t'mber tracts, the application eaid. and in addition would get some traffic from rgricultural and graz Ing interests. It was further said that the Oregon Trunk was affili ated with other railroads which operate 27,000 miles of line and that these corporations were pro pared to finance the extension. There is pending before the commission a petition by the Ore gon public utilities commission which aeks that railroads serving Oregon be required to build large extensions. The Oregon Trunk proposal file l today in part cov ers the routes on which the Ore gon commission hae sought to force new construction. iCnntlniirl on I'nse Elsht) STSdqi T. A. Raffety, chief state traf rlc inspector, had a narrow escape from serious Injury, and as it was lr eore in several points today as a result of being run down on the Pacific highway last night by Paul Stclnbock of Salem. Raffety was guarding a broken down truck of the Willamette Va1-Ic-y Transfer company whi-:h was topped on the highway. With a Daehlirclit he had signa'led several automobiles to steer clear of the disabled truck ana says he began to signal EtcinboHc when he was bbout half a mile way, but that Steirback kept coming rapidly un til too late to stop when he put on his brakes and skidded Into the truck and hit Raffety. The in rector jumped Just In time to keep from bem; crushed and was knocked Int3 the ditch of the right of way. Steinbock ,.n his report at the rollce station, claims be did net see the signal light from Raffety- until ton late to stop and claim' tliere wt? in resr lights on th truck. Raffety clalmfl there wa a rear ifht on the trurk but tba F'nhrvk knrvkpd t off. Journal Matinee at Grand Will Feature Tom Mix in New Role Still another one. A matinee (or all citlien, of Sa. lem not over 13 yeara ot ai.'e, by pedal Inrltstlon of the Capital Journal. What'e more, tlis mati nee la a picture of Tom Mix hlm flelf. And f-hat's atlll more, he naa not only h!a horae tbia lime, but he'a drevied as the nall.int arntleman ot old England, the England of which the children never tire of hearing. A coupon, clipped from the Journal. plua flva centa, la all that will be required, of any ynunnter who cam to aee the picture Saturday afternoon. - Journal Story Brings Deluge Of responses "It pay ' advertise," says Mrs. W. J. Z ir. 185 South 19th street. Se days ago Mrs. Culver toll Journal reporter about tw ,ll dogs' that had strayed It aer neighborhood and she c u Teed a desire to be able to fl r good home for the dogs whii Z'r re neither curs nor scrubs bi ') lowed evidences of birth ana winding. A short story In Tuesday's Journal resulted In more than two dozen applications to furnish homes for the dogs. Mrs. Culver ie keeping them until Saturday and if the owner does not claim them by that time she will name herself a jury of one to decide which of the many applicants will be moat likely to supply the prop er home training for the young canines. FLIGHT TO POLE IS DELAYED BY Oslo, Norway, May 7. (A. P.) The Shipping Gazette says the auxiliary ship Farm of the Amund sen north pole expedition hoe reached Seal Bay, Dane's Island. indicating this may be the place from which the flight to the north pole will start. Unfavorable weather conditions, cloudy with snow, were reported. New York, May 7. (A. P.) Captain Roald Amundtju, the Norwegian explorer today was presumably on the verge of start ing his attempt to reach the north pole by airplane. Cabled die patches yewterday said the two planes of the expedition were preparing to leave King's bay, Spitsbergen, for the northern part o! the archipelago from which the actual dah is to be made, but further word is lacking from the explorer's base from which com munication is difficult because of ltd remoteness. The Norwegian government steamer Farm, assigned to the ex pedition, has reported her arriv al off Amsterdam Island, lying to the northwest of West Spkzen bergen. Tne message from the vessel iiaid a northern wind was blow ing and enow squalls prevailed, but the sea was smooth. and the teiuperature about eight degrees Fahrenheit above zero. FORMER PRESIDENT OF BAR ASSOCIATION DEAD Pasadena. Cal., Mny 7. Cor denio A. Severance of St. Paul, former president of the American Iter associatiou and lawyer of In ternational reputation, Isdead at 1'is winter home here. Mrs. Severance was with her husband when heart disease ab ruptly terminated his life late yes terday. She will accompany' the body to St. Paul for burial, leav ing Pasadena tomorrow. Born at Mantorvllle, Minn., In 1862, Mr. Severance entered the law office of the late Senator Cushman K. Davis as a young Tan, and in 1887 formed with Davis and Frank B. Kellogg, now .ecretary of state, the firm of Davis, Kellogg & Severance. As a member of this firm he won wide reputation as an authority on cor poration law and participating hi nnny Important cases. Of all the forthcoming movie eventa of the eeaeon,- none will croune more inttreet than the an rouncement of Tom Mix In the title role of "Dick Turpln," the romantic bandit of Merrla Eng- lend In days of yore when fuwy -lothea. trimmed in fine lacea. enJ hata with lare plume were the cgue for men. William Fyx. wno will present 'Dick Turpln," haa .pared no ex- nenae to mak th la feature a wreen claeale rie love. It la claim ed, and It it heralded aa the mojt .h't'0M. nrodnetlon whl-"i (Continued in fate Eight) F Socialists Charge Irreg ularities and Demand Result of Polling Be Declared Void Berlin. May 7. (A. P.) Offi cial protest has been entered by the socialists against the validity of the election of Field Marshal Von Hindenburg as president of Germany. Tho socialists charge many irregularities and demand that the election be declared void. This action, however, does not seem to worry the nationalists, who say it will oe difficult to prove that the circumstances were such to effect the result of the vote in which Von Hindenburg re ceived a plurality of 902,911. The socialist paper Vorwaerts cites as evidence, either of intimi dation or frail 1, the fact that the nationalists after the election pub lished a list of localities in whfchJ every vote was recorded for Von Hindenburg. It is inconceivable, the paper says, that in a country volitically disunited all the votes in several localities should have! 30 ne for one man. The socialists sssert that the electors in numerous rural dis tricts were coerced Into voting for (he field marshal because trans parent instead of opaque envelopes were used, thus permitting the election officers to see which way the ballots were cast. The protest in a form of a plea for an injunction alleges that un due presume is being exerted upon the election commission by the fixing of such an early date as May 12 for Von Hindciihurg's in auguration as the commission is thus not afforded sufficient time to canvass the returns. Agitation also continues over the issue whether the republican flag g null be retained, or the old black, white and red be adopted. EX BE LOST YOUTH Brockton. Mara., May 7 (By Associated Proas) Karl Wood- wp.nl, cx-convlct r.nd kidnapper of 1 1-year old Luc'le Chntterton of Granville, Vermont, will find a home here with the mother he has not known since Infancy, when he free from the toils of the law, l was declared today hy fJn, Jen it le Wood vva rd St u r leva n t , who says ahe is convinced that Wood ward is her Ion? lnnt son. Informa tion contained in a letter Mr. Sturievant received fr-mi ihe prin cner confirmed her belief tht she has found her mis!nsr child. .Sho hi confident that Woodward will te acquitta l when he Is trieil next week at UldiHebury, Vt., and will J iin hr here. Simon Sturte vant, whom she married In 1901, and who heard only recently that he had been a mother previously. cxprersed willinxnewi to have Wood ward join the family circle. The SturtevanU have five children, two or them marrlru. In his letter, written in pencil on letter paper of the A idison county sheriff's office, Woodward said that when two yean old, Ms motl er, Jennie Woodward, had left him In the care of Mrs. Kliza heth Mrlnt :, of Brain tree, Vt., who had brought him up . ARMY FLYER KILLED WHEN JPLANE CRASHES Newport News, Va., May 7. Major Carl C. Benedict, United btalcs army, was killed at Langley f14 near here this afternoon when he lost control of an 8K-5 airplane he th flying and crashed 500 feet. If unm field 8am,ri Portland. May 7 Bill Ilunne- flM, who haa been playing yntcr field and flrxt baje for th Port end club of the Pacific coart lea (rue, waji Indefinitely ampendoj to day by Manag-r Lewla for refus ing to obey or 'I'm and "iilking fcack, LewU announced. ELECTION 0 HINDENBURG IS PROTESTED FORD IS SUED AS VIOLATOR OF TRUST LAW Penalties of $12,000,000 Ave Asked In Suit Filed By Revenue Agent; Contracts Attacked. JackBbn, Miss., May 7. W. . Miller, state revenue agent, today filed In the chancery court of Hinds county here, a suit against the Ford Motor company, charg ing a criminal conspiracy to vio late the anti-trust laws of Missis sippl and seeking to collect penal ties totalling $12,000,000. All local Ford dealers in Missis sippi and the banking- institu tions with whith they transact business are made co-defendants and the state revenue agent seeks to attach the funds of the Ford Motor company on deposit in the several banks to guarantee pay ment of penalties in event the suit is sustained in the courts. The bill of complaint Is based on contracts between the Ford Motor company and its local deal ers and alleged that contracts vio lated the anti-trust laws of Missis sippi; that they are In restraint of trade. Inimical to the public wel fare and constitute an unlawful and criminal conspiracy. The state revenue agent also seeks writ of attachment against all railway lines In the state, covering whatever Ford cars mny be in transit. Practically every banking institution in the state is named as a co-defendant. is Washington, May 7. One oi the greatest conspiracies for the Counterfeiting of government ec curities ever discovered Is declared by secret service; officials here to be involved in the indictment it Pittsburgh yesterday of eight men on counterfeiting charges. Between 40 tnd 50 persons arc under arrest in three ittatea on charges of having manufactured and distribute! fake war savings stamps and revenue strip stamps. Trial of the alleged leaders Is to .tart In Chicago next wei-k. Federal agents have captured fake stamps with a face value of $190,000 and asmts in Chicago have seized several of the counter feiting outfits. Headquarters here l.ave been advised tnat confessions have been obtained In ten or elev en cases. Secret service offilcals said to day the gang had built up a re sourceful distributing organiza tion hy whicli the stamps wen1 l-assed along through friends of the gangrftfrs and cashed at post offices. Mot of the distributing was done thrctigh headquarters In Cleveland and Pittsburgh. TROTZKY TO GET Moscow, May 7 (By Axnclated fresn) Leon Trotzky, deposed soviet war minister, returned Moscow this morn In (f frrm ftuk hum, tr.in-Ciu?ad4 after four month isolation ready to accent any poitica the government nviy offer him. The former red at my lesd'T, granted absolution from his po litical hereby on Ms promise to obey the dictates of the party and observe all tho rulen of itrM rotnri vtm, probably will be of fered the commissural cf 'orein tra-le. vacated by Lfonid Krtuln s appointment as ambasmdor to Knnri, This port, Tmtrky't frind lion; will help rent ore him to mm do gree of power by leadine; to n more responsible place in thj en hi net. Whii- Trotsky still haa hope or resaiiiing his place In ch rmt it the army. It Is beheeJ f:enrrsl Prune-, wha surreded htm In the war mlriMry, will b Mt In thai position. BURTON ASKS GAS WARFARE BE FORBIDDEN Conference for Control of Arms Traffic Urged To Prohibit Exportation of Poison Gas. Genera, May 7. (A. P.) Condemnation of the uee of po to on gne and prohibition of Its ex portation for war purpoeea le proposed In a new article of the draft convention offered by Rep resentative Theodore E. Burton of Ohio, heading the American delegation at today's eension of the International conference for the control of traffic In arms. Mr. Burton said he expressed the deeire of the American gov ernment and people that eome juch provision regarding poison gas be adopted. He eaid the sub ject had been brought to the at tention of President Coolidge and that the president will approve a prohibition of the exportation .of poleon gas for war purposes. He recalled that nine of the powers that signed the Washing ton treaty agreed to toy to induce other powers to agree to meas ures forbidding the use of asphyx iating gaaeft in warfare, but he admitted that there are obstacles to prohibiting the export of such rca. The article proposed by Mr. Burton declares that the use In war of poisonous gases and li quids has been justly condemned by public opinion and that the prohibition of such use pas been incorporated in treaties which have been signed by a majority ot the civilized powers. "The high contracting parlies herefore agree absolutely to pro hibit the export from their terri- (Continued on Page lOifc-ht) FLEET PATROLS SHORE OUTLETS New York, Mry 7. (A. P.) On fcea on lar.d and in the air. forces of prohibition enforcement today continued tiidr war of ex terminul inn as.iinst rum row and its satellites arhore. Durinjr the nlubt, the fleH operating against rum runners had the added tsk -Jl iiuttte aK.'lust a -la-mile gate. With the blockade of rum row, said by federal agents to have Seen made lOo per cent effective in lesti than two days, prohibition fifconrip in New York and sur rounding counties have Initiated a clean up which they say will makt it impossible to procure liquor on land. P.idiocrfs are rapidly mop ping up liquor that eecped ashore before the n'ockade. , One development expected to be relrful in dry law eniorrement was the discovery that persons wh.) : a form the government of viola Hons leading to tho dry law of tondcrs may receive 2G per cent cf the fine as a reward from the gov ernment and may obtain a quarter ot the proceeds from the sale o; the confiscated boats. Federal Judge Knox In closing a soft drink twntl for six montha, ;;aid owner, of such properties should be held equally guilty with the seller and posPsn'r of liquor- Some Canadian war veterans art all stirred up over the block ade. At a meeting in victoria, li C- speakers said that the big fleet operating against rum r;w was violating the conference agree ment fur limitation of naval arma ment. More than 60 hosts, large and small, are now patrolling rum row Ihe1 fleet Is directed by w I reins Irom Washington snd is aided by a detail of 1 3 airplanes. DODGE ESTATE TAX $900,000 Detroit, Mi. Ii., SUy 7 P.) The Detroit board of asesors todav filed taxable valuation ol $4j.00o.000 on the money that accrued to th? John F. I)'df:e s ti.ts si Mi share m ale of Dodge brothers. In?. The lax, sgainst nhicb representatives of the true- fee were to maki form I protect 'dte lodav, wo-.ild amount to i proximately $-100,000. Arrival of Circus Is Proclaimed by x Bedlam of Noises Early this morning the roaring of a lion, mingled with the shrill trumpet of an elephant, was heard in the direction of the railroad ata tlcn. A small boy. his bulg ing as wide as saucers, came run ning down the main street shriek ing: 'Hey. fellers! Th' A) O. Barnes circus has come to town!" It was true. Just at the break of dawn the big show steamed In to the city with Its 2000 educated wild animals. Including Ttui, larg est and only blood-sweating per forming hippopotamus In tho world; a horde ot yellow-fungcd jungle "cats": great, hulking ele phants; sacred nnd rare beasts irom many parts of the world; with FREED PENDING Chicago, May 7. Mrs. Julie Shepherd, named as accessory of her husband, William D. Shep herd, In the alleged slaying ot their ward William Nelson Mc Clintock, millionaire orphan, was at liberty today on her owu recognizance after surrendering last uif;ht. Hor release pending grand Jury action ou $6,000 bonds was prom ised tomorrow morning by Judge Jacob Hopkins before whom she appeared. Until then, ho stayed service of the coroner's mittimus from wh it'll she fled Tuesday night after the coroner's Jury had recom mended thai she be held as an accessory In the deaths of young McClfntofk last fall and of bis mother, 16 years ago. No opposition to her release on her own word or on bond was raised by Robert E. Crowe, state's attorney, who strenuously resisted efforts to release Shepherd, now in Jail pending trial May 1H. "There Is no evidence that I have as stnte's attorney that ran cause me to oppose ball In this case,' the prosecutor said. For tho first time since his ar rest several weeks ago. Shepherd was taken from his cell to con verse with his wife after arrange ments for her husband bad been madcT They conversed for 15 minutes urging each other to remain firm and trust In Divine aid. They smiled as they posed for camera men. But Mrs. Shepherd, described as a "Lady Macbeth," by Judge Harry Olson who Instigated the investigation of the deaths, sobbed as she left. She termed the Jury's action and that of Judge Olson as "persecution." TO STAND TRIAL Frank Opltz nnd Julius Sehmltt who were arrested by traffic of ficers and members ot the state prohibition department near St. Paul Tiiaeday n'ght, charged with possession and transporta tion of liquor, each pleaded not guilty to both charges today in justice court. They are In jail with ball ffxel at $1000 and $1.- 500, respectively, and will have a trial by jury In Justice court Saturday at 10 o'clock. About 16 gallons of liquor were taken from a cache In the woods where the arrests took place. ENGLISH SOAPjNG DEAD Ivindtn, May i. A. P.I Vis count .everhulmo Industrial lead er and mu.tl-nif Mloffalrs "soap lung," succumbed to pneumonia at 4:20 o'clock this morning after ,i brief Illness. He was 74 yean t.Id. As William Haxketh Lever, he .tarted work In bis youth aa r:.ao rutt r. but within a fen veurs founded a small t' tory of his own and built up the business until his enterprises aftnuined world-wide Importance. He wan lafM'd to the peerage In 1922, and run binliig his wife's maiden name --'Hill me with his own, became Vitxount Level huune. domestic stock consisting of 560 horses, one hundied of which are valued ut more than $113,000. From his private car stepped the (Treat est movie-star of them all -the film hero, whoso namo has been upon the lips of thousands r,t motion picture fans throughout the country Joe Murtln, himself. A veritable army ot beautiful girls, many of whom were former moving picture actresses, who will make up a part of the gigantic cast for the sensational extrava ganza. - "Pooshontas at the Court of Queen Anne." the opening fea ture of tho bl circus, troupod out upon terra fir ma. I'Yom another er, and still an- (Continued on Page HiKht) FROM JAIL; SAYS "Thllrty-flive year here, calchem tlouble beflore." Wong 8a. n Is a happy celestial today. He leaped with great alac rity from his cot in the county Jail this morning when Deputy Sheriff Sam liurkhart appeared with !unch of keys. "Wong, you come along,' said tho deputy. Wong came In a hurry because l-.fs 30 days In jail were up. Wong I. aid a fine of $100 and bad the JO days added on a charge ot pos sessing narcotics. Ho has been around this coun try for 35 yeans and for 14 yean' has had charge of tho Henry Beck man hop yard neor Butleville Durlng-al) that time ho had been .i must unoffending China boy tin ;il some federal agents happened to find buiiiu dope in his posses ion. Jail has been a 30-duy night marc to Sam. It might nlmost ho said that ho didn't like the place, lie went up the stairs with a hop. :;1rp nnd jump, and took big gulp of tho air of freedom. "No mloro," was hie laconic comment, as be started for the nutriide. SEEK TREASURY OF Il:tku. AxoibiiJ.n rieptiblie. May 7 ( P.y Associated Press) Search has been begun hy the archaeolo gical society for the treasury of Alexander the Uient, which is be-1 lieve.l to bo buried near the vilhige f Andrlevk-i in the Hhemakha dis trict about 65 miles from this city. Although there nr no pveolhe historical data Indicating the ex ist en co of such a t re-mure, the sirchneolnr Jfftft were Is'i to excavate ly the niritement of an 10 yenr old resident of Anrtevka r.amed Nave lUff, who snys he owns an nncu-ul map stolen from a Turkinh mi It in many years ago showing the exact xpot where the treasure Is buried. It Is an estnbtlihed historical fact that Alexander's troops mutinied at one point in the great empire builder's ratnrnlfrn agaln."t Persia In S31 B. C. nnd lonftl legend has It he hid hp gold and "oynl pos sesions, together with the spoils 1 1 war, In oruer to prevent them from fulling Into the hnndv f the mutineers. A turnover rf $309,500 wnn mmle In a slncle check by Sheriff Bower yesterday ti County Treas urer Drawee of county tna money All told $741. 614.39 In 13Z4 tax money hns officially been turneJ over to the treasurer by the sher iff. It Is entiinntrd In the neigh borhood of $1,100,000 has been col leeted, but the official turnover cannot he mads until the money hss been segregated Into under Its various heads. This Is considerable cf a job with eome 12.000 receipts to be account ed for in the segregation. SALEIV! TOTAL ONLY $53,550 UNDER QUOTA Subscriptions of $246,445 Reported At Luncheon Today; Silverton And Dallas Responding. Subscriptions reaching a total ot $246,445 for the new linen mill to be built at Salem were turned In to the Salem chamber of commerce by noon today. On Monday the sum stood at $230, 000. Any possible fear that the pro ject will not eventually go over was dispelled by the showing made at todays luncheon, at which there were eome 70 work ers present, or more than there have been) at any other meeting. It will take hard, work to put the proposition across, but with p?r- itislent effort no doubt Is held that eventually the necessary money will be raised. Polk Drive Organized An active campaign was In augurated at Dallas last night at a meeting of the board of di rectors of the Dallas chamber ot commerce, who officially endors ed the project. State Senator Pat terson has been made chairman of a special committee to heud a campaign In Polk county. Reports from Silverton Indicate that good progress Is being made, a' hough definite amounts are not quoted. At Monday's meeting of the Salem chamber ot commerce the time will be devoted largely to reports of committees who are working ou the drive In the city. It is expected 'hat by that time the grand total will be around tin $200,000 mark. A number of people from cities noar Kalem wcro present at to- Contlnued on Page Nine) Portland, Or., May 7. The pro- I tised airplane mail service link ing the east and California with I tie north wen will be established n July 1, poatofflce officials an nounced todny. Continuation of this service by the postofflce department depends upon the amount or patronage It receives from business men ot the northwest, Bald Postmaster Jones. Petitions are now being circu lated by postmasters of the north west among prospective patroni who will make use of the service. Under the ptuposed schedule, mail for eastern points, San Fran- rlsco and Los Angeles would leave Portland at 8 p. im. It would ar rive In Pasco at 2:25 o'clock the following morning and be dis- I atched by alrptune from Pnsro at 0:1Q a. m. arriving at 11:15 tha (Die morninr at Elko, Ncr where It would connect with the l-lone from 8an Francisco for Now Vork and way points, alsn wtia the western point plane for San. Francisco. ASE Chlrao, May 7. Gladys I'.ob- .rt. tl-ihono Klrl dctectlra who toil If led at the McCllntock inquest a few days ar:o. today reported that nhe wi tetted and atntck Inst night while walking trcm a motion plcturo show by two un iupntiried ancallanta who escaped. Her taca bi.rtly battered, aha appealed to atate'a attorney for l-edre. Mla Roberta testified before, the arand jury which tubiiequent ly hound over William Darling Shepherd and Mrs. Shepherd to the erand Jury In connection with the drain ot William N. M.clln tork. She tnl.1 of Tlalta by Shep herd to tha detective anenry ol J. n. Jonea quoion alleged ronver fatlona between Jonee and Shepherd. NORTHWEST AIR MAIL SERVICE TO BE STARTED SOON
