CaoitalJi
CITY EDITION
Daily tvtnp net paJd circulation for
m'ontti ending April 30, 1926
CLOUDY TONIGHT
And Saturday, probably rain In west
and extreme nor hi slightly wanutr ia
NW; moderate variable wlr.ds,
Local: Max., 0; min'ty- rua, none:
river, 3-5; atinos., clewmdnorwest
aooraai
6755
Average dully distribution toI.
Member Aultt Bureau of Circulations.
FORTY-SEVENTH YEAR No. 110
SALEM, OREGON, FRIDAY, MAY 8, 1925
PRICE THREE CENTS ?S'U"S
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11 mnflcr
EATH OF BABIES
SUBSUMED
INFANT C iES
INHOSiTAL
Children Left In Care of
Bahy Home Starved Say
Nurses; Proprietor Is
Held Unrler Bond.
New York, May 8. (A. P.)
A ten month old boy inmate ot
a baby hospital, the proprietor of
which, Mr. Helen Augusts Giee-en-Vo'.k-,
is held in $35,000 bail
for alleged baby substitution,
died today after having been re-
moved to another hospital. An
autopsy was ordered by the city
authorities, who Bald they had re
ceived reports that numerous in
fanta consigned to the woman's
care had died of malnutrition.
Agents of the society for the
prevention of cruelty to children
eald various nurses who had been
employed in the place informed
them that as many aB twelve in
fants had died similarly in one
month.
Mrs. B-leen-Volk, who Is to be
examined to.norrow, was arrest
ed n comp'nitit of William An
gerer of thf Bronx, who charged
her with hi vlng substituted a
four month old child for his ten
months oh son, Stephen. The
Angerer child wns placed In the
woman's charge Inst February af
ter Angerer's wife had suffered a
nervous breakdown.
Child welfare officials and at
tahes of the district attorney-
office who 'inspected the hospital
sal! they found 13 infants and
five older children there under
the care of one nurse and a serv
ant girl who eerved as coo!;. Al
though a card index system list
ed the names and other data of
15 children, the officials said it
was Impossible to Identify any of
the inmates, as no identification
carda had been attached to them.
For this reason, they said, the
rhild who died today could not be
Identified.
They said they found that a
number of the infant inmates
were suffering from various ail
ments and that' others displayed
unmistakable signs of mal-nutri-lion.
Assistant District Attorney
Whit said the charge against the
woman p-obably would be chang
ed to homicide. ,
WEATHER HOLDING UP
- AMUNDSEN'S FLIGHT
New York, May 8. Unfavor
able weather is believed to be
holdln? the Amundsen polar aeria
expendition to its base at King
bay, Spttzbergen.
A brief monpage received by liic
meteorological observatory at O
to. Norway, bet night, si Id th
explorer and his party had post
poned their stnrt which had been
planned for tod a v.
Journal Matinee at
Grand to Be Banner
Event For Children
Two o'clock tomorrow afternoon
Is the time st for the Capital
Journal matt me at the Ornnd
theater for all Snlemitea who have
not parftd the 12 year mack. Ad
THIS COUPON
And 5 Cents
in v.inin Any iniia 01
Special Showing of
"DICK TURPIN"
at the Grand Theater
Saturday, May 9, 2 p. m.
As a Gu' it of
The Capitcl Journal
Airplane and
Pilots Lost
in Far North
Fairbanks, Alaska, May 8. (A.
P.) An airplane carrying three
persons which Wednesday mad
the fort lies t north flight recorded,
woe today lost between Rampart,
80 miles northwest of Fairbanks,
t'.nd Brooks, 60 miles east of Ram
part. A storm was raging when
the plane came to grief on Its way
back here.
A party was out today hunting
the airplane.
LEVENS TO LAY
ELKS' TEMPLE
E
William S. Levcns, state prohibi
tion commissioner, has been select
ed by the Salem Elks to deliver
the main address on V.e occasion
of the laying of the corner stone
tf the new Elks temple here on
Thursday evening. May 28. Levans
was district deputy grand exalted .
rulCD for Oregon and in that ca
pacity dedicated the present Elks
building when it was dedicated
bout 30 years ago.
Percy Voting of Albany, who is
now district deputy grand exalted
ruler for Or ego a south, will con
duct the ritualistic work at the
corner stone laying for the new
temple, and Charles R. Archerd, as
chairman of the building commit-
tee, will preside over the program.
The members of the lodge will
a&iemble at the lodge rooms at
ti :45 o'clock, and, leaving at 7
c'clock, will mavch to tho now ten.
pie on State street with the band
leading. If available at thit time
ihe porch of the new building wHI
he used by the officers und shak
ers of tho lodge. If It Is not avail
able a platform for the purpose
will be built. Immediately alter
the program he members will re
turn to the old temple for the regu
iar lodge session.
Statistics and other literature
that if. to be placed in the corner
stone will be collected hy Harry J.
Wiedmer, secretary of the lodge-
IS. SHEPHERD
Chlrago, May S. Mrs. Julie
Graf Shepherd, charged with aid
ing her husband, William D.
Shepherd to kill their ward, Wil
liam Nelson McClintock.- orphan
millionaire, and hie mother, Mrs.
Emma Nelson McCHntock, has
been released on $5000 bond
pending grand jury action.
Although she had been glren
until today to furnish bond and
had been released on her own
word late yesterday he appeared
before Judge Jacob Hopkins, crim
inal court justice while Mrs.
Claudine M. Peterson, a friend
scheduled $15,000 in real estate
on the $5000 bond.
mission prir-c J art five cents
with the accompanying coupon.
"Come earlv," is the advice that
has bn given to all younirsters
lContnued on Pane Kight)
li. lears or Lnacr iu uic i
PREJUDICE
ALLEGED IN
BANK CASE
State Banking Superin
tendent Alleges Mc
Mahan Prejudiced; De
murrer Is Also Filed.
Frank C. Bramwell, state super
intendent of banks, has filed an af
fldavit of prejudice against Judge
L. H. McMahan of the circuit court
here, in the action brought against
Bra m well by George Putnam,
publisher of the Capital Journal,
lo compel Hrnmwclt to return the
offices of the banking department
from Portland to Salem. Bram
well contends that McMahan la
prejudiced against him. Under the
law the affidavit cannot be con
tested and it will be naceseary for
Judge Percy R. Kelly, presiding
fudge of the court here, either to
hear tha ease himself, or appoint
v. Judge from anot'iar district to
hear it.
I. H. Van Winkle, attorney gen-
oral, and Sidney J. Graham of
Portland, attorneys for Bramwell,
today filed a demurrer to the com
plaint, declaring fais sufficient to
constitute action are lacking. While
Bramwell was to appear today and
show cause why he oh on Id not re
turn tho department to Sulfom, the
filing of the demurrer will ob
viato that procedure.
OF
DENVER ROBBER
APPEARS FAULTY
Chicago, May 8. Mike Nary's
story that he once had been In
volved in a robbery of the Denver
mint was investigated by the po
lice today after he had been ar
rested while occupying a $26 a
day suite in a hotel where ho
loosed as Frankie Benaro, boxer.
.Nary, alios Nelson, was taken to
the bureau of identification,
where the police found that he
I ad served a sentence in the San
Quentin prison in California and
I ad been paroled In 1923.
Nary told the police there were
three other men and two women
tonected wi'.h the mint robbery.
Police later said the Denver
robbery occurred In 1922 and that
they belicv Nary waj in San
Quentin penitentiary serving a
.entence for robbery at that time.
When detectives confronted Nary
with the statement that he was in
irison at the time of the mint roli
:iery, he rep'iod: "Well I was In
i',me kind of a robbery."
FUBLrCURGEDTO
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Portland, Or., May 8. Colonel
J. H. Wigmort dean of North-v.-eiftem
university law school
Chicago, here today- to attend a
meeting of the Oregon State Bar
rpsociatlon, In an Interview raid
Charles O. Diwes, vice-president,
-hould have the support of all
"good red blonded fight American
in his battle to change senate
rules.'
"The United States senate In
:ts exalted egctlrim and power Is
the greatest obstruction to good
federal legislation we have," said
T'lone Wlgmore.
He tVplorrl what he termed
the growing habit of people ruh
to congr-fT to try and have
'awn posted to force all the state
to follow cer'.rin ideas that some
-pun rf peorlr think Is just !h-
Dclaring federal laws makr
r bureau-racy, he said "what
re should do Is to work towards
V f'nt the stale voluntarily
dopt unifrrm acts, putting the
.nforrement in the hand of stai
(f'rrra. One by one the stntw
r now adopi'nr uniform tnv-
rr thnt are helping to iMt our
:-rohIem of too many laws."
TALK MERGER
OFESPEEA!
ROCK ISLAND
Consolidation Discussed
Before Board of Rock
Island; Sproule Denies
Knowledge of Plan.
Chicago, May 8 Consolidation
of the Chicago Rock Island and
Pacific Railway and the Southern
Pacific was diums-sed as a possibil
ity late yesterday by J. E. German,
president of the Rock Island In a
talk before the annual meeting of
.share hi ldcrs here.
"There has been much talk of
such a consolidation," he said,
'and tho managements of both
systems have contended for some
t.me that it would bo logical.
Should the merger come the Rock
Island would be a great benefici
ary. I have tried for some time to
effect a stronger operating arrange
ment with the Southern Pacific
and I have hopes that after June
1 when the jurisdiction of such
matters on that line is changed, It
may be done.
Divlt-ion ITncqunl .
'At the present time- we are giv
ing ail our Pacific const business
'o the Southern Pacific because It
's logical, due to the long haul we
pet thereby. In return we get only
the perishable freight requiring
fast service Of other heavier
merchandise we get littlo because
the Southern Pacific can get a long
cr haul for Itself by handling it
through other connections.
''As to business on the Rock Is
land it Is neither bad nor good at
the present time. Grain move
ment has fallen sharply due to the
heavy movement last fall and win
ter to take advantage of high
prices. The outlook is good, al
though entirely dependent upon
the crop situation."
Sproule I'n informed
San Francisco, May 8 William
Pproule, preji'lem of the Southern
Pacific railroad company last night
Mid he knew nothing of the posrd.
Ullty of amerger between the Chi
rago Rock Lslruid and Pacific rail
road with the Southern Pacific
system.
ThH seems to me to be merely
the expression of German's per
sonal opinion," he sa'd. "I hnve no
Inform&Mon one way or the othei
on the merger.
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Dr. Carl Gregg Doney, president
tf W lllamette university, who has
been on leive of absence in the
cast since lost Angjst, will arrive
In Sitem at 345 Saturday morn
ing and b'.; met by the entlro Wil
lamette student body. He will ar
rive on the Orrffon Electric rail
way. Dr. D. L. Pteeves, president of
the board of trust res, will bo on
hand and officiate In the welcome
behalf of i ha bar-1.
Dr. Doney has-beon at Cam
tridgtf, M:iJi3nchusHts oil winter.
Reason given for hi retirement
for the pear was the condition of
his health, which is now stated to
be definitely improved. At a re
cent meeting of tho executive com
mittee of the board a letter was
read from him declaring that he
tad beome phys'ctlly able to car
ry on his wirk as prcrldnt. A
doctor's certificate was lnrloped
with the letter.
Dr. Doney will arrive In time
to tike part In moM of Hnturd-ty'
May day festivities. Tennis
matches between O. A. C. and Wil
lamette have been postponed some
20 minutes In order to begin after
bis arrival.
TWENTY PLOTTERSlRE
SENTENCED TO DEUH
Sofia, My 8. unitarian mill
tary courts have passed twenty
death sentences on conspirators
(igainnt the sttto in the recent out
rages. The entpncs have not
yet been anp'oved by the king.
?nd it Is bcMeved they will bc
t un mu ted to life imprisonment.
TO BE PROBED
Changes in State
Court Procedure
Conference's Aim
Portland, Or., May 8. Lawyers
and jurists from all parts of the
state assembled here today to dis
cuss with the judicial council,
named as the result ot action by
the last legislature, various sug
gested changes In court procedure.
Local courts were closed and
general legal business was set
aside today. Ths session will end
with a public address by Dean
John H.( Wigmore. of the North
western university law ecnooi, to
night. Early developments Indicated
that the chief discussion would
center about the proposal to adopt,
for state courts, the practice, now
used in federal courts, of having
the judge, fnsteaa of the attor
neys, question prospective mem
bers of the jury.
The discussion was expected to
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PLAGE TIBBITS
An opponent to Frank Neer for
a position on the Salem school
board appeared In the limelight
today with the announcement that
J. C. Tibblts Is to become a candi
date for a position on the board.
Petitions are being circulated wilh
Tibblts' name on them, and will
ba tiled In a few days.
tDefintto decision to place Tib
blts In the field was made at a
meeting of the Salem Association
of Fire Insurance Agents last
night.
"I'm not committed to any
thing; I only hope to give every
body a square deal," said TihbllK
this afternoon when asked con
cerning his stand on the question
of allotlng Insurance among In
surance men of the city. "I only
state that if elected it will' be r,
purpose to act In these matters to
the best of my judgment."
Loral Insurance men have beeii
intending for some time to back
someone In opposition to Neer,
giving as their reason that Near
refuses to take a stand In favor
of redistribution of school Insur
ance business. j
Tibblts has lived In Salem
seven and one-half years, three
and one-half ot which have been
spent in business here. He Is a
I member of the Salem Association
of Fire Insurance Agents. For
four and one-half yeurs he was
connected with the state high
way commission.
Stating that the eastern part of
Salem has not been represented
adequately on the hoard, Tibblts
stated this afternoon, "If elected
1-shalI consider myself as repre
senting the eastern section of the
city. '
He has two children In Salem
high school. Edgar Tibblts, his
son, Is a senior, and was a mem
ber ot the state championship de
bating team a year ago. His
daughter was a winner In the
statewide essay contest staged thlr
year. She Is a junior.
Election will take place June
15tb.
GIRL AOCUSEHlRMER
MINERS' UNION HEAD
CJrard, Kan., May 8. Alexan
der How at t, former president of
the Kansas miners' union, was ar
rested today on a statutory charge.
Ihe complaining wittiest Is a 16-year-old
glr who had hern Itvlhk
at the homi of Howntt nnd hi.
r:(fe. Howatt gave bond of f I 00'
tor nppeaninc.) In court May th.
TURNER PIONEER IS DEA3
Jin. J. J. I);irnett, rlonffr. who
ceme to Orison in 177. died m
her hom In Turner turtny. Hh1
hud hern resident of Turner ever
Kinfift coming to tlifo utn. Hrr
jinrents ccme rtronii tho plain. In
1143.
At the tlmi of her 1-ath Mm
Ra neit w wlow. Kunerul
M-nrlee, will l.e held It 1:30
o'clock BiintU afternoon In the
rirat Cliri.llan church of Turner.
cover several other Important
points includiug:
Formation of uniform rules for
all the seventeen circuit courts of
the state.
Whether appeals to the supreme
court should be prefaced by con
cise statements showing the rea
son and justification tor the ap
peal. Whether stipulations tor addi
tional time fur hearing cases on
appeal should be limited to 30
days.
Whether decisions of lower
courts should be affirmed without
lengthy discussion on the part of
supremo justices in cases where
previous decisions cover the same
points.
The session opened by presenta
tlon of n portrait ot the lute Judge
(Continued on Page Soveii)
REV. LONG GETS
Word reached Salem today that
Rev. Word Willis L-ng, pastor of
i ho First Preshyterlnn church of
thia city, has receive. I a call lo tho
pastorntc of the First Presbjterlun
church of Stockton, CafTfornia.
When asked this morning concern
ing the call Rev. Mr. Long admit
ted that he hod received one, but
mated that he would mnko the
Stockton church no definite an
swer until after Sunday.
Stockton Is a city In northern
California of about 60,000 popu
lation, and is the homo of the Col
lege of the Pacific, a Mcthodixt
institution of about 600 students.
A new First preshyterlnn church
but hi in has r-.'fently been built
(here at a cost of $25,000.
The cJ'urch there has been with
cut a regular pastor since the res
ignation of Dr. J. M. Skinner near
ly a year ago. The call for the
alem p:istor was made by unonl
mous vote Wednesday night, and
forwarded to Salem Thursday.
'I won. It understood," said Re
Mr. Long this morning, "that this
call conies absluirty unsolicited
by me. It was not asked for, and
lias not been answered as yet."
Rev. Long came to Salem four
years ago. Since tnai time ine lo
cal church has made rapid strides.
Increasing Its membership from
25 to SOU and raising $76,000 in
money and subscriptions for a new
hurch bull-ling to be built on the
corner of North Vinter and Che
meketa streets A manse has been
built oi Chemeketa street next the
proposed church site.
Philadelphia, Pa.. May 8. (A.
I.) An InvcitlRatlon of the en
tire aircraft altuation under the
direction of Secretary Hoover, of
the department of commerce, le
uraed Ijv a committee of aernnnu
tlra of the American KnKlneerinK
council, headed by Profeinor
.loneph Hoc. of New York unlver
nity.
The committee report la to be
t icaented today to tho admlnlnlro-
live board ot the council meeting
here recommends that the enitt-
n erlng nrofcaalon "in the Intereel
r.f IndUHtry an1 national defence'
make every effort to aesist tho ex
act facta of the situation.
M'CLINTOCK BELIEVED
MOTHER WAS POISONED
f
Chimgo, May I (Hy Assoclited
Pre; K letter hearing the sig
nature of Mm. Mnrle Osborn of
Mounton, Toms, and allfglng that
William N. MrCIintork believed
.hat his mother, Mr, ltinma Nel
son VcClinlo:k hTd been poNon
ed. Is In the pMsvnon of Chief
Ji.At tea lsrn of t he municip il
court.
$20.000000
STATE BONUS
FUNDS USED
Loans Totaling: $15,183,900
And Cash Settlements
of $4,721,763 Made Un
der Act of 1921.
The total number ot applica
tions received by the ex-service
ii:ena state aid commission since
the creation of the bonus and loan
fund by the legislature ot 1921 itt
iM,112, according to a statement
by Mujor W. P. Simpson, secretary
of the commission. Of thia num
ber 172 have been filed by Span-
sh-Amcrican war vetorans who
save elected to receive loans In
the aggrogute of $430,000. Appli
cation ot the benefits of the act to
veterans of the Spanish war Is a
new amendment which becomes
effective Mar 28. Their initial ap
plications, however, are now being
examined.
The statement by Mujor Simp-
sun shows that a total of 21,809
rush bonuses havo bocu paid un
der thetct. amounting to $4,721,
7G3.64, and 0174 loans made
amounting to $15,188,000. Appli
cations that have been rejected
total 1 257.
Repayment on roans amount to
$1,802,322.38. Ot this amount
$878,701.32 represents prfucfpnl
and $983,(121.04 interest.
Up to December 31, 192V there
woro 134 veterans who re f mule I
cash bonuses received In tho
(Continued on Page Six)
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PHONE GIRLS OUT
Portland. Or.. May 8. One
hundred telephone operators at
the Main exchange. Park and Al
der streets, vacated the building
In orderly haste when a burned
cable put the whole building In
flumes shortly before noon today
The first warning the girls had
was when great volumes of em.tkr
poured from the basement fol
lowed closely by flamea.
The chief operator was one of
the first to see the smoke and h
rang the emergency fire alarm.
The fire apparently started In
the basement and by the t'me the
first fire apparatus arrived 'ht
flamea were leaping from the base
ment and first story windows
with the smoke pouring from the
roof.
All Main telephone number
were put out of service linmedi
ately.
The janitor of the building i:nl
that all the girls were out of I.
before the fire department sr.
peared on the scene.
Des Moines
Parade Bootleggers
Thru Streets of City
Dee Muinea. Iowa, May 8.
Charging Inefficiency In the
handling of liquor cunm by the
caurta. Chief of Police Jam
Cavender today annuunced plane
for what he termed a "weekly pa
rade of bootlcKRore.'1
The announcement followed
the parade through the eircetA .r
a wrecked automobile containlnK
a police officer dlKHolxcd to rcp
reeent "denlh" and holding a loft
a bottle labelled "hootch." Police
claim the driver ot the motor car
tn Intoxicated at the time of
the accident.
Chief of Police C.ivender eald
today he wi making: arrange
ment, for the building of large
Mocka auch aa were ueed In puri
tan daye.
lie announced thai It wan hi
plan to place all "bootleggem ar-
ret"d in future police drive In
etocka with appropriate plncarda
downtown biwiD'-M aertlon aa an
example of what the bootlegging
bualnv produce.
BOOZE FLEE!
TO WAGE WAR
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Smugglers Preparing To
Resort To Arms In Ef
fort To Break Block
ade, Say Reports.
Washington. May 8. (A, P.)
Evidence is accumulating at coast
Ruard headquaitere here that rum
rjw off New York does not mean
to strike Us colors without a fight
Already there have been so many
indications ot a campaign of re
venge that fU'r Admiral Billard,
the coast guard commandant, said
today that hut forces undoubtedly
were facing a war to the death.
In the last three weeks a dosen
Incidents have been reported to
coast guard headquarters which
would give unmistakable evidence
that it la the intention ot rum
tuiinera and their land con si pa
tors to" use bullets on guardsmen.
wherever they are found. Some
of the guardsmen are threatening
to resign because of the hazard
faced by their families ou Bhore,
when they are absent on duty.
Confidential reports tell of the
K'dnaplng ot one man at Atlantic
City, the ambushing of a cutter
lying oft Montauk Point, the re
eipts ot anonymous and threaten
ing letters by headquarters here
and by guardsmen at New Lon
don, Conn., and Bay 'Shore and
Continued on Page Pour)
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Justice of the Peace Brazier C
Small set a piecedent for local
courts here tod:y when he refused
to accept Frank T. Berry and John
KcnetKCU ot Portland os bonds
men for John Andrews, Lestei
Dickson and Henry Johnson, whe
are In jail hers on charges of pos
!ceton of a si ill and nianufacturt .
it liquor. Small's reason for not
nccepting the Portland inti sp
bondsmen was that as professional
bond brokers they put up large
rums In bonds and consequently
their liabilities are too great.
On the charge of possessing a
still Andrews. Dickson and John
son have been bound over to the
nrand jury with ball fixed at
?3000 each. whle on the manu
facturing charge their bail baa
l.een fixed at $1000 carta. Th"y
today appealrd on the latter
charge from the justice to the clr-
ult court.
The three men were recently ar
rested near Mt. Angel by deputy
nhcriffa and federal prohibition
agents, and their still, believed to
le the largest ever taken in the
wet. was confiscated.
Police to
Police cam will alao be equip
ped with algiw warning the pub
lic "of the evil ot Illicit liquor"
while carrying pereone arreeled
on liquor charge to the police
atation he eald.
"For aome reneon." Chief Cay
ender declared, "liquor cn.en are
not taken aerlouely enough by the
courla. Time after time bootleg
gem whom the police arreet are
brouirhl Into court only-to be re
lenflcd on aome technicality.
"Aa a rcault." he eald, ,t!io
tendeney of the public ! to wlnd
the other eye' anil overlook th
bootlegger. For the police there
I but one thing left to do: to
Inform the public of the bootleg
ger'a true standing In snetety."
To esrry out this program, Mr.
Cavender said, truck will be
gathered before each ,'vlce drive"
to recleve police prienera who
will be paraded through the
down town section In stock.
OF V I OLENG