Capital journal., May 12, 1925, Image 1

CITY EDITION
Dally averse net pa:d circulation for
montti andlag April Jt, i2S
UNSETTLED
Probably rain tonight und Wednesday;
warmer In southeast portion tonight;
freeh southeast winds.
Local: Max., 72; min., 50; ra.ln, .el;
river, .; atmos clear; wind, north
west. 6755
Average dally distribution T0S1.
Member Audit Bureau of Circulation.
FORTY-SEVENTH YEAR No. 113
SALEM, OREGON, TUESDAY, MAY 12, 1925
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HUGE LIQUOR
ES ARE
R1FICED
Runners Seek Tp Unload
Stocks In Home Ports
For What They Will
Bring, Is Report.
Atlantic City, N. J., May 12.
(A, P.) ltum runnera in this re
gion have been "completely rout
ed" at least for the present, Cap
tain Randolph Ridgley Jr., in com
mand of the "dry navy" base here
was informed by officers of sev
eral pu'trol boats just returned
from skirmishing along the coast.
It is reported here that the government's-
blockade has become so
thorough that rum snips are offer
ing to trade whisky for water.
New York, May 12. (A. P.)-
With a business that has ap
proached 140,000,000 a year
.smashed by the dry navy s block
ade, whiskey ships fleeing the At
lantic seaboard are beginning to
offer their cargoes In foreign ports
at bargain rates. Meanwhile an
effort Is being made to pour liquor
into the United States via Pacific
coast. Five 10,000 ton vessels
flying British and Belgian flags
and stocked with well assorted
cargoes are forty miles off San
Diego, Cal. Their presence has
been reported by the coast guard
cutter Tamaroa and officers of the
cutter are quoted as saying that
boats of customers of the rum
fleet are too speedy for the dry
navy there as at present equipped,
to overtake.
Pacific roost Next
Presumably the coast guard will
extend Us activities to prevent
the thirst of California being satis
fied in an Illegal manner.
When they were indications
that the rum fleet was heading
south to seek customers from
Baltimore and Washington, the
dry navy promptly met the situa
tion. Latest advices say that 26
coast guard craft are maintain
ing a tight blockade off the Vir
ginia capes, the dry navyhav(ng
been doubled since the blockade
off New England, New York and
New Jersey began a week ago
today.
Fog ha failed to aid the dle
bard of the rum fleet that still
linger off New York. No running
f the blockade has been reported
In two days of heavy mist. To nre-
(Contlnued on Pnire Ktcht,
HINDEHBURG gets no
GREETINGS FROM ALLIES
Paris, May 1 2 The French.
British, Italian and Belgian gov
renments have decided to omit the
Bsual formal congratulations to a
ewly elected chief of Mate In con
Beet (on with Field Marshal Von
H In den burg, Germany's president
elect In view of the fact that his
tame 1 frtlll on the Hat of those
charged with war crimes.
CARGO
SAC
Error in Procedure
Costs Dodge Buyers
6 Million in Taxes
Kew York, May IS An error In
Vuslnera procedure on the part of
agents who negotiated the recent
ale of the- Dodge Brother auto
mobile property to a group of bank
era headed by Dillon, Read ft Co.,
will remit In additional revenue
of $.00,000 In taxes to the treaus
ry department, making a total of
l2,00t,000 In all on the sale of the
property, acording to Fred L. Wood
worth, VnWed States internal reve
nue collector, at Detroit, Michigan.
Mr. Wood worth Is In New York
a visit and made the statement
when aked what the probable tax
on the Dodge Brothers sale would
be, the sale price having been
Mr. Wood worth said that the
agents lndltng the sale failed to
commit thtr tax attorneys until
ejtntlatlone had gone too far to
en Able the percentages of the snle
ts be eh n ged. The board of di
BLOCKADE
First Casualty
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IstteUaSeitiSl
TM "1--14937" CAPTURED 12 UM ieUKNER,
The first capture In the new war on Rum Row, conducted by the
greatest Coast Guard fleet ever assembled, was this boat, called the
'fastest rum-runner." She was taken ashore at Parkerlown, N. J., and
beached by Coast Guards, after a number of cases of liquor were un
loaded. Shortly afterwards, a man, who said he was a part owner,
at rot I e 'I up, suddenly opened the gasoline cocks, and threw In his cigar
Intt, with the resulting explosion snapped In the unusual photo a hove.
He escaped after saying he would rather destroy the $3.',000 boat than
tiave It used in the anti-rum patrol.
CAILLAUX SAKS
ANNUITIES MUST
GO FOR RELIEF
Paris, May 12. (A. P.) Fin
ance Minister Caillaux announced
today that the Dawes plan an
nuities that revert to France must
be used for the completion of the
reconstruction of the devastated
regions and for -the amortization
of Inter-allied debts, under some
form to be determined later. Cail
laux made the statement to the
finance committee of the chamber
in outlining his financial plans.
Caillaux declared that three and
one half billion francs must be
raised to balance the 1925 budget
and he added that Franc'e must
be prepared to make heavy sarri
flees which he hoped would be
only niomentnry.
The finance minister informed
the chamber committee that he
had evolved a plan for the re
habilitation of French money and
for the refunding of the domestic
debt, hut would not go Into de
tails or even consider doing so as
long as France is not certain of
having a fully balanced budget
and as long as the problem of inter-allied
dbts. which the govern
ment Is going to try to solve, has
not been settled.'1
rectors of Dodge Prothein should
have called a meeting and carried
a motion to divide the assets
nmcflg the stockholders and dis
continue the corporation, Mr.
Woodworth said. Then the stock
holders ould have negotiated the
ftale of the property themselves, a
nontaxable percentare, leaving
the only tax that could have been
levied that on the helr.
This waa not done." Mr. Wood
worth nald, "even corporation sold
the assets. The corporation will
have now to pay a tax a a corpora
tion and the heirs will have to pay
an effual sum, as tax, the amount
belnaj divided pro rata among
them. The total tax will be about
II J.ftOO.000.
The error probably occurred
because of an effort to keep the
entire transaction a secret, no one
being conutd, until matters had
cone so far that they become more
or lew public property.
in Rum War
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LOSES CONTEST
L
Greta MooTQ Thompson of Port
land loses her contest of the will
of ber father, the late Lawrence
K. Moore, according to an opin
ion of the supreme court today In
the matter of the estate of Law
rence K. Moore, deceased, Greta
Moore Thorn peon, contestant and
appellant, against Jessie M
Moore and G. A. Taylor. The
opinion, written by Justice Bur
nett, affirms Judge George Tas-
wetl of the lower court for Mult
nomah county.
The contestant was a child by
the first wife of Moore, who died
when the daughter was 2 1-2
years old. She later' lived with
her father and his second wife,
but the will failed to make pro
vie Ion for her. She alleged undue
influence by the second wife.
An opinion of the supreme
court today, written by Justice
Belt, affirms Judge Gilbert W.
Phelps of the lower court for
Multnomah county In the case of
John Sharp against the law firm
of McCarger, Bates c Liveley,
appellant. It was an action to re
cover money. '
BABY 10 DEATH
A peanut lodging In the thnt
and cloKKln th wlndplpa ot th
two and halt rear old daughter ot
Mr. and Mr. Leo Kathrlner, ot
Dallas, caused her 4o choke to
death. The accident occurred laat
night at the Kathrlner home on a
farm southwest or Dallss. Th
little girl was taken to Usllas and
then brourht to 8alem but death
resulted before tha obstruction
could be remored.
Antu Accident Fatal.
Walla. WbIIv Wash., Mar 11.
Jafra L. Johnson, (7. for 25 years
a resident ot Wall Walla and for
the past I revrs IITing at Milton
Or., 11 miles from here, waa kllle
KundiT when his automobile,
ilght sedan, In which ha was rid
ing alone. f struck by a Bpo
liana. Portland Seattle passen
er train at Flnley, near Kenne
wick.
ROUTS RUM FLEET
T
Swelling of Jail Popula
tion As Result of Long
Sentences Raises Hous
ing Problem.
With 21 prisoners now In the
county Jail, and a crowded condi
tion when the population reaches
to 25, with the jail population
definitely mounting because of the
long sentences being impoeed on
violators, of the liquor law, mem
bers of the county court were ten
tatively today giving consideration
to a condition that is bound to
come when the jail population out
grows the size of the Jail and there
is no place to put the Inmates.
The long sentences It la believed
is certain to create a condition be
fore many months where the jail
will be crowded to Its limits.
Consider Rock Pile
County Judge Hunt and County
Commissioner Smith today discuss
ed as a possibility, the establish
ment of some sort of work for
Jail inmates under sentence, such
as crushing rock or pulling out
gravel for road work.
These officials believe that a
definite plan of hard labor coupled
with the long sentences Imposed
would have , a decided effect in
themselves in cutting down the
number of stills operated In the
county.
Orticlals stated today that they
believed the capture of the Mt.
Angel stilt .In Itself undoubtedly
caused a number of stills In the
county to be abandoned or thrown
into the river. x
Work Held Corrective
The Idea of Injecting actual hard
labor Into jail life la depended on
by Judge Hunt to have a salutary
effect In cutting down the number
of prohibition violators.
There was nothing particularly
dofinlte about the talk of the com
missioners today further than that
they expressed a realization of the
situation that waa bound to con
front the county In the next few
months and that a plan of work
ing prisoners would be worked out
If one couM be hit upon that Is
feasible.
EDICT TO BERLIN
Paris, May 12 (By Associated
Press) The French cabinet today
unanimously approved Foreign
Minister lirland s two notes, one
replying to the German offer of a
security pact and the other laying
down the requirements for Ger
man disarmament before Cologne
shall be evacuated.
The disarmament note which will
be submitted to the allies la pro
posed as the text the allied council
of ambassadors should send to
Germany as a long deferred sum
mons to d inarm In compliance with
the treaty of Versailles, lui terms
have not been made public, but It
la known to be a compromise be
tween the French and British
views.
The British are said to have
conceded that the d: te of the Col
ogne evacuation should remain un
fixed but be dependent upon the
manner In which the Germans ob
serve the disarmament require
ments. PIONEER OF JACKSON
. COUNTY PASSES HERE
Med ford, May 12 Jackson coun
ty loses another pioneer of the
covered wagon days In the death
at 81 em yesterday of Robert
Prancta Yocum, 77 years old, who
first drov across the plains from
Illinois In 1174, settling In Yam
hill county. A few years later he
retumea ts nw bntnptace, spring
field. III., and drove a teem of
horses back to Oregon. Mr. Yocum
served In the civil war. Reeond
Illinois light artillery, from lt2
until peace was signed. The fun
eral will be held here tomorrow.
DUN
K
LOOMS
LIKELY HERE
Liquor on
Of Law Student is
i Cause of Furore
F. M. Chapman, one of the star
students In the law school at Wil
lamette, versatile performer on
musical Instruments, reputed to be
shark in psychology nnd other
ffubjer-ui, substitute teurhor in the
history class at the hih school.
and popular among his fellows, hn.
withdrawn from the university on
his own Initiative following the fil
ing of charges against him that
liquor hud been detected on his
berath.
Chapman delared today when
questioned about tho matter, that
the charges had been disproved,
(what
he had been exonerated of
the charges, and that he withdrew
becsuse of the Indignity- heaped
upon him because of the charges,
having an understanding when he
withdrew that he would nut lose
his grades and could take his ex
aminations at the close of the
school year in order to keep his
grades.
Chapman's father, a banker of
Portland, came down from Port
land yesterday Irate at the charges
filed.
I. H. Van Winkle, attorney gen
eral ,and member of Willamette
triuftet, mm well as dean of the
TRAINS ROBBED
UNDER COVER OF
Boston, May 22. Under clouds
of eteam purposely released from
a locomotive in the South station
Here; between $20,000 and $25,
000 worth of American Kailwuy
Express comp.ip shipments have
been stolen by a group of rail
way employes In the last thre?
months it became known last on
the arrest of three employes. ,
Eight mora men including an
engineer, are expected to be tak
en into Scustoay tomorrow.
Police said the thefts were made
from baggage trucks on the eta
rio nJatforms. The trucke to be
looted were drawn along the plat
form and aa they reached a point
opposite a certain locomotive the
r ngineer allowed clouds of steam
to escape from the cylinders. Vn-
fler cover f this screen, package.
containing furs and valuable
ciothing were removed.
L
By providing bail totaling
$4,000 each, John Andrews, Les
ter Dickson and Henry Jobnjon,
who were arrested when a large
still was confiscated near Mount
Angel about two weeks ago, were
released from the county jail
yesterday.
Ball waa furnished by Alfred
A. Closset and John Rometsch of
Portland. Ball was fixed at
$3,000 each on the1 charges of
possession of a still on which the
three were bound over to the
grand Jury, and $1,000 each on
the charge of manufacturing
liquor for which they were sen
tenced by Justice of the Peace
Small to serve six months In Jail
and pay fines of 1500 each.
Portland. Or., Mur 12. Captain
H. C. Hwank, British Olumiil
mariner, todnr forfeited t'GQO
bonds under which ha was at lib
ertr on a charts of being Impll
rated with an aliened rum run
nlnir (rant;, fltrf members of whlrh
went on trial lera todar in fediral
court Ther were arrested at War
renton. OrH)n. Julr 24. 124
Two Kasollne sea-cnlnc crafts.
17S eases of liquor and a truck
were salted at lbs time of the ar
rests.
IQUOR RUNNER
FORFEITS BONDS
Breath
law school, did not substantiate the
statement thut there had been an
exoneration or the charges had
been withdrawn.
"Of course, when Chapman
voluntarily withdrew from the
school tho charges were automat
ically dropped, ns there was no
reason to further . picas them,"
stated the dean.
"Chapman had acted as substi
tute teacher at the hlfch school and
as I understand It the charge
first came up to Dean Alden from
the high school. Chapman was
called In and the matter talked ov
er. His father came up from Port
land yesterday and Chapman stat
ed he wished to withdraw from
the school.
"That ended It a far as the
.school wns concerned, there was no
reason to go any further Into the
matter."
Chapman stated that his work ns
substitute teacher in history at the
high school wns purely a volun
tary matter, that there waa no re
muneration attached nnd he wn
not hired as such teacher and con
sequently could not have been
"fired" from the position. Street re
port was to the effect that he had
been dixcharKed as such substitute.
OF REGENTS NOT
Ml
Eugcno, Or., May 12. Though
an official statement was Ihsucm)
yesterday from the University of
regon, showing the full action
nken by tne board of rogeuts at
their eesslor of May 2, conslder-
ble dissatisfaction was still being
exprcwcil hero today over tho
manner In which tho news of the
meeting was suppressed.
A total saving of $07,250 was
tuade by the regents, the official
statement suit!. The summary
bows:
Saving of $10,000 for paving it
city streets crowing the cumiius;
$10,000 from the extension divi
sion bud pet; $1250 udditlonal in
firmary tvci; $5000 Increase in
gross incidental ices, due to In
crease number of students; $19.
000 saving in staff salaries; $13,
000 saving mude by reducing tht
urtginu! estimates of the amounl
needed for salury Increases; $2500
saving In equipment for the new
Hjlence hall; $5000 saving In site
cf prnpsed student union build
IK $2500 increase In 1U2G sum
mer session fee.
Unrest among several university
professors, who stated that they
were "uncertain as to when some-
hlng might happen to us," was ru
mored. Tne main contention,
however, has ".cnifred on the sec
recy methods said to have been
m ployed by the regents at th
.Jay 2 session.
Krcd Kink, member of the board
M regents, safe! here today tha
the meeting was open and not
secret. Newsjapermcn, however,
refuted the contention that the
session was open, citing the newt
that waa given out aa the oiftcta
nusinesa of the board and the
news of the nhakeup which later
reaked out.
WOMAN ADMITS SHE
USED MAILS FOR FRAUD
Portland, Or., May 2. Mm.
Zella M. HotiKh of Klamath Fall:
nlea'led Kulltr In federal court to.
day to a charge of uelns; tha mails
to df-friud and was sentenced to
10 days In jail. Her huaband wh
waa arretted on tha earns charge
waa freed when tha federal
grand jury returned a not tru
bill against him. The two year old
baby girl which Mra. Houg
brought with her tu Portlan
when arretted, baa been placed
In tha Waverly baby noma her
pending the' mothers release.
The charge against Mrs. Hour
waa basad on two alleged worth
leas cherks, aggregating leas tha
1100. which were aent to a I'or
land mall order bonne for orders,
Including household goods, auto
parts and soap. Tha checks got
back to tha mall order house he
fora tna good mere delivered.
HINDENBURG
INAUGURATED
AS PRESIDENT
Brief Shout of Protest
From Communists Is
Only Disturbance To
Mar Program.
Berlin. May 12. In a manifesto
lo the German people this after
noon, I'reuidont Von ilindeubur
id:
'True to th; oath, I will devote
11 my energies to guarding the
onstllution and laws. Let w
'.rive through honest, peaceful
work to gain the recognition ot
other nations to which we are en-
tlcu and to free the German
tame from the unjust eta in which
still lies on it today."
The president added that hie of-
ce did not belong to one clan.
one religious persuasion or one
party alone, hut to "the people In
te entirety. '
Berlin, May 12. (A. P.)
Field Marshal Von Hlmlcuburft
was Inaugurated presldont of Ger
many today.
Except fur a brief shout of pro
test from the communists, the in
auguration was carried out accord-
ng to schedule, the field marshal
being sworn into office by Reich
stag President Paul Locbe before
crowded house.
The oath taken by tho president.
wns oa follows: "In tho name of
Altnlght, nil knowing God, I swear
devote all my energies to the
welfare of the Germany; to In
crease their prosperty; to protect
thorn from Injury; ro preserve tin
constitution and laws of the com-
(Continued on Tage Four)
JEWELERS TOLD
KEEP HANDS OFF
Speaking on "The Kdution of
Government to Iluslness" at the
Oregon State Jewelers' convention
here this morning, Congressman
VV. C. llawloy dot; la red that bus!
ness enterprises engaged In by the
poveitiinciit ha j) been found to be
a losing proposition, and that the
tendency ie muie and more one of
taisapproval among both republi
ems and democrats In the United
States senate und house. The gov
ernmcnt should wherever possihlt
leave business projects to private
oncerns Hawlty stated.
Touching on the-subject ot lex-
atton, the speaker stated that th'
government should levy the mini
mum of taxes necessary to secure
funds for carrying on the govern
meat. Federal taxes are reduced
by $350,000,000 In 1824. h
claimed, and indications are tha
(Continued on Page Seven
Kipling's Hero Has
Counterpart in Air
Mail Service Pilot
Che, snne, Wyo., Msjr It.
Kipling's hero of- tha overland
mall baa a counterpart In ritot
Prank II. Yager ot tha airmail
service. Tha overland mall rldor's
trail, according to the poet, was
II cluttered up with manr rarl-
ellt- oi Impassable obstacles
which bad to ba passed, but yester
day Ysxer's troubles loomed up
In the form of barbed wlra fences.
Leaving Omaha aarly yesterday
morning with a cargo of mall
Yaker sion rsn Into a dense tog,
ha reported on arrival at tha air
mall field here.
Tha fog was so dense ha was
unable to sea altlter tha little
blinkers or tha 600.000 candle
power beacons that were aupposed
to Unlit tha way. Ha made a
forced landing la a small field In
CENSORSHIP
IMPOSED
DISPATCHES
Premier Declares Press
Has Gone Too Far; Say
Germans Supply Riffs
With Ammunition.
Purls, May 11. (A. P.) A
censorship has been established on
press dlspat'hea of French and
foreign agencies and newspapers
dealing with the Moroccan opera
tions, it woe announced today.
The d pulsion to establish tha
ensorshlp on news from Morocco
vas reached during a cabinet
meeting today at the conclusion ot
w hie ii Premier Palnleve said:
"The French and foreign nresa
have gouo too fust and too far.
vYe wish to bring the Moroccan op-
eiutlons back to their real Import
ance." Tungler, Moy 12. A report to
the. Havas Agiucy says a German
jjubmarino recently landed explo
sives, teleplu'nlc material and
food stuffs on the coast ot Rifft,
the chieftain ot which, Abd-ol-
Krim, Is inva llug the French tone
of Morocco. It is also stated that
heveral Germane, or eased aa Itlf-
tiona and ufdug Orlcntul pseudo
nyms have b'iun observed oa the
Itlff.
Paris, May 12. (A. P.) Abd-
-sl-Krlm continues to consolidate
he positions held by his Rifiian
tribosmcn In northern French
.Morocco, notably im the regions ot
Ojebul litbuiiu aud Klrfane and
Mio task ot rcvlctualing I he
French advance posts is effected
only In the teeth ot growing re
sistance. According to reports through
native chunmla still larger forces
are being gathered Jr. other parts
of the Hiff to reinforce the west
ern part of the Invaders' front.
French reinforcements however,
s?re arriving faster than tho Rif
fians and when Abd-el-Krim
launched his offensive, military
men say, he will find the French
well prepared to deal with him.
Native Moroccan troops under
French oificew were uecd yester
day In a forward movement look
ing to consolidation ot the
French front opposite Abd-nl-
Krlm'a concentrations. The ob
jective was reached, without an
engagement, according to official
rcporta.
The French air service has b.;en
nhU to get a general Idea of the
Ulffian concentrations, but re
spect for Snaniah territory has
prevented them from bombing
ihese points, a measure which
might completely disoranglze the
r.rmy. Military men also say
that even when the French are
r.:ady to attack, probably a wee
hence, tho I'iflluns have only to
tall hack onto the Spanish cone to
erenpe. Ther they could awatt
another opportunity or simply
move throLgh Spanish territory to
a point opposlto a more vulnerable
section of the French line.
Davis Jury Completed
Topeka, Kan., May IS (By As
sociated Press) Tho Jury that
will try Jonathan M. Davis, for
mer governor of Kansas, on charges
of necking a bribe, was completed
and sworn In today.
we.tern Nebraska. In a short
lima tha tog lifted and he took
off again, only to ba forced down
a second time In tho space of a
few minutes.
Yager made five forced landings
In this msnner In the course ot
100 miles reported here, the fltlh
being at Archer, Wyo. There, de
termined to get ahead In spite of
the fog hs decided to taxi his way
across ths wlda open spaces. Dill
even tha wide open spaces have
occasional fences, and tha air mall
pilot begun to encounter them.
He hopped tha first three or four
bllthly. Insplte of tha darkness,
but on hurdling tha seventh he
began to tiro of It. Ha then
waited for the first streak ol
dawn and thnn look ths air fnr s
change, arriving here at eight
o'clock In tha morning.
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