Capital journal., May 14, 1925, Image 1

C aoital Jk
CITY EDITION
Dally averse nc paid circulation for
month nJlnir April ltf, 1926
FAIR TONIGHT
And Friday; Blljrhtiy cooler tonight;
moderate north wt winds,
Ijocal: Ma., 77 : mln., 54; rain, .OS;
river, .; atmos., part cloudy; wind,
outhweat.
LIBR AR
djomiraaii
6755
Average daily distribution 7011.
MemKr Aullt Bureau of Ctnnilattons.
FORTY-SEVENTH YEAR No. 115
SALEM, OREGON, THURSDAY, MAY 14, 1925
PRICE THREE CENTS
ON TRAINS AND NBWS
STANDS PIVa CENTS
-11 -i
mm
MM.
FOUR PAVINr
PIMSIK
BE OPERkiEO
Hot Stuff To Be Supplied
Road Crews From Four
Plants ; Sixteen Miles
To Be Improved.
With approximately 16 miles of
paving to be put down in the 1925
highway paving program for the
county, Roadmaster W. J. Culver
announces the proposed plan to
keep four paving plants busy dui
Ing the season. All plants are ea
pected to be in operation by about
June 1.
The plants will lie at Salem.
Stayton, Scoltard and St. Paul. In
addition a rock crushing plant, Is
now being installed on the Bowen
place, two miles west of Silrerton
for the purpose or rocking roade
in that district and in a number
of cases getting these roads ready
for paving operations in the fu
ture.
Bitr Proerara Planned. .
The paving program for the
coming summer as outlined by
Koadmaster Culver is as follows:
Work under Salem paving
plant:
One and three-rourths miles of
pavement on the Liberty-Skyline
xaad, pavement going south from
fork of Skyline road at Liberty
store to the fort of tho hill at the
Dencer place.
One mile of pavement on the
Sllverton-Fruitland road east from
the state hospital to the first main
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POLICY CHANGE
No radical change in policy of
tha administration at Willamette
university Is to be expected since
the return of Dr. Carl Gregg Do
ney, according to statement made
by him in an interview this morn
ing. "An institution, like a child,
nv"t grow a little all the time
not too much, and not too little.
I expect Willamette to continue n
a 'eady, normal growfh. Juet as
our country has had difficulties
due to excessive immigration, so a
college may hate difficulties if it
takes in student too rapidly. Wc
will continue to raise our fit an d
- ards gradually, squeezing out a
few students each year who can
not qualify echolastlcally.'
Dr. Doney Indicated that his
policy will be to Increase the
proportion of men !h the student
body. "I understand that during
this past year there have been as
many men ae women in the fresh
man class, he stated.
When asked whether or not he
Intends to remain permanently at
-Willamete Dr. Doney replied,
Tenure of office ie always in
definite. I don't know that I was
ever hired but once, and for no
particular period."
Liquor Prices Here
Soar as Raids Mount;
Bootleggers Scarce
RIeven stills have been roundeJ
tip by the sheriff's force since Jan
uary I, as compared to 13 stills
captured during the entire year
last year.
As a result of the confiscation
made, not only is the price of
bootleg liquor rr ported to be soar
ing In the bst Informed drink
ipg circles, but a logger who )urt
returned from th cnat after an
rbsence of five or six weeks, ila
rlires that after a careful surve
f th situation he went to Por
Und t get t soure.
"When I left h-re a month or
two ao for a job on ths coast, 1
V.new ths r-'ps pretty well. b
averted. "A man could pick or
a pint on pretty short not'e
Chicago's Best
The title, "Chicago's Healthiest
Girl," was given pretty Miss Olive
Pellage, 13, in a bitterly contested
competition with several hundred
other girls. Baseball is her favor
Ite sport
Retreat of Booze Fleet
Off Atlantic Signal for
Tighter Blockade of
Canadian Line.
New York, May 14 (By Asso
ciated Press) Twelve of the 16
rum vessels that have been anchor
ed off Rum Row under the sur
veillance of the blockading coast
guard have put to sea toward Hair
fax, officers of the C. G. 17 pa
trol boat reported today when they
put In at State i Island. Two steam
ships and two schooners are the
only liquor ships left, they report
ed.
The price of liquor going up 'n
New York Is going down in Cult
lornia. The reason Is the dry
navy's blockade of the east coast
rum row.
Many of the ships unable to do
business her, have sailed for the
Pacific coast where customers arc
reported to be bringing loads
ashore regularly nnd without dif
ficulty. Some estimates place th
value of whiskey landed In an
around San Diego within the past
48 hours, at more than 1200 000
A3 a result tho bottom has fallen
out of the gin market In Callfor
nia, Scotch is reported to be sell
'ner for $4 a quart In Los Angeles
compared with previous prices of
$6 to $9. Two cutters are report
ed as unable to cope with six rum
shins off southern California.
All the ships that departed were
heavily laden and apparently had
failed to dispose of any of their
cargoes, the coast guard officers
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When I got back here day before
yesterday I tried all of he a ecus
tomed joints and my old hip pock
t friends seemed to have disap
peared. Some of them were In
;all. some out on bail, and 10m
tsd just naturally disappeared
few more of thce still grabs and
this ain't going to be do place for
a fun loving logger., 1 II tell the
world."
A report from ths underworld
is to the effect that the long jail
sentences heirs Imposed, coupUd
v lth suc:es!t;ul activity of ths uf
fleers since ths first of the year
hbi caused a mimttfr of lamina
'(cures In ths bootleg world to
flco.to pastures new and further It
stated a numliM- of stills bavr
V?n buried In the past two weeks.
Rl FORCES
ARE SHIFTED
CONVICTTO
BE TRIED ON
Prisoner Here Will Be Re
turned To California To
Answer For Murder He
Admitted.
California authorities at Sacra
mento will take immediate steps
to have C. R. Moore removed from
the Oregon penitentiary and taken
to Sacramento to be tried for the
murder of Harry Brown in that
city September 18, 1928, say a a
letter received by Warden Dal
rymple today from Bernard Mc
Shane, chief of police at Sacra
mento.
The letter from Chief McShane,
which incloses a statement from
Miss Florence Pries, who was with
Brown at the time he was killed,
tends to corroborate the confession
signed by Moore and his wife at
the Oregon prison on May 1. Her
story of the crime and also her
description of the slayer tally with
the Moore confession and with his
physical appearance.
Miss Pries says that a woman
was in Moore's automobile await
ing for him after the crime was
committed, and in their confession
Moore and his wife claim that the
latter was In the car waiting for
him with the engine In motion so
there would be no delay in the
escape. The confession mentions a
lawyer who chased them after the
shooting. They did not know his
name, but knew from newspaper
articles at the time that he was a
lawyer, according to McShane's let
ter this was William Sitton, an at
torney, and son of Desk Sergeant
Sitton of the police department.
, The confesjflon was signed here
May 1 by Moore and his wffe after
they had quarreled when Mrs.
Moore visited her husband at the
prison. Moore wan sent here from
Lane county for the theft of an
automobile.
PROBE REVEALS
Ml of baby
New York. May 14. (A. P.)
Dr. Otto H. Scliultie, medical ex
pert, notified the district attorney
today alter an autopsy that a frac
tured akull caused the death of
William Winters, ond-month-olu
infant, who had been placed In the
East 86th street "baby farm" of
Mrs. Helen AuBtine GeisenVoik.
The death certificate Rave hear!
failure as the cause of the death
of the Winters' baby, Assistant
District Attorney Ryan said.
An autopsy performed yetftcr
day on ths body of Acnes Toohey,
IS months, failed to reveal any in
dications of physical injury.
Mrs. Geisan-voik pleaded not
guilty when arraigned on a char''
of unlawfully boarding more, chil
dren than provided for In her
health department permit. Sho
was continued at $1000 bail on
this charge and the trial was set
for May 28. Her Dal) on the oil!
er charge, that of substituting
babies placed in her care, previ
ously was set at 35,000.
New York. .May 14 Charges
that Agnes Toohey, 18 months old
was held by the heels and dahel
against a wall at a naby hospital
conducted by Mm. Helen Gtiscn.
Volk have collapsed as a result of
an autopsy which followed
jurnation of i.ie b.dy.
Ths attvked occurred the day
before the child died, according In
the uncorroborated testimony of a
nurse but no signs of physical In-
lury wer found on the body yes
terday. An autopsy Is yet to be per
formed on the bndy of William
Winter, one-month-old, who also
died at the baby home and whose
:oly also has been exhumed.
Mrs. Volk Is under arrest on
"harre of baby substitution and
violation of health code.
Health department records have
disclosed that 44 babies died at
the two establishments maintained
by her since January 1, 1918.
Entish Author Dead
London. Mar 14. Sir IT. Rider
Haggard, the author died here to
day.
CONFESSION
(MIDGE TO
REAPPOINT
BERT HANEY
Oregon Man To Remain
On S h i p p i n g Board ;
Says He Will Accept
Post Despite Friction.
Washington, May 14. Presi
dent Coolidge has definitely de
cided to re-appoint B. S. Haney of
Portland, Or., as a member of the
shipping board.
Senator McNary, republican,
Oregon, who called on President
Coolidge today to renew his ad
vocacy of Mr. Hancy's reappoint
ment, advised Mr. Coolidge that
Mr. Hancy would accept reap
pointment. He Is a democrat. .
There had been considerable
doubt as to Mr. Haney'e continu
ing as a member of the board, it
Y ing been men toned frequent
ly that he might retire, either
through failure of reappointment
or declining reappointment.
During his service on the board
Mr, Haney has on several occas
ion come into sharp disagree
ment with bis associates as to
matters of policy. He cast a dts
aenting vote in the plnn for giv
ing the emergency fleet corpora
tion a free band in handling
ship.". In the rMe of the President
type Pacific liners to the Dollar
Interests, however, he voted with
the majority of the board.
BY NEWSPAPERS
Chicago, May 14. Trial by
newspaper has usurped the func
tion of judges and Junta, Attorney
Andrew R. Sheriff, chairman of
the Chicago Bar association's com
mittee on relations of the press to
judicial proceedings, euld in
statement after Chicago judges
ruled to bar cameras from court
trials.
'Our great trials are made
cheap vaudeville acts," he said,
'Trial by newspaper has made our
courts a laughing stock.
'But it is time for the pendu
lum to swing back. The first im
P'llse has been felt with the ban
on newspaper photographers.
'It Is no part of the functions
of the court to supply pictures,
entertainment, tnnlls or food for
gossip to the general public.
which In fact has an interest only
In the main facto of the case and
the results of the trial.
'The court rooms are open to
all who wish to attend in person
A fair recognition of these prin
ciples will lead to a better under
standing of the movement to pre
serve order and efficiency In th
courts."
CROWDS FLOCK
TO LOUISVILLE
Loui ville. Ky. May 14 Kinj
Horse, heralding the Kentucky
derby, already has advanced upon
Louisville with Its forefeet stamp
ing the city as the temporary play
grounds of the nation.
Although 48 hours before the
running of the famous odd classic
rail terminals today are more than
usually crowded, hotels practical
ly filled to capacity, automobile
after automobile Is entering the
city gate and the si reels are filled,
with jostling throngs of pleasure
seekers.
The accepted and approved
greeting of friend to friend, and
there will be 100,000 demanding
admission for the event, la "whe
will win?"
Cburcbill Downs, resplendent In
new paint, aprlng flowers, many
additions to the seating boxes and
loal color u ready to absorb th
larget-L crowd It ever has nen
called t!
Rpon to honse In Its exist
enee.
Governor "Ma Ferguson and
Mr. Ferguson, former governor of
Texaa, are esperied to arrive Ur-
day. Willia.n J McA'o and Mrs.
McAdoo already ire here.
$271,385 IS
SUBSCRIBED
FOR PROJECT
Linen Mill Subscriptions
For Salem Less Than
$30,000 Short of Goal of
$300,000.
. The drive for funds to finance
the new linen mill passed the
(270,000 mark at noon today.
Reports turned In by workers
at a meeting at the Salem cham
ber of commerce rooms reached a
total of (271,385, Including
$1,460 raised at Dallas, and
brought In by Joe Baumgartner
and George Vick yesterday. Mrs.
Winnie Brad en, secretary of the
Dallas chamber of commerce, was
present at today's meeting and
reported that Interest In the new
mill is running high In that city,
particularly since ' Governor
Pierce's speech before the Dallas
chamber of commerce last Mon
day. "The farmers In this valley
need a new linen mill more than
anything else". Pierce Is quoted
as having said, "and It Is up to
you farmers to get behind It and
put It over. In order to Insure at
least one crop for yourself that
iyou can depend on.
Today s total report represents
an Increase of (18,635 since Mon
day noon, when a total of (252,-
750 was reported.
A general spirit of optimism
pervaded today's luncheon at t:ie
chamber of commerce, which was
presided over by Chns. Archcrd.
The plan as outlined for workers
Is to continue the campaign a ft
Is now being carried out. It Is
believed that considerable sums
are still In sight. It Is expected
that If the necessary money Is not
suoseribed after the present plan
of campaign has been thoroughly
tried out, sums will be appor
tioned out among the workers.
each one assuming responsibility
for a certain amount.
Governor Pierce will be aked to
pcak again to citizens of Dallas
at the Dallas court house Friday
evening, It v as stated this noon
Belief was exprcHsed at today's
meeting here that "the farmers are
absolutely sold on the proposi
tion."
"SilvcTton and Independence
are going good," said Archerd this
noon. There is etery indication
that the campaign will go over
there.
Colonel B. M. Bartrum, call
on to make a speech, stated.
have been In a great many com
munities in my 111?, and by com
partson have been greatly heart
cned by the spirit which I have
seen shown here In this campaign
Yuu arc now within striking dis-
tonce of the goal.
He Indicated that as soon
Portland's (175.000 has been deft
nitely subscribed incorporation
proceedings will be begun.
Opinion was generally expressed
that the workers have missed
lot of little fellows," who would
be .willing to subscribe severa
hundred dollars each, but wh
have been allowed to get the im-
n re si on that their small sums are
not wanted. Suggestion was made
that advertisements be run In th
daily papers, explaining injletal
me pr'tpomion.
NATIVES NEARLY
TRAMPLE PRINCE
Portland, Ktizahnth, Union of
South Africa. May 14. (A. P.I
The Prince of Wales today visited
the sports ground here end spent
aa hour inspecting volunteers
from the various services, while
3000 children, many of them de
scended from the first British set
tlers who landed m 1820, cheered
incessantly.
Airplanes circled lew than 100
feet overhead as the prince In the
uniform of a colonel of the Velh
Guards moved slowty from group
to group, shaking hands and chat
ting. Ho eager were the hordes of na
tlve eneetators to get view of
thfl prince that they closed In
around him, fighting, struggling
and attempting to crowd neater
Two policemen Instantly leaped to
the side of the prince and saved
him from annoyance. Newspaper
ew respondent were loss fortunate
and wrrt wedged In the jam for
nevers) ml nil tea before they could
lorcn tiieir wa: out.
County Will Test
Form of Contract
In Crossing Case
The Marion county court In
tends to tangle with the Southern
Paciflo company on a coutract
which tbe company is eudeavoriug
to get the court to sign In con
nection with construction of the
new overhead crossing ou the pro
posed Marion-Jefferson cutoff
and make a test case which will
be watched with Interest all over
the state.
It Is said that county courts
have been in the habit generally
of signing the contract put up by
th railroad company. The con
tract In brief makes the county
responsible for any or all damages
that might accrue in the con
struction of the overhead and It Is
this part of the contract to which
tbe court objects. District Attor
ney Carson has advised the court
not to sign tbe contract and high
way commission attorneys take
the same stand as they would like
to see .a test case made of the
OF
STUDY COURSES
Portland, Or., May 14. Charg
that Oregon Agricultural col
lege has encioachcd upon certain
courees arwlgned to the Unlverel
ty of Oregon by the state board
of higher curricula are to be con
sidered at a meeting of the board
here Monday, said Joseph E.
Hedges, secretary of the board.
The Unlverelty of Oregon board
of regent has prepared a brief
setting forth that courses at Ore
gon Agricultural college in Jour
nalism, and commerce duplicate
work assigned to the unlv.T.slty
and that encroachments have also
been mode In music, history, eco
nomies, sociology and teacher
training.
On gon Agricultural college s
brief had not been filed early to
day but was expected to be In the
hands of tbe board before the end
of the week.
The board of higher curricula
established the policy some y-ars
ago of giving to Oregon Agricul
tural college school work along
vocational lines, agriculture,
home economic nnd engineering
while the university has been
given liheral arts, fine arts, and
professional subjects.
PIERCE BELIEVES
"I am In no sense militaristic.'
said Governor Pierce today, when
informed of plans for a national
d tense muMter on Armistlco day.
"I believe In arbitration. How
ever, we should be able fully to
defend our homes and American
Institutions I favor an annual
review on Armistice day of our
ability to defend our country."
Washington, May 14. A con
certcd movement was lu progress
today to have state executives
their views regarding tho proposed
place before President Coolidge
"national defcniie muster" on
Armistice Day.
The president before reaching a
decision In the plan drawn by a
committee of reserve officers as
sociation and submitted by the
war department desires to know
the attitude of the governors,
With a view to expediting the
matter, appeals for prompt con
slderatlon were being sent to state
capitals by the reservs, natlona
guard and veterans organizations. 1
alcohoImadeTrom I
CULL APPLES SUCCESS
Spokane, Wavh.. May 14 IV
ing an ulrrhol hate fuel made fmm
cull applies and potatoes, an air-
plan was flown from this city to
Wallace, Idaho, a distance of 9ft
miles In an hour imay, a telegram
from l.teutenunt N. U. N'amer,
I nlted mate resvrve corps,- an
nounced.
The fuel Is the Invention of R
II. Iterord of this city and Is be
ing manufactured here. Weuten
ant Mamer rarrlcd a passenger
rnd reported th' while the fuel
ronfuimptlon was lowered, an In
crease In upeed r.as noted.
proposition.
The court assumes tbe position
that by the signiug of the contract
they would throw tbe county wide
open to possible huge liabilities
and on top of that the district at
torney advisea that signing the
contract might also make the In
dividual members of tbe. court
personally liable.
The argument In the case of
Henry Shields against the county
In connection with the laying out
of the now road will ba heard in
circuit court tomorrow.
A large delegation appeared be
fore the court yesterday represent
ing -properly owners alt along the
right of way of the proposed new
highway urging the court to ex
pedite matters as much as possible.
The residents all along the route
are a unit for hurrying the con
struction save the one protester
who has the matter In court in an
effort to enjoin the proceedings.
Geneva, May 14 (By Associat
ed I'ress) The American delega
tion ot the league of nations Inter
national conference for tho con
trol In traffic In arms and muni
thins today oftleially filed a
amendment to divorce the amis
convention from the league of na
tions.
The presentation of the Amerl
can amendment, although ordt-r
ed In ninny quarters, caused spine
thing of n Herniation.
The convention, which It Is pro
ponied to amend, provides that i
central International offlco ahull
be cHtnbllshed by the council of
the lengue of nations for the col
lection nnd publication of docu
ments of all kinds relating to traf
fic In arms.
The amendment offered by Rep
renentatlve Theodore E. Burton
head Pf the American delegation,
provides fur a centrnl office, but
omit the specification that It be
appointed by the league's council.
It differs although from the
conference convention by saying
that a certain number of states to
be determined later shnll nomin
ate representatives to the central
r.fflee nnd these representative
sbnll determine Its orgnnlK.it Ion
and functions. Including the meth
od of electing their imcreHnor.
The Burton amendment will be
discussed Inter.
E
New York, May 14. A squad
of police guarded the town bouse
of John I). Rockefeller, Jr., to
day, as a precaution against over
ciirloua rrowds at the marriage of
Mr. Rockefeller's eldeet child and
only daughter, Abby Rockefeller
to David Merri wether Mil ten
The ceremony wa set for 4:30
o'clock this afternoon. The offi
ciating clergyman selected wae
the Rev. Cornelius Woelfkn, pas
tor of the Park avenue Baptist
churcb, where the bride's father
has taught a RlbU class for years
Only members of the two fam
lles were Invited to the ceremony
Itself, but the gueet list for the
reception numbered 1200, The
bride's 85 year old grandfather is
expected to see the wedding.
The Velvet Hammer
By Arthur
MWou .ion N ii. ;ii;sv
Must elilM stiw by srclrt.nt mor. oft.n ttisn di-lnn. Thrlr pl
U mini, hy fniKiiunts which lh Ml y.urs comliln. Bui Mayor Joint
II. i;iiiy f..ls ihut Hiil.m will .xnnnrt until comp.tlns lown. are skin
n.d nnil all th.lr hlls srs liinnfil: thai no moro shl of fortuns
hnui.l nllvr us our f.Ho. lht plans lor lulur. brauty inusl .n;iK
ths irwnt (Int.. , .,...-..
Kor wh.n ynil spk of rclunt In rllle, nnd to folk, IBs uo
lcl s one In which his Job ninnmui that h. should poke. I'pon tn
Hist, ruinmlmlnn having acrl.lema In charso. Its llnda ths weight ot
chanc. an.l fine nronclouly lorna and Ivm hla word thai any olro
who merely irusta to luck may prop.rly b. lalnllrd aa a wrcksd ana
.Inking; duck. . , , . ' . .
. Th srl.t of law nnd ordlnnnc. authorltr mnt grind Tn" than
work for prlnlera. In hl M.nclentloua mind, lis llkoa to scs the eoppcra
runnini in the ,olla Rink who ilowi not car, a fl.h'a hair what Iritm
l.itora think. Il tee), tha aword of Jostles oimht to draw tha Moo,
if rrliiie. thnt nl who vlolnts tha law should l In coin and lima,
FUGITIVES
WRECK CAR
BUT WE
Convicts Who Broke From
San Quentin Spread
Terror In Sacramento;
Fosses In Pursuit.
Sacramento, Cat., May 14. Twa
men who wrecked a etolen auto
mobile here this morning are be
lieved to be Joe Tanko and Floyd
nail, escaped murderers from San
Quentin prison. All peace officers
this city have been ordered out
to hunt them down.
The automobile was stolen early
today from a farmer and his wife
near Auburn. It was wrecked In
front of the Sacramento county
hospital on the southern edge of
this city.
Hold Pursuers Off.
Two men, one with a rifle, held
oft would-be pursuers and dis
appeared on foot in tbe direction
of Oak Pork, a suburb.
They were last seen at Forty
third street and Fourth avenue,
in the same locality where the
convicts disappeared three weeks
ago after shooting Clyde Nunn, a
luemuer of the police force who
was pursuing them after they had
stolen a car and kidnaped Its driv
er.
One woman, seeing the men with
the rifles this morning, became
hysterical.
Bystanders who saw the men
declured they resembled Tanko
and Hall, escaped convicts.
A half hour after they had
wrecked t bi r?to!en automobile,
the bandits who had run through
the county automobile and state
fair grounds nearby, came upon
Henry Hansen In front of his
home, knocked him In the head,
threw Into the back ot his auto
mobile and started In the ma
chine toward Stockton on the up
per Stockton road with a posse In
close pursuit,
- Kitlnan Motorist.
The kidnapers later threw Han
sen out of bis automobile and con-
(Continued on Page Seven)
Chicago, Mav 14. (A. P,)
Mrs. William D. Hhepherd has
been cleared by the grand jury of
implication in the deaths of Mm.
Km ma No1m ; McClintock and
William Mctllintorfc, millionaire
orphan.
The Jury voted two no ouit"
tli us quashLig findings of a coro
ner's iurv that held her as acces
sory to her husband, held for trial
on an indictment charging toa
murder by typhoid germs ot young
McClintock. It took no action on
the coroner's Jury verdict holding
Shepherd responsible for Mrs. Mc
(Hintock's death but may thereby
hear any further evidence devel
oped in that regard.
Mrs. Shepherd greeted the Jury's
vnte with a statement In which
she said an acquittal "must be the
ultimate outcome ot all the con
spiracy against my husband and
myself. There must be an end to
this damnable outrage against us."
She has maintained throughout
thnt the investigation of tha
deaths and the charges against her
husband and herself was a con
spiracy.
Brooks Baker