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CITY EDITION Dully averagf not paJd circulation for inontu ending April 30. 1926 CLOUDY WEATHER Tonight and Wednesday, probably show era over south went portion; continued mild, gentle variable winds. Local: Max., 78; mln., 51; rain, .08; river, 3.5; utnios., part cloudy; wind, west.. . ti. . ... - Average dally distribution 7iMI. Member Aullt Bureau of Circulation. FORTY-SEVENTH YEAR No. 119 SALEM, OREGON, TUESDAY, MAY 19, 1925 PRICE THREE CENTS stands five cents 6755 vi , ii vi Jimn i n n mm BELGIUM TO CITYTO BAN JAKE ACTION SALE OF RISQUE TO PAY DEBT First Break In Tangle of Inter-Allied War Debts Made Independent Action Follows. Washington, May l!. (A. P.) The first break In the tangle of the inter-allied debts was seen by high government officials here today In the determination of Belgium to take independent steps in negotiating a refunding settlement with the United States. In official quarters the Infor mation conveyed from the Belgian foreign office In last night's d id patches wati accepted as being highly significant since Belgium m be classed as one of the ma jor debtors to whom the United State extended financial aid. The Belgian statement to the Associated Press created a feel iW of optimism at the treasury. At the Belgian embassy it wa said today Ambassador De Mar chienne would anil for home June 9. The whole Belgian debt situa tion is expected to be taken up by him w th his govern merit n t that time. There is no doubt in the minds of officials here that the present Belgian ministry recognizes the benefits derived by those powers which have funded their obliga tions to America and are desir ous of accomplishing tilt same arrangements for their own na tion. Announcement of Belgium's In tentions ban come In the midst of conversations between Minister Piip of Esthonla and Secretary Mellon on means of arranging a funding settlement for Esthon ia's debt of approximately $13, 000,000. The determination of Belgium Is injected, likewise while discussion is going on in Paris on the French debt. The situation must be accepted, It was said, ns highly significant, slice should any one of the three ma ture their plans the way would be quickly opened for frank talk; on terms with other debtors. I "Washington, May 15 (By Asso ciated PrewO The officers of the submarine S-19 which went aground last January at Nauet Beach, Mass., today wore ordered court-martlnled by Secretary Wil bur. The officers are Lieutenant Charles F. Martin, commanding the submarine, who will be charg ed with "through negligence suf fering n vowel of the navy to he stranded;" Lieutenant Chester K. Lewis, the navigator, charged with "culpable Inefficiency In the per formance of duty," and Lieuten ant (Junior grade) Alexander 8. 'Edwards, the officer on the deck, who will be brought to trial for "culpable Inefficiency in the per formance of duty." A court of Inquiry recommend ed the court-martial proceedings having held "thru the entire ad ministration of the ship from the time of leaving the Isle of Shoals buoy to the time of grounding, was loose, haphazard and perfunctory." LINEN MILL SUBSCRIPTION BLANK (Cut out, sign and mail) Chamber of Commerce, Salem, Oregon: I hereby agree to subscribe for shaies ot preferred stock of the par value of $100, and shares of common stock of the par value of $10.00 in a corporation o be organized for the purpose of manu facturing flax fibre products within the City of Salem or its immediate vicinity and agree to pay for the same in four installments at the call of the Board of Directors tf said company. Name .... Pate Address . Ordi ' ce Introduced To Mi Venders Liable To - 3 ne From $10 To $51 ? 3r Jail Sentence. Recent agitation In Salem, start -eu by J. C. Nelson, principal of the high school, against the sale of risque and obscene periodicals by news stands, resulted in the intro duct ion of an ordinance at the city council meeting last night to prohibit their sate. Lnder the ordinance, dealers keeping such periodicals and magazines for sale would be subject to fine of from $10 to $500, or imprisonment for six months, or both fine and im prisonment. The 'agitation in Salem was fol lowed by similar movements iu Spokane, San Francisco and Oma ha. Private opinion" was expressed Irst night that the ordinance as introduced was toothless and could not be enforced inasmuch as it does not define obscene litera ture or pictures or provide for any board to pass upon them. City Attorney Kowltz explained, how ever, that an ordinance general In nature, as the one introduced. Is tho only statute that ia workable, for the reason th .t one Issue of a magazine may be objectionable and the next issue of the same mazaglne not objectionable. He explained that under the general ordinance complaint could be made by any citizen and trial by jury hold, the jury to decide as to the character of the periodical n question. The measure will come up for final passaRe nt the next meeting of the council. Other ordinance introduced las (ContinueJ on Page Six) James D, Iinsing, only son of Cheater F. Lansing, for years prominent nurseryman hero, and one cf four heirs to his futher's estate, must earn and save $C00 in money or property'by his own efforts before he con receive bene fits accruing to him under the will of his father, just filed In probate. The will provides that the entire estate be placed In trust undtr cr.re of Ladd & Bush, the trust running to the widow during her lifetime, all profits and incomw accruing from the estate to go to her. On her death the cslnte Is to tv divided Into four shares to go to the son and daughters, the daugh ters being Annie C. Robertson, Los Angeles, Nellie y.y Bantfl, Salem, and Margaret Pooler, Enterprise. Oregon. In regard to the son's fourth which is not to be paid until he orrns and saves $000 by his own efforts, the condition only applies for six years, arid at the end of six years after his mother's death, if he hasn't fulfilled the $600 condi tion the property and Income ore to be paid to him anyway. If he does save the $fi00 as provided, however, the money and property are to be turned over to him at that time. The Lndd & Bush bank is made executor ot the estate as i,ell as trustee. Gaston B; Means Asks To Be Jailed To Begin Sentence Washington, May 19 (By Associated Press) Gaston II. Menus, ft storm center 1" the Dnugherty investigation and outstanding figure In many notions, surrendered to the District of Columbia su preme court today niul re quested that lie be allowed to begin a two year term im mediately. Means was convicted on a conspiracy charge In New York. Ho was also under in dictment here charged with forgery In connection with Iho handling of papers lit llic Daughcrty Investigation. New York, May 19 (By Asso elated Press) After a tour of the east during - which controversies involving modernists, fundamental ists and evolution burst forth with renewed vigor, William Jennings Bryan today la on his way to Co lumbus, Ohio, to attend the gen eral assembly of the Presbyterian church and become. It Is reported, a candidate for moderator, on a strictly fundamentalist platform. The commoner, whose speech nt Brown university. Providence, R. f., was followed by hissing and booing, was accorded a somewhat similar reception nt one of three addresses on evolution that wound up the eastern campaign here to day. He was twice interrupted by the Rev. Junes M. Williamson, who denied Bryan's assertion that "mod ernists send missionaries to Afri ca when they have no message to semi." Mr. Bryan touched upon his as sistance in the prosecution of Pro fessor Scopes, Tennessee science teacher, on charge of violating the law against teaching of evolution. "The diegrac Is not the Ten nessee law," ho said. "R is that teachers paid out of taxes of com munity which stamps Its dollars 'in God we trust' should betray the trust reposed In them by the taxpayers." Dudley Field Malone, lawyer of Xcw York and Paris, has received from Judge John Randolph N'eal of Knoxville, Tenn., an accept ance of offers by Mr. Malone nnd Clarence Darrow to assist In the defence of Scopes. Mr. Malone telegraphed Judge Neal that it was "un-American and unconstitutional for legislative or ecc1eciastlc.il authority to nt tempt to limit tho human mind In its search after truth." While Mr, Hrynn was busy de-' nouncing evolution yesterday, the Rev. Dr. John Roach Str;iton, New York fundamentalist was defeated in three attempts to have a Baptist ministerial conference go on rec ord ns reaffirming Its belief In the church's tenet of baptism by lm mroflion only. Dr. Straton's thrusts were nim ed at the Rev. Dr. Harry Kmcmon Fnsdlek, modernist who had been called to the Park Avenue Baptist church and has stipulated that the church shall not Insist upon- Im mersion. OF Washington, May 19. (a P.) A program of selling 200 gov ernment vessels for scrapping has been tentatively agreed upon by the sub-committ- on scrapping jf Lhe shipping board. The committee which consists of Chairman O'Connor and Commis sioners Plummer and Benson, is in agreement on a policy of scrapping 150 ot the Iti-.st desirable of the 300 idle lakers, and it-Intends to add to this number fifty vessels of another type. It has asked the fleet corporation for a recom mendation covering this fifty and pending receipt of this report, will withhold its recommendation to the hoard. ' On board opproval of the plan! bids would be invited for scrap-i ping the vessels in which cum j Henry Ford would be exported to I be among those tendering offers. Whether later ?ne board would j decide upon 200 additional ve-seb ! for scrapping, making the toUii 400 rh urged hy ("hariman O'Con nor, Is not expected to receive clef I' nltc consideration for some time. HUNDREDTH ik mm STILLTAKEN Parts of Ford Soldered on Wash Boiler Used To Make Moonshine Sec ond Still Also Captured Da lias, Or. , May 1 9 . A n e w type of still that might well be named after a well known bu low priced make of automobile came to light In a raid made by stale prohibition men in the south end of the county Sunday. Th. still apparent!;- was of elmple con HUruction and cosy to operate. It consisted of n copper wash boiler with a lid soldered on. The distinctive feature, however, was a Ford radiator cap, soldered on to make a convenient opening when tho operator needed to re charge his still. The still was found abandoned in the brush and It Is thought that the operator had been scared out toiiowlng an ar rest In the neighborhood last fall. A second still, also of sfmpl construction, was found in the possession ot William Hoppe of Pedee. Hoppe admitted possession when arraigned Before Justice of the Peace Coad. Judge Coad with held sentence for 10 days. Thfi still was made from an lndepend once cream can and had been used with a lead coil. The entire Inner coating of the can had been eaten off. A cup full of the product of this still wonld knock n man co-Id. according to the state men. It was No. 100 on their record of still captures and only one of that number was Sanitary, they declared. Both stills were placed on display in the chamber of com merce window. GIRL KILLED BY ESPEE MOTOR; Anna Sehaeffer, aged 15, was killed, and her sifter Christine Rcltaeffer, aged 14, badly bruised when they were struck hy a Southern Pacific rail motor car at 6:25 o'clock last night. The ac cident occurred on the Y which runs past the Oregon Packing company's plant, near 12th street, flnl h girls were wet) known In Salem, and were pupils at the Parrish junior high school, al though Christine had not attend ed since the first of the year. Anna was In the SA grade. The train was in charge of E. A. Eronk, conductor and Richard son, engineer. H is stoted that the train was going at a slow rate of speed, and that a warning whistle was blown. Both girls were rushed to the Salem Deaconess hospital, and doctors summoned, as soon as tho accident took place. Anna died at about 10:30 o'clock, her left .ir.n and left hip having been crushed. Attendants at the hospital stated this morning that had she lived she would have been a cripple the remainder of her life. Christine is not In serious danger. That the girks were carrying a parasol is suggested as one reas on why they may not have seen the car coming. Christine did not have perfect eyesight, which may also account for the fact that they were struck. 65TH ilMTEfimANS REUNION ON JUNE 6 Koi siier members of the ftTiCrt artillery, C. A. A., composed large ly of Oregon men, will hold a re union In the Multnomah hotel nt ortland, June 6. The ses Ion will start with a banquet at 0:30 p. in. It will lie followed by a show pro duced by professional and c.r-regl-mental tab nt. Bert Rites, Ro.-e-burg newspaper man and former theatrir.il professional, will be one of the principal nite, talners. A number of men who served overseas to the beavy nrtlllery unit are located at Salmi. Those u ho exi.iM-t 10 attend ace eqnff (f J m rnM : cm Harold 11. Say. Kc-ereiar."-' i"- i surer of the fi'it I) ArtiMei y Jtoimi'in a.-M!-i.i f Inn lions v III be made. Dry Army Ready To Press Attack On Rum Runners Washington, May 19. (A. P.) The administration from Presi dent Coolidge down, is determined to enforce prohibition to the lim it, Senator Watson, republican, of Indiana, has informed the Couzens committee and then, he said, if the people do not want to stand for it, it is for them to say so. Tremendous efforts nro to be mmlo, the Indiana senator said, to make the law absolutely effective. "If after the law is being en forced to the limit," he asserted, "the people do not want to stand for it, It is for the people to say so. nnd it can be modified." Washington. May 19. (A. P.) The prohibition "army" is pre paring to follow the advances CAPITAL PAYS Washington, May 10.-c-(A. P.) Washington stood witn bowed head today to express the nation's tribute to one of its great military heroes, Lieutenant General Nelson A. Miles. r President Coolldgo arranged his affairs so that he might 6ccupy a place In the funeral cortege signt fylng tho country's reverence for the memory nnd achievement of the famous campaigner. To the military service, loved and served so faithfully by him, was the generals body entrusted for the last march to Arlington national cemetery, there to repose beside the body of his wife and among his comrades of three w.irs, now sleeping beneath the grassy slopes. A troop of United States caval ry, an arm of the service which the general led so well in wresting the western frontier from the In dians, assembled at the residence to escort the casket to St. John's Episcopal church where tho simple rites of that faith were prepared by Rev. Dr. Robert Johnson. The solemn march to the cemetery ending at the mauldoleum con structed under the general s direc tion would conclude the ceremony. Six. black horses were selected to draw the caisson and officers of the army, navy and marine corps were designated to pace be hind them. Surrounding the group battalions of soldiers, sail ors and marines led by Brigadier General Samuel I). Hockenbach. cornniiinder of the District of Washington, formed the escort of honor. PLEAOS GUILTY Portl.md, May !!t Horace fJree- lev WiNon of Knuohinu former In dian a (,'- nt nt Klamath rservation", this nfiernoon pleaded guilty In federal court to rhartfrs of viola tion of the federal Mann act, after falling in a n effort to obtain n postponement of bis trial. Federal Jtidi;e R. S. Itean said h would defer fmpnnitlnn of sen tence for two days, In order to give WiNon time to arrnnKft hln affairs. Portland. Or.. May lf. Feder al Judcc C. K. Bean this morning overruled the motion of Horace flff dey Wilson of Hoseburg. for mer Klamath Indian ngtiit, for n third voh ponemtmt of his trial c "ch;rRes of violating the Mann t. Wilson asked a further de- nf t:x months. This appeal coming on the eve Ot trial comes too late," declared .fudge Bean. "The fact, that the de'rndnnl Is without money Is no round for postponing a criminal trial. H this ground would be upheld, H would not he long un til thi i excuse, would be used .o postpone every criminal trial that. is fCt." Judge Be,in staled that fie c.if had already been postponed evral times upon the request of tIip defendant, nnd that "there hi no vmiatue he will he any mure vv iy lor (rial at. the end of f x nuuih th.Mi he Is tunny, FINAL HONORS TO GENERAL MILES DELAY IN TRIAL REFUSED WILSON made hy the dry "navy" in Its ini tial offensive to drive the liquor (smugglers from American shores. With the reduction by the coast guard of smuggling operations on the Atlantic coast, long a stumbling block In efforts to bottle up the chief source of palatable wet goods, officers of the land forces are leaving no stone unturned In their plans to prevent a reappearance of pois onous concoctions In the bootleg ging market. These officers foresee. It was said today nt prohibition head quarters that with tho scattering of the rum runners, the supply of (Continued on Pago Five) LORD INVADES ILL STREET Jft-w York, May 19 The con nection of associates of Henry Kord with a New York bond house was generally held In financial cir cles today as meaning the manufac turer's entrance In Wall street. Yet from Detroit came a denial that It had any such significance. The newly organized Guardian Detroit compnny opened for business yes terday In the Kiiltablc buildiiiK on Broadway, near Wall street. One of the directors is Kniet Kanzler, vice-president of the Ford Motor company. The Guardian Detroit company is nnnounci'd ns an Investment branch of the Guardian Trust com pany of Detroit, of which Kdscl Ford, Henry's son. Is n director. The G uard la n Detroit com pa ny has taken over the municipal bond business of Kean, fligbie company of Detroit and New York who will continue In business as underwrit ers. The New York Tribune says: "Henry Ford has hum nut his shingle in Wall street. The man who denounced, defied and dis pensed with America's moul Im portant financiers has opened un an office In their stronghold." St. Paul, Minn., May 1!). Holding that the Ifll.S decision dissolving the International Har vester company had proven ef fective, a special federal court of equity today denied the govern ment's petition for suplemental provisions to that decree. i Three Judges of thP United States circuit court of appeals heard the case, silting ns n conn of equity in the federal district court. Judges Robert K. Lewis nnd Walter H. Sanborn signed the de cision and .lodge Klmborough Stone dissented. The government sought sup plemental provisions to the fed eral court decision of November 2, IT) IS, cnntinding that these additional publications were nec essary to carry out the Intention of lhe decision. The supplemental action was filed July 17. 12.1. hvidence presented hy the gov ernment, tho decision filed to day said, "not only fails to prove that since the reorganization de cree the company has been duly or unreasonably monopolizing or rl raining interstate commerce In harvesting machinery or np-purtf-mmrcs In the United States, hut in our opinion, conclusively proves It has not done and Is not doing so." reds nElwTcfiviu THROUGHOUT BULGARIA Kofia, May 1 ft. ( A. P. ) The re.k 'ndiing of communist activity in notireahle throughout Bulgaria, reports received here indicate, de Mpitn government statements t h nt th Inst glimmer of revolutionary activity Is being destroyed. Min ister or War Voulkoff has admit ted that many new conspiracies dliec'.etl at the lives of high offi cials have been discovered, nnd thai the government has conceit -Mated (mop to deal with the sit ililtioll. ERROR CAUSES REVERSAL OF DAMAGE CASE Supreme Court Orders New Trial of Stanfield Damage Case Against Mrs. Fletcher. The case ot Hilda Stanfield, appellant, against Mrs. Zella S. Fletcher of Salem, in which the plaintiif sued for a maximum of $7,t00 damages under tho em ployers' liability act, must be tried again In the circuit court, accord ing to an opinion of tho supreme court which was handed down to day. Mrs. Fletcher is of state wide prominence as a Grange lead er. The opinion, written by Chief Justice Mcllride, reverses Judge George G. Uinghnm f the lower court for Marion county and orders a new trial of tho case. The plaintiff's husband met an accidental death while employed by Mrs. Fletcher. The supreme court opinion holds that one of the Instructions given by the lower court to the jury relative to negligence waa error. and while It is held not clear that such Instruction produced the verdict that was rendered, it is pointed out that the case was a close one on the testimony, and the Itistrtutiou might have caused tho verdict. For this reason the decree is reversed and a new trial directed. The Injuries that caused the death of Kay Stanfield, husband of the appellant, occurred while he was operating a gasoline engine propelling a wood-saw by means of a bell. No guards or other pro tection were used on the machin ery, It Is said. There were no witnesses of the accident, and both parlies to the suit had to de- (Continued on Pane Six) Fez, French Morocco, May 19. The latest reports from the front where the h reach are opposing the Itilfiaii tribes, iien under A lid el Kiim. characterize the situation as gooil along tho entire, line Marshal Lyautiy has returned to Italia t art or a conference heiv with General fount le Chambrutt director of Frcnen operations. Considerable activity is observed among the K iff inns, indicnt ing that Abd-el-Krlm is resolved to continue the invading movement, lespito liwt week's setback hi the Ulhiinc region. General Odontnat's column pass- lug thorugh Fl-llnH, has reached Ihifrant without incident. In th center, tho Amzz and Ainlcuh posts have again been violently at tacked, lhe Kilflaiis are reinforc ing and tttrcngthiug their pnsi Hons In the upper OeuiRha river valley and the Sen had Ja inoun 1 1 i n s. To (he eat the It if fi, ins con tinuo to threaten the Hrcniis front. General Ciimhnty's group Is at Oued Alainar. Colonel Freydonberg's group Is now established at Garabes M ca sein. A report Is current that Abd-el- Krim Is con-idi ring an offensive in the HpnnM'i zone, to which he is reported to have set ten mount ed girns and reinforcenientF. The Velvet Hammer By Arthur Brooks Baker vi,m:u m. The thunder and the lightning Pierce combine to form a style of storm unusually fierce, nnd when ha views the tragedy in other f olkn' careers on.l drapes bin oratory In Iho mantle of bis tears, the private brand of weather which the Gov ernor has coined In ruich as that of Cuba nnd Connecticut conjoined. They say his breed of politb of Democrat nu famous G. It. P. make the cannon pop; to ebanf.e hiinirn lhe croo. Could that be ilnm Joyous gents would talk lhe hinge event Penrath his broad-brimmed sides. IMh offleo chairs ft l.iiiiehu f. esli rotten hr ' n.nnx llnl In uo nn.l to serve In Walter's cabinet; but mull in lhe excitement and tho dam ags In The spoil, thai tb-. ugh the acrviee may be largo the time Is often. tillOt't, FUSE CAUSES MAD PANIC E Train Literally . Jammed With Humanity Scene of Frenzied Rush When Light Blows Out. New York, May 19. (A. P.) At least 75 persons were injured, two of them probably fatally, In a mnd panic which swept a crowded east side subway train as it waa about to leave the Grand Central terminal station today. A blown fuse, followed hy a series of elec tric lump bulbs explosions was re ported to havo been the cause of the accident. The train literally was jammed with humanity, came to a sharp :dop u block from the terminal. Men, women and children were swept from their feet in confusion. which grew to panic proportions when the cars began to fill with stifling smoke caused by burning insulation. A short circuit bad occurred causing the motor man to lialt the long string of cars When he attempted to sturt it up again every light bulb in the train exploded-. This was the signal for the panic wiijch sent scumpcring men, women and children toward exits and seeking to escape from their cage-like imprisonment by mashing windows. ricoroB were knocked to the car floors and trampled. The con fusion was increased when guards prevented opening of emergency doors. The lounge and seven. 1 sa lons of the nearby Hotel Vatiter hilt were converted Into emer gency hospitals where 2fi persona received treatment. Thirty others wore removed to Ilellcvue hospital. It later developed that 51 per sons received treatment in the Vnnderbilt hotel. The entire prtsonnel of thd Vnnderbilt wont Into service, car rying the injured to lounges, sa loons and Into Die dining room. When Policeman Georg Dcno) arrived nt the :ilth street subway exit.s he saw burly men knocking half hysterical women aside In their mad plunue for freedc-m. Ho tore off his uniform coat nnd wad- d Into the crowd, knocking down five of the men he had sen jost ling women. Paris. May 19 Jack Dcmpsey nd his bride arrived here today from London. Ii was reported that the heavyweight champion took the count from the KnKlixh chan nel nnd suffered from sea sickness during a roiiKh pavnge. A platoon of police stormed the rowd. which included Georges Carpcntler in order to clear n gang way for Demp.cy and his wife to a wailing nuto. Dempey nnd Car pcntler greeted each other most -..rdially. The arrival of the Dempcys at the Nord railway station resulted tn n buttle royal between police and noisy crowd of fight fans, two of whom wore injured in their rush past the gendarnie to greet the American fighter. Dm Is Defence Ho' Topeka. Kan., May 13 The de fence rested late today in tho trlnl of Jonathan M. Davis former gov. ernor of Kamas, charged with so-ll.-itlng n brlbe'fur a pardon Mi it i: whb h have marked the pith of ban lost its piliHne. if" neither that lint parties are nt het a word to the name f any field will nardly Mloil blew you. son;) how many oft" the door that leads to great Stetson hat the row mans mind re bo eimtmcoutdy rides, for -very ir ( netV inell of nct'VO their tltll INI CA 4