CITY EDITION
Dully average net paid circulation fur
montU cndliitf April 30, 192G
GENERALLY FAIR
Tonight and Thursday, slightly cooler In
extreme northeast portion tonight; mod
em to northwest winds.
6755
Local: Max., 86; min., GB; rain, traces
river, 3.3; at m on., part cloudy; wind,
northwest.
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Member Audit Duroau of Circulations.
FORTY-SEVENTH YEAR No. 120
SALEM, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, MAY 20, 1925
PRICE THREE CENTS S?A55aINf,$2u
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WITNESS GONE; PROBE IS
ACCUSER OF
GERM SLAYER
DISAPPEARS
Prosecutor Asks Inquiry
Into Circustances Be
hind Disappearance of
Shepherd Witness.
Chicago, May 20 (By Associat
ld Press) lira ml jury investigation
vt the disappearance of Hubert
White, important witness in the
trial of William Darling Shepherd,
charged with the murder of his
flutter sun, William N. MeCllntock
by administration of typhoid germs
Is understood to have been order
ed by State's Attorney Hubert J.
Crowe today.
The stales attorney called a spe
cial session of the grand jury for
3:30 p. m., and althought he an 1
ao''ituntH refrained from divulg
ing tire purptso oi the call It was
generally believed in the criiniiul
courts minding:; that the vanish
Ing uf While was the subject of
It.
Earlier it bad been reported
that White bad been located by
representatives of the defense but
Attorney William Scott Stewart
chief conns1:! for the defense, de
clared there wa no foundation
for such reports.
In format iun has been obtained
that White, with hi wife and two
children abandoned his home and
vanished with a rented automobile
last Friday. A letter, written by
Mrs. White to Mrs. Marie Hud
love, a frifiiil said: "Wc had to
leave. Our lives were In danger."
Letter ;lvos Clow
Mrs. liudlove has turned the let
ter over to the prosecutor. He
aid evei-y effort would be made
to find White and when he Is
found "there will be action," he
warned. He put several detective
quads on the search and a police
message was broadcast asking
White's detention If located.
The Chicago Herald and Exam
iner says it learned from William
Adams, a blind news vender, of an
alleged $25,000 offer made to
White ten days ago to leave for
(Continued on Page Scvenl
BY ODD FELLOWS
Medford, Or., May 20. At the
tafc convention of Odd Fellows,
meting In Ashland today the fol
lowing officers wore elected:
Patriarch ml Utant President,
Brigadier General W. E. Wads
worth of Harrisburg; vice-president,
Major George Ely of Salem;
clerk. Brigadier General H. M.
Heckwfth of Portland; treasurer.
Major F. P. Ellis of Portland.
Grand encampment It. II. Hen
derson of Chemawa, grand high
priest; Jest- T. Jones of Eugene
grand senior warden; E. E. Shan
non of Portland, grand scribe; A.
II. Knight if C;.nby, grand treas
urer; James Shannon of Oregon
City, grand Junior warden; II, K
filekafoose, Monmouth, grand rep
resentative; i. W. Hall, grand
marshal; J. E. Pickens of Ros
burg. grand Pontine!; William
Mnklater of HlHsboro. grand
outside sentinel.
LINEN MILL SUBSCRIPTION BLANK
(Cut out, sign mid mail)
"hamber of Commerce, Salem, Ore;;on:
I hereby agree to subscribe for shares of
preferred stock of the par value of $100, and
shares of common stock of the par value of $10.00 in a
corporation to be organized for the purpose of manu
facturing flax fibre products within the City of Salem
ir its immediate vicinity and agre3 to pay for the same
in four installments at the call of the Board of Directors
nf said company.
Name
Pate .
Addtess .
MiracuL 1 3 Escape in Crash
"WRECK. OV i-VRS LUCY KNOTT'S AUTOMOSIl
A heavy truck sldeswlped the Btnall an to of Mrs. Lucy Knott, and
mocked it into an cxcawition In los Angeles. By a mlraclo Mrs. Knott
ind her daughter, who was riding with her, climbed out of the wreclfr
Dpe, uninjured.
F,
New York, May 20. (A. P.)
Assertions that children from
eastern foundling homes tire taken
"wholesale lots" to southern
aii'l western states and legally
Adopted by farmers for heavy farm
work were made yesterday by
women delegates to the child wel
fare conference o America. Mis.s
Bennett Smith of Temple. Texas.
who said she was a lifelong friend
of Governor Miriam A. Ferguson
if TexaB, asserted that each year
many trainloads of children over
ix years old are brought to Texas.
adopted ind made to do heavy
work on the farm.
Mr. B. F. Woslmore of Spo
kane, Wash., told the conference
that very young children are tak
n in large groups to tho north
western (aiming reghms for sea-
onnl harvesting oi the beet, appb
mi onion cr.ips.
Judge Samu"! u. Levy, of the
Xe v York ciiMien's court, pr!i(L
ing at the sprsio. :::d he did not
n'jwn such cotidili -us cxlslen.
Governor C. C. Moore of Idaho,
nddre.sin; the ennferrnee yeter
day, eaid he ofien-d his state as (;
refuge for "the lirmilcss children
f the coiifstcd cities of the eafit.
Dr. Hastitifis K. Hart, of the
iltmsell Siige foundation, today
charged that officials in a gre:i:
many foundling institutions uss
pwe of their p-iarges as "on.
would dispose of chickens or pup
oioii." 'I have pern crl ncs committed
in the placing of children in fam
ily homes that mr.ke one's blc-.d
run cold,'' he aid.
GERMANY APPEALS TO
COURT FOR SETTLEMENT
Geneva. M:iy 20. fA. r.l It
tv.i nm-inuy annniinrra ion;.y
that Germany hr.r, mir-alnl to the
w.rlil court of Jn-t:ee to pettie
her dlspiMf v. !:h 1'iend raneell:ni
the exprnp.-iritinn by Poi:;n'l In
!rvith I pi.'i' Vlesia oi ijcrmoTi
nne,t in!u tili.l rural property.
MAKE CAPITAL
OF FRENCH LOSS
Pario. May 20. Alarming and
sensational reports publisher!
abroad telling of serious reverses
and heavy ee allegedly suffer
ed by the French in their cam
paign against the Kiffian Invad
ers, are being exploited to the
full by the communists and
treme socialists In I'arifl.
The communists have placard
ed the capital with poMem ap
pealing to the soldlera to diso
bey their officers commands and
attempting to stir up the people
to manifestations against the dis
patch of furl her rein force men tt
to Morocco.
This campaign has drawn from
Premier Pninleve a plain state
ment of the (situation and a de
fence of tbe government's policy.
"When trie government took
office. Marshal Yyautey, (gover
nor general vl French Morocco)
asked for help," says the state
ment. Reinforcements, the dispatch of
which has been carefully prepar
ed by the preceding government
were immediately dhipped t bini
"The road to Fez, which the
invaders aspired to threat e.i by
blinking loyalty of the tribesmen
who had submitted to our pro
tectorate hr.fl born barred and
tile enemy driven back toward the
limit of our zone.
"At the proHent time we are
proceeding to caulk our frontier,
which must be made safe against
any surprise, Thanks to the skill
of the command and the precau
tions taken,, the fighting which
still continues, however heroic
the many ppifode which mark It
has happily been far from in
volving the heavy losses."
The premier disrlalms any idea
of colonial expansion and says the
government's only end is to mam
tain peace.
The statement ends with an ap
pea! for public confidence in the
French troops and leaders, n:s re
garding false reports.
Latest dispatch'-s from the
front say the fighting Is continu
ing. While not of a nature fformun
enough to affect the general sit
uation. It Is characterized as ig-
n if Scant as Indicating that Abd
el-K rim's reinforcements are be
ginning to arrive in sufficient
numbers to justify him in apply
ing pressure.
Tribesmen in considerable nnm
hers are slipping through between
the French blockhouses with the
objet t of stirring up tbe tribes in
the French zone.
handsImeMsIs sued
Portland, Ore., May 20. John
E. ("Handsome linns'') Fagcrlie,
special police agent, who has been
recovering from wounds received
when shot recently In the course
of a raid, was today made the
defendant in a $ 1 5,000 damage
suit for alleged alienation of af
fect tons, (iny A. Allmon, long
shoreman, filed the suit, charging
Uiat Fagerlle had paid attentions
to his wife and that as a result
she had obtained a divorce, ,
ESPE ADDS
TWO UNITS TO
RAIL n
Eastern Haul Shortened
By 413 Miles Through
Control of Strahorn
And Another Line.
Portland, Or., May 20. The
Southern Pacific company " an
nounced last night here and at
San Francisco that steps had been
taken to obtain a substantial in
terest In the Nevada. California
and Oregon railroad which Is to
be converted into a standard
gauge line, and that arrange
mente had been completed with
President It. E. Strahorn of the
Oregon-California and Eastern
under which funds will be advanc
ed to aid In the consruction of
the line of his company from
Klamath Falls to connect with
the Nevada, California. Oree&u
railway. Hoth these arrangements
are subject to approval of the in
terstate commerce commission.
To Rebuild One
The arrangement with Presi
dent Strahorn will give the South
ern Pncific a substantial stock
interest in the Oregon-California
and Eastern, which now extends
forty miles from its connection
with the Southern Pacific at Kla
math Kails easterly to Sprague
Kiver, Or.
Under the arrangement with
President Charles Mnran of the
Nevada-California, Oregon line,
the Southern Pacific will aid him
in securing the money for the
work of rebuilding the line as
broad gauge railroad, its entire
(Continued on I'age Seven)
SALE OF RELIEF
The auction of the river steam
er Relief, which was to have been
held this afternoon nt 2 o'clock
was today portponed for one week,
or until Wednesday, May 27. Post
ponement was by ordT of the fed
eral c-jui't at Portland, and is un
derstood to have h'-en effctod at
t ho instigation of tbe attorney
for the Itelief s owners.
The auction was ordered to pa
a judgment for Rome $33 00 award
ed to the insurance company. The
company sued to collect that sum,
allering that It had been rpent in
rfilsing the boat and repairing It,
and that the sinking occurred as
a result of deliberate neglect on
the part of the ship's owners.
If IR
Nt-w York, May 20. A. P.)
Hum ships, driven from off
American shores by the cr.asi
guard blockade, are jamming
Halifax harbor as one result of the
determination of the administra
tion from President Coolfdge down
to enforce prohibition to the lim
it.
Thirteen steamers and schoon
ers are tied up at Halifax. Five
arrived yesterday. They don't
know where to turn. Some of
them Intend discharging their
cargoes an returning to legiti
mate freight traffic.
The Halifax situation con firms
s'eteinents in coast guard circles
I hat rum row has virtually h?on
if .ined up. One fchlp of the fleM
if H0 rum ship remains. It Is a
'lernian vessel, anchored 40 mtloM
If Sandy Hook.
The dry campaign, ash(.ro and
niatid, continue apace. A fleet o?
"i.nul craft Is being moli'llzrd at
five, baf-s on Lake On larlo and
f h St. J,n wrr-iie river to rope
vitn the expected deluge of !lo,'r-r
!( -m Otitnri i. where 4.4 pr cent
:??e. g"en on sale Thursday
ECONOMY MOVE FIZZLES
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Colleges Seek Peace
88 83 88 88 88 88 88
EAR PUBLIC SENTIMENT
- (By Harry N. Craln.)
10 r those of the taxpayers of
the state who gloated in anticipa
tion of a readjustment and econ
omy housecleaning in the admin
istration of Oregon's institutions
of higher learning to grow out of
the now more or less subdued con
troversy between the University
of Oregon and the agricultural
college there remain two vorv
obvious courses to be pursued
They may either swallow their
gloaters and resign themselves to
the certainty that no material re
lief is to result from the present
.squabble
Public Must Act
Or they may roil up their
sleeves, assert the voice to which
they are entitled as regards the
manner in which their money Is
spent, and demand nn accounting
L(
Washington. May 2ft (By As
sociated ProK-s)- With France, Bel
glum and Kthoiiia leading the
way, officials hero are optonilslic
that the x other Kuropenn debt
ors soon will find the way clear to
begin negotiations looking to fund
ing their war obligations to thi
country.
President Coolldge pharos with
.Soci etal it-s Kellogg and Mellon the
hope that the entire debt situation
III be clarified within a reason
able time, but there is no desire
or intention to unduly press the
luelion. Neither do officials ex
pect the foreign governments
whose notes are held bore to rush
to Washington with complete de
tailed plans for Hetttement.
It Is hoped, however, that those
powers wll find the ocrnion suit
able fur at least discussion with the
Anieriran debt commission of terms
of settlement upon whieh agree
ment could bo reached.
News from Paris tha. Premier
Painieve, Foreign Minister Brain
and Finance Minister Caillaux had
discussed together Bio debt situa
tion evoked mueh Interest hero.
An official spokesman of the Qua I
D'Oreay announced that the debl
question could bo said to have en
tered Hie state of "real official ne
gotiations" and that the three lend
ors would confer later thin week
with experts of the foreign offiee.
Thft conference will consider
ggewtlons for a settlement pro
posal whieh will bo sent simultan
eously to Washington and London,
the Impression In Paris being that
it would bo ready this week for
transmission.
Now V'irk. May 2" Sterling ex
change is now lei than one cent
from parity. Homand bills wore
quoted in the New York market to
day at f4.S., the highest quota
tion sineo November 1914. Buying
of British bills In this market was
Inspired by the strength of sterl
ing In the London market where
Me on Now lork wore quoted
nt $ -l.fi 6.
WIFE OF PORTLAND
Portland. Or., May 20. Mrs. N
1 Levln.on, '13, wife of N. .1.
L'fvlnpon, well known Pnrllrnd
nii'T,o;ip:mi;in, died lust night ftt
ho family residence, following a
general breakdown. Mr. Levin-
son, who has been ill, wan Inform.
d of her condition n short time
ai-,o, and bore (t philosophically.
His recovery Is ox pee tori unless un-
fo ' "t n oo.i pi Ira t Ions develop.
SUM ONLY
CENT BELOW PAR
STARTED
for and a readjustment of the uses
to which the millage tax funds are
being put.
What results are attained from
the university'-, appeal to the state
board of higher curricula tor a re
adjustment of courses of study in
the two institutions to eliminate
waste, extravagance and duplica
tion of effort and expense restu
enlirelv with the public and the
insistence with which it demands
a sweeping rclor.-r:.
Fear Investigation.
So far as the university and the
college are concerned there will
be no further serious controversy.
particularly If it must be carried
on publicly, and publicity appar
ently cannot be gracefully avoid
ed. Alarmed by revelations that
have been brought to light by
their own searching Inquiry into
(Continued on Pago Five)
SET FOR MAY 27
Announcement was made Hi's
in li ning by Orlando Horning, de
bate coach nt Salem high school,
that tryouts lor the team lo rep
rcficnt the local school in the coast
to coast debate next year will lie
held WeiTnt:day afternoon. May
27, Immediately following school
hours. The tryouts will be held
in the high school auditorium.
The question to he used in the
tryouts '.'111 be. "Resolved, That
Japanese should be admitted to the
I nited .States on quota terms situ
liar to those Applying to Kuro
peans.' The question is entirely
different from the one to be used
in the Intersectional debate, which
will have to do with the child la
bor amendment.
Under present plans a team of
two debaters will be sent lo Salem.
Massachusetts, next spring. The
Maiachusetts school will send
possibly three debaters hero. The
two debates will probably be held
on the same evening. The exa't
rlato has not been determined.
Then- are nearly .'(0 students a;
hl'rh nehoo! who have signified
their Intention to try ont for the
intersectional team. It was stated
by Mr. Horning this morning. The
number includes Homer llb-harK
Mt-rgaret Pro and Harold Tomlln-
son of this year's varsity squad,
and Winston Williams. Lydin
('hi)ds and Martin Redding of tu
intorclass teams.
The team will bo selected by
throe Judges who have not boon
hoven. It Is probable, however.
t;int Mr. ffornlng will bo one of
the three.
"Wo don't expect to do very
xtensivo work this summer," said
Mr. Horning tins morning. "Ail
we expect hi to got well started.
and get. mi:t of our preliminary
work completed
$75,000 FIRE SWEEPS
TOWN IN WASHINGTON
Nespelcm, Wash., May 20 Busi
ness horn-OA on one side of the
main street here were destroyed by
fire that started In H. K. Hopkins
meat market earl yloday. The loss
is estimated at $.".0,000 to 175,000
with Insurance of probably $11,000
'ropcrty destroyed Includes the
general merchandise store, hotel
and residence of F. M. Decamp;
Smith nnd company's drug store;
ienc Smith's restaurant, D. C.
I'ursley and Hons pool hall nnd
I- red H. Howard's motion picture
theater and danro hall.
Nespelom Is In the southern half
of tho Cotvlllo Indian reservation
anil th.s Indian residents outnum
ber (be white persons.
Earl of Yurcs Low
London, ::ay 20. (A. P.)- Th"
condition i. the Fiiir! of Ypres.
fo'tner field marsbal French, war
leserlbed today as very grave. H
underwent an operation March Sfl
but appeared soon thereafter t"
lie improving.
GIRL MS
WOMAN FOUND
WITH PAIR
Daughter and Mother
Find Man With Another
Girl and Shooting Fol
lows; Victim Will Die,
Chicago, May 20. When Lu
clllo Wunch. 15-year-old high
school Kirl, last night with her
mother, found her father, William,
in company with Miss Agnes Sim
neck, 28, she shot and probably
fatally wounded Miss Simueck and
ali;;htly wounded her father anil
molhc who attempted to Intercept
her.
The girl was ncid by police lu
Itivcrdate, a suburb, where the
shooting occurred. Her mother.
who threw herself before the girl
(o prevent her shooting the father,
said she did not know the daugh
ter was carrying the weapon when
they confronted Wunsch and Misn
Simneelt.
Victim Will Die
Mian Slmneck, wounded in Ihc
slda and In both lungs, will die.
hospital scrgoons said.
Lucille was detained by th
chief of police at his home and
llivcrdale officials were said to be
rcl'irtnnt In prosecute the girl, iti
leant pen din;? some development In
tho condi lion (,f Miss Hfmncck
Mie Is one of Kiverdale s younger
village belles and her father Is a
member of the village board.
Goaded to liootin?.
The girl is said to have boon
goaded to phootfng because of
gibes of achcKilmates who know of
her father's friendship for Miss
Simneck. The latter and Wunsch
hail returned from an automobile
rido when the snooting occurred.
Miss Slmneck told hospital doc
tors t h a t M r. W u n sc h and n t t
Lu.-ille did tho shotinc and while
tb county highway pollV accept
ed this version, the Itiverdnlo po
lice said bit h Lucille ?nd Mrs.
Wunsch assorted the former had
shot Miss Slmneck.
Oregon Agricultural College.
f'orvnllis. May 20. More than
100 delegates from all parts of the
state met hero Tuesday mornlnt:
In the 14 tb annual state conven
tion of the Farmers' Union.
I( legates wore welcomed by K.
T. Reid. president of the Corvallls
hamber of commerce. Th execu
tive committee was entertained by
tho chamber nt luncheon, and In
tho afternoon t.ll delegates made
a tour of Inspection of the college
bull. lings and experiment station
An open meeting at tho "V
was hold at night when .1. F
Brumbaugh, rofessor of psychol
ogy spoko on "Tho Natural Law
and tho Political World."
Committees appointed by Pp'sl-
denl Herbert F.gbert were: Cro-
denl lals, Frank Kmerson, Wasco.
chairman ; Harrv Jackson, Lane;
.1. H. Bones. Polk; Mrs. O. B.
Hones, staff; secretary. Polk. Order
business committee, A. R. Shnni
way, Pmatilln, chairman : Mrs.
Betty Kappau', Lane; 1,. H. Me
llon. Folk; A. V. Swift. Baker.
The Velvet Hammer
By Arthur Brooks Baker
mi. n. H. ouv.i it
The nltos of ediieatfon have heen variously suid. Some view It as
a simple uperatinn on tho head, while others nioio Inclusive and per
hupK no less dNereoi would prinefpnlly pl;iee It in tho neck and hands
ind feet; but Jinrtor H. II. OHnner, the chief of Salmi's Imnrd, prefers
to tench them everything tho taxes can afford.
Hp stands for p.irks and pla grounds where tho youngsters enn
display tho iii-en of their Shredded oats. Mian Makes and Toasted Hay.
That' (nsev puis It over ts a fact lievnnd dipuie. He's won some
groun.iK, with others on the llt for which in i t. Community athletic
fields are m.w his Impo and aim. with nom for every proper, right
and ronwina Idn game.
And while a busy 1). I). S. with teeth tn fill nnd pull, which keeps
tho program or bin day with "nr ext'iteioent full, ho find the time
lo chaso the hall about the (inif Ciub link-;, with no improper Innsuane
when h tells It what ho thinks. .- ilianer meo'b-. of tho club that
ninkon tho rubber fly, long life has blest his imcret. which never
seems to die.
TOBACCO TAX
REFERENDUM
SUFFICIENT
Court Declares Granting
of Petition Would Be
Grave AttackUpon Di
rect Legislation.
DcclniliiB that to grant th
prnyer of C. C. Chapmnn In big
nttai'k on the ballot title to the
reCcriMiriiini petition on the cicar-
ette license law "would establish
a precedent which would within
Ituelf constitute the Bravest n-
sault ever made upon the princi
ple ot direct legislation." Circuit
Judge L. H. Mc.Mahan today dio
in I wed the petition.
In his order of dismissal he
called attention to the fact that
the code granta 20 days after cer
tifying of the ballot title to tako
an appeal from tho ballot title
of the attorney general, and that
there could be no nppeal from
the decision of the circuit court
in such case. Me points out that in
tlie present tae the relator fail
ed to file hi appeal within the
time allowed by the code and at
tempted to secure nn order by
Injunction, which, it allowed at
this late dale he says, "would
render all signatures now obtain
ed by tbe proponents of the meas
ure valueless and deprive them of
tho opportunity to complete, their
petitions within tho time pre
scribed by law therefor. If this
can be done In this case It can
be done In all cases nnd every at
tempt to Invoke either tho lnltla-
tCtmtinued on I'nfce Seven
TWO TEETH LOST
Howard Swart, by his father
and guardian ml Hem, Jacob S. C.
Swartz. has Instituted action in
circuit court seeking to recover
from the Salem Baking company
$500 a tooth for two teeth alleged
to have been knocked out when a
h.-king company truck hit a bi
cycle ridden by young Swart. The
complaint nsi;s for $1000 for the
tooth and $52.50 for bridge work
done.
In addition Young Swartz would
recover for slime that got
onto his ovorcoa t w hen he wat
kni eked down, $7. Go for damages
to h if buyclo and i for a wreck
ed lunch kit. The accident Is al
leged to have occurred November
last.
Williamson. W. Va., May 20.
(A. P.I Sherman Parsley, a mer
lin nt of Kermft, near here, and
Iti'ik Kirk, president of tho board
of (duration, are dead nnd three
other men are wounded, while six
ure under arrest on a charge of
shooting as the result of yester
day's pistol flMU at a poll at Her
mit, where an election was held
on tho question of creating an In
dependent R.'hool district.
The fighting i understood to
have started when Lee Curry took:
two negroes to the poll. Dr. K. T.
Stepp. an election official, ques
tioned tho negroes' right to vota
and Curry struck him, witne.-s reported.