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FORTY-SEVENTH YEAR No. 121
LAY MURDER TO BABY FARM OWNER
BLAME LAID
ONNURSEFOR
BABE'SDEATH
Indictment Charges Mrs.
Geisen-Volk Respon
sible For Death; Other
Crimes Alleged.
New York, May 21. (A. P.)
Mrs. Helen Augusts Geisen-Volk,
owner ol a "baby farm' in Kast
6Nth street, today was indicted for
first degree manslaughter by a
grand jury after an investigation
which showed that William Wint
ers, fiix months old, died in the
Woman's place after his skull had
been fractured.
The Winters' Infant was one of
30 children vbo died in the "baby
(arm." Experts eaid the injuries
Indicated the Infant had been
thrown against a wall. Health
depart men t reeorus showed tint
14 other chldlren died in another
"baby farm'' which Mrs. Ueisen
Volk formerly conducted in upper
Park avenue.
The womau was indicted by an
other grand Jury Tuesday on a
charge of substituting children
placed In her care. She wan plead
ing not guilty to this charge in
general sessio. today when the
manslaughter indictment was re
turned. Her bail of $36,000 on
the child substitution was con
tinued and she was returned to
jail.
An infant obtained from Mrs.
Geisen-Volk by Airs. Grace Wilson
Dass, Brooklyn, today was turned
over to the Rcllovuo hospital au
thorities by Mrs, Bade. She said
Flic had bought the child from the
'baby farm keeper" for $73 and
had told her husband that it wa.
born to her in a maternity hos
pital. Substitutions Proven.
Another child taken from the
"baby farm" to Bellevue hospital,
was Identified by Mr. and Mm.
Richard Webster as their son.
They said the child wns placed in
Mrs. Gelsen-Volk's Stith street
place, but that later when Mrs.
Webster went there to take her
Bon away she was told by Mm.
Geteen-Volk that he had already
been removed by her Mm. Web
ster's sister. Tiiis proved untrue
and when Mrs. webster went to
the plare a second time she wa?
told by Mrs. Gciscn-Volk that "i
mistake had been made; Its grand,
mother took It," the mother to'd
the authorities.
It was charged that Mrs. Geisen
Volk had represented the child or
being "Richard Burton of Phila
delphia," so that the pnrents of
the real Richard Burton would
continue to pay fees although
their child had died. The Web-
(Continued on Page Seven) '
Cloudburst Damage
Done Eastern Oregon
Town Nearly $40,000
Pendleton, Mny 2t Parnate es
timated at $40,000 was done at
Lexington. Morrow county, yester
day between 2 and 3 o'clock when
ft torrent of water tore down Rlack
Horse canyon after .a cloudburst
and Inundated the business and
residential section of the town. No
lofw of life wo reported, and per
sonal injuries suffered are said to
have been slight.
The water th.it raeed down the
canyon and through the town innu
ed in depth from four to six feet,
and its force v.i sufficient to lift
build intra from their foundation
and move them considerable dis
tances. The office building of the
Pacific Telephone nnd Telegraph
company was carried sixty feet on
the crest of the flood waters and
set down next to a bank building.
The flood subsided quickly when
the water from Elnck .Horse can
C apita! Ji Jour
DON'S CLAIM -COURT
OF Gl Y
is challe: - :d
Mr. mid Mrs. D. II . din
001 South fjtliei-ty street, nre
parenis of nil H'j pound boy
hnrii Wednesday, Mny 20,
He lias been named William
liyrd Upjohn.
Klamath Falls, May lit
Aniiouiieeiiiciil of the arrival
of another embryonic mus-
taper mail at the homo of
Don I'pjolm at Salem, was
countered here n few minutes
later when public school au
thorities announced that
Itomilil (iuynii n tul Hill Per
kins, both. II, stood the high
est of all fifth grmle public
school MimIchih in Klamnth
Falls hi lulclllgencu tests
ffiiiductei by authorities.
The two youngsters nre sous
of Jih'k ;uynn, IhiofyfMt op
erator and W. II. Perkins,
news editor of the Klmiialh
Falls Kvenhtg Herald.
0. E. WILL EXTEND
VALLEY LINE UP
Portland, Or., May 21. The
Portland Telegram today says that
aggressive action by the Great
Northern-Northern Pacific group,
controlling the Oregon Trunk rail
way and now projected to he ex
tended from Rend to Klamath
Falls and on to a connection with
the Western Pacific In California
will be carried further In develop
ing the Oregon Electric railway
as a rival of the Southern Pacific
in the Willamette Valley.
One of the Important moves to
be announced soon, adds the Tele
gram, will be the application of
the Oregon Electric railway for
authority from the Interstate com
merce commission to extend from
Albany southeasterly along the
middle fork of the Santiam river
to tap the forest timber holdings
of the Weyerhaeuser Timber com
pany and the Minnesota Log &
Lumber company.
The latter is controlled by Ixiufs
W, Hill, chairman of the Great
Northern directors and recently
acquired 3107 acres from the
Mealey Brothers of Linn county.
PLANESWOFF
New York, May 21. (A. P.)
The North American Newspa
per Alliance announced that It
had received a dispatch from
Kings Hay, Spitzenbergon, this
evening, stating that the two
flying boats of the Amundsen
Ellnworth polar expedition hop
ped off there at 5:15 this after
noon for the north pole. The die-
patch says that each plane par
ries three men.
yon drained into Willow creek,
but a trail of mud and waste was
left behind. One rensidence In town
had a foot of slit on Its floors af
ter the waters subsided.
Rend. Mny 21 Rnin fell nil day
yesterday, the total precipitation
for the 24 hour period ending at
8 o'clock thU morning beinsr .66
of nn inch which brings the to
tal rainfall for the month to 2.64
Inches.
The rain was general nil over
central Oregon nnd In some places
approached t lie proportions of a
cloudburst. Road beds were In
many place washed out, while
miniature rivers ran across the
roads.
Klanvtth Fa 1 i a. .May 21 After
16 hou.-s of The heaviest rainfall
(Continued on Pace Seven)
j L.j
BEER FLOWS .
ONCE AGAIN
IN ONTARIO
Thirsty Canadians And
American Visitors Jam
Resorts; Say Beverage
Wet And Drinkable.
Ottawa, Ont., May 21. (A, P.)
Eight hundred resorts through
out the, province of Ontario, arid
since war days, were Invaded to
day by parched residents, Includ
ing thousands of Americans, for
"four by four' beer, which become
a legalized article of commerce.
From various points along the
international boundary line came
reports of a thriving lodinces
among both Americans and Cana
dians from the hour the beverage
legally went on sale, 7 o'clock, on
through the day. Virtually all the
border hotels announced that they
had long since sold out reserva
tions for tonight s business with
a majority of all the reservation
purchasers Americans.
Early reports of the tulrsfy Amer
leans said that the new beverage
was not only "wet and drinkable, "
but that it was "all that could
possibly he wished for."
The only note of pessimism from
a wet viewpoint was uttered by
Wayne Re Wheeler, general coun
sel of the Antr-Saloon League of
America, who is in Ruffalo.
He pooh poohed all wet optimis
tic reports and said that Uncle
Sam "will observe the experiment
with hi tongue against his cheek
and continue to speed up dry law
enforcement." Thousand Cross Border.
Niagara Kalis, Ont., May 21.
(A. P. ) "Four-point -four' beer
went on sale here this morning
and thirty Americans flocked
across the International bridges
i n h u ml reds to sa m pie 1 1. So
many American nutos came over
that parking space was at a pre
mium within several blocks, of the
hotels where the beer v;:s being
sold.
Inside the ber parlors chain
were all too ft w to accommodate
th thirsty. Indcr the law the
drinkers must sit at tallies and in
some instances Americans offer J
to buy seats from the Canadian
who had arrived earlier lo sample
'.he "four-point- four."
Chicago, May 21. The labor
ious process of selecting a jury to
try William Darling Shepherd for
the alleged murder of his rich
foster son, William Nelson Mc
Cllntock, ran third in interest to
day to two outside sensations con
nected with the case. The fore
noon court session produced no
addition to the three jurors num
bered as tentatively selected since
Monday.
Grand Jury Investigation of the
disappearance of Robert White,
wanted as witness by the prosecu
tion, continued, as did a nation
wide search for the man. His dis
appearance brought a statement
from William Scott Stcart and
W. W. O'Rrirn, associated An de
fense of Shepherd, that the miss
ing witness had made nn affidavit
Uirt the ca" ;M e 1 ; !
was a "frame-up." and that he
was wanted as a defense witness.
FORMER P. E. P. HEAD DEAD
Portland. Or.. May 21. R. F.
.lotvelyn, former president of the
Portland Klectric company, who
for some time has been n Chris
tian Seipnce practitioner, dropped
dead this afternoon at the home
of a patient he was treating.
AGAIN DELAYED GOD FELLOWS TO
SALEM, OREGON, THURSDAY, MAY 21, 1925
PLACE UPON
GAME BOARD
FORFEITED
Authority of Governor To
Remove Commissioner
Sustained; Cause Not
Inquired Into.
Portland, Or., May 21. Circuit
.fudge Hewitt today threw out of
court tne quo warranto proceed-!
ingu by which Dr. Thomas W.
Ross attempted to regain hie placet
on the fish commission. I
Judge Hewitt held that Gov
ernor Walter M. Pierce was with-:
in his legal rights when he re
moved Dr. Ross, aud refused to in
terfere. I
John W. Kasle, who with W. W.i
Ranks appeared for Dr. Ross said
the matter of appeal to the su
preme court was undecided.
If appeal to not tuken JoMn C.
Veatch, named by the governor to
succeed Ross, will have 1)is place
on the commission free from at
tack. Charpe Not Reviewed.
"Whether the allegations and
the charges are true or not, the
court does not undertake to say,"
said Judge Hewitt,
'The court cannot pars upon the
truth of the facts alleged or Inter
fere with the discretion of the ex
ecutive. "Whether this court would
have reached the same conclusion
as to the facts at which the gov
ernor arrived i3 not for the court '
to say.
"Under the decisions the court
cannot weigh the evidence for the
purpose of determining its pre
ponderance. At most it can ex
amine the evidence to ascertain if
the governor exceeded his jurisdic
tion by deciding without any evi
dence. "After' an examination of the
transcript of the proceedings had
before the governor the court can
not say there is no evidence rea
sonably tending lo sustain the
charges or the governor's decision.
Action Held Lepal.
"It therefore nppears he did not
exceed his jurisdiction in deciding,
t.e questions of fact, this court i.
without authority to say whether
his judgment was good or bad."
Ross was discharged after a
hearing before the governor, prin
cipally on charges of extravagance
based on the fact that, with Com
missioner KomlaM, he voted to
hire Carl Shoemaker as office
manager of the commission at
$500 a month after Shoemaker
had been removed as master firth
wnrd en.
IE! HERE HEX!
Med ford, Mny 21 Salem was
selected for the 1926 convention
city by the state meeting of Odd
Fellows at Ashland today, nnd the
following officers were elected:
!. E. Carter, grand representa
tive, Portland; Henry Younpr,
grand niatei, Heiniifton : V. T.
Jackson, deputy grand master.
Rnseburg; K. K. Hharofi, grand
secret a .-v. Portland; O. A. Doane.
tfrand treasurer, The Dalle; L. i.
Potter, grand wnrrlen, Corvallls;
tniftee of home, W. H. Monnghan.
Salem.
KebekahsMr. Mary I). Moss.
Ijikeview, representative to A. R.
A., Mrs. Myrta R .Irunefl, Newport,
preident ; Do re Sexton, The Dal
les, vice president; Ora I. Copper,
Dfilhi, secretary; Kda, Jacobs,
Portland, treasurer; Kit a Sander
son, Ki eewatcr, warden; trustee Of
home, S.illle GuMn, HMeni.
Edwards Wins.
Peri land. Or., .day 21 . Hilly
Edward-. Kansas City light heavy
weight wrestler, won two out or
thrc fall in a matt h here Ut.nt
night with Sailor Jack Wood.
POLITICS COVER WASTE
ffi ffi ' ffi as as ffi aft
Officials are Silenced
ffi 8B $
SCH00 ring powerful
(By Harry iN. Craln.) j
There are a sufficiency of prac
tical reasons why it is up to the
taxpayers of Oregon to force the I
readjustment of the higher educa
tional system of the state to ac
complish the elimination of dupli
cation, waste and extravagance in
the conduct of the University of
Oregon and the agricultural col
lege, if such a readjustment is to
be attained.
Theoretically, the governor, the
secretary of slate, the 6tate super
intendent of public instruction
and the boards of regents of the
two lnstitutione are the guardians
of the public purse Against the
conspiracies of professional and
ambitious educator. Rut politics
in this ciine, as usual, plays havoc
with theory and we see I! over not
Pierce, who has raised the hue and
cry of tax ccononyy and retrench
ment in every corner of the etatc.
sit passively by in the present con
troversy and niovo no hand to
force the readjustment that would
save thousamis of dollars annually
I
STAND TRIAL; IS
San Franci&co. Cal., May 21.
AriangemenU were getting under
way today for reopening of tin
trial of Dorothy Kllingson, 17-year-old
"jazz girl," charged with
the minder of her mother at their
home here on January i:t.
Tho San Francisco matricide If
to be returned to the county Jnfi
here tomorrow, the medical staff
of the Napa state nopital bnviiir,
declared her sane after 30 days ol
clone otwcrvatfon.
Attorneys who defended the girl
when the rase wrs originally open,
ed I ant March staled that they
would go Into conference at once
to Tormulate a program. Roth the
defense counsel and relatives of
flic "jazz mad" disciple of the
!. right lights expressed astonish
ment at the verdict reached by the
hospital authorities.
Allhoiii;h a statement from
Do rot hy Kllinnon, submitted to
the district attorney here together
with the sanitary report, was dis
credited by Dr. Seauland, medical
superintendent of the Napa limM
tutlon, nnd Attorney Harmon D.
Ski Men. who prosecuted the cose,
the latter stated It would be turn
ed over to detectives for Investi
gation. In the statement Dorothy
reitermites that she Is ane, denies
having- slain her mother and
blames a man companion foY the
act. Her stoi.v, nowever, ie not
signed.
An Insanity hearing was sub
stituted for (he murder trial after
a series of hysterical outcries
while the trial was under way. A
jury found her Insane and she wnf.
committed to the h"splfn April 9.
JO VISIT SALEM
Secretary of the Interior Woi
will be in Salem mid I'ort'nnd
July 7 and X. acroiding to pnw
dispatches received from Wash
ington, D, C.
Mr. Work will be on a tour of
the northwest to Irrljji'tion pro
jects In tl'ia section of the United
.it at OS. It h expected that while
in Salem he v ill confer with Gov
ernor Pier' e and other Oregoii
state of ifiiil?:. iHis Interest Is
nndert-.od t, be largely fn finan
cing state f t: IriH on Irrigation
jUojects.
ns
I
S3 83 8B ' 8B
without crippling tho practical ef
ficiency of tho state's eydtcm ol
higher education.
Pierce Is Silenced
Governor Pierce knows person
ally that duplication aud extrava
gence exist In the two institutions.
For years he has been a member
of tho board of regents of tho col
lege, and for nioro than two year."
an ex-officio member of the uui
verulty board.. By the same token;
he has been a party to the growth
of extravageuce in the system. He
cannot nov, particularly upon the
eve of an election consistently
raise his voice against that which
he has created, nor will he appar
ently. Scarcely more than ajveek ago.:
dlwHitwing the action of the board
of regents of the university in dis
missing certain member of the
faculty, Governor Pierce declared
the board to have been actualetl
by a need to economize, and stated
that he would "go the limit" to
effect savings In the administra
tion of the two institutions whor-
Continued on Pago Four)
Washington, May 21. (A. P.)
Thirty motor cars, seized from
bootleggers were turned against
the Canadian border rum runners
today by the treasury which, for
the first time made use of a recent
legislation under whieh the gov
ernment la empowered to ue th.
confiscated Vehicn-s.
Orders ver. sent to John C.
Tul loch, customs' collector it I
Ogdensburg, N. V., to hand over
the machines to members of th.'
customs' eervicn border patrol and
they will go Into service at the
beginning of the annual move or
Americans to Cim.da for fiininuT
vacations. The treasury's action
ie regarded r the rirst step to
ward motorization of border pa
trol both Canadian and Mexb an.
to be completed as fas as machine
are available.
Collector Tulloch has 100 cars,
all seized In the Tat year.
U'REN 10 APPEAL
Portland, May 21 W. S. tl'Ren.
Poitland attorney announced today
he would file a petition to appeal
to the supreme court, under writ
of review, the dctewm of Circuit
Judge McMahan, at S.'ilem yester
day refusing an injunction In the
milt by C. C. Chapman to hold up
a referendum onfhe state cigarette
tax.
"It In not cleiir whether thin
can be done," he said, "but we
ahall at lenst find out." He char
acterized Judge MeVlnhan'n dee
Inn an the "gravest attack that has
yet been mmfc upon the phnejplr
of direct legislation."
FESTIVAL IS OPENED
Ho. Imik, Or., May 21. -Rifting
clomlK and great patches or
open pky this morning' gave prom
ise of a fine day for the opening
of the RoHciiurg Ktrawberry carni
val. Weather for tho past weo
has been rainy and cold, but Indi
cations today were that the stor:n
had parsed and that n niild clea1
day could be anticipated.
rim.
Local:
river, 3.6;
PRICE THREE CENTS tanu3IN!ivbd cents
fllF M IN
MlLUIIUI Hi
Attempt To Take Negroes
From Prison In Texas
Draws Fire of Police;
Mob Driven Off.
Dallas, Texas, May 21. Five
men were wounded, one seriously,
in an exchange of shots between
officers guarding the Dallas coun
ty jail and a mob of about 300
persons shortly after one o'clock
this morning.
The mob. bent on taking Frank
and Lorenzo Noel, negro brothers,
indicted yesterday In connection
with two murder and assault
cases, was driven back after about
30 shots had been fired. All of
the Inlured were civilians. The
only officer wounded was Sheriff
Schuyler Marshall,, who was
struck by a brick.
One Expected to Die
Dwlght Stewart was the most
seriously wounded. He was shot
In the side nnd his recovery is
doubtful. The others were but
slightly wounded. About 100
men and a woman were arrested
and placed In the jail. No charges
were filed against them.
Following (he attack, the crowd
around the jail which began con
gregating early In the night and
at one time was estimated at
5,000, gradually dispersed, al
though several hundred main
tained nn all night vigil.
The rush which resulted in the
shooting started when a band of
men. armed with rock and bot
tles, attacked, the line of police
men and firemen who were guard
ing the west side r.f hr. Jr.il build
ing. Many missiles were directed
at the firemen who at templed to
beat the mob back with streams
of water. Their efforts were un
availing and the mob broke
through -the line. At this point
firing began nnd police standing
by opened fire, discharging about
JIO shots, most of thorn into the air.
Mob Driven Back
The mob Immediately fell back
and the attack subsided.
Armed with machine guns, shot
guns, side arms, tear bombs and
fire hose, about 15 officers main
tallied guard over the eight story
jail.
The negroes were arrested last
Friday and indicted yesterday
after one of them was said lo have
confessed to the killing of Ryan
Adkins and the assault of hfs
woman companion on a lonely
road north of the city on tho night
of April 12. Frank Noel was also
Indicted for the murder of W. L.
Milstead and assault on his woman
companion on the night of April
25. The crime aroused consider
able public indignation and feel
ing has been running high since
the negroes were arrested. One
of the women assaulted Identified
Frank Noel as her attneker.
Fugitive Surrender.
S.m Francisco, Cal., M v 21.- -Fd
ward Duncan. 22, of Taconia,
Wash., surrendered to pnll'e here
tnd.iy, telling tlieni he broke l.ili
at (Irnnts Pass, Or., April 1 S
while serving a )atl sentence for
petty larcrny.
RAID ON JAIL
BY LYNCHERS
The Velvet Hammer
By Arthur Brooks Baker
.H lMii: L. II. MrM H AX
The doctor slowlv s'iw the light In and st.nted In with nil hi
uileht l learning something new. 'Die rlergyman remained eni
tulnicr! till 1 then made his paee a f;ist foot raee heenuMe he
minted late. The l.iwver.take him by and large, t!11 stands for noth
ing but n house of gloom, a Mieepustn tomb a deep that of Tut.
Rut here's a Judge who future that the courts can be reformed,
whlrh shows ho has a heart of hope nnusu.illy warmed, for judge and
bar and Jurv constitute a hunch of gen's f revor barred by rtwiumi
hard from nlnt; common senile, compelled to ask tan nwful tank!) fronr.
dead nnd du'y shelves, what congressmen have had In mind, who dUi
not know, theinfelves.
Rut having hern nn editor, his honor Is n bird who has the kn
of kicking back the hmg and uselws word. He slice with his sn!--k
ersnee throusb tape enta tmlements and tells attorney to employ mri
wane and simple sense. Mankind must hop. for Time won t stop.
matter who may hall. Tho d"ctoi's here, the church ta near; comi
un, court houf-e aud Jullt
FAIR TONIGHT
And Friday; cooler In east portion to
night; rising temperature In the interior
Friday; moderate N and NV winds.
Max.. 66; mtn., 60; rain, .06;
atmos., cloudy; wind, west.
a- i.Ti
$305,890 IS
Signatures on Dotted Line
Exceed Local Quota ;
Future of Mill Rests
With Outside Towns.
With $305,890 definitely sub
scribed from SIem for the new
linen mill here, the flrat land
mark In the drive for $600,000
for thj mill was definitely pawed
at noe-i today. The quota set for
Salem had been $.100,000. Al
though some $25,000 was guar
anteed to make up the necessary
part of the sum last Monday, to
day was the first time that the
quota was actually considered
raised, with names definitely on
the dotted line for every dollar ot
tho needed money.
The amount include $6300
subscribed at the Inst minute by
D. N. Sanflon, head of Dominion
Linens, who Is responsible for
stnrtliig the linen mill project
here. He made his subscription "n
answer to a wire from tho com
mittee at Salem. The sum nJV
actually onbscrlbed by Han on
stands arf $08.X0O, he having lib
Hrrlhed $62,500 at the start of iho
campaign. His original subscrip
tion Is not lintcrl in Salem's quota.
Reports coming from Sllvertnn
today indicated that some $15,0'to
has been raised there.
The cam palm in Portland !
jimt getting under way. with Ht
tle money actually subscribed, out
with every indication that the
campaign there will be a sue. ess,
according to definite statements1
marie this noon by members of iho
Salem commit tee who have kept
in touch with (be Portland situ
ation. Decision was nn.dn at this noon'j
meeting to keep the Salem com
mittee intact for further, although
b'jM intensive. worK In the vty
(Continued on Page Seven!
Chicago, May 21. (A. P.)
Lucille Wunsch, the 16-year old
high school girl who shot fatally
Miss Agnes Simnlck, to whom hei
father, William Wunsch, was pay
ing attentions, and accidentally
wounded her father and mother,
was exonerated by a coroner 'i
Jury today.
Mis Simniek died in n h(kpit,i.
laT night.
The jury held that Lucille had
accidentally killed Miss Simnlck
while "suffering from a hysterical
t r nv" In o1 ml 1 1 on lv : ' ' ' ir
between her mother. Mrs. Wun.'H.h
and the slain woman.
'l shot at her, yes," Lucille s:td
calmly. "True , she deserved It.
Rut that wasn't my Intention.
No I simply fired to scare her.
I did not know I had wounded
her. "
Mrs. Wunsch, her wounded foot
swathed in bandages from a
blanket, appeared at tho Inquest
supported on one side by a crutch
and on the other by her husband.
subscribed
for project