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Newspaper Page TextCIRCULATION Dally average not pnla circulation for month ending May 31, 1925 6738 Average dally distribution 7073. Member Audit Bureau ot Circulations. FORTY-SEVENTH YEAR No. 134 CIVIL SOVIETBACK 0FAGIIA1I Widespread Coflict For Control Of Nation Is Declared Pending In Northern Section. Washington, June 5. (A. P.) t Imormation has reached the As sociated. Press pointing to direct Itussiun soviet participation in an impending armed (struggle for the control of all China. The preparations already made contemplate a civil war of major proportions, centering In the northern province, und dwarfing iu importance the present sporadic disturbances iu the south. Mitrht Start. War. The ultimate political conse quences can only bo conjectured. The urea of probable operations is 1a the sphere of greatest intercut to Japan and the aid of the soviet Is being thrown behind the stand ards ol Feng Yu-hsiung, leader of the faction least friendly to Tukio. Opposing Feng stands Chang Tso lin, the Munchur:;n war lord, re ported to have the moral if not tlio actual physical support of the Japanese government. In its last analysis, such a struggle might casly approximate a war batwen Japan and Ituesia, with the actual campaigning car Tied on by Feng and Chang and tlio supplies furnished by Moscow and Tokto. Kiissiani Send Anns Already considerable quantities of arms and ammunition have been scat across tlje frontier from Russia, and Russian army instruc tors have gone into lnn?r Mon golia to co-operate with the offi cers of Feng. In some places vteps have been taken to mobilize railroad equip ment in Mongolia for Feng's troops, while at other northern points railroad facilities have bo come a prize for nctive but Incon clusive maneuvering. The Russian consul nt Peking, Knrnkhnn, has given up en enennr- (Continned on Page Ten) W. 0. MITCHELL Washington, June 5. (A. P.) William D. Mitchell of St. Paul was appointed today as solilcltor general of the United States. Mr. Mitchell, a former law part ner of Associate Justice Pierce Butler, of the supreme court, suc ceeds James M. Heck, whose resig nation was announced several weeks ago. SAY REPORTS Caillaux Is Forced To Compromise On Financing Program Paris, June 5. (A. P.) The cabinet crisis, apparently threat ened early today, seemed post poned when Finance Minister Caillaux partially surrendered to the socialists attacks upon his financial program. The attacks were conducted by Former Finance Minister Louis Loucheur and by socialist leaders at a peace conference with the government and the left bloc of the chamber, called by Premier Painleve to harmonize opposition to the Caillaux fhnnrhil program. At thr first tin attitude of M. Loitcheiu and t tie socialists sccm-d irreconcilable with that of M. Caillaux. The impasse wn:; maintained during the greater part of a three hour discussion, but finally when M. Ioueheur took the floor the finance min ister weakened somewhat and compromised. M. Caillaux, Insisted that the balancing of the budget came first, while M. Loucheuf and the aoclal toti maintained that financial re Battlers For Chaf eat Jack's Orown FIGHT FACTS Principals: Gene Tunney of New York, American heavyweight- champion mid Tom Gibbons . of St. Paul, Minn. Length is rounds to a deeWon. PIiicc Polo Grounds, New York. Time 1 p. in. Kaslcm Simula i d Time. Probable attendance 80, 000. Total receipts $100,000. Khnrc of receipts Tuniiey 20 per cent or $H 0,M0. Gibbons 30 iht cent or SI 1:0,0110. New York, Juno 5. (A, P.) Two pounds and a half in weight will separate Tom Gibbona and Gene Tunuey, heavyweights, when they meet iu a 15-rouiul bout at the Polo Grounds tonight. At the offices of the state athletic com mission today Gibbons scaled 179 while Tunney topped 181. New York, June 5. (A. P.) Two of the leaders iu the heavy weight ranks who have been tug ging at the mantle of Jack Demp sey will square off tonight at the Pole Grounds in a 15-round bout to a decision. They are Gene Tunney of New York and Tom Gibbons of St. (Continued on Page Nino) 0MB PLOT WITH KING ALFONSO AS TARGET NIPPED Barcelona. Spain, June 5. Kx istenco of bomb plots to kill Kina Alfonso has been revealed and the sovereign's return to Madrid is being postponed. One bomb was discovered on the tracks traversed by the royal train on the way to this city. Two other plots are reported, one to blow up the entrance to the hall where Alfonso presided at a meet ing last Saturday and the other to kill him during the return journey to the capital. The bomb found on the rails has been placed In a museum hero and the king took time from his scheduled program to view It. It is of considerable size and has been placed so that for the vigi lance 49 guards, it would have been exploded by the impact of the royal train. The attempt at the meeting hall was frustrated by discovery of plots shortly before his ma jesty appeared. The delay in re turning to Madrid is said to have been because of the discovery of the third plot. The king's visit here has been extremely quiet and there have been few decorations in honor. forms must precede a budget equilibrium. M. Caill.iux, how ever, emphatically rejected the socialists" demand for a capital levy. M. Caillaux after hearing the argument of M. Loucheur agreed to attempt to balance the budget and to "rehabilitate'' French finances simultaneously. Franc Weaken London, June 5. ( A. P.) The French franc weakened on the foreign exchange market this morning and reached 100 franc, five centimes to the pound sterl ing. There has been a persistent selling of franca on the exchange here since recent suggestions were made regarding the payment by European countries of their debts to the United States and also since nervousness has been felt over th Moroccan situation. Belgian francs also weakened to 102 francs, 25 centimes to the pound sterling. ; STATE BOARD GERMANS ASK CONSIDERING 1ET0IEI COLLEGE ROW ALUEDTERMS Board Of Curricula Holds Closed Session To Act On Charges of Duplicat ed Activities. Portland, Ore., June 5. The state board of higher curricula was in session here today consider ing appeal of the University of uregon asking that the Oregon Agricultural College be prohibited from presenting certain courses held to be assigned to the uni versity. The board went into session at 10:30, reviewing the briefs filed by both colleges and also the stenographic notes of verbal re marks by representatives of both institutions. Faculties Not Present. No faculty members of either institution attended the session, which was strictly a conference between the board members on their findings from study of the briefs and the minutes of the earlier meeting. Dr. C. J. Smith, chairman, said at the opening of the meeting that a final decision may not be given, as further lines for examination may be brought up by members of the board at the conference. Investigate Charges The charge of duplication of courses were filed against the agricultural college by (he uni versity, the lines Involved being commerce, journalism , music, education and liberal arts. In Its brief in reply the college charged the university with duplication of courses in commerce which had Nireviously been adjudicated to the agricultural institution. Dr. Smith, chairman, said at noon, when the meeting recessed that the session would he re sumed at 3 o'clock and that a decision could probably not he reached until about 2 hours later. Jnliet, III., June 5. (A. P.) Richard Loch, slayer of Hobby Franks, who has been ill with the measles, was delirious today as an after effect -of the disease, prison physicians said. Loeb muttered inchorently most of the day and attendants were constantly at his bedside. Dr. Herman Adler, state physic ian, said that the delirium was not a frequent nfler-effect of measles. Dr. Harry Patterson, who visited Loeb, said that In his opinion the prisoner was shamming delirium. Opinion wart also expressed that Loeh's mind was at its breaking point, due to the confinement and prison life. PORTLANDER HEADS DENTAL ASSOCIATION Portland, Or., June 0. O. T. Wherry of Portland was today elected president of the Oregon Dentists association at the closing session. Dr. O. C. Finlay of Rose burg was elected viee-president. The remaining officers were re elected as follows: . F. W. Hollfntor. secretary; 0. .1. Ferris, treasurer; Karl Abbc't, editor, and five members of the executive commit ice T. J. Mc cracken. Lyie A. Raid win. .Icon Cline. T. W. Aml-rrnn nnd S. It. Hoskin. All nre Portbiiiuers. AMERICAN CONSUL AT LEGHORN IS ATTACKED Washington, June 5. -Ambassador Fletcher at Home advised the state department today that Vice Consul Franklin C, Gowen at Leghorn, Italy, bad been at tacked by a member of a fasclstl delegation on Mar 24 "without apparent reason' being twice truck over the bead and stunned. SALEM, OREGON, FRIDAY, JUNE 5, 1925 Note Demands Reduction Of Army to 100,000 and Suppression Of Present General Staff. Berlin, Juno 5. (A. P.) The reforms demanded in tho Inter allied disarmament note were con sidered in German official quar ters to be of a highly complicated nature, requiring considerable time for execution and involving heavy financial outlay. London, June 5. (A. P.) Germany has failed in 13 condi tions to comply with the disarma ment requirements of the Versail les treaty, declares the allied note to Germany, the text ot which wai given out here tonight. In order to obtain the evacua tion of tho Cologne area Germany must among other things, sup press the present general staff and reduce tho number of German police from ISO, 000 to 150,000. The strength of the German army must bo reduced to 100,000 fighting nrih. Must Kill Militarism "The military character pre sented today by the German secur ity police must entirely disap pear," says the note. The note demands alteration of certain factories in order to make Impossible the manufacture of war materials. All existing munitions in exeess of amounts to be stated by the allied control mission miit be surrendered, including spat?1 parts for small arms, bomb throw ers, machine guns, black cart ridges, also must be surrendered. Legislation must be enacted to do away with short term enlist ments in the reichswehr, the train ing of reserve cadets, military ac tivities of associations and the import and the export of war material. The note spcrifics the following as Germany's defaults: Trentv Terms Violated Organization of police, failure to carry out certain required destructions and transformations of factories and workshops, deliv eries of certain surplus war ma terials and failure to change the organization of the German army as laid down by the Versailles treaty; failure to regulate recruit ing and military training, and failure to control the import and export of war material. Germany has also defaulted In the matter of traffic and the illicit manufacture of war mater ials; she has engaged In wrong ful activities In the forbidden zone and has failed to comply with war requisitions. E Portland, Ore., June 5. Feder al Judge It. S. Dean today granted a '.notion for directed verdict dis missing charges of misuse of the malls against John L. Ktheridge, Portland bond dealer. The gov ernment charged that Etheridge In selling bonds of a Seattle loeal improvement district, had mis represented that they were hacked by the credit of the entire city of Seattle. GIBBONS FAMILY TO BE St. Paul, Minn., June 6. Tom my Gibbons' strongest supporters will be a long way from tho rlnK side tonight when tho Rt. Pa-il boxer tackles Gene Tunney, Amer ican light heavyweight champion. In a Now York ring. They are Mrs. Gibbons and the flvs little Gibhnnses, namely, Tom 7, Jack, 6, Dick, 8, and Mark and Jerome, twins, one year old. It will be on of the few times thnt Tommy has engaged In a big fight without his family nearby, though they never have attended ny of bit contest TOURIST LOSS NATURAL 83 83 83 SB 83 83 83 Police Here Reasonable 83 83 83 (By Hairy X. Cnilu) i5om plaint that Salem is being discriminated against In the rout ing of tourist traffic through the state north and south on the Pa cific and West Side highways, nnd that thero is an organized move ment In Eugene and Corvallis on the south, nnd in Portland on the north to direct travel over the West side highway from Portland to Corvatlis and Eugene appears to be without foundation. Investigation of reports that the chambers of commerce and motor club offices in Portland, Corvallis and Eugene, as well as other agen cies coming In contact with tour ists In those cities arc advising mo torists to avoid Salem because of unreasonable enforcement of speed and other traffic laws here fail to verify the rumors, nnd cxa filia tion nt the. record of traffic ar rests here uliow that a wide lati PREPARES TO SUE K. Speit:ht. proprietor of Hently's Market, HOC South ll'lh street, said today that he expects to file suit against the city of Kalem be cause of a raid that was made by police officers on his place of bnsi ness on night several weeks ngo In j.cnrch for intubating liquor. Speight said be bad put the ease Into the hands of an attorney, nnd that lie did not know yet the exact nature of the complaint that will be made, but that he shouldn't be surprised It the case would consti tue a general revelation of meth ods that are being used hot h In and outside the city In raiding prentices under the prohibition law. Speight declares that the affi davit sworn to by Chief of I'olicc Mint o, on which was ba sed the search warrant, was defective. In this he probably refers to the fact that the affidavit and search war rant designated the place to be senrrhfd as 112f South 12th street, while Speight's place of business Is 1106 South 12th. Speight claims further that the warrnnt gave authority for a search only of the building in which ! Joe.-ited his store nnd resi dence, but that the officers search ei the entire premises. Including bis barn. No liquor was found. Speight says the officers sat In a enr on South 12th street for some time until the lights v. ere turned out In bis bouse nnd he and hi wife had retired, nnd then they were aroused out of bed by the of ficers nnd the place jone through from top to bottom. That night Sergeant Edwards of the police department in not quali fied to serve as a member of the police department tuny he one of the nlTcg.iUons in the complaint, If It Is filed, according to Intimations of Speisht today. lie claims he has looked up the ordinance rela tive to the matter and finds thnt n police officer must have lived three years In the rily prior to hi appointment, and he declare Ed ward was not so qirillficd. It was Edwards who signet) the return on the search warrant. Records nt the police station show thnt the se.irch warrant was issued b' City Recorder Pouleen on .March 12 and that the search of the Sreit'ht prcnibcH took pl.iee on the niMit ot M.irch 15, about 1 0 : :i 0 oloelr. TIM SHIELDS LOSES FIGHT Portland, Ore., Juno fi. Tiny Shields, captain of tho University of Oregon football eleven In 1922, ia dead, said a mestige received by hl. brother Floyd from hla mother In Los Angeles. Tiny has boon an Invalid since 1922 when his back ws Injured In the Whitman-Oregon game nt Pendleton. Fie thought little of hla Injury nt the time, but later tuberculosis of the spine developed. The funeral will be held here Sunday and burial will be In Washotigal, Wash., hla old borne, according to present plans. IN 83 83 83 tude of sliced over tho 20-mlle lim it In the city Is being allowed auto drivers, particularly tourists from other states. Georgo O. Brandcnberg, mana ger of the Oregon Stuto Motor As sociation, which 'has been particu larly active In waging war upon cities and towns operating speed trails and being otherwise unreas onable, declared yesterday over the telephone from Portland that he had heard no complaints re garding Salem's enforcement of the speed laws. Tourists inquir ing at offices of the motor associa tion for directions are given com plete and unbiased advice regard ing routes, and no discrimination Is shown against any city ,he stat ed. Inquiries addressed to the cham bers of commerce In Kiigcnc, Cor vallis, Roseburg, Mcdfofd and (Continued on Page Seven) E Canton, China, June 5. (A. P.) Civil administrators quarter ed behind prepared fortifications today expected a serious clash momentarily owing to tyrannical military domination. Inhabitant are fleeing to Hong Kong. .Martial law Is proclaimed here nightly. The civil administration antic ipates a treacherous military at tack. The merchants, who havc Buf fered considerably, aro demand ing netion against the military establishments with the ultimate idea that a peaceful civil govern ment under tho Kumoiutaug par ty may be placed In power. Banks and business house were closed today as money and valuables were placed In the for eign settlement for iafo keeping. Wu Teh Chang, police commis sioner nnd other prominent offi cials are reticent regarding the situation. Washington. Juno 5. Hids re turnable June 30 will he asked immediately by tho shipping board for sale of two hundred of its ships for scrapping. It is expected that Henry Ford, among others, will submit ten ders. Tho ships will bo offered In any numbers up to tho maximum of 200. Offer will nlso be to sell them at practically scrapping prices for operation In tho event that the purchaser agrees to equip them with Diesel engines, MANY MEDllM INCIDENT TO PARADE I,o Angeles, Cal., June 5. (A. P. ) Two women were seriously injured nnd forty-five other per sons were treated for minor in juries or brought out of fainting pells as a resutl of the milling about nnd rushing of t"ns -it thousands of spectators eager for placen of vant uje along the line of the Shrine pnmd here last night, it was revealed early today In a check up of cjtM's brought to the emergency hospital maintained at the Los Angeles coliseum, goal of the pngean Is. One of the. aeionsly injured women was kicked In the stomnch by a horse; tho other suffered a fracture of the l ip during a mob rush for one of trie entrance of the coliseum after the big bawl had been filled to rapacity and gasmen were turning people away. PRICE THREE CENTS HINA OFFICES AND FOREIGNERS STORES CLOSE INSHMKHM " FIX FORM Americans And Others Prepare To Resist Scige Of Strikers To Starve Them Out. Shanghai, June G. A force of American sailors with bayonetted rifles herding a number of cows! down the ancient Nanking road to! an nbbatoir; American women j combing households when their trusted Chinese servants shuffled! away; foreign society women he-! coming telephone operators and accepted all forms of employment; this was tho picture presented In Shanghai today as the celestial city settled down to a seemingly grim struggle tho Occident against the orient while Chinese strikers attempted without out ward disorder to disrupt foreign activities in a campaign calcu lated to starve out nnd drive out. foreigners. Money changers In the streelB reftfsod to take foreign bank notes. Chinese banks nre closed nnd tho cash supply Is disappearing rapid ly. Strike Snrcndinc The strike of Chinese workers continued to spread today. A tenso situation loomed in the French concessions where thous ands of students menandered peicefulty, wearing conspicuous morning hands, while nlert police men nnd French officers, heavily armed, were patrolling the main thoroughfares. Many meetings were held neross the boundary from the French concession, in Chinese territory (Continued on Page Nine) WEEKS REPORTED Boston, Mass., June 5. (A, P.) Further definite improvement in the condition or Secretary of War John W, Weeks, who was operated upon tit the Massachu setts general hospital last week for gall stones was announced to il ay. A bulletin Issued by physi cians attending .Mr. Weeks sai l there had been continued improve ment In his condition in the pre vious 24 hours. Tho bulletin, signed by Dre Daniel Flsk Jones and F. Gorhnm (irlgham, said: "Secretary Weeks has made ' definite improvement in the last 12 hours. He Is taking liquid nourishment more freely and hfH general condition Is better. Tern pornture normal, Pulse 8S." Safety Margin Set By Amundsen Passes Relief Plans Shape New York, June 5. (A. P.) The two weeks of grace which iloalil Atnuds'-n allowed before search should hein for him am! his polar expedition, are over and preparations for patrolling the edge of the Arctic ice paek nre rapidly being brought to comple tion. TIir Nor,ei:i:i explorer direcl ed th:.t n eharp lookout should be cMtablisln-d along the ire edge if lie and his six comrades, who left S,il7.ben;en for Hie north pole in two airplanes on May 21, did not return within r. fortnight. Do also left scaled in d run ions to be open ed at about 'that time, dispatches f mm Oslo, the Norwegian capi tal, say, but the aaUiro of these Instructions Is not divulged. Tho Norwegian government tt dispatching to tho north n steam er bearing two naval scout planee which will be unloaded at Kings Bay, BpltKborgon, nd iiown CLOUDY TONIGHT west portion, fair east portion tonight and Saturday; moderate west winds. ....Local: Max: 68, Mln. 47: rnln, .01; river, 3.5; atmos., pan cloudy; wina, southwest. ON TRAINS ANU NEWS STAN1JS FIVE CENTS Temperature Of 94 Sets New June Record And Forecasts See No lief In Sight. Re- New York, Juno 5. (A. P.) With a record of .'(2 years stand ing broken tho fivo-duy heat wave hu4 begun to curtail tho regular business of New York city. Tho merchants' association announced today that scores of houses would not open tomorrow because of the excessive heat. Among thoso al ready listed is the Metropolitan Life Insurance company with 9000 imiployetj. Heat Record Set. The voivthcr bureau announced the 4 p. m. temperature to be 0ti, five degrees higher than the pre vious hottest June 5 since 1893. The same average had been main tained since early morning, tho hourly reports showing an excess over previous highs. Although only one death directly attribut able to he: t was reported, ros tratlons increased measurably the incomplete police rosters Hating 25 in niid-aftcrnoon. City officials prepared to ex lend further the emergency relief measures put iinu effect yester day, which included opening of all parks to the public and the sending of every available streot imrluklcr through the congested districts. Deaths Total 165. Chicago. June 5. (A. P.) More than a score of heat fatali ties today in various parts of tho country brought to 1 5 the total of deaths due to the torrid wave that has smitten ino country the last few days iioui the Itocky mountains eastward. Deaths reported today were: New York city 1. New York state 3. Pittsburgh 4. Philadelphia 5. New Kngland 2. New Jersey 4. Michigan C. Minnesota 1. Ohio 1. St. Louis 1. No Itellef In Sight Chlengo, June 5. After nearly a week of continued torrid wcnth er, the middle west today gave up hopo of nn immediate drop in temperature. Having yesterday withdrawn his prediction of show ers throughout this territory ns far west ns the Hockles, tho weather man ngaln posted the familiar summer forecast "continued warm" for virtually all central states. He said that possibly there would bo local showers In Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska and Wiscon sin but Indicated that they would not bring any appreciable change In temperature. Tho heat fatllity toll Jumped every hour. Chicago led tho coun try In tho number of deaths nttri luitel to the son's rays. Since Wed- (Continued on Page Nine) thence to Wellman Bay, Danes is land, to Join Amundsen's support ing crews on the Bteaincra Farm und Hobby. Meanwhile, talk of a search un der American nut-pices Is continu ing. Commander Landsowne of tin I nlled State naval dlrlglbU Shenandoah, hat biibmitled to tin navy department a detailed plan for the operation ot his craft in .:se It ia used In a relief expedi Hon. While dctnlis of the plan were not given out, It is understood to provide for tho establishment of a flouting base at Spitsbergen, itilizing for this purposo tho air ship tender Patoka, Tho Shenandoah, according to tho ropoTted plnn, will fly to Spltzhergen, stopping for fuel at Pulham, Kng. The navy depart ment reiterated that thore uav been no appeals for Amor lean aid.