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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.