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Newspaper Page TextV "a:v-- "i fif CIRCULATION FAIR TONIGHT And Friday, warmer In eaet portion. Light variable winds. Local: Max., 72; mln., 44; rain, none; river, 1.9; atmoe., part cloudy; wind, southwest. Dally average net paid circulation for month ending May 81, 1925 6738 Average dally distribution 7078. Member Audit Bureau of Circulations. jour FORTY-SEVENTH YEAR No. 139 SALEM, OREGON, THURSDAY, JUNE 11, 1925 PRICE THREE CENTS S?ASStu,D roi ma if fo) AMERICAN GUNBOAT IS fid yp Fighting For Possession of Canton Continues Day and Night With Casualties Mounting. Canton, Juno 11 (By Associated Press) The American gunboat Pampanga of the South China pa trol was fired upon near Wham poa today while convoying a sup ply launch to the Canton college. No casualties voro reported. Canton, China, Juno 11 (By Associated Press) Fighting day and night, armies of rival military leaders continued their battle for possession of Canton today with new fury as telling blows were re flected in increased casualties. Hurprlso Blow Fails A force of Kwangtung troops In the attacking Cantonese army was hot In the river last night when an attempt was made to make a surprise landing which was dis covered by tho defending forces. Heavy casualties resulted and . at (Continue.! on Page Nine) AL SMITH SAYS RETIREMENT IS Albany, N. Y., June 11 (By As sociated Press) Governor Smith today, through hie secretary, said he knew nothing about a reported agreement between himself and the New York World whereby he would accept an offer of $50,000 a year to write for that publication. Ho refused to comment on tho re port. New York. June 11 (By Asso ciated Press) Florence D. White, vice-president of the New York World, asserted "no such arrange ments hnve as yet been made" when asked to confirm the Albany report to the Syracuse Herald that Governor Smith would retire from politics nt the close of his present term to write for the World. Syracuse, N. Y., June 11 Gov ernor Alfred E. Smith will refuse to run for governor or United States senator and retire from poli tics at the end of his present term, according to an Albany dispatch published by the Syracuse Herald today. Tho Herald says It la under stood thnt the governor has re ceived and will accept an orfer of $50,000 a year from the New York World to write on political and humanitarian topics. According to the Herald's story, the governor has informed his clos est friends that he is determined to get out of politics at the end of Ms present term and recoup hiH fort u no which Is said to have dwindled greatly. Marching Clubs May Be Seen Here on Way To Portland Festival Salem may have the opportunity to seeing most of the marching clubs which will participate In the rose festival pain do, in action here on the evening of June 17 when the Oregon Hospitality club delegates will gather In Salem for their big dny, as It Is likely a good share of tho marching clubs may top over for the dny here on their way to Portland. King Ring Per ry has called out fhe Cherrians to be In marching array on the even ing of that date fin part "f the hof'pttf.Iiiy club proceedings and It; la more than likely thnt fill of thej marching clubs here on that date will join in. j King Ring Perry has received, advices from M. S. Taylor, Captain Kidd of the Coos Ray pirates who hAS charge of tho hospitality club arrangements here that President Irving Vlnlng ot the state cham ber of commerce h&s concerted to Crowds FigJ ForGlimpstO Harry K. Thaw New York, June 11 Traffic was jammed this morning when Harry K. Thaw, who came back to Broad way last night after a week's ab sence at Winchester, Va., emerged from a cabaret. Ho spent the eve nlng and early morning there do ing nothing much but responding tj welcomes by Rialto belles and sipping Ice water and orangeade. Several hundred curious persons crowded to the doors to see him. He seemed startled and fled to a taxlcab. Curious folk pursued him through Central park then left him alone when he returned to the cabaret. His bill for the evening, which included $2 table d'hote dinners for himself and two male compan ions, amounted to $35. Of this amount $5 went for a tip to the head waiter, $3 to his table waiter and $1 to (lie hat checker. Chorus girls amused him during the evening and he was introduced to all who took part in a revue. Ho told one she reminded him of Lillian Russell. Thaw declined to dance, as he said he had not kept up with the modern steps. Even an old fash ioned waltz, played for his bene fit, failed to shake his determina tion not to appear on the floor. He snld he was going to stay in New York until he had seen every cabaret. DIE AGAINST Fez, French Morocco, June 11 (By Associated Press) Decisive action against the invading Itlff lan tribesmen Is regarded here as Imminent, due to Spain's intention to land a force, reported to num ber 20,000 m-?n, in an attempt to seize the naval base of Alhucemas, now held by the Moors. Abd-el-Krim Is expected to oppose the Spanish ntlack to the utmost and apparently In preparation for the engagement he hns withdrawn to the north a number of his best warriors and has moved other chosen troops toward Adajlr where a council of war Is reported to have been held. If these movements are confirm ed, It is thought the French will abandon the defensive attitude they have previously observed and as sume the offensive. address the hospitality club dele gates in the evening and he will be rne feature of the evening's program. The afternoon sessions will be given over to the delegates. Tho CherrinnB will be hosts to the various clubs at their second annual meeting here. Last night the Cherrians under Captain Frank Durbin, Jr., went through some new fancy marching stunts put over on them by the new captain. As a result King Hing Perry lias Issued a call to all Cherrians to bo at drill practices in the future without fall, because no matter what experience they have had In the marching forma tions of the Cherrians they will be out of step If they do not get next to the new ones which tho new captain Is introducing. The next drill will be Friday evening at 7:18 and every Cherrlan should be In line, declares the king. DIVISION OF SHIP BOARD DIMMED Coolidge Suggests Sale of Ships and Lines Be Del egated To Fleet Corpor ation Hereafter. Washington, June 11. Presi dent Coolidge hae suggested to the t hipping board that it delegate completely to the fleet corporation Mic authority for negotiating sales of ships and lines, reserving to tiself final approval or rejection of the contracts ' While no action has been taken by the board, indications are that the suggestion will be approved when Chairman O'Connor returns next week from a trip to Florida. Cntroversv Cause. The board has been sharply di vided In considering many stiles, the most recent case being on June 5, the day the president wrote hlfi letter when it rejected proposals for the sale of freight ships and lines in the north Atlantic. In that case one plan was recom mended by the fleet corporation and another by the ship sales com mittee of the board. The final vote was against both proopsals. In his letter President Cool id go (Continued on Page Nine) SOVIET OFFERS AID TO CHINESE REBEL FORCES Canton, China, June 11. (A. P.) Yung Hsi-min, Yunnanese commander, told the Associated Press correspondent today that .soviet Russia had offered the Yun nanese $10,000,000 and 60,000 rifles with appropriate ammuni tion provided a certain agreement was signed. General Yang said the offer was refused. Ho did not say what the propos?:V agreement contained. Fighting still continued today, although a shortage of ammuni tion on both sides was reported. The site of the battle was un changed despite the fact that lead ers of both the Yunnanese. who hold tho city and tho Cantonese, who are attacking the city from the island of llonnn, bad exprcBV ed themselves ae willing to remove the fighting to tome point out side thi urban limits. The Yunnanese reported the ar rest in Canton of four bolshevist Russians. The statement that the Yunnanese would not tolerate the principles of the bolshevik! was added to the announcement. Heavy fighting resulted last night from an attempt of Yun nanese soldiers to remove a cargo of rice from the steamer wharf. A deputation of the Chinese chamber of commerce again ap plied to leaders on both sidis pleading for removal or the fight ing ouUidc of tbe city. LUMBER DEMAND Washington, June 11 After a period of comparative quiet, the lumber Industry has taken a decid ed upward trend. Figures for last week compiled by the National Lumber Manufac turers association, show new busi ness amounting to a 12 per cent increase over the week preceding and 35 per cent over the corres ponding week of 1924. New business has been propor tionally larger than last, year for several weeks and the cumulative total since the first of the year now exceeds that for the same period of last year by a full week's production. GfTOinjia Eating Dogs Rerllr, June 11 (By Associated Press; Dog meat Is still an arti cle of human diet In Germany and the Berlin chief of police has de creed that the Inspection regula tion governing other meat ahall apply In the future to thle article. Chinese DEAF EAR 10 FOREIGNERS Peking Government Says It Cannot Accept Ex planation .For Shots Fired Upon Strikers. Washington, Juno 11. (A. P.) Consul General Cunuinghum re ported to the state department to day that t.hire was "no cause for alarm for the safety of American lives and property" at present In the Shanghai region. There had been "great Improvement" In gen eral conditions, heysuid, although the strike wa-j "not subsiding per ceptibly." Peking, China, June 11. (A. P.) The Chinese foreign office, in. a note :oduy to the foreign diplomatic corps, rejected tho hit ter's argument that foreign police at Shanghai only acted defensive ly in firing upon Chinese demon strators there recently. The foreign office note declared that the authorities of the foreign concessions at Shanghai should proceed at once to raise the state of siege exiting there and should re-embark nil foreign marines, disarm volunteers and police at Shanghai and liberate all prison ers. It also said all institutions that have been closed or occupied iiy foreign forces should be restor ed to their normal condition, so that order might bo restored an soon ae possible. This action, the note said would facilitate the ne gotiations regarding tbe Shanghai situation which the Peking gov ernment deaires to undertake. The nota declared It waH im possible to admit wat responsibil ity for the deplorablo occurrances at Shanghai rested upon the Chi nese demonstrators. The note declared the measures taken by foreign police to break up a "peaceable, demonstration" at Shanghai, were. In tho first in stance, ill udviised nnd that police at the Louza station, where Chi nese demonstrators assembled May CO, fired upon the crowd without "necessary warning" and before the police .were In "imminent danger." The note requested tbe foreign legations to communicate urgent instructions to consular authori ties at Shanghai tc put Into effect the foreign office suggestions above outlined. TroOn En Route. Shanghai, China, June 11. (A. P.) About 1000 Manchurian troops under Gen. Chang Hsuoh liang, eon of General Chang Tso lin. Manchurian war lord, were today moving from Nanking to Shanghai, ostensibly to maintain order on the borders of tbe foreign settlement and to strengthen Chang Tsc-.in's grip on the Shang hai region. Tho Chinese strike situation he came acute ou the river front to day when coastal a ten mem sus pended sailings leaving this class of shipping virtually paralyzed. Twenty-eight vessels are tied up for want of Chinese crews. In the business and residential districts, however the strike situ ation continued to Improve today .luniia tt-n fWnorntn nffnrtfl of agitators who were busy canvass ing for the strike, ine nisinuu tion of printed mutter advocating the strikj continued today. Hope '"i tlic final termination of the strikes centered today upon nvnnMrtil u n unit neenien t. of rc- opeiilng of native banks and In struct! sna from tho chamner oi commerce to Its members to re open bUHlnes:) establishments. britishTaperITys bryan's stand absurd London, Juno H. (A. I'.) Th0 Westminster (Jnzctto In an cclllnrlnl on the forthcomlnK evo lution trial nt Dayton, Tonn., to day to.-ma tho Bttituili) of William J. llryjn, of the counsel for tho iro:(erutlon, rs "too absurd for rxTlous people to consider." "Wo tremble to think," It dd, "what Ruoh r. spirit would concern Uself with If It had complete pow ers.' Thd paper assumes, however, that the cane against Mr, Scopes, who will be tried for expounding tho evolution theory, la as Rood a decided because the law of Ten nessee forbids such teaching. "In thle ease,' the Gazette con tinues, "It would Mem wise to sweep the law Into the Umbo of forgotten oteloM thine. CITIES PAY 5 0 PERCENT COUNTY TAX Farm Property Pays , Third of Total, and Rail roads and Public Utili ties Over 11 Percent. Tax statistics compiled by the Oregon Voter for every county in the stute reveal that In Marlon county half of the total property tax ie pnld by property within cities, while the remaining 49.24 per cent of the tax ie paid by property outelde of cities. The taxes paid by nil property in the cltiee of Oregon represent 52.64 per cent of the total, while prop erty outside of cities bears 47.36 per cent of the tax burden. Marion county furm property pays ono third of tho tnx 33.87 per cent compared with all farm property In Oregon, which pays 25.97 per cent of the total. Lum ber and timber property outside of cities pays 7 per cent, railroad and utility property in the coun ty pays 11.68 per cent, and all other non-city property pays 1.5 per cent. Tho following table, compiled by the Voter, shows the amount and proportion paid by each source, outside of cities: Amount Pet. Drainage dints ! C87 .04 All other agr 614,994 33.83 Lumber, timber .... 127,274 7.00 Railroads, utilities 12 1,949 6. 7 All other 27,190 1.60 In cities: Railroad, utilities 87,269 4.81 All. other 835,342 45.95 Total $1,817,706 100.00 With tho exception of Claclia mas county, Marlon county has a higher average tax rate than any of the counties which border it, (Continued on Page Four) Loudon, June 10. (A. P.) Vrcmicr lla'dwin today told the house of commons that no security tact bad been concluded with France nnd that none would be concluded without parliament be ing given an opportunity for full necision. Premier Baldwin, who was re plying to a question of Sir itobert Hamilton, liberal member from Orkney and .Shetland, said: "In view of certain inifiappre piesions which hnve arisen in tho public mind, it Is well to say that, the position to date Ie that the Uritlsh and French governments, after carefully considering all Ger. Man proposals, have reached & complete agreement on certain basis principles to which a settle ment must conform and to which there is every roacon to expect the inhesion of Uelgium and Italy." Premier Baldwin reiterated that the contemplated settlement would bo atrictly of a bilateral character and not ono-flided a .ofisibly has been inferred from Homo reports that have appeared. He said that ns booh as the re ply to Germany's security pact proposals h.ia been forwarded to ilerlin, he would take steps, with .ho consent of th French govern ment, to place tbe matter before tho British parliament. RELIEF PLANS ARE CHANGED Jngerlre, Kn Route to Spitsber gen, June II. (A. P.) Lieuten ant Lutzow Holm, commander of 'no naval filers who nro on their way to search for the miming Amundpen rolnr expedition, ban iocclvi'd a tireless niCHflago from fslo, the Norwegian capital, suit ing that the tngcrtro will proceed to Advent bay Instoad of Kings hay. This la more than double the (lying distance to IXines Inland, from which Amundsen and his fvo companion hopped off on their flight to the pole. The message toys that the steamer Farm, bearing part of Amundsen' baee expedition will meet (he filers at Advent tray. Captain Johnnnw.cn ot the Inger tre, however, baa not been notified of the change In the plan and the reason for It li unknown to Ihote aboard thle vessel, Neighbors Flock To Court to Hear Singer-Probe Row All of "(Jermantown" on South 25th street Invaded Justice Braz ier Small's court yesterday after noon to listen to the culmination of a row between J J. Singer and Max Probe, resident of that fcottle ment, And in the crowd were Mayor Gicsy and Chief of Police Minto to add eclat to the occasion. In fact the mayor, Rollln K. Page, coun sel for the defenso declared was the one "whose pernicious influ ence was at the bottom of the whole affair." According to the evidence Sing er nnd Probe have long been at loggerheads over a line fence be tween their two places. Their wives have quarreled over the selfsame fence, and contention was rife. The other day, so the story went Probe's boy was roller skating on Singer's sidewalk. Singer told him to get off, nnd words ensued. Sing Portland, Juno 11 Nomination of five directors from the floor of tho convention of the National Federation of Music clubs follow ing of the report of the official nominating committee, was suffi cient to keep the election today j from being u cut and dried affair! and to make the personnel of the new board n matter of uncertain ty until the election closes. With 45 to be elected, the nom inating committee had turned In Just 45 names of candidates. ! Mrs. Cecil Frankel, of Los An geles, Cal., who may be deHlgnated as tho "progressive" candidate and Mrs. Kdgar StHlman Kelley, of Oxford, Ohio, who 1b to be backed by tho conservative group, arc the recognized candidates for the presidency. Tho new board will elect the of ficers tomorrow. California and Ohio delegates engnged in a lively contest of campaign singing last night at Un official banquet, boosting their favorites In the fight for the fed eration presidency. Ohiojins backing Mrs. Kell?y. Hnng "Has Anybody Seen Kelley?" Tho California delegation urging Mrs. Frankel responded with a rhyme about "our western belle F-K-A-N-K-K-L." Corvallls, Ore., June 11. The twentieth annual convention of tho Oregon Bankers' association, which opens hero this afternoon will be devoted to consideration of Oregon development nnd agri cultural problems. Among the spenkorn will be Stato Treasurer Kay, who will talk on "Develop ment of tho Flax and Mnen Indus tries In tbe Wlllamctto Valley." "The wool Indualrt or tho Pa cific Northwest,'' will bo theme of K. I. Thompson, rortland bank er nnd president of tho Portland Woolen Mills. At tbe annual banquet, lield to nioirow night, Dr. Colin V. Hy men t, dean of the collego of liter ature, sciences and arts of the University of Oregon, will speak. Kay and Thompson are to speak Friday afternoon. MAN CONVICTED OF SCALDING BOY TO DEATH Montreal, June 1 !. (A. P.) Reno Francis Do VIeesehonwor, known on Brother Usninr, of ttie orphanago at Rnberdenu, was f.urwi ei.ntu nr .nnBin,ii.tP in- day for tho qrnlding to death f eigni year omi lienor vtaiarneim. one of bis charges Jnnuary 21. Ho will be sentenced later. The hnv rilfwl fitllitiulnfr ImmAralnn In a tub of boiling water. Brother usmar coniennen mat me seam ing occurred while he wa chang ing Iltctor'i clothes. -- er It was alleged, was armed with a piece of Iron pipe and was threatening dire consequences if the boy didn't skate off from his sidewalk. Probe appeared. "If you want to hit someone why don't you hit him now?" Probe Is alleged to have said, offering his body as a vicarious sacrifice Slngo:, It was charged, took Probe at his word, and lambasted him on the arm with the pipe. In the ensuing melee they wont down nnd Singer, it was alleged, hit Probo a time or two again. Probe's wife rushed off to get tho mayor, and shortly tho mayor and chief joined the throng surg ing about the combatants. The upshot of it was Slngor's arrest and a Jury trial yestorday In Justice Small's court. Tho Jury acquitted Singer. j As far as can be learned the line fence Is still In tho same place. AND POLICE HURT New Wnterford, N. S., Juno 11 William Davis, a striker, la dead and scores of miner;! nnd company police are injured as a result of a fight today for possession of the Wnterford power plant which op crates several mines Involved In tho British empire steel, corpora tions controversy with Its employes Several injured were tnken to hospitals where It was said thnt Gilbert Watson, a striker, was ser iously wounded. The fight ensued when miners reinforcing striking pickets who had been ejected from the power plant early today attempted to forcibly retake It from company police. Tho fjunrd was overpower ed after a 15 minute struggle, dur ing which an effort was ma do to charge tho nt tacking force with mounted pullce. Tho horses were mirrounded and severnl policemen dragged to the ground nnd badly mauled. Cut off from the power house the mounted contingent attempted to retreat to tho town a mile dis tant. They were pursued by the mob. hurling stones nnd other missiles. Some nnxloty was 'expressed by friends of Genem! Miinnger Mo Cann when It was learned that he and a number of oilier officials of the corporation had been In the power stntlon when It was recap tured by strikers nnd havo not sfneo been seen. Somo ot the gunrds in the plant escnped to near by woods and It wns thought the missing men may hnve been among these. NEW HOTEL TO RISE ON SITE OF OLD PORTLAND Portland. Juno It The Port land hotel company hns decided to erect a new hotel nt the slto of tho present hotel, which hns been ono of th landmarks of tho city for years.it wax nnnounced follow ing a meeting of the directors yes terday. Hazing of the present struc tore Is not expected to begin until fllll. Metaphorical Goats Instead of Monkeys Mark Scopes' Trail New York, Juno 11 Metaphori cal gouts Instead of monkeys hnve floured largely In tho closing hours of tho New York visit of John T. Scopes, high school teacher who goes on trial next month at Day ton, Tenn., for violating the stale law ngaliiHt the teaching of evolu tion. In nn address last night to New York sympathizers. Scopes told of his pleasure over being tho "goat" in a fight for freedom of thought. Meanwhllo Dudley I-'ield Malono, New York lnwyer who had been relegated to nwlnt by remnreh work announced thnt he would not he n "goal"; that he would anslst ec OBJECT ON OF DEFENSE Effort To Limit Opening Statement of Prosecu tion Is Defeated Thru Court Ruling. Chicago. Juno 11. Strennona of forte by the defense to have Judge iliomas J. Lynch limit tha opening .statement of Robert B. Crowe, state's attorney, opened trial of William Darling Shepherd, who faced a jury charged with fatally administering typhoid germs to his foster son, William iMcison McCIintock. When court opened 35 minutes after the hour eet, William Scott Stewart; chief of defense counsel, sought to havo the atato's outline of its cae stripped of any refer ence to the deaths of Mrs. Emma Nelson McChntock and Dr. Oscar Olson, or autopsies over them, but Mr. Crowe successfully resisted the dofcnsc'G wish to limit him. Judge Lynch ruled that It will be im proper to object if the state sought to introduce anything not allied with the death of young McClin tock but allied with what hoe been charged by Judge Harry Olson was a plot by Shepherd to obtain the McClintock $1,000,000 estate by slaying those whv stood between him and It. Statement Unexnlained. Tho defendant, his wife, who sat across the aisie from him, and nearby spectators turned startled eyes upon ycung Mr. Stewart when at one point in his argument he said: "Hut, Judge, We do not want the Jury to hear anything they should not hear. Instructions to them to remove It from their minds then would do no rood. It would bo in their mind Pk the blood on our hands." He did not elaborate on or ex plain tho statement nnd it appar ently was a misapplied figure of speech. M! su Isahello Pope, who awaited with a marriage license to wed young McClintock when he lapsed into his last coma, nppearcd in the ocurt room for the first time. She was accompanied by her attorney. John II. S. Leo. Alter the witnesses had been ex cluded from tho court room and the jury recalled upon completion of the arguments, state's attornoy began hts opening stntcnient In a low, conversational voice that could not be heard a dozen feet ;iwny, SlM'pliord Is Scored rroaccutnr Crowe referred to Shepherd nnd Mrs. Shepherd ae 'pan-handlers" who had lived off Mrs. McClintock for years before her mysterious death and since had lived off her estate. Shepherd, tho prosecutor descrlb ed ns n man who never had earn ed more than 15 a week. An extensive study of chemistry wns ascribed to tho defendant by tho prosecutor, who referred to study in the Tndlnnnpolls, Ind.. high school, a western drug store owned by Mrs. Shepherd's father and in a private laboratory hidden in a secret elnnct In the McClin tock home In Kenllworth, a North .Shore suburb of Chicago. The prosecutor did not have re gnrd tor the pre-statemcnt objec tions of the defenso and detailed tho manner of Mrs. McClintock' denth, snld Fhepherd wns elated Continued on Pnge Nine) lively In the case or not nt all, eo he wns accepted as ono of active counsel. Scopes, who leaves for home to day, wns a guest nt a dinner of the civic club last night. Ho said he wis embarrassed In addressing the distinguished group of liberals and radicals first because he was young nnd Inexperienced, and secondly because, while an automobile had been sent to get Clarence Darrow, one of his counsel, he had to walk to tho club and got lost. "Hetng a goat Is not eo unpleas ant," ho snld. "If youare going to bo a goat, you want to take thought (Continued on Page Ten) OVERRULED