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FORTY-SEVENTH YEAR No. 144
MILAN
EXPEDIT
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Navy Guns In Boston Har
bor Thunder Noisy
Farewell; May Search
For Amundsen First.
Boston, Ma63., June 17. (A.
P.) The Arctic expedition ot
Lieutenant Commander Donald 13.
MacMillan sailed from the navy
yard nt Charleston shortly after
noon today in the eteainer Peary,
bound for Wiscasset, Maine.
From Wiacassit the Peary and the
Bchooner Bowdoin will sail on
MacMillan'a ninth voyage into the
north.
The big guna on the navy cratt
thundered farewell as the little
steamer slipi d away on the first
leg of the triy beyond the Arctic
circle. A nivy band on the pier
played "Auld Liing Syne." The
crowd which hod crammed its way
lntj the navy yard cheered. The
harbor echuej with the shrieks of
marine whistles a6 craft at anchor
Joined in the parting tribute.
Overhead, as the l'eary passed
on Its way out to eea, a dozen
hydroplanes circled,
MacMillan in outlining the ob
jects of his expedition, asserted
that it Amundsen, Norwegian Arc
tic explorer, believed lost on hi
flight to the north pole, had not
ben found when the American ex
pedition readied Ktuli, Greenland,
ho would undenuKB his rescue
Amundsen, he uid, will run out
of foodtomrrow.
Governor Fuller, Assistant Sec
retary of the Navy Theodore Hob
Inson, Mayor Curley and others
were gathered nt the navy yard to
wish the expedition bon voyage.
MacMillan, abandoning at the
last minute r. plnn to fly to Wis
casset, accompanied the Peary
about two miles out to eca anil
then returned by tug to travel
overland to the Maine town. His
three planes were stored nlioar.l
the Peary and none was available
It the naval uir station at Squan
tum. DEFINITION DP
IN
Because he finds ambiguous and
complex the so-called "peddlers'
llcenee law" enacted by the 1925
legislature, ussesslng a fee
gainst "motor vehicles not com
mon carrlem." but "used for com
mercial purpose in the business of
aelilng and delivering goods,
wares, mercYitioiire." etc., Secre
tary and Stite Kozcr naa asKca
Attorney General Van Winkle for
an Interpretation of the act.
The law applies to vehicles oper
ated "not exclusively within the
boundaries of incorporated cities
and towne of the state of Oregon
or within five miles beyond the
boundaries of such citlea and
towns."
Kozer wanta to know what Is
meant by the expressions "used
for commercl.nl purposes," "article
of commerce" end "In the business
of selllnn or delivering."
Secretary Kt.zer finds especially
troublesome the provision requir
ing motor vehicles not common
carriers to pav In addition to oth
er fees an annual license fee enua'
to BO per cent of the license, "ac
cording to tho light weight of
uch motor vel.'dc." It is polnt'.V
out that the fee probably cannot
be computed In this way sincr
sucn vehicle ray license fees ac
cording to tire width and not ac
cording to weight.
HARTLEYMPSlEEKERS
OF SPECIAL PRIVILEGE
Glympia, Wffh., June 17. Dt-
clnring that the " howl nt tho?.
whrse .hem; br.v beon thwarted
and of tho!? whoso ha n1 a have
hem stricken f:om the people's
pocket 'music to his
ears,' " Governor Upland Hartley
Ifwucri! a pointed arraignment herr
this morning of the "carping
eritlrs" whom, he asserted, "hav
seized upon ncry pretext and
sourhl everv opportunity to dis
credit any effort to rave the tax
paren monoy."
ON
C&it
Cone : ti Felt
For tcovery
OflPPollette
"Washington, June 17 By Asso
ciated Press) Increased concern
over the condition of Senator La
Pollette, who is fighting a severe
cold with complications at hie
home here, was apparent today
among those in attendance.
A statement Issued at his office
expressed hope for recovery but
said his condition had become some
what more serious.
SCHOOL LOSES
BY SINGLE VOTE
The move to dissolve the union
high school iMstrict No. 1 ut Ger-
vais carried by a single vote in
.Monday's eie-Hion. according to an
.unofficial report to the office of
Mrs. Mary L. Fulkerson, county
6Uperintendint of schools. Scaled
official reports have been received
from four of the elx districts and
the official coiinr will be made as
soon as reports are in for the two
remaining districts.
The unofficial count indicates a
very close contest, promising the
likelihood that no matter which
way the of f t.:nl tally places the
votes. Contois of the ballots will
probably be made by the opposi
tion. Should the meorure carry the
union district at Gervals would
again be dissolved Into the six sep
arate districts that were organized
into the union three years ago
Disagreement over the costs of
operation was one of the principal
arguments involved In the contro
versy.
CONTRACT FOR HAULING
GRAVEL IS AWARDED
The Marlon county court today
awarded to the Bonesteele com
pany of Salem the contract for
hauling 4.000 yards of gravel for
the paving plant near Silverton
Bonesteele put In the lowest of
five bids, asking 15 cenlB a mile
per yard.
Yesterday's Scores
San Francisco 10 Portland 14.
Sacramento 4; Vernon 6.
Los Angeles-Seattl. traveling.
Salt Lake 16. Oakland f.
Judge Lindsey Says
Change In Criminal
Court Methods Due
Denver. Colo., June 1 7 The
pawing of the present methods of
hnndtinir crlnin thronrh lthpr
criminal courts for adult or tuv-
;enilG court fur children was pre
dicted as n future chnnp;! In so
ciety by J ii dare Ren II. UihImpv.
nationally known Juvenile Jurist of
Denver, In an address today before
the National Conferr-ncc of Social
Work.
"These courts will he s.jpp;int
ed by Institutions of human wel
fare," he declared.
"Neither Juries nor tinier nt
Present are erliiraftvl r r.itlnn(l
to deal with problems of children's
delinquency or adult erimwi."
Judge lindsey aH, "and this work
win be done by skilled specialist
LM.
SNOWBALLS
WIN SESSION
FOR DENVER
Colorado Rotarians JIaul
Snow For Battle To
Cleveland In Refriger
ator Cars.
Clcevland, 'Ohio, June 17. The
Dcuver delegation enlivened the
convention of the Rotary Interna
tional today by snowballing every
one in sight with snow brought
from the KockicB in a refrigerator
car.
The snowball battle was held fn
a public squaro In support of Den
ver's slogan, "Sunshine and snow
balls, Denver, 1926." The Colo
rado city will entertain the Ho
tarians next year.
Pick Candidates.
Nomination of candidates for
president, treasurer and seven di
rectors was the principal business
beforo the delegates.
The leading candidates to suc
ceed Everett W. Hill of Oklahoma
City were Donald A. Adams of
New Haven, Conn., and Paul H.
King of Detroit, first vice-president
and director, respectively.
The election fs tomorrow.
"Boy," was the principal . topic
of today's speakers.
Canon William Thompson Elliot
of the Liverpcol, England, cathe
dral was the first speaker. Ha
was followed by Hart I. Secly,
chairman of tnc international
committee on boys work; Charley
H. Gardner of Omaha and Bishop
Charles L. Mead of the Methodist
Episcopal church, Denver.
Bov Problem Stressed.
"The main itue in the world
today is not the amount of money
on deposit or the raw material
passing through mills, but the
hoys aud Girls. Bishop Mead de
clared. "As the boy of today be
comes the man o tomrrow, the
problem ot giving to the boy a
right start becomes the most im
portant problem of the time.
"It is Infinitely better for so
ciety to-expend 5Q, for a boy In
properly supervised recreational
and character-building programs
in clubs than to maintain him at
the expense o? $G00 a year in the
state penUeutlnry.
"To neglcst to work with the
boy is to invito disaster.
The business man who has no
other interest is not tbe kind of
man who raises the tone of busi
ness, Canon Elliot said.
TOURIST TRAVEL FROM
SOUTH SETTING RECORD
"The tourist horde that Is now
entering Oregon from the south Is
the greatest that the state has
ever seen,'' said I. E, Vining,
president of the Oregon state
chamber of commerce, in a brief
speech before the Salem Hotary
club this noon. "Registrations of
tourists passing through Ashland
and Medfodr on Monday and Tues
day of this week has exceeded
anything that has ever before
been seen In this state in June,"
he stated.
Vining urged that every hospl
tallty bo shown the visitors. "The
east feels," he said, "that the west
is just a little too proud of its
country." He recommended that
even in the case of Californlans,
visitors be "welcomed with a word
of appreciation for the place from
which they come."
who have been trained In psychol
ogy, biology and sociology through
Institutions of human relation and
welfare."
Criminals and delinquents will
be divided into three clause. Judge
Lindjey predicted, tho most dan
gerous class to society being found
among the "super-Intelligent" or
tho who are clever enough to
cheat and rob the law. The second
cla will be the 'du I lards' who
are too stupid to know they nre
doing wrong, and easily captured
by the authorities and third and
least dangerous group "the feeble
minded, who will bo Investigated
by the psychiatrists and Isolated
from society In Institution more
like hospitals than prisons."
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SALEM, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 17, 1925
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FATALITIESIN
TRAIN WRECK
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Scalding Steam Causes 30
Deaths; Victims Suf
fer Prolonged Agony
Before Dying.
New York, June 17. The death
toll had mounted to 42 today as
a result of the wreck of a Dela
ware. Lackawanna & Western spe
cial tourist train at Rockport sag,
New Jersey, 00 miles west of here.
Estimates of the injured varied
from three dozen to four dozen
and the cased of at least one doz
en were considered serious.
The train carried 182 German
Americans, mottly from Chicago.
They were bound for Hoboken, N.
J., to embark on tne liner Repub
lic to visit the fatherland from
which they had emigrated years
ago. Only SO sailed on the Repub
lic yesterday.
Slide. Caiise.i Wreck.
Speeding on a downgrade, tho
seven car train hit a stretch of
muck and debt is that had been
washed over the tracks by an elec
trical storm early yesterday. The
heavy engine ploughed through,
but tho pony tender was thrown
off the track, It clutched the frogs
of a witch farther on and wrecked
tho engine and threw four steel
cars from the rails. Three cars
piled up on ton of the overturned
engine. The steam pipes burst
and Bent scalding fog spouting di
rectly onto the passengers in the
care.
It was the breaking of the pipes
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New York, June 17. (A. P.)
The state doot not ask a more
sovere verdic; than first or second
degree mnnslavghtor in the cas':
of Dorothy Perkins, charged with
killing Thomas Templeton, Prose
cutor McDonald announced in
court today. Sentence provided
for conviction cn either charge
largely within the discretion of
the court,
"I am not going to ask for a ver
dict of first or Becond degree mur
der," Mr. McDonald suid, "becaune
the defendant Is a woman and
quite a young woman. We a
that you bring a verdict of man
slaughter in either the first or
second degree 6o the Judge in his
discretion c?.a fix the punish
ment." Declaring the case had shown
the necessity' for "reformative
measures," is told the Jury an ac
quittal would mean Dorothy would
go back to hi sordid environment
which had so much to do with
the charge against her.
A flat olea of not guilty and
not one of accidental shooting is
the defence of Miss Perkins, inifc
announcement made today by Da
fense Counsel Lafih at the opening
of hl summary In what was ex
pected to be the final session
came as a surptise to the crowded
court room, since tho whole line
of testimony hitherto had revolved
around th. accidental theory.
The 17-yenr-old nlrl was pale
but apparently unshaken as sin;
took her seat today. She expressed
confidence of her acquittal.
IRVINE CLAN MAY HOLO
REUNION PARK HERE
Effort are being made by Milton
Miller of Portland to stage a ro
unlon of tho Irvlno kin In the tate
of Oregon, according to word reach
Ing Halem. Mr. Miller deairtw to
have the reunion at Marlon square
on Sunday, Jun 28, beginning at
10 a. m He hu communicated
with several prons In Salem tak
ing them to get everything In readl
nee. Whether or not the reunion
will actually be held haa not been
definitely decided. There ara mid
to be norne 400 descendant of
Jamett, Benjamin, Jesao B.( Robert
A , Mnry E. and Elliabeth Irvine
In Oregon at the present time. The
mother, who wa the first to be
burled in Jason Lee cemetev here
came acroea the plains In lit I.
mourn
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STATE RESIS
IIS CASE ON
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Prosecutor Says Fate of
Shepherd Hangs Upon
Credence Given Testi
mony of Doctor.
Chicago, Juno 17. (A. P.)
The prosecution appealed to Judge
Thomas J. Lynch to call Charles
C. Kaiman as a witness for ex
amination by both aides, Robert B.
Crowe, state's attorney, refusing
to vouch lor Kaiman. Tho de
fense strenuously resisted this
eleventh hour move and the mat
ter was argued in heated, manner.
Prosecutor Crowo argued that
ft was not unusual for a court to
oall a witness who had testimony
for which neither side would
vouch. The defense maintained
that Fulman had been in custody
of the prosecution for a long
period, had made detailed state
ment to tho stato and his name
had been on the list of state wit
nesses furnished the defense.
Chicago, Juno 17. (A. P.)
Today will see the end of the
state's case egaiiist William D.
Shepherd, said Joseph P. Savage,
ashiBtunt state's attorney shortly
before court opened this morning.
"At this time, 1 think I safely
can say that the state has proved
that Shepherd had a motivo for
slaying William Nelson McClln
tock, hifl millionaire fustcr son,
and today wo will try to establish
he actually dia." said Savage.
"Fainiau wilt be our Inst wit
ness very probrbly late today and
if the Jury believes him, we will
obtain Shepherd's conviction. If
tbe jury does not then that Is an
other atory."
Nurse Takes Stand
Charles C. Kaiman, proprietor
of the smull national university of
sciences of Chicago, was indicted
with Shepherd after he testified:
that for a prjiniee of $100,000 he;
taught Shepaerd how to kill ' the
rich youth and supplied live ty
poid germs f Ji" the deed.
Court opened with Miss Marie
Hall, a nurse who attended young
McCiiiitock iii his last illness, as
the first witness.
Miss Hall testified that upon
arrival at tho Shepherds-McCIIn-tock
home, a wcbk after "Hilly"
McClintock hunme 111, the youth
wo delirious She testified aUo
that Shepherd had told her that
'Hilly" hud said, prior to a doc
tor's diagnosis, that he had ty
phoid fever aud that Shepherd told
her he had given the youth a ca
thartic. Shepherd Natural.
Upon crosd-examlnatlon the
nurse said that she had acted up
on specific instructions of the doc
tors. She said sho observed noth
ing unusual at the ShcpherdH
McClintock home and that Shep
herd appeared as the usual father
of an ill son would.
Shepherd expressed anxiety over
the boy's condition, she testified.
Miss Hall tetmtlcd ato that
Mls.1 Isabella Pope, fianoeo of
"Billy" who testified yesterday,
was excluded from the uickroom
in the final Hinges of tho youth's
illness upon orders of the doctors.
The nurse admitted that In the
prescribed treatment of the youth,
he administered hypodermic in
jections, thereby accounting for
tlirei punctures in young McClln
tork'fl arm no'ed In the post mor
tem examination December 24,
1921, after had been dead 20
days.
Robert K. Crowe, state's attor
ney, participated in tho trial for
the first time during the day when
he'read the htatement to the Jury.
The stntinvnl covered about
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Cleveland, Ohio. June 17. (A.
I'.) Tho n(lv;ory honnl of the
HnHherhooii of Loronmtlvo KiirI
neern met bere today and selected
William B. l-renter, Clovolnnd, to
auceeed Warren 8. Htonn, aa presi
dent of all brotherhood activities,
ef(ee.tlT Immediately, Mr, Hlone
died liuit Friday.
Mr. Pranter wan ylee-prexldent
and traaaiirer, havinjc been electad
to ttala offlct at the last triennial
conrantlon of Ifla brotharbood
har a rwr ago.
FAIMAN TAL
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Representatives from seven
booster organizations in the state
who are members of the Oregon
Hospitality club aro mcet'ng to
day In Salem for their annual
convention. Meetings this after
noon and tonight, refreshments in
the afternoon at the chamber of
commerce, and a parade tonight
aro features of their day's pro
gram. The delegates hero today rep
resent the Ashland Tjlthians, the
Coos Bay Pirates, tho Kosehurg
Umpo.ua Chic fa, the Newberg Her
riaits, the Vancouver Prunariane.
the Oakland Cobblers, and the
Salem Chcrrlans. Whilo here the
representatives are guests of the
local Cherrian organization.
An informal session was held at
the chamber of commerce roomft
this afternoon followed by re
freshments and a general get to
gether. Tonight at 7:15 the dele
gates will parade through down
town streets led by the local Le
gion fife and drum corps In com
pany with the full Cherrian or
ganization. At eight thirty o'clorlf
they will hold their annual busi
ness session.
The Hospitality club was or
ganized last rear for the purpose
of binding together the Interests
of tho booster clulw throughout
tho state. Kach booster club ..is
represented by threfl delegates
and It Is the hope that by next
year every organization '.n the
state will be represented, Al
Plerco, formerly of Salem aud
now of Corvallis, in president of
the club and is acting as chair
man for today's sessions.
Tomorrow those hero for the
meeting will go to Portland to
witness tho Hose Festival,
2 BOYS ESCAPE FROM
TRAINING SCHOOL HERE
Two boys from tho state Indus
trial school who were employed on
a farm near the Institution walked
away from their Jobs shortly after
ten o'clock this morning and
strenuous efforts on the part of
the officials had early this after
noon failed to Intercept thcir
eacape. The boys were Glenn
Gale, 15, described as five f-ct,
eight Inches, 141 pounds, dark
complexion with brown hair and
eyes, and Wewly Portwood, lfi, five
feot, flvo inches, 106 pounds, of
medium complexion with brown
hair and gray eyes. The two were
dressed in the regulation khaki
shirts and trousern. Portwood has
& soar on his forehead. A reward
was today offered by Superintend
ent Gilbert for Information lead
ing to (heir apprehension.
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rKiVjCj innJiiJi itimu stands five centb
:
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Ci-TAIHAIT-
Thn state fldi commission lia
authority to discharge an employe
nt any time, and thereforo has no
right to sign nway such right by
entering Into a contract with any
employe for any stated period of
time. Attorney General Van Win
kle takes this position in an opin
ion relative to the employment of
Hugh Mitchell a director of hatch
erics, with whom tho commission
entered Into a contract for four
years at S HT0 a month. The attor
ney general holds that the contract
la Invalid.
This opinion from the attorney
gcrleral probably means that the
flfh conunlsHlon which will be
newly organized by the recent ap
pointment of A. O. Hcata and 8.
M. Garland an me in bora, will at
tempt to dispense with Mitchell'?
servircfl. Mitchell will probably
fight this, sinee ho Is believed to
have fortified himself with legal
opinion before he entered Into the
contract with the state.
Mitchell was employed by the
com mission more than a year ago,
shortly after the commiwlon had
dispensed with the services of K.
C. Clanlon. Mitchell had for 20
years been In tho government
hatchery service and refused to
enter the state service except on
condition that ho bo employed for
ci period of years.
More Intelligence
Declared Cure for
Ills of Democracy
Boston, Juno 17. Since its vic
tory in tho battle for liberty this
country has been engaged In all
ot her struggle to establish I he
" rulo of reason,'1 and In that
struggle It has been measurably
successful, Charles Kvans Hughes
said today, speaking lu historic '
l-'aneull hall nt the celebration of
(ho lfiOth anniversary of tho bat
tlo of Dunker Hill.
Tho former secretory of state
cited several dangers which he
said faro the United Slates, tbe
decline of patriotism, radicalism,
racial and religious bigotry, over
confid,nco rising from our wealth
and strength, and tho "passion
for uniformity'1 which threatens
local self government.
Although roeognlalng the exist
ence of these forces ot disintegra
tion Mr, Hughes said the stand
ards of integrity In business and
political life are higher than ever,
the prosi is fair, tho peopl u
FAIR TONIGHT
And Thursday, except cloudy near the
coast; moderate temperature, light weut
erly winds.
Local: Max., 78; mln., 49; rain, none;
river, 1.0; atmos., clear; wind, northwest
-'POLICEMAN
IN SHANGHAI
, ASSAULTED
Officer of Foreign Set
tlement Police Beaten
While Attempting To
Disperse Mob.
Shnnghal, June 17 (By Asso
elated Press) P. S. Gavin, a Brit
ish citizen and a motorcycle pollca
man fvr the Shanghai international
settlement, was mobbed by Chinese
here tonight. He was seriously
hurt, but his Injuries aro not be
lieved fatal,
Gavin had Juet left the Harbin
road police substation, at the ex
treme northern boundary of the
settlement, when he encountered
a throng on the nearby east Ka-
siUns road, which Is within th
settlement boundaries. The Chln-
ose were being harangued by a stu
dent. The motorcycle policeman Inter
rupted tho speaker and ordered th
crowd to disperse. Ho was an
swered with threats. Gavin then
ordered a Chinese constable to re
turn to the police substation, only
a short distance away and obtain
help.
When the men summoned by the
constable arrived they found Gavin
lying In the street, disarmed and
his motorcycle gone. He was re
moved at once to a nearby hospi
tal whero an examination showed
his skull fractured.
Washington June 17. (A. P.)
Hopes of officials here that tlm
Chinese strike situation would be
smoothed out without harm to for
eigners, have been heightened by
dispatches from Shanghai that
settlement of the trouble is near.
Word that envoys from the leg a
(Continued on Page Nlnoi
FALLS OVER DEAD
J. C. Morriscn, a farmer living
near Liberty, was found dead in
a neighbor's tarn at noon today,
When P. U Ptott, who lives acrosi
the road from the Morrison farm,
entered his barn to attend to hii
cnttle he found Morrison lying
fust inside tho door. He wafl
thought (o have been dead about
an hour. Heart failure was held
the probable cause.
According to Scott, Morrison
sometimes borrowed one of hll
horses and his opinion was that
ho had come lo get the horse when
the fr.tal attack came.
Morrison, who was past 60 yeart
of age, had lived in tho Liberty
diritrict for the last ten years and
was born and reared In Polk coun
ty. Surviving him are his wife,
one sin, Halph Morrison, a sales
man for tho finiem Auto company,
and one daughter, Veva Eastman,
of Marysvlll.?, Cal.
Funeral arrangements have not
yet been made.
brave as their Bunker Hill an
Centura and interest In Important
social problems 1b constantly In
creasing. "When wo examine tho records
of tho past, tho long story ot re
vott against tyrnnny, tho disorder,
tho privations, tho helplessness of
the multitudes and the mistakes ot
leaders, we may well rejolco at
our own Inheritance," he said.
"The men of Hunker Hill mads
possible this heritage. Let us
preserve It. It Is not for us to
make America, but to bo worthy
of her.'
"Tho cure for the Ills of democ
racy," he said, ''Is not. mors
democracy, hut more Intelligence.
We cannot enjoy the blessings ol
liberty without the freedom ol
knowledge.
"To the extent that we exhibit
the capacity for eelf government,
we miy hope to secure our pee
by being reasonable and Just ll
our dealings abroad."