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Newspaper Page TextMM ILLAN EXPEDITION STARTS FOR POLE Journal CIRCULATION Dally average net pala circulation for month ending May 81, 1826 fair And warm Tonight and Sunday;' light northweat 6738 Looali Max., 88; min 54; rain, none; river, ,7; atmoa., clear; wind, north. Average dally distribution 7073. Member Audit Bureau of Circulations. FORTY-SEVENTH YEAR No. 147 SALEM, OREGON, SATURDAY, JUNE 20, 1925 DPTP'C TURPI? PirMTQ ON TRAINS AND NEWS rKlUHi InKM UHliN lO STANDS PIVB CENTS Ti , OA A D. aoixaufl o) SET SAIL FOR f : ARCTIC AREA m Commander of All-American Party Predicts Re turn By September 20 If Plans Hold True. "Wlscasfiet, Maine, June 20 (By Associated Press) The vessels Bowdoin and Peary headed toward the Arctic at 2:42 o'clock, stand ard time today, carrying Donald Boxer MacMHIan and his two crews on their journey which they believe will result in the finding of an un known continent. A blare of band music, shrieking sirens from river craft, waving flags and children grouped around the hillside looking down upon the calm Shcepscot river were featur es of the demonstration which the little village of Wiscasset and the state of Maine gave to MacMlllan and "Is band of explorers, scien tists and naval aviators, number ing two ecore. rwarms of gaily be-decked small boats Balled "down the river with the two ships and two navy eagle boats formed an of ficial escort. Preceding the sailing, the great throng that arrived here today from many parts of the state and nation gathered upon the lawn of the town hall where appropriate exorcises were held to bid the com mander of the National Geographic Society's expedition God-specd. As the ships slipped nway from "Whale wharf, built about a hund red years ago, the commander's farewell was read from the bridge of the Peary by Lieutenant Com mander Eugene F. McDonald of Chicago, In charge of the radio equipment of the expedition and broadcast to the crowds near the piers, where amplifiers were plac ed so all could hear. He read the following message: "I wish to thank the people of Ka' e and especially tho good friends of Wiscasset for their won dcrful hospitality and great Inter est In Arctic work. We thank you for your wonderful send-off and for your hearty good wishes. I am saying good bye for each and very member of my crew. If all roes well you can look for us about Bertember 20. SINCLAIR STOCK OP $13,000,000 New York, June 20 As the re ault of Harry F. Sinclair's victory In the government's suit to set snide the Teapot Dome oil lease the market value of outstanding Sinclair oil securities has Increas ed nearly 113.000,000 already. Af ter the decision was announced yesterday the common stock of the Sinclair Consolidated Oil corpora tlon shot up txk points to a high of 24. First lien six per cent bonds of corporation soared four and three fourths points. Other bonds of the corporation scored lesser gains. Two Portland Youths Arrested Here With 16 Gallons of Wine With 15 gallons of wine, tout ing 11 and 12 per cent alcohol, in their automobile, Joseph F. Larson and Al Yelton, both of Portland Were arrested here Inst night by Traffic Officers Hickman and Ed wards. Larson told the police that he makes his home with F. O. Brockman at the" Multnomah hotel In Portland. Yelton lives at 105 Bast 11th street, Portland. They were driving a new Ford car li censed to a R. O. Armstrong, $34 Third street, Portland. The liquor was all carried In large glass container, some of them of five gallons cnpaelty, and the rear seat of the vehicle had been removrd to mike room for tL lAreoa and Yelton said they 14, m Washington, June 20. Senator Ladd ol . North Dakota, under t vat r m on t In n n.iltimnrn hnsnltftl f n n nit H tin n nH rhp.nmn.Hflm. has developed kidney trouble and bis condition Is considered serioue. Since he was taken ill no details nf liia cnn.l i t Inn hnVA hppn H 1- vulged and the Bilence of those in attendance has added to the an xiety of his friends. Weyerhaeuser Will Build Huge Plant If Railway Extension From Bend Is Authorized. Klamath Falls, Or., June 20. If and when the Interstate com merce commiesion givce the Northern lines pcrm.eeion to ex- tend the Oregon Trunk from Bend to Klamath Falls the Wey erhauoeer Timber company will make public complete plans for the construction of one of the largest sawmills of the state in this city. Thle was gleaned today from Wgh officiats of the Northern lines who arrived in Klamath Falls at noon by motor from Ash land, where they left their private train at 9 o clock this morning, Fred Weyerhaeuser, director of the Great Northern and also director of the timber compauy which bears the family name, was to have made this Important an nouncement here tonight had he been able to make the trip here as he had planned. However, he la not among the rail officials, so the formal announcement necas sarily will be delayed. Substantiation of the report was given by Charles E. rerkme. of Burlington and Qulncy and a stockholder of the Weyerhaeue-.r Timber company. "Inasmuch as I am neither an officer or a director of the timber company, I am unauthorised to make any statement on th?lr be half," he said. "However, It is my understanding that the com pany plans to start opcratlone here as soon as the Northern lines are given permission to make their requested extension." (Continued on Page Nine) got the llqifor on the Jefferson highway about 10 miles south of Salem but would not give more definite information. The two men aro charged with poweslron and transportation of Intoxicating liquor and bail was fixed today by Police Judge Poubien at $f)00 each which they have not raised. Both are well dressed and complained at the hard bds furnished them at the city Jail last night, declaring they were nccostomed to soft mat tresses. The two wore first stopped for speeding on Court street between Church and Summer. Yelton was fined 110 on the speeding charge. They carried a gunge for testing the liquor. i5i OLSO PLANS F0RJR0ES Amundsen's Failure To Attain Goal Fails To Detract From Glory Among Countrymen. Oslo, Norway, June 20 (By the Associated Press) Captain Roald Amundsen and his five fellow ex plorers will have an enthusiastic welcome when they arrive here within the next few days, on their return from their perilous airplane expedition into the Arctic. Though they failed In their main object, that of being the first to reach the pole by air, their ex ploit of flying to a point within ISO miles of their goal, their sur vival amid untold hardships and their return to Spltzbergen In their remaining plan are regarded as being a wonderful feat. Enthusiasm Grows With each succeeding report of the experiences of the flyers, the popular enthusiasm grows and It has already been expressed to some extent In the numerous wireless messages sent to the explorers, from the king, the government and their friends. There Is praise also for the heroism of Lincoln Ellsworth, Am erican member of the expedition, who saved Leif Dletrichsen and Oskar Omdahl, when they fell through the ice. Published non-copyright accounts of the fliers' experiences eay they encountered a fog soon after start ing from Kings. Bay, Spltzbergen, on May 21. Rising above the mist, they held to their course for some hours until compelled to alight be- Continued on Page Kleven) 34 PERCENT OF A study of 681 fatal Injuries un der the workmen's compensation law In which awards have been granted widows by the state indus trial accident commission from July 1, 1914, when the act became effective, to April 30, 1925, shows that 200 of the widows, or 34.42 per cent, have remarried, says a statement by the commission to day. The ages of the widows at the time of death of the husband rang ed from 15 to 73 years, 35.46 per cent under 30 and 63.68 per cent under 40 years old. Of the widows under 20 years old 87.50 per cent have remarried, of those under 30 years 50.34 per cent remarried, while of alt those under 40 years tho percentage of those remarrying was 48.65. The oldest widow to remarry was 58 years old at the denth of her husband and 63 at the date of re marriage. The youngest widow was 15 when he husband died and 17 when she remarried. During the period 14 widows died. AMERICAN ARMY POLO TEAM DEFEATS BRITISH London, Juno 20. (A. P.) The United States arm polo teaai won its match wrth' the British army team, played at the Hurling ham club today, 8 goals to 4. The Americrn ?am in the pres ent fierie of matches Is (Wendln.T its international polo chnmpion- nhln won it Meadowbrook laHt year. This Is th! first of a series of thre game to be played by the United StaU army and British army teams. The other matches will be played June 24 and June 27. King George and Queen Mary. tW Duke and Duchess of York, Prince Heniy. and Ambassador Houghton were among the dis tinguished persona who witnessed the match. RECEPTION JUROR LOSE CUSTOMARY HALF HOLIDAY Counsel For Shepherd Un willing To Allow Jury To Ponder Over Half Answered Points. Chicago, June 20 (By Associat ed Press) Dissatisfied by the trend of the cross-examination of his chief witness, William Scott Stew art, chief of counsel for William Darling Shepherd, forced an after noon session of court today. He did not want to let the Jury have until Monday to study over the replies Dr. Frederick C. Tonney, head of the Chicago health de partment laboratory, had made to questions asked by Prosecutor Robert E. Crowe. Upon direct examination Ton ney testified emphatically that Charles C. Falman, chief witness against Shepherd, could not have obtained typhoid germs In the man ner he had stated, and that the probability was that germs hand led aa Faiman said they had been handled, would have been dead before Shepherd could have used (Continued on Page Nine) TROOPERS TAKEN Medford, June 20 What Is be lieved to be the largest motor cara van ever to enter a national park in this country left Medford at 6 o'clock this morning when resi dents of this city, under the aus pices of the chamber of commerce took approximately 2000 members of the Oregon nntlonal guard as their guests on a week end trip to Crr. tr lake. Escorted by a squad of state traf flc officers, accompanied by a dozen trouble cars and a large force of mechanics, the caravan left Camp Jackson at six o'clock, making a line nearly five miles In length. Each driver has his blan kets and lunch for today hut the national guard will furnish food for the rest of the trip, and cots also which will be pitched at the Union creek bivouac tonight, when the national guard will put on an entertainment for their hosts. Tomorrow the laravan will bat tle through the snow to the rim of the lake, as far as possible by car, then by foot, returning to Medford Sunday evening. TODAY HOTTEST FOR THIS YEAR All heat records for the year 1925 were broken when the mer jry passed the 88 degree mark at 2 p. m. today. It was expected to go above 90 before evening. Shirt sleeves and other Indica tions that Snlcmltes felt the heit, were much In evidence. Several hundred were reported at the var ious swimming resorts in and near the city. Ire cream and soft drink stands did a big business. Yesterday was tho hottest day of the year up until today. Tho off! clal government report stated that the mercury reached 88 degrees- above tero yesterday afternoon. At 2 p. m, yesterday It stood at 84 degrees. The hottest previous day of the year came on May 5, when the mercury reached 87 degrees above tero. TWO NATIONS INDICATE DESIRE TO FUND DEBT Washington, June JO. Further Indications that Both Franc and Ciecho-81ovakla are preparing to make, formal moves toward aego tlatlons ot war atbt refunding agreement reached the Washington government through official channel. FULL SLATE Oregon To Elect Senator, Congressmen, Governor And' Legislators In Coming Campaigns. In the primary elections to be held in Oregon, May 21, 11)26, and tho general election to follow on Tuesday, November 9, next year, candidates ali the way from United Statea senator and gov ernor down t representative in the state legislature are to be nominated an 1 elected. A successor to Robert N. Stan- field as United States senator is to be elected and whether or pot he i elected to succeed himself de pends mainly on the diplomacy of hie epposition, since some capable observers now aver that Stanfield is 10,000 votes stronger than be was six months ago. Numerous candidates to oppose him in the republican primary are talked about. Some of them aro St'ito Senator George Joseph of Port end, State Senator 11, H. Butler of 1 ho Dalles, Judge Lawrence T. Harris ol Eugoie, J. J. Crossluy of Portland, State Senator (Jus C. Moser of Portland, Congressman Nick Sinnott ot The Dulles and A. F. Clark of Portland. Crosslcy Is the only on 3 who has announced his candidacy. Straver Airain Mentioned. On the democratic side Milton A. Miller ot Portland and W. H. Strayor of Baker the latter a state senntor, nre again mentioned, in the 1924 race Miller defeated Strnyer and ran against McNaiy in the November election. For congress, nil the three Ore gon representatives at Wnshlng- fContinued on Page Seven) JUMPING SEEDS IS OFFICIAL EDICT Myater a till surrounds the iden tity of the curious "jumping mus tard seeds" that are on display In the window of the Fitts market and which have baffled the Identi fication by leading agricultural ists trnd biologists. Everyone who passes, the window and pauses to notice them has a guesa of what they arc but no authoritative ex planation has been found. Sheriff llower contributed the most rttiere-sting sidelight of today with the ut-atcment that many years ago ho had seen some of the same things that were taken from a lot Iti Salem As he remembers it, he declares, It was pretty well OHt.tbllrdicd at that time that the curious objects were a parasltn on oak leave tilthough their Identity as a plant or animal was not dli coverod then. A sample that he himself savo l tor about two weelta maintained Its characteristic mo tion throighout that time, he du :lares. Sain Burkhnrt, deputy sheriff, was conducting an unofficial In vestigation of his own this after nooii. He immersed a few of the "seeds" In a thimhluful of con fiscated whiskey and when they continued their jumping afti they were taken out lie concluded that they were nor. animals. "No animal could stand that stuff,"' was his argument. "It can't be done; that r.tuff'n strong." Humorously varied explanation have besn offered to account for their motion. One person clalmc! that the shell softened at the banc and when It regained its upherlca! shape it sprang Into the air. ADMIRAL ROBINSON ASKS FOR EARLY RETIREMENT Washington, Juno 80. Hear Admiral J. K. Roblson, who was a storm center In the Teapot Dnm(. Investigation and who twice since has been denied promotion, has applied for tarly retirement from the navy. Of OFFICERS 10 BE PICKED LlVti Wisconsin Plans For Memorial To Fighting Senator Madison, Wis., June 20. (A. P.) The train bearing the body of Senator LaFollette reached Madison at 1:42 p. m. today. Crowds were at the depot and along the streets to the capttol, where the body will lie in state until the funeral Monduy. Madison, Wis., June 20 rPlans for a suitable memorial to Its dead leader were started by Wisconsin as the state prepared to receive the body of Robert M. La Follette. A monument on tho capital grounds by public subscription or a me morial building at Madison were suggested with the final decision in the hands ot a committee to be appointed by the legislature. Six senators and 17 assemblymen will provide a guard of honor for Marion County Pupils Get Eighth Grade Certifi cates At Exercises Held Here Today. More than 300 students of the Marlon county grade schools were awarded diplomas of graduation in the annual exerclKes at the high flchool this afternoon. H. F. Dur ham, principal of tho J. L. Parrlsh junior high school, delivered the graduation address on the suhject. "Why Everybody Should Do Edu cated." The diplomas were award. ed by Mrs. Mary L. Kulkcrson, county superintendent of schools. The number who were gradu ated this afternoon at the high school represents only about half the number that have completed the eighth grade In the entire county. Two first class districts including Salem, by custom held their own seperate graduation and several other districts choso to do bo and were granted that permis sion. Others who took part In the pro gram were rtev. T. C. Taylor of the First Methodist church of this city, who gavo the Invocation, Miss Lena Ilcllc Tartar who lead the singing, accompanied by the high school orrhxitra, Claudlo Lewis, piano solo, Wllma Cotirsey and Margaret Kasler, violin solos, and Thelma Davis, vocal solo. The following Is the list of stu dents graduated today: District No. 85 Stanley Clcs lnk. Dun Harris, Mllo HnrrK Lillian Ilnr.-ls. No. 142 Ixirctta Wolfe, Royal R. llastle, Snmuol U Mrantiier, Vnda Beryle Kelly, Gilbert D. Lennon, Ilnlph Wolfe. No. 88 Angus Ware, Esther L. Steward, Olive E. Steward. No. 137 August Knnien, No. 29 Jennie Dnvenhouer. N, j 4 vtrginn McKeo, Jtny Chain, WHIInm Smith, Marjorlc Fontaine, Slurgaiei Thomas, M. Mnxine Chllds, Laura Kihs, Paul Koltboff, Worloy Davis, llerenlci' Mario Holm, Uireno Jessie Her!. Lnclle (Join, (iilbcrt Ixmney, V.-. i i Sullivan, Jean Smith. No. 46 Esther Vloln llovi. Anna Pryden. N.J. 112 Martha Qualey. fj. 66 Lola tiolille Sklller, (Continued on I'ago Four) AT Ann Quentln, Cnl., June SO Oeorge Ilontford, a negro, who won serving a term frop Monterey county for burglnry was stftt'rtied to death In the state prison here to day while the convicts were filing out of the dining hall to their work In a dying statement he necu5cd William Keating, also a negro, convict from Sacramento of the stabbing. Keating le aervlrig a term for as. sault with it deadly weapon. 3 00 DIPLOMAS ARE AWARDED the body of "Fighting Bob" as it lies In state in the capitol rotunda until It is, borne to Its final resting place under a sheltering white oak tree In a quiet corner of Forest Hill cemetery Monday afternoon. In accordance with the wishes of Senator La Follette the funeral services at the capitol will be sim ple. They will begin about 11:30 a. m., Monday, with Interment at 1 p. m. The body will lie in state after 1 p. m., Sunday. Both houses ol the state legislature voted yes t i'day to attend the funernl in a body, after the late senator had been eulogized on the floor of the assembly and plans had been made for the memorial. The rending of the Vicmorial (Continued on Page Nino) HILL TOTAP Great Northern Head Says Extension South From Bend Will Exlend To Susanvillc. Portland. Ore.. Juno 20. fA. P.) That tho Hill lines, the Orcnt Northern nnd Northern Pacific, which Jointly own the Oregon Trunk lino which now runs from the Columbia river to Ucnd, intend to push the con templated extension to Klamath Falls, Oregon, as far as Susanvillo. Cal., was Indicated In a statement issued today by Itolph binlil, president of tho Great Northern railway who arrived here with a dire party of the directors. Mr. Dudd also Inlicntcd thai tho Hill lines would raLhcr have Joint use of part of the line now being built by the Southern Pa cific between Eugene and Klnmath f than to have to build a road paralleling that lino. Mr. Dudd ami his party plan to meet at Bend a party of Northern Pacific officials and directors bended by President Donnelly, when the Northern Pacific group returns from Klamath Falls where they are today conferring with citizens. In his stntcment Mr. Dudd said that whether the extension of the Oregon Trunk line la made to Klamath Falls must depend on the deslrefl of the peoplo of Oregon to have another rnllroad. "It is not surprising that a very fierce war Is fielng waged againet the Oregon Trunk hut we hope that before deciding the mathematical paradox th;it two railroads are toss desirable than one, the people of Oregon will weigh past condl- tlono nnd future prospects most rnrnfully, as wo think the entrv (Continued on Pnge Nine) CALIF First Band Concert Here Scheduled for Next Friday Evening The first Salem band concert for the 1925 season will be given next Friday evening, according to announcement mado by Oscar Sleelbammer, head of the band. Concerts will continue twice a weelt, on Tuesday and Kridav evenings, until a total of 18 con certs havo been played. Tho con cert season of nlno weeks may he lengthened a few days In cno one or more concerts aro eliminate.! because of rain or for any other reason. The present plnn Is to hold all concerts, Including the first one. in Willson park, the bijnd tisln tho special concreto stand hirlt for that purpose and the Walte memorial fountain playing as usual, showing ita multi-colored lights nnd Its vnrlous artistic de- nlgnj described by the water as It Is forced into the air. , Nothing has been heard of a LI Thomas Dovery Believed Victim of Enemy Made In Bitter City Political Controversy. Kelso, Wash., June 20 Thomas Dovery, 56, editor of the Cowiita Valley Newa, a weekly publication in Kelso, formerly of Eugene, Ore gon, was mysteriously ahot to death last night on Third street, south Kelso. Officers reported powder marks were found on the face and collar, and that the bullet ranged downward. A 45-callbre pistol was found about 50 feet from the body. Officers were trying to learn the ownership of the weapon. The body was found lying face downward on the sidewalk by a man who notified a neighbor. The man who found Dovery, a laborer, whtise name was not reported by the authorities, said he heard a re port like the backfire of an auto, and Inter came upon the body. Vn limbics Untouched In Dovery's pockets were found i few sliver dollars and a warrant for $96. Members of his family reported he had made some bitter enemies through articles publish ed In his newspaper. In the recent municipal warfare he had been an advocate of A. Iluric Todd, who was recalled from tho office of mayor. Sheriff Studcbnker and his depu ties; together with the Kelso police forei last night covered the town and wired all outstanding stntion. Dovery hart been In Kelso a lit tle over one year. When first ap prised of the tragedy, Mrs. Dovery exclaimed: "Oh, who could hava done It?" She told the coroner that Hhc asked her husband not to go out as she knew he had made enemies and feared something vould happen to him. Dovery wns born In Norway, coming to thin country when he wns seven years of age. Ho wai married In Wisconsin 35 years ago and leaves a widow and two grown daughters, both of whom are un married. One of the daughter has been teaching school In Arl zona, the othor daughter living with her parents In Kelso. The family enme to Kelso from Eugene Oregon, where Dovery was engag ed In newspaper work. Mrs. Dovery said her huban4 carried several policies with Ufa Insurance companies but did not know the amounts. Dovery was a retired major In the United State army. His soft died In the World War. Scouts Stap-p Show. Mill City, Or., June 20. Th4 Roy and Girl Scouts presented their show to the public In th Hammond hall, Thursday night, to a largo und enthusiastic audi ence. The uhow (onslstcd of two parts, one a remedy nnd the other a melodrama, both of which were screams. ilan nunottuccd sons time ago whereby the first band concert of the seuson would be held In the .Salem nuto camp grounds, the principal Idea being to draw at lenllon to, and crcato Interest la t lie new community house built there this spring, but never open-, ed for use. In case it is finally decided to hold tho concert at the camp grounds announcement will be n.ndo lutor to that effect. Tho band Is mrger this year than ever before, and has been practicing for a number of months In anticipation ot the approaching season, Expenses Involved In ad ditions to Iho personnel of th band will be defrayed by sellin advertising .spare In the printed programs, which wMl be distribut ed at each concert. In forme! years the programs have bet handled privately, but Steelham. mer will handle them himself du tng tho 1025 i FED EADER FOUND DEAD P!