C apital Jtloiu
CIRCULATION
FAIR TONIGHT
And Thursday, cooler In east portion.
Light Northwest winds.
Dally average net pal a circulation for
month ending May 81, 1925
6738
Local: Max., 85; min., 48; rain, none;
river, .6; atmoa.. clear.
Average dally distribution 7073.
Member Audit Bureau of Circulations.
FORTY-SEVENTH YEAR No. 148
SALEM, OREGON, MONDAY, JUNE 22, 1925
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FA1MAN TALE iPIPLEK
IS ATTACKED f' ARE HELD FOR
BY DEFENSE M FIGHTING BOB
Testimony and Character
of Star Witness For
State In Shepherd Case
Is Assailed.
Chicago, June 23. (A. P.)
The defense In the William Shep
herd murder trial today further
attacked the testimony and char
acter of the state's star witness.
Charles Faiman.
Mrs. Lu-3lla II. Huhell, for two
months buainees manager of Fai
man'o school, the National Univer
sity of Sciences, testified she
would not helieve Faiman on oath;
that she never saw a letter from
Shepherd to r&imnn, although she
kepi the files and that she never
had seen Shepherd at Faiman's
. school.
Declared IncanRble.
Faiman testified Shepherd wrote
a letter inquiring about a course
In criminal bacteriology, obtained
typhoid gCi-ne and was instructed
as Xjo how to use thein to slay
Billy" M!Clintock, his million
aire foster son, who had'mado a
will In which Shepherd was named
ehief beneficiary.
Dr. John Fischer, head of the
Fischer laboratories, was the next
witness, qualifying as an expert
bactf.rlologidt.
In technhal language he testi
fied Shepherd lacked the scientific
knowledge to propagate and care
for germs Faiman eaid he gave the
accused man until the opportunity
for slaying young McClintock ar
rived. He t.ild Faiman's reputa
tion for veracity was very bad.
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New York, June 22. The
Times today will publish what it
terms the full record of fatalities,
compiled alter Investigation by
one of Its correspondents of the
tetru ethyl lead plant of the E. I.
Dupcnt De Nemours company at
Deepwater, N. J.
The report says 300 persons
nova been afflicted with lead pois
oning in 18 months and eight have
died In delirium in the plant.
The plant wa8 closed in April
and a committee under Sergeon
General Hugh S. Cummlng of the
public health service is Investigat
ing the product poisoning which i -belleved
to have ueen the cause of
five other deaths at the Bayway.
N. J., plant of the Standard Oil
company last year.
New York. Jun Si. (A. P.)
The theory that the mysterious
deaths of workers in the United
States Radium corporation's plant
at Orange, N. J., were caused by
meaothorlum, a Bubstance having
radio activity twenty times as in
tense as th.it of radium, was en
dorsed Inst night by Dr. Frederick
L. Hoffman, consulting statis
tician of the Prudential Life In
surance company.
William J. A. Bailey, director of
an Fast Orange radium laboratory,
Issued a statement In which he
aid that the deaths of five work
ers could not be attributed to ra
dium and in which he offered to
'personally lake In one dose nil
the radlunt that Is used on all the
watch dials produced at one plan?
In a month."
LIGHTNING SETS MANY
FIRESjMNE SERIOUS
Bend. Or., June 22. A number
of forest fires caused by llghtnlRj
havo been icported to the local
forestry jfflco since Saturday
None of thc3e are serious and most
of ihem arj in the Crescent dis
trict, according to forestry offi
cials. One Is in the Sisters district
and one In the Fort Rock district.
The numler was placed at ten by
officials this morning.
A cool wind yesterday with
cloudy sklefl mode the day seem
less arm than previous although
the temeprnture reached 92 or two
degree higher than the previous
season's re.ord. The night was
cooler than In leveral days, the
mercury dropping to 61.
JUDGE GOPgETj" j
John T. Scopes at Dayton, Tonn,
presented a motion to quash the
Indictment charging violation of
the State anti-evolutlon-tcachtng
law. The motion was based prin
cipally upon constitutional guaran
tees of freedom of religion and
lpon v.iguo wording of tho law.
UN BITTEN
HOMES BY
RATTLER IS SAFE
Roseburg, June 22 Mrs. Jam en
Martin was brought to the local
hospital today suffering: from rat
tlesnake bito. Mrs. Martin al
though bitten three times on the
leg will recover, physicians state,
owing her life to her great pres
ence of mind and courage In treat
ing her own ca.se.
Mrs. Martin's husband la a rail
road brakeman working out of
Roseburg, ami she has been re
siding on their homestead, located
about thirty miles west of Rone-
burg in an Isolated district In the
Tyee vicinity.
While out after the cown yes
terday she stepped on a lnrge rat
tier, which wrapped Itself around
her right leg and struck her three
times before Bhe could kick the
reptile off.
In spite of her fright Mrs. Mar
tin' retained sufficient presence of
mind to twist a tornlrjuet above
the wound, and then walked to
the cabin some distance away and
with a pen knife, the only imple
ment available, she carefully cut
an Incision to bleed the wound
thoroughly. She then walked for
a mllo to the home of a neighbor,
fording the river on her way. A
physician was called, reaching her
about midnight, and she was
brought out to tho hospital at
once.
Her leg la very badly Infected
and swollen, and her entire body
is bloated from the effects of the
poison, but physicians reported
this morning that sufficient Im
provement is shown to assure her
recovery.
SOVIET SUCCESS
Minneapolis, Minn., June 22.
(A. P.) Eugene V. Debs, socialist
leader, praised the soviet govern
ment of Russia, urged the reorgan
ization or the present trades union
into Industrial unions and criti
cized the courts In an address at a
socialist conferenco here last
night. The speech concluded a
two day convention of Minnesota
socialists.
'Join the union of your craft,''
Mr. Debs said. "The Industrial
and unions are the forerunners of
Industrial democracy. You will
never succeed In taking over the
government until you are organ
ized Industrially and you will
never vote In the cooperative com
monwealth without an industrial
organization. "
Later on In his address he re
ferred to the achievement of the
socialists tn European countries
when he praised the Russian rev
olution. Referring to the courts, he de
clared "most of you think that
the courts are courts of Justice,"
he eaid. "but let me say that they
are not they are courts ot In
justice."
Thousands View Body of
La Follette; Is Termed
Prophet of New Democ
racy By Haydon.
Madison, "Wis., June 22 Services
of extreme simplicity attended the
burial today of Senator Robert
Marion LaFollette.
Although from the moment his
funeral train arrived here last Sat
urday from Washington, the state
had claimed his body for Its own,
there was nothing of pomp or
ceremony In these, the last honors
that It might tender.
That was as the senator him
self had wished.
To friends of a lifetime was giv
en the sad task of conveying the
body to sanctuary In hla native
soil at a point overloolng a broad
blue lake beside which he was
born and came to man's estate.
Many others with whom he had
labored so long in the state and
the nation were gathered from far
and near to do homage at his bier.
Thousands Pass liter
The expansive rotunda of the
massive state capitol where yes
terday .his body lay In state was
the place of the brief funeral ser
vice. That service was arranged
Ob follows:
Hymn "Nearer My God to
Thee," Mozart and Manne. Choir
chorus.
Funeral sermon Dr. A. E. liny
don of Chicago.
Hymn "Abide With Me," Mo
zart and Manno choir chorus.
"America" with the chorus lead
ing the audience.
Throughout the hours that the
body lay In state, a steady Btream
of people parsed In reverent serv
ice. Even before the doors of the
state house were opened at noon,
long lines had formed at the cap-
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- Webt Salem, Or., June 22. Ac
tivities believed to be carried on
by persons In West Salem, result
ing in the poisoning of several
dogs here, and culminating in the
death of two police dogs last Fri
day, have resulted in one man be
ing lodged In the county all at
Dallas. The dogs were owned by
George Brenner. The name of the
man arretted Is Einfeldt, who
claims that Brenner's dogs killed
his thickens.
Drenner sets the value of hlh
dogs at (1000 for both dogs.
Rumor circulating in West Sn
lem indicate that poisoning of
dogs by someone has been going
on for some time. Brenner's ani
mals wore the first to die as
result of poisoning.
Fish Commission
Ousts Mitchell as
Head of Hatchery
State administration politics
agiln 8ho-t.l its head in the fish
commission Saturday, when, at a
meeting io Portland, Hugh C.
Mitchell was removed without
cause from the office of superin
tendent of hatcheries and R. E.
Clanton was elected in his place.
Clnnton formerly held the office,
hut wan let out over a year ago
when Mitchell was taken from a
similar federal position that ho
had held for 20 years and given
the state position.
Mitchell's removal followed im
mediately ui.on me accession of
State Senator A. G. Heals to a
pla?e on tiie commlsnion and an
opinion of tho attorney general
holding that th( commission, when
It employed Mitchell, had no au
thority to enter Into a long-tpr-n
contract with him. The attorney
general held that the commission,
Kelso Mayor
Back; Defies
Recall Edict
Kelso, Wash., June 22. Fol
lowing assassination of Thomas
Dovery one of hla followers, A.
Itu:ic Todd returned to this city
today and announced that be still
considered himself mayor, an of
fice from which he was recalled
June 3.
Fred J Raweon, leader In the
public welfare society which held
the meeting Dovery had just at
tended, declared today that the
editor feared an unidentified en
em. Rawson stated that the so
ciety was following some clues.
PIERCE DENIES
ELKS' PLEA FOR
16
Governor Pierce today decided,
notwithstanding an appeal from
Elka organizations all over the
state, not to proclaim a holiday on
July 16, the date of the parade of
the national Elks convention in
Portia nd. The governor sent a
letter to Ben S. Fisher of Marsh
field, president of the state Elks
association.
"My first Inclination," says the
governor, "was to grant your re
quest, but my duty as governor
demands that I must serve the best
interests of the entire people of
the state. The declaration of a
legal holiday Is a serious matter
to the business Interests of the
state. It menns financial loss to
many institutions. Mills and fac
tories, If closed, suffer loss. Hanks
closed for a clay mean Interrup
tion of clearances and much an
noyance to regular patrons. An
extraordinary holiday such as this
presents serious difficulties to the
farming and stock interests of the
state, In the care of stock, crops
and fruit harvests. The closing
down of the mills and factories
alone for one extra holiday would
result In a loss of rot less than a
million dollars to their owners."
SIX ESCAPE BY LADDER
WHEN TRAPPED BY FIRE
Portland, Or., June 22. Trap
ped upstairs in a burning frame
bunding, six persons escaped by u
ladder thrown up by some men
who had seen the blaze, when o
rataurant operated by Joseph La-
Salle and J. D. Gllmore at 575
Sherlock avenue, burned early to
day.
The LaSalle and Gllmore fami
lies were asleep above stairs when
IvaSalle went into the restaurant
to start a fire. Some grease
caught fire and the blaze Instant
ly leaped up the stairway.
CLOUDBURST FLOODS
PILOT ROCK REGION
Pendleton. Or., June 22. A
cloudburst that struck near Pilot
Rock accompanied by a violent
thunder stoira and some hall, did
considerable damage late yester
day afternoon, according to ad
vicri received here today.
has right to remove Ha employe
whenever It sees fit and that it
cannot sign away the right by con
tracts.
However, a serious qucstimi
arises as to whether the remova
of Mitchell end the re-employment
of Ci&nton ore legal, inasmuch ai
there is doubt whether Heals iR
legally a member of the commas
sion. The legality of Heals' in
pointmcnt hat been challenged be.
cause of the state constitutional
provision that a member ot the
legislature cannot hold another re
munerative state office or an offi
cial In either the legislative, ex
ecutive or judicial department of
the state government hold office
'.n either of the other departments
Secretary of State Kozer has asked
Attorney Oeneral Van Winkle for
an opinion on the question and
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DEATH TAKES
F
. LTOLLETTE
Senator Ladd, Active
Member of Iusurgent
Bloc, Is Victim of Kid
ney Ailment,
Baltimore, Md., June 22. (A.
P.) S e n a lo r Edwin Fremont
Ladd of North Dakota died here ut
10: U0 a. m. today.
A. complication of kidney trou
ble, which toll an acute turn for
the worse during the night, caused
death at a hospital. Those, at hiB
bedside had given up hope. . His
secretary, Douglas H. MeArthur,
wo called Hurriedly from Wash
ington, The senator was conscious and
in ull command of hla faculties as;
late as last night. I
Conscious to Last. !
Senator Ladd passed away, re
taining " consciousness almost to
the last. Mrs. Ladd arrived from
Washington an hour before the
end came and was at the bedside
witn Milton, one of the eons who
is studying law at George Wash
ington uuiveisity, and his daugh
ter, Virginia, who is attending
high school in Washington.
Scnulor Ladd, while apparently
realizing the end was near,
aroused to greet them when they
entered his room. Tho end came
rapidly after their arrival. Doug
las H. MeArthur, tne senator's sec
retary, who entered tho room a few
minutes after Mrs. Ladd and the
children, tho senator failed to
recognize.
Coincidence Noted.
Washington, June 2H. A. P.)
With the passing of Senator
Ladd, tho republican insurgent
bloc in the senate suffers its sec
ond overwhelming loss within four
days.
Bv coincidence the death of tho
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JUMPING SEEDS
INSECTS. CLAIM
Tho queer "Jumping mustard
seeds' which have attracted such
wide Interest since their display
in the window of Fltts Market are
a species of Insect, Is tho con
clusion of s. H. van Trump,
county fruit Inspector, who has
made an Investigation of their
activity and conduct. Their par
ticular kind has not yet been
determined.
Van Trump made a trip to the
Dltmar farm where the seed-like
objects were found and discovered
that theyo were a parasite on
leaves of an oak tree. It oppcars,
he says, that the larvae are de
posited on the leaves where they
eat through tho leaf and then
fall to the ground. Their char.
acterlstlc movement of Jumping up
mil down periodically ho ascribes
ns nrobahly being duo to 1110 at
tempt of the developed insect to
free Itself from the bard Bbell.
Van Trump will continue his
observations of their conduct and
motion and as soon as they nrc
full' developed will attempt lo
classify them acrording to species.
No further word has been received
frotO' Oregon agricultural author
ities 'who?o first attempts to Iden
tify the nblects was futile.
The display of them In the win
dow of Fit!' Market has contin
ued to nttrnct a largo number of
Interested spectators. The objects
ippenr like mustard seed and
could bo easily tak n for them
It not for their characteristic
movement.
FOREIGNERS FLEE
New York, June 22-fBy Asso
ciated. Pre) Foreigners are
streaming out of Canton, which
threat one to become a new danger
spot In the Chinese anti-foreign
movement.
Steamers leaving for Hongkong
and Macao are crowded with whites
mostly missionaries, but Including
also business men and their fa in 11
le ' .Direct Canton dispatches sy
the situation la "estremely crave.
OLLOWER OF
POLICE ARREST TOURIST
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Lack of Undies Cause
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LAD GIVEN THIRD DEGREE
When E. F. Wlllett, assistant
sales manager for the Yakima Fruit
Growers' association, drove Into
Salem early lost night, at the end
of a hard day's drive, he was wel
comed by being "pinched" by a
traffic officer becuuse he had a
Washington license plate on hla
car.
Willett was accuihpunled bv his
10-year-old son. Ho wasn't speed
ing. He wasn't on the wrong side
of the street, or cutting a corner,
or driving In a reckless manner.
But he had the temerity to enter
Salem with the license plate of an
other Btato on his car, so Night
Traffic Officer Edwards wheeled
up alongside and told Wlllott to
stop. He escorted the tourist to
the police station.
SALEM WAITING
RETURN OF NOAH
TO CHANGE PLAN
Tito long sought reason
why the City of Salem fulls
to change its truffle ordin
ance to provide n new sys
tem of parking was given a
novel answer thin morning
by one of tho hum I police of
ficers who liiul been forced to
listen patiently to the on
slaught of criticism of n visit
injr tourist. -
Stripped of his emphatic
language, the visitor wanted
tn know .who Invented tin
Sale ni nyslem of parking nml
why it had not been changed
long go.
"Huh," replied the officer,
"Xonli Invented tho thing
mid they've got to wait for
Ittm to come back before they
can change It."
HELD BUNDERS
Stanford University, Oil., June
22 Dr. Hay Lyman Wilbur, presi
dent of Stanford university, ad
dressed the graduating class today,
at the forty-fourth annual com
mencement, on "HUnders." He con
tended that superstitions, folk
lore and old wlve's tnles were
blinders "put on' us, or by others
for us, to keep us from seeing In
all directions, to force us to see
only a part and a chosen part of
our surroundings."
Ho said: "To put on such blind
ers Is a favorite way the old have
for bringing up tho young. It Is
eisler to teach a prejudice than
to urge fairness. It Is easier to
beat a drum or srpilrt the blood of
black cat killed In the dark of the
moon on a sick man than It Is to
use the microscope and the test
tube In studying him with the re
sult pcrhatw of changing tho wat
er for his neighbors to keep them
from tho same Illness, It Is easier
to pull down tho shades to new
and dViiiietlng light than to fare
It unafraid.
"Our eyes are directed back
ward moro than forward In much
of tho educational process which
we tine to trnin men and women
for the days ahead.
"Our records are crowded with
much humnn experience, and we
know a great deal about ourselves
and the world. It seems clear that
man's body Is pretty mii'h thnt of
many centuries ago. While wo live
longer, have fewer epidemics and
less days of Illness, no one would
seriously claim that Nurml could
run better than some of the mara
thon runners of Greece, or that
Jolun L, Sullivan or Jack Uemp
s"y had finer bodies ,hnn Sampnon
or Goliath or some ot the gladia
tors of Home, There Is no evi
dence that tho quality of man's
mind has Improved in spile of cen
turies of training. 8lomon, Solon.
Hlpuocrates, Leonardo Da Vlnnl,
Pascal, Hlmke.Hpeare, Lincoln, would
be hnrd for us to match even In
these days of hundreds of univer
sities."
Indians In NcshIoii
Klamath Falls, Ore., June 22
Indians of the northwest were
scheduled to start an eight day
conference on the reservation, near
Klamath Agency, today. The con
ference whs opened with nn ad
drexs by State Senator Jay Upton
of Prlnevllle thin morning. Horse
racing, dancing and boxing are ex
peeted to be the chief features.
At the station Willett was ques
tioned closely by the night desk
officer as to whether he had stolen
tho car In which he and his son
was driving. The officers let him
know that he was under suspicion
of having kidnapped the boy. One
circumstance made things look
very dark for the prisoner. He had
only one suit of B". V. Da. In his
eriD. The officers 'detected this
the first uino thoy went through
the bag and wanted to know abnut
It. Willett had .some troble ex
plaining why he carried only one
suit of undies besides tho one he
had on.
Then the policemen quizzed Ba
yard, the 10-year-old son. To do
this they escorted him to a separ-
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Lowiston, Idaho. June 22. An
elect ricnl storm, accomiianicd by
ua:i and cloudbursts, took a total
of two lives ond wrecked damage
lo crops and farm buildings to
talling several hundred thousund
dollars In Asotin county, Wash
late yesterday advices received
here indicated. The storm passed
near tuts cry but caused Its heavi
est damare to surrounding agri
cultural territory.
Two children, Dwuln and Loot a
Morrow, were drowned while pic
nicking on tho bank of Asotin
creek at Clarkston, Wash., when
a sudden vlood of water rushed
down the i-trcam. Fifteen nuto
mohiles verc left stranded by
their ownerd on tho rivers when
floods suddenly trapped them. All
the inotorlstj, however, escaped.
The Paclfi" Power & IlBht com
pany reported the breaking of sev
eral stretcher of its water supply
facilities between Asotin, Wash.,
and Cinrk-don. Telephone com
munication facilities were badly
crippled by the storm.
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Portland, Or., June 22. Throe
Portland persons met death vio
lently over Sunday, ono in an au
tomobilo accident, another by
drowning In Oswego lake, and the
third a KU'Cido in a water hazard
at Kastmnroland golf links.
The dead:
Mrs. Kate Oarlfnghouse, 43, fa
tally Injured In an accident be
tween a street car and an auto
mobile In which she was riding.
Adtrnr A'l.'tln, 22, accidentally
drowned In Oswego lake.
Mrs. Attn Wolfard, &1, a suicide
in tho A a tor hazaru nfnr tho 11th
groijn ot Kantmoreland.
Ton others met violent death In
the northwest over the week-end.
Murderer Dying of
Wounds Refuses to
Undergo Operation
Chicago, June 22. Bernard
(.! runt, fonriiil of the hangtnanV
nose, In spite of the efforts of
thousands )t persons throughout
the country who had signed peti
tions urging clemency of Coventor
len Small, m'uscd today to per
mit physicians t perform nn opcr
at'on in tho hope of saving hi
life, and di'-d !u minutes later,
lie was stahbed five times Satur
day by Walter Krauscr, once sen
tenced with Grant to hang, bit',
late granted a new trlnl.
Grant waa very weak from the
wounds In hip, neck and chest and
physicians tt the house of correc
tion hoKplu; Insisted on a hluo.l
trarufusion.
"I'll hs d.T.d In m littU while if
BOM UP
INSHAMEEN
BY CHINESE
British and French Gun
boats Take Positions In
Defense of Colony; All
Approaches Guarded.
Cnnton, China, June 22. (A.
P. Sliaineen, the artificial lMand.
which is t.e Canton foreign settle
ment tod:;y was in a state of siege.
Two gunboats, one British and
ono French, held commanding po
stions in the creek separating
Shameen from the city. All ap-
prcacnes to cue island were forti
fied, with piled up sandbags and
quick firing guns testifying to the
preparedness of the foreign forces
for finergeacies.
A!l Europeans hava been warn
ed not to enter Canton itself. In
Shnmeen, It is believed they will
be gyfe. The placing of tho two
gunboats Is supposed to make im
possible any landing by Chinese
on tho lelnnd.
A fresh contingent of French
sailors arrived this morning and
took up quarters in Shameon.
Feeling Runs Strone.
Foreign residents in the Y. M.
C. A. In Canton itself have lice a
urged to leave for some safer lodg.
ing.
The strike Is continuing, undar
the pressure brought to bear on
workers by the Kuomintaiig (peo
ple's party) the present ruling fac
tion in Canton. Some Chinese nay
thnt much of the anti-foreignisni
being preached is the result ot
Kuomlntang coercion.
Foreign feeling Is especially
strong naghir.t Japanese and Brit
ish nationals and interests. The
Americans are reported receiving
better treatment.
Protection nedp-ed-Ilonghong.
June 23. (A. P.)
The government here today Ismied
a notification guaranteeing full
protection to life and property
during the sympathetic strike now
being carried on here by Chlneso
'(tudents and workers.
The fami'y of any person killed
whi'e engaged In carrying on hla
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New York, June 22. From five
to fifteen years confinement In
Auburn prison was tho sentence
Imposed today upon Dorothy Per
klnH, charged with killing Thomas
Tcmploton, Jersey City war veter
an au! her Miltnr.
The girl appeared entirely com
posed as Judge Mclntyre delivered
the sentence and later walked
steadily from the court room.
"I feel very sorry for you," tho
j ud ;re said, "1 don't want to add
any moro anguish to what you
have already suffered. But you did
n heinous wrong; you have led a
very bad life for one so very
young."
Although many letters have
been receivcJ concerning the cose,
hn tmid, not one of them suggest
ed the girl should be let off with
out punlshement
you'll let me alone," said tho
wo.mdcd prisoner, "so why pro
long my lifo whtn It's going to bo
taken from mo anyway."
Or. Frank Jlrka pleaded but
Grant's resistance did not weaken.
A half hour later the prisoner
died.
Grant, who always Insisted he
wan Innocent and that Krauscr
alone was Rullty of killing the
policeman, Halra Souders, la a
holdup In 1922, probably would
havo been i.ardoncd or his sen
ten committed to life imprison
ment had 'Crnnser escaped the
gailows r tecond trial, which
was set i for this week. The
supremo .mil allowed Kraut-
er a retr.. ; .nit donled a lecood
hearing- for Urant.