Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, June 24, 1925, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextHEAT RECORDS FOR JUNE ARE SHATTERED CIRCULATION Dally average net pa! a circulation for month ending May 81, 1925 FAIR TONIGHT And continued warm 'tonight and Thurg day. Light dry northerly, winds, Local: Max., 85; mln., 53; rain, none; river, .5; atmoa., clear; wind, north. 6738 Average dally distribution 7073. Member Audit Bureau of Circulation. FORTY-SEVENTH YEAR No. 150 SALEM, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 24, 1925 DDTPT? TnDPU PPKITO ON TRAINS AND NEWS X Hi'UiU STANDS PIVB fiEN-ri pn n U HI n n n n YniffSl3 J IJzilJuUuuf Cavii TEMPERAT! EACHES 100 Mercury Still Climbing To 102, Hottest Ever Recorded ; Heat General Over State. All heat records for the month of June in Snlein went by the boards today when the mercury climbed to 100 in the shade on downtown thermometers at 2 o'clock this afternoon, and was still mounting with Indications that It would equal or exceed the higheet mark evor recorded here. One Hundred and two degrees, established during July, la the of ficial high mark for Salem. The thermometer maintained by one Jowclry firm on Front street re corded 105 at 2 o'clock this af ternoon. Today Is also thought to es tablish a record for range in sum mer temperatures. The rise be tween 6 o'clock .this morals and 2 this afternoon was 4 2 degrees. The range during the day was as follows: 0 a. m 58 8 a. m n 1 p. m 99 2 p. m 100 The hlKhoot previous tomperature for June was established last yeUt when the, aionnlPy Mounted to 98 bri June 29. The hottest day last year was July 22, when the tem perature reached an even 99. The heat wave was general throughout the state with temper ature reported from other points as follov.-s: Medford 104: Eugon 90; Port loud "ifi- MarshfloM 99. Today, the twenty fourth of June, is the midsummers day which Orace M. Richmond, Shake Bpcnre and the ancient sun wor shipers made famous. For many ages, mld-summcr s day, the sum mer solstice, was reverenced in al' the countries of Europe. Fes tivities began the evening before and bonfires, torchlight proces- elons anund tho fields, and the rolling of blnjlng wheels down hills were enjoyed for twenty four hours nnd more. Tradition also bas It that pre-Volsted flu- Ji's made froi." tho corn In the fields filded to the general hilar ity by which old Sol was hon ored. With the modern calendar things are ft what they seem. Midsummer's day Is really not midsummer's day. With due re gard for the Importance of truth It must be admitted that June twenty first Is honestly and tru ly mld-flnnr. er's day. Some folks think that summer begins on June twenty first. They are all wrong. It really begins half way between Manh 21 and June 21 and ends midway between June tl and September 21. This is of fered as solace for the Saleinites who are living through the hot test day if this year. However, ono can understand why the an cients worshipped the sun on this day, for Its power Is predom inant. Ask the man who tried to keep cool today. . PLANT APPROVED Falls City, June 24 Falls City Will dell Its power plant to the Mountain States Power company for $16,000 according to the result of the city election held yester day. The final count atood 67 to 28 in favor of accepting the Moun tain States company' offer. Only the plant and the distributing center are Included In the offrr. The company plans to have Its Hne built to connect with the main line at Pal In not later than Aug ust ?0. All day service will be in augurated and a number of other improvements made, KLAMATl&TS FIRST CLASS POST OFFICE Wahln;?t n, June 24 Kla-i.-atb Kails, Or. is one of fifty on second class pttofffces advance-', to Kiit cla.s, effective July 15. HERE TODAY G.O. P. Nominee ; .-.-V A Ms'J RlntA Runntnp ArthnP Whlf TlflT. of M cud ham. N. J., won the Repub" lican nomination for Governorship ol that mate oyer mamas tr. aio Gran, of Paterson. N. J. Conspiracy Is Charged By Defense In Plea To Save Alleged Slayer From Gallows. Chicago, June 24 (By Associat ed IresH) William D. Shepherd was the victim of a diabolic con spiracy and should not be hanged on the testimony of one man, who sought to prove him guilty of mur der of William McClintock, the Jury was told today by William S. Steward,, chief of defense counsel. "If you gentlemen think this de fendant went out and talked with Charles Falman, hang him," shout ed Stewart at the outset of his ar gument. "He didn't have any busi ness talking with Falman." It was Charles C. Falman, pro prietor of the National University of Science who said he gave Shep herd typhoid germs and taught him how to use them to murder William McClintock for the J1.000, 000 estate he had willed to Shep herd. Prosecution Attacked Prosecution of Shepherd that was attacked by Stewart as forced by power behind the scenes, and ho charged Robert E. Crowe, the state's attorney, and Stewart's for mer chief, with permltitng himself to be made a cats paw in a will fight. , Shaking his fist within a foot of Crowe's face, Stewart demand-! od, to know why Faiman's "diplo ma mill" had not been closed, and said he would leave the prosecu- (Contlnued on Pago Nine) SHEPHERD IS IIELDJIC1 Judge Says Kissing And Cocktails Not Grounds For Divorce New York, June 24. (A. P.) Notwithstanding kissing and cock tall parties, young women are Just as pure now adays as they were years ago, In the opinion of John W. Ford, a Justice of the state su preme court and a backer of the clean bool-n league, vhlch has been tctive fn seeking legislation for bnppreslon- of salacious liter ature. He cxpro-td his views in court yesterday in ruling that testimony nf k wife's breakfasts (n negligee with another man and occasional .tin :en and cocktail parlies were not .nffii'ieiit evidence of Infidelity. The dictum was given In the suit of Thomas II. Symington, wealthy railroad equipment manufacturer. Justice Ford Raid that ninny of Ih things v.o.nen did nowadays wore tninnstruf il. Talhot W. rhamlcrp. coal deal er nnd one nf two co-respondent n miri! by Hymlngrn, wni arraign TODD NAMES PULL ROSIER Recalled Mayor of Kelso Sets Up Complete City Government and Will Sue For Authority. Kelso, Wash., June 24 Two municipal governments, each as serted rule today over this city of 3 000, where Thomas Dovery, ed .Uor, was assassinated Friday after a year's factionalism in which A. Ruric Todd was recalled June 3 from the office of mayor. ' Todd today, following declara tions at a meeting of his followers last night, when he addressed 1200 In the open air, appointed five 'men to be councilmen and named oth ers to administrative posts. Mean while Nat Smith, installed as mayor after the recall, and councilmen put Into office with him, continued to perform. The men to be named for the council, he says, nrv Officers Selected Frank Svvager, capitalist, and Charles Carol hers, director of the Cowlitz County bank, for the first ward; A. Penhall, South Kelso grocer, second ward; Jyhn E. John son, West Ifelso, cobbler and E. C. Merriman, West Kelso realtor, for the htlrd ward. Holdover council men, who aro members of the present council. Jack Hall and W. O. Mallory. Todd regards Hall and Mallory as tho only members of the present city council who hold their offices legally. Todd says his appointees for city offices will be: Fred P. Rawson, city engineer; Jack Scott, fire chief; Foley Oat man, water superintendent; T. B. Hume, police Judge; Fred Losey, chief of police; Jack Newton, po lice sergeant; John A. Davis, street superintendent; Joe Hembre, bridge superintendent; Dr. H. C. R. Nor rls, city health offcer and Mrs. Lil lian Cook, city librarian. Necessary court procedure to le galize his appointments will be taken, Todd says. Opponents Stnnd Pat Meanwhile, th Smith adminis tration city council met last even ing in the city auditorium and con sidered local Improvement district plans and other general affairs of tho city. At what is said to have been the (Continued on Page Four) MINERS WILL RESIST WAGE AND HOUR CHANGE London, Jnne 24. (A. P.) Executives of the miners' federa tion announced after a meeting to day that they would make every effort to prevent the long hours and lower wages proposed by em ployers in tho coal Industry. Do tails of their campaign will not br decided, It was announced until the specific proposals of the mine owners are known. ed yestcrda oh charges of adult ery as the result of nfs testimony concerning Mih. Symington. He pleaded not guilty. Counsel for the wife gave no tice that sua Intended to file per jury charg?a against Symington. Dr. Edward S. Pope testified that Mrs. Symington had admit ted to him crnflth-nttnlly that she had been unfaithful to her hus band . Six of the 19 charges against Mrs, Symington were withdrawn hy the plaintiff. The court indi cated that in eleven other charges he would direct the Jury to find In favor of the wife. The II counts concern re-ations between Mrr.. Symington and Maurice Fatio, an uwrhitect. Evidence we Introduced that Fati? had kfmed Mrs, Symington and had breakfasted with her In her room. OF OFFICIALS CRISIS NEAR CHINESE SITUATION Critical Demonstration Slated For Tomorrow; Foreigners Flee From Canton In Swarms. (By Associated Press) In renewed rioting at Canton several Europeans were killed and a number wounded. Women anil children are fleeing from the city and about 160 of the refugees, in cluding some twenty Americans have arrived at Hongkong, tho British colony. Preparations are being made In many Chinese cities for demonstra tions tomorrow which Is the drag on day' festival. Shanghai dis patches say the success or failure of these demonstrations may ma terially affect the entire Chinese situation. Shanghai Troop Ruled Shanghai and Its suburbs are un der martial law in readiness for possibilities. Reports generally indicated a continuing grave situation in South China, although messages from Ningpoo, where a serious condi tion was reported yesterday said the crisis there had passed. Reports from Mukden, tho Man ehurlan capital, received at Pe king deny that anti-foreign dem onstrations have taken place thero (Continued on Page Nine) Washington, June 24. (A. P.) The Anti-Saloon League and the Association Against the Prohibi tion Amendment, whose goals In the prohibition questions are ex actly opposite, find themselves in paradoxical agreement on the shakeup of the enforcement sys tem ordered by Secretary Andrews of the terasury. Doth organiza tions, however, qualified their en dorsement of the new order in statements last night. The reorganization ordered by Mr, Andrews, to be effective Au gust 1, aboxhlng state lines In favor of divisions according to fed eral Judicial districts and decen tralizing authority, was described by the association as a move "obviously In the right direction." If prohibition can be enforced, the statement declared, "this man and these methods will enforce it. We r.re equally confident too, that if tho law cannot be enforced, which will be the case, then Gen eral Andrews will be Just as straight forward in announcing his failure as he has been in hla efforts to bring about honest en forcement." The shakeup will do much to re move "spolb politics," the asso ciation added, ana rt Injects "com. man sense, good faith and good judpment'Mn enforcement. Wayne 1J. Wheeler, general counsel of tae Anti-Saloon League declcred the new plan doubtless would eliminate politics "better than under 'he present system, hut we will, of course, ask congress to put all tho prohibition agents un der civil service so that 'his pol icy will be fixed by statute.'' MRS. HARVEY W. SCOTT, WIDOW OF EDITOR, DEAD Portland, Or., June 24 Mar garet M'Chesney Scott, widow ol the late Harvey W. Scott, Portland editor, died here to tiny after an lllnci of four months. Mrs, Scott wan bora in LatrcUc, Pa.. August 2, 1850. She was luurricd to Mr Scoit In 18ifl nnd they cam tc Portluiid th-t year. Mr. Srott w.i: fdltor of the Morning Orrijoninn until he d'ed In !!!. Mrs. Scni ( is survived l y two fin l-rslii !U. Scott and Ambrose H. Krott. ,in 1 ono daughter, Mrs, lerry ft Field 3. NAVAL A E Department Threatens To Withdraw Support Un less Regular Equipment Is Installed. Washington, June 24. (A. P.) ' After tho navy department had threatened today to withdraw from participation In tho Mac Millan Arctic expedition, the Na tional Geographic Society, joint ' sponsor of the undertaking announced that an agreement had been reached and the exploration would be carried through as planned. Washington, June 24. (A. P.) An ultimatum calling for the re turn, of the navy contingent with the MacMillan Arctic expedition unless navy wireless equipment is installed on the exploration ship Peary, has been issued by the navy department. T.he equipment, consisting of long wave apparatus is being rushed to Sydney, Nova Scotia, where the Peary is anchored, by the United States destroyer Put nam. Commander Iiyrd, headlnp the navy detachment with the ex pedition, has announced he would refjr the question to Commander MacMillan. A long wavo navy set Is being (Continued on Page Nino) Samuel M. Shortrldge, United States senator from California, who Is touring the coast on an Investi gation for the senato naval affairs committee of which he Is a mem ber, stopped over specially in Sa lem today to see his former home town and to visit with friends that he knew here In 1874 nnd 1875. The senator was and is now an Important member of the naval af fairs and other committees of the senate began life as Janitor In the old East school here In 1875. He came to Salern with his mother In 1874 and made his home In Satem for a year and a half after which he went to California. During hi residence hers he was a student at the old East school, now known as the Washington Junior high school, at tho same time that he was awiitttlng with the Janitor work here. "The Willamette valley is won derful," he commented after his arrival hero by automobile from Portland. ESPEE OPPOSES Washington, Juno 24 Proposals of the Oregon Trunk railway to make certnln extensions to Its line In central end southern Oregon wero opposed before tho Interstate commerce commission by the Southern Pacific company which asserted that tho Central Pacific, one of its own subsidiaries, had un der way, or was projecting a con siderable mileage of new linen In the fttuie. Tho Oi egon Trunk conntmction declared by the Soul hern Pacific to be unn'!es:iry duplfration of facllltlrs for the territory. The Southern Pacific alvo asserted tho Oregon Trunk had ovp r-fM mated the timber rsourco M the terri tory to he served, and that thF traffic 'ivnilnhlo in the area wns not sufflHi'rt to Htippnrt both now rnllio.idti. Yet'.jrflnv' Snores Vernon .1: 1'o.Mliuid 4. Salt Lnl? 7; Ran J-'ri'.nclsro !). hi '-.land C; P;it!0 S. K- - Ui -1; Au& I. 7. DEMAND DON ARCTIC SH PS Politics Banned In Reorganizing Federal Dry Unit Washington, Juno 24. (AP) State and local political influ ences are to be shaved aside In filling new administrative posts in the prohibition enforcement organization, it was indicated to day at the treasury where As sistant Secretary Andrews was busy on plans for the new regime. It was freely predicted that the assistant secretary would fill many of the 22 divisional admin istrative posts In continental United States with men from dis tricts other than these in which they will serve. Congressional influences In the past have weighed heavily in the selection of federal directors for states and In the selection of Peking, Juno 24 (Ry Associat ed I'refis) Tho Chlneso govern ment In a note to tho foreign diplo matlc corps today argued for tho revision of old treaties giving for eigners spoclal privileges in China. In a second note also sent to the diplomatic corps today the Chinese forclg nofflce reiterated its Insfst- enco upon the "thirteen points" advanced-b ythc Chlneso delegation at the recent abortive conference at Shanghai and expressed the hope that the new conference to discuss general Chinese questions, proposed by tho foreign diplomats may bo held speedily. " The note insists fipon the re lease of Chinese arrested at Shan ghai during the recent strike troubles and suspension of sen tences Imposed upon them. It asks for "an apology" and for tho "ren dition" of tho mixed court at Shanghai. It calls for the rein statement of strikers, tho Improve ment of the working conditions of Chines; nnd for Chinese participa tion in the municipal council at Shanghai, as well as for "liberty of speech nnd assembly," and for the dismissal of tho secretary of the Shanghai municipal council, R. 11. Howe. The note declares these points are necessary for the settle ment of the Shanghai Incident and as a further basis for permanent peace says It Is nlwiolutely neces sary to revise the "unequal treat ies" by which foreigners enjoy spe clal privileges i'n China. A separate note on the latter sub Jcct was sent by the Chinee gov ernment to the diplomatic corps today. FEDERAL PRISON SCENE OF ESCAPE Tacoma, Wash., Juno 24. Fed eral guards under Warden F. It. Archer of th" McNeil Island peni tentiary near here were searching the island this morning In the ef fort to cupturo Morton Hanson, who escaped yesterday while at work with a gang of men otitsldj Iho prison walls. Notices have heoT sent hrondcast and boats hnvt: been circling the Island constant ly fi'nco bis escape Prison offi cials believe he Is still on the Is land, hidden In the brush. Hanson, who came to McNeil. Miivch 14 ,1925, from Portland, to Hnrvo two years for violation of tho Dyer act, is believed by prison officials to ho "Whltcy" Fuller and to have been Implicated In i murder In Klamath Fulls two yo.irs ago. REBEL RIFFIANS SUFFER AS RESULT OF BLOCKADE Tchian. Spanish Morocco, June 24. (A. P.) The rigid blocknd" OHtuiiilshed against Abd-el-Krim !iy the French nnd Spnnfsh Is re ported t" have brought about n ih orl litre of food supplies among Mm i-cbnl Wffinns, many other subordinate officials and the treasury' has not been satisfied with some of the men thus named. Mr. And re ws sal d tod ay he would not retain men whofe in tegrity has been questioned and who did not measure up as pro ducers of results. The whole list of present officials will be gone over before the new system goes into operation August 1 to deter mine how many of them will be asked to stay. To obtain the type of adminis trators he seeks, the'assistant sec retary 1ms asked Comptroller General McCarl for a ruling on tho salary question. It Is under stood he Intends to pay as hUh as $10,000 annually for somo posts. TRANSPACIFIC - DECLARED VITAL Seattle, Wash.. June 24If penco on tho Pacific ocean Is to bo preserved, thero must ho ade quate communication across that ocean, particularly for news so thot full knowlcdgo may be had on each sldo of events, V. S. Mc- Clatchy of Sacramento told the 12th annual convention of the Na tional Foreign Trades Council here today. MeClatehy Is chairman of a special cummlltco of tho Pacific Foreign Trade Council, Reliable daily news reports, he said, can bo maintained only when facilities in speedy transmission aro offered at low word rate, for use by Independent news associa tions. In an address on "Selling Amer ica Abroad." Frederick J. Koster, a prominent San Francisco busi nessman, declared that in the phrase was involved "tho whole question of world leadership." "America," ho said, "with her great population, her enormous wealth, and the energy of her peo ple, their inventive genius which stops nt no obstacle however great, living under a system of govern ment devoted to the theory of lib erating that energy, and providing Tor that equality of opportunity which enabled every citizen to de velop to the utmost his capacity. should know no limitation In the contribution she can make to pro gross of the world. 'Then, we should sell America abroad because It is good business. It Is good morals and because of America's position, It is an Inea- capablo obligation." FAMOUSlCIENTIST DEAD Washington, Pa., Juno 24. Doclor William Curtis Farabee, well known scientist, died at hl home hero today, after an extend ed lllncf.s. Dr. Faral'oo, curator of the American nation of the university museum of Philadelphia, fell vic tim to fever whllo exploring in South America. Legionaires To Wear Convict Uniforms on Convention Junket A complete sot of convicts' uni forms will ho tuken by tho Amer ican Legion drum corps of Salem when it leaves this aftcmon ui 5:30 for Prinevilln to participate in tho statu American 1 .ok Ion con vention thero. "They always ding dong us whuiever Wo go about the stalo penitentiary und tho insan. asylum being located here,"' said Karl Hlngm. who has charge of the corps, this morning. 'W' though we'd Just beat 'em to it litis time and sprout out with reg ular convict suits." Tho unlfonns will bo worn when llio drum corps participate In comic s( ii tils nt the convention. They were ii'iide especially lor the purpose, Tho convention opens tomorrow morning and continues until mid forest fire sweeps siletz area Flames, Fanned By Strong Northeast Wind, Out ol Control; ValSetz la Thought Safe. Fire fighters were batlline to save the big sawmill of the Cobhs & Mitchell Lumber Co. and tno town or vaisetz In Western Polk county from the spread of a forest fire that sprung up about 8:30 o'clock this morning, accord ing to Will Caldwell. - forest ranger on the Bald Mountain look out station at 1:30 this afternoon. Over the long distance telew phono aCldwell said that the names fanned by a northeast wind had burned right up to the northern edge o fthe town at that , through the timber parallel with time, and were sweeping westward the town. Caldwell said that he was un ablo to estimate the full extent of tho fire because of the heavy smoke clouds, but estimated that the flames had already eaten their Way through several hundred acres of green and logged over timber land. Camp No; 4 of tho Cobh.Hotch ell company Is reported completely destroyed, nnd all all employees of the company have been pressed Into scrvlco to fight the fire Dallas, Juno 24 Tho first seri ous forest fire of the season broke out twenty miles southwest of Dal las in the Cobbs-Mltchell lumber company camp two miles from Vaisetz between eight and nine o'clock last night. At noon today It was not under control nnd was burning over both the green and the cut over timber. Vat wet was threatened during the night but a swerve In the direction of the wind saved tho town from further dan ger. Near Head) of Slk'ts The fire Is near the new site of camp 3 at tho head of the Sllets river, Cobbs-Mltchell loggers and milt workers are fighting It under the direction of Deputy District Fire Warden McFlwaln who left Dallas early this morning. A dry strong northeast wind Is fanning the flames. According to Will Caldwell, forest ranger lookout at Ilald Mountain, midway between Dallas and the firs, there was a small improvement this morning;. Dcnso smoke, however, made ac curate observation impossible. This Is the first fire which has gotten beyond control this year. Olynipla, Wash., June 24 With an east wind prevailing and with the humidity of the air sink ing towards the danger mark, state forestry officials this morning ex pressed fear that the day might see serious developments In the forest fire situation unless logging op erators exorcised extreme vigilance especially where slashing fires ars under way. he department of forestry has ordered the railroad companies to put on speeder pa trols In all the forested areas, it was announced by T. S. Goodyear, asHfltnnt supervisor of forestry. night Stitunlny night. Tho local corns will make the trip In special Hleepers, arrangements having henn made o lo;ivo the tram thers during tho convention. It Is ex pected that the numhor of Legion naires attending from Salem, in cluding the drum corps, which numbers 29, will reach a total of 50 mon. Moot of those not mem bers of the corps will go by auto mobile. William Hi men of Dallas, prom inent memVr of the American Legion thero, will accompany th ??film drum corns. Jim Madler colored ni-mher of the local post. will be ta on along for tue ex prow purpose of shining boot PrMcngcrs from nwro will Join th ipivinl train to be made up al (Continued on Page Four)