HEAT 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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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