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About Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980 | View Entire Issue (June 27, 1925)
c mJoutnal. CIRCULATION Dally average net pa la circulation for month ending May 31. 125 o A CLOUDY TONIGHT And Sunday. Cooler in the Interior. Mod erate westerly winds. aiDitai 6738 Average dally distribution 7073. Member A wilt Bureau of Circulations. Local: Max., 90; mln., 54; rain, none; river .1; atmos., clear; wind, northwest forty-Seventh year no. 153 SALEM, OREGON, SATURDAY, JUNE 27, 1925 4. -a PRICE THREE CENTS &YsA'Vr cnEn?I f7h rm fin J. mm .- TO V wmim JAUNT CAUCu OF SQUABBLE Returned Guardsmen Ver ify Bungling By White And Staff; Traffic Of ficers Hard Boiled. Despite definite orders to the contrary, tho majority of the en listed personnel of company K. l-OUuJ infantry. local unit of the Oregon regiment of national guardsmen, saw Crater Luke when the caravan from Camp Jackson went within 5 miles of the laku, according to information reaching; Salem with the return of the loeal company last nigut. Threate were made by officers who went to the lako am, found the men there, promises of sentences in "the brig were mad0 but nothing ever came of any of them it is stated. A group of some UO or 70 men were lined up in one place and a photo graph taken of the group, with the assumed purpose of using the pic ture for future evidence. The ma jority of the men in tho photo graph were members of eompany F, members of wo company re port. The entire- caravan trip has been tho subject of discussion, much of ft adverse ,evor since the event, took place. Criticism of the management of tho caravan center around two principle ideas: It Is held that ordera wero given to start on the trip i mil knowledge that It would never bo completed to its announced destination and it is further stated that state traf fic officers, working in co-opera tion with Adjutant General White and his staff, attempted to bull dozein many casioa successfully civilian nutomobile drivers into making tho -trip on to Klamath Falls, when' the original arrange ment, so far as the drivers had known, wis to go only as far as Crater Lake. In defense of the fact that de cision not to go on to the lake wa.- announced when the caravan was virtually there, some members of the staff this morning advnnced the claim that the trip wa started without the . Information whirls properly precede- every troon movement having been correct ly ascertained in the present case General Whitg and his staff were unable to judge, up until the last moment whether or not condition would permit th3 troops making tho march which amounted to 1J miles through slush." The more gc-crally accepted Teralon, however w that White an 1 bis staff had ful! knowledgo of conditions as they would exl3t with respect to making the las'- lap of the trip to the lake, end had no Intention of renWne th rd nn Png" Konrl Washington, June 27. (A.- P.) Secretary ot the Navy Wilbur aid today he probably would b unable to accept the invitation from tho governor of Oregon to attend tne ceremcnles at Portland on July 3, accompanying the turn ing over of the historic battleship Oregon to the etafe. Bids on 35 Miles of Roosevelt Highway To Be Opened In July Portland, Or., June 27. Adver tising for bids for 35 miles of con struction work on the Ho.isevelt highway wan ordered late yester day by the state highway commis sion the proposals to opened i:t the July m?etln?. Twenty-three mllrs will he lb Curry county, frrni Pistol riv.T south to the California slate line to connect with the Itedwood n!gb. way This rectlon of highway wili be divided Into four units, a It was doomed alt-Totlier too lurg' for any one con rn '-tor to handle The mute will run through llr. wik Inga snd will orcn Ii.nrM tn-. cfi one of the Piot ru-jr sd n r turcwfiie sec'l'ns o tho Ur j.ri: tcacojst. Son May Seek LaFollette's Senate Seat iff i s. " ? Ilohoi't M. La Follctte, Jr. Chicago, Juno 27 (By Associat ed Prows) The Chicago Journal today published a story saying that Robert M. La Kolletto, Jr., son of the Into Senator La Kolletto of Wis consin, would announce In a few days his candidacy for his fath er's seat In the senate. OFFICER HERE TO 1 10 CALIFORNIA A police officer from Los An geled arrived today and will en deavor to take back to Los Angeles Ualo Vv uliams and Hurry Van Uc'der, who were arrested here re cently on instructions from the chief of police at Los Angeles. who:"o they are wanted on charges of larceny and embezzlement. The hearing on the California requisi tion will be held in Governor Pierce's office nest Tuesday at 1 ro clock. Williams was released two diys ago on $700 bail and on Instruc tlons from Los Angeles, Van Geldor was freed with no charge :iHi;lr&t him, hut later a new war rant was issue a In California against Van Gelder and ho was re arrested today, but allowed to go on his own recognizance. Both men were in Salem today. It le understood they will make a bard fight against extradition, AHlng on Instructions from Lw Angeles the local officers when they first arrested the two men alBO arrested Williams' wife and a Miss Mary Ullgli who accompanied them, and all four were In the city jail over night. The next morn ing instructions came from L0.1 Angeles to let the two women go for the reason that they were not accused of anything. It develop cd that at the time the arrest was mado no warrant had been Issued against any of the party by Los Angeles authorities, which It is claimed rendered the arrest of doubtful legality. Before Judge McMahdn, District Attorney John H. Carson apologized to the two women for their arrest and Im prisonment In the city Jail, de clarlng that there was no cautre for placing them under arrest. Bids will a!?o bo opened on si:: miles of the highway In Lincoln uuiity between Siletz bay an 1 Rock creek, which will complete the highway In Lincoln county, nir;h of Newport. The commMs:o alo advertlf-cd for bid- for grading 8;x miles of the highway in Lane county north of Kior.-nco. Lincoln county hay ippivpriuttd $30,000 for this work and 'he co? will be in!t on a 50 50 Lasls. Thi! off'-r nf tho coinniisslon to torn;'!'1'1 the highway in TiHa on a two year piorrram, the innly in j-ay 4 it c-nt tnd lh" i ro p-r fflpr, wn.i t:ii:aiivly S.: A f ivj (Continued on Pay-s Ten) RtNCH OKEH ANCE PLAN Senate and Deputies Give Sanction To Issuance of Notes For Total of Six Billion Francs. Paris, June 27 (By Associated Press) The senate today passed the Calllaux financial bill by a vote of 226 to 29. The chamber of deputies had passed the bill early this morning. Addressing the senate In advo cacy of his bill, M. Calllaux with reference to the proposed increase of the note circulation by six bil lion franca said: "It may be an audacious policy, but some times audacity brings confidence. I did not dlssumulate of the measures but at the present time, they are the only remedy. "Franco will climb again to the top of the finanoial hill down which sho lias been slipping," Mr. Calllaux said. "The first step of our upward climb Is that not one cent of expenditure shall hence forth bo engaged unless it is fully covered by corresponding receipts. "There will bo no moratorium. Tho holders of tho French bonds will bo paid at maturity." Later all the finance minister's finance measures were passed, 273 to 11. Minister 1 Calllaux termed tho passage of tho financial meas ure as tho first step toward put ting Franco on a gold basis. Tho voto shows that only 364 deputies recorded their ballots out of a nomlnnl membership of 580, Thero wero therefore, some 200 absententions, of which the social ists contributed the majority. This Is taken by some of the papers as Implying tho end of the cartel, or union of tho four left groups forming tho government's majority In tho chamber, as the socialists refuwed to support the government on the fiscal measures although not carrying this opposi tion to the point of voting bodily against the measure;:. Portland ,Or. June 27. (A. P.) Aa unmasked robber armed with a revolver today held up the rurKroflo State bank, in a eub uiban business district, forced Charles Crum, assistant cashier. and a customer to He face down on the floor while he gathered up auout jjoou in cash and escaped, tlm police were informed. The same bank was held up February id or this year. When the robber entered Crum was the only official In the bank The customer, W. D. Sawyer, was uusy telernomng. Both looked up when tho robber voiced his command that they lie on the floor. Crum said he was not certain he would be able to Identify the man. The bandit did no"l threaten to shout. Crum ana the customer lay on the flor so long that thev did not discover how the man left Park rose. I'M SAIL FOR NORTH Sydney, N. S.. June 27. (AP) Tho prhoomr finwdoin, bearing Commander Donald P.. Mac Mil lan's Arctic expedition, left fiJ'd ney thl morning for the north. Before sailing . Commander MarMillan said the IJowd-nn would be followed by the steamer Peary "Mly enuinped for explo ration and scientific study of new northern lands, with the aid of new methods such as airplanes, rndlo and color photography and with a support whifh plnees all of us on our mettle." He aW!r?ed that the expedition expected to h1 at all tlmw )n dally contact with civilization by radio. OF ILK Jardine Here William M. Jardine, secretary of agriculture in the cabinet of Pres ident Coolidge, stopped a few min utes at the state noueo with bis party today en route to Portland, but did not call on Governor Pierce or other state officials. One state employe mot hfm by chance in a rest room and was introduced to him by the cabinet member's brother, Professor Jardine of Ore gon Agricultural college. Governor Pierce said he did not consider that he had been slighted by Secretary Jardine since he vis ited at length with him In Corval lls yesterday, and when they part ed the secretary vn uncertain In whether he would stop In Salem. SALEM SETTLES RT With tho mercury recording a maximum tempera turo of 81 on tho eLrocta of Salem at 2 o clock this afternoon and today's weath er prediction being cloudy and cooler, the recent heat wave which extended over a period of three days Is considered to have ended. Tho treud black to normalcy, from a temperature standpoint, was brought about by the wind, which began to stir slightly late Thurs day morning, continuing through Friday and tody with gradually Increasing velocity. Beginning from the sovthweat, It has shifted by this morning bo that It wa coming from the northwest at that tim3 and continued from that quarter throughout the day. Tho official government ther mometer, which is exposed on t eaat bank of tho Willamette rive! Just north of the Marlon-Polk ilk coutny bridge, was expected to register a temperature slightly lower than that recorded on the city streets, since tho government instrument Is In tho direct path of tho wind as It comes across the river. Yesterday the government thermoneter registered a mnxi mum of 90, tho city maximum be ing 92. Bend Has Ilnln Bend, June 27 Six hundred:hs of an Inch of rain fell In Bend late yesterday sftnrnoon. Tho tem perature during the afternoon (Continued on Page Nine WHEN TUG SIS Quebec, June 27. Efforts wert being made today to recover the odies of nine men, the whole crew of the tugboat Ocean King, which went down In tr.o St. Lawrence rlvfr here when rammed by the Canndfan Pacific liner Marljch. Tho Ocean King set out last night to tow the Murloch, a ves sel of 6473 ton a Inbound from Glasgow, Scotland, for Montreal to its pier hero. weeing too lato that he ap- pro.v.lilng too close tho hoiniKinan turned the wheel of his vessel so violently that the tug lifted, ex posing th while nidi? to thr llntr The Matloob steel prow vlr tua'ly cut tho hn boat In two llkf an eggshell. It rolled over twice and nk, the boiler exploding the water rushed Into the en ;lno rooM, Two of tts Mai!ocli :row vert rep rted (o ie dived ovriKiri' d pn vimcAAy to r'St'uo th : tut;" :rtvv. A click-up f thi --r- w h.v not us yet ver:f.icd the report MERCURY DROPS SILETZ FIRE CONTROLLED BY FIGHTERS Flames Dying Down And Valley Free of Smoke; California Battling Serious Blazes. Fires in the Siictz basin and the head of the little Lucklamute west and southwest of Dallas and Falh City which burned out camp 4 of the Cobbs-Mitchell Lumber company on Wednesday and hrea toned the town of Valsetz are under control anu nylng down re ported Will Caldwell, forest serv ice lookout at Bald mountain, at noon today. The Siletz basin Is practically clear of smoke with a southwest wind, mild and moist, blowing out tho smoke which filled the valley in which Valsetz is located. The fire camo within a quarter of u mile of Valsetz on Wednesday. Only a few old logs are burning today, eald Caldwell. Thero are no new fires In the district, Ono Life Is Lost Sn n Fru n clseo, June 27 Fo rest fires on the Pacific const yester day burned ono man to death, de stroyed 62,480 acres of timber, grazing and stump land and defied the efforts of more than 500 men who attempted to bring them under control. Major blazes wore traced to elec tricnl storms while hot weather and low humidity combined to permit tho flames to continue blazing away today at many points In Call fornin, Oregon, Washington and British Columbia. At T"oint Neville, British Colum bia, Oliver G. Clark was burned to dentil when a fire swept In the di rection of his camp. Two other fires in British Co lumbia burned two bridges, two small houses and destroyed a nuin ber mill of tho Bluebird Lumber company. Tho Bluebird fire de stroyed 100,000 feet of lumber. Big Fire llnglng In California the largest fire of recent years Is raging on a ten mile front In Tuolutnnn county, 61,200 acres of brush having been burned over. This fire was also started by nn electrical storm. Volunteer fire fighters arc fight ing the blaze and the fire warden has np pooled for more men. After burning over 25,000 acres of grazing land the fire which started In the Stanislaus river can yon, California, was reported un der control late last night. A fire which started on a ranch near Omngevnle, Cal., spread Into nearby fields and burned over sev era I hundred acres of land before being extinguished. The buildings on tho ranch were all destroyed. Three thousand five hundred acres of briiFh and timber were burned over by a fire In the Angels mountain forest near San Bernar dino. A fire north of Bremerton, Wadi., destroyed 1280 acres of tlin ber. One hundred people are hnmeleSH as a result of a fire which destroy ed practically all of the homes In a lumber ramp near Monoh.m, Wash, Now York June 27. (A. P.) Mis. Payne Whitney's Navigator, Karl H.ii'lp up, won the $10,000 Great American stakes for two-year-olds at Aqueduct today. 8ar- matlcus was second and Powhatan third, Nevlgntor went to tho post third. Navigator went to the post Ills toiiiietit'i's in the slretrb and ruined the verdict by a had with Sannatfcus a nope In front of Powhatan. Tin time 'r the "v'f' furl'ngs was ono minute. PITTSBURGH LEADS- IN NATIONAL LEAGUE Nrw York, Juno 27 (By Asso ciated prr.v) I'll t "burgh defeat ed Clnr'nmM 3 to 2 In tho first 7niv? of a dooMe header today nd ton thfl teid n thi National iiiic when th; f Hants bowed to '. $ to i. Woodmen Gather For Convention And Initiation Alchibers of W. 0. W. lodges In all parts ot Oregon begau to ar rive In Salem this morning to par ticipate in the annual convention celebrating the 35 anniversary of the founding of the organization. Officials in charge of arrange ments estimate that there will be a total of several thousand dele gates to the convention here. Orchestra and band concerts wero arranged for this noon on the streets of Salem. The main events of the conven tion began at 1 oclock this after noon at the state fair grounds. The program consisted of athletic oveuta of all kinds, two baseball games and musical numbers and vaudeville stunts. Approximately 1000 new mem bers a ro to be initiated into the lodTO with ceremonies this even ices AT F, RUIN FLOWERS While n picnic party was enjoy ing the privileges of the slate fail grounds yesterday tho drivers of two automobiles look advautago of tho opportunity to despoil state property by driving their cars back and forth through two of the most luxuriant of the floral beds on tho grounds und practically ruining them. Mrs. Kllu S. Wil son, secretary of the state fair board, said today that sho doubt ed if the beds could bo brought back to their usual beauty by the date of the sUite fair in Septem ber. The picnic party was one that had not naked permission to enter the grounds, which Is usually done and who was responsible for the pnrty Is not known. No oppor tunity was given to get the license numbers of the automobiles. Governor Pierce said today that the occurrence may make It neces sary to close the grounds to picnic parties. The floral beds were planted mainly to geraniums and were considered among the most beautiful In the state. Walla Walla. Wash., June 27 J. P. O'Brien, vice-president of the Union Pacific system, here from Portland today, on company busi ness In connection with the loca tion of a prune drier to be built In the MHton-Freewater district, stat ed thnt crops bid fair to be good throughout this section of the northwest and good prices were in night. "From reports obtained In the east, It In evident that the north west apple crop will be In strong demand this year find will bring a goOfi figure," said Mr. O'Brien. "Virginia, a heavy apple producer, has a short crop, while several other eastern states are light on apples this year. There Is also u well grounded feeling that the grain crop will he short and that by September 1 the United States will have no wheat to export, which will cause a brisk domestic market." Nowberg, June 27 The Ber rlans' fifth annual festival opened today at th "Newbrg Welcome" t;ates, a mile east of town on the hlirhway. The mounted aides, Mrs. .T. Walk er White, Queen Aubrey Lemon, the First ; Queen Fleda Thurston, tho first, and Ml Jane, polkp, mt the portlnnd Itoynl Kxunrlnn. A large delegation frmn Portlnnd Inelufling Queen fiueinne, her maids, tho Knynl Bonarlan quar tet and uniformed were In the pnr ty. The party and Elton B. Wntklm speaker of the dsy, was greeted by white uniformed Bei rlatis. ing. The number Includes US from the Salem lodgo. the re mainder being from other parts of Oregon. At 1 o'clock this afternoon an informal reception was held In the local W. O. W. cabin for head offi cers of the order. The grand pageant of Woodcraft began on the racetrack at the fair grounds at 3 p. m. Various prizes were offered for the best floats, drill teams and stunts. The ath letic events were scheduled to be gin at 4 o'clock. The band concert and entertainment was to begiu at 5 p. m. Another band concert was slated for 7 p. m. A basket dinner was arranged for G oclock, with arrangements mado to care for those coming to the grounds with out baskets. An entertainment for ladles was slated to begin at S p, m. in the concert hall. UNDER OF OREGON LEGION Prinovllle, Ore., J;me 27. Dr. Earl B. Stewart ot Rosoburg, member of the Umpqua post, was unanimously elected state com mander of tho Oregon American American Legion In convention here today, Tho Eugene poat recommended Stewart's selection. Harold J. Warner, Pendleton, was unanimously elected vice com mnnder. Other unanimous elec tions were of Thomas Stoughton, Portland, ns finance officer, and C. J. Johnston, Silverton, as na tional committeeman. Clin plain Hev. John W. Beard, Portland, was reelected. State executive committeeman at largo Brown of Salem defeated Chanuimtck of McMinnville by a large majority. Tho delegates late yesterday heard an address on Americanism by National Chaplain Lonergan ot Illinois, brother of Frank Lon ergan, of Portland. Not -an accident marred the per formances yesterday of the rodeo, which Is being put on in con nection with the convention. Norman Stewart, Montana Chief, Joe Bout, Kdmond Woods, Cbet Jennings, F. E. Studnlck, Cap Mitchell and Alice Wilson qualified In the bucking contest. Studnlck, whose shoulder was dls located In the bulldogglng Thurs day made his ride with his arm In a sling and got a round of ap plause. Mike Stewart made the re narkable time of forty-one seconds In the calf roping contest. L. M. Cowan of Portland was chosen grand chef de gare of La Societe des 40 hommcs et 8 chevaux at the grand promenade of this play ground o:der f the American Legion. Other officers named were: Wil liam C. Kelly of Baker, grsnd chef de train or vice commandi r; Jack Wright of Bend, grond condncteur; Leland It. Gilbert of Portland, grand correspondent et commissalre Intcndent; Nell Mof fott of Astoria, grand garde de la porte and (Jeorge E. Iove, of Eugene; J. II. Rosenborg or Prlneville; Frank Zever of Port land; Frank M. Colloch of Baker and Dr. H. H. Kauffman of Toledo grand chemlot, or executive com mittee. Delegates to tho national session promenades named were (Jeorge E. IjOVh of Eugene, Dr. Archie C. Van Cleve and Lelnnd It. fit Inert of Portland and George P. Griffith of Salem. " PLOT TO MURDER Concordia. Knn. Juno 27. Chirks H. Dnvk'9 .retired Concor dia merchant today pleaded Rtillty to n ehart'e of ncMilll with Intent to kill In connection with a plot to sl.ny his wile last full mid wv icn'.ence-l from one to ten years in Hid Mato penitentiary nt l.nnslin Davis wr.s alleged to hnve. en tcrel Into n com piracy with pun inen Imported (rem Knnsan V.iiy. to dispose of his wife. Mrs. Havn was attacked In her hedrjom las! full but her Injuries did not prove fatal. ACQU I TTAL SUFFICIENT E Prosecutor Declares Evi dence Lacking of Mur der of McCIintock's Mother IJy Defendant. Chicago, June 27. (A. P.) William D. Shepherd, who was acquitted last night by a jury of the charge that he murdered his foster sou, William N. iMcClintock, tho orphan millionaire, today was assured the second murder charge, that he killed McCIintock's moth er, would not be pressed by State's Attorney Crowe. 'There Is no evidence that Mrs. McCllntock was murdered," State's Attorney Crowe eald A coroner's jury which heard testimony In connection with the death ot Mrs. Emma Nelson Mc Cllntock, her son, and Dr. Oscar Olson, after Judge Harry Olson, chief justice of the municipal court had conducted the examin ation of the witnesses, had ordered Shepherd held for murder in con nection with the deaths of mother and son. Wife Vindicated Although Mrs. Julia Shepherd, the defendant's wife, also was ordered held, she soon was vlndL cated when the grand jury re turned a no bill in her case. Judge Olson, who last night, de clared the state's attorney bad not given his best efforts to the prose cution of Shephehr nnd who said several witnesses who were not called, should have been used, was almost ignored by Mr. Crowe in his remarks today but the prosecutor was plainly wrathful over the jurist's charges. . The prosecutor declared f ho would go before the grand jury and nsk that a "no bill" bo re turned, exonerating Shepherd in the case of the doatu of Mrs. Mc Cllntock. To Dion Charffes Mr. Crowe- was plainly de termined to drop tho Shepherd matter from now on regardless of Judge Olson's assertion last night that the case was not ended. "The jury's verdict speaks for Itself and I have no reply at least at present for Olson," said Mr. Crowe. He aald he had not' decided what action to take with regard to Charles C. Faiman, head ot an unrecognized school which he calls the national university of science, who told a story that he had taught Shepherd how to admin ister typhoid germs so as to produce death, Chlengo, June J7 William Darl ing Shepherd was found not guilty (Continued on Page Four.) IN PAVING CASE The city of Silverton won the second round In Its legal battle in tho Marion county circuit court here today when Judge L. H. Mc Mahon sustained the demurrers ot the city and "U O. Herrold, con tractor and co-defendant, against tho complaint of Otto Pattengcr and dissolved tho Injunction which bad previously been Isautd ag.ilnst them. Pattengcr was given five day In which to file an amended complaint. Pattenger secured a temporary injunction from the court to enjoin the city and L. O. Herrold, con tractor, from laying pavement on Cherry street In front of hi prop erty In the city of Silverton. In his complaint he had alleged that water and sewage pipe had not been laid in the street over which the hard surfacing was to bo done nnd that paving without first lay ing the pipes would damage prop erty owners along tho street. Th city corporation and Herrold both cnt red demurrer to tho complaint iixfrrtlng that tho fnet set forth by the plaintiff wore not sufficient to con.stltuto ground for suit. Theo demurrer wn o sustained lo the order of tho court today and tho temporary injunction dissolv ed. rooMdm' I rttluT 111 . fiwatniMeott, Mas.. June 27 (Ny Associated I're;;0 President Cool idge was a lvlsed l.Mo today that hl father. Colonel John Coolidge, had sin'fern.l n rlnp In health .U his home !n Plymouth, VU SAYS GROW