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VANCOUVER BANK BANDIT CIRCULATION Dally average net pa la circulation for month ending Juno 30, 1925 .6729 Averaso dully distribution 7089. Member Audit Bureau ot Circulations. FORTY-SEVENTH YEAR No. 156 cm boy who held up bank caught Youth Captured In House After Unsuccessful At tempt at Robbery ; Body Bullet Riddled. Vancouver, Wash., July 1 J. G. Thomasen, 21 of Carlton, Ore., was shot and possibly fatally wounded by Highway Patrolman Harry Williams here today after Thoma scn had made a spectacular but unsuccessful effort to rob the United States National bank. The would-be robber la in a local hos pital with several bullet wounds in his body, one of which he In flicted himself in an attempt at suicide. When James T. Geoghegan, an employe of the bank came to work about 8 o'clock this morning, he found nn armed man waiting out Bide Lhe door. The man ordered Geoghegan to let him In. Inside the Intruder ordered tho bank em ployee into a rear room. As other employees entered tho bank the man locked them in the back room until eight were in there. Kobliery Attempt Fails Shortly before 9 a. m., Cashier Joseph Landdorf arrived at the bank and was ordered by the man identified as Thomasen to open the safe, LandsdorC said t tie safe had a time lock and could not be opened until fl o'clock. Then the canhier ran ouiside followed by the robber. Instead of returning to the bank the man tried but failed to commandeer a car driven by a young woinnn. Thomasen ran to ward the residence section. En route he held up a policeman and took his gun from him. The youth then ran into a residence and hid in the bath room where he wns captured shortly afterward by Pa trolman Williams who fired through the door at the fugitive. Sheriff Thompson said Thonia sen had confenseil but gave no rea on for his attempt to rob the bank Thomasen has relatives living near Monmouth, Ore. As he in not ex pected to live no charge has been preferred against him. Is Carlton liny Carlton, Ore., -July 1 Joyce Thomasen, who was shot by Van couver officers today following an attempted bank robbery, is the eon of Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Thomason, farmers residing three quarters of a mile north of this place. His mother is in Portland today attend tng the convention of Oregon pioneers. The father had not heard of his eon's trouble until advised by the Portland Telegram. He declared that his son had never been In trouble before and had always been a hard working lad. Tho youth had been employed In Portland for some time by Phillip Sutter, a horse dealer nt the North Portland stockyards. The father said his son was at home during the week end, leav ing Monday morning for Portland. Baker, Or.. July 1. A railrovi to tap a section of eastern Oreg'in, northeast of Baker, was organiz..:! today by the filing of articles of incorporation of the Copper Bel: Railway company at Salem, anl which, it Is understood, will bo n principal factor in the develop ment of the enstern Oregon coppor belt upon which four large com panies are now operating, opening up a tremendous body of hJn grade ore. Besides being necessary for 'lie transudation or copper ore from the mining district around Keat ing. 16 miles northeast of Baker rho railroad, which will follow a watfr grade down the Powd v river to Roinette, Or., where the Union Pacific system has a line along the Snake river, also will rve as a Igor needed outlet for t btllten fee, of yellow pine tim ber and the agricultural product? of a rich farming section. CO A A fL TT aprtalJip' Accidents In First Half of Year Are 476 BE CAREFUL An accural check kept by the capital Journal shows that during tho first half of the present year, ending today, a total of 47G auto mobile accidents of various kind has been recorded at police heart reported to the police have been quarters. Fortunately few of the accidents extremely serious, though there (Continued on Page Thirteen) TURNER-MOSES RRIAGE 1 lira statement issued today by Mr. and Mrs. AVilliam E. Moses of Salem, who were married at the First Methodist church Sunday, ex planation Is made of the contract entered into between them prior to their marriage, whereby the property rights of each are kept separate from those of the other. In the explanation it is stated that two contracts were made, one by each party, relinquishing all rights in property of the oilier. In case of the death of either husband or wife his or her property is to go to the other. Mrs. Moses is well known In Salem, particularly among musi cal circles, where she has been a music teacher for a number of yenrs. The statement In full, as issued by Mr. and Mrs. Moses, Is as fol lows: "That our friends may under stand the nature of the property agreement entered into by us prior to our marriage nnd to correct the impression which we believe would be created by the article appearing in me capital Journal on Tuesday, June 30, under the caption of "Marriage Here Sunday Laid on Prior Contract" permit us to cay that each of us have separate property. That It was our desire prior to our marriage and is now our wish that we respectfully con tlnue to handle bur respective prop erties and that our respective prop erty Interests be freed from the dower and curtesy rights of each other as in states liko California where dower and curtesy have been entirely abolished. "With the view of attaining this desired legal status for our respec tive property Interests we signed two agreements; one relinquishing the curtesy interest of the husband In tho property of the wife and one relinquishing the wife's rights or dower interest in the property of the husband. Wo do not un derstand that these agreements will prevent tho survivor of us In heriting the property of the other. "While our property arrange ment to us does not seem so un usual as to be Interesting as a news Item yet Inasmuch as a one sided story has already been pub lished we wish our friends to know the whole truth in reference to the transaction." RUTH KNOCKS 2 HOMERS Rostnn. Mnp.q . .liilv 1 An Balje Hull! drove two home runs Into the right field bleach ers In the Yankee-Iteil Sox gtimr tndflV- Ma ftra. Mta One rame In the third, a high fly mat Jtiflt scaled the wall and an other In the seventh of the trnu variety. Philadelphia, July 1. Hack Wilson, left fielder of the New York Glnnte, hit two home runs In the third Inning of. the eecnnd game with the I'hilllee today. The Glanta .cored nine runa la the Inning. ESPEE AGENT ATTURNERIS THUGJC1 Burly Negro Robs Station After Binding, Gagging And Locking Duncan Lewis In Boxcar. Turner, Or., July 1. (Special) Duncan Lewis, night operator at the Southern Pacific station here, was held up at 1:30 o'clock this morning m his office by a unilen tilled negro, bound nnl sagKcd and carried from the denot by his assailant, who locked him in a boxcar und returned and loot ed the till. TI13 proceeds of the holdup amounted to $13.33. Lew is was released from the boxcar a number of hours Inter where lie was discovered by G. Alexander, who Jives in the vicinity of tno depot. Lewis stated that the negro wns unmasked. Ho entered the depot when Lewis wus alone, deniadin. that he "stick 'em up." Lewu hastily complied. The negro nrrived in Turner on a freight train Tuesday afternoon, visiting a number of stores and loitering around the town during the evening. Ho was armed with a small, nickle-piated revolver, lewis stat ed. Tho man was six feet tall, of particularly dark complexion, work a cap. but wore no coat, ac cording to the operator. Stations along the line of th" Southern Pacific have been noti fied to watch for him. Portland, Ore., July 1. The real reunion of the Oregon pio neers went on all this forcuoon at tho auditorium where they are registering for the 53rd annual session. All forenoon reminis cences have been interchanged, while sons and daughters and grandsons and granddaughters on the outskirts, learned more about Oregon history In an hour than the textbooks teach. The formal part of the reunion was scheduled tor 2 p. m., opening with an organ recital by Ralph W. Hoyt and the call to order by President David 8. Stearns, a pio neer of isr7. Invocation and benediction by the Rev. Troy Shelley, chaplain ot the organization, special servirce for the pioneers who hnve died In the past year by Past President P. H. D Arcv. and the annual ad dress by Judge Alfred 3. Bennett of The Dalles, were large features of the program. J. O. Lee, past president. Introduced Catherine J. Adams, as "mother queen of Ore gon." Mrs. Maud .Springer Bowed and Dr. Stuart McGutro sang and committees on resolutions were named. The annual dinner precedes the business meeting nt 7:30, which will be followed by the 'camp fire" nresided over by Past Presl- dent R. A Miller, and consisting of tnlVs by pioneers, songs and old time melodies. Sons and Daughters of the Oregon Pioneers were hosts to delegates at their annual meeting at the library last night. The an nual business meeting of tho Sons and Daughters' association was held at this time and officers elected wore-" Dalat Rtott Bullock. president; Runts C. Dolman, vice president; Lilian Hnckleman, secretary; Mrs. T. T. Oeer, treas urer; Mrs. Mary Brown Lewis, director for a five year term. Fez, July 1 . (A. p.) Violent Rlffian attacks upon French' out posts have been beaten off with eve-y great tne.ny losses, at at "4 n French communique today. Rif- flan forces composed largely of regular weve ordered to take. the height of the upper Lcben gcoun of outposts nt all costs nnd wl'b threats of punishment If ttt t-fen-lve fuilrd. PIONEERS OPEN ANNUAL REUNION IS AFTERNOON SALEM, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, JULY 1, 1925 DOHENY SAYS NAM LEASE PATRIOTIC Strategic Need For Oil Base In Hawaii Back of Inspired Action Says Oil Operator. New York, July 1. The New York Times today publishes a conv right Interview in which Edward L. Dolioiiy, giving his own story of the naval leases, diycl owes wh.11 ho Indicates has been regarded hitherto as a great military secret. Speaking at Los Angeles to 0 staff correspondent against tin advice of counsel, tho Times says Air. Uoheny Baid there never would have been an Elk Hills lease, nor would his company have under taken tho construction of the Pearl Harbor' naval oil base had not Hear Admiral John K. itobi son, chief of the naval burenu'jif engineering in Washington, con vinced him that a great war in the Pacific threatened the United States in 1921 and that the pro posed Hawaiian oil base wus the one link in tiie defensive chain on which depended victory or detent for the United S faces. Feared Pacific War. Mr. Doheny will go to trial in Washington in uotoher on a charge of criminal conspiracy wUh Albert B. Fill, former secretary ui the interior, In connection with the Elk Hills oil lease, which the govornm en t in the Los A 11 go ley federal court succeeded in invali dating. Tho story of naval officers' fears of war in the Pacific, Mr. Dolieny Bays, was contained In a deposition by Admiral Kobisun put in evidence In the trials of tho suits to annual tho Teapot Dome and Klk Hills leases, but tho por tion relating to the military secret was stricken out. In this con nection Secretary Wilbur, subpne na'o'l to produce certain documents, aunt a eertifiuat that it would he agaimit tiie, nutionul interest to do so, Mr. Dolieny said. Ho called attention to remarks by Judge Kennedy In the Teapot Doinu decision that there wus n'j further need for secrecy. Reminded of Belpium. "Robison culle.1 to my mind the horrors of tho Invasion of Bel gium," Mr. Doheny said. "With a force I Aim 11 never forget, he asked me to visualize tho result of even a temporary alien invasion of tho Pacific coast. "Ho startled me with informa tion regarding oiders which had been given 10 foreign war vcsse.s ind even to merchant ships in me Pacific for their mobilization on incredibly Bhort notice. Ho point ed out that modern warfare had reduced the efficiency of coast lo on sea bo that they wore no longor to oe relied on. He told me that. in .in attack on this country by a navy in tho . Pacific defeat wan sure to our fleet unless there was an adequate naval oil reserve in Hawaii. "IIr said every responsible nav al officer In Washington had re ceived confidential bulletins which disclosed that the oil reserves of a great naval power in the Pacific were adequate for war. He called my attention to the fact that there, still existed a well-known trea'y between this great Pacific nation and tli 0 most powerful nation ot the world." Militarv accret. Mr. Doheny said Lliat every one who had been Informed of this sit uation had been warned of ltd highly confidential and scc.-Jt chnractor because of fear that the arms conference, then In sesshm at Washington, might be wrcckrl by revelation of pians for a nanli base In Hawaii. Mr. Doheny mrther diRclos"u. the Times nays, that the famous executive order of President Hard ing which gave to the Interior de partment admin .t.ratlvo powm-u involving th naval oil reservs.1 was suggested not by Mr. Fall, but by the then secretary of tho navy. Denby, that the wr fears of nav il officer had been communicated 'ft Secretary Denby who brought up tho matter of Joint control in n cabinet meeting. Mr. Doheny was forbidden by counsel to discuss tho $100.00'.' loan he made to Secretary Fall an 1 tjo letter signed by Mr. Full in (Continued on Page Thli-.en) mm 400 IRIS Will PATH) RU I NED CITY Guard Duty To Be Cen tralized To Preserve Order;, Death Toll of Quake Mounts To Ten. Santa Ilarbara, Cnl., July 1. (AP) Four hundred United States marines will arrive, here early tomorrow t0 undertake guard duties in the quake strick en zones of Santa liarbara, Ma rino Captain J. p. Moriarity, at present commanding a supnlemen tary Bquad, announced early to- uay. Arrangements wore completed by ma ne radio with the base at San Diego, Captain Moriarity said, and ho believed the forces would entrain for Santa Ilarbara at once, under orders of Admiral Robison, commander In chief of the Pacific fleet. The advent of the marines said Mayor C ,M. Andera, who appeal ed to the naval authorities for the forces, will centralize guard con trol efforts and be a material aid to the reconstruction forces. Water Supply 0. K. Another Important faelor to tno weirare-of the residents of th stricken zone were contained In the announcement of City Mana ger Herbert Nunn, that nn of rl cial test of the city's water supply lias proved It pure ami uncontam Inated by the earth disturbance. The only curtailment on tho use of water, Nunn said, Is a linn on Irrigation for a few Hays until storage facilities are Improved. (Continued on Vnt'.o Thirteen) I r.trico, Wa:,h., July 1. (A. P.) Reclamation leaders of th'! Lnilod State met here today wl'.h some 800 backers of tho Columbia basin Irrigation project from Pa cific northwestern states and dU cusae.d with them the future of the Columbia bftsln project. Spccl.il trniiib brought mem hem of the league from Krai tie, Portland, Spol:ann and Wnlla Walla and many others came from oih-r cities. Dr. Hubert Work, secretary uf the interior, congratulated tiie Co. hi in lila biH'in supporters nn program of their efforts, ami de clared that they had been "laying a sound foundation for the pro ject nnd working along the sanit- lino Dr. Mend is using in reorgan- zlng tho reclamation service." Or. Kl wood Mjtd, director oi reclamation, declared that tiie rn-it purpr e of the visit of Dr. Wont and himself to the. Pacific norm west was to investigate tho KH'I tas unit of the Yal;ima projc t but laid he was glad to bespeii: Ills approval of th-? Columbia In 'hi profeet. The engineering dlfn- cullies of that work have be mi proven feasible, he declared, a pi' the remaining problems are .-f p social nnd an economic nature, Tnpr-kft, Kan., July 1. The Kansas charter board today re- fuspd a charter to the Knights f th Ku Klux Klan, a Georgia eor porntion. Concurring In nn opin ion prepared by attorney Genernl OriiiVh. the board declared that the U. ti wa not doing charitable benMol-nt work, as stated in It peMiion for admlniinn to the state as a cot poratlrm. The nciifon of the board was uuaiiiut(M). The fate of the or-gk.nl.-.aii'rn rest now with the United Htajes miprame court, FATALLY Alleged Tailors Turn Up Missing; Patrons Bilked Alleged to have absconded with funds estimated at anywhere from $100 to J500, Crane and Krant, two men who set themselves up as tail ors in the Oregon building at Sa lem several weeks ago, turned up missing this week. Investigation today revealed the fact that no ono has seen either of tho so-culled tailors since Saturday. The story as revealed by those in touch with the situation la that the two men, after Inserting ad vertisements In tlie daily news papers, sotting forth that they were- seeking business among Sa lem men, contracted for a large number of suits of clothes, taking in each case a $10 deposit, along I C. J. Espy., cashier of the FiiMt National bank of Wood burn, who wan in Salem today, lum twice ap peared before the state highway engineer and on-'c sought nppt; ir unco before the highway commis sion In Portland, in protest agaiuit one of the plnns Incorporated in tiie five-mile highway provxm which has been submitted to .the commission by lhe county court for approval. Fspy is objecting to the pro posed road from Arrol s corner on the Hopmcre road, through Fair fiell and north to HI. Paul ;t;st Miihoney's place. Ho declares that the commlnnii instead should hr.vc filed In '.lie '..9-niiin gap between Arral's cor ner and the loint on the Hopmvre ,-oad where the Wuodburn-S Caul pavement Joins on to It. Ho declares that a compile paved road could be secured fr.iin SaKMii to St. Paul in this maiiu.M' by paving of 3.u miles of road, 'while the St. l'aul-Fulrfield route proposed would rcuuire 8.1 mi lea of paving. lie furt her nnser'.f; that between Fairfield und St. Paul on the proposed road oniv two people live, these being Ml lie Mn honey and Cor.nty Commission er Smith. In addition, he sv( tho road borders tho river, and consequently there is no chance for any feeder roads Into tho pro posed highway from the west. "I went clown to Portland to app?ai before the highway com mission onre," stated Kspy, "While waiting ou'eido County Commis sioner Smith cam,, out and spotted me and knowing what I was up to, engaged me in convorsatt jii .nd kept mo at it until I misled my chance to get before tho com mission that. day. Hut I have seen the highway engineer twlco and will get before tho commission with my plan before It finally pnsies on the program as su limi ted by the court." ACCIDENT DEAD Tillamook, Or., July 1. Dr. W. (3. Hawk, lilt, of Hay City, nen here died today of Injuries received when his automol lie and a light coupe collided on tho coast high way Sunday afternoon. Authori ties nre seeKlng George WHIIanu of Tillamook, alleged driver of the coupe, whom, they say, witnesses accused of throwing llipior from the coupe following the wreck. Of fleers reported finding liquor n r the scene of the accident. A liquor rhargc has been fil'l against Williams, and District At torney Harrlck said a charge i f manslaughter would be filed Im mediately, Jos"ph Parker of Til lamook, who with his wifo and child, are said to havo been with Wltlame In the coupe, today plead, ed not guilty to a liquor charge and was placed under $1040 hill. Mrs. Hawk, who was with her hus band, wai HrhtTy Injured abut the far. SLl. DDrpp mtiDiT'r' ni?MTO ON trains and news l 1V1VU 11IIWU VjUlUlO STANDS FIVE CENTS - with the address of the customer and promising to deliver the suit as noon as finished. The clothes would be made In Salom, they stated. Tho exact number of $10 dc posits they succeeded In securing Is not known. All that is known Is that tho "firm" has mysterious ly disappeared, and that confid ing cuHtomerfl have received neith er their money nor their new clothes. But one consolation remnins to the victims of tho conspiracy tiie two men wcro forced to pay their rent a month in advance and left without using all of It. RL Portland, Or., July 1. Mlsa Margaret Haffey, 27, an employe of Flclschncr, Mayer & Co., was the woman who, with William Koenfir, No. 6.10 east 2fitli street, was killed in an nutomobilo acci dent at east l3rd street nnd Pow ell Valley road about 2 o'clock this morning. She had roomed for the la;t three years nt No. l-l-l north 24th street, at which place Mrs. 10. A. Klff Is landlady. Harold F. Hiihlm also a roomer there, identified the young woman at the morgue, flcvon hours after the accident, during which time various futile efforts were mad(i to learn her Identity. MIsh Haf'ey has a sis tor, Mrs. Irene Hoffman, a broth er, George Haffey anil an aunt, Miss M. Hanlon. all living near Cape Horn, Wash. Uoth Kocnig and Miss Haffoy are belit-vcd by Deputy Coroner Ro;-s, who was called to the scene, to havo died almost in ula ntly. A drivers license, a lodge pin and papers ill his pocket, served to identify Koenig, but the woman bore no marks that would show who she was. Koenig wns married. Neighbors Informed his wife of the accident this morning. NEIGHBORS WILL NOT MERGE WITH WOODMEN Portland, Or., July 1. Neigh bors of Woodcraft will not con solidate with Wood men of the World, the grand board of mana gers decided Inst night nt the ses sion of grand circle convention. An of tort had been made to have tho two bodUfl consolidate so that male Neighbors could re main memberfl. Under tho plan all men of Woodcraft would have become members of Woodmen of tho World, re-establiHhlng the business connection that existed prior to 1!)10 when the Neighbors formed an Independent order. Stores Will Bargain Cards Today Others Still Joining The stage Is all sot for Salem's el;hl h annual bargain day and a last mlnuto check by tho commit tco In ch;irgo shows that every Mtnrn Hided Is conselontioiiNly be hind bargain Day In tho true spirit of tho event each doing his share and even more to make this a gala event. Thousand will flock In from near nnd far places. If a man wore to offer you ten silver dollars In perfectly good United States money Just at a ilmo when you wero needing U nrnst, you certainly would not r- fuse It. Well that's literally what the Salem merchant listed below ni o going to do with the public tomorrow, when they pre sent their aovonth annual bargain day event. SHOT FAIR TONIGHT And Thursday. Warmer In west portion Thursday. Light north and NB winds. Local: Max., 73: mln.. 50; rnln, none; river, -.:l; & linos., part cloudy; wind, northwest. fa County Court Signs Order Creating Salem Drain age District; High Land Is Excluded. Calling for the reclamation ot 5140 acres-of land by drainage par'Jy in and partly out of Salem, tho county court today signed an order creating the Salom drainage district including lands in the southeastern part of the city and in the country contigious to the city limits. Tho district as created by the order includes 1476 acres less than called for In the original petition which provided for tho drainage of tifilG acres ot land. Roughly speaking about tho only change made by the county court In tho boundaries from those orij-nally sought, was to elimi nate tho nearly 1000 acres of highlands in the district and cm fine the operations of the Uistr'ct to the low In ruin within the boun daries. Under th- terms of the order the next procedure will be for (lie county court to call an elect! a In tho district t nemo three di rectors. Those directors will male o s 1 1 m a te s and ascertain tue amount of work to bo done, the method of doing tho work and t ia probable cost to be entailed, in event it is found that district msts are too high it will be possiMi then for a meeting of those with in the district to cancel all of the proceedings rnd call them off. "Wo have given n lot of thought to this matter," stated County .hi'lKn Hunt. In announcing that tho court had rned the order creating tho district. "There are goo:l arguments for the distri.it and good arguments against ft. und reaching a decision was a dif ficult mntter. "Hut 251 landowners In tin confines of the district signed & petition nskinrr that the district (Ciiiitlfiiie.i nn I'ago FouH Habeas corpus proceedings hava been Instituted In the circuit court as a means of combatting the ex tradition of Dale Williams from Salem to I.os Antjelea where ho Is wanted to nnnwer to a charge of embcity.tonirnt. Irregularity in the method of issuing the warrant for his arret Is alleged, and the habeas corpus petition was filed Immediately after Governor I'irrce had honured the requisition nd Isfluftd a warrant for his ar rest. The extradition of Harry Van fielder, who wni with Williams, la wanted on the same charge and & requisition Is expected demanding his extradition. The pame effovt will ho made to prevent his extra dition. Display Tho.io merchants are going to present their merchandise all o which Is known by buyers, nnd everything remain tho same but Die pi Ice, and that will be reduc ed to Dio "quick" with the inten tion of attracting a regular cir- us crowd to Salem tomorrow. No buyer housewife, farmer, laborer or anyone can afford to imss Jby nil the bargains offered, There will be something for every- v body, and nt an attractive prleej too; so do your shopping tomor row. New, when you got Into th hopilng district, yu see hang tnjc In the window of nil th mer chants whu have agreed to th nsrg.iln tewu. a card which wtl 1467 ACRES ELIMINATED FROM PLANS HABEAS CORPUS 111 IS SOUGHT (Continued on Thtrin