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Newspaper Page Textc CIRCULATION Dally average net pala circulation for month ending June 80, 1926 aprtal FAIR IN EAST Cloudy In west portions tonight. Tues day fair, continued mild. Gentle west and northwest winds. Local: Max,, 75; mtn., 51; rain, none; river, -.7; atmos., part cloudy; wind, NW 6729 Average dully distribution 7089. Member Audit Bureau of Circulations. FORTY-SEVENTH YEAR No. 159 SALEM, OREGON, MONDAY, JULY dlfy PRICE THREE CENTS $J&,N&D M WW Su. HE olflfAflfp MM l BODY FOUND IN RIVER IS IDENTIFIED Father Suspects Foul Play Caused Death of Frank Barrett, 18 -Year -Old West Salem Boy. A nude body, Identified as that of rranklin Alvin Barrett, 18, was found lodged In a sandbar 6 miles north of Salem late Saturday morning. Although no scars could be found on the body, belief was expressed by his father, William y. Barrett, that the youth mlRht have met with foul play. No trace of his clothing was found, point Ing to the probabllty that he did not drown while swimming. It Is tnted that bad blood existed be tween the dead person and "cer tain other parties." The sheriff and coroner of Polk county are Investigating the case. Young Barrett Is said to have recently been released from the Polk county Jail nt Dallas. He had been missing since June 20. The body was found In abou 10 inches of water. Discovery was made by Walter Gorth of "West Balem, who was going down the river in a motor boat. Coroner Keeney of Polk county, who ex amined the body, stated that it had been In the water approximately two weeks. It boro scratches and bruises, which wero thought 4o have come as a result of the body passing down the river with the current. The Barrett home In north oC "West Salem, and about half a mile from the place where the body was found. Identification was made by means of an amber-colored setting In a ring worn by the victim, and a broken tooth. lie was buried in the Odd Fel lows cemetery at Independence at I o'clock this afternoon. HALT TRIAL OF CookevMe, Tenn., July 6. AI") John II. Neal, represent ing John T. Scopee, charged with violating the Tcnneraee law against the teaching of evolution theories In the public schools, pre sented a petition to Federal Judge John J. Gore here this afternoon asking that the Tennessee etate courts be restrained from contin uing the prosecution. The petition was based mainly on grounds that properly rights of the University of Tennessee are Involved, this university partici pating in land grand federal funds. Judge Gore retired to study the petition and prepare his decis ion. FORMER KLAN DRAGON CANNOT ESCAPE TRIAL NoblesvIIle, Ind., July 6 D. C. Btevcnson, former grand dragon of the Ku Klux Klan In Indiana, must go on trial as head of two co-de-fendnnts on the chnrge of murder Ing Miss Ma-lce Oberholtzor of In dianapolis, Judgo Trod E. Mines ruled today. S$)ecial Election To Name Directors for Project Is Proposed rians nro heir made for calling the special election for selection of three directors of tho new drainage district In southeast Sal ient at the earliest possible mo ment under tho law and under present outlook the election will be called for either July 39 or July 30, the time of day to be set later, but probabbly at 2 o'clock la the afternoon. Tbe school board will be asked to (ire permission tor the use of Mutt a J Jeff Due lis alem Next Monday Oh! Boy! Mutt and Jeff will be lu Salem next Monday. These two famous characters, knewn rrom Tumbuc too to Oshkosk, are making thsir famous cross country trip in their flivver, as every reader of The Capital Journal knows, and Mutt and Jeff fans have followed their progress across the country eager ly. They will land right in the middle of Salem, slap bang on Monday cveaing next, simultane ously with the appearance of The Capital Journal, and hundreds of newspapers throughout the coun try will at the same time carry the graphic details of their adven tures while In The Capital City of Oregon. The two famous boys will have a real time in Salem. Watch for them. N REMARRIAGE OF ALL DIVORCEES New York. July 6. (A. P.) Asserting that 50 per cent of di vorces are obtained probably by fraud or collusion and that the divorce rate in the United Statd, is increasing faster than that of any other country, the Snnctity t-f Marriage association will ask the New Orleans triennial convention of the Protestant Episcopal church to forbid the re-marriage of di vorced persons. The Episcupal church sanctions the re-marriage of innocent par ties In divorces based on infidel ity. The association in starting a move for the repeal of this canon attacks it as unscrlptural, as our trary to tho praevc of the Hariy Christian church and as illegal in regard to church law. The canon compele this innocent parly to produce court reaords to prove In nocence. The association's president ie the Ilev. Mllo II. Gates of New York and its executive committe- includes among others Bishop Manning of New York. It was Bishop Manning's strict adherence to the canon in ques tion that precipitated In 1921 the controversy between him and the Ilev. Dr. Tercy Sticltney Grant who wished to marry Mrs. Philip L-ydig, twice a divorcee, once from W. K. I). Stokes. The engagement waa broken May 26. 1924, and shortly afterward Dr. Grant re signed from the pastorate of the Church of the Ascension and re tired. NEGRO REFUSED HAIRCUT STARTS TO BURN TOWN Glendale, Cal., July 6. Because Clendale barber drew the colar line and refused to trim his hair, Jesse Riley, a negro truck driver. tried five time to burn down the Doran street scnool house hen iccording to an alleged confession in the bauds of i.ohce today. Burn ing down the school house was Ms idea of a fitting revenge on the community at large., officers aid he explained. The five fir?a caused damage estimated at $12, "(00. Riley fa in jail awaiting ar raignment on a r'inrge of arson. STETSON APPOINTED MINISTER TO POLAND Swnmpscolt, Mess., July 6. (A. Formal announcement was m-ie"- here today that John n. Stetao.l ir.. or rhil ldelohla had heen an minted mlnir.tor to Polnnd. tho Ii I rli moil il school, which Is In the district, for the meeting. The election will be In the nature of a meeting and not a system of formal balloting such as Is used at a regular election. The county clerk under the law, calls the election within 30 days after the order Issued by the county court and the meeting must be advertised tor at least 10 days prior to the date for which It Is called. 43 KILLED IN COLLAPSE OF L Last Body Thot Removed From Wreckage of Bos ton Night Club; Most Are Identified. Boston, Mass., July 6. (A. P.) Tho list of dead In tho collapse of the Pickwick club building Sat urday will probably remain at 43 Fire Chief Daniel Sennott Bald this afternoon after firemen bad removed the debris from that part of the dance floor which was still standing. This work was ordered by Mayor Curley after be visited the ruins early today and found contractors' laborers working only in the excavated part of the building site. The forty-third body was taken from tbo wreck of the once gay night resort, early today, just BO hours after tho throng of "night before the fourth" revelers were flung down and burled with the collapse of tho building. Search Work Slow All night long tho search had gone forward. Under the concen trated glare of dozens of are lights an army of men had patiently, brick by brick, stick after stick. worked their way down through the mass of debris, pausing now ana again to lift another un fortunate. By this morning, they had found them nearly all, those about w,hon this early morning life had cen tcred. The body of Miss Ella Cauley was brought out pitifully oruiseu. In. her dross, they found tho money for which she had smiled away the broad bandylngs of the guests that she might real ize her hope of marriage and a home. Frank Tillo and Neddo f innagan, who had won man' local ring battles, were found Inspector Benjamin Alexander of tho Boston police, who had thought to add another arreat to tne several made at the club, died In the wreck. Some of tho hodies found were of persons paying their visit to the club, others wero of habitues. One man, his wlfe'B picture In me pocKet over nts heart, was round In the dead arms ot another woman. Occasionally a worker picked a bottle of splits. whisky, unbroken by force that wrecked so many lives. There are several untouched pockets In the debris that may hold bodios. Early last night the oiscoveries came In quick succes slon so that .the total of known dead rose rapidly from 19 to 37 Then the work was more difficult. It took Borne times an hour to ex tricate a body after It was found. Great masses of foundation stone had to be lifted by derrick. At 4 this morning the body of a woman was found and an hour and a half later tho body of her companion was taken out. Probe Is Started Most of the bodies have been Identified by tho throng which has besieged tho mortuary ever .since the catastrophe. At no time have the streets about the scene been clear of watcherH. Ycster day. the police shot one man and arrested three others whom they said they found looting the cloak room in tbe club. Tod.iy city, county and Btatc open Investigations to determine the cause of the disaster, which with the possibilities of one excep tion, Is the worst that Boston has ever known in the toll of life Timothy .1. Harry, proprietor- manager of the club, has not been seen nor-has his body been found The authorities want to question him. The floor manager, James F, Glcnnon, died with his guests. SAWMILL SHUT DOWN SHORTEST IN YEARS I'.'itiantl, Or., July 6. The l'ourtu or July shut down of saw mills this year of the west const waa the briefest in year accord ing to telegraphic reports receiv ed here today by I ho Loyal Le gion of Loggers and Lumbermen from various districts. The re port Indicated that 90 per rent of the fir sawmill resumed rut ting Monday morning. The report ehow, however. that logging la comparatively In active, and more than 60 per cent of the fir camps operating today. The labor turnover at tho mills v one of the lightest in ye&ri. DANCE HAL BOAT SERVICE TO PORTLAND NOT TO CEASE Northwestern Taken Off Run Temporarily But Will Resume Schedule When Shoals Cut. Definite announcement that the Northwestern, river steamer oper ating between Salem and Portland will not run for a period of 10 days or two weeks, was made this morn ing by Fred Karr, head of tho Sa lem Transportation company, which has been operating the Northwest ern since the first of the year. Knrr tttates that unless the level of the river sinks considerably lower than It Is at present the channel should be In condition within two weeks' time 80 that the boat can be brought through. A crew of 10 men, under the jur Isdlction of the federal govern ment, have been working on the channel of tbe Willamette river below Salem since May 9. It stated that If they had begun soon er, of If a larger force had been kept on tho Job, tho run of the Northwestern up and down the river would not have been Inter rupted. Itlvermen state that there is plenty of water in the river If it Is directed Into tho right places the difficulty being that it spreads out at a number of points, form- continued on Pago Five) F E SET FOR TODAY Cheyenne, Wyy., July 6. (A. i-.; reuerai juugc r. make Ken nedy today tet 2 o'clock this aft ernon as ;he time for hearing counsel on the court's decree dis missing the government's suit in equity for cancellation of the Mam moth Oil company's lease on the Teapot Dome naval oil reserve Before the question o the de cree is taken up, however, Own J. Roberts and Atlee Pomerene, government oil cuunsel, will pre sent a petition to reopen the trial to permit the presentation of ad ditional testimony relating to tne Continental Trading company. Ltd., and the conditions through ft is alleged that certain liberty bonds founds their way from Har ris y Sinclair to former Secretary ot the Interior Fall. Mr. Pomerene intimated ihxt should the petition be granted the government would be able to pre sent testimony of Canadinn wit nesses not available during tho trial here lar.t March. Commander H. T. Stuart, U. S. N., the govern n en ts representa tive in the Too pot Dome receiver ship, and W. L. Connelly, general manager of the Mammoth Oil com pany, nrc bee for the hearing. VATICAN ROBBERY IS STILL MYSTERY Rome, July 7 Tho pope Is tak ing the keenest Interest in the in vestigation of tho robbery of tho treasury of St. Peters Friday night, when thieves escaped with precloiiH objects valued at moro than one. million lire, but Irreplaceable be cause of their significance to the church. A storm of Indignation Is found In nil circles of Italian llfo at the audacity of the crime. Minister of the Interior Federsonl has taken personal charge of the police in vestigation. The robbery was con ducted on Vatican territory, which is not under the Jurisdiction of the state and thus the activities of the stite authorities are causing an un usual rapproehmenl bctwoen the secular And state officials. The pope Is awaiting with anxiety the results of the police Investigation. Although the police have nmnt- d more than 20 persons. It Is tt ?t they have not found a tangible, clue. i Fl RENCH RUSH F Non-Combatants In Taza Moved to Safety Owing To Hostility of Tribes Once Friendly. Paris, .lulv fi. fA p no Fl'enCll Cllhillpt. tnfl.1V nolnxlarl n new commander in chief of Fren:'i forces in jMorocco to succeed Marshal lyautcy. but the nunc Will be wlthflpl.l Until Intn LuiLrhl so Marshal Lyactey can be in- xormeu iirsi. . Fez, French Mcrocco, July 6. (A. P.) It wan officially an nounced today that the French have removed all women and chil dren from Taza, as a precaution. Sunday night the French admiUM reverses on tho front near Taza m the war with Abd-el-Krim's Rif fians. The women and children were evacuated loot night because d' tire dangerous etiuation through the present Lo.stility of Moroccan tilbes, formerly friendly to tho French. iHowever, hopo waa expressed thtit tile defeats of Abd-el-Krim'H attacking fontcs Sunday would re store confirisseo. in the tribesmen and causo them to resume a friendly atlituda toward tho French. Riffs Are Defeated. Tlje French severely dofeatei Abd-el-Krim's tribesmen in two engagements yesterday. Tho IUf flans attacked near Ain Ma Tout and KUfune. They lost heavily ot the first and were routed at the second place The French captured all tne nnns nnd munitions or the attack ing tribesmen. These (juccoskos, French officials said, have produced an excellent effect on some of the Moroccans whose loyalty to the French hav been doubtful of late. Lvnntev Relieved. 'Paris, July 6. (A. Is.) Su preme command of the French forces opposing the Riffians i.i Morocco is to be taken from Mar shal Lyautcy, the governor gen era! and entrusted to a general who will leave trance Immediate ly for the front. This decision wnlcb is Buhjeol to ratification by tho cabinet to day was reached at a council of war held last night under th chairmanship of M. Pninlevc, tho premier and war minister. The step ifi taken. It Is explained, to allow Marshal Kyautey freedom !n carrying out his admtnlatraMve and political duties. The man selected for tho pont (Continued on Pago Fivo.) Shanghai. July 6 (AP) A Chinese, about to attack a munici pal const a hie from behind, was uhot nnd killed here Saturday eve ning by a nailor from the United States destroyed MacIlflCh, who camn to tho rescue of tho con- Htabl. The shooting occurred during trouble nt one of tho cotton mills involved In tho present strike Hun dr'eds of Chinese itfucmhled outside th mill had threatened to burn It unlrns somo of their comrades who had bf!trn arrested wero released. A constable then arretted one of the leaders of the mob who wan urging tho coolies to advnnce on the mil). A companion of the ar resting lender, was nbout to spring on tho back of the constablo when ho Was shot by on American sailor whose name wan given ra Jm.lk, The foreigners In tho mill who witneied the entire affair natd th action of tho American An Dor averted what promised to be a moflt Arrlous situation. Hongkong, July fl (AP) The police have been authorised to nr-i-pftt nnd detain any one unemploy ed or np pen ring to have Irregulnr employ men t. The police captnln ;md tipti inlendent are empowered to order such pemong to leave here immediately. , UN 1 DANGER ZON Institutions All Within Budgets During Half Year Superintendents of all the state institutions were able to operate their institutions during the first six months of the present year, or the first quarter of the biennium, within the appropriations granted them by the 1-925 legislature. Thif indicates that all the institutions have a chance to go through th two years without calling on the emergency board to authorize de ficiencies. Tho reports were made today at the July meeting of the board of control. A particularly good showing was made by Warden A. M. Dal rymple of tne mate penitentiary, who reported that his expendi tures for the six months were $8(j50 Ices than he could have spent and still remained within the appropriation The appropria tion granted the penitnntiary y SENTENCED 10 7 YEARS IN PEN C. C. Conlcy, negro who held U) tJio night Southern Pacific uRont at Turner a few nights ngo and robbed tho depot of $13.33 after binding the agent and depositing him In a box car where he was found several hours later, waa to day sentenced by Judge Kelly to serve seven years In the state peni tentiary. Con ley today pleaded guilty and waived time for the pnsslng of sentence. He is an ex convict from the Nobraska state prison. ' In a partial report made Friday the Marlon county grand Jury r turned eight true bills and three not true bills. Harry Block of Salem was in dicted on a charge of possession of liquor. His bond has been fixed nt $1000. Other indictments were: George Miller of Valaetz, for lewd cohabitation. John Andrews, Lester Dixon and Henry Johnson, for operating a still near Mount Angel. Paul Muno, for possession of a still. Henry A liters, for burglary of the Willamette grocery company, James Raker, for assault nnd battery with Intent to kill, on the person of John Anderson, who was employed by Raker. Roth live at Rroadacrcs. Paul McKay, forgery of a check for $4fi. Not true bills were reported In the case of Wilbur J. Chapman, ac cused of Indecent exposure; H. L. Staple, accused of failure to pro vide for his wife, and Kmil Wilke, charged with powsesslon of a still. James Raker was arraigned to day on the charKO of assaulting John Anderson with Intent to kill, ploaded not guilty and his trial was set for July 22. Paul McKay was arraigned on tho forgery charge, but asked fur ther time in which to make his plea. E London, July (J (A. P.) Fur- uign Secretary Chamlrlain today oi(i mo wKisn oi commons ihit ireat Kritain lias sent no note to (tussla regarPng recent events in China but that the Hritlsh gov- rnment raserved full liberty to take whatever action It might think was required." Ie was referring to reports that Hritaln ml.ht. break diplo matic relations v ith Huwda h; aiio of alleged soviet inMueri'v n tho present, Chinese troubles. COLOMBIAN CITY IS REPORTED DESTROYED New York, July 8 A onbh-Kram ecelved by the consulate Reneritl of Colombia today reported tbe destruction by fire of a large pari of the city of Mnnlnnles, 110 mllo northwest of Rogotn, capital of Colombia. The commercial section of the city was wiped out, the cable aid, with ft loss estimated at $20,000,000. the legislature was $350,000. The perenpita expenditure at the pris on for the month of June wtti $21.72 lees, it is said, than at any other time since 1916. The board of control granted leavo to W, J. H. Clark, superin tendent for the adult school for the blind In Portland, to make a trip east in August in an official capacity connected with the D. O. K. K. order of the Knights of Pythias, which will pay his ex penses on the trip. Ho will take advantage of the opportunity to visit several institutions similar to that Oregon institution of which he is the head. Mr. Clark said he expected to enter into a contract with tl;e Portland school board whereby his institution will do all of the piano tuning for the Portland schools. 250 LOSE LIVES Chicago, July 6 (AP) Tho roll of holiday fatalities through out tho country mounted today to the 2IiO mark, with uuto accidents and drownings at tho head of the list, without tho Boston cnbarnt tragedy In which 43 perished. While tho Fourth of July passed with remarkably few deaths from fire works nnd explosions, tho ab normal traffic in the suburban country led to an unusually long list of dead and Injured. Moro than 400 were Injured In the slates which eported the heaviest death tolls. Illinois reported 57 dead nnd more than 100 Injured. Other state totals follow: Mas sachusetts 49, New York 20. In diana 13, Ohio 29. Missouri 2, Con necticut 8, lthodo Island 0, New Jersey 3, Pennsylvania 6, Vermont 2, Minnesota 8, Iowa, 4, California 10, Colorado 3, North Dakota 2. ' Marshficld, July 6 Madeline Dcnnlson, seven, shot nnd killed her four year old sis tor, Dclpha May, Into yesterday, because Dcl pha May slapped the baby who had been left In Madeline's care, while the pnrents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Den n is on went berry picking. POLITICAL FEUD FATAL TO THREE OFFICERS Corpus Christi, Texas., July 0 - (A. P.) A poit:cul feud of Ion.; standing between two factions s hellnVOfl tn h;t'm tnunlrnrl shooting here last night which tik the lives of three peace officer, and wounded two other men. Paul McAllister, a deputy state game commissioner and former police man; C. M. Ilisljce, constable; it. II. Bledsoe. fKnuly constable. wi:-e killed. HuliiH Mat Murniy of Three Rivers. Texas, and George Uydcr of San Diego, Texas, nrc in a hospital qcrfousiy wounded. Die rive men appear to hav met by accident nt lhe entrain-' to a road h niso near th(l city and there the shoot'ng bfgan. McAl lister was killed on the spot. Mled I soe nnd Ilisliee died several hourf later. Kidnaping Story of Federal Officer and Aide Is Scrutinized ChiiltumioKii, Trim., July 6. (A. P.) Hhurif t Turn SulTiinn this morning bcKun an lnvcxtlKntlon Inlo tho story told by Dr. W. I). Mnson, local vctorlnarlnn nnd J,awronc( Itownmn, nllcKi1'! feudist nnd nldo ot federal prohibition of ficers, that thny had been kid naped on SlKnal mountain and kept captive, for 10 days. TI16 two men, who riimippeared on .litno 23 without trace, were found yester day morning hy Jim Thomas, mountaineer, who wan hunting stray hoga, handcuffed and tied 10 a tree In tho wilds nbout IB tulles from C'hntnnooga. Ilowman nnd Manon wer In ft aerloua condition as a result of their experlenre. Ilowman stated that while driving along th road iPDAMfl IIIDV uimnu Jim i EXONERATES FOUR OTH Charges of Contributing T o Delinquency oi Minor Girls Made; Jef ferson Man Held. Seven of the 11 men who wer investigated by the Marion county grand Jury on charges of contrib uting to the delinquency of n minor girl during the months of March and April by giving her liquor were today Indicted by the grand jury. The other foui were net indicted. The seven men who were in dicted were William Cook, John Belton, Bert Peary, Rudolph Har ris, Mac Cartluw, Jess Wade and Clifford Willnrd. The four who were not indicted were Frisco Edwards, Walter Gil Christ, Percy Ditmar and Dick Schnckmann. In the case of Wade the accu sation assumed more serious pro portions than the giving of II-. quor to the girl, it being charged that Wade and the girl, who le snld to be only 14 years old. spent the night together in Wade's rojm after a certain joy ride. The various offenses occurred In the cose of Belton and Peary on March 20, in the case o Har ris nnd Cartliew on March ?.S, and in the eases of Cook, Wade and Wlllard on April 2. The alleged giving of liquor to the girl took place ench time, ac cording to testimony offered in Justice court, on Joy rides that originated at Dreamland skating ring at the end of State street. While nt least four girls were in volved, nil of them minors, only one was named in the cjiarges made nnd In the indictments that were brought by the grand Jury today. The grand jury also today re turned a bill of Indictment against S. A. Pease, who la charged with the unlawful pos sesion of a still. Joo Polley, who was charged with the unlawful possession of a still, was not in dicted. The grand jury did not Indict Perry Sehrumm, who was accused of maliciously and wantonly kill ing a dog. OIL WELL LITERALLY SWALLOWS INVESTMENT Los Angeles, Cal., July 6 The singular sight of a wild cat oil well which not only refused to pro duce oil but swallowed the 115 foot steel derrick and machinery with which It was dug was at tracting attention today on th SheU company property In Domln guez field near here. Christened the Ileyes Number 22, the obstreperous well started spouting gas, water and mud on July 7 last and at the heluht of Ma eruption expelled between 30, 000. 000 nnd 40.000,000 cubic feet of gas dnlly. It was an 8 Inch hole, 360il feet deep when the blowout occurred but the const nnt uprush of water and gas steadily enlarg ed the opening until a few days ao cave-ins bejran nnd today noth Ing was left of the outfit by an Irregular crater one hundred feet deep Into the maw of which had sunk the tannled wreckage of der rick nnd mac hinery. at night they wore set upon by five men wearing tow-sacks over their bends, overpowered And taken into tho woods. The men had heen lured to tho mountain by a fnkn telephone message and were returning when nttneked. Their disappearance wna discov ered the following day when Mason's rnr was found on tha mountain with bloodstralns on the running board and containing the hats of the vanished men. Posses Immodtaately took up tha search nnd combed the mountalna, ncludlng the place where Bowmaa a f Mason were found, bearing out tha statement of the rlctlmt that they had been moved to a dlf (Continued on rase Five)