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Newspaper Page Text0RG0N u ai cm i ret JUL 22 1925 TT CIRCULATION Dally average oat pala circulation for month end In it June 30, 1925 6729 Average dally distribution 7089. Member Audit Bureau of Circulations. FORTY-SEVENTH YEAR No. 172 3 Ut 19 BY IL Ordinance To Change Parking System Accept ed and Placed Upon Third Reading. A majority o the ordinanc commit Lee of the city council, which was Purviue and Simeral, last night sent cut a favorable re port on tho bill providing for head-on parking- in Salem, while Rosebraugh turned out a minority report recommending against paacsuge of Uiq bill. Tho majority report was adopted and the meas ure will go to third reading, prob ably at an adjourned meeting of the council to be held Wednes day night of this week. The ordinance provides that the present system of backing in to park at the curbs on balem busi ness streets be supplanted by the bead-on method of parking at an angle of about 45 degrees. Salary Raises Denied. Proposed Increases in the salar ies of the Salem chief of police and the firo chief were knocked in the head when the council last night adopted majority reports 01 the ordinance committee recom mending against allowing the po lice chief $26 u month additional as a member of tho city censor hip board and the fire chief $25 a month extra as fire warden of the city. The majority reports were signed by RoeobaugJh and Purvlne and tho minority report, recommending passage, by Sun ral. Also the Increases of $50 2 month each allowed May 1 by the treet Improvement department to the city engineer and the city Itrcet commissioner were held by City Attorney Kowltz to be illegal to theeo two offilcals also will be deprived of their additional pay. They were to be paid the addition al amount from the street Im provement fund. Session Continued When the hour of midnight ap proached last night, with much of th city council s wont unnnisncu adjournment was taken until Wednesday night. The reading of ordinance bills was not reached. A favorable report of the ordi nance committee was adopted on the steamboat license bill. Favorable reoprts of the street committee on petitions for the (Continued on Page Ten) TO FOUND GUILTY Medford, July 21 II. J. Hodges and R. Pa wan n of Klamath Falls In a sealed verdict opened thin morning by the court, were found guilty of possession of liquor. Their wives, tried ns co-defendants, were acquitted. This Is the third eonvlctlon In a week for the two men. The trial grew out of a raid on "Tho Hut" a candy storo located near Camp Jackson dur ing the national guard encamp ment In June. Mrs. Dawson Is 21 years old, member of a welt known Lake view, Ore., family, and her three children are aged four years, two and three months, Mrs. Hodges to 25 years old. wm rained near Forth Smith, Ark., and her three children are six, four and two years of ope. Rfgarding a statement signed by Mrs. Dawson on the night of her arrest, In which the allegation w.ia made "that wo were to receive n dollar a gnllon, for every gallon of fT(Uor delivered with Hodges," Mrs. Dawson testified, "I wns too excited about my babies to know Whit I was signing." Mrs. H oilers test if led that she Invited the Dawsons to make the trip to Medford nnd did not know until they stopped on n road near Keno, Klamath county, that monn nine was to be carried on the trip. "I wis rained to go to Sunday chool and church and have always been a good wife and mother" wan one of her replies to a etntd ques tion. She also testified that she nnd always told her husband "to to tralM." HEAD ON PLAN ENDORSED COON IN Evolut lis Slatey 0G0 lo fj ngress Dayton, Tenn., July 21. (By Associated Press.) Walter White, superintendent or Rhea county schools and prosecutor In the Scopes case, said today that Rep resentative W. D. Upshaw of Geor gia will Introduce an anti- evolution bill In congress. This bill, to be prepared by Mr. White, he B;-.ld, will provide that federal aid be withheld from col leges nnd schools teaching theories on evolution. !$T IKE 01 PEACE WITH N. y. BOARD New York, July 21. (AP) Jack Dempsey must appear per sonalty before the New York stnte athletic commission to conclude arrangements for his program leading to a title fight with Harry Wilis in 1925. This was the decis ion r f the commit--6jon today in refusing to accept Tex Rickard as the champion s proxy. Dempsey s sudden departure for the west in spite of his previous promise to come here today to put the finishing touches to his plane, apparently annoyed the boxing colons, for they informed Rickard no further steps would be taken until the title holder came beforo the commiesion per sonally. The upshot of the meeting was to delay the entire Dempsey pro gram at least two weeks. Rickard promised the commission that he would have Dempsey return to New York by that time. In return the conrmisrilon assured the pro moter that It would take no net Ion meanwhile which would pre judice Dempsey'e status in this atate. Mickey Walker, welterweight champion whose proposed title bout with Dave Shade Is also caus ing the commission no little con cern, likewise failed to put in an appearance as he had promised. HEAD IS SUICIDE New York, July 21. (AP) George O Haven, president of the Metropolitan Opera and Real Ke tate company and prominent in New York banking circles, com mitted suicide today at his home in east 63rd street by ehooting himself. He was a member of the New York stock exchange firm of Strong, Sturgie & Co.; a director of the Denver and Rio Grande railroad and a director of the Tex at and Pacific railroad. He was a graduate of Yale and longed to several exclusive clubs. PALMER FAVORS FORD BID FOR ?00 VESSELS Washington, July 21. (AP) Acceptance ot tho Henry Ford bid of $1,706,000 for the 200 ship ping hoard vewelfl Bet aside for scrapping nan been recommended to the shipping board by Presi dent ralmor ot the fleet corporation. Philanthropist Asks Public To Help Him Distribute Millions New York, July 21 i lly A-,- ocinted Prc.) Leopold S-'hen'i. N.r-year-old piillanthropint, today skc-d the public for sugi-et inn.-- ns lo tho bot way he could dist ribute his million-', He recently ee'.ablished a founda- tit.n with a $2.r,no.iMM) trim fund o assist deserving boy?. In addJ : fon he ha.- distributed some $.1, ."iOO.OOO in individual donation lump sum gifts and pnior.f. Now he wants to accelerate the distribution of other millions and wants to canvass public philan thropists to dereriniiie the woy whlrh v 1 1 1 afford the qtiiekr?t and surest relief to those who need and merit help, at the tamo aortal . COUNCIL MAY PUT END 10 E Refusal To Enact Ordin ance Creating Commis sion Will End Bouts; Old Board Illegal. Boxing matches, which have been a popular sport in Salem for several years, will be no more un less tho city council sees fit to pass an ordinance legalizing them under the state law, and last night the council refused to approve such an ordinance. It developed at the council meet ing that all fights that have been held here since the state boxing commission act went into effect a good many years ago have been without legal footing, and the coun cil last night refused to give them legal sanction. Upon refusal of the council to consider an ordin ance for the purpose Mayor Giesy announced the dissolution of the city boxing commission, which was composed of F. W. Durbin, Dr. H. H. Olinger and Dr. W. Carlton Smith. The state law Authorizes In each city the appointment of boxing commissions and provides that no boxing competitions shall be held without the approval of of out side the Jurisdiction of the com mission. If it is held without such approval or without the commis slon's Jurisdiction, It shall, under (Continued on Page Seven) OFFER IDE TO GIVE OP SLAYER Detroit, Mich.. July 21. (A P.) James Sweinhart, a Detroit News reporter, would make n( comment today on the Springfield 111., dispatch that he had wired Governor Len Small he would de liver Robert Scott to Illinois au thorities. Other members of the News edi torial staff professed ignorance of the whereabouts of Robert Scott. They enid that Sweinhart had been working on the story. Springfield. III., July 21 (AP) Governor Small today received a telegram from James Sweinhart, Detroit, asking where he might confer with the governor 'Wednes day for the delivery of Robert Scott, brother of Russell Scott, condemned to hang in Chicago Friday, Sweinhart requested an answer In care of a Detroit newspaper. POBTLAND-MEDFORD AIR MAIL BIDS ARE ASKED Medford Or.. Jiilv 31 Thr Medford post office advertised for hlrla fnrinv fur an alrnlnno mall service scheduled to be CBlnbllph- ed from this city to Los Angelas and Seattle on October 1. The bids call for a sneed of 90 milrw an hour and a Behedule from Medford to Portland rf two hours and fifi niinntrfl Vtmlfnnl fa lhr nnlv Air mail ctiitinn In th- ctnln scheduled outside of Portland, ac cording to the postmaster gener als announcemen t. time offer tome permanent good to ROCit-ly. Sitting In the office on Hw1oti street where the headquarters ,"l" his coenamit concern has been lo cated more than sixty yenrs, Mr. Scheph announced his intention to retire almoin, tely from com merer tnd to devote his time, attention and money to phManthrophy. "I wish to mr.ke philanthropy a -dudy,' he said, "and will be glad to entertain any suggestions that can be mode on the subject. We are now paying up to $40,000 a month from the foundation's fund hut It is not moving faflt mouth to tit me. and T want to bronden B01 (Continued on Pace fil-ht) SALEM, OREGON, TUESDAY, JULY 21, 1925 -E.ziLrLjl!E.: TESTIMONY OF BRYAN IS T Judge Raulston Rules Evidence of Commoner In Evolution Case Is Not Pertinent. Court Room, Dayton, Tenn.. July 21. (By Associated Press.) The Scopes trial was opened hero this morning by a statement from Judge Raulston that the court had some important mutters to pass on. "I fear I may have committed error yesterday," he said, "In my over-zeal to ascertain if there was anything in the proof that was of fered to enable the higher courts to ascertain if there was error. After Judge Raulston had ex nunged the testimony of William Jennings Bryan irom the record of yesterday afternoon's session, agreement was quickly reached to bring the case to a close. Mr. Bryan, however, made a statement that ho would make (Continued on Page Seven) DIES FAIL TO LAND IN ASTORIA Astoria, July 21 (AP) Astoria all dressed up to entertain 1280 Annapolis naval academy midship men Inst night and then left entire ly middle-less, experienced some revival of spirit this morning when It was learned that 300 midship men would land at Fort 'Stevens today. Immediate plans were made to have Astoria auton at the fort when the middies land from their three battleships, the New York, Utah and Arkansas, which arc anchored Just inside the Colum bla river mouth. It was understood this morning that the midshipmen's liberty would extend only to 7:30 tonight. If that Is the case, arrangements for special trains to Seaside will have to be dropped. Forty-five officers and 700 en listed men of the navy were ashore and In Astoria Monday night, but Astorians seemed to take slight comfort therein. They wanted mid dies. A radio message sent by the As toria chamber of commerce to the Columbia river pilot boat yesterday stated that the battleship which was lo have berthed at the San born dock would have to tie up elsewhere. It had been planned that one of the warships would berth at the Port of Astoria dock, another at the Sanborn and the third would anchor In tho stream. Yesterday It was learned that a merchant vessel would be at the Sanborn dock and the radio mes sage was sent accordingly. Word now reaches Astoria that Rear Admiral C. J, Vogelgesang Inter preted this message to mean that there would be no berthing space at Astoria and he Is said to nave believed there would not bo enough room In Astoria harbor for the three vessels to anchor In the strea m. RATS START FIRE FATAL TO FOUR Il-illtio Tf,v',i) 01 A D liats gnawing matches started a :ire ncre eany looay wnicn causcn he death of four and the injury )f eight perr.onB In a frame rooru ng house. The dead are: T. B. Young, 20, filling station jmploye. William Brown. ZB. son of E. E. Brown of Mineral Springs, Ark. Lloyd Short. 23. barber. Cisco Texas. Joe Dunaway. 25. barber. C!s"n, Texas. The house was onerated hv trolman and Mrs. 8. H. Garrett. Mrs. Garrett and her two son?. William Carter and C. A. Carter, ern injured. . The Carter brothers ree'vpd hnrn tn n ttcmrtt In ii rmvi- II OU alctylng roomers. wins REFUSED IN DAMAGE CASE Judge Kelly Denies Mo tion of City of Wood burn ; Defense Prepares For Lengthy Battle. After listening to extended arguments, Judge Percy R. Kelly, in circuit court this morning, de nled a motion for a non-suit In terposed by the plaintiff lu the $20,500 damage action of N Miller against the city of Wood- burn, now in Its third active day before the court. Attorneys for the city In sup porting their contention for s non-suit renewed their arguments that the action was barred by the statute of limitations. In meeting this contention at torueys for Miller declared that the sewer system which ho claims is causing damage to his beaver- dam lands north ot Woodburn by being dumped into Ferrier creek which cuts through his property has ben added on to since 1918, tho time when Miller chums in jury to Iub land started, and as a result the attorneys asserted thcs HUitute of limitations could not run from 1918. The plaintiff rested its case thia morning after listening to nine witnesses Including experts on the matter of Bower damage valuo of the laud in question, and a num ber of other witnesses who told of t.lie situation existing in connec tion with the Miller farm and the action of Ferrier creek. The city started Its case shortly before noon today. Attorneys rep resenting the corporation were un able to say at the outset Just how many witnesses will be used tn presenting their side of the con tention. A large number nave been subpoenaed hot whether or not all of them will be culled (he attorneys wero unable to state. DUEL INCITED Brawny, Cal., July 21. (A. P.) Hatred longer than the passing years and stronger than man's love of life drove John Truflen anil Henry Kcndlg Kirk Into the duel and suicide pact revealed yester day In tho finding of their bullet piereed bodies and a letter by Truden relating how they had died. What caused that bitter hatred, however, was as deep a mystery today as It was when the HrelesH Truden was discovcrou propped agnlnst a rock near the Jacumha bathing pool near Ran Diego. The letter stuffed In Tru den 's pocket told "nil whom it m,iv concern that It. Kirn ano j. Truden of the Imperial hotel, lm- perlnl, Cal., met the night of July 7 to flEht out their (iitrorenccs with .38 calibre Colts purchased for that purpose. At the break of day on July ih they turned their backs on each other with tho agreement that at 2 paces ttiey were to turn anil when Truden had counted three, to fire nt will until one of them was dead. "At the word two, Kirk opened fire," snld Ihe letter, his shot griming my ngnt nip so that I could feel It. At three f fired nnd missed. Kirk fired again and missed and ran a few paces with me after him. He turned and we fired at the same time. My bullet scored the mark." Explaining that they had been enemies for six years, hut drop ping no hint of Ihe orlcln of their feudt Truden concluded his letter wllh'tlie mark that he intended to fulfill his promise for the suicide duel contrart and kill himself, 'ai soon as I leave the valley." the heal of which he lamented, "even tough I am headed for a much otter one, according to William J.-nnlnps Itryan."' A stranger who was nrrentnd when he walked Into the coroner's office inking to see Kirk's body at an hour when Ihe geneml public had no Inkling he wns dead, was 1-ter relfaied when he acknowl edged he had learned of the af fMr ihrnurh th landlord of the hott-1 wher. Kirk Uvad. LIBRARY SALEM IS 88 88 88 Promoter 88 88 88 GOES BACK The year 1925 may be prosperity year but G. B. Datson, who wan yesterday taken home to the end of Center street In the care of his kocper. Is beginning to have his doubts. There's no use, he disgust edly declares, people hereabouts just don't appreciate his financial genius. They don't absorb from him that business confidence which anyone knows Is an essential part of business prosperity. In fact ho's just about decided to let the city of Salem go to the dogs, speaking from a business stand point. Maybe he'll go to New York or somewhere, clean up on Wall street or something, Just to show 'em. GERMAN REPLY TO ALLIED NOTE IL Paris, July 21 Germany has re plied In a conciliatory manner to the allied observations concerning her suggestion for a security pact guaranteeing her western frontiers and it la agreed, with but few ex ceptions, that tho German com munication while far from remov ing all the obstacles to a settle ment of the security problem, op ens the way for negotiations from which an understanding may em erge. Meanwhile the evacuation of the Ruhr region by the French and Helgian forces of occupation Is go ing on apace, the belief being ox pressed that by July 31 virtually all of the allied troops will have left the Ruhr, In fulfillment of the promise made by the French gov ernment that Franco would evacu ate tho Ruhr within a year after the Dawes plan became effective. So little had been expected from the German communication on the subject of a security pact, that Its conciliatory nature hafl made n highly favorable Impression, and foreign office officials appear to think the difficult points can be 1 cleared up within 15 days. Such' optimism Is not shared by the com mcnlators in the newspapers, who believe that Germany' In not like ly to abandon her "familiar hag gling methods." Two automobile wero completely wrecked and occupants sustained slight Injuries, whon a Packard sedan driven by William A. Stone, druggist of Pawadena. Cat., smash ed head on with a Maxwell coupe, driven by Manning F. Spikor. sales man of Portland, near the Inter section of the Pacific highway nnd Cbemawa road at 10:15 this morning. According to Sulk or Stone was driving on the wrong side of the road when the accident occurred. Moth cars were going about 30 mites nn hour. n tho Stone car were his wife and daughter. Tho daughter had several severe bruiser, one part leu lorly bad one on tho cheek bone. Hpiker also sustained a severe, cut on the forehead and several bruises while tho others nlso sustained bruises, Ralph Gesncr, Salem fire man, wns named as a witness to tho accident, his ear having follow ed tho Slonno rar out of Salem to ward Portland. Peking. Chlnn, July 21. (A. IV) Advices from Canton say that fond Riipplits have been cut off from the American gunboat. tat I oned at Wuchow, at well fis from the British rcHldeiits. It In added that tho British consulate nt Wuchnw has pdvlsed all British miMirN to leave heenuso ot tho atricL boycott aaatnst thnnv PRICE THREE CENTS givSI an 51 BLACKLISTED 88 88 88 88 Is Rebuffed 88 88 88 88 TO ASYLUM DaUon. whoae residence is In a small house In Portland, but whose home Is In a large house In Salem, started out as a civil engineer. Ho was a good one, too, so long us he engineered ditches and the like on the stuto irrigation works, at which he was employed, and did not at tempt to engineer promotion schemes, at which he was not cm- ployed. Reports reaching Salem at the time Datson flrat took up his residence here. In December of the year 1919, Indicated that he had embarked on a scheme that had every evidence of success at- (Continued on Pago Six) BY OFFICER AS Chattanooga, Tenn., July 21. .Sam Godsey, Sequatchie county deputy sheriff, need Attorney Gen eral George W. Chamlce as a shield while under firo of Lawr ence Bowman In reviving a fued last night in wntch Godsey and his brother, Benton Godsey, wore shot In tho legs. Sam Godsey, at the hospital thi: morning, stated that Bowman had started the battle while Godsey was upbraiding Attorney General Ifhamlce for not indicting Bow man for carrying a pistol in an other case. m A bullet went through Cham Ice's hat. Bowman said Sam Godsey was cursing him to diamine ami when he got a glance at Godsey he wool tor his gun. Bowman then started a fusil lade with a heavy revolver down ing Benton Godbey the first bIioI i nd Inter putting a bullet through tho upper left leg of Sam Godsey. Bowman 'explained his bad, marksmanship by (dating that hi.1 wns afraid that he would shoot Chainlee "s Hani Godnry kept gut ting behind him. lie also stated i that some person was shooting nt! him from behind whll he was battling with the Godsays. Sev eral of tho Godsey clansmen ap peared on the scene as soon as the hooting ceased. WORK MOVES TO STOP LOAFING IN DEPARTMENT Washington, July 21. (A. P.) Employes of the Interior depart ment do too much sitting down. clock watching and stumbling over surplus office furniture; to suit Secretary Work, so ho ha" Iven orders to strip the depart ment's offices for action. The first move was In the gen- oral land office, where 250 chairs vere removed, most of tho clocks dismantled nnd two van loads of stools, wardrobes and desks, valued at $'12fi4 turned over to the government's general supply of fice. Compromise In Controversy Over Filling Power Ditch Whether hn Western Paper Con rtlnn cnmp;iny Is to establish IlifiO.OOO faetory in Silem became IflHiio beforo tho city council lat niyht when representatives of tho company and Guy O. Smith, representing the property owners m Division street, rtiBaped lu a heated debate relative to the ditch on Division street. At he conrlusiuii Indications were that I ho question Wit bo set tled aniieably. on motion of Al dermrtn Dam-y It was voted Hint tho old spcia' committee that bail the ditch matter In hand, represen tatives of the paper converting com pany, and tho. city engineer get together and try to evolve a plan whereby the company nnd tho prop orty owners may cooperate for cov erlng the ditch. A settlement simi lar to this In desired by the com pany. CLOUDY HERE Pair east portion tonight and Wednes day; moderate temperature gentle nortb west wlnda. Local: Max., 85; mn., 50; rain, none; river, -1.4; atmos., part cloudy; 1 I F1RSTR0UND IN EVOLUTION FIGHT ENDED Appeal To State Supreme Court Announced As Next Move Against Ten nessee Statute. Court room, Dayton, Tenn., July 21 (liy Associated Press) A verdict of "guilty" was returned la the Scopes cae at 11:28 a. m. Scopes was summoned before the bar. Judge Raulston told him ot his conviction by tho jury and read a copy of the statute to him. The judge then fixed the fine at $100. "Have you anything to say, Mr. Scopes?" asked the Judge. Is Fined $1410 'Your honor, I have been con victed of violating an unjust stat ute." replied Scopes. "Any action other than I have pursued would bo In violation of my Idea of academic freedom." The Judge repeated the fine of $100. Rood was fixed nt $500 ponding an appeal. Scopes added to the court In hli .intcmcnt that he would continue to oppose the law In every way In his power as ho consld- nn upJiiHt law and Ki .at.on of the constitution. Dudley Field Malone announced that bond would bo arranged at once. Mr. Malone also thanked "the people of this community for their hospitality nnd for the op portunity to try the Issues In this case." (Continue on Page Eight) Olympia, Woh., July 21. All hope that Dennis Murphy, aged n.oehrter prairie rancher, who was imprisoned nt the bottom of a 52 foot well yesterday would be reached before nightfall today has been abandoned, It was re ported from Rochester this morn ing. Although the reecue (ore numbers 20 men, conditions under which they are obliged to work impede progress to such an extent that he will probably not be reached until Wednesday morn ing, it was said. Murphy was Imprisoned short ly nftor noon yeetorday when , curbing of the well gave way Af ter he had descended Into the well to clean It out, bur. ing him un der several tons of earth. Rescue work was started as soon ujw curbing material could he secur ed and the work was rushed thru out the night. All hope that he will ho found alive has been giv en up. It was said. 1' I at ics Reach Cheyenne M Cheyenne, Wyo., July 21 fAP) -Six army pursuit phineK en route from Mount Clemens, Mich., to San Francisco landing on the air mall field here at 1:02 o'clock this afternoon. Tho Curtis bomber ae- (ompaning the squadron was not then in sight. Likely In tho last city election a meas ure was passed that authorized the city council to require tho Oregon Pulp & Paper company to cover or fill the old power ditch on Divi sion street. Tho company later asked nn extension of Umo to July 1, this year which was granted. In tho meantlmo the pulp nnd pap er company has offered the north power lt without cost to the Western Paper Converting com pany if the latter will establish Ita factory h re. Salem Is tho dAirfred Ijcatlon of tho factory as far aa the company Is concerned, and more so becuuso of the free site offered. The pulp and paper company of fered the site bee use the new con cern would be a large user of the paper mill's product. (Continued on PK '!".