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FORTY-SEVENTH YEAR No. 173
PORTLAND TO
L
HILL DRIVE
Committee Appointed To
Get Immediate Action
In Collecting $135,000
Fund Pledged.
PortWiml'3 sleeping share in the
camiuugii for Oregon i.incu Mills,
lncori)orateil, the proposed new
linen mill Cur Salem, came to life
yesterday morning ut a meeting of
about 30 prominent Portland busi
ness men in the offices of J. C.
Aiubworth, president of tliu United
States National bank of the me
tropolis, with the result that a
committee, was appointed under
the admonition to get busy alii
put over Portland's share of the
proposition williin the next few
days.
Out of the $1:15,000 allotment
given to Portland as it share ol
the $1140,000 fund, $00,000 has
been subscribed by big financiers
of that city, and $80,000 remains
to be subscribed.
Meier Out. of Citv.
Julius .Meier, chairman of the
original Portland committee, has
been out of the city for n consid
erable time and as a result the
movement lugged. The new com
mittee is not to replace the old one
but merely be of assistance, as the
old committee included men of
large affairs who found it diffi
cult to give any great amount
time or eoncentiaxd efforts to
the drive, although they all were
willing to subscribe liberally.
At the meeting yesterday from
Balem were T. H, nay, state treas
urer; John It. McNary, prominent
attorney, and Colonel V. U. Hnrl
rum, who has been Interested
deeply In the venture.
Salem Onota Raised.
Salem put over us share in the
project several weeks ago by rais
ing in excess of $300,000. Some
$140,000 that has been talked of
as being raised In eight of the
Btnaller communities of tho valley
was not raised, the campaign for
that sum being postponed until the
erection of the main mill here.
That $140,000 was to be used for
the erection of scutching mills in
the towns raising the funds, but
It Is believed there will he no dif
ficulty In ' financing those mill'
when the large mill is constructed
and no a result efforts have been
centralized now on securing the
final $80,000 needed for the con
traction ot the new mill.
While no definite assurances
were received from the new com
mittee, it was agreed on all hands
If the committee will get in with
the same vigor that characterized
the efforts of business men here,
that the matter of raising the
$80,000 In Portland Is one of n
comparatively few days, In fact It
Is believed with a concentrated
drive In the right quarters the
quota could be finished In Port
land In a day.
Men behind the movemnet are
as optimistic as ever that the mill
w'll be constructed and the ma
chinery Installed In plonty of lime
to handle next year's flax crop.
ChUogo, July 22. (A. P.)
Cigarettes may not nffect a wom
an's morals, but they'll kill her
beauty, advises Mrs. Huth Maure.
president of the American Cosme
ticians society.
Owner of Baby Farm
Sentenced To Serve
Three and Half Years
New York, July 22. Mrs. Helen
OoiHen-Volk, proprietress of an
East 86th street home for infants
today was sentenced to 316 to 7
years in Auburn prison on a
charge of baby sulxUltutlrn, to
which she had pleaded guilty.
A probation ofiicer's report
submitted to thP court before sen
tence wag pronounced, chnrnrjUr
Izcd her as a "woman without
conscience, '' who had strangled,
frozen t death and otherwise dis
posed of infants ic;t in hr nre.
The" report said that inr. Feb
ruary. 1 9 1 S, at Icat f3 infant?
had died while in Mrs. Giv,n
Volk's chnrce. It nlkptd Hint ir
tr-a'ed children in any way if it
meant financial benefit to h.e-,;lf
that sbe destroy rn children for
(moderation and ncn-payinir ba
bies becauso they were Labilities
Duel Theoiv
Is Discarded
For Murder
Brawley, Cal., July 22. (A. P.)
Indications that II. Kirk, for
mer Honolulu photographer, was
murdered with his hands tied, not
shot in a duel and that rivalry
over the affect ions of a woman
may have prompted his slaying
and the suicide of John Truden,
whose body was found at Jacumba
last Monday, were being scruti
nized by police and sheriffs in
vestigators today.
A letter written by Truden be
fore he killed himself told of a
duel at twelve paces with .38 cali
bre revolvers "purchased for the
(Continued on Page Seven)
WILBUR DENIES
Mb
POLICY CHANGE
Secretary of the Navy Wilbur,
during a tv-miuute stop here to
day, requested the Associated
Fresa to emphasize strongly the
statement that no change is pend
ing in the naval policy relative to
the Pacific fleet. Although the
Pacific fleet is now on route to
Australia, that voyage, he made
plain, does not indicate a change
ot peltry.
"If I gave the impression In
Portland," he said, "that any
change is pending, I am very sor
ry. The 11 capital ships now in
Pacific waters will continue in the
Pacific as they nave for eome
years, and the bases will be San
Pedro, San Diego, San Francisco
and Puget Sound as they are now.
"The midshipman sfjuadron,
composed of the New York, Ar
kansas and Utah, now at Astoria,
will return to the Atlantic and
immediately go to navy yards for
modernization."
E
Chicago, July 22. Prompted by
Lite death of William Nelson Mc
Glintock, Miss Isabel Pope, his fi
ancee and one cf the central fig
ures in the bitter legal fight over
lii million dollar estate, may at
tempt to obtain a widow's share of
the fortune.
She is understood to be ready to
file a suit gainst Mr. and Mrs.
William Daiiinj Shepherd, his fos
ter parents, charging they con
spired to prevent her marriage
witJi the youth. At the same time
she would file another suit to ob
tain a widow's portion of the es
tate, which under McClintock's
will, goes to Shepherd with an
$8000 annuity for Miss Pope. ,
TEXTILE MILLS CUT WAGES
Lawrence, Mass., July 22.
Three mills iu the Lawrence dis
trict anonunced wage reductions
of 10 per cent following the ex
ample of the American Woolen
company an:l other plants which
Tave notice of v;oge cuts in the
last few days. The mills postln
notices today employ approximate
ly 1000 operatives.
"She bad no maternal affec
tions, at least with respect to the
babies of other people," the report
said. "To her they were puppies,
articles of merchandise to be bar
tered or exchanged."
Mrs. Gel.sen-Volk was arrestee!
Lpfii May when she attempted to
i?ive a strange bnby to William
n,TOier, c. steam fitter's assistant,
in ple.ee of the seven -month s-oM
son he bad placed In her care.
Judr Mf-Lityre :;dud her In
court U:?.v v:hp.t sh did with the
nt i.-sinT baby and the r?ply was
"It died and I left it In a hallway
n a saic'-."!."
"Why did you d'i th. t?" askt-1
the (mi ;e.
"Hn .-e one of the Matlv??
t rhn Ipit'iv n-s!;'d me to," was the
My.
- ID.-.
TAX RECORDS
111 1
OPEN SEPT
Revenue Collectors
Instructed To
Public Income
Returns Then.
Are
Make
Levy
Washington, July 22 (AP)
Income tax records for tho last
year will bo opened to public In
spection by all inLernal revenue
collectors, September 1.
Announcement of the date was
made today by the Internal reve
nue bureau, after it was advised
that the records would be complet
ed before that lime.
Under a recent Buprcme court
decision, the tax figures made pub
lic by the collectors can legally be
published In newspapers.
Local Kefords OikmumI
The law provides that the sta
tistics shall be made available by
tho respective collectors at their
offices at a time to be selected by
tho internal revenue bureau. The
bureau itself, however, will not
make any of the returns available
in Washington.
The bureau's announcement sold
no restriction would be placed
around the record during any work
ing day for 30 days after the books
are thrown open September 1.
At the end of the thirty dny
period, the time In which the pub
lie may examino tho records will
bo rogulatid by each collector
"with a view to preventing undue
Interference with tho official work
of his offieCi"
OjR'ii 3 Days Kadi Week
"Following this 30 day period,"
the statement said, "the lists must
bo open for public examination at
least three days a week and dur
ing such days shall be available to
the public at leaat three hours a
day. The days and the hours will
be selected by each collector of In
ternal revenue, and due publicity
to their regulations will be given
by the Individual collectors.
"Each collector will designate
an employe to supervise the Inspec
Hon of the lists by the public. It
will be the duty of this employe to
see that tho lists are not torn or
mutilated, to prevent Any person
from removing them from the col
lector's office and to Bee that no
one monopolizes the lists to the ex
clusion of others."
Louisville, Ky., July 22.
(AP) Micky Shannon, Chicago
light heavyweight, died In the
arena before hundreds of boxing
fane here last night at the end of
the fourth round of his bout with
Harry Fay of Louisville. When
Fny drove him to the ropes and
so weakened him with head and
body blows he collapsed and fell
through tl'e ropes, breaking his
neck when his bead hit the floor.
Fay immediately was arrested
on a technical charge of man
slaughter but was released on
$1000 bonds. The Louisville box
er was depressed over the acci
dent but refused to comment ex
cept (o express his regret over the
outcome.
Hy concidence last night's fa
tality marked the second time
that a Micky Shannon had been
killed during a boxing bout. Ray
McMillan, Krostburg, Md.( heavy
weight, known in the ring as
Micky Shannon, a few years ago.
met the same fate while boxitic
Al Huberts of New York.
TIRE COMPANY AGAIN
ORDERSJVIDEND OF $4
New York, July 22 (AP) Di
rectors of tho fioodiich, company,
tiro manufacturers today author
ized a resumption of dividends on
the common stock at the annual
rate of $1 n share, through declar
ations of a $1 quarterly payment.
So dividends have ben paid on
the issue since February 1021.
when n distribution of $1.50 a
share wan made.
Increased net earnings which In
the first h.ilf nf 111?: totaled $7,
100,615. ns complied with $2,755,
017 In the same period last year.
enabled the eonipmy to report Its
common stock to a dividend basis.
SALEM, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, JULY 22, 1925
EVOLUTION IS
ATTACKED IN
WASHINGTON
Effort Made To Prevent
Payment of Teachers
Who Taught Doctrines
Contrary To Bible.
Washington, July 22 (AP)
Treasury officials were ordered by
a local court today to show cause
why the salaries of school officers
hero should not be withheld be
cause of the teaching of scientific
doctrines alleged to -reflect on the
bible.
The defendants are Frank White
treasurer of the United States;
James It. Lusby, disbursing officer
of the District of Columbia and
Daniel J. Donovan, auditor of tiie
District of Columbia. They were
obtained by the District of Colum
bla supreme court on the petition
of Loren H. Wlttner, a taxpayer,
to appear and show cause on July
28.
Statute Is Cited
The suit brought by Wittner was
based on a provision In tho hist
District of Columbia appropriation
bill. In that bill, said Wlttner'
petition, congress provided that no
part of the money appropriated
should be used to pay tho salary
of "any superintendent who per
mits tho teaching of .... or of
any teacher who teaches ... .
disrespect for the Holy Bible,"
Under that provision, It Is sought
to stop the pay of Frank W. Unl
lou, superintendent of schools In
Washington and W. P. Hay, head
of the department of biology and
chemistry. A list of examples is
given by Wlttner In his petition ns
Instances In which Hoy taught
and Ballou permitted him to teach
things described as conflicting di
rectly with statements made in the
bible.
(Continued from page one)
FAILS TO STAND
E
Paris, July 22. (AP) The
French government has begun
consideration of the German se
curity note, presented to the al
lies on Monday and will get In
touch with other countries in an
effort to determine the policy to
follow concerning negotiations
with the German government for
a security pact guaranteeing the
western frontier of Germany.
Should it appear necessary to
call a conferee j for negotiations
It could be useful in the French
view only when an agreement had
been reached on practically ull
points.
A favorable Impression made
here by Foreign Minister Ilrl
and'a summary of the German
note was not maintained nfter a
perusal of the text when It was
made public.
The Journal declares that In
stead of diocuesion of security
pact the German note opens a de
bate on revision of the pence
treaties. The Matin is of Jrio same
opinion.
PRAY FOR SALVATION
OF CLARENCE DARROW
Mandeville, Lb., July 22 (AP)
Prayers for tho conversion to
Christianity of Clarence Darrow, o
defense attorney In tho John T.
Scopes trial, which ended yesterday
In Dayton, Tenn., was offered lost
night at the state nssembly of the
Baptist Toung People's Union here
The prayer was given at the aupc
gosilon of K. D. Solomon, state
secretary of the organization nnd
hope was exprewed that Darrow
might be won ns St. Paul was won.
At the conclusion of the prayer, n
chorus of "nmens" rang out.
INDICTED FOR BLACKMAIL
Xow York, July 22. (A. P.)-
Indictments alleging bin kn.'tll
i'.nd extortion were returned t
dfty agaln.n Philip Si''!-I, who It
Is nll";;ed, dntundul 000 with
thr;nu to hill Kdwi.nl W. Brown
ing, a wealthy ral cr-tate bml.er.
Hnnvnlnn recently advri'l-.-d pjr
a girl eompani' n for h'.r, ad.ted
djught?r, I) Tutby.
Surrender and Confession
Of Brother Now Only Hope
Of Saving Condemned Man
Chicago, July 22 (AP) Only
tho surrender and confession of
Robert Scott can save hla brother,
Russell, from the noose, dangling
ready for his execution on Friday
morning.
Unless Robert returns. Governor
Small has Indicated there will be
no further reprieve to snatch Rus
sell from the gallows as he was
saved last Friday.
Russell In the county Jail,
watches the clock mark the pass
ing of his remaining hours of life,
bases his only hope on his brother.
The return of the brother also Is
the objective of the frenzied ef
forts of Scott's relatives nnd
friends. Robert's whereabouts are
unknown. He was Indicted with
Russell for the murder of Joseph
I la ure r, a drug clerk, In a holdup,
but never apprehended. A message
signed with his name, which reach
ed Governor Small last Thursday
caused the week's delay In the ex
ecution, was thought to be a hoax.
Radio appeals to Robert will be
made by Scott's wife, nnd by his
nged father. They will augment
wive pleas sent by the fwnlly to
President Coolidge urging tho exe
cutive ak the governor for len
iency. A natlon-wldo campaign to find
the niffwlug brother Is planned by
a Detroit newspaper which hns ask
od that Russell bo given a long re
prieve while tho search Is made.
(Continued on Page Seven)
HELD, BROTHER
Arthur Wheeler, Indian, was ar
rested today by Deputies Sam Burk
hart nnd Beit Smith on the Lai
Hlng hop ranch north of the city.
Wheeler was charged with assault
with a dangerous weapon. It being
alleged he had stabbed bis brother
Frank Wheeler with whom he had
been living. The bitter's son Lau
rence Wheeler, Is the complaining
witness.
The brother, however, denied to
tho officers that his brother had
slabbed him, pulling his shirt back
from his rhest and showing cuts on
his chest, but averred that the cuts
were caused by his using Insuffi
cient enre In crawling through a
barbed wire fence.
The warrant came about through
a visit of five other Indians to the
sheriff's office two days ago, when
they alleged a bad Indian was inak
Ing trouble, that he had stabbed
his brother and also that he had
krfoekcd one of the complaining
Indians down with his fist.
The Indians repaired to the of
flee nf Justice of the Pence Hinall
where the warrant was sworn out.
Apparently, even If he was stab
bed, the brother Intends to protect
the man under nrrest by tho story
that he received his Injurlen from
crawling through a barbed wire
fence. The five Indians who com
plained It Is stated, were merely
visitors passing through nnd their
present whereabouts Is not known.
What disposition will be made of
the ease remains to be een.
Preliminary heating has been set
for July 21.
Washington, July 22 f A P) A
prediction that Tnele Ham wilt be
presented by mother nnturo with
a fair sized continent In the nild
Paolfic wni uliied tnd iy to the pro
ftiflen of dNrninn and conjecture
Mint hns 1"! lowed recent seinnilc
dhfurbniirc.
Kfluin Fairfax Naulty, of New
York who hifl Mudled eaith move
ment fur many ye;rre, s:i!d he was
com I need thnt tho ll;r.ailnn Is
lands gi ain.i lly a ud oji '.!' were
being pn-hed upward nnd within
n f;ene.;t:i'n would ro'niirife a hiyb
nod dry trnl'ory h hit-go as J.ip
an. Onlv the niks of r. great t.iti'xe
n-ir Ji.;e ahove the siirfiirp nf the
r,( ;,t Maw.ill. he f.'iiil. hut a eon
Ktiint fii rzim;'' prniTi at work
In the hed df the liif;- ir.iy l,f
pxprr-" ,j )0 pn.'h tli. e p'.'in con
stantly upwai d.
RUStT. SCOTT:
HELEN BULLARD
Millionaire
Is Deluged
With Offers
New York, July 2'2. Leopold
Schepp, millionaire philanthropist,
received a convincing demonstra
tion today ot the interest held by
the public in the subject of phil
anthropy.
liy telegram, tcicnhonc, messen
ger and mail, Mr, Schepp received
replies to his request yesterday lor
suggestions as to how he might
best ditsribule the remainder ot
his surplus.
Mr. Schepp has made It a point
to maintain personal supervision
of his charitable activities, but h-
announced today that he would
leave for his country home in Con
necticut. His augmented but still
over-worked office force would
like to do the seme.
Washington, July 22 ( AP)
SubHtantlal accord has been reach
ed by the powers on a 'orniula to
deal with tin whole Chinese prob
lem. Formal acquiescence In some ele
ments of the program still Is lack
ing, but the Peking diplomats are
expected to be in a position to sub
mit the formula to the provisional
govern men t of China at an early
date.
The settlement to bo proposed
will Include the Washington con
ference plan for revision of Chin
ese customs ftittiefl nnd creation of
a commission of Inquiry into ex
tra territorial questions; nnd also
tho British proposals for a Judi
cial Inquiry Into the responsibility
for loss of lives in the recent Sluing
hnl rioting, '
Tho plan for dealing with the
Shanghai Incident Is expected to be
contingent upon participation by
tho Peking government In tho ex
tra territorial Inquiry nnd agree
ment by that government to be
bounrl by the findings of tho In
vest igatlons.
The diplomatic repr -ent.. liven
of the power In Peking will pre
sent the plan n a reply to Ihe
last note from the Chinese forelen
office, which MibmlUc.t demands
hot h ns to tint Shiingh.il Incident
and as to rx! i n terii'orial relin
quishments In China by the pow
ers, I "niler the Washington confer
ence, plan, the Chhiesn government
t! e.Mium hly v. nuid Kmc the for
mal call fn-- the nieellnyf, both
for the cii.'innm revision conference
and the cnn.ml.""l''ii "f Inquiry into
extra territorial matters.
PRICE THREE CENTS S&nm,nvhu cbntS
Washington, July 22. (A. P.)
Federal prohibition officials pre
pared to buckle down today to
their most difficult problem in the
sweeping re-organization selec
tion of men to shoulder the re
sponsibility iu the districts pro
vided In the new plan of opera
tion. Bulging files of thousands of
letters of appl cation and recom
mendation including a number
from members of the senate and
house awaited consideration at a
conlerence called yesterday to
meet today of the dry heads on
the return to the capital of Assist
ant Secretary Andrews of the
treasury, creators of new enforce
ment machine.
With Hie first appointment yet
lo be definitely decided on nnd ap
plications mounting daily, some
believe it will be nt least another
month before the plan that ut
first was proposed could be put in
operation by August 1, can be
fairly well completed. One factor
supporting this prediction is the
fact that several hundred em
ployes at prohibition headquarters
who are to los : their Jobs In the
re-organi.atlon nave not yet re
ceived Ihe required month's notice.
Selection of tho federal fldmln
iatrators apparently was Ihe one
big tf.k confronting officials to
day, for announcement was made
Hint the revised regulations cover
ing industrial alcohol had been
completed. The department of
lust Ice at the same time was
working to determine the cx'i
boundary lines bet ween federal
il Istricts
No Time for Debates
With Anyone On Any
Subject Says Bryan
Da yum, Tenn., July 22 ( AP)
William Jennings Bryan In a state
meat lesued In-re early today an
nounced that bo would not comid
er a debate on any subject with
any person. j
1 In made the announcement he
mild, "In order to save mymif from
answering mnmMou letters."
"I have no time for such meet
ings," tho statement continued. "I
h.ive iiHiemlcd my lecturing ami
I have literary work that demands
attention."
"Kerenlly several of my imlto
t Ions ha vo inent titneil M r. niTow
as my opponent," he 5.1 id, "I have
had a number of Invit il d'tis ft on)
ut heist ,t and ngno-it it s."
"Tim nttliudu of the atheist 01
tho ngnotlc l.s so completely tin
tagonLitlc to the nttftude of n bo-
CLOUDY TONIGHT
And Thursday. Moderate temperature.
Gentle variable winds.
Local: Max., 8l; min., 53; rnJn, none;
river, -1.4; atmos., cloudy; wind, south.
' ,
BAY GITY MAN
IS APPOINTED
ASSUCCESSOR
Tillamook Man Decides To
Retain Senate Seat;
Appointee To Succeed
Garland Unnamed,
Governor Pierce chalked up a
new development in the stale fish.
commission controversy that haa
beeu stirring Oregon politics for
the past several mouths this morn,
ing when he announced the ap
pointment of J. S. Hayes of Bay
City to succeed Senator A. G. Beala
of Tillamook, resigned.
The governor's announcement
was the first intimation of the ac
tioii to be taken by Senator Beala
in accordance with the opinlou
handed down last week by Attor
ney General Van Winkle that
Bealg could not hold the offices
of state senator and fish commis
sioner at the same time.
By reason of the same opinion
the appointment of Senator Sum
Uaiiund of Linn county to the
commission is also void. Senator
Garland has announced that ha
will relinquish his scut on the
commission,; but the name of his
successor will not be given out
until the governor and Garland
have had an opportunity to cou
er. Senators Ilcnls and Garland
were appointed to tho fish com
mission us the result of un agree
ment between themselves and Sen
ator Kddy of Douglas county, on,
one hand, nnd the governor on the
other during the Inst session of tha
legislature, whercny the three
senators wcro to select the ap
pointees to the fish commission.
At a post-seflHion conference here
the senatorj were unablo to agree
upon appointees outside their own
number, and Garland and Beats
agreed to accept the appointments
themselves.
Senator Garland has confirmed
the events leading up to the ap
pointments in explaining hlg ac
ceptance of the appointment.
FLAX EXPERT IS
Lester J. Dewey, agriculturalist
in the employ of the United States
department of agriculture and
considered the greatest flax expert
in the united States, and Profes
sor G. It. Hyslof, agronomist,
member of tho faculty at O. A. C,
were In Salem this morning.
Arrangements have been made
to have both Mr. Bewey and Pro
fessor Hyslof npenk nt Aumsvllle
tonight, a special public meeting
being called for the purpose. The
meeting begins nt 8 o'clock.
Mr. Dewey has been sent to the
Willamette valley under special
Instructions from the federal de
partment of agriculture to inspect
the Willamette valley with a view
to determining its possibilities
along the line of flax production.
Tonight both speakers will dis
cuss proper methods of producing
flax, and will denl with tho pos
sibilities of the flax Industry la
the Willamette valley.
lievcr in the bible Christianity that
wo are not likely to convert each
other nnd vm likely to convert
members of tho audience. More
over, having heard Mr. Darrow, t
am not at all disposed to Invite
Christians to cmne to a meeting
whero they would hear their rw
llglon slurred (Mid sneered nt. We
has freedom nf speech and can
draw crowds of his own.
"I shall leave him, therefore to
arrange for his own meetings and
I shall speak where ever I do speak
for the presentation of our side to
tho,e wh-i enro to listen. The re
ligious nutation Is now so acute
that I shall neither receive com
pensation nor allow admission to
be charged when 1 defend the
Christian faith."