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Newspaper Page TextOlifGON 'JfAl CO aoita MOSTLY CLOUDY West portion tonight and Friday. Mild temperature, gentle variable winds. Local: Max., 79; mln., 55; rntn, none; river, -1.4; atmos., cloudy; wind, north west. Dally average net pala circulation' to month ending June 30, 1925 24 unreal li braky' Average dnlly distribution 7089. Member Audit Bureau of Circulations. FORTY-SEVENTH YEAR No. 174 SALEM, OREGON, THURSDAY, JULY 23, 1925 PRICE THREE CENTS stands INfived ceotI 1-Jpl-' nn jvJ PIERCE SEEKS I Governor Tries To Minim ize Fish Board Tangle By Denying Garland Ever Appointed. By hiding behind a technicality, Governor l'ierce is attempting to evade responsibility for the mess Into which ho pat the state fish commission by appointing two members who were not eligible to Bervo. Those were Senators Deals of Tillamook and Garland of Lebanon, botli of whom were selected for the commission by the governor at a meeting in his office on June 1. The governor now says that he never appointed Garland to the office and angrily told newspaper men today that the appointment was all a newspaper yam. The technicality under which, ostrich-like, the governor Is hid ing the smooth, bronze executive dome is the fact that he never actually signed his name to a certificate of appointment for Garland. However, following the confer ence of June 1 the governor and others who attended the confer ence, Including Senator Garland himself, let it be known that both Beals and Garland were the ap pointees, Deals to succeed r. r. Kendall and Garland to succeed inh r Vcntoh as soon as Gar land returned from a trip to Cali fornia. Tho two appointments wore announced broadcast in the nowspapcr and the governor never Continued on lage Seven ) PHILANTHROPIST FLEES TO ESC HELPFUL PUBLIC New York, July 23 Leopold Bchepp, 83 years old philanthropic uid cocoanut magnate, sought sur cease today In his country home in New Canaan, Conn., from a deluge of suggestions ns to how to spend his money for benevolence. On the heels of hl appeal to the public to ndvise him how to do good with his millions came an avalanche of mail, telegrams ami nnnumnl anneals. Three thousand letters bulged his correspondence. The most of the letters wore frank touches for funds and pleas for Jobs. All but 50 of the letters failed to hit upon Mr. Schepp's main pur pose the most good to the great tst number for the longest time. The appeals for nid ranged from the romantic request of a woman, fat and forty, for $4000 to get a husband, to the request of a man for endowment of a "refuge for poor souls about to suicide." It was too much for the philan thropist. Wearily, he packed his things and departed. To answer appeals, a printer wns ordered to strike off 10,000 formal notices acknowledging their requests and stating all appeals would be refer red to Philip Ritter, Intermediary for Mr. Schepp. ESCAPE THRU 1M Resident of Salem Seventy Six Years Observes Birthday "Joe" TUwcr, lunent time resi dent of Sjilem of any living man. la 8G years old today. H:ile and hearty, wit.li many years nhcad of him, eveiy Inch of his six foot in statu i e being n bo:t ol hcnl:h, he Is a pi endid ex ample ol what the particular Sa lem clhi!;,to can do for a man. With a thrilling h'story, a n.n who knw Jim I'ridger, th f.uiu.u old lender of the covered wasna das, hp has thrived on the ov?r 10!), 000 biscuits which he says his wife ha made fr him during their married life and is ready for Dior?. He came acrors the nla!n,fl' In 1847 when he v as eight years old and d tiring bit residence in Salem Negro Leper To Face Trial In Glass Cage New Orleans, La., July 23. A negro leper, who has been indicted on a charge ot wife murder but never placed on trial will face a judge and Jury here confined in a glass cage with speaking tubes, if a request made by Dr. Os,car Dow ling, president of the Louisiana state hoard ot hualth, Is granted by prosecuting officers. The negro, George Beaurepalre, alleged to have killed his wife more than five years ago, is u:i inmate ot a government leprosar ium. Efforts made by Dr. Dowhng to bring the case to trial have met with Mie objection that to do so might spread the disease. HUBBARD TODAY Aurora. July 23 Frn-nk Honslt, of Linton, Oregon, was killed at 2 o'clock this morning when the light touring car which he was driving went through the railing of n bridge three quarters of a mile west of Hubbard on the road be tween Hubbard and Broadacre.s. Hensit was on his wny to Broad- acres whem the accident occurred. He was to be employed picking berries at Bfoadacres. Tearing through the railing on the right hand side of the bridge, the car turned completely over, crushing Hensit beneath it. He was found dead a few minutes af ter the accident occurred. The only explanation that has been advanced for the occurrence is that the man may possibly have become sleepy and dozed off while crossing the bridge. So far as is known lie was not passing another car, but had the entire bridge to himself. The body was brought to Aurora and Is in the keeping of a local un dertaker. MINE EXPLOSION TRAPS SEVEN MEN Rock wood. Tenn:, July 23. (A. 1) William J. Snow, super intendent of Roane Iron company coal mines and a party of six men, who went Into Bryson dip on No. 7 entry to combat n mine fire la.-tt night were trapped behind an ex -ilosion early today and grave feara are entertained for their eafety. Bryson's dip Js the eceno of a fire that broke out some time ago and was walled up in an attempt to extinguish It. The barricade was removed this week In the presence of state and federal mine inspectors who pronounced its condition satisfactory and left the city last night. At 11 o'clock the old blaze broke out again and Mr Snow organized a party coneistinj; of Hoy Limberg, John and lorn Green, Jim Wilson, Mai K. King and one or two others to. go and fight the fires Later the superintendent to'.d King to make bis rounds in other parts of the mine and aa he wns returning to the Bcene of the flro shortly before 2 o'clock he hcarJ an explosion and Bin el led an on rush of after-damp gns. lies served as city marshal, sheriff and legislator. For 7tf years tif his life he has resided here. He received his education at the institute and learned the harness making businc which he follow ed for many years. In 1SS1 be linked up with tho old pioneer firm of R. il. Wade ft coaipiny. being with that firm for 10 year-: and filing out to heninc a gro cery nah smaii. He hns he-it itnrrlrd GO years a daughter of Richard Lamm, Cal ifornia pioneer, whn nls f spry youngster regard! ms of her near ly SO yfirs. , Among ether thinrs he 1 th onlv survivor of Salem's finst bra Land. m nn IIUNUrUN wEW PARKING PLAN HELD UP Council Postpones Vote On Final Passage To Enable All Members To Be Present. Because Aldermeu Thomson. Simeral and Alderin were not present and a full attendance was desired to vote on the head-in parking ordinance, the city coun cil last night refused to consider the measure and deferred it until the next meeting. The motion to defer was, made by Alderman Pur vine, one of the supporters of tho measure. Mayor Giesy, who says ne is willing lor the method to be tried out if the people want it, but who is inclined against It, said he was glad Purvine made his mo tion, "because it will make these members who don't want to vote en this measure come to the front." Other ordinances passed were: Old Act Repealed. Repealing an obsolele act re quiring steamboats to pay an an nual license ot $50. Assessing the cost for the im provement of Oak (street from Llb- rty to High. $3382.14. Assessing the cost of the 1 (Continued on Page Four) PASSION OF OLD WEST OF ALLEGED DUEL San Francisco, July 23. (A. P.) The hair trigger hatreds of the old west that flashed and died in but an instant hut that usually illumined some lurid tragedy for all their brevity, supplied the motive In the killing of Henry K. Kirk in a supposed gun duel near Brawley last Saturday and the suicide' of John Truden. Kirk slayer, in the opinion of members of the Kirk family here. David Kirk, brother of the dead man Is sure that the double tragedy wns not the result of six years of differences as suggested in a letter found on Truden but was the outcome of quickly formed and quick flaming passions that were a throwback to the old frontier days when men ''shot It out on the spur of the moment, "We never heard of Truden he fore." other membbers of the family said. " Henry must have me him In Brawley and they must have quarreled on the apot. Then they decided to each shoot It out or Henry was murdered hy Truden and Truden wrote the 'duel' letter and then committed suicide so that the world not know htm as a murderer." Portland, Ore., July 23. O. A. Williams, past state department commander of tho Grand Army of the Republic, died at his home In Gladstone last night. Ho was 80 years old. Funeral services will bo held from First Methodist church In Oregon City some timo Saturday under directions of tho O. A. It. He Is survived by two sons. William A. Williams of Alaska and Clark H. Williams, a member of the Oregoninn staff. TRAiL BlfiZIKGTLAHES HOPJHTFRO MRENO lUno, Xev., July 23. fAP) Six army planes flying over the air fail route from Mount Clem em. Mifii. to Sari Francltro, hop ped off from Klko at 11:50 a. m. today, according to word receiv ed at the air mail field here by radio. It is understood they will not stop in li?no but will At tempt to make the flight from Klko to San Francisco without further oto;. AIR an KILLED ID Morgan Palmer Is Shot To Death By Chinese Ban dits While Defending Home Near Harbin. Peking, China, July 23. (A. P.) Morgan Pirlmcr, an Ameri can, has been killed hy bandits at his ranch on tho Sun Oar river near Harbin. Dr. Howard, an 'eye specialist attached to the Rocke feller hospital, was captured at the same time. Consular advices from Kalgan state that Palmer was .killed on July 20 while defending his prop erty against bandits. Mr. Palmer and his mother, Dr. Howard and his eon, James, and an American trader named Bald win of Kalgan, Chihli province. together wllh his wife and child, were - visiting Palmer s ranch which is in the Manchuriaa province of Kerln, when the at tack was made. Howard Stm Canfive. The consular advices say that Dr. Howard last night was still In captivily, the other are "safe for the present" but their where abouts is not known. Tho Amer ican consul, Samuel Sokobin, hns gone to eee the military governor of Kerin, in an effort to sccur? tho release of Dr. Howard. The Rockefeller hospital h:V3 been advised that Dr. Howard's son. James, is safe on a customs launch at Fuchochen. Comment Withheld. Washington, July 23. (A. V.) -Officials here wero manifestly distressed over the killing of one American and the capture of an other yesterday by Chineso ban dits, hut there was no indication that the deevlopment would inter rupt negotiations In progress for a friendly effort by the powers to help China out of her domestic troubles. Formal comment on the raid on the Palmer ranch was withhold pending full official Investigation. Meantime, however, American au thorities In China are expected to take prompt measures to secure the release of Dr. Howard, the American held captive and the punishment of those responsible for his abduction and for the death of Morgan Palmer. Heretofore Americans in China hnvo been noticeably immune from the attacks directed again: the nationals of other countries, nnd the first Impulse was to re gard yesterday's incident as de tached display of banditry and not an indication of any wide spread move against Americans, FATAL 10 FOUR New York, July 23. (AP) Four poreons were killed hy llKlit nliiB In mntropolitan New York and eolth New Jersey yesterday. Crops ot tob; ceo, hay and grain wero flattened by a aevero rnln- Htorm In New England and lip Btate New York. A 14 year old hoy wns killed by llKhtnlnK In lirooklyn when ho attempted to climb a tree to dlBlodgo a kite. A woman was killed at her aewins machine In Somere Point. N. J., a laborer was killed under a tree at the SI wanoy golf club and a eoldlcr struck dead while on duty at Fort iSlocum. There were no fatalities In New England hut the utorm Into yes- terdav ewent down barnfl. flooded atrecta and cellnrs and washed out railroad trnckn. Trolley ser vice and wire communication were Impeded. Preeldent Coolldge and hl par ty on tin Mayflower wero caiiK'it In the fltnrm during their trip to Pemberton, Mass., nnd experienc ed riiugh golnp:. COOLIDGE SELECTS GLOVER fwamp.sri.U, MaM., July 21; (A. P.) W. Irving Glover was appointed second owls) ant po.it nifi'.ter rbnernl today surcjfdin Paul HndTf-:on, resfgtird. nnd Robert H. linear wns nomed as Mr, filovnr's successor third as .tiiant uostmaster general. CAPTURED CITY 1 E IS Act Conferring Extended 1 Regulatory Powers On Commission of Ten Given Approval. If the city zoning and planning commission to be appointed by Mayor Giesy at an early date proves to be progressive, the ' en actment of tho city zoning ordin ance which passed tho city council lajnt night will prove to bo the most advanced step yet taken toward ac tually making Salem "The City BouuLlful," which for years has been the boast ot loyal Salemites. Only three aldermen. Galloway, Purvine and Rosebraugh, voted against the measure. Thompson, Alderin and Simeral were absent. Old Hoard Legalised Several months ago Mayor Giesy appointed a special zoning com mittee, but It was fotind that this committee could not operate legal ly, and to comply with tho state law it was nccenary for the ordin ance parsed last night to tako its place among the city statutes. Al derman Uancy, who has had a lead Ing part In tho movement, explain ed that tho ordinance Is nn exact copy of the stato law. The law Is now on trial In the supreme court on a question of constitutionality because of litigation arising In Porllond where Judge Robert G Morrow held It unconstitutional. The ordinance provides that the commission shall consist of the (Continued on Page Four) Trinidad, Colo., July 23. Fair akloH nnd a warm nun today greet ed Inhabitants of Trinidad an they relumed to their homes and prepared to check up property damage resulting from cloud bursts late yetitcrday. No casualties are reported fol lowing tho heavy ralna that sent the Purgatorie river out of its hanks last night, hut property damage may reach the 1400,000 mark. Property loss Included wash outs on bridges and highways and flooded basements in business houses and homes along the river bottoms. Train service on all railroads entering the city Is practically demora ized. With six hundred feet of trnck anil a steel bridge gone between here and Raton, N. M the Atcll Ison Topeka and Santa Fo rail road today was unable to main tain service over Its main lines from Chlrnito to California. Small er washouts have likewise Inter fcred with the service on tho Col orado and Soul hern nnd tbd Den ver and llio Grande systems. Scores of families, forced to flee to the uplands last night, re turned to their homes today after a night spent In uptown noicis and rooming houses. GIRLSHOOTSTO DE fit. Louifl, Mo., July 23 (AP) In di fense oC her inniher, lorolhy tlniDM. 1fi. bnlilnd hiilrod hlu'h Hebool (ud iit. I.T-.t night shot nnd Hcriontdv woundrd h'T father Uur ton Jlnhiir, r.o, a pharmacist, at tlie St, Loom county r-nllr; near hf re. Holmes, who wuiimlod In tho h ft fli-mider, at tributed the Khontlnr; to tlin rcail Ing of "dime novels" by his da't-;h-tor. When Hidmr retut ned fi in work he a pp( 'i rt d to ha vo been drinking, tho inuthT and laughter mid. ''When father came In." Dorothy told ft deputy sheriff, "and started heat ing mother, I pt'-Id up a short club and broke It on hi head and then took the revolver from a drotfscr drawer." NAN ENACTED PROPERTY LOSS IN CLOUDBURST NEARLY $40010 Charge of Based on Theft of False Teeth Heard Testimony In the trial of Jam as Raker, charged by the stale with assault with a dangerous weapon on the person of John Anderson opened In circuit court today, with the prediction that the case would go to the jury late tills afternoon. Anderson himself was the first witness today to toll the story of the alleged brutal assault, which occurred in Raker's home near Woodbum on March 21 of this year. According to the story told by Anderson he was employed by Raker as a cook, after working for him twico before. IIo staled he had come into the house and was peeling potatoes, linker evidently F LIGHT TESTING FAKERS IN STATE Secretary of State Koer says ho is informed thai certain sales men of automobile headlamp de vices are attempting to advise ap plicants for designation aa head light adjusting stations, as to the required equipment of these sta tions as they will operate under the new lighting law effective September 1, Also they are re ported to be trying to instruct mechanics in the adjuring of the lights with respect to tools urnl other appliances. 'My office," eahl Kozer, "aclinR under the authority vested In me under the new law, has Issued of ficial instructions for authorized light adjusting stations and ad justers, which must be followed strictly In tho equipping of the stations before they will be ap proved. Likewise, any mechanic lief ore being authorized to make headlight adjiiatments will be re quired through an examination hy stale traffic officers to show his qualifications and fitness for malu ng such adjustments. "I am giving this notice today 30 that any persons proposing to establish adjusting stations ntny not be Imposed upon by unauthor ized persons, or mechanics desir ing to fit themselves for light ad justing may not be misguided with regard to tho requirements, livery light adjusting station In the state must he approved hy the sec retary of stnte and ail approved stations will display certificates of appointment. Klght adjusters will have appointments from the secretary of state, and the motor ing public should demand the ex hibition of such appointment when requiring service at any au thorized station." IZZY EINSTEIN New York, July 13. Izzy Kin Mtaln has long been nn actor but now he's gone and posed as on much to the dislike of thirs'y members of tlie profession it nil the Kern club. Representing himself ns Ktbel bert Santerre, a legitimato actor at liberty, Izzy got himself elected a member of an establishment in the roaring forties with a clicntel confined to recognized members of the theatrical profession. Yesterday he Introduced Mo Smith and two other federal agents. "They're netoro too," said I.zy "Sat. 'em tip. Came forth four whiskies at CO eontu each, ns Istzy tells, and Charles Hums, manager of the club, and a waiter Wero arrested Then In walked one of the club's sourees of supply with n half gallon jug. To too was ar n tfd, TWO SWIMMERS DfiOWNED Illfl, France, July 23. Mw, Williams, an American womnn whose address Is not yet available and Jamrfl llett, tin Knglmli nrt Int. wire drowned whllp sea hath Ing i ear hero today. Mr. Hrtt lost hi Ufa attempting to rescue Mm, William. A daughter of Mrs. WH liani' t aa rebcuud. rail, Assault sitting aaleop nearby. IIo declar ed Rakor awoke and accused An derson of having taken some of hte money and his false teeth. Ho as serted that Raker first assaulted him by jumping on him and shak ing him and then kicked him. He declared Raker followed this up by hitting him over the head and shoulder with a heavy banjo, which was Introduced in evidence. Anderson said ho made his way out of the house, and a workman who was in a nearby cabin started to the rescue, but Raker tangled with him and tho two went to the ground, the workman leaving hur (Continued on Pago Eight) E Constable W. C. Miller brought two prisoners from Woodbum thin morning, one t( serve a term in jail and the other to he held In Jail awaiting grand jury action under $:00 bonds. Joe Chanette received a sen tence of six months in jail and a 1100 fine for driving while Intoxi cated. Jomes llagen, who says Ills home Is in Los Angeles, Is being held to th o grand jury for burg lary. It being alleged be was dis covered in tho house of George oko of wood hum yesterday nfl ornoon In the process of looting the home. Xeke came home and illscovored Ilagcn in the house. Justice of the Pence Overton of Woodbum passed on both of th rases. AT ALL LOWLANDS Raker, July 25 A cloudburst struck Durkeo nnd vicinity yester dny and a sheet of water seven feet deep and four miles wide swept over the lowland, washing out tho tracks of tho Oregon- Washington Railroad and Naviga tion company In several places to the aggregate of nbout one nnd one half miles, tho greatest damage being done at Nelson and Weather by. Tho flood riifhcd over tho high way to n depth of from five to eight feet nnd cars were swept from the road. No loss of life hns been report ed, nor has there been reported Ions of llvoHtnek, although crops In the path of tho deluge have been damaged over an area from one to three miles. Train No. 23 of tho O. W. R. & S, company was delayed for three and one half hours by the cloud burst. Tourists Say System of Parking Antiquated Method That thf p iikliiK system as It ex-! ists In Salem in "very unusual'' nnd difficult, particularly tor the pars ing tourist, was emphatically de clared by Mr. and Mrn. I.yle Smith of Eton Rn p I tin, M I c h I ga n , who have bet'n In Salem for a period of noniothlng over two weeks, nnd nre stopping at tho Salem auto camp. "J it ft. look what they did to my bumper tho first day 1 Was In Sa lem, " sail) Mr. Smith tills morning, pointing to n bend In tho right end of hlfl front bumper, "I hadn't left It parked downtown moro than half an hour. When I came back I found somebody had tried to back Into tho curb nnd park be side my car. They couldn't see where they were going, nnd ram med into my bumper." POISON GAS OF DYNAMITE BLAST FATAL Rescuers Seeking To Get Body of Polk" Farmer From Bottom of Well Naerly Overcome. Dallas, Or., July 23. (SneciaU Overcome by dynamite gas ut tho bottom of a well on the Abe Sie mens' farm, five miles north or here, Peter Reddekopp succumbed - to the fumes, after two ineffectual attempts were made to rescue him in which two other men wero overcome. Though the third ut tempt was successful and a physi cian was waiting at the top cf the well and every effort waw made to resucitate the man, they proved unavailing. Well Ga Filled. Reddekopp was employed to deepen the well and was being as slated by Siemens, the owner. Last night a dynamite blast was set off at the bottom oi tne well, about 30 tuet deep. This morning Red dekopp descended in a bucket operated by Siemens from above. The dynamite gas had failed to rise and the bottom of the welt was charged with it when Redds Uopp reached bottom. In a few moments Reddekopp signalled to Siemens to bo pulled up and Siemens complied. When the bucket carrying Reddekopp was about half way up Siemens noticed that Kcddukopp was ap parently unconscious with his head hanging downward, and sud denly his body pitched from the bucket and fell to tho ground be low. Rescuer Overcome. Siemens immediately enlisted the aid of n driver for tho Nestles Kood Milk company from McMinq ville, whose name was not learned, and n neighbor, G. (Irons. Tho milk wagon driver made the first effort to bring out Red-' dekopp, descending Into the well with a rope, which he endeavored to get around Reddckopp'g body but he was overcome before he could succeed and was brought up in n fainting condition. Siemens then made the attempt but also was overcome and hauled out. Cross succeeded In getting tho rope about Reddekopp'e body and the two men were hauled out. Dr. A. li. Starbuck of Dallas, who had arrived while the efforts were being made to pull out Red dekopp worked over the body for over half an hour, but without avail. Reddekopp had been employe about Dallas for a number ot years as an odd job man, well dig ger nnd general roustabout. He is survived by a widow and sever al children, a number of them very small. DRAGS WIFE TO LAWN BEFORE KILLING HER Whlttler. Cal., July 23. James McCibhin, fG, a steam engineer, druggy! bis wife, Delia, 40, to the lawn of their home here early to day, shot and killed her, then turned the revolver on himself and fired, but the bullet w:w de flected from hie heart by a rib. He wa taken to a hospital where physicians said lie will recover. Salem Mr. Smith has charge of the brick and tile works nt Jackson, Michigan, which is operated In connection with the Michigan state penitentiary. Ho and his wlfo are leaving for homo noxt Monday. "We only paed two small towna on our wny nut here," say Mrs. Smith, where they have this ys tem." 't once heard of a mnall town in Michigan where they used to have It," sny Mr. Smith, "but they changed over to the hend-ln meth od long npo." Roth declare that they like the west, particularly tho climate. They like Hnlem with Its wide street, but are completely baffled end mvstlfied that the back-in system of parking ehould bo luted.