C aoitalJl Journal
CIRCULATION
Dally average net pa la circulation for
month ending June 30, 1925
CLOUDY TONIGHT
And Sunday In wes variable winds,
temperature, gentle
Ixca1: Max., 72; mln., 67; rein, none;
river, -1.4; atmoa., -eloudy, wind south
weat. 6729
Average daily distribution 7089.
Member Audit Bureau of Circulations.
FORTY-SEVENTH YEAR No. 176
SALEM, OREGON, SATURDAY, JULY 25, 1925
HAHY
PRICE THREE CENTS
ON TRAINS AND NEWS
STANDS FIVE CENTS
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SEEK AC
TO GET RIVER
CLEAR HER
Hawley Says He Will Try
To Get Work Rushed;
Additional $10,000 To
Be Requested.
Influence will be brought to bear
to Increase the speed with which
the government project of clearing
the "Willa.ni otto river channel ie
progressing, It was stated thifl
morning by Congressman W. C.
Hawley, who made a trip down the
river yesterday for the purpose of
Inspecting the river channel.
"We're going down to Portland
next week to take the matter up
with the federal department that
has charge," Mr. Hawley stated, "I
can't see any reason to believe we
can't get the work speeded up."
JU'uuost Another Dredge
It is understood that the feder
al appropriation for clearing the
channel this summer amounts to
134,000. Hawley believes that if
necessary an additional $10,000
emergency fund will be furnished.
Hawley will ask that the Matalo-msf-Uiiited
States government
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Government regulation of liquor
in urittsn Columbia is not satis
factory to the citizens there in the
opinion of William S. Lev ens,
Oregon state prohibition commis
sioner, who today returned from a
convention .of Northwest associa
tion of sheriffs and police at
Victoria.
"The same growing pains arc
being experienced there that Ore
gon experienced In state prohi
bition days," said Levcns. "In
those days. It will be recalled,
each Individual was allowed to
Import so much liquor per month.
and this was abused because some
persons who didn't drink would
allow drinking friends to use their
names and ship In more liquor by
express than they were entitled
to. The dry Canadian provinces
are having their troubles just as
Oregon bad them, and In the wet
provinces the liquor stores are not
giving satisfaction.
I am more of the opinion, since
attending the convention, that
liquor cannot be regulated. It
must be absolute prohibition or
the old absolutely wet system
The United States has the right
system and we are going to win,
for public sentiment Is growing in
our favor.
"However. I saw no open drink
ing In British Columbia and men
are arrested and fined there for
drunkenness as they nre here "
LEVENS ASSERTS
LIQUOR SYSTEM
IN B. C. FAILURE
Salem Parking Plan
Darned Nuisance, In
Opinion
"I'd call It a darn "nuisance," D.
M. Culver, for the pnM 50 years a
resident of Snnta Itnrbarn, told a
reported at the Lone Star auto
camp in the north end of Salem
lnrt night, answering a question as
to his opinion of the back-in park-'
Ing system. Mr. Culver has been a.
resident of Santa Barbara for 50
years, nnd wan present in the city,
during the recent earthquake'there
He arrived in Salem yesterday af
ternoon on a trip north, and todny
went on to Portland.
He hng traveled over nearly alt
of California, ho states, inrludine
the larger cltls. nn-1 nr-ver saw a
pjptem rr parking lil;e th'it in ex
If'onco in S.i I mi until hp c.ime to
Oregon. Ho did notice cam Impli
ed to the curb In a fw towns
along the way nftpr eroding the
Oregon line. (
"But I'd nwr seen it thai way i
Prohibitic
Enforce ent
Plan Cr j lged
Washington. Jul 2 (A. P.)
Inauguration of -i ' tew prohi
bition enforcements' i not only
has been postponed but several Im
portant changes have been made
In the proposed redisricting of
the country for enforcement pur
poses.
Evidence that the reorganiza
tion had been sidetracked only
temporality however, was furn
ished today by a letter sent by
Secretary Andrews of the treasury
notifying all field officers of the
prohibition unit that the present
appointment of unclassified serv
ice employes will be terminated
not lator than October 15. That
will end their jobs unless they are
reappointed.
The (late of September 1 has
tentatively been fixed for making
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SEEK THIRD BODY
wnnri k BiiwoTrnu
UULL mIDILKI
Bniwley, Cnl., July 25 (By As
sociated Press) Search for a third
body in a marsh near Jacumba,
checking of the movements of a
prominent busines woman of the
town of Imperial, who Is believed
to have known both men when
they lived in Maryland, and the
revelation that Henry Kirk had
heen an expert pistol shot nnd an
instructor nt the naval academy at
Annapolis, were today's high lights
in the investigation in the deaths
of Kirk nnd John Trudcn which oc
curred ntomst a week ago.
Truden's body was found last
Monday, a pistol bullet through the
temple and a note in the pocket In
dicating that he had killed Kirk In
a duel the previous Saturday, com
mlttlng suicide himself later. The
note Paid there had been bad
blood between the two for six years
David Kirk, brother of one of
the dead men, and his father, ar
rived here lost night from San
Francisco. With their coming the
first direct light was thrown on
the death mystery which has baf
fled Imorlal valley authorities for
nearly a week.
A slip of paper was located In
Henry Kirk's handbag, nnd written
on it were the words "John Tru
dcn, Camp Holablrd, Maryland."
Doth of the dead men had been In
the military service during the
war. Henry Kirk wan stationed at
Citnip Mead, Maryland, his brother
said. '
Kirk's father and brother de
clared that Henry was an expert
shot with pistol and that he had
been a piatol Instructor at the na
val academy at one time. Both
expressed the belief that Henry
Kirk had been murdered and Da
vid Kirk said: "We will Investigate
this cruel murder until the true
facts of the case are revealed.
435 Drown at Seoul.
Tokyo, Japan, July 25. (A. P.)
An official report on the recent
Korean flood, which centered
aorund the capital city of Seoul
said 436 persons were drowned
and 215 are missing. TUe Tokyo
munficpalily and the chamber of
commerce are soliciting relief
fund?.
of Visitor
before in my life," he declared.
"It looked like a darn humbug to
me. In addition to his travels In
California, Mr. Culver has spent
three months in Arizona.
'Just coming through town on
my way out here to camp I had to
stop once and give a fellow time
to get straightened around while
he was trying to hack Into a park'
Ing pice. I saw sllfflit traffic con
ge.tiinirt, that held things up for i
minute or two, twice while I was
passing thvoucrh the downtown dls
trlct. I don't believe a nytem like
;hii would work in a large city
.mywuy I nvr?nw it In one"
California-like, Culver Is looking
fnf it I rain hrup within a few
lay-", nlthytieh Inforinrd that tlmre
hns bffMt no rain for a month and
a, half. He experts to return to
i.-.nt i U r. !.ir.i within a few we'ks
t declares.
Sflff SAYS
N
HAS
CRAZED H M
Condemned Slayer Seeks
To Escape Noose Thru
Insanity Plea; Alienists
Are Called.
Chicago, July 25. (A. P.)
Cell madness will be the plea ol
Russell T. Scott in his effort to
escape the gallows from which he
has been saved twice within a few
hours of the death march.
Alienists who testified for Na
than Leopold Jr., and Richard
Lceb,- kidnaper-slayers of Robert
Franks, will be called upon In the
effort to prove Scott is suffering
trom "prison shock.' The defense
iheory will be that his mind has
become affected by his fifteen
months confinement and the har
rowing experiences of two death
watches in the shadow of the
nooee.
During the ten days allowed
them before the sanity hearing set
by Judge Joseph David for August
31, William ScotL Stewart, Scott's
attorney will assemble psyehla-
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WIFE ACCUSES
IANT
New York, July 25. (A. P )
Hugh McQuillan, pitcher for the
New York Giants was today made
aeienuant in a separation action
filed by his wife, Mrs. Nellie T
McQuillan of Elmhurst. Mrs. Mc-
Quilan named Miss Helen Goehbel
Qulllan named Miss Helen Gocbbel
a beauty contest, as "Miss Bronx''
as the other woman involved.
Affidavits filed today state that
Mrs. McQuillan would have
brought a suit for absolute di
vorce but from the fact that she Is
prevented from doing so by her
religion. She Is a Catholic.
MrB. McQuillan declared that
her husband's success in baseball
was a factor In the disruption of
their married life and that he had
been transformed from a home-
loving, considerate husband, to "a
brute and habitual drunkard."
They were married at Wor
cester, Mass., April 27, 1917.
"During the first five years of
our married life," Mrs. McQull
lan's affidavit says, "our marital
relations were of the happiest na
ture and my husband deported
himself as a gentleman. In fnct
his deportment was without
blemish.
"When ho was with tfie Boston
baseball club bis salary was
$4,500 a year for a five months
season. He was always a gentle
man and spent his time with me
I truly believe that we were per
fectly happy. Then he was sold
to the New York baseball club,
the Giants His salary as a pro
fessional player began climbing
until now for five months servicer
he receives $9,000. In addition
to this he receives his share for
participation In the world series
I have been Informed that his
share of the proceeds of the series
has ben In the neighborhood of
$13,000 for the past three
seasons. "
TWO YEAR OLD GIRL
IS BURNED TO DEATH
Portland, Or., July 25. (A. P.)
A report today from Heppner,
Or., Bays the two-year-old daugh
ter of -Mrs. Lcroy Jones, who was
visiting relatives nt Heppner, wa.
burned to death In a fire whir);
broke out In the room in which
the child had been loft for a nap.
The fire occurred Thursday of this
week.
Mrs. Jrn?s and her little daugh
ter were on a visit from their
home In Washington and were,
spending the day at the home nf
Mrs. Jones' sister, Mrs. J. O. Tur
ner. The cause of tho fire was not
'l:finteiy known, but was supposed
to have been due to the child play
ing with matches. The first th
mother knew of the fire was when
)ic heard the cries of the child.
PORTLAND TO
RAISE QUOTA
THIS MONTH
Drive To Complete Linen
Mill Fund of $80,000
To Be Launched Mon
day Says Report.
The drive to secure the $80,000
still needed to put over the $135,
000 quota of Portland in the pro
poBcd new linen mill here, will
start off with a bang at promptly
2 o'clock next Monday afternoon
and will continue until the money
is raised. That It will be raised
wtihin a short time, Is the assur
ance sent over the wire trom Port
land. 1 -.
Decision to start the drive Mon
day was reached nt a meeting of
the special drive committee (or
Portland at the Portland chamber
of commerce yesterday afternoon.
The following members of the
Portland committee were present:
George W. Joseph, state sena
tor.
Emery Olmstead, president ol
tho Northwestern National bank.
W. L. Thompson, vice-president
of the First. National bank.
Nathan Strauss, of Fleishner,
Mayer & company.
Allen Lewis, of the Allen &
Lewis wholesale grocers.
Julius Meier, head of the Meier
& Frank company.
In addition to the members of
the commute i there a number of
other prominent Portland men
were present who will assist In the
drive.
Determination was expressed by
all of the members of the commit
tee that the start of next Mon
day's drive would be of short du
ration and end in a quick success.
Local men interested In the pro
ject say there is little or nor doubt
from the nature of the men on the
special Portland committee that
the drive will be a success and
that It Is only a question of a little
time before th fulfillment of the
linen mill dream will unfold.
Washington, July 25 AP)
One of the largest paving contracts
ever entered Into by the federal
government was announced today
with the V. R. Dennis Construc
tion company of Sacramento, Cal.,
providing for laying of about 20
miles of aiphaltlc concrete paving
In Yosemlto national park, cover
ing El Portal road and roads on
the floor of the Yofiomlte valley.
It Is estimated this paving will cost
between $550,000 and $fi00,000.
Another paving contract, cover
ing about 18 miles of ronds of the
Crater Lake national park, Oregon,
has been given to Warren Con
struction company of Portland, at
an estimated cost of $213, 4H0.
Other contracts let Included:
For work on the west side sec
tion trans-mountain road, Glacier
National park, 12 nillep. cost $&69,
145 to Williams and Douglas, Ta
conia. Work on Two Medicine roads,
Glacier park, seven or eight mile,
most $fii5,000 lo Melrhert Con
Ht ruction company, Lewistown,
Mont.
Oilier contracts for the Rocky
Mountain National park, Colorado,
and Mount Riilnler National park,
Washington, soon will be let,
A total of f 1 86,000 In being ex
pended this senpon In surveys and
Improvement of the road" In the
Grand Canyon national park.
Tho bureau of public road k
Also making surveys of the road
In the Hawaii national park.
It (s expected that portions of
tho hifchw.iy extending from the
middle fork of tho entrnjice of St
quola national park to the giant
forest will be completed this sea
son at a cost of approxlintel'
$229,000. The highway will con
nect famous big trees In the giant
forest of the Bequola national park
with the General Grant park to the
north.
In the Yellowstone nationul paik
$130,000 la being expended on the
reconstruction of roads.
Newport In Gala Attire for
Brilliant Society Wedding
mm f gilt ;im-SitVi
.Newport, R. I., July 25. (A.
P.) Miss Muriel Vanderbilt and
Frederick Cameron Church were
married here this- afternoon at
4:30 o'clock. Only the immediate
members of the two families and a
few intimate friends witnesses the
TODD SIGNS SELF
AS NEXI SEATTLE
MAYOR ON POSTER
Kelso, Waeh., July 25. (A. P.)
Printed posters signed "A.
Ruric Todd, next mayor of Seat
tle,' this morning announced to
the citizens of Kelso and Long
view that the former Kelso mayor
and present claimant to the of
fice will speak on the street to
night In Longview. Todd's topic,
says the poster, will he the Port
of Kelso.
The poster reads:
"Saturday. July 25, 8 p. m.,
free. Second nroadfire. Timber
dollars are not necessarily wooden
money. Ilctpfcog broadcasting nt
livoadway and Commerce, Long
view. Subject: Separate thin own
territory from the Port of Kelso,
or Longview and build tho vision
port for there are many shekels
at the poekets of thy founder.
Speaker, A Ilurlc Todd, himself,
next mayor of Seattle Come early.
5,000 people expected. 'Life Is a
strange problem and few got It '
live.' A. nurlc Todd."
Numerous reports have been
heard that Todd aspires to he
governor of the state of Washing
ton This Is the first Intimation
that he hopes to he mayor of
Seattle.
Where to locate Port of Kelso
wharfs and Improvements Is the
main topic of conversation In
Kelso and Longview these dnys
and Interest Is heightening as the
date of the election, August I, ap
nroaehes
At that election the voters will
decide whether the development
should he located nt the Oregon
Wav site on the Columbia river,
near longview, recommended by
A. It. Roberts, or at the Carrolton
ehnnnel site at the mouth of the
Cowfltr river, which seems to be
most favored In Nelson. Roberts Is
an engineer brought here by Todd
and the rhnmber of. commerce a
vear annd a half ago to make a
survey and recommendations for
the port. Todd and the Kelso
chamber have never approved of
the recommendations be made for
development at the Oregon Way
site.
JUDGE IS WITNESS IN
OWN FEDERAL COURT
San Francisco, f'nl., July 25.
(A. P.) IVdcral Judge John S
I'iirl' Uli:c v.-e.s sworn as a wltnes;:
in his own court ye-tterdny by at-
tornevs for n Volstead law offenRO,
but the Jud'e sustained n objec
tion to the teatlomny sought nn
went back to the heneh.
My tBklng the wltnem eland
Judge Partridge established I
nreeedent In hl court.
John CI 1 1 1 In, who wrote the
I mi re that he was now In the state
hospital at Stockton "irom ortnn
Ing Utile too much of my own
stuff," nought In the letter to
take the blame for the Volstead
law violation of which a Jury con
victed bis wife after the Judge re
fund to read the letter Into the
records.
WHERE MURIE.L VANPEKBlLa'- PEgQMEBRlDEr
ceremony, although many of the
socially elect attended the recep
tion held at Reachniound after
wards. Newport, R I , July 25. New
port, haven of America's socially
Navy Officer
Kids Wilbur
Gets Rebuke
San Francisco, Cal., July HQ.
(A. 1.) The Examiner today
says a young officer attached to
the Twelfth naval district head
quarters hero answered a tele
phone call at the office during the
recen t visit of Sccre t a ry W i 1 b u r
iiiu the following conversation
truuspired:
'Twelfth nuval district head
quarters speaking."
'Thle is Secretary Wilbur talk
ing. I would like to speak "
'Who tlid you say It was?"
'Secretary of the Navy Wilbur.
Connect me with "
"Como again Napoleon. What
It you want?"
"This is Curtis D. Wilbur. Let
me talk to "
So thla is Wilbur la It? Well,
I wouldn't brag about It If I were
you."
Whereupon the officer hung up
the phone chuckling at the way he
had answered the pnuedo secre
tary. Fifteen minutes later he was
called before a superior and re
quested to explain why he had
been Impudent to Secretary Wil
bur, the KXhmlner says.
Chicago, July 25. (A. P.)
The government won today Its suit
begau by the late Henry C. Wal
lace, as secretary of agriculture
when Ulfitrlci, Judge Cllffe grant
!l a writ of mandamus dlrcctfn;
some of the principal parking com
panics. Swift & company, Wilson
& company nnd Cuuahy & com
pany lo open their hooks to the do
partment of agriculture.
EXCESS PROFIT
E
Philadelphia, Pa., July 2G. (A.
P.) Complete denial of the gov
eminent charges that it had re
ceived an excess of upwards of
$11,000,000 in war time ruiitntcM.
was filed In tho federal ilislrlct
court today by tho lietlibhen
shipping corporation.
DEMPSEY AGREES TO
HARRY GREB FtCltl
Kenton. H.nrbor, Mich., July 2G.
Kloyd FltiHlmmons, Henton Har
bor fight promoter, announced to
day that he has obtained Jack
DempMT'a oral ao-roemenit to a
bout with Harry Oreb, middle
weight flhamplon at Fltswimmons
Michigan City, Intl., open air
arena probably September 19.
v Jl W . I f VIIIUIV Ml
: i
elect, was In gala attire today for
the wedding at four o'clock this
afternoon of Miss Muriel Vander
bilt, daughter of one of the coun
try's wealthiest men and Frederick
C. Church, Boston Insurance man.
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New York, July 25. (A. P.)
Gloria Gould Is going to run an
ultra smart Broadway motion pic
ture theater operated exclusively
by women ushers, ticket eellera
and musicians. She Is the young
est daughter of the late George
lay Gould, railroad magnate, nnd
the wifo of Henry A. Ulshop Jr., a
broker.
Dcsides mothering a Utile girl
alto has heen dancing in a cabaret.
conducting aesthetic duucliif:
classes and vritlng for newspapers
and mcfiaznicH,
The theater will be one of tho
smallest first-run houses with six
hundred reserved seats at 2
Long run presentations will be
emphasized.
Miss Gould s appointment as
lirector came as the result of a
meeting with the theater manager
at a dunce. She expressed various
ideas on what motion pictures
should he nnd he was so Impressed
that he arranged at once to turn n
theater over to her when com
pleted. Mies Gould's mother, F.ditli
Klngdon, a legitimate actress, left
the atage to be married.
"One of my greatest ambitions
whloh I got from my mother
Miss Gould said, "was to have a
(.mall, Intimate, smart theater.
RIFF1ANS FLEEING;
LOSSES ARE HEAVY
Fez, French Alororco, July 25
-(A. P.) An official comniunl
iue anys the French have clnnred
tho western part of the Oeurgim
river valley of Abd-el-Krim n Kif
flan Invnde-.s. The enemy tribes
men are fleeing after heavy losses.
Valuation Problem
Is Greatest Obstacle
To City Water Plant
Some progress is being made In i
negotiations between the city uixl
the Salem Water company lowurlj
the poHslhlo taking over of the
walor system by the city, accord
ing to Mayor Gicy today.
A conference was recently held,
attended by the mayor and sovcrul
cuiincllmen, nlso by Paul Wallace
and C. A. Park of the water com
pany, at wiiitk the subject was
discussed at some length. The
main obstacle Is that of fixing a
valuation on tho properly.
The condemnation method Is
not held feasibly for tho reuaon
that tho question would havo to
be decided in court by a jury ol
12 persons, none of whom would
be oxports In work of that char
acter. What Is believed to bo &
DIRECTOR AND
7 (MM IN
LIQUOR PLOT
Grafts and Bribes Ex
ceeding $500,000 Charg
ed In Sacramental Wine
Use Investigation.
Chicago, July 25. Major Percy
Owen, Hi inuia prohibition direct
tor; ltalph Stone, former state di
rector, and seven others were In
dicted today by the federal grand
jury on charges of conspiracy to
violate prohibition laws.
The following also were named:
Albert lieuuett, former prohibi
tion agent; Bernard Hump, for
mer prohibition agent; Harry D.
Sclau, owner of tho Chateau Bath
& Sanitarium; Br. Louis Qui
bar, head of the Uishisciglla Wine
company; George Bruce, former
state senator; Louis Abelson, al
leged go-between for the alleged
conspirators, and .Morris Zhubross,
a wholesale wine coaler.
Tho charges follow in the waka
of the recent 8acramcnt.il wiue
scandal which resulted in several
indictments.
A special Inquiry into sacra
mental wine permits and with
drawn! In Illinois, which began In
March, 1024, led to today's indict-
mcute.
Grafts and bribes In excess nt
$500,000 for the Improper use' of
sacrninentnl wines were charged
before the grand jury.
Twelve porhibltlon agents, in
cluding three state directors, have
been Indicted In Ullnoie In con
nection with this and similar in
vestigation launched by special
agents from Washington.
The investigators now are gath
ering evidence on beer runners
and industrial alcohol leaks in the
territory for presentation to an
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T
AT
Eugene. July 25 Indications are
that tho new Pacific highway
bridge across the Willamette river,
the only break In the highway In
Oregon at the present time, will b
open to travel about November 1,
according to word from the fore
man of the bridge crew today.
The first steel for tho bridge will
be placed about August t. Pourlnff
of the concrete for the third pier
above the water line was complet
ed yesterday, and within a few
days the piling for the last pier
will have been sunk. After the
piling I mink, a six-foot fill of ce
ment will be dumped Into the bot
tom of the pir, after which the
ci)ffcri.im will be pumped so that
the remainder of the below water
fill can be made.
The crew will bo split aa tha
steel work atnrts, half working
with the steel and the remainder
putting In the sidewalk and rail
ing for the 1700 foot trestle at the
weetern approach.
better method, and ono that It
now under consideration, Is to al
low the water company and me
city earn to appoint nn apprais-
able lu agree, to appoint a third
engineer.
Taking over the present system
by the city is held to be the first
logical step In the establishing
of a better pyHtem, which ulti
mately would mean the piping nt
wnter from some mountain stream
or lake.
W. J. Roberts, a consulting en
gtnecr who put in tho Mcdfnrd
water system nnd Is now Install
ing a system at Kverett, Wash.
was hero recently and consulted
with local Interested persona, but
did not go Into the project In dt
tall.