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1925 JFK
JUL 30
CIRCULATION
Dally average net pala circulation for
v month ending June 80, 1925
UNSETTLED WEATHER
On coaat and fair in the Interior to
night and Thursday, continued mild.
Gentle variable winds.
Local: Max., 86; mln., 58; rain none;
river, -1.0; atmos., prat cloudy; wind
west.
omrnal
13)1 l9L.,
6729
Average dally distribution 7089.
Member Audit Bureau of Circulations.
FORTY-SEVENTH YEAR No. 179
SALEM, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, JULY 29, 1925
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Superintendent Recom
mends Building Pro
gram For City Schools;
McKinley for Grades.
Outline of a public school pro
gram for the next five years in
Salem as suggested by George Hug,
superintendent of schools, was con
talnod in a written report submit
ted to each of the five members of
the Salem school board nt their
nice tinfe last night. Mr. Hug's re
port, with its suggestions, was bas
ed on the growth of Salem schools
during the five years ho has been
superintendent here. His recom
mendation for a building program
Includes the following:
Iiuildfng Program
1 A new Junior high platoon
school, with adequate grounds, in
the southern part of the city, to
take over the work of the McKin
ley junior high school, and to re
lievo the approaching congestion
at Parrish junior high. The plan
Involves using McKinley for a
grade school, the purpose for
Which it was originally built.
2 A second addition to the sen
ior high school, including n large
auditorium and a number of class
rooms. The present auditorium to
be cut up into class rooms.
3 Additional units to be built
on Highland and Richmond schools
4 D 1 s c a r d 1 n g Washington,
Grant and Lincoln schools by the
year 1930. Yew Park is an older
type of school but is in better con
dition than tlio other old ones. It
Is provided with an adequate hot
water healing plant. The Wash
ington, Grant and Lincoln build
ings, are not only of old type but
have poor sanitary, health and
lighting conditions.
$180,000 To He Spent
There Is yet to be spent $180,-
00 of the $i00,0o0 bond Issue au
thorized by the public in 1923. Mr.
Hug suggests In his report that ad
ditional bonds may be voted up to
the sum of $750,000, which repre
icnts approximately 5 per cent of
the valuation of the city, the max!
mum allowed for school bonds. The
mm is enumerated as follows:
Old bonds $ 74,000
High school annex 90.000
Parrish Junior high 198,000
New junior high 180,000
Mew high school annex 100,000
New grade school units.... 75,000
Remainder unprovided for 33,000
Of the $193,000 pala Tor the Par
rish Junior high school building,
122,000 has been cleared.
Ri'jHljtiHt Salaries
Mr. Hug further recommends In
hte report that "a Just schedule of
teachers' salaries be worked out.
Teachers' salaries In Salem are
rery low. Teachers accept post
(Continued on Page Seven)
SCOPES VIEWS BRYAN'S
BODY IN ITS GASKET
Dayton. Tenn., July 29. (A
P.) John Thomas Scopes, in
whose prosecution for violation of
the Tennessee evolution statute
Mr. Bryan pained wide renown as
the champion of fundamentalism
religious ideas, went to the home
where the commoner lay In state
Inte yesterday.
1925
Survey
Edition
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survey of the industries,
resources, progress and
development., of.. Marion
nnd Polk counties, Salem,
Woodburn, Stayton nnd
other cities.
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IB
RAKERBVF
2 Mil
Woodburn Farmer Sen
tenced For Brutal At
tack Upon Aged Em
ploye Who Stole Teeth.
James Raker, found guilty of a
brutal assault on John Anderson,
an aged employe on theT Ralter
ranch near Woodburn, received a
sentence of two years in the peni
tentiary today from Judge Percy
R. Kelly, who denied Raker's ap
plication for parole, accompany
ing the denial with a tongue
scourging that caused Itaker to
wilt in his chair.
Robin Day, attorney for Raker,
in making the application for
parole, declared that he "honest
ly believed that this was a case
wherein liquor was responsible."
"If liquor had been left alone 1
believe the crime would not have
been committed, ' continued Day.
"I personally have made arrange
ments to settle for the doctor bills
and expenses of the old man who
watt injured and Raker" has en
deavored to do the right thing.
The defendant is 59 years old and
should have known better, I ad
mit, tut we find many cases where
old people go off from their head
when using intoxicating iiquor."
Judge Kelly, in denying the ap
plication, declared ho didn't care
to consider applications for parole
unless he had n statement from
the district attorney or unless
something was eaid from the wit
ness stand to justify such action.
"This is a case where the de
fendant assaulted an old man vici
ously, outrageously. It was a
(Conttnuej on Page Six)
OF STATE ROADS
Portland, Or., July 29. Work
on the Dallas-California highway
(Fremont Trail) was advanced a
year by the state and federal road
departments today.
This highway will next month
have had all the grading contracts
let save a four mile section at the
new Crooked river bridge. The
government today agreed to at
once advertise for bids on the 10
mile section of the road south of
Crescent through the national
forest.
The grading of this and an
overhead railroad crossing wilt
coet $60,000. When this was put
tn the record, the state highway
commission at once notified Sec
retary Roy Klein to advertise next
month for bids for grading the 10
mile Bend-Lava Butte section of
the enme road.
Next year surfacing contracts
on both will be let.
It was nleo agreed today be
tween the highway commission
and the Benton county court thi
work on the Ncwport-Corvallls
road and the Amen highway in
Benton county will be hurried
ahead. The Benton tax payers
yceterdoy voted $200,000 roan
bonds, and thin sum will be spent
on the two elate highways. The
state will cooperate 60-50 on the
Newport road and will provide 66
2-3 per cent on the Aleea high
way.
It was also announced by th(
commission that work n complet
ing the 32 mile gap between
Mitchell and Dayvllle will be com
pleted as soon as possible, but It
cannot he done this year.
Important contra eta were
awarded today by the commission.
four totalling 9 11.602 on the
Roosevelt highway in Curry coun
ty.
two kiiIeTinWe
PITCAIRH FLYiNG FIELD
rhllr.dclpliln, ln July 29. (A
P.) Logan R. Ulnck, 22, and
Itoger Hishnham of Woodmont,
Pa., were killed In an airplane
fall nt the l'ifnirii flying field
Dryn Athyn. Bluhpliam was a
pasflenKer In Black's machine.
When it was about ISO feet In
the air the plane went Into a aid
4l!p and felj.
"Evolution"
fe T
ft
I.OREN H.WTYNER r
Charging that officials of the
District of Columbia are allowing
doctrines "disrespectful to the
Bible" to be taught in the public
schools of the capital, Loren H.
Wlttner. filed a petition for an In
junction asking that the salaries
of the school superintendent and
biology Instructor be withheld.
KILLS WOMAN
1EN IN
E
Richmond, Va., July 29. His
jealousy for Mrs. vivKin Tomlin
Peers, former artists model
canted Rudolph E. Disse, IS, to
kill tier and two men and serious
ly wounded another man In a sud
den burst of gun play yesterday,
the youth confessed to police.
Detective Sergeant J. Harvey
Burke, who died last night, as the
third victim, was one of the two
men whom Disse shot because he
waa afraid they would frustrate
his purpose of kilting G. Carter,
the other victim, and his supposed
rival, ofter he had shot Mrs. Peers.
Willis Britt, who was seriously
wounded, was a stranger to the
others and had simply volunteered
to tako Mrs. Peers, Diese and
liurke in his automobile when
they were leaving police court.
Mre. Peers had been arraigned on
charges made by Disse and the
latter was in court on charges by
Curler that he nnd threatened
him. Both cases were continued
and as the two left court Burke
arrested Disse on a bad check
charge. He accompanied them
with Britt when Mrs. Peers said
she wanted to get some clothes at
Disee's home.
Remaining In the car as the
others stepped to the sidewalk,
Disse suddenly whipped out & pis
tol and without warning shot
down the woman and the two
men.
Rushing fn the car to a restau
rant owned by Carter, Disse star
tled a crowd there by bursting
through the door and brandishing
the revolver. Before Carter had
warning, witnesses said, he was
shot through the heart by Disse
Speed-Up Dredging
Of Willamette River
St. Paul To Salem
Increased appropriations will be
secured and work speeded up on
the work of clearing the Willam
ette river between Brentano'
landing and Salem, It was definite
ly statedd this mornings by Con
gressman W. C. Hawley, who yes
terday went to Portland for a con
ference with Major R. T. Coiner,
who has charge of the federal of
fice at Portland which has Juris
diction over all government river
and harbor work In Oregon.
Addition will be made to the
crew of the Montecello, govern
ment dredge which has been oper
ating on the river since early
spring, and tho Montecello will
run 16 hours a day Instead of 8
as at present.
Federal appropriations already
available are sufficient to carry
the work through the summer as
originally planned, but figures
nresentedd to Major Coiner yester
day showed that considerably mora
EVOLUT 1 0 N
BILL KILLED
Amendment Designed To
Forbid Tcachin g of
Science In Schools Over
whelmingly Defeated.
Atlanta, Ga., July 20 (AP)
An amendment designed to pro
hibit the teaching of evolution in
the common public schools of
Georgia today was voted down over
whelmingly by the state house of
representatives.
The amendment was offered to
the general appropriations bill and
provided that any teacher or school
teaching or permitting to be taught
a theory of evolution in contradic
tion to the bible's account of the
creation of man would bo cut off
from receiving state funds. The
amendment related only to the
common schools.
- Representative Lindsay of De
kalb county, author of the amend
ment, elated after the amendment's
crushing defeat that he would not
offer an anti-evolution bill.
In the viva voce vote the "noes"
drowned out the "ayes."
Speaking in behalf of the amend
ment, Representative Lindsay re
ferred to the University of Chicago
as the source of new theories
"which for the last 25 years have
overwhelmed this country," and
which "culminated a short time
ago in one of Its graduates taking
the life of a little boy as a scien
tific experiment."
He said "no man's education
no system of education that is
founded on things other than the
fundamentals of holy writ can en
dure. "I don't want any smart aleck
trying to teach my child that man
descended from a tadpole or a
monkey,
"My child shall not be subject to
the Inroads of scientists. We must
protect them from the poison that
Is being Injected.
"When a man getB so amnrt that
he can't believe the Bible, he Is
Just too smart to know that he's a
fool,"
Representative Barrett, chair
man of the appropriations commit
tee, termed the proposed amend
ment "silly."
"Write it In if you want," he said,
"but you will be making yourselves
ridiculous If you do."
PRESBYTERIAN CHILDREN
IN WORLD ORGANIZATION
Phihi'Mpbia, Pa., July 29. (A.
P.) Plane for the organization
of boys and girls of the Presbyter
ian church around the world in
one organization were announced
today by the Presbyterian board
of Christian Endeavor, through It?
general secretary, Dr. William C.
Chalmers Covert,
Organizations will be under the
direction of Dr. Paul R. Landls of
New York for the boys and Miss
DeBorah A. Clark of Hollywood
director of girls work of the board
of Christian Lndeavor, for . th
girls.
work Is necessary than had been
anMrlpaied by the federal depar'.
men:. "We feel that there will be no
(ideslion of getting increased ap
propriations,' said Mr. Hawley
this morning.
The digger Dayton, a private-
dredge which was hired with the
expectation that It would be kept
at work for mc four week", will
be retained ail pummer, says Haw
ley. Furthermore, In addition to
the dike to be built at the head
of Grand Island, Just below Wheat
land terry, geveral other dikes
will be constructed along the
route. "All the additional money
we can get will he put Into extra
dikes," the congressman stated.
Ho expressed his conviction that
the channel would be cleared by
tho and of the present summer,
and after It bad been opened It
would be kept open.
BY GEORGIA
Love Letters from
Zielinski Sizzling
With Endearments
. Raymond Ziellnski's letters to
Helen Ganiard, mnce they were
read in the court room in the trial
which closed yesterday in which
Zielinski was declared to be the
father of Miss Ganiard's little
child, have suddenly reached al
most the nenk of demand locally
that is accorded to one of the sea
son's best sell eis.
When Zielinski penned the two
epistlee to his then sweetheart.
had he known to Just what heights
of literary fame they were to
bring him, no doubt ;.e would
have brushed up a bit on his
orthography, as ho made such
slips as spelling "writing as
"wrighting" and a few other
minor errors. Regardless of these
slips, however, there pulsates
through the letters the same
thrilling emotions which have sur
charged love letters of all time.
INDICTMENT FOR
Klamath Falls, Or., July 29.
E. L. Elliott, who Is scheduled to
take office Saturday as district at
torney of Klamath county, was
Indicted on a charge of malfeas
ance in office in a secret indict
ment returned by the grand jury
this morning.
The accused attorney was ar
rested In his office shortly after
the noon hour and was in custody
of Deputy Sheriff Hilton pending
his appearance before Circuit
Judge Leavitt thfs afternoon to
arrange bail bond.
The Indictment Involves the
theft and subsequently disposal of
approximately 21 sacks of sugar
from tho Mason Ehrman & Co.
warehouse here In March, 1924.
It is charged that the sugar later
was found hy certain persons and
part of it turned over to Elliott,
who at that time was special pro
hibition prosecutor for Klamath ;
county. I
The sugar, H ts alleged, sutse-
quently disappeared. It Is charged1
that Elliott disposed of it and
made no return as a public offi
cial as to whet became of the
sugar or funds said to have been
received for the sale of the sugar.
Elliott declined to make any
comment immediately following
his arrest.
Following the resignation of
District Attorney William Ganong
here early this month, Elliott was
appointed district attorney by
Governor Pierce, effective August
1.
Y
AT
Hiii-gravcs & Mnilnay, EuKonc
contractors, were ytiHtcnlay
awarded the Rrneral contract for
construction of tho new armory
at Silvcrtnn. Work on the
armory will bcKln immediately.
The price hid hy tho KuRcno (Inn
was (24,400, the work not to In
clude plumbing;, heatinK and light
ing. I... K. Inn-.an, of Sllverton, was
awarded the contract (or plumb
ing the heating, hln price hclnB
$3,535. Tho Kllverlnn Klectrlc
store was the successful bidder for
the electric work. Its price wa
$5'j7.
The new armory will be of rein
forced concrete, with a smooth
concrete exterior. In size It will
ho BliKh'ly smaller than the
Salem armory. Ths hI to, which
was secured throtlKh tho effortB o(
the American I.eRlon at Sllverton,
will be located at the old Homer
Davenport home near the heart o(
tho business lection of the city.
It la hoped lo complete construc
tion in time to dedicate tbo build
loir on Armistice Day.
The mm of 130,000 had been
eecured for the purpoae of building
the armory, and those In charge
estimate that about 162 of the
sum will remain to cover odde and
ends. A um of $10,000 waa ap
propriated by the Hate, $10,000
by the city of 8 II tar too.
-
from the days of Abetard and
Heliose down to the present day.
Zielinski did not sign his name
to the letters. In one he signed
by subscribing himself as "The
Vamp," and to another he attach
ed the signature "Poison Oak &
Co.," referring to a dose of that
most Irritating affliction which
he was undergoing at the time.
The letter of principal interest
was written April 14, 1924, and
this 1b the letter which cut such
a swuth at the trial, causing the
ears of auditors in tho court room
to fairly point iorward as it was
read.
The letter, according to the
testimony, was written on Monday
folk-wing the Sunday on which
Zielinski and Miss Oaniard wore
together at which time it was as
serted the two had virtually
(Continued on Page Four)
EX'
Wallace McKay, ex-convict on
parole, and self confessed forger
since his parole, received a sen
tence of four years In tho peni
tentiary from Judge Kelly today.
"I have nothing to say, your
honor, only that I would ap
preciate a little leniency, said
McKay as he stoodd up to receive
his sentence.
"You are nn cx-convlct, are you
not?" asked the court.
Yes sir. ''
"And on parole?"
"Yes sir."
"I fail to see where you are en
titled to any leniency under
those circumstances," stated the
court.
McKay was arrested the last
time after a long chase by Deputy
Sheriff Sam Uurkhart. McKay
forged the name of a prominent
citizen of Lebanon to letters from
Vancouver, to a Lebanon bank in
which he asked the bank to for
ward money from the citizens ac
count. For a number of weeks
the chase proved baffling, until
checks written In favor of a girl
brought the first light which led
toward McKay's whereabouts and
his arrest.
PICKFORD CONFESSION
OBTAINED BY DURESS
Los Angeles, Cal., July 29. A
bitter legal fight, with the defense
scoring heavily over the prosecu
tion, marked the resumption of
the trial here today of three men
accused of plotting to kidnap
Mary Plckford, film star.
Tho trio In composed of Adrian
Wood, Claude Holcomb and C.
Z. Stephens.
Todny the defense succeeded In
having excluded from the testi
mony a so-called confession made
by Holcomb after his arrest which
he declared on the stand yester
day had been forced from him by
advanced third degree methods of
violence.
Bryan's Mission to
Salem In 1895 Was
To Unite Silverites
When William Jennings Hryan
caine to Salem in IHOft to give an
address at the slate fair grounds,
lie came as a more or less obscure
congressman from Nebraska, a
year before ho, mado the celebratt'il
crown of thorns and cross of gold
speech which gave him his can
didacy for the presidency and
started him on his long career a"
one of tho nation's greatest
figures.
Dehlnd his visit here Is some
unwritten history as gathered
from old timers who moved behind
th gceneft, during Dryan'a four
day visit to thfj Oregon state fair.
At the time that Dryan came
here the populist party ranked as
second In power In the state with
the democratic party third. In
addition there wri rattier fair
sprinkling of frre sllvprttee clut
tering up the rank of the rcpub
lioftA prly
BRYAN'S BODY ASK ELECTION ,
ONJOURNEYTO 10 FINANCE
WASHINGTON APPRAISAL
Funeral Train Leaves
Dayton Stop Made At
Chatanooga to Enable
Friends View Remains.
Knoxville, Tenn., July . 29.
The train bearing the Dryan fu
neral purty reached Knoxville at
2:35 this afternoon. The dead
leader's remains were viewed by
hundreds during the brief sched
uled stop.
So dense wore the crowds nt the
station and so eager tho desire to
view the body 01 o dead states
man that police on the rear plat
form had difficulty in restraining
ther.i.
Chattunooga, Tenn., July 29.
(A. P.) The Uryan funeral party
arrived fn Chattanooga at 10:15
Central standard time. The public
wns admitted to the special Pull
man, where in single file they
viewed the remains of the dead
statesman.
A crowd estimated at about
1,500 persons pressed against the
iron barrier of the station as the
train from Dayton pulled In.
Captain W. L. Baker, of the Chat
tanooga police, restrained the
eager throng and his men formed
in double lines to expedite the
orderly review.
In single file men and women,
with a few children, passed Into
the car where the statesman lay
and looked down into the metal
casket where the peaceful leaders
countenance was seen. They
moved on without halting, leaving
the coach nt the other entrance,
Flowers, the tribute of patriotic
and civic organizations, were
brought nnd placed within the
compartment where tho body re
posed. Uoom was lacking to
hold them all.
The widow remained In her sent
In the rear section of the Pullman
part of the car. Her face showed
the strain of the sorrowful burden
which she has resolutely sustained.
Dayton, Tenn.. July 29. tA.
P.) Quitting forever the little
southern town where friends made
his last days happy, tho body of
William J. llryan today began Its
long train journey from Dayton to
Washington, where the nation
will pay the finnl tribute to his
memory before burial Friday In
Arlington cemetery.
The special Pullman, attached
to a regular Southern railway
train, drew out of Dayton at 9:05
o'clock moving first toward Chat
tanooga, where the public will
enter to view the face of the great
commoner. Mrs. nrynn. with
members of her household, oc
cupied tho forward end of the car.
The casket lay on supports tn the
observation section at the rear of
the coath.
50 Airn1nne to Flv.
Portland, Or., July 21). About
50 airplanes will participate In an
aviation display which will mark
l he dedication of Pearson nir field
tit Vancouver, Wash.. September
16. Tho field will be named in
honor of tho Into Alexander Pear
son Jr., aviator, who met death a'
Dayton. Ohio, in nn nir meet.
While ostensibly Dryan came
hcre to make n speech, In reality,
say old tlmerH, he came hero on :
different mission, Oregon then.
as It has been since, w;is cousldcr
ed n rather fertile field for politi
cal nmsinnnry work of all sorts,
and then, as la his later days,
itrynn prove, himself essentially a
missionary.
lie rented a room in the old
Chemeketit hotel, and while It wa.
a good room In those days, It Is de
scribed as being somewhat below
the present luxury of n dollar a
day room In a second rate hotel
It wae small, and dusty, with a
pitcher and washbowl on tho wash
stand end but very few chairs. In
fact there wore so few chairs that
Bryan, when he held the levees
which he did during his four-day
stay, eat on the bed while Oregon
(Contlnuta on Page Six)
Special Council Commit
tee To Ask Vote For
Money to Survey Water
Projects.
A special city election will bo -called
in Salem, Tuesday, October
20, if the city council adopts rec
ommendations of its special water
committee, to place before the
people the question whether a spe
cial tax shall be levied for the
purpose of appraising the proper
ties of the Salem Water. Light &
Power company and investigating
the leasiuility of bringing water
from the mountains for a muni
cipal supply.
The special committee Is com
posed of Aldermen George Wende
roth, Hal D. Patton. L. J. Shnaral.
11. li. Herrick, Paul Johnson, Fred
A. Williams, G. W. Thompson and
10. U, Urabenhorst.
TTn to the Council.
The committee met this week
and drew up the recommendations
that will be prescnLed to the city
council at the next meeting. The
committee's report will state that
it believes a complete investiga
tion should be made of the present
water system and an appraisement
mude of tlo property, lurthur that
a complete investigation should
he made of the cost and advisabil
ity of installing a gravity system
ot mountain water. The commit
tee estimates tentatively that tho
special levy should be suffiiceut to
raise $10,000 for the investlga
lion, though this figure may be,
changed after discussion by the
council. The expenditure would
be by the special water committee
under the control or the city coun
cil. Tho recommendation Is that the
city attorney bo Instructed to
draw up tho necessary ordinance
for submission to the council.
Valuation of Plant.
A valuation ot the property of
the Salem Water, Light Ac Pbwer
company wus fixed for rate mak
ing purposes, covering all proper
ty devoted to public service, on
ueccmner 31, 1U13, and at that
time wus fixed at $433,538. The
annual reports of the company
show net additions to this since
that time In tho sum of $139,
s;;o.09, making the total valua
tion for rate-making purposes on
December 31, 1924, the amount ot
T 3 3,3 08.59.
The lates annual report ot the
ompany shows the following
operation financial statistics for
the year 1924:
Operating revenue, $128,979.40.
;i ti increase of $12,613.92 over the
lireviouB year.
Operating expenses, $64,206.69.
an i nc r en He ot $7104.49.
Taxes, $18,564.53, an Increase
of $2833.89.
Uncollectahle operating reve
nue, $434, an increase of $253.67.
Total deductions, $18,998.53,
in Increase of $20b7. 66.
Operating income, $45,774.18,
an Increase of $.ri01i.B3,
Non-operating revenue, $127.90
an increase of $8.83.
Total gross income, $45,902.08,
in Increase of $5025.76.
Deductions from gross Income,
$12,491.40, an increase of $661.40.
Leaving the net Income ot the
ompany for 1924 tho sum of
$3.1,4 10.68, nn increase of
$4364.36 over the previous year.
Fire Bonds Also.
If the special election Is called
ny the city council several other
important measures will prohnhly
bQ on the ballot. Among these
will douhtlws be a measure call
ing tor the issuanco ot $30,000
bonds for the purchase of addi
tional fire equipment, a measure
tn levy an nnm nl tax of 2 mills
for bridge millding and maintenance-
purnoses and calculated
to ralso about $27,000 a year, and
a measure to levy nn annual tax
of one mill for a street repair fund
estimated to produce about $13,
.)00 n year. These estimates are
based on the ctiy's present assess
ed valuation o approximately
$13,500,000.
Tho water mensure and all oth
ors so far proposed would require
a majority of two-third of the
vote cast for the reason that U
aro revenue measures.
There Is some talk of submit
ting the question of commission
form of government, but because
of the limited time before the data
of the proposed special election II
Is not likely that tills w'll bo don