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AUG 3 1925
LIBRARY
CIRCULATION
Dally average net pnla circulation for
month ending July SI, 1925
FAIR WEATHER
Tonight and Tuesday; continued warm;
light westerly win da.
6722
Local: Max., 81; mln., 50; rain, none;
river, -1.7; atmos, clear; wind north
west. Average dally distribution 7090.
Member Audit Bureau of Circulations.
FORTY-SEVENTH YEAR No. 183
SALEM, OREGON, MONDAY, AUGUST 3, 1925
DDIlr rntlDri-Ei nirivrma ON TRAINS AND NEWS
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Prohibition Commissioner
Haynes Relieved of All
Authority Effective
With Reorganization.
Washington, Aug. 3. (A. P.)
Dry enforcement today waa order
ed to be taken definitely out 01
the hands of Prohibition Commis-
eioner Uoy A. Haynes, who after
September 1 will act only in an
advisory capacity to Assistant bee
retary Andrews of the treasury.
Commissioner J5 Jair of tlie in
ternal revenue bureau, who has
jurisdiction over the prohibition
unit, signed the decree which
stripped the present enforcement
headquarters of its major powers.
The order which had been fore
cast, will carry out the treasury's
plans for a new line up when the
prohibition reorganization plan
goes into effect the first of next
month.
Duties Given Others.
Nearly all of the duties of Mr.
Hay nee office will devolve upon
tho twenty-two prohibition ad
minlstrators to be appointed and
who will have headquarters In
various sections of the country-
At a prohibition unit here, where
it was conceded the commission
ers enforcement powers would bo
taken away, it was said that Mr,
Haynes wou'd find plenty of wor'-i
to occupy his time. The nature
of the work was not disclosed.
The prohibition commissioner
Tas nb.:ont frm Washington to
day. He has Bald, however, that
he would continue for the present
to occupy the office and to co
operate with Mr. Andrews. He is
exnected. however, to enter the
gubernatorial contest in Ohio as
the republican candidate.
Several week ago it was an
nouncd that a large part of Mr.
Haynes' office here would be drop
ped. Washington, Aug. 3. An order
relieving Prohibition Commission
er Haynes of all authority with
respect to the supervision over the
quLf.iou of intoxicating liquors
was made public today at the
treasury in connection with the
reorganization of prohibitive el
fective September 1.
The order, signed by Internal
Revenue Commissioner Blair Is
addressed to the prohibition com
misfiioner and to prohibition di
rectors. It provided that where
any authority now is delegated to
or the performance of any duty is
required of the prohibition com
missioner or of prohlibtion direc
tors relating to rnloximling liq
uors, such authority shall be vest
ed in and the duty shall be per
formed by the prohibition admin
istrators who'are to be appointed
for the 22 districts into which the
country will be divided for ad
ministrative purposes.
Whore authority Is required to
bc exercised or duty performed by
the prohibition directors with the
advice, concurrence or approval of
the prohibition commissioner such
advice, concurrence or approval
will not be required in the future
FLEET TO LEAVE
TA
Melbourne. Aug. 3. (A. P.)
Ailmiral R. E. Coontz, commander
oC the UnltMl States licet, held a
farewell reception to the residents
o( Melbourne today, using thiol
battleships to accommodate his
guest.
Sailing orders were Issued to
the fleet today. The Blow vennelF
will leave for Ilobart, Tasmania,
on Wednesday and the faster craft
will depart on Thursday.
When the U. S. S. Klchmod
alls. It will carry the governor
of Victoria, who will travel as the
guest of Rear Admiral Thomas P.
Magruder, while the governor vis
its Tasmania.
Commenting on the wnrmth of
the-ieceptlon it Melbourne, Rear
Admiral Magruder said In hia 36
year of naval life, he has never
witnessed any ovation approach
ing It.
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OWN HtCORD
SATISFACTORY
TO C00LIDGE
President Starts In On
Third Year As Chief
Executive Highly Pleas
....ed With Achievements,
OW NRECORD
Swampscott, Mass., Aug. 3
(AP) Calvin Coolidge started In
today on his third year as presi
dent, seemingly satisfied with his
administration's record and quiet
ly perfecting plans for legislation
and executive action during the re
mainder of his term.
Two years ago just before dawn
on August 3, 1923, in his father's
modest home at Fly mouth, Ver
mont Mr. Coolidge took the oath
as president a few hours after the
death of Warren G. Harding.
Looking back over his White
House Incumbency, President Cool
idge, his nienrts say, feels satis
fled with the turn of events, the
election results last November In
creasing his confidence that his
policies were meeting with appro
val. Apparently Mr. Coolidge Is not
disturbed over any of the major
Issues which remain to bo settled
Hopeful that anthracite operators
and miners eventually will agree
on a new wage scale, he has deter
mined not to Interfere with negotla
tions. He also believes that nn
agreement among the powers is
near on the vexing Chinese prob
lem, that prospects are bright for
favorable senate action on the
world court proposal and that the
way is being cleared for enactment
of a satisfactory tax reduction bill.
Today the president turned his
attention to politics, the visit to the
summer White House of John T.
Adams of Iowa, former chairman
of the republican national commit
tee affording him an opportunity
to obtain Information as to condi
tions and prospects, particularly in
the northwest.
Washington, Aug. 1 (AP)
The American Federation of La
bor, which in J 924 threw its sup
port to the Independent presiden
tial candidacy of the late Senator
La Follette, henceforth will return
to its non-partisan policy In politi
cal campaigns and tie itself up to
no third party movement.
The federation's executive coun
cil has emphatically announced
this purpose at the conclusion of
sessions here devoted to mapping
out a strenuous non-partisan cam
paign to be waged In behalf of the
Individuals receiving tho labor en
dorsement In next year's congres
sional elections, regardless of par
ty affiliations. Such endorse
ment will be suggested In a report
now being prepared for the federa
tion's national convention at At
lantic City next October, dealing
with local, state and national po
litical contests.
The 1924 campaign, the council
said, demonstrated that the launch
lng of thirty party movements,
which generally expire after one
ntectlon Is "wasted effort and In
jurious to the desire to elect can-'
dldates with favorable records." i
Rabbits Mysteriously
Slain During Night
And Others Stolen
C. J. Channcr, proprietor of a
rabbit ry south of the city near
the Liberty road, lost all but eight
of hia high bred stock last night
when 47 of them were killed tn a
An attempted Jail break in the
of themdispppeared altogether. In
cluded among three of the rabbits
which were killed were two bucks
which cost Channer 1 1 5 a piece
and another which cost htm $25.
Tbe rabbits wmch were killed
Postpone Funeral
For Johnny Jones
For Awhile Yet
Johnny Jones, for GO years
resident here, for many years
caterer to the Elks club, various
entertainments and to many of
Salem's leading families, discov
ered today how much he la loved
in Salem.
Saturday a rumor sprang up
that Johnny Jones' was dead. The
rumor reached considerable pro
portions Sunday, and this morning
Hal Patton, Judge L. H. McMahan,
Al lie Moorcs and some kindred old
timers decided it was time to do
something about it.
In fact they talked it over
among themselves and decided
that Johnny Jones was entitled to
as big a funeral as was ever seen
In Salem and that preparations
should be set under way to see
that he got it.
SAYS ELLIOTT
DRY LEADER
Attorney General Van Winkle
said today that he has not yet re
ceived a request from Governor
Pierce to take charge of the provo
cations of District Attorney El
liott of Klamath county, William
S. Levens, ctate prohibition com-
misisoner, and L. I, McBride, one
of Lev-ens' aids.
According to Van Winkle, El
liott Is not disqualified to prose
cute any of the cases except the
one against himself, and In bis
case the law would apply which
provides that when the district
attorney iB disqualified to act it 1h
the duty of the circuit Judge tn
appoint an attorney to roaecute.
Van Winkle eaid ne received a re
quest Saturday from Elliott to
take charge of the case, and that
he informed Elliott relative to the
law.
Lovcns v;as indicted for the al
leged larceny of a reovlver. Mc-
Brlde.was accused of malfesance
for alleged failure to make a re
turn on a search warrant whlcn
had been given him.
Announcement of the program
for tho public band concert to be
given tomorrow evening by the
Cherrlan band was mado this
morning by Oscar Steelhammer,
director of the band. The program
will be as follows:
The Circus nee March Fillmore
Overture (on theme of)
Maryland Fuhrer
"Old Timers" Waltz
(By Request) Lake
Popular Numbers.
Vocal Solo O. B. Gingrich
(a) Infelice (Ernani)
(b) Honest and Truly.
Grand Selection Bacbeth ....Tobanl
(a) The Glad Girl Lampe
(b) "Marche Militairc"
No. 1 Schubert
Selection "Bohemian Girl", Tobanl
Arthur Pryor's American Legion
March Pryor
Star Spangled Banner.
had been crushed In the bones of
the shoulder Just back of the fore
feet. There were no teeth marks
on the animals, no fur about the
pens and Deputy Shoriff Lewis
and a veterinarian who investi
gated are at a loan to know bow
the rabbits met their death, al
though from appearances they
were crushed by some blunt in
strument. The rabbits were kept In ponR
about tour and a half feet high.
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Consequently they began calling
up the undertaking establishments
to find out some details about his
death, in fact they called them all
up but failed to find any trace of
his remains.
Finally Judge McMahan tackled
one of Johnny's friends In a stand
on State street.
"Say," said his friend. "You
know Johnny and I were talking
about that rumor at the ball game
Yesterday and he surely had a
good laugh over it.'
So the funeral arrangements
were postponed. But, when John
ny decides to die, he can do so
with the feeling that Salem will
surely give him the kind of a
funeral his half century here
deserves.
MYSTERY VEILS
DEATH DF WOMAN
Mattoon, 111., Aug. 3. Cora
Stallmau, the former school teach
er, found dead In a cistern Sat
urday on the farm of her sister,
Mrs. Anna Seaman, was delirious
last Friday night and moaned
"that man made me take some
thing that made me awfully
sick."
That was the information gtv
en Coroner F. S. Shilding, who
had undertaken to solve the mys
tery surrounding her death,
which is a tangled web of facts
and rumors, including a sheaf of
nearly a dozen threatening and
anonymous notes, some . signed
"K. K. K." and "three boya and
two girls," Mrs. So and So" and
other Inexplicable signatures.
The strange situation leaves
the probability that Mise Stall
man was poisoned, Coroner Shll
ling said, although he added that
it may have been suicide, but not
by drowning.
"She waa not drowned, we're
sure of that," eaid the coroner.
Comparison of the notea with
the handwriting of Mies Stallmau
showed no similarity and the
coroner said they were written
In lead pencil on paper unlike
any paper in the Seaman home.
The coroner iaid some relatives
of the family had termed Miss
Stallman aa "queer," but that
others who knew ber eaid ehe
was a normal woman. He eaid
Seaman and his wife were ex
pected to return in two daye and
then further proceedure would be
decided tn.
50 FAMILIES IN
TEXAS HOMELESS
El Paso, Texas, Aug. 3. (AP)
High waters in the Rio Grande
have rendered fifty families home
less and have done damage esti
mated at $90,000 around Eabens,
Texas. The water still was rising
today.
Reclamation officials said the
flood which passed here Saturday
night with but email damage, is
proving a menace to the lower
areas around Fabena where there
Is less dyke protection. Tho crest
of the flood fe not expected to
reach Fabene until tonight,
NEW MANAGER FOR"
PORTLAND TELEGRAM
Portland, Or., Aug. 3. .T. K.
Wheeler, president, and L. It.
Wheeler, Tlce president of the
Telegram Publishing company,
announced today the appointment
of W. S. Jones as general manager
of the Telegram. Until recently
Mr. Jones was business manager
and Joint owner of the Minneap
olis Journal. Mr, Jones said today
he had already purchased a home
in Portland.
Gordon K. Law will remain as
business mannger of The Tele
gram. A, Hamilton will be auditor.
BUT3CITIES rriSCHOOLBOOK KILLEDMAN
rM mm f m UP ID HR POLICIES
JACp-IN k V1JILE ON WELF
Replies From 18 Cities
Show Seven Use Head
In, And Five, Parallel,
Comes Up Tonight.
Replies received by Paul John
son, a member of tho city council,
from 18 cities of tho Pacific coast,
show that head-in parking of
automobiles it preferred as against
the backing-in method now used
in Salem.
Whether the ordinance provid
ing for the head-in method In
Salein will come before the city
council tonight apparently de
pends on whether thuru Is a full
attendance of the members, since
it is the desire of members on both
sides of the quest'ion to have the
vote taken when all are present.
Of tho 18 cities heard from
seven of them, Great Falls, Mont.;
Redding, Riverside and Bakers
field, Cal.; Astoria. Or.; Walla
Walla, Wash., and Moscow, Idaho,
use the head-in system and write
that they like It.
Only three of the eighteen are
using tho backing In system.
TIicbc are Vancouver and Chehalls.
Wash., and Coqullle, Or. Eugene
and Mod ford formerly used It, but
abandoned the method due to local
conditions.
Five other cities use the paral
lel system. They are Richmond,
uai.; noise, Idaho; Lcwlston, Ida
ho; Butte, Mont., and Grants
Pass, Ore.
The Pendleton cars are parked
In the center ot the streets.
C. A. Murphy, chief of police at
Astoria, writes Mr. Johnson that
on his trip to Victoria, B. C, to at
tend the convention of northwest
sheriff and police he didn't find
any place where cars arc backed
in to the curb as they are In
Siilem. Another writer found con
siderable sentiment at the con
vention, he says, In favor of back
ing It,
: NEXT OCTOBER
Bud Harris, alleged member ol
the vico ring here which was
broken up when a number were
arrested, came inl circuit court
today with the intention of
changing his plea of not guilty to
one of guilty, but after a consulta
tion that plan was abandoned and
the case will go over to the Octo
ber term of circuit court, Harris
being out on ball.
The allegation In the Harris
cose l that ho took a 14-year-old
girl, central figure in the charges,
on an automobile ride In company
willi Mac Carl hew, and that tbe
girl was piled with liquor on the
ride. Carthew was sentenced to
six months in Jnll and paroled.
Harris hoped to get the same
treatment by the change of his
plea but decided to let the matter
ride unlit the next term.
Three men are now serving Jail
sentences In connection with the
vice ring convictions and two,
more, Jack Belton and Bert Perry. I
are to come up for trial in Octo-
bar. I
Frustrate Attempt To
Break Jail by Tearing
Bricks Out of Wall
An niomtited la II break In th(-
county Jail was frustrated shortly
after noon yesterday when Depu
ty Hbcrlffs Lewis and iiurkburt,
who wero In tho Bberlti s office,
heard Btrange noises emanating
from the Jail below, rtoscended and
discovered James Hngen, a prison
er, endeavoring to liternlly beat
his way through the wall with a
window weight, which he had
torn from a window.
II m n hud itrf And vl In bnnrlf-
in out a row of three bricks from
fmf" T Miller and Churchill lash
Over Gentlemen's
Vs Agreement With Text
iifiL Book Trust-
.4f
I PAUL A. CHASE "H
Paul A, Chase, ot Brattleboro,
Vt, at twenty-nine years of age
bas been named aB Bpecfal assist
ant to U. S. Attorney-General John
Q. Sargent. He served for the past
six yearB as assistant secretary of
the Senate In the Vermont Legisla
ture PLEA TO GUILTY
T
James O'Reilly today changed
his plea of not guilty to that of
guilty on' a charge of embezzling
something over $200 worth ol
coupons books from the Shell OH
company ami lime of his sentence
was set for Wednesday aflernuun
at 1 o'clock.
O'Reilly formerly was employed
by the Shell Oil company in Salem
and it was altered that he chargod
on the books to local customers a
large number of coupon bonks
which they never purchased and
which he converted to bis own
use.
In a civil action (he oil compnny
secured a Judgment of from $7000
to $8000 against O'Reilly, none ol
which has been collected, accord
ing to attorneys of the company.
It Is probable when O'Reilly
comes up for sentence Wednesday
that an iutcrposit.on will be made
by his utloriicys for a parole. It
Is probable that the fact that a
civil action was brought against
him and Judgment entered will be
used as one of the arguments of
O'Reilly's attorneys In seeking to
have the court deal with him len
iently in sentencing htm on the
embezzlement charge.
'Kcilly Is well known In Salem
where ho has lived many yearn
engaging In various enterprises.
AMERICAN MARINES SAY
FAREWELL TO NICARAGUA
Magna, Nicaragua, Aug. 3,
The Nicarnguan yesterday Issued a
statement to the pcopln of the
country saying that the American
marines who have been stationed
in Nicaragua for more than a de
cade will depart from the country
at 7 o'clock this morning. Tin
statement bogs all Nicaraguans to
support the government in tbe
preservation of ponce and In thi?
manner make Nicaragua deserving
of the name oi nn Independent
civilized rnlion.
a place lurge enough for a man
to crawl through. His method of
attack necessitated his hammering
on the brick wall and tbe sounds
wero diBtinctly heard by the offi
cers, 1 if.. (Ton was arrested a number
of drtys ago charged with enter
ing the home of George Zeok tn
Wji'Mlburn. Zcek, who came home
in the lat!P afternoon discovered
Hagen In the house, Hagen Is a
floater who Bfate that ho cam
to Oregon front Loa Angelo.
Finding itself In a state of uu
certainty today as to its powers
to meet ut this time ami adopt
loxi-uooKs, tho state text-book
commission put tho problem be
fore Attorney General Van Hinkle
and adjounfed until afternoon.
The commission voted, on mo
tion or A, C. Hampton of Astoria,
to throw the matter of adopting
two-thirds of the text-books used
in Oregon open to adoption by
open competition on August 20.
Whether this proceure is legal Is
tho matter that the attorney gen
eral Is to decide before the end of
th0 day.
Miller vs. Churchill.
State Superintendent J. A.
Churchill and Milton A. Miller,
who had been elected chairman
the commission, clashed during
the meeting. Miller intimated
that Churchill had acted Illegally
In preparing a state course of
study with no contracts existing
with publishers. Churchill re
plied that because of the gov
ornor's veto of a bill empowering
the board of education to enter
into contracts, there was no au
thority vested in anyone to eoter
into contracts at this time, there
fore he could not be charged with
proceeding Illegally. Miller said
then that, lie perhaps shouldn't
have used the word "illegally" but
declared thai Churchill's proced-
(Contlntied on Page Seven)
KILL THREE IN
AUTO HOLD UP
Denver, Colo., Aug. 3. (A. P.)
City and county police authori
ties today were combing Arapahoe
county for n holdup bandit whose
revolver late Inst night took a toll
of three lives, two young women
and n young man, when he was
foiled In his attempt to rob them
of their valuables. Tbe shooting
was committed on a boulevard on
the outskirts of Denver.
The victims of the bandit were:
Mrs. Julia Stearns, her sister,
Miss Marie McCorinlck, 17; Fred
Funkner, 19. Carl Perry, 25, waa
wounded in the shoulder.
The bandit, who Is believed to
be tbe man that baa recently
fuctiscd his activities on nutomo
bilo "petting parties" in Denver.
Jumped on the running board of
tbe slowly moving machine In
which his four victims were rid
ing and ordered them at tho point
of two revolvers to turn over their
money and valuables. One of the
men told him thai, they had no
money. Tim bandit then fired Into
the machine several times, in
Htuntly killing Miss McCormtel;
and fatally wounding Fuukner
and Mrs. Stearns, so that thev
died on the way to tho hospital.
Ho then took flight,
Perry, who was shot In the
shoulder, rnn to a. nearby farm
bouse and summoned the police,
CHILI WELCOMES PERSHING
Arkn, Chluu, Aug. 3. (A. P.)
General John J. Pershing, presi
dent of the Tacna-Arlca plebiscite
committee, arrived here yesterlay
on board the United States cruiser
Rochester. August In Edwards,
former president of the Assembly
of tho league- of nations head of
the Chilean plebmeito group, Im
mediately boarded tho Rochester
and welcomed General Pershing.
The Chilean cruiser O'Higginn
flrod s.itutcs for both General
Pershing and Sonnr Edwards.
Full military honors were ac
corded General Pershing na he
iitepped on tho pier and he was
accorded nn ovation by a largo
portion ff the population as he
proceedod to hia residence
Schwartz Alleged to Have
Murdered . Victim Tn
Explosion To Secure
Widow $180,000 Policy.
Martinez, CM., Aug. 3 Demand
by Mrs. Charles Henry Schwarta
on the Contra Costa district at
torney's office for possession of the
body found on tbe laboratory of
the Pacific Cellulose company aft.
er an explosion was refused today
by District Attorney Tinning. At
tbe same time he announced that
a grand jury would be called to in
vestigate the case.
Firm In her contention that the
corpec Is that of her husband, who
was chemist and general manager
of tho company, Mrs. Schwarta
took the first step to assert tho
rights of a wjdow by making for
mal claim for the remains, through
Attorney E. S. Bell.
Snys Murder Committed
Dintrlct Attorney Tinning Is
equally unyielding in his conten
tion that a murder had been com
milled and that the charred corpse
Is not that of Swart si. As a pro
tection a&ninst loss of possession
of the body through any possible
(Continued on Page Seven)
T
Tntis, Aug. 3 (AP) An Ath
ns dispatch today says Greece haa
sent two regiments to the Greek-
Bulgarian frontier, Is drafting an
ultimatum to the Bulgarian gov
ernment and expects to send Greek
troops into Bulgaria if the ultima
tum is rejected.
The dlnpatches say the Greek
government has demanded repara
tions from Bulgaria for the murder
recently of M. NIckolalda, a Greek
citizen at Stnnlinnka, Bulgaria. The
Bulgarian reception of the demand
has not been favorable.
If Bulgiirla formally refuses the
reparations tbe present Greek In
tention Is to send troops to posi
tions three miles across the fron
tier and establish a line there in
Bulgarian territory. In this cane
Bulgaria Is expected to appeal to
the lenguo of nations.
The Bulgarian minister to
I-'rance said today that ho knew of
no serious cause for disagreement
between his country and Greece.
At the Greek legation here It 1
admitted that some of tho frontier
posts havo been reinforced hy th
Athens government and ordered to
support Greece's demand for an
indemnity in the case of Nicko-
lalda. It was stated at the legation.
however that no serious conse
'liioni'fs were expected.
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