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Newspaper Page Textbun LIBRARY CIRCULATION Daily average net pola circulation for month ending July 31, 1925 6722 Average dally distribution 7090. Member Audit Bureau of Circulations. FAIR TONIGHT And Thursday, cloudy 'or foggy along coast. Warm In Interior, light west winds Iocal: Max., SO; min., 5 1: rnln, none; river, -1.8; atmos., clear; wind, north. mat FORTY-SEVENTH YEAR No. 185 SALEM, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 5, 1925 PRICE THREE CENTS g1?," S apitaUfeJJoiii Jul innnttr PIERCE IN AIR Governor Doesn't Know "Where He Is At;" Van Winkle Leaves on Three Weeks Vacation. Governor Pierce said today that he didn't know just "where h was at" relative to the prosecution at Klamath Falls of B. L. Elliott, district attorney of Klamath coun ty; William S. Lcvcns state pro hibition commissioner, and L. WcBride, ono of Lcvcns agents. Determined to havo the cases Ifted to the bottom, the governor yesterday, in response to appeal: from Elliott, ordered Attorney ueneral Vnn Winkle to prosecute the caeos to the full extent of the law. Last nlj;ht Van Winkle call ed the governor by telephone, said he had received the order, and added: Off For Vacation "I am leaving on my vacation. Vlll be gone three weeks. I will (Continued on Pago Seven) SDN CONFESSES CORPSE IN WELL Lincoln, Neb., Aug. 5 Ailolph S. Emetak, 22 year old farmer youth was being held at the Nebraska state penitentiary here today pend Jng probable chnrgeg of first de- rree murder. Smetak, county of- - (leers say confessed last night that he had killed his father, John Kme tak 07, and had thrown the body In a well on the fnrm on which Ihoy lived near Wahoo, The body was found by county officers Tuesday afternoon and placed In a tool house in the Wahoo cemetery awaiting burial. Late last night, however, the building was mysteriously fired and the body was burned almost beyond recog nition. The elder Smetak disappeared last March 12 and the eon told farmer neighbors that he had gone lo Europe. Neighbors and county authorities accepted the explana lion temporarily but later began to doubt the story, especially ai they said they previously had com plaints from the boy's father that 'he was afraid" of his son. Tuesday, the county attorney herlff and several other county of flclals came to the Smetak farm With a liquor search warrant and found the decomposed body of the elder Smetak In a well on the farm confronted with the body, he was accused of the murder and con fesfled,1 the county nttorney said, wnt ne ana his rather had' quar reled and that he had struck his father on the head with a ham mer and then dumped the body In the well. He was ri-shed to the state peni tentiary here for safekeeping as feeling is said to be strong at Wa hoo. 1925 Survejr Edition of CAPITAL JOURNAL Containing an up-to-date survey of the industries, resources, prosress and development., of.. Marion nnd Polk counties. Salem. Woodburn. Stayton and other cities. Order your extra copies at once to send awav PRICE 5 CENTS with wrapper for mailing. No i ederal Issue InJlvedin Scopes Cilse Asserts Peay Battle Creek, Mich., Aug. 6 (AP) Governor Austin Peay of Tennessee In a statement here to day announced that the state of Tennessee will employ counsel from this time forward and com bat every question that can be raised on appeal of the John T. Scopes case. The governor and Sirs. Peav left today for Nashville after six weeks rest here. TVhnt the effect of the evolu tion trial at Dayton will have in the long run, is for the future, the governor said. "Surely It will cause a more spread Investigation of the whole theory of evolution DISCHARGED AS Under a pclltluu aim ciutlon ilea in p'.obati?, Uiant U. Dlmick illeged Oregon City absconder. ! ordered to appear in county court here on Antrum 7, nt 10 o'clock in the morning, to show cause why ne snouiil not Do discharged as ad minlstrntor of the estate of hli brother, ltulph C. Dimlck, who died October 22, 1911. ThG citatioiv Id being Issued on petition o another brathcr. Har dy B. Dimick, who desires to be named as administrator so tha the estate, which has boon hang' ng fire without action for many yeam, inny be closed. ltulph 0. Illmlck left an estate allied at $4100 In real property and $042 In personal property nciu in .Marion county. A man named Crittenden was named as administrator, but after serving a tlmo resigned and Grant D. Dim ick wns named in his stead. The petition recites that Grant B Dimlck disappeared on May 1, 924, that his whereabouts has never been determined, and It is believed he has been out of the state of Oregon since thnt time. Dimlck absconded, It Is charged fter a long period of speculations with money received on mortgag&i and after being engaged In a num ber of dubious transactions. At the time It wns charged be carried away with him a sum variously estimated nt from $50,000 to 200.000. Ills relatives believe that he Is dead. CALF STEALING Bend, Aug. 5 Determined to capture or kill the marauder which had been making serious Inroads on young cattle and calves of the Tumalo licef breeders association, Cleon Clark, range rider, with the aid of hi dog and horse succeed- last night In slaying a black bear weighing 300 pounds and which measured 7 feet from tip to tip after the animal had been caught In tho act of devouring one of tho company's calves. Clark came on the animal Just fter It mode Its kill, lie put spurs to his horse, treed 'he bear, but had no firearms. Clark hung hts coat on tho tree and started to de part, the bear was wise to thin rick and commenced to climb own. Clark pent his horse off on a gal lop for help, then, thinking this in sufficient or Indefinite attached a ote to his dog and sent that anl- al scampering for home. The og ran up to the daughter of Tom Merchant, fireman, of the Des chutes national forest service, de livered his noto after which the forestry man saddled up and went to the assistance of Clark. The ear was shot after having been eld prisoner In the tree by Clark for several hours. EN INJURED IN TROLLEY COLLISlONjNJENSE FOG Chrpngo, Aug. 5 (AP) Two street cars collided In a fog on a Ingle track line on the far south side and only a few mites from the Indiana state line, resulting In In- Jury to ten persons, two psrhnpii fatally. The ciah was head-on. either motoimnn beinfj able to see the other's car until too late to top. that will go a long way to clari fy the atmosphere. "The reckless teaching of a sub ject which has been carried on until now and going uncorrected and undigested hoe been steadily making agnostics and unbelievers among our youth in shocking num bers. "Ours from the beginning has been a Christian nation, its doom Is sealed and its descent toward oblivion well begun whenever we embrace infidelity and agnosticism, as a people. siury writers and eensa. tlon mongers who crowded Dayton (Continued on Page Five) RATIFY NINE IS AI WASHINGTON Washington, Aug. G. (A. P.) ihe two nine-power treaties relat. ing to China signed at the time of the Wash.liEton arms conference, became effective today when rormai ratifications were changed nt the state department Mipiomnllc representatives eight of the powers met at tho state department with Secretary ivenogg ror tho exchange. Seer; retary Kellogg now will formally notify each power concerned that the reflections have been deposit ed In Washington as required In each treaty. Those present at the meeting were, in addition to Mr. Kellogg tho French ambassador, Daesch- nor; Japanese ambassador. Matsu daira; Italian ambassador, DcMar tlno; British chnrge, Chilton: Chinese minister, Ezc; Portuguese minister, D Alte; Belgian charge, iilmont, and Dutcb charge, van Wick. i The first of the two treaties Is that setting out "principles and policies to be followed In matters concerning China," and which In eludes the general agreement to respect Chlnr.o territorial integ rlty and for an open door policy as to equality of commercial oppor tunity for all nationals In China. The second provides for the re vision of the Chinese customs tar iff in order to cstnbllsh a 6 per cent ad valorem duty on Imports into China as a means of supple mcnting the revenues of the Chi nese central government. Jos Angeles, Cal., Aug. 5 (AP) The state concluded argument at noon here today In answer to de fense contentions on a motion for directed verdict of acquittal on behalf of three men on trial charg od with plotting to kidnap Mary Plekford. screen ac'ress. The defense Immediately launch ed rebuttal argument, and the court was exrected to rule on the motion late today. Involved legal situations mark ed the prosecutions answer which held that the commission of an overt act was not necessary to consummate a conspiracy under he California statutes. The defense contended the men were not guilty because "they did not move toward an objective." Fish Know Their Friend And Eat from His Hand But Not from Others H may not b0 possible, but it lias happened. It happens every day at the Silem bathhouse at the foot of Court street, often In the presence of numerous witnesses. "Cap twin J. fipong, proprietor of the boat notice, ha trained o school of wild fteh to cat out of his hand. "I've had 'em around every sum mer for tho last three years," says the captain. "Just throw bread on the water every once In a while; they soen begin to gather around and stay here all summer." But never until tola summer FRENCH DENY PEACE TERMS GI1RIFFS Foreign Office Assert Conditions Alleged Im posed Propaganda Put Out By Abd-el-Krim Paris. Aug. 5. CAP) The for elgn office denied the authority of an account published In Paris today of peace terms alleged to nave Deen ottered to Abd-el Krim, the rebel. Moroccan chief tain by Prance and Snain. The alleged terms included ad mlnistrative autonomy for the mir, Abd-el-Krim's recognition of the spiritual authority of the sultan of Morocco and purported to set boundaries for the Riff state. In official circles here, the ac count published is attributed to tne Itiffinn leader himself. Offi- clals admit that the alleged terms are correct as regards an offer of autonomy to the Riff, but th frontiers outlined In the accoun as well as conditions relative to the Riff army are declared to be euuer imaginary or propaganda, Held Propaeanda t tne miai D'orsay the au (Continued on Page Seven) SEIZE FORTUNE DEN Chicago, Aug. 6. A fortune in narcotics, found In an apart ment which had all tho fixtures of an Oriental den, was seized by leuerai agents last night. They arrested Kitty Gllhooley, who, with her husband. Willie they charged with carrying on a wnoiesaie traffic that would handle nothing less than 1500 saies. i ne value of the drugs con flscated was variously estimated between $144,000 and $260,000 with an additional $10,000 worth of pipes nnd weighing and meas uring requisites. Pat Koche, ace of the sneclal telligence unit of the internal revenue department, who led the raid, said the woman had been the Biggest Importer of drug In the middle west and could supply any amount on short notice. Four men were arrested as ned dlers and search was started for twenty more. During the fortnight the government men watched the den, they said more than 100 na tlonally known underworld char acters visited it. The contraband seized which Roche thought represented only a ten days' supply, Included: 74,700 grnins of morphine, valued at $1 a grain; 37,500 grains of cocaine $1 a grain; 100 pounds of gum opium, ?175 a pound; 75 pound of cooked opium, $200 a pound. Flaherty Reelected Dtlluth, Minn., Aug. 6. (AP) James A. Flaherty of Philadel phia, supreme knight of the Knights of Columbus, was elected to his ninth two year term at the forty third annual su preme convention today, defeat ng Kdward Haggerty, Green wich, Conn., newspaper publish er, 258 to 51 votes. hafl he suceedc ;1 in Kelt Ing the fish to eat out of lite hand, he says. "I took a little hroad In my hand and held It down under the water one day. Held it there for a long time. The fish would gather around and look pi it, but none of t hem won Id eat Jt. Finally one little fellow b warn tip, grubbed a bile and dashed off. Sim he came bark for another, and after that It wasn't long until they all began to come." Yesterday afternoon Sponiy fed .(Continued o& JPag StoJ FACTORY BUILDING TO BE ERECTED IN SALEM FOR WESTERN PAPER CONVERTING COMPANY Contraction to start nt iu, company incorporated ASK SALEM 10 E OF HILL LIS The special committee of the chamber of commerce with Scott Page chairman, last night heard speakers fur and against the reso lution of the Southern Pacific en dorsing Its stand In tho south ecu tral Oregon controversy. The com mittee did nothing but listen nnd took no action, holding action in anoyance ponding further consid erntion. A. A. Miekel, T. L. Pililngsley and i-rank Dockebach spoko in la vor of tho resolution nnd 10. M. Pago against It, an representative of tho Jlill lines. The resolution which the South ern Pacific wants the chamber of commerce to ndupt Is as follows; It Is our firm conviction thai duplication of operation .over the same rails (so-called common users) or lines paralleling one an other Is an economic waste when the trnffic will not over-tax the facilities of one railroad," the resolution reads. Whereas the Southern Pacific Immediately upon removal of le gal obstacles commenced, and have continued, active construction of the so-called Natron Cut-off, In accordance with their promises to the citizens of Oregon, and Whereas this construction to get her with coniemplntcd line connecting the so-called Natron Cut-off, the Oregon-California & (intern railroad ond the Nevada California-Oregon railroad will fur Ibh a direct route between east ern states and south, central and westrrn Oregon, therefore, be It ("Resolved, that the Chamber of Commerce of Salem, Oregon, ex- ress Its confidence In tho Inten tion and ability of the Southern Pacific to adequately nerve nnd develop the territory Its construc tion program penetrates and be It further resolved we oppose dupli cation of expenditure and opera tion In territory that it, or will be. deuuntely served by one line, and be it further resolved that future railroad construction should be directed to the opening of new territory In our productive state." 10 A post-moi tern examination of Alfred Woods, the negro Inmate of the state hospital for the In sane who died Tuesday morning, now ml that injuries received In a fight with attendants when the egro became violent lust Sunday were a contributing factor to his at!i. It is not believed, however, hat there will be a pn-see utiuu 1 the attendants since they were on ho defensive and had to use their combined efforts to subdue the :OIor:d man. Tho examination showed thai vera I of the negro's ribs were brokfn and that one lung and hln liver wove damaged. Woods made o complaint of his injuries and the fact thnt he hnd hern hurt ny wor-e than the at ten dan h- not known until ehoillv be fore his (hath. He wun seen 1 j InuteH before he dir-d nnd iip- ared In a favoiahle condition. Irish Woman Executed. Dublin, Aug. S. (A. 1'.) A re event In Ireland the execu tion of n woman took pla in Mount Joy prison today, when nun Walsh and Michnel Talbot ere put to death for murder of Mm. Wah-h's hnehand at Mmcrlck. Talbot was a relative of the vie once on North Front street stte of lor 1200,000 capital. Prom 100 to Fed Baby Booze Make a Tough Guy Out of 2 Year Old Chlco, Cal., Aug. 5 C. It. Coker, held hi connection with tho death or M. T. Teet er, n neighbor, whom ho ad mit tcil .stabbing six limes with mi ice piek, gavo Ms two year oI boy liquor nnd cigarettes to make a "tough guy" out of him. Testimony to this effect wiih given hy .Mrs. Cokrr at the MH-uner's inquest yesterday. (Mentioned by Deputy Cor oner l'rank M. Nau, Mrs. CoUer ia id: "My huxhuml gave our son 11(1 nor to drink and cigarettes to smoke. He told me lo ralne our girl nnd he would rnlso to make a roughneck out of tho boy because lie wanted him." The girl Is throe years old. Coker took ihe stand and admitted slaying Teeter. "I did It because he tried to take advantage ut my wire," lie told the judge. SCOIT SANE AS OTHER PEOPLE Chicago, Aug. 6 William Wal iiuie, n Jail officer who guarded Unwell scott in death row, testi fying for the prosecution In Scott's sanity hearing todny, said he found mo prisoner "as sane as anyone could be under the circumstances." The court ordered the qualifica tion stricken from the record on the ground that a luynmn Is not competent to qualify his observa tions of a person's sanity. four other jailers testified that they believed Scott sane. Assistant Stntc's Attorney Harry N. PrJtzkcr had a list of fifty jnll ers ready to testify, but Judge Da vid limited ; Jut to 10 lay witnesses nnd five alienists. In probably another day a Jury will consider whether Itussell Heotl Is sane nnd should be hung or men tally deficient and therefore Im mune from the execution of the death sentence from which he twice narrowly has escaped. Kvidence as to his mental condi tions has been limited to matter tending to establish development since I-cbninry 14 lam. when he was sentenced to die. This restriction wn imoosed bv Judge Joseph K. Uavld, was made when attorneys for Scott sought to bring out by testimony that he hud an heiitary basis for mental dis orders nnd that circumstances at tending his birth wero unusual. Tho proffered testimony of Mrs. Illlla Krott, his mother, was held incompetent. Offers Solution For Irrigation Districts Facing Bankruptcy Col. E. M. Place, colonization acent of the Western Pacific itnil road company, today placed before the slato irrlnaliim securllles commission a new plan for solu tion of tho Silver Lake district problem In I.ako county which brought expressions of approval from Governor Pierco and Htate Treasurer Kay, and which appar ently has a rhanco of adoption. State KnRinecr I.uper wanted further time to consider before expressing an opinion. Krank 0. Uramwcll, male bank mincrln- tendnt, and. I. H. Yin Winkle, at 100x240 foot building to cost $40,000 1G0 will be employed steadily. SEEK 10 IDENTIFY IN SCHWARTZ CASE Martinez, Cal., Aug. S ( AP) An unidentified workman from New York City was tentatively ac ccptcu by authorities today os th murder victim whoso charred body was found in the laboratory of tin Pacific Celluloso company last week, after an explosion and fir as tho result of which Charles Henry Schwartz, Berkeley chemist is being sought on a wnrran: charging murder. Evidence gathered yesterday re vcaiett that Schwartz, Vim at tin lime of the explosion wns believe to have met his death, had adver Used for a helper about the plain and bad told employes that he wtu expecting a man from Now York. Working upon this theory She iff R. II. Veale and District A tnrncy A. P.. Tinning hoped to es tablish tho Identity of the dc man, whoso body was burned be yond recognition nnd solvo the case which is believed to be insurance hoax plot. Schwartz carried Insurance poli cies In excels of $l(),000, payable to ills wife nnd the Celluloso co puny in winch Mrs. Schwartz was heavily indebted. The reappearance yesieidav of Joe Ilodriguez, Portuguese farm hand, who had been virtually ne cepted as the dead victim, left the investigators with few clews uiion wnich to work. A description of the man from New York, was given officials by I heouore Jicnedis, who lived nen Walnut creek where the plant was located, and tallied closely with that of the dead man In regard to both stature and clothing, pieces of which were found in the lab oratory where the crime took place. JienWil said he picked up the workman In his automobile near Walnut creek. The man said he was on Ills way to the "llk plant to answer nn advertisement for work. This occurred a few days terore the explosion, HcnUIis de clared. Pieces of a blanket in which the body of the victim was believed to havo been wrapped before the fire, were Identified by ltenidis as part or i lie one carried by the workman. The warrant for Schwartz's ar rest was is.-uied yesterday after five days of Investigation which re vealed conclusively that the dead man bar! been murdered and lh ipse was not that of tho chern 1st. Mrs. Si hwartz. however, remain?' unchanged In her statements that he hotly Is that of her husband. ermlssion to bury the remains his been repeatedly denied her torney general, who are tho other members of the commission, were not present. Placo's plan in brief la that Ihe bondholders of tho project be organized in effect to take over the project, nnd that they sell the land to colonists on terms whereby tho colonists pay for tho land In annual payments on a crop basisi over such n period of years as necessary until such tlmo as the project Is developed sufficiently to pay Interest nn the bonds. Further there would be an understanding MOURN LONG SWATH THRU TIMBER Three Donkeys Destroyed And Camp No. 11 Badly Damaged Wind Al most a Gale. Fire In timber property of the Sliver Falls Timber company which has been burning sinco Monday has cut a swath 10 miles long through heavy timber on the Silver Creek, side of the canyon In tho company's holding, and under a heavy wind is sweeping through the forests In the direction of Mill City another 10 miles away, ac cording to County Commissioner Porter of Silverton 111 the city to day. The fire, states Porter, hns badly damaged Camp No. 11 of the tim ber company, burning up three donkey engines nnd la still out from under control. Every nu.n employed in logging operations by tho Silver Falls com pany lias been commandeered Into fire fighting service nnd every ef fort is being made to check the flames, but a. far tho human ef forts excrte icem to have had no appreciable effect In stopping tho onward inarch of the flumes. The wind has been blowing al most a gale, according to reports (Continued on Pngo Five) lluslratiiiK his speech wltb. numerous anecdotes, William A, Dalzell, secretary to Clovernor Pierce, this noon addressed Hi. Salem Hotary club. Ho related tho inie ut the Irishman who clalmed to be writing a hook of "all tho people 1 can lick." Happcnlne to net the name of his neighbor written down, and challenged by his neighbor to prove his claim, the Irishman said. "You sav I can't lick you? Well then I'll Just iuko your name off the list." Mil the approach of ihe com. Ing election campaigns." said Dalzell, '-the governor Is bus scratching off tho names of meo he can 't lick.'' He accused the newsnnners nt the state of attacking Pierce oc casionally without cause, but merely for tho purposo of creating' reading material. Speaking of bla own position Dalzell staled: I hc governor's secretary, of course, Is for the purpose of keep- ng i ne governors secrets, so lure Walter doesn't have nnv. but tells 'cm nil, I naturally don't have anything to do.' fo declnred that there Is a -world of burdensome work' that shoiJvi he lifted from the should ers of the stnto governor, and ex plained that the secretary signed a largo proportion of the gover nor s papers, "for If the gover nor signed them all ho wouldn't have time to do anything else. if Interviews were granted to all tho.se who try to make plea for clemency to the governor, ful- rn per cent of his time would be taken up with nothing else," said. Dalzell made no nttempt to esti mate the amount of time spent by the governor in political scheming. s t Baltimore. Mil.. Aug. 5. f AP)' All downtown fire fighting ap paratus and a heavy police guard ere rushed to the Maryland penitentiary at noon today to ght a three alarm fire which tucked the prison shops he ween the penitentiary and city ail. From within the wnll cam the word that there wn no dis order among tho prisoner! and that guards were ready to halt pnflre t0 aavaatage o( tt (Continued on Page i-'lvs) emergency.