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FORTY-SEVENTH YEAR No. 185
SALEM, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 5, 1925
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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
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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.