OKfGON
Ar.lCUUUKM.
TN o i vi IT
CIRCULATION
Daily average net pala circulation for
month ending July 31, 1025
FAIR WEATHER
Tonight and Friday, cloudy or foggy
along coast. Continued warm Intorlor,
Light westerly winds.
Local: Max., 89; mln S5: rain, none;
river, -1.8; atmos., clear; wind northwest
6722
AveraH dally distribution 7090.
Member Audit Bureau of Circulations.
FORTY-SEVENTH YEAR No. 186
SALEM, OREGON, THURSDAY, AUGUST 6, 1925
PRICE THREE CENTS TNAfivS
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WIERDTALE MONOF
OF RESERVOIR fiNDERILLA
GROWS DAILY TO BE PROBED
Unfounded and Unsub
stantiated Story of City
Water Makes Triennial
Appearance In Salem.
Monday A dead body in the
city reservoir,
Tuesday A headless corpse in
the same place.
Wednesday The body of a
dead negro.
Thurtsduy Bodice of a China
man and three children.
With ever increasing velocity,
Baleiii's most absurd rumor has
been circulating in and about the
city for more than a week.
"X heard about it definitely from
the one who helped take the body
out," one young lady told a re
porter tins morning. "You sec
that young man out there working
on the lawn? lie can tell you all
about it." The young man did.
"I heard it from a fellow work
ing in that service station down
the street," he said. "He can give
you the details of the case. I don't
known myself, except just what 1
heard." At the service station ad
ditional accounts were dished up,
"I got all this from a man I
was talking to ti other day. 1
think ho works tor the city or
something. Wo, 1 don t know his
same, but if you go down to such
and such an address, 1 think that's
where he lives. Anyway, I heard
there's someone staying there who
knows all about it.
At the designated residence,
email rooming house, even more
lurid accounts of the episode were
(Continued on Page Four)
FEDERAL JUDGE
Los Angeles, Cal., Aug. 6.
Commenting on what he called a
'compromise verdict" returned by
federal court jury trying two
liquor law violators, Judge Will-
lam B. Shepherd of Pensacoln,
Fla., sitting in United States dis
trict court here, yesterday express
ed doubt that strict enforcement
of the Volstead act fs possible.
Speaking from experience, he
asid: "I doubt that strict enforce
ment is possible. Congress may in
Its wisdom adopt some modifica
tion which vill make the law
more canablc of enforcement and
generally im re efficient for the
purpose c' Intended namely, tem
perance. "Perhaps un adoption of the
methods already in force in Can
ada, or a limited dispensary sys
tem under federal supervision,
might be the solution of this dif
ficult problem."
Although characterizing the
eighteenth omemlment as legisla
tion, grafted Into the constitution,
by the Anti-Saloon League and
other organizations during
neriod of war hysteria, the jurist
pointed out that "It is the law to
day rnd is entitled 10 as mucu re
Bpect as any other .statute."
Judge Shenhard was presiding
in the case of F. D. Armstrong
nnd Fred Wallace, accused of sell
Ing Illicit liquor, when he made
his remarks.
New Yo.k An. i -D An
offer f-r a 15-rund match be
tween H:iry Willi n:i l lone Tv.n
hey. l:idhK h'-Avyw-fMLlr. t'tlc cn
tendon, at tho Pol.) (;-r.i:.ti.- :
teinber 23 or 23. was i.tkn under
advisement tod..v by Paddy Mul
lin. ninnnpof of Vi'iff.
Mulling cxpr-ffd bi- ilf a?
re:: .Mff1M vith t!.o oftr. lie
term nf wfcbv tip t it dt-d )ed.
but Mill h dri;o(i ;o rnim.'.uiil
c;ite iih Will. nn- h 'tfrmmiy
on on Enroii"!!! tout, fcefore tmk
ltt any decision. MutPr pronilr
fr.t to give promoter of the I'o.o
i; i .mim!s aii'VUc rl'ib definite
iiftn'cr oy next Monday.
UE5iEY
Alleged Girl Bought From
Parents By Browning;
Given AH the Gowns
Her Heart Desires.
New York, Aug. 6. (AP)
An Investigation by the district
attorney of Queens county into
tho adoption of Mary Louiee
Spas, young daughter of immi
grant parents, by Edward W
Browning, wealthy divorced real
tor, was sought today by Com
missioner of Public Welfare Co
ler. The commissioner unlrl tho In.
vestigatlon was prompted by
charires that Rrnu-ninn- harl vv-
on money to Mary'e parents in
return for their signing the
adoption nanere. Hn mlilcri hnn.
ever, mat it was a violation of
lonir established nrftfmlont fnc o
divorced man to hn nprniiitpil tn
adopt a child In thi6 city.
Orta' Be a Law
"It is the most unmoral trans
action that has ever come to m
notice." Mr. Pnlpr n!il "Rnmo.
wncre in the laws of this country
(Continued on Pag Four)
STATE ALIENISTS
swear scon
Chicago, Aug. 6. (A. P.) The
state today concluded Its effort to
prove Russell Scott sane.
Dr. William 0. Krohn the last
prosecution alienist told of his
examination of Scott and hie con
clusion that the prisoner was
sane. Ho repeated stories of the
four previous state alienists that
Scott declined to submit to an ex
amination in the jail.
There is no appeal for Russell
Scott from the verdict of the jury
testing whether he Is sane and
should be hanged or Is not men
tally cognizant of the death penal
ty he laces.
If the jury decides he Is sane
enough to realize. Judge Joseph
B. David will fU a new date for
the execution, from which Scott
has twice been snatched a few
hours before the death march.
Incarceration at once In a state
Institution would follow an insan
ity finding
All the prosecution witnesses
experts and laymen, believed Scott
tffine, just as the fourteen defense
witnesses thought confinement
nnd two death watch ordeals had
affected his mind.
Jailers related conversations
with Scott and described his ac
tlons in the death cell. Four
alienists, three of whom said they
expected fees of ?lo a day, con
eluded Scctt was cane after a 15
minute observation in which he
was an unwilling subject.
The defense alienists based
(heir opinions on more than ten
hours examination over three
days.
Three hours were allotted each
side for closing arguments. If the
full time Is used the case wilt not
so to the Jury before tomorrow-
noon.
Fair Enough Proposal
Received by County
For Oil Filling Station
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tie i on- :. v.l l:i!iic;
rear Hiit''':.ri! v.-l r.-,. t lr ?: t ,
!)-vn al' 'vV t unmoor
.o rur;il at. i -p'.iri'c.
viiilo a.;" H;e cmi'i'y v.a
th A ti) 'i;r-!iu.' n "! n(
m i mi!-' .''i" '-"I'll II" rinl!"
ny inl til-: m.ir'irt rn.i'l 1
:i lli'.liiird rnii IIm.-hLmvc-'
ill I. 'i v.:n nc-ll'i an'
riM'ilt ft ri. iu.- stnp Is left
i.ihlv loi'Ht il ai a cn roail
11 Ik'b'tio.-u r;. :l In qiKsiion.
I .1 f. :-n: r. ilWiori'il v.i'::
i.-iiUv all )!'. buying the strip
Capture Goldfish
With Nugget of Gold
In South Santiam
Mill City, Aug. 6 A new
kind of a gold fish lias been
reported as liaving been dis
covered lu tins south fork of
tho Santiam river. A pros
pector arriving Jure yester
day from tho mines lu that
vicinity, tells that several
days ago he was out fishing,
catching a trout about nine
Inches long. When cleaning
tho fish he noticed that it
was rather heavy and upon
dissecting it, found a nugget
which yielded 25 cents worth
of gold. The prosiKfclor said
lie would be interested In rnls
lng fish of this nuturc.
Martinez, Cal., Aug. 6. (A. P.)
A personal reward of $100
which he will ask Governor Rich
ardson to increase by $1,000 for
the arrest of Charles Henry
Schwartz was announced here to
day by Sheriff R. R. Veale.
Schwartz was at first believed to
have perished In an explosion at
the plant of the Pacific Cellulose
company at Walnut Creek, but In
vestigation of the police has con
vinced them that Schwartz fs not
dead but a fugitive and that the
body found in the laboratory is
that of some one who was slain
and placed there to defraud insur
ance companies out of insurance
of more than ?100,000.
Tho tracing out of many clues
in an effort to identify the body
has yielded no tangible results.
After Joe Rodriguez, Portuguese
laborer returned to Walnut Creek,
furnishing unimpeachable proof
that the person believed to have
been murdered was not he, the
authorities have tentatively ac
cepted identifications ranging
from a New York "tramp'' to an
unknown member of a southern
California religious cult, only to
find the clue disproved and the
identification false In each case.
Mrs. Schwartz, wife of the
chemist Is preparing, her attor
ney said, to start legal action
against the Insurance companies to
force payment of policies carried
by Schwartz. She is satisfied that
the dead man is her husband.
District Attorney A. B. Tinning
stated after conference with repre
sentatives of Insurance companies
today that the companies would
not offer a reward for the appre
hension of Schwartz, being un
favorably disposed to such a pro
ceedure as a matter of business
principle.
Letters left last November by
Schwartz to be opened In the
event of his death are said to have
expressed the wish that his three
children be educated In England.
Colorado Springs, Colo.. Aug. 6
Vice-President Dawes and party
arrived here today after a week
spent at the Wagon Wheel gap
ranch of Colonel A. E. Humphreys
n Denver.
After spending the day bore tho
party will leave at 8 o'clock to
night for Lincoln, Neb., where the
vice-president speaks tomorrow
night.
While there Dawes will be the
truest of Miss Ann Douglas, his
cousin, and ihe Rev. James Doug
las, who was chaplain In bis army
regiment during the World war.
The ri!in!y f.:i!c'. he c;uM have ir
,or tl-"..
Toil.'iv lil? C':' li t y rem ! ixi r !v ''!
i kUvr frrini the nin siyliiK In
'lan h:. ill lni; n::'l enn't rals"
!lD t'li.
iimv. vor i;i pir.s iin tli1 I'i'fi
I;: tli.il :f i he rrmnty will wr
x ru;. stiiMnn ;t Ihe (ornfr. hiilh'.
limine in It fur him ami loar,
iltn urn.' mniii'y for wnrkln cup
In ! ho will hj tflml to run Ihe sta
inn. Tl'f! orrt hasn't arfepli-rt lh
iron -:i;ion.
SALEM UPON
U. S. INDEX OF
HIGHWAYS
Federal Board Selects
Highways To Be Mark-
. ed For System Cover
ing Entire Country.
"Washington, Aug. 6 An index
of highways for tourists in valley
sections and bywaye of tho country
will be afforded In tho marking of
the vast system United States high
ways as selected by the Joint
board of Interstate highways.
A net work of roads stretching
from the Atlantic to the Pacific
and from the Canadian border to
the gulf embraced in the fifty
thousand mllej of highways to bo
designated wlht uniform markera
to tell the motorist exactly whnt
road he Is on -and where It will
take him.
Highway Markers -
The highway markers to be used
in addition to bearing the shield
of the United States, the number
of the road, the state and the let
ters U. S." will be variously shap
ed and colored under a code of
warning to motorists of approach
ing curves railroad crossings and
other road conditions.
Designation of the system, which
Includes every federal aid highway
in the United States, involves no
new road co.iRtructlon other than
roads now planned under tho fed
eral program. Tho board also has
no power as to maintenance or al
teration of highway systems, Us
funds to bo solely for purchase of
tho designating signs.
J'nclfic Const Roads
Pacific roads designated include
the coast route beginning at Port
Angeles and crossing the Columbia
river by ferry at Its mouth to i'lor
ence, Oregon, thence along the
Oregon coast to Crescent City, Cal.,
Eureka, Uklah, San' Francisco,
(Continued on Page Seven.)
OF REBUILDING
A hew method of building tires,
using the fabric of old worn out
tires and building new treads on
them, was explained this morning
by Leo Jncobson, Inventor of the
device, who arrived in the city re
cently. The principle of uniting new rub
ber with the old fabric by means
of Intense heat and pressure Is us
ed. Mr. Jncobson claims that he
has establishments In every large
city In the United State) turning
out his product. In his New York
shoi alone, he says he employs
250 men who turn out 1000 tires a
day.
The old tire Is first taken and
scraped clean of Its rubber leaving
only tho fabric, which Is patched
wherever It happens to be weak.
The whole Is then cleaned with
gasoline, a coat of pure rubber
gum plared on tho outside, with
strip of rubber, from which the
tread is to be made, placed above
the rubber gum. The whole Is
placed In the device Invented by
Jacoiwon, vhleh heats by the use
of steam, causing air In the tuic
within the tl to expand, exerting
prepwurc on the tire of some ldO
pounds, and forcing the rubber
into tho sr cclal mtlds which hard
en the rubber and form tho trends.
A complete set of the apparatus
has been purchased by SteinbiH.k,
well known loenl m:i -chant, Mr.
.Tacobsnn states. With it lie d.ihn?
tires can b produced to sell at
less than Ir.lf the ri.l of new pro
'ldf.ts, and havo a westing cai'.ic
ity of 8000 to 10,000 nMley.
AUTO ACCIDMTS KILL
FflUH AT El. ?m
Fl
P.-o, T x:i, A.i" C- - AP) -.-i.'f.
nnrb'f nt t tn .k a toll of
lives In thin r',-l .n 1nt niht
Kim Hv,itt and ! lv l.ntp.h
f.,
j Mi.
!Ot.t Cn; her'ne nnd C,.r.-:i;., K rio
Nlle.l when n f-Vnihi F? ti' t "Ini'-k
an info iH-nr l.'omlnif. .W M.
,1'jrn l'f-rez. five, is killed
wh'-n hi' i in in front t an rtULO
mobile in El 1'aio.
Kidnaped Girl
Bride Freed From
Order of Court
Ruby Morris who appeared In
Lcircuit court yesterday afternoon
and was granted an'ullment of a
marriage ceremony through which
she went with Vollie Geer at Van
couver, Wash., June 14, 1921, had
one of the strangest martial ex
periences ever befalling a young
girl according to the findings of
fact handed down In the case.
According to the complaint, and
the findings of Judge McMahnn,
the young girl was abducted when
she was 15 years old, taken to Van
couver. Wash., for the purpose of
CASE PUBLICITY
Loa Angeles, Cal., Aug. 6.
Further testimony in support ol !
the defense contention that the
whole Mary Pickford kidnaping
case was nothing but a publicity
scheme was scheduled for pre
sentation at today's session of the
trial of Charles Stephens, Claude
Holcombe and Adrian Wood on
charges of plotting to carry off
the film sttr and hold her for
200,000 ransom.
In outlining Its publicity plot
attack in an opening statement
yesterday, however, the defense
made it clear that Alary Pickford
was not Involved as a publicity
plotter.
The men who plotted for promi
niit mention iu the news of the
day, counsel explained, were
Ul'Orge K. Home, former chief of
detectives in the Los Angeles po
Hco department, nnd Harry Hu
mond, a private detective, who
planned the kidnaping case "for
v.:o purpose of reflecting glory on
themselves" and selected Mary
Pickford because of tho publicity
value of her name.
Tho defendant Stephens was the
Cfrst witness called by the defense.
He testified that Louis (Jock, later
identfied as a police Informer, had
repeatedly outlined to him schemes
Involving the kidnaping of motion
picture stars or children of na
tionally known persons. Geek
kept after him for two years, he
said, and led him to the Pickford
stud-o on the day he was arrested
there.
Hoi comb and Wood were expect
ed t.) take the stand today. j
Uloomburg, Pa,, Aug. 6. Harry
A, Chandler, air mall pilot, whose
pUine fell Into the Susquehanna
rlvei here last night, will recover
from his Injuries, phynlclnna en id
today.
, Chandler's skull was fractured
when his plane, Its running gear
tangled hy uncoat oats in a field
from which he attempted to hop
off, fltruck a tree top and plunge!
Into shallow water.
Tho Injured ulrmun said he had
lost his way on the westward
fll-ht, tho las. guiding beacon he
bad olw.-rved being at Phillip'
burg, N. J. Flying low, ho alight
ed In the oat field ntar here and
dropped a magnesium flare, which
attracted a number of persons
from whom be obtained direction.
The accident attended his attempt
to regain flight.
Fourteen sacks of mail were re
covered frum the wrecked nlrcrafi
nnd were sent west by Huperln
tctub'nt Tanner of the HellefnnJ
mail field.
r, nor
m mm m
V. . li.t V. .!. . Va . An::
r. -
'iiilii's? t.'om a ra,e'-" s-u-v'j
1):i' tlie up. and bird- in this cn in
.y were d ' vjrsin If) a munftviiii!
wi.nii) e-.trn;, ihe V. Ha Willi
.'.i)ji: y game rcmiii is s;on lib
ni)iir.cd b"r! t j'lay lh ,t Hit
r.ould bp m op.'ii s'-asiu i n rbi
t;,:v) phi-iiHiMiU, llun,iri;n part
-i(U,eH, imUv.! pliejiwit, btiit
.'.ou-io. quail nnd inai.ie rbl
here this fall. Previously tie
I rt,m)iis!on had or do 10, the se,i
1 on opened nn ijr'ober 1
committing a fraud on the laws of
the state of Oregon, and was mar
ried there. When she was mar
ried, according to the findings, she
did not become the wife of Vollie
Geer, the findings assert, because
she did not understand the nature
of the ceren.ony or the effect of it,
did not consent thereto and did
not know she was being married.
It Is further declared that follow
ing the ceremony she did not, or
never has "lived with Vollie Geer .
his wife.
(Continued on Pago Seven)
FOR REFUNDING
BELGIAN DEBT
Washington. Aug. C (AP)
Negotiations for the refunding of
Belgium's jr.00,000,000 war debt to
the I'nitel States, will be Initiated
next Monday between tho Ameri
can debt commission and tho spe
cial Belgian commission, which ar
rived last night at New York.
Tho Kelginn commissioners will
want time for so mo further dis
cussions among themselves before
tho first meeting with tho Ameri
cans so that tho formal negotia
tions probably will not get under
way before next Monday. At that
time It is expected both sides will
mako tentative and more or less
Informal suggestions for tho terms
of settlement of the $480,000,000
debt.
The American commission today
formally ncn pted tho resignation
of Elliott Wadsworth of New York
as Its secretary nnd elected Under
.Secretary Winston of tho treasury
In his place.- It received reports
fro mWInston and Representative
JJurton, Ohio, a member of tho
commission on their observations
of financial conditions In Europe
BALLAGH TO BE
Portland, Or., Aug. C. Alberl
f. It lias, master fish warden. Is to
be replaced at the next meeting of
the state 'h commission by Kdi
son I. HuIIagh, former mayor of
St. Helens, according to report
that was not denied by John
Ventcb, commission member.
Horn was appointed master war
den when Carl G. Hchoemaker lef;
the post and the status of both the
commission and of its staff enter
ed a period of rapid change, which
has continued ever since.
Bitllitgh is a former member of
the legislature. In which ho served
i.n the fisheries committee of the
house. He Is now field agent of
tho Columbia It!ver Packers aso-
'.Intlon.
MAYO!) INDICTED FOR
CHELSEA LIQUOR CASE
lloston. Mass, Aug 6. (A. P.)
The federal jjrand Jury, whir!)
has been Investigating an alleged
"liquor ring" In Chelsea, today re
ported Indictment against 44 por
tions Including Mayor Lawrence
Qulgley nnd his brother, Thonm
(luigley, a poll''" Inspector. Two
sergenntn of poller nlso are in the
lint of thnae Inlctrd.
Sympathetic
At Salem
Looms
A rymp.'i' belle n'rike of mi ire".
i"n'l;tnM nn' nipl','i t5,c -Irm
h"snJ;i In icnorlcrl to hf
i-' b"(hil.- Sei.rca i.f l 1, the
il ;'0 we! f--r tho tci iiiImV.kim f
,ls ;l:i'1 ? Si"HeV M ::iniO as
, f ui M rh' i:. tlinti'M. 'i no w.iik
M'.it I liitH'- :k, n :rr.:o,l w Mi.'
.;.! -nr Vill.
Somo of tint employes confirm
ho Kit lie ir! nnd admit Iuiv'hk
:iliendv ni:il n rra tiK"tnenls to o
"l-.evl)TP. Others declare they will
rem n in under tho nv imin:n;e-nu-nt.
The in'ijortty however le-
BIG TIMBER
FIRES UNDER
C0N1LN1
Flames Raging In Previ
ously Burned Timber
Near M eh a ma ; Fire
Fighters Kept Busy.
Forest fires which were raging
yesterday In tho neighborhood of
Silver Creek were under control
today so far as holdings of stand
ing timber wore concerned. It was
reported this a rternoon by oui
i;ials of "the Silver Falls Timber
company and tho Silverton Lumber
company, in whoso holdings tho
fires have, been burning. The
names wiucn suuieu ui mu ohl-i
Falls Timber company's Camp 11,
located some HO miles southeast of
Silverton, doing considerable dam-
ige there, had today burned their
way south hit- some slashings own
ed by tho Silverton Lumber com
pany, and situated just above Ale-
hama. Tho same ground where the
fire was burning this afternoon
was burned over last year, and is
not considered to havo any great
value so far as tho timber Is con
cerned. State fire fighters were at
tempting to check the flames,
ori Acres I turned
It was announced today that the
fire has burned over an area of
Homo 65 acres of valuable timber
since It started. Htartlng at Camp
11, it burned over a largo quantl
ty of logs which has been cut and
wore being held nt tho enmp. Of'
flclals tills afternoon expressed the
fear that the damage to the logs
might bo considerable, mailing
them unfit for use. Somo hope
was hold, however, that tho tire
may have burned rapidly over the
logs, doing only Imht damage.
Tho fire yesterday did not com
pletely destroy the three donkey
engines at camp 11, It developed
today, ft burned nround them rap
Idly, destroying their runners, but
leaving tho machinery in repair
able condition.
Trenching Holdings
Loggers were still in the woods
today, fighting the flames, but lit
tle difficulty was anticipated In
keeping them from doing and addi
tional damago to standing Umber.
Officers of tho Silver Falls Tim
ber compan., announce they have
undertaken the extensive. Job of
trenching around their complete
holdings to keep the fires within
check If possible. The logging
(Continued on Pgo Six)
OF COAL DEAL
London. Aug. 6. (A. P.) Pr
mlor Uald wlu faced a crowded
house of commons when he nrost
today to movo tho government's
supplementary estimate of 10,
000,000 pounds sterling to finance
t he subvention plan In the coal
mining ind'istry.
The premier traced In detail the
course ot the negotiations leading
up to tho government's Interven
tion In the dlsputo between tin
miners and the mine owners. H
do?laro,i that while the govern
ment In the dispute between th
miners and the mine owners. Hi
it was forced either to counte
nance a stoppage In the coal In
dustry that would further depres:
Great Hritain's trade, or find i
way out.
Strike
Hospital
September
tn commit the n.'-etves s.iyinc
i t H
will w: t and VMt'-b il'-vb-p-
I Of tho fniif nnfeyion;il niir-ies
v hi' ii the hospital enployeo, Mlf.
ivey. Miss WitKoraml .txs Ma.'ltte
f. re report-I to be consider)"':
'etnlntr. Mi-A Dull, head nuro of
! bo ni:i :ornil v ward, will renin In,
"ho states. Of tho two cooks, one,
Miss Ilf nt, has nli-en dy r.ccurcd an
other position In Portland, and will
leavo nt about tho tlmo Mln Steele
leave. MIj Hoot I : special diet
(Contm ied on P.igo Seven)
i
B
RECORD PRICE
Fry Buys Local Pool At
$11.05 Per Pound For
Oil Yield Averages
$330 Per Acre.
D. J. Fry has just purchased the
crop of the Oregon Peppermiut as
sociation in th:- Lablsh section at
the I'ute of $11.05 a pound for oil,
by far the largest price ever paid
is the history of tho Industry.
When It is realized that $4.10 Wfls
the ton price last year und the
price generally runs from $3.50
to $4 n pound, the magnitude of
the present year's price becomes
appa rent.
It is estimated that the associa
tion will produce about 5000
pounds of oil which is in the pro-
uss of distillation now. Pepper
mint prod '.tecs from 20 to 30
pounds of oil to the acres, which
means about $33q an acre for the
grower who has a good crop.
The enormous price paid thle
year is due to frosts In the cast
and a poor crop last year which
has reduce! the available supply
materially.
Lastern buyers have been in th
Fugene country paying from $1(
to $10.50 for the peppermint, but
Mr. Fry states that the Kugeni
growers can get the $11.05 prici
as well as the association.
IDNAP PLOT
LAID TO GECK
Further tcetlmoiiy that LouW
fleck, a police Informer, was th
first o mention t iot to kidnap
moving picture telebrlties and
later deserted the alleged band tc
artfdst police, was offered here
today where three men arc on
trial charged with plotting to
kidnap Miiry Pickford, screen
tnr.
C. Z. Stephens, one of the de
fendants on the stand, In his own
defense, declared that Geek
sought him out early in 1923 and
suggested kidnaping a daughter
of L'arl Lncmmle, a picture pro
ducer, as a means of ma'. in
"easy money."
Stephens said that at tlm time
Geek said he was "broke, out ol
employment and ready for any
thing." The defense and prosecution
freijuently engaged In legal wrai
gles during the morning session,
but the former held their ground
on the contention that "we in
tend to show that the alleged
con Hp t racy Is an entrapment to
further a publicity scheme on the
part of detectives George II. Ho
meo and Harry Raymond to re
flect glory on themselves."
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Wuahinctnn, Aug. 0 (AP) The
Ameih'.in aviators with tho Mac
.Mill. in A r ti expedition are fray
Inp the nerves of the F.sklmos.
On every tost fliwht tho greatest
apprehen.slon Is felt by tho nativea
on tho Kt-'iind, who are unable to
comprehend why the planes ilo not
fall and who look for disaster
every minute. Lieutenant Com
mander Hy ril. In chargo of tho fly
ing deiachmci t, in a radio mes
sage today to tho navy department
dose r i bed yesterday's ncllvlt ies of
the expedition at F.tah, Greenland
Ilo told of the forced landing of
one of the pi,-, nr. which apparent
ly wnt a'''''ini H.-i:d .vlthuut dnitl
'i go.
Terfoniiupre of plan leaded nnd
tho maximum total weh-.ht with
Ahlrft the t-l.ino con Id toko off
water u ,t. pounds,'' bo said.
"That Ih.KmiO deadweight of
piano anil engine of 3600 pounds.
I'erformnn.'e ..f piano In nlr with
l lie Jond wn exeeMont.'
Biitisli Bl rlade of Chma
T-imdon, Am;, tl. A. 1'-) A
die-.pateh to the Daily Mail from
Ifnng Kdiig sava that u- Ilrltlnh
bhi.'Uado of Chinese porta la fore
shadowed In Honp lon$ official
circles If the antt-HrltUh nutr.mes
and boycott cniPinue.
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