Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, August 08, 1925, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextCo A a jflj TT -r aoitalAJoMriiai CIRCULATION Dally average Dot Da la circulation for month ending July 31, 1925 6722 Average dally distribution 7090. Member Audit Bureau of Circulation FAIR WEATHER Continued warm tonight and Sunday. Light northerly winds. Local: Max., 93J min., tJ4; rain, none; river, -1.9; atmos, lear, wind northwest FORTY-SEVENTH YEAR No. 188 SALEM, OREGON, SATURDAY, AUGUST 8, 1925 TyDWW TUDW PT?MT3 ON TRAINS ANfJ NBWS ST txLKjtU LUSXlljSll O ill IN J. O STANDS FIVE CENTS to JJL cu 3 AUGUST FEAT RECORDS M AY BE SMASHED Mercury Expected To Reach 100 Before Night Longest Dry Spell On Record for Valley. With the mercury having reach ed a point 96 degrees above zero at 1:30 this afternoon, and still rifling, indications were that It would rlo to a point nenr 100 be fore evening. Friday at 1:30 the temperature stood at 87 and rose to 93 by 5 p. m. Sultry atmosphere, scarcely stirred by a light breeze, mado the weather most oppressive. If no rain falls here by tomor row the record for the longest dry pell 57 day?;, established In 1883, will be broken. No relief Is of fered by the weather bureau. The forest fire situation was more serious today, the tempera ture high all over the northwest, and the wind shifting from west to east, The temperature today showed a rapid Increase, rising steadily from 7 o'clock this morning, when It stood at 06. Even without an increase after 1:30 o'clock, today holds the rec ord for heat since June 25, when the mercury climbed to 99. On June 24 it reached 100, making that date the hottest day of the present year. Even counting to day's maximum as 96 today would be the third hottest day of the year. There was every Indication, how ever, that it might easily equal the record of Juno 24, or even estab lish a new high mark for this year. The heat record for August at Sa lem Is 98, official government sta tistics giving that temperature as the highest point to which the mer cury has climbed during the 33 years that n government observer has been stationed at this city. Strong probability was seen that this record would be smashed to day. The heat record for all time at Salem is 102, a July mark. IN LAKE REGION Portland, Aug. 8 A new fire was reported this morning in the chain of lakes country In Columbia national forest west of Mount Ad ams. The fire is about a mile long and a quarter of a mile wide, ac cording to the lookout. A train crow of 30 men was on Its way to the fire. The Mount Hood forest also re ported a new fire near Ralncy lake. Thirty men were on It. The Cedar Swamp creek and Pinhead fires are now under control. Super visor Sherrard telephoned In that the smoke had so hindered the work of lookouts that eight patrol men were needed. Two forest fires were burning yesterday south and southwest of Rainier, Ore One of the fires are just back cf the city's water shed In the same district where a fire burned some time ago. it is re ported this morning that this fire Is under control. HEARINGS SET BY SERVICE COMMISSION The following hearings have been set by the public service , commission: August 18, Gold Hill, applica tion of the highway commission for elimination of a grade cross ing. August 18, Talent, application of Jackson county court for au thority to establish a grade cross ing. August IS. Jacksonville, appli cation of Mcrtford-Coast Railway company for authority to abandon railway from Medford to Jackson ville. August 19. Mcdford, application of Owens Lumber company for tuspenslon of fencing law. Pnratoga Springs. N. T-, Aug. I (API Hast. Sarnie ap, -won the ILiratoga special wweepstaken of 1500 each, with tlOOO added for two year olds at a! furlonr to day, Pomoey finished second In front of Flight of Tim. The time M 1:11 2-i. TWINCRAT .S OF VOLCANO IN ERUPTION Double Volcano In Lake Nicargua In Violent Ac tion California Feels Earthquake Shocks. Managua, Nicaragua, Aug. 8. (A, P.) The double volcano of Omctcpe, on Ometepe island, In Lake Nicaragua, has burst into violent eruption from both Us poaks. Large Quantities of dense smoke and ashes are being thrown out spreading ruin to nearby plantations. Los Angeles, Cal., Aug, 8. A .slight earth shock at 2:13 o'clock this morning was reported to the Santa Fe train dispatcher's office here by the dispatcher at San Ber nardino. Telephone operators and police headquarters at San Ber nardino repurted they had not felt the shock. San Jacinto, Cal., Aug. 8. An earthquake shock of a few seconds duration was felt here at 2:15 o'clock this morning. No result ing damage has been reported. San Diego, Cal., Aug. 8. A flight earthquake shock was felt here shortly before 3 o'clock this morning. Earthquakes were re ported at San Jacinto and Hemet, according to word received here. No damage was dune. ASSERTS ESPEE That the southern Oregon lum ber mills, which he says are the small operators, have been clubbed Into protesting against extension of the Oregon Trunk railway in Deschutes and Klamath counties, and subjected to a sort of bribery, was the declaration here today of Charles Eberllne of Klamath Falls, who formerly was prominently con nected with the Harriman system. In consideration of their pro tect against the Oregon Trunk movement, Eberllne said the South ern Pacific has abolished switch ing chargen which It always here tofore has refused to do although it worked a hardship on the small operators, and has also granted the so-called Truckee or trans mountnln rate, which It has refus ed In ufst years to do. "Another club used," said Mr. Eberllne, "1.. this. These opera tors use Southern Pacific engines in tho woods. Should the mills have refused to enter the protest the Southern Pacific would with draw these engines on grounds that they were needed on the main line." Eberllne predicted that the Ore gon Trunk will be accorded a cer tificate of public convenience and necessity by the interstate com merce commission, and that the hearing will reveal many things rel atlve to how the Southern Pacific company has kept the Klamath country on "cold storage' for years and forced into California great volumes of commerce that should g. to Portland. "Portland may be asleep to the situation, but the people of Klam ath county are not," said Mr. Eb erline, "and if it becomes necessary there is one big trump card they can play In order to make ship ments possible at reasonable rates, That is the water-grade route down the Klamath river with ports avail able at Crescent City or Eureka.' SHUMWAY CANDIDATE TO SUCCEED STANFIELD Portland, Of., Aug. 8. An nouncement waa made that A. H Shumway. president of the Oregon Co-operative Grain Growers asso ciation, will be candidate for the republican nomination for United States senator. A. H. Lea, man ager of the asoclntlon and an In timate friend ot Snuiuway, mad? tbt announcement. Wedding Bells? 4 Jfc texiyi 'Tls reported that Mary Garden has picked an accompanist for life, and that he name will be changed shortly to Mmc. Harry Lachman. The opera Btar and director re fuses to confirm the report. FarkersbuiT, Iowa, Aug. 8 (A I') Mrs. R. J. Vandcrvoort, wife of the Methodist Episcopal pastor who was shot to death Thursday night by their 17 year old son Warren, will proiiably recover from the two bullet wounds Inflict ed on her by the youth, attending physicians declared early today. According to the physicians, Mrs. Vandervoort was fully conscious and passed n, restful night. The tragedy in which her husband met death has not been discussed with! her since yesterday morning', when she told persons who went to her aid that her son had shot her. Allison, Iowa, Aug. 8 (AP) Charged with killing his father, ! R. P. andervoort, a minister of Parkershurg, Iowa, Thursday night, Warren Vandervoort, 17 today is held here without bond, charged with first degree murder. His moth er, who, according to the confes sion wrote in his cell he also shot, Is seriously Injured and In a local hospital. Motive for the crime has not been entirely established by au thorities here and at Parkersburg where the shooting took place. The minister's son in his confession said only that there has been num erous dissensions in the family. He and his father have "always been good friends," however, the confession stated and In most of tl.ese moods, the father and eon stood together against the mother. According to the story told In the boy's written confession, he bought a rifle Wednesday after noon in line with previous plans he and his father had made. His con fession did not say what the rifle was wanted for. Held for Ransom, Tampa, Fin., Aug. 8. A. P.) Police to lay discovered two Portuguese families, said to be residents of Trunton. Mam., held prisoner by a gang of confidence men. They v:ere said to have been held for 12 days during which time relatives in Massachusetts were alleged to have been robbed of more than $2000. Battle All Night To Save Homes From Forest Fire Flames Astoria, Or, Aug. 8. Fighting to savo their home from a forest fire which threatened to wipo out the settlement if Thompson's Sid ing in Clatsop county, women ami children Mned mtn In an all night battle List nlBht and suc ceeded in turning the flames back from their homes. This morning the settlement was reported out of danger. The fire had passed en tirely around the hamlet and was raging on toward the south. Tire threatened the Nchalom valley farming country near Jew ell today. A force of more than 150 men is fighting the blaze and additional reinforcements are be ing runhed from the north. The district -fire warden at Jewell iu throwing out all available forces to coiuLui U Uie. 1 F FLEET HELD McNary Says Admiral Palmer Is Acting With out Legal Authority If Threat Is Carried Out If Admiral Palmer is threaten ing -to take the merchant marine fleet from Portland he is acting without legal authority. Palmer apparently is seeking to give con trol of the Merchant marine to a favored group. This is the opin ion of United States Senator Mc Nary as expressed hero today. Senator McNary believes the opin ion of President twolidge on the question conforms to that of the people of Oregon, Senator McNury was a member of the senate commerce committee and a member of the sub-committee that framed the present mer chant marine act, therefore Is fa miliar with the intentions of con gress at the time the act was pass ed. "I was r.ot in sympathy with the resolution passed by the ship ping board transferring the enter gency fleet corporation's control over to the shipping board fleet, said Senator McNary, "as I be lieve it is contrary to the letter and the spirit ot the merchant marine act. Consequently i feel that Admiral Palmer, in threaten ing to take tho fleet from Port land, Is acting without legal au thority. Geographical Renresentation. "One of the foundation supports of the act was to provide for geo graphical and territorial represen tation on the shipping board, thereby proven ting one-man or one-port control of the shipping facilities owned by the govern ment. TIiq committee who framed the legislation proposed first that America should have a merchant marine, that new trade routes should bo established and new markets developed, and that in each large port should be an American fleet adequate to handle ! the commerce moving to the mar-j kets of the world. The ships should be sold to private operators upon condition that these trades routes be maintained and the various American shinning ports have ade-j quate service. If I am rightly In-, formed. Admiral Palmer seens io give control of the merchant ma rine to a favored group, which would tend to centralize the util isation of the ships in a few hands. It is my Judgment that until con gress can provide supplementary legislation looking to the support of a merchant marine that the government vessels now operating from Portland and other ports of the country should not be dimin ished In number, nor the present trade routes disturbed. Producers Concerned. "The producers of agricultura and manufacturers In Oregon are interested in an adequate service f nrgo-curryjnd vessels, and any attempted action of one man to destroy or mar the situation should be discouraged, and if ncc- esnary be precented in its true iirrht to President Coolidge. "Before leaving Washington 1 discussed the shipping board sit nation on two occasions with the president, and I think his point of view coincides with the thought shared by tb people of Oregon." The fi.-e, which ifl burning to ward the Columbia county line 1h tho most serious that haa occurred in norihWfStoTn Oregon this year. It Is traveling at an unusual speed before a hot dry northeasterly wind. Its progress last night wan estimated at 0 miles by oiDeluls at the Kerry Timber company heodquarteu at Kerry, Or. Thus far the fire has burned principally in slahin?s. hut it is 'viiown to have destroyed a con siderable quantity of green tim ber of the I.adee fyigKfng com pany"s holdings last night. Yesterday the fire burned a 300 foot trestle on the Noyes Holland railroad. Although the fire start ed on the Noyes Holland holdings. It hag now passed entirely out of TRANSFER 0 USURPATION Hidden Gold's Lure Thought Motive of Stauff er Attack A charge of assault with Intent to kill was today filed in justice court by District Attorney Carson against Walter Bingham, now in a Portland hospital with two bul let holes in his body. Bingham Is believed to be one of the two men who attacked Honry Stauffer at his farm near Donald a few days ago, presumably with the inten tion of robbery. Stauffer happen ed to have a gun in his pocket find snot one oi me men. The hire of hidden gold on the ranch of Henry Stauffer and bis two elderly spinster sisters, is be lieved by officers to have been the moving cause behind the assault on Stauffer laet Thursday after noon, when two strangers jumped on him, after one had clubbed him in the head. Stauffer saved him self by wrenching loose and turn ing a revolver on his assailantB. The only possible motive hack of the crime has been traced to ASG.W.BARBE Martinez, Cal., Aiig. 8. Con firmation of the identification by Cecil Barker, Plnccrville. Cal., un dertaker, of the body found in the Pacific Cellulose company's plant af..cr an explosion was sought by authorities today with only partial success. Striving for legal proof that It was G. W. Barbe, Itinerant laborer and wandering missionary, who Is the dead man, as asserted by Barker, and not Charles Henry Schwartz, heavily Insured chemist. tie police today questioned num erous persons who might have seen Barbe In the vicinity of the cellulose plant. , The description of Barbe, which wa contained on a registration. card made out by him when he i entered the service of the United States merchant marine, was do-1 clarcd by a resident of Saranac, j Cal., to resemble that of tho man he had picked up on the road and given a rido to. Walnut Creek, where the cellulose plant is alt-J uated, a short time before the ex-1 plosion. This man, however, said that the photograph of Barbe which was Bhown him did not strike him as a likeness of the man he had given a lift. A bookkeeper In the plant of the company who has given the police considerable information regarded as important, said she had never seen any one around the cellulose factory resembling Barbe, While the investigators re doubled their efforts for legal corroboration of the insurance hoax theory, Mrs. Schwartz main tained firmly her position, refus ing to concede that the body Is that of any other than her hus band whom she married In Eng land. CYCLE OWNERS A motorcycle Is a tcmpermental thing. It won't stand up If Its noso Is pointed to tho curb, and having no reverse gear, It won't run back ward. So motorcycle owners are much perturbed as to what they are going to d under tho new head in parking ordinance. Harry Scott, local motorcycle dealer, visited Mayor Olesy today and wanted to know If tho ordln ance.made any allowance for mot orcycle, and was Informed that It didn't. For the standing mechan ism en a cycle to he effective It appears that tho cycle must be on a level or pointed up-grade. Cycles with side cars attached can't be backed nway from tho curb and are loo" heavy to be pushed out by h;md. o the cycle owners don't know JiMt v.!int to do. All the In formation firoit could get from the mayor toilny was that the cycle owrfcrs are ill ngnlnst It the or dinance as well as the curb. Mayor Glesy signed the head on parking bill today and It will be effective tn 10 days. Parking "paces must be painted on the streets before the ordinance goes into effect, rumors dating back to war time when it was told about the Donald section that S Unifier, who is a German, had burled his own mon ey and that of two of his brothers on the ranch after removing con siderable sums from the bank. That thore was nothing at ull to the story and that It was a base less rumor is averred by Stauffer, but like largj number of similar rumors which bo'jbi'd up during the war it gained wido circulation and it is believed that the men who attacked Stauffer may have heard the stale rumor and acted on the theory that Stauffer had the money in the house or that he could be tortured Into telling vhoro it wnc hiduen. Sheriff Bower, who went to Portland yesterday to look at Walter Bingham, in the Good Sa maritan hospital there with two bullet wounds in nls body, states (Continued on Pago Four) SECOND ViCTIM OF Nathan St.irkey, who had his chest crushed and his back injur ed yesterday noon In an nuto nc cldcnt half way between Salum and Jefferson died at about 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon. Physicians who attended him had slated as soon as he was brought to the hw pita), that his Injuries In all prob ability would prove fatal. Jews willaid Starkcy, 1 0 year old son of yesterday's victim, who was taken to the Salem hospftnl with him, was reported to bo "about the same" this morning. His condi tion Is serious, but is not expected to prove f.-ital. Mrs. Starkey, 4 young children. and Mrs. Loom Boyea. till of whom were In the wreck and were more or less Injured, were all taken to the Deaconeas hospital. Mrs. IJuyoa Is an aunt of Mr. Starkey. She suf fered a few bruises In yesterday's smashup. Theresa Lillian 7 months old ilautfh ter, and twin ids tor of Lcona Belle, who was instantly klllrd In the accident suffered u few cuts about the body and other minor Injuries. Ijewtie Jane, 3 ,and Millie Louise, 6, encountered praclicnlly tho same experiences. Kva May. 8 had her leg broken. Mrs. Starkcy suffered severely from shock, and was also badly brutaod about the body. Kvcryone In the accident except the two who died yesterday are ex pected to recover. The Starke.' family came to tills country from India last spring, he having been financially Interested in some oil fields there. Their residence tvos at Burma. Tbey met his aunt, Mrs. Boyca, at Philadel phia, and the party had been tour ing the country in a heavy touring car since that tlmo. They wore on their way to Santa Crtizj Cat,, when the accident took place. Mrs. Starkey is an Rngllxh wo man by birth, her father having been a cnplnlr In tho British army She In now an American citizen. Mr. Starkcy was born American They had lived In India for some 10 years, all the children having been born there. Hands-Off Policy Favored By Coolidge BwumpHcott, Masfl., AuK. 8. (A. P.) President CoiiIIiIku holds to tho view that Industry, Includ ing tho coal business, should settle Ha own labor problems and ho Ih hopeful that Industry w'.ll find lis own solution, Bocretary Hoover mado this statement today after he hail dis cussed the anthraelto situation with the president. It (rave added weight that tho administration has no Intention of Interfering In the wage scalo dispute between hard coal operators and miners. The department head rarao to While Court to Invite tho pres ident to attend the Han Francisco jubilee next month and to discuss with blm various problem, ooa- KLAN HOLDS GIRL ADOPTED BIG PARADE AT CAPITAL Knights of the Nighty, Augmented By Women And Children, March Down Pennsylvania. Washington. Aug. S. (A. P.) In flowing white robes and high peaked hoods, the Ku Klux Klnn paraded In force today along Pennsylvania avenue. High tmieena ot the order head ed the pageant and behind them inarched in mass formation k land men from many communities in the east, south and midwest. The parade route lay from the capitol to the treasury t and then through the Mull to the scene of an outdoor ceremony to ha held tonight ut the Washington monu ment. Klun hcadciurrricrs estimated GO.OOu members were in line of march and that the parade, start ing at mid-afternoon, would not be over until lato evening. Avenue Is Roned. The avem:e was roped along itit curbs with stool cables, as it lR on Inauguraton days and behind it on the sidewalks crowdB gath ered to the see the unuaual pic ture. The klansmou marched with visors raised, complying with u capital police ordinance (i gain si wearing of masks. An intermittent breeze played with the long cloaki; and pes but failed to beat of' the oppre.ss;ve heat of un after noon of dull eunshine and threat ening clo.uls. (Continued on I'aKt l''lve.) ARGENTINE GIRL Boulogne, France, Aug. 8 (AP) Miss Lillian Harrison, the Ar gentine swimmer, will not begin her attempt to swrm the English channel tonight owing to unsettled went tier. Hhe plans to start Sun day night, probably about 11:30 o'clock. Hhe will enter the water at Cape Griz-Nes. Weather conditions are very promising and the tempera ture of the channel waters now Is about 63 degrees Fahrenheit. Mlns linrrbion will be convoyed by the ocean-going tug Alsace, pi loted by the veteran Jean Ilorth crs, who has accompanied eighteen swimmers In their attempts to cross tho channel. A large number of newspaper representatives, photographers and motion plcturtj men will be aboard the tug. Miss Gertrude Ederle, the Am crlran girl, who has been compell ed by slight Indisposition to post pone her attempt to swim the chnn nol until Auguat 17, her trainer, Jabei Wolff and the Egyptian swimmer, lspach Helmy, also plan nlng to attempt the channel swim will bo among those who will cheer tho llttlo Argentine- champion on her way. In Labor Troubles fronllng Ills department and the administration. Admitting Unit ho hail dlsetuned the anthracite situation briefly with the president, .Mr. Hoover declined to go beyond his first statement of tho executive's view toward Industry and tho solution of IU labor problems other than to say that members of tho cabinet were In aecord with him. Tho Impression was gained, however, that Mr. Coolidge and his advisers, are hopeful that anthracito operators and miners will adjust their wage dispute be foro the expiration of tho present wage scale, September 1, despite the recent break In negotiations at Atlantic City. BY BROWNING TRMICIOE "Nasty Things" Said of Patron Causes Mary Louise To Swallow Poi son Took Overdose. New York, Aug, 8. (A. P,) Mary Louise Browning, newly adopted daughter of Edward W. Urowning, wealthy real estate operator, admitted today that aha drank poison this morning be cause oi: the "nasty things" which. had been said about Mr. Brown ing's adopting her. A doctor was called but when lie arrived the girl already had vomited the poison. "Why did you do it?" she waa asked. Reasons for Act. "I did it because 1 was hysteri cal and did r.ot it now what 1 waa doing, and because of the nasty things Mr. Color has been saying about Mr. Drowning," she said. Mr. Coler is commissioner of the department of public welfare, who 1. 2 a been conducting an investiga tion into the circumstances sur rounding her adoption, describing; it as the "most unmoral thing" he had ever encountered. The girl and Browning had planned to leave today on a week-? ml nuto trip but this was can celled following the discovery ot the girl s act. Shortly before noon Mr. Brown ing, accompanied by his new daughter, left for a week-end trip In the Driwniiig auto. Their des tination vc4 not announced. Tho attempt at suicide whicb occurred In the bathroom of the Browning home in Kew Gardens, was averted by Browning, who seized a two ounce bottle of iodine from the girl's hand after a small quantity had passed her mouth. A physician was summoned and an antidote administered. Brown in tr Summoned Browning ws summoned by tel egram by District Attorney New- combe this afternoon for a further conference. The telegram waa followed by a second message in which Mr. Newcombe Baid evi dence had been obtained which, set the girl's age at 21 years. Browning asked the assembled reporters "to find out it the girl was really 21." "I want to feci out the pulse or public opinion," Mr. Browning snld later in a formal statement. "It It is that I should not keep the (Continued on Pago Klvel COUNTRY IN BEST E Swampscott, Aug. 8 Secretary Hoover took advantage of his first nference with the president since the executive left Washington to report on business conditions aa he found them on an extensive tour through the west and to ex press the opinion that the publla west of the AlUgbenles was pro foundly Interested in development of waterways. The United State. Mr. Hoover declared was never In sucn a stromr economic condition as at resent. The public Is cheerful and hopeful, he mid, standards of liv ing aro hltiher than tho country hns ever before enjuyed and there Is no unemployment of conse iuence. Conditions are bad in spots, Mr, Hoover admitted, declaring thla wm to be expected of ft nation as large as tho United States cannot run "on all cylinders at one time." The farmers of the wwt and mid dle he said are emerging satlnfae torlly from their difficulties, al though they ate not yet entirely In the clear. With this reference to the wat erways problem Mi. Hoover re ported wldesrrend Interest In the west over comprehensive plans for flood control, Irrigation and pow er development. Mr. Hoover gained the Impres Mva that P wldent Coolidge would he unable to accept H;tn I'rancls co's Invitation to attend the cele bration of th.! 75th anniversary of the loundiiif of the olty.