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Newspaper Page TextOWN LIFE OREGON ICULTURAL COLLEGE AUG 11 1925 ' C aoital jUoiif iia' CIRCULATION Dally average net oala circulation (or month ending July 31, 1925 FAIR TONIGHT And Tuesday, except generally cloudy or foggy along the coast; moderate temper ature, light variable winds. Local: Max., 81; n.in., 57; rain, none; river, -1.9; atmos., smoky; wind, north west. 6722 A vera go dally distribution 7090. Member Audit Bureau of Circulation, FORTY-SEVENTH YEAR No. 189 SALEM, OREGON, MONDAY, AUGUST 10, 1925 PRICE THREE CENTS stands five cents 7 CHWARTZ, DISCOVERED, Ti KES PERFECT CRIME LEADS TO DETECT10 California Chemist Ends Life As Police Rap On Door; Note Admits Murder of Stranger. Oakland, Cal., Aug. 10. (A. P.) . An inquest will bo held Thurs day on the body of Charles Henry Schwartz, chemist and murderer, who killed himself early yester day with a revolver as police broke into the apartment where he had been iv. hiding. Mrs. Schwartz will be subpoenaed, Cor oner Grant D. Miller said today but cannot be forced to attend it she dieses not to do so. No further investigation with reference to th wife of the sui side is planned, District Attorney A. li. Tinning and Sheriff K. R. Vcalc of Contr.t Costa county as serted leday. She will not be questioned us to knowledge of her husband's crime or whether she knew ho was a.ive after she had claimed identicifation of the mur der victim as the chemist. Oakland, Cal., Aug. 10 With Charles Henry Schwartz dead by his own hand and his "too perfect" crime plot in complete collapse, police today worked to establish legal proof of the Identity of the Insurance hoax victim as G. V. Barbc, wandering lay minister of the gospel. Having the positive assertion of three persons that it Is Barbe who was killed, authorities feel that the Identification Is virtually cer tain but a few loose ends remain to be gathered in the writing of the final chapter of the grim trag edy to disclose irrefutively the name of the murdered man. End Is Dramatic The end of the mystery that puzzled authorities for nine days (ContlnueJ on Page Six) GIRL ATTEMPTS Boulogne, Prance, Aug. 10. A. P.) Mies Lillian Harrison, Argentine girl BV'immer began her tourth attempt to awim the Eng lish channel starting from Capo Grle-Nez at 12:12 o'clock this aft ernoon. Miss Hi.rirson struck out firm ly, swimming with a strong breast stroke at a gait ot about 25 to the minute which she expects to main tain thorucbout. jne weather was becoming cloudy and there was a slight breeze from the north when she started. The sea, however, was very calm. When Miss Harrison was a lit tie more than a mile from shore, u storm broke, with heavy rain fall ing. The wind was Increasing with ooiro white caps showing Conditions were steadily growlus worse. llefore the start, Miss Harrison went through the usual process of urc.isln : her ho ly, her trainer, r W. Burgess, laying on an extra heavy coot of fat, In view of tin fact that the swim may last thorughout the night, when the water betomes cooler. The Argentina girl was In splendid physical condition and ' high spirits. I will do it this time or never," he declared. Miss Gertrude Ederlc, the American girl who will attempt the channel swim next wtek end Miss Viet, of Iho America worn en's Swimming association, watch ed Miss Hnrnsjn start from the cliffs under the lighthouse at Oris-Nez but did not accompany Uie swimmer on the tug. "It will be my turn next week," aid Miss Kderle, "and it can't come too quirk I am rather tired of this suspenre." This la the first tlme that Miss Harris d has begun an attempt to swim the channel In day time and he told the Associated Press cor respondent that It was much less trying to start with several thous. and people lining the cliffs jt Orl-Noi and rhetring her than to sloal out In the midill. of the ni;ht by th? (Inhering light of a lantern. RILE ED Drought Longest Exper ienced Here Since 1914 ; Weather Man Predicts No Relief. Today marks the close of a 60 day rainless period for Salem, the longest on record here since the summer of 11)14, and stated to be the longest sustained hot spell in the history oC iho ctly. Last Sat-i urday, August S, the mercury camel just one point from the August I maximum, Saturday's mark being 97, established late In the after noon, and the record for all time for August here being 98. Yesterday's maximum was 91, and with cloudy skies this morn ing every indication was that to day's high mark would be still lower. First Prostration The prolonged heat spell brought on the first case of prostration this summer Saturday afternoon when Mrs. Harry N. Crain, wife of the managing editor of the Capital Journal, was overcome near Brooks and collapsed before she could bo returned to Salem. She was taken from the machine and given medical attention at Foley's Corners store, and was brought to her home here Saturday evening. Today she was recovering rticely. The last rain nt Salem to fall in sufficient quantities to be measur ed by the weather observer's Instru ment occurred on June 11. At that time a general dissatisfaction was being expressed on all nan Is, the spring of tho year having been marked by an abnormal amount of rain, and Salemltes generally wondering if the rain was ever go ing to stop. Last Rnln June 11. Since tho 11th of June, official statistics show, there has not been COontlnued on Page Five) T E Charles Swift, who claims to have been an assistant to John B Herreshoff In designing several American yachts that have com peted successfully against Sir Thomas Upton e Shamrock yachts, is an inmate of the Oregon state penitentiary. This became known today when he sent to the office of Governor Pierce a replica of one of the American yachts which he made at the prison almost entirely with a jack-knife and a pin that he used for drilling holes. He claims to he a graduate of Har vard. Swift was received at the peni tentiary June 20, 1923, from Klamath county to Berve two sen tences for forvry, one for three years and another fur one year. days mark UPONREGO Life Termer Writes Booklet To Trove Soul's Immortality Junk Laird, a lite-termer In the Oregon penitentiary, has complet ed a book entitled "The Rational Proof of Immortality" In which he purpoe3 "to demonstrate the fact of immortality" by rational means alone. J. K. Giles, aline Jack Laird, was convicted In Multnomah county of the murder of a traffic officer after Laird bad robbed a bridge tender at the Interstate bridge. In the foreword to his book Laird writes: "The purpose of this treatels Is to demonstrate the fact of im mortnllt?. There have been proofs of thl3 proposition, It Is true, but the larce number of Intellectual?, who remain apnostlc t'tifis t the Inadequacy of lhce proof. And those, who do helievc proh ahly do to, not from the excellence SINNOTT NOT TO ENTER RACE FOR SEAT IN SENATE Kin ninth Falls, Or., Aug. 10 Itc preventative N. J. Sin nott, of the Second Oregon congressional district will not be a candid a to for United suites senator, but will seek re-election to tlio house. Thl 9 Information was con tained in a letter receive! from the eastern Oregon con pressman Unlay by Itlnn V. Nopmlth, secretary of the Klamatli county republican central committee. BIG SESSION ,D1 Washington, Aug. 10. (A. P.) The white volte of. the Ku Klux Klan had disappeared today from the streets of the national capi tal. With the burning of a monster fiery cross on tho Virginia hills last night, the two-day gathering of tho organization, came to a close and visiting klansmen today were on their way home. The- cross, SO feet high, burned for more than aa hour, illuminat ing tho grounds of the Arlington horse show club, where the con cluding ceremonies were held for the conclave that waa featured Saturday by a parade down -Penn sylvania avenue. While the meeting was in prog ress last night two men who gav. their names as u. L. Williams of California and Morris A. Dermon of Cincinnati, Ohio, were arrested and escorted from the grounds by Arlington county officials for the distribut'en of cuti-klan litera ture. Several speeches by klan orator preceded the initiation of a group of men and women into the organ ization. The speakers assailed the Catholics, Jews, scientists and newenanors. The Rev. John E. Gullcdge of Columbus, Ohio. charged the newspapers with printing unfutr accounts of the khin and its activities. The Kev Mr. Gullcdge also said that the "difficulty with the world is that it is cursed with too many religions and lacks the faith of ths Lord Jesus Christ." Earlier in the day a small group of klansmen placed wreaths of rosea on the tomb or the unknown Soldier and the grave of William Jennings Jirynn. Great Falls, Mont., Aug. 10 AP) An earth tremor lasting about thirty seconds and severe enough to rock all movable objects shook Sweet Grass on the Alberta Montana border at 9:35 this morn ing. No damage was reported. Lethbrldge, Alberta. Aug. 10 (Canadian Press) Southern Al berta experienced a slight earth quake at 9:30 a. m. Tremors were felt at Lethbrldge, Tabler, Coal dale, Milk River and Coutts. of the arguments, but rather from the force of Irner conviction With them, In the phrase of Kant. belief Ib merely an emotional ne cessity. In this thesis no appeal will be made to Intuitive hopes or pletlstlc susccptlb.llty. There will be no citations from supernal authorities, and no Inferences will be drawn from the psychic phe nomena of spiritualists and clalr voyant mediums. The conclusions will be reached by rational means alone. "As wB proceed with the enposl tlon certain objections will no doubt be raised by both material ists and Idealist;. As too fro micnt disdreaalon may lead to con fusion, we shall beg the reader's patience until the preliminary argument Is outlined, when we hall raturn to a discussion of Hi inoie o!vloua criticisms." FORES! FIRE SITUATIONIS STIL1GRAVE Crew Battling Flames Near Scappoose Escape Death By Dashing Thru Wall of Fire. Portland, Ore., Aug. 10. Forest fire fighters combatting a serious blaze near Scappoose had a nar row escape from death when they made their way through a fiery wall and circled around the flames. This crew was safe today at Veronia. Oregon. The fire near Scappoose has been burning for several days on the Nehalem divide. Heavy dam age was done to property and tim ber of the Nehalem Timber & Log ging company. Donkey engines, a pile driving outfit and one larire bridge already have been burnTd. One camp of the Iver J. Rob ten company also was burned. Com munication and water supply of the Nehalem company s head quarters has been cut off. Blaze Near Beaverton A fire four miles north of Beaverton, Oregon, was believed under control today. Tho fire fighters were headed by Mayor W. E. Pcgg. A new fire was reported north of White Itiver in the Mt. Hood national forest today, the extent (Continued on Page Five.) AUTO ACCIDENT FATAL TO GIRL Eugene. Or., Aug. 10. Kathryn DcN'effe. 20, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. S. K. DeNcffe of Eugene, died at a local hospital yesterday morn ing following an automobile acci dent at Judkins Point, on tho Pa cific highway juet out of Kugene to the south. Miss DeNcffe, her sister, Ruth, Don Kerns and Richard (Dick) Keed, former football star at the University of Oregon, were In the machine driven by Reed, which locked wheels with another car nt the turn. The Itecd car overturn ed, crushing Miss DeNcffe be neath. p'cur occupants of the oth er car and the three other oc cupants of the Reed machine sus tained only minor Injuries. Mien DeNeffe was a University of Oregon student and a member of Gamma Phi Ueta sorority. AUTO RUNS OEF FERRY: 2 Sand Point, Idaho, Aug. 10 Sherman Uassett, 30, timekeeper for the Humblrd Lumber company and Llllle Olson, 30, school teach er, both of Hand Point were drown ed in tho Pcnd O'Hoille river Sat urday night when an automobile carrying six yoi.ng people plunged off the ferry Into 35 feet of water. C. H. Ilatton, Lawrence Uerg. Pearl Kerr and Francis Kerr, all of Sand Point were those rescued. Messages were sent to Spokane last night In nn effort to obtain the services of a diver. According to iho sheriff's of fice, the pa ri y wero rotu i n log from a day's plrnfc at lone. When the automobile reached the ferry, .Sherman Uassett, who was driving and who, It appears, was none too familiar with the machine, appar ently stepped on the gas Instead of the brake and the machine leaped through the bar at the end of the ferry into the river. POWDER WAREHOUSE BURNS Manila. .Aug. 10. (A. P.) A wooden w.irehonHe on tho Fort McKlnlcy military reservation here, containing "ver;il cans of dynamite, burned today. The dvnamlto ep!''H'-ii bu thee was no lnni of IS T-- Tin: i-.ill!,'.- uf the fire Is unknown. 1 0 MILLIONS ar Slashed FROM BUDGET Coolidge Approves Ten tative Estimates Sub mitted By Lord; Army And Navy Suffer. Swampscott, Mass., Aug, 10. (A. P. j President Coolidge to day approved a tentative budget. tor next year a appropriations, calling for a reduction of $20, 000,000 over this year. Director Lord of the budget presented the estimates which come within the figures directed by Mr. Coolidge in his address at the last cabinet meeting. Although the data was not made public it Is understood that the army und navy will bear a good portion of the cut in next year's appropriations. President Coolidse has declared he believes an ade quate defense could be maintained at less expense. The budget, which is for $3,- OSO.000,000 is only tentative and hearings will be held In the fall b.fore final figures are presented to congress. On a haste of a surplus of $250,. 000,000 In the treasury on June 30 and an estimated surplus of $290,000,000 for this fiscal year, Director Lord informed tho prus ideut that he believes tax reduc tions amounting to at least $300, 000,000 would be warranted. While only $20,000,000 will be saved in appropriations next year. government financial experts est! mate the reduction In taxes will be offsetl by Increased returns, Increased appropriations are ac counted for in t'io now budget for some bureaus, Mr. Lord Buld but these will be offset by heavier slashes in the funds to be allowed other government departments. Just what portion tho national defense will carry in the reduc tions and where the cuts will be made In the military services have not been disclosed. Newberg, Or., Aug. 10. Enos Frink, pharmacist in the W. A. Graham pharmacy, was called to the street midnight Saturday by a .menage that a woman In an1 automobile at the curb was hurt and needed immediate attention. As he approached th? car, a man stepped from a shadow and hit Frink ovor the head with a plank. The attacker jumped Into the waiting automobile and sped awny. Marshal Claude Ferguson and "fled" Rice got another car and gave chase, but bwt the fleeing car near St. Paul. A man who stood in the shadow several doors away claims to have taken tho liconso number of the attpekora automobile. Authorities traced the ownership to a Portlnnd for hire car agency and a warrant has hcen sworn out for the man to whom the automobile ww rented. Frink still Is In ft precarious condition. Hfi declares he knows ot no one who held a grudge agnlwU him. THIRSTY PLUMBER IS HARD ON WINE CELLAR I.os Aurvli. Cal., Aug. 10. -In these duys of tl. MkIi price of prnhitiHion a thirsty plumber should not b detailed to repair or lintall fix tun", connected with a Trfnp foliar. Kuch Is thn conten tion of George iTolford, motion picture director, whoso answer to A. A. Hokums runt to collect a $509 plumbing bill Is on file in superior court today. Melford'a answer admits ho or dnrffd pew bathroom fixtures In stalled, but nllogfM thnt tho work men sent by Hokum to Instnlt them uipped his wins collnr and consumed quantities of "valuable winrs and beverages," For whlc'i won Mclford dubfi Hokum's bill l:,-tnk. Cinderella Girl Will Sell Story And Enter Movies New York, Aug. 10. (A. P.) lary Louise Speaa has kicked off icr Clnderalta slipper and left her millionaire foster father, Edward W'. Browning, to make her own way in tho world by writing her fairy story for a newspaper for $500 and probably acting in the movies. She didn't even say good-bye last night. Tho clothes she wore wero those, given her by Mr. Browning. She took them, she said, only because she had noth ing else to wear. She left the 50 frocks, strings of pearls and other articles he bought in her recent shopping tour of the Fifth avenue. Browninff Throutrh 'I spent $20,000 trying to mnke that girl my foster daughter," Mr. BY CLOUDBURST IJrawley, Cal., Aug. 10 (API Tho little town of Itockwuod, four miles from here, was reported de molished by a cloudburst anil two tornadoes, which met over tho lit tle settlement today. No casualties have been reported. Tho twisters and heavy down pour are said to have undermined the roads and streeis of Itnckwood Packing sheds, barns and houses wero laid low. Telephone poles nnd wagons wero carried Into the air. Emergency crews aie being rush ed to Itockwood by all public utility compnnlw here. Telephone and telegraphic com munications are down. I The program for the band con cert Tuesday evening at Wlllson park was announced by Director Oscar Kteelhammcr today as fol lows: March, "Mural Temple Band".... Jewell Selection from "Mnritana" Wallncc "Humoreskc"' Dvorak-Lampe "American Patrol" Mccham Popular Numbers Vocal Solos, (a) "You Are Just Flower from an Old Bouquet" (b) "Why Couldn't It Be Poor Little Me"; (c) "Susie"... O. B. Gingrich. "Russian Fantasia" Tohanl "Eleanor" Deppen Medley Overture Arrnh Wau na" Morse March, "Sagamore" Goldman "Star Spangled Banner" $18,000 BLAZE A fire loss estimated at $18,000 was suffered by the Meadowlawn dairy ranch ea;;t of Salem, owned by F. W. Durbln, early Sunday morning. Tho large barn, thrte silos, a water tank, About ino tons of hay and a quantity of baled straw wero consumed. JJvesiock in the barn was saved by employ es. Mr. Durbln was away at tlx' time. Tho fire Is bcileved to havn Blurted In the hay loft. The Su lci) fire department respondfMl to the alarm and i-y use of chemical succeeded Is saving much of the plant nnd a largo quantity of hay. Mr. Durbln said that tho loss was partially covered by fnflurnnre and thnt the b:trn would bo rebuilt. Abandons Channel Swim Boulogne, France, Aug. 10. (A. V.) Mips Lillian Harrison, tho Argent Ino girl swimmer, abandoned her attempt to swim English channel at 7:40 o'clock this evening when she was eight miles from Capo Urls-Ncz. Browning said. "You have a hard time being honest in this world. If you try, somebody's sure to double cross you. "I had confidence in her to the very last. If she had been 1G years old it would have been different. But 21 Is too much. Her age de feats tho solo purposo for which I adopted her, to be a companion for nine year old Dorothy Sunshine Browning. "Will I adopt another? Abso lutely never. I am through try ing to do good for people. She Is the smartest actress In New York." Mr. Browning, in full sympathy with authorities who had been in vestigating tho case said that to- (Contlnued on Pago Five) DAN FRY QUITS AFTER 43 YEARS After being in the drug busi ness here continuously for 4' yearn, Dan J. Fry, Sr., has retired from the game completely, turn ing over the retail business to bin oons, Dan J. Fry, Jr., and Orris J. Fry. Mr. Fry stan that there '.s not a man In S.Uum doing busi ness now who was engaged in business here when he opened his first drug store, 4:1 years ago. The retail drug bi.nl neo will periite under the name of the Daniel J. Fry Drug company, u- ccspora to Dan J. Fry. In addition to the retail busi n ess the new owners will conduct u jobbing b usi n te, as well as tho manu facture of pharmaceuticals and family medicines. The wholesale business was sold by Mr. Fry earlier in the summer to Blumauer Frank com pany of Portland. Dan J. Fry, Sr., expects to cur tall his business activities to a considerable degree with the dis position of his drug business, but wilt continue as president of tho First National bank and also with bis warehouse, peppermint and quasha root business. FAMILY OF THREE IS MURDERED IN HOME Austin, Tex.. Aug. 10. An entire family of three were found dead apparently murdered, the bodies lying about tho house at the home three miles east of Del- valle. The deed are E. E. Engler, farmer; Mrs. Engler, his wife and Emma Engler, 25, their adopted daughter. Tho victims apparently were killed Saturday night. A neighbor discovered the bodies which were brought to Austin Sunday night for examination by fingerprint ex ports. ulhoritles thus far ire without clues regarding the death -. Second Suspect In Stauffer Assault Case Under Arrest, Portland Shorlf f llov.-or rrc'i'lvrd notifica tion from Piirtlnnd oftktMS .. torday that they h.'iil plclnvl up a sf-r.owl man In nmjunrtluii with tho recent assnnlt on Henry Stauf fer, rancher, near Donalil, ami wero hoMlntr him for n,ucsthnlnr. The hetlff hai received no fur ther word In regard to It. According to advices from F'ort land the man In question has been Identified as ftoy HlnBliam, bro ther nt Walter liinKhnm, held In a Portland hospital mirferlnK from two bullet wounda believed to havo been Inflicted by fllnnffir during tho altercation with the alletted bamllls. According to the ntory receive I here, Hoy lllngham visited his brother nt the Good Samaritan hoHpltal Bunduy. He gave the LUiP ULiiJLtri I MAN DRINKS. ACID BEFORE FIRING SHOT Transient's Body Found On River Bank Sunday Evening That of Room er At Local Hotel. The body of a man, found on the bank of thesWlllamette river hero Sunday evening, was Identified early thU afternoon as a 59 year old man who had been a roomer at tho Eldridgc hotel on North' Commercial street for the past three months. The name under which he reg istered, suspected by police to have been nn nssumcd name was Jim .Sullivan, of San Diego. Fragments of conversation which various per sons about the hotel, pieced togeth er, led to the conclusion that there was some sort of family trouble which was the causa of his com mitting suicide. Police Weave Story The pollco have pieced together the story of the man's actlona Friday evening, when it is believ ed the suicide took place. Climb ing down the steep bank of the Willamette river somewhere in th vicinity of Chenieketa and Centet streets, he went to a point ap proximately half way between the ends of the two streets. Here, spreading several sheets of news paper on tho ground nt a spot un seen from the top of tho bank, he drew forth n bottlo ot lysol, took drink, threw tho bottle several feet from him. pulled a .38 calibre pis tol from his pocket and shot him self immediately above the right ear. Following tho shot he rolled several feet down the slope to ward the edge of tho river, sm 30 feet away. Death occurred In- (Continued on Pago Five) WILL LAY WATER PROJECT PLANS A mass meeting to discuss snd formulate If possible, means ot obtaining an apprals;! of the properties of tho Salem Water company, with the ultimate ob ject of the system being taken over by the city, will bo held to night at the chamber of com merce at 8 o'clock. It has been suggested that the city should place before tho peo ple the proposal to raise a special fund of $10,000 for the purposs of making the appraisal, but be cause of some objection to this the question is to b? further dis cussed. It is urged tb i'. Pveryone who has anything to offer on the question or vho Is Intercste.l should attend the mass meeting tonight. namo of Hums at the institution. Mo etiKaKeil I" a wmeiiercu con versation wit ii i'ls brother. I'alrolm;!!! Il.in.ha of the Port land pjlieo fo'e.', who had been ..i i tt. i..clinl n ffitnrd Walter Ilinghiit.t, attempted to iiucst ion me visuor. l-cuiuiu m iho story the visitor retreated to a corner, drew a knife and told Marsha to keep away. Harslm ar rested tho man. who was taken to police headquarters and there, ac cording to reports, admitted he was a brothor of Hie wounded, man. It in stated that Roy Mlnn ham closely anewers tho descrip tion of the second man taking part In the attack nn Stauffer. Sheriff Mower expected to re ceive further report on tho cues from Portland today.