OWN 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
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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.