Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, August 12, 1925, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextC apital mJi CIRCULATION Dally average net pala circulation for month ending July 31, 1925 CLOUDY ON COAST Fair In the Interior tonight and Thursday Moderate temperature, light southerly winds. rjurna 6722 Local: Max., 83; mln., 5-1; ruin, none; river, -1.0; atmos., cloudy; wind, south west. Average dally distribution 7090. Member Audit Bureau of Circulations. urcr PRICE THRETsHiv0 FORTY-SEVENTH YEAR ' No. 191 SALEM, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 12, 1925 a I) nMW WU UiM ml ' ; ; : i n Wnl U 1111 111 1 I 1 il MAU I Crews Revokes License Pending Probe; Firm To Be Financed Once Located In Salem. Pending on investigation of the alleged irregular municipal bond issue at Orenco, Washington coun ty, Slate Corporation Commission er V. E. Crewe today cancelled the bond broiicr'u permit held by the John S. Shute company of Portland. Investigation by the state cor poration department into the al leged printing of bonds of the town in excess of the amount of bonds actually issued is mainly to ascertain ;f any broker who had knowk"';;e of the irregularity has been attempting to 6ell the bonds. Crews said today. Municipal bonds do not ennu under the juris diction of the c.tate corporation de partment and no permit is re quired under t!-e blue sliy act for a municipality to sell lte bonds. Brokers, however, who deal in municipal or government bonds, must -have a permit from the cor poration department, and- from that angle the state department is Interested, according to Crews. Once located Here. Investigation of Orenco bond issues by Diolr'ct Attorney Myers of Multnomah county, involving the Oregon Nursery company, is of particular interest in Salem, as at one time the Oregon Nursery com pany was located here, and at the time was ono of the largest indus tries in tho city. The company had its main offices on the east end of the Willamette university ground where the tennis court is now located, with big packing sheds and warehouses iiu the vi cinity, and ats.) had large hold ings cast of Salem, where nursery stock was grown. The company employed large forces of men, and (Continue! on Page Eight) 10 BREAK GROUND NEXT MONDAY FOR Ground will bo broken next Monday in preparation for con struction work on the new $200,000 plant of the Western Paper Con verting company, according to an nouncement made today by E. A O'Neill, who Is vice-president and general manager of the new con cern and construction of the plant will be rushed to completion as rapidly as possible. Mr. O'Neill states that It Is expected about days will be required to construct the plant and actual operations will start within 90 days. It Is expected 100 men and wo men will be employed at first, nl though not more than 10 families are expected to be brought In from the outside In connection with the operations. The balance of the labor will be secured in Salem and the employes educated to the work here. All paper specialties will be man ofactured at the plant, the com pany to secure Its main source of paper supply from tho Oregon Pulp ft Paper company. Mr. O'Neill did not care to state today just the nature of the spec laities which the company con templates manufacturing at the outset of Its operations, as that Is s matter still to a certain extent under consideration. Indications arc that the plant will grow rapidly after getting un der full head of steam as the de mand fr products such as the company contemplates m.mufactur Ing Is widespread and In addition the source of paper supply has jen dwindling In many places where such manufacturing has been done which assures a con stantly increasing demand here. Mnrtial Law Declared. Bitch p. rest, Rumania, Aug. 12 (A. P.) The cabinet has de .Toed martial law In the region of Focsanl. eastern Rumania, In or der to put an end to anti-Semctic agitation. M. Tatarcscu, one of the cabinet under secretaries, de clares the t ron hi, wns fomented y SALES AGEN the third Intcvnatlcncle. ii i 1 I' - A I YOUNG HEIRESS TO BE MARRIED Newport, R. I., Aug. 12 (AP) Miss Consuelo Vanderbilt, young d a u gh t e r of M rs. W 1 1 1 i a m K Vanderbilt II, will bo married In New York next winter to Earl E T. Smith, according to official an nouncement made at .Sieachmound, tho Vanderbilt summer residence today. A spokesman for Mrs. Vander bilt said it was her intention to an nounce the engagement at Beach mound today where Miss Vander bilt Is convalescing from a recent operation for appendicitis. New York, Aug. 12 (AP) While It was reported late last night that Consuelo Vanderbilt would marry Earl E. T. Smith, Yale university student, soon after the Christmas holidays, Sydney J. Smith, father of the young man. said early today he "knew nothing about It and neither did his son." Miss '-Vanderbilt Is at Newport, R. I., recovering from an opera tion for appendicitis. She was stricken ill on the eve of her sis ter Muriel's wedding, July 25 to Frederick Cameron Church, Jr., at her mother's summer estate at New port. The parents of the reported bridegroom to be were diorced in 1909. Mrs. Smith obtained the cus tody of her son and later married C. Whitney Carpenter, Jr. Earl Smith Is a member of the class of 1926 at Yale. It is report ed thAt he will not return next fall. Portland, Or., Aug. 12. Fore cast by E. L. Wells, local govern ment observer or possible shower.? offered a. prospect today of relief from the protracted dry spell which has kept Portland rainless for 60 days. Rain was falling this morning at North Head, Wash., at tho mouth of the Columbia river, and a heavy mist was reported In the lower Columbia region. The Oregon forest fire situation was further Improved today by the higher humidity end cloudy weath er. Fires still burning were all reported under control. Booze Sleuth Finds Bottle; Two Clams Make It Deputy Sheriff Roy Brcmmer, county booze sleuth, who has an unerring tcent for stills, moonshine caches, bottles on the hip and div ers and sundry illicit breeds find brands of intoxicants, has discov ered stilts In 40 foot wells, on mountain side, In valleys, on Is lands In the river. In gullies, brush piles, underground and In trees. But on his recent vacation trip to the coast, he made his prise haul, his no working to perfec tion in the tang of the salt sea breese. Ho reached down into the bay and trooped out a bottle which evidently had been lying in the briny since pre-Volstead days. No, FORMS Y Candidates For Position of Secretary of War Prepare To Seek Job If Incumbent Quits. Washington, Aug. 12. (A. P.) Renewed indications that Secre tary Weeks will retire as head of the war department were followed today b preparations in several quartere to lay before President Coolidge tho qualifications of vari ous potential candidates for the vacancy. It is likely that, a great number of names will be submitted to the president by Senators and party leaders. Mr. Coolidge is expected to look into the qualifications of all these availables and others of his own choice before he makes his decision. Mav Shift Cabinet. The first question he will have to decide Is whether to go outside his cabinet in naming his new sec retary of war. Among the cabinet members aro two whoso names have been held in mind in such tentative consideration as he has given to the matter. Secretary Work, as head successively of the postoffice and interior depart ments, has made an administrative record of which Mr. Coolidge thinks highly, and has some knowledge of urmy administration through his service in the World war. Postmaster General New, a Spanish war veteran and a former member of thi senate military committee, llkewiee is regarded by the chief executive as a man of demonstrated fitness for the war portfolio. It is emphasized too, that neith er the Interior secretary, nor the postmaster general is seeking a transfer. (Continued on Page Seven.) ELLISON CASE ARE SUBMITTED San Francisco, Aug. 12 (AP) Opening statements were made by prosecution and defense today In the second trial of Dorothy Elllng- son, "Jazz girl" charged with the murder of her mother, Mrs. Anna Eltlngson; Both statements were brief and a plea of temporary in sanity was Indicated as tho basis of the defense. Attorneys for the prosecution declared they expected to finish the case for the state by tomorrow afternoon. Attorney Alexander Mooslln, for the defense, estimated that he would bo able to close his case for the young matrleldo by Friday af ternoon. This would Indicate that the second trial wilb le much speed ier than the former one. Harmon D. Rklllen, prosecutor of Miss EHingson declared the state would endeavor to provo first degree murder. Ho held that the killing was deliberate and premed Itated. Their Home Reginald, get not exolted, the bot tle was empty as far m any booze was concerned, and even the smell had been scoured out by the brine. But two clams had grown up in mUIo of tho bottle, evidently being waah'ed through the neck of It while babies, and resided there comfortably, growing up to young manhood and getting ready to pass their old age there, as they had outgrown any possibility of 'Slip ping back through tho neck of the bottle. Around the outside of the bot tle's neck, barnacles had construct ed a thriving colony and war do ing well In their new location. p MAN (Continued on Page Seven) FROM ICE IN ARCTIC SEA Amundsen's Exploration Ship, Held Fast Three Years, Sets Sail For Nome Is Report. Seattle, Wash, Aug. 12. (A. P.) Steamer Maude, exploration ship of Captain Roald Amundsen bound in the ice through last win ter in the Arctic oceuu north cf Siberia, has freed herself and set out for Nome, Alaska. This news of the Maude, which steamed from Seattle, June 3, 1922, to drift over the North Pole, was received to-lay by the Seattle harbor radio in a message from the steamship Odtuia of tho Alas ka Steamship company in the Ber ing sea. The Oduna had received a mes sage from the Maude, saying the Maude was off East Cape, Siberia. East Cape the eastern tip of Asia, on tho west sldu of Bering strait. A message went to Nome last January for the Maude from Amundsen, directing her to aban don her expedition and come south to San Francisco to be sold. The mcsago also said that a Russian vessel would refuel her this sum mer if the ice permitted. Whether the Maudo received the message was never loarned. Left Three Years Ae-o. Captain Koala Amundsen left here on board the Maude, June 3, 1922, but transferred in the Arc tic to the schooner C. S. Holmes of Seattle and went to Wainnght on the northwestern coast of Alaska with an airplane. Amundsen win tered there and after an unsuc cessful attempt to fly over the P-' returned to the slated in the fail of 1923. Last reports from the Maude In November said ehe was frozen in at 76.25 north lamudo and 143.2 east longitude. August 27, 1924 she passul Bear island, 800 miles weet of tho latitude of Bering strait and 250 miles north of Si beria. While at thwj location her mas ter reported "nj possibility of pro tecdlng Inside or outside and had to go under Bear island. As far as the outside world knows the Maude has lain In this position ever since. It was be lieved the Maude ran out of fuel ana was unaoie to worn ner wire less. Stravangcr, Norway, was the only station able to communicate with the Mfiudt last fall. The Maude wp.s well provisioned when she left here. FIRE REPORTED Bend, Or., Aug. 12. Improved vlflibillty in central Oregon re sulted In one forest fire being re ported by Deschutes national for est lookouts here today. Maiden peak and Datchelor mountain lookouts reported a new ft re at 11:30 a. m.t two miles southeast of Charlton Lake. During the past two days ow ing to a thick smoke haze, auto and horse fores! patrols number ing 25 were maintained by the national forest chiefs In their protective fight againet the red wolf. Medford, Or., Aug. 12. The forest fire situation took a turn for the worse today In Jackson county when the Byoee Spring fire near Evans creek spread over 1000 acres and the Imnaha. fire near Prospect exten-lcd to 200 acres. In annwer to a ren,ii"flt from local timber owners, P. B. Lowd. stato district fire warden arrived at noon by airplane from Eugene and will take charge of the fire fighting on state land While neither r the fires above are under control nelt er of them are regarded as serious as they have not, aa yet, reached any green or merchantable timber. FynloiriOn Tninrrc Pivs Norfolk, V., Aug. 12. (A. P.) Throe officer and two seamen t the battleship Texas were blown overboard and another officer and a flremr.n burned severely yester day In a gasoline explosion nhonrd i launch from the ship In Norfolk harbor. Cinderella Iff lr .Jfi fi v7V viLw - tftN While manv in New York stormed over the adoption by tidward Browning, millionaire, of Mary Spas, Utile Cinderella played hostess to four little friends she made In the she wanted was hers for the asldng. E E A general attack on the present tnxatlon system of the state of Oregon, Including the methods of expending public funds in tho state was launched this noon by Con gressman W. C. Hnwley, speaking before -the Salem Itotnry club. Mr. Hawlcy outlined briefly the method of handling federal expen ditures, mentioning that ho is a member of the federal ways and means .committee, describing the workings of tho federal system. and staled that a budget system of a similar kind should bo In augurated in Oregon. Hawley did not mention Ploivo t.y name, out commented on the methods of tax ation In voruo since l'lerco nan come into office. 'if a two per cent tax eventual ly takes more money out of my pocket than a four per cent tax, then the two per cent tax Is hifiher than the four per cent tax,'' he declared. 'I think tho taxes In this state are too high," ho stated. I tnins we aro paying more taxes than our business Justifies," Hawlov Indicated that present ex pendltures should be cut down, and that taxes should be adjusted so that a certain proportion would be raised by each of the methods used Thft trouble with the income tax the way this state had It," he said. "It Just gave them that mucn more money -to spend." He staled that he would favor an Income tax un der the right conditions. Mr, Hawley Indicated tnat ne 111 probably favor the policy of cutting down federal Income taxes. He did not specifically mention the Mellon plan. Astoria. Aug. 12 After worklnp throughout the night with two of the big locomotive cranes of the Port of Astoria, ft wrecKing crew unni0,tA in clearing the main line of tho Kpokane, Portland and Seattle railway, which was block ed late yesterday near the port terminals by the derailment of the two rear enrs of the evening limn ed for Seaside. a Biri whoso name was un known, tt'iiw seriously hurt, and B. R. Collins, HI Paso, Texnw, allht ly Injured. More than flO per sons w-prn hmifieri and shaken. J. T. Hardy, general agent for the railroad here, ascribed the ac cident to a broken bolt In a switcn. seizeIrcoticsTn raid San Diego, Cal., Aug. 12. Armed with sledp.e hammers, po lice last night raided two places In Chinatown hero and seized more than $2500 worth of nar cotlca. Three Chinese wore ar rated on charts of violating the stats narcotic law At one place a large quantity of nniurn waa discovered In an old rubber boot, while at tho other place opium win found In a hot water bottle. Two dozen opium pipes weio also confiscated. Is Hostess new home, where everything GIRL'S LETTERS 10 REFUTE TALES New Yon;, Aug. 12. (A. P.) Edward V. I'.ruwning, wealthy real estate operator, whose adop tion of Mary Louise Spas was an nulled yesterday afler she had played tho role of Cinderulla lor one week, today guvo mil what he said wore photostatic copies of tw letters written by the girl before her alleged attempt to commit sui cide last Sr.'urday. Browninj;- gave the letters out a movo to refute statement made- by the girl in a published series In which she accused ilrowuing ol improper advance.- iuriiiR the time be was his adopt ed daughter. Neither of the letters, whicli were given out today bore the girl's Rinature She was removed from Browning's custody after the supposed suicide attempt. One of the letters addressed to Mother, futher," says: "Believe nothing that this cru world says about niy new daddy. Mc Is honorable, truthful, every thing that (od thinks beautiful.' The other letter was addressed to 'Mine dear, dear daddy Browning ind says In part: "I love you. You arp the most t.onorabie man arth. Oh: Why don t people see the good In me? Why do they say these terrible things? I didn't look at the million. I only wanted to educate myself In music. PLEA FOR IfCRAY IS Washington, Aug. 12. One of the mo:;t imposfnc campaigns eve. undertaken to secure clemency for a federal pr.soner was launch od here today on behalf of Warren T. McCray, former governor of In diana, who has served about 10 months of a ten-year sentence in the Atlanta penitentiary, Imposed ifter his cinvletion on a charge of using thc mail!, to defraud. Coincident with the presenta tion to Attorney General bargen of a formnl application for par don, the department of Justice was given more than 200 IctterB sup porting the .reuuest and bearing tho signatures of fourteen gov ernors and former governors oi states, seven of the jurymen who found McCray guilty, thirty of th bankers who were Involved in tin financial operations which result ed In his conviction and severa senators, representatives, business men, ministers of the gospel others. LIGHTWEIGHTS TO BATTLE Los Angeles, Cal.. Aug. U. Tommy O'Brien, slow fooled and hard hitting I.os Angeles light weight, and Tommy Cello, San Franciscan, will meet tonight In the ten-round main event at th Olympic auditorium, Los Angeles new dress suit boxing bazaar. Hivaling the ten-round finale I interest to fnnn Is the alx-roun semi-final match between Jackie Fields, Olymple featherweight champion ,nd John I-amar. This also promise a eontest of speed and slide punching ability. YOUTH KILLS MOIST 10 IN FAR NORTH Boy Confesses He Shot School Teacher, Hid Body And Stole Auto Following Crime. SLAYER IDENTIFIED Ciardcu City, Kan., Aug. 12 (Al) Everett Adams, sou of Henry Adams, of the po lice) department of Wilming ton, Ohio, is the real Identi ty of "Fred Jordan," who confcHscd to (lie in order of Eden It. Clawson of Lodi, n. y. Lamontc. Mo.. Aug. 12 (AP) Positive Identification of tho body 6f Aden It. Clawson of Lodl, N. Y to whoso murder "Kred Jordan" has confessed nl Garden City, Kan. was made today by Coroner W. Q. Jones of Sedalla, shortly after Clawson's body waa found on a lonely road, four miles west of La montc. Thc body was sound by road workers In weeds- along a highway four miles wee, of Lamontc. It was taken to Lamonte and turned over to the coroner. Some papers, including travel ers checks totalling $200 were rotin.l on thc bony. Tho body vcs Identified as thai of Clnw;on, according to Deputy Sheriff Calvert. Kansas City, Mo., Aug. 12 (Ai1) Search was underway to day along highways west of Cali fornia, MiHsnurl, for tho body of Adam Cliiwson, 43. of CedarhurHt, N. Y.. a sehool teacher. Authori ties nt Gunlen City. Kansas, are holding a youth who calls hint- He It "Kred Jordan," and who has confe.sMPd he slew Clawson after (Continued on IMge Seven) B Los Angeles. Cal., Aug. 12. (A. P.) A bank Bcandal that will rock West Virginia wuh predicted here today by Joseph Ward, for mer cashier of the Hank of Heu- wood, who wa urresled here last night on a charge of embezzlement of 30d,0Q0 from that Institution. While Los Angeles police were in communication with West Vir ginia authorities on thc matter ol extradition. Ward, In tho city jail, declared that ho "was not the only one" connected with the alleged embezzlement scheme. He said he intended to make broad revela tions. A check of hlB hank account was begun when he said be had but H7 left of the $300,000. He declared he obtained but a part of the sum, which was a widow's trust fund. SIKI WILL BE DEPORTED Washington, Aug, 12. (A. P.) -Deportation proceedings against Hattllng Slid, the Senegalese fighter, have been ordered miles; he leaves the country of his own volition. Elks Temple Nearly Ready for Occupancy Rich and Elaborate With tho final touches being put to tho new Salem F.Iks temple, members of tho local lodge nro loolilng forward to moving Into a building ranking with tho best on the Pacific coast. It is hoped to open the templo for actunt use by August 25. Date of dedication has not been definitely announced as yet. Tho building Is of the Italian type of architecture throughout. and will cost between lyO.OOO and $230,000. Peoornt Ions Pitt Inctlvo The decora Ing within the build ing, elaborately worked out by Henry Meyers, la now nearly com BEAROORE - HIM SAYS REPORT Government Vessel Ori Annual Arctic Cruise la Endangered; Steamer Rushes To Aid. Seattle, Wash., Aug. 12 (AP) A cablegram received here last night from Unalaska, on Unalaska Island in the Aleutian archipelago. stated that the Onitcd States coast guard cutter Hear, was ashore at Capo Prince of Wales, at the west ern end of Seward peninsula, in Bering strait. The message read: "Bear ashore i Cape Prince of Wales village. Frsh southeast wind." Tho Bear was on her annual cruise to the Arctic ocean. She carried food to points along the extreme northern coast of Alaska and Canada. The steamer Oduna of the Alas ka Steamship company early today was hastening to the cutter Hear, veteran of the United States coast guard, ashore in Hearing strait. The Oduna, In a message re- coived by the Seattle harbor radio. said that she expected to reach thc near at 4 o'clock this morn ing. Tho Oduna left Nome. Alaska, around on the south side of the Seward peninsula from Cape Prince of Wales, where the Hear was caught nt nnon ye.sterday. Cape Prince uf ';ilrfi Is 300 to 509 miles steaming distance through the Poring .ca from Nome. The Oduna reported that sho learned of the Hoar's pllRht thru a signal from tho cutter. Washington, Aug. 12 (AP) Tho coast guard cutter Algonf?uln has gnno to the assistance of tho cutter Hear, ashore on the Alaskan, coast, the navy department was ad vised today by tho commandant of tho naval district nt San Francis co. A wireless message from the (Continued on Page Kight) COLORADO CITY Kalamazoo, Mich., Aug. 124 (AP) Colorado Spring., Colo., waa unanimously chosen today as the city to entertain the International Typographical Union convention In 1326, now In Its 70th annual con vention here. Hecnusc it has been the custom of tho union to meet there every ten years no other bids were made for next year's meeting. The union printers homo Is In Colorado Springs. Itepresen tat Ives from Chattanooga, Tenn., Indianapolis, Ind., Cincinnati and Palm Heach, Fin., extended invitations for the 1027 convention. James M. Lynch of Syracuse, N". Y., president of the union, will be a candidate for re-election If he will accept the nomination offered him by the administration cam paign committee, Fred N. Cornell of New York announced today fol lowing a meeting of the committee. Selection of the international of ficers will be made by referendum next May. A majority of the ad ministration candidates aro seek Ing ro-elcctlon. pleted, and has many distinctive features never boforo seen In a Sa lem building. Standing on each side of the main entrance to tho building, are two pure white alabaster marble statue, each mounted on a mar bio base, and weighing 600 pound apiece. Thi. one at tho left of the staircase represents tho goddess ot day, tho one nt the right tho god dem of night. Kneh goddesa I holding- above her head ft large marble sphere which become luminous when the elcctrla light within Ik turned on. Kach statue measures 4S Inches in height. They Continued on Page Four)