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Newspaper Page TextCIRCULATION Dally average oet pa la circulation for month ending July 31, 1925 O J V CLOUDY TONIGHT And Friday. Cooler Inthe east portion; light westerly winds. oura 6722 Local: Max.. 68; mtn.. 43: ratn, .5; Averago dully distribution 7090. Member Audit Bureau of Circulations. rlvor, -1.8; atmos., puutacqUwuy; wind. w' . M.rV FORTY-SEVENTH YEAR No. 204 SALEM, OREGON, THURSDAY, AUGUST 27, 1925 PRICE THREE CENTS AS$&5ttD al St o mm! ft 1 ' - o I 13 to irarpn r ; S STREETCAR LINES HERE APPRAISED Valuation of $565,000 Is Fixed For Rate Making Purposes By Public Ser vice Commission. The capital value of the Salem Street Ka.Uvay on Do comb or 31, 1923, was fixed, for rate-making purposes, at $505,000 in uu order vt the state public service comnils Bion hero today, llecauae, how over, the company has since De cember, 1923, abandon sd its lines hero on Summer and Seven teenth streets, tho commission au thorized a deduction from the $505,000 valuation of $24,000 in the place of which there ie later to he added the capital investment required for mc operation of au tomobile busses in substitution for the abandoned car lines. Fixing of the capitul valuation by the commission was made n connection with the investigation and suspension of the proposed In crease by the Southern Pacific company in local tariffs. Kay L. Smith, former city attorney, rep resented the city in the hearing held August 19, 1924. In its order the commlsison held In part: Exact Cost Unknown. "The investigation of the com mission's stafi allows that the ex act cost to tho Southern Pacific company and its predecessor, the Portland, Eugene & Eastern rail way, for the street car system alone cannot be exactly deter mined. The investigation showed that at least $Sti,S5ii.09 should be deducted from the above amount (J652.90G.4G) for property not used or useful in street ruilway operation and that the resulting $066043.37 represents a maxi mum 'of what the existing lines could have actually cost the pres ent owner, v It Is quite possible that the amount paid to the Port land General Electric company for a property then having certain strategic advantage to the South ern Pacific system may have been In excess of the actual cost to the original owners. "At the hearing the Southern Pacific company presented a claim for a parcel of land at the fair grounds terminus which had not before been considered, which claim amounting to ?G21.i!4 should bo allowed. This increases tho (1) normal reproduction cost-new above set out to $449,917.00, the 4 ) historical reproduction cost new to $4GC,177.43 and the (5) historical reproduction cost, less depreciation, to $332,521.54. Pronertv Excluded. "Among the other claims of value for the Southern Pacific company was the land value, chiefly represened by the lots on which the car barn Is constructed. The basic value of this land, used by the railway company's land ap praised, was $23,821.88, loss than 20 per cent in excess of the ap praisal of the realty committee of the city of Salem. To this bare land value, or amount which would have been received by the oiler, there Is applied various fac tors until there le built up a claim for value, amounting to $51, 692.72. "This commission cannot conn-. tcnr.nce the acceptance of the ap plication of factor which would (Continued on Page Seven) Skeleton Found In Cascades Reveals Fate of Lost Man Eugene, Aug. 27 Finding of parts of a skeleton and clothing In the pockets of which were pap ers containing his name, yesterday olvcd the mystery of the disap pearance of Scott Kelley, railroad laborer, from one of the construc tion camps of the Southern Pacific railroad above Oak ridge, on the Bew Eugene-Klamath Falls cut off line across the Cascades. The skeleton and clothing were found by Dr. M. C. Harris, dentist, of Eugene, who is spending his vaca tion In the mountains. Kclley disappeared last March, and for some time a search was in stituted for him. No trace was found at that time. Two weeks ago a woman who is, STATb 1 0 ASK HANGING FOR PRISON I Prosecution Constructs Its Case Around Fact That All Three Convicts Were Party To Conspiracy. That tho elate will be forced to ask for the hanging of Ellsworth Kellcy and James Wlltos on tho grounds that they were parties to a conspiracy which resulted in the deaths of John Sweeney and Milt Holman, guards, during the prison break of August 12, Is pretty well agreed among local attorneys who have Inquired closely into the evi dence. To date there has been no posi tive evidence uncovered to desig nate either Kclley or Willos as the man who fired the shot that kill ed Guard Sweeney. The prosecution. It Is pointed out, must construct its case around the fact that all three of the convicts were Implicated In the conspiracy that contemplated violence If nece.s sary to n.ake their escape and plead that the three, therefore, are equally guilty of any crime com mitted in carrying out the con splracy. Whether or not the two will hang on tho strength of such a pleading will rest entirely with the jury, and the Interpretation that the supreme court might place up on such evidence In tho caso of an anneal. To support their contentions that participation in such a conspiracy constitutes a capital offense, those who sponsor it quoto opinions of the supreme court holding parties to a conspiracy which results m the commission of a crime equally responsible. I SOCIALISTIC IS Portland, Aug. 27 (AP) Do nounclng tho inheritance tax as socialistic and the etato Income tax as a foo to the investment of capital, members of the Western State Taxpayers' conference Into yesterday passed resolutions against both of these much discussed money raising measures. The tax reduction plan of Sec retary Mellon was unanimously endorsed while the delegates urg ed caution against appeals for fed eral aid. The conference voted down after a long verbal battle the proposed resolutions opposing tax-exempt securities and reducing the ele mentary school period from eight to seven years. Resolutions were passed asking the slates pass laws requiring ser ial bond Issues to eliminate the old fashioned and non-working sinking fund. Formation of taxpayers leagues all Over the nation wos advocated (Continued on Page Seven) staying at a ranch above Oakrldge found a number of cards on which was written, "Come quick. I am sick and starving." The cards were near a trait, some distance from the Willamette river. The woman reported her finding but little was thought of It as set tlers believed anyono so close could find his way out. Two or three days ago a pocket book with Kelley'e name on it was found, and news of this and the finding of the cards reached Dr. Harris. Yesterday he set out In search of the missing man. i In a comparatively short time Dr. Harris found a number jit hu-l (Continued on fag. Eight) Uncle Billy Goes to Asylum With Murder Secret "Uncle Billy" Hawkins, 60 years old, whose name electrified Salem 40 years ago when It was still a village, went out to the Oregon state hospital today from the Mar lon county poor farm, being com mitted by County Judge Hunt. iUncle Billy" Hawkins, in the neighborhood of 40 years ago, shot and killed Harvey Ogle on Front street near Court street, in what was said to have been a quarrel over a woman. Humors and sur mises never brought out the real story that caused bad blood be tween the men and the trial In court did not reveal It. Hawkins went to the penitentiary where he remained for a number of years, and then received a pardon from Governor Lord. At the time of the shooting Hawkins was employed as a drug clerk. Hawkins went into the hills back of Stayton and virtually dropped out of sight and the mind of Sa PRESIDENT 10 GREET CALLERS E Swampscott, Mass., Aug. 27 (AP) With his vacation noarlng an end, President Coolldge has de cldcd to receive more callers than he has during the nine week he has been resting here. Hundreds of requests have been received for th.o privilege of calling at White Court Just to exchange greetings with the president. Mr. Coolldge has expressed a willingness to devote part of each day to receiving handshaker1?, hun dreds of whom daily have the priv ilege of filing Into his office at Washington. Courtesy calls are extended to fill Mr. Cooltdge'e calendar oltncst to the exclusion of othe.cngagc- ments. In view of his early re turn to 'Washington, It Is Improb able that many additional govern ment officials will come here to confer with the executive unliM there should be urgent missions. Today was given over largely to courtesy calls with a trip to Ply mouth, Mass., where the Pilgrims landing In 1020, planned for to morrow. President and Mrs. Coolldge ar ranged to go aboard tha Mayflow er late today remaining nboord to night so as to be prepared for an early cruise to Plymouth. C SKULL FOUND Albany, Or., Aug. 27. A finil o( considerable quantities of vol canic sand or ash, and fragments of a human skull, which when put together gave semblance of one of the loweet orders of man, has led J. G. Crawford, local geologlet, to believe that he has found a poksI hle burled civilization on the Cala. pooia river, near Albany. The sand Is much finer than ordinary sand and Is not wnter worn, having sharp kulfc-llkc edges. Being on the river bank, it Is not possible that the deposits could have been washed there. Whether the sand was deposited before or after the valley was an inland aea, as most valley geolo gists now agree was the case, It Is not known and Crawford does not venture an opinion. The volcanic ash extends from near the sources of the Cnlapoola river to the mouth at Albany, And for a considerable distance away from the river on both aides, the ash Is of great depth. The skull found by Albany resi dents and turned over to Craw ford, was ,ocnted buried In several feet of the volcanic ash. IMeced together the shull resembled that of the earliest Inhabitant of the country placed at from 10,000 to 25,000 years ago. Crawford has uncovered many relics dealing with the history of Oregon. , lem people. A year ago he was brought in from the Stayton eoun try and committed to the poor farm. His mind had started to wander, his hand . was unsteady and he was incapable of making his own living. During the year dementia had Increased until today the examining physician found he should be placed under the care of state alienists and expressed the opinion that his days were num bered. Harvey Ogle, the dead man, was employed as a clerk In the book store of H. D. Boone, located where the Patton book store is now lo cated. Men who remember, him say he was well liked and he woe known to everyone In Salem, at that time a village of a few thous and Inhabitants. The shooting occurred between 9 and 10 o'clock In the evening, and what passed between the two men before It happened Is not known. TO SPEEO UP Portland. Aug. 27 (AP) The Pacific northwest regional advis ory board of the American Rail way association was organized here today for the purposes of promot ing efficiency of service In trans portatlon and to bring a better un dcrstanding and closer cooperation between railroads, shippers and governmental agencies controlling transportation. More than 300 prominent rail road officials, producers, merch ants, shippers, bankers and others interested in rail transportation at tended the organization meeting. The board as organized consists of 72 members, Including the exe cutive committee, chairmen and vice-chairmen representing each commodity shipped In this region and a number of prominent men representing each of six districts of tho northwest. A. F. Steele, gen eral manager of the Apple Grow era association of Hood Itlver was elected chairman and Edward J Kingsley, president of tho West Coast Lumbermen's association was chosen vice-general chairman. The organization committee, named some time ngo, and which has held several preliminary meet ings, presented its report on by laws governing the board which wiiB ndonted. Kalph Budd, president of the Great Northern, brleny torn oi me purposes of regional advisory boards and of the splendid success they have achieved In regulating distribution facilities of tho rail linrs, In bringing producers and transportation agencies Into closer cooperation for their common good all of which has resulted In reduc tion of car shortage and a reduc tion In the cost of transportation which he said Is reflected In a like reduction In the freight charges. ALLEGED RUSTLERS ARE . HELD TO GRAND JURY Bend, Or., Aug. 27. Punk rtob infon and Ralph Whaley, charged with stealing a calf, were yester- rlnv hminri over tn the DeschUtefl i-niintv irranil illdv by K. U. GIlBOn, Justice of the peace. Bail was sot at J2500 apiece wnicn nan nm been furnished this morning. AMERICAN GIRL TO TRY CHANNEL AGAIN Boulogne. France, Aug. 27. (A. P.) Weather conditions are ming; nevertheless Miss Gertrude Ederle, the American smr, i h.r .n,nnil uttemnt Kundav evening, or, failing that, on Mon day or Tnesnay. nne whs hi mv water an hour and a linlf today. Bit Dinminn Theft. Mebon, Aug. 27. A. P.) nArt.inA.. .. Ii ..iw. -.-r.vnrti' I Ul .llfilli .-f I'uiit.i: the robbery of diamonds- worth 100.000 pounds ft r:in in me Turwl-i tr ir,rn.m lllltfU t flf ttlP Portuguese Went African colony of Angola. Several natives have been arretted charged with tfu thefts. IN SOUGHT IN MYSTERY MURDERCASE Mother of Woman Slain In California Swamp Says Daughter Was Ex pectant Mother. Oakland, Ca.., Aug. 27. (A. P.) Dr. J. Loran Pease, a dentist, and Dr. J. J. iMoyer, physician and surgeon, both prominent in Oak- and were detained by the police tor interrogation today in connec tion with the death of Mrs. Bessie Loren, Richmond, Cal.. Aug. 27. (A P.) In a lonely ravine running down to the bay shore near Point Richmond, Contra Ccwta county. and at another spot come distance away on the fcaiidy beach close to an abandoned resort known as the Cozy Cove inn. Investigators of the El Cerrito swamp murder early to day came upon several articles of an infant's clothing, a suit of man's athletic underwear, blood stained, and a broken vial which officers declared contained a small amount of liquid which investiga tion disclosed was nitrate of sil ver. Authorities arc convinced the infant's clothing belonged to Mrs. Bessie Loren, Oakland nurse and supposed murder victim. The suit of man's underwear was turned oyer to expert investigators who are seeking to trace its ownership, i'he solution In the broken vial was said to resemble that common ly used in bathing the eyes of newiy horn Infnnts. The scene of today's discovery I at Cozy Cove on the Contra Cost; county ehorc line. The region is sparsely settled nnd the country iK nroh-en. toads there are not heav ily traveled. Oakland. Cal., Aug. 27 AV) Announcement by Under Sheriff W. M. Veale of Contra Costa coun ty that he had wrung from Mrs. W. T. Ferguson, mother of Mrs. Bes sie Loren, after a four hour grill ing last night tho name of a "prominent San Francisco busi ness man" whom he Is seeking for questioning and the piecing to gether of bits of evidence which Investigators said tended to estab lish that Mrs. Loren was killed or that her death occurred either In Oakland or some other east bay city, compline tho latent develop ments in tho El Cerrito swamp murder mystery. Contra Costa and Alameda coun ty officials who last night submit ted members of Mrs, ,oren's fam ily to a prilling at the Berkeley po lice headquarters said today that they had obtained Information that Mrs. Loren, a divorcee long sep arated from her husband, expected to become a mother within less than a month after the date of her disappearance on August 19; that infant's clothing had been prepar ed and were In her possession prior to August 19; that she rented or Continued on Pago Seven) TRIBUTE PAID 10 Chicago, Aug. 27. (A. P.) Ambassador Tsuneo Matsudaira, Japanese representative at Wash ington, came here today to pay his nation's last tribute to the late Edgar A. Bancroft, who died In Tokyo, where he was the ambassa dor from the United States. Ambassador Matsudaira became acquainted with Mr. Bancroft while serving as minister of for eign affairs. "Everyone who knew the am bassador regarded him as a man of fine character," said Ambassador Matsudaira as ho arrived from Washington. "He en don red himself to all whom ho come In contact. HI death was a groat blow to Jnpon rb well as to America. "You lost a worthy representa tive and we lost a good mnn. "Po I am hero In ronpect to bin memory and to pay a last tribute. "For many years lo come we will feel bis loss. Ho arrived In Japan at A rather difficult time. Although he was there only ft short tlmt the Japanese people 111 mourn his Vath for many Report of Prison Probers to be Made Public Tomorrow Tli report of tlio special committee appointed by Gov ernor Picreo us a result of the recent breuk at the stnto prison, In which two guards nnd ono convict were killed, will probably be made public tomorrow morning- It was an nounced nt tho office of tho governor tills afternoon. In response lo a query ad dressed to the governor by tlio Capital Jonrnnl repre sentative W. A. Dclzc-11, sec retary to (Ik governor, made the following statement: "The report of the commit tee will not be made public before tomorrow morning, but I presume (hat It will bo made public then.' E Cleveland, Ohio, Aug. 27 The conduct of Clarence Darrow In tho Scopes trial In Dayton, Tenn., was pointed to today by Carrlngton T. Marshall, chief justice of the Ohio supreme court as an example of the unethical practitioner which would bring upon him tho "con demnation of all self-respecting members of the bench and bar.' The chief Justice's criticism was made in an address, to some 200 law students sworn In as attorneys here. "The law of that case was plain and simple," ho said. "Neither the Indictment nor the statute under which the Indictment was framed contained any mention of evolu tion, neither did they In tho re motest degroe Involve or neces sarily provoke any discussion of the theory of evolution. "The Tennessee statute provides that it shall bo unlawful for any teacher in any of tho public schools of the stnte to tench any theory that denied the story of the Divine Creation of mnn or to tench that man descended from a lower order of animals. That the forbidden doctrines were so taught was free ly admitted by the defendant. No defense was therefore open except that or the constitutional validity of the law Itself. 'And yet Darrow sought to brow boat nnd to bluff tho judge Into admitting expert evidence on tho soundness of the theory of evolu tion." JAPANESE FLOOD SUBSIDES Tokyo, Japan. Aug. 27. Floods that caused 40,000 houses In To kyo nnd 1000 in Yokohomn to b partly submerged, were subsiding today. Two denths resulted when land slides overturned a tram car and derailed a passenger train. Large areas of the Saltama pre fecture were flo.ided. News of the damage in the outlying district Is delayed by the suspension of com munication. Tho floods were due to heavy rains and thunder storms. SWIMS 37 MILES, 22 HOURS Berlin, Aug. 27. A (lermanl swimmer, Kummerich, yeslerd ly accomplished what ho says Is a world record when he swam 37 miles In 22 hours, from the island of Fchmnrn across Mecklenburg bay to Wornemunde. Ho steered his course by a com- paos wrist watch and suRtalned his strength from a flnslc of hot beef tea. Controversy Over North End Highway Laid Before Board Armed with a petition from 348 north end residents urging that the Fairfield market route as laid out by tho county court In Its five yenr program be retained as a part of tho program, members of the county court with Hondmaster Cul ver left for Portland today to at tend a meeting of tho state hlgh wny commission and urge that the program as now outlined be loft uone. ' It Is expected, on the other hand that a delegation from AVoodburn will also be on hand urging Us contention that a four mile strip past Aral's corners on the other highway be put on the market road program and the Fairfield road be eliminated. GRID JURY WIFE SLAYER , HEARS GUARDS SUICIDES IN TELL OFBREAK COUNTY JAIL Report Not Expected Be fore Saturday Long: List of Witnesses Are Heard. The Marlon county grand Jury examining Into the charges of mur der against Tom Murray, Ellsworth Kelley and James Wllloa, convicts who killed two guards In shooting their way out of tho slato peniten tiary, may report sometime Friday but probably not until Saturday, It was stated when adjournment was taken for lunch this noon. The Jury 1b delving thoroughly into all of the evidence bearing on the break and the shooting of the guards, and beforo It reports is expected It will have examined more than 30 witnesses. These who appeared before It this morning were: AV. E. Gardner, guard who rush ed from the guards' qunrters at the time of the break to tower No. 1 and secured a ehotgun from one of the guards who had been shot. Gardner claims that the shotgun was shot from his hands before he hnd a chance to use it. L. T. Murphy and George Robin son, chapel guards. S. B. Sandifer, who testified be fore tho coroner's Jury that ho rac ed ahead of tho fleeing convicts to the state hospital to warn the at tendants there of tho break. There were no new develop ments in the situation at the prison today, nnd reports from there said that the three convicts wcro talk ing little and holding steadfastly to their original stories. Governor Pierce and AVnrden Daliymple were In conference for nearly two hours In the governor's office this morning, but neither had anything to soy regarding what transpired during tho session. AV. A. I5olzcll, secretary to tho govern or, told newspapermen that the conference related to pjirolo mat ters. UNCLE SI EYES DEBT SET Washington, Aug. 27. (AP) The feature of tlio AllKlo French ilcht ectlliMiipnt which In volvrfl the amotion of tlio French ability to pay Is rpRnnlpd hero a having nn Important bearing on the forthcoming Franco-American debt (tlflcntwion hero. Acting Secretary Wlnnton of tho treasury, said that obviously the amount Franco has agreed to pay the London government will hnvo to be coimldercd by tho Am erican debt commission when it analyzes the capacity or the French nation to liquidate lis ob ligation here. Mr. WlnMon added, however, that tho relationship of tills gov ernment to those nations which owo it money le strictly that of a creditor, while tho relationship hotween tho allied debtors an l creditors Is complicated, In his opinion, hy questions conflrmc.l strictly to Knropean affairs. Tho court has Just completed a trip over tho Fairfield route with Market Bond Hnginoor Scott of the commission who took a careful cen sus of houses along tho road, the condition of the crnjwf nnd tho na ture of tho land. Men who were fighting the Fairfield highway hnd made the statement that thero were but two families on that road bo twecn Aral's corners and St. Paul, theso being the Mahoney family nnd the family of J. K. Smith, county commissioner. Scott, It Is stated, found thore were fully 60, In addition allegations were made that the land along the road wn white land, Incapable of bearing good crops, but It to understood (Continued on fage Four). Dr. Thomas Young, Fac ing Trial In Los Angeles, Strangles Self To Death In Jail Cell. Los Angeles, CnJ., Aug. 27 1 (AP) Dr. Thomas AV. Young, dea tlst on trial here for the murder ot his wlfo and tho burying of her body in a cistern, klllciM ilmaelf In, the county jail here early today. County Jail employees discover ed the dentist's body In his cell whore he hnd strangled himself with a piece of wire. Ho had been. dead for some time when the body was found. The wire used by Dr. Young was probably smuggled Into him, the county Jailer said. Permission had been asked several days ngo to take a coil of wire into Young's cell, ostensibly for use In rigging a radio receiving set, but this was) denied. The dentist hnd twisted the wire about his neck and then turned It tightly with a stick. Assistant County Jailer George Palmer visited Young's cell at five minutes to six this morning and roused him with Instructions to prepare himself for court where his trial Is In progress. An hour later, County Jnllcr Croushorn was summoned to the tank by the pris oner's distress slfnal. When he reached Young's cell tho dentist was dead. CeHinnlo Beeelyed The Jail physician arrived short ly and after an exninlnntlor. an nounced that Dr. Young had been dead for more than a half hour, in dicating thnt he had garrotcd himself a few minutes after the first call. Harry B. Foster, cellmate of Dr. Young, said that the dentist ap peared In hiuh spirits after he was nwakened at six o'clock. 'I'm going to sleep a Hltln long er," Foster said Young told him,- call me when brcakfnst Is ready." Dr. Young then pulled the blank: ets over his head. Forty five min utes later. Foster said, he called his fellow prisoner and there was no reply. 'Don't be so la sty, doc, here a your ham and eggs," Foster called to him again. When a reply was not had the Hecond time, Foster said ho threw baek the covers to find that the wire about the dentist's throat had bitten deep In tho flesh and the man who wan on trial charged with, murdering his wife In one of the outstanding crimes of Los Angeles) county was dead. Dr. Young was on trial charged with suffocating his wlfo February 21 last with a lethal gas and hiding her body in an uncompleted cistern at their week-end cabin at Beverly Glen near here. Then, the state charged, ho poured concrete over the body a few days later. He vn assisted by Patrick Grogan, Jr., the slain woman's son, who was not (Continued on Page Seven.) MIAN FLYER Manila, Aug. 27. (A. P.) ommander Francesco Do Pincdo, tallon airman flying from Italy o Japan, dropped down on .Manila during a rain etorm today after flying from Anllinonan, whore h. had been held by storms since last Sunday. The daring aclvouturo ot me air man was prompted by tho Irrita tion caused by continued delay at Anthnonan and his doslro to reactt Tokyo eoon. He mado his way la ti ntorm that continued until h. reached Manila, Commander Do rinedo n stay ai Manila depends upon weather conditions and tho timo required to make slight repairs ou hi. plane. m.- ...Inln. mini Anrnlt fflvni ablo weather on his northward course where, typhoons nro ire quot at this season.' An extensive, entertainment porgrnm has been prernred for the commander In-, eluding a dinner with Governor General Wood, luncheon at th. army and navy club and a rccep Hon by Filipino government offl clnls.