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Newspaper Page TextABE CIRCUl-ATION Dally average net paid circulation for month ending July 31, 1925 6722 Average daily distribution 7000. Member Audit Bureau of Circulation. FORTY-SEVENTH YEAR No. 206 1 E Babe Ruth Fined Heavily For Conduct and In definitely Suspended From Game. St. Louis, Mo.. Aug. 29. Bu'jc Ruth, home run king, was sus pended indefinitely today by Man ager Miller Huggine of the New York Yankees. Huth made no comment whatever and merely shrugged when Hugging told him to pack up and return to New York. None of the Yankee play ere would say anything in regard to Ruth's suspension. Xload Secre tary Mark Hoth hnnded the bam bino a railroad ticftcjt to New York at the visiting players' club house the afternoon. The Babe took it and left the park imme diately. Whether be started for New York at once can only be conjectured. Manager Hugging later confirm ed reports that Huth had been fined 15000 for general miscon duct. Previously Huggins had an nounced that Ruth for some un known reason has deserted the team. At the Buckingham hotel, where the Yankees were stopping it was stated that Ruth had left with his suitcase without leaving forwarding addrcf. Later it was announced by Hug gins that he bad sent Ruth home. Swampscott. Mass., Aug. 29. A- P.) President and Mrs. Cool idge left Whito Court today for another trip to Camp Devers, 50 miles away, to see their son, John. There they planned to witness tho final review of the citizens' military training camp with John as a corporal, marching in the ranks with ladu from all walks of life. After the review they planned to remain as luncheon guests of Brigadier General Melvorn Hill Barn u m, camp commander. It la expected that on their re turn to Swampscott later in the day they would be accompanied by John, who will remain hero with his father mid mother until they return to Washington. He probably will get to see them for a brief time at the White House before resuming his studies. ZE SEIZED San Francisco, Col., Aug. 29. One thousand casos of liquor were taken when the trawler Virginia Hyde and a crew of four men were seized by the coast guard cutter Golden Gate off the Farollone Is lamic, at 2 o'clock this morning. After the vessel was towed to Mciggs wharf the crew was placed In a detention shack from which they made their escape before day break. Two of men were re captured by a Chinese cook who wound them hiding in the pantry aboard the Golden Gate. Search was being made at daybreak for the two men who were at large. The borne port and registry of the Virginia Hyde had not been established early today. GIANT HAIL STONES KILL JUGO SLAVS Belgrade, Aug. 29. (A. P.). Olant hall atones killed two per eona and Injured sixty other, la the town ot Blerlslvath during a tyclone. The wind devastated the plain of Bsnat, nnron'ln tree? and cutting off communication" Daring the rnr another ttorm of extreme violence ravaged a part M Bosnia. SWAT'S KING GIVEN TICKET SH1PPEDH0ME RUTH FINED $5000 AND SUSPENDED c SUPER PLANE REFUSED TEST BYU.S.A1Y Colonel Mitchell Declares That Aircraft Perfected For Non-Stop Flight To Paris But Trial Denied. Chicago, Aug 29 (By Associ ated Praia.) C o I o n e I William Mitchell, former head of the array air service, says an American super-airplane capable of a non stop flight to Paris with a ton of sxplosfvctj has baen perfected, but government permission to test It has been withheld. "The producers believe, and I believe, that the huge biplanes they have bunt are capable of fly ing to Peking with a b ingle stop at Nome, Alaska. And this, with a ton of explosives. The planes are ready. They will make US miles an hour for 60 hours. But we can't prove it unless the army and navy heads see fit to grant us permission. Old fogey ideas arc holding hack the Inevitable." Colonel Mitchell stopped here enroue from Detroit to Fort Ram Houston, where he Is stationed. YEGGS GET $1023 Portland, Aug. 29 Two local business establishments the Ore gon Laundry company and the Hay nes-Foster Baking company yielded $103 to safe burglars early today. From the Haynos-Foster com pany $7S& In cash was taken from the broken safe and $379 in checks. In 4he Oregon Laundry company Henry Westoff, night watchman was bound and gagged - by two safe burglars. He wis pushed Into the office, where he was compelled to watch tho two men as they punched the combination off the snfo and rifled It. After tho pair left he wriggled free of his bonds and notified the police. Both burglars were concealed be hind handkerchief masks, Westoff reported. Police believe the two robberies were committed by the same men. LOST HYDRO AIRPLANES ' FOUND; UCCUPANTS SAFE Moscow, Auc. 29. A wireless mcesnge from Kanlnos, on the Timan coast, says the two hydro airplanes attached to Professor M a tsuscv itch's hydrographies! ex pedition, missing since their dis appearance from Archangel, June 16, are in a bay 200 miles to the north, where they were forced to land by fog. The occupants are reported safe. A relief airplane has been hur riedly dispatched from Archangel. Fraternal Temple of Salem. Incorporates to Buy Old Elks Temple The Fraternal Temple associa tion of Salem baa prepared Its articles o( incorporation in con nection with control of th old Elks Temple building which Is owned by the Woodmen of the World, baring been purchased by that organization from the local lodge of Elks when construction ot the new Elks temple was agreed upon. The new association has no capital stock and will depend upjp assessments upon Its members. The association represents fire strong local fraternal organiza tions Including the Woodmen of the World, Yeoman, Knlghta of Pythias, Artisans and Hug lea. Incorporators of the association, two for each lodse represented are as follows: U 8, Gear and Carl aoita L J Varsity Campus to Be Landscaped for Scenic Effect Definite announcement was made this morning that an ex tensive program of Improvement of the Willamette university cam pus will be effected this fall. Henry Booth, of Roseburg, has been placed in charge of the cam pus, and is expected to come to Salein and get things started next week. Henry Booth is a brother of It. A. Booth of Eugene, prom inent trustee of the university. He has .been placed In charge be cause he is known to make a hob by of landscape gardening, It was stated by President Doney today. Improvements involve plowing up the entire campus where the lawn now exists, according to Dr. Doney. The purpose in plowing it up is to get rid of the thick growth of weeds that now Infest the lawn, to make it more level and to ar range for a layer of rich soil to be placed on top of the ground be fore new gross seed is sown. A complete underground sprink ling system will be Installed for all parts of the campus where the NET $1,500,000 Chicago, Aug. 29 Promises of large profits In Florida real estato. used as bait for Investors have brought federal action against Ja cob Factor, president of the Flori da land company and several as sistants here whose business is al leged to have amounted to nearly $1,500,000 since March. Factor, Maurice E. Drucker, H. Henslus, H. J. Hlmmelsteln and Newton Foldman are charged with use ot the malls to defraud, as a result of two months Investigation by postal authorities. Factor and Drucker, Investigators said, several months ago, put over a $500,000 fraudulent oil land deal in Eng land, selling Arkansas property through the British Allied Estates. Ltd., and the Cambria Trust Ltd., companies they organized. Investigators say some of the land Is ur.de- water part of the time and none of It is improved. SLAPS MOTHER IN LAW; FACES KILLING CHARGE Los Angeles, Col., Aug. 29. Stanley Li I J;, slapped his mother- in-laws lace and as a result is in the city jail today charged with suspicion of manslaughter. The slap did rot uvrionsly Injure the mother-in-law, Mrs, Helen nynn, hut she told police It made her regret her willingness to say noth ing about an accident in which Lilja's automobile ran down and fntally Injured a pedestrian last New Year's eve. A check of their records showed officers that a "hi and run' motorist of that dat was still at large, so they prompi ly arrested I. ilia. O. Wolz, for the Woodmen ot the World; C. E. Albln and A. L. Hones, for the Yeoman; LouIk Mechtel and George V. Will, for the Knights of Pythian; Ivan O Martin and Isadora Greenbnum for the Artisans, and Lest Jonce and B. S. Taylor, tor the Eagles, While tho Woodmen ot the World own and control tlx. .temple, It ll understood .that through thi new association the four other lodges will gradually gather an Interest In It through monthly payments, or posetbly by floata tion ot a bond Issue. The temple was purchased trom ih Elks for a price In the neigh borhood of (36,(100 and a mort gage Indebtedness waa assumed In connection, with Ue purchaa. 14 SALEM, OREGON, SATURDAY, AUGUST 29, 1925 improvements are effected, It Is announced. The east end of the block now occupied by the university will not be touched for the time being, Dr. Doney stated today. Attention will only be directed toward the section of the campus In the Im mediate vicinity of the buildings. A number of maple trees now growing along the State street sidewalk at the west end of the campus will be pulled up. The entire row on the north side of the State street sidewalk was re moved several years ago. Along the walk there will be planted a row of bawthorne trees, alternating red and white, ac cording to present pinna. At other parts of the caiftpus an effort will be made to vary the shrubbery and other plants growing. At the present time most of the trees on the campus are maples. Many of these will be pulled out, and In their place tulip, dogwood and other trees planted. Clumps of shrubs will be plant ed around Waller Hall and Science Hall. VISIT II. S. 10 REFUND DEBT Paris, Aug. 29. (A. P.) Of ficial announcement was made to day that Finance Minister Call- laux will sail on the liner Paris September 16 to initiate the debt funding negotiations with the United States. - M. Caillaux will be accompanied by one expert. Tho remainder of the French mission is to follow either on September 19 or 23. It was also announced today that there is no disagreement be tween M. Caillaux and Foreign Minister Tiriand concerning the ratio of political men to financers on the mission The ministers. however, are finding1 it extremely difficult to choose from all the political applicant, three times as many having applied as there are places. The financiers have already been choien, but their names are withheld pending completion of the list. Washington, Aug. 29. (A. P.) Suggestions In Belgian news papers that the new debt funding agreement between the United States and Belgium contains secret provisions were denied to day by Acting Secretary Winston of the treasury. Mr. Winston said that all essen tial features of the agreement had been made public and that the entire pact Itself soon would be available for public examination, ISANCE Port Washington, N. Y., Aug 29. Miss Nuisance, owned by Mrs. Delphine Dodge Cromwell of New York and driven by Colonel J. G. Vincent of Detroit won the first 30 mile heat of the race for the gold cup, emblematic of sea boat supremacy, today In record time after an accident on the last lap, eliminating Carl G. Fisher's Daby Shadow, which bad led for nine of the ten laps. Fire broke out on Baby Shadow Just after she had started the final lap. This was quickly tingulshed, however, by the pilot and his mechanician. Miss Nuisance not only won In hollow fashion after this mishap, but broke the world's record for gold cup competition by maintain ing a speed of 49 miles an hour for the 30 miles, which were cot ered in alt minutes 46 seconds. All five finishers either broke or tied the former record of 41.8 mllea an hour set last year bv Mi Columbia, whlc flnibcd fourth today. i Mm l ' .-V,sfJ .ri. ; 1 : : : ; ROWESOUGHT CUTTING OUT . DALRYMPLE IN C0NNECT1 (0 OF SOCIETIES TO RESIGN AS WITH CRIME W$ IS APPROVED PR I SON HEAD Accountant Disappears "After Questioning In Marsh Murder Finger Tip Found. Oakland, Cal.. Aug. 29. (A. P-) Gordon Howe, Sua Krauciaco accountant, was being eought here today for further miintinnin.T regarding the supposed murder oi ui-saie ijoren, uauinnd nurse. Police said Howe left the home of his mother in Fiuitvale, a suburb, some time utter midnight Thurs day in comninv nrith Uio u,iA that his Dresent whnrnl,n r ....... unknown to them. Detectives who were watching the Howe home said they did not see the couple leave' the house. From Mrs. Rowe, mother of the Hccounioiu, police Baid they learn ed that Rowe and his wife were belicvad bv h.r tn h.. ........ i. in Berkeley." San Francloco and Contra Costa county office visited an anurtment. hmiA. n..-.. k.. In San Francisco last night and searched the place for possible cleTR tlinf mlfrli, la in ......... .i Ing of the supposed murder of "ren. no report of their minings iias oeen given out. DfscOVerY VMtprHnv In VI tMinu unamn oi a severed finger tlp led Investigators to the belief that the entire hmtv nf th &-nn.n.. may have been hacked Into email iicco in id viiori to prevent lueuiilicuuoa. Mrs. Lorcn'n fnmflv Dai.i ui.n i.n.i two fingers missing from tho left hand flnri tha ftrwl!i,cr nf n.n tip was regarded by officials m niKiiuicuni. ii is tlio only por Hon of the body found outBldo o pane oi me Head. GIVEN TO CITV A quit claim deed to the Dlvl- n.un unu rroni street mill creek mien recently acquired by the vesiern i-uin ft Paper company wu uiea wiin i;uy Recorder Mark Poulsen tlila moraine. Tho dud gives to the city all title to the iimpcny except the old watei ihts granted In the city fran ofilse years ago to the flrei nn and which arc reserved by the po ller pruuuets company. The quit claim deed Is signed bv F. W. Leadbetter, president of the new company, and Joseph Prud home, secretary. Tho deed for the property on which the new plant will bo lo cated has been turned over to th Western Paper company by the OroRon Pulp A Paper company. former ownerH, and a Inrge crow or men are already at work on construction of the plant. Bad Check Caught In " Held to Inncncc N. Hells, 24, was thin morning bound over to tho Marlon eounly grand Jury under ball of $1000 Vfter he had appeared In Justice court before Judge Brazier Small on a charge of defrauding Salem merchants with bad checks. Bet Ui was unable to furnlnh ball and Is being held In tho county jail. Betts Is said to have admitted passing ten worthlena checks in Portland as well as four bits of worthless paper here. Hetts owes his downfall to Cecil Thompson, clerk In the O. W. John son clothing store here, one, of the victim of his activities. Thomp son took a chTk for $37.50 In pay mnt for a suit. During the con versjiion between the two Hetts mentioned that ht Intended f go TY WITH $1000 GIFT Detroit, Mich., Aug. 29. A great city today paid tribute to a great ball player when Detroit of ficially extolled Tyrus Raymond Cobb. At Nuvln field this afternoon it was Cobb day, with the 3ff year old veteran of 20 American league campaigns, standing bare headed at the plate and shaking bands with thousands of fans who passed in line by him.. Tonight ho will be honored at a great banquet and presented with a $l,00u gift, puid for by the city of Detroit by a vote of the council at the suggestion of Mayor John W. Smith. Spenkers will Include Cornelius McGlltlcuddy, manager of the Philadelphia Athletics, Jimmy Callahan, one time director of the White Sox; Hilly Kvons, veterun Amerlcnn leaguo arbiter; "Hugs" Haer, a sport humorist; Frank J. Navin, owner of tho Detroit club, and Mayor Smith. Cobb came to Detroit August 30, 1905, when the city was inhabited by only 300,000 persons. Less than 10,000 fans saw his debut In a game against New York. GIRL WILL ATTEMPT CHANNEL SWIM MONDAY Poulogne, Trance, Aug. 29. (A. P.) Gertrude Kderle today continued light work with the In tention of beginning her second attemp toawlm the English chan nel next Mondi'.y providing weath er conditions are favorable. The channel Is Htill rough, hut tho weather Is moderating and her trainer "Old Hill" Hurgrss believe:! she will be nblo to get nwny n ifhdttlfd. Artist Corvallis Grand Jury south. When a call to a Seattle bank on which tho check watt drawn revealed that it was worth less ThompMon with Wnyne Hnrrltt and Glen Jjrager started In pur suit. After searching the hotel registers In Albany without avail they went to Corvallis where they found that Betts had registered at the Julian hotel. Search of the city discovered ttctts In attendance at a dance. Tho Haiem police won called by long distance telephone, a warrant wos Issued, ond Officer Louis Olscn went to Corvallis to return the man. Other firms victimized her by Hetts were the Scotch Woolen Mills store and the Gardner Motor salwi agency here. Hetts Is said to have admitted that he Is a paroled In mate from the Washington atate Monrote reformatory, DDTIT? TTJ PT?T? PUMT? ON TRAINS AND NEWS rKlOJll InKHili UIMNIO STANDS FIVE CENTS Public Opinion Backs Up Elimination of School Fraternities Parents Favor Move. ' Developments this week follow ing the announcement Wednesday that the Salem school board has prohibited secret societies in schools Indicate that sentiment here, at first taken by surprise. Is chi-ystal-izlng In favor of the action taken by the board. A number of parents Interviewed this morning, were unanimous in their approval. "1 think the boys for tho most part rcnllze that the situation was getting away from them, tho way things were going," said Frank Dcckebach thin morning. Decke bach has a son In one high school organization. "One of the main troubles, 1 think, has been that nobody wanted to be the goat and be the only group to disorganize. Now that they've ordered them all out I think things will bo .much moro satisfactory. We tried to get some action like this taken last spring, but nothing was done at that time. Parents linck Don rtl "I told my boy to resign, any way," said Fred Thtelnen. "I don't thing he resigned, but he quit." J C. Terry, Paul' Wallace, and others express the opinion that active members of the clubs will for the most part see the advisability -of discontinuing their activities. The usual rumors that the boys will make their organizations Into clubs that have no connection with tho high school, or that they will resort to some other technicality to avoid tha board's edict, ore to some extent In the air. Members of high school clubs have admitted (Continued on Pago Nine) BLOCK STREETS All avniluhle police and traffic officers were detailed to the circus Kronnds at Fourteenth and IJ streets thin afternoon to direct au tomobile traffic whir)) was badly jammed ly bundrcdo of cars b fore noon. Thousands ot circtm rlay visitors poured into tho city this morning Riving tho downtown district the complete appearance of tho old-time circitH day. Indications were this morning that KinEllnrc Brothers would en voy a near capacity crowd both for their afternoon and cvenini; performances with perfect weath er conditions aiding In the attiac tlon of visitors. Tho circus gro'inds Ie located at North Fourteenth and II streets. Tho easiest approach Is by Four teenth street, going two and a half blocks north from I lie comer of Outer and Fourteenth. Tlu" nearest approach by street car Is over tho Clieinelteta street line stopping nt the corner ot Center and Fourteenth. FLEET OFFICE Seattle Wash., Aug. 29. A dispatch from Portland, published today by the Seattle Tlmos, said that tha United States emergency fleet corporation would oon close Ita Portland office and concentrate activities in Se.-.ttle. Heretofore operations on the Columbia river have been direct ed from Portlaud, axcept that trntflo matters were handled In San Francisco. An auditor to check tha accounts of tho Colum bia Paciflo company, operating under the board, continues at Portland. FAIR TONIGHT And Sunday; mild temperature, light variable winds. Local: Max., 71; mln., 48; rain traces river, -2.0; atmos., clear; wind, northwest. Former Sheriff of Mult- nomali Reported Slated For Appointment All Parties Refuse to Talk; Tom Word, who retired as eher iff of Multnomah county in 19H after serving two terms and who was investigator for the federal department of Justice until a few months ago, wlli within the next few days he appointed to succeed A. M. Dnlrymplo as warden of the state penitentiary The Capital journal is informed upon good an inoriiy. Mr. .Wo)d, when Interview.; over long distance telephone, waa nuu-coiniuittai, declaring that h had nothing to say, but refusing to deny that his appointment was pending. He referred The Capital Journal to two Portland men known to be close to the governor ond understod to be representing Governor Pierce In the negotl. tlons, for confirmation ot the ra l'orji Dalrvmnla Resigns. The resignation of Warden Dafc rymple la either in tjie hands of the governor, or has been tendered to him verbally for announcement when the appoiLtment of his sua. cessor is made public, The Capital Journal Is advised although 111 governor and the warden both de cllne to comment on the matter ia any manner. Announcement of the appoint meiit of Word, along with tha rcnlgnntlnn of Dalrymple and th text ot the report to tho governor, of hin special committee named to inquire Into tho escirpe of thru convicts from the prison on tha evening of August 12 and the kill ing of two guards, waa scheduled tn be made late today hut may h4 delayed until next week. Conditions imposed by Word and his friends regarding accept ance of the appointment are said to have delayed announcement .it tho chnnne Friday, and are still raid to be the subject of discus, slon. "Tcmnermentallv Unfit." Ueports that Dulrymple's rusig uatlon was requested by the gov ernor following the findings ot tho coroner's jury that Investi gated the escape and killings, which attributed the escnpe to 4 deplorable lark ot discipline at he prison and after the govarnor'a own committee hud rcportad. art said in rellablo quarters to b without foundation. Dalrymple, It la reported reliably, is reelguinff to savo Governor Pierce from tht cmburrniiRUieiit incident to Ui condemnation that has been voiced !y tho newspapers ot the statu and others at' the prison administra tion since the OHcape. The contents of tho report ot i-he governor's special committee still remnins unknown except to a few, but it has leaked out that tho censure of the prison admin istration is not so severe as was first intimated. Suggestion that the present warden Is teinperment ally not fitted for tho position 'I said to be contained In the ro port. Ran t'l.inclaco, Aug. 29 (API The l'S-t, No. 1 and the PN-, No. 3, two of the bin naval aircraft that have been ordored to partici pate In the non-stop flight to th Hawaiian Islands, beginning Mon day, were declared fit and readf for the test today, while the third ship, tho rn-1, was having twin motors Installed. The mine sweeper Onnnet, waa1 scheduled to leave her position oft Crhwoy field at 7:S0 a. m. todaf for a station off Pedro Point, at tho entrance to Ban Pablo bay, aa arm of San Frnndsoo bay, taking with her a number of officiate ot the fllBht, but she did not ret nwny at tha: hour, having beea held up by last minute work on UM two PN ships.