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WHEW CAR TURNS TU OA A IT CIRCULATION Dally average net paid circulation for month ending September 30, 1926 7077 Average daily distribution 7443. Member Audit Bureau of Circulations. FORTY'SEVENTH - 1 R, N. Clark Killed And Wife Injured When Auto Skids Of Road 10 Miles South of Salem. TV N. Clark. AGO Salmon street. Portland, district manager for the Missouri Paint & Varnish company, wn killed, probably in stantly, when his automobile turned turtle on the Pacific high way about 10 mile south of Sn lem early today. A lodge card found on 1ms person showed mem bership In Portland lodge No. 112 B. P. O. Elks. Mrs. Clark, who was with him. is in a local hos pital suffering from shock, but Is believed not to be seriously in jured. Clark's occupation and his Portland addresses were obtained by Coroner L. T. Kigdon from letters found fn "is pockets. Clark's business address was 202 Porter building, Portland. There were no witnesses of the accident except Mrs. Clark, but officers who investigated say that the automobile was traveling Bouth. The car apparently skid ded on a turn and went into a bank which caused it to turn over into n complete wreck. The pave ment was slick from a mist dur ing the night. Clark was pinned undei the steering gear and bis head was badly crushed. A Golden ambulance was sent to the scene as soon as passing motorists brought word to Salem and Mrs. Clark was brought to Salem. Coroner Kigdon brought In the body of Clark and is en deavoring to locale acquaintances in Portland. Portland, Or., Oct. 6. Mr. and Mrs. 11. M. Clark for the past three years have lived at the Al mira apartments here. Clark was a retired flea captain before be coming affiliated with the paint company. He was about 50. ICE CREAM PLANT While P. M. Gregory, local man ager of the Buttercup ice cream plant here, was in Portland today and no one in the local offices would dipcuss the mat tor. it was believed he was in Portland in connection with details of a gi gantic Ice cream merger, involv ing all Ice cream plants in Oregon and Washington, including the Salem plant and involving com bined assets of $11,500,000. It hari been l:nown hero for some time 1 hat such a gigantic merger hid been under discussion and telegrams announcing tlio combination of the several plants did not come as any distinct sur prise. The dutches from the east said that manufacturing plants in Seotll. Portland Taeoma, Kvcr ett, r.mncitun. Centralia. Van couver. Wash., Srlem, Astoria and McMlnnvIHe wore to he embraced In the 5:1.500.000 pirrger. DEAD I! Ml Hotel Asks Council To Curb Night Noise In Nearby Streets N.iilnus slniek. whittles, bangs,: and veils that disturb Salem sleep ers at nil times of night were air ed before the city council last night when Mrs. James II. Linn of the Marlon hotel appeared and n.'kcri If semc'lilng could be done to make the M r lnn hotel corner a more restful place for Its patrons. The subject wis referred to the com mittee on h'nlth and police with the possibility tb.it an ordinance will be InToduced at the next meet ing. Mrs. T.lnp Mi tint ihe and Mr. Linn hid done everything possible to make state fair week pleasant for the hotel guests, with all roewi occupied during the week, but that In ite of their effort many com c R No. 238 PEACE PLEA Result of World War Lost Unless Racial Hatreds Are Demobilized Says President. Omaha. Neb., Oct. C. (A. P.) Cheered by men who fought In France as he appealed for demobi lization of racial antagonisms and auspicious President Coolidge In an address before the American Le gion convention warned today that the world faces more destructive wars iiiiles-s u universal spirit of toleration is created. Time and again the president's lui.'TC audience showed its approval as he urged preparations for peace rather than war, reviewed Amer ica's part in the World war, de clared military power must be sub ordinated to civil authority, advo vated "proper and sound" selec tive service act, and deplored the spread of intolerance. From the moment they arrived here, shortly after breakfast for 10-hour stay, the president and Mrs. Coolidge wuo accorded an enthusiastic greeting. Thousand stood in a cold rain to cheer ay their automobile left union sta tion. Omaha, NVb.. Oct. G (AP) President Coolidge, addressing the American Legion convention here today, declared that the result of the World War wilt be lo.-t and the nations of the world will pre pare fur another conflict unless racial antagonisms are demobilized-and a universal attitude of tol eration Is created, "If our country is to have any position of leadership," he added, "I trust It may bo In that direction and I believe that the place where it should begin is at home." Asserting that no nation- ever had or ever will have an army la r ire enough to guarantee it against attack In lime of peace or to Insure Its victory in war, the prrsident said that "peace and se curity arc more likely to result front fair and honorable dealings and mutual pgreemonts for a lim itation of armaments among the nations than by any attempt at competition in squadrons and ba tallons." Xo Merit In Hlg Army "Xo doubt this country," he continued, "could, if it wished to spend more money, make a better military force, but tint Is only part of the problem that confronts the government. The real que.s lion Is whether spending more money to make a better military force would really make a better country. "I would be the last to disparage the military net. Jt Is an honor able and patriot Ic railing of the highest rank. Put I can see no merit in any unnecessary expendl turo of money to hire men t( build fleets and carry muskets when international relations and agreements permit the turning of such resource Into the making of good roads, the building of better homes, the promotion of education (Continued on Page Two.) plaints had been made, it was the opinion of Mrs. Linn that a great denl of the night noises about the hotel are unnecessary, and this also was the opinion of counctlnien. Just across (ho street from the hotel. Mid Airs. Linn, Is a news- paper with Its shouting newsboy who mther In the early morning for their papers. Mr. Linn did not speak harshly of the boy, rccognlz Ing that It is hoy nature to make a lot of noise, hut believed they could be curbed to an extent. Aero an other street from the hotel, Mr. Linn said, nre ft couple of Automo bile repair shop that make much noine until 3 or 1 o'clock In the (.Continued un Page Seven.! LEGION HEARS Br COME German Chancellor Rumored Poisoned By Political Enemies Gustnr Sircseninnn Locarno, Switzerland, Oct. 6. (A. P.) Humors filled Locarno today to the effect that Dr. Stressemr.n, the German foreign minister, was not ill from a fever caused by the change in climate, as announced, but rather as the re sult of administration of poison by political enemies. Spokesmen fo.1 the German dele gation continued to deny the. stor les indignantly, declaring that poisoning was impossible as Dr .Stress em an hod brought his own cook from Berlin and all l lie for.d served hlm had been carefully scrutinized. One rumor current was to the of feet that the police had seized a hoi tic of chfutiti, part of the con tents of which Dr. Strcsseman drank Sunday. Foreign M inkier Briund ol France was the fir:;t to hasten to i he German state-man's bedside and lie returned tor another visit. Foreign Minister Vandeveldc o i Belgium and delegates to the oth er countries followed. Dr. Ktesseman insisted upon at tending today's session ol the se curity confv'ence, which was post poned from the morning to tin afternoon because of his indisposi tion. Friends of the German foreign minister say he has been indiffer ent health since the Wcimer con ference where he overworked, and that "any change of climate causes heart palpitation and a swelling of the throat. Dr. Strerseman had stiff irfently recovered from his illness to at tend the session of the conference this afternoon. AS FLEE! HEAD Washington, Oct. 6 Leigh t C. Palmer was removed today as president of the emergency fleet corporation and Elmer Crowley of Boston, was named to succeed him. The action was taken by the flhipping board and with other changes announced, amounted to a general sh.ike-up In the fleet corporation personnel. The resig nation of Sidney Henry, trustee and vice-president in charge of finance, was accepted by unani mous vote and O. K. Nichols, firt assistant to tho vice president In charge of operations, was elected to succeed him a trustee, leav ing the vice-presidency open. J. E. Hheody was relieved of duly in London as vice-president In charge of European affairs and was directed to report to the board, which It 1 expected will assign him to other dutle. Mr. Palmer v. a a named by the board as vic;-preident. of the fleet corpora t ion In charge oi European operation. The vote by which Mr. Palmer was removed was four to nothing. Those for thj motion were Com missioners Benson, Haney, Plum- mrr and Thompson. Chairman O'Connor, the only other commis sioner present, did not vote. Waihlnclnn Wt fi (A. PA Leih C. Palmer declined today lo r-enpt the vlte-presidency of the ne t corporation in cnarge oi cur ooean affairg SALEM, OREGON, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 6, 1925 LLOYD JURY COMPLETED: TRIAL BEGINS Examination of Witnesses In Trial of Baun's Slay er Underway At Dallas Coroner Testifies. Dallas. Or., Oct. 6. The jury to try W. R. Lloyd accused of the murder of Clinton I. Baun, Inde pendence taxi driver, on the night of September 1, was com pleted at ten o'clock this morn ing, In the Polk county court with Circuit Judge Ramsey prn flidtng and by two o'clock this af ternoon the state waa half way through with the direct exami nation of witiieseee. Irvin Baun, brother and busi ness associate of the murdered man, was one of the first witness es examined. Baun told of the hir ing of the car by Lloyd on the evening of the murder. Frank Richards, sheriff of Linn county swore to the finding of the body of Baun about ten o'clock In the evening a short distance beyond Buena Vsita. He told of . seeing feet and legs protruding from some underbrush on the side of the road. Mrs. Lucas Testifies Mrs. J. E. Lucas who lives a quarter mile south of where Ihe body was discovered testified that shorlly after going to bed on the evening of September 1 she heard one shot. She raised on one elbow in bed because she feared some one was stealing her turkeys when she heard a second shot. A third report followed soon after. Immediately afterward she heard x car go by, according to her tes timony. Sheriff Richards came to her house to find a telephone shortly after that. Other testimony regarding the position of the body was Intro duced by Sheriff Hooker. The on ly disarrangement that the clothing of the dead man nhowed when examined, was that the left trousers pocket was turned inside out. Coroner Testifies A. L. Kceney, county coroner also testified that the body was lying with the head away from (Continued on Pago Seven) A citation for a bridge building program for the city of Salem was Innnched by the Salem Kl wnnis club at Its weekly luncheon this noon. A petition, demanding action by tho city council, and fav oring financing tho program by means of a boid issue, was pass ed among the club member and signed by every Khvanian present. Announcement was mnde that copies of the petition have been prepared for presentation before the Salem Rotary club, the Salem Linns club, and the chamber of commerce. C. B. McCuIlough. president of the club, stated that efforts will be made to have the petition signed by every member of all threo organizations In addi tion to every Klwanlan, and that "then we'll go right on down the line," the Idea being to bring be fore the city council "auch a niul tlpllclty of algnature that they can't afford to Ignore It. The petition la similar to one adopted by the local Kiwanis club early lat sprinff. World Series Baseball The Capital Journal will tnc(iplMine, play hy play. Hi" world writ elmmplnnMilp cntur Hint begin W'cilnewliiy hetMcon Wif-hlngion ami Pittsburgh and continue dnlly Ihcrcnftrr. Full IrauMl wire A MWK:ln I ed Pre crlM?. COURT ROOM v few 4? . 4 v - VIA IrH1 j Salem court room with Judge Percy R. Kellv on bench. A Will R. King, defense attorney, Tom Murray, desperado, Allen Cars Grants Pass, Or., Oct. 6. Mem bers of the Oregon irrigation con gress meeting here In their fif teenth annual session, nre today being taken over the Rogue River valley to view the Irrigation pro jects of this part of southern Ore gon. The visitors will return this evening in time for a banquet as quests of tho j.cople of Grant Pass. The business nessiona will not bo resumed until tomorrow morning. The it inerary of today's tour takes the caravan through th' GnltiU Pass Irrigation district, Van Noy district, up the Apple- gato valley to Med ford and on to Talent, where lunch will be served. On the return the party is to utop at the Gold Hill dis trict. The r-Hnquct tonight will be at tended ly Governor Pierce, win will give his address, which wa" t( have be.:n given yesterday. He arrived Ibis morning and Join-1:! the caravan. Tomorrow the remaining a-I drosei on the program will b given, the election of officers will bo heitl, and the next meeting place selected. Unit.'d States Senator C L. Mc Narv, In an address yesterday. criticized Secretary of the Interior Wcrk i.nd predicted that neither th? secretary nor nnv other man nor small group couhl hold up western dcvelf.ptiir nt. WflraUT K. Noliin. who pivr M adiirowi A8 Run Frnnr-!fri. Inn who enyfl hp Is a npwpnpermnn in the employ of the I'ortltinil Journal, ffl In the city Jul) on n charKe of driving nn automobile while Jnlnxlcntcfl, poflHPKsion of Honor and tranenorlntlon of II quor. Ho wan arreflterl last nlffht after he had driven along High otreet, at high apocd the offlcern aay, bumped off the pavement near the Orctron Klenlrlc hridK' on north tliph and phini:ed Into north Mill creek. Although hlf automobile, a Hulrk fiednn, waf badly damaged, Nolan wan not intured. Porwine HvIiik in tho difitrlet whole attention waa attracted hy the peed at which the car wan travolnir. nishril to tlio urcne when they eaw tho rear light sud denly disappear. Whey they ar rived Nolan waa crawling out of Ihe wreckage with his hand grip They took him to the police ela tion where he waff held. Nolan 1 today trying, with the awttatancc of an attorney, to ftirn- Ikh 150(1 ball. Bell He. Wurh ( Villain Itoald Anmndiien', exploration nrhoon Maud arrived from the Arctic, Bin Is to bo sold. DRIVES AUTO ' IN Mia CREEK rim SCENE OF MURRAY Governor Pierce was wllhln hi constitutional right and authority when he veined an act of the Vj'lU legislature calling a special elec tion and appropriating money for the purpose. This Is the opinion )f the supreme court In a decree handed down today in tli caee ol the state on relation of L. L, Kwan of Albany, a mcinher of tho legis lature, against Kecictary of Httit.' Kozcr. H was an original pro ceeding in maiidauiiis lo coiiiHl Lhe secretary of state to carry out the provisions of the act notwith standing the executive veto. The opinion was written by Justicr Blown, sustaining a demurrer to he alteiiu.tivc vi it. The opinion ho'ds, in c fleet, i hat tho measure from I lie point of view of leghJt'.i ion, was no dif ferent from any other bill passed by the assembly. "Au examination of the bill It self," says the opinion, "showf t hut it was a i mposed law. I was treated by the legislative as sembly as a proposed law. Like wise, the rfovenmr decerned It to lie a bill for an act and he but exercised ria constitutional ;re rogative what hci;tocd It. It has all the component parts of a pro posed statute. Kvery section con tained therein was contemplated by the legislative assembly to b" a section of a proposed statute. Hy disapproving that measure the chief executive exercised a power vested in him by the constitution, ' Fl FGT10N VETO northern lines $4000 Stock Subscribed In Salem Linen Mill By Montague Lord Montague Lord, son of the late (Jovernor Lord, and now one oi the sugur kings of the Philippine islands, htod through Colonel W. U. Hartram of this city, subscribed $4mou toward the new Oregon Linen Mills, Inc. The subscription Is of particular interest In that Mr. Lord's mother, now deceased, may well he classed as "mother o tho Oregon flax in dustry." Throuf.h years of per severing effort, during which she encountered obstacles, was lauph ed at at times and met with smalt encouragement, Hit, Lo;d held an undying faith In tho future of flax in the Willamette valley. She per sonally conducted numerous ex periments with flax, grew It on her own lands In the ctly. Inter viewed gov-.rnors, legislators and business men, nny who might as sist. In making one of the great dreams of her lire come true. For 2't yearn, right up to tlx tlmo of her death, shp was the most active and vlgtlsnt cham pions of flax culture In th state While she sow flax for which sin PRICE THREE CENTS KvfS MURDER TRIAL t table la front, reading from right. on, deputy prosecuting attorney. READY TO JOIN Portland. Oct. 6 W. P. K imey vice-president of tho dreut North ern railway, in chai'KO or traffic. testifying hero today nt the Inter' slate commerce commission hear ing on the application of (he Oro- Kun Trunk. Hill roads' suhsisdiary. to extend from Bend to Klamath Kails, said under crow-exa initia tion that Hie (lieat Northern and Northern Pacific would be willing to let tho Union Pacific come In on construction and tt.so of the proposed lino if It wanted to. Joint service has proved u Hav ing to (ho rail companies and n benefit to tbu public, he declared, citing ns examples the line between the Columbia liver and lScnd and Die common m:e of track by the Ureal Noi tbei n. Northern Pacific and Union Pacific In the Seattle district. The public would benefit by the use of Portland an a ualeway from the Klamath Kails territory, he testified. If the Northern lines were admitted to the district , but this city Is not likely to become mure of a gateway than It already Is If the Southern Pacific is giv en I ho territory exclusively. Ho ail I the Wcyerbneuseis have told him that they will build ii mill with nn annual cut of 1S0, 000,000 feet and the Hhevlin-Hix-uii chiefs have declared Hint they will install a new mill of ir.o.000. 000 feet, annual cut If the iiregnn Trunk Ih extended from llrnd to Klamath Kallfl, Keuney said. was responsible, pronounced the finest In tliu world, and some of her efforts brou.'.ht to a successful conclusion, she did not see the pioneer Htn.nos of Ihe p. teat de vclonmcnt which is now rapidly coming. Her con. in a suti-innt ml way. Is ns'-i.-tlng in the v.ork she sla t ted. Mrs. I-ord was large'y responsi ble for bringing Kui-ciie H-s( hero from Belgium, the first reil riax expert to make hi home in the valley, and with him grew flax, talk.d flax ami caused Ore gon flax to he exhibited In the various flax producing centers "f the world. It was largely through Mrs. !nrd'a activities that (ov- ernor Wlthycovibe showed tha in terfst In fl.iX culture which result ed In the stfihllBhmcnt of tho flax plant at the rtato penlientiary This plant, unquestionably. Is con sidered largely responsible for Int er developments which have brought about the operation of on) mill hero onn has set under way the machinery which will cs tflhllrh another ono before flax blooms again In tho valley. UNSETTLED WEATHER Probably showers tonight and Wednes day, normal temperature, light southerly winds. Local: Max., f!0; min., 4"r, vain, none; river, -2.1; atmos., cloudy;- wind, 8YV. 1H SIDES USE UP HALF Eleven Prospective Jurors To Try Murray Exam ined And Passed Foi Cause; Excuse Docrfler Selection of a Jury in the trial of Tom Murray for the murder of Guard John Sweeney, In the prison break of August 12. went forward nlowly this morning and when tlmo arrived for the noon reeesi there were only 11 jurors In tho box, passed for cause. The de fense had oxerclsed six of its .12 peremptory ehallenKcs and tho .state three of Its six, lOlcvcn prospective Jurors of tlio secend venire panel of fifty wero examined durfjig tho mornlnir and nine passed for cause. Most of the morning was taken up In the examination of three witnesses who had sometime hi tho past been connected with tho stale prison, or had had experi ences In which convicts were In volved. Stole Jurors Cont, din Joseph H. Doorfler of Marlon, had nerirly pawed through tlio necessary preliminary exam In at Ion to qualify for cause when Will It. King, chief counsel for the de fense, led him Into stating that Murray, upon tho occasion of the first of his three escapes from tho prison, had stolen a cont and r. sun from Doerfler. Tho theft occur red, acocrdlng to Doorfler, when Murray and Hert Oregon Jones, another convict, were being nought by posses in tho neighborhood nt Marlon after their escape of March. '2H. 1124. Murray and Jones, bo ald. entered his house one night' and stole two coats and two i;uns. One of the coatw and one gun wero found on Murray when he was rc turned to tho prison a few day later, lioerfler said. While Uoerfler said that be did not think this experience -jyouhl prevent him from acting as a fair and Imparl in! Juror In this ca-o Judge Percy It. Kelly held differ ently, and after questioning Doer flcr carefully dismissed him, say ing: DcM-rflcr FacusciI "I do not feel that any man who Is convinced that another h.nl .stolen from him could sit Impar tially ns n Juror In a trial of tho one who bad stolen from him." John W. Gamble, for six years) a guard at the prison and on duty there nt the time of tho Traeey Merrlll break In 1902, succe.dr.l in nn.slnK fur cause on th strength of his statement that bo felt be could render a fair ami impartial verdict hnncd on the el dence presented and 'be Instruc tions of the court. He wn later1 remove by challenge of the de fence, John A .Ferguson, who tost 1 fled that he at various times iti his Cii parity ns a road contractor employed convicts, was pa-d fop caiwo upon bis declaration that he h-td no prejudice against them, 1 :ieelt III llox The elevt a tentative Jurors in tho box at noon wero Mrs. F.nnna It. Condli of Aumsvllle. Theodore Mindcn of Fast Stayton. Homer P. Cleveland of liberty, L. B. Judson, of S.ilcm tleichts, Harry fl. Car penter of Llvesley, John M. Wat son of Turner, Mrs. perl ha. M. King iif Sublimity, Adnlph Pombeetc of Salem, John J. Jerterson nt Salrm, J. J. McDonald of Silem, and Jessie W. Savage of Fugle wood. The attorneys predicted that the Jury would not be completed, and sworn In before late this af ternoon, and 1 wn not consider ed ill. fly tb.it tho prosecution would commence to present lta evi dence before morning. There Is llllle likelihood that the case will go to the Jury before next week. Approximately Tfl witnesses Will be called by the state, and the de fense has Intimated that It wilt call at least half that many. Second Iogrw Pirn The first Intimation that th de fense inlnht ajk for finding of a lesser degreo of murder, second, degree or mnnMaughter, c.n-.e th; morning In the examination of tho Jurors by Mr. King. The 1n dlctment of Murray charges hlrt with first degree murder "ft state hnj announced that It will (Continued on Pago Hcvcn) CHALLENGES
