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NATIONAL FRONTIERS EUROPE ASSURES CIRCU1ATI0N Dally average net paid circulation tor month ending September 30, 1921 7077 Average dally dl!ttHhMtlon 7443, Member Audit Bi of Circulations. forty-seve: a year no. 249 M F UPONPEAGE Frontiers To Be Respect ed Attacks Refrained From Britain to Leave Cologne Bridge Head. Paris, Oct. 19. (A. P.) Article one of the Locarno treaty guaran tees "the inviolability of the iron tiers of Germany and Belgium, and Geruiauy and Franco, as fixed by tho Versailles treaty. Germany, Belgium and France undertake re ciprocally to refrain from attack, Invasion and all other war acts. The contractus parties agree to submit all questions in whici1 their respective righls are que! tioned to judges, whose decisions the signatories undertake to cent. Maintenance of the "tcrrltor'al status quo frontiers of Geruiauy, Belgium and France are guaran teed by the contracting parties. Individually and collectively. They also undertake to refrain from the concentration of troops in the demilitarized zone fifty kilo- motel's wide on the right bank of tha Rhine river. ' The signatories agree to refer anv violation of the present trea ts or of articles 42 and 43 df the Versailles treaty to the council of the league of nations lending their assistance to the party which the league of nations has ruled as bav lne been attacked. (Articles 42 and 43 of the Ver sailles treaty turbid Germany to maintain or construct any formi cations either on the left bank of the Rhine or on the right bank to the west of a line drawn fifty it'io meters east of the river. In Mils area ti e maintenance and awm- hly of armed forces or military maneuvers of any kind are loraiu den.) The present treaty does not in terfere with the rignt ana odust tions of tho contracting parties under the Versailles treaty and Is destined to Insure the maintanance of peace in conformity with the league of nations. Guarantee Protection. Berlin, Oct. 19. (A. P.) The nreamble to tho pacta negotiate at the Locarno security conference declares it la the desire of lug" contracting parties "to guarantee protection and security to the peoples who suffer under the scourge of war from 1914 to 191 and to safeguard peace In thine areas which have repeatedly boon the scenes of European conflicts. The contracting parties also are 'actuated by a desire to assure the signatories ol a complete guava.i tee of such treaties within tin scope of the covenant of the league of nations. The preamble expresses convic tion that, with enforcement ol ui pact and treaties, moral relaxation between nations wm set in, iu.i it will facilitate the solution o: numerous political and economt nrobleins, and that it wm one lively promote a general "movement for the universal disarmament in behalf of whic.i the eignatori pledge their co-operation. Rritnin n Leave. Paris, Oct. 19. (A. P.) Ex pectations that the evacuation of tho Cologne bridgehead would be .... r !, fir.. Innffillln recutita Cf the security agreement reachel .it the bocarno conierence weve strengthened by declarations mvU' by the British roieign secretary Austen Chamberlain this af'er noon orter an interview wun rrs mini- Pr.lnldvA Mr. Chamberlain said he hod talked with the French premier about "logical consequences of the 1jnarnn eeniHtv nnrt" nnd nri'l""! that "those logical consequents Will soon DTcome apparent. POSTOFFICE AND STORE AT CASTLE ROCK ROBBE! Pendleton, Oct. 1 9 According to meaner reports received here from Boardman today the store and vostofflce at Castle Rock, Ore. seven mile west of Bonrdmnn were . totally dent roved by fire Sunday evening about nine o'clock. The fire was of unknown origin. The report stated that no Insurance w.w carried on the building. NATIONS UROPE AGREE Capital J GOOD EVENING WORDS and MUSIC By Ktodrinrd King CUUMICAXj CAROL A new protection against clothes moths had been found by the bu reau of entomology of the United States department of agriculture in the form of paradichlorobenzene. Government bulletin. Tho mothball consign tq the fur nace's maze. Tho moths from their nourishment wean. And lustily join In tho lyrical praise Of paradlchlorobenzcrnc. And clutter no closet with red ce dar chests, Whose end la now clearly fore seen We'll dip all our sweaters and trou sers nnd vests In pnmdlehloi'obenzcnc. Lanivorous Insects are liardy and StOUt. But now they'll be linggnrd and lean, For none can Burvivc a brief, gruel- lllff lKtllt With paradichlorobenzene. Some chemical compounds arc deadly to man. While others arc bland nnd serene. But I've never found one Uuit's lis easy to scan As pa rndicliluro benzene! Probably wo. shall shortly hear more or tne uossjiuge economy pro gram, which will be most appro priate a time when millions of Americans are wrinkling their brows over the problem of wheth er the old overcoat will do nnot-h er winter. . There are 550,000 radio seta on American farms, but for rural dis semination of news no broadcasting system has ever equaled the old party line telephone. The city of Los Angeles is now 44 miles wide from tip to tip, but the distance from boom to boom is somewhat greater. The government Is tnklng steps to establish on the Mississippi rlv- haven for wild life. It Is In deed a deplorable fact that wild life in America Is disappearing so rap icily, and sportsmen will hail any federal project that will tend to avert tne extinction or the blind tiger, the cabaret hound, the bar ny ana otner interesting fauna. 'Where we pay tho taxes we do, this siato is entitled to Borne con sidcration from the federal gsv eminent, and that without be? ging for it," James J. Crossley of Portland, candidate for the repub lican nomination to United States senator from Oregon, stated iij a speech before the Salem chamber of commerce here this noon. 'I believe that this stata about to begin a period of great-. development, he said, "hut v find ourselves handicapped du to the fact that 54 per cent of in land in Oregon is In federal re serves or under federal control.' Crossley declared that the con J tion has "had a vital effect on oil taxation system. "You never bear of the govern ment assuming control of any great tracts ol land except in .lit' west," he said. He In tl ma ted that representa tives of this flate who arc sent to Washington shot: Id go there ask ing federal help by way of Irriga tion projects in eastern Orcein, in reclamation of logged-off lan1s and reforestation in western Ore gon, and in "development, not only of the port of Portland, but of all other Oregon ports." "We should 50 back to Washing ton asking those things not as alms and favors, but as rights 10 which we are entitled." Crossley state, He prefaced his remarks by nmk Inrr a declaration In favor of Iw enforcement, saying that "there seems to be a modern tendency to get away from the principles of our forefathers. Touching on conditions in trie clt7, the speaker spoke highly of "the progressive spirit you hav? here." He predicted that within a few year Salem will be 'the Beiw: of the United States." Vancouver, B. C. Charles F. Martin, superintendent of trans portation here for the CnnadUn National railways, died from In juries reaived when he was run over by a freight car in the com pany y.'.rde. 11 . mnniF IT S HEAVEN OR HELL FOR ALLS Record Crowd Hears Evangelist Discourse Salvation, Damnation And Fundamentalism. 'It's, heaven or hell for every body," Billy Sunday, evangelist, told the crowd that was packed In to the First Methodist church to hear him this morning. The crowd la believed to have been the larg est ever gathered into tho local church building. "Go ahead," he said, "pile up your wealth, get your education, ac quire your personal charms, It won't lift you an Inch toward the kingdom of heaven. You can put a school on every hill, a college in evary town, but America will sink into hell unless it's people are pure In heart." Declaring against religious ex tremities, Sunday declared he hat ed to see men looking "like his clothes had been cut by a cross eyed man with a crosscut saw, and shot on with a howitzer. 'Some people," ho said, "think that the more they look like hedgehog at a rummage Bale the more apt they are to get to heav On Fundamental Ism Commenting on the status of the American public, the evangelist early In his speech declared that "if the present rate of insanity in crease keeps up, nnd the present increase In population, in 2100 every man, woman and child in the country will be bughouse," but lot er stated that "the common people of the country are always sound on fundamentals." He averred that the United States will never again see the day of the open saloon, and that Al Smith, being a "wet," has no more chance of getting to the White House than a cat has of crawling through a stovepipe with a bag of cement tied .to its tall Touching on the authenticity of the Bible, Sunday declared that It "either Is or Is not the word of God. If the Bible isn't Inspired, then there Isn't a sinner on earth. He insisted, however, that the book is divinely Inspired, and that "these ideas of doubt don't start In the pews. There is more religion in the people these days than there Is in the pulpits. What Is Jllblc For? "What was the Bible written for?" he demanded to know. "We are told, 'These things were writ- (Continued on Page Seven) VOLSTEAD LI BY I Washington, Oct. 19. (A. P.) The constitutionality . of tin Volstead act again was upheld and its provisions discussed in dctai today by the supreme court. A formal opinion in the Drus- gan case from Chicago, in which an appeal by the defendant recent ly was dismissed, was made tl occasion for ;he court's redefir.i tion of its support of the valid I. of the dry law. Washington, Oct. 19. (A. I. The BUpreme court today affirm ed on authorities cited the Injun? tion issued bv the federal district court at Chicago restraining en forcement of on order br the 111! nois commerce commission in 4j gUGt, 1923, which would h.tv made reductions in the rates vi the Illinois Bell Telephone com pany for nickel in box service Chicago and that vicinity. Washington, Oct. 19. (A. P ) The supreme court today dis missed for want of jurisdiction the attack upon the California syndi calism law by Charlotte An Whitney. London. Eng. King; Qeorgi reads a chapter of Ihe BiMe every day. UNDAY SALEM, OREGON, MONDAY, OCTOBER 19, 1925 MELLON FOR HEAVY CUT Secretary Seeks to Reduce Surtax To 20 Per Cent Maximum Similar De creases AH Along Line, Washington, Oct. 19 (AP) A reduction of tha maximum Income surtax to twenty per cent with cor- cspondlng decreases ail along the line was proposed to the house ways and means committee todaj by Secretary Mellon. The normal rate would be fixed under the secretary's suggestions at one half per cent instead of two per cent on Incomes up to $4000; at 8 per cent Instead of four per cent on Incomes of $4000 to $8000 and at five per cent instead of six por cent on incomes in excess of $8000. The secretary also advocated these additional changes: Repeal of the estate tax. Repeal of the gift tax. Reduction of automobile taxes by repeal of the levies on trucks, tires and accessories. Repeal of Oilier Taxes Repeal of a number fff mlscellan eous taxes, such as that on works of art brought from abroad. Repeal of the publicity section of the income tax law. He opposed repeal of the tax on tickets to theaters and other places of amusement and various other proposals for amendment of the present law, including any exten sion in the jurisdiction of the board of tax appeals. The secretary's ' recommenda' tions, based on the conclusion of (Continued on Page Seven) Z HELD INVALID Washington, Oct. 19. (A. P.) The Arizona minimum wage inw for women wsa held to be uncon stitutional today by the Buprenv court. The court'a iioFltion was set forth by Its action In affirming the decision of the lower courts on the Issue. The attack upon the law was made by A. Sardell, own er of two stores at Nogales, who employed four women clerks nnd contended that If compelled to pay them a minimum wage of ?lo n week, as required by the Stat statutes, his business would to ruined. RcDlying. the state held that oe was not required to employ wem en and insisted that the law was valid exercise of its police oow era. The federal uieirici court lur Arizona held, however, that It was Invalid and enjoined the Btate 01 flcera from enforcing it. Shoot Coyote In Blind School Chicken Pens William McCairoll, engines at the state school fr the blind, lo cated in the heart of one of S.i lem' e residential districts, thii morning shot and killed a coyo in the state school's chicken pn3, at the rear of the school. Mrs Mildred Mortensen, laundress the institution, was directly sponsible for the slaying of the coyote. She saw the animal in in pen3 and slammed a gate on it. McCarroll was called and dispat. ed the anlmr-1 with a rifle. The coyote was a young one. ap parently five or six months oid and Is believed to be responsible for depredations on the chicken pens over a perio-1 of several dovs. The animal is believed to have been living lurking In brush along a creek bed back of the school nn state property. It is thought prob able he followed the stream down I from the Silver creek country 2a Imlles from here where coyotes ?t?ll 'are plentiful. UN yomraai F Jordan' Receives 63 More Offers I To Wed for $400 The mysterious Miss "Jordan" who advertised for a husband of four months duration to clear up un estate and offered $400 for the use of the man's name, appeared by Western Union messenger from the Y, W. C. A. club rooms lato Sat urday evening, claimed the some 50 odd letters and telegrams which came for her and disappear ed In the night. Her identity is still concealed behind the cloak of mystery, convinced that it pays to advertise in The Capital Journal. But her opportunities were not all wrapped up In the bundle she received Saturday evening as since then 49 more communicotio.ia ELECT DURHAM H: P. Durham, principal of the Parrlah junior high school of Sa lem,- was elected head of the Mar ion, county division of the Oregon state teachers' association at its session here Saturday, Other offi cers were chosen as follows: Vice president, Mrs. Maude Mo- chel, head of the Engiisft depart ment of Wood burn high school; secretary-treasurer, MIbs R. A. Richardson, of Sllverton; members of executive committee, from 2nd district, O. S. T. A.. Supt. J. O. Mc Laughlin, of Corvallis; vice presi dent O. S. T. A., Mrs. Susanne Holmes -Carter of Jackson county. The last two elections committed this county in favor of candidates outside the county. If the major ity of counties In the 2nd district vote in favor of McLaughlin he will become a member of the stato exe cutive committee from the district. There are some half dozen coun ties In the district. Mrs. Holmes Carter will have to receive support the majority of counties In the state to become vice president of the ' state teachers' association, which assures her becoming presi dent the following year. The Marion county division ac cepted the recommendation of the nominating committee ana pres cribed that the custom of advanc ing the vice president to the presi dency will be the custom in tne ru ture for the Marion county division, This assures Mrs. Mochel o Wood burn of the position of president of the county division for next year. In a series of resolutions tne Marlon county branch of the Ore gon State Teachers' association, meeting in Salem Saturday, went on record as follows: 1. Endorsement of the work of the Marion County Child Health Demonstration, and pledging co- opwatlon with It. 2. Recognition of the importance of the work of Americanization of aliens. 8. Expression of appreciation for the work of State Supt. J. A. Churchill. 4. Emphasizing the need of at tention to education in primary grades. 6. Expression of thanks for the use of the Salem high school bulla Ing, In which the institute was held 6. Expression of appreciation for the work of County Supt. Mary Fulkerson. WOMEN'S SPRING HATS DISPLAYED AT PARIS Paris. Oct. 19 (AP) The first spring styles In women's hats of the J 926 season were seen yester day at the Bois de Boulogne track at the close of the 1926 flat racing season. The beautiful autumn day brought out several 1926 women straw hats. Two of the most prominent which had just won first prixe the exposition of decorative arts for their designer were, one of black made of thin straw interwov en with big horse hair, the other of rosewood color, simply trimmed with a taffeta scarf. Another hat was of red mephiato plcot with ornaments of gold and silver and scarf In red mephisto crepe de chine, the ends of which were trimmed with gold and silver. hare been received as well as an additional photograph. The latest photograph is from Robert H. Norman of Oakland Cal., who looks and smiles like Harold Lloyd in the picture- and says he is "ambitious and idealistic and forsees great possi bilities and opportunities in llfo.' But, hastens to add, he le "not In clincd to brag." He declares he is 24 years of esc, a graduate of tiK college of agriculture of Califor nia, now engaged in the real estate business. He declares he disre gards the purpose of the matri mony venture as set forth by (Continued on Page Seven) THREE KILLED BOMBER FALLS Cape May, Court House, N. J., Oct. 19 (AP) Three men were killed today when an airplane bear Ing the number A-SC8B24 fell near here. The identity of the airmen waB not known. A package found n the plane was addressed to a Lieutenant Haley. Mitchell Field, N. Y., Oct. 19 (AP) Army plan number 68524 left here at 10:30 a. m., today for Langley field. It was piloted by Lieutenant Abbott C. Martin who had with him as passengers Cap tain Robert A. Kinloch and Staff Sergeant Joseph Colson. Lieutenant Martin's ship was one of two big bombers attached to the twentieth bombardment squadron at the Virginia field, which left this station at the same time this morn Ing. Washington, Oct. 19 (AP) The three men killed today In the creeh of an alrplnno at Cape May Courthouse, New Jeraey, were army officer. CANDIDATE FOR Frederic Steiwer, Pendleton at torney whose name was injected into the United States senatorial controversy by Judge Lawrence T. Harris when he declared to be & candidate, has accepted the op portunity thrust toward him and announces that he has definitely made up his mind to be a candi date for the republican nomina tion in opposition to Robert N Stanfield, incumbent. Born in Marion Steiwer was born in Marion county 42 years ago. He came to Pendleton in 1909 from Portland, after completing his law studies, and has practiced law since. He served as deputy district attorney and In 1912 was elected district attorney. In 1917 he was elected state senator. He has been a member of the law firm of Raley, Raley & Stei wer several years. He Is married and has two children. His formal statement was as follows: "I have concluded that I will later become a candidate for the Republican nomination as United States sen e.tor. I will then make a formal announcement and will publish the platform upon which my campaign will be made. Wants Law Enforced "I will stand for governmental economy and a lessening of the burden of taxation. I expect to support the splendid administra tion of Calvin Coolidge. I want to aid In his fight for lower expend! lures of public money. London, Eng. -A telephone ub 3criber, sutinp at home, will I able to talk to New York via rid soon for $5. DPTPT3" TtIDT?ri ncurmo ON TRAINS AND NEWS """U VAUiKlO STANDS P1VH CBIJTH WWW MURRAY TO PRISON KILLER TAKE APPEAL In Opening Statement In Kelley-Willos Trial At torney Intimates Carry ing Case Higher Court. The firet intimation of the grounds upon which he will appeal the conviction of Tom Murray, convicted and sentenced to he us for tlie murder of Guard John Sweeney during the prison break of August 12, was given by Will R. King, counsel for the defense, in his opening statement to the Jury in the trial' of James Willow and Ellsworth Kelley, companions of Murray in tho prison break. Tlo state in stating its case charged Kelley vUh tho murder of James Milton liolman, prison guard. Ab in the Murray trial King de clared that Kelley and Willos act ed in self-defense in seeking to escape from -persecution In tb; prison that threatened their lives, In the Murray trial the court rulej out the plea of self-defense on the round that there was no showiug in the evidence to justify it, and that inasmuch u-j an attempt to escape from prison is a statutory rime in Oregon a derense oaacu upon such a plea was not ad mis-s able, The defense contended that Hoi man was killed by Bert "Oregon' Jones either accidentally or by de sign, that when Jones jumped over the wall to a spot near where Holman was sitting wounded against the wall the shotgun that Jones carried swung around and was discharged striking Holman in the head. The defense stated that it pected to prove that Willos and Kelley were suffering from a form of insanity brought on by their al leged persecution. Judge King contended that Kel ley at no time during the break had any arms and that ho fired no shot and that Willos fired only in haphazzard manner at nothing In particular in the excitement of the break. Riehts of Defense. Throughout the trials Judge King has contended that the leg islaiure in making prison escape felonies did not contemplate tint It should he construed to deprive anyone, even a convict confined in nrisou. of his constitutional rignt to defend bis own life. Judge Kin,; contends that such a statuee Is un constitutional, although admittmi a lack of judicial precedent to sup nort his contcntluu. By reason ol confinement in av "bull pen" of tho prison and tne constant menace or being conrine ihere without cause or justifi'ja tion, und because of the presence of a guard over the bull pen wn has a mania for killing, ana wn has firod without provocation convicts confined to the cells in ha bull nen indiscriminately, til convicts were justified in seekin tn make their escape, even at l!i expense of taki:ig human life if they were resisted, King told the jury. Grounds for Anneal. Judge King's ground for appe-il. thus indicated, is that the court erred in depriving Murray of his constitutional r'.ght of neli-defeuse. Lyle J. Page, deputy prosecut in opening the case for the stji this af ternon asked that tiie death penalty bo imposed on Wi los and Kelley under the etntu: making a capital offense of par ticipatlun in a criminal conBpir v resulting in murder, Kelley an Willos, Page declared, are eqiaP as guilty of the murder of Guar Sweeney as was Murray, altlioui; neither of them actually fired t ii hot which resulted in his dea The claim that the conspiracy escape did no. contemplate any killing, that Willos and Keil joined In It in the belief that ther would be no Killing, and that there was nothing to indicate that either of the defendants took an part in the shooting was aleo ad Tanced by Judge King. Jury U Secured After the recular and two spt cial venires of jurymen had been exhausted attorneys In the caso at last completed the jury pan at 3:30 o clock saitiruay an (Continued on Page Seven.) STATES KNG FAIR WEATHER Tonight and Tuesday, mod via to temper ature, light variable vlmU, Local: Max., 63; min., 46; rain, none; river, -2.3; utmoa., clear; wind, north. AN ON DECEMBER 18 Murray Sentenced After Plea For Leniency On Account of Youth And Record ; Winces at Last. Tom Murray, convict convicted of the murder of Guard John Sweeney in the prison break of August 12, was this morning sen tenced by Judge Percy R. Kelly to hang for the crime on Friday, De cember 18. The sentence was Imposed after Murray had made a statement to he court, pleading for mercy on. his record and his youth. Asked by the court If he had anything to say relative to why he should not be sentenced to pay the extreme pen alty, the convict replied: "Ves, I might say something," and in a clear tone of voice con tinued: Murray .Makes Speech "The prosecution In this case has tried its best to dig up my criminal ecord. but the best they have been able to do- is to show two crimes, burglary In California committed when I was only 18 years and lan t know any better, and the Florence bank robbery. 'After being released from Quen tin San Qucntin I went straight for two years before we stuck up the Florence bank. "They have said that I was a killer. In tho Florence job wo could have killed, but we didn't. During the time I have been In the penitentiary I have been shot at five times without any warning. They would shoot first and talk afterward. "In the break we could have kill ed several we didn't even shoot at. had John Davidson In my power. and If there was any man at tho pen I would havo reason to kill It would' have been hlm.Butldidn't. Could Have Killed We could have killet. Guard Gardner as he ran ahead of us to ward the state hospital to give the alarm, and we could have done the same thing at Monitor nnd at the Newman's. I could have taken tho clothes or the Monitor boys, but I only took a cont and kept my pris on pnnts. 'There are several we could have killed and kept from giving information about us. But we didn't." There was a hush over the crowded courtroom as Murray spoke. Ah he finished and stood half facing the court Judge Kelly said: Judge Passes Sentence 'The law gives the court no dis cretion. You are to bo delivered to the warden of the Oregon state penitentiary within 20 days and on the 18th day of Dcc.mber you are to hang by the neck until you are dead. And may God have mercy on -your soul." Murray flinched for the first time during the course of his trial when sentence was pronounced, but he sat down quietly beside Will H. King, his attorney. For 10 min utes prior to tho convening of court Murray sut In the courtroom, and maintained the same attitude of composure he has shown throughout while conferring with King relative to the statement he was to moke. Judge King announced this morn Ing that he had abandoned the idea of filing a motion for a new trial, but thnt an appeal would be tak en. The court has allowed him un til Deccmher 6 to flic a bill of ex ceptions on appeal. S. 0. s. New York. Oct. 19 fAP) Tht United States lines today recelv- ed from the steamship President Harding, In mid-ocean, a wirelesi reporting that It was responding tt an "S. O. 3. from the steamshlj Ignaclo Klorio. The President Harding was oi her way to New York when h itnteic-epted the call. i