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FORTY-SEVEN', o YEAR No. 256
fc1 foii1 Ml fin
DECISION TO
FIX STATUS
Suspended Students Raise
Question of Authority
of Board To Control
Secret Societies.
Following yesterday's uciiou by,
tchool authorities in batiuiug iiomj
high school members o the furmvj
Friars club who bad organized uu
alleged new Frinra fraternity, t'je
spotlight of public attention lias
linen turned ou the meeting of the
Salem school board this evening,
when the question of just what is
to be done about the situation will
come before the board.
It is generally conceded that the
present situation mark a a crisis in
the fraternity situation at high
school.
Board's Stand Watched.
By many it is expected that fio
board will act to effectively clamp
the lid on the "new" fraternity.
Others who have scrutinized the
policies of the-board In the pa!,
and have studied the present situ
ation, are not so sure. It is bar 1
to forget that last spring the Si
lent school board, after an
nouncing a policy of opposition :o
secret societies In high school, ex
ecuted a complete about face whei
the question came to a Bhow down
and one or more from each of the
boys clubs appeared in person b3
fore a meeting o the board. At
that time It was smilingly ax
plaiued to the boys that school au
thorities were required by law to
go through certain formalities at
reasonable intervals, and that
"you have a lot of friends on the
board." At that meeting the in
ference was given out that any be
lief that the board was opposed to
high school organizations as tney
then existed was based upon fr-
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BABE RUTH SAYS
FAS! LIFE COS!
I
York, Oct. 27 Babe Ruth,
baseball's "bad boy" whose extrava
gances and "follies" are figured to
have cost him $500,000 In an In
tervlew given to Colliers Weekly
once was fined $9000 by Manager
Miller Muggins of the Yankees, the
story al. reveals.
This, it says, wns the outgrowth
of continued violation of training
rules in 1922, culminating In a "wet
party" on Broadway; but the fine
later was rescinded because Ruth
was "riding the crest of one of his
Inspired batting streaks, hitting
homer almost every day."
This precedent was not a part
of public knowledge, Incidentally
late this season when Ruth wns
fined f."000 by Manager Hoggins
for "misconduct off the field1
while the Yankees were in St.
Louis.
Ruth in his siory, recounts his
missteiw and recalls tremendous
omes through gambling, Ill-starred
business ventures and in fighting
legal suits, all of which he figures
at $2o0.000 besides an equal
amount estimated to have gone foi
"high living, parties, charities
gifts, etc.
Once, he admit?, he lot $35,O0J
on a single horse race.
"I have been the sappiest of
aniv"," he adds. "But I'm going to
make good all, over again."
ASK MARSHALL DANA
TO BUN FOR SENATE
Portland. Or., Oct. 2G. A com
mittee headed by Paul T. Shaw to
day presented Marshall N. Dan
with a petition wi;h 200 signa
tures asking Dana to run for th'
United States senate. Dana re
piled that while he appreciate!
the committee s request he fur
that he must "ask such evidence of
the public desire for. my service In
public office as would satisfy ny
most hostile critic that the pr-v
posal la truly spontaneous and
OF ALL Ml
tate-wide."
Capital
192ft
Boys' Chorus
Stranded In
Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, Pa., Oct. 27. (A.
P.) Rescued by the Children's
Aid Service bureau, which founl
them without funds, 27 boys, agci
9 to 17 years and members of u
chcrus assembled In Los Angeles,
August 1, left here last night for
that city, the guests of the Balti
more & Ohio railroad clubmen and
the service bureau.
The chorus was enroute to FnU-
adelphia, where It was to have
been given a trial before a com
mittee of Scequi-Centenniol, when
their funds became exhausted.
H. E. K. Whitney, who was in
charge of the chorus, and four of
the boys continued to Philadel
phia.
Portland, Or., Oet. 27. (A. P.)
Two years ago tho Whitney
Boys Chorus of Portland, Includ
ing 35 lads, started on a tour of
Canada, intending to reach Chi
cago. They became stranded at
Winnipeg and the boyB were
brought homo by tho Shriner3,
H. 13. K. Whitney later left Port
land for Los Angeles..
Chicago, Oct. 27 (AP) Several
Chicago office holders, officials of
Joliet, Aurora nnd Peoria, ten Chi'
cago police captnins and employes
of five railroads have been drown
into the federal Investigation of
Chicago's $9,000,000 beer syndi
cate.
W. L. Harper, general coal and
coke agent of the New York Cen
tral, threw light on reports that
been was run into Chicago from the
east with railroad employes' con
nl vance, federal prosecutors said.
Harper explained that shipments
of beer were re-consigned and re
routed by forged orders.
He produced records, the govern
ment men Bald, that showed his
name had been forged to orders of
beer shipped from a Corning, N.
Y.. brewery, causing It to be re-
consigned at Elkhart, Ind., In an
attempt to confuse prohibition
agents.
One city official questioned wns
Thomas Keane, city collector, who
had been under Inquisition during
the sacramental wine Investigation
several months ago. Prosecutors
would not disclose anything he told
them.
Coincident with the Inquiry
which will culminate In grand Jury
action, E. C. Yellowley, federal pro
hibltion administrator, revoked
six whiskey permits of physicians
and druggists and summoned fifty
others to his office to show cause
why they should not lose theirs,
Meanwhile detective squads
warring on gunmen, working for
ruiyiers, the death of James De
vito, bootlegger, killed when his
automobile laden with moonshine
liquor crashed Into another In his
efforts to elude a pursuing police
squad.
President Opposed
To Inheritance Tax
Transfer To States
Washington, Oct. 27 (AP)
President Coolidge sees much good
behind the present widespread agi
tation against decentralization of
authority In Washington.
But he feels that if legislation
like the federal Inheritance tax Is
repealed, leaving that field open to
the states, such a course will Im
pose upon the state governments a
heavy responsibility for carrying
out the functions thus given them.
An outline of tho president's
views, made available today at the
White House, disclosed that he be
lieves It would be preferable to
have the states assume many func
tlons of government that are now
carried out In cooperation with the
federal government.
Recent visits to the capital of
seven 1 state governors on taxation
matters have been closely observed
by Mr. Coolidge who views their ap
i peal of the federal Inheritance
RULE
2 KILLED N
I
OF EXPRESS
Broken Rail Causes Crack
Train To Telescope In
Ditch; Thirty Others
Reported Hurt.
Memphis, Tenn., Oct. 27 (AP)
Twenty dead and more than 30
injured was the known toll taken
when the Sunnyland, fast St. Louis
and San Francisco passenger train,
left the rails today near Victoria,
Miss., and tumbled into a tangled
mass down a forty foot embank
ment. At least twenty persons were kill
ed outright or died before a re
lief train could reach the scene and
possibly twice that number were
injured.
The train, traveling about 60 or
00 miles an hour, apparently
spread the track about two hun
dred feet from a forty foot trestle.
The engine cleared the trestle, as
did the first baggage car. The en
gine did not leave the track. Three
baggage coaches and nine day
coaches and Pullmans made up the
train.
All coaches except the last Pull
man rolled down the forty foot
embankment.
The three day coaches were a
tangled mass of wreckage. One of
them dived headlong into the clay
bank by the Bide of the track and
the others rolled and jammed as
they struck bottom, piling tho oc
cupants into the tops an ends of
the cars.
Few of the passengers sleeping
in the last three Pullmans suffer
ed serious Injury and it was these
who directed the rescue and first
aid work before relief trains arriv
ed. II. B. Herring, engineer, saul
the first intimation he had of the
Impending wreck was when lie
heard the air connection between
the tender and baggage car snan.
"As I looked back I saw my train
telescope and crash down the em
bankment," Herring said.
All available ambulances and
physicians from Memphis and
towns near Victoria were presned
into service and the injured were
rushed to Memphis for treatment.
The dead and dying were taken
to a nearby school house, convert
ed Into a temporary hospital.
St. Louis, Mo., Oct. 27. (A. P.)
J. M, Kurn, president of the St.
Louis- San Francisco railroad, is
sued a statement this afternoon
placing the number of casualties
in the wreck of train No, 108 near
Victoria, Miss., at 10 dead and
25 injured. This was based on
information from General Manager
J. H. Fraser at the scene of tb-j
accident.
The statement said nine bodies
had been taken from the wreckage
and one other was known to ba
under It. The Injured were ruahe.1
to Memphis on a relief train. Th
extent of their injuries was no'
indicated.
A broken 90-pound mil was giv
en as the ccius? of the derailment
taxes as a step In line with Increns
Ing other functions of state gov
ernments. One of thrso function"
which he believes could be carried
out to a much Inrgcr extent by the
states is in highway construction.
He appreciates that a definite pol
icy could not be laid down In this
matter an In many states the popu
lation Is scattered over a large ter
ritory which entails difficulties not
confronted by eastern and mid
western states which are more
thickly settled.
In this connection the federal
government would of necessity
make allowances to states in which
are located large tracts of the pub
lic domain as well as those with a
small population, but in general It
Is the program of the administra
tion to encourage highway devel
opment by the states rather than
a continuation of Its promotion
from Washington.
DERAIL MEN
ON SCHOOL ROW TONIGHT
SALEM, OREGON, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 27, 1925
RESIGNS
Des Moines, Iowa, Oct. 27. (A
P.) In a fighting navy day
speech, Rear Admiral Moffett,
chief of the navy bureau of aero
nautics, declared here today his
opposition to a separate air forjv,
as proposed by Colonel William
Mitchell, and his support of the
plan for an air service as part .if
the fleet.
"President Coolidge stated Lie
navy's case," the admiral asserted,
when he said that what we need
is a 'balanced fleet.' In this he
meant a balanced fleet on the sur
face, under the surface and ovjr
the surface.
"The navy in four brief years
in spite of all that has been said,
is not surpassed anywhere in re
aviation. This Is a record of
achievement in which the country
can well feel secure."
Speaking of the efforts neces
sary to build up naval aviation an-
without mentioning -Colonel
Mitchell by name. Admiral Moff.ut
said:
"We have not complained be
cause we had to fight. In fac:.
we nave rather enjoyed It. We
uavo carried on cur fight accord-
ins to the rules of the game. Wo
thing it honorable, sportsmanlike
ana loyal to Play the came accord
ing to tne rules, than to win it by
dishonorable or insubordinate
methods. We have not gone ovir
the heads or the civil adrainlstra
tion in an apper.l to the people."
opposition to a separate air
force" contemplating employment
of aviation as a separate and inde
pendent force and entity as dis
tinguished from an "air service
employing aviation as a compo
nent pan of either the army or
navy, was based partly on the
ground, Admiral Moifctt sa-'d
that "It contemplated revolution
ary changes in the system of ad
ministration." Washington, Oct. 27 Appeals
for public support of the navy were
voiced throughout the country to-
day on the occasion of the annual
navy day celebration this year of
the 15th anniversary of the navy
on the birthday of Theodore Roose
velt.
Open house wns the order for
ships at ports on all coasts and for
navy yards" and other shore Bta-
tion?. with athletic events and
freaking proRrnms arranged in ob
servance of the day. All ehips were
under orders to "full dress" while
naval officers also donned their
blue uniforms Instead of civilian
clothes ordinarily worn at shore
stations. Army officers, too. ap
peared !n uniforms as a compli
ment to the navy.
The speaking program included
a number of addrcvics to patriotic
and civic organizations throughout
the country and over the radio by
civilian and commissioned heads
of the service, commemorating the
service of the navy since Its found
ing and bespeaking public Interest
and support for the naval arm, A
number of the addresses dealt at
length with the quefMnn of avia
tion which has agitated the pub
lie mind In recent months.
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MOFFETT URGES
NAVAL AIR UNITS
Ajoiiraal
rn
Naval Demonstration At
Athens Proposed Unless
Troops Are Withdrawn
From Bulgaria.
Athens, Oct. 27 (AP) The
Greek government today ordered
the prompt evacuation of Bulgarian
territory by its forces. The move
ment to withdraw the Greek fron
tier guards to their former posts
has been begun.
Compulsion Discussed
Paris, Oct. 27 (AP) A naval
demonstration before Athens Ib a
possible league of nations move
should the government of Premier
Pangalos decline tobow to the
league council's decision that It
must cease all hostilities and re
move all Greek forces from Bui
garian soil.
The council hopes and believes
that the Greek government will ac
cept the decision, but it was learn
ed Iri authoritative circles today
that the advisability of a naval
bloc-kade has already been discus
sed privately by the council.
Although M. Carapanos, the
Greek minister, told the council to
day that both Greece and Bulgaria
had reached a direct accord thru
the good offices of Rumania,
suspend hostilities and retire be
hind their frontiers, the Bulgarian
representatives declared they had
no confirmation of this report.
Greek Stand Scored
Indeed, M. Morloff, speaking for
the Sofia government, inormed the
council that a direct entente with
Greece was utterly Impossible bo
cause of Greece's persistent refusal
to listen to Bulgaria's repeated of
fers to appoint a joint commission
to Inquire into the border trouble.
M. Morloff said the latest dis
patch from Sofia showed that up
to yesterday the Bulgarian losses
were 48 killed or wounded. Of
these 26 were soldiers and 22 civil
ians, men and women. There was
the probability of other unknown
victims. He demanded that Inde
pendently of any penalties which
the council might apply to Greece
for her "grave blow at internation
al peace" and violation of her lea
gue obligations," complete repara
tion should be accorded Bulgaria
for the damages to persona and
property and all prisoners should
be immediately released.
I OF
Mexico City, Oct. 27. (A. P.)
Jack Dempsey, world e heavy
weight champo'n, made a figJitli:'
entry into Mexico City last night.
Not that he personally participa.
ed, but nevertheless his arrival
whs enlivened by numerous fist
fights in tho throng of admire.-s
who gathered at the station to
greet him.
Soldiers with fixed bayonets
woro hurried summoned to aid the
police In snving Deiniwtcy from fil
ing crushed to death by tho mob.
And there were plenty-of bloody
ncwes and cracked heads to .show
how well the troops and the po
lice did tholr jobs.
The champion lias come to Mex
ico for a series of exhibition bouii
with his Bpnrrlnrr partners. He
will make his appearance In the
ring neNt Saturday.
STATE P-T DELEGATES
MEET IN CONVENTION
Portland. Or.. Cel. 27. (A. P.)
Delrgites front all parts of tue
strtte Wfre hero today for the opei
ing of tli o annual convention of
'.ho Oregon fatnto Parent-Teacher
association. Visits to Portland
schools occupied the visitors tod a 7.
Tlii" evening the convention w:II
be formally open-d with a recep
tion. Kfong Will continued -in
ill Friday evening.
Mrs. A. H. Rm?vo of Philadel
rMa, president of the Natiom
"on!resfl of Mothers nnd Teacher),
her? today to t.ik pirt in ilto
'oivf-ntir n. Her principal addrets
GREEKS SAY
EVACUATION
IS ORDERED
r,,l in piv n A odnefday evening.
Willos Cool Under
Sentence; Kelley's
Indifference Thin
"You will kill a guard, will
you?" Jim Wilos twitted El's
worth Kelloy as the two were tali
en through the state prison gutr
yesterday after a jury In circuit
court had found them guilty of
first degree murder in connectUn
with the prison escape of Auginl
12.
Kelley, unable to see anything
but the serioua side of the pre
dicament in which he finds him
self, had nothing to say. When
the handcuffs were removed i-i
the turnkey's office before I he
two were returned to their cells,
Kelley essayed a jig stop or two.
but Deputy Warden Lillie said it
was a pretty feeble effort.
As Kelley and Willos woro led
KILLED BY SHOT
Cyril Vande-'beck, resident of
St, Louis, was accidentally killed
by the discharge of his shotgun m
he wus descending from his truck
a mile south of Gervals late Mon
day afternoon. The entire charge
from tho gun entered hfs neck ut
lc3s than a foot from the gun's
muzzle, causing instant, death
The story of the incident was Inter:
pieced together by persons arriv
ing on the scene, there being no
direct witnesses to the occurrence.
It la believed that the man saw1
a pheasant as he was driving his
truck down the road and stopped
his machine with the idea of get
ting out and shooting the bird. He
did not stop the engine lu his mi
dline, the engine bolng running
when the first witnesses arrived
on the scene.
Apparently he had attempted to
pull the gun out of the truck,
muzzle forcmust, after alighting
to the ground himself.
The man is survived by It Is fa
ther, Alphonse Vandorbcck, n
brother and two sisters, the en-
tiro family belnc residents of 8'
Lou la.
PLANS ARE LAID
That there will be a meeting of
representatives of the federated
clubs of Salem next Tuesday night
for the purpose of formulating
plans for a Salem community chest
wns announced this afternoon by
Dr. Henry Morris, president of tho
federated clubs.
Ihe fact -of the meeting was
made public for the first time nt
this noon's Kiwunls club luncheon
and enme out In connection with a
general discussion of campaigns
for funds In the city, and their sup
port by the various., service cluh
of Salem. That the drives for
funds, coming one on the heels of
the last, or coming several at a
time, are all worthy of support,
but that "It gets tiresome having
them on all the time," jvn.a the gist
of the comment passed by the Ki
wnna ns.
Under the tentative plan to be
taken up by the federated clubs,
according to Dr. Morris, all local
charitable funds thought worthy of
support would be combined In one
fund, and a general campaign wag
ed In the city for. raising tho one
general fund. Persons would be
called on just once for charitable
cause throughout tho year.
T. M. Hicks, president of the lo
cal chamber of commerce, who war
present nt this noon's luncheon,
stated that the chamber Is also con
slderlng a proposition of the same
kind.
BriuV Fnllsr 50 Missim .
Batavia. Java. Oct. 27. f A. P"i
Three persons were killed n I
ro arc missijig, following the lim
lapse of a bridge nar Medan, Is
land of Sumatra.
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DDinn milDUI? P1?TT2 ON TRAINS AND NBWB
rKiOri i nivJiiJii Lijinxo stands five cents
JIM
down the cell tier Willos called to
Tom Murray, already sentenced to
death for the same crime:
'Hollo, Tom, I'm going to spoud
Christmas with you."
Murray is sentenced to bo h aim
ed on Friday, December 18. nnd
Kelley and Willos nre to appear
before Judge Kelly at 3 o'elnsk
next Friday morning to receive the
death sentence.
It is understood that Will II.
King, attorney for the three con
victs, will appeal the cases to tli'.
supreme court, which will mean
stay of execution.
The jury that y es I e rdu y ad
judged Kelley and Willos guilty
as charged was out a little less
than 52 hours. It reported at
4:08 o'clock yesterdny afternoon
I
Leroy Ulce, farmer near Scotls
Mills, wanted here on a chargo of
an ussa'ilt on his 13-ycur-old
daughter, is In a hospital at Ore
gou City, where ho Is reported, to
be In a serious condition due to
mutilation he inflicted on hlmscif
following tho alleged crime. It is
stated tli at when Rice found off:
cors wore looking for him ho In
fllctcd the injuries on himself ami
then drove to Aurora where be
placed himself under the care of
a physician who, in turn, Bent blni
to the Oregon City hospital. Th
Aurora physician advised I he
(Sheriff's office here that as soon
us Hlce Is able to be moved officers
hero will be notified so that Itk'c
may be brought to Sulom.
A warrant has been iBStitd
against Rice, based ou charges
made by his wile and other daugli
tcrs who came to Salem to lay ih
facts before the authorities.
GOOLIDGES DECLINE
GIFT OF APPLE PIE
Washington, Oct. 27. (A. P.)
The president and Mrs. Coolidge
have declined an offer from ue
Girls Club of Vermont university
of a large apple pie for tho White
House ThanUsghing dinner.
Although no reason was given
for declining the pie, apparently
It vna refused because acceptance
might hove been taken as an en
dorsement by the president of tli-'
proposed apple week to be held
about that time.
Tho telegram tendering the pie
said It was designed to be a p.n't
nf the appl" wool: program.
Lloyd at Funniest in
Role of Freshman
At Journal Matinee
Did you over see a collide
freshman full of pep, nirin' to ho
a football hero, nnd whatnot, only
ho just didn't uuiie know how'.'l
'uiiuy how they ret, Isn't It.
There never was one who nc'.o I
any funnier than Harold Lloyd,
conceded to be one of the screen
gratest corned ians. when he maKes
liia debut in collegiate circl-'rt.
They juit don't make Ym any
funnier they couldn't.
A mad dnh down the field wit i
the ball rnder his arm only 't
wasn't the ball hi initiation in
THIS COUPON AND TEN CENTS
Will admit any child 12 years of age
or under to the special matinee at the
OREGON THEATRE
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, OCTOBER 28
At 4 o'clock, as a guest of the
CAPITAL JOURNAL
. pRobA'bly rain
Ider TOjt and Wednesday,
Light TxfileaaterV winds.
Local: Max., 67; mln.. bl; rain, none;
river, -2.5; ntmos.. cloudy; wind, south.
I RESTORATION
OE FINANCES
Painlcve And Ministry
Quit Task As Result
of Opposition Shown
Caillaux Plans.
Paris, Oct. 27 (AP) Premier
Palnleve's cabinet resigned today.
M. Palnleve called on President
Doumcrgue shortly after 2 p. m.
itntl presented the collective resig
nation of the ministers.
Tho premier Informed the presi
dent that the cabinet . could not
continue Its work of restoring the
French finances without being as
sured of a favorable majority In
Parliament.
The decision of tho ministers to
resign was unanimous. It was caus ,
ed by the' attitude taken by the
radican and socialist parties at
their recent congress In Nice where
tho principle of a tax levy on cap
ital was adopted.
Stn.tem.Mit Issued.
After M. l'aiiilevu's departure
from the Ely see palace, the follow
In t; communique was issued:
. "The cabinet council, which In
its preceding meeting had exam
ined faovrably the plan elaborated
by the minister of finance. Inter
rupted that di&cu&sion this morn
ing, although there had been no
essential difference between the
members of the ministry to dnvnte
itself to n study of the political
and parliamentary situation aa
fronted by the recent manifesta
tion of the parties.
"Convinced that an urgent ef
fort toward national restoration
cannot be pursued without the cer
tainty of a stable (parliamentary"!
majority, the government dcrtlros
to remit lis resignation to tho
president of the republic."
The rafnleve ministry was form
ed on April 1C of this year to suc
ceed that of Edounrd Her riot,
which also went down through the
refusal of parliament to accept Ub
financial policy.
Like its predecessor, the cabinet
which stepped down today depend
ed for Its parliamentary majority
largely on tho parties of the left.
Including the rodlcols and radical
socialists. Joseph Caillaux, Paln
leve's minister of finance and one
of the outstanding personalities of
tho government, has steadfastly re
sisted the left bloc In Its desire to
resort to a levy on capital ns a
means of lifting France out of Its
financial difficulties.
Paris dispatches for the last few
days have made It plain that the
premier and Foreign Minister
Urland were not in sympathy with
M. Calllaux'e plans, the details of
which have been kept largely in
the dark during their considera
tion by the cabinet.
to this, that and the other phase,
of college life finally the big
game of the secm; they're all
portrayed In Harold Lloyd's latest
iUccesHftil picture, "The Fresh
man," willed opens nt the Oregon
theater tomorrow.
Four o'clock in the afternoon Is
the hour. One coupon plus ona
dlmu Is thy price for sp?cial Jour
nal guests. Children of the right
age. from nothing up to 12, are tii9
runs who are invited. Without the
coupon they can get in for 25
rent-.
ABANDONED