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Newspaper Page TextTHREE JUDGES CHALLEWGERrBY MITCHELL JoCT 39 1925 yr LIBRARY ... Journal. CIRCULATION Daily average net paid circulation f month ending September 80, 1925 UNSETTLED TONIGHT And Thursday, prosably rain In north west. Light southwesterly winds. Local: Max.. 63; mln., 53; rain, traces river, -1.6; atinos., cloudy; wind, south. 7077 Average dally distribution 744S. " Member Audit Bureau of Circulate & FORTY-SEVENTH YEAIfrj Jo. 257 SALEM, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 28, 1925 tjdtitj rrUDT?T? PT?TTQ ON TRAINS ANU NBWB rKlLfiii IXlIVCiU IrJJjlNlO STANDS PIVB CENTS ARMY COURT AUTHORITY CHALLENGED Prejudice Is Charged To Summerall and Bowlcy By Defense; Sladen Is Also Excused. Washington, Oct. 28. (A. P.)- Alter having t-cuired the rctu men l o three members ol ike court martial chosen to try him. Colonel William Mitchell late to day challenged the jurisdiction if the court. Through his ce-uusel the col mcl picatled that specification against In tn did not uunstituta any uliouse lulling iroi)crly under the articles of war, and that u court marlnl therefore was without autho.hy to try the case. Wushinyton, Oct. 28. (A. P.) Colonel William Mitchell beg his defense at his court martial hero today by driving from llu bench three members of the court including its president, Major Gen eral Charles IJ. Summerall. Ueueral Summerall withdrew on Ills motion after he had been charged with prejudice against defendant and Brigadier A. J Bowley was disqualified by hi colleagues on the court after a de fense challenge had been loug agt;inst him on similar giounds. A ure-emptory challenge itton was made by Air. Iteid agaius Major General Fred W. Sladen, superintendent of the miliu.-y academy at West Point, N. Y. Til's form of challenge permitted of no argument und General Sladen wae excused. The challenges against Sumin.;- ali and Bowley were based on n: terahces of the two generals against I he separate air depart ment favored by Colonel Mitclie'I and in support of which he usi language which led to his cour martiat on a charge o viulatiu, good discipline. A sharp verbal clash between General Summerall and Hepve BonluLive Iteid of Illinois, counts-.' for Colonel Mitchell, precede. SummeraH's rcquctu that the court excuse him from further attend ance. Preiudicfi Alleged. In support of hie challenge, Zlr. Ileid read statements made by General Summtrall before the president's air beard and couplet with them extracts from the re port of Colonel Mitchell after hi' inspected the air defense of Vic Hawaiian department, at that time commanded by General Summeiv.il. "I have learned for the firu time," General Summerall fiati, "of the enmity Colonel taitcnel! has toward me. ' The report he made Is untrue, unfair and ignor nant. This is not the place to prove the efficiency of the air Bervice of the Hawaiian depart ment. I cannot eit as a member of this court. I beg the court lo exuee me from further attend ance." Vacancies Stand. The court grunted the request afier a short consultation. General Sunimerall's retirement trinntlnut'd on Pago Five) ALLEGED BOOTLEGGER ACQUITTED" BY JURY Medford, Or.. Oct. 28. Jarl; Ourondo, on trial In the circuit court since Monday morning charged with "possession and k a 1 f. of liquor," wau acquitted by a Jury late Tuesday after five bours tit- liheration. It was the first case on uc docket, for the present term of the circuit court. Durondo h;T been In the county jail several weeks awaiting trial. The next trial on rne calendar Is Unit of Walter Williauu of Gol I Hill, 1G, charged with a etatuto1 offense. It was this case that wa.i tho basis of the two indictments returned by the lost grand Jury, charging a felony nnd a misde meanor against Deputy Shcr'tf Forncrook, who entered a plea of guilty to the minor charge mil wan fined $o0, 'he eamo bvng impended. Constantinople, Turkey. A a' ir mid crescent birthmark on a bi Ir is causing pilgrimages to be nuc to a pea? an t'e heme. GOOD EVENING WORDS and MUSIC By Stoddard King BALLADE W1U1TEN TO OBLIGE 'We should like to read the frank memoirB of the prince's visit, especially a ballade with the re frain: 'These are the things that bored me most. " P. P. A. in the New York "World. Your climate and your railroad trains. Your fin iM tors nnd iliclr endless zest (I understand you call them janes) These are the tilings I liked the host; The endless prairies of the west. rne liiiiKce tendency to uonst. And your Idea ot n Jest niese arc tne tilings uuu uorcu me most. lour roiu-NongH mid tiicir queer rcl rains, lour ja,7. bands do they never rest The dashing cowboys of the plains Those are the tilings I liked the lies I. I rearing a waistcoat called a vest Twice In one evening, by my Lost The autograph-desiring nest These are the things that bored me most. Your nil of Inking endless pains To leave no bedllmc for a guest; find mi nun iiuiici'io pertains These nre the tilings I liked the best. The Interviewer's pert request, spoiling inc roast, the liauqou's guost, And the photographer's liehest- These are the things thai bored nic most. Your ladles. nnd the wny they dressed These nre the things I liked the best. Your mayors, and your buttered toast These are the things that bored mc most. Again there are knitted brows In the treasury department over the question of whether the making of ?2 bills sh.iii be discontinued, and again una department announces that any one dreading bad luck from the possession of a $2 frotr skin can send it to this address and we will take a chance with the hoo doo. SCALE TO WEIGH TRUCKS 0 DERE Portland, Oct. 28 -The state high way meeting here today accepted the proposal that a platform scale be purchased and Installed along the Pacific highway at Canemali so that traffic officers, -when they wished to test the weight of truck, can take the carrier direct Iy to the scale and get the figures without having to drive to a town The scale will cost about $2000. ine commission s engineer was ordered to Investigate the traffic congestion at Oregon City with a view ot opening up Railroad ave nue to relieve the Jams on Main street. It 'Is also proposed to ex tend the pavement there over th hill. The city of Canby was relieved from any more payments on money due the state for paving the Pa cine highway through the city limits. Tho cost was about $4000, and the town has paid In $2200, but Is having a hard time to raise funds. dice Deny They Fell for Trick In Robbery Attempt Whether an attempt was m:'.de rthoilly before 7 o'clock yesterday morning t0 burglarize the Wc-s. Fur company's sti.re on Liber-y street Is a question. The manager of the store uo lieves an attempt wta nuide to en ter tho store. Seine woman. It is said, called the police station and informed the officer in charge that the burglar alarm at the atora which is connected with the police station, would ring In a few min utes, but that It was simply be ing tested, and shed the ofticts not to pay any attention to it. Shortly after that, when the p-o-prietorfl of the store opened ne place for business", they discovsred that someone bad tried to enter the place. A transom was found unlocked, It Is claimed, that had OYS TOLD TO E T High School Youths Given Chance To Return To Classes ; President of Students Involved. The 17 high school boys who were suspended from echool Mon day because of their membership in the re-organized Friars fratern ity will be permitted to return to school Immediately upon their signing a new pledge, It was an nounced at high school this noon. I The pledge, winch the boys have. taken under advisement, reads as follows: 'We tho undersigned members of the Friars club hereby agree and promise on our honor to wl.o- draw from our organization and make no further effort to organize this or any similar club, without having first-ob talncd the sanction of the school authorities. Must Admit Error. 'We wish it understood that It was not our intention to defy the order of the board, but we wsre acting under legal advice that the proposed club was not in violation of the rule. We admit that we were In error in not first consult ing the school authorities and in tend from now. on to take no s.oo of this tiort without the approval of the superintendent or principal. We therefore ask to be rein stated with the understanding that tho whole matter is to b dropped without prejudice. We agree also to ecsure the signatures of our parents lo this pledge, as evidence that the action which we hereby take is known and appris ed by them." This afternoon all Indications (Continued on Page Four) TAKES POISON . FOR HEADACHE Koseburg, Or., Oct. 28. Mia Jean Maddox, tho popular young daughter of Mr. and Mrs. B. W. Maddox, and a junior in the Rose burg high school, is critically ill today as the result ot taking pois on tablets which she mistook for aspirin. Her condition, although somewhat improved over the early hours of the morning. Is very serious and her recovery will be a matter of doubt for several days. Miss Maddox returned from the show late yesterday evening suf fering from a severe headache, according to her parents. She went to the medicine chest to procure some aspirin tablets, and as there wns no light In the room obtained the wrong bottle. She took several of the tablets and then went to her room. been securely factcn3d the n!g;i belore. Chief of Police Minto dues nv agree with this. He says the iiMii rang and the officer in chi g went to the West Fur comp.in, store, leaving one of the city lin men In charge of the police ti tion. While he was away s-'m. one called up the station and s.i'.'l something about a test of tn alarm being made. Somrone els in the block, the chief thinks, ca'l ed the station alter the officer ar rived and wan testing the alam Chief Minto thinks the first nl,:r.Ti was caused by the wind shifria a transom or door that had no; been locked. Ho does not believe burglars would have attempted enter the building at that hour In tne morning. S GN PLEDG STAY NEIGHBORS PEACE AIMS Coolidge Sees Lesson For World Powers In Ex ample Set By Latin American Nations. Washington, Oct. 23. (A. P.j South American statesmanship with its goal of lasting peace was held up as a model for the world by President Coolidge today In ac cepting as a gift from Argentina to the United States a monument to General Jose He Sanmar. in, Argentine soldier, patriot and statesman. , Praising Sanmartin as Latin- America's George Washington and as one of the most foremost crea tors" of the new world, the presi dent stressed "the fact that South American statesmanship has on the whole been dominated by an earnest and increasingly success ful purpose" to avoid war. Show Wav to Peace. "A will for peace hus been pres ent," he said, "even though the way to it was not always, open,' aow when "men and nations are all giving heed to the voice wnich pleads lor peace," the un dent continued, "they will do well to turn to these lessons from the statesmanship, the experience, ami the constant aspiration of the South American nations.'' The continent which of all the world," he said, 'has known lesd of war and more ot peace than uuy other through thi trying period is well entitled to pride in tne service it has rendered to its own people nnd in the example which it has set before the ran of man kind." The sophisticated statesman ship of an older world," had en tailed profound misgivings as to the ultimate fate of the new Amer ican republics when they fir.-? were launched, the president ea'd and added: Now, X am glad to say, v. e hear less of such misgivings. Tne world has had its test. The insil tutlons of men have been through their trial. That trial has quite definitely answered the question ings of pessimism. It has pro vided us wilh much specific in formation by which we nitty judg. for ourselves whether the Institu tions of a republican new woriJ or of a monaichial old world were best adapted as conservators of human happiness and human pro fess. We are content to leave thi final verdict to history. The rs publican peoples of the Ainerlct are prepared to tuke their chau :e on that judgment." Statesmanship Praised. Passing over the brilliant mili tary career o Sunniartin, Presi dent Coolidge Bnid he was "like our Washington) one of thosv seemingly inspired military cap tains who are capable of thinking the same moment of terin3 oi war and of politics, of the battle field and the great human forum. For me the great significance of Sanmartin and his deeds and tinrs lies less in their brilliancy in the moment of accomplishment and more fn the justifying verlict which a later time and a riper e. pcrience have pronounced upon them." STINNES HEIR PLANS TO START ANEW IN U. S. Berlin, Oct. 28. (A. P.) Tire I of family quarrels und squabbles with bankers and receivers over lh3 remnants of the family 'or tune, Dr. Edmund Ktlnnee, eldest son of the late Hugo Stinnee, in dustrial magnr.te. hns secretly em barked for the United States, lii unexpected departure, friends aiy. represents a detenu inn tion bv young Stliinr-s tj sock a new busi ness environment. TAX BOARD FACES THREAT OF BEING STARVED OUT Washington. Oct 2 8'. (A. P.) Appropriations recommended by the budget bureau for the board of tax appeals next y-ar will t'ir:e suspensions of 't.e board, Its chair man today told the house wy-i and means committee. ARE LAUDED Ef (nr life3 TfiTir PAINLEVE IS REQUESTED TO TRY AGAIN Retiring Premier Asked To Form New Cabinet To Succeed Ministry Which Resigned. Paris, Oct. 28. (A. P.) Pre mier Painleve informed President Doumergue this evening that he would form another cabinet. In accepting the president's Ja- vltation to bead the new govern-, ment, M. Painleve stated emphat ically that Aristide Brland would regain the portfolio of foreign af fairs. Paris, Oct. 28 (AP) M. Pain leve, owing to the attitude of the left groups of the chamber of dep uties, has asked President Doumer gue- for more time before replying to his Invitation to form a new cab inet. Calling on M. Doumergue at 5:10 o'clock this afternoon, he e.nid he could not give a definite answer until later in the evening. - Paris, Oct. 2S (AP) President Doumergue today summoned Prem ier Painleve to ask him to form a new cabinet In succession to the one which resigned yesterday. Mr. Painleve told President Doumergue ho would consult with his friends and the party leaders before definitely accepting the task of forming a cabinet. Considerable doubt is expressed that M. Painleve will accept. He is understood to hnve told friends he would recommend that the presi dent chose former Premier Ilerrlot in his place. Paris, Oct. 2S (AP) The Syr ian situation has assumed such a serious aspect that President Dou mergue and Painleve, in their con ference of an hour this afternoon, devoted fully half the time from considering tho ministerial crisis to discussing of events Id Damascus and its vicinity. This Is tho In formation imparted by the semi official Haves ngency, It is reported that General Sar rall, the French high commission er, has asked nbout 15,000 more French troops ha cent to Syria to reinforce the garrison. BEND ENTITLED The way is now oncn for the city of Bend to avail itself of an act of the legislature whereby It will take 11 seccitd feet of wat'r from Tumalo crei'k for purposes oi t municipal waier supply, accord ing to an opinion of Attorney Gon erai Van Winliio, writ ten to th: desert laud board. The opinion n reply to an inquiry by Mayor It. H. Fox of Bend, but since the attorney general Is inhibited from mi vising other firn state ofi'Muls, he ha. sent the opinion to the des ert land board. As a result of the -legislative act it Is believ?d here :a offhlol circles that litigation of consider able mngnitiidu is In prospect. The soiion of lit 25 passed un act providing "that whenever the city of Uend shall have ac quired the right to appropriate use from the Deschutes river least 11 cubic feet pr second of water for delivery Into the fi;ed canal belonging to IJeschut county municipal Improvement district, wlii'h feed canal Is now supplied from the Deschutes n at a diversion located in or ne.r Bend. Or., then raid city shall I; and hereby Is nrthorizert to tn from tho direct flow of Tuinil. creek not to exceed II cub! feet per second of water for ih purpose of providing a supply rf water for domestic and municipil purposes. This act was vetoed by Gov ernr Pierce on the advice of Kl.it Kniner Luper, on grounds tin'. it w.r.ild rob the Turnaln dl'lrh-t of waer it needs, but was pai d over bis veto. , TO WATER FROM TUPiALO CREEK CHECK OF DEATH Thrice Convicted Slayer Freed By Governor Pierce A. J. Weston, twice convicted In Deschutes county and ono In Was co county of second degree mur der In connection with tho killing of Robert H. Krug, aged citizen of Sisters, Or., last night left tho state penitentiary with a full pardon from the hands of Governor Pierce. Weeton has served a little more than a year of a life sentence His first conviction was reversed by the state supreme court and the case remandod for a new trial. The second trial was had, Weston was again convicted ,of second degree murder and once more the supreme court reversed it on grounds that the lower court erred in admitting new testimony and again remand od the case. A change, of venue to Wasco county was obtained for the I Chicago. Oct. 58 (AP) Under a blanket of snow the mid-west and Rocky mountain region today faced the prospect of continued cold, with a cold wave in south ern Missouri, Illinois and Indiana The white covering, which broke records in Milwaukee and endang ered the unharvested sugnr beet crop In Colorado, was nearly ten Inches thick at Helena, Mont., and a half foot or more In many sec tions of Iowa. Accompanying the snowfall were dropping temperatures, reaching two degrees above zero nt Havre, Mont., the coldest spot in the conn try yesterday, and hovering around the freezing mark In the corn belt region. Kansas expected from ID to 20 degrees above zero today and Omaha looked for twenty degrees. Tho low temperatures In north eastern Colorado caused business men and school children to turn out in aiding farmers' efforts to save the beet crop, valued at JGOO, 000. Some reaction will set In tomor row, It was forecast, in tho north ern Rocky mountain region and northwestern plains area, which, like the snow fall, will move east ward to the westera Great Lake region and thence toward tho east which so far has escaped with scat tered rains. TOLL IN WRECK REVEALS 1 9 LOST Memphis, Tenn., Oct. 28 (AP) Workmen today undertook the tnk of salvaging the mass of twiet- ed steel nnd wood whlrh remains to remind passers-by of tho derail ment yesterday near Victoria, Miss., 33 miles south of Memphis, of the Sunnyland, fast passenger train on the fit, Louis and San Francisco railroad. A check today revealed that 10 persons. Including five negroes, were fatally Injured In the wreck Approximately three score other persons were hurt more or less severely when four Pullman sleej: ers, a chair car, a combination ne gro coach and ernoker with the baggage, express and mall cart" plunged down a 25 font embank ment. The train was traveling close to fifty miles nn hour when tho accident occurred. Railroad officials fixed cause for the wreck on an Invlsiblo defect In a rail. Tho defective rail was manufactured In 1918 nnd been in use for six years. had O'Brien 1o-,t Decision. Port'and, Or., Oct. 28. Tommy O'Brien, sensational Portlind ban tamweight, ht the decision to Young National into, los Ang.'lcs Filipino, in a tout 10-rouml bout here last night. third trial in which Weston was again convicted and sentenced to life. No appeal was taken after the third trial, but Weston's wife has constantly kept the case before Governor Pierce, declaring her hus band was the victim of a "frame up" and asking for his pardon. The governor refuses to comment on the case other than to sny that he became convinced that Weston was innocent. The crime was commit ted March 24, 1019. 1 The murder of Krug was one of the most revolting In the criminal annals of tho state. Tho evidence indicated that the aged man had been beaten, then tortured until he died, after which fire was set to his cabin and tho body burned. (Continued on Pago Fiver TRUSTIES FLEE F Tacoma, Wash., Oct. 28 (AP) Bert A. McGlllis, 29, convicted in Portland for violation of the tlonal motor vehicle theft act, and Georgo Temple, alias Louis Law son, 24, sentenced from Pocatcllo, Idaho, for forging postoffico money orders and violation of tho motor vehicle theft net, escaped from the McNeill Island federal prison about 3 o'clock this morning. Mc GIllls was serving a term of fif teen months begun last Juno nnd Temple was under a sentence of two and one half years begun last November. The two were assigned to some plumbing work outside the main prison building during tho night and no one was guarding them ex cept the night watchman who had his regular rounds lo make. He made frequent checks to sco that thoy weer doing tho work, but when he returned at 3 o'clock they were missing. Daylight revealed tho fact that rowboat belonging to Guard Na than Mitchell was missing from Its mooring near tho mnchlno shop nnd a search of tho vicinity failed lo discover It. Prison officials were conducting their search for the men on the theory that they weer able to get to the mainland or to ono of the other Islands In the stolen boat. Both weer clad in prison overalls, Warden Finch It. Archer nutorlz- ed rewards for their capture Both the father of McGlllls and tho wife of Temple aro living in Portland. U. S, STEEL EARNINGS FOR QUARTER 42 MILLION New York, Oct. 28. (A. P.) Total earnings of tho United Kt.ites Steel corporation fur t'ie third quarter of the year atnoun- ed to $42,400,412, compared wi'h ?4 0,r,24.221 in the preceding quarter nnd $30,718,415 In th corresponding period last yenr. City Schools Prospect of Grave Shortage of Funds Further Indication that tho fin nclal status ot tho Salem public ehool system, which has been gi'mving more acute ouch year since 111 17, will roach its breaking point either this year or next year, was brought out nt school board meet- -Ing last night. The maximum amount permitted to be raised by taxation for sr-hool purposes each' year Is allowed liy state law to be only 6 por cent more than the sum of the previous year. With tha city of Salem growing at a rate In ex cess of 6 per cent annually, and school needs keeping pace ith th' growth of tho city. If ntt exceed ing It, the school board Is rmi ' fronted by a situation which grows OCCUPATION OF BULGARIA Villages Are Bombarded Early Today Say Sofia Dispatches; Greeks Say Retirement Ordered. Sofia, Bulgaria, Oct. 28. (A. P.J Despite the warnings ot the league of nations council, Greek troops at daybreak continued O occupy Bulgarian territory, and thore were no sl&ns that they In tended to withdraw. Bulgarian officials, in making this announce ment, said a number of villages were bombarded during the early morning hours. Extracts from articles In tha Turkey, favoring- intervention to to show that there is sentiment In Turkey favoring interevntlon to "protect Bulgaria from Greek ag gression. M The Macedonia Union of Cul tural Socitles has forwarded a pro test to the league of nations agnlnst the Greeks continued oc cupation of Bulgarian soil. BtuVnriam Attack London, Oct. 28. (A. P.) An Exchange Telegraph dispatch from Salon tit I, Greece, declares t.iat while tho Greek troops wore with drawing from Bulgarian territory this morning they were attacked by Bulgarians. Paris, Oct. 28 (A. P.) Greece announced nt today's meeting t-f tho league of nations council that she had f.iven orders for her t roans in Bulgarian territory fo retire be hind her own frontier. She as sured tho council that comptt? evacuation of 'iulgaria would be carried out within tho sixty-nour limit laid down by the council. Athens, Oct. 28. (A. P.) Tho Greeks were attacked by Bulgar ian forces this morning neir Kamua, it Is officially stated. ltniuna is 10 miles west of O2 mli'hlssar, near which the present (ireco-Hulgnrian trouble broke 3ut and about fivo miles south of tho bonier on Greek territory. E The state prange has withdrawn from the secretary of state its peti tion for an initiative bill for stato control of hydro -electric develop ment, nnd has filed a new petition that will limit state bond Issues under the proposed constitutional amendment. A new ballot title will bo necessary. The original meas tira as proposed allowed an unlim ited bond issue. The new one will 1 M tn t bond issues to 4 per cent ot the ussPHcd valuation of the state. A similar measure being initi ated by the Housewives' Council of Portland places a 5 per cent limitation on bond Issues, but pro vides In addition for an appropri ation of $2f0,00'i from tho gen eral fund of the Mate. Face more serious each year, according to reports brought to last night't meeting. Ways nnd means of raising the amount of revenue were dlHcussod nt length. The possibility of get ting the 0 per cent ruling abolish ed by tho legislature at Its next session wns mentioned. "I don't be lieve there's any hope of having i abolished,' said Georgo Hug, su perintendent of schools. "In most parts of the stnte It has been found to be a pond thing, doing away with to rapid increase in expend tures." The only alternative remaining to the board, 4f was stated, to td (.Continued on Page Five) 0