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FORTY-SEVENTH YEAR N o D8
DESTROYERS
DERED 10
French Requested To See
That Lives and Proper
ty In Damascus Are
Properly Safeguarded.
Washington, Oct. 29. (A. P.)
Ambassador Herrick iu Paris
has uiiiUe representations to the
French government for protection
of American life and property in
Damascus,
Instructions for the ambassador
to make the move were forwarded
when word of the disorders in
Syria was received. The Washing
ton government also has sent two
American destroyers from Gibral
tar to Alexandria,, Egypt, where
they are ready to proceed to
Beirut should the situation
quire further steps to safeguard
Americans and their property.
None Injured Yet
It was estimated by officials
here that about 150 Americans
probably were in Damascus or its
immediate vicinity, when the re
volt against French authority oc
curred in that city last week.
Reports as to damage done by
the bombardment of certain quar
ters of Damascus by French artil
lery nnrt airplanes have not dis
closed the extent of any injury to
American property.
So far as known no Americans
were hurt and the representations
made in Paris were of a general
and precautionary nature, es was
the action of the-American consul
In Damascus in advising Amer
icans to take refuge at Beirut un
til order had been restored.
IRenort Damae-e Done
London, Oct. 29. (A. P.) A
Jerusalem dispatch to the Daily
Telegraph says that homes of
American residents and buildings
of American companies in Damas
cus wove destroyed during the in
surrection of October 18 to 20
and that the American consul had
presented a demand for redress to
the French authorities.
The dispatch says a large part
of the Jewish quarter of Damascus
was destroyed by the French artil
Continued on Page Eleven)
in OF DEAD
GIRL TESTIFIES
Noblesvllle. Ind., Oct. 29. (A
p.) Mrs. George E. Oberholtzer,
mother of the girl, Madge, for
whose death D. C. Stephenson
Earl lClenck and Earl Gentry are
on trial here, took the stand today
es the state's first witness.
Charles E. Cox of the prosecu
tion, in the opening statement,
charged Stephenson, former grand
drairon of the Ku Klux Klan, with
having a dual personality and
with being a veritable "Dr. Jekyl
and Mr. Hyde," and a "seducer
of women.''
Mr. Cox said evidence would be
Introduced to show how the girl
was called to Stephenson's' home
by a ruse, forced to drink, taken
to a tmin and assaulted en rout
to Hammond, Ind . The state nlso
would show he said, how the girl
had been offered an opportnnit
to marry Stephenson the day fol
lowing and that she refused. Em
TiloYes of the Indiana hotel at
Hammond. Cot said, would prove
that Stephenpon and Gentry reg
istered there but that St?phenpon
used another name.
"The principal wItnB for th
state will be Madge Oberholtzer.
th dead victim," said Mr. Cor.
"TTnder an exception to the rul1
which generally preludes henrrx
testimony. Mad OherhoJ-r will
tell to von, so for ai possible 1
the circumstance. th atnrv nf
rer pntrnpmnnt. of her bMn
drueecd. kf dm Tied. r ion nit M
beaten and" of thn tnWnff n? d-
Tiolon which contributed In 1
death."'
Capital
1926
GOOD EVENING
WORDS and MUSIC
By St ml dn rd King
llEAITllFUJj 10XEHCISF,
Somo -people to golf devote nil of
tlit'li- lime
Wlih'lt In all right for those who en-
Joy it
Some look for n mountain that no
one enn cliinb,
Or a record, In lioies to deslmy.lt.
Some chase tne btitnc tennis mm
over the courts.
Sonic Ion! for the poker chip's
clinking
But I Imve not found any liand-
Komer snorts
Than the twin ones of silting and
thinking,
To set n new mark for the long
distance Hit
la my darling and uthnntc goal;
would rather do that than run
bases nnd hit.
Or swim, or play checkers or howl
Ami, while I nm sitting, no utuo-
irvaiihed curd.
No chessman or tlddledy-wlnk
Shall I ever permit to divert or re
tard
My Infinite longing to think.
Each man to his taste -there arc
fellows I know
Whom my sweet, simple program
would uore;
They want to have something to hit
nt or throw.
They want to wiivc pen mints and
roar.
Yet they will have nothing to show
xor tneir pains
But n medal or cun they have won:
While 1 may have wrought, by the
sweat, or my brains.
A perfectly marvelous pun!
The San Francisco gentleman
who offered himself as parcel post
matter for transportation to New
York by airplane will, we expect
begiven time to ponder over the
deep and subtle riddle: '.'When Is
an air male not an air male?"
What, by the way, has become
or the man who used to carry
patent clgnr lighter nround with
him and demonstrate it to uninter
ested friends?
(Copyright 1925)
E
IE
That a $2000 note against the
estate of Adole Minger is not only
forgery, but that her husband
John Minger, well known ao-
horticulturist of Salem, was th
man who forged her name to t:U'
note, wore opinions expressed
W. I. Staley and Harold Eakin
handwriting experts in circu
court. Staley ;e head of the Ca;i:
tal Business college and Hnro'
Eakin ie assistant cashier of th'
First National bank.
Each of the experts examined a
number of checks of Adele Minger,
the signatures on winch were al
milted to be her genuine signa
tures, nnd compared such sign
tures witli that on the promissory
nolo which Minger presented
Louis Ashliman, executor of th1
estate, fn advancing his claim
$2000 payment from the funi
of the estate.
The defense sharply cross exam
Ined the handwriting experts
to various characteristics of Adei
Minger's handwriting in Li
checks which the defense contend
is evident in the alleged for(
promissory note.
The case consumed all day yes
terdny in circuit court and It is
expected it will use up the ba'
anee of the day.
fnlc1
Lasky Loses Choice
Stock of Pre-War
Liquor to Hijackers
New York. Oct. 29 (AP)
Fourteen barrels of liquors, his en
tire private atock. guarded since pre
prohibition dnys, have been stolen
by hijackerj from Jesse I Lasky,
vice-president of the Famous Play
ers Lasky corporation.
The liquors, worth $10,000 at
pre-war prices, and uninsured, were
intermingled wltii other barrel
containing silver and household
goods In a box car In the Pennsyl
vania freight yardc. The hijackers
also got four barrels of silver
worth IT.000.
A detective waa guarding the
consignment which had been ship
ped from Hollywood under a per-
mlt nnd was awaiting transfer to
j.Mr. Loky'a new Fifth avenue
Mi
5
IS
S EXTENDED
Demonstration By Friars
Delays Reinstatement ;
Irate Parents Threaten
Legal Action.
F-R-I-A-R-S Friars Rah Rah
Rah!"
Oh look, here cornea Mama
Holt. Did you get fired too?"
TheBe and similar yells, consti
tuting a general demonstration
staged across Church Btreet from
the Salem high school building,
and convincing high school author
itles that the Friara fraternity was
taking Its suspension from school
very lightly, this morning resulted
In their suspension being extended
for two more days. The demon
stration was staged yesterday after
noon at the time one of the Friars,
Garten Simpson, was Inside the
high school building negotiating
with Principal Nelson and Superin
tendent Hug for the final settle
ment of the controversy which be
gan with the suspension of 17 boys
last Monday for violation of the
school board's order.
Return Conditional
In case no further demons trA
tlons are Indulged In, the boys will
be permitted to return to school
Monday, Mr. Nelson stated thin
morning. If anything more de
velops to show the same general
frame of mind as evidenced yes-1
terday afternoon, the suspension
will become permanent, Nelson
states. The school board, at ita
meeting Tuesday, gave Nelson au
thority to mete out whatever pun
ishment he considered necessary In
dealing with the situation.
A group of Irate parents waited
on Mr. Nelson this morning, insist
ing that their boys should be rein
stated in school, and threatening.
according to reports given out ater
the interview, to start legal pro
ceedings which would result in the
club being allowed to continue on
school as In the past. Other par
ents are known to have blamed the
boys and Insisted that the club
should be abolished. The parents
who waited on Nelson this morn
ing based a part of their claim for
reinstatement on the contention
that "it may cost a whole extra
year of school." The entire suspen
sion period amounts to one week,
which the students will be required
to make up upon their return to
school.
Petition Abandoned
A petition which the boys were
circulating among local business
men, demanding a hearing for the
boys, will not be presented to the
board as originally planned, It was
announced this morning.
Cecil Edwards, emtwhlle presi
dent of the student body at high
school, presents a different sltun
tion than that of the others. In the
continuation of his suspension,
Mildred Pugh, vice president, will
assume his duties aa student body
president. Although Edwards stated
at ti e outset of the nfafir that he
had not participated In any of the
fraternity's meetings, nnd some of
the Friars stated last Monday that
Continued on Page Eleven)
home. As three vans drove into
the yards at noon yesterday to got
the consignment, three or four
masked men leaped upon the driv
ers and the detective, forced them
into an empty box car and locked
t-he door, then set about removing
the liquors, silver and some fine
paintings In a leisurely manner.
At the time of the theft an In
spector for the railroad was look
ing for Mr. Lasky to collect $241
additional freight because of the
value of the shipment.
"Oh, really It was pity," mourn
ed Mrs. Lasky. "It was all pre-war
stuff. Ther.e were auch fine wines
and champagne and cordial and
such good liquors that one could
get before the war."
OFSTUDEN
SALEM, OREGON, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 29, 1925
GUNMEN Kill
ONE, WOUND
GET $93,000
Armored Bank Car Loot
ed By Bandits After
Battle Through Streets
of Buffalo.
Buffalo, N. Y., Oct. 29. (A.
P.) Desperate gunmen today
swooped down upon au armored
bank automobile, killed the driver,
wounded a guard and a messenger
and escaped with $93,000 in cash.
witnesses told the police that
one of the gunmen resembled a
photograph of Harry Harris, alias
Garfield, who skipped his bail in
Detroit after having been arrested
there charged with participation
in several Buffalo payroll rob
beries.
Charles Clifford, driver of the
car, was shot and killed. Lewis M.
Yarrlngton, a bank guard, and
John H. Myers, messenger, were
seriously wounded.
The bank car contained about
$117,000 which was being trans
ferred from the Federal Reserve
bank to the Bank of Buffalo, three
blocks away,
The police were told that three
men In a large closed- automobile
started firing without warning as
soon as the bank car had drawn
up at the Bank of Buffalo. The
bank employes returned the. fire.
Three other bandits who had
neen loitering about opened fire
and snatched bundles containing
money from the messengers. They
then leaped on the running board
of the gunmen's machine nnd dis
appeared. The Marine Trust company, af
filiated with the Bank of Buffalo,
offered a reward of $10,000 for
Information leading to the arrest
and conviction of the murderers.
EAST OF ROCKIES
Chicago, Oct. 29. (A. P.) A
proposal to change the uame In
dian" summer to "Eskimo" won id
find no objection today in vliu
shivering mountain states and
mid-west while the east also mi,
be persuaded in its favor by ur
mcnts of snow and cold.
The Christmas weather belt 'o
day extended from the llockloi,
where from Rap it! City, S. D., ther
mometers stood at 14 below zir
to New York where overcoats wcr
In order after rain, hall and
gale sent the mercury skidding.
Mure nov was indicated f jr
today in most western sections
with flurries in the east, but
lief was promised, however, for to
morrow in the Ohio valley, the ea;
gulf and the middle Atlantic etaUa
and southern New England.
The enow in the east that fell
lightly in Washington, nssunic
almost blizzard proportions i
eastern Ohio and West Virginii
forciifg down three army pianos,
one of which was wrecked.
Navigation on the upper Missis
sippi has been brought to a cIj
by near zero temperatures.
The tobogganing weather g;ii
weather observers delving mi
musty records and tabulating new
ow marks. Chicago b is uegr
above zero was the lowest sine
18S7: Ranid City's mark set a U
cet for future cold snaps to hi
and other noints furnished goji
weather stories for coming oldwi
inhabitants.
Iowa. Montana and Nt broak
also experienced sub-zero wcailur
rn Iowa, Webster Lily n-po";
1 Mt degrees below and Fort Dud
Cedar Rapids and M.on Cit
one, two and tbree above, rcspec
lively.
Tlrirlo-a Plane Annrovpd.
Washington, Oct. 29. (A. P.)-
Plane drawn by the state of Wash
Ington for a bridge across the C;'
lumbia river near "Vantage f?rrv
between Kittitas and Grant cou
ties, hare been approved by arai
engineers.
LJtourna
U GREEKS SAY I -1 COURT HF10
2: EVACUATION 'jism IFTTTI QUALIFIED
COMPLETED tp1 Wmi TO TRY CASE
Bulgarians Deny Blame
For Fighting; Brother
of Premier Tzankoff
Assassinated.
Petrich, Bulgaria, Oct,
(A, P.) The Greek troops evacu
ated Bulgarian territory at one
o clock this morning or seven
hours before the time limit fixed
by the league of nations council.
Bulgarian forces will re-occupy
the evacuated region tomorrow.
Paris, Oct. 29. (A. P.) The
hostilities along the Greco-Bulgarian
frontier have ceased and
the troops of the two nations are
withdrawing behind their respec
tive boundaries, making it pos
sible for the league of nations
council to proceed with a settle
ment of the dispute.
Investigation Ordered
This announcement, was made
in a report drawn up by the
British foreign secretary, Austen
Chamberlain, which was read and
approved at a session of the
council convened Bhortly after
five o'clock this afternoon.
The council will send a commis
sion of investigation to the scene,
headed by Sih Horace Rumbold,
English diplomat, and including
a French officer and Italian of
ficer, a Swedish civilian and a
Dutch civllion.
Sofia. Bulgaria, Oct. 29. (A.
P.) The Bulgarian Telegraph
Agency today issued an offtcl.il
and categorical denial of the
Greek report that an attack on
Bulgarian forces was responsible
for yesterday s fighting near the
frontier.
Premier's Brother Shot.
Vienna, Oct. 29. (A. P.)
Dancz Tzankoff, brother of Pre
mier Alexander Tzankoff of Bui-
aria, has been dhot and killed in
Sofia while walking on the slraa.
Dispatches from Sofia described
the motive for the crime as un-
cstabltehcd. The slayer escjnel
Tzankoff was walking with his
wife and sister-in-law when shot.
The Tzankoff brothers were
estranged. Dancz Tzankoff was a
member of the sobranje.
Leamie Apprehensive.
Paris. Oct. 29. (A. P.) Ap
prehension in league of nation:;
quarters over the reported rcnow-
ul of fichting along the urtio-
Bulgarian frontier was relieve J
today by receipt of an otriciai 'lis
natch from Athens stating that
despite "tho Bulgarian attack
t!i3 Greek government had issued
definite orders hastening ihe eva:-
Continued on Page Eleven)
Nw York, Oct. 29. (A. P.)
King Nana Anion III, ruler of the
Fanti, a section of the Gold Coast
of West Africa, went back to u'
people today, convinced that tbr;
treatment accorded negroes n
America Is better than in any oth
civilized country, except France.
The king came here a mouth
for a Btudy of conditions in Amc
ican cities, where large negro pop
ulations have congregated. H
sailed today aboard the Cuni-d
liner Bert;iiana, for England, c.i
route to Africa.
The king said he never had ad
vorated emigration of the neg!
from America to Africa.
"The black people in Ameru'i
should be proud of he fact that
they are Africans and they slioul;
adopt the name of African and
it," he said. "I think the plae
for the African In America i
America, where through educat'oi
and Industrial advancement tht-y
will In the future generations b.
of great' assistance to America.
h. f H fC5 vr' Plea of Immunity From
bv V ' H - Military Trial Over-
F Jr' Ari T-Q iu,ed B-SecretVotc
m of Court Martial.
29, I - . --v,r-.-vr- ILATrr-vrlVtMTXI MTACTaitrO I
TOSTfSl
TK OfTICE H
Painleve, Himself, Fills
Portfolio of Finance
In Place of Caillaux In
New Ministry.
Paris, Oct. 20 (AP) Premier
Painleve. accompanied by the mem
bers of his new cabinet, arrived at
the Elyseo palace early this after
noon for the customary presenta
tions to the president of the re
public, i
The new cabinet Is constituted as
follows:
Premier and minister of finance
M. Painleve.
Minister of foreign affairs, Aris
tide Brinnd.
Minister of Justice, Camlllc
Chnutemns.
Minister of the interior, A.
Schrameek.
Minister of works, Anatole dc
Monzlc.
Minister of war, Edouard Dala-
dier.
Minister of commerce, Daniel
Vincent.
Minister of agriculture, Jean Du
ra nd.
Minister of Instruction, Yvon Dcl-
phos.
Minister for the colonies, Leon
Perrier.
Minister of labor, Antolne Dura-
four.
Minister of pensions, Louis An
terlou.
The cabinet also contains a new
portfolio, that oC. m in Inter of bud'
get which will be filled by Georges
Bonnet, former under secretary
of state to the present of the conn
ell.
Retirement of M. Robineau from
the governorship of the bank In fa
vor of M. Caumet, who was minis
ter of commerce in tho retiring
ministry, Is regarded as a conces
sion by Premier Painleve to M.
Merrlot, the radical leader.
The new cnblnet Is received gen
erally with suspending Judgment,
everybody apparently waiting to
soe what Painleve Is able to do as
flnnnco minister, which portfolio
he has taken In addition to the
premiership.
The combination as it stands Is
regarded ns containing no new ele
ment of strength and whether the
departure of Finance Minister
Cnlllaux proves an element of weak
ness is what political circles and
the general public are waiting for.
PL OT REVEALED
Moscow, Oft. 29. (A. P.)
Discovery of daring plans for thr
il",t met inn (if ftiilwnVH. lirtdKin.
airdrome and military depot in
soviet Kiif-sia is claimed oy me
state politkul police, formerly
known as the Chtka.
Tho r.lnt ftrcordinir tn the Ti.l-
Itce, was to ba engineered by a
counter - revolutionary espionage
nrc-Riiiznttnn on behalf nf the ffen-
eral staff of a bordering state. The
n.1ffrt nllorra Hint Ihlfl nnr.mlr.ri t Inn
has been collecting milHary and
political information for one cf
the great powers.
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CiaiC.-GCK. EOTVIJT TZ. BOOTH
SON OF PAROLE
Eli
Allan McLaren, Portland yu.uh
who is under sentence to the stV'j
penitentiary for rape and who was
due to arrive at Die prison toe a
was today granted a reprieve ot '40
days by Governor Pierce, datlr
from today. Governor Pierce i
in Eugciiu and his office woul
iimke no staicucut of the reus');
for the reprieve.
Gladwyn Liiwpaugh, ano'lu-
youth convicted In conne:lun
with the an in o cuh'j, has begun t
serve bis slate prison sentence, an
Archie Uvingnt-m, a third offend
or, was paroled from the bench by
Judge J. U. Campbell of Orp'n
City, according to informal io:
here. The three were convicted i
Clackamas county. McLaren i? a
yon of W. G. McLaren, a nieinbo
of the slate parole board.
Luwpaugh was sen lanced
servo fivo years. McLaren fan
years and Livingston two years.
It Is rumored hero that the eblr
McLaren will resign from t!i
parole board.
Madrid Spain is buying corres
pondence of Columbus and Ferdin
and nnj Isabella for $215,000, one
half what American collectors offer.
Steel Vested Thief
And Slayer Escapes
Under Rain of Shots
Chicago, Oct. 29. (A. P.
Martin J. DurkJn, Bteel vested
tomohiie thief and slayer, ia.V.
nig lit met witli his ready pistol an
attempt to arrest him in his sweet
heart s apartment and elud'.'d a
pojse trap after fatally wouudinx
Lloyd Auutin, his betrayer, and
shooting a dele. tlve.
Sought since he killed -Kdward
Shanahau. federal agent, October
11, and wanted fur wounding two
policemen iu t'acramento, Ca .
several months ngi, Uurkin faced
the blazing Binuyuns and pistols of
the policemen, Jrmped from a see
ond story window and vanished.
Riot Bquads scoured the neigh
borhood until dawn, but founl no
traco of the slayer, whose protec
tive vest was believed to have
flared him as at the time ot t),t
Shanahan shooting.
The ambush lout night was laid
after Information was obtain. 1
from Austin that Durkin and Aus
tin's niece, Betty Andrews Wm
CLOUDY TONIGHT
And Friday; no change in temperature;
light westerly winds.
Max., 64; mln., 44; rain, none;
atmos., clear; wind, BW.
Washington. Oct 2fl ( P i -
Colonel William Mitchell failed to
day in two attempts to halt '.he
court martini proceedings agafnt;
lit m.
The court overruled successively
an objection to ftp jurisdiction and
an exception to tho form in will-;.!
the case was prepared.
Washington, Oct. 29 AP-
Colonel Wilt lam Mitchell's plea of
Immunity from military trial on
tho charges pending against him '
was overruled today In the general -
court-martial proceedings against
him.
Tho court's law officer ruled
that when Colonel Mitchell charg
ed war and navy department offl-
clals with "criminal" nnd "almost
treasonable" conduct in adminis
tering tho air services," ho commit- ,
ted an offenso against military dis
cipline, and could not take refuge
from punishment In the constitu
tional guarantees of f.ee speech,
as he had sought to do."
Opinion Sustained
This opinion, whose effect is
merely to sustain the jurisdiction
of the court nnd make it possible '
to proceed with tho trinl, was ap
proved by the court Itself after a
short consultation. In secret.
The law officer, Colonel Blanton
Winshlp, gavo bis opinion after
tMo court, the prosecution and the
defense had ngrecd to leave the
point to him, but In rendering his
decision he aflkod that specific
court approval be given. An effort
to have the court voto on that ap
proval In public was blocked by
an objection by Brigadier General
Frank It. McCoy, commander of
the third Jnfantry brigade, Fort
Sam Houston, Texas, Cotonel Mit
chell's last station. The court then
retired nnd took a secret vote, re
turning only a short Interval to an
nounce its approval.
Oilier Pleas Denied
The ruling' applied specifically
only to til. 'it specification In the
charge. which applied to Colonel
Mitchell's first Han Antonio state
ment eriticbdng tho conduct of the
air service, hut it was in the nnturo
of a test, nnd one by one tho court
proceeded In rnpld order to over
rule Mitchell's objections to Us
right to try him on the remaining
COtllllB.
Representative Held of Illinois,
counsel for Colonel Mitchell, then
moved that all tho charges bo
stricken out. Ho said the court's
record failed to show that ho com
manding officer accused had order
e(i tho charges against tho defend
ant investigated or hnd himself
Continued on Pago Eleven)
nor, might come there for elothin-j
in preparation for a flight f r mi
the city. Austin was ordered to
greet Durkin and Invite him in on
ins arrival when the detectives
would close in.
Serjeant Gray, who was wound
ed, was recognized by the sluyi-r
neiore Austin ciuid give the .ire-
arranged warning und he and iijr
kin hptri-n firfni Tho u-nnuni at
tempted to putvh down Gray's shot
gun md AiiKtin not into the ihie
of fire, receiving eleven wounds
from which be died early today.
i.'ii tki n leaped iniouga an open
window as Gray fell and dod?3-l
detectives waiting bolow. They
fired at him twlco. Police beliovo
Durkin's armoured vest again
stood him in good stead.
Prev'oun to setting the trap, r
tectlves raided tho home of Dm
kln's mother and Holzed oriental
rugs, furniture and radio sets,
valued at $400 which they aaltl
bad been stolen In California.