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BY MITCHELL
Air Service Critic Enters
Formal Denial That
Charges Were Violation
of Discipline.
Washington, Oct. 30. (A. P.)
The question whether Colonel
William Mitchell's defense counsel
will ask his court-martial to sub
poena President Cool hi ge, was
taken under advisement today . by
Representative Held of Illinois,
Colonel Mitchell 's counsel. No
subpoena can be issued before the
court convenes Monday.
The defense also Is considering
the advisability of seeking a sub
poena for Secretary of War Davis,
since Colonel Mitchell 's counsel
contends that the war secretary,
as well as the president is the ac
cuser in the trial of the air officer.
Hcgardless of the decision of the
defense in the matter of subpoenas
the court martial, in the opinion
cf army legal officers, probably
will refuse a presidential sub
poena. Precedent, they say, is all
against such a course.
Washington, Oct. 30. .(A. P.)
Having lost every preliminary ef
fort to halt the court martini pre
coedlngs against him. Colono
William Mitchell today pleads
not guilty of the charges against
him and informed the court
was ready to stand trial.
The air officer stood smiling '
answer the charges. He said "no
guilty" as each of the charges an
specifications were called in tur
by the prosecuting officer.
Details Are Denied.
The plea did not deny the ac
curacy of the charge that the col
onel, had in hs Ran Antonio 3tat:
mcnt, accused his superiors i
criminal and alm,ost treasonab
conduct In administering the ai
services of the government, bu
merely comprised a denial tha:
this accusation constituted con
duct in violation of goad ordei
and discipline, as declared in th
charge.
The request for a hill of particu
lars was thrown out by tho coir
after a heated argument betwee
counsel, in which Kepres?ntatr
Reid of Illinois, . represcutiu
Mitchell, declared the ehnrges
worded by the war departmcn
were "too vn.-e.
Tpelinienlitv Overruled.
The court's law officer held thn
elnce the charger, were set out i
the specifications alrea-ly E1I2
the request of the defense shou
be denied. This finding the cou
accented without objection fro.
any member.
After the pica of not guilty ha
been entered, Mr. ttciu oujecie
that the proceedings were not a-
cording to the court manual, sine
tho charges against the accuse
had not l.ecn brought in the man
nor fixed by the manual. This o
lection the court overruled.
little progress on the trial i
self was mado. however, at todav
snffllon.
W
t and Devotion of
eetheart Allows
Chicago, Oct. 30. lA. P.) A
woman's wit and devotion and a
man's ability to slip and shoot his
way through the waiting hands of
police are stories behind the de
termined search for Martin J.
Durkin, steel vested slayer of a
federal agent and bane of police
men in several cities. He is still
at largo.
To Betty Werner, his sweet
heart, Durkin owes his freedom, If
not his life. rJarly yesterday she
knocked aside the shotgun of
Sergeant H. L. Gray an Durkin
slipped into a polices trap and
hot his way out. Lmyd Austin,
her uncle, died of bullets ex
changed by Durkin and the defec
tive, who ws wounded.
Betty, the mother of a 15
C apitayfcjoiirnal
R No. 259
GOOD EVENING
WORDS and MUSIC
By Stoililnrd King
TO A BIRD OF PASSAGE
Swallow, swallow, flying Boutli,
As you've clone for genera thins,
o me innu oi wit rnu n aim uruugm,
lean, mid tourists on vucntlons,
To oblige me, kindly greet
Alt my friends whom you may
meet.
Tell them, swallow, that 1 face
Snow, and mercury at zero,
Willi the greatest oi good grncc.
Like, In fuel, a blooming liero.
Tell them I inn quite myopic
Toward attractions that are tropic.
Iko the swallow, ninny folk
Suffer migratory yearnings
When tlic cost of coal and coke
Threatens to deplete their earn-
Iiikk;
And to them the happiest bourne Is
Where there isn't nny furnace.
dttlo bird, I think they're wrong
(Though, of course, they won't ad
mit It)
And the burden of my song
Will be, after I have writ It,
That to seek a different clime
Is, lu vhort, a waste of time.
Swallow, swallow, flying south
To the refuge of the chilly,
Take to them by word of mouth
My opinion that they're silly.
Tell t hem that you saw me, nud
Say that I was looking grand.
It takes an up-and-coming hero
of a novel to exhibit a brand new
symptom of the devastating effects
of lovo , But such a prodigy is to
be found in one of the fall novels.
His throat crackled," relates the
author at the climax of an emotion
al scene.
Cancer, rheumatism and mastoid
itis were common 4000 years ago,
says an English scholar. Also,
judge from a well-known passage
"Julius Caesar," halitosis was
common among the Roman plebs.
Cooking schools for men are be
ing? conducted by gas companies In
various cities, but what the coun
try really needs is men who can
wash dishes.
(Copyright 1023)
Silt ASKED
FOR FACTS UPON
SYRIAN REVOLT
Paris, Oct. BU. - (A. P.) Gen
eral Sarrail, French hivh commis
sioner in Syria, will be invited to
come to Paris and submit detaile
explanations of the recent events
in Syria. Tins decision was reach
ed tonight at a si ecial meeting o
tho cabinet to consider the byrm;
hiUiatiou.
Paris, Oct. 30. (A. P.) 11
semi-official Havas agency sa;
that Paul Moncour, a leader
the socialist part and former mi
istcr of labor, lias ben asked
b20cme French high commissione
in Syria, replacing General Sar
rail. Havas says it lg probable tha
General Sarrail will be recalled 1
Paris shortly to explain events
Syria. A special cabinet cou::c
to discuss the situation has he
called for ton;ght.
Denver, Colo. Testimony
which the state expects to han
Hay F. Shank, machinist, tor th
murder of his wife and 17-year-ol
son, was given in his trial by his
own daughter, Ruth, 21-year-oll
college 'radu?te.
His Freedom
months old baby by her husband
Jack Werner, was in Sacramento,
Cai., when Durkin on a previous
occasion escaped from the author
ities. This time he shot at
policeman but missed and escape'
through a window when left
alone in an unguarded room.
Now, Betty is in jail facin
probable prosecution as on acces
sory In the shootings that have
marked Durkin 's escapes from ar
rest. But she is unafraid, for
Durkin. she soys, braved pursuing
police to buy a new outfit for her
bahy and to bring them from
detective-guarded apartment to
hotel, where they planned a nr
life.
Detective squads, searching for
Durkin, havs pistols and shot-
runs ready to kill him on sight
AMBASSADOR
N
I RECALLED
Berenger Is Selected To
Represent France In
Washington ; Shift
Due To Debt Matter
Is
Paris, Oct. 30 (AP) It Is
learned on high authority that Sen
ator Victor Henry Berenger will be
appointed shortly to succeed Emile
Daeschner as French ambassador to
the United Stages.
The decision of the government
to change ambassadors in Wash
ington Is closely related to the
Amerlcnn debt funding negotia
tions. Foreign Minister Brland has Im
pressed upon Premier Painleve and
others of his colleagues In the cab
inet that another effort should he
made to settle the debt.
Debt Question Involved
Senator Berenger Is regarded as
the best man available to bring this
about. His financial authority in
France, his Intimate acquaintance
with the subject and the Ideas he
derived from his recent experiences
in Washington as a member of the
Calllaux debt mission have persuad
ed the government that if some
thing more is to be done, he is the
man to do it.
There is a disposition In some
quarters to criticise Ambassador
Daeschner for his dispatches to the
foreign office prior to the depar-
ore of the French mission for the
United States, it being declared
that these advices left M. Calllaux
and his party under mlsappresen
sion as to the atiltudo of the Am
erican debt funding commission.
Formalities Pend
The usual Inquiry whether M.
Bere riser is persona grata to the
American government as ambassa
dor has not yet been made but Is
expected to follow In due courso.
Senator Berenger, seen by the
newspaper men as he was about to
leave town for tho week end, said
ho had not the slightest know
ledge of his prospective appoint
ment.
Change Surprise
Washington, Oct. 30 (AP)
News of an impending change in
French ambassadors to Washing
ton was received here with appar
ent surprise.
So far as disclosed, M. Daosch
ner s contracts with tho American
government have been of an agree
able character, and he has made
many friends In American official
life.
There Is no doubt, however, that
in one respect the mission to the
United States has failed. It was
generally understood when he suc
ceeded Jules Jusscrand that hifl
major duty would be to pave the
way for a settlement of the French
war debt, and 'o that end he had
many conferences with American
officials.
PROBATE OF WATT
ESTATE IS ASKED
t The name of Elizabeth P. Watt,
which has been in probate court
records for a number of years,
storm center in litigation going to
tho circuit and supremo courts,
came back Into the probate records
yesterday in a new form. Tnts
time- it was to probate her JI0.
000 estate as a decedent. George
W. Watt, a brother of Hohoken,
and Elma A. Watt, a sister of Los
Aneelcs. ru named as nearest re:
atives. Thomas Ilelinan is named
as administrator no will bavins
been left. T. ll'sdon. brave Dra-
ger and.U. G. Buyer are appointed
appraisers.
misalign which surrounded th
ostate before tho woman's driatli
revolved around who nhould act as
euardian of her eptnte, Mrs. wa
having been Adjudged an in".o'n-
netent In connection with th
litigation affidavits were filed by
the score by Salem a most promt
nent citizens testifying to Strang'
mannerisms and characteristics of
tho worn in.
SALEM, OREGON, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 30, 1925
JV
SUCCESS 0
F
Settlement of Bulgarian
, Greek Controversy Is
Declared Proof of Ef
fectiveness.
Paris, Oct. 30 (AP) Tho coun
ell of the league of nations, hur
riedly summoned on Monday last to
prevent threatened hostilities be
tween Greece and Bulgaria, ad
Journed today with Its task accom
pushed.
Official notification from allied
military experts on the scone was
present at the final meeting that
the Greeks had completed their
evacuation of Bulgaria soil eight
hours before the time limit set by
the council.
A commission of inquiry, head
ed by Sir Horace Rumbold, now
will proceed to the spot, lnvestigat
ing the incidents leading up to the
Greek occupation of Bulgarian ter
rltory and report Its findings to
the December meeting of the coun
cil. The closing of this week's ses
sion the thirty-sixth held by the
council, was marked by a moving
address by Aristldo Brland, the
president, who declared the lea
gue's existence had been fully jus
tified by this settlement alone.
In reverent tones, which thrilled
his hearers, M. Brland dedicated
the session just closed to the mem
ory of Woodrow Wilson, who pro
posed and realized the league of
nations and of Leon Bourgeois, the
French statesman, who presided
over the peace conference commis
sion wheh adopted the league cove
nant. The members of tho council
Went on record as insisting that all
nations henceforth must follow the
example of Bulgaria and Greece,
submitting their disputes to tho
friendly offices of the league.
2 CARS CARRYING
BIG BOOZE CARGO
noseburg, Or., Oct. 30. Fuder.il
prohibition officers, under the di
rection of A. B. llmnsr of Wash
ington, U. C, who have been pa
trolling the Pacific highway aor'.n
and south of Ko&eburg and estab
lishing a virtual blockade for the
past two days, seized tlicir quarry
today when they captured C. tf.
King and W. II. Binder both ot a?r
Francisco, and confiscated G5 gal
lons of alcohol and 22 cuses of ?r.i,
carried in two cars. Both msa
were accompanied by their wivas.
Following their arrest they wor:
aignod before United Status
Commissioner C. F. Hopkins, w'jj
placed ball at $2500 each an.l
bound thorn over to the leuerai
grand jury at Portland.
Having received a tip that twa
booze cars were on the way nort.i
from San Franclrco, six federal of
ficers appeared in tho city on
Wednesday and commenced stop
ping cars from both the north nnl
south. During she day time oniy
suspicious cars were stopped, h.it
at night every car passing alon-j
the highway wr.s forced to hat1,
and was subjected to a thorough
search.
This morning about 10 o'clock
the two cars driven by King anl
Snider were stopped just south -;f
the city limits. King's car was
found to contain 65 gallons of
on re alcohol, there being n:ne
cans of five-gallon capacity and
2fl rans nf nno irallon cana tiy. Ti
nther machine carried ten full
cases of gin an-I four half cas
The limior cargo is valued
approximately 11 500, In addition
tho eovornhient will confiscate th
two cars, one a Dodge coupe an l
the other a Ktudehaker road;t-r.
acrording to Mr Hamer.
New York. Caruso lost rn nt :-f
his vocal quality when h trio i
sing in German. Otto H. Kntn rv
veals in a pampbiet eipia'n':??
why the Metropolitan has .-in
opora in English.
LM IDEA
CUUMD
STILLMAN IS ACCUSED
88 88 88 88
WIFE WANTS DIVORCE
JrflOr 1 ' Br
New York, Oct. 30. (A. P.) I
Mrs. Anne U. btillman, who de
feated James A. Stillman s sensa
tional, prolonged suit to divorci:
her, has now begun Buit to divor.:c
hi:n.
Papers were filed in West Ches
ter county more than a month ago
and the action was kept secret.
It Is expected that no witnesses
will he introduced in Mrs. Still-1
man's suit, but that a certified
transcript of the testimony in her
husband's suit tj divorce r nud
illecitimize Guy Stillman as thf
son of Fred K. Ecauvais, a French
Canadian Indian guide, will be or-i
A.F.L
MODEL FARMER
DIES IN SLEEP
A. Fletcher Lockwood, owner
of a model farm between Su!?m
and Turner, where he and his wtf ;
have lived for the past six years,
passed away whiie asleep in bed at
his hunte at 11:20 o'clock lat
nighi. He had recently completed
construction of a barn with cor';
floor, steel supports, concreto anl
tile af a cost or come $7000. He
expected shortly to build a new
house. The barn had not hem
stocked with either horses or cdt-
tle at the time Mr. Lock wood's
death took place
Mr. Lockwood was the neph
of Andrew Fletcher, president of
the W. & A. Fletcher company,
steamship outfitters of Hohoken.
New Jersey, end president of the
American Locom-mve Works.
He leaves a wit'ow, Huth, and no
child. en. He was 44 years of
ago.
Buying the farm in a very or.l
nary condition six years as-.
Lockwood had improved it to sut-h
an extent that it was consider-?:!
model in the Willamette vnllsy,
Its 80 acres were devoted almost
entirely to prima trees.
The exact caunc of his death hu;
not been deffntcly determined, but
is presumed to he heart disaas-j.
His wife heard him choking whiie
lying in bed last night, but ha wm
dead when she ra bed him.
COOT
Tho campaign for funds for th
Salem hoy scouts, started in the
city yesterday, reached a succss
ful conclusion-today, it was an
nounced this noon by Fred Thlel-
sen, who had charge of the cam
pafgn.
"We'll have the entire $3000 in
by tonight," said Thielsen. "If we
had found everybody in we would
have finished yesterday." The
final report last night was that
924U0 of the anticipated
had been raised nt lliat time, nr
cord ing to Mr. T h i e !sc n . All re
maining to be done today was to
make a number of return calls.
With the successful comple
tion of the drive, a continuation
of the boy scout program in Sa
lem, and clearing the organiza
tion of its present few hundred
dollars Indebtedness, is assured.
88 88 - 88
fered aB evidence.
Mrs. Stillman fought her hus
band's null by countering that he
had misconducted himself with
Mrs. Florence IJ Leeds, that hcv
son. Jav Ward Leeds, was in real
ity tho son of Stillman and that
Mrs. Leeds actually was Florence
Lawler, an actress, who quiite.1
Broadway for sudden affluence,
PI
E
Portland. Oct. 30 ( AP) Sub
stltution of historical pageants for
i-mind-uns and rodeos, was reco-n
mended by the Oregon Congren of
Parents and Teachers when In it
concluding grist of resolutions, it
adonted one disapproving the "wild
western" type of entertainment.
"Wo do hereby express our dis
approval of tlie.se purformancrs,
and wo protest to those cities and
towns in our state which sponsor
them against any recurrence,' snid
the resolution, which was introduc
ed by tho secretory, Mrs. Lillle B.
Thomas,
"We further desire to express tr
Ihelr managers our belief that
these occasions could be made
much more Interesting and attrac
tive through the elaboration of the'
pageantry features wbli-h would
rive in wonderful colorful detail the
picturesque development of the
Oregon country from Its earliest
pioneer days."
Motion picture distributors were
urged in another resolution to re
move the block-booking system on
the ground that this system held
up the showing of good films and
forced upon the public many films
otherwise unsalable nnd unfit for
distribution.
Judge D'Arcy Visits
San Francisco Which
He Saw 70 Years Ago
Tho Sun Frnnciarn Itullotln of
October 9 contains the following
concerning Judge P. II. D'Arcy of
Salem, then paying a sentimental
visit to San Francisco.
"Seventy yrars and 2n days ngo
little P. If. D'Arcy, too young to
know what it was nil about, ar
rived In S.in Francisco from Nw
York.
"Six yen rs bf-fore a man nam
ed .Marshall had picked up a nug
get of gold beneath a mil! wheel,
nd had brought ndvonturers from
all four corners of tho world lo a
new empire.
"young D'Arry knew nothing
and cird less about any sii-h mat
ter when he rt-ar-hed this rmigh and
ready settlement, a tmby in arms.
He didn't know that 24 days after
his arrlvnl the first Ifwue of The
Bulletin came out.
TO STAND
COL!
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TtJTfT? nPUP1?l? PT?MT3 ON TRAINS AND NEWS
irtil(jUj JntVCiCj ViMNiO STANDS - FIVE) CENTS
HI
; X
PIERCE SAKS KELLEYAND
WESTON CASE WILLOS SAY
IS MED TRIALS FAIR
Governor Declares Man
Pardoned Was Victim
of False Evidence In
Murder Trial.
The full pardon granted A. J.
westou by Governor Pierce was
based on the theory that no min
der was committed and that Hob
en w. ivrug, tne dead man, was
burned to death accidentally
his cabin near Sisters, Or., accord
ing to a statement relative to 'he
pardon that was Issued by Gov
ernor Pierce today. The governor
says frankly that he does not be
lieve the story told by George Etil
wcll, one of the witnesses, whom
the governor refers to as a "drunk
en sheepherder and illicit distill-
The governor declares his be
lief that Weston "has been the
victim of as cold-blooded a frame
up as was ever known in the rec
ords of western criminal procel-
are." Tne statement in full fol
lows:
Convinced of Innocence.
"I granted a full pardon to J :i c li
Weston after becoming thorougn-
ly convinced that '1C was innocent
of the murder of Krug. Special
investigations have continued over
a period of nearly one year. Nu
merous reports have been submit
tod to me; I have had many inter
views with Ja"k Weston and with
various other people. Some be
lieved Weston inno-.ent nnd others
believed him guilty. I interview
ed Stilwell nt length. I read a.id
re-read the testimony in tho vari
ous trials. The verdict of two
juries convicting Weston woro set
aside by the supreme court, 1
have no doubt that the third con
viction would have been treated in
like manner had Weston possessed
tho necessary fund: for perfecting
an appeal.
"These exhaustive investiga
tions have i on Yi need mo that
Krug was not muidered. He wa:
an old recluse, living in a lonely
mountain cabin, with only dug.;
for companion?. Ileing an in
veterate cignretts smoker, he often
smoked in bed. Testimony ohowr"
that he frequently set fire to his
bedding.
Eviclftncfi Held False.
"Stilwell's story as told m. 1
so iinproh-ihl? that I do not believe
it. It differed in many particu
lars from bin stories on tho wit
ness stand. His evidence at th
various trials also varied. Wos-
ton was convieU-d solely on the
evidence of Stilwell and Wilcon.
I have had the careers of all thrc'
men carefully investigated. J-ic.t
Weston was for several years a
well known, trusted officer of the
law in central Oregon. At on
lime he had mil to a little fortune
Simple c-'iulioti, to say nothing of
his high typo of intelligcir.y,
would have pi evented Westo-i
from committing such an indL
creet act as to force the unwilling
drunken sheephcnler and ill hi I
distiller, Kill well, to accompany
i Continued on Pago Kevon.l
'The little D'An-y boy was t;ik
by his parents to Salem, Ore., In
1 K j". There ho at quired most of
the honors that city could give
him. Now he's bii'-k in Kan Fran
cisco for a visit, clear-eyed, erect
and as mentnlly and ) hyslcally ac
tive ns If In the span of bin life
time nn grf.'tt metropolitan city had
Hjinnig up on the sand lots where
he played threescore nnd ten years
" 'Kv;ry so often. Judge D'Arcy
ffald today, 'I have to make my
jilltrilinage to San j'ranclsco. It is
a trip almost exclusively sentimen
tal. I liko to think that, baby
though I was, I became one of the
real pioneers of this state.
" I lovo San Francisco ns If It
were my birthplace nnd I nave
watched It surge to the front rankthff r.:tI.Pmi,,ls for policies decldm
I i7n;in-ieri on ru Kouri :' ntddo parliament.
lUt
1925
LiBFtUDY TONIGHT
And Saturday, normal temperature, light
westerly winds.
Local: Max., 63: min., 41; rain traces
atmos., cloudy; wind, south.
Both Deny Intention To
Kill In Break From
Prison; Appeals Ar?
To Be Taken.
Ellsworth Kettey nnd James Wlt
9, convicts at the state peniten
tiary who were Implicated In the
prison break of August 12 last In
which two guards, John Sweeney
and J. M. Holman, were killed.
were today sentenced by Judge
Percy R. Keiloy to be hanged Fri
day, January 8. Tom Murray, lead
In the prison delivery, whose
gun killed Sweeney nnd Beriously
wounded Lute Savage, another
guard, Is under sentence to be exe
cuted Friday, December 18. Bert
(Oregon) Jones, a fourth prisoner
involved, was killed in the break.
probably committing suicide after
he had been wounded.
Neither Nervous
Kelley knd Wlltos were a deject
ed appearing pair when brought
before Judge Kelly early today.
They did not seem nervous, and
both made rather extended state
ments, hut both were unshaven and
palo. Willos' pallor was particu
larly noticeable because normally
he Is of ruddy complexion.
Kelley was the first to be sen
tenced. Heforo Judge Kelly pro
nounced tho grim words. "You
shnll bo hanged by the neck until
you aro dead, and may God have
mercy on your soul," he gave each
man opportunity to speak.
Denies Killing Holman
"I wnnt to say," said Kelley,
that as far ns the Jury is con
cerned I have had as fair a trial ne
could bo expected under tho cir
cumstances. But without apology
I want to say that I am a victim
of circumstances. I did not kill
Holman ns tho stato has tried to
show, and In time It will be proven
that I did not kill him. That's all
I have to say."
Wiling also said his trial had beet
fair.
"Hut I am not guilty of murdct
in the firat degree," he added. "I
never harmed any man during the
get-away, nnd never had the least
idea of harming anyone, I am verj
(Continued on Pago Seven)
SIDESTEP DEBT
IE
Paris, Oct. 30 (AP) Premier
Painleve, having taken over in his
newly formed cabinet tho port
folio of minister of finance from
which Joseph Calllaux was depos
ed by tho resignation of the minis
try, is to sidetrack for the present
tho question of France's debt to
the Cnltrd States.
M. Painleve will devote his at
tention to untangling tho snarled
skein of Frnnco's other debts nnd
financial complications. Whllo he
has not made any statement to this
effect, It Is asserted that ho regards
the American debt question of lest
pressing importance than the fin
ancial problems at home.
It is asserted that M. Painleve
realizes that the proffer of a smaP
or sum to the United Htat-s than
was mentioned in the tentative
agreement reached by M. Calllaux
at Washington with tho American
debt funding commission would not
1)0 nenoptnblo to tho American gov
ernment nnd that he Is of the op
inion that the French people would
not back himself and hw ministers
up In offering a larger sum.
The premier and his new cabinet
already have heard what is In store
for th'-in nt tho hands of groups of
the coalition If they fail to tnk
extreme measures to strnlphten
nut the financial troubles of the
country. They have been told that
tho support of theso groups will be
lacking if the j-nvernmcnt falls t
follow a policy of national Con
! . t . th-, ,iemrinds
or. 1 and rejects (no