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Newspaper Page Text. CIRCUI-ATION Dally average net paid circulation for month ending October SI, 1925 RAIN TONIGHT Jr.A Tuesday. Fresh and strong east :mu aouth easterly winds, . . 7352 Local: Max., BO; mln., 44; ruin, 36; river, 0.4; atmoa., oloudy wind, south. Average dally distribution 7763. Member Audit Bureau of Circulations FORTY-SEVENTH YEAR No. 285 SALEM, OREGON, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 1925 PRICE THREE CENTS lliSu SSSSt (LaBitaUfteoiiirnal 1L , - i i - ) 1 - - '' GOVERNMENT R03S0RER0N SAYSSENATOR Stanficld Says Conserva tion Policy Really One Of Confiscation Graz ing Fees Protected. Objection that tlio 11 western public land Btatea are expected by the federal government to pay the price of consevation for the en tiro United States, even for the entire world, was voiced by Sena' tor Robert N. Stanffeld in an ad dress before the Salem Chamber of commerce at noon today. "I am not attempting," be said "to promote any dfsagrement be tween you and the bureau of for estry, but this federal policy is reallv to cloak a policy of confis cation. The bureau speaks of these lands as 'our' lands, when In fact they are the states' lands." Senator Stanncid quotea .ionn Marshall and Abraham Lincoln as1 having said that the lands were held by the government In trust tor the states. He said the gov ernment estimated the value of the reserved area at $20,000,000 but that in his opinion $276,000, '00 would be more nearly correct, ubd he declared that In the cycle of about 50 years which the for estry bureau estimates must pass before a crop of timber can be produced under tho conservation policv the government will have taken from Oregon $325,000,000 that in reality belongs to the it ale. "I admit" he said, "that the government should have the ad min later in er of the lands, but it should he for the benefit of the states. It Is time to protest, and if I have left with you the single thoueht that you should rise and contend for the sovereign rights of this state, then my effort has not been in vain. And Oregon is not alone, but it is only one of 11 western states. True, the gov ernment baa contributed to Ore gon, about $40,000,000 for high way improvement since I have been in congress, hut It does not have an acre of public lands. Stanficld branded as a tax the $197,000 In fees , collected last year for grazing and criticised the present proposal to increase the amount 400 per cent. Senator Stanfield was delayed In his trip to Salem and before his arrival short speeches wero made by Justices Belt and Coehow of the supreme court, George Grlf lith and Senator I. L. Patterson. ROBBERS PROW PRISON ESCAPES Eugene. Or., Nov. 30. Charles Alters ami Frank Thomas, recently arrested here on a charge of rob bing a store, have been Identified as two of the three min who es caped from the Washington etnte penitentiary at Walla Walla on November S. Akers was sentenced in 1022 for a terra cf from 10 :o 30 years r bank robbery in Clallam county and was known as Earnest Brown Ing. Thomas, known as Warren Daniels at the penitentiary, was ent up for firet decree murder in King county in 1922. James Straight. Eugene patrol man, arrested tho two men while ihey were In tho ct ot robbing the ttore here, he eaia. OREGON CITY Oregon City, Or., Not. 30. (A p.) Traffic was opened on the Pacific highway stretch recently completed between Oregon City nd Canemab for the first time Eatorday evening. Only tbe light er vehicles are allowed lo nse the new road, the heavy trucks still being routed over the detour Hlrh street. The latter part of the week will probably see the highway opened to all traffic. Its completion does away with one of the few remaining unpaved sections of the Pacific highway between Portland and the Cantor nla l'r.3. GOOD EVENING WORDS and MUSIC By Stoddard King BREAKFAST FOOD 'In order that the American tra ditions may be preserved and that the time-honored of our forefath ers may endure, at the request of many patrons we have placed pie on our breakfast menu." From the bill of fare of the Hotel Arling ton, Bingham, N. Y. When Americans began the day's ciulfUYor -With npplc pic and berry pic and mil tec, What they did lias luid no equal And no comparable sequel In anything Hint's happened to w since. They drove the savage Iuiltnn to cover, . They built a mighty empire on the plains, And ihi'y laid n firm foil mini ion For ft great mid happy nation, With pi" tn build their muscles and their brains. On the other hand, It luuj to be admitted That n luter generation, which was fed On n less heroic diet. Hub been anything but qiiie In the nrL of getting steadily ahead. After-hrciikfnstiiig on orange juice and cornflake, TImj present generation rolls In wealth, And the rate of which we're mov. inc. Is Indubitably proving inn; our Jiicnn doesn't undermine our health. But perhaps we might be even more successful With a Utile more attention paid to nie; And, despite the doctor's warning As to lighter meats for morning. It can hardly do us any harm to try. We must try to find the perfect com imiai ions, . Wc must try to reconcile the feast mid fast Ami, perhaps, if fate If willing. With a meal that's cheap and f ill- mar Wc will realize our destiny at last. The likeness of Woodrow Wilson will appear on a 13-cent stamp, the 14-polnt stamp having fallen Into a state of obsolescence. Perhaps with the Idea of prov ing that republics are not always ungrateful, friends and admirers of Red Grange have started a move ment to send him to congress. He has had so much experience block- ng the kick that he might find chance at Washington to kick he bloc. fCopyrght 1926) AWARD CONTRACT 10 D.'lbert Hart & Sen were award ed tbe contract for this winter' wood cutting for the county on the county property at Hopmere agreeing lo do the cutting for $1.50 a cord. Two hundred and seventy-five cord are to be cut for use next -year at tbe court house, poor farm and tool house, lllds for hauling will be received later, the hauling to be done next May. Other bidders were John Uollene, $1.80; J. Grogen, $1.80; Frank O Ayers, $1,75; George Mattcson $1.76; Ed Thornton, $1.75. The county still has 30 or acres of wood to cut on the Hop- mere tract after this year. Already about 1200 cords have been cu Tho county, by cutting the wood itself, gets it delivered " at from $3.25 to $3.50 a cord. Last year it is estimated a saving ot from $750 to $900 was made on the county handling it itself. f You Were a . City Councilman? NOTE For the best letters of 300 words or less submitted during November the Capital Journal will give threo prizes of $10, $5 and 12.50. The letters must be on "What Tou Would Do If Tou Were A Councilman" and should be addressed to the Contest Editor. The letters must be signed by the name and address ot the sender, but the letters will be published by num ber only, and the judges will Judge them before learning the names of the writers. Number Forty-Six Contest Editor: If I were a councilman I would use my own judgment for the betterment of our city and not be Influenced by others. " 1. I would see that there was a law to keep people from putting all their leaves and other refine in the streets, and see that it was enforced, also that tbe sawdust should not be left In the streets over 24 hours after wood la sawed we would then have a cleaner city with less expense to the tax payer. 2. I would never be In favor of 11! 10 PROBE DEPORTAT Mob Action At Toledo To Be Investigated On De mand Of Japanese Gov ernment. The deportation of Japanese oin Toledo. Lincoln county, by citizens of that place last summer, to be Bitted by a grand jury in February, 1926. This is the de velopment after a three-cornered correspond cute by K. Midzusawu, Japanese consul at Portland. Gov ernor Pierce and Earl P. Conrad district attorney for Lincoln coun ty. The Japanese government ap parently Isn't taking the affair lichtly and ie not disposed to for' gat it., Under date of November 9, Midzusawa wrote Governor ierce asking information on the following two points on which the Japanese government had in structed him to report: The result of the investigation made by the authorities concerned in regard to this matter. The present stage of the prose cution proceedings of the persons who participated in the affair. Grand Jurv to Probe. No prosecution being under way. Governor Pierce under aate of Novomber 21, wrote a three' Hue letter to District Attorney Conrad asking for a detailed re' port on the status of the affair. On November zs, uonrau i olted to the governor as follows: The grand jury for Lincoln county will be In session In tbe first part of February, 1926, af which Urns I expect to submit evl deuce and subpoena sufficient wit- sos to have the matter fully presented to the grand jury. On November 3U, uovernor Pierce wrote Midsusawa, eimply quoting the above letter from Con rad. and on the same day the gov ernor wrote Conrad approving an investigation and urging that it he done as soon as possible. (Continued on Page Seven) AS Portland, Or., Nov. 30. (A. P, V. K. Newell of Eugene was sworn In a deputy prohibition ad minislrator for Oregon by District Federal Judge Wolverton shortly after noon today. Roy T. Lyle of Seattle, prohibl tion administrator for the north western district, and Dr. J. A. Lin ville, retiring deputy administra tor for Oregon, were present. "I prefer not to make an extrav agant statements regarding the things I nlan to do," Newell sa after taking the oat. "I'd much rather let my actions speak for m Theeo statements made before en tering office ore most cut and dried anyway.' He planned to return to Eugem today and prepare to move to Port land. He eoxpecten to take up n new work in two or thre? days. having anything but concrete pavements. 3. 1 would do all I could to have tbe main streets, through streets, and all automobiles being requir ed to come to a full stop as they approach the streets from either side. Number Forty-Seven Contest Editor: If I were a city councilman I would bear In mind that Salem Is a city end not a Til lage and would govern myself ac cordingly. (continued on Page Nine) STATES ARCTIC PLANES BEST IN SERVICE Witnesses Repute Asser tions By Mitchell Re garding McMillan's Ex ploration Aircraft. WiinhiiiKton, Nov. 30. (A. P.) The Mitchell court martial to day expunged from its record all mention of the episode of Friday when remarks by Brigadier Gen eral King, a member of the court, brought vigorous objections from counsel for Colonel Mitchell. Commander H. C. Richardson pilot of the plane NC-3 In its at tempt to croM the Atlantic In 1919 said the racing craft in which imiteunnt Pearson was killed in 1924 at Fairfield. Ohio, had been in storage from the time of the Pulitzer rnces In 1923. until April 1924, when It was turned over to ho army air service. Mitnhll Refuted. Colonel Mitchell had charged that Pearson was killed in a dilap id a ted airplane, constrctcd for a race two years before that in which the lieutenant met his death. Commander Richarason declared the machine was in "good condtiion" when it was released to the army, and that while it was delivered to the army in April of 1924, It did not crash until- the following September. The Pearson charge has been one of the' outstanding coji trover sial points of the case and it was entwined with the further charge by Colonel Mitchell that the army and navy entered Into an arrange ment by which one service would take the Pulitzr racing machines one year and the other the nexi year, "thereby equalizing propa anda, not service. Rest Available. Questioned about Colonel Mitch' ells charge that the planes with the MacMiilan Arctic expedition, which were not designed, intend ed nor suited for the miesion for which they were employed, Com- mander Richardson said he would chose tho Loeuing machine (the type used) as the only developed type of amphibian airplane now available In the united mates. It was for this reason, the wit ness testified, that he belioved th airplanes Issued to MacMuia were suitable and capable tor tne work aeslgned them. without referring directly Mitchell's charge that the Uvea of fliers wore endangered by placin the . surface shins two hundred anart during the' attempted fMfdi Hawaii, the wtiness tesunen that with surface ship only 5 miles apart during the trans- Atlantic flight, two places were temnorarily lost. His own ship ho eald. was down 55 hours an eventually made port unassisted Paris. Nov. 30. (A. P.) Th storms which swept the Mediter ranean and Atlantic coasts durin the week-end penetrated a9 far south as French Morocco and a: far east at Bulgaria, reports show, At Fez, Morocco, a cyclonic win caused the death ot threo forciK lezlonnnires and injured 13. Sev enteen airplanes were wrecked and f vn mechanicians Injured at aviation field near the legion en oampmcnt. The losses are very heavy. At Sofia, the Bulgarian capital 32 houses were destroyed by a se vere windstorm. The storm struck this city In the middle of the night and many persons fled their homes scantily clad. No mention is maw ot casualties.- $750,000 FIRE LOSS IN BOSTON TENEMENTS Newark. N. J.. Nor. 30. Fire sweeping through eight cotnbln tion tenement and business build ings on Springfield avenue be tween Doaton and Beacon street today drove 100 occupant to the street end caused damage estimat ed at 1760.000. The flames were brought under control at a. m, after a two-hour fight In which th entire block In the thickly popu lated section w threatened. CYCLONIC WIND SWEEPS MOROCCO auditions u Invited Murray Break, Says Former Convict In Article George Curtiss, Prisoner ' ing Height of Internal Conflict Among Of , ficials, Describes Conditions As Seen By . Inmate In Series of Stories for Journal. (Editor's Note This is the first a seriea of articles on condi tions- existing In the Oregon state penitentiary at the time of and bsequent and prior to the pris- u break of August 12 written by corgo Curtiss, convict No. 91ll that institution from January 11)5, until November 16, 1G, 1925.) Bv Geonre Curtiss. (former Convict No. 91G1.) There has b:en a great deal said tcly concerning the prison man agement, particularly since the ison break of August 12, and onsidernblc speculation relative to oHilcul conduct that might have iecu responsible for the conditions that made tho break possible and nevitable. Perhaps tho public will be interested, If not a liiue sur prised, to know the true circum- stnnces behind the prison scandal. For this reason, and with the hope that ft may serve as a warning to prevent repetitions of each an oc currence I am writing this series of articles at tho request of many thoughtful men and women whose hearts have been touched by the DIVORCE CASE Whto Plains. N. Y.( Nov. 30. (A.P.) The defense in the Rhine- 1 un dor annulment suit rested IU cae five mlnuies atter court con vened this morning, without cull- ng Alice Liutrlce Junes, defendant, a the proceedings. The case may reach the jury uy tonight. It has been in progre6 three weeks. Mrs. George Jones, mother ot Alice, was recalled briefly to the stand this morning to testify whether Alice's body waa the eame color at her birth us it is now. She asserted that It was. Lee Pareons Davis, counsel for the defense, turned . to Justice Morschauscr after Mrs. Jones had .left the stand and eald: 'Acting on my own responsibil ity and on my experience as an attorney, the deiense now rests. The announcement caused sur prise aa It had been believed that other witnesses were to be called. You n it Khfuclandcr was recalled (o the etand by bis attorneys. He made a sweeping denial of the tes timony of Ross Chidester, former chauffeur of the Hhinclander fuin- Uy. r Chidestor had said that he told young Hhinclundcr of Alice's negro blood before the latter mar ried her, but that Hhlnelander had retorted, "I don t give a damn. JUSTICESHIP Washington, Nov. 80. (A. P.) Secretary Wilbur declined todny a tender of tho chief Justiceship of the supreme court of California. The offer came from Governor Richardson. The chief justiceship re-ently became vacant by resig nation of the Incumbent judge. The offer Is understood to have been received Saturday while Mr. Wilbur was at the Army and Navy football game In New York. Both Mr. Wilbiur and tbe White House have recently denied the aecretary Intended to leave the cabinet. The judgeship which he declined Is the one he held at the time of his appointment as secre tary of the navy. Paris, Nov. 80. (A. P.) Lo Temps nays the new cabinet un der M. II rl and has decided to re sume Immediately the negotiations for funding the French war debte to the United States and Great Britain In tbe belief that mutuall Mtlsfsz-tory agrecmenls can be rapidly concluded. At Penitentiary for Ten Months Dur- gruesome and Uiul procedure that has marked tho prison drama.. Served Ten Months. In submitting these articles for publication in the public press I must, ot necessity, ackuowledge that I served time in the peniten tiary on a 15 months' sentenced for an infraction of the Volstead linuor law, and was a prisoner in that institution at the tiinr of the break in question. I was adressed In at the prison on January Id, 1925, and was discharged on No vember 16, after having served 10 months. I make these admissions rather 'apologetically, and regret that circumstances exist thai sonietimos force me to do things that they would naturally despise. Tho fact that I have served time should not detract from the value of what I have to say, and I assure the public beforehand that every statement I have to mako will be made wftih absolute fairness to all. if tbo official conduct ot anyone should fall across the line of tacts as I know them to be it is his mi? tortunte. I do not seek through bias or neraonal prejudice, to in- (Continued on Page Eight) E HEAVY LOSS OF LIFE IN EUROPE London, Nov. 20 (AP) From South Italy and Spain to Scandin avia and Trom Poland to the bay of Biscay, vlolont storms " raged during tho week end. Snow lies virtually throughout central Eu rope and everywhere low tempera tures are recorded.' For the first time in many years snow, fell along the French Riviera. But according to en official commun ication Issued by tho authorities at Nice. ' ii thawed as soon as the sun caino out.'1 A temperature of between four and five degrees be low freezing was registered. There whb much destruction ot property and loss of life In the storm areas. Italy, however, ap pears to have been the worst suf ferer. Tho reports receivea buow that there were storms over the whole of the peninsula, from Nap les to southern Sicily. They were more violent than ever known. Huge waves from the seas delug ed tho shores, wrecking houses and damoglng harbors and rail roads, while swollen rivers flood ed the countryside, destroying crops and cattle. A dispatch to th uauy man from Homo reports much damage at Catanzaro, where many persons were killed or injured and that at Montclcone Bagnnra and other places also suffered severely. Heavy seas held up mo American steamer Prealdent Garfield for ne von ho lira outside Naples. Deep snow falls are reportca from Austria, Germany and Swit zerland. Violent storms of rain and wind visited Spain and Por tugal. Portugal suffered particu larly In the destruction ot rail way tracks, telopnone ann icie graph wires and the demolition ot some houses. Messina. Sicily. Nov. 30 (AP) Tho Italian cotter Bant Antonio went down In a storm with hor entire crew. Details are lacking. Even as far east aa Greece the storms raged. The port of Pi raeus suffered damage, while at Patras the lighthouse and break water wero washed away. Southern England escaped with a trifling snowfall but northern England and Scotland were snow ed under. Drifts sereral feet tn depth are reported In some places. These hindered railway traffic. One train wae stalled In a drift tor many houra. ITALIAN CUITER SINKS WITH CREW Federation Operation Anthracite Mines Proposed By Borah Washington, Nov. 30. (A. P.) Full power for tho president to take, over and operate anthracite mines in time fo a national emergency would bo conferred under n bill which Senator Itorali, re publican, Iilnlio, is pur paring for lutruducilon In the sen uto PAVING PLAN! Clackamas county is eeektne the use or the opportunity to buy not stun plant from Marion county for preparation of paving material on the Monitor-Barlow road In Clackamas county which will hook up practically with the road leading out ot Marion coun ty into Clackamas county and which will bo paved tho coming summer. County Judge Cross of Clackamas has written ' to the county court hero advising of the proposed paving on tho Monitor- Barlow road beginning about two miles from Monitor and extend ing three miles Into Clackamas county. Thero already Is a good road from Monitor to tho point wnere the Clackamas paving will start. Marlon county planet to pave In that section next summer as well, including a two mile stretch from Norton's corners to Monitor, this road being a branch off from the Mt. Angel-Woodbui'n pavemont, and also will pavo three miles to Scotts Mills from Pino Tree cor ners. This, coupled with the Clackamas pavement, will open up that territory to Salem and give a fine road directly into Sa lem, paved all of the way, save the short section In Clackamas from Monitor to the proposed new pavement. Members ot the county court here state that It Is a new depar ture for Clackamas county to lay asphalt, as all of the county pave mrnt there so far Is nine-toot con crote. Tn his letter to the court here Judgo Cross wishes to know If Marion county will have In opera ion a hot stuff plant at a reason able distance from Monitor Clackamas could use it on Its pro nosed Improvement, If not wheth er the county has an asphalt plan for sale, and If not that, whethor Clackamas county could rent one from thlB county for a year or less. Mombers of the Marlon cour stato that In all probability ar rangement could bo made for co operation on the part ot this coun tv In the use of its plant wnicn will put In the Monitor and Scotts Mills Improvements. Tho court here is glad to extend the co-oper ation, particularly as It will be used on an Improvement opening into this county. Santa Claus CLACKAMAS TO BORROW MARION Salem With Reindeer On Next Wednesday This Is the time for the boye and girls of Salem to decide what they want Santa Clau to leave at their homes on Christmas Eve. On Wednesday morning, about eleven thirty, Santa Claus will ar rive on the Polk county bridge in a sleigh drawn by two ot his best reindeer, Dances and Prancer. Alt Wednesday afternoon Santa and his reindeer will be down at Biker's auto company across the street from the Armory where anyone, big or little may come to see him. When Santa starts north again on Wednesday evening he wants to take with him letters from all tha little folks In Salem so ho will have plenty of time to look them over before Christmas. For tha past fire years the Capital Journal and the local Elks lodge have acted as Santa's repro MURDERER UPONBOQZE Slayer of Baun Pronounc ed Dead 13 Minutes After DrofJ Makes A Speech On Scaffold. W. II. Lloyd paid the death pen ' alty at.the atate penitentiary to- day for the murder of Clinton I. Baun, of Independence on the' Ight of September 1, last. Lloyd dropped through tho trap at 10:04 i clock and at 10:17 was pronounc ed dead by Prison Physician R. L. Edwards and Dr. William B. Mott. I am a victim of bad company and booze," said Lloyd when asked by Deputy Warden J. W. Lillle if he -had anything to' say. .'"I was drunk when I committed the crlmo and there was booze In the car From my boyhood I have anaoclat 1 ed with bad company. I have no 111 feeling toward anyone and want no one trf have hard feeling ngninet me." ' Tobacco To Murray Lloyd, before he went to thu ex ¬ ecution chamber, bequeathed hm tobacco to Tom Murray, who to under sentence of death for the murder of John Sweeney, prison guard. In tho penitentiary break of last August except a pack of . olgarettos In which two or three cigarettes remained These he gave (Continued on Page Seven) s REPELLED AFTER HEAVV FIGHTING Peking, Nov. 30 f AP Ad vices from Shantung report that heavy fighting occurred Saturday and yesterday five miles from Tslnanfu where Marshal Chang Tso-lin'a forces apparently suc ceeded In expelling the invaders from Honan province A telegram from Mukden, cap ital of the Manchurlan govern ment headed by Marshal Chang, states that confidence is return-.;' Ing there, and that preparations"; are being made to repel tho nd--vance of General Kuo Sung-llen, former Mukdenite commander who recently rebelled. Most of tho members of the cabinet In Peking have ceased to carry out their functions. Marshal Fong-Yu-hslang, the- Chrl!lifin scnnnil his nent a message urging the defense com missioner to prevent turlher vio lence in Peking, and declaring that he will support the chief ex ecutive, Tuan Chl-Jui. It Is be lieved that Feng is determined to oust the Anfu politicians sur rounding the chief executive. Feng desires the tariff confer ence to continue but opposes tho Idea of carrying on government by means ot commissioners. . . Notwithstanding the political situation . the sub-committee of surtaxes ot the tariff met this morning. To Visit sentatlres in the Christmas cheer movement. With tho aid of con tributlons from local merchants and other people they have dis tributed gifts to families that San ta didn't have time to visit. Each year the little folks have sent their Christmas ' letters to Santa tn care of the Capital Journal. Tlita voaw Qonio WAntM tn hllTA hlB Icttnra nnoner no all little boys and ! girls are asked to write to him in i care ot the Capital Journal be, fore Wednesday. ' It was the Portland Journal who first persuaded Old Santa that he ought to come downe t Oregon to see all the fine llttla girls and boys that live down hera So Santa went out to his stablj up at the north pole and hitched (Continued on Page Seven.).