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Newspaper Page Textit G aoitaLu CIRCULATION L ! 3 n. FAIR WEATHER tonight and Friday. Moderate temper ature, light southeasterly winds. Local! Max., 64; mln., 43; rain, .1; river. 10.3; atmos., cloudy; wind, jjoulh east. Daily average net paid circulation tor I aouraai mourn ending wovemwr iu, isb 7317 Average dally distribution T724, Member Audit Bureau of Circulations. FORTY-SEVENTH YEAR No. 306 SALEM, OREGON, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 24, 1925 PRICE THREE CENTS K''T,?S I .11 if-irsiwrrF m CHER IttNTIS SUCCESS Drive To Insure Merry Christmas Goes Over Top In Generous Res ponse Of Last Days. WAS ANYONE MISSKD? - Do you know of any needy child who was missed in the distribution of the Christmas Cheer packages. Every effort was made hy the com milt oo In charge to provldo q, Christmas for alt of the un foriunaio children. But some may havo been overlooked. If you know of any please notify tho Elks, phone 17, or fiend the children to the Elks Temple. A supply of candy and nuts, toys and such articles of cloth ing as wero not used in the pack apes is being held In reserve at the Elks Temple to take care of emergency calls. Bv Harrv N. Grain Merry Christmas is to be more than a passing phrase ot greeting in Salem this year. A prosperous year for most ol Its citizens has provided a boun tiful Santa Claus in most of the citv's homes, and for all of those who havo felt the pinch of pover ty tho more fortunato have open ed their hefirts and purses to ban lsh want and suffering from tho Yuletido season. Second In the generosity of the public's response for assist ance only to last year, when snow lay deep on the ground and ncar eero temperatures spread suffer ing as wc!l as want among tbo city's poor, the fifth annual Christmas Cheer campaign of the Capital Journal and the Salem Lodge of Kika went over the top today In a warm demonstration ot Salem's sympathy for those who might otherwise spend a cheerless Christinas. Contributions Total $473 At 1 o'clock this afternoon con tributions to the Christmas Cheer fund received at the Journal of fice had mounted to $473. 83, as against $475 on the same day a year ago, and contributions were still dribbling in to take care of the belated cases of need that are reported In to the committee in charge of the movement. Starting Blowly two weeks ago and lagging during the first 10 days of the drive, the fund has mounted by leaps and bounds this week, with responses coming In from every Quarter from the poor. the moderately well-to-do and the wealthy. A newspaper caTrier (Continued on Pace Seven) B MOSUL RULE London, Dee. 2 1 (AP) There Is a woman who looms large the Mosul controversy, although he strives to keep in the back ground. She is Gertrude Bell, the right hand "man" of King Feisal of Irak, who has many Arabian sheiks, doing her bidding. Feisal 's kingdom, ot which SIo flul Is a part, is a mandate of Great Britain. Miss B?U official ly Is known as the oriental sec retary to High Commissioner of Irak. But in reality sho 1b the chief British authority in that fcart of the world. She U a daugh ter of Sir Hugh Bell, iron maBter and colliery owner. She was edu cated at Queen's college, London, And St. Margaret's, Oxford. She was on military Intelligence ser vice during the war at Cairo and later became a Uason officer in the Arab bureau at Irak. Then he became assistant political of ficer at Bagdad and after Feisal was established on the throne took over her present position. Mies Bell baa written many books of travel and on politics. She la an accomplished linquist And an Indefatigable traveler who has penetrated many of the least known parts of the Arabian des ert and personally assisted in es tablishing the boundaries in a land upknown to the surveyor's extant. G GOOD EVENING WORDS and MUSIC By Stoddard King HOW TO SUCCEED Two busy business nieu I know, And both liavo lots to do Ono govs to lunch at 12 o'clock And stays uivny till 2; The other Is a quarter hour With Ids repast Js through. One hastens (o n restaurant And joins a certain crowd Where gusty speeches arc enjoyed And singing is allowed. rno oilier at a dairy iiincu Is adequately chowed. To one It seems both meet and riirht A man should take his fond Where H may handsomely 1 served And soclnbly he chewed;- Tho other votes for irngni rare Consumed In solitude. The man who takes two horn's for lunch. Ills goods hv carloads sell: The one who hurries back to work Is doing just as well What is tho secret of success! Will sonic bright pupil tell? A pedestrians' protective associa tion has been formed in Paris with the object of destroying the "tyr- nnriy of CO, 000 taxi drivers." The first thing It will do Is to get be hind a taxi-reduction program. A different situation exists here. The tendency Is for motorists to organize against tho taw remaining pedestrians who stubbornly insist on cluttering up tho right wny. FIIO.U THE NEW MOTHER EOOS. Uy Orpheus Nutt. The north wind will blow, - And we shall have snow. And what will the flivver do then, poor crntur? It will wrap a few chains Round Its mangled remains And freeze up its poor little radi ator. (Copyright 1925) pope mum HOLY DOOR OF THE BASILICA Rome, Dec 24 Pope Pius XI, picturesquely bld In pontifical robes of rich medieval design and surrounded by ecclesiastical dignataries today performed the ceremony of closing the holy door of the Basilica of St. Peters, the mammoth mother church of Cath olicism. The ceremony officially brought to a close the year of penitence and pardon specifical ly marked on tho Catholic calen dar once every quarter of a con tury. The holy door had remained open since a year ago today, when tne pope was the central figure in a similar opening ceremony. Since that time more than 3,000.000 Catholic pilgrims from every cor ner of the world had crossed the sill and kissed the door posts of tnat sacred aperture as a sign of devotion and humility. Most of them likewise kissed the celebrat ed fisherman's ring on the right hand of the supremo spiritual leader and received medals com memorative of the holy year from the pontiffs own hands. -- Cardinal Hayes of New York was a prominent figure among the cardinals at the ceremony, while the group of bishops In the pro cession included Bishop Lillis of Kansas City, Bishop Hobnn of Scranton, Bishop Drumm of Des .Moines, and Bishop Lawler of Lead, S. I). Midnight Mass and Other Services Will Usher A general observance of the Christmas season la, being made this week In nearly all churches In Salem. Young people of some of the churches have made plans to go about the city stopping; at certain placea to sing Christmas carols. Young people of the Baptletj church will travel about this even ing. A group of young MeLhodiste will do the same thing early Fri day morning. Christmas will be uphered in at St. Joseph's Catholic church with a solemn high mass at 12:30, half an hour after midnight, with the pajstor. Rev. J. R. Buck as cele brant. Rev. Basil, O. S. B. deacon and Rev. Grants sub-deacon. A ahort sermon will be preached by the pastor, who has Issued an In vitation to everyone, both Catholic and non-Cntholic, to attend. The 'program will Inciude; "Silent WEEKS HURT 4 DIE IN TRAIN WRECK Former War Secretary Escapes Injury Both Engineers Perish I n Head-on Collision. Wilmington, N. C, Dec. 24. (A. P.) John V. Weeks, former secretary of war, escaped injury in the wreck of two Atlantic coast line passenger trains early today near Moncks Comer, S. C, but Mrs. Wfteks was hurt, it was stated this afternoon at the general offi ces of the road here. Officials have not been able to ascertain the ex tent of Mrs. Weeks' injuries. Information indicates vo serious injury to other passengers. ' Charleston, S. C, Dec. 24. (A. P.) John W. Weeks, former sec retary of war, was slightly Injured and four trainmen are believed to have been killed in a head-on col lision betwen two Atlantic coaut line trains today near Moncks Cor ner. The two trains, number 76, northbound, and number 95, southbound, both late, were filled with Christmas travelers and were said to have been going at a fair rate of speed to make up for lust time. Unofficial reports said both en gineers were killed. The engineers of both trains and the fireman of the southbound were found dead In the wreckage Fireman Williams of the norm- bound could not be located. No details were given as to ex tent of the injuries of Mr. Weeks. It is believed that due to the blocking of the northbound track by a freight train, darailed last night, the two paseenger trains were running on the southbound track at the time. HULL 10 HEAD LEAGUE Washington, Dec. 24. (A.P.) colonel William Mitchell, sen tenced by court martial to five years' suspension from the army, has been asked by tho Aerial League of America, with offices in New York, to become its general director and supervise, the organ ization's plans for air way develop ment. A letter addressed to the colonel by Henry Woodhouse, president of the league, said the colonel s serv ices wore Bought in connection with plans for establishment of 34 transcontmctal, trans - Atlantic, trans-Pacl f ic and Pan-America n airways; build an air junction at Muscle Shoals for 18 transconti nental trans-Atlantic and trans Pacific airways and to build the first two "air cities" in the world on land nlready purchased for the purpose at San Marciai, So nor a Mexico, and tracts being bought Arizona. Colonel Mitchell is expected to decline the offer. In Christmas Night," by male quartette, J. Rife, P. F, KUian, J. Kllian and Dr. I. A, Franz; Con cone's Mass In F, by the choir; offertory, Ad est e Fid eles, by the choir. There will be two masses In St. Joseph's acad emy at 7 and 7:30 o'clock, and three mamee following In the church at S, 8:30 and 9 o'clock. At the 8:30 mass a group of small children will sing and the 9 o'clock mass will be a high moss sung by the young ladles of-the academy, It will be the St. Aloynius mass and It will be the St. A loyal us moan at the offertory a violin selection will be given by the Misses Qerth and Schottle Birch. An invitation has been extended to the public. Special Chrlatmas Eve services will be held tonight at St. Paul' Episcopal church, beginning t 11:45. The program will Include (Continued on Page Seven.) CHRIS I TRADE HERE Check Reveals Large Growth In Outside Trade From Distant Valley Towns. The Christmas holiday Beason has revealed a transition point In Salem's situation as the second city In Oregon, particularly as It refers to it as a shopping center. The big department stores have discovered that they are becom ing the mecca for a good share or tin vallov trade which used to go the Portland stores, and examin ation of a list of checks" cashed one day at one of the big stores, revealed the fact that shop pers came here this season from Harrlsburg, Eugene, Scio, Leb anon, and all of the cities In that section, with similar numbers coming from the north, as far as Can-by, rather than going Into Portland. More Sales Shown in addition there are more people In town," was the state ment of one large department store owner. "Our books show heavier purchases all during the holiday Beason , the more expen sive goods not moving so fast, but vastly larger number of sales, with a much larger number of peo pie In the store every holiday Bhop ping day. More stuff was sold and more money taken In, but, as stated, not so much expensive mer chandise moving. bhoppers have come from all over the valley, with Marion and Polk counties of course drawing the largest Bhare, but the number from Linn county has been amaz ing. On top of that tho check list shows a decidedly larger num ber of people directly from Salem. (Continued on Page Four) COOLIDGE PLANS QUiET CHRISTJV1AS F Washington, Dec. 24 (AP) The spirit of Christinas engulfed Washington today, submerging even Important attuirs of state, as Santa Ciaus, aided by grown ups and children, made last min ute preparations to be king for a uay. With congress already In ad journment until after New Years the wheels of government began slowing down today for an al most complete holiday stop of three days. Although the shut down does not become effective until the close of the dny'B worl- several cabinet members slipped out of town to spend Christmits with their families, and hundreds of employes also left their posts President Coolldge. busy at bis oesK, leu tne White House prep arations for tomorrow to Mrs. Ooolldge and theil son, John, who is home from college. Nothing elaborate Is plnnncd, as they ei- pect to spend the dny In the seclu sion of the executive mansion nnd to have no house guests. There will be a White House Christmas tree,, however one shipped from Wisconsin and decorated today ana tonignt tne president and Mrs. Coolldge except to take part In a Christmas eve ceremony at a community tree, placed south of tne treasury. HOWARD SUTHERLAND TO BE ALIEN CUSTODIAN Washington, Dee. 24 (AP) Howard Sutherland, former sena tor from West Virginia was sp pointed today to be alien proper ty custodian. Mr. Sutherland, who Is a re publican succeeds F. C. Hicks of New York who died several days ago. The new custodian served two terms In the house of repre sentatives and one term in the senate, retiring from the latter body In 1923. He was engaged In the coat and timber land business before entering congress. Ho wa born st Klrkwood, Mo., and is 60 years old. MA SETS RECORD Merry Christmas! There Will Be No Issue of the Capital Journal CHRISTMAS DAY Friday, December 25 Merry Christmas! MILD WEATHER IS PREDICTION With the weather man record ing an average temperature of 60.2 degrees for the past seven daye, as compared wtih 44.7 degrees, the highest average ever recorded for the entire moniih of December, ev ery indication Is that Christmas day tibia year not only will not be whito, hut may easily be the warmest Christmas Salcin has ever seen. The present record for high average In Dpcember is held by the year 1896. The average for nearly every December ranges close to 40 degree-, or 10 degrees less than the average for the past week. The official weather prediction issued today is for continued fair weather for Christmas. The maximum temperature reached here Wednesday was 64 degrees. Indications tare this morning were that the same mark would be reached or passed today. The minimum temperature reacn- ed last night was 43. Comnarisons Made. Making the ocmparison between Christinas season this year and a year ago, attention has been called to the fact tihat in 1924 the mer cury dropped to five degrees above zero on Christmas night. Five de grees was the coldest recorded dur ing the entire year. On the night of last year corresponding to yes terday evening of the present year the mercury was down to 12 de grees. On Christmas eve the mini mum was 14. The maximum on December 24, the dny before Christmns, was 33, or about half today's high mark. Average temperatures for Do cember of tho four previous years are recorded as follows: lSHs, 41.8; 1922, 39.6; 1921, 88.2; 1920, 42.5. In 1921' the coldest day of the year was on December 24, the day before Christmns, Early on the morning of that day Wie mercury went down to 19 de grees above zero. For Pacific Coast. San Francisco, Cal., Dec. 24 (A. P.) Christmas In tho west Is expected to be in keeping with the spirit of the day, calm, per.ee ful nnd bright. The United States weather bureau said today thai the sun Is exported to shine all over the western land with the exception of the northernmost (Continued on Page Seven V 10 ARBITRATE Scranton, Pa., Dec. 24 (AP) -Non-English speaking priests of Lackawanna and Luzern coun Ilea favor arbitration only when all other plans failed, Kcv. Mich ael Bernat, pastor ot All Saints church, Dunmore, Pa., said to day, with referonce to the latter of sixteen nqn-Kngllsh. speaking clergymen to the miners and op erators, asking tbcra to end the coal strike. Father Bernat, one of the six teen signatories, declared that the priests believe the miners are en titled to higher wages, and In fact twice as much as they are getting. "The main object of the priests is to settle the strike as quickly as possible because of tho suffer ing that is in our midst," he said. Scranton, Pa., Dec. 24 (AP) John L. Lewis, president of the United Mine Workers has notified Mayor John Durkan, chairman of the anthracite committee of may ors and burgesses that the miners are willing to meet the operators in conference to discuss any plan for peace, It was learned today. EDDY CAN'T REMEMBER STOCK DEALS Former Vice-President of Ladd & Tilton Unable To Recollect King Pro ducts Transactions. Portland, Or., Dec. 24. (A. P.) S. L. Eddy, formerly a vice- president of the Ladd & Tilton hank, was questioned at length laet night regarding stock dealt; and other business uttairs connect ed with the old Kings Product company. To a majority ot que; ions asked, Eduy replied that he ould not' rem cm ber. The hear ing was before Circuit Judge Mor row, and was called to get Eddy's deposition for use In the trial of Agnes Boyd Wigle against Ladd & Tilton bank and otheib, the former vice-president being one of the de fendants. The questions wero put by John T. itcilly, who wllh L. E. Crouch, is attorney for the plaintiff. An arrcy of counsel appeared for me defendant A. A. Hampson, H. W Monliague, Dan J. Malarkcy, John P. Winter and Fresco tt Cooiting- ham. A larger part of the three and a half hour hearing was tak en up with arguments by attor neys. 'Eddy could not recall how he happened to have been made a di rector of the Kings Food Products company, -nor did he know wheth- er anyone In t'he bank suggested that he he made a director. He did know thnt tho company owed tho bank considerable sums and that it was desirable to have some one representing the bank sitting on tho board of directors. 'Do you remember ever sitting (Continued on Page ISight) Cairo, Egypt, Dec. 24 (AP) An armistice is reported to have been signed between the Druse tribesmen and the new French high commissioner in Syria, Henry De Jouvenel. All prisoners held by tho French authorities in Syria on political charges sro to bo liberated, the report added. London, Dec. 24 (AP) Cab ling from Damascus Wednesday, Reuters special correspondent In Syria said tho French were en deavoring to speed their peace negotiations with tho Druses. They wore moved by disquieting rumors regarding the situation on tho northern frontier, whero Tur kisli hands were reported to bo massing. The Turks, it was said, had even occupied some ot the French pOHts. The French peace delegation which conferred with tho leaders of the Druse tribesmen had re turned to Damascus, the corres pondent said. They regarded the prospects or peace as hopeful. McMahan Promises Suit To Test Validity Justice The opinion of Attorney Genernl Van Winkle, holding that certain claims for (tee filed with the county court by Justice o the Peace Small are legal, notwith standing a public statement by Judge L. II. McMahan several weeks ago to the effect that they were not legal, will result In a few days In a suit to enjoin their col lection. This was promised today by Judge McMahan. McMaban's statement challeng ing the legality of he fees claimed by Small was made not as an offi cial but as a private citlxen and taxpayer. The attorney general's opinion, requested by District At torney Carson, was made public vewterdav. "Of blls aggregating $214," said OIUUSTMAS ClIEEH FUND Capital Journal $ 25.00 Salem Ad Club 10.00 Deputy Santa Claus.. 6,00 Mnrlon-Polk County ltcnlty Association 10.00 A lJricjid.umM. 6.00 Unknown .. 3.00 Contributor 1.00 Henry Jneauct... 5.00 A Friend 10.00 Stenographer 6.00 Henry Lee 6.00 A Friend . 6.00 IIclicr a.00 A Itotariau.. .. 2.50 A Friend 1.00 Wre. Fanny Tracy...... 3.00 Bonus Commission Kmployvc 6.75 Pleasant Point Sunday School 6.00 Otto Klelt 6.00 Salesman 6.00 A Utislness FUm 1 6.00 A Father 6.00 HclKr : 7.00 A Friend 2.00 Another Friend 2.00 Friend 3 00 Friend 2.50 M. C. Peterson 1.00 Trade Street Store..- 6.00 Andrew Klett 5.00 M. lmi I .son l.UO HlwnniH Club 60.00 A Friend 5.00 J. W. Kcriber 5 00 A Friend .-. 2.00 Shell Oil Kmployecs.. 0.50 W. J. Page 5.00 Mrs. C. I. Lewis 1.00 A Friend - 5.00 PluiulK'i'fl Union . 6.00 Ed Tripp 1.00 A Friend 2.25 A Friend - 2.00 Cash 5.00 M. Polile 10.00 A Friend 200 JtolH it 10. Leigh 5.00 A Friend SOU II. T. lieu II 5 00 A Hop Man 20.00 J. G. Olotmlee 1.05 A Friend 2.00 Shell OH Co 2.00 K. of P 5.00 Plumbers Union 25.00 Phillip Ollle 1.00 Dr. llnneron 5.00 TIHuninnttlnn 1.00 Dr. YV..1J. Morse 20.(10 A Friend . . 1M flnrrler Hoy 10 O. Smith 5.00 A. S. Freeman 6.00 OosinniKilMnn Stores.. 10.00 ARsocIated Oil Kniplnyeos 25.50 lilact Cnt LOO F. G. leclitiibmigli.. 5.00 A Fnther 1.00 W. A. Kntli 2.25 Chi'lHtnms Cheer II ox 40.05 Total $17It.83 BANDITS SEIZE PItlsbugh, Pa., Dec. 24 (AP) The Christmas payroll of tho Pittsburgh Terminal Coal com pany, $47,900, was taken from the pay car by six armed men at Mollenaucr, a mining settlement near Pittsburgh today. Tho rob bers escaped la an automobile. The bandits shot I. L. Gump, a guard in tho abdomen. His condi tion is critical. Leltoy Hutlon, paymaster, Gump and another guard had alighted from a special Pitts burgh and West Virginia rail road pay car to go to mine No. 3 nearby, when tbo robbers drovo up. The Ixintllls opened fire im mediately. The first volley broug h t d o w n G u m p. II u t ton drew a pistol, but was forced to drop It. Ono robber jumped from the machine, took the bag con taining tho payroll and then re turned to the car. As the robbers drove away towards Library, an other mining settlement, they fir d a parting volley. Court Fees McMahan today, "the justice of the peace le demanding $L14 to which he Is not entitled, iim ooin ion of the attorney general has not oh an Red my opinion concern ing these Illegal claims. I will sec to It that a suit to enjoin the piy ment of these bills is filed within a few days and then the county will be able to decide definitely who is right. 1 know It Is unusual for an official to make this kind of fight, but I did not foifeit m rights a a citizen by being elect fti to office. Somebody has to fight thla way occasionally to the en that taxes may not become utter ly unbearable and. as luck will have It, the responsibility of s -etn; this through falls on me. lietd I have had vast experience In thci things." $47,9q0PAYR0LL BANDITS GET ONLY $30 LOOT IN HOLD UP Three Youths Stage At tempted Bank Robbery At Scotts Mills "But Only Get Xmas Fund. Scotts Mills, Or., Dec. 24 Three youths, all of whom are said to be under 22 years of age, at noon today made an unsuccessful attempt to rob the State Bank ot ScotU Mills, and held the cash ier, J. O. Dixon, prisoner for 45 minutes before they were fright oned away by the return from lunch of II. 3, Dixon, teller. Thirty dollars, money collected In a community Christmas fund for poor children, was the only loot secured by the bandits. The three youths, all armed with revolvers, entered the bank just after it had closed for the noon hour and ordered the cash ier, who was working on the books, into a back room. All of the money in the bank had been locked In the vaults just a few mo mcnts before, nnd when advised of (his and after trying the doors to the vault tho bandits declared their intention to remain in the . bank until tho time lock was re leased at 1 o'clock. At about 12:45 o'clock the tel ler returned from his lunch and -was met at the outside door by one of the bandits who thrust a gun at mm anu saiu: "Stick up your hands and come here.' Instead of comulvlue the teller backed off th. porch in front of the bank and bolted down the street to give the alarm. The bandits then fled from '.ho bnnk and, entering a Chevrolet touring car, drove northwtet to ward Monitor and Portland. Later It was reported that tho car had ucen seen on the Pacific highway in tljo vicinity of Barlow, but this report could not be confirmed. Sheriff Bower, at Salem, was notfied at onca, nnd news of the robbery wne broadcast to all points north and south. Deputy Sheriffs Hoy Brcnimcr and Bert Smith ar rived here from Salem short aer i o'clock to Investigate the rob bery. Had tho youths entered tbo hank a few minutes uarlicr they would have secured several hun dred do la re unless circumstances ntervened to stop them, It is said. The Bank of Scotts Mills is con sidered as ono of the strongest ot tne smaller town banks In this part of the state. It has a canital stock of $10,000 and deposits aver aging around S!o,000. The offi cers are Albert Ilich, president; A. L. U rougher, vice-nroslilrnt. And 7. O. Dixon, cashier. WHITE WAY TO New York, Dec. 24. (A. P.) Kederal Attorney Burkncr has be- i;un his third and larg'-s: "pad lock crusnde" by a holiday on- liiught on White Way nlgiit haunts, some ot them favorite so ciety and the theatrical retorts. At nv.dnight last night, deputy United Slates marshals, prohibi tion agents and police began a wholesale service of summons and complaints upon proprietors who are given 20 days in which to ac cept "consent decrees" or fight their cases. The padlocklns proceedings ara the result of ovldence previously gathered by the authorities. Sev eral of tho planes proceeded against were involved In two prevroua drives by Mr. Buckncr's office. CHICAGO DAILY NEWS SOLD FOR $15,000,000 Chicago, Doc. 24. A.P.)Th Chicago Daily News was sold to day to Walter A. Strong, for sev eral years Its bufllnefw manager, for approximately $1R,000,000. The transfer marks the end of the fifty year ownership of the late Victor Lawaon and the beginning of ,i new mnttngement in which mem bers of the present departmental orKiinixniiou and editorial staff will share.