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1 t CIRCULATION CLOUDY And unsettled tonight and Sundayr with showers. Moderate north west erlv winds. Local Mut. It- Mis. 83; Rlwr. 1J; No Rain; overcast; soatowtad. Dally average distribution for tbt month ending Jrne to. tra 10,243 fa Average dally net pM f.891 llembet Audit Burma of Circulation 42nd YEAR, No. 172 SALEM, OREGON, SATURDAY, JULY 20, 1925 '3 PRICE THREE CENTS fASWcKS " so Ml Ml UVIUVJ IE asm as lift NATIONALISTS VOTE TO SEVER RUSSIAN TIES Chinese Council Orders Diplomats In Soviet Cities To Leave Border Fighting Goes on While Powers Seek to Avert War- Nanking, China, WV-The state council of the Nationalist govern ment Friday night decided to sever all relations with Russia, withdrawing Chinese diplomatic officials. Decision of the Nationalist gov ernment to break with Russia was reached Friday night. The dispatch announcing it was presumably held up by censorship since it was filed at Nanking shortly before midnight local Nanking time. Russia severed relations with China on Thursday. Harbin, Manchuria, (LP) The Chi' nese are detaining the Soviet eon' sul general here pending further re ports of the border clash Friday be tween Soviet troops and a combined border patrol M- Chinese and White Russians (Czarlsts) at Popranltch- " nava. on the eastern frontier. It Is understood that the British and American consuls here have decided to appeal to Japan to pro Conciuded"on page 8. column" 8) LAKE ASSESSOR IN TROUBLE ON CHECK CHARGE Portland VP) Alleged Issuance of checks upon a non-existent account to a total of $600 Friday put C. C. Mahan. 44, Lake county assessor, behind the bars of the Portland Jail. Mahan Hves In Lakevlew. He was arrested on a vagrancy charge. Mahan was arrested In front of a downtown hotel as he was leaving for home. He had been in Port land six weeks, and, police said. Is suing checks on the Lakevlew bank to pay his way. All checks came back marked "account closed.'' Mahan. detectives said, admitted passing the checks and was quoted as saying he is "sorry". Ball was set at $250 and he win have a hear ing Monday. C. C. Mahan, mentioned In the above dispatch, waa arrested here on the morning of June 31, when he became noisy and abusive while walking about the streets In an In toxicated condition. He was fined $20. A local acquaintance came to his rescue and paid the fine. Earlier In the week Mahan had been ar rested at Albany on a similar charge. BOOZE RACKETEERS ARE FOUND GUILTY San Francisco, UP Seven of the eleven defendants in the Alameda county "racketeer" trial stood In the shadow of prison walls follow lng their conviction In federal court here Friday night on liquor con splracy charges resulting from wholesale raids in the east bay last May. Those adjudged guilty were John Fillpelll, reputed "Csar" of the East Bay liquor-graft ring; O. B. "Bacet" Ratto. his lieutenant; patrolman Clyde Miller, T. O. Sed gewick, former Oakland cafe man; Dick Gatto and Tony Taberossi. employes In 'Ratio's Oakland brew cry, and John A. Classen, Jr, own er of a local brewery. Pllipelli, Miller and Sedgewlck were given two years each In fed eral prison. Claasen was sentenced to a year and a day and fined $3,000 and Taberossi received six months ln the county Jail. In Classen's case' Judge Louderbach said he would entertain a motion for probation. LIQUOR SMUGGLERS KILL BORDER GUARD El Paso, Texas, MV-Ivan Bcot cen, 39, a border patrolman, waa kliled by Mexican liquor smugglers when Scotten and five other pa' troimen engaged in a half hour gun battle with smugglers along the Rio Grande. The battle was described by pa trolmen as the fiercest In yean. Several hundred shots wen fired. Good Evening! DON UPJOHN OFFERS Sips for Supper The Looney-Doty clan has -Just held a meeting at Jefferson, we bet the members were all Just cracy to be present. Ben Oetzoff. Informer In the Keyes case, Is afraid he's going to be bumped off In Los Angeles and Is moving to Chicago lor saiety. Looks like out of -the frying pan to us. "Unsavory Section of Angora Burned," says headline in States' man. Poor little goatlel A member of the airport com mittee was telling us today they have fine quarters out at the new airport now. Their having quarters out there shows that the airport committee never does things by halves. Speaking of headlines. How's this one from last night's Capital Jour nal: "Poultryiren of the State Pick Lee"? Busy little poultrymen. The real secret of how "Scotty1 the circulation ' man holds up his socks has come out. He always buys English socks and they are co slow to tumble. However, Brownie, the advertis ing man. says we are all wrong, that they are Scotch sox and so tight they won't come down. The society' editor says that ev erybody Is wrong about "Scottys1 socks that they are like the sub scribers he gets for the paper that when he gets them on once they stick. We can be Just the most tantaliz ing when --we wish to be. For In stance -Gonde McCullough, the bridge engineer, started wearing a mustache toon after we touted Jim Nicholson's facial, adornment. All of Conde's friends knew, . and we knew, that Conde did this Just to get his name into Sips. So we have let htm sweat for awhile whUf hi. ..k. HI. . .J has now reached a point where It en almost be seen so well satis fy him by mentioning It If he lets It grow long enough It looks as though It may become a regular moustachlos. PLANE CRASHES; 3 BURN TO DEATH Toledo. Ohio (IP) Three men were burned to death when an unidenti fied- plane burst Into flames after crashing to the ground on the Wil liam 8pilker farm, about five miles south of Perrysburg, Ohio. Although there was no Identi fication, officials at the Trancon tlnental airport, said they were cer tain it was a mall plane. Several ambulances were called from To ledo. ROADS TAKE MOST OF COUNTY FUNDS County Clerk Boyer's semi-annual report Just completed shows for the first six months of the year, $20S, 833.47 In warrants drawn, the main portion of which, $120,113.35 was drawn for roads and highways. The next largest expenditure was for poor, against which account war rants amounting to $16,621.05 were drawn. A total of $2103 was spent out for gopher and mole bounties. The report showed cash on hand with the treasurer of $1,420,367.9$, uncollected taxes of $1,332,806.74. with $425000 set aside as a reser voir for market road funds, or I total showing of asset of $3,186,- 794.72. Three Girls Caught In Tillamook Head Death Trap Rescued Seaside. Ore. (AP) Three Portland stirls who were thought to have been drowned Friday night when caught by the tide as they were walking along the beach off Tilla mook head, were rescued Saturday after they had spent the night in the dangerous "death trap" in a severe rain and electric storm. The girls wen eien Shere. 1$; Daisy Farah, 1. and Betty Tanory, 20, an of Portland. Although they suffered acutely from the seven cold weather the girls wen uninjured. The three young women Friday afternoon set out to walk along the 2 ENDURANCE FLIERS START SECOND WEEK Attack on Record Set by Reinhart and Mendell Threatening Jackson and O'Brien "Feel Like Fighting Cocks," They Say St. Louis, Mo., (LP) With no signs of cracking, Dale Jackson and For' rest O'Brien equalled the "City of Cleveland" r e i u e 1 1 n g endurance flight record In their 8t Louis Rob' In at 1:17 pm. Saturday when they had been aloft 174 hours. The only mark left to shoot at was that of the "Angeleno" which reached 248 hours two weeks ago. 'St. Louis, Mo., (LP) Feeling like "fighting cocks," Dale Jackson and Forrest O'Brien attained the one week mark here Saturday in their monoplane assault on the refueling endurance record. At 7:17 a.m. their St. Louis Ro bin, which left the ground at 7:17 a. m. last Saturday, passed its 168th consecutive hour and Its Cnallen ger motor chugged merrily. "We feel like fighting cocks," said a note dropped by the filers to their wives and friends at Lambert-st. (Concluded bjs pa. 8, oolmnn 4) FATHER KILLED BY GIRL OF 12 DURING ATTACK Kenort, N. Y., WP) Twelve year old Catherine Crawford, small for her age, Friday shot and killed her father whom she accused ox attempt ing to attack her. The father, George, 39, was a constable. Her mo ther worked and was away irom home when the tragedy occurred. Catherine's mother put up $2000 ball and obtained the girl's release. Jonn J Qulnn, prosecutor indicated he would not ask for an Indictment against her, "Under the New Jersey statutes,' he said, "murder when committed under such circumstances is justi fiable." The mother told Prosecutor Qulnn that Catherine father bad annoy ed the child and that their eldest daughter, Ann, 18, had been living In Asbury park for some time oe cause of trouble with the father. Describing the shooting, little Catherine said: "I picked up his gun from the dresser and shot him and he ran out into the hall yelling for my little brother Buster. Then he fell down. . "I went next door to the neigh bor's and told them and then I called up mamma on the telephone and told her what I d done to oaaay and she cried, too." 25TH BANK CLOSES DOORS IN FLORIDA Jacksonville, -Fla. on The 25th banking Institution to- close in Florida In the last two weeks closed Saturday when the Bank of Pablo, at Jacksonville Beach, fail ed to open Its doors. It was small Institution with a capital of $25,- 000, doing business mostly with week end vacationists. beach from Seaside to Tillamook head. Toward evening they dis covered the rising tide had cut across their path and had made It impossible for them to go ahead or to return. On one side waa the (Concluded on page t. column Churchman Lauds Dress Of Fair Sex London UP) The value of awl' light on the human frame . has been nroclaimed bv Dean Inge of St. Paul's cathedral with the fol lowing bit of verse which he recit ed at the opening meeting of the sunngnt league: "Half an inch shorter, half an Inch shorter, Same skirts for mother and ' daughter. When the wind blows, Everything shows, Both what should and what didn't oughter." He praised woman's revolt from the extensive covering they Indulged In 40 or 60 years ago, say ing that the movement of the Sun- (Conduded on page 8, column 3) WRECKERS PULL DEATH CAR OUT OF SAND CREEK Stratton, Colo. Wrecking crews early Saturday hoisted the .Pullman car, "The Porpoise" from the bed of Sand creek. Into which It plung ed Thursday morning when a flood weakened bridge over the creek gave way under a Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific passenger train. No bodies were found In the car. and the death toll of the accident. as announced by the railroad, re mained at nine, with one person. Julia Carlle, 21, of New York, mlss-Unce U1B. A temporary bridge has been Built across the Arroyo and service, over the section, the- main line or tne Rock Island, was expected to be resumed Saturday morning. Meanwhile a meeting of Interstate commerce commission representa tives, state officials and railroad of- ficials was to be held here to launch an Investigation. The county coroner's inquest Into the death was expected to open Saturday at Burlington, Colo, the county seat. Officials of the railroad announ ced that the two negro portera kill ed in the wreck had been identified H. Toler of St. Louis and R. Griggs of St. Louis. . SLAYER DIES IN CHAIR PLEADING HIS INNOCENCE Ohio State Penitentiary; Colum bus, Ohio, (LP) With a prayer on his lips and crucifix tightly grip ped In his elapsed hands, Rodney Ford, Cincinnati, was executed here Friday night for the murder of Marshal Pete Dumele. A last minute effort to Induce Governor Myers Y. Cooper to grant clemency having failed, Ford was strapped In the electric chair at 8:35 p. m. The lights flickered two minutes later as the current was turned on and at 3:41 physic ians pronounced him dead. Ford had maintained his inno cence at att times and his last words to the Rev. Father George O'Brien carried a reiteration of this. ' Governor Cooper was appealed to after Brack Lutes. Hamilton, and Toddy Messmer. Mlddletown, two life term convicts who had been sentenced for the same crime, had said, their pal was Innocent. Ac cording to Messmer. Robert Zwick, a fugitive from Justice, staged the hold-up and committed the crime. The governor told tne uniiea ress, however, that "no evidence was presented which would nave entitled me to order a stay of sen tence." WILSON TALKS BEFORE SYNOD Albany U Featuring the edu cation program of the 39th synod of Oregon Saturday, warren is. wi son. Ph. D.. D. U. new xorx, oenv end an address on "Sickness and Death In Small Communities," to the assembled delegates. The educational feature of the synod which ,ias been In session here for the oust lew days louowea reports or work being done tn mis sion fields. Rev. James Cornelius, completing his 39th year as a mis sionary at the Tutuilla Indian mis sion, and Miss Oertiude Eakln, Chemawa Indian school, reported on work that has progressed tn In dian, mission fields. Climaxing Friday's sessions, mod erators of Vw United Presbyterian synod of the Columbia, now In ses sion at CorvalHs, and of the synod of Oregon, ex changed greetings. CONTRACT FOR TRANSPORTING PUPILSSiGKED McClean To Haul Polk Children for $50 and Marion for $40. ' Salem School - Officials Given Guarantee of Sufficient Busses The actual contract, drawn by the school district attorney, Guy o. Smith, between the Salem school board and Thomas E. McClean In which McClean agrees to transport all Marion county pupils from non- high school districts to Salem high school for $40 a year per pupil, and all Polk county boys and girls who wish to attend Salem high school for $50 a year per pupil, was signed Saturday afternoon by Dr. H. H. Ollnger, chairman of the board, w. H. Burghardt, school district clerk and by McClean himself, According to the terms of the contract McClean will run a suffi- fient number of busses to carry all pupils from outside districts both to and from school on a regular schedule. He must deliver. the pu pils at the high school entrance and call for them then In the eve ning Immediately after school clos es. He must carry sufficient Insur- to protect the pupils he is to transport His drivers must meet the approval or tne school board. The active schedule of .routes of. tne bus lines win be worked out oy (Concluded on page 8, column 1) TWO RAILROADS LAUNCH WAR ON PROPOSED LINE Boise, Idaho WV- Inlormatlon received that theXJnion Pacific and Southern Pacific railroads had filed protests with the Interstate com merce commission against the pro posed line from Nyssa, Ore., to Wlnnemucca, Nev., drew- much speculation as to- the outcome of the contest. ... The Information was received by O. O. Haga, local rate attorney. Haga said be had no connection with either of the two major rail roads or the Idaho A Pacific railroad proposing the new line, but a view of a map, he declared, would dis close the advantages of such route over the present routes to the Pacific coast by way of Portland, Ogden, or over the Rogerson-Wells cutoff. The line would furnish a direct route to San Francisco, he said, whereas nearly all southern Idaho traffic to this market at present goes by way of Ogden. Large shlp ments of livestock from Idaho would contribute to the support of the line, he said, while local traffic would contribute considerably mora. Several resident of Nyssa visited the public utlUUes commission Sat urday to voice support of the line. claiming It would open a direct route for Idaho and western Oregon produce to the coast. BRITISH BREAD PRICE ADVANCES London. (By the Canadian Press) Canada's short wheat crop creating alarm tn thousands of British homes. Prices of bread which have already Increased In line with the Increase In wheat prices, an going higher unless then Is a halt in the climbing of flour prices. Glasgow bakers are raising the price of a four-pound loaf from 19 cents to 31 cents on Monday. London baken who In creased the price of an ordinary loaf from 1 to 17 cents last Man day threaten to add another cent a week from now on. Dr. Ethel Ben than, one of the new labor members of parliament, proposes to ask the president the board of trade If he Intends to take any action In the matter. It is Being suggested nere now- ever, that other factors besides poor wheat crop may be respon slble. One new Is that, deceived by the fall wheat prices earlier In the year, British importers and bakers wen caught with a small stock and now have to buy heavily on rising market. Another suggestion Is that speculators hare been at tempting a eorner in in cnicasv wheat pit. NICHOLAS i RW JUS SB Q7B gSB 88 Eulogized By His BBtfi '. . tfCd - SO 4R ES is COLLEAGUES HERE Judge Nicholas J. Sinnott, eastern Oregon, who died Saturday in Washington, knew more asout the land laws of the United States than any other man, according to-Representative W. C. Hawley, long his colleague in congress, and United States Senator McNary said of him that "a more effective- leglslator never came out of the west," The passing of Judge Nicholas J. Sinnott," said Senator McNary, will be a shock to the people of Oregon, whom he served with great fidelity and Intelligence for many years. In. the bouse of congress be was one of my colleagues for 10 years, and a more effective legis lator never came out ox the west. "My association with Congress man Nick Sinnott was Intimate, and I had every opportunity to know his splendid character and fine attainments, and admired tne great work-he was doing In the development of the west.''' As a judge or 'ne court oi (Concluded on page B. column 0) CHILDREN FILE PROTEST OVER MOTHER'S WILL Petition to contest the will of Sarah J. Swanson has been filed In probate by., fcachildren,. Charlotte Yarder, Mabel Young, Alice Mac Dermed, Minnie Deppen and Jack Rlchart. The children wen cut off with a dollar apiece in the distri bution of her $5000 estate while the bulk of It was left to two charit able Institutions, of the Church of God in the east and to a nephew and two nieces of her last husband. The children In the petition re cite that the will was admitted to probate with Henry T. McCall, ex ecutor, and that It devised property of hers in Salem to the Old People's home at Anderson, Indiana, and the Orphan's home at Holbridge, -Nebraska, In giving a d-S'ar apiece to her children, the will recited that these children already had been provided for by her first husband, and they state that their bequests did not amount to more than $5 apiece. - They declared in their petition that the devbee waa suffering from mental and physical weakness when the will was made to such an extent to totally Incapacitate her from understanding her property dispo sition and that she held insane de lusions that her children were dis honest, avaricious and without love and affection for her. They further allege the wllk was not executed according to law and that she was acting under re straint, coercion and undue Infra ence of a Mrs. Wilson and others. It Is asked that the will be can celed and that Minnie Deppen be named administer of the estate. LEGION HONORS JUDGE LANDIS Chicago JPl The distinguished service medal of the American Le gion, the highest award given by that organization, Saturday was presented to Judge Kenesaw Moun tain Landls, commissioner, of base ball, by Paul V, McHutt, national commander of the American Legion. Your, devotion to the defenders of our nation, your support of Le gion Ideals and endeavors have been Invaluable and a great public service to America. You have re sponded instantly to every call the legion has made on you," said mc- Nutt. Judge Lndls was the third Am erican to receive the award, the others having been Oeneral John J. Pershing and Admiral Robert E. Koontz. Nine foreigners have re ceived It. HORTICULTURISTS OF NORTHWEST ELECT Bozeman, Mont.. OP) D. L. Fisher of Wena tehee. Wash., pathologist of the United States department of agriculture, was elected president of the Northwest Association of Hor ticulturists, Entomologists and Plant Pathologists at the conclusion of the organization's convention here Friday night. E. c. Bchuster of corvauis, ore. horticulturist at O. A. O, was elect ed secretary and treasurer of the association. Meetings of the asso ciation will be held at Oorvallls and at Medford, Ore., next year. SINNOTT former congressman from PUBLIC WARNED TO REMAIN OUT OF NIGHT CLUBS New York W Visitors to New York and "decent people" have Seen warned by Police Commissioner Whelen to keep away from night clubs, which be says an controlled' by gangdom. Those who fall to heed the warning he said, are liable to get a lot of police attention. The commissioner Issued 1 his warning in announcing the Indict ment of John Diamond, notorious gunman and racketeer, and Char- :es Entratta. ex-convict, lor last Saturday's double slaying at the Hotsy Totsy club ot which Diamond was part owner. "This Indictment," said the com missioner, "brings to the fon the fact that gangdom la In control of the nl'4 clubs, It would be weU lor decent people to keep awtv from such places, for they're going to get lots of- police attention from now on. . . . The Hotsy Totsy' club Is one of the less pretentious of the Broad way district resort. Diamond and Entratta disappeared after the double shooting In which William Cassldy, alleged bootlegger, and Simon Walker, a former convict, wen killed. Commissioner Whelen's reorgan ised "Broadway squad" descended upon mora than a dozen speakeasies in tne midtown section Friday night- and early Saturday, seizing quantity or liquor and arresting number of persons. The raids caused a general shutdown while a few places that remained open wen reported to have Immediately Jumped the price of whiskey from fifty to seventy-five cents a glass. VICTOR BERGER FAILS TO RALLY Milwaukee, Mis. CP) Despite his removal to a private hospital Fri day, Victor L. Berger, 09, former socialist congressman, who suffered a skull fracture when struck by street car Monday, remained In critical condition early Saturday. Three doctors and two nurses were In almost constant attendance at his bedside. Late Friday they reported a slight change for the worse In the condition of their pa tient. He was running a high tempera ture and his blood pressure was considerably above normal. Physi cians nevertheless expressed opti mism as to his ultimate recovery. SNOOK TRIAL SET TO OPEN NEXT WEEK Columbus, Ohio, 'LP) The aanlty hearing set for Monday for Dr. James H. Snook, confessed slayer of Theora Hlx. Ohio State university medical co-ed, will be waived and Snook will go to trial Wednesday on a first degree murder charge. It wu announced Saturday. Taxi Driver Says He Beat Woman to Death To Break Witch Spell K Jamazoo. Mich. (AP) taxicab driver, who until Thursday night never waa known to do anything more vicious Kalamazoo county jail and rta L. Falrchllds. 75 year oM Ino rnate of an old ladles' home, to death. "I have done the right thing." he said. "That woman could make you have any kind of disease." Bur gess' wife sat beside him and cor roborated his statements. "The woman Is dead and I'm glad of It." HEART ATTACH PROVES FATAL to aioi Former Congressman fori 16 Years Passes in. Washington, D. C. Native of The Dalles and Member of the State Legislature Washington (IP) Judge N. J. Sin nott of the United States court of claims died hen at 13:15 p. m. Saturday. Heart trouble was thai cause of his death. His condition, had been critical for ten days. Judge Sinnott, who was a mem ber of congress from the Seconal Oregon district from Mia to 128. was born In Tne Dalles, on, De cember 8, 1870. The Dalles remain ed his lifelong residence until last summer when he was appointed to the bench of the united States court of claims by President CooUdgc. After completing his high school studies tn The Dalles, "Nick", aa he was always known to bis friends and constituents, entered Notre Dame where he distinguished him self as a football player and all round athlete. He received bis bachelor of arts degree from Notre. Dame In 1893. Sinnott returned to The Dalles after finishing his college work and entered upon the study of law. Ha admitted to the Oregon bar In .1896. From 1901 to 1913 he was a mrm (Concluded on page $, column 5T7 DRUNKEN AUTO DRIVERS FINED $250 BY SMALL Mabel Nunn, 144 North FH street, and E. P. Brown, Argo hold. wen each fined $250 and had their drivers' licenses suspended for a period of one year, when they en tered pleas of guilty In police court to charges of driving whlli drank. The Nunn woman was arrested on North commercial street after she had raked a car belonging to Harry Plant as It waa parked In front of his house. She made an effort to drive away despite the fact that the accident had resulted tn the loss of a wheel to her car. Brown was arrested on the Fair grounds road after he bad made a reverse turn In the center of the block, striking another ear. The defendants were trying to raise the money Saturday. EDITH POLACGO GIVEN DIVORCE Chicago, (P) Edith Mason Po . lacco, prima donna of the Chicago Civic opera company, was granted a divorce Saturday from Glrogto Polacco, opera conductor. The de cree was granted by Judge Hugo Friend In circuit court. Polacco, al though he was reported In the city, did not contest the divorce. Mrs. Polacco, who is 36 years old, testified to five acts of cruelty. Po lacco, who came to Chicago In 1930 as music director and chief con ductor of the opera company. Is 54 years old. When his wife filed suit for di vorce here a few weeks ago, Polacco ' was In Europe. They have a four year old daughter, Orace Edith. Eugene Burgess, 53 year old than bait a lish hooK, sat in tne told officers why he beat Mrs. she said as she was ted to a eelL According to their story, told to the county prosecutor. Burgees and his wife believed Mrs. Falrchllds was a witch and could kill psopM merely by the power of bar will. They said she bragged she bad (Concluded on pass a. eolumzPt) ii