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Newspaper Page Text0 EDFORffMM . The Weather Prediction Fiilr and cooler MAXlnium yesterday .... 79.9 Minimum today 41.8 BUNE Weather Year AgoJ Monmum ...76 Minimus .....44 Dally Twentieth Tear. Weekly Fifty-third Year. WEDFOm OKEGON, THURSDAY, APRIL 30, 1925- NO. 34 M S5,00l)BRIBE OFFERED IN GERM CASE 4rl H. Clark Swears at Mc . Clintock Inquest Attorney for W. D. Shepherd Offered ! Him $5000 to Sign Affi davit He Had Never Seen Trial May 18th. .r - CH?CAOO, April 30. (By the As sociated Prcsp) Earl H. Clark tes tified today In the resumed Inquest Into the death of William M. Me- t'iiitoek that he had been ottered ft1 t000 bribe', by an attorney for t. ;:i m I). Shepherd, under Indlct mn.l chanted with tho murder of McOitn'ock by typhoid inoculation to ;;-. an ar'idavlt which Clark said i'fee nsv-.-r had een. ' Sh-thm and his attorneys' de 'clined to u!tend the inquest. .MnCIIntn;k wwi Shpherd's foster eijn and b: h's a-ath last December Hhflphord irlwlted h million dollars. tjhepherd Is In hld without bond, pending iril i"nr May 18. With' the fimllnK o-. a verdict In U- U'llllnm l!nP::i.ln..V m.n pur. oner's jury will J e$n Inquests into I the deatnti of ' Mrt:, . Emmie Nelson McCllntock. mother of 'liilly" Mc Cllntock, 16 yenrs awo. and of Dr. Oscar Olson. The coroner's chemist has reported ' that he fuhd enough poison in Mrs. ' MoCiintick's body to cause death within ten days. Approached By a Detective Clark said he was next approached by John E. Jones, head of a private detective agency, whom, he said he had first met in 'company with Al- bert F. ' Benzlger, tho reporter above referred to. but 'before the interview . amA (n liltn nfta Vi I nnnnn nnnfnilArPII with Shepherd's attorney, said Clark,!; A kin, , rrar Hhnuhorrl to give him 150,000 if Clark :would "split with Jonos.'i "Jones snld he could guarantee me $10,000 at least," snld Clark. "I refused". Jones flmilly told' mo that if I didn't sign theNlffldavlt I would never be able to get employment and I would wish 1 hud died when I was a baby." Clark said that he was summoned to the newspaper office on the rep- resentation that Benzlger had re-; ceived on Important " letter from Clark's mother that ho wanted to discuss with him. "When I got there," said Clark, "Benzlger said "thoro are no dicta phones here.'" v . William C. Jones, an architect! testified of tho relations of Shcp- hesd. as chairman, and T. A. New-! member of the building man, as committee of tho First Lutheran -hitrxh nf Konllwnrth. of Whlcn' uv,i,,h nr, oKonrtnnl and of Shopherd's promise that "Billy" McCllntock would make a substantial subscrintion to tho fund. After Mc-i CUntock's death, the subscription was not agalil mentioned, he said; Mrs. Anna Anderson Bcckford, for merly nurse for young Billy Mc to.Hfiorl thnt fthenherd nm. mullein once and that lator she became ill and fell ,.i., i h. hih room. UtlVWOO.uur, m , Mrs. McCllntock had her taken to a hospital and she waa treated by Dr. Oscar Olson. Clark, a former ompolye of Charles C. Faiman, who has operated a science school where, Faiman has testified, where he taught Shophord how to ad minister typhoid' germs -;to produce eath, is a witness over whom the state's attorney and counsel foi"-Shcp-herd have had much contention since Shepherd's indictment. Clark testified at a bail hearing and after 8nopherd(s attorneys charged that Clark was being coerced. Today Clark said that he had two Interviews with Attorney William Scott 8tcwart of Shepherd's counsel, arranged by a reportor for tho Chi cago Evening American. The re porter, he said, telephoned him to go to the nowspaper office. Clark said ho did go to the office and Stewart ap peared in the newspaper office with some whiskey and that all three had a few drinks. , Itofnsed to Fight . .Suddenly. Clark mentioned a dis pute between himself and Stewart. In these words: "At last I pulled him out of his (Continued on Pace 8lx PROFFMAL HUSBANDS AT $100 PER SFNTFNCFfl 10 FEDERAL PENITENTIARY W hi I 1 hi TAMPA, Fla., April 30. The al leged sale of their services as hus bands for the purpose of obtaining entrance Into the United States for .women of foreign birth has brought federal penitentiary sentences to Joe Ramon Maclas and Marcenno ns ello Thompson of Key West Tampa, Information leiuhlng and lot ul President Coolidge May Be Vaccinated With 65,000 Workers WASHINGTON, April JO. AH government employes in the District of Columbia have been requested by tho public health service to submit to vaccination against smallpox and there were indications today that President Coolidge was among the first to signify compliance with the re- quest. As the result of an order by Burgeon General Cumming, de- partment heads today sent clr- cular instructions to nil em- ployees, udvising them that the vaccination should be accom- 4 pushed "at the eanjiost posslblo moment. . . The order affects approxi- mately 65.000 government em- fr ployes. ' - . Mercury Hits 22 in Kansas Apples, Peaches and Cher ries Suffer Grapes Wiped Out Grain Crops Not Seri ously Injured. CHICAGO, April 30 A killing frost spread over much of tho middle west and southwest last night. Fifteen Nebruslcu towns reported freezing temperatures and three killing frosts 0?1UH",B1, feRrs f"- tender vegetation, aU!,0UKh " report -of extensive orch ard or 7early crop damage had beei received today. Kansas and Missouri wore not so 1"llu'"llD UiiilUUft 11 NUWIWCDl - hMis.ur'8';berry crop, estimated worth JS.000,000 was only jsllghtly damaged. ' Near Sallna, Kas., a heavy dry frost did tremendous damage to fruit. The apple and cherry loss would he 75 per cent, stated W. I- Jones, the Sallna meteorologist, with grapes probably a total loss. Wheat and corn escaped damage by the frost although It covered all . OMAHA, Nob., April 30. Fifteen points In Nebraska reported freezing tcroperatures, thrco a killing frost during the night, the 'federal weather bureau announced today. Tho low temperature of the night, coupled with a heavy frost in many sections Tuesday night, has caused fears for tender vegetation In tho state. lu,, i, . frost struck Kansas last night, reach mg almost all parts of the state and doing some damage to early truck garden crops and potatoes, but wheat and corn escaped damage, according to reports to the weather bureau here. Temperatures ranging from 22 to 30 visited northwest Kansas. SALINA, Kas., April 30. The tern perature of 25 degrees last night, ac companiod by a heavy frost did tro- l meiiuuun uamnsn vicinity, Walter F. Jones, local mo teorologlst, said today. The apples and cherries will be 76 per cent with grapes' probably a total loss, he stat ed. Poaches apparently suffered much less. Dreamed SO Years of Being Buried Alive; . At Last Comes True REDONDO BEACH, Calif., April 30, Frequent dreams of being burled alive that had engenered deep seated fears proved realistic today to George Wilkinson, 75 years of age, when he awakened to find himself prostrate In a crave, with gravel pouring upon him He had been stricken Wlin paralysis while digging a - grave In Redondo cemetery. With great dirnculiy ne managed to clamber out and collapsed He was found by a motorist ana re moved to a hospital here. "For more than fifty years," tho aged, grave digger told hospital attend. ants. " I have dreamed of being bur ied alive. Today I thought my dream had come true." ' . tmmrratlon officials revealed today, For $100. It was said a woman of foreign birth could obtain the Ber- vices of one or ine men -" whi being a name StV Entrance Into U T country 5 ZuIrJnrv wwes includ - p nn imlinn wnmnn ft Hnanisn . : womnn and a Cosla llJcnn. FRUIT IS KILLED BY HEAVY FROST IN IV1IDDLEWEST UPRISING IN EUROPE t All Governments Abroad ' Are Prepared for Red Revolts Tomorrow . Italian Police Raid Communist Halls and Seize Evidence Reign of Terror in Bulgaria Continues ROME, April 30. Police declared today that they had discovered evi dence of an Italian revolutionary or ganization affiliated with communist groups In Russia. - which had been planning a May day workers' strike and demonstration against the gov ernment throughout Italy The poltoe expressed the opinion as a result of their discoveries that very active or ganizations of soviet propagandists are established In Italy. Police action to prevent trouble tomorrow, is being taken. This was an elaboration of an an nouncement by police made yesterday saying they had raided several alleged communist gathering places and seized numerous documents. Since the recent troubles in Bul garia fascist organs here have been insisting thnt the same danger threat ens Italy, but the opposition news papers have maintained the socialist- communist scarecrow nas ocen pur posely flaunted by Mussolini's follow ers in order, to rany support lor fascism. - Police insuit they hnvo proof that subversive organizations planned a strong anti-government offensive throughout the country tomorrow. They have discovered, according , to their statement, 360,000 copies of communist .propaganda pamphlets In tended for clerks, workmen, soldiers and peasants. , !". - They also estimate that they iouna that several million other copies wore printed and they are -wondering from, where the communistB securea mo money to finance the project., " Police say some of, the propaganaa urged a practical action against tne ruling classes and said "Italian broth ers, show yourselves worthy of the herolo revolutionists who are fighting in Bulgaria for our common cause." Bulgarians Illnmca Police also claim, to have found an Italian edition of a Russian nows paper called "Truth," which said: Abstention from working on may i Is not sufficient." Fnsclst declare the communist ac tivity is connected with tho Bulgarian terrorists movements, that it seeks a revolution in Italy, and that It is not oosslble for the Moscow government to be unconnected with such an or ganization. Police have taken tne mom eni- getic measures- throughout Italy to prevent May day disturbances. At Florence, several communist leaders have been arrested, Including Advo cate Glglnl who Is said to be responsi ble for the publication of a clandes tine communist newspaper. RRTIRSEL.S. Anrll 30. A dispatch to the National Beige from Alx-La-Chapelle says members of the inter allied commission controlling naviga tion on the Rhine seized seventeen tons of military cartridges and a quantity of incendiary and illuminat ing bombs aboard a vessel irom ni land. The Germans responsible for the vessel's cargo explained that they knew nothing about the shipment which they had thought was iron ore, Peasants Deny Plot KOFTA. Anrll 30. (By Associated Press.) The agrarian poasant union innia il lengthy statoment to tne ui garlan poople denying any connection in or sympathy with the recent ter rnriaii nets which are declared to have been perpetrated by individuals, tempted by Moscow gold. ' The union maintains that it Is witimnte organization working along legitimate lines and that It has noth ing In commqn with .the Bulgarian emigres abroad, notably those In Jugo Slavia and Czecho-HIovakla, wnom u u traitors because, it says, they are aspiring toward for- irn Intervention in Bulgaria s auuiro The statement ends with on appeal to all Bulgarians to rally around the Forces of law and order auring me most critical Btage in the country s hlalnrv Another of the ring leaders In tho nt cathedral bombing plot was accounted for yesterday when former Deputy Grantcharoff who had been sought everywhere was located by the police and, upon nis reiusui m render, waa shot and klllod. Three Russians, tho first of this nationality to be arrested during the recent troubles, have been taken into rimlodv at Phlllppopol. They were found in a cellar con taining ammunition. PRESIDENTS FATHER TO TAKE THRATMKST8 FOR WIS HEART m.VMOlTTH. Vtu. Anril 30.-Co1, ' lHtl (Soolldae. father of Presi- (dent Coolidge. left Plymouth today 'for Boston, where he will undergo . ., nm v. a hoart at M&ssacnu iimiiiniu si-Its general hospital. Real Reel I: , Y'Jr A Hollywood's latest real romance lias Minimi) I.iimli iiim-i ) star nil H l.ilynn Tnsliman, ilit'nuc, as (irmcHials. I'ln? wedding is tu take ulace in Auirust SMALL POX RAGING IN WASHINGTON 19 Deaths in National Capital Since January 1st Two Deaths Yesterday Disease in Virulent Form Surgeons Sent to Departments With Vaccine. WASHINGTON, April 30. There have been nineteen deaths from smallpox in Washington since Januury out of 64 cases, -iwo of the deaths occurred yesterday. Dr. Cumming considers the disease to bo In a viru lent form. The public health service -has ar ranged to send surgeons to the va rious departments so that the adminis tration of vaccine can be accomplish ed with the least posBiblo interference togovernment business. In the veter ans' bureau where several thousands are crowded together dally, vaccina tion began several days ago because a woman clerk, had continued to come to work after she had been exposed to smallpox.- . ' While White House officials refused to discuss President Coolidge's vac cination, It , was pointed out that he receives and shakes hands daily with several hundred people and occasion ally attends public gatherings here. The president had a number of en gagements today but was late in ap pearing at his office and cancelled plans to attend the baseball game this afternoon. - i . The officials and clerks at the ex ecutive, offices have been administer ed vaccine within the last few days. Major J. F. Coupal, the White House physician, Secretary Sanders and K. T. Clark, personal secretary to the president, all flatly refused to say whether Mr. Coolidge actually had submitted to vaccination. - If such a step had been taken. Dr. Coupal said, he would not feel at liberty . to dis cuss It. ' - . ; " - Colored Boy Is , Elected Head of N. Y.High School NEW YORK. April 30. Arthur Waller, a negro athlete and de bater, has been elected president of the students of Newtown high srhool, Queens, over two white candidates. The campaign In which Waller was attacked because of his color became so heated that Principal Dillingham threatened to call the police If dls orders occurred at the elections yes terday. Waller received 400 votes and the combined opposition 900. He 1" member of the cross country, track and baflebalt teams and head of the advertising department of the school paper. Istr. His fathet is a retired min- Romance AT IMPERIAL HOTEL i , " PGRTLA'ND,, Ore,, TAlj'rlI, 30. - T - Hor - liian ;- Hlrschberg of Independence, Ore., banker nnd businoss man of tho. Willamette valley and founder and president of the First National bank of Independence, died today at the Imperial hotel, where he had boon III for about a week. Ho had been la poor health for some time. With him when he died were C. A. McLaughlin, vice president of the Independence bank and R... M. Walk er, one of the directors. . .. - Hlrschberg came from Germany to New York as a boy and worked In a tin shop there. In 1372. he moved to Independence and set up a tin1 shop. He was at that time hardly able to speak English. - By thrift and industry ho laid the foundations of fortune and in 187P founded the First. National bank of Independence. lie was identified with financing of innumerable develop ment projects In Polk county. He built the railway between Indepen dence and-Monmouth, known In the early days as "the motor," and later extended its operations to Dallas, con tlnulng his railway activity until he sold to. the Southern Pacific IWonty years ago.. - Ho- had been for the paat thirty years treasurer of the state grange and was treasurer of the Children' Farm Homo at Corvallls. Ho was one of the first members from Polk coun ty in the Al Kader temple of the Shrine and was prominent In that and in the Elks and Knights of pythlas. Daily Report oh the Crime Wave NEW YOItK, April 30. Flvo men today held up Henry Fisher's Jewelry store In St. Nicholas avenue, Washing ton Heights and escaped with .the en tire stock of an estimated value of 130,000.-- Tho proprietor of the store and two clerks were bound and gag ged. . Wall Street Report NEW'TORK, 1 April 30.r-Todays stock market wAs a two-sided affair, steady accumulation of several mo tors, public utilities, and specialties being offset hy the persistent soiling of United Mtates Htcel, Baldwin and other popular Industrials. Dodge Brothers preferred broke, nearly two points on tho withdrawal of syndicate support. Southern railway touched a record high for all time at nine three and a half. Total sales approximated 1, 250, 000 shares. - KEWYOIIK,' April 30. Rain and cold weather today necessitated the postponement of nil major lcague hiisehall games. ' Eastern league games also were called off while the International league had only .the world." Jersey City and Buffalo able to start) Contrary to expectations the gov theli scheduled contest at the latter ornor did not make any comment on ciiv. Ex-Senator Bourne, 70, to Marry Girl, 29, In Mobile, Louisiana MOBILE. La.. April 30. A marriage" license was Issued here today to Jonathan L. Bourne, former United States senator from Oregon to wed Miss Francis Baker Turner. The former Oregon senntor gave his age as 70 and the bride- to-be as 29. Mr. Bourne owns a.large plantation in this county, Defeated Candidate Congratu lates Field Marshal and Urges His Followers to Be Loyal to New President Unity of Nation Urged. BERLIN, April SO. (By the As sociated Press) :Flold Marshal von Hlndenburg today formally nceopted his election to the German presi dency. ' ' ' ' BEIIL1N, April 30. (By the As sociated Pross) Hope that Germany, by 1 continuing to pursuo a course toward nn International understand lug may soon regain the position- in tho world to-which she Is entltlod, Is expressed by Chancollor Dr. Wll hclm Marx, defeated candidate for tho - German presidency In n con gratulatory telegram to ' President elect Von Hlndenburg. 1 "The Gcrinnn people- havo elected you president, " the message reads. I "It Is In consonance with the spirit lot truo, democracy that everyone I who. believes In it -should accept: th' I verdict of the constitutional majority of the people It Is my doslro, thoro fore, to expross to you my , aincoro wishes and hopos -that undor' your presidency tho Gorman people may enjoy that law and order at homo and peace abroad for which w are all striving. . May tho economic recovery which has already begun continue unhin dered for the joenetit of people of this country." BERLIN, April 30. (By the As-! sociated press) When the new mas ter enters Germanys "Whito House" on the Wllholmstrasse, the execu tive staff thero will have to learn that one of the chief peculiarities of Von Hlndenburg Is his aversion to hurry,, bustlo and fluster. Everybody in his presence must move calmly and deliberately. Even In the most .exciting moments of the World War the field marshal Insist ed on calmness and poise. "Kocp Dos Shirt On." One of his political followers, Lieutenant-Colonel Von Feldmann, recently tola a story of an adjutant at the great army headquartors, who during the closing days of the World, War came rush log into "Von Hindfln- bura-'s presence: with what he con sidered an important communication.! 'Slowly, slowly, young man. Keep your shirt on. I know of no news Important enough to demand haste' admonished the field marshal. The new president's staff will have to learn further that Von Hlnden burg insists upon giving a personal touch to communications submitted f6r his signature! It Is known that ho often recast mossagos at army hoadquartors If j the communication were in a stilted, formal style. During the recent campaign the president-elect's manager of publi cations, Dr. Schutze-pfalzer, found to hi ovidont surprise that far from signing anything handed to him; the field marshal not only often made frequent changes, but frequently en tirely ro-drafted the documents. . BERLIN, April 30 The salary and allowance for the German president Is entirely inadequate, contends Bar oness Louise Von Rolbnitz-Maltsan, prominent' Berlin social leader, .who Continued nn Pave 8I COMJMBU8. Ohio, April 80. Tho Duchanan liiblo bill passed by tho recent session of the Ohio goneral assembly td make dally reading of the illble In all public schools of Ohio compulsory was vetoed today by Governor Vic Donahey because - jt opposed the. principles of civic and religious liberty which have made our government the model for tho action of various factions In the DR. MARX GIVES VON H1NDENBURG PARTY SUPPORT OHIO GOVERNOR SUPPORTED FISH FIGHT IS ON AGAIN IN PORTLAND Dr.' Tom Ross Starts Legal Action to Secure Dismissal of John Veatch and Rein statement of Himself On Commission Governor Scored By Attorney. Is PORTLAND, Ore., April- 90. Hearing of Dr. Thomas W. Ross' quo warranto proceedings attacking tho right of John C. Veatch to hold office as his successor as a member of the state fish commission was begun to day before District Judge Hewitt. Dr. Ross, who was ousted by the gover nor, called upon Veatch to show by what authority he claims to . hold office. John W. Kaste, attorney for Dr. Rohs, attacked the actions of Oovor- nqr Plerco In removing Dr. Ross and In the subsequent hearings In the case granted by, the govornor. He charao- terlsed the- governor as "accuser Judge and jury." "Under, our constitution, . 'sold Kaste, "all Judicial power is vested in tho courts. If that Is true there can be no Judicial power vested in the governor. When Governor Pierce sat In his- office and heard and -acted upon charges brought by himself he was acting In Judicial capacity."- " On December. 9, Kaste said, Ross received word from the governor that ho was removed from the commis sion. Ross, according to Kaste, re fused to quit, claiming -the governor must shqw cause, lor rnmoving him; The attorney general informed the governor that Ross was right, Kaste , said, and subsequently Rpss received word from the attorney general to ap- pear before the governor to show , causoi , ' ' -' ! v ; : "When Ross appeared ebef ore the governor," - declared Kaste. "the gov ernor sald:"l charge .'you '.with ex-., travagance In the administration pf the commission's affairs.' - w v . - "'Yet only by action of two mem bers of the. commission' can there the any' extravagance. : If Ross was - travagant, Commissioner Kendall who had voted with him In employing Shoemaker, was extravagant. Ken dall, during the examination, told the governor he had worked : with and voted with Ross and that If Ross was guilty of extravagance he was too.' "Kendall dared the governdr to re move him and he didn't accept the dare. ' ' - "' John H. Stevenson represents Veatch. 1 ' ; ' The 1921 legislature enacted a law, according to Rosa' complaint, that the fish commission shall consist of three members, to be appointed by the governor for a term of four years and that a commissioner may be re moved for cause only, i ' v Ross was appointed on June 10, 1928. He was removed by the gover nor on January 12, this year, and Veach appointed to succeed him. Kaste reviewed the history of the fish commission. The 1921 legislature he said, deetdod to put the fish com mission on a self-sustaining basis. To do so, it passed an act requiring that every person fishing must take out a license. Fishing season was cut short to save the supply of fish. Thli of fended the commercial fishermen, Kaste declared with the result ''there has been a continued conflict between the fish commission and purse seiners and trollers." - Last June, Kaste said, the fish commission discharged Carl Shoe makermaster fish warden, who was responsible to a groat extent for eav , ing the fish industry, according to Kaste, on orders from- the governor. The governor then appointed A, C. Rosa, who Kaste said, knew nothing about fish, to succeed Shoemaker. The fish ; commission men appoimea Shoemaker as general manager at a salary of ?500 a month. , Thomas-W. ' Ross, as the member of tho commission who championed tho appolnthient of Shoemaker td the new position, went to Governor Pierce's homo In Salem to Inform him of .the appointment, Kaste declared. Th governor said to Ross, according to Kaste,- "Tonv use your own judg ment about that." . " " " VETOES BIBLE Bill BY THE KU KLUX KLAN legislature which supported or op posed the bill. Tho bill was actively supported by Ku Klux Klan members of both branches of the assembly. Tho governor's disapproval of the bill marks the end of one of the bitterest religious fights waged in the Ohio legislature In recent years. The measure sought to compel all public . school toachers to read ten verses from the Bible to the pupils every day. -It also would have com pelled" every pupil beyond the fourth grade to memorise the ton commandments.