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! - Splendid iResults are obtained Your vacation may be better enjoyed if you choose the best place to go, Sunday's States man carries full information about these places. from 'advertisements in the Classified ' Columns of the Statesman. The cost too is very low. See pages 6 and 7 today. ? ' SEVENTY-FOURTH YEAR SALEM, OREGON, FRIDAY MORNING, JULY 11, 1924 t PRICE FIVE CENTS. . f ! TO - ' . : . : 1 - : - -'i p 11 ' j j 0 I U '1 iHiiimi imiii.iw ill mwm A . n I; 1 J Uj, fll'l m Mmim tr- t r it Ml ; i Santiam Forest Fire Doubled r Area and Change of Wind May Consume Town- Call 1 'Sent for-Fighters; Idaho Faces Bad Situation; Brit ish Columbia Has Worst Fire in its History ALBANY, Or- July 10- -Doubling Us size during the ' day. the forest fire in. the Santiam reserve had covered an area of nearly 3000 acres it was reported here tonight. An urgent call for more fire fighters had been issued. The fire was working eastward and southward tonight, but during the afternoon crept southwesterly to ward Detroit. Should an east wind rise it is feared that Detroit will be burned. ' V L. ALBANY, Or, July 10. A for i est fire raging over an area of more than 1000 acres in the San tiam forest above Xatroit, has in flicted more damage than any fire in recent years, in this locality. The loss in timber cannot be esti mated at present by. forestry offir rials here, but the Hammond Lum ber company places , its loss at aear $100,000 in logging equip ment which was burned near the seat of the fire. ; - C. C Hall, supervisor of the forest, stated this morning that the low humidity was a great han dicap against the fire fighters who -are trooping to the scene -of the blaze from nearby communities. The forests in the Brientenbush basin, one of the fine stands of timber in the reserve will be de stroyed, according to the predic tions made at forestry, headquar ters here.viThe Breltenbush sum mer resort is thought to be safe. unless the wind, changes. f The efforts of the, fire fighters will be devoted to making an at tempt to stop the flames on the divide between the Breltenbush and north Santiam rivers, in which direction It is now sweep ing before a strong wind. Fire Situation Critical COEUR D'ALENE, Ida.. July 10.--The forest fire situation in the Coeur d'Alene forest remained critical tonight with continued warm, dry weather prevailing. At Kellogg a fire with a mile front threatened the surface property of the Bunker Hill and Sullivan min ing company and was within a mile of the, business district to night, according lo word from Kellogg. : ' On Nine Mile creek the fire which has been harrassing . Sun set, a settlement of 300 popula tion, four miles north of here, and mining properties in that vicinity, had broken through the barrier thrown up by 350 workmen, but .mining company officials display ed no anxiety, saying that .the crew was in command of the sit uation. r''. ; ; " ; I : tIC Has IMsastroas Blaze VANCOUVER, B. C July 10. A forest fire said to be the larg est and most disastrous British (Continued ion page 8.) THE WEATHER OREGON: Fair Friday, no "- change In temperature, mod crate northwest winds. i 1 LOCAL WEATHER (Thursday) Maximum temperature, SO., Minimum temperature, 52. Rainfall, none. River, . 1.5; stationary. Atmosphere. clear. ---" Wind, northwest. ' I. L. PATTERSON PATTERSQfil IS Jl Eola Man is Named i State Chairman By Oregon Re i n publican Committee , PORTLAND, Ore., July 10. The; Oregon state republican com mittee met here today and organ ized for the coming campaign by electing 1, L. Patterson of JEola, Polk county, state chairman to succeed Walter L. Tooze Jr., whose term expired. : An execu tive committee of 20, ten of whom shall be women, and a secretary and treasurer will be named later1. i -.. Resolutions were adopted in dorsing the national republican platform adopted at the Cleve land conference and declaring that the democratic platform "reeks with wilful: deceit, impos sible promises and amazing con tradictions." ( j The resolutions adopted also recommended to the voters the reelection of United States Sen ator Charles L. McXary and W. C. Hawley, representative in con gress from the first; district, and Nicholas Sinnott, representative in congress from the second dis trict. Election of, Morris Crum- packer, republican nominee for representative In congress from the third district, also was urged. ' Twenty-nine out; of the 36 Ore gon counties were i represented at today's meeting, i OFF U FOLIFJTE Organization Will Not Sup port Wisconsin Senator Endorse Foster CHICAGO, 111.. IJuly 10. Sen ator Robert M. La! FoUette, en dorsed for president last week at the conference for j progressive po litical action, will jnot receive the support of the farmer-labor party, which held its convention recently at St. Paul, it was announced to day by the executive committee of the party. -' The executive committee at a meeting today consented to the withdrawal of Duncan McDonald of Illinois, and William Bouck -of Washington state.' its candidates for president and vice president, respectively, and ! endorsed the candidacy of Wnil A. Foster and Benjamin Gitlow 'of New York, who have been j entered as the candidates of thej workers' party of America. ! The national executive, commit tee of the farmer-labor party, in a statement, said that the .confer ence for progressive political ac tion .at Cleveland "had surren dered to La Fbllette, betrayed the farmer-labor masses into the hand of merchants, manufactur ers, bankers and rich farmers and thus destroyed the only chance for a united i front campaign in the coming presidential election." Jap Ambassador to Leave . WASHINGTON, D. C Jly 1. Ambassador Hanihara, who will leave Washington tomorrow aft ernoon; for San Francisco on his way to" Japan, spent tod,ay In bid ding farewell to his friends.- PARTY LE HTES Reparation Plan Differences are Smoothed Over By MacDonald and H erriot at Conference POINCARE ATTACKS NEW PROPOSAL IN, SENATE N. - Former Premier f Declares Germany I Must Pay Be fore Ruhr Evacuation LONDON,- July 10-4 (By The i t . Associated Press.) The British premier, Ramsay ; MacDonald, statement in ! the house made a pf commons today explaining his tecent visit to Paris and his dis- with M. Herriot, . tlje French premier, on ; the repara tions situation. It is evident from this statement that Mr. "MacDon ald hasjgoneja long way to allay and meet French resentments and susceptibilities even to; the extent of temporarily giving up some of his ownj pet Ideas in an endeavor to help) the Herriot , government ward off an initial attack by the Poincarjst bloc in the French sen ate Debate ia. scheduled for Mon day. ; 'j". '' y-.:yr i In t ie memorandum, accom panying' the original British invi tation to "Italy, ' Belgium and Japan o attend an inter allied conference, the British govern ment proposed that in the event of a German default, the matter might : be referred to ) the league of nations of The Hague arbitra tion tribunal, thus lifting it out of the j hands of the reparation commission. j ' i'..- It was this prospect that caused so much, resentment : in France and gave M. Poincare a weapon with which to attack Premier Herrlotj ? The j British prime minister's statmnt shows ! that idea of ref erence' to the league of nations of The Hague had been dropped and that in its stead an endeavor was being j made jl to secure American help for such arbitration duties. Pofnicare. Attacks Agreement PARIS, July 10. (By The As sociate Press.) Former Pre mier Pbincare spoke ! Tor about five hojurs in the senate today on the subject of the Dawes report and German reparations. He also discussed the interviews between the British prime "minister and Premier Herriot. i M. 1'oincare declared that a be ginning ought to be made by Ger many Voting laws necessary under the expert's; report. If Germany signed another protocol, it would (pontinued on page 8.) DAVIS RECEIVES Norn nee Is Congratulated- Di nes With Chas. W. and W, J, Bryan NKW YORK, July lo. After a hectic day. during which he sur rendered ! good naturedly to ;a throng of admirers and photo graphers who beseiged him re peatedly at the Waldorf Astoria hote, John W, Davis, democratic nomlnoo for president, tonight escaped from an inundation of congratulatory telegrams, dined with (?has. W. Bryan, his running mate, and William pfennings Bryan and prepared to go to his country home at Locust Valley, Long Island, for a brief rest be fore:; taking up detailed plans for his campaign. William. J. Bryan, when he left Mr. Davis, was asked if he would take an active part in the cam paign land said: "I'll help if I can aftef I have had a rest," DAVIS MAY BE 8TH PRESIDENT PRESBYTERIAN Election of Democrat Would Make Church Equal With Episcopalians NEW YORK, July 10. ir John V. Davis is elected he ,'would be the eighthj Presbyterian president of the United States ' and that would bring the number of such presidents who I have even with the number been -communicants of the Protestant Episcopal church. the latter present. C'hrales candidate holding the palm at G. Dawes, republican for vice president, at tends the First Congregational church at Evanston. 111.; President Coolidge united with First Congregational church in Washington last October. He Is the first Congregatiohaiist presi dent. . ! ' ' ED Sheriff Hides Prisoners to Prevent j Lynching; Mur- i dered Man Found f SACRAMEXTO, Calif;, Jury 10. -"The sheriff of Tehama county tonight announced he had Fred Jones and Earl Williams, believed to be two! bank bandits, who held up the Red Bluff bank and later shot and killed S. Hefmanson. a state forester, in hidltig. fearing they would be lynched. 4 A mob Visited the jail early to night and demanded the prisoners. It retired.; however, when told the men were not in jail. ! ;? (Statements, which the sheriff said the prisoners made to him, indicate they shot ant) killed the forester after he had captured them. . They said he intercepted them on the highway and ordered them to enter his car. After they had driven a few miles they at tacked and killed him and left his body by the side of the highway.1 according! to their story! as quoted by the sheriff. - RED BLUFF. Calif.. July 10. The 'bodjr oT Sam Hermanson, forest ranger in whose automobile two bandit suspects were arrested at Lyman Springs, Calif., today, was found riddled with bullets late this afternoon, j. h MOB SEEKS BANDITS M 0 W Gleanings Fire Wipes Out Botulinus Poisoning Kills 5 ? CALGARY. Alta;, July 10.' Fire fanned by a high wind this evening destroyed most of the business section of the town of Strathmore 32 miles east of here. The flames swept through 200 feet- of (buildings, Jumped the street and laid waste Imost of an other block. I; ; : j "'i : : ll - - ! Ripe Olives- Caus? Ieths. BILLINGS, Mont., I July 10. Botulism) caused by the eating of ripe olives; was. according to at-i tending physicians, responsible for the deaths last night at Aldrich Lodge, a summer resort, 26 miles from Cody, of Mrs. Ache and Paul Ache; Jrj,. wife and son of a prom inent oli operator of Pittsburgh, Pa., and Thomas C. Gillespie, a student of Yale, whose home Is now in New. York City.' - ' ' .:. Hughes Heads Americian Bar 1 PHILADELPHIA, 'pa- July 1 Election" of officers, including Secretary of State Charles E. Hughes. as president, arid lhe adoption of a tebolution urging congress; to change the date of the presidential inauguration from March 4th to the third Monday in Januaryj featured the closing seaf iiontoday of the annual conven tion of the American bar associa tion. .1 .-- " ' . 1 - : r ' " : j Brazilian Insurrection Serious BUENOS AIRJJS, July 10. jAP) News from both Brazilian official and unofficial sources' In FILIPINO BOY CLAIMS PART HUGE; ESTATE Boy Gets Settlement of $30, 000 on Assertion Man Was Grand Father BLACKWELL, jOkla.. July 10. A settlement was reached here today in " the j heirship case of Gregario Csrnilchael, 14-year-old Filipino boy, who - came to Ka county, Okla., several months ago to claim a portion of a $7,000,00p estate j left by John Carmichael, whom j he alleged was his grand father ' The boy's attorneys ac cepted; a cash settlement of ?3.0, 000 'and indicated the . lad would return to the islands at ohce.' ' Carmichael came to Oklahoma f with the : claim that he was the son of Dugal Carmichael, an American soldier who; served in Cthe Philippines and married a na- Itive. . ' - - DEMOCRATS UNABLE TO SETTLE DETAILS National Committee - Stalled Because of Fagged and Overworked Leaders NEW i YORK, July 10. Eager to attack post convention details the democratic national .'commit tee found Itself today unable to bring j fagged wits to serious business- and decided ,to put off the formalities of organizing the or ganisation Until overworked exe-1 cutives and party leaders caught up on sleep, i Tonight (New York was a de serted village bo far as the na tional convention was ; concerned. Hastily abandoned campaign but ton and multi-colored badges were heaped i various hotel , repositor ies as evidences of the: historic struggle. Weary, but smiling and exuding optimism of a November success, the phalanx of i dfelegates alternates and advisors I started homeward to tell the folks of the "strong and aiBle candidates." i , U 4.--; SlcAfloo To Go Abroad ' . NEW YORK, July 10. The hotel suite "where William G. Mc Adoo had' convention headquarters was evacuated j today. Mr, Mc Adoo, hia wife -and two daughters, will Bail on the Berengaria on Saturday. ; Governor Smith will return to Albany tomorrow. . r - m v Strathmore t dicates th.ut the situation in Sao raulO, scene of the insurrectionary outbreak is still very serious and that there Is1 a great deal of un rest in other parts of Brazil. Heavy artilery . bombardment conliuues. Seaman Is on Trial BREMERTON. Wash., July 10. - Arthur E. Vaughn, & seaman on the l?. S. Arizona, wet to trial here today before a court. martial on charges 'growing lout of the concealing of a .girl stowaway, "Madeline,", aboard the vessel from New York to . Balboa last spring. - Ex tort ion ltg Held for Hearing ROCK FORD, III.. July 10. George Peck and his son Clarence, farm hands of Buncpme county. North.'; Carolina, alleged to have sent! a letter to Senator and Mrs. M d 1 1 1 McCormlck demanding 150,000, were held'tq the October grand jury on ' a charge of at tempted extortion today at a pre liminary hearing before a justice of peace. ; j A ' -j 73,000 British IMstressed v LONDON, JuIylP, (By , the Associated Press). The ; new American Immigration regulations became effective today much to the distress of 75,000 British sub jects' who had bought steamship tickets and to, the financial disap pointment of steamship companies which had sold steerage space to that number of gagsfingerg, Pay News CU JR. IS Little Village! Cemetery at Plymouth;: Vt., Receives President's Son Along With Ancestors COOLIDGE FAMILY GROUP RESTRAINS ITS SORROW Bugler Sounds "Taps?- as Casket Is Lowered; Of ficials Bow Heads PLYMOUTH, Vt., July 10. In the little irillage cemetery, where, 'neath theJ maples and evergreens shadows across the old flow long tombstones on the hillside,! they buried .Calvin Coolidge, 16 year old son and namesake of the presi dent, today. j ; Restraining in large part out ward manifestation of their sor row, the president, Mrs. Coolidge and John, the elder son, :j stood with bowed heads during the; short and simple commitment services until a marine bugler had blown "taps" across the grave. The ceih etery, where Calvin ; was laid to rest lies on a little hill dominated by the Green Mountains which overshadow -this; village. In the fajnily plot lie the mother of the president j ancestors and kinsmen. Much of official Washington, in cluding eight cabinet members, the speaker of the nation's house of representatives and the gover nors of two states, attended the services." ' . ... The party ' from ; Washington came In the closely guarded train which was halted at Northampton for services in the Edwards Con gregational church, where Calvin was a member. j After the last note of taps had (Continued on page 2) Mutual Entertainment in Si s- ter City When Cher- rians Visit ! Woodburn and the Woodbdrn community enfolded the .Cherrlans and the Cherrian band In a lSving embrace last night. figuratively speaking, when they made their first annual visit to the siSter city of; the north, - j- The entertainment was mutual. Under the command of Captain Dyer" the! Cherrlans, led by the band, paraded the business dis trict of -the town and then gave a concert on the plaza between the citl hall and old high school building. 1 . : , And following the concert, the women of the community ; served delicious hall. refreshments in the city Between band concert nunibers.J Mayor John H. Hunt 'delivered a cordial address of welcome. "You have . come and you have con quered,"! declared Mr. Hunt. "Your coming is surely a ' flue demonstration of your friendly spirit." " ; King Bing Al Pierce, Introduced by Mr. Hunt, told the assembled crowd that It surely was a pleas ure to visit Woodburn with the Cherrlans and the Cherrian blind and expressed therr ; appreciaton of the fine reception given. Fred A. Williams Waldj jie was proud to' visit the berry center of the world with such a fine crowd of Cherrlans and expressed .the opinion that it was well j for !the communities of the) Willamette valley to visit and become better acquainted. 1 M A J pleas In; and appreciated part: of the program "was the sev eral solos suns by Oscar B. Ging rich. The Isong most loudly applauded was that: classic, I "It Aint ; Goln' To Rain No More ub5 a? aft eocote, ; . : : J. . 't SeSms 1 SAMUEL GOMPERS IT n 1 . ife' j j ( - w i V -'cr ' " id i ; h I 1 q W ' ' - m i ir i h SI ilPERS President of A. F. of L. Sick in New York Conditioh Not Serious v ! NEW YORK, July 10. Samuel Gwnpers, president, of the Ameri can Federation of Labor, is criti cally ill at the hotel Shelbune. Coney islandjfit 'was learned to day. - : . i . I : j "Mr. Gompers is very weik' said one of his two secretaries. Two nurses ajre constantly In at-tend-ance . and epecialists from Manhattan wfere to examine Mr. Gompers latej'today. ' j - Mr. Gompers was broughl to the hotel yesterday from the Lenox Hill hospital, Manhattan, where he. has been recuperating for some weeks from a general breakdown. No one has been jper- mitted to see him for several days. , . 1 j Mr. Gompers is .74 years old arid has been ipresident of the fed eration since I1S82 NEW YORK, July 10. Saniuel Gompers, president of the Ameri can Federation of Labor, Is at the hotel Shelburne,- Coney Island. to get the advantage of the salt air and rest find is in no danger of a serious illness, said Wl- G Roberts, chaifman of the, fed era- tion's executive ; committee, night. ' . j; ' to- PRISONERS WILL ! WEAR 01 DESIGN Gray Trousers and i Hickory "Shirts Warden's Urder ror uonvicxs Elimination of' the "country club" aspect pf the state prison is now under Wav and bv August 1 all of the inula tea will be uniforjn-1 ly clad .in gry trousers and hickN ory shirts. The prison tailof has been Instructed by Warden A. M. Dalrympl to devote his time In gar- ments. J " Owing to the purchase of ious types of materials, the jmen have been issued overalU of j dif ferent hued jblue and brown' bc cording .to Deputy Warden J W. Lillie. s Because of this, when a man escaped, it was often hard accurately; to' describe! his attire. In addition to the general use ot gray trousers, the inmates will also; be required to wear, special prison shoes, which, are being equipped with , a distinctive type such of heels, the design being i CoiWlly.il. rl lllyyl Campaign of thieves ar.d Robbers in Salem Bring: Appeal for Aid From Busi ness ; Men Council Act; at Special Session Lac'. Night - Following a meeting; of Sa lem business men yesterda: who appealed to Mayor Giesy and the city. council, to appoir. several additional members c the Salem police force, the cit; council was called in speci session by the mayor la night and voted five additic: al patrolmen for the city poll; force. The reason for the rno ment for added protection the 'epidemic or burglar." that has hit the city recent; The activity of burglars t other thieves has included f -eral skylight entries ir buildings when large lots valuable goods were tak Other serious offenses h: also been reported. To pay the additional ; troimen fund? will be trt f erred to the police fund fr the special sewer fund ur an ordinance - which mr such a transfer of funds sible. This will be transfe: bark at the first of the y Chief of Police Frank Ul has not yet decided whom will aDnoint as the new m bers of the force. He r name them today. All wi used at night. '.The police committee, chief and I have all know some time," said Mayor C last nitrht, "that we neec bigger force to cope wit I situation, and the appc: the business men was st that we decided to act i the ordinance which perr transfer of funds." Heretofore five oL have been used at night the new order will dout number. Score of Chinese Ton: j Men are Apprc! CLEVELAND, Ohio, Ju' More than a score of .Chic lieved to be members of tong, were arrested tonij roundup of auspicious cl in the Chinese district, v annual convention of the Merchants Association o: day. i . Leaders of the assocla police they feared a ton; a result of ill feeling wt to the surface several w when Yea Hee Kee, fort dent of the organization, and seriously wounded, one had been arrested o'clock tonight. . .. News From Want A Column .it. Nob Hill lot of sale. No reasonat refused. - An excel portunity to get 4 f Experienced ' dal. "wants to rent f shares. f Good light an trailer ; for sale. thing to haul berr. s