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-1, Phone -your1 classified ad early today for the big Sunday See the vacation guide in Sunday's Statesman about the best places to spend your va i Nation. - 1 issue. SALEMj OREGON, SATURDAY MORNING, JUIY 12, 1924 CSVENTY-FQURTH YEAR PRICE FIVE CENTS. X JOIST FIRES YOUTHFUL BOYS START OUT ON IIS SPE1S DM RECEIVING PARTY SLOGAN IS SUBMITTED TO DEMOCRATS SLAYER LEAVES THREE CORPSES MURDER SERIES STIRS GERMANS AGAINST POLICE j CRIME CAREER IN PATH BEHIND v nnmnmrnnnnr TO SECURE HO? ilbililllDLbUiyiL Rosebunr , .Youngsters Rob "Bette Pays With Davis'! Is Rejoiner for "Keep Cool (With Coolidgew Murder of Laviolettq Results Indifference in. Case of Cpn . f essed Mass I Murderer ! -I Store and - Alake , Way in i an Automobile - in Neice'8. Death, and Gal lows for: Muir 1 - - .;- ; ' - -: i yy - i ' - y . .. : : i . '. ' ' ' '' '-. y - v- : v I ! . - " - - -i ' y y ' y y y N ': -i: '' Vv; : ; - ' yi " " ' yl . y' ':,': j V'--.- :- i;-;;- .- :.'' -VV : I : :. ' ,j ''.;) . . y " ; ',"' " : I v ' !. , ':, v :." -i ': . i .' j M -: V' i'- vv,:' -v. ' ; , 'I . v-Vv. .v. V'i -; : V iy'v. U'yv-z i::"f( ;;. irv i v-rv'-:.v-1-: ov;j;; V j. :!;, ;.t- - . y i ) V? - VfVV,i. .. , , .j ..;... :r-- . -, ' .. . . - . " : ..' - V : .: -..,,- TV-V V-';-. !"4V"J ' ' A ;-:'Vvy,' :.f-.v r -V v w n-v.:. AGREEMENT IS GIVEN PRAISE 111 BY 1 HEW j Arouses Storm rrnrnr K M M- I My GR1TIGAL l Dozen Blazes Reported to Portland Office; The Most Reports for Any Day This Year DRY SEASOft CREATES CRISIS IP! 4 STATES Oregon, California, Washing ton and Montana An He port Bad Situation "PORTLAND, Or.. July 11. With dorens of new forest fires lu Oregon and witb Indications o continued dry weather the fire sit uatton again became critical to day. More forest fires were re- Dorted to the Portland: of f ice of I day this year, and although many of the blazes were small, the mes sages came from practically erery section of the state. V Serious fires In Oregon are in the- Santiam, Deschutes and Siski you national, forests, on the hold ings of the Whitney Lumber com- r paaj near x nnuw, auu v . Vvate timber In Columbia county. I Two fires ran together in the Deschutes national forest south of Bend, combining the Paulina fire a n rf In. I ra rv fire, rorerlne aD- L proximately 1500 acres. Emer- gency men womea . a.11 uaj uu through the night In an effort to establish : a trench around the ' burning ' area. It , had not been controlled tonight.. - Two.hundred men were employ d today against a fire in the tim- Iter of the" Whitney ume com pany.: about 10 xniba,irDV2&r The situation near Grants Pass 1 Vecame serious today, : according I to- John D. Guthrie, assistant dis t trict forester, r At Nine Mile the ( New Hope fire was still burning I and had come- within two miles S of a large powder house. Lightning Starts Fires In the Agnes district of the Sis- l klyou hational forest six lightning t fires wera started Thursday night, Ibne of which : coTered ! 350 acres and extended to-Silrer creek. -N The others are under control. J At Galice, four fires were still un t der surTeillance- At Emily creek and at Chatco a number of small fires were burning unchecked. !f "But because of strong winds and extremely dry ; conditions . southern Oregon timber is ser- lously threatened by fire," said filr. Guthrie. l F V f The Torest fire in the Santiam i forest near j Detroit, was burning ) furiously and it was estimated that approximately 4000 acres had been burned. ' ? ,- Sovanof the Hammond Lumber f company bridges had been burn ( d and the fire was about a mile , and a half from the Sqnthern Pa cific tracks near Hoover. Pumps ' and hose taken to ; Detroit last night were used by the fighters today. Both the Hammond Lum . tgr company anda the forest ser vice have pumps going. The fire was spreading in the direction of Breitenbush Hot springs. - ? FUiines Gala on Crew ';LOS ANGELES,. July 11. A force of. more than 2 50. men, fight- ins a losing fight against a fire 1iich has bca burning since Vednesday in the Santa Barbara fStional forest north of here, to f night were concentrating their ef forts along the western front of the blaza. in & desperate attempt to prevent Its spreading to the k heavily pine timbered slopes of tLlebere Mountain.' . , IVMhlngton, Conditkms Improve ; . SPOKANE. Wash.. July 11. Forest fires in the inland empire were not seriously threatening to- night. -I :. . . i ? -.- Forest i fires in the Cocur d'Al I ene mining district tonight were ) reported sufficiently under con- ' trol to permit most of the 400 men (Continued, on page i.) THE WEATHER V ' V I OREGON Fair weather and moderate temperature Sat urday. Moderate: northwest .winds. - LOCAL WEATHER r (Friday) j; , Maximum' temperature, SO. Minimum- temperature, 56. Rainfall, none. Iliver, -1' stationary Atmosphere, clear. . V T7l23,-wct.--.- - ,Kr?", : ROSEBURG, Or.. July . 11.- Herman Baugarther, aged. 11 yeas, of 1408 Nineteenth street. Eugene, - and- Clarence Wallace, aged 13 years, of Wendling, em barked upon a career of banditry yesterday by robbing a store at Wendling, where they procured a box. of candy, a carton of cigar ettes and about $10 in silver, and with their haul proceeded to Eu gene where they picked up Ian automobile belonging to the Ad vance Rumley Tractor company of Portland and started south. Their inexperience In handling an auto mobile, attracted the attention of a garage man at Wilbur, who tel ephoned Sheriff Starmer's office, and the lads were arrested : as they entered the city. ' S IS FIT SIS ROCKWELL McAdoo Manager Declares Nominee Was Fair y Chos- en: Strong Candidate NEW YORK, July 11. Declar ing that "no candidate ever had a clearer title to a nomination than John iw. Davis," David Ladd Rockwell, national campaign manager for Wm. Gibbs McAdoo, tonight sent to Mr. Davis and his running mate, Chas. W. Bryan. congratulations and assurances of enthusiastic'upport in the forth coming campaign, V j V Mr. Rockwell's letter to Mr. Davis said: i "Please, accept . my warmest congratulations upon your nomi nation., 'Your record! as a citizen, lawyer nt public of ficiat; iaso splendid that our party is assured a leadershop of the Bighestorder, and when you are elected presi dent,1 one so admirably equipped is 'bound to make a record that all America m-ay well be proud of. "I want to- take this occasion to assure you of my enthusiastic sup port and to wish you the success that t know will be yours." i MrJ Rockwell's letter to Mr. Bryan expressed similar senti ment.! In an Interview while he was dictating these letters, Mr. Rockwell toW newspaper men his official relations with Mr. Mc Adoo had "ceased, the . moment Mr. Davis was nominated." Mr. Rockwell made it plain, however, that his personal relations wfth Mr. McAdoo continued, "peculiarly pleasant" V . . ,i . TIIOUS Several Thousand Attend Opening of Playground -j On 14th Street Several thousand people 'attend ed the official opening of the Sa lem playgrounds, held at the Four teenth street ground! last night. and remained for the serai-weekly concert of the Cherrlan band. Beginning at 6:30 o'clock, the youngsters staged various exhibi tions, including athlcftic '' events. and swimming, diving and other, water sports. ; These events were followed by the Klwanis-Rotary indoor baseball game,' won by the former, the challengers, by the one-sided score of 2$ to 10. The Rotarians were ' on - hand with a non-emptying punch bowel and dispensed refreshments to i the youngsters, i V- The Cherrlan band gave Its con cert from a "special bandstand er ected for the occasion, the pro gram featuring Oscar; B. Gingrich in two vocal selections. : Y Though the traffie was immense and automobiles were parked at almost every angle through the grove ' and over the j entire play ground, everything j went off smoothly and the machines were guided Into open places-by mem bers; of the Salem Pioneer clubs. who acted in the capacity of traf fic officers. i UNIVERSITY' . SEEKS WEALTH CHICACO, July 11. President Ernest Dewitt Burton of the Uni versity ; of - Chicago today an nounced a plan for doubling the present endowment of the insti tution making It the richest of its kind In the United States. V " ; The wealth of the. Institution Is COW 1500000. 1V-:IV' f ' . . ffiOSM GOD PROGRAM Democratic- Nominee Has Stream , of ! Guests-r-Mc- Adoo; Smith, and Hull Pay Candidate Respects McADOO NON-COMMITTAL ON SUPPORTING TICKET Calif ornian- to Issue State. ; ment-4-Shaver to Be Na tional Chairman NEW YORK, Before leaving what he hoped N. T., July. 11.- Iate tonight for would be a quiet week end- at hl country home at Locuat Valley, Long I8iand, John w. Davis, Democratic - nominee for president. ut in a. busy day receiving a continuous procession of callers, amdngThem William Q. McAdoo, Governor. Smith and Cordell Hull, chairman of the Democratic national committee ; After an hour's - conference alone with Mi-. Davis, BIr; McAdoo said he had called simply to pay his respects to the . nominee, whom he had known for many years. When! asked whether he would support', Mr. Davis and Bryan the Californian replied: "I'll deal with that question In a statement that I shall issue be fore I sail for Europe tomorrow if I can find time to prepare it." Mr. Hull aid after his visit to the. nominee, that he ' would not continue, as national chair man after the formal opening of the campaign.. Clem Shaver of Fairmount," W.-Va., a resident of the nominee's home town and an old friend of the family, who, by reason of "being a member of the Davis club of - Clarksburg, that launched the Davis boom had been considered a possible chair man, spent a large part of the day with Mr. Davis. V - The nominee so far has been receiving ! suggestions ? from i these (Continued on page 5) Three School Measures t Before Silyerton Voters ' Hv . -i '. I ; . SILVERTON. Or.; July 1 11. (Special to ( Th'e - Statesman). Three items jwill come befojre the siiverton I voters in a special tax payers' election to be held in this city August 1. ! The items jto be voted upon are as follows: 1 10,000; to construct and equip a four-room addition to the Eugene Held building; $15,- 000 to construct and equip a two- room addition to the Eugene Field building and; to acquire lands in the northerly part of the school district and to construct and equip a ward school thereon; J9.5 00 to acquire lands and to construct and equip a ward school in the north erly end of 'the school dlstHct. The election will be in the high school building on the afternoon of August 1 land any qualified tax payer may vote. Notification of the election lis made by Ed R. Ad ams, clerk for Siiverton .'school district. TO BE RELEASED Condition IsiThat North Pa- cific Exchange Read to Work August 1 The directors of the Oregon Growers Cooperative' association held an all-day session in; Salem yesterday tnd adopted a resolu tion to the effect that if the North Pacific Prune exchange is1 ready for business by August 1 it will release all j its members so that they can sign up contracts with the exchange. ; The resolution is to be drawn by A. A. Hampson. an attorney of Portland, and sent to all tho tnembera. ;. j -1 The directors of the Oregon Growers Cooperative Prune asso ciation adopted . resolution to the effect that all membership feee and all notes signed would be re turned to the subscribers The Portland: Chanibot of Commerce is to meet the expense. The idea, is to get taction ' quickly so f the growers may he protected and the new business may be? started in August. -!'V c : I" . N eftort ' Is to be ': made' to X CoatiAued gn gage 5 ). PnUfJE GROwEBS FRANKFORT, Ky., July 11. John A. Goodman, clerk of the court ; df - appeals, today offered this slogan to the' Democratic party as a rejoiner to "Keep Cool With Coolidge" the Republican ologahjiJ ; - . "Suggest 'Better Days With Da vis as Campaign slogan. The Re publican slogan 'Keep Cool With Coolidge' characteristically nega tive. ; Proposed slogan means ac tion."., i ' m OFFICERS ARE SELECTED Cutler, Winterstein, Davis, Wilson and White are iNew j Policemen Kivej special . patrolmen were selected and j sworn in yesterday by Chief of Police Frank A. M into, and last night went; on duty as a result jof thej decision of the city council to double the present force on duty at night. The action was found j necessary because of the increase in burglaries in the city and the insistent demand made for protection by business men. All of the five have had more or less police experience. Those reporting fop duty last night j were f L. J. Cutler. 237 Maple avenue, a former special agent for the Southern Pacific; A. Winterstein, 24 9 North. Sum mer, whose police record includes 28 months service with the Bos ton. Mass, force; Frank Davis, 440 Iorth Twenty-third, for. sev eral years guard at the penitent iary;; W. G. ' Wilson, 10? 8 North Twenty-second, :" - who has had some jexpenance as a ponce o i li ce r, nd W.I D. White, a former, guard! at the state penitentiary. With, the increased, force, all suspicious characters- will be tak en to the police headquarters for investigation - and orders were issued' yesterday - by Chief - of Polic4 Minto. to arrest all persons found! on the! street after midnight who kre unable to give a satis factory ; account of themselves. Loitering around the street will result in the loiterer being haled into spie station. Persons notic ing anyone loitering in the neigh borhood are requested to -telephone the information to the sta tion, an. emergency rider being on duty to respond to such ccalls. If j the present arrangements do not bring results. Chief of Police Minto contemplates the sweating in j of a number of vol unteer oincers, similar - to me system in force last winter. Gleanings from Day's News Hindu-Moslem i 'it 2 More Are Botuliniis Victims DELHI, India, July 11. Seven persons were reported killed to day In a riot which was the out come of a quarrel between Hindus and Moslems. Virtually the entire city took part in the rioting. To ward evening the situation be came quieter. The disturbance is attributed to Hindus objecting to a Moslem boy drawing water from'a certain well. The boy who was violently beaten. died later In a hospital. Others of Party May Die. . BILLINGS, Mont., July 11. Symptoms of botulinu poisoning have developed in two of the three survivors of the party of seven stricken at Cody, Wyo., Tuesday evening aftr eating imported ripe olives and potted chicken. They are TolbertjN. De Richardson Jr., of ' the Gefmantown section of Philadelphia whose i brother Thomas, died . at a hospital here today and Mists Eugenia: Jones of Cody,' tutor! to Paul Ache Jr., one of the first; victims to die. 5 Prepare for 8. P. Line. ' PHOENIX, Ariz., July 11. En gineering crews assigned - to pre liminary Survey work In the Southern ' Pacific's plan of build ing i another railroad through the desert will! be working tomorrow on - the initial operations of the project which will give Phoenix a main line route, to the Pacific coast. : i V '' -1 ;i MacLarr Forced Back i KASUMIGAURA, Japan, July 12. -(AP)f A." Stuart MacLaren, who popped gtf yit&-Mw2 m- . , MONTREAL, July 11. Three corpses. 110 in! the path' of Walter Muir's bullets his own, that of HenryLavioiette for whose mur der the. 21-year old INew York student paid the supreme penalty of the law this morning, and that of Bertha Rose Laviolette, the 17-year ; old niece of the victim of the murder. The girl died from a paralytic stroke yester-; day. ; , V , ' '!,.'. 1UCES Californian Breaks Silence; by Responding to Will nodgers in 1 heatre ; NEW YORK. July 11. Wil liam Gibbs McAdoo- who has been more oo less non-com mital as to the course he would pursue during the presidential - campaign when speaking j to. newspapermen, was induced . to break his silence tor night by ! Will: Rogers f romA the stage of the follies at the Nevfr Amsterdam theater. i J: Mr. and Mrs. -McAdoo were in the audience, and: when the come dian; with f his . usual, raillery. pointed Mr. McAdoo. out, there was an, outburst" of applause and the "CalLforniaji. was. finally brought to his feet and made the following statement: : j "I am: leaving for Europe with my family tomorrow, for a little diversion,; but now that the cori ventioiL li overawe must; all. get together and make sure that we elect a democrat." ; ' - - I Both, actor and candidate were given an ovation following the announcement. Foreign Policy Formed By the Little Entente . ' L ' '--( PRAGUE, Czecho Slovakia, July ll.r The first sitting today of the- little entente conference was devoted to revolving the foreign.- policy i of the little entente countries, says a 'communique is sued tonight. The. delegates found they were in complete agreement. As - the little entente countries are greatly concerned in- the maintenance of union among the great alMesj they are particularly satisfied according to the com munique to observe that more and more progress ig. being, made toward I an understanding with the object of settling the repara tions questions in which, Bulgaria, Jugo-SIovakia and Rumania, are especially interested. Riot Kills 7 paniona this afternoon for Minato on a flight around the world, was forced to return here by engine trouble which developed soon after the ' start; t MacLaren' hopes ' to start again; for Minato, tomorrow morning, f . , ' ' ,: ; .; .. jV u;. ,;.V ! Elk Uivcn Ilostott Zoo ; BOSTON July 11. Three live elk brought here 5 by the Idaho delegation to the convention of the Benevolent and Protective Or derNf Elks, for the parade yester day concluded the .fraternity's session In this city, were given to the Franklin park municipal zoo. - Ex-Clty Iet!ctlve Convicted. SEATTLE, July- 11 William Worsham, former city detective was found guilty in federal court iere today of conspiracy to vio late tbeV federal prohibition' law. " j VI i.-t- Notification is PostI CHICAGO, July 11. Official notification of President Coolidge and of General Chas. G. Dawes of their nominations on the republi can ticket, has been postponed Un til some - time in August, it was earned today at republican na tional headquarters. ' i Crowds Visit Calvin Jfs Grave : PLYMOUTH. Vt., July 11. A steady j stream of V automobiles along the ; winding country road that leads past the little ceme tery on the hill her . b rough a thousand visitors to the grave of Calvin j Coolidge Jr. son, of the nresident. todav. -."" -' Hi II Premier Explains That Joint Text of Conference Con stitutes Only Frencft Ob ligations DAUSSET CHALLENGES ; WITH ALLIED DEBTS Reduction Asked if French Reduces the Amount De manded of Germany PARIS,' July ll.(By The As sociated. Press.) The- Joint text drawn up. in Paris by Prime Min ister MacDonald and Premier Her riot during ;i their interview in connection; with the inter-allied London - conference represents, ajl the progress that has been made up to. the l present toward an ac cord between France and Great Britain, the i French premier de clared before the senate today, ex plaining his negotiations with the British premier. He said that the Chequers interview bound neither country, j j ; Senator Dausset, who preceded M. jHerrit, declared, that the Dawes plan surelyj Reduced Germany's debt to the allies and that France consequently was justified in ask ing a reduction of her inter-allied war debts.! He asked the premier if he was taking steps in that di rection and a.so whether he has in view an early funding of the war debts, : without which the stability of French currency was impossible ; M. Herrlot answered 1 that he was powerless on the question of War debts and could only appeal to the spirit of equity of the allies, which he had doneat Chequers He agreed with Senator Dausset that it was impossible to stabilize French currency before the. debts were hanging over the country were disposed of, but, he added. that lie had no other means of action than repetition of the argu ment that In the common fight into Which ; the allies had put their ' resources in ' common, France was the heaviest loser. ; Senator J j Raymond Poincare, former premier, interrupting, said that the. Americans, when they were ready to ask for payment of the sum owing to them, would surely propose arrangements run ning over a considerable number of 'years, "and as long as we con tinue to pay, Germany must be made to continue to pay us." "The Inter-allied debts ought not to be settled mathematically but justly,"! M. Herriot added. The French expressed the hope that American members of the reparation commission would be able to take full membership as was - originally provided for but he said be would continue bis ef forts to get Mr. MacDonald to abandon the idea of arbitration on the question of declaring Ger many's default. Harrington. National Bank , Forced to Close Doors , HARRINGTON, Wash., July 11. -The First National bank of Har rington, organized in 1908,-closed its doors today by i order of the board of directors, pending an ex amination by federal bank exam iners. j The last statement of the bank at the close of business June 30 showed resources of $427,397 and deposits of $223,478. ; ' Next Wednesday Will SeeT : Great Program Start The annual Chautauqua season will open in Salem next Wednes day evening, July 16, at 8 o'clock In the big tent on the Willamette Oniversityj Athletic field, with a concert by the Guatamala Mar imba band, an organization with a record of metropolitan triumphs. Musical Events ?. - I Besides the Marimba band, the Ernest Gamble concert party is booked for two programs on the third day. This la the 21st toux of the Gambles of America. On the fifth day the Ault Con cert Artists of Chicago will give l 'siC9fiiJned Oh page 8. wrap : NEARLY HEBE HANOVER, Germany, July 11. While popularj indignation over the alleged indifference of the po lice to the case oj Freiderich Haar mann, confessed mass murderer is growing, the slayer himself is tak ing the situation j with calmness and poise and 1st asking to be be headed "as I deserve tq be." ' "I don't remember the names of all of my victims," 'Haarmann toldV interviewers today. "You seej they came so fast that I' real ly did not have a; good chance to get ! well acquainted with them," He recalled having ; Blain not less, than a, dozen boys and young men and was quite certain, there were many more. V Secretary! of State Sails, on Trip to Europe With, fv Bar Delegation ll : WAS 1 1 1 N GTON j D. C, July 11, -Secretary Hughes will spend at least two days in Paris during his trip to England ! and continent. which, wilj. begin tomorrow. Defin ite ; decision,; to include this . visit in his itinerary as. the guest of the French:; bar, was announced today, f He will jbe absent from Washington about one month. I Sailing from. New York on the Berengaria wlth. the American Bar. association's delegation' to the international meetings of lawyers, the secretary plans to re main in London, prom July. 21 to 28. It was denied, there was any present prospect j. that he would continue to Berlin. V V j ;i . lth the premier s conference opening In London about the time of his arrival, hpweyer,' some Observers considered- it possible that the intimate connection be tween the subject of reparations Under ; discussion1 there ' and. cer tain details of the German-American treaty might! occasion jpasBing attention of the secretary. i It was officially announced that Mr. Hughes did not -contemplate taking any official part in the London discussions or in any other i diplomatic conversations which might ensue. 1 . 1 ....... " California Caravan Is At Bandon for a Visit i . 4-i . BANDON, Oit. July 11. The northern California caravan, cbh sisting of 125 persons, represent ing the various chambers of com merce in that section,: headed by Eureka, arrived I at Bandon late today and remained over night. The program :of entertainmept planned for them included a com munity dinner af the city park, with speaking, fqllowcd by a band concert. ' j Vf j . j . The party included Louis Ever ding, California' highway commis sioner of Areata and from Oregon, Highway Commissioners Duby and Van Susen and fRoy Klein, Salem. Rufus C. Holman of Portland, and Commissioner Ifurcell of the fed eral bureau of roads. The cara van will go to Coquille tomorrow and will complete the loop south by way of Roseburg and Grants Pass. j ' .-J McDonald arid Smith are F ing to; oeai i ime Limi y Are doing Strong i NORFOLK. 1 Lieutenant Geo Va., July 12. C. McDonald. of Langley field, pilot, arid Lieuteni ant H. D. Smith, of Hampton sta tion, observer, j at 2:36 o'clock this morning equaled the world's record for continuous seaplane flying, were still in the air at 3 o'clock. The j fliers took the lair at 1:36 o'clock yesterday after noon I v :.; .-.j : Powerful searchlights w a r e kept almost constantly playing; on the machine a it made its way over the triangular course around Fortress Monroe. j t The aviators ! are flying a new type seaplane and will attempt' to remain In the air 24 hours. The present record is 13 hours, 1 26 DitOJitc?, .1 : : V ' . y -- TPS P flBpOilB AVIATOHS ATTEiyiPT TO DH RECORD LLULU ' ' iLl : ': 'y ' - . - i .' Federation Similar to That of Labor Is Advocated at Na tional Agricultural Con ference ; , CONCENTRATED ACTIOfi MAY GET LEGISLATION May Form Committee to Pro ceed With Plans f.!c Nary. Measure, Favored. ST.. PAUL, July U. Although agreeing that farm? relief legisla tion is necessary and., that an or ganization similar in scope and power tip the American Federation, of Labqr, is needed, to carry on Its work, - members, of the resolutions committee of the national confer ence t farm organizations' are un able to ,'determine by bow such a central organisation should be for mulated. While the resolutions commit tee was in session, several hun dred delegates , to the' conference, which opened a. two-day. session here today were meeting else where' discussing phases of the ag ricultural situation. In the debate before the reso lutions committee of which Wm. Hirth of Columbus, Mr., is chair man, it was contended by several of the f members that a central committee, formed of -delegates from every stateland representing all farm organizations should for-, mulate -any legislative action to be taken in the interest of agriculture..!-. - " '" : r Some wer opposed to this prop osition,; claiming that the central, committee should be. elected only from the farmer leaders and. should act only in the capacity qC. a mouthpiece for the organiza tions now existing. Lack of cooperation among the, national leaders has been charged by the farmers, according to Carl Gunderson of Mitchell, S. D. it mis conierence is ever to accomplish definite action, all dif ferences among the farm leaders, should be immediately eradicated" he said, '!We are. on the rigM track and we must pull together." Defining the. attitude which tte United J States, he said, must ad, opt toward, agricultural interests. Representative J, L Dipkenaon. ot Iowa, addressing the general con ference, stated that "the. policy of this'; country must be one ' of dual purpose to put agriculture on a basis parallel with industry. j ' Although the McNary-Haugen i export corporation bill was defeat ed in the last congress. Its pro posers j continued with renewed strength, according to A. Sykes, of Ida Grove, Iowa, 'The greatest fight ever inaugurated in behalf of farm legislation Is now being made and will continue to a glor ious finish," he asserted. An equalization of prices for farm products, protective tariff for all produce with discrimination, and a (strong agricultural feder ation were advised by Gilbert N.; Haugen, representative in ' con gress from Iowa and co-author of the McNary-Haugen bill. "If. is necessary that we al ways have "high taxes and high transportation let us also give the producers of the country's food the protection which industry and commerce now enjoy," ha said. The conference, which will con tinue tomorrow, adopted a reso lution "expressing "heartfelt sym pathy with the grief stricken fam ily of President Coolidge." , Bryan Reiterates His I f Support of Uie Ticket WASHINGTON, July 1, Wil liam J. Bryan, en route to St. Louis from New York stopped oft here long enough today to reiter ate his support of the democratic ticket and of John W. Davis and Chas. P. Bryan and to express confidence .la its success la No vember.:' - 'V Mr. Bryan predicted, that when, Mr. Davis made his 'acceptance speech all presumptions which might be held by anyone by him would be wiped away. He said, in opposing the nomination of Mr. Davis originally his objection were not personal. "He regarded the democratic nominee as a man of exceptional ability and high character be added, . and never had questioned . his attitude on public, quesU9P ; -