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'AN EASY WAY To find what you want To dispose of what you . don't want or to get general in-. . formation of .the wants of others if to read the classified ads in the Statesman. JEN PAGES TODAY i SEVENTY-FOURTH YEAR SALEM, OREGON, TUESDAY MORNING, JULY 15, 1924 PRICE FIVE CENTS. . - hi A T V ' ,. A." C s ILCOIEDIK FRENCH PARIS Earth Navigators are Given Enthusiastic Welcome By People Who Svyarm to Greet Them - PLANES COVER 18,000 MILES OF. LONG TRIP Jo Proceed . to London and Home By Way of Green land and Labrador PARIS, July 14. ( By the Associated Press) The United States Army flyers who are circ ling the globe swept over Paris this afternoon, and landed safely at Le Bourjget airdome, 19 days behind schedule, but with a gain of 12 days to their credit since they left Tokjo. The pilots of three planes and their assistants were in fine health, in spite of , ; weeks of heavy strain, but they were tired and almost overcome by the enthusiasm of their re ception. ' i Six men in all, under command of Lieutenant Lowell H. Smith, have 'came over the long air trail, from the Pacific coast- of the American continent to their pres ent resting place, a- distance of nearly 18,000 miles in something less than four months. They will not remain here long but will proceed to. London and from there, flying by way of Orkney . Island. Iceland, and Greenland, Labrador and Quebec, will j : go speeding back to the homeland. . Circle Arc de THomphe f The Stars and Stripes . floated in profusion beside the Tricolor as far as the eye could see at ; . lie..- Bourget and squadrons of ' French airplanes were in read iness throughout the day to as - cend and accompany the American aviators as soon as word came that they were j approaching ' Paris. - v ' , ;;. . : i , Lieutenant Smith, Lieutenant Leigh Wade, and Lieutenant Eric Nelson, the' pilots with 1 (heir mechanicians Lieutenant Leslie P. Arnold, "Sergeant A. M. Ogden and Lieutenant John Harding; Jr., set .forth from Vienna early this morning from Paris and a mighty shout went up from the airdome, when, with their French escort in perfect alignment, they , sailed over Le Bourget at 4:45 p. m., and continued onward to , circle the Arc de Trlomphe and the tomb of the Unknown Soldier. Then, wheeling back from above Paris, they planed down to the aviation field. 10 minutes later.. .-... So great -were the crowds to . welcome- , them, that the small force of guards was overwhelmed and soon the .field was black; with people to greet the Americans as they landed, the "Chicago," with Lieutenant Smith in the lead, followed closely by the planes of. Wade and Nelson. Aviators Well Though Tired "This is one of the. most agree able landings yet,'! remarked Lieutenant Wade, but his chief. Lieutenant Smith, inquired How do we stand in the Olympics." M- Lauret Demac under secretary of the French air ministry extend ed France's welcome and con gratulated the fliers, ,'to all of which the Americans listened modestly, rather shyly, and were anxious to be away, to clean up the marks of their air voyage, which, soon after the start r from Vienna was thrilling enough because of a storm. : I f Lieutenant Smith though en tirely recovered from a : former mishap ways visibly in need of sleep and he withdrew into the background and Insisted ! that Lieutenant Wade do the talking In reply to the official welcome. This ho did briefly, but later told of some of their experiences. "The snows of Alaska, a; sand etor min India and ' semi-ship wrecked off the coast of Japan (Continued from page 2) THE WEATHER OREGON: Fair and cooler In the east, cloudy with moder ate temperatures lu west- por tion Tuesday; moderate wester ly winds. -- 1 ; LOCAL WEATHER? (Monday) 1 ; Maximum temperature, 74. Minimum temperuure, 60. River. -1.5 Stationary.! - Rainfall, trace. Atmosphere, part cloudy.' . 1 Wind, northwest. L . L; 1 35 PEOPLE THOUGHT ! TO! Mf E PERRISHED I FOREST FLAIES Families Trying to Escape with Children from Burning Mill by Automobile Are Forced Back; May Have Gained Safety in Mill Pond; .Towns Thought Safe j i SPOKANE, Wash., July 14. Thirty-five persons, includ ing 11 children are believed to hav lost their lives in a forest fire which today swept over Wheeler's mill six miles west of Blue Slide in northern Pend O'Reille county, according to a telephone message from Blue Slide this evening. The missing are Mr. and Mrs. Jack. Wheeler and four children, Mr. and Mrs.1 Wilbur i Wheeler and two children,.Mr. and Mrs. McDavoe and five children, Miss Nellie Dickson, a homesteader, and several mill! workers. r f Judge Accepts Place Left By Murphy; Loyal to Dem ocratic Ticket NEW YORK. July 14. Tam-5 many hall today chose General Sessions Judge George Washing? ton Olivany, grand chief to suc ceed the late Charles F. Murphy and voted its "undivided and loyal support" to the Davis-Bryan ticket and the "progressive and forward looking platform" of the national democratic party. j The rote for Judge' Olvany, be fore it was made unanimous by the 68 men and women represen tatives of twenty-three districts, was reported to have been 22 2-3 to 1-3 for Martin G. ("Marty") McCue. ' - ;j "The call is too strong to re sist," Judge Olvany. told the exe cutive committee of Tammany hall after he had been escorted to the Fourteenth street wigwam by two veterans of the organization -a man ; and woman, both gray haired. : Surrogate Judge James A. Foley had been elected grand chief last May immediately after Murphy's death ; had accepted and then on the "advice of physicians had declined, the post. Loganberry Season Is ' Practically at. End M ; V The day of the loganberry for 1924 season., is practically passed and though the berries will be received for the remainder of the week, many of the growers are cleaned up in this district. Bak er, Kelly & McLaughlin are not seeking berries, but are receiving them this week, paying lower prices than for canneries. The berries are either, to be barreled or sent to the cannery at Inde pendence. ! Very little drying has been done this year, though a few growers handled their surplus in this manner. Some of the growers who have dried the berries report that sun ; blisters I are making rather hard work of it to get out a good looking ylrled pack. Man Who Set Device to Pro tect Orchard Held Await-. ing An Inquest TWIN FALLS. Idaho, July i. -Discharging a shotgun, set to guard a cherry orchard against pillagers, as he crawled under the fence into the premises, Rol Cal lahan, 21; was. instantly killed! at Hagersman Sunday night, it was learned today. 1, G. F. Woods, owner of the or chard, is held in the Gooding county jail awaiting a charge of murder as the result of a coroner's inquest held here today,, accord ing to authorities. ; According to, the two sons of Henry j Arterburn, a : neighbor farmer; who were with Sallahan, they had stopped to get some cher ries from Woods', orchard, which Is near the road. As they entered the premises, the ' gun was dis charged, the " full load - striking Callahan, who died before medical Aid cquld be summoned TRAP GUFJ FATilL j : ; " ' ' Tne repori saye mai me iami liesi tried to make their - way out in Automobiles when 'it became apparent that the mill was doomed but the flames forced them to turr back. There is a . possibility , that they may have found safety in the mill pond; the message said. ! The home of Elmer Arnold was reported to have beon burned but Mr.) Arnold and' his children es caped. - I ' i : -. The fire this evening wa3 about thrie quarters : of a mile west of Blue Slide and driven toward -the settlement by a strong wind, seri ously threatening the town, the planing mill and-the leach white pinie lumber yards. lone and other neighboring tovfns which were threatened this afternoon were believed to bo ste tonight if the j wind does not change. There is no communica tion tonight with Lost Creek.' Trapped Men Escape NELSN, B. C, July 14. Twelve Doukhbors, nine of them badly burned, of the 16 trapped; in a fire on Porcupine creek, in the Salmon valley this afternoon, are safe, according to word' reaching hete late tonight. The horses thy brought out are so severely burned as to be useless. Two small Doukhobor mills were destroyed and the entire valley is burned over clean. The Wflcox mine Is considered doomed. KELLOGG. Idaho. July 15. Thirty of those believed to' have besn trapped at the Constitution mine last night by a forest fire were brought in here early this morning over a rough . mountain trail, their only open passage, and word came with them that the re mainder of the beleaguered mine workers and their families were sae and would be out shortly. CALL MEETINGS ganization of Association to Be Perfected Thurs- day Night ! , The orsanlzatlon committee of toe proposed Salem Cooperative Plrtine Growers met last night at tie Chamber of I Commerce and liter at the headquarters of the association and " arranged i for a series of meetings on Thursday n?ght of this week for purposes of perfecting the organization and signing up members. The or ganization will be affiliated with the. North i Pacific Cooperative Prune exchange. The committee last ; night also adopted a marketing agreement which is to be signed by those be coming members, and al jo adopted an application for membership form. The membership fee will be $5. .3 ! I. Meetings arranged j for Thurs day night of this week will be at the following places, and mith the following chairmen and speakers: j Liberty T. D. Trick, chair man Prof. C. J. Hurd of Oregon Agricultural college, speaker. j Sunnyside George Heckart, chairman; Kenneth Miller, speak er." ' ;' j Kelzer A. E. ; Cummins, chair man; R. II. Kipp of the Portland Chamber of. Commerce, speaker. Other meetings are to be ar ranged for next week. VETERANS GATHER ,G RANTS PASS.: Or., July 14. Spanish war veterans from all parts of Oregon gathered : here to day for their 16th annual encamp ment, which will be., concluded Wednesday night. Today was giv en ocer almost entirely to the pre liminary organization of the eon ventions of the veterans, and their PRUNE GROWERS j auxiliary. AGREEMENT IS INTER -ALLIED 0p imism Is Expressed Over Outcome of Conference to Reach Agreement on Re parations DAWES PLAN BASIS IS ! NEW EUROPEAN HOPE MacDonald, Herriot, Theu- nis, and Kellogg to Dis cuss on New Phase 4 LONDON", July 14. (By the AP; ) The inter-allied conference which will assemble In the for elgn, office Wednesday morning for the purpose of putting the Dawtes report on reparations Into effect, will open In an atmosphere of optimism. When the tentative arrange ments for the meeting were con cluded between Premiers Mae Donald and Herriot at Paris last, Thursday, the ; French premier characterized the occasion as the best day. for the entente since the armistice was signed, and today competent American and British observers declared they hoped that within a fortnight the delibera tions would be productive of an arrangement which will end once and for all time the quarrels and misunderstandings that have been continuous among "the nations of Europe since the hostilities of the great war ended and- the allied powers began their struggles to get war. compensation out of Ger-j many, The fundamental difficulties ot4Jnu"i.t3r i,1t repres euted at the the reparations problem are still unsolved, but the unofficial part ticlpation of tne United State through the experts who worked in Paris for two months, this year to produce the recommendations now universally known as the Dawes report, has given new hope to the allies and Germany alike;, and launched the seemingly per? ennial reparations problem on an entirely new phase. The allies and Germany jumped to accept the experts' report in principle, and on Wednesday Mr. MacDonald. M. Herriot, M. Theu nis, the Belgian premier, and other allied plenipotentiaries, together with Ambassador Kellogg -as the official , representative of the United States empowered to act in behalf of American interests, will gather around the big horse shoe table in the foreign office overlooking Downing street, to give political effect to the busi nesslike economic findings of Ger- era! Dawes -ancnils colleagues. There will be more than 150 delegates, experts and advisers present when the British prime minister welcomes them to the conference and hears the respon ses of the leading plenipotentiaries. Great Britain. France, Italy, Belgium and Japan will each be represented at the conference table by several delegates. TRUSTIES FLEE Marion Gillett and By roll Robertson Sought piear Auburn Hall Brush in the vicinity of the Au burn hall, east . of Salem, was searched last night by a posse of nearly a dozen men from the state prison for Marion Gillett- and Byron Robertso'n," trusties, who escaped from the flax gang about 3 o'clock Monday morning. ine clue was given by a woman who renorted that men answering their description were seen twice In that locality. : ! b Shortly after going to work the two convicts received permission from James Hawthorne, foreman of the gang, to step to the edge of the field, from which point tney disappeared.. Both men were short termers. Gillett serving two and a hall years for assault and Yobbery armed with a dangerous weapon. He was1 received from Multnomah county February 21, 1924. CKo- ertson" was also from Multnomah county, and was received June 9 1924.' to serve ' one Tear" for a FBOWIF statutory offense. GUARD SHOOTS CLERK; FREED OF ANY BLAME Coroner's Jury J Finds t That i : Lcchner Shot Meath in Pursuit of Duty : i . WALLA WALLA, Wash,. July 14., A coroner's jury late this af ternoon declared that A. C. Lech ner of Vancouver, Wash., guard at the state prison, fired the shot that killed Edward Meath of Ta coma, state clerk at the institution but that the guard acted in the discharge of his duy. : Lechner'g testimony that he fired at the ground to halt! Meath was corroborated by Dr. w; j.. In gram, prison physician, who said the size of the wound indicated, that the' bullet had first struck something solid and flattened be fore entering Meath's right leg and, severing the arteries. - Proposal to Improve 6000 Aq-esinand Near City to Be. Discussed Discussion of the proposed Sa-lem-Mill Creek; drainage district will be held 'at a special meeting of those interested at the Cham ber of. Commerce rooms at 8 o'clock tonight, the-meeting hay ing' been called; yesterday: by Mayor John B. Giesy upon request of J.-C. Merchen, who is taking an active part in the project. ' This . district comprises about 6000 acres and Includes property owners in the southeastern part of the city as well as those liv ing between S,alem and the boys' training school. 1 Efforts are being made to in terest Turner people in the pro ject, and it is expected that com- uicmog luuigui, auu luciuae por tions 'of that, district Jn the, pro posed . area. It is also possible that some of the water may,, be diverted for Irrigation purposes. T In the past the overflow from Mill creek, during flood periods, has been sufficient to cover South Twelfth street; and the draining plan was. advanced to seek relief to property owners, whose hold ings, are damaged by the high water. during the winter and early spring. - '' ' ' Robin Reed Wins Feather . weight Title in Wrestling , ; Events at Pari . r 1 PARIS, July 14. (By Associat ed Presa.) The United Statea gained a decisive majority in the Olympic wrestling bouts, tonight when1 John F. Spellman, BroWn university, defeated Svensson o? Sweden in the third and 'deciding bout- in the Might heavyweight class.1 This gave the United State3 four out of the seven champion- ships. . ; Ruaeell Vis, Los Angeles, wvn the lightweight championship by defeating Weakatrom of Finland. The featherweight title; went to Robin Reed, Oregon Agricultural college, who defeated Chester Newton, Portland, Oro. Harry Steel, Ohio State university took the heavyweight crown wlieii he won from Nllson of Swedc-n. Oregon Forest Fires i Checked By Showers PORTLAND. Or., . July 14. Vnrnt . fires throughout western Oregon were reported .today to bB either under control ,or quenched by light rains which fell intermit tently last night and today. In the eastern part j of the state several fires were burning, but it was bef lleved that they had been brought under control. The blaze which has been burning in the Santiam national foreBt near Detroit wa virtually, -'Checked ; J after having been fought for a week. It was said that very little green timber had , been destroyed. KU KLVX TO IXIT1ATB j YAKIMA, .Wash., July 14.-4-Statewlde naturalization ceremon ies of the Knights of the KuKlux Klan will be held at the state fair grounds here August 9, according to members of the executive com mittee of the local organization who said today they had obtained consent of Frank, H. Gloyd. state director - of agriculture, to stage the ceremonial a$ ihe lair grounds. DIKE MEET CALLED HOT KANSAS T01 LAID IM RUIN tornado Sweeps City Leav ing Death and Wreckage 'in Its Wake One Dead : and Sixty Injured PROPERTY DAMAGE NOW PLACED AT $1,500,000 Mass of Rubbish and Debris Placed Under Guard bnd Military Patrol AUGUSTA, Kan., July ; 1 4. (By The Associated Preks.) Augusta, in the heart of the Kan sas oil field district, lay in ruins tonight, the victim of a tornado that swept down upon the city last night, leaving death and destruc tion in its wake. ' Late tonight the casualty list stood at one known dead and three scores injured, i Four per sons, who earlier ; in the day, were reported to have lost their lives in the storm, were located in the Augusta hospital in a danger ous condition. , Several of the in jured are expecetd to die. ; The city, a mass of rubbish and debris, was under guard of the military ; tonight. Two units of national guardsmen patrolled the devastated area'. Estimates of the property dam age to the city alone was placed at 11,500,000 by F. Kimball, build ing " inspector of Wichita! who made a survey of the stricken city today. Damage to the surround ing oil fields district was esti mated at 1500,000. , Hardly a business house on the main street escaped undamaged, while hundreds of residences were either . unroofed or twisted from their foundations smashed to splinters. Massive trees . were de nuded and uprooted and hurled about the city, endangering the lives of helpless victims, many in their night clothing, seeking shelter where they could, j Heavy rains added 'to the mis ery of the refugees and made res cuing work more difficult, j SLVCLAIR FURMSHES BAIL NEW YORK, July 1 4.-j-Harry F. Sinclair put up a $5,000 bond before United States Commission er Hitchcock today to insure his appearance in Washington i for trial for alleged consplracjj to de fraud the United. States govern ment. The indictment is one of ihoec growing -ut of the senate In e8tigatlon of the Teapotj Dome lease which also resulted in the indictment of E. L. Dohenyl, form er. Secretary , of ; the Interior Fall, and several others. ; , Our Congressman and Mrs. Hawley are Glad to Be in Good Old Oregon If you. had dropped into the modest home at 989 Oak street last evening, you would have found two travel worn people, but also a pair of natives very glad to breathe the mild, cooling, pure air of Oregon, after experiencing the roasting, . sizzling,, burning heat of a journey across the country- from Washington, D. C; and that city far from being a, fit sum mer resort for any but the inhabit tants'of some oasis in the Sahara desert. . . ; . - These two Oregonians are Conf gressman and Mrs. W. C. Hawley. Their home was open for them, kept by their daughter-in-law Mrs. Cecil Hawley. and there were indications that sapper (they call It supper in the Shoestring district in. Douglas county, but dinner in Washington) was ready for thern upon their arrival. j Almost the only thing Mrs. Hawley would talk about was hef joy at being back in good old Sa lem Oregon, excepting about her sorrow at the passing of ber great and good friend. Mrs.-Wi P. Lord, concerning which she received the first, news at the dinner table last night bavins had no Oregon newspapers on their journey west ward. ' I v . Ortaln Republican : Victory j But Congressman Hawley talk- W.CJWLEHI ) FOR HIS VACATIOH INJUNCTION TO f CL,OSE CARLTON HOTEL SOUGHT j,!-.f- i- ' : i Evidence Gathered in Prrihibi- tionj Raid Is of Very ! Grave Nature NEW YORK, July 14 Pakllock injunction proceedings seekfing to close the entire Ritz Carlton ho tel w 11 probably result from the raid n Its roof cafe last week by prohi ition agents. It was iidicat ed t night by Special Assistant Unted States Attorney Ward, Mrf Ward and R. Q. Merrick. divisional prohibition chief pre- vious y . contemplated only k sep- aratej closing action against; the rOof :afe. K"The gravity of the evidence we tiave' Mr. Ward said tonight, "is greater than we at first supposed. It is j now very -nrobable that suit will be Drought to close the entire hotelL American Diplomat in Mex. as . ico Wishes to Retire 'i - ! Mission is uone MEXICO CITY. July 1 1 --(By The Associated Press.) B. Warren,, the American Charles ambas Bador to Mexico has issued a state- tnent announcing his intention to resign from his post. i The ambassador s statement fol lows: j I am returning to the! United States to resign as ambassador as the! task I came to help I is con cluded.! My mission really j com mehcea last year when I came to Mexico1 as head of the American mission to negotiate a basis for the resumption of diploma tic rela, tions, after which general and spe cial claims conventions wsre sign- j . v.-:"---, MOf course there will b no sur prise at my resignation b 'cause it was understood that I cane to ar rive at a basis for a goo I under standing between Mexico and the United States and not to serve as ambassador when that task was completed. I feel that t lat work is Gone and that the. agenciee erected to adjust the claims of boUi countries will su :ceed .' in their part of the work. Rain Helps to Control Vyashington Forest Fires RTTIiR. Jnlv 1 i. Lshnwir that coyered the Ereater Dart of western Washington, v beginning Sunday night In the Gratis Harbor country and extending today to Settle and Snohomish and Skagit counties, have materially helped forest rangers and timber opera tors in their fight against the most threatening foreso fires in li'his district, Geopge C. Joy, chief ire woraen oi iue ifBBuinsiuu 'orest Fire association, announced re tonight. MARTIN IS PLEAHED ELLINGHAM, Washj. .July 14. Fred L.. Marti former commander of the Unl ed Stales making a army airplane squadron woilld flight, expressed delight herfe today when In formfd that the American fliera had readhed Paris. He said they are maklrig remark- ably fast time. EOLA MAY GET LIGHT SERVICE i i Manager " Hamilton Meets ith Residents - tost Estimated at $3300 1 ri electric power lime to serve the residents of the Liauas-saiem road ! near Eola seems to be very nrobable as a result c a meeting held last night at the Eola school hoise. W. M. Hamilton, local manager for the Portl ind Electric Power company, met with 20 In tel ested residents In Drder to ar rive at an understanding! of all t-x reuses which the pi oject would en ail. ' ' ' ; , f The estimate presejnted by the co ripany for the extension line wtuld be in the neighborhood of $3,300. The cost to the Indlrld ual users would vary according to the number erved by the line. A canvass of the section will be made within the next week u deters ine if the scheme can be financed Isuccessfullyjt Ma 01IES1E FflRCIPE: Notification Date lor Ccc! idge Set for August: 14 Davis Probably About 28th of July BOTH CANDIDATES TO SOUND PARTY KEYNOTE President to Be Notified in Washington; Democrat in Birthplace ' WASHINGTON, July 14Pres ident Coolldge wJU be notified . formally of his nomination as tha republican presidential candidate at ceremonies to be held her? Thursday evening, August 14, la Continental Memorial halL Final arrangements were com pleted today, for the notification ceremonies which were Bet origin ally for July 24, but were post poned after the death of the pres ident's son, Calvin, Jr. Invitation to the ceremonies are sent out from the beadquarters'of the re publican committee. to the repub lican governors of states, reputli oan members of congress and re publican leaders.' ' Mondell to filye Notification The notification committee, f a selected at the Cleveland cocyen tlon, will be headed by Frank W. Mondell, the permanent chairman of the convention, who will ns!. i 'he notification address. l!r. Coolldge, in his . response wjll sound, the keynote of the natior 1 campaign from the republican standpoint.- Plans had not been . complete J for the. notification of Charle3 G. Dawes, the republican vice pre:! iential nominee, but the cereracrt teg In his case are expected to It held at Evanaton, 111., his home, In a' few days after Mr. Coolldge ts notified. It had originally been planned to hold the Dawes notifi cation late In July. Davis Confers With Chiefs NEW YORK, July 14. JcTin W. Davis, democratic nominee for president, spent today conferri Z with party leaders from various 3tates preparatory to. writing hs address of acceptance, which wi'.l open his campaign and reveal tie tactics he will follow. While the nominee has not an nounced any of his plans in de tail t was learned that the notifi cation ceremony would be held la Clarksburg, W. Va.. his birth place, and probably In the house where he spent his boyhood. The date Is likely to be about Julys 8. Mr. Davis will finish conferences with advisors and democratic? chiefs by Friday, then he will es cape to a smalLand isolated island off the Malne coast to frame hU rallying call for the campaign. Senator R. 1. Owen of Okla homa, author of the federal re serve act, called upon the nominee today to urge upon him the Im portance of emphasling the re publcan party's" responsibility for the , recent currency deflation, which, according to Senator Owen, "broke the heart of the west." Nebraskans Welcome Bryan On Return From New Y.crk LINCOLN, Neb.. July 14. (By The Assolated Press) Governor Charles Bryan tonight was heady to resume the task of the gover norship tomorrow,' following a day given Over to rousing reception by fellow "Nebraskans who wel comed him borne from New York where he was nominated by tho democrats as the running mate fcr John W. Davis, the party candi date for the presidency. ' Laying aside partisan politics for the time being, residents of Omaha, where the governor at one time conducted a cigar store, and of Lincoln, where he served as mayor and city commissioner, gave him ' an enthusiastic welcome in which thousands participated. News from the Want Ad Columns To loan $500 on good secur ity. . . "A telephone wanted ' Young man and wife" varh position on poultry ranch.