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3 k f r t ) t . J I ! I A h i v if f I r X FREIGHT RATE 1 TURPJE Lowering of -Transportation ' Costs Definitely Refused By Inter-State Commerce ' Commission i i REASONABLE SHARE PAID SAYS OPINION Farmers Would Be Injured f,1ore By Impaired Serv ice Than by Proposal WASHINGTON. July 17. Re ductions In western. railroad rates on grain, grain products and hay, sought by ,10 states of the Mississippi-Missouri valley ' cereal growing region yonder the leader ship of Kansas ci, supported by most farm orgas Jons concern- ' ed,"were deflnit "refused today by the Interstr:, commerce com mission. '"'". At the sar time the commis sion decide 1 that the results of an Independent .investigation it had conducted into the level of rates on these same products. In all sec tions of the United States had demonstrated no need - for any changes, and proceedings before it .boating upon both .issues were dismissed. One' or two dissenting conwnis- " slohera did not consider Increases on other commodities would be Tequlred,-however. ; Rate Held Reasonable As to the United States as a whole tWdecisioVkaid that rates on grain and .grain .products and ; Jiay .were reasonable and no de sirability of even local or region al adjustments was seen. There has been a slow but pro gressive 'improvement in the con dition of agriculture in th west ern group - since the com mission said, adding;, however, that the Improvement in the grain rrowinr areas was less than in 'Others. The record of the case. It h.eld, gave no assurance that there would be such further increases ,In, topnage of grain, or such re duction in operating expenses in the immediate futnre as to enable the railroads to earn an excess over a fair return. Commissioner Lewis in his dis senting .opinion contended that the rates on grain, and particular- Iv wheat, had. been thrown out or proper .proportion to. other rates since the war. The commission. he declared, so recognised three years ago when lower rates were rranted for grain ana nay, dui this reduction, he added, was vir tuallv wiped out two years ago when the commission applied the 10 ner cent reduction to other freight, i Injure More Than Benefit Th beset It which would , ac crue to the average farmer In case of reduction. In freight rates on rain and train products gener ally ia amall. compared with the disastrous effect I on certain rail roads' revenues, and on their cred it. it was declared today in an opinion handed down by the In terstate commerce commission. The commission also found that the general basis of rates, for the transportation of grain, grain pro dncta and hay are not; unreason ahu or otherwise in violation of the interstate commerce act, and. tKA complaint was dismissed. An investigation previously ordered was discontinued. - The case was originally brought on complaint, of the Kansas pub lic utilities commission and later nn the commission's own motion was made general, affecting all the railroad and all the grain rates in the, country. Purchaser Meet PORTLAND, Ore., uly - 17. Tnrchasinz a cents from Califor nia. Washington. Utah and Ore gon gathered here today for the ooeninr of their three day con vention to further the economic developments off the Pacific coast Three , hundred men, who hold the parse strings of coast buying com panies registered lor .the comer ence. The delegates represent the largest .buslnsss on the coast, Involvlncr expenditures of ' more than 12,000,000,000. ": ' - THE WEATHER OREGON Cloudy with mod erate temperature Friday;, moderate northwest winds., SLAYER OF TWO PAYS WITH HIS LIFE IN MONT. Seth Danner Guilty of Mur dering Husband and Wife, Hangs Today BOZEMAN. Mont., "July 1 7. Seth Orrln Danner, convicted mur derer of Florence Sprouse.jand also charged with 4he murder of her husband, John Sprouse, at Central park, on the Yellowstone trail, November 14, 1920, will pay the penalty of his crime by bang ing in the, county jail here some time between' midnight : tonight and. 'dawn. . . 1 ' .!' ': The prisoner is showing no sighs of breaking down and', declares with a smile that he has made his peace with God and will , go to the gallows with " a clear 4 con science and happy in the thought that he will soon be in heaven. The prisoner, jwho has spent much of his time in jail,, especially since the verdict of death was pro nounced by, the jury at the trial ast .October, in studying the -Bi ble, enjoys arguing , with Visitors and the death watch upon Scriptu ral problems, i J j Sues Leopold and Loeb for $1 00,000 Judge Oppos es Broadcasting Trial CHICAGO. July 17. Details, of the alleged . assault, which Mrs Louise Honley, mother of three children, charges ' were made upon her by .Nathan Leopold, Jr., and Richard Loeb; accused of kidnap- ng and .killing Robert Franks, a neighbor boy, .for excitement, were revealed in a declaration filed to day in the superior court in her $100,000 damage suit against the n.llUnii.l.a.r.nn. Mrs. Hohley, f who X lied the praecipe -in .the suit a .month ago. charges that she was kidnaped from in front of a theater and assaaled by two youths In an auto mobile. She declares she recog nized the two youths as her assail ants from newspaper photographs. She also charges that her : life has ' been threatened since she filed th suit. Plans to broadcast the trial of the youths, opening August 4, by radio were frowned upon' today by Judge John R.'Caverly, chief jus tice of the criminal court', who will hear the cases. He said he would lay the matter before the board of governors of the Chicago Bar association and a committee of circuit court judges. Hundreds Lose Lives in Severe Chinese Flood PEKING, July 16. (By The Associated Press) The loss Of life from the flood which partly destroyed Kalgan, Chlhli province. early in the wek, is estimated at 700 and the property loss at two million dollars, j The losses occurred chiefly in the congested section ot the city adjacent to the trading center. ! The cause of the flood was the destruction of a protecting dyke, following he heaviest rain in years. ELECTRICAL STORM S Thousands of Trees Uproot- tii ' i r. ' eu I cicpiiuiic uiiicis uuwn Lives Endangered ST. j LOUIS, Mo.. July ; 17. In the severe electrical and rain storm j accompanied by a : high wind which swept central and northeastern Missouri and St Louis early this morning, uproot ing thousands of trees, disabling telephone and electrical lines and Imperiling the lives of thousands. was noted the vrtual absence-of in juries..' . L In St." Louis where the greatest damage was done, only one minor injury was reported while reports from the interior of the state in dicate no persons were injured Sixteen fires started here 'during the storm but ) were quickly ex tinguished. I The loss of fine old shade trees whose value cannot be. definitely estimated, the disabling of 12,000 telephones and 20,000 of the city's electric light 'connections and temporary interruption of telegra phic service constituted the chief loss In St. Louis, estimated - at Mm TELLS ATTACK STORY DAB ST LOW 1200,000, THIRD TICKET ! LEADERS MEET Vice Presidential Nominee to Make Race With La Fol lette to Be Chosen in Con ference Today .1 BRANDEIS HELD LIKELY PROGRESSIVE CHOICE Doubt Expressed if Justice Would Retire From flench , to Make Race WASHINGTON, July 17. Leaders in the La Follette-for president movement will begin, a series of f conferences here "tomor row, which are expected to result not only in the selection of a vice nresidentlal candidate but In a definite Campaign program. The national committee pt the Conference -for Progressive Politi cal action, which Senator La' Fol- lette's independent candidacy, at its Cleveland convention, will meet to. name his running mate and to discuss a wide range of campaign problems,, chief among them perhaps the question of fi nancing their movement. . In addition to agreeing upon a financial " program the committee hopes before the end of the week to endorse a vice presidential can didate acceptable ' to Senator "La Follette. A dozen or more names have been" mentioned for the post by friends of the senator but talk today centered chiefly around As sociate Justice Brandeis of the su preme court, who. is understood to be held in especial esteem .by Senator La Follette. Whether Justice Brandeis will accept the endorsement, necessl tatlng as it would his retirement from the bench, has not been established.., -. :':m - Content to leave preliminary campaign details In the hands of others Senator La Follette con ferred today with one or two I of his friends, then spent .the rest of the- day reviewing his .legislative record. Material being assembled by him will be used in the cam paign, particularly with a view to showing his friendly attitude to ward organized labor. , SfflD PROTESTS ; SCHOOL CL0S16 Presbyterians Against Ac tion to Bar Alaskan In dians From Chemawa ' EUGENE, Ore,, uJly 17.--Dr Robert E. Speer, secretary of the foreign mission board ot the Pres byterian church and regarded by many church men as the leader of Presbyterians in America, was the principal speaker at the Ore gon synod today. He- discussed the difficulties faced by mission workers; In China. "China," said Dr. Speer, "is a derelict, the big gest derelict ever afloat on the waters of time." Causes of the breakdown he saw in the fact that China is doing in a " generation what It took Europe 30 years to do, undergoing at one a renais sance and reformation. ' A resolution that the synod stoutly protests to the Indian de partment of the United States government against 1 closing ; the Salem Indian school against Alas kan children until a school for Alaskans has been established. was passed today." - Suicide Jate is High on Coast San Diego Leads NEW YORK. July 17. The av erage suicide rate of 80 American cities for the year 1923 remained at. 15.2 per 100.000 of population, th'e 1922 figure,, the spectator, an insurance journal announced. The paper pointed out that this reflect ed a. nationwide prosperity. . San Diego, according to the sta tistics, continued to have the high est proportion of suicides among the cities considered,' the rate .there beng - 50.5. The Pacific coast generally, as in former years, had a high rate, the jour nal said, while in cities - of the Lake region thet rate ,was low Suicides were reported as particu larly few in the coal and Bteel dis tricts. - . JAP INVASION OF MISSOURI'S LAND HELD UP Colonization Project Held to Be Impossible Because of Land Laws JEFFERSON CITY, Mo.. July 17. Invasion of southwest Mis souri by Japanese on a coloniza tion project is virtually impossible it was said at the state legal de partment today. ! Officials declay ed that such a project would he prohibited by Missouri's anti-al ien land laws and that the Ozark regions seem to j have ' been "un duly agitated." by reports that some 25,000 Japanese were to leave California and buy farming lands In Missouri. IRS G. W. Lott 'Avers That Fair t Grounds Races Will Be I Made Safe By Police G. W. Lott, manager ' for ihe Oregon Auto .Race Drivers' asso ciation, was in Salem yesterday. lie told the reporter that this association Is composed of all the race drivers of this state; .27' of them, and that j 12 of them are from Jackson "county, where ; they hold .the best race meets, of the country. I He says he has signed with the fair board for races on. the state fair grounds on the last Saturday of July, August! September and October, "on the ! part of his asso ciation, i First race. Jhily 26. He says It is proposed to have the best police protection ever had on the track; to make it sat isfactory to everybody or not' race: to lock the gates after the crowd Is. in, and bar everybody from the inside field, except the drivers and mechanics. " Have Made . Arrangements ' : He' says the association has gone ahead and made the' arrange ments 'for the races; that Frank Irwin, chief ' of the "motorcycle squad of the j Portland police force, will : furnish eight 'motor cycle officers and 'start the races himself." 1 ' r ' ' He says Frank E. Watkina, Guy E. Dickenson and A. M. (Bert) Lee' will represent the American "Automobile association, and their intention is to make the track absolutely safe' and dustless. The referee Is 'to be Mr. Pen dergrass, and the ' timers Geo. Adams of the Covey Motor com pany and Mr. McKinney of the Franklin Motor; company and Mr. Harper of. the Zenith Carburetor Distributing company. The state fair board is to be in Salem to morrow, and Mayor Giesy has been Invited to take any objec tions or suggestions up with them. " i ' Democratic Ticket Is Contradiction Watson i LACONIA. X. H..MuIy 17. The democratic ticket,; Tavis and Bryan, was described as an "im possible mesalliance" here tonight by Senator James E. Watson of Indiana, in a speech .opening the republican campaign in New Hampshire. 1 : ''Judging by te usually accept ed standard," said Senator Wat son, "Davis is an ultra-conservative while " Bryan ,l an extreme radical. Davis is safe and sound, while Bryan's mind is running over with fads and vagaries. m is MEETING PUCE About Two Hundred Cattle Fanciers Attend Gather ing of Breeders j The meeting yesterday of the Holsteln breders and their friends held on the Meadow Lawn Dairy farm near Salem, owned by F. W. Durbln & Son. was one' of a. series of meetings that are being held throughout the; state, the national state and county, association co operating.- Approximately 200 people , visited the farm. Judging cattle was the order of the forenoon., a number of club teams from throughout the county competing. Early in the forenoon Earl S. Cooper, who Is in charge of the boys and girls club work of the national association, 'in structed the bQysjuid frls regard ing the confirmation of an ideal BOOKS AUTO RAGES FOR FQ1U Hi f. (CoUau.ed.pp ,pAe .1 J COUGAR TRACKS ONLY EVIDENCE OF APED BEAST Expedition Into Spirit Lake Region Discredits Report : of Wild Men v KELSO. Wash., July 17. Only tracki of cougars- were found where aped beasts were said to have been seen in the Spirit Lake region by mining prospectors last weekj It . was reported by Dan Parker, Frank Eein and - Roy T. Dailey, who were the first of a number, of men ta make- an ex pedition into that section, when they jreturned to Kelso this morn ing.- They completely discredited the report that Wild men had been seen there, or had made attacks with rocks 0 -44 Aviators Better Smith's Mark By Staying in: Air 37 Hours 15 Minutes' CHARTERS, France, July 17. (By he AP.)r The airplane dura tion record of 37 hours, 15 mln- utes, 48.8 seconds, made by Lieut. Lowell H. Smith and Lient. J. H Rlchter, USA, at San Diego in 1923L was broken today, by .the Frenchi aviators Co u pet ... and Drouhin in a f lrght which lasted 37 hours,. 59. minutes, 10 seconds. Coupet and Drouhin started at 5:02; a. m. Wednesday in an ef fort to break the'recprd for dura tion of flight' and' distance with out Receiving supplies while aloft. The machine of Smith and Rich- ter was re-fueled in the air during their! i record breaking flight. Wheb the Frenchmen left the ground It was estimated that they had sufficient gasoline to fly for ijO hours.' When they landed there was jln the tank sufficient fuel for eight hours more of flying. Judges Vote to Uphold 130-Day Divorce Filing SEATTLE, July 17. A -propos al to. have stricken. the provision requiring complaints . in divorce cases to be filed 30 days before trial, was voted doWn at the. an nual convention of ' the Assoc ia tion of Superior Court Judges of Washington state here, today. It was the opinion of a major ity jof the" " convention that the present su-aay xiung in aivoree cases should be maintained in or der to preserve the. stringency of divorce laws in the state. Earthquake Felt EUREKA, Cal., July 17. A sc vera earthquake which was felt hero this evening at 7:24 lasted several seconds. No damage has been reported Headquarters in Southeas Part of City Demolished . By Victor btaging arprivate raid all by himself. Officer Victor,' whose beat includes the Southern Pacific ter rltofyj and the southern part of the . city, completely demolished the hobo "nest" along the railroad adk due east from the Oxford baseball park. All inflammable stuff was burned while the re mainder was, demolished. 'jThe hoboes hare been left un moiesiea until property owners began to complain that they were losing various articles, including quantities of vegetables through raids upon gardens," Officer Vic tor isald. "As long as they did not disturb anyone and I could keep an jeye on them I left them alone. They brought' it upon themselves." Stolen quilting frames were used as tent poles, and two good shel ters had been erected of burlap andj roofing paper, .which had been appropriated.. A ID-gallon lard can, partially filled, three tables and some benches, a quantity of knives, forks and salt tellers and empty milk bottles were destroy ed, along .with a nearly complete line; of cooking utensils. One .entire crew is run out. one night and the next night the camp is filled with strangers, according to Officer Victor. Occasionally a hobo is found to have established temporary headquarters ,ln the "bum summer lome."! ' Any .effort to rebuild the "nest" will be dealt with in a drastlr manner In the FRENCHMEN ORATION RECORD FfSoboes futhre. . . IN EDUcB IS HELD NEED Arthur Walyn Evans Ad dresses Capacity Audi ence at Chautauqua on Subiechof Schools DUO ENTERTAINERS HEARD IN AFTERNOON Range of Musical Presental tions Delights Hundreds j j at Big Tent "The heart of education is the education of the heart." declared Arthur- Walyn. Evans, Welch ora tor, in addressing a capacity audi ence at the Chautauqua tent, last night. Mr. Evans spoke highly of the wonderful new buildings throughout t the country but de plored the fact . that teachers were not paid commensurate with I the buildings. Of the 680,000 teach era in' the i country, 250,000 j are still in their teens, he said. The speaker advocated men instructors for high school boys, and regretted that coaches are paid more than professors of other: subjects. ; Illiteracy Causes Trouble' - ' "Illiteracy has caused the main trouble in such countries as Mex Ico, Russia and China," Mr. Evana e-ald. "Japan does not have to back down to anyone and can hold up its head. because of educational facilities.. j Discussing religious education in schools, the speaker said that this cannot be entrusted entirely to the Sunday school. He advo cated religious day schools under the educational system, each school to the sponsoring church. with r teachers paid as much as other teachers, and full credit be ing given for the work done by the students. (. 1 Crime Basis Seen Touching upon the subject of crime, Mr. Evans said that a ma jority "of criminals were mere youths and still in their teens, lie held that the cradle of crime Is in the heart, and that recovery la dependent upon education. It is somewhat unusual for the same group of j entertainrs !o make a second appearance on the same circuit. But this is what (Contint'.d on page .) Youth , Who Posed as Son jof Justice Brown Arrested Yesterday Harold Brown, wanted In Mar- Ion county on a charge of fraud In obtaining money, has been ap prehended at Eureka, Cal,; ac cording to word received by pis trict i Attorney John Carson yes terday. Sheriff Bower dispatched a message to the. sheriff at Eu reka pending the arrival of a war rant for his arrest to answer local charges. Brown Is said to have repre sented himself as the son of Jus 4 ice George M. Brown of the isu preme court, and to have victim ized aj large number of people In Marion county in the vicinity of Salem by 'taking "subscriptions" for the Oregonian, Brown told his victims that he was working for a scholarship to put him through college. By . using the name of Justice Brown he was unusually 'successful in obtaining money for tions.,-LJ the supposed subscrip- Liauor Violators are i Fined in Dallas Cour DALLAS. Or.. July 17. Work ing in conjunction, officers from the state prohibition enforcement office and denuties from the sheriff's office hefre haVe j been making a .series of raids on sus pected liquor violators in Polk county. As a result E. Alleman residing between Monmouth and Airlie, was arrested and pleaded guilty of possessing about 70 gal1- lons of wine. He was also charg ed with its .sale," which he admit ted. A fine of $150 was paid. D.. Patton of the Ilopville dis trict, charged with- possession of liquor, Ralph Porterfleld, also or Hopville, charged with possession ot ft still-worm. , . ; . .. . MPOSTFR nARRFD AT EUREKA Premier 1 Herrio t's Power in Balance ' : , .-'i- : ' ' ; - A If vmK 7 it i JJ i Baft air rl ii"--r- iMi.iw.-iwiMMtM "1 ! - j Premier Ierrlot .The! inter - allied: conference which 'opened in London Wednes day for the purpose Of devising ;a workable solution to the repara tions question also holds in the balance the question- of Premier Herriot's position as spokesman for France. Any reduction-'in the authority (of the reparations .com mission, which France dominates, probably would endanger the -con tinuance of negotiations and mean the loss of power forj Herriot IDG FLIER S FOUND Sfi British Aviator arid Compan ions, Missing Since Wed .! nesday, Located i TOKIO, July i8,-4-(By the As r Boclatedi Press.) A. Stuart Mac Larent, the British aviator on flight! arsoundThe world who . has been mikslng since ihe left Lake To8himoye, Tetbrofu island," for Paramashiau, Kurile islands, ear ly Wednesday morning, .has been foundl j I j ! MacLajren and his companions were jfoujnd safe tin a bay on the southwest shore of yruppu lsiana the" iaJaild adjoining Yetorofu is land front which the aviators started jtVednesday. morning. The news was received 'in a , wireless message jfrom a steamer off 'Urup- pu island, picked up by the Japan ese dst-oyer Isokaze. this morn ing. The Isokaze is preceding to Urupriu Island. Clem Shaver Is Certain Tb Be Bourbon Chairman NEW YORK; July 17 Al though Iformal announcement is still withheld, there ;is every indi cation! tjhat j Clem L. . Shaver of Fairnioubt,' W. Va.,ihas been sel ected j asj chairman of the demo cratic national committee In which capacity jhe will conduct the cam paign j fqr John I V. , Davis, the democratic presidential nominee. Announcement, of this selection and of he general campaign- or ganization is expected to be made before Mr Davis leaves New York tomorrow evening jfor - Islesboro, Me. Wor a d Aviators to Stop Over Week for Overhauling and Repair;! Work BROUGH, England, July 17. (By Associated Press.) Flying f rom I Cijoydon this morning, - the Americajn aviators on their round the ror-ld cruise reached " here where their planes are to be over hauled for the last air voyage, i r stage of their A jbigj force of mechanics this afternoon began - to prepare for the Installation of j new . engines. LThe firsft inspection' of the brace stays, bdlts and other parts show ed that the planes were in splend id condition. j The rirospectiof an early flight from; Kirkwall J are:, enhanced by the news that destroyers and other available vessels will be distribut ed along the route from the Ork neys toj India harbor, making the transportation of : supplies which havei slot yet reached Greenland an easy matter : and providing for a quic? change of base if neces- E pMeBbdueh SdIBeet Progress Made Toward So lution of Reparations Question and course of Affairs Satisfactory to All CONFERENCE PASSING MOST CRITICAL PERIOD Scheme 'for Receiving Ger- many's Payments Is Completed LONDON, July 17. (By As sociated Press.) -The Dawes plan for a reparations deal intended' to be devoid of sentiment and politi cal ; and nationalistic feeling is go ing' through ' the most crltcal per iod of its existence under the scru tiny of the experts, who spent the second day of the Inter-allied con ference' at work In the committee rooms in Downing street. Tonight it . was authoritatively stated that America's official, observer. Am bassador Kellogg and his adviser, Colonel James A. Logan, Jr., and the prime ministers of Great Brit ain, France and Belgium were highly satisfied' with the progress made. The British are" said to be particularly pleased because the deliberations; are-keeping close to the vital' purpose-for which the conference - assembled, . that' of the proposals embodying th agreement is ready for the approv. al of a plenary session of the con ference which will -be probablj Saturday.; : One-Third of Work Done. . Thus a third of the work laid out for the conference has been accomplished within 3G hours of Premier MacDonald's formal wel come to the delegates. But the most optimistic of the envoys who haye gathered in London to put an end to the reparations wrangle of the last six year's do not sugggest It Is most -important or the most difficult third of what is to be done before the Dawes .plan is effective.! , - t . ; - It is pointed out that making plans for receiving and distribut ing reparations was easy sailing, but the real , rocks around which the allied plenipotentiaries must steer a careful course lie hidden in the two sub-divisions of the con ference known as committees one and two. The first is dealing with the problem; of creating confidence for an international loan for Ger many and the second the question of an American member of the re parations commission as arbiter of the subject of defaults. Herriot's Power lnaangered All this must be accomplished wjtbout diminishing the authority of 'the reparations" commission, thereby endangering Premier Her riot's position te spokesman of the. French government at the liondon meeting. ; -' V- Another problem before the committee is'whaffcenaltles to in flit if Germany wilfully defaults under the. Dawes schedules. I Committee two, which Is at tempting to devise means to re store the fiscal and economic unity of Germany, has encountered dif ficulties owing to the French re quests for- assurances that an in ternational loan upon r which the whole working of the Dawes plan depends, shall be underwritten be fore the question of German unity is brought up. It is understood that even the British treasury experts are not altogether sure about the flotation of a big loan but foreign office of ficials maintain that this point Is one for the . bankers and rePara tlons commission and need have no disastrous" effect upon the broad lines which the present con ference should seek .to maintain. dn the question of sanctions in case of iB German default, the " t Continued on pace 71 ! Many. Bargains are offered daily through the Classified columns of the Statesman; See page. 6 and -7 today, . . , 1 J