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-;rf'. t . - jj - - . - -.V - :' : ' Salem as . an ; Educational center Read today's paper; ' for interesting: facts on this TODAY TEN PAGES' subject. ( T SALEM, pREGON,;THURSDAY MORNING,; JU ;24, 1924 SEVENTY-FOURTH YEAR f PRICE FIVE CENTS. mm 1 i I s 1 V m AND Versailles Treaty Upheld By Herriot and j Associates While Financiers Require Loan Guarantees REPORT OF COMMITTEE AWAITS DEADLOCK END Secretary Mellon Offers ? Plan - Which May Prove Solution for Trouble .': i " .' 1 LONDON, July. 23. (By the Associated ; rrejss ). -J With, the French maintajnlug jthe sanctity of the Versailles treaty and the International bankers! equally firm in their demands for definite guarantees to satisfy! investors in America and elsewhere who will - be asked to support a German loan, necessary "to launch the Dawes plan, the lnter-allied con ference has resolved ' itself into a delicate waiting game. The question of Germany's i presence at the conference table ! was discussed jand was virtually the only advance made at the sec ond plenary, session held; in the foreign office, this afternoon. Conference Held Up The committees appointed - a. week ago have withheld their re ports because Jit Is Impossible: to I make any. realj progress until the existine differences between the bankers and the French are Ironed out. . . - .- j;.-.!- Both are unyielding. . but the British, Belgian and fUnerlcan delegates are-Striving to reach a compromise, the good offices of Secretary of the Treasury Mellon even having been Invoked at the Downing street- breakfast this morning when! he was the guest of Premier MacDonald. Later Mr. Mellon conferred at No.10 with Mr.1 MacDonald, Thomas 'Lamont, Sir t Montague f Norman and Sir Robert Kindersley, :- It is stated tonight that Mv Mellon, In an un official way. ihad contributed a suggestion which was likely to.be of great assistance in finding a way out of the present deadlock. French Oppose Bankers The French (delegates take the view that tbej bankers are inter lopers in the London conference. But the bankers; maintain they are merely interpreting their in vesting markets so that the need ed loan will be readily subscribed when the German, government asks for it. j It was authoritatively stated to night, that the French have ver bally stated their willingness to nnrsue a polled with regard to de faults and sanctions under the. Dawes plan, jthe - bankers could wholeheartedly recommend to In vestors.; The problem Is to re duce the verbit pledges to ah ac ceptable written formula which would satisfy the bankers and at the same time keep Premier Her riot's flag flying in. the French parliament. tt was to this end that Americah Ambassador- Kel logg and Prfemier Theunis as sumed the role of mediators yes terday. Twenty Children Meet Death! in Theater Fire VERA CRUZ, Mexico, July 23, (By The A. P.) Twenty chil dren were trampled to death and 17-persons were injured in the Eslava theater tonight when the film of a moving picture caught fire and threwj the spectators into pan is. . .- j i . . Those who were viewing the picture that was being thrown on the screen- believed when the film exploded that the house had caught fire. A mad rush, espe-, cially from the galleries,' which were filled with children, resulted and many of them were trampled to death. ' . ' " ; V The exaot number of victims is THE WEATHER I OREGON tJ- Fair Thursday? warmer in the east portion! moderate! north to northeast winds. LOCAL WEATHER (Wednesday) ' Maximum temperature, 94. Minimum! temperature, j 56. River, -2.1, stationary. Rainfall, none. Atmosphere, clear. J Wind northeast, -V" I BIlDS SHAVER TAKES BOURBON HELM Vv Clem Ik' Shaver i j Control of the affairs and ac tlvies of - the Democratic national committee was assumed Monday ty ClenrL. Shaver, who has been selected? by Davis to conduct his campaign. Mr. Shaver was iden tified .with the Davis-f or-president movement in West - Virginia, his home state. No - plans for the campaign have, i as yet, been an nounced. -. - ':!'" y'-,.:- V' COERLESS CITT ISJnHIM Head of Spaulding Company ! Willi Be Arrested on ; Nuisance Charge Following controversies'" back and forth relative to. tjhe now famous Salem cinders,! Mayor John B. Giesy Wednesday launch ed an -attack upon 'the offending manufacturing 'plants and swore out a complaint against the Spaulding Logging company, charging .the, firm .with - having permitted the emission of cinders from the smokestacks of its mill here in such quantities as to con stitute a public nuisance and in violation of . the j 'city " ordinance. The complaint' has been filed with the police court and will be served upon Charles K. Spaulding, presi dent, upon his! return tci the city Saturday. If (Mr: Spaulding .is found guilty he may be-fined $100 under the city ordinance S Demand of the arrest Mr. Spaulding is not to be taken as a personal matter, Mayor Giesy ex plained, but merely to test out the ordinance. The complaintj followed numerous requests for jaction against the offending cinders. .The ordinance under which the complaint was filed was passed by the city council ; July 19. 1923, and provides that persons or firms shall not permit the emission of cinders from smokestacks and chimneys in such quantities; jas to "damage the- property of persons and especially annoy the public' 'Oliver J.xMycrs, manager of the Spaulding company, said' the plant had done everything to ! eliminate the cinders, but that the fuel used made it almost impossible to elimi nate the offending charcoal. It -is a question of whether Salem pre fers the mill or the cinders, he said. He refused to f comment uponMhe action con template " by the company regarding the charges. ' j ' j '-- THREE METil JAILED : ' FOR FIRE WARDEN Refusal to. Lend Assistance When Called Upon' Brings Gates! Men Grief Failure to. lend assistance to a fire warden when he called -npon them during the fire in the Cas cades a week or 10 days ago land ed C, E. Smtthi B. J. Smith and F. R. Morrisoa in the county jail last night, Twoi, other warrants have been issued but the men have not yet appeared in the justice court, i The threej men were arraigned Wednesday afternoon and indicat ed that they would plead not guilty. They, asked , time until they had heard from an attorney in , Portland. The request was granted-and the men commanded to, await their ; attorheyj on the county's expense. . J, ' . f The complaint which led to the arrest of the three, including the two" yet at large, was signed on July 17 by C C.Hall, state fire warden; who was around Gates at the, time . the men refused to co operate, . I l I 1 i: s lis 1 9 : A i New York Central Crashes Into Load of1 Picniokers at Grade Crossing ; Near Toledo, Ohio 11 KILLED OUTRIGHT; 19 ARE BADLY INJURED Bodies Hurled TOO .Feet Remains are Mangied Be. ; yontf Recognition f; LIST OF THE DEAD : Mrs. Bern Cook, 40. ' I Mrs. Mabel Wold. 38. . Forest Croninger, 14. -: j; Viola Croninger, 10. j 1 Olga Pratt. 17. j Milan Schaaf, 12. j Iloldon' Huffmann, 14. ! Elda Olds, '14. 1 c I Geraldine Schimpf, 14. i All. the above are from Ohio. i " " i George Spangler. 30. Wil lard. Ohio,; driver of the truck. TOLEDO, Ohio, July; 23, Twelve persons are reported killed In a collision, between a New York Central passenger train and . a truckload of picknickers on a grade crossing at Oak Harbor, Ohio. 20 miles east of here, early tonight.''. I U The truck is said to have been returning with a load of young people from ' an' outing in the WOOdS. ''; h'-X ; ..'': I. Fall to See Train -f S ' Information received at the of fices, of the New York Central here said that eleven were killed outright and that nineteen were taken to a hospital badly injured. The . officials here said : the driver of the truck left the wheel and looked both ways of the track. A train was passing on the eastbound track but ; the driver, whose name was not learn ed, failed r to see the fast train which was bound for Toledo. j Truck Hit Squarely K The party was from- Attika, Ohio, and was returning from an outlTng at Locust Point, near Oak Harbor. : f The train struck- the truck squarely in the middle and hurled the occupants more than 100 feet; it was said here. Some of; the bodies are said to have been man gled almost beyond recognition. Two of the injured have ar rived at a Portington hospital and more are said to be on the way. One of the arrivals has been Iden tified as Miss Zura Huffman, 6 years old.; The other Is an un identified boy about 15. Brookhart Not to Support i Coolidge or La Follettc IDES MOINES, Iowa, July 23.44 Senator Smith WV Brookhart, rei publican, Iowa, who is a candidate for reelection this fall, in response to inquiry today, announced that he will not support President Coolidge or Robert M. La Fol Iette. ' - ' if- "I will not speak for either can didate." he said, "1 will continui to. speak on Jhe issues." Senator Brookhart also- an nounced to newspaper men that he plans to wire President. Cool idge demanding the calling of an extra session of congress to enact the McNary-llaugen bill. s FOREST FIRES ARB II Smoke Causes Many People . ' to Seek Location of Conflagrations 1 i At least two fires in sight ; of Salem are large enough to cause comment and several people tele phoned to The Statesman' rf fice last night asking information. ; One fire was burning near the Spaulding camp, on Bald "mo'uh tain, about 10 miles fromi Mill City, and the other at. the Simp son camp, In Polk county, along the Little Nestucca river. j ; j Several, smaller Jires. were. re ported. buLnonck of -them, were-re-, garded as serious, SEEN N I ZS-FT. LAUNCH WASHES ASHORE NEAR BAY VIEW Craft Abandoned With Lights JJBurning and Nothing to f ! Identify it BAY CITY, Or., July 23. A 26 f. Or., July 23 A . foot launch, with no one aboard washed j. ashore near here todty. The craft when found had, all lights burning. indicating that; it bad been abandoned during the night. . ! . J" - r, i There jwas nothing aboard to Icfentify the boat although mem bers of the coast guard said that they understood a launch with five men aboard had left Seattle a few days ago' for 'yillamook. Flames;; Destroy Industrial f Plants Loss' Estimated ? at $625,000 I PORTLAND,! Or.,; July 23 Flames which swept: over the.in-i dustrial district jot northr Portland today destroyed theT56o,000 main building ; of the Pacific Interna tional Livestock. Exposition and resulted I in approximately $125, 000 damages to surrounding plants. ; : The fire started in the shingle mill of the Mawhe-Swift company which was destroyed at a. loss of $35,000. It was swept by a high wind 100 yads across the road to Che main exposition building, which was completely in flames within a few minutes. From the immense show structure the fire spread to the feeding plant of the exposition! which burned at a loss of $60,000. In rapid succession. the $40i000 hay barn! of Swift & Co., and the 10,000 loading dock of the Portland Union stockyards were consumed. x A slight shift of the wind prob acy saved me mamrpianis or me Portland union stock yards Swift & Co., and a half a dozen other concerns. from destruction.' Stockyard officials credited the (Continued on page 2) Eugene District Reports Three Big Forest Fires ' jr- ' EUGENE. Or., Jury 23. Three big forest fires in this district were reported tonight by C. V. Oglesby, supervising warden of the Western Lane fire patrol association. One is in jthe Corvallis Lumber company holdings northwest' of Alpine and is burning in green timber.!; Anpthor is burning in timber jownep by the Evergreen Lumber company near Mary's Peak and Is daid to be threatening the Corvallis Water supply shed. The third fire reported is in the Lake Creek country north of Tri angle lake where -green timber is reported to be burning. ! -J F Capture of Sao Paulo Seems Matter of Time Pro ceeding Cautiously BUENOS AIRES. July 23. A dispatch to La NacTon from San tos this afternoon 'quoted Admiral Penidoj commanding the Santos base, as saying: ; "The care being; taken not to destroy buildings land to avoid casualties among the non combat ants Is the reason for the slowness of our 'movement (on Sao Paulo). Our, forces are maintaining the positions already taken and ad; vancjng surely and occupying the next ones. : Victory for the forces of the law is near at hand." BUENOS AIRES. July 23. (By the Associated Press). A dis patch ; to La Nacion from Santos today states that fighting con tinues around Sao' Paulo. Three Oreqon Guard Units ToiBe Mobilized Sept. 12 .! EUGENE, Ore.j July 23. Plans sfe being made for the mobilization of the three units of Oregon national guard on na tional mobilization day.- Septem ber 12, , according ito announce ment;, by Major W, G. White, in command He ssaid that instruc tions have also been received for the .mobilization of reserve , off ic ersand enlisted ..men. and- perhaps pther organizations, PORMiD STOCK : PAVILIOil BURKS 1 DUCES SLOWLY ADVANCING TWO AVIATORS KILLED WHEN PLANE FALLS Engine of Machine ' Fails While Attempting to Do jthe Loop) the Loop,. OLYMPIA, Wash., July 23. RohgerlGoudy, Turn water, ; Wash.; and L. Farnsworth, .26, 1 Shelton, Wash;, ; were instantly . killed at 7:40 tonight when the engine of their i dual controlled airplane stopped while looping the loop and the machine crashed. 100 feet on an' aviation .' field four '' miles southwest of here.. ;i r , - The men .."were returning . the airplane to , their 1 private field near here.., - .j Governor Insists That. Pris- or er: Held -for Contempt Be Set Free SANTA FE, N. M-, July 23. Governor II. F. Hinkle late today mailed the sheriff at Las .Vega's, N. M.,f two pardons for' Carl C, Ma gee, Albuquerque, editor held in" jail . there for contempt of court; Magee was sentenced yesterday by District Judge D. J. Leahy. The additional prdons.were sent today after the governor had been informed that pardons for Magee forwarded yesterday,. one of which applied to' a direct contempt case, did not- designate the cases prop-, erly by docket kumber, and there fore,' were refused!.' . ' ; ,' .' Governor Hinkle also late today telephoned to the sheriff's office in Las JVegas to liberate Magee at once.. The governor said he had been; informed earlier by Sheriff Delgado that when the corrected pardons were received the pardon would be honored. - Hearing will be held here to morrow - afternoon ' on a habeas corpus ;writ issued from the state supreme court-on application of Magee's attorneys - after Delgado's first refusal to honor the pardon. LAS: VEGAS; July 23. Sheriff Lorenzo Delgado of San -Miguel fcpunty; will leave here early to morrow morning - for Santa Fe with Carl C. Magee. Albuquerque editor, in jail for contempt of court, to deliver him undera wfit of habeas corpus to the supreme court. ' ; ' . i - Return of Hot Weather Causes Outbreak; Spauld ing Timer Is Afire PORTLAND. J'Jly 23.-Return of hot, dry weather1 today coused renewed outbreaks of forest fires from many sections of ( the state and forest- officials said tonight tha the situation was exceedingly dangerous because of the extreme ly dry conditions prevailing. t Report from Dallas, Or., stated thai fire whicj started this morn ing j in timber at the Routh foot of Bald mountain spread; so rapidly, fanned by heavy wind, that it was soon beyond control, Much valuable timber belonging to the Spaulding Logging company nd the! Willamette Valley Lumber company was threatened by the fire. Y Fire broke out on the Alsea mountain in Lincoln county this afternoon and had swept over. the mountain and dowa Jto iVlder creek, wher.e farms in the Alsea valley were threatened. k C. C Hall, supervisor of the Santiam national forest, with headqurters at Albany, said that he jdid nqt regard the new fire above Detroit, as serious as "it was burning mostly Jn logged-off land. The fire today broke through the lines made by the recent fire in that district and headed -down the Breitenbush' river, on both banks. The Hammond Lumber, camp No. 17 was threatened. . ;. j ; Astoria was covered with a pall of smoke froni forest fires burning near Blind slough, about 20 miles east of the city, and another blaze In timber In the Eagle creek sec tion across the Columlbia river from Catskanie. i District fire wardens reported to jthe state forester today t Sa lem a serious blaze had , started in the holdings of the Simpson Log- King company in' Polk county.' t A large number of men hare been i sent out by the state forester to as- j gist in combaUlng - ta' flames, BMAGEEPAH . I . FOREST FIRES ' - ; ARRAWGEQ FDR 3 .. Entertainment Clears Ex penses By Sum of $50Q Guarantors for Next Year Being Sought DEKOVEN'S ROBIN HOOD PRESENTED LAST NIGHT Crowd Overflows Tent in En deavor to Hear and See Famous Comic Opera Salem will have a Chautauqua again next year. This was .announced at the clos ing number of this season's pro gram last night, as. the J924 Ellison-White. Chautauqua offered ' its final number for the approval of its patrons. ! ' Support to the summer , enter tainment and instructional . pro gram was heartily given this year and as a result. of the efforts of R. A. Harris and his committee. more than $500 was, received over and above the guarantee and none of the backers will be called upon to help make up a deficit. Names of additional guarantors: for .the program next year are now being solicited. . ,, Robin Hood Draws The program this year marked a departure from- the i usual cus tom, for instead of the straight seven-day program, the numbers were continued over an eight-day period, there being no program of fered on Sunday. Whether this plan will be followed again next year has not yet been decided, but. in view of the success it was accorded, this . year,. iiis highly probable that- such will be the Case. '.ixC. . The selection qt Robin "Hood," DeKoven's- famous comic opera, for the closing number, of the iyz4 unison-wnite cnautauqua brought out a capacity crowd last night, and, though extra chairs were brought. InJ, at least 100 per sons .were forced to stand through the entire performance. Choruses Rendered Well " The choruses of the opera were well rendered, the audience espe cially appreciated "Brown "October Ale-V and Paula .Ayres, as . Alah-a- DaVe, never sang "O Promise Me" with more heart. - Henry Pfeil, as Robin Hood, was at his best, while Hallen Mostyn, as -the sheriff of Nottingham, gave an excellent performance. The chorus showed exceptional . training . and Salem evidenced its appreciation of the best efforts of each individual ar tist. It was a happy closing of an instructive and entertaining week. ;i : ' The youngsters had their "day" in the afternoon with a children's circus.. All sorts of curious and familiar costumes were prominent. A street parade about 2 o'clock was one of the features of . the event. . V- f KILLS 4 PEOPLE Smokestack Falling 'From the Roof of Building Re sults in Disaster DETROIT. Mich., July 23. Four persons were killed, . three instantly, and one serously in jured late today when a smoke stack, said to have been weakened by the action tof the wind and weather, fell from the root of the Charlevoix building. 11 stories, in to the street below. The dead and injured were ia an automobile standing in front of the building. Ernest L; ) Morley, driver of the machine, his wife, Mrs. Louise Morey, and Mrs. Min nie Lehigh were killed instantly. George Lehigh, husband of Mrs. Lehigh, died: at a hospital a few minutes after the accident. Mrs. Genevieve W High, another pass enger in the machine was remov ed to a hospital where her condi tion is said to be serious. lilt. KCIIOLZ, IS DEAD r PORTLAND. Ore.. July 23. Dr. Richard P. Sohols. president nf n'tfoii rnllearA at Portland, who has been critically 'ill for the past two weeks, died at a local nospuai at 7; 15 1W? tornlng. .r. 12-YlvR-OLD ; GIRL SPEAKSf K ' V'' ' ' ' I V M i Uldine Mabelle Utley Uldine Mabello Utley, 12, Ar? ranges Series of Meet ings at Armory. ' Dressed I in a" blue , dress of sim ple, design and j wearing a small straw., hat trimmed, to match the dress, Uldine Mabelle Utley, 12 year old evangelist who will open a seriesiof non-denonrination serv ices at the Armory tonight, sat In The Statesman ' office yesterday and talked much -j as any other charming youngster might speak She is a very self-possessed little iady, asimight be expected,, as she has beome accustomed to " ad dressing' large gatherings where ever she has appeared. She con fessed tp the 12 years, her birth day being March-16, 1924. -. Miss fUtley arrived In the city about 10 o'clock Wednesday morning, from Portland. She man' aged toj make herself comfortable from thp warm, weather and spent the remainder of the day in rest-? ing, hairing; recently come from her home at Fresno. Sincelast September Miss Utley has beep, holding services, chiefly around he Bay Cities in Califor nia," thqugh 1 she has spoken . at many other cities, in auditoriums and in churches. ! i;! Just how j long she .will remain in Salem has not j been decided and. will depend upon the Interest bhown : in her campaign and - the attendance at the meetings. .Miss Utley will remain .in Salem at least a week, however. The night ly services will begin promptly at 7:45 o'clock. SIKI REPORTED TO Pugilist Said to Have Mar- riaAi niiili fiirl onrl in I iave One Child.' x--. PARip, July 23. Battling SikI, who wa married in New York to day, returned from a tour, of Hol land in 1921 bringing a Dutch girl with him who he introduced everywhere as his wife. The prize fighter fandi thei woman lived, to gether I until Siki left for the United fstates. She bore him' a child, which is now more than two years old. i ' NEW YORK. July 23 Although Lillian Werner, who was married today at . Municipal building to Louis Eall. known as Battling Siki. the Senegalese pugilist, declared herself? in the marriage license apr nlicatiftn to be white. Hob Levy. Siki's pianager, said tonight she is an dctoroon. i FIIE THREATENS MILL TlLllAMOOK. Or., July 23. Forest If ires eight miles north of Tillamook were seriously threat ening the mill of the Tillamook Spruce company this afternoon. An early report said the mill had been destroyed. Late this after noon the flames were within 50 feet ot v the--plant. Crewa were fighMng tQ save Jhe lan$, - HAVE P HE LEOPOLD, LOED FACE PfiBEOlS OF BOlf I'lCTIij Confessed Slayers Unmoved By Heart-Rending Stcry of Grief Caused By Their Brutal Murder CROWE DEMANDS DEATH .PENALTY FOR YOUTHS State Attorney. Outlines De tails of "Worst Crime on Record" CHICAGO, July 2 3.( By the AP,) Nathaa Leopold,, Jr., and Richard Loeb fated the sorrowing parents. of their boy victim today at the bar of Justice. ; They. watched them on the wit ness, stand as they told with tear moist eyes the story of their son's disappearance, and 4 heard sob choked, voices whisper affirmative answers : to. the state's-, proffered exhibits of the little fellow's cloth ing. '-..-A ! ... On the part of (the paradoxically brilliant but 'criminal : defendants"", there was no display of emotlOEC. Leopold, motionless and with an expression of only casual In terest on his features, watched the mother, of young. Robert TrSnki with scarcely the blinking: of an eye. ; . ;. , ' I Loeb Affected Uttle r Loeb, his companion, gave lit tle, outward sign, of perturbation. Throughout . the ? day however, Loeb showed .some reaction to the proceedings. He came 4nto court . with staring eyes. and. Jaw. pendu-; lous. and frequently.- licked his lips or. picked at threads on his sleeves. ... ' ' ;. Loeb leaned forward In his chair while Leopold slouched down on his shoulder blades. The two young Intellectuals whose academic achievements, branded them? in their university standings as endowed geniuses, were . in court today in - the first day's hearings before Judge Cav erly, 'chief justice of the criminal court of Cook county, in the some what unorthodox legal proceeding! which Is to determine the fate of the confessed slayers. ; Crime Declared ; Dastardly Facing the state's attorney, Robert E. Crowe, with fixed eyes as he styled their crime the "most cruel, cowardly and dastardly mur der ever committed in the history of American jurisprudence,"- the 19-year-old -defendants apparently found mental stimulus in the ora torical effort of the; prosecutor; In a brief pause which followed this climax in Mr. Crowe's open ing statement,; the defendants whispered to each; other words afterwards described -by Loeb as "really funny."": Details Are Told After hearing a detailed recital of their carefully laid 'plans, their execution,' and the finding of the nude -body of their 14-year- -old victim in a water filled cul vert beneath a railroad crossing in a desolate outlying section, once described by Leopold as an Ideal spot for ornithological field work, the young defendants left the court room jauntily. As-they en tered an elevator? to return to their guarded cells, they laughed audibly at each other' twlttlngs. The proceedings are designed to . inform the court exactly on the evidence In the case to assist. him in fixing a Just sentence. Formal pleas of guilty to two Indictments for kidnaping for ransom and for first degree murder were entered Monday, reversing previous pleas of not guilty, n Today, in firm voices the youths once more "af firmed their pleas of guilty. Their fate now rests, in the language of r Clarence Darrow, chief counsel for the defense, in "the mercy ot the court." Demands Death Penalty Both prisoners were pointed out , in court today by various wit nesses as principals in activities described by the state's attorney in his two-hour opening presenta tion, as "the execution of their ' (Continued on page 5) 1 -TT- ! in;. vt tTa U1W V WVV0 twin Todays Want Ads Up-to-date 1 Kodak finishing plant tor sale. - Beautiful nsed piano In per fect condition for sale. Terms, $10 monthly to reliable party, v 9100 to loan at once.