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I " i "-v : . . . tt"" , 1 . . "t! r Do Your Shopping In , Salem See page three of today's issue. Advertisements of interest will be found here. Also interesting letters. ! -1 j - , , j - - f - . . !-. . - . , SEVENTY-FOUR-EAR SALEM, OREGON, TUESDAY MORNING, JULY 29, 1924 7; " r-! " " T- -". " --" . ; " " ' . "f". :' PKiCEJT?CE.NT""" ' ' a ' V 4 V . " ' -f I A i tr ' ' A M .4 V V V k t w - -V J - i v -4 " A I v . M t 4 J ) J f j . : ' . ' I ; . : : mm mm' m mm w w - n i v aim r i i BY LL BOY Johnny, Intended Victim 'of Leopold and Loeb, Identi- ties School Visitor; Grin Contagious t DISPUTE OVER KILLING TOLD BY A REPORTER Both Youths Shift Blame Onto Each Other; Alien ists to Testify CHICAGO. July 28. (By the j Associated Press ). Scaling the final heights of his "mountain of evidence" against Nathan Leopold Jr., and Richard Loeb. Robert E. Crowe; state's ; attorney, today .reached the-point where he could place as a peak tomorrow the con fessions of the two youths to the f kidnapping and slaying of young Robert Franks. v a He gained this goal by placing on the stand today eight witness es who identified statements, both pral and written, : by the defend ants and also told of the presence of Loeb at the 'Harvard school whence Franks was enticed to his - death. -",','- . ; '." ' lioy Relieves Grlmness T-Rellerlng the grlmness of the proceedings was the presence on the stand of John O. Loveson, aged "nine, and a half, going on ten. The boy, who came all the way from , Maine, his summer home In Kennebunk beach, to "inform the court" about Loeb's Tisit to the school yard that fatal afternoon of May 21, wore a con tagious grin. .It spread through- out the I court room, bringing kindly smiles from Judge John R. , Caverjy; the attorneys, defend ants and "spectators. ' Eren when the boy pointed out 'Dick" Loeb, as the school Tisit or, the friendly smiles on the faces' of both defendants did not fade. -:' ; Death Blow Contraverlcal "Johnny," as he was addressed by the attorneys, eeemed unaware that he had once been considered a possible Yictim of the Leopold Loeb plot, and this fact was not called to bis attention while he was In court. Then Johnny took his Boyish buoyancy out of the court room and .the proceedings settled back to the tragic realities of a fight to save two 19 year old college students from the; gallows. Just before Johnny's appearance there had cropped, up the undecided dispute between Leopold and Loeb as to which one had actu ally struck Bobby Franks with a cold chisel and then dragged him. gagged and strangling, from the front seat into the tonneau of the death ; car. , This , came out first while Wallace ulllvan, a news paper reporter, was on the stand. . "I asked Leopold flatly whe ther he killed Robert Franks or whether Loeb killed him," .aid Sullivan. "Leopold said Loeb did the killing so I went back to Loeb's car and said: 'Nathan said you killed Bobby Franks. Is It true ; 1 Reporters Believe Lwb j ;"Loeb said, 'No. bo I returned to Leopold's car and said, 't looks pretty bad for you, Leopold Loeb has the confidence of all the reporters and' he seems to have convinced everyone that you are the one who really struck the boy.' He said, I can prove it was I who was driving that car Inasmuch as Loeb admits that rthe boy vwas sitting in the front seat and was struck from behind. S I was .the owner of 'a WHlys Knight car for one thing. 1 hired the car for another, and the third point is that I took the car to my garage to get gasoline and oil. Isn't it likely then that I would be driving the car. i j "I went back' to Loeb and said. It looks pretty bad for you. Loeb. (Continued on page 8.) THE WEATHER "" ! - j - OREGON: Mostly cloudy on the coast and fair weather In the Interior Tuesday; no change In temperature; moderate west to northwest winds. LOCAL WEATHER (Monday) , Maximum temperature, 74. Minimum temperature. 50. River, -2.2; stationary. Rainfall., none. Atmosphere, clear. v Wind, south. DEFENSE DAY DISAPPROVED ...... A t . . - 'i 4 ir r-y v f : :-:: :-: x 5 , Charles W. Bryan ' : 1 LINCOLN. Neb., July 28. (By The Associated Press.) Gover7 nor Bryan of Nebraska, nominee of the democrats for vice presi dent, ; today expressed unwilling ness to carry out the suggestions of President Coolige regarding "mobilization day" September 12, and disagreement with the presi dent's' statement that the plans contemplated do not constitute a "militaristic gesture." Brazilian Federals Occupy Sao Paulo After Twenty Days qf Fighting BUENOS AIRES, July 28. (By Associated Press.) After 23 days of almost continuous fight ing,; the Brazilian rebel forces early this morning evacuated the city of Sao Paulo under pressure of the government beseiging army which is now in possession of the entire city. This information is contained in official anouncement made by the Brizilian war office today. i ! The rebels fled in special trains toward the interior of Brazil and are j being pursuel. Their only avenues of escape are to be west communications assert that the and northwest! and the official government troops in these regions already are in position- to rdeal with them. -1 i The withdrawal of the rebels from Sao Paulo followed severe fighting inside the city on Sun day. The rebels appear to have made a desperate effort to hold back the government advance, but failed. f At daybreak today the "federal forces brought whippet tanks into play, against the rebels. These were followed j by Infantry. The rebels alreadyj had begun their evacuation when this assault was made. j The federals took numerous prisoners but the rebel leaders, in cluding General Isidoro Lopez, es caped. It Is ' reported that the rebel major,' Miguel Costa, failed to escape and committed suicide. When the federals took posses sion of the state capital at noon the governor Carlos Campos, who had been deposed by the rebels, resumed his office. FIRE STARTER Man Who Caused Disaster ous Blaze in Yakima Is Sent to Hospital YAKIMA, Wash., July 28. Ad- Judged Insane,1 Vernon Neilan, 24. who confessed to setting the 'fire which destroyed property worth nearly ' 1500,0000 here Friday night, left lato tonight in custody of James Perry, chief of police for the Veterans' hospital at American Lake, where he will receive treat ment. Neilan was adjudged in sane this afternoon by a commis sion composed of two doctors. The hearing developed that Neilan had ben injured about the head in a motorcycle accident while he was in the army during the world war. He was committed to the western Washington hospital for the insane' at! Steilacoom but by stipulation was allowed to go ; to REBEUORCES is) ADJUDGED BE the yeterna, hospital, PRUNE IIET EXCHANGE W. HANDLE CROPS Growers Form Cooperative Organization Of ficers for Valley Association Are Elected 12,000,000 POUNDS OF PRUNES CONTRACTED Half of 1924 Crop Signed Up Other Growers Are Asked to Join PORTLAND, July 28. A. co operative prune marketing organ ization that has at least half the 1924 crop In Oregon signed up for distribution and that hopes to ex tend its service o handle the state's full crop and that of south western Washington in addition, was launched formally here today at a meeting of nine leading grow ers of the state. The organization, to be known as the North Pacific Cooperative Prune Growers' exchange. , will control the marketing of at least 12,000,000 pounds of prunes this year, according to statements issued following the meetings. Rules and regulations covering marketing methods and procedure to be Included in the by-laws of the new organization were con sidered and will receive further consideration and then be drafted for adoption at sessions to be held tomorrow. '' r:: ' V Nine Districts Served f j ' Representatives of nine leading prune- growing districts of the state are the nucleus of the or ganization and will constitute the first board of directors. These representatives announced ' that they had -been authorized by their local organizations to 8fg"ecG8 sary tracts with the exchange for this season's marketing. ' ; ' -W. L. Taylor' of Scotts Mills presided at the organization meet ing and later was elected presi dent of the exchange. Dr. E, P. Dixon was elected vice president. M. J. Newhouse was chosen man ager of the exchange, subject to arrangements. i Directors Are Chosen The directors are Henry Voth, Polk county; Kenneth Miller. Yamhill -county; M. 1 R. Adams, Marion county; L. N. Miller, Lane county; ,M. H. Harfow, the Eugene Fruit Growers' association. Dr. E. P. Dixon. Dundee district; Victor Rees. Springbrook district; W. U. Taylor, Scotts Mills district, and John F. Forbes, Washington county. ' , i ; ' t Robert H.- Kipp, market mana ger of the Portland chamber of commerce, and C..J. Hurd. mar keting expert, of Oregon Agri cultural college. mrticiDated iin the convention of the growers. ' : NEWS BRIEFS Shoots Own Raby. ' BOISE, Idaho, July 28. "Give me a speedy trial and shoot me or hang me I want to join my baby in a happier land, than this," Mrs. George White, 29, pleaded with officers Monday afternoon after she had emptied four chambers pi a .32 caliber revolver into the head of her 18 months old daugh ter at their ranch home three miles southeast of Boise at 2 o'clock Monday afternoon. Another World Flight. ROME, July 28. (AP.) Ma jor Pedro Zanni, the Argentine aviator who is attempting a flight around the world, arrived here at 5:50 p. m., today from Lyons. He began his flight from Amsterdam, Holland, i and is using the route traversed by Stuart MacLaren, the British flier. ,.: -"p -i : . f i . : 1 . "M Ready for Flfers. REYJAVIK. Iceland. July 28. (AP.) All preparations have been completed for the arrival of the- American army airmen on their world flight, both at their landing place in Iceland, Hornaf jord and here at Reykjavik. : Ford Slakes Loan. SAN SALVADOR. Republic or Salvador, July 28. Reports re ceived' here from San Jdse Costa Rica, are to the effect that Henry Fprd is loaning money, without interest to the Costa Rlcan gov ernment," to be used irt- the con struction of an automobile high way," which will ? connect f Port Llmon, on the Atlantic, and Punta Arenas, on the Pacific side of the reublic .- WRONG COLORS CAUSE YOUTHS TO SLAY BOV ; ;- ; - ':.; : Sanipractic Physician Ex plains How Leopold - and . Loeb Were Affected I "J SEATTLE,! July 28. Nathan Leopold, Jr.. and Richardj Loe4 "are Criminals because they have been surrounded by the , wrong colors." declared Dr. E. J. Steven of San Francisco in an address before the Washington State as sociation of sanipractic physicians. "Light colors produce godliness, dark colors produce crime." said Dr. Stevens. "The smoke that blackens buildin&.ln our cities is an incentive to evil. (White, cream, yellow and. orange are the sanest colors. Jt Leopold and Loed had had higher lights and colors In theirv lives it would have been Impossible for them to have sunk jso low. More than 90 per cent of University students. I think, are over-educated mentally and under educated spiritually." . LODGE'S COIITOr' IS IMPROVING Senator Undergoes a Suc v cessful Operation for ; Bladder Ailment BOSTON, . July 28. Senator Henry Cabot Lodge, who success fully underwent an operation . for a bladder ailment at the . Charles Gates' hospital, passed a comfort able day, attending physicians re ported tonight. His condition was said to be excellent with no alarm ing developments. . A bulletin em bodying these facts was , issued early j in the evening. Unless an unexpected turn" for the worse oc curs, it was said, no further bulle tins would be issued In the course of the night. : Senator Lodge's temperature and . pulse are normal and he la cheerful. There will be a second operation, however, for the re moval of the , bladder obstruction. it as stated, the date to be de termined in two or three days. 111 SCHOOL COSTS Salem High Third in Per Capita Expenses; Scotts ! Mills Highest i '- - Salem, with a high school stu dent per capita i cost a year of $92.10- ranks third from the low est of the high schools of the county, according to figures com piled by the office of Mrs. Mary L. Fulkerson. county school super intendent. Silverton with a per capita cost of $81.86 was the low est oh the list, while Scotts Mills was highest with a cost of $189.96 per student. In a general way the figures show that the costs of hih school education In the larger towns is not as high as that in the smaller ones, j Costs of transportation for pupils have raised the amounts for Woodburn and - Gates above the normal level.- , An incomplete list of the high schools of the county show the fol4 lowing fiugres of student per cap ita costs: r Silverton, . $81.86; Stayton. $89.87 Salem, $92.10; Turner, $108.69; A'umsyille, $114.80; Jef ferson, $116.18; Woodburn, $116.43; Union: High. Gervais; $1S9.)0; Union High. St. Paul. $120.68; ; Gates, . $171.90, and Scotts Mills, ; $189.96. The high cost at Scotts Mills is due to the email number of pupils. Mrs.1 Frances A. Rejd " Called by Death Monday . .. ' . r.; - : . ' Mrs. Frances A. Reid. 82, died at 251 South Seventeenth, Mop day. She was the mother of Mrs. Arthur M. Reid and Mrs. Frances Pnrvine, of Salem; Robert A; Reid.! George S. ; Reid and Ralph II." Reid. all of Portland and Charles R. Ileid. Sbawlnigan Falls, Quebec, Canada. She is also sur vived by 15 grandchildren andfive great' grandchildren. Mrs. Reid was a member of the Westminster Presbyterian church, of Portland. Funeral arrangements will be an nounced later by the RIgdon mor tuary. -Sl;. ' . r lli'GHEM IS PITLMISTIO PARIS, July 28. (Dythe AP.) Secretary of siate Hughes is optimistic about J the inter-allied London conference and has hopes for Its success, because the al ternative of a' success would be so grave: that the conference must come to an agreement." he declar ed after his arrival here this eve ning.! - ' silver h ITER ALLIED MEET-CREDITS U. 5. FOB HELP icrisis ! Is . Averted by Inter vention of American Rep resentativesTension Is Relieved FRENCH BELIEVE THAT SOLUTION IS AT HAND Delegation Offers to Submit Plan Also Acceptable to Financiers LONDON, July .28.-lnter-allled conference ; circles tonight are crediting American intervention atj the experts', meeting this after noon with having saved: the con ference from what threatened to develop into a crisis that possibly would have wrecked ; thp parleys and seriously delayed the applica tion of the Dawes plan to Europe's economic ills. , ; . i j ; Logan Offers Plan . At the meeting of the experts prior to the plenary session, the debate between the French; and British representatives on the is sue which had been deadlocked in the conference for a week, had reached a very, dangerous stage when Col. James A. Logan, the American official "observer, of fered compromise suggestions that lessened the tension . somewhat. As soon as h' had finished his statement, which covered impor tant points regarding American participation in the working of the Dawes plan, the French rep resentative announced he believed that within 24 hours the French delegation could submit a formula wtilch they: considered would sat isfy both the British: experts and .the Anglo-Amerloan ' bankers Sn Its provisions for security for the international loan which' Germany must float before the Dawes plan can be made effective. ! : . , jConsequetntly the experts meet ing ' adjourned until tomorrow morning, when the French propos als will be heard. -" f - Program Dissipated The inability to' reaph a settle ment i today, however, disrupted the program of the conference and the invitation, which it generally has been expected would be dis-f patched to Berlin tonight requir ing .the attendance of German rep resentatives, has been delayed in definitely, but it Is hoped itjwill be sent forward i Wednesday or Thursday, j. j The plenary session today dele gated the. power of issuing the invitation to Germanyto the prime ministers and chief delegates to the conference who can act when ever their technical work is com pleted without awaiting approval by a plenary session: The delay resulting from today's session, it is believed, ig likely to prolong the conference another fortnight. TAKEN BYMEM City Files for Privilege; of Big Reservoir on North Santiam River . r Application for the construction of a Marlon lake reservoir has been filed ' with the state water engineer by the city of Salem, which seeks to store 2f,&00-acre feet of water from Marion creek. North and iSouth Puzzle creeks. Whiskey cre"ek and other streams at the headwaters of the North Santiam river. . The permit also baits for the appropriation of 300 second feet of ; water f or 'municipal purposes and such other uses as the city may see fit. This site is the second upon which the city has filed by the special wafer committee of the city councilof which George Wen deroth Is chairman. Water from neither will be used in the im mediate future, the chief object being to hold rights to all . pos sible water sources whiqh may be tapped. j as the city continues to grow and the occasion I demands. The other site is also on the up pei head waters of the Fantiam. (While the Marion laVe wf-uld necessitate a lone Hurt " brine the water 'to the elf . - would insure a constant simnlv -r pure water, and ,is regarded as one of the choicest sites that are ftvailable for this purpose. WATER PEIIT'IS j DEATH OF U S. VICE CONSUL ! STRAINS DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS lei i,jiv'.-'ii: fir ?-;M?v I J mgigi i Vice Consul Robert j A threat of a break in diplomatic relations- with the Persian government was yesterday issued by the American ministers. The. difficulty has grown out of the attack on Major Robert Imbrie, vice consul at Teheran, Who was beaten to death by a mob for attempting to take a picture of a religious ceremony, j Indignities were later committed on his wife. Full protection has ! been demanded for all Americans. ' i ' ,- Til BADGE BANDIT Man Held for Murder, Rob bery and Assault Soundly ' Thrashed in Jail ' LOS ANGELES, July 2S. Hajrry Dunlap, held on charges of murder!, robbery and criminal as sault, and known ias the "badge bandit," was beaten up in the county jail here today by one of his victims. Before jailors could intervene, the prisoner was, so battered that he was taken to the jail hospital for attention. Ray Burke of Sunland was the assailant. Burke obtained per mission from the sherfif's office to face Dunlay on his request that he be permitted to identify him as the man who, some months ago, attacked him and drove away with , the young i woman whom Burke was escorting. i Burke removed his coat and waited in the. jail reception room. When Dunlap entered Burke ex claimed, "That's him," and as tonished the jail authorities by leaping upon the prisoner and mauling him. Endorsement D e n i e d the Giant Concern Recently . Formed in Chicago v DES MOINES, Iowa, July 28. ( By Associated Press.) The Na tional Farmers Grain Dealers as sociation, in which 5,000 grain elevators in the middlewest hold memberships, today refused to en dorse the recently organized grain marketing company of Chicago. The association declared it would continue to withhold its endorse ment until the grain mergers plan was modified to provide that all stock must be held by farmers' elevator companies and not by in dividuals. The resolution adopted -at the close of an all day session to which none but association mem bers and a few others were ad mitted was: "We do not favor any terminal marketing proposition of any sort unless all stock in it held and owned by farmers' elevator com panies and not by individuals; nor do we favor the entering of any farmers cooperative elevator com pany into any terminal marketing venture until a sufficient number of such firms have agreed to affi liate with the venture toinsure control by the cooperative eleva tor companies; or until sufficient capital has been subscribed by such companies to properly nance the venture. fl- Salem Girl Prettiest on Beach Last Sunday Of course folks who live here all know, that Salem has the pret tiest girls ;in the state, but offi cial recognition was Riven to this Sunday at Columbia beach, when "Miss Miltla '..I.athrap. 17. daughter nf ?Ir. nd Mt3. R. A. Lathrop 936 South Commercial, was award ed all honors, of Portland bathing 1 c auties, according to notices giv n in the Portland papers. The names of Mr. and Mrs. Lathrop do. not appear in the city or tele phone directories , FARMER 0HLRS Imbrie and Wife COOL WEflTHER QUIETS FIRES Situation Continues to Show Improvement Throuh- out the State PORTLAND, Or.. July 28 With cooler weather and higher humidity, the forest fire situation in Oregon continued- to show much Improvement over the week end. Today the worst condition existed in i Douglas county, where 11 new fires were started. the re sult, .forestry officials ' say, of careless campers and malicious setting. Eight ! fires were set along Tom Polly creek,' near Drain, and rapidly burned to gether, now forming one, blare. Thls"l"tne,only fire that is con sidered . serious. It is thought that the fires were set to create range, the officials said. A total of 654 forest fires have been reported sol far this season on the national forests of Oregon and Washington, according to fig ures for the period ending July 20, just compiled in the office of the; district forester here. One hundred and thirty-two of these . fires were caused by smok ers' and lbl by campers a total of 253 from these two causes the report states. Three hundred and ninety-eight of the fires were man caused, and, therefore, could have been prevented, it is said. To date 57 ' convictions for violations of thei fire laws havebeen reported ta the district office. These fires are ; estimated to have covered a total of "15,314 acres of f national forest land, 4918 acres of private land inside national forest boundaries and 13,372 acres of private land out-1 side and adjacent to national for est ; boundaries. CITY LIMIT INVADED BY FIRE Forest Blaze Enters City of Susanville, Nevada, 1000 righting It. RENO, Nev.. July 28. A forest fire raging, in Lassen county, Cali fornia, today entered the city lim its of : Susanville and destroyed four, houses. The fire is burning on a mile front, with approximate ly 1000 men endeavoring to check it-' . '-".I "'-" '' I;. . ' "' -V'--' . : All business houses and, the two large lumber mills Were closed this afternoon. j. " Patients! from tha county hos pital were j removed as sparks con tinued to jtall about the building. Stored lumber jwas saved from theiflam.esfby constant pumping of water from the mill ponds; The supply of water, however, is low and in certain places has been completely depleted. Lessening of the force of the wind this evening has decreased the present danger. ; NINCLAIK ASKS APPEAL WASHINGTON. July j ; J8.-.'--Harry F. Sinclair, lessee of Tea pot Pome, today asked the Dis trict Caumbia court of appeals to allow him a special appeal from the recent decision of the district srapreme court holding that he must answer the indictment pr contempt'of the 5?naietr SPEBl TWITUliT EilDRElHTIDO Minister Kornfield Serves ' Notice That Mobbing of Vice Consul Imperils Di- plomatic Connection ADEQUATE PROTECTION FOR ALL IS DEMANDED Government Held to Account for Attack on Imbrie and Later on Wife ' WASHINGTON. July 28. Stern warning that continuance of American diplomatic and consular Officers In Persia wllj depend upon action taken by the Persian gov ernment to - protect ; adequately American nationals in that coun try has been served .on the Per sian foreign minister by Minister Joseph S. Kornf eld, at Teheran. ' The note made public today at the state department was delivered on Saturday and deals only with the murder by a mob in Teheran of Vice Consul Robert W. Imbrie. It was sent before word was re ceived of the subsequent attack by "hoodlums" on the consul's widow, Mrs. Katherlne G. Imbrie. ! Police Failed to Act. T A further ' communication In connection with that attack was sent immediately by the state de partment to Minister Kornfeld In structing him to' make certain rep resentations orally to the foreign minister. It Is understood noth ing will be made public here with reference to this statement, .how ever, because of Its oral charac ter. ' In connection with the murder of Consul , Imbrie, the Btate de partment pointed out to the Per sian government that the fact! disclosed by its investigation "d not indicate that the police or mili tary au thorites made any adequate effort to protect the American con sular represenatiye.:.- Hoodlums Attack Wife. 5 "There appears In fact," he con tinues, "to be evideice which it Is believed, the Persian government will itself desire to investigate most vigorously that certain m Hi llary elements participated In the assault." Preliminary official reports re garding the later attack on Mrs. Imbrie by "several hoodlums" also showed a failure on the part of the Persian pojice to afford pro tection. A police official Is J re ported to have stood idly by with in ten feet of the point where Mrs.' Imbrie was subjected to the in sult. Persia Offers Ileddress. ' 4 Steps which it is believed the Persian government will take in connection with the murder of Consul Imbrie the state depart ment notes that the Teheran au thorities on their own Initiative, already have declared their pur pose of making redress to the widow of the slain official. That redress should extend, the, note de clared, to the payment of costs fcr the sending of an American war ship to bring home the body and also the establishment of a mili tary guard of honor over the cas ket containing the body and the "rendering of appropriate honors at the time of leaving Persian soil." ' J In addition the Teheran authori ties are notified i that should the American legation request it, mili tary guards should be furnished by the Persian ? government ' for both the legation and the consu late in Teheran to be maintained until the Persian government has been notified- by the American minister that the guards no long-, er are necessary. i Grave Concern Expressed. I The note is strongly worded in expressing "gravest concern": at the murder of the consul and add ing that the state department "cannot over-emphaslae the ; ser ipusness of the view which is tak- r : (Continued bn page 8.) : ' , Pits of Newj5 From Today's Wi(nt Ads J f Auto camp bed for sale, i - $750 piano will be sold for - $325: $10 down and balance monthly. '' . Wanted by August I, Ever--leen blackberries. ' Will trade Dodge car, cord : tires, new top, new paint for good light car with standard wrsir, ; u 11