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i ; r i ' : i (Btt 0n Are You Interested in Sheep? If mo ttee Thurwlay'f) paer for facts of interest on thin subjects Sheep on every farm. r Why go out of Salem! ta lo your shopping with ns many large ami Varietl stork a there ! are In Sa tm Help the Ssileti Merchant Keep the SjiK- In Salem. SALEM, OREGON, WEDNESDAY MORNING, JULY HO, 1924- SEVENTY-FOURTH YEAR PRICE FIVE CENTS. BBdeh separate act :. -j:; Experts Submit Plan for Set- tlement of Conference Dif- w f iculty Other Conces- SlOnS ASKcU - i DAWES COMMISSION TO t MEDIATE IN DISPUTE Plan May Pacify Heated Franco-British Feeling j Logan Saved Day LONDON. July 29. ! (AP.)-r For the first time since the inter tilled conference assembled French delegates tonight ( the IndJ- coated a willingness tosurrender under certain conditions their right : to separate action against Germany in case of a reparations default under the Dawes plan. If- the allies cannot unanimous ly agree whether a flagrant de fault has occurred, France Is wil ling to let an arbitration board on which there will be experts 31 the original Dawes commission ecide the question. f fp France Asks New Rights One condition Is that German payments in goods be linked with tne question of defaults, and Prance acquire new rights relat ing" to payments in kind which are outside' the present reading of tne Versailles treaty, j I ' These and other conditions the French experts tonight are em Ubdying into a proposal which they hope will end the 10-day con ference deadlock., I I "Working on Plan" i- Since yesterday's proceedings, ihich were featured by the timely urrervention oi uoi, jam eg a. io- I 1 . , i i. A 3D, xne American ousenei, iuc French delegation has been work ing to co-ordinate Colonel Logan's suggestions with ideas of their own in an effort to produce a for ttula which will solve jthe prob lem of how default I under the Dawes plan is to be declared and what penalties the allies Intend to Inflict therefor and at the same time satisfy the International bankers who will be asked to re commend a 40.000,000 sterling loan to investors in: order to; launch the Dawes project Whether these new French pro posals in which there will be a de- tarture from the unyielding stand n separate action will be accept able to the other delegates cannot be fully determined until the draft f laid before the experts. But tne American observers," who have an intimation of the conditions 5 ranee expects to impose in view f her surrender of her jealously Hoarded theoretic right to act as ehe deems necessary j if. Germany does not live up to the Dawes plan 6re not over hopeful that a solu tion has been found, j Conference at Standstill . , When the experts hurriedly ad journed yesterday after Colonel ' 4 c (Continued on pare 7) IFire for Use and Not Abuse A camper is judged by the t fire he builds. "The flame than the axe." spark. is mightier Put out that' Fire Is for ' use Hnot abuse f - you be the boss. j One good thing; about a (dead campfire ! you don't have to explain j it to the 1 Judge. . ' j . . A campfire put out is L worth two in the brush blazing beyond control. ft A pinch in time saves many a forest cigarette. put lout that A clean camp ground is a place of beauty- and a Joy .to the heart of a' ranger. Forest litter Iow humid ftv -4- one snark forest fire. Cfonro It mi 1 : i - ! : "Here's where 1 1 drown a lot of trouble," said the care rs ful camper, pouring plenty of U- water on his campfire. n FIRE: "A faithful servant. but a mighty dangerous master." BROTHERS ARE CHARGED WITH PARENT MURDER Asphyxiation of J Mother and Father in 1910 for Estate "i, Is Alleged GAP. Pa., July 29. Benjamin F. and Chester A. Dorsheimer, brothers. Respectively of Atlantic City and llarrisburg, Penn.. were held without bail at the conclu- sion of a; hearing of the Peace C. A. before Justice Diller tonight. charged with the murder of their parents, Mr. and Mrs. Peter E. Dorsheimer in Lancaster, Penn., 14 years ago. , .. , A . . j The charge was brought by Frank K. ; Dorsheimer. Thorndale. Penn., a third brother, who , al leged that the defendants had caused the death of their parents by illuminating gas asphyxiation order to obtain their estate, in which, he said, was valued at more than $75,000. : RILED BODIES SSE Prohibition Officers Meet Death in Battle With Bootleggers I WILMINGTON, JN. C. July 29 A- posse despatched from here to Phoenix, Brunswick county, tonight upon receipt' of reports of a battle between prohibition offi cers and bootleggers found the bodies of Deputy United States Marshal Lilly and City Prohibi tion Agent Leo George in their automobile two miles from the tow,n. i ' 1 1 ! I Both bodies were riddled with bullets fired at close .range and Georee's police dog was found dead in the car. The poose con sisting of 50 police and county of ficers went armed with riot guns to meet any exigency. The weapons of both officers were in their pockets and had not been fired. j j First news of the affair came in the form of a telephone message from Phoenix to the effect that a negro had reported hearing 25 or 30 shots fired and had seen the bodies of the wounded officers at a distance. j ' I , A search was Immediately be gun by the posse for the slayers and soon one hundred additional men were sent to Brunswick county to join in the hunt. Libel of $166,712.50 Placed Against Ship TACOMA, Wash., July 29. The outgrowth of an alleged smug gling plot, a government libel of $166,712-.50 was placed today at Aberdeen . on the 1 I American steamer Allen, j j ; The action is a result of the seizure about two weeks ago of six trunks of opium; taken while being transported from Aberdeen to Tacoma, Seattle and San Fran cisco. II: Several of the Chinese and whites connected with the alleged plot are in jail under $10,000 bail each. The Allen arrived at Aber deen from China July 1. I PEACE IS SOLIITIOII Relief From Consequences of War Must Be Avoided By Reconciliation PARIS, July 28. (By Assoc! ated Press.) The climax of the round of social and official actlv ities of the American and Canad ian lawyers today was the declar ation of Secretary of State Hughes at ttfe Palace' of Justice that "there is no cure for the -distress and unrest which are the natural consequence of the war save as we may find it fn the disposition of peoples intent on the interests of peace." - : j: : This remark, for which the American statesman was most en thusiastlcally applauded, was in terpreted by some of the French jurists present as a suggestion that the European peoples must get together and reconcile their differences. j After the reception at the pal ace, of Justice the visiting lawyers attended the unveiling of a tablet to the memory of French lawyers who fell on ' the field of battle The visitors laid a wreath in American colors on the tablet S MS STONE TO TRY El DF OIL LEAS! Suit to Cancel Oil and Gas Prospecting on Indian Reservation Is Filed By Attorney General ALUS AUTHORITY TO MAKE GRANTS FAULTY Other Suits to Follow If This One Is Successful- Grants Affected WASHINGTON. July 29 The government today developed an other phase of its effort to clear up the oil lease situation. Attor ney General Stone Issued orders for the filing of a suit to cancel an oil and gas prospecting lease applying to a reservation created by legislative order for the Nava- o Indian nation in southern Utah. -lf the government Is suc cessful in this suit it will take some action to invalidate more than 20 other such permits. 18 of which were granted by former Secretary Fall of the interior de partment and which apply to In dian lands in a dozen different western localities. Oil Companies Involved The suit ordered filed is against E. M. Harison. the Midwest Oil company and the Southwest Oil company and is based on an opin ion recently submitted by the at torney general to the president in which he claimed that Mr. Fall's construction of the general leas ing act of 1920 was in error when it applied the oil leasing - provi sions to reservations created by executive order. Mr. Fall's interpretation of the provision was given upon applica tion for a lease by Mr. Harrison; said here to be an official of the Mid West company, and under construction of that law other permits also were granted.5 Since the present attorney gen eral placed a different opinion on the law the interior department has rejected all pending applica tions for permits on such land, numbering some 400. Further Lease's Held Up ; Mr. Stone and Secretary Work of the interior department are in accord that no further leasing of the lands involved should be per mitted until i congress authorizes extraction of the oil or gas. They feel that congress should express its view as a guiding policy for the executive department to fol low. ; . The lease sought to be can celled in the government's action covers land set aside by an execu tive order of President Arthur in 1884 and applies to 2560 acres. Plans for Handling Upward 30,000,000 Pounds are being Made PORTLAND, Or., July 29. Officers of the newly organized North Pacific Cooperative Prune Growers exchange announced fol lowing today's meeting that ap proximately 16,000,000 pounds of prunes of the 1924 crop already have been signed up for market ing through the exchange, and that with Clark county, Wash., and some other units to be heard from, it is expected total tonage for the year will reach 30,000,000 pounds. Price quotations on the 1924 crop will be posted tomor row, it was announced. It was decided that Portland would be the principal place of business for the exchange, f THE WEATHER OREGON: Fair Wednesday in interior and cloudy in the early morning on coast; ; no change in temperature; gentle to mo3erate winds, mostly north and northeast. LOCAL. WEATHER Tuesday) , Maximum temperature, 83. Minimum temperature, no. River. 2.2; stationary. Rainfall, none, i Atmosphere, clear. Wind, southwest. , LUTON PRUNE EXCHANGE READY FOR CROP APPRECIATIVE DRINK CAUSES MAN'S ARREST Ellory Altowich Proffers l Hottle to Helpful Strang I er Loses Car LOS ANGELES, Cal., July 29. Kllory Altowich was 'grateful to the stranger who helps hi in clyinge tires on a hot, dusty road, so he reached into the tonneau aqd produced a drink of liquor by way of. rt acknowledging the friendly "lift." But the stranger was a prohibition agent and yes terday Altowich- pleaded guilty to transporting five cans filled with gin. He paid a fine of $3S0 and said goodbye 1 to his, confiscated automobile; ACROSS THE RIVER Man Accused of Unnatural Crimes and Attempts Taken to Dallas Jail James Ihilah, deputy , sheriff of Polk comity, yesterday arrested the second pervert infesting the West Salem district and took him to the Dallas Jail, where he awaits the action of. the grand Jury. ' The man taken in tow yester day is about 4 5 years c?f age, and he has been going under the name cf Mormon Hadley. lie has been livin-g in a shack in the eastern edge of West Salem and has been ostensibly; peddling varnish. He hae been bothering little girls and boys. One boy attacked by the fjend is in bad shape. The fellow is under a bond of $1500. The other arrest was made a couple of weeks ago by-Mr. Imlah, the man being a transient, calling himself O. Green. He had both ered little girls in swipiming. If these men are found guilty, long terms In the penitentiary are ahead of j them -and the officials put there will, under the proper medical supervision,1 know what to do with them. F l Some of the parents" living on tbe west side of the i Willamette will feel niuch relieved over thes3 arrests; and they would no doubt wish to be' included in a vote of thanks to Mr. Imlah. FIJKHS TO HI OI F BROUGH, Eng., July 29. (AP) The American round the world aviators' will take off for Kirkwall at 5 o'clock tomorrow morning, according to present ar rangements. Triplets are Born to ; Local Couple; All Boys Triplets, all boys, were born to Mr. and Mrs. August Schuky. Jr., 359 Center, Tuesday morning, the aggregate weight of the new ar rivals being 11 pounds. Two of the babies weighed four pounds each and the other 3 V' pounds Hoth mother and the babies were reported:as doing nicely. The fa ther is an employe at the paper. mill. J f 1 While triplets were not unusual here about 20 years ago, birth records show that none have been born in this vicinity for a number of years; CI PERVERT Carelessness Is Held 1 Cause of 93 Per Cent I Of Automobile Wrecks r i Carelessness is directly respon sible for by far the -greater por tion of j automobile- accidents, as is shown in a carefully compiled report issued by Sam A. Kozer, secretary of state, who bases his figures upon those received from justices; of the peace, district judges, and police Judges. Of the 9131 accidents reported between January 1 and June 30, T924, there-were 557 ! which re sulted entirely froni carelessness on the part of the driver. Coupled with this cause may be included speeding, 183; failure to give right of way, 1381; reckless driv ing, 260; cutting corners, 372; double at intersections, 155; driv ing while intoxicated, 123; failure to give, signal, 290; driving on left side of street or highway, 64; improper parking. 79; reverse di rection; in middle of block, 40; passing to left of street cars while discharging passengers, 31; inex- perience, 24; jockeying on bridges, 21 a total of 84 SO accidents, which might have been avoided, according to i the report mor COUNTESS SUES ! WEALTHY MATE i FOR HUGE SUM Woman Who Has Divorced Two Millionaires Strikes -Back at Husband NEW ji YORK; July 29.The Countess Morner, formerly Peggy Hopkins 'Joyce of musical comedy fame, who has divonced two mil lionaire: f husbands. today was served with papers in" n suit insti gated by the count for annulment of her juost recent marriage. The former j Peggy Joyce-: immediately countered this action with a Kuit against' Count ; Morner for lh 0IH), which she alleges she- has spent on behalf of her husband since she married him last June. Game! Commission Exceeded Power Court Holds Un Winslow Case Holding that the state game commission had exceeded its au thority! in arbitrarily changing the date in the open deer hunting season! from August . 20 , to . Sep- tember 15, the supreme court Tuesday; affirmed the action of the Marion county court, in overrul ing a demurrer, against an in junction granted by the court to Walter ; C. Winslow restraining the gaine commission from chang ing th deer hunting date in Ore gon. The opinion was written In justice O. (P. Coshow, ' affirm ing Judge George G. Bingham. As no emergency exists, the change made constituted the as sumption of legislative : power without; warrant, according1 to the opinion. The game commission had also failed to support such a delegation of legislative power, it was held. ,.; - L WATER USE CASE Supreme Court Decides That Irrigationists Have Prior j Rights . i i Irrigationists have prior rights over power interests, according to a four-to-three opinion handed down Tuesday morning by the su preme court in the matter of "the determination' of the relative rights of claimants to use water from ;Hood, river and its tributar ies. The majority opinion was based- on the water code, cjf 1909, which, abrogated the right of ri parian ownership. The court up held the ruling of Judge Fred W. Wilson, with modifications, in the case of the Pacific Power & Light company, appellant; Oregon Lum ber company, East Fork Irrigation district;, Mount Hood Water com pany,' appellant and respondent, on appeal from Hood River county. . The power company based ' its claim upon riparian ownership and that the use of the water went! with the title to the land. Continued from page 2) than 93 per cent of the accidents preventable had the drivers been careful. Wet. . and slippery pavement caused 140 accidents from skid ding and other causes, icy pave ment and unknown causes, 59 ac cidents. : Only 71 accidents out f the entire number caused by a fall ure to meet up with the statutory regulations , pertaining j to the lights required to be displayed at night. These were divided Into 36 from no lights; 26 from im proper lights and 9 from! parking without lights, i ; Five accidents were reported as caused by fog while defective equipment contributed 40 acci dents and - defective brakes 70 more. Jay-walking .wa4 respon sible for 53, and loss of control of vehicle resulted In 4 2 accidents. Obstructed view caused f 25 nut rients and obstructions; nr J,,f highway 23. Other uncommon (Continued on page 8.) DATE IT CHANGED FOR DEER H11MG OW MEN Gil CHEERS GOiflEDIEB DURING TRIAL Justice of the Peace Con ducts Trial for Policeman W ho Broke N ose in a Lo cal Theatre DUNCAN SISTERS TELL ABOUT BEING STRUCK Joking Rouses Officer's Ire Strikes Girl in Jaw With His Fist CHICAGO, July "29. A wildly cheering j audience ''today greeted Rosetta, land -Vivian Duncan; comediennes, when they appeared on the stage of an Evanston theater as complainants against a Cicero policeman, who Rosetta claims, broke her nose; and rib when she attempted to argue with him the Fourth of July after the officer had arrested i her brother for violating a traffic regulation. An accommodating Evanston jus tice of the peace hired the theater so that his neighbors might wit ness the trial, which might well have been termed an appearance of the ; Duncan sisters "Man handled,' for the audience not only sent up flowers to the stage but cheered Miss Rosetta's testi mony despite the admonitions of the justice. Then- a. bailiff brought ;the policeman named as defendant a large bunch of onions tied with pink ribbon and bearing a card inscribed, "from a, friend," and the cheering broke out anew. Justice Acts as Usher The justice spent his time prior to opening the trial In the lobby and personally ushered his guests to their; seats. When the audi ence was assembled the justice took his place in the center of the stage and the footlights were tam ed on. ' Miss Rosetta Duncan's secretary was the first witness. She said the "Topsy" of the stage was "jok ing" with the. policeman about be ing arrested when Charles Wid lock, the defendant asserted there was no joke about it, and struck the comedienne on the jaw. Then several policemen joined in beat ing up Tier employer, she said. Rosetta then took the stand amid cheers. She said she and other members of her party were joking about being arrested when the policeman told her it was no joke." So she told him to "keep his remarks to himself," Rosetta said, whereupon one policeman seized one of her arms and a sec ond officer took the other. OfflcerStrikes irl She started to fall and dragged one officer down with her. Then they started to beat her up and onoof them took a' wallop at her brother Harolds he came to her assistance, she said. One police- man she said, kicked her on the shins. Afterward, Miss Duncan related, the chief of police of Cicero; told her she didn't want any publicity and "to wash off the blood and forget about it." This, she said, she refused to do. MEET IN BATTLE Pitched Fight Occurs Be tween Bitter Factions Near Lancaster, Mass. WORCESTER, Mass., July 30. The smouldering feeling be tween members of The Ku Kluk Klan and the anti-klan followers flamed into bitter and unexpected hostilities early today in Lancas ter and Spencer, leaving in it wake injury - and. destruction of property. . While scores of police officers were rushing to the scene of two pitched battles, more than fifty persons were injured and prop erty damage, - which police and town officials believe will run ?nto the thousands of dollars, had been caused. Five arrests were made. RABY SLAYFJI'IXSAXE BOISE. Idaho. July 29. Mrs. George White. who shot and killed her baby daughter, Margaret Thelma, Monday afternoon. Is mentally deranged. This was the . ordict of coroner's Jury, this afternoon, A complaint charging insanity will be filed against Mrs. White tomorrow, L--' KHD1 FAKE SCHOOLS BEING ROUNDED UP BY AGENTS Correspondence Schools, Mail I)efrauders,! and Thieves I Arrested CHICAGO. July 29. Federal authorities Btarted a drive against a 1 1 e g e d fake correspondence, schools with thlej indictment today of Edward F.. Vaughan. Franklin Lemonn, William H. Iiigelow and Paul E. Hirt. who had been .oper ating several institutes - of ac counting." -1 i ' The four men were charged with using; the malls to obtain money by false ; pretenses. 1 Another federal indictment re turned today. charges Harold Smith and JtfrsJ Freida Dingley, Seattle, Washi, jwith stealing 1ffom the mails. They are alleged to have made the ifunds for a "hon eymoon" across the continent by rifling letter boxes. FIRE LOSSES MOUNTING LIP Hope for Relief From Dry winds and Low Humidity are Shattered PORTLAND, Or., July 29. Forest fire losses in eastern Ore gon mounted steadily today while government forest officials . hoped vainly Jor relief from the dry hot winds and low humidity. Re ports showed 1 that half a dozen serious fires . were burning and that several thousand acres had been swept over. ' Weather has been favorable west of the mountains and no fires of any importance have been reported. r Large fires f)urning tonight in eluded a 6,000 acre conflagration west of Lakeview and a fire near Prineyille covering 640 acres. Heavy damage resulted from the fire 40 miles west of Lake- view, according to ' word .from officials of the Freemont nation al forest to district officers here. The fire, which is now thought to be under (control was swept before a high! wind through one of the finest j districts of .yellow pine in the state. Small hopei of checking a ser ious fire near Prinevville in the Ochocho national forest until the wind .had died down was held by forest officials. " The blaze has already jcovered' more than 600 acres in Black Canyon. Hum idity was low and the weather conditions unfavorable for nre fighting, according' -to a message from Supervisor Harphan who was in charge. . - YMCA BUILDING TO START THIS YEAR Directors Making Plans for Opening Campaign Late this Fall Under no circumstances will the YMCA drive for a new $200,000 building be j postponed another vear and ''this' fall.-preferably No vember, though the campaign may Ktart the latter part of October. will witness ithe launching of the drive, it was; decided at a special meetine of the YMCA board of directors . Tuesday noon. The new building will be located on Court street.1 1ifet west of the Court apartments and facing the famous Salem civic center. Direct ly across this center, on State, will be the new $175,000 Elks' temple, which will be completed s;ome time late this fall. WhilA it was believed best to defer thje campaign until after election If John W. Godell of New York City, who will have personal charge of the campaign, is unable to come at that, time the directors will go ahaJ with original plans which call for launching the drive in October. Among a! list of reasons why Salem should have a new YMCA hnildine are that, Salem placed fifteenth last year in the list of 15 cities under 25,000 population; there is nothing adequate about the present building. Commercial and Chemeketa; the gymnasium ceiling is top low; the swimming pool is cracked and broken and needs constant repairing; slaves only heating plant; unattractive to visitors and had very little! in come possibilities. - Outstanding In the work of the (Continued on page 2), - LEOPOLD HELD DANGEROUS NOTED DOCTOR Alienist From Boston Says Youth Suffers From Psy chosisTo Witness for the Defense ' STATE COMPLETES ITS MOUNTAIN OF EVIDENCE Crowe to Combat Attempt of Defense to Argue Mental Responsibility CHICAGO, July 2 9. Nathan Leopold Jr. is a socialy dangerous person, suffering from a psychosis. according to the report of Dr. William Healy, alienist of Boston, prepared for presentation in the Franks trial. Dr, Healy, who will be a wit ness for the defense; says that Leopold is a "thoroughly unbal anced individual in his mental life, really mentally j diseased of the paranoiac or monomanias type which, had produced so many criminals." : Lacking in Loyalties Dr, Healy says Leopold Is ab solutely lacking in most loyalties, but strongly demanding loyalty from others. It says he is I en tirely lacking in any normal- ex pression showing sympathy, but is not cruel. - . , "Stubborn hi holding opinions and particularly in Insisting that the world is all wrong and that he Is right," Bays the summary of tho rpnnrt "In perioral ha tin a some capacity for being a leader in mental ways, but pathologically having a desire to be a follower and a slave. He is courageous In mental but not physical spheres." Jury May Decide Sanity CHICAGO, July 29. The state's "mountain of evidence" state's atorney, expects to send Nathan Leopold Jr. and Richard Loeb, kidnappers and slayers of Robert Franks to the gallows. Is complete, the state's attorney an nounced tonight. I(e will close his case as soon as court convenes tomorrow, he said. If the defense attempts to Introduce the testi mony, of any alienists as to the mental condition, of -the two mil lionaires' sons who have pleaded guilty, Mr. Crowe said he will im mediately demand that a jury be called to determine whether the slayers are mentally responsible. When court adjourned the state's attorney had announced that h had but one mo; r witness who would take but five minutes. The witness, an assistant Btate's attorney, was to have testified that Loeb was crying a short time before he confessed,; ' Avoids Mental Testimony . -The evidence intended to show that at least one of the youths upon occasion was not the emo tionless being that each of the ac cused has , appeare4 throughout' much of the trial,-. ;f will not be placed on the stand because the state's attorney f.-ars he may thereby give the defense an open ing to ' introduce -testimony re garding the mental condition of the slayers. . L , Under a-ruling of the supreme court, Mr. Crowe said, if the question of .the mental responsi bility of a defendant is raised the court must automatically call a jury to determine whether or not the defendant , Is sane or Insane and whether be is responsible for the crime. To Oppose Alienists Defense attorneys who have an nounced their intention of placing Dr. William A. White, celebrated alienist of Washington. D. C. on the stand as theirr first witness tomorrow will encounter immedi ate opposition.' Mr. Crowe stated. The court will object to alienists giving any testimony having to do with the i eniMl condition of the slayers or t .my degree of re sponsibility tor 'he murder, he said. "If the qu cation of sanity or (Continued on page 7) Bits off News -From Today's Want Ads Office man wants board and room in private family, close in, home privileges. . Lost Yellow gol4 wrist watch. Reward. , High-class - furniture irepair l .tnan and refinlsher wants work; anywhere in Willamette Valley, 1920 Chevrolet Touring, brand new tires, for only J150,