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"4 : -' ."-!; ':1vti!f : .:rv ' v.--- "" ": ' ' -k1 :-. ; " sr " ' 1 ' Hi j People from Salem and all the surrounding district ase the clas sified columns of the Statesman .ma a medium, of supplying their . Do Vou Know? Salem lias bo come and i . growing a a live ttock center, See tomorrow's pa per for facts on'thls subject, - ! . -Read - these wants on pages six and seven today. : BE VENT Jf-FOURTH YEAR SALEM, OREGON, WEDNESDAY MORNING, AUGUST 20, 1924 I PRICE FIVE CENTS ceIis'speecii ihigeptice Republican Nominee for Vice Presidency Makes His Formal Acceptance at I Evanston, Illinois ISSUES OF CAMPAIGN ARE CLEARLY OUTLINED Fight Said to Be Between : Progressive Conserva tism and Radicalism i ! EVANSTON. 111., Aug. 19. (By the AP.) The national cam paign of 1924 was declared by Charles O. Dawes. In accepting the republican vice presidential nom ination tonight to be. a contest be tween "progressiY conservatism and "untried and dangerous radi caiism." v.-: :' - : --j.r The nominee, speaking to seve- ral thousand persons gathered ; on the lawn of his home, here, as serted the former position to be that represented by President Coolidge the latter to be exempli fied by the La Follette independ ent candidate and "interposed. the democratic party with one conserrative and one radical can didate on its ticket, hoping to get votes by avoiding the Issue.": ! Contending that "a formidable attack has been launched on the t nndamental principles of the con stitution." Mr. Dawes character- ized the La Follette movement as the "chief opponent" of the re publican national ticket, and said he considered adherence to the fundamentals of the constitution the : foremost issue In the Novem ber election, 'i " Slentlons Reparations Plan 1 Mr. Dawes also broke his silence on acceptance by the allies and Germany of the reparations plan r bearing his - name. . declaring - the credit belonged to President Coolldge and Secretary Hughes. WIth the experts' plan Inaugu rated," he asserted. "France, England. Germany, Italy, Belgium and all Europe turn toward a new peaceful life, with hope and hap piness rather than despair In their hearts and prosperity ahead. The United States will be saved from the depths of an inevitable and great depression in industry and agriculture which continued chaos and misery of Europe would en tail. Indeed, the whole world en ters upon a period of peace and prosperity." Attacks Third Party i Attacking the La Follette move ment with the vigor and fire that made him a nationally known fig ure through the post-war investi gations and the Inauguration of the budget system, Mr. Dawes de scribed the country's new political group as a "hetrogeneous collec tion of those opposing the existing order of things," the greatest sec tion of which, the socialists, flies the red flag." , "In thia situation, for which the American people alone are respon sible." he said, the democratic party as a party. Instead of re cruiting itself from the two bat tle lines, will suffer only the fate which befalls those who try to straddle in a real fight." Xotlfled by Jefferb Mr. Dawes' was notified of his nomination by A. W. Jeferls, for mer representative from Nebras ka, who placed him in nomination at the Cleveland convention, and his response was heard by a large outpouring j of republicans from the middle west and by thousands of his neighbors and friends in Evanston. and by delegations from nearby Chicago. They turned out despite a rain that had fallen most of the day, drenching the lawn of the Dawes home which streches away to a park fronting on Lake Michigan. Many of the leading figures of the republican party were present at the ceremonies and participated In the old-time parade and rally (Continued on page 7.) THE WEATHEFf OREGON Cloudy and unset tled Wednesday: warmer; light westerly winds. .Maximum temperature, 73. Minimum temperature, 55. River. -2.3. -Rainfall, rery slight. Atmosphere, cloudy. Wind, east. B - M REPUBLICAN NOMINEE ! FOR VICE PRESIDENT a j1- ;. i . rCharles G. Dawes ENGLISH NOTE BILES F Message Sent By Premier MacDonald Causes Irri tation in France PARIS, Aug. 19. (By Associat ed Press.) f-The lobbies of the chamber of deputies were seething with Irrigation today because of Premier j MacDonald's letter to Premier' iierriot .urging an earlier evacuation of the Ruhr than agreed upon at the- London con ference. Th) French premier's supporters qualified the British prime minster's leter as a "back handed trick' until they learned that it had ! been published with M. Herript's consent. The opposition which normally would he eager to use the British document against Premier f Her riot, apparently decided it would not be wise at this Juncture. The chancesare that the minority ac tion in he forthcoming debate in the chamber will be limited to the readingfof a declaration of prin ciples and criticisms which will put members on record. PARfl, Aug. 19. Prime Min ister MacDonald'e letter urging France and ! Belgium to evacuate the Rutr In less than the one year period agreed upon in the Inter nationa, - conference ia called everything in the Parisien press from 'Eleventh hour blackmail." by the ijTigaro down to more polite forms of the same thought. The Temps is the mildest in its comment, saying its effect in France "is not desirable." The f Debate declares that the "least 'that can be said is that it is extraordinary." This paper adds: j ; - i "The British cabinet is in a poor position - to give anyone a lesson In legality on this point for Eng land Ison record as having ap proved the threat to occupy the Ruhr afd 'only changed her opin ion later to suit her convenience." EiS lift Severe Rainstorm in Iowa Faults ; in Extensive 1 1 losses of Property DE MOINES. Ia Aug. 19 Stornt ridden Iowa today once more attempted to repair the dam- i f CIS. ... age caused by a severe rainstorm in th eastern part of the state whi late yesterday and today re sulted In the loss , of three lives, drowning of. hundreds of cattle and; horses, thousands of dollars cropfdamage and flooded homes and farm lands ) . Aaj-a. result of the storm, with several other rain and wind storms durng the past month, the Iowa corn crop outlook was declared "th gloomiest in 35 years" by Charles D. Reed, .director of the Iowa weather and crop bureau and that "only through a weather miracle could there be more than half a crop harvested." In the Wapsipinicon, Cedar and Blgil Creek? valleys cattle were swept into the torrents and it was thought their efforts to save cat tle jthat had been stranded in high water, J. N. Schley and Declaud Barrett of ' Bertram lost their HTgS. . . Iter" ::.v a If feaawas REICH K BY STORM 3 INDICTMENTS RETURNED III rays CASE Former Prize Fighter Is Formally Charged With Murder, Robbery, and As sault With Intent to Kill APPARENTLY DEVELOPS f AN UNBALANCED MIND ' ' - ' i r k Sudden Demonstration Is Characterized as Attempt . .to Sham Insanity , LOS ANGELES. Aug. 1 9,-Kld McCoy, former prize fighter, stood tonight indicted on , Charges of murder, robbery and assault with intent to commit murder. i J The Indictments against the for mer idol of the prize ring were, re turned late today at the dose of a grand jury investigation into the death last week of Mrs. Theresa W. Mors, wealthy owner of an an tique ' Shop, and , into a shooting orgy which McCoy is said by police to have staged at the woman's store following her death. . - The murder indictments charges McCoy with the murder of Mrs. Mors. The robbery and assault with intent to commit murder in dictments, the former including four counts and the latter three, charge the ex-pugilst with robbing W. G. Ross and Sam and Ann Schapp, three persons who enter ed the antique store while McCoy conducted a reign of terror there the morning after Mrs. Mors' death. t Stages Demonstration v McCoy started the day In his cell with a demonstration of what police observers said was an un balanced mind and Investigating alienists characterized as an at tempt to sham Insanity. r The alienists yesterday declar ed that McCoy was sane. Today he started pasting bits of paper about his cell, pacing nervously about and mumbling that he was making a trap "for that rat Mors." ; Alienists Rushed Back Back to the jail district Attor ney Asa Keyes rushed his three alienists for further observations, and two of them declared that the (Continued oh page 6) INTEREST IS INCREASING IN THE STATES- T MAN'S BIG SEASHORE VACATION CONTEST Favorites are beginning to show their speed; and "hustle" is f the word. Those delightful summer Summary of Prizes Offered ' Ten ten. ladies receiving the' ten highest number of votes in the contest will each be award ed a free vacation trip to New port, commencing Sept. 2nd. The entertainment at Newport will be provided under the aus pices of the. Newport Chamber of Commerce. I : : . There will be spendld accom modations and entertainment of various kinds provided. This will be a red letter week in the lives of the contest , winners and one never to be forgotten.. An other joy will be added when each of the winners is present ed with . a ' box of Gray Belle candy. These will be charming summer vacations and with all expenses paid by the Newport' Chamber of Commerce and the Statesman they -will be doubly delightful. . - INFANT CHILD IS WRAPPED IN A GUNNY SACK Officers Instigate Search ' for ; Missing Laborer in Con nection With Crime SPOKANE. Wash., Aug. 1$. Officers here are searching for man about 45, dressed as a lab orer who left the body of an, in fant girl in an Oregon-Washington railroad train Sunday night when he got off at Tefcoa. The request that; a search be made here was received from Sheriff .Coloo of Whitman county, who said that the body of the infant was wrap ped in a gunny sack and discov ered by members of the train crew who brought it back" to Tekoa. th Pierce Also - Defendant in Move to Keep Hunting ! Season Open An order to restrain Governor Pierce and the Oregon game com mission from enforcing the proc lamation issued by the governor August 16 closing the deer hunt Ing season until September 20 Is being sought by Walter C. Wins low,1 local attorney, in proceedings filed yesterday; in the Marion county circuity court. Winslow claims that the law under' which the proclamation was issued is unconstitutional. A temporary restraining order to prevent the enforcement of the proclamation and a permanent in junction to forbid any state offi cer j from issuing or enforcing such an order in the future is asked from the court. Governor Pierce and I. N. FleischnerrJamea Maloney, R. W Price, Ben Dor ris.j Harold Clifford and A. E. Burghduff. game commissioners, are I named as defendants in the action. Two sections of the Oregon laws are called into question by Winslow and his sportsmen as sociates. The authority of the governor to issue the proclama tion under section 8958 is dis puted and claimed to be "uncon stitutional and void for the reason that the title to said act Is in sufficient to embrace this power, and for the additional reason that the same attempts to delegate to (Continued on page 2.) Bathe Where Beauty excursion - trips to Newport are certainly worth most strenuous effort on the part of any one. -J. 1 ! -v Golden ; Opportunity I '. This is an opportunity to obtain a charming trip -to Newport by a little effort. There are ten free trips, and you can surely win one If you really -try. The subscrip tions should not be held until the last day but be turned in as soon as secured. An accurate account will be kept;,by the contest man ager of all subscriptions turned in by candidates or frienda. i The wise candidates realize the advantages', of keeping their friends they are really in the race to win. " --'i.'-- ' .i ; .'The people will decide. The prizes ' are rich enough to 'cause envy to .enter the heart of any lady.. Call upon your friends, tel ephone them, write to them, and get them to aid and assist you in your campaign for popular free votes that mean so much. : i 5 : rloW It is Ione. a Votes are allowed to patrons upon payment' for subscriptions MSHS GAME OFFICIALS LEOPOLD, LOEB 1ST BIE, THE SITE INSISTS j . l . : !h 'rosecuting Attorney Claims frhat -Death Penalty was Never More Deserved Than in This Case i DR. KROHN'S REMARKS ! VERGE ON SARCASTIC Veteran of the Courtroom Amuses Spectators With I 1 His Testimony CHICAGO, Aug. 19. (By The A. i P.) Unqualified demand for the death penalty for Nathan F teopoldj Jr., and Richard Loeb, Co-murderers of 14-year-old Rob- ert; Franks, was mane Of Judge join R.- Caverly today when the state, through Thomas Marshall, assistant; state's attorney, began final arguments in the. long legal battle. ) I 'If this case does not deserve punishment By death, then no case in the history of Illinois has deserved that punishment," said Mr. Marshall. I The arguments were reached after Benjamin Bachrach, backed byj his brother, Walter, and Clar ence S fparrow for the defense. had finished pounding at the tes timony! given yesterday by Dr, William (O. Krohn. fifth alienist and final rebuttal witnesses for the state. The doctor, a veteran of J 18 years of court .experience, was buffeted by insinuations that frequently tried his temper, but hej answered the attorneys with an elaborate courtesy that verged so closely Ion sarcastic as to provoke smiles from those spectators who remembered Monday's hot ex change between the doctor and at torneys; i j Sticks to Testimony ; (AH attempts by the defense to win from the expert a modifica tion of "his conclusion that Leopold and Loeb are mentally sound failed. 1 Neither would he ac knowledge that his opportunities for modifying them might have been improved upon. The ba tie Of wits- closed with an hour's re cital ot jthe' court's record of Dr. (Continued on page C). ! f Beckons Newport ' 4 and al6o by coupons printed in the,1 paper daily. Violet Snyder has again flashed Intdj tie lead, Beulah Roberts is running- second , and Mabel Macy third. Miss. Casper son of the Sa lem Hospital has .suddenly jumped up and is now in the field of con tenders. ' , .;. U . --( , ' f There is a Reason There is a reason why Newport. Oregon's pioneer seaside resort, retains its hold on popular affec tion and is steadily growing in fa vor.' I Newport ' is more . than a summer resort It is an, all-the yeahf ound ; resort. Chief among the; reasons for Newport's growth an4 ' erer increasing popularity is the, fact that few otheri seaside re sort have so, many natural attrac tions; and advantages to offer va cationists' Newport extends a cordial invitation ito you to come and Spend your vacation there. Xevrport's Favorable Location. 'Newport is located on the north shpr4 -ot Taquina bay.- Original ly not only the business district 1 GRID-GRAPH IS BOUGHT BY RATHBUN Electric Device Will Give Ilay-By-Play Returns on All Big Football Gaines Baseball and. football games from all over the United States may be accurately viewed by Sa lem peoie during the coming year by means of the electric score board, which was purchased Sat urday by Coach Guy L. Rathbun of Willamette university. The board is similar in every respect to the large electric boards used by newspapers in many cities. Present plans call for a schedule of the world series baseball games, the v Oregon-Aggie football game, East vs. West sectional football games, important Salem high school games played on foreign fields..' . i. ' ,.'.: I..- The board is electrically equip ped to depict each play as It oe curs on the field of play. The operator gets the result over . a telegraph or telephone" wire and immediately .flashes a graphic dup licate on the board. The players' names and positions are so mark ed that all 'events of the game may be viewed just as they trans pire. t Coach Ratbun i- intends to ob tin funds for the purchase of the board by charging a small admis sion to witness the games which will be re-enacted play by play in the university gymnasium or chapel. ; . ;;.. - -l Willamette ranks with 18 uni versities in the ; United States which have purchased "Grid graps." Many newspapers in large cities are equipped with such boards and attract large crowds. SEN. SHIPSTEAD SPEAKS AT BLI9H Statesman of Minnesota ' Speaks in Favor of Third Party; Movement There is a ; very real and very terrible money trust- terrorizing America, . according to Senator Shipstead of Minnesota, who spoke Tuesday noon at t,he Bligh theater in the interest of the La Follette presidential candidacy. i! Senator Shipstead is a capable speaker. He is a huge, blonde Viking of the warrior type; he talks peaceably enough, but he (Continued on page C) but the residency section as well was located along the shore of the bay, but today there is a continu ous settlement from the entrance of Yakuina Bay to Nye Beach. Warm .ocean currents and mild southern winds temper the cli mate so that when the country east of the Cascades is experienc ing Inclement weather, Newport is having warm rains , or i perhaps bright sunshine. The same south west winds and warm. ocean cur rents that moderate Ihe rigors of winter influence the summer cli mate so that the weather is brac ing and cool and driftwood fire in the fireplace of ah evening in July oi August is not unwelcome. This trip to Newport! will be doubly delightful when it Is re membered that, the entertainment is under the" auspices of the New port Chamber of commerce. The Chamber of Commerce of Newport ij making elaborate , preparations and ' arranging to cpend . consider able money in entertaining the ten winners of the Statesman's sea shore vacation contest, U POR TLMDBAM' mm -RESPtosiEE Oswald West and George Black Report on Re organization of Food Products Company; ( That Lost Money for Oregonians Ladd z j Tilton Assailed in Document Assertions that the King's Food Products company of Oregon was a defunct concern and Ihopelessly in debt at the mm; wtieit me xauu ot iiuon Daniqoi Portland assumed the work of reorganizing it and selling its slock, and that "the Ladd & Tilton bank cannot escape responsibility for the loss that has been brought to the doors of between five and six thousand innocent t purchasers j of this stock," are con tained in a report filed-with GoveJ-nor Pierce yesterday by Oswald West and George Black of xjortlahd. West and Black are members of the special committee appointed by the gov ernor to investigate alleged sale of vorthless stock to Oregon people, which the governor said a the time the committee was appointed, mounted to millions of dollars, according to his information. L. J. Liljeqvist, the tjiird member, did not act. The report avers that the only! honorable course for the Ladd & Tilton bank to pursue is toj"return to the stockhold ers every dollar taken from them.'! : , . If the bank refuses to pay back STATEMENT IS E, CLAIM President of Ladd and Tilton Bank Says West's Re port Is Untrue PORTLAND. Or.. Aug. 19. "I have never seen a document as cruelly unjust, as untrue, and as libelous as Mr. West's report," said Edward Cbokingham, president of Ladd & Tilton bank tonight when he had read a copy of the report of the special committee to Gov ernor Pierce, concerning the oper ations of the Kings. Food Products sale of stock. r '-r v "ine bank never Owned nor sold a single share of the . Kings company's stock. Its relationship Is that of a banker pure and sim ple, and it never received a dol lar of "promotion profits, fees or commissions, of any. kind. The bank made large loans to the com pany believing it was rendering a public service by assisting to finance a corporation with great future possibilities which was do ing a large business in the dehy dration of apples, prunes, apricots. spinach, heans, berries and other fruit and vegetable products which were grown by the producers in this part of the-country. ' Not the slightest doubt was entertained then that the, company would be operated on a profitable basis and make satisfactory returns to Its stock holders. . Thist is evidenced by the fact : that the bank con tinued for four, years after the company sold its stock to make large. loans to the company, and today the bank holds the paper of the company for several hundred thousand dollars. This refutes the preposterous statement that the bank unloaded its loans on ' the public.' - ! CLUBMEN CAVORT AT FI MIS V'trf J'"""" ' Athletics Stunts,. Eats En- terrain Lions, Kotanans, KiwanJans I Atnietics, feature stunts, a pro gram, lots of "eats" and. a jitney dance were staged at the fair grounds Tuesday for the first joint picnic of the Kiwanis-Rotary and Lion clubs. How many mem bers and their families were pres ent is not krsown, but " Johnny Jones, caterer, had made arrange ments to feed 350 and reported that he had run short of supplies for nearly 100 more. i The general program was in charge of Frank E. Neer, pres ident of the Lions club, Al Pierce, manager of the Marlon hotel. Supervised the . picnic supplies, with Bob It. Boardman, of the Itotary club, in charge of athlet ics.' C. E. Knowland and Dr. Epley; , Rotarians, presenting pris es to the winners of the various events, j Each woman ' present (Continued on page 2 IS the money the report recommends that action be taken through the office of the attorney general to assist the buyers of the stock in recovering. Also the report warns the alleged victims not to heed solicitors "who will endeavor to collect a fee upon a promise of a recovery of the money lost." " The Investigation is to go furr therj the installment filed yester day dealing only with the King's Food Products company.1 The re port ;says that over $2,800,000 of the stock was sold during the reor ganisation and the operations ara referred to as "A pitiful tale of how thousands of innocent peopla had ; savings of a lifetime, takeq fron them and were left without hope of. recovery v-; . -J-'i-l-. "it is declared that In the reor ganisation "the greater part oi the inoney derived from the stock sales went to pay stale obligations of the old company, held largely by tie Ladd & Tilton bank." "the management of the reor ganized company," says the report, "was placed in the hands of E. A. Clark, who had neither the ap pearance nor the capacity neces sary for the successful conduct of its affairs." The report declares that the bank is "both morally and legally liable for the return of the mon ey.' " - . ;-M . The committee members say tha they rind it advisable to re port as progress is made in their investigations, giving the follow ing reasons: j "1. That those who have been victimized may be more promptly advised as to the situation. 2. That where necessary, steps may be taken, through a receiver ship, or otherwise,, to conserve assets. ;-' '3. To prevent the escape from criminal prosecution, through Iaps.e of title, of those guilty of' fraud." The report in full follows: J Full Text of Report . fThe full teit of the report is as follows: Portland,1 Oregon. August 18, 1924. i i Hon I Walter M. Pierce. 'Governor of Oregon, Salem. Dear Governor: ' Your committee, appointed to investigate certain stock and bond sales made in this state during recent years has been proceeding with its investigation and as rapidly as the time of its mem bers will permit, Unfortunately, pressing professional engagements have made it impossible for Mr. Liljeqvist to serve with the com mittee and the work is being c-ar- rled On by the two remaining members. It was the Intention of the com mittee to complete its investiga tions before making a report, but it finds it advisable to report aa progress Is made, for the follow ing reasons: i if 1. That thosej who have been victimized may be more promptly advised as to the situation. h . 2. That where; necessary, steps may be taken through a receiver ship, or otherwise, to conserve as sets. .- ; . j I 3. To prevent the escape from criminal prosecution, through the lapse of time, of those guilty of fraud. j The report submitted herewith covers the operations of the King's Food Products company. St6ck of this company amounting to over $2,800,000, was sold out of Port- and, mostly to people of small means, in Oregon, Washington en! California. It Is a pitifnl tale of Continued on pa-j 3