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r SUNDAY'S PAPER Will carry some f announce ments from merchants ef Interest to you. See this paper and let the advertisements guide you in your buying. s i v A business and professional di rectory of Salem will be found on page 5 of today's paper. This di rectory la alphabetically arraigned for. your quick reference It will assist you when time is valuable. t , i SALEM, OREGON, FRIDAY MORNING, AUGUST 22,1924 PRICE FIVE CENTS SEVENTY-FOURTH YEAR I j ! oAljlliiVl, UJljUiN, rtuuAi my&ixinjit , . ..j , j t : k : h k v r v r V 1 t i r L ! I c 1ISPIJSI SEEPJiS LIKELY Final Action Is Underway By Nations; Likelihood of Serious Opposition in France Declared Small HERRIOTT IS ASSURED OF A FAVORABLE VOTE Moton to Refer to a Commis sion Is Defeated in Cham her By 320 to 209 BRUSSELS. Aug. 21. (By As sociated Press.) The Belgian am bassador to Great Britain acting as the representative of his' gov ernment, will on August 30, sign the Dawes plan agreement which was drawn up it the international conference, it was' announced to day. ' ' . .. The negotiation, of a modus Vivendi between Belgium., and Germany will begin November 15 at Berlin and the agreement ar ranged at that time will be effec tive until a commercial treaty is made. : t ' .1 BERLIN, Aug., 21. (Br Asso ciated Press, j The reichsrat, con sisting of members of governments of the federated .states tonight adopted , all the ".legislative, hills dealing with the Dawes plan. Be fore the. vote was taken the rep resentatire of Meekllnburg-Stxe-lltf declared that his government disapproved, of the London pact and requested him to vote against the bills. ': -v-Vv The representatives of Bavaria, y wnmemDUTS ana i aeuriBsu ao- ' stained from "voting. . ; - ' - u ; V- ' P PARlSAhg.11 (Bjr Assoi- dated Press.) Premier Herriot tonight won aaaurance jDt a. fat'or able vote In, the chamber, of dep uties on the London 1 agreement after he fcad.read a long, declara tion defending his negotiations at the London conference. . The dang er of the senate. taking hostile ac tion appears; smalL,,, v . ( 0, The chamber sustained the gov ernment by. a vote of 320 to 209 In defeating a motion to refer the London accord on the Dawes plan to a commission with the 'under standing that M Herriot sign it first and then parliament would debate the question pf ratification later on the theory that the agree ment is a new treaty outside the Versailles treaty. It was only the first step, the premier. said, and the months work of the experts could not . be expected to reestab lish European equilibrium. V France's Gain," Is Claim. V He had brought back, however, a system. ;.. substituting practical methods for penalties and taking the reparations problem out of the political and placing- it in the economical . field. Changes tbjus obtained were France's gain, j i Never again. , the premier pro claimed, could France . have had commission, for anything reaem- 1 blins the Ruhr nneratlnh mn h chose "realilles' instead of ''illu sions" and felt that the keystone J. of arbitration, was a triumph for 1 the French-. His supporters and r, many of his opponenta cheered "when he 'remarked that he re I joiced Americans would play such 3 a large part In the execution of the plan they had largely created. -A ll. Herriot did not go deeply Into the chances of the proposed loan's success. rj,jit Intimated, that there were movements behind the scenes In London, which he had not char acterized out of respect for other nations. . .. Ruhr Major Issue. . f j The Ruhr was pictured as the paramount issue at London, over shadowing all else and if France stayed there, "she. would stay ab- (Continued a pa 2) THE WEATHER OREGON Fair Friday; no change in temperature; light westerly winds. LOCAL WEATHER (Thursday) Maximum temperature, 78.' Minimum temperature, 51. River. 2. -, ; Rainfall, none. Atmosphere, clear.' Wind, , northwest. JACK KE ARNS ; ALSO DESIRES ANOTHER NOSE Manager Follows Lead , of Chainpion Boxer; - Will Have Nose Rebuilt . LOS ANGELES, Aug. 21. Jack Kearns, manager of the. mo tion picture ' actor and heavy weight . boxing j champion Jack Dempsey. today , followed the title holding film hero intoHhe ranks of those who carry ; made 1 over noses. , ' j , ' " Dempsey's rebuilt nose ,: was still veiled in' bandages when Kearns, visited- a plastic surgeon today, and' had,' his straightened, its - passages cleared for", better breathing;, and its contours filled In here and there, according to Holly wood specifications." Governor Withdraws Barn . Upon Receiving Advices From State Forester Following a conference with F. A. Elliott, state forester. Gover nor Pierce yesterday revoked the proclamation issued by his ' office last ; Saturday closing the forests to hunters until September 20. The" order .revoking the procla mation became effective at noon yesterday. , , I V ; Mr;. . Governor Pierce said he had re ceived reports from the state for estry officials ! and district fire wardens to the effect that the recent rain was general through out the stated and that the fire hazards existing In j the forests two weeks ago had ;been -eliminated. . 'V j ;As a result ; of the governor's action in revoking . his proclama tion It is not likely that falter Winslow. Sa'lem attorney, will in sist uponimmediate disposal oi his suit to test the constitutional ity of the law under which he ciQ Mr. Winslow fUed his suit in the circuit court here t Tuesday and arngments were heard by Judge Bingham yesterday. Judge Bing ham had intimated that he would hand down a decision in the case tomorrow. , , I A - , .. '. v --Members of the state . game commission here yesterday de clared that they 1 were not op posed to opening the deer season, in that the recent : rains . had drenched the forests, and had re moved the danger of serious fires. Are You Going to j ; Newport by the Sea? Question Being Asked Have you figured it out that a little effort and .a few subscript tions to The Statesman will win for yon one of the ten charming seashore trip to Newport? In the Natatorium at Nye Beach 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. t: : There will be spendid 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 boo of Gray Belle candy. These will be charming summer vacations and with all expenses paid by the Chamber of Commerce of Newport and the Statesman Publishing com pany they will be doubly de lighted. . I V V ; '.--. - ' . l . At your morning's meal when you reach for . the; 'two "accus tomed" lump? of sugar for your . . LARGE FACTOR HCH Investigators v State That Thousands of Dollars' Worth of Smuggled Jewel ry Firjured In Murder TWO SEIZURES SAID. ; TO TOTAL $30,000 $5000 Worth of Stones Dis appeared the Night Mrs. Mors Was Killed LOS ANGELES, Aug. 21. Smuggled jewels, thousands of dollars worth of them, figured In the death of Mrs. Theresa W. Mors, found dead here August 12 with a bullet in her brain, accord ing .to statements made tonight by Jederal, coiinty and city Invest igators working on the case. r Kid McCoy, former pugilist, who was living with Mrs. Mors under an assumed ' name at the time of her vlolen death, is held Indicted by the county grand Jury for the murder- Are Set king Source ' : ; While city and county officers are at work seeking ;to unravel the details, of the actual shooting of the divorced wife of Albert 'A. Mors, wealthy antique dealer, fed eral , investigators, acting under instructions from New York are attempting to trace the source and channels of entry Into the United States of a fortune in precious stones said to have beea.Jn the possession of Mors or his divorced; wife, orboth. . J ?i Two seizures of valuables from the Mors strong box already have been made by federal of fleers,, the 'Cauls totaling In value' $30,000;' V First 5Iade In July . f j- The first was made In July last, after Mors had denied having any jewels of suspicious origin in his possession. ..' ; The second came within a few hours after Mrs. Mors was shot, i District Attorney Asa Keyes of fice has another lot of the Mors Jewels.; These, valued at $5000 disappeared the night Mrs. Mors died. Her divorced husband (Continued on pag 3) coffee, each loaf ehould be! de livered to the cup with resolutions of determination and effort--re-solve that this day I will "do things" and try to be foremost in the contest. Young lady, help yourself. Others seeing your de termination to win out will; then help you and ask their friends to join them in an effort to put you to the "goal." . ; V. In a contest of this kind there is positively no way of telling who will be the winner until the last vott has been counted. '' Starting today we are going to arrange the list of candidates ac cording to their standing. The candidate with the highest num ber of votes will be first in the list, the candidate with the second highest votes second and so on. In this way it will be possible to see at a glance who the ten lead ers are. With only nine days to go we are on the home stretch of this great race, and it will be very interesting to watch the grand finals ; In the-race. 'Who will bo, the lucky ten? ; : Home of the- Thrl Us Those winners of; The', States man's vacation voting contest who coma to Newport In search of thrills will find them- galore in the famous deep-sea fishing ex BAVARIANS ARE BEST DRINKERS i OUT OF STEINS Hollanders are Runners-Up; Great Britain Is Making 1 Strong Gains MUNICH, Aug 21. Bavaria holds the record for beer, drink ing with 67 gallons per person a year, according to a German sta ticlan. Holland is next with 54 gallons per capita. Ten years ago the average in England was 31V4 gallons, but now it amounts to 39 gallons. . v v SEII. til FDLLETTE TO START 1FJ TJ. E. La Follette's Forces Will Be gin Their Campaign in New hngland WASHINGTON Aug. 21. New England has been selected by the La Follette forces as their first campaign battle ground. Leading off with a speech Labor day afternoon on the famous Bos ton commons Senator Wheeler the Independent vice presidential can didatefwlll deliver an address that night fat Worcester, Mass., and during' the days immediately 'fol lowing expects to apeak at the railiesTin Portland. Maine, Man chester N. H., providence, R. 1., New Haven, Conn., and probably in several other cities in that sec tion. Indications are that Ver mont iff the only , New England state he will not. invade.; i i "Wheeler Program Announced ; Announcement as to the initial phase bf Senator ; Wheeler's speech making itinerary came today, aft er he ;had conferred with Senator La Follette and. David K. Nlles, acting; head of - the speakers' bureau. The extent to which Mr. La Follette will actively campaign was not discussed, arrangement- of : his itinerary i being left until later, j - - . ' . It was said, however, that mld Septeihber would find Mr. La Fol lette put stumping with New York City probably the scene of his first campaign i speech. By the time he delivers an address there, it Was predicted, that Wheeler will have invaded New, York State also, probably for some speeches up state and will be on his way west ward on a swing that probably will carry him into Pacific coast states. ; First Meeting In North. . Today's meeting between Sena tor La Follette and his running mate was the first in nearly a month. ; : - ;A . , After he had! talked over the situation with MrLa Follette, the Montana senator, declared he was optimistic over the outlook. When In New England he said, he. re ceived reports from democrats and republicans, as well as sup porters of the independent ticket and was "amazed" he added,, at the apparent lack of sentiment for the" ejection offiJohn W. Davis, the democratic presidential nom inee, j ifjij1 - (Hope to Carry States. "There is absolutely no sentl meht iin New England for Davis," Bald Senator Wheeler. "The fight is going to be between Coolidge and us. We will run way ahead of the democratic picket and If our supporters can ;get their forces lined up and organized we will beat the republicans in Massa chusetts and Rhode Island." Senator Wheeler's optimism was not confined to New England. Re ports j received by him from other sections of the feountry he said, indicated that "there is no ques tion that we wilj carry Iowa," "that; we have a wonderful chance to sweep Illinois and a good chance to carry .Michigan and Nebraska." (In the latter itate he declared President Cooligo would run a poorthird.) and that "Wisconsin Minnesota, North and South Da- kota, Montana.-! Washington and other- states in the northwest are absolutely lost to; Coolidge." Strange Tiny Monkey Is ;, Given as Wedding Present i v' ! -; PORTLAND. Or., Aug. A mon key three years! old and only the size jof a man's hand was re ceived here as a belated wedding present to , Mrs. Walter De V. Bealjr from Captain Baxter Thorn senj jstationed in ' Eouador. The monkey belongs to a species that neve betore reached a point this far north and that is not repres entor, . even in jhe . great xoolog ical jgardens inl New York. He is lust seven -Inches lone and Jias a 14 inch bushy tall that is not much use; to him except when he sleeps "0 Then he curls it up; like a roii.of rope and puts it under bis head for pillow, BE ABOVE LAW Attorney Says Boys Consider Themselves to Be "Super Men, Above the Law of God and Man" SPECTATORS CROWD . COURT AT EARLY HOUR Closing Days of Trial Find Large Crowds Gathering & ! at , Courtroom ! CHICAGO, Aug. 21. (By the r.) Ah impassioned' plea that Nathan F. Leopold, Jr., and Rich ard Loeb hang' In expiation for tbelr murder of Robert , Franks, followed by a ; dispassionate : dis cai58lon of : mental disease as a lieasure of turpitude in determin ing" the penalty today, marked their hearing before Judge John H.' Caverly. ; t . r - . ; . 'i V " The former was given by Joseph Ravage, assistant state's attorney, who wound, up a four-hour session with direct demand that the stud ent criminals be sent to the gal lows. ., :- The latter came from Walter Bachrach Jr., counsel for the de fense, who started the final sum ming up on behalf of the sons of millionaire families. ' f Demands Death Penalty - Ir. Savage pictured Judge Cav erly to himself . as meeting the wishes of the community and of the world at. large and as uphold-; itt the majesty of swift and sure justice by decreeing that Leopold a$d Loeb die , by the noose. ; 'r.Mr. Bachrach compared J the j uTd ge , to a just father, abou t to Pinlsh An erring child, .but first learning why the wrong had been committed, 'that the punishment might be "less brutal than the wrong.' I . . A. t . Mr. Savage referred to the de fendants as "fiends." He declared they considered themselves "snper men above the law of God and man." . ' i JMr. Bachrach mentioned them only as "Leopold and Loeb." The assistant prosecutor : ridi culed the defense, of defense alien ists, hinting that its finding of childish phantasies In the defend ants was impertinent to the intel ligence of the court: ;;' Mr. Bachrach averred calmly that an analysis of the evidence (Continued on. page 3) It President? Prepares to Re- sume Official Duties at Close of Week's Rest PLYMOUTH, Vt., Aig. 31. Nearing the end of his first week ofj vacation. President Coolidge wis ready tonight to turn his at tention to some of the special business of his office. In this con nection he consented today to hold a conference tomorrow with news paper men and expects to meet on Saturday the townsfolk at an in formal reception. . During his visit to date, Mr. Coolidge has received but a few visitors and has confined him self almost entirely to seeking rest and recreation. ; Tourists and persons of this section who have traveled through hre each day were but with few exceptions "held at the deadline," manned by state police and secret service men about 100 yards from the house. ; v-j- ? . Mr. Coolidge has wlthhlm the report of the tariff commission on the sugar duty and he also Is known to be studying with inter est the developments in Europe, aflslng from the settlement of the reparations problem. ? In his speech of ; acceptance j the presi dent said that when that situation w!as cleared up he would consider the time appropriate for the i call ing of another world conference to discuss further limitation of armaments. V j During his stay the nominee has s?eh no political leaders nor dis cussed, except In the most casual way, the political eituation. and it is thought likely also that he may receive some members of the party who will be In this section soon In connection with the Maine election, mOII ICE JEMS BO Ml ARGENTINE FLIER WILL CONTINUE WORLD FLIGHT Will Start From Indo-China j in Reserve Plane Which I Has Been Held I TOKIO, Aug. 22. Major Pedro Zannl, the Argentine around the world flier, whose airplane was irreparably, damaged when he at tempted to start from Hanoi. French. Indo-China, for Canton, will continue his flight. A re serve plane -which has been held at Kobe will be shipped to him at Hanoi. . ! I! IHSTSMS Dr. Cecil Reynolds Predicts Complete Paralysis With- , in Three Years los Angeles, ; Aug. 21. Complete paralysis and total de mentia will be the fate of Kid McCoy within three years if he escapes the hangman's noose and lives that long, according to a statement issued tonight through the Los Angeles Times, , by Dr. Cecil Reynolds, defense alienist, who today examined the former pugilist in the jail cell where he awaits trial on a charge of mur dering Mrs. Theresa Mors here August 12. . ! McCoy, the .Times quotes Dr. Reynolds as saying, is. in the in cipient stages of paralysis brought on by excessive addiction to alco hol and a blood infection of long standing. His shooting orgy in and near the Mors antique shop on thes morning after Mrs. Mors' death were "natural manifesta tions of the disease," according to the doctor. OAVIS WILL GIVE Speech to Be Givn on Spot j Made Famous By Wood ! row Wilson i SEAGIRT,, N. J., Aug. 21 John W. Davis came here tonight from New York to be the guest of Governor Silzer in "the little White House" by the sea, where (tomorrow he will deliver the sec ond addre&a In hla 4.mpal&a as the democratic presidential can didate. It was here, 12 years ago, that Woodrow Wilson received, the notification of his first selection to carry the standard of democ racy in a national campaign. Mr. Davis came here; then for that ceremony and he will speak upon familiar ground. ' ( ; 1 --, OIL CO. Attorney General of Missouri ! Issues Threat Against iV Standard Oil ; JEFFERSON CITY, Mo., Aug. 21. (By The AP.) Probability that proceedings will be brought In the Missouri supreme court to bar the Standard Oil company of Indiana from the state was in dicated by Attorney General Jesse W. Barrett Jnst i before adjourn ment this afternoon, the inquiry being conducted Into oil company practices In this state. President William Burton of the Standard of Indiana had occu pied the stand much of the day. Late In the afternoon Attorney General Barrett i introduced con tracts which he said existed be tween the Standard and about 20 other companies granting permis sion for the use of the Standard's process for refining gasoline and In return the' companies were not to sell this sort of gasoline In Stnadard territory. Attorncr General Barrett would make no statement regarding the investigation or say anything con cerning the bringing of the pro ceedings tonight bdt said that he would issue a complete statement later, possibly within the next day or so- " ' v ; TOltN-lOO HITS S. D. , Huron, s. d., Aug. .21, pae :nan was killed, several were seri ously injured, and heavy property damage done by a tornado which swept the country east and north- e.ajS El tSIS Usi 5J nn ADDRESS TODAV MSSOUR STATE MAY BAR WORLD FLIERS BED PORTED LAWDED Hal i f a x Dispatch States That Lieutenants Smith and Nelson Have Completed Their Flight From Iceland to Greenland; No Offi cial Word Is Received at Washington HALIFAX, N. S.r Aug. 21 Lieutenant Lowell H. Smith and Lieutenant. Erik Nelson have reached Greenland in their flight from Iceland, according to advices received here. - Lieutenant Smith arrived at 8:10 o'clock this evening. The Italian flier, Lieutenant Locatelli who (started on the jump with the Americans from Iceland was not mentioned in the advices received here. H i : WASHINGTON, ; Aug. 21. Of SIGNALFHI IRS, BELIEF Signals Caught at Vancou ver, B. C, Thought to Originate on Mars VANCOUVER, B. C, Aug. 21. Mysterious .signals picked up by Point Grey- wirele3 station here during the last ' two weeks culminated today in , a strange group of sounds, causing wireless experts here to wonder If the planet Mars Is trying to establish communications with the earth. Four distinct groups of four dashes each came through the ether today, the operators stated. The signals, they said, were' In no known code, starting on a low note and ending t with, i-zipp" aW' that "neither a spark nor a continuous wave was responsible for the sounds, f C. W. Mellish and W. Ti Bur- ford, operators of long experi ence, 'state they have never pre viously; encountered such: mes sages. The puzzling . signals cut in on their, regular messages and evefy known method of getting rid of the disturbances was tried without success. "The fact that I distinctly got four groups of four . dashes con vinced me that some intelligible communication force was at work,". Mr. Burford said, i WASHINGTON, Aug. 21. Pow erful radio stations . of both the army and navy departments will stand by from midnight' tonight until 8 a. m. Monday to listen in for possible signals from : Mars. Admiral Eberle, chief of naval operations, .tonight issued 'orders to naval stations including those in Honolulu, Balboa, Canal Zone, San Juan, Sitka, Alaska, : and Ca vite, Philippine islands.. , A simi lar order was issued to army sta tions earlier in the day by the war department. ' ; 1 NEWS BRIEFS " , Trouble in rhlllppines . MANILA, Aug. 21. A court martial found 204 Philippine scouts guilty of Joining a mutiny and sentenced them to five years Imprisonment at hard labor. Loot Bank ; ALBERT LTA. Minn., Aug. 21. - Cutting all wire communication leading out of the village of Ice land, Iowa, bandits blew the safe in the Farmers' 'Savings - bank there and fled with an undeterm ined amount of loot, according to word received here. r Bandit Governor Demi. GIBRALTAR, Aug. 21. A re port has reached here from Tan gier that Mufai Ahmed. Raisull. Moroccan bandit, who recently was appointed governor of the western part of the Spanish zone In Morocco, is dead." Goes Blind LOS ANGELES. Cat. Aug. 21. Blindness caused by near beer, is made the basis of a damage suit oil file in the superior court here today. The plaintiff, ; Wil liam E. Foster, asks judgement of 125.900 against the- br ewers and bottlers who sold him a barrel of near beer which ex ploded and put out his right eye- -' : ; - :" ' ' : APOPLEXY IS FATAL ! ; NOME, Alaska, Aug. 20Leon ard Scott ,Dad Stemple, "dropped dead here last night as result of an attack of apoplexy. Stemple came to Alaska from California la im. ' ' ffiE 10 ml mmmi ficials remained on duty at both the war and navy departments to night awaiting " word , from the American army world filers and as the time wore on with no re port being received they prepared to continue their, watch into the early hours of tomorrow. . Lack of any official message from or concerning the fliers was attributed to difficulties in com munications such s was frequent ly experienced when the aviators were in Iceland. At the same time press dispatches from Hall fax telling of the receipt of ad vices to the effect ithat the two Americans . had landed In Green land this evening; were read with Interest. ; '' r Although no official word had been received early tonight at either the war or ; navy depart ments concerning the progress of American round , the world avia tors, press dispatches from Hall fax conveying indirect word of their arrival at j Greenland, were taken as confirmatory of the be lief held here from the first that tha filers vnnM ' maVo mile hop -snccessf nlly.' " T Difficulties in Communications when the filers were stationed In Iceland almost ; invariably meant a delay of several hours in trans mission of messages, and Jt was assumed that similar difficulties had been encountered today ex plaining the absence of official ad vices. :if -i. J The possibility of the filers mak ing slow time in the Jump from Reykjavik, Iceland, to Freldrlcks. dal, Greenland, I was recognized, especially In view of the heavj loads the planes were carrying and the probability of their encounter ing adverse weather conditions. . The planes are understood each to have taken 400 gallons of fuel on board at Reykjavik. Past per formances have indicated a eon sumption of 25 gallons an hour, which would insure 16 hours con tinuous flight with a maximum radius in that time of about 1,000 miles. )',' - Thes figures would hold. It was declared, only If every element was at maximum efficiency with Just the right wind to furnish the greatest "lift" and with pontoons unweighted by immersion In the water. A flying time of 12 hours was tke aim of the aviators In their flight today, f HALIFAX. N. 8., Aug. 21 No further report has been obtainable from the United States world fli ers since the wireless dispatch an nouncing the arrival of Lieuten- land. In the course of the night efforts were apparently made by the United States warships to get in touch with land stations on the aviuuviv tuaoi uiib Elicit auc7Qad v were unintelligible. I VANCOUVER, B. C, Aug. 21. Major A. Stuart MacLaren, leader of an unsuccessful British attempt to iiy Hruuau toe carta, luuigui sent a message of congratulations to Lieutenant Lowell H. Smith, commander of the United States army globe encircling expedition, and his companions, at Greenland on the successful hop from Ice land to Greenland today. Major MacLaren expressed the hope he would be able to meet the American aviators in the east. He did not say-when he intended to leave this city. LOUISVILLE, Ky.. Aug. 21. The entire Kentucky national guard will stage a sham battle to morrow night. V WE KNOW that our Want ' Columns have helped others to find buyers for real estate and will do tha same for you.' vl i Why not call 23 or 583 today and let them help find a buyer for your property?