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JKIE DftEGQN-STATESMAN, SALEM, OREGON. fhiday MohMma August ,7; ios& : ' ft 1 H y m 4 .. i A) 7 m 1 !:! ft FALLS CITY INSTITUTE :SEssio1rtisiNSpVfimG F.PWORTII LEAGUE MEETIXG , is progressing Salem Takes .Two Out' of Three . Ball fialhie From Portland; ; , Weather Is Ideal dead four minutes after te -cur rent vas applied. . uray made a I desperate-effort to cheat the chair I shortly before .the time of his exe- 'cution by slashing his throat with i one of two razor blades which ie mysteriously . possessed. ' Night Warden C. J. .Howard frustrated the attempt entering the cell and striking Gray with a club. ', Gray .was taken to .the chair with blood .streaming from the wound in his neck. - Gridiron Captain Heaves Timbers to Toughen Self r I FALLgi CITY, Ore., Aug. 6. (Special). The .services at the Vpworth league, institute Wednesday-night . were most interesting arid Inspiring. , Thesong service was led by Hev. P. M. Blenkinsop! of Portland.". Rev. G. WJlHam Hickman sang, by special request, the . Moody 1 and Sankey revival song. "The Ninety and Nine Rev. Hickman is the father of Dr. KjC. Hickman, and Dr. Hickmon sang with Mm the closing verse, a most Impressive service. Mr. Pat ton, of Oak, Grove; gave DllBT TO BE DISCUSSED THE QUESTION' OF REFUNDING BELGIAN DEBT "OXSIDERED WASHINGTON, -Ang. 6. (By Associated Press). The refunding of Belgium's $480,000,000 war debt to the. United States will be taken up formally Monday by the American ,. and Belgian debt com mission, . .- Almost simultaneously ""with the some fixing today of the date for these t .:-Uy. SiPOBTISBFl JIMDIlfflll United States Should.. Re ceive Declaration From South, Is Believed . Navy Plane Prepares for Flight io Hawaii numbers upon a mouth, organ, which were 1 much appreciated. Itev. Blenkinsop sang, asking the audience jto join with him on the choruses, which met with a splen did response, I . . Dr. I. ; M. Hargett gave a very impressive sermon, choosing, the text: "Seek ye first the Kingdom of God and His righteousness and all these things shall be added unto you." His whole theme was stressing the choke of the worth while things of life, choosing char acter above reputation, choosing good above money and position. He said "Jesus put' the emphasis on character, i Jesus put the em ; phasis on service to others. We emphasize what we appear to be He put le,f mphasis onwhat .we rire," Rev. "ir,- Blenkinsop sang "Have Thine Own Way" following the sermon." . The classes are doing good and earnest work thtsv year, demon strating that, work and play go well together '.by; concentrating upon their studies In the morning. and enjoying' to he, utnos the many relaxations provided for the afternoon hours, , Salem won the third of the in door baseball games today,' givin two games to Salem and one to Portland. .Weather conditions remain ideal for the camp life. A large attend ance is assured, for the hike and barbecue tomorrow afternoon. negotiations, information reached American- government officials that France purposed . to send a debt commission here next month Italy also is expected to resume negotiations in the near future Agreements with these three countries .would see the funding of approximately, ten billions of dollars of the total unfunded for eign debt of slightly more than twelve billions. The American commission held its first formal meeting today since last December to consider a conservative statement regarding Belgium's ability to pay. Capa city to pay will be the yardstick by which the agreement with debt or nations will be measured. Mem bers of congress recognized at the time the British settlement was approved that the United States probably could not .make as good terms with any or the other na tions, ! . ..... i Chairman Mellon and other members of the American com mission are not yet advised as to the - proposals the Belgians will make, but any plan to separate Belgium's war and post war debts to this country with Germany held responsible for the former could not be seriously considered. ! ' If 3t r. - 1 WALRUS FIGHT IS WON ARCTIC PARTY STILL IX COM MUNICATION BY RADIO KILLER PAYS WlTri LIFE MAX ATTEMPTS TO ESCAPE CHAIR BY CUTTING THROAT. WASHINGTON. Aug. 6. (By As80ciate$;Press.) A fight with a herd of. -walrus ' was described by Commander MacMillan of the MacMiliaa Arctic expedition, in a message-- received tonight by the National Geographic society, ,. .The message, .dated today and relayed. by- ; A. Collins of Cedar i Rapids.-" Iowa'., related that "in a walrus jlwuUyesWday three mem "Larry" Marks, captain and halfback of the Indiana Univer sity football team, is going through , the hardening process ' this summer "heaving" timbers on a car repair iran in the Mononr railroad shop at Bloom in irton, Ind. Photo shows him at work,. i . - ., j.l ; ; . - - " u I ... .... . . Eskimos in the nut was capsized but he was rescued. The explorer also reported: . "Weather stiir nnsettled, with visibility poor . alioV a heavy ovir-i cast sky. .Thermometer plus 4 S. "Engine trouble; in one plane i and we are putting iu -a new one. Endurance test today. NA-2 end NA-3 plan to fly I across Smith sound onto the center of Elles- mere land today to select a site for first relay station." WILUAMSTOWN. Mass., Aug. 6. (By Associated PreBs.) Dec laration that the United States is ready to fight for the Monroe doc trine, but that it should strive to get from the countries of Central and South America, a joint or sep arate declaration in support of the doctrine, was made at. an open conference of the institute of poll- tics today by Professor George H. Blakeslee o I Clark university. He asserted bat this country was de termined that the policies of the Carribbean area,' the "Balkans of America'1, should never become the cockpit for warring world powers. In discussion which , lollowed the conference on this' country's .foreign' policy. Professor , C. K. Leilh of the University of Wiscon sin said that "industrial imperial ism" was going forward in the countries to the south of us and that it was well to accept that fact and nbt talk. about "the evils of dollar diplomacy," , . , ; ; ( Responsible officials had held, Mr. Blakeslee recalled that the Monroe Moctrine was for defense and not Sor offense. The Latin American countries were suspic ious of over-lordism and tutelage on the partof the United States. This suspicion should be removed U possible and ' this government; while.holding its rights to define, interpret' and apply the Monroe doctrine, is should persuade the! American states to declare it their own policy in such terms as they choose.' .J)sL i L- named ..Mrs. Samuel Britton,.last un '.t Vnrth tawrenct. X)liio.' -5 years agq. K.-AH VA. lUVTvhr 1 '.3 irtflr .a u u u V Kavj airmen are in training for the first attempt to span the pacifiTbetween California and Hawaii in. a non-stop flight. The photograph,ihows the F N-9 type' seaplane which will "be urtd ia tlie big hop,in the air near Philadelphia., This particular machine established a new world' idw ance record "for seaplanes by remaining in the air. 28 hours,! 30 minute. " ; . f the Casslar country. . British Co lumbia, where a strike was made last autumn. t First shipments of gold from the' district, wliich lies 300 miles east of here, were in Wrangell to day brought out by a boat on the Sliekine river. ; -1 . : ; V' On Gold Pan creek, where Wil liam" Grady riade ' the- strike, he and his. partner named Ford ob tained 117 ounces .of gold in 15 days. Next above Grady and Ford on the creek , a claim owned by Judge William , G. Thomas of this city and worked by three employes is producing about equally well. OOn the claim of R. D. jBrun non, the second below the Grady Ford tract, $30 worth of gold per day per man was being removed when the last news started from the district. The 1 5th. 'l 6th and 17th .claims .below the discovery, which are owned by Albert Bease and partners, were yielding 2 daily per man. .. nounced that Mrs. Ida Reed or Kdwardsville had found her own daughter, Mrs. Frank Muller, Ta coma, Wash., after a search of 21 years, brought more good hews for Mrs. Reed today. C. II. Shillman postmaster here, received a letter from Miss Britton of Bowdil. Ohio wtJutsHSJ tlyit shjRlbelleved shi-wts Mrs. Reed's long lost, sister. , i Mr. Reed, wrote Mrs. Britton today -anil ai reply -will estabhKh whether tbere is a relationship. The account Mrs. Brit too. read convinced her thaf Mrs. Reel was her sister, she said. Mn.1 Reed newspaper dispatches which - an-asserted that she had alskster- SISTER THOUGHT fUND EDWARDSV1LLE. III., Aug. 6. ( By Associated Press.) -Recent 1.-. I ; I.ST TIMES TODAY dREGdN; TOMORROW Jill Fi - R III - - k t KLAN DAYS ARE DENIED EXPOSITION REFUSES TO SET ASIDE CERTAIN DAYS . HUNTSVIIXEr Texas, Aug. 7. (By . Associated Press). Clem L. Gray, " 4 O; former, prohibition agent and deputy sheriff of Titus county, waa eloctrocuted 'at' the state penitentiary at 12:05' this morning :fof Uliei'inVeot Paary-crew. in o Bow- BaaiaTd."t.!)uhtrPle'isant yonjOlT fa rdoin -boat,' .were" attacked by. an September,'; 1323. .''Vlininriated herd ofat least; J00 :P)rl8on' physicians declared Gray I walrus,?-'" Th"6 kyak of 'one-of the t Poland H6n6r Paint Official ; For Big Y. MS C. A. Gift MATRICIDE MUST DIE MAN CONVICTED OF BEATING MOTHER, 73,; TO DEATH I .'!: "Ill T '"-'r r'1 '' i - r-t. ; -t ;i--t--" -j - - -: t - " .-; ; ' 1. ' I i'Tt ' - -' " yC. . l.'-V ' ' Zr- ' V '' i' ' i v - ' f - . " - K ! "it ' - ' . 'i A-m -,!"'. . i.; V::. WJ ..J f ' s - I. . ... - " r . - .. - y 4 -'V' . J vJRENO,. Ner Aug; 7(Br the Associated Press.) John II. Ran dolph,, slayer of ihis - 73-year-old mother, was found guilty of mur der in the first degree by a jury here tonight, andjhis penalty, was fixed at death, which means in this state, asphyxiation by lethal gas. Randolph beat his mother with his fiSts so. seriously "on the night of June 30 that she died within a few dayp. The date for sentence has been fixed as August 15 by Judge B. F. Moran. , Randolph is the third man sen tenced to death, by lethal gas at the present time in Nevada. Two of the condemned men, however, have appeals pending, in the courts to the 5ecision8. 1 ; PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 6. (By Associated Press). .A . request from the Ku Klux Klan to set aside three days during the sesqui- centenniai exposition here next year ts "felan days" was refused today by the executive committee of the exposition.. In declining to recognize the klan as an order atl the independence celebration, Ern est T. Trigg,; president of the ex position wrote Paul . M. Winter, local field representative of the I klan: ; -, ,: "It would- be neither good busi ness nor good, policy .to.aiiUuiXlze special days,- which, ifer j.nr rea son, good or bad, might lead; to misunderstandings, or? prej4ice8. and accordingly, although the ne cessity is regretted, your request cannot be allowed." 56 Stores in the NbrtHwest AnotHerLIdt Percales at 15c yard 141 NortH Commercial Ilese Are Oir :-Regokr Faces GOLD STRIKE IS RICH MINERAL IN PAYING QVANTI - TIES TAKEN FROM, CREJK WRANGELL, Alaska, Aug. 6.4 (By Associated Press.) After re peated reports of failures, gold -Js being taken In paying quantities in the Telegraph Creek district 'ot v 3 yhite Outing Flannel . - 36 Inch ; . " Regular Price 28c yd. 20c White Outing Medium Weight t 27 inch wide' ': a yard Table Oil Cloth No.. 2 Grade i at only , Kalbiirnie Ginghams Plain and Check 25c a yard X 25c yd. Page Bleached Sheeting j . m at 65c 7-4 at 55c Page Unbleached Sheeting ' 64 iricH at 50c yard The Y. M. C A. Board of Directors o Krakow, Poland, present. S. P. Fenn, of The Sherwin-Williams .Company, largest paint, mana f actarers in the world, with a testimonial portfolio and honorary mem bership in the Polish Y. M. C. A., It was Mr. Fenn's gift of $150,000 which made possible th-erection of the new Association bunding, the first of its kind in Poland. J SP. FENN. Vice-President and' Treasurer of The ' Sherwin Williams . Company, ' Cleveland, Ohio, is responsible for, the erection of Poland's first Y. M. C A. build iS which, has just been completed. . The building, which was put up . at Krakow, Poland, cost $150,000 tbe money being supplied from Mr. Fcnn f gift of $500,000 which . he gave, last year to the International onivmuec oi ' ine i oung ivien s Christian Association. of New York. This is the first definite assignment made , by the committee of the money contributed by Mr. Fenn for use in foreicrn fields. -He attached no strings hor stipulations to bis co nation leaving the expenditure of the money entirely in the -hands of 'the committee to use' as . they saw The-. Board of. Dlrectdr-of-the Krakow association, as a token of iheir appreciation," presented " Mr Fenn with a testimonial portfolio." &lr. Fenn wa$ snapped while read ing The gift also carries with it a- diplorrta to . honorary membership in the folish U A. Mr.- Fenn has heen prominently identified with the Y. M. C A. practically all his lite. He-was president of the Cleveland, .Ohio, association fort over twenty-five years and is now honorary presi dent. He has been a Ci'ctor of the Y. M. C. A. since 1868. Last April Mr.' Fenn celebrated his 81st birthday. He was born at Tallsiadsre- Ohio, .and was educat ed in the. public grade school and Inch school at ralimadee and the Huniston Military Jnstitute at Cleveland. . In .1870 he Joined IThe Sherwin-Williams ..." Company, who are today, the most successful and best known paint manufacturers in the. world. His continuous service record of fifty-five ? year's t is the loncest in the company Mr. Fenn was a member of C'.e- 164ih Regi ment. O. V. L during : the Civil War. ' y TONIGHT - (FRIDAY) - Family Night GRAND y ,- u - pron Ginghams 1 1 Checked Will Not Fade at 12c a yard Turk Towels Range in Price from 20c to 65c Hand Towels -.( , - . ' ' Exceptional Values at 15c each, j Yard goods at 12 Vic yard' Oregon : ; BleacHed Pillow TuBing. 42 Inch , . . at 35c -- - Dm nAWLE LDE5ED:T5HElR" n0nR9vu.v Sir A CONAM DOYLE f "PIE EYKD" A Stan Ijaurrl Cometly Today ' i 13LIGH THEATRE YaudeTllIo Toniorrow , i Ladies' Togs for Hop Picking j Khaki Coverall?, ,good' grade .... i...: 53.45 Khaki Blouses . at ....$1.50. and ! $1.65 5 4 Khaki Knickers I $1.65 and $2.75 Girls' Coveralls , Tie Khaki Coveralls Red Sizes 4 to 8 years at Sizes 10 to 18 years at .....-.$1.65 $2.25 Girls Gloves at 2 pair for 25c . x Men's . Canton Flannel -k Gloves "' I ' A good. grade . .....,..... . 12c Good grade 15e, .20c 25c Leather-faced from ........ 25c to 45c A Great Comedy Hit! , The story ot slx rooms and bath and a father- . . - In-law. LOIS WILSON ; and good supporting cast " 25c to 45c Men's, Blue Charnory ! Work! Shirts - We HaveTennisSiroc2 ' ' for the-fatoily at Very JLqw Prices '.ri0)!j M'T, -Oj. n Saturday EDNA" FERiiEli Comedy News : fe-R-A-Jri) Boyg , : - Suits Knickers " $&90f $9:90 10.90 , Young Men's Suits t$12.45 to 18.50 We have another lot of. Percales at .the low; price of, yd. .. - t- --4- 15c 1 n', Ladies Aprons at 1. Ladies' bresses .. 1 . . . ..' $1:88 ?0 $10.50 1 4 . .. . v Meii ; Your Suit ii jifV Look them over as Jovi ST' 517.50 to C3S.00 Coy's Overalls Bib Overdlls..l...90c to 98c Bib Overalls' 15 to .18. . years .. . $1.19 Men's Bib Overalls - " " -1 . r 200 weight.... 220".weight . 220 Pay Car.........; Jumpers f . -..$U5 ..$15 -..$1.49 $1.45 ...i.$1.49 Bibless ,......$ 15 I (Riveted) ' ; Bitl ess.......$1.35 . (raveted) Pay Car, (label) Men's ' " : ? i -1 1 . Mole color Cord Pant $3.95 Brpwn Cord ..$2.95-$ 3.4 5 Black- Cord..... :$3.45 Bags ; At Exceptional Low Prices ' Brown and Blue Lamping Gomfdrts-t:;. Come in and See Thexa Khaki .cojpr. :...$3.C3 Other colors and weights range in price .$25 to $4.25 Pillows - .$25 pair to $4.35 pair 13 xuv Blue GhamBi Sliirts 12' to 14 Years rirt f