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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
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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
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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.
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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 .
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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.'
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named ..Mrs. Samuel Britton,.last
un '.t Vnrth tawrenct. X)liio.' -5
years agq.
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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
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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
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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."
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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. '
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TONIGHT
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Family
Night
GRAND
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pron Ginghams
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Will Not Fade
at 12c a yard
Turk Towels
Range in Price from
20c to 65c
Hand Towels
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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 .
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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
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Comedy News :
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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
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Ladies Aprons at 1.
Ladies' bresses ..
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$1:88 ?0 $10.50
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; 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 .. . $1.19
Men's Bib Overalls
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200 weight....
220".weight .
220 Pay Car.........;
Jumpers f .
-..$U5
..$15
-..$1.49
$1.45
...i.$1.49
Bibless ,......$ 15
I (Riveted) ' ;
Bitl ess.......$1.35
. (raveted)
Pay Car, (label)
Men's
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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
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Blue GhamBi
Sliirts
12' to 14 Years
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