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WEATHER FORECAST: - Fair; high temperatures "In the5 interior; humidity; near or slightly- below1 normal; moderate west and northwest' winds on the coast; maxl--mum temperature 90; minimum 55; river minus 1.2; atmosphere clear; wind northr west,:: v' v 7- vv:'l?-: - A ' writer ii : the NeW ToTT ..Times pro- , poses Newton D. . Baker tor the democratic ' nomination tor president.' Well, every fel- i 4' .'n ; low has his friends. Vi' ;: '. . . -. i SEVENTY-SEVENTH YEAR SALEM, OBEGONfTlESDAY'MORNINQ,rJULYr2a llii PRICE Fi'E CENTS I.I I I 1 1 II 3 if 1ESE SEEK U. S: AS FRIEND , Q. J. FRY FINDS Oriental Nation Progressive But Still "Hard Up" After ' , . : Earthquake GLOBE-TROTTERS HOME China "Series of Barbed Wire Barricade, Reports Ixcal Bank President; Interest Jng Places Viewed The Japanese, people are most cordial and friendly, and harbor no unfriendly feeling toward Americans, - declared ; Daniel J. Fry 'St., president of the First National bank of Salem, who with airs.;, Fry . returned 8unday eve- nlng from a six, months tour around the world. During an interview with a Statesman reporter. Mr. Fry told of the itinerary of the Journey, and of his impressions of the countries -visited. tlll Rebuilding "Japan. In common with all the oriental countries," he said, "is hard up. and wants to borrow money.- Business conditions, there - J vBhow a progressive spirit, with, llt yf tie evidence of tha recent bank y failures. Much work I yet to be i" done, however, toward "" the ra il building of Yokohama, which was nearly destroyed by the' 1924 earthquake " ' " - "Japan seems to hart light onakes often, for one occurred while were were In. the "bar bor of Kobe. One of our party was killed when the gang plank part ed and dropped her to the dock below. Trip Interesting "We left Los Angeles on Feb- Jj rnarv 5tb. making our. first stop Vi an the Hawaiian Islands. ! where rt ? Jk visited the TOlcano of KUauea. j ,tour stop In Japan we visited ' - anendlnc 17 days In the island ' ' empire. One of the unusual sights vlattAA was the DlAbutaui-the lareest bronze statue in existence. which is fifty feet in height and In B feet around the base. "In China we stopped In the harbors of Shanghai and Hong Konr. but had little opportunity to -visit the country because of .the -Internal disturbances there Shanghai is just a series of barbed T 1 . '(Continfc on. pft 5.) . YMCA PROSPERS BOARDMAN.FINDS CAMPS IX EAST HAVE UNLIM ITED FUNDS. REPORTS Bat Organization Here Doing More Work For Its Slse Than Any Visited YMCA camps in the east seem to have almost unlimited funds for operation. --according to Bob Boardman. who returned Sunday nlffhtvfrom a month's trip east. during "which he attended a two -weeks session of a physical direc tors conference at Lake Geneva. .Wls. and the rest of his time at his old home in Delaware, Ohto Roardman tells of two' camps. one the Illinois state YMCA camp and .the other the camp - or the Coin mbus, Ohio, Y. The first re- cently received 20.000 or new J Tonildlnes and an athletic field .ff Th TirflBprit aiiinment and site am worth over SS0.u00. - Over f igo boys can oe isaen car- one time in this camp. 'The Columbus camo has '360 eves; with "a S4O.00O athletic f laid Just completed. ; It can care for about 400 boys at a time. The property; value is close to $200.- 000. inciuaea -in mo v a 40 acre lake. ' ' , ..-Boardman reports tnat ie sa B lea TMCA Is doing more tor Its J - .t than anv other T he visited on his trip.' The amount of out alde work done here Is nnusual. he says. . ' Building programs In all the large cities are- continuing, he ' says. and general conditions seem toW'sood ' y , jtle In Chicago Boardman vis Ite.f he Rotary, club headquar i teTs.wheris he attended a banquet given In honor ' of Arthur Sa pp. iTtArnntlnnal nresldent. Board- man a talk on Oregon at this ban a net. " ' - J- -i?f Boardman, Is leaving In a, few, Jays tor- the Elk tAKe: camo or . the local TMCA., where about 0 toyswl be encamped for two Weeks., He Is to have charge of tbs physical work at the camp. BIG CHAUTAUQUA COMES TO CLOSE INTEREST AND ATTENDANCE SET NEW RECORD 'Applesauce," Pleasing Play of Every Day Life, Final At traction After a week of successful pro grams, excellent attendance and good general interest, the Ellison- White Chautauqua system closed one of the most successful weeks in its history in Salem last night when the big play of the week, Applesauce" presented by the Scotts from the Santa Fe Artists colony and their company of stars was given before a tent that was more than filled. The play came as a fitting cli max to a week of fine entertain ment, .and the Chautauqua was voted by the large crowd by their attendance and comment as the "best ever." Last night the play proved not only interesting, extremely human, but also very delightful. From the opening of the first act until the end of the last there was ex cellent interest. The true artistry 6f the com pany was shown in the depicting of difficult characters and in the portrayal of scenes that were so realistic that one forgot the warm weather and was carried from dreamland, into fantasy, and then back' to a realization of how true the whole panorama was. The play, a picture of every day American home life of course not in every home but giving in general an Idea of the trials, trib- ( Continued ob pat 4) MAY EXTEND ZONE THREE Business District to Be Built East and North If the recommendation of the zoning commission, made at its meeting last night, is carried out by the council, i Salem's business district will be allowed to extend further east nad north from 'its present boundaries. The most important changes in volve the running of the line of the business ' zone north from Court street up the alley between Church and ' Cottage ' streets to Marion Btreet, and ; from there north In the alley between High and Church to the boundary of the -old donation claim. " The business zone now extend ing along Fairground Road was also recommended to be extended sonth to meet the main zone. An application for a curb gaso line pump to be installed on Chem- eketa street between Commercial and Front streets, which had been referred to the zoning commission by the city council, was returned to the council without recommen dation. YMCA BOYS FIGHT FIRE Members of Advance Pacty on Way to Camp "Drafted" Members of the advance party of the YMCA camp had an experi ence 'hot on the program Sunday, .when they were drafted into serv ice to fight forest fires started by lightning Saturday night. Those In the party, pwlght Ad ams, BUI East, i Howard Adams, and Phil Bell, left, the Salem Y Saturday , night to take a truck load of camp material to Detroit, from where it was to be packed Into Elk Lake Monday 'morning. While camped at Detroit Sun day, morning, . forest i rangers re ceived word of several ' fires, and started .'drafting all available men to fight them.' The boys had to hike in for about twelve miles In the opposite direction of Elk Lake, and put In nearly a day of -hard fire fighting before being allowed to return, when the fires were out, ';., .'--"; Monday morning 18 pack-horsed carried In part of the YMCA camp material, with an estimated 20 loads yet to go. i ' ' PLAN LANDING CHAIN Route ' Hydro-lrplane Fields From Portland to Seattle i- PORTLAND, July 2S. -(AP) Plans for a northwestern chain of landing, grounds for- hydro-airplanes were being worked out here today by J. H. Polhemus. gen eral manager of the port of Port land, and W. H.j Peters, manager ot the port of Grays HaTbor. Wash. ,Th route would Include Port land Astoria, Grays Harbor and Seattle.:'-' ,.. ,,;.; hc--;vs Sand kPdint naval baie near Se attle and the f new Swan island field here are the ' only suitable landing: places for naval planes In the northwest now, said Polhemus, URGES CONTROL OIL RESOURCES TO STOP WASTE Resources Will Be Exhausted in 7 Years as Now Used Says Expert FUTURE SAFETY DEPENDS Air Forees Important Defense Ele ment, Cannot Be Operated Without Oil; Cities Would Starve, Held RAPID CITY, S. D., July 25. (AP) Government regulation of the petroleum industry to conserve what was described as the nation's rapidly tliminishing ' oil supply, was urged upon president ,Cool idge today py .Ralph Arnold, oil prospector and: geologist of Los Angeles. ; Arnold, who, has brought in three new fields in Montana re cently, said he was convinced of the accuracy of the federal til conservation board's belief that the country's oil supply would, under present processes, be ex hausted within seven years.' Must Protect Nation f He told the president that the government should take every step necessary to "protect our country from future foes" through the conservation of oil. "Our future safety" he added "depends on our air forces. They can't be operated without oil. A nation whose oil supply is exhaust ed will be at the mercy of any ag gressor. If transportation fails, (Continued on pare 2.) AUTO BURNS, 3 INJURED Steering Gear Goes Wrong. Car Upsets and Catches Fire PS,- r"',-' Four persons were hurt, none seriously, over the week end. in auto accidents which involves the complete destruction of an auto by fire. J. H. Sheridan, sailor on fur lough from the U. S. S. Colorado, was . driving a car belonging to Nels Blixseth. of Brooks avenue, on the highway three quarters of a mile this side of Aumsville. when the steering gear broke and sent the car into the ditch, where it turned over, caught fire, and was completely destroyed. The accident happened late Saturday evening. Those injured were Geneva Mc cleary, 1147 Oak street, who re ceived cuts about the fce: Nels Blixseth. whose face was also cut. and J. H. Sheridan, whose hands were lacerated. In another accident reported by T. A. McLeod. 2604 Hazel avenue, Dorothy McEimurry, 2161 Front street, received cuts. about, the.eye. The accident occurred fat Colum bia and 4th streets, at 8;30 Sun day evening. 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' ' ' 1 ' Despite the factvthat 'the body of the late sovereign' was emaciat ed from his ;long illness and he had lost mu"chr; weighty lt,:iwaa noticed that 'the four "pallbearers found the bufolen too heavy. They staggered suddenly and,' ' whether by his own instinct 'or because 'of prompting by'Cueen Marie, Prince Nicolas rnshed forward and placed his shoulder under ' his' ' father's coffin. 'v' f -; v''f':'; Scarcely had the "prince done this when a guest of wind blew the cover frota' the king's mantle on to the ytAing prince's ' head,' Many Rumanians, who have a fatalistic supeirstltltion immediate ly interpreted' the ' incident as an omen that some day Nicolas would wear his father's crown. ' : GARY GETTING BETTER Eighty-Year-Old Steel Magnate Reported "On the Mend" NEW YORK, July 25. (AP) After about a week of Illness at his Fifth avenue home in New York. Elbert H. Gary, chairman of the United States Steel corpora tion today was reported "on the mend." While it was said at his office that Mr. Gary would not likely be able to attend tomor row's director's meeting, as he de sired, he was expected to return to his office within a few days. Although reports In the finan cial district attributed the illness to ptomaine poisoning, Mr.. Gary's secretary declared that he doubt ed their truth, and added that the chairman's condition was not at all serious. ',.,.,, Mr. Gary, who is past 80 years old. celebrated his 24th annivers ary as chairman of the steel cor poration last year. For one of his advanced years, he has enjoyed remarkably good health. DEATH HEARING TODAY Mrs. Ruth Lockwood to Fnce CI large in Justice Court Preliminary hearing of Mrs. Ruth Lockwood, who is under ar rest charged with manslaughter in connection with Tunning down and killing Maynard Sawyer, Sa lem druggist, will be held in" the Justice court here today. Mrs. Lockwood told the officers that she had no knowledge of the accident. Mr. Sawyer was struck by an automobile by Mrs. Lockwood as he was crossing , State street at Church last Tuesday night. Phys icians who examined Mrs.1 Lock wood reported that she was drunk. Two pinf bottles of al leged whiskey were found in her car at the time of her arrest.. Deinpae7,?leani8S.HffalnsJ the ropes, taAlarfcnockout ? i JackVpharkiy, thi flEosXonAbJy ithaoraer ,lh jtheHventh'nroutvd'of fthe1rjsehHaldi nheen-Qu"Bd. battle at 'harkeTvis jeen prbne on the, matr'belng'tQunted'out bvthe FLIER SEEKS ALTITUDE JIEC Cylinder Heads In Motor Blow . . ' ,: wmxH': .WASHINGTON. July 25. (AP) Seeking ( . tq f shatter . the .air plane altitude' 'record,; Lieutenant Carleton C- Champion Jr.of the neVy, had a spectacular battle for life high above ' Washington' tq day as he brought his' plane' down with a disintegrated and ' flaming engine. , , t; , , . "Champion," who 'holds the alti tude record tor seaplanes, report ed to "the' navy that his 'altimeter showed 47,000 feet, 1ut'a prclfni inary reading' 'of ' the,' machine's damaged bardgraph at the bureau of standards led officials there' to say' that this ' highest; mark they had 'found' Indicated an altiiude of 39,000 feet. It was emphasized however, ' that this , reading 'was by no means ' final ' and that a defi nite announcement must he with held for 36 hours. ' '' f "' ; The recognized . world's record for airplane altitude is held by a French aviator, Calllzo, who climbed to 40,820 feet last Aug ust. ' Taking off from the Anacostla naval air station near here In the early morning, Champion had climbed with his plane for forty minutes when two of the cylinder heads of his wasp aircooled motor; blew out. Apparently one of the flying pieces knocked the oxygen tube from Champion's mouth as ne saia that he became uncon scious. What happened to the plane he is unable to say, but when he regained consciousness he was lying on his back with the oxygen tube Just abdve him. He placed it in his mouth and' then got his plane under control. Meantime, the engine caught on tire, but a violent sideslip fol lowed by a dive was sucCessfull in blowing the fire out. ,At that time the altimeter indicated a height of 36,000 feet. The engine con tinted to disintegrate .and, caught on fire three additional times be fore, the plane, a Wright ' Apache, finally was brought down in a cornfield near the Anacostla sta tion. MAN KILLED IN WRECK Two Pinned Beneath Automobile t One Escapes Death PORTLAND, July 25. (AP) Douglas Mahoney, 41, was killed today when his automobile over turned and pinned him under neath. The car rested across his neck and for a' short time he was able to converse with his com panion, Frank Spooner, who was also imprisoned beneath the ma chine. "I can't stand this much long er, Frank," be said. "This thing is on my neck and it's choking me." He is believed to have died a few minutes later. . Spooner, who suffered injuries of - only a minor nature, was re leased by other motorists after he had been under the car for mora than half an , hour. ' It hl looks C34v Kll Ui lvUULb. SiWDRION SillpSES Long Period of Illness Ends focJiaripri;CountyiFiQneer, ?1i,rrMvu:iAgerlB3,vt LIVED HERE SINCE 1859 Educated at Willamette Univer- , jrs tElecfcedctof , Lower . yionae-fin .'and to . r-Alex M. LaFollett who as sen ator from dlstrictlNo. 2, Marlon conntyi was honored' in recent ses sions prior to the, last one as the oldest' jnember of, the state legisla ture' both asto, ase and .length of 'service, died at!hl$ home here late Monday afternoon;': after ! a pro tracted. Illness.",. He wasi'8 years ttage- -r'ir. . Tnjneral services will be held from ' the, Rigdon mortuary, at 2 p. m., Wednesday, with interment in the family plot in Claggett cemetery. Mr. LaFollett was a native of Indiana, having been born at Crawfordsville, December 19, 1844.- He accompanied his par ents to Nevada in the year 1852 and :a year later, located In Cali fornia. To Oregon in 1859 The family moved to Oregon In 1859. They first located at Dal las, Polk county, where they lived for a year. The family then moved, to Salem and later to the Mission Bottom district where they acquired a large tract of j land, i Mr. LaFollett pursued. .his early educalion; in the. public schools, of California and later attended Wil lamette university in Salem, ' Started a Farmer On starting, out in, life Indepen dently he took up. the occupation. (Continued oa je 3.) MUST NOTIFY TAXPAYERS Attorney General' Rules in Doug las Courthouse Matter Before the county court of Douglas county can proceed with the construction of a new court' house with funds obtained through the Oregon & California land grant tax refund, it must post a notice giving the taxpayers 60 days in which to offer protest. This was the substance of a lengthy legal opinion prepared here Monday by Attorney General VanWinkle. The opinion was re quested by Guy Gordon, district attorney, of Douglas county. HIGHER RATE REQUESTED! State' 'Asked "to- Put Into Effect Recent Court' Ruling ?' The Idaho Power company has requested the pn bile '-service com mission to put into effect in the' state r of Oregtfdcertain rates tor power service upheld 'recently fey the United States supreme courts It was said: that the: rates affirm ed .by.: the court are slightly in ex cess of those now in effect in. the state of Oregon. . The . Idaho. Power .company op erates. ..extensively in eastern Ore gon. . . , . '. v CHILD, 2, DIES OFBURNS Crib Of Little Astoria Tot Ignited By ' Pneumonia Tnhalator r . ' ASTORIA July ' 2 5. (AP) Shirley Smkh;l two, was ;' fatally burned' early Sunday morning when- - a pneumonia inhalator J standing beside her crib r over turned; igniting the bed clothes. S The child's father; E. 'K. Smith of this city, was sleeping.; In "the same room. - Awakened by ' the child's screams, he snatched her up and' carried her from the bias ing crib. The7 child died soon after at a local hospitaL , t'. ' LOG FALLS 'ACROSS BODY v- Astoria Lumber Backers Killed at ; Tidewater Timber . Canip ; . ASTORIA, V July 25! (AP) Stere Northrup. ;,og hucker at the TldeWaterTlmher, company camp nearjhere.vas killed Sujiday when a log Ten : across, the lower, part of his; body5. Ke ; died before , medi cal aid could reach hinij jOrfklala arej trying ' to communicate with relatives', said tof Jive. .nearlVan- i.. a i - m URGES RIDDANCE OF WET LEADERS "WEED OUT THE MOIST PRE CINCTS' APPEALS DIRECTOR Anti-Saloon Head Declare marks Xot Directed at Patterson Re- EUGENE, July 25. (AP) "Get rid of wet leadership In your state,"- was the appeal of Rev. R. E. Close, director of the Anti-Saloon league of Oregon In an ad dress before the Presbyterian synod here today. "Even in dry states, where you have officials' who are possibly dry you often find a strong or dominant wet Influence. in the party machine behind them, an influence which they may not al ways heed but one who they must nevertheless reckon with con stantly." . ' Rev.- Mr. Close urged the Pres byterian leaders In their drv en forcement, work to get Into the wards and precincts and weed out wet precincts and ward leaders regardless of party and to build up a dry control from the bottom. Discussing his speech after the meeting Rev. Mr. close said his remarks were not directed at Gov ernor Patterson or at any particu lar members of the present state administration, pointing out that Governor Patterson has had and still enjoys dry support. He explained it was - the situa tion whieh hewas aiming at and declared it is common not only to Oregon but to even the driest states throughout the country. WOMEN HURT IN CRASH ' . r - - Occupant of Car. Under "the Ia fluence," Sheriff Told Two Portland women whose names were not learned were. In jured In an accident which occur red; on the pacific highway be tween Hubbard and Aurora at. 12:30 a. '-in. Sunday morning, it was reported at the. office of the Marion eounty sheriff yesterday. ,'Tf. J. MeFSrlaad,' driver of the car ! In : which the ' two Injured women,' another woman -and three mei were -riding," hired the car in; Portland. ' for S Jwlld party.' Frank Aim of Longvlew,. Washing ton! jreported, here; ; arid the six persons were -said- to . have i been under the Influence of liquor. t Aim was driving south at a rate xf $6 miles per hour, he said, rwJien the Mclarland j car: ajs proiching from the opposite di rection, crowded him off " the pavement and crashed into him, tearing off the rear wheel and fender.- Aim was unhurt, and the condition of those in the other ear it was believed to be not serious. SUM LANDS IN CONCORD Thousands Greet -Flier On Official , New Hampshire Visit ' CONCORD, N". H.. July" 25. (AP) Colonel Charles A. Lind bergh paid his official visit -to Con cord; today and was heartily greet ed by thousands. In contrast to the tog in which he flew on Sat urday and Sunday he had perfect weather for his, return flight from Portland, Maine.; ,s . . . j When Jthe f among i flier tried to reach Portland from Boston last Saturday the, fog made it lm- poslble for him,' to locate a safe landing placeo lie. turned Inland and came to the Concerd airport. FOR EST' Fl R ES CO M M EN C E Foufftsen -. Reported in J Jackson r Conntyf Smali Damage Done Fonrteen small timber fires In state , patrolled, area in Jackson county were. reported at (the of- f ices of the state . forester here Monday.".'" V i . The fires were said to . have been Ignited during . . an . electric storm late Saturday night. A 50- acre tire was , reported in Union .eouatr.-v Fires which have; been yaglag ' ' In, ' rfbrthern ' , Tillamook county for the past few days were saldito be under cbntrol., ' None of the fires was jiaid to be ,ot a serions : nature. ,' :' :. REtURflS FROM SOUTH H. VEU- Corey A ttieada Hearing of :': i .Interstate: CommisHion H. H. , Corey; member ' of ; the public se'rylce commission has re turn ed . here .from . Los Angeles where he attended , a Ji ear lag con ducted :hy ; the -interstate, com merce commission with relation to rates on ,livestccki, . The petition of the rallroada for. higher rates On livestock; l3i being. Opposed by various livestock organ I jatlons on the Pacific coast.. A. similar hear ing was held In .Portland a few weeks ago. - r . HOUSE IltR ELECTION M BEP0STP0I0 Governor Sees Heavy Ex pense in Naming Crum packer's Successor i SUGGESTS APPOINTMENT Would Select Person To Protect Oregon's Interests At Capitol Without Vote Pending j Regular Election Calling oT . a special election la Multnomah county to select a suc cessor to Maurice E. Crumpacker, representative in congress for the third congressional district, will bo deferred by Governor Patterson until he has conferred with party leaders there. This was announced by Governor Patterson yesterday." Election Held Costly -' "There Is a possibility," said Governor Patterson, " "that the voters of Multnomah county may desire to avoid the expense , of ; a special, election and leave the of fice, vacant pending the next geh eral election in November,' 1928. This could be ' brought 5 about through the selection of a person to go to Washington and protect the interests of the. district until the vacancy., is filled. The person selected could attend committee meetings, offer suggestions , an d participate in other matters af tectina; the state of Oregon in which ' he was not required to vpte, r : ft ' r t i ,WflJ. Lef Vetera Decide " . Governor. Patterson.. 4made , it plain that he' would be guided In any action he may" take ' by, the voters.of Multnomah county. ."It the voters desire a special elec- . tion," said GoTernor Patterson, "It will ) be called'by executive department." v,; v .'.'; , The attorney general has held . that j under the federal -constitu tion . a tacancy .In the office of representative in congress shall bf filled at a general or special eleor (n. A law enacted at the 1921 session of 'the legislature author, izing the governor to till vacancies in certain state, district and county offices does not apply to the of fice of representative in congress. Officials here expressed the opin ion that 'the voters of Multnomah, county : would demand a special (Continoed on pr 2.)' f : WOMAN'S DEATH HELD ACCIDENT, TEACHER SLIPPED, FELL INTO i LAKE. JURY FINDS . Four Members Of Wild Party Re- leased On Ball; Sensation r 1 -it promised - ' ; ; SEATTLE, July 25.(AP) ; After t i deliberating . nearly . two s hours,7 the coroner's Jury here to night investigating the mysterious death :of Miss Violet Payne, music teacher, returned a report express- , ing the belief that her death was accidental. ; The finding ended a . day of intense criminal; investiga- . tion. Tonight's session of the in quest closed .after 'three of four persons -who had been held in the ! case-testified that the 34 year old . music teacher met death when she slipped and fell Into Lake Union, here while attending a yacht party. Officials identified . with; "the case said .the closing of the In quest was .only a preliminary step : ln: the - investigation' of Miss Payne's death. - , ' - Three of the': four persons held -in connection with the case were "temporarily": released without bail after having been held incom-r . municado' for 4 hours. - Release of t the fourth F. Crelgh Nelson,, wealthy broker and clubman -as a material witness under $20,000 bail ; was ordered on habeas corpus." writ i of Nelson and the " " three others were present at the yacht party which preceded the .strange disap pearance and death Of the music ian. Llttle.'ef fort was made, to rescue , the woman, today's testl monyjshowed and the affair was hushed up" and .reported a disappearance "to avoid .unfavor able publicity. . The'mala members of the party were declare by . the .corone r 'a jury to" b4, "cowards "and morally respasible" for',thetglrrs death; Coatianti-oil t'2,2 'J' ..''.' i ' . t