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Yho Jatpooi -wallway Linco of Salom VJill Wow o No Moro; .Tho'-M'oCi'orn 'Sue Wqc Driven Yiior.i Off ttic I w u to a slheiof the BestiAdvcrtloIng !JhvojotiQia'Wi8.CouIclLDaI;o'I : 1 ft l. WRATHER FORECASTS- SUkmPwhnf in MaJ'Jj .John rBull will decide affer all tttat a'CalDa sbop. la .nii place lor him. 'BaCfalo Courier 'and .Express. ... ..- . . Persian women now want to wearWent- efn fashions. .Persian men wouldn't object 4 "t&Shty. only kAewl Cincinnati Enquirer.' settle cooler with-rising huuiidity, ,Mai-; 55; rlTer, ' minus 1.4 ; atmosphere, clear; t wind, nortnwest SEyENTYSEyENTH YEAR SALEMIoREGON; SATURDAY, MORNING; JULY 30, 1927 ' PRICE FIVE CNTS h i VJ 4M " ' - - 1 :v . - i a..ii ... . i i J - " i..' - - . -r A Wt a, I M ; T . - "w Wmm 5E1IID AT WASHING America Cannot Agree to Naval Expansion Proposed ; By Great Britain pEPLY YET WITHHELD proposal to Transfer 'Tonnage from Category of Waarahlpa.to .Another' Prove Hard for America to Take WASHINGTON. July 29. (AP) . Careful examination by Secre tariea -Kellogs; and Wilbur -and their advisers of .the British pro- coeala at Geheya aerved today only to strengthen" the earlier official Tiew that these proposals consti tuted a program -of naTal expaB- uion to which the Wasblngton gov ernment could not agree. The last British proposals were described as less acceptable than the original British suggestion in " sofar as they concern the sixes of navies. State department com ment reflected sharply the same viewpoint' that r was ascribed to President Coolidge ,in press re Torts from the snmmer White House. - : - - ' . ' , AKreement Impossible The Washington . government rlearly feels that in view of the Iinality of the British attitude, an agreement is impossible and that there remains only the necessity if teach government to make clear ltsposition In the adjournment of the conference. ,k v Analyzing the British proposals, one official said today that in ef fect the United States was asked to construct from "1 2 to 16 ten XouBnrt-a iMih . whlch-lt.does . . . i . . u oi neea in return to we pcfuiueu Jio construe or to retain nearly ' "Z00,fi00 tons of txnatlerv cruisers which It does not need; and does not want. Xn addition, the agree ment would bar the placing upon , Bmaller ships guns of the sire Am erican naval Opinion believes would be adequate. ' Washington's , Action Puzzles GENEVA, July ; 29. (AP) What will Washington do? That kwag the question every body seemed to be asking tonight In British, Japanese and other non-American circles of the tri partite naval conference. Hugh Glbsoe, chief American delegate, told the British and Jap- . (Continued on pare 6.) RITCHIE FLAYS DRY LEAGUE MAN MARYLAND i GOVERNOR DE- CtlXES WHEELER DEBATE 1 "AVheelerism" ThronjEh Anti-Sa loon League Declared Menace to Country DETROIT. July 29. (AP) Governor Albert C. Ritchie, of Maryland, in Detroit today en- route home f rom the governor s - conference at Mackinac Island, made public a letter revealing he had declined an invitation to a de bate on prohibition with Wayne B. Wheeler, of the Anti-Saloon ." league. ' . The invitation, according to the governor, was extended by R. D, Hollister of the University of Mich'lgan forum, in a letter last July 9, 4 s The; governor's . letter , to . Mr. Hollister, under date of July 19 said in part: , "I congratulate your great in' stitution upon its purpose to pro vide a neutral forum for the dls- ; cussion of Ibia perplexing nation al problem,, and I feel sincerely complimented that you ' should - thinksine worthy to .participate. "There are , several reasons . which In any event might prevent my-accepting your invitation, but "-V feel that In candor I ought to 2jjf you the one that makes it impossible for me to do so. While personally I believe our prohibition friends are taking the wrong tact and are not only In juring the cause of true temper ance, but are also doing harm' to the very character and substance of our sincere men and women for whom I have : the utmost respect, who differ with me, and with whom It would be an honor to Me- AIMEE CHANGES HER MIND AGAIN "XO.THOUGHT, OP IMMEDIATE" DEPARTURE, STATED Mrs. Kenned j Blames Ontslde In fluences for Daughter's Troubles LOS1 ANGELES, Jnly 30. (AP) Aimee Semple McPhersonl who last night announced her in tention of resigning' as pastor of Angelas Temple and hoped that she would be able to leave for "MM and Aimee! world evangelical work within two weeks today had retreated somewhat from that, position, de claring that her Los Angeles flock insisted that she spend most of her time with them." , .She said thereasothQUKht of immediate change." Meanwhile her mother, Mrs. Minnie Kennedy, with -whom -the evangelist has had - a-; lengthy squabble over temple . finances, saw a "diabolical jeonsptracjr" to oust both of them from the lead ership of the huge religious enter prise and traced it back to the daughter's kidnaping story of a year ago. "This diabolical conspiracy to oust both mother and daughter from this wonderful temple start- Jk (Continne'l on page' 5.) t SECOND TRAGEDY NEAR Child Runs Into Auto, at Church and State,? Little Hurt ; The street intersection of State and Church streets came near to being the scene of another tragedy yesterday afternoon when a small boy ran out into the ; street and into the side of the ; automobile driven by Koy Stevens,' box 25 Salem. i Stevens was traveling .slowly, he reported at the office- of, the county sheriff, and the child was forced ; to the pavement alongside' the car. Stevens believed ' him severely injured, but while he was calling a doctor, the child jumped up and ran away. , .Stevens' could . not learn the child's name,' he said, nor where be lived. ; c The church and State street intersection was the scene last week of the death of Miynard Sawyer in a hit-and-run , episode for which 'S Mrs. Ruth Lock wood, now faces a grand jury investiga tion on a charge: of involuntary manslaughter. KNOW FATE WEDNESDAY Governor Will. Decide Soon in Case of Sacco, JTanaettl BOSTON, July. 29. (AP)- Nicolai Saceo, and Bartolomeo Vaozettl, . Internationally known radicals awaiting; execution for murder, will. know their fate prob ably next i Wednesday. Governor Alvan T." Fuller asid tonight. The men, originally sentenced to die In the electric chair during the week of July 10. were granted a respite until' August 10 to enable the governor to investigate ' their, ease. : :"' '-: 1- .' . As Governor Fuller left his of flea at the' state house late today for his" summer home "at Rye Beach. NJ H.. he'.lnformed, news papermen that be thought his de cision in the case would be ready "sometlrne. Wednesday Bight," He added that he had several wit uesses to interview on Monday... MCJv : HIPS- Jt f .eMaVw -FATED SHIP H SAYS EXID si No Evidence of Crew's Ne glect Revealed ir Chicago Lake Disaster FINANCIER PROVES HERO Millionaire Yachtsman and Com panions Make Brave Rescues of Women and Children; May Get Medals CHICAGO. July 29. (AP) A four ply .investigation, of yes terday's excursion boat disaster in which twenty-seven persons.-mostly women and children, lost, their lives today ,revealed. " no ' evidence of negligence' or carlessnees on the part of crew or owner. None now is reported missing and authorities believe that all of the other forty-nine on the Fav orite were saved. Only 70 Aboard According to the best cheek up obtainable today there , were 71 passengers and fire of the irew aboard the hlp when it found ered, j Instead of culpability, inquiries Indicated that the boat had been pronounced seaworthy as late as July 11 last, and that the skipper tried valiantly to save his boat when the sudden off-shore squall struck it. Fred J. Meno. district steam boat inspector from Detroit, as serted the Favorite carried twice as many life preservers as would have been '; required for s yester day's passenger list. Had there been any question, of the little boat's stability. . federal head quarters of steamboat inspection would have ordered . a stability (Continued on page 6.) McMINNVILLE LAD SHOT Two Brothers Force .22 Cartridge Into Toy Gun; Explodes McMINNVILLE, July 29. AP) Virgil Davis, 11 years old, was in a local nospltal nere to night in a serious condition as the result of a gunshot wound in' his stomach. Virgil and his brother, 12, had been playing with a toy gun wnen one or tnem rorcea a 22 cartridge into it and it explod ed at close range. IS 1 1Y - s ' HUNDREDS HONOR M. E. CRUMPACKER SERVICES AT RESIDENCE, CHURCH AND CEMETERY Officials and ? Prominent Jfen of Oregon Attend; Bishop .i. Officiates ; - PORTLAND,. July 29. (AP) Under the relief of a cloudless sky the body of . Maurice . E. Crum packer was laid to rest today. , Three services weTe , heldv A private service for the family at the Crumpacker home in' Dun thorpe, rites in Trinity Episcopal church, attended by hundreds of persons, and last rites at a srave in a family plot at Rtverview cem etery. - s The services at the church and at the cemetery were . very brief. Before midday there was a scattering of persona in the pew? of the big auditorium. Friends of the widow - of the well-beloved young representative In "congress worked rapidly to .complete the decoration of the 'altar with a myriad of funeral pyros and while they wOrkedseores more ar rived. By 2 o'clock the auditorium was filled. The bier and the casket were draped With an American flag and placed before the altar. Soldiers on guard stood alongside. Mrs. Crumpacker and two of her sons took seats in the front row of the 'church. Fred and Owen Crumpacker, brothers of the representative and residents of In diana, and other relatives, sat be side her. Behind them and opposite them! bearers, many of them distinguish ed men In the affairs of the state and the nation. Bishop Walter Taylor Summer read from the gospel according to I St. John and St. PaulB epistle to the Thessalonians. "Let not your heart be trou bled," he read, and "Jesus said. Jn My Father's house are many man sions; if it were not so I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you." Weapon Used By D'Autremont Boys Sought for By Sheriff , MEDFORD, July 29. (APJ A search was on today by county officers here for the shotgun used by the three D'Autremont broth ers when they, killed Coyle O. Johnson, brakeman, in the SIski you train holdup and quadruple murder of October 11, 1923. The brothers confessed they had a cache near tunnel IS where they hid for a week after the crime and where they left the shotgun. Representatives of the sheriff's office and Chief of Police McNab conducted the search. ANOTHER HAS BEEN EIGHT CHURCHES TO ASK OPINION DEATH PENALTY TO BE .DIS CUSSED AT SERVICES Resnlta Will Re Placed Before i Governor In Kelley-Wlllofl Murder Case At least eight of the churches' of Salem will have the question of the death sentence for Ellsworth Kelley and James Willos brought before them Sunday morning for an expression of opinion on the part of Salem church-goers, It was announced yesterday, after a number of the local pastors had been apropached by parties' Inter ested in geting the death sentence commuted. V Unless Governor Patterson Commutes their death' sentence to one of life imprisonment, the two will be hanged on August' 19 for yhe complicity in the murder of Cwo guards at the. penitentiary during a prison break.on August 12, 1925. Their appeal, which has been taken through the higher Spourts, has been denied, and, only official clemency can save them. Ensign Pitt of the local Salva tion Army, yesterday declared him- Jself as in favor of any move to secure commutation of the sen tence... r .- Leaders of the movement said ttat evidence in the matter would he presented to the governor which might have a bearing on the ques tion of commutation. f,lRS PULITZER DIES Wife of Noted American Publisher Dies at-Deaurille DEAUVILLE, France, July 29. s j (AP) Mrs. John Pulitxer. wid ow of the, noted American publish er, died here today after only three says illness. The r body will be taken to America on the Maure tania, which saids Ahgust 41 ."' "Mrs. , PuMtrer had ltved Abroad much of the time' during the lau Iter years of her life, as her health Germany 'She was a second cousin of Jef ferson Davis, president of the con federate states during the civil war.) She became noted for. her great" beauty and charm, carrylnx with , 'her throughout her life the gracious' traditions of -the culture of the old south where she was "born. HORSE RETALL4TES PROD ' BEND. Ore.. July 29. (AP) Robert E. Lee is in. a hospital here in: a semi-conscious condition. He had gently prodded a work horse with his toe. The horse retaliat ed with a rear-hoof. Lee's Jaw ws shattered , jj 108 HEAT ( RECORD STANDS Government Thermometer Tested by Edward L. Wells Weather Bureau Head LOCATION SAID IDEAL Other Instruments fig Good Con. dltlon Except For Slight Error In One; Local Dlscrep- " ancles Explained , . The record for hot weatheri es tablished In Salem a week ago to day,; when thet government' ther inometer ..reached the, mark of 108. will stand as. the 'official record here1, according to i Edward ; L Wells, head of the li.. S. Weather Bureau' office . in " Portland, who yesterday checked the local ther mometer. The test of the instruments showed that the. maximum ther mometer is - registering correctly, Mr. Wells said. An error of about one degree in the minimum ther mometer was discovered and cor rected. All the -other instruments and equipment were found to be in good condition. . :' ; Reading? Correct . Mr. Wells did not attempt to explain the unusually high tem perature here in comparison with other Orecon points, except that it may have been caused by pe culiar local atmospheric condi tions. The -observation in . ques tion was .taken by Meredith, Wood worth, acting observer during the absence' of -Joint t P. Russell.5 the regular; observer. -Mr. Wood worth is experienced in. toe: work. Mr. Wells declared, and undoubt edly took the reading correctly. Readings on downtown- ther- ance with the government instru ment, -because of , heat from, the street and brick-buildings, or be cause they are -located In shady spots. : . .. : - Iiocatlon, Best Possible .The government station ia lo cated in, ah open pot oh the river bank, .where . ' conditions ' are ti nearly as possible favorable to an (Cntlnstd on pat 2.) . ELEVATOR KILLS BEAUTY . . .. . ... "Miss Gflrpy, Candidate tn.Beav- ty Contest in Acciaent JSAN FRANCISCO. July 29. (AP) Miss Florence Salustro of Gilroy, Cal., here as "Miss Qil roy" In a beauty contest being con ducted by a local newspaper, was killed in an : elevator accident In the Mark Hopkins hotel, where the contestants wsre staying Five 'of .the contestants were In the elevator when the accident happened. All became hysterical. Witnesses !'. laid : Miss Salustro was caught between the elevator and the, door as. she stepped into the page. Shes?as killed instant ly. 5 'Firemen were" tailed to extri cate the body,, ,whlch, bad been wedged in the dor so that the girls Inside were-unable to leave the elevator, cage..- ,;--, ; , - " 'i ' . ' ; PROF; TANNERvREC0VE Oregon faculty Man, Burned aad 4 I Cut in Bis "Explosion ; I rRESNOCal.. Juj"y:29.(APV -t-Professor Herbert Tanner of tne University of , Oregon, who .wai pureed and. cut ; about the : face and ' body; when a,- high explosive with which he -was experimenting at Signal Peak was set off -pre1 maturely r Thursday, was reported to . be. showing improvement to night in the Sugar "Pine hospital In ifadesra countyrto which he' was removed' afte the accident, f ; i .Threepf the five, others who were injured by the cxnlosion'atlll are Jn the hospital and their con- dtion was described tonight aa im proved. The other InJnred men were not seriously enough hurt to nave to remain in the hospital. ': Traak,KUI,.27, .of, Eugene. wa one of those injured. " ' :" . " " . ' ' ' .,; r . . i ii i T .:' i,- j EUROPEAN PEACE PRESAGED iWtLIAMSTOWN M J(S- - Jtll'T 29.- (AP) The,- ? bitterness &: In Prance and ' Ger man n rnA pta at the Versalllea .treaty is dlsaD- pearlng and a.'mpproacliment be- JW??,thQse. countries is depart (??X,Which. xesagea a stable Euro pean-peace rCoTtnt CartoSforxa, '.CUIcsat said today la, aa address before tte Institute of Politics.' " ' BUILDING RECORD ; 'SURPASSES-JUNE SEVEN IMPORTANT BUSINESS STRUCTURES" STARTED' ' '. July Dwelling Permits Also" More ! Namerous Than Previous , " Month With no one outstanding build ing project to raise the building figures for the month to a new record, figures for the month of July. 1927, which' ends its bus ; iness activities today, will never; theless show a number, of healthy Increases' over those of the past. Up until 'last night, Vith noly one more day to :go, 28 permits had been granted during the moth tor new dwellings, with an approx imate total cost of S76.600. This Is a decided. Increase over June of this rear, when $70,550 was spent on 22. new, homes. ;,;" : j During. June the permit'- was taken out -for. the remodeling of the .Derby- building into the new Terminal hotel, at a cost of 1200,- '00. Outside of this .one propeet. there1 were only two other new building permits- issued, aggregate ing $19,000- in-cost., A new filling station raised this to $20,000. . Figures for July show six con crete buildings, . with , one other store, building, totaling $59,500 ia estimated cost.' with the remodel ing work on the White House res taurant, amounting to $10,000, ralsrng this figure to $169,500, proposed to be spent in -business buildings. ". , - ' , Permits for repairs for? the month amount to $4,600, ottiside of : the $10,00J mentioned above as the cost . of remodeling the White House.' Other smaller ex penditures include $560 for a play shed at the Sacred Hearty Acad emy -and. $50 for the construction of ,a M irqulse. Business buildings fos which permits have been taken out dur ing the month include those for the Marion Market and the new Fraternal .temple, each , to ,' cost $ir.0OO. the Van Patton building on Court .street,,' at $25,000r the Nelson. . Ling building at Liberty STAMP SELifeR FINED Former Salem . Man Draws s Fine and Sentence From Judge ) PORTLAND, July- 29 (AP) John P. Graham, 4 5.. said to be a former, manager of the OregOnian Stamp company of Salem, entered a plea of guilty in Federal Judge MeNary's court today to a charge of selling ' imitation preAiancelled stamps. He was sentenced to the county jail for 60 days and fined $51.92. " Forrest E." Littlefield, assistant United States attorney, said; Gra ham had an elaborate scheme for manufacturing the . pre-cancelled stamps, "which.; he is alleged to hkve sold to stamp collectors at exorbitant prices. :'-"-i-j '-fc ; V."' ? Graham was, taken 'into custody In , California after ' he had . been: Indicted secretly here. . ?-. " STATE i CASE STRONGER - . . . Officer Who - Was- .With- . Kt.in Sheriff Jdemesiak ; VANCOUA8,jttj 29, agalnsfLather Baker, on trial for alleged murder of Sheriff Les- ter,;.M. wood, was .strengthened materially today, by, the testimony pr ueputy Sheriff Miller, who was With Wood when he was. shot, i j He declared that ?he . saw & he Wan who did the. shooting step across the trail in front of the sheriff and identified him later as Luther Baker. , He had not met Baker prior ; to 'the shooting, he said. .' -.; ' - " :. r - . . : , .-. a Cross examinations by Attorney urass, wno is defending, the Bak ers. Indicates that self defense will be -advanced aa justification, tor the alleged murder, MAKE SWEEPING INQUIRY Consequences of Firms "Commun ;i:ity of Interest' to-Be Aired k WASHINGTON.; July : 29'. t AP) A : sweeoiag Inauirv Into the relationships between be E. X Du j Pont ?de Nemours company, the General . Motors . corDOratlon and the United States Steel cor poration was ordered today by the federal trade commission. . a The Investigation will .be, con- dueled by;. the? chief economist and t. iif go directly to the aue.stioa of the. probable--Economic -. conse quences of a- community of Inter est among tle three largest IiS- '?-t-' 1 e -Titicri tf X 'A' I I '.Zt'. It.." i ct t ju by the couiuiissiou. - IE . POSSIBLE WIT STHEETBUSES 'New-Service; Going lnto; Ef fect f.ionday,'ftojBe Distinct Improvement trolleys to Disappear Motor Transportation to Start To . day on State Street Run; New ' Schedule Goes fnto Ef fec( j ' . t Xext Monday Plans for the conversion of the Salem street railway into a motor bus system have been completed. and the new service will go into effect Monday morning, according to Thomas L.. Blllingsley, superin tendent of the company. Workmen will start this'morh ing to tear down the trolley wires and cover the: tracks on State street, beginning at the. peniten tiary. ;In order- that the service mayj not be interrupted-during the next, . two days, before the' new schedule goes Into effect, two buses will be placed on the State street run, working on exactly the same schedule as the 'street cars. Chemeketa Btreet service will con tinue until Monday morning. . . I Faster Trip Poesible . The new service will be a dis tinct improvement ever the h old, declared Mr. BBIIngsley yesterday. It follows the poller of the South ern Pacific company in. many cit ies, wnere bus. service has been es tablished ;to provide quicker, more flexible service. forHbe riding pub- jThe.greater part of the Salem service has been changed over to the new form in the past, .leaving Ohlvthe Stat A atmot an fVom-V. "etsim6t&ti tor "final change '- ' .Advantages Proven ' The 17th street line, the, fir t of !the Salem lines fo'undergo the change, has been in operation as a bus line for three years, and the 12th street line came next. 19 months ago. . 1 ' Both of these lines, as well aa the; more recently chanced Com mercial street line, hive demon strated the fact that better service may be rendered by the buses, an that time schedules may be mater ially shortened through their use. t Buses-making the round trip run from the penitentiary - down- ! i ' (Continued oa pac S.) r SERVICE CLUBS' PICNIC SUCCEED DASERALL. GAME VpN BV JCt. I WANL4NS.1S FEATURli Ttiree Hundred Attend;, Fistic Oout Between BUI tuid BUI Cntertalna if. t ' t 1 1 ', ... : , .Success both as to 'nnrnters preent and enjoyment, attended the j inter-service club picnic bel i ati Hater's Grove last evening by the members of the Rotary, Iti Wanis'and Lions clubs, with their wives, children and friends ua fuest.v , -v. y . ; It was estimated by memberl of . the general committee In cfcarra that 300 persons attended.1 con stituting, majority of the mem ber of each of the clubs and tl.i. families . of . pioat of them. . jThe big. feature of the , even ' .-. wat the baseball, game . fcctWi . :i tha .Kiwanls and Lions claL, which was won by'jhe Kiwanlam 7-tO-l; and the- feature . -ot tLat game Was a mighty home run swat by Dr. L. E.,Darr!ck which put the Kiwanis team In, the lead after the Lions had acored first. -! 'Swimming and horseshoe pitcli ins' were among the other irorn erf gaged In prior to the luncheon hour, -and afterward there was a baseball throwing .contest for the ladles, a fat and lean men's raco arid' more baseball. , . 'Then as ' darkness approached the people were Called .around a huge bonfire which had been built by Dr. H. C. Epley' who then led them In a number: of perulax songs ot the present and earlier times. v . ; , Some of the sonss were t : - t separately by the various ! . eac'J seeking to outdo the t. in- volume and harmony. T . : I be ; ash to render, a verdict r , t tl-' wlrr.tr. .' . '. ! alht of hand tricks f f-r el Ty Cooke Pat t-n, f r ar 1 r;i. ,,fan. -'. ;;r . : : r "::..:r; Pini:. t (Ctitiwwl on pare 5.) - f. i t . -
