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You Can See a Complete Program at the Elsinore Theater After Hearing the Band Concert this Eveniiy Tft Quota is About .'.Filie'Sk Pointers Should ' WHtefiWire or Phone Before Com foryVorL ; - i - ' Weather forecast: Generally' fair with moderate temperature In th west portion: locally, moderate westerly winds along the coast. r .It Is said, that fifty per: rent of the sol-; diers discharged from the army, re-enlist, And a. greater percentage of men who get di- ( Torces . remarry, i Which shows- that some folks never get enough fighting.. 're ) a' - SEVENTY-SEVENTH YEAR -f&ALEM, OREGON, TUESDaV MORNING, AUGUST 2, 1927 PRICE FIVE CENTS - 5 1--..-'-' Baftot Taken at! Services on Sunday Favors Commu 'i: tation of Sentence TWO ALMOST UNANIMOUS No turther Action Reported .On Requestor Portland Attorney For Hearing In Regard To ;.":'. Trial Rrrora " Sentiment among Salem church iraer see ma to - be decidedly In Governor I favor of petitioning to t taran tn pnmmnta th senten- sea of James Willos and Ella- .. ,, . I taen in a number 'of the churches Sunday. i At the Jason Lee Methodist chuch' the .facts In regard to the Willos-Kelley case were briefly outlined by John H. Hunt, a mem ber, of the church, and then a rote, takeiu The .congregation went on - record almost unani mously, as being in favor of the commutation of the death sent ence to llfe .Imprisonment. Rev. Thomas Acheson is pastor of the Jason Lee church. 7 Rev. On E. Ersklne, pastor of I the Chemeketa street Evangel!-1 cal church, reported that the vote! was taken in his congregation Sunday, without any discussion of the question, and that 22 persons xnresed themselves as being in r9 mVfnv.fnf iwimmntntinn I -rntrf aInBt it. while a I n,.minr tn onrpB - I favor of commutation of the sent ence, was . given .by the congrega tion of the Castle Chapel United Brethren church at N. 17th and Nebraska streets, reponea .ev W. N. Blodgett. pastor. None Favor Hanging Votes were taken in at least fiye other Salem churches, Sun day, on the same question, and so far as could be learned yesterday, none of .them gave a majority in . (Continued e par 6.) iviount Vesuvius ERUPTING AGAIN TONS OF MOLTEN LAVA POCRlto their homes .from a dance at DOWN TOWARD TERZINGO Residents Leave Although Official Indicates Little I Danger r I NAPLES. ITALY, Aug. 1. (AP). :Vl j' I I Countless thousands ot tons ol molten lava tonight. continued tol i . . , ,,., pour ponderously from the Val- ley of Hell" under the crater orr""- Mount Vesuvius, into ravines lead ing toward the town Terzingo, many of whose inhabitants al ready have fled the re-awakened activity of the great volcano. Despite ominous explosions and the constant movement of lava, at i?'"!..". was no danger except in case the weight of the gathering material should cause a break in the side of the mountain. Irom, the- inner cfater to the surface racing jer- slgno. t The present phase of the vol cano's activity,. Professor Mai la dra said, would cease probably within a few days. Beginning' yesterday morning the eruption at Mount Vesuvius progressed steadily until early- this morning when f the -lava, which ai- ready filled the "Valley of Hell rose above the dikes ereetea to check its flow; into the valley and then began to run down the paths towards Terslgno. f A large secuon of the popula regions began to flee towards Na- nles after dawn j (Tefxlgno In 1920 had a popu - lation ,or 5,uuuj. - A A & V . Within the "Valley of Hell lava this afternoon formed a lahe about 2.000 feet broad which over - "flowed in a succesion of narrow currents over a breadth of about 300 feet Into the ravine. The tem - perature n ; me . crater i i ., u reached i;i00 degrees centigrade, with the air tilled with nnbreatn-f able gasses. , Professor Malladra, ' It was learned today, by his knowledge of the vagaries of ;. Mount Vesuvius, BUSES PROVIDING BETTER SERVICE STREET i CARR DISAPPEAR RUT NOT MOURNED Public Not Yet Familiar with New Routings and Time Sched ule, Report Isot. a hitch-occurred yesterday in the conversion of the Salem street railway into a motor bus real improvement, according to system, and the Salem riding pub- lie .seems to be accepting it as a Thomas L. Billiiigsley, superin tendent ot the system. Many comments were heard yesterday, he declared, on , the smooth riding of the buses. Some of the buses are equipped with oauoon tires, and others will probably be so equipped in the near future, making them fide much easier than the old type of bus. The routes of the bus lines, and the new schedules under which the busses operate were published in tne aunaay statesman, and no be kept where the patrons can often refer to them until they have become thoroughly familiar with them. This ; will minimize the number of calls coming in to the company's office daily to ask about the schedules, Mr. Hillings ley said. Persons living in the new ter ritory reached by the buses have not yet become familiar with the routes, and many of them walked to State street yesterday, when the bases passed almost in front of their homes. The work of tearing down the trolley wires on the Chemeketa street line has started, with the finishing of the State street line Black top has been laid over the tracks on State street west almost to 12th street, while the work of tearing out the rails from 12th to Church street is proceeding. with traffic moving slowbr be- cause of piles of .bHck alongside the track. Several days will be required to finish this wprk. Chemeketa street line will not be removed, it was announced, and the work of spreading the black top over them will begin soon. INDEPENDENCE BOY HU$T Car Leaps Highway On Return From Dance At Pedee OREGON NORMAL SCOOL, Monmouth, Ore., July 31,r7r-(Spec- ial) Three Independance boys suffered serious injuries at one o'clock this morning when their Ford roadster skidded on a curve on the Elkins market road about seven miles south of Monmouth. The young men were returning Pedee and were traveling at -too great speea iorf a graveieu r?u. The car cleared, a wire fence. breaking OI,iy the top wire, made several end f or . end sumersaults nd was partly demolished. The boys ..were rushed to the 'independence hospital, where the injuries to, Bob Owens and Bill '"J" es . . . . wi nut not or a serious nature. xim 1 J Snnr la tm in an unconscious condition from skull fractures and glass cuts on his neck. The doctors hold out little hope ' for young Sonecker, The boy's parents all live in ln dependence. NEW GARAGE OCCUPIED ntigerald-Rherwrln .Motor .Com- pany Takes Over Tha Fitzgerald-Sherwln Motor company has moved Into its new building at the corner of Chem eketa and. Liberty streets. , The building Includes a full basement with storage space;. for 30 cars. The basement also houses the re treading department. The mam floor includes : the service shop. rest room, wasn raca ana gr?? In department, show room, and offlee. i . MmkaN of the firm are J., i Fitzgerald and Howard T. Sher- win. Fourteen persons are em ployed. ; . ?''- ARREST JULIAN UlTIUCno 1 Manager of Petroleum company I . jr. WV1 -M w Yoric umce I NEW YORK, Aug 1. (AP) 1 a Swanson.' manager of the New I York off ice of Julian Petroleum I company of California, ;was ar- i reted here today In connection i with the company's coipo consequently reported loss of sl00 .ooO.OOO to . investors. we was held in $20,000 bail on I care of grand larceny ? to await J word ttom Los Angeles where' he 1 wa. natned in recent grand jury tndlctmenta. !4 i "STOP" SIGNALS LACES Council Reverses Ruling when Zoning Commission Attitude Explained SAY CONGESTION CAUSED Chanjje Not To lie Effective For A Month a Ordinance Not Yet Drawn Up; Cluster Lights To B Installed Reversing their stand of two weeks ago, city councilmen last night Instructed City Attorney Fred Williams to draw up a city ordinance amendment providing for removal of the stop signs on Church and Cottage streets from the north aide of State street and the south .side of Court street. Alderman W. W. Rosenbraugh. who is a member of the zoning commission, presented the com missions attitude on the matter which was not made plain to the council at the last meeting of that group when a communication from the commiss'on advocating the removal was disapproved. Al-' derman Rosenbraugh was absent from the zoning commission when the recommendation was drafted, and hadno facts to present when the matter was broached at that council session. Caused Congestion The maintenance of stop signs on both sides of the , streets at those points has caused traffic to move so, heavily to High street. said Alderman Rosenbraugh. that it has become a real problem, and menace to safety. People will Tather go a blcSwit of their way to avoid stopping twice, he said. That an accident hazard would be created with' Removal of the signs was scouted. Reasonable rare exercised by motorists in driving onto State would elimin ate any possibility of danger, and in time people will become ac customed to the new arrangement, Alderman Rosenbraugh declared. Not Effective Soon It will be at least a month be- for the sign removal will become effective, as it will require that much time to get the ordinance bill through the regular legisla tive procedure. A petition for permission to put up cluster lights on High street Continued on pare 8.) T HO 0 SCENES AS RIOTERS SWEPT THROUGH VIENNA ' - ----- . ; - . T - . 7 i ii . n I, i - -- - i -.- I . if: r 4 ,"v y v I , ysr U ..-. t" . . i , .,. I , ri xa . :-t':.i:? :: ,, y. ... ... .......... ., .. j .... 51 . f f . . . i - v - 1: -r.,. until .; .:-. .:. 'J , , v . . ' ' .' ' t X-.--. " " ' -',k ' i Scenes In Vienna, Austria, during the, recent outbreak -of Socialists, against the; Selpelrgovernment, costing the Uvea ot 81 persons, chiefly, workmen. -Top photcr-shova thef, burgomaster f of Vienna, ,'Karl Seits, trying to ealm ? rioters. - - Lowf jr-photo shows i itriJtlsXfjrorkers -from .couatx7 fdlatrfcU? artivisf to participate-la-the demonstration, , ; v. : PRUNE GROWERS f TO MEET TODAY v -if PLAN OP MARKETING " THJS YEAR'S CROP SOUGHT Withdrawal of One Packer Dis rupts Arrangement, Rut Hope Still Held. , CORVALLIS, Aug, 1. (AP)- Leaders in the prune marketing movement, meeting in Salem to morrow, will endeavor to reach a solution to the problem of how best to sell this year's prune crop, and will draw plans for proceed in;; with the packer-grower or ganization for handling the 1927 rop. ' " ' ' ' ! The meeting was called by Paul V, Maris, director of the college extension service after consulta tion with Seymour Jones, state market agent. Departure from the packer a greement by one of the packers concerned has halted arrange ments for selling the crop under the plan adopted by the conven tion of 100. It is thought, however, that im mediate consideration should be given means of reducing threat ened losses to growers this yetar and that definite steps should be taken to sign up 90 per cent of the prune tonnage produced . in western Oregon and southwest ern Washington by the first of January, according to the agree ment reached at the Corvallis convention July 9. Among those who have promis ed to attend the Salem confer ence'tomorrow are: Senator Lloyd Reynolds, chairman of the north west dried prune convention Kenneth C. Miller, chairman of the marketing section of that eon-1 vention; R. H. Kipp, marketing manager of the Portland chamber of commerce; Henry Crawford, chairman of the organization com mittee of nine; Mr. Jones and Director Maris. CLEVELAND FETES LI NOT Conqueror of Atlantic and Hlstof: Making Plane Visit". CLEVELAND, Aug. 1. (AP. j Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh, am bassador of Good Will between na tions, who brought his Spirit of St. Louisto Cleveland, today, was lustily greeted by thousands at the municipal airport, received the freedom of the city and tonight was a guest at a civic banquet. 1 Police estimated that 150,000 people jammed in and near the municipal airport to see Colonel Lindbergh land, the .greatest throng they ever handled. Seats surrounding, the speaker's stand bad been provided for several thousand, but these people were lost in the press that came for ward soon after the plane landed. BRAMWELL OUT RUMOR ALLEGES RESIGNATION ON WAY TO GOVKRNOR, RELIEVED ; A. Schramm Said to Have In aide Track for Bank Superintendency Capitol gossip here Monday in. dicated that the resignation ot Frank C. Bramwell, state superin tendent of banks has been re quested and would reach the state banking board sometime this week. ; Appointment of Mr. Bramwell's successor will follow within a few days after the resignation is re ceived. Persons close to Governor Pat terson and other members of the state banking board expressed the opinion that A. A. Schramm, Cor vallis banker, has an edge on the appointment. , . It was said that Mr. Schramm, has been engaged in the banking business for many years and at one time served as examiner for th estate banking department. He has received the indorsement of a large number of influential ban kers In various sections of the state. Ofihers persona mentioned in connection with the appointment are exGovernor Ben W. Olcott, for the past w years a resident of California; i.hn M. Tborne, bank , at Roseburg and B. D. Cusick of Portland.. Mr. Cusick was engaged In the banking business in Albany for many years prior to his removal 4 to Portland. The office carries a salary of $6000 a year and "is one of the most coveted Jobs in the state. Y , The state' banking board which has the selection of Mr. Bram well's successor is composed ' of Governor ' Patterson, Secretary; of State Kozer and State Treasurer Kay. SALEM CHIEF TO ATTEND ! Hut ton Authorized T? Go To State Firemen's Convention : Fire Chief Harry Hutton will at tend the State convention, the Pa cific coast convention, and the In ternational convention of fire Chiefs at the expense of the city, it was decided at the council meet ing last night. 'The state convention will : be held in Portland August 4, when the largest accumulation of fire fighting apparatus ever assembled in one place at any. one time will be on display. All members of the fire committee are planning also to attend this gathering. HIE STARTS GRUELIMl PORTLAND GOAL Marvin Lewis not Reported Since Passing Wheatland on Monday Afternoon ROW BOAT ACCOMPANIES Test will be one of Most Severe Ever Attempted in Fresh Water f Careful Prep ; arations are Made Starting on what will be, it successfully completed one ot the hardest . tests of endurance swim, min Aver i attempted In fresh water. Marvin Lewis. 18 year oldfl member of the U. S. Marines, be gan yesterday at 10:45 the 72 mile swim to Portland. No reports of his progress had been received yesterday after 3:15 p. in., when be was reported to be swimming easily at Wheatland ferry. He was observed at Spong'a Landing earlier in the afternoon, at, 1:10. Rowboat Goes Along Accompanied by a rowboat carrying Sergeant Carnes, of the marines, -Jim Jacobs, Dr. . G. E Prime, uncle of the swimmer, and his father, W. P. Lewis, the young marine . expects . I to make the distance in from. 24 to. 30. hours. finishing in Portland sometime f tomorrow-afternoon. . Just before entering the water, Lewis , was heavily coated.- wh grease, as a protection against the cold. - Provision had ieen made, for feeding him "while -in thi Tvater ; tram . ihdvoaaotn panying-him. ? i0 -:- 'May Not Leave Water , r.' . Provision for going through- the locks at Oregon City had been made beforehand, so that the swimmer would not be stopped there, it was said. The distance to Oregon City' from Salem is 58 miles, and would tn itself be a record, Bhould he get no farther than that. Captain John Spong, who for years made the trip up and down the, river on the river-boats said yesterday that he doubted If any one could make the swim all the way to JPortland. ; . Spong pointed out that the latter part of the swim was in still , (Contianed on paf 7) DWELLINGS TO BE BUILT Ruilding ,Artliity Starts With . Rush As Month Opens Permits for the; building of new homes - In ..Salem go;t . a ' good start for the1 month ot August ' yester day. ;with" the fssnaoee vot 'three i -I.- ' . X- 9ll A. A. V perm us ior., new, oweuinis, iota inn an; xpenditurVoti ti 2.500- r ? . Geojxe W. Hu'gfciBuperfntendent of city .schools took1 out a permit yesterday, to ... erect, a. two story dwelling at 1805 Fir. street, Ia the Fairmount Park addition, r at a cost of about 8&.600, . ... . , At 707 Union street, near Cot tage, a $3,000 home, will be built soon .for G. HMcElory, according to the application for building per mit yesterday, ' - ' r . . ?v I .A one and a half story dwelling to cost approximately $3,000 will be built at 490 S. 21st street, near Bellevue, tor. A. liunt. , V -r "Another permit was issued for the repair of a one story dwelling and garage at 1638 S. Church, in the Nob Hill addition. .Repairs will cost about $1900, the permit stated. - 5 f " "r" -V -: t r . 1 ... ' FIVE INJURED IN: CRASH Automobile Driven By jt, JILs Var- r ley Forced Off Highway;- J PIve persons t received ; bmjses and other, slight injuries, Sunday, when a car driven .by R. IL Var leyi .1170 Fairmount avenne, was forced oft the highway by an un identified driver, six : miles north of Salem. - i.VJVt-A..i:'s''S'. , According to Varley, the driver of he other "car drove onto . the highway, from a service station at the side of the road, and swung directly In front 1 ot him. ' yVarley went Into the ditch,, rather than $e struck; he said. His car was badly, smashed.:-:., :? . ' v -t :; ; l.:-' I .Those- In the ear at the time of the accident,-. all of whom- received bruises, were Mr ; and , Mrs. John Biwer, 362 N Church street. Xloh- erta Vartey. and, Mf. and Mrs.li: XL Yaxley. k ' - - ISSUE OF BQNDS, TO BE PROVIDED ORDINANCE BILLS .CALL, FOR TWO LARGE BLOCKS Rids on Incinerator to be Opened At Next-Meeting of -.City Council Ordinance bills , 2 511 and 2512 providing for . Issuance of blocks of bonds In the amount of $100. for Salem bridge improvement and $100,000 for aewer construction were introduced at the city coun cil last night, and given first read ing! - ; . ' Aside from this, no reports were given by any 'of the committees in charge of the Improvement work called for under the meas ures passed at the last election. i It is understood, however, that Just-as soon as the bonds are is sued, and funds provided, actual work on the projects will, be un der -way. ' : Bids on the Incinerator which have been called for are due al the next meeting of the city coun cil, August 15. No ordinance pro viding, for issuance of bonds in this project. will be introduced un til these bids are . made known. A. C. Forrester and W. D. Smith. Portland consulting en gineers, have applied for the job of advising with, the city engin eer in surveying the city of the new sewer system. Their applica tion was referred to Alderman Grabenhorst, of the sewer com mittee. RESCUER HAS ACCIDENT IS Year Old Heroine Involved In X ear-drowning Next Day LONGVIEW, WASH., Aug., 1. -(AP) Lucille Chamberlain, 16 year old. heroine of the thril ling rescue of little Llla Mclvor, who was snatched, from, death in tha Columbia river yesterday, to- tthtwaaLiei suiienng iro injuries to ner neaa and from , a possible; spinal "Trac ture. herself - the orictlmof near drowning. Yesterday's rescuer was today rescued from Cowee man river, after she had -gone down a second time. Mike Price, timber baseball umpire, figured In the rescue. . ..'... . . ; The Chamberlain girl hatt been diving from the Hammond Lum ber company roll way. into about seven feet of water from a height of 25 feet. It is believed she hit a submerged log. She came up waving her arms and evidently in serious distress.1 A youth whose name was not learned, saw her condition and dived to the rescue. She grabbed him and both went down. Price rescued the boy and Miss Chamberlain is an aquatic star and a senior in the Longview high school. . - APPORTIONMENT HIGHER Counties To Receive More "I Capita of School Fnnd Per Despite" the fact that there were 258,884 children of school age in the state ; this - year as.. compared with 252,050 last year year, . the apportionment of the irreducible school funds increased from v $1.53 ' per i cap ita : In; 1926 , to. $1.5 ; in 1927. This was announced by Gedrge G. Brown, clerk, of the state land hoards who ; Monday prepared ithe checks payable - to 4 the t various counties, : t . r ; -A recapitulation showed that In 1925 there were 248.849 children of school, age in the state with an apportionment of $373,272.50 or $1.56 per capita. The apportion ment 'Increased in 1925.to-$285,-63.50 and in 1927 to $400,739.- ' The records for Marlon., county show $16,173 schoorchUdren and an apportionment of $25229.88. ' CONVlCTTAKEfl QUICKLY Pritfoiv- larante Bwlais illlraoe; f Caught to- Raspberry TateU " Within five minutes after-Dan Mcpherson.: convict, was reported a missing,, at . tha state peniten tiary here yesterday afternoon he was apprehended by guards in" a raspherry rield a short- distance from the. institution. - -u r Mcrherson, was employed In re pairing the prison, retting unks, under; gnn- guard, ; when he ''es caped. Officials said he swam the mill race. The convict was reports ed missing 30 minates after his tzz&Z and guards were placed on his trail.-'. :;v.". :vy.vv.l,:.,:-..,,r;,;. S IcFherson; Was received at the prlasn.'. from Multnomsh county, May,. 7i927 to. aerve, a ; Jerm o f five years for assault with intent to rob. : ' : iwnirs Mirr to visit m Mrs. Ray DeAutremont Ar rives in Eugene; Will Live , fiear -Errant Husband fAYS - SON SVEET BOY Resembles Father 2d Years Says Grandfather of Jackie Ilu;.'i , Will Visit at Penitent iary j. In" Few Pays EUGENE, Ore., Aug. 1. (AP) Unable longer tfi be away from her; husband who Is serving a life term In the state penitentiary at Salem for murder, Mrs.iRay De Autremont, pretty 18 year old Ohio farm girl, arrived in Eugene Sunday, With her was her 14 months old son, Jackie Hugh. -V Always Faithful Through arrest and conviction, Mrs. DeAutremont remained faith ful, refusing to divorce her h un hand when Ohio relatives proposed such action and as soon as she was able left for the west so thai she1 could visit Ray. at least oc casionally.' She will : make bet home here with Paul DeAutre mont.' father of Hugh who w convicted and the. other two De Autremont boys Jointly sentenced, for.a train robbery and murder In the Siskiyou mountains. . Picture of Father Jackie Hugh, the hoyr is a pic ture of Ray and his twin brother. Roy, 2ffyear& ago, Paul DeAutremont- .said tonight They were goody boys tooi he said, and led straight lives except for their one jyff.iilsXftko, .which ruined their whole' careers. ' r 'rie's a sweet little' youngster. the grandfather said, -"and bit granddaddy will do all'he can for him.': . . . , r Mrs. DeAutremont and her in- fant son were asleep at the hom o ftha elder DeAutremont when he told of her arrival tonight. The two made' the trip from Steuben ville, Ohio, in a day coacjjTand sr rlred here Sunday afternoon whjla the DeAutremont family was at a f j. (Continned a ps ) McNARY-H AUGEN BILL DEMANDED SEXATOR,. CAPPER .BRINGS ' ir WORD TO PRESIDENT Administration Cooperative fca sure Not Adequate, Kan : i aan Declares , RAPID CITY, S. D., Ang. 1. (AP).- President Coolldge turned from the perplexities of naval ar mament long enough today to hear front; Senator Capper of Kansas that the farmers urge for the Me-Nary-Haugen relief bill persists while' an 'adequate substitute" re mains unannounced. ; u Coining'v in to the Black Iliila for a, conference at the summer White' House, Senator -Capper is th. first to- bring Mr. Coolldge a message that the farmer still wants the. equalization fee provis ion 1 In that long f controverted measure and,' while . he was con vlncdd the,farmers who favor the McNary-Haugen bill are ready "to listen. to reason". he did not think they would give any ground so far asthe fee was concerned. ' , , Next winter in congress, he-added, 'the fight for the essential provisions of the. measure would be continued which, lf the Kansas senator prophesies correctly would be the fourth session in which U-'i long hard fight has been carried. Mr. Capper confirmed reports (he administration's cooperative marketing bill was being remedi ed under the direction of Secre tary Jardine. Similar to admia: i tratlon proposals la the past tl " new bill would set up a fcJ:ril farm board with power to Iczl . tO;. $300,000,000 to 'cooperatiT' ? and 'farmers. Although Senator Capper long has been an expose it of . cooperative marketing, he t . clired this measure would : t meet the present need. It would be a fine piece of ! -Islatlon, he said, "but it dots i : go far enough."" ' i ' The senator joined with I ; Kansas colleague, Senator Cur: republican leader in the f -. r, against -a-special session c! -gress.' ' ; '.... ?' He brought Mr; Cooll '-a n . timistJc report on crcp car..::: " especially us ton Leat : . VnilTUF III 1 lUUinruLi Continued sa pc 8.)