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Newspaper Page Textjjt.;.xii:-fj cis. jiijjsj'ziz.: wo.ikirQ ;Ulndau ona -Saturdays, xo, 08;JLoeUlqjiiiieShip,. at lUcass:.:: bqenis ' ProvingrTtiat Success in Promoting: the Marketing Plan Vill Take Time, : Hard ; Work and : Cooperevtc The government:; report H probable short age In the corn crop this.' year, but -if pot a single ear' were grown the bootleggers wouli - WEATHER FORECAST: Fair, somewhat cooler; slightly higher humidity; maximum temperature yesterday 94; river minus 1.4; atmosphere clear; wind northwest. .-' show tip with Just "as much ''corn" liquor I as tTt;r. ; . , , . ,. . , : ; v , ,L. . I SVENTX-SEVENTH YEAR SALEM, OREGON, .WEDNESDAY MORNING, AUGUST 3. 1927. PRICE - FIVE , CENTS MARINE'S SWIM FIDOi LAUDS BASEBALL HERO "JUST AN IDEA" GIVEN BY JAPAN BANKING BOARD TO MEET TODAY REPORT HAS IT THAT BRAM-' WELL RESIGNATION IN LEADERS SCOUT r MAY BE RECORD COOLIDGE NOTE E MARKET LEWIS COVERS 40 MILES BE. NIPPONESE OFFER t SUGGES TION TO SAVE PARLEY " SENATOR SMOOT SAYS MES FORE CRAMPS HALT SAGE LY MEAN ANYTHING UNITED EFFORT Had Endurance for Much Longer .OF Proposal is to Maintain Status Governor Declines To Deny Or Democrats Assert .Sncclnct Utter- SIS COOLIBiiL Distance; May Try Again Next Quo on Cruiflers Pending "Catch up" i Affirm; Sucressors Being Talked Now , . " an re of President Just . A Feeler. Tear will INSURE FUTURE ILLIJOTli FOB PRESIDE::! i PRI 4 IN 1 Representatives j Of GrOUpSI nterested Agree on Early 1928. CampaiQn , ONE PACKER TO BLAME Committee of Nln to b Author ized to Formulate Contrarta Immediately to Forestall Break Next Tear Agreement among public nd 1 .,.,! I. ' ..mlM cnnrornoil I cu"f"u"v I wesi.aneu prune muunu j aa kj their attitude in the present situa tion and under future eventual! ties was reached here Tuesday at ! a meeting : held in ; the office of Seymore Jones, . state - market agen and called by Paul V, Marls, dlrorofneA. C. iSS service. j . TV a tttflA n an hnna nt tffio- .w w. r I V, tive .organization to nandle this ! year's crop remains, nut that ac tion must be taken at once to in sure organization in the future was the unanimous opinion of the leaders present, representing in addition to the offices named, the Portland chamber; of .commence marketing department, the com mittee of nine named at' the Cor- vallis convention, "and growers themselves. ; f ? - Packers Blamed Blame for the present unorgan ized and disastrous condition. ' from the growers standpoint was laid squarely at'the feet of the mioVara thrnnrh thplr fallnrft to complete their part, of the, out- lined grower-packer plan present- ed at the Corvallls convention by the committee of five and adopted with some modification. How their - disagreement wa itself-' brought about through premature action in price quoting by one California I ((joatinacd ta 8. RADICALS' FATE KNOWN TONIGHT " DECI8IOX OF . GOVERNOR ' Be GlV'EX OUT ' Hearing of Witnesses In Famous Sacco, Vanxetti Case Completed nnaTrxxr trr i APiNlpolalticed Schulze's plane burst into BOSTON, AUG. (AP) NicoUl . Sacco. and Bartoimeo vanzeiu,i their fate between 8 and .8 o'ciocK A lwan T. Fuller, who aa been conduct. Parachute openea only a few feet u . k.,lfrom thi rronnd as the blazine ng a P0 'l I. The go;eW completed the In- of vttnesses today and devoted himself td the preparation of his findings in the iamous case, Governor Fuller recently visited the state prison and Interviewed Sacco. Vanzetti and . Maderios. Vanzetti, the last of the three to be brought into the warden's of - flee, talked with the Governor for an hour. - , ,- T Tha riinrv rommittee ao - pointed to make a separate inves- conference of operators and mi li tigation completed its hearing of ers of the central competitive field wltnMf.es on Jnlv 21.. It heard and preparations were made for arguments on Julv 2S. by Attor - r Thnmnuiii Herbert tk Ehr - mann, associate def ense counsel, f: Donahey'sf suggestion followed j n..ji d d..... aiitontlfattred acts A of violence in district attornev of Norfolk coun - ty. and then was ready .to draw up its report. ' : The exeoulve council, which., has the .power to approve or disap prove any recommendation of the Governor for clemency, will hold another -meeting today. BOSTON, AUG. 2. (AF) - - Mc - ola Sacco, and Bartolomeo ,Van - zetti, internationally anown. ra - ' icais awaiting , execuuun r.T..r.nh.AV town state prison. vAt ibe same time CeleslnoMaderkJ, sentenced I KonV troaaiirF In d. ImlllTl ft.1 zwHa. i T , ac i. ,. ;- w.Mpi. Wm Henrr ftald the removal of the. men was the usual fnvmalitv hpn tTi datA set . forlTroy. Ohio, where ne wm par their execution approached. To- morrow nieht Governor Fuller will make public Ali ? declslorij which will mean lite or death to " pacco and YanzettL . -Although nnsucceasfnl in hia Mtempt to swim from Salem to . T8, T ISalem, Monday night established what may be a world's record for I a non-stop fresh water swim. wlfn he covered 40 miles before ueius laKcu i rum me water near Newberg suffering from severe leg cramps Lewis was untired by the long J3 hour swim, and wanted tf go on with It after the cramp had been massaged, but those in the cchvoying boat decided that tbe Sri.J1"". -m j -.-- iinntrtalii on1 Honor.. V,Q Starting from Spong's boat- house in Salem at 10:40 a.m Monday the swimming marine made the first part of the jour ney, during daylight, with ease, Carl Beatty, Salem swimmer, was ?? 8nd 1?" i with Lewis. Others in the boat were Sergeant Carnes . marine recruiting officer, who managed the Salem end of the swim; Dr. George Prime, uncle of the young swimmer, and Jimmy Jacobs, old river man. His father and mother, Mr. and Mrs. W. P. Lewis, of 1395 N. 5th street, Salem, followed the river as closely as possible in a car, meeting the party wherever pos sible. Nourishment consisting of chocolate bars, broth, and hot chocolate was given the swimmer several times during the day. He (Continued on page 6.) PARACHUTE FAILS-KILLED Commander 'of 27th Squadron Loses- Life in Airplane MT. CLEMENS, MICH- AUG. 2.f AP Liincinr l.OOd t eet from hIa brainy airplane at Selfridge field' here, Lieut, L. D. Schulze, commander of tbe Twenty-Seventh squadron, was killed today when his parachute did not open until J8 before he struck the ground tem ,1, - - .11 i.L. i 1 command of the squadron only TOia8t month when he succeeded Lieut. J. Thad Johnson, who was killed at Ottawa while leading an escort flight with Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh, Lieutenant Schulze did not participate in the Ottawa i flight Fellow officers at the field no- - - - - I vue luvtuit null iuch icai. riia plane crashed about fifty feet Uway and was destroyed by fire. The motor smashed its way five feet into the ground. I STRIKE SOLUTION URGED i ; Disorder Continues in Ohio Coal 1 Fields; May Ask Armed Force I COLUMBUS, OHIO, AUG. 2. j (API While disorders continued m the Ohio coal fields today, steps were taken by Governor Vic I Donahey to bring about a Joint 1 the employment of military force litf maintaining order if necessary 1 Ohio's coal fielda and was prompt ed. he said.1 because ! the coal strike situation is reaching the noint where public welfare de mands breaking the deadlock. The Ohio: governor asked gov ernors Small of Illinois and Jack son of Indiana to join, with him in assembling the mine factions; small mii) ha -wonld "Join. but I j. -naA not comment until Ke had more tlme tQ study the 1 pr0posal portund flier leaves I wt'.tll v--Atm-t , . . . a r a nv I Tex Rankin, veteran Portland I flier and- vice presiaeni mo Oregon Aero club, left tonight for J chase a three passenger Waco 1 plane to be used in the, New York to" Spokane! air derby September I - - - - " A., b 1 f A. 1 19. Tne snip wm oe curwieueu Tbe City of Portland, 20th Annivirjary of Walter Johnson's Baseball Ser vice Celebrated SERVICE CROSS AWARDED Game Against Detroit Yesterday Almost Duplicate of one 20 ' Years ago;' Veteran Strikes Out Six Tigers WASHINGTON. Aug. 2. (AP) Honors befitting two decades of brilliant baseball achievement, were' heaped tqday upon Walter JohnsonMthe capital's idol of the diamond, and one of the great pitchers of all time. ' t Besides.' a roaring demonstra tion from- his home town folk, Johnson received from the Ameri can league the first distinguished service cross ever awarded any baseball player. It was of solid gold, studded with twenty dia monds, one for each yea'r of bis service. Silver Service Presented To their hero of the ball field. capital ' fandom .gave a handsome silver service and will cause to be erected at Griffith stadium, a permanent memorial in the form of a sun dial of bronze and mar ble. From his team mates the "Big Train" received a sliver .water pitcher and' tray while the Wash ington and Detroit club presented him with a check for $14,746.05, representing the excess of the gate receipts on Johnson Day over the baseball games. ; After the presentation cere monies Johnson , walked to the box where i "tw,en,tf:.i3Ears ago to the day he faced .the Detroit Tigesr in his first major league game. Again he pitched against a Detroit team and bis was much the same as it was on his first start. Loses by Single Run Then he was taken out of the box late in the game and that happened again today in the ninth inning and his team lost by the same margin, as on (ha other memorial day, a single run. waiter was coarged witn re- feat then but not today, for Wash ington was leading 5 to 4 when he retired. ' .... Although his fast ball has lost much of the speed and hop it had when he came out of Idaho, a gangling youth, to write his name imperishable in baseball history, he was able to turn back: six of the Tigers on strikes, raising his redprd over twenty years to 3,455 This Is the ' 'greatest , strike out record ever made. As Johnson-' left' the" diamond io give way to a'-youngsier, dar- ( Con tinned ea far-S.V RECOVERING CPTitral Preaa tftlenhntn of ; , , -I iAC - ;w. . 1 ;, Lincoln Park, Chicago In a sauall, resultlng.ln the loss of ! more th.n half ot the ei-perirdnt gbqard.? Iti the backbronndi boye, 4 United.' I States coast guard' boat may be seen standing by. 5 TheFaVortte, never more. than a mlU. from shore, plle4- between Lincoln-Park and! the municipal pier, Chicago The vessel: might not'haTa .topnled;oveVU-iUhhman caxgo,.chlefly WomH " H4 thlldrea, had. not pushed ' to one sido durloi-the-stor-t W - J:iyzt 4"' ' '- - ciU'"?jV1?':;'!r-!? rtti-i 7i -," f""" r GENEVA, Aug. 2 (AP)-r-Just an Idea" was the modest phrase which tbe Japanese states men used when presenting eafty today to Hugh S. Gibson, chief American representative: their compromise formula on the cruis er problem which has menaced tbe tripartite naval conference with failure. Despite this new move, how ever. It was said in responsible quarters tonight that the spectre of failure failure which, as' a prospect has genuinely alarmed responsible men of many coun tries should not yet be "deemed definitely avoided. Yet, from th American standpoint at least, the Japanese plan to save the confer ence is said to appear after closer study to include many attractive features worthy of being treated as a basis for negotiation. Mr. Gibson cabled the text. of the proposal to Washington today, together with his own views and comment. Furthermore. W. C. Bridgeman, chieft British delegate. who got the plan from Admiral Sal to and Viscount Ishli.. soon after they had submitted It to Mr. Gibson, has telegraphed it to Lon don. It is said that Mr. Bridge man believes the suggestion to be of so important a nature as to justify its consideration by the British cabinet. When the Japanese employed the expression "an idea" in giv ing the formula to"Mr. Gibson they meant what they said. ( They explained that they quite realized said they hoped Mr. Gibson would feel free to make any modiflca tlons or any comment he desired They told Mr. Bridgeman the same thing. The Japanese dele gates said, however, that they thought the idea had fundament ally, something., to be said for- Jt Tbe text of the formula has (Contiaiifta ob pact 4.) FLAHERTY WILL RETIRE 1 Supreme Knight of K. C.'s To Leave After 18 Years Service PORTLAND, Aug. 2.,(AP) After 18 years' of service, James A. Flaherty will retire as supreme Knight of the Knights of Colum bus: This step will be taken Thursday at the regular business session of the 45th supreme coun cil of the orsanization Ii . nven tion here and will be made In spite of the 5vpvytantties of many delegates who are insisting that he retain his position as head of the Catholic fraternal order. Martin C. Carmody, deputy su preme knight, will probably , suc ceed Mr. Flaherty, it was believed tonight although both men de clined to issue statements. It' was expected; David F. Sup ple, supreme, warden, will .suc ceed himself and that John '"F." Martin of ..the supreme board of directors will succeed Mr, Car mody. as deputy supreme knight. VICTIMS OF EXCURSION BOAT SUNKOFF CHICAGT). rpafuprs recoverlnr, victims from the The resignation of Frank C. Bramwell. state superintendent of banks, probably will be consid ered at a special meeting of the state banking board to be held here today. It was reported here that Mr. , Bramwell's resignation has been received by Governor Patterson, chairman of the state banking board. The governor would neither confirm nor deny the truth of this report. Men moat prominently men tioned in connection with the ap pointment of a successor to Mr. Bramwell are ex-Governor Ben W. uicott, lor tne past lour years a resident of California: A. A. Schramm, Corvallls banker; John M. Thome, cashier of the Ump-1 qua Valley Bans at Roseburg, and! E. D. Cusick of Portland. Mr. Cu-l sick formerly was encased in the banking business at Albany. The office carries a salary ofl'n tne rresiaent's announcement 86.0QQ" a year. It was said that Mr. Schramm has received the in- dorsement of a large numer of rral bankers, while ex-Governor niPftt h hn inHnr. hv tnnnv influential bankers of Portland. Two mmhra of th hoard were said to have expressed them- selves as being anxious to an nounce the appointment or tne new banking superintendent, with' in the next few days. There U a possibility, accord ing to statehouse gossip, that Mr. Bramwell's successor would be named at today's meeting of the banking board. PLAINTIFF LOSES POINT Judge MrMaban Overrules Motion to Strike Out Petition Judge L. H. McMahan of the 1 Marlon county circuit court Tues-1 day overruled a motion to strike J out a petition for interventon by I tbe stockholders committee in then "His successor ""doubtless . will case of the Nassau company follow the. broad lines, of his poll- against the Salem Kings Products company, i urtner time was given i . I the parties to make further plead-1 ings. The petition for Intervention followed foreclosure of a mort gage on the Salem plant of 1225,- 000. The foreclosure went by de fault before the intervention pro- ceedlngs were filed. t FIRE DAMAGES MAPLET0N f - t Four Wooden Buildings Destroyed .; -At Loss of Near-20.000 EUGENE, Aug. 2. (AP) Four wooden buildings at Maple ton, on the Sluslaw river, were destroyed by fire early today. The fire started in Rice Brothers general store and this building, together .with the Mapeton hotel, the "L O. O. F. building; Buck's pool; hall and . confectionery and Harold Addison's barber, shop were burned. The loss Is esU - ' mated at $20,000. , a ' i small excursion ?bOatFa.TOrltetwhichicaOsisedTfar Lakfl-Mlhlran - off President May Wfsh Discus sion of Candidates Before Primaries, Said - ABLE MEN PLENTIFUL Congressman Declares Ranks of Republicans Filled With Com petent Men; Successor To . I Continue Policies - VL Declaration yesterday by Presl- dent fJalvin Coolidge that he wilj n,ot be a candidate for president in 1828 4a considered by Congress man W.'-C,' Hawley as final, he declared in, a v statement issued Ilast n'S". jThe congressman sees at tms time, a desire to provide 9n opportanlty "for ' considering Pen and policies prior to the pri manes. Senator McNary Is out J lovru anq couut not oe reached tor an opinion- last nigni. Tne . compietae statement by Congressman Hawleyjfollows The announcement , by PresI dent Coolidge at this time that he would not be' acandfhate for re election comes as a. great surprise, but whatever the cause, he has undoubtedly done what, . In his judgment, was for the public good ! "The president- has been: the effective manager of the greatest ment of the United States and effective manager of the greatest the success of his policies Is writ ten In our unprecedented growth and prosperity ""since the world war. He has attained an exalted "place in the annals of the great. The Republican party has the, for tube of calling to the service of the .country tne man exactly suit- ed to" "the .country's need at any given time. cles which have captured the con- a a m , - a a iiaence oi xne wnoie nation, mere are several men in the Republican ranks . whose public experience, judgment, . integrity, . and excep tional ability, qualify them to suc ceed President Coolidge. - . "In the surprise and haste of the moment, it Is not possible to indicate which of these may be selected, xne country so tar nag 1 been only incidently considering the. . 0!f iblllt.y of Reffu"cn I ra n A atn Af htt- ' tnanPAnlMrA Only a guess as to the probable location of the candidate can be hazarded, and that is that he will come from -that section of the country between, the ,Alleghanles and the Mississippi river, north of the Ohio river. The tariff and agricultural welfare will be Im portant factors in the selection. "Possibly President . Coolidge'fc onrnose in making his announce- ment at tnja time waa to afford I ample 7 onnortunltv f or. careful study of en and policies prior 1 to the presidential primariesoc- ' curln arly. next year . CHICAGO. Aug. 2. (AP) President Coolldge's announce ment that he will not seek , the presidency - next year will bere- celved with ; regret - by millions , ol his countrymen, Vice- President Charles G. Dawes said in a state ment here tonight. "President Cooldge enjoys the confidence and respect of the American neoDle." said Mr. Dawes, and his decision will be received I ith regret by millions of his countrymen." ? Earlier .ia: the, day the rice fpresldent had refused to. comment i on ine presiaent s annoanceneni. WASHINGTON, Aug 2.(AP) President ' Coolldge's r carefully prepared statement today. In the htiacK Huts -"i no noi cnoose xo tdent ln 1928," taking his, close as run for .president in; 1928' -1 ,.. w ,AIni,t. aurArtaa. brought views by politicians of Washington as varied as .. the groups which are represented. . The first reaction was a search- V '4 frt?l ",', "T srn ?alvin Coolidge ? - ing of the political skies for other candidates who might be honored by the next republican national convention, but many, including some, of the president's closest 1 friends warned that Mr. Coolidge must not, yet be eliminated from consideration should the nomina tion be offered him. While a number of leaders ac-1 censed the statement as Indicating Mr. Coolidge wouldn't "run, others, including Senator Smoot of UUh, aaministration stalwart, declared there was. nothing in it to bear (Oontlnaad mm pf 4) ESTELLEf TAYLOR ILL Wife of Dempsey Reported Cbn- fined in Serious Condition, . LOS ANGELES,tJAL., Aug. -1. $AP). Estelle-Vaylor. picture actress andrlfe of Jack Demp- sey, fojeier champion pugilist, Is friends say borders on a complete nervous collapse. i-Ut.-inn.n.;'MM;.-M;naJn to her bed for several weeks and the belief , among, her,, closest friends is that she has -been grad ually becoming weaker, Several causes : have been 1 ad vanced for the condition of the screen actress, chief among which was the critical Illness . of Jher granamotner -wno mas 'been ex pected to die for some time." Nat ural concern over the comeback of, her husband, friends said, did " in oBpr,.iiertramafm ways not conducive to, thequlck - est recovery. : i Then there have been hints em anatlng from reliable sources i that aome complications have, arisen In connection with the motion pic - ture contracts - which; have served tanner to-distress, the actress." MAYOR BAKER NOT TO RUN Will not be Candidate to Succeed V Cram packer. Declared, . PORTLAND, Aug. 2. AP) Mayor George L.. Baker of Port land will not be a candidate for tha Yflranv naniAil V Ilia representauve in congress for the third, congressional district to fill of - Maurice- E. ' Crumpacker. , ; u.The - decision t of - Mayor Baker not to run : for, 'congress, sn- nounced by him tonlgh t,;la . ex pected - to affect- the fortunes of several . others - who have tenta tively entered the race. a Political Leaders Throughout , Nation Stunned by Simple 1 Declaration ' " HELD - NOT CONCLUSIVE Former - Campaign Manager Be- Ueves Coolidge Might ran if Nominated; Prodigious J Comment Aroused . ; RAPID CITY S. D., Aug. 2. (AP) President Coolidge today issued the simple statement that "I do not choose to run for presi- slstants by; complete surprise. This typewritten announcement was handed to newspapermen by Mr. Coolidge in hia executive of fice at noon today and a faint smile lightened his face as he re-. piled to the astounded group that there waa no comments , Fourth- Anniversary; The! fourth anniversary of his taking the oath of office upon the death of Warren G.- Harding was selected by the president for mak ing the announcement which tonight seemed to have lighted the fires -of the 192S political Campaign: ' . ''. " But! as ithe . wires buzzed throughout the remainder of the day; with comment of democratic as . well, as , republican political leaders throughout the nation Mr. Coolidge retreated, alone . to the jauietude , of . his favorite fishing hole : near the state game lodge where he Is spending the summer. : 1 5 Leaders Speculate ' J ; ' The-s i Vte me nt' s wordlns seemed to 'llteeTt; ome politi cal . leaaers sun speculating to- night whether Mr. Coolidge wonld be , brought into the approaching campaign. Significance waa attached here to the comment of Wmi M. Butler, I personal political -manager of Mr. I Coolidge in the pre-conventlon I campaign of 1124. He declared: ''I am ho convinced he wil (Coatinued page 6.) DESERTS TOYS TO MOUNT DAIS Little 3iad Mickey on Throne First Time Five Year Old Rumanian Kin- .Reminded Cant Art Like Other Boys , BUCHAREST. Aug. 2. (API King : Michael 7.. Rumania's deep dimpled, golden-haired,, blue-eyed umPI " Wwen-naireo. mue-eye '""ced htatoys-and Pet .dog today to sit. on tt a throne In the royal palace at Bucharest where the regency .for- ; The lively little chap, whom his grandmother, , Queen Marie calls Mickey because of his mis- chievous, impulsive nature, was 'lt he is IS, but merely went through" the - form -of ? sitting--upon . tha thront while the regency dispose J of a number of state matters.. ;vFlve year old Michael was much interested In thejavlsh surrount! ings, in the throne room, hts at teafjon being called especially t tha haenlirnl nnll,hii1 Tinrdwfir ! J f loor whjc h marked In rather M aBkjiy vay, w.ould make a lf,.BlaM,or hIm to use his A- I meriran scooter which Is the chief - 1 ov at his life I Now that he Is ruler over I 000,009 people, . the protocol ttr : 1 made him. such' haunts his boj - hood, nature at every step. He S I constantly reminded, by his tutor " f that he can no longer act as othf - boy,bl,t mQSt keep CTer ,n m,E 1 mat ne is a Kins. Bat. such -admonitions as t." have no effect on his vlbrar. rather headstrong nature. I' still loves to play with fire as : children do, says his grandmother and Is up to all sort of oth pranks. . But probably, his worst" tra!;. the queen says, is that he lov totease dogs and cats. lie t? bitten several times by, doss, r -ably last summer when the 13? doctors gave h!m so much r 2 - treatment that he was sic!r f - J fortnight. liven this, -faT I grandmother, hasn't rurl L'.i his. lave of le&sins them. 1 C - s 1, C, " i 4 4 t -.