Weather' forecast: Fair: tint mii change in temperature or humidity; moderate northeast winds along the coast; maximum temperature yesterday 94; minimum 54; river minus 1.4; 'atmosphere clear; wind northwest " ' ' . ... SEVENTY-SEVENTH YEAR SESSIONS GENEVA WAY Tripartite Naval Conference Reaches Impasse; Lim- i Nation Fails JAPANESE PLAN NOT ACCEPTED . Delegates , Wrangle -. Over Meaning of. Provisions DELAY PROPOSED Britain Agrees To Hold Mat v terOpen If U. S. and Japan t -Definitely Approve, But i Gibson Reveals Doubt. ' i GENS VA, 1 SWITZERLAND. AUG. 3. (AP) The tripartite naval conference tonight .'reached an impasse, it was stated in au thoritative American, circles and the last session is planned for to morrow. This later received con firmation by the Japanese spokes man. It was stated that the del egates mutually and sorrowfully bad agreed "piat na pact could be reached to limit further the arma- ments of Great Britain, the United States arid Japan at this time. i This announcement was made after "tonight's meeting of " the plenipotentiaries to consider . the Japanese compromise proposals. ' Japanese compromise, . proposals. - The hour of the final session was set for 3 o'clock tomorrow after noon. ;!s - -v; ; ' - ; CnBot Accept F'ulljr The decision to ; adjourn the conference tomorrow was brought about by the Inability of both Great Britain andf the United - States to accept clearlv tho Jap anese compromise as a basis of ' (Cbn tinned on page 4) ACCIDENTS TAKE TOLL OF LIVES WOMAN, CHILD, KILLED ON PORTLAND BASE LINE ROAD Rainier Motorist Dies When Car Forced Off Columbia River 'I Highway v PORTLAND. AUG.. 3. CAP) Irs. Win. Suiisk1.'40. and . her daughter Mary, 9. .ware killed by sqi asiomoDiK -tooay 'wnue walk ing along the base line road. W. AT ED J. Smith, driver of the, death car, " was released out his, own recog nizance pending findings at the coroner's inauest' " f.fjTae woman and child were , struck after Smkh had ' passed another car and when he had swung back to the extreme riant ot th pavement. . The child was thrown to the right by the Impact but the woman was impaled on ' the front fender and carried ' by the car. ; LONG VIEW. AUG. 3 (APV- TVIrs. R. D.j Stud Icy, 30, of Ranier. was killed today and Mrs. F. L Shepherd of Spokane was serious ly injured, when their automobile was forced from the ' Columbia River Highway near Ranier, Ore., by an automobile which did': not StOP.. . l - rj: .' - i f Mrs. .Shepherd is fn the Long I view hospital with a broken Jaw. fractured ribs, broken . collar bone and cats and bruises. 'Mrs. Stadley's neck was broken. HH JSBORO, AUG. 3. (API- Columbus Schmidt of West Union suffered a broken . neck ' today when he. fell from a wagon ; load of grain.- . " A portion of the laad fell on . top of , him. , " He was brought to a hospital her where his recovery was conr sidered doubtful.' : LOJ4GVIFVW, WAisH. AUG. - ; 3 (AP) Iutber Wright. 12. of Kel3o. drowned here- today in the Cowlits river. s He" was' unable to swim and was thrown into the riv er when a loa on which he had been playing overturned. 1 Myron Maringer, 13, a companl- icn, made a futile effort to' Bave Wright. The body was recovered 4? talautes later by police, "" mm SALEM ENROLLS 27 EP WORTHI ANS FIRST CHURCH HAS BANNER INSTITUTE ATTENDANCE Dr. Curl Gregg Doncy Will Speak to 450 Leaguers During ' Week : Salem First Methodist church has the banner attendance so far at the Falls City Epworth League Institute with 27 present. The In stitute opened Monday . evening and will continue until next Sun day. Dr. W. W. Youngson, of Portland, addressed the opening meeting of the annual gathering. Representatives ' from other towns in the Salem district are as follows: Pratum 23, Albany 22. Leslie 19, McMinnv'lle 14, Inde pendence 13, Tillamook 9. Metsger 8. Forest Grove 7, and Dundee 7. Newberg has 6 delegates, all boys. The ' senior registration has reached 328, more than the total stfnlpr registration last year. Thir ty juniors are registered also and, including the faculty and others who are not registered, there are at least 450 on the ground. Many more will come during the week. Dr. A. S. Hisey, superintendent of the Eastern district, spent Tues day on the " grounds. Dr. Carl Gregg Doney, president of Willam ette university, was the speaker Wednesday night, and Rev. Blaine E. Kirkpatrick will address the meetings Thursday and Friday nights. INHERITANCE TAX HIGH Beneficiaries of Robert C. Bishop to Pay State 94,127.00 Inheritance taxes totalling $4,- 127.09 will be paid by beneficiar ies under the will of the late Rob- ret C Bishop, who died a few months ago as the result of an ac cidental gunshot wound, according to a an order in .probate court by County Judge J T. Hunt. Appraisal of the ' estate was in- creased from $236,777.91 to $264,630.49, by stipulation be tween the executor for the estate and the state treasurer. A net estate of $184,069.82 remains after payment of indebtedness and administrative expenses. Of this sum, Charles K. Bishop and Robert C. Bishop. Jr., sons, will each receive $89,03491 under the terms of the will. Other be quests include C. P. Bishop. Mrs. Fannie K. Bishop, Roy T. Bishop, Wilma Bishop, Lenora K. Roberts, Minnie E. Gabrielson and Carl Ga- brielson. The estate included shares ' of stock in the Pendleton Woolen mills. Pendleton, Oregon; Wash- ougal Woolen mills, Washougal, Wash., Hotel Marion, and other properties. "KINKY" THOMPSON DIES Federal Prohi Officer Shot By Taconm Policeman Succumbs TACOMA. AUG. 3. (AP) Wil liam Harvey (Kinky) Thompson died this afternoon at 3:25 o' clock from the wound he received on Tuesday of last, week when shot by Wm. Nerbonne, Tacoma motorcycle policeman. Thompson, who was a federal prohibition officer working out of Seattle, was with a woman com panion at the time he was" shot, Officer Nerbonne had been called to stop a violent dispute between Thompson and the woman, and Nerbonne declared that Thomp son reached for his pistol; City- and County officials who Investigated ' the shooting exoner ated Nerbonne of all blame and declared that the officer shot in self defense. They hava also made statements that Thompson and his woman companion, Mrs. Goldie Napple of Seattlo, were intoxicated after visiting road houses near Tacoma. L Mrs. Nap bfe'14 still held in jail here On a' charge of disorderly conduct. LICENSE- CUT OPPOSED Real Danger of 3 Bill Enactment t Seen by Joe Dunne . '"Enactment of the 'proposed' $3 Automobile license fee law will practically halt all further de velopment of eastern Oregon be cause it will wreckhe highway program, Senator Joe Dunne of Portland president of the Ore gon State Motor association, de clared In .an - address - before the Rotary club Wednesday. There Is serious danger that the proposal will be enacted Into la.w, because" the general pdblie cannot foresee its -: Jonsequences,' Mr. Dutine said. , He also took occasion to commend the work of Phil Ei ker. local director of tke ateta mo tor association, declaring that EN ker Is "on the job' mora than any other regional director In the state. Bull GIB SEASON OPENS AT PLANT HERE Thirteenth St Cannery Starts On Kentucky Wonder , . Beans yesterday ; r BLACKBERRIES AT HUNTS Many Plants Close Down for While; loganberry Crop Not ' More Than .0 to CO Per Cent of Total Expected This Is thetatus Uime in the canneries here";" but the Oregon Packing company opened on beans ac their 13th street plant yester day morning, with good receipts from all directions. Using - only Kentucky Wonder beans, mostly specially grown, on contract. The 12th street cannery of this com pany is dark, waiting for ever green blackberries and pears. The Paulus 'cannery is dark for two or three-weeks. Will start up on pears from Medford district, where picking of Bartletts will be gin very soon. Will can ever greens, too, and prunes as many as can get, though the prune sea son will be short, owing to short crop, making picking job brief. Are winding up drying of logan berries this week. Loganberry (Contino4 on pax 4.) estate Value $32,500 Executors -Appointed for Property Of .Late A. M. LaFollett Estate of the late A. ; M. La Follett has a probable value ' of $32,500, accoYdlnK a petition .for letters testamentary filed in. pro- Date court yesterday by Clyde M LaPollett arid" Britt Aspinwall. executors under, the will of the former state senator. Real property, with a probable annual rental value of $2,300 is given a prpbable value of $30,000. and personal value is held to have a probable worth of $2500. Im mediate members of the family are made chief beneficiaries un der the will. i , Later. Judge Hunt granted an order appointing Clyde M. LaKol lett and Britt Aspinwall executors and named as appraisers Richard Patterson and William Bronaon of Gervais and Bruce Jones. Routs 8. Salem. 1 SALEM, ' OREGON, THURSDAY PATIENT COSTS OREGON $8,230 WOMAN., 6TAYS IX STATE IfOS , . P1TAL 49 YEARS Fourteen Who Have Been There Over 40 Years Never Out on Parolo The state of Oregon has been put to expense of approximately $$,230 for maintaining one pa tient, a woman, in the state hos pital, according to a report , filed with the state board of control Wednesday by Dr. R. E. Lee Stel ner. superintendent of the institu tion. This patient has been in the hospital continuously for 49 years. The cost of providing accomoda tions and treatment for this ' pa tient was based on an average per capita cost of $14 per- month. This amount does not include the cost of transportation of patients to and from the Institution, r DrMSteiner's report showed that two. patients have been In the hospital for 47 years, four for 45 years, one for 44 years.' three far 43 years, two for 42 years and one for 40' years. Nineteen patients have been in the hospital for 35 years, 23 for- 30 years. 27 for 25 years, 32 for 20 years and 55 for 15 years. A total of 85 patients have received treatment in the in stitution for 10 years. . None of the 14 patients who have been in the hospital from 40 to49 years has at any time been absent on parole even for a brief period of time Henry Meyers, superintendent of the state penitentiary, reported to the board that he has received a. check of $18,000 In payment tor flax fibre sold recently to the Stevens Linen company of Massa chusetts. This firm, has purchas ed approximately $28,000 worth ( Continued on pg 8.) AIMEE'S MELON SPLIT "Mother" and Evangelist to DI j vide prof its of Templel . ' I ; LOS ANGELES, Aug.. (AP) Aimee Semple McPherson and her mother, Mrs. Minnie ''Mother" ennedy today sat down to the first of a series of round table conferences they expect to end in slicing 'the financial melon which is tjhe fruit of their eight years of "religious work as the leader's of Angelus Temple here: None of the principals in the discord that has kept the temple in an uproar for the last two weeks would give any indication of the exact amount involved in tho settlement . of the difficulties between the evangelist and her mother. ' It has been estimated at between $100,000 and $15-0,000. ; 'v HIS HIGH XHA1RC MORNING AUGUST 4, 1027 16 MINERS DIE IN BIG BLOW-UP KENTUCKY DISASTER RIVALS THAT OP TEX YEARS AGO Faulty "shot'r Believed Cause of ' Explosion' Endangering '250 Workers CLAY, KY., Aug. 3. (AP) Sixteen miners were reported killed late today in the West Ken tucky Coal company's mine near here where exactly ten years ago 67 lost their lives in. one of tbe biggest mine disasters . in the history of the state. Today's explosion came late in the afternoon as the 250 miners were partly out of the shaft and late tonight the exact number of dead had not been determined but from the mine a mile from here, It was. reported that1 15 'bodies had been found in addition to that of J. W.' Meyers,. 52, whose body , was brought to the surfacel- Itescuers hastened on, hoping to find and save miners Who might still live and left the other bodiet. fcrthe time, being. First reports said todays ex plosion was caused by faulty "shot." ' ' Twenty four miners were res cued late today, many of them burned and others bruised, but it was stated none of their Injuries was serious. Two crews of United States mine rescuers workers took charge. The explosion took in part of the mine about a mile from the mouth of the shaft and about 240 feet underground. There are thounsands of miners in this and adjoining counties and as word oi the disaster spread they hurried towards this little mining town until it was estimated tonight that 5,000 to 6,000 people had gath ered around the mine aad in many cases blocked the road with auto-. mobiles. . " WANT SPAN AT RICHMOND Southeast Salem Club Will Seek Diversion of City Funds Stirring up a belated attempt to get a bridge over the mill creek at South 24th street or Richmond avenue, members of the Southeast Salem Improvement club last night appointed a committee to in vestigate the possibility of divert ing some of the'reeent bond issue revenue for this purpose. Wm. McGilchrist entertained members of the club with a talk on his trip around the world, which he illustrated with motion pictures. f The next meeting of the club will be held September 7th. J - 1 ; I i i " f FUROREAHiSES: 1 IS Opposition to Selection Of Former Governor Ben W. t.,. ;0lCOtt. Noted ; APPOINTMENT DEFERRED Apperson, McMinnville, Favored By Many But Not Applicanut t " Corvallis, Roseburg, Port land Men Considered , Immediately following the long expected resignatloh- of Prank Bramwell, submitted to the state banking board Wednesday, inter est already manifested in the ap pointment of a. successor, ' was heightened .when ,ft 'became; cer tain that an appointment was to be made. -Selection of Mr. Bram well's 'successor iwas deferred 'un til a future meeting of. the board Although members of the bank ing board denied that they had considered any applications , at Wednesday's meeting it was ad mltted that they have received a large number of telegrams and letters Indorsing .and protesting against the appointment of cer tain persons mentioned in connec tion with the office. Officials close to members of the -board expressed the oppinion that the appointment would fall to some person' otner-than ex- Governor. Ben W. Olcott; r They said this assertion-was based on reports that many telegrams' had been received by the board pro testing against' the appointment of the ex-gpvernorj ' The prinrJ pal objectlonTltf'the appointment of Mr. Olcott was that he had not been a resident of Oregon for the past four year's and that Tils in terests were in the state ot Calif ornia.' In a few instances the ob jections' were said to have been interposed for political reasons. There was a report current here today , that , at Jeast two . members of the board favored the appoint ment E. C. Apperson, McMinnville banker. Mr. Appperson fa not an applicant for, the office and his friends said he would not, accept the responsibilities of. the. bank ing department under any. condi- - . - (CoBtinnad on pr 4) K. CS DISCUSS' MEXICO Catholics Assembled In Portland To Consider . Policies Portland; Aug s. (ap Resbjtitions ifthterfed ; o : the Mexi can sttuauou will occupy the at rtention of the Knbzliur.:of . Colum-. bus In. supreme council convention ere ".tomorroafj jf tr rrhe-' problem facing? the . great Catholic organization is the-, cor rection of the- impression .'Jeff; by resolutions a year- ago at the con tention in Philadelphia -when the stand taken bx .the resolutions committee,' provoked , semi-diploma tic protests. . At , that time Su jpf eni Knight. James A. . Flahery. who today became supreme coun selor by. unanimous vote ,was sum moned into conference with Pres ident Coolldge. - j i 1 A meeting by a special commit t6$ tonlghr framed the. general lorm of thVresolhtion! which. Is to be submitted to the convention to morrow. ' It is expected the reso lution wflUdenounce the ' present nti-catnoiic poucy in Mexico. WHITE HOUSE TO REOPEfl Famous Old Beetaurant, Nqw Com . pleteiy, Moaernisea i 5 'Salem's 'oldest" eating 'place will be open for business again Friday, after being closed down for the first time In years; but Its ac customed, patrona will find things a little unfamiliar at first. . , For the White House haa been completely altered srea, the , exv terior of ' the ' front. ' One haa te look twice to realize that ia isn't even a new ' building. Instead of the homey old place where famous statesmen gathered to discuss the affairg "of j ;tke X commonwealth there is;.a - brand aew,. modern fountain, counter, and booths. 1 1 " But after all, it wUl seem like home 'when'- tbe ' patrons get ac customed, to the newness, for W. P. George and son. the proprietors, will be there to greet their friends 1 OFFICIAL -f KILLER'SWIFE VISITS AT PEN MBS. BAY 1S. AUTREMOS'T HAS HOUR WITH HUSBAND Siskiyou Bandit Delighted to See Wife and 14 S-'onths Old. Son; . - -: Father Sees Boys Mrs. Rar D'Autremont. "wife of one of the three ' D'Autremont brothers now serving life terms in the state penitentiary here.' ar rived' in Salem today from Eugene and later passed an hour visiting with her husbaud in the prison chapel. " -'- " rt; Mrs. D'Autremont was accom panied' to Salem by Paul D'Autre mont. father of the three broth ers, and her' 14 months old son. Jackirt Hugh. Prison officials said that D'Autremont appeared delighted to see his wife and ba by, and that he caressed .'them both affectionately. Mra. D' Autremont showed no outward emotion and smiled as she left the prison in company with her fath- r-m-law. Mrs.- D'Autremont told prison officials that, she Intended to make' her home iri Eugene - - -. and would visit her husband twice a month. These visits are allowed under the prison rules. . ' "Ray D'Autremont, since- his ar rival at the penitentiary, has been employed in the lime -plant. He ihasfbecoine intereBte'dj 4ti re ligious activities in' tbe prison and -has become a member ot l at least two. organizations sponsored b'th"Balvatldn Atrnti I r'P. i. During his- stajr (at th prison Paul D'Autremont also was given an ODDortunity to visit with his other sons. Roy and Hugh. SUSPECT DELIVERY PLOT Mickey Kelley, Near Prison Former Convict, With "Tools' Penitentiary officials, yesterday discovered Miekey Kelley. four time losers hiding in a clump of bushes' a short distance from the prison.;. . Kelley . had on his . per son a number of small - saws files, pass keys and other ilmilaf equipment.' . - . . , ' Kelley was: aoetioned by the prison officials and later turned over to the police.' As no charge bad been preferred against him here he , was ordered to leave the citv immediately. -' - .7" ; Prison, officials said that Kel ley had served more than 20 years in various penal institutions.' The last of. these terms Was 'served in the Oregon penitentiary." Officers said they suspected tbat Kelley was attempting to smuggle the saws into the -penitentiary en closure. " Mint:, expert, inspects Representative - Of i Government Department - To Make Report An inspection of the mint fields df the northwest is being made Jy A. F. Sevlers, representative of the drug gardening bureau of . the Department -of ; the Interior, who lias been spending several daya in the vicinity of Salem . looking bvercrop conditions here. ' h Mr. Seviers is an expert on tbe subject of drug gardening, and. it Is- believed that be .will have a number of valuable j suggestions to'-make to the. local growers when he makes his report. He refused to make a statement as to the pos sibilities ot mint and other drug growing In this vicinity when in terview- last night, declaring that he was -not 'yet familiar enough with local conditions to tell what the future' of auch - gardening mlgMfbe fcerdl r f-tf" tELH0NEr7,&(hj:1(llLES NewTKadio Distance Record . Set i f -Between Berlin . Argentina " ' si'. ;' 'i ' BERLIN, AUQ. 3. (AP)-The longest' distance ever attained . In commercial radio , phoning- a stretch of 7,500 miles r-was achi eved tpnigbt when wireleps tele phony was successfully inaagurat ed between Berlin and Buenos Aires, Argentina, via the u- Nauen radio stations; - Greetings were exchanged . between Germany . and Argentine" government officials. ; DRbtfris . in Lod ,pof.d Yoongstef Plays on Log Haft and . t; Fall Into Deep Water VERNONIA, ' OreW "Ang Si- A P) -Ronald Gordon ' Dunlap, ''y 8, drowned In a log pond of the Oregon-American Lumber company . camp .near here this morning.The boyt was playing on a log, raft and ! fell1 into 4he- watar.'U Two play mates i were the only; witnesses. The body was laer,recovered. r ' - The boy. was the son of Mr. and .. - i :-. t t . ' "? 1 5 J . t V- ' ' I''- Delegates . from the Woman's party called on President Coolidge In. his BIack Hills camp and asked for equal rights for. the wo men.; Cal f probably- felt : like s advising them to go and tell it to the Indians. ..." - ,;,,.': "-( CET FIVE f CEJfTS: wmmm Executive 4 Intervention In ; Sacco-Van zettl Case .. - Withheld by Governor v SAYS MEN HAD ' PROPER TRIAL Sees No Justifiable Reason r For Giving New, Hearing t FULLER ; , RETIRES Massaj&iiseits Head Exprcss-t es Weariness and Goes To Summer Home for Rest; - Heavy Guard Established. ' BOSTON. Aug. 3. (AP) Gov ernor Alvan T. Fuller tonight re fused executive clemency to Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanxetti, sentenced to death for the murder of a shoe factory paymaster and his guard in South Braintree on April 15. 1920. Their reprieve expires on August 10.' . i The ' governor'a decision, . an nounced at 11;25 concluded with these words :.. - --:p iU : "As a result of .my Investigation I find.: no sufficient justification for executive intervention. Trial Held Fair T believe with the Jury that ttesev men, r Sacco " and Vanzettl. were guilty and that they, had a fair trial. V I furthermore believe that there was no justifiable rea son for giving them a new trial. . (SIGNED) r ...... ; "Alyan T. Fuller." . v . The governor was not present' when his decision was given out by his aecretary, Herman A: Maw Donald. He had come to the state house at 8:26 but remained only 25 minutes leaving the secretary; to prepare and distribute copies. "I am very tired " aa he left to visit his little son who is ill at a hospital..'.- -'. ;.i ,..,,. ' . :' Iakea Xo Ckmment -"I will have no further abate ment, i The decision will speak for itself." ' . . Later in the evening the govern or ;was resting in retirement. It . j , ; , ' i. (Con tinned on pi( .4) j AUTHORIZE, BON ISSUE FOR: MILL Linen rirm To " Secnre,, l'2QUC J Running Capital First Block to' be Offered to Pres ent - Stockholders, Decided at . Meeting' ' - ' "' The solution of the financial difficulties of the Oregon Linen Mills, Inc., was reached Tuesday, officers of the company declared, -with the authorlxation by the di rectors of. the company of a bond issue, of ,1120,000, paying 6 per v cent, and maturing in fire years. :The directors attheir meeting were faced with the fact that al though 1135,000 had been sub scribed in Multnomah county to ward stock in the company, only 175,000, worth of the stock had actually been M purchased there. .This failure of pledges, to mater lalize - was the. cause of an un funded debt of 170,000, and no cash on hand for running expea-'aea.'-'-: k?''. ' - The new bond issue is the re sult of the "facing of these' facts, and will care for the debt, 'and provldo. running expenses until the plant produces on a paying basis. -; , ! $.100,000 in bonds is to be placed on sale ' at once, and will be fist offered to present stock holders,, up to twenty-five percent of the, present stock holding of each. ', The remainder of the au thorized bonds will only be issued later it 'needed';:, : ;J f Coupled with the announcement, lot the bond issue it was announ ced, "yesterday that Business A gent Galbraith, .who has beea in 'the east in the. interests of the jcompanyfor .some time, report 3 negotiations on contracts v Li.r will if completed assure tbe cat i panjr.of opergijoa at full jsgari';-, CALC " " ; ' '' ' f -