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" - First Section Pages 1 to 8 ' SEVENTY-SEVENTH YEAR SALEM, OREGON, SUNDAY MORNING, AUGUST 21rJ?27 PRICE FIVE CENTS 8 ":S IP I ( t i i i i rv BOYS 1 PLAY BIG PART AT STATE FAIR Club Exhibits to Represent . 10,000 Club Members According to Reports HORSE SHOW IMPROVED Outstanding Horse Breeders Plan Competition for Prizes; More Accomodations fur Live ' Stock Needed It The boys and girls clubs of Ore gon are to play an important part in the 1927 state fair which opens here September 26 and -continues until October 2. ' , Reports received by the state educational department during the past week Indicated that not less than 10,000 boys and girls would be represented at the state fair, will have an exhibit. Included among the feature club events will be competition In livestock Judging, potato grading and team demonstrations in crop ' produc tion, home economics and can ning. 17 In Canning Contests It was said that between 20 and -25 teams would participate in the livestock Judging contests, while IS teams will take paTt in the po tato grading events. Seventeen teams have entered the canning contests which have proved of un usual interest at previous state fairs in Oregon. The cash prizes to be awarded to the boys and girls this year aggregate more than $4500. while ', the value of the scholar ships to' be awarded was estimat ed at. $2500. There also will be a number of special prizes which will Include cash, cups and ani mals. The livestock exhibit of the boys and girls clubs will in clude more than 450 animals. The boys, and girls dormitory at the fairgrounds has been ren ovated and, will house five boys and girls from each county in the corps of instructors will be on band to assist the boys and girls who participate in this years fair. i i Banquet to be Event Following out an innovation in augurated severally ears ago the twofboys and two girls scoring (Continued eft page 8.) 231,500 VEHICLE LICENSES ISSUED TOTAL FOR "1027 TO REACH 1 :0,000 BELIEVED (Revenue to Stale will be $,500, OOO; Increase Over 1DUO Reported Approximatey 250.000 motor vehicle license . plates will be is sued in Oregon during the year 1927, according to a statement prepared here today by Sam A. Kozcr, secretary of state. The fees ; for these . license plates would total $6,550,00.0. The statement showed that ap proximately 231,500 licenses have been issued up to this time, for .which the fees aggregate $6,340. 000. The licsenses . issued this year exceedby 14,000 the number issued during the corresponding period in 1926. Fees collected so far this year are $500,000 in ex cess of those of the first seven months of 1926. During the month of July, 1927, there were 17,889 cars licensed as against 17,400 in July of last year.; The secretary of state said that the number of dealers' licen sea issued this year would not exceed those of 1926. He attrib uted this condition to centraliza tion of the motor vehicle industry. The number of motorcycle li censes issued during the past four or five years shows a sub stantial. dcrease."y During the year. 1922 there were 3206 motor cycles licensed, while in 1926 these? registrations ihad decreased ' to 2215. IteglstraUona of motor cycles for 1927 will not exceed 2000, the secretary, of state said. Operators' licenses are being fa- . sued at the rate xf from 3000 to 5000 fper month. During the . year f,1926 approximately 44.675 operators licenses ... were issued as against 31.388 licenses in the year 1922. A total of 435,000 operators "licenses have been is sued in Oregon since the law be- . tame effective - PIONEER PASTOR TO SPEAK TODAY REV. W. C. KANTNER TO PREACH AT WILLSOX PARK IMreeted Work Of Congregational Cutirrh Mere Three ten eratlons Ago Taking as his subject. "If a (Man Thirst," Rev. William C. Kantner; former pastor of the Ffrst Congregational dhurch in Salem, will give the address at the Willson park religious ser vice this afternoon at 3:30. Dr. Kantner is one of the old est 'Congregational ministers) in Oregon, ia point of services, hav if Come to the state from Penn sylvania as a young man, first teaching in one of- the early pio neer colleges of the Willamette valley, and soon taking up the ministry as a life work. During his ministry he has served pastorates in Seattle, Port land, Corvallis, Salem, and other cities. He has served long pas torates in the Salem church, re signing a little over a year ago, but still preaching at charges around Salem, though maintain ing his home here. Dr. Kantner is considered one of the most popular, men, as well as ablest scholars in the Congrega tional church throughout Oregon During the thre'e generations he has been in Salem, Dr. Kantner has taken part in every movement for moral betterment in the com munity. He is beloved by his former congregation, some of whom have had him officiate at the weddings of three generations of their families. Another popular feature of the services this afternoon will be the sacred concert to be given by Joe Benner's orchestra. This group appeared several weeks ago at the park services, and has been requested again for today. It will give a half hour concert pro ceeding the main servfeef;, be ginning at 3 o'clock. Another part of the program which will be well received will be the vocal solo by Airs. Ethel Lau, soloist in the Presbyterian church choir. Joe Benner will lead the song service. Today's meeting, which is the next to the last of the series planned for the summer months, will be presided over by R. J. Hendricks. The last service in the park will be addressed by Rev. Norman K. Tully, who will return this week from a vacation of a month. In case of bad weather, the af ternoon services will be held in the lobby of the Y. M. C. A. LOCAL BOYS IN CRASH ,luto Carries Sears and Minto Over 42 Foot Embankment Plunging over a 42 foot em bankment, after a collision with another car, Robert Sears and John Minto, two local boys, mir aculously escaped serious injury Friday afternoon, near Toledo. The boys were returning from the Coast when the accident oc curred. An automobile driven by II. A. Hofner, of Portland, was on the wrong side of the road at a turn when the two machines came together, according to Sears. The crash broke the steering appara tus and the plunge over the em bankment followed. Aside from minor scratches. Sears and Minto were not hurt, but the car was badly smashed. Both boys were active In Wil lamette university affaiis last year. Minto is a tennis and bas ketball star. Both are sons of prominent local families. CAGUE TO BE RETURNED Escape From California Institu tion at Hospital Here A. W. Currier, alias Alfred Cagne, was taken to the state hos pital for the insane yesterday, where he will be held for officials from the Stockton state hospital, in California, who notified local authorities yesterday that Cague had escaped from there last week, and that they were sending for him. A charge of attempted lar ceny of the Shafer harness shop will not be pressed, it is Bald. KNEE PIERCED BY FORK Ceuterview Boy Vletira of Peculiar i: : Accident t Threshing ,. CENTER VIEW, Aug. 20. (Special.) A pitchfork swept from a load of grain by the branches of, a tree tell and struck Philip Rue, ,10 year old son of Mr. and Mrs." KJO.' Rue. piercing deep ly Into one kneo. The accident oc curred yesterday during threshing operations on the Charles Riches farm.' 'The 'lad was sitting under the tree1 when the loaded wagon .-.., LEGAL TWISTS TO SAVE S VANZETTI FAIL Appeals for Stay of Evecu tion Denied by Two High Court Justices MORE EFFORTS PLANNED Counsel for lUtdicnls will Try As KOcinte Justice Brahleis and (jovemor for Action to Jelay Execution BOSTON, AUG. 20; (Al1) Arthur D. Hill, chief defense counsel for Nicola Sacco and Bar tolmeo Vftnzetti, tonight turned toward Justice "Louis D. Brandeis of the United States supreme court at the associate justice's slimmer home at Chatham, Mass., in an other last minute desperate move to save his clients from execution on expiration of their latest re spite at midnight next Monday. Denied a writ of habeas cor pus or stay of execution by Judge James M. Morton, Jr., of the Uni ted States district court early to day; and denied a stay by Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes of the United States supreme court ear ly this evening. Attorney Hill announced he would take advan tage of Justice Holmes' action in leaving the way open for a similar application to another Justice of the highest court of the land and go to Justice Brandeis with his petition. Habeas Corpus Refused BOSTON. AUG. 20. (AP) Last minute legal efforts today to save Nicola Sacco and Bartolmeo Vanzetti from execution at the ex piration of their respite at mid- ( Continued on page 8.) OFFER PASTOR NEW JOB lr. It. Karle Parker, Portland, iay fftt to ioieuo, u., i nurtn PORTLAND, AUG. 20. (AP) Dr. B. Earle Parker, pastor of the First Methodist Episcopal church of Portland, confirmed a report today that he had receiv ed an offer of the pastorate of the St. Paul Methodist Episcopal church of Toledo, Ohio. He has received an invitation to fill the St. Paul pulpit, he said, and is giving it serious consideration. GO 'PRIVATE LIFE OF HELEN" WILL APPEAR SERIALLY IN STATESMAN Another annotinceinefit of the Improved service The Oregon Statesman is to give its readers? Beginning next Tuesday morning, John fifsfeihe's famous novel the most popular best seller in a decade "Private! Life of Helen of Troy" will be published as a serial in The Statesman. An intimate biography of antiquity's mst celebrated runaway wife, and written, by a dignified English professer of Columbia universtyf This combination of subject matter and author was suffcieht irt itself to Set the literary world agog, even before pub lication. And since publication, the story in book form has en joyed a truly marvelous success. The book went to twenty edi tions in one year, and has been translated into, seven foreign languages, . Professor Erskine picks up the Homeric epic a the fall of Troy and reveals Helen reestablished in her husband's home in Sparta The serial, therefore, is not the re-telling of an old tale, but is an entirely new story- the sequel to one of the oldest and most fascinating love stories ever told. " t This outstanding stor? has been secured for Statesman read ers through cooperation with First National Pictures, Inc. CRUISE 11 DAYS WITH TINY BOAT TWO LOCAL BOYS ENMoY TRIP TO COLUMBIA PLU'K.S Heavy Waves Survived at Tongue Point; Report Crew Member Mutinous Four hundred miles in a tiny boat little more than a rowboat with an outboard motor furnish ed plenty of adventure for Cecil Edwards, son of Mr. and Mrs. AJ J. Edwards of this city, and French Hagemann. son of Mrs. C. F. Hagemann, also of Salem. i nese two ooys aepartea aown the Willamette August 12, Jn the 16 foot boat specially built for them by Al Godfrey, with its four horsepower moter. They took along a dog. "Grant." their came ras, small firearms, fishing tackle and a tent, but no cooking outfit, as they planned to stop at towns each evening. They also had charts of their proposed route, and tide tables. . - On reaching the Columbia river, they crossed to the Washington side and proceeded to Cathlamet. then through an inside slough to Tongue Point, in passing which they encountered some rough weather and shipped a boat load of water, but the little craft prov ed seaworthy and passed the dan ger zone in safety. The waves at that point are higher than at the Columbia bar, which they visited later, the boys reported. They re turned to Salem Saturday. The local boys reported that people everywhere they went were Hospitable, giving them every pos sible assistance. The dog "Grant." was the only mutinous member of the crew, objecting to the food provided as well as to the cramp ed quarters on the boat. THE "SOUTH-PAW" $1,000,000 DAILY PAID IN GAS TAX OREGON'S SHARE $ 15,000, SAYS SECRETARY OP STATE Lead Taken Here in Providing Tax on Gasoline Followed Nation Wide One million dollars daily ap proximately is being paid in gaso line taxes at this time of year, in the United States by motor vehicle owners, and of this huge daily amount, Oregon's share is estimat ed at $15,000. according to fig ures given out here Saturday by Sam A. Kozer, secretary of state. Based on returns of July sales received at the state department the total gasoline tax for that month will aggregate $440,000. For the corresponding month in 1926 the tax was $389,457. On this basis of consumption the tax for the entire year 1927 should aggregate 14,000,000 in compari son with, $3,535,000 for the year "All of the states with the ex ception of Massachusetts and New York now have a tax upon gaspline sales ranging from 2 to 5 cents per gallon," read a statement pre pared by the secretary of state. , "Five states have a five cent tax, while one state has a 46 cent tax. Ten states have a four cent tax, one state a 3 cent tax and 12 states and the District of Co lumbia a two cent tax. "The state of Washington im poses a two cent tax, Idaho and Nevada a fouf cent tax and Cali fornia a three cent tax. Virtually all of the revenue received by the states from the gasoline tax is di verted for building and maintain ing public highways. "It i interesting to know that (Continued oa.pje 5.) nnninn mil c rfti,TJU:rniLd TOOEOet LOST AVIATORS - '.. - Hopes for Courageous Fly ers Dwindle as Rumors of Rescue Prove False FLIGHT AREA COMBED Aircraft, Submarines, and Des troyers, Continue Search; Hon olulu Folk Loathe to Give up Erwin's Arrival SAN "FRANCISCO, Aug. 20. (AP)-The USS Hazelwood radi oed tonight that it had made a thorough search of the area where the airplane Dallas Spirit is sup posed to have 'fallen and failed to find a trace. The area searched was ,around 33.27 degrees north latitude and 132.30 west longi tude. HONOLULU, Aug. 20. (AP) With three airplanes and their occupants lost somewhere be tween the California mainland and the Hawaiian islands, vagrant and unconfirmable radio messages reporting the missing planes -as having been picked up or seen, electrified searchers and aroused hope. But each message, investi gated by naval vessel or aircraft proved falsei, and the hopes that six courageous men and one brave girl were about to be res cued were cruelly dashed. Radio expertB were loathe to believe that these radio messages, sent by individuals who could not be identified or located, had been seflat as a hw&x. They ttioughtf instead, that they might have been fragments of conversations concerning the planes, picked up by amateurs who excitedly mis took them for the news of the planes for which the whole worjd (Continued xn page 8.) STATE CHAMBER TO AID Will Intervene in Support of East-West Railroad Plan The Oregon state chamber of commerce will intervene on be half of the public service commis sion in proceedings filed with the Interstate commerce commission looking to the construction of an east and west railroad through the state of Oregon. This was an nounced in a letter received at the offices of the public service commission Saturday from offic ials of the state chamber of com merce. The new line proposed in the proceeding would be a part of the railroad development programme outlined by the public service com mission several years ago. , A number of other commercial and civic organizations have prom ised to cooperate with the public service "commission In presenting the case before1 the interstate commerce commission. ACCIQENTS CLAIM TWO Sherman County Rancher Killed by Truck; Another, Man Hurt THE DALLES, ORE., Aug. 20. (AP) Julian Q. Gwynne, 30, Sherman county rancher, is dead, and F. J. Bradley of Klickitat, Wash., was in a local hospital to night, not expected to live, as a result of two industrial accidents in -the Mid-Columbia district yes terday. , Gwynne suffered fatal injuries when a truck he was driving over turned near Klondike, pinning him,, beneath it. Bradley suf fered a. broken neck when hte fell 12 feet from a pile of railroad ties at Klickitat, striking on his head. i " NEW CURE TO BE TESTED Canadian Officials Will Investi gate Tuberculosis Remedy i - -- ' PORTLAND," AUG. 20. -(AP) The provincial government ' of Alberta,-Canada, will fitart an Im mediate official test of the reput ed tuberculosis, cure evolved by Dr. George Kirkpatrick of A Port land. V Decision to this effect was reached today at a conference be tween representatives of the pro vincial government and the Uni versity of Albertat and Drs. Kirk patrick and Mack of the Portland BOY SAVES SELF AS ENGINE HITS THROWS SELF FROM CAR OX TO PILOT; INJURY SLIGHT ' jpau to Notice Approach of Pas jwjngcr train; "Investigation Or dered Saved almost; mir.acu,ouslT from death, Donald Moore. alem youth living on Rt. 8. recelvtd minor cuts and bruises when the light car he was driving was struck by Southern Pacific pas senger number 15, at 12th and Center streets, last niht at 7 o' clock. Moore probably saved himself from serious accident or death, eye-witnesses declared, by Jump ing out of the car onto the pilot of the engine after his machine had been struck. The car, a mass of wreckage, was dragged for a block before the train was stopped and the youth rescued. . Young Moore was taken to the police station where a report of the accident was made, and then went to a hospital to have his cuts and bruises bandaged before he returned to his home. According to witnesses. Moore slowed down upon approaching the railway crossing, but evident ly failed to observe the oncoming train, and drove directly in front of it. He either crawled or was thrown out onto the engine pilot, where he clung until the train was stopped. The youth had been living for some time at the home of his un cle, H. E. Evans. 622 North 17th street, who is the owner of the wrecked car. . Investigation of the cause of the accident will be made by the Southern Pacific company, it was said last night. C00LIDGE TO VACATION Yellowstone Trip Not to Include Visit to Pacific Coast RAPID CITY, S. D., AUG. 20. (AP) president Coolidge's Yel lowstone park trip includes no plans for a visit to any other sec tion of the country. This wa3 stated today in reply to a question whether the president would ex tend his trip to the Pacific coast. RAPID CITY, S. D., AUG. 20. (AP) Everything was ready to night for President Coolidge's pleasure trip to the Yellowstone National park! one of the few journeys distinctly for rest and recreation he has taken 6ince en tering the White House. His special train was set" up at Custer for departure tomorrow evening after dinner and' his plans called for six days or so within the boundaries of one of nature's most famous wonderlands. CAR ACCIDENTS FATAL Automobiles on Sandy Boulevard and Near Boring Kill Two PORTLAND, AUG. 12. (AP) An unidentified man 65 or 70 years old, died f-om injuries re ceived tonight when- struck by an automobile driven by Morris ,Ro tenberg, 19, Portland, on the west end of the Burnside bridge. Police reported Rotenberg's left headlight was not burning. SANDY, AUGl '' 20. (AP) Donald Devoe, Portland, was kill ed late today when his automobile overturned on the Boring-Sandy highway. The driver of the car, E. D. Tyler; was unhurt. Their machine was said to have been forced from the road by another car. STRIKE NEW COAL VEIN Three Tons of Newly Mined Pro- ( duct Delivered at Hertford - , MEDFORD, ORE., Aug. 20'. (AP) -The Oregon - Coal Mine company announced this after noon that it had uncovered a four foot vein of coal on the north slope of Roxy Ann mountain near tni city, and was marketing coal. The discovery was made six weeks ago, and not revealed until today, when three tons of the eoal- was delivered to a local hoteL KILLS, DAUGHTERS, SELF Oakland Capitalist Destroys En- ,ur family With Revolver. OAKLAND.. CALl .Anr. 20 (AP)r-Clyde. Wilcox.: 49. a man of means inl thb citr. tonieht shot and ; killed bis U daughters Patricia,; aged , 3, and Cleo, 10; shot his wife -who probably will die, and then killed himself. The shooting occurred in the family TESTING CROUP, FOB TO All OAlRYiG HERE Over 700 Cows Will Come Within Scope of Hew County Association t; ST. PAUL MAN PRESIDENT Organization to be Completed by November 1 ; Expert to bo Em ployed; Advance in Industry - -. Foreseen V A decided step in the advance ment of. the dairying industry in Marion county was taken yester day afternoon, with the decision tu perfect an organization of a cow testing association by a group of dairymen representative of the seven dairy sections of the county, which met in Salem at the cham ber of commerce rooms. It was discovered at yesterday's meeting, at which S. J. Smith, of St. Paul, was elected temporary president of the association, and Ivan Stewart its temporary secretary-treasurer, that over 700 cows would come within the scope of the organization, which alms . to make a careful test of each cow to determine her value as a producer, so that members may eliminate , the unprofitable members of their herds, and more carefully regulato the feeding of the producers. Will Unite Interests Such an organization, it was de clared last night, will unite the in terests of the dairymen of the county, and add to the reputation of dairying in the county, frou the standpoint of the outside buy er; of livestock. "' -' - - - " According to plans laid at th meeting yesterday, the organiza tion will be completed between, now and November 1, at whica time It Is expected that the testing of the herds of members wilt be gin. 1 ' An expert In the work of mak ing the tests will be maintained by the association, who will visit each herd once a month, testing (Continued n page 8.) , EPSTEIN COMING TO SPEAK HERE OLD AGE PENSION TO BE SUB JECT OF AUTHORITIT Author of Several Books on Hecur Ity for Aged'1' to 'Deliver Address . ' Considered as the leading authority on the problems of old age . pensions 'in the country, . Abraham Epstein excecutlve sec retary of the American association for old age security, will deliver an address on that- theme in the haU of representatives, state capitol building, j Monday night, ' at 8 o'clock, j 'Mr. Epstein spoke before a large audience last night, at the Ibor Temple in Portland, where he was introduced by Frank E. Davis, president of the Oregon, Old Age Pension, league, the or ganization which" is psonsorlng. his visit to this stale. Air. Epstein's, visit to Salem In made at the request of a number of; local labor organizations, who have been active In the punt in' trying to get favorable legis- : da t Ion; on the old age pension subject. . .i. .' '" '. '.. .; ( ; - The organization which Mr. Epstein representa was formed for the purpose of ."promoting ado-' quate -provision for the dependen t aged persons in the United States, of whom their figures show that there ire at least 1,800,000 in the country. V dependent wholly or partly upon public or private charity , for their existance. J Mr. I Epstein, is the author of a number of books on the subJectT and is a contributor to several of the periodicals which have a large circulation throughout the coun try. He was the organizer of the Worker's "Education, , Bureau of ; America. . . ' " ,, ' i Greeting will be extended to Mr. Epstein Monday night' at the . meeting by Governor Patterson, and by representatives of a num- ; berlof the organizations of tho city.' -1 - ' '";". " 'Admission to , the' meeting will be freo of charge,' in' order that the speaker, may be ".given, tlo largest poKslblo hearing on tluj passeg,, -