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the coast; warmer in the interior with de
creasing t humidity; maximum temperature
yesterday 72; minimum 64; river minus .2;
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SEVENTY-SEVENTH YEAR
SALEM, OREGON, SUNDAY MORNING, AUGUST 21rJ?27
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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
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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
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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-
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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
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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-
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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.
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'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
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LOST AVIATORS
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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
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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
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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
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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
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