Thirty Max Pjdling.M
New P 'resbyteriah Cliurclu Building Was JDedicated Sunday ; With1 600 People Presents and 'Dedicated Practically; Free of Debt
Weather Forecast: Generally fair; contin
ued low humidity; in the Interior; gentle
variable winds. Maximum temperature yes
terday 103, minimum 61,-river 2.2; rain-'
fall none, atmosphere clear,' wind north
west. ,'.-""
-American League president says the ball
; players waste toomuch time coins to and
' from the field between innings. It's our
opinion that the fellows who waste the
most time are the ones who strike out with
the bases full.
SEVENTY-EIGHTH YEAR
SALEM; OREGON, TUESDAY MORNING; JULY 24. 1928
PRICE FIVE CENTS
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FLAXHARVEST
OVER DISTRICT
Thirty Pulling Machines Do
Work of 1200 to 2400
Hand Pullers
PEAR PICKING ON S00U
Will Begin Coming in for Canning
Early Next Week, and Erer
Green Blackberries Will Ar
rive by Middle of Week
It Is one thing after another in
this land of diversity; and gen
erally several things at once. It
is seed time and harvest every
month In the year here.
The canneries are all taking a
-little breathing spell. But it will
not be for long. Fear picking
will begin the first of next week
in southern - Oregon. In a few
days after the Salem canneries
will be going full blast the can
neries here that are getting ready
for a Bartlett pear pack.
One of the cannery managers of
Salem said yesterday that ever
green blackberries will begin to
come in -about August first. That
is a week from tomorrow.
Flax Harvest Is 0 - i
In the mean time, flax" harvest
is on. A number of the pulling
machines, that had been "spotted"
for several days, got to going a
few days ago. Yesterday, 29 of
them were running. , They will all
be running today; 30 of them.
Including the 10 new pulling ma
chines manufactured this year at
the state-.flax plant
And the SO machines will be
pulling as much flax as 1200 to
2400 men and women could pull
in the old way, by hand. Each
machine will pull five acres and
up. It takes eight people to pull
an acre by hand; 4eple to pull
five acres. j.iy
A pulling "michineT-starttng
very early and running very late,
may pull 10 acres.' The machine
does not get tired.'. The tractor
tkat draws the-machine does not
get tired. It does not have to
stop even for meals. Two 'men
run a pulling machine; the trac
tor driver and the man to watch
and attend to the binding.
The reader will gather from the
above that it will not take long
to finish flax harvesting in this
district; going at the rate of 150
to 300 acres a day. Some small
patches will, of course, be pulled
by hand. "
' One of the great advantages of
pulling with the machines is the
fact that the harvesting can be ac
complished when the flax is just
right to pull, in order to yield the
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SAY FIRE DANGER
GREAT IN OREGON
1XAMKS EAST OF CASTLE
ROCK SPREAD FAST
Four Hundred Men Called Out;
Serious Situations Reported
on Other Sections
PORTLAND. July 25. (AP)
The fire hazard assumed greater
pre portions today as reports'
reached the government forestry
office here today of large forest
fires in the district.
Four hundred men today were
fighting fire In the Long-Bell
Lumber company logged off land
east of Castle Rock, in the most
serious blaze in four years' log
ging operations. The fire started
early today.
Another fire was burning in
Wahkiakum, eounty two miles
east of Cathlamet The ' blase
gained headway today but as no
green timber is threatened, was
not considered serious.
Temperature neared the 100
mark in Cowlitz county. Wash.,
today,, with an accompanyingt low
huraidity, making the fire situa
tion serious.
Property damage estimated at
550,000 with small insurance was
caused by the fire that broke out
in the planer shed of the ifaple
ceek Lumber company, 12. miles
north of White Salmon Wash. Em
ployes of the piant manned fire
fighting equipment and were able
to keep the fire from spreading.
The fire destroyed all machinery
ana about 200,000 feet of lumber.
Owners said the plant would be re
built. . .. . ,5 .
A logged-off land blaze which
started late yesterday about two
miles east, of Mocllps, Wash.,
swept through several hundred
acres of the Aiaho Lumber com
pany's; holdings,- f; wiped out one
camp and destroyed 500 feet of
logging line trestle across the Mo
clips river The blaze today was
under parUal control' although
still threatening several million
teet of cut lors. : via
Lane county, Oregon, today re
ported five forest fires burning
" aggregate of 350 acre None
bad resulted today In any ' sub
stantial loss.
A, double fire covering more
than 200 acres was -reported
southwest of Monroe. ' "
LOSES HAIR BUT
AVOIDS DISASTER
j
GASOJLIXK CATCHES FIRE IA
MOTOltBOAT ON RIVKK ;
Fire.
Joe Yovng, With -Hair
-Hnrls Can of Liquid In f
Water, Dives
'' ' .-
Although 'a considerable por
tion of his hair is! missing, Joe
Yonnc of this city lis still alive
and so are his tbrel companions,
and on top of that Joe is getting
credit for being something of . a
hero as recompense for the loss of
the ttforesald locks Of hair. ; i
Sunday evening about 8 o'clock
Mr. Young, another young man
and two girls, weref coming back
up the river from wodland Park.
Just about the tlmeithey reached
the last bridge belo Salem, they
decided it was time; to replenish
the supply of gasoline in the. tank
connecting with the engine.
Young got the extra can of
gasoline and brought it to the en
gine. Just as he started to pour
the liquid Into the tank, It caught
fire. The exact cause was not
known, but it was believed to be
the heat of the engine.
At any rate flames enveloped
the can. and Joe's hair caught fire-J
With' admirable presence or mna,
in view of the fact; that an ex
plosion might be expected any in
stant, Joe hurled the blazing can
of gasoline into the water and
then dived in himself, extinguish
ing the blaze that was spreading
throuch his hair. Jle acted so
quickly that his scalp was not
singed, and he escaped all injury.
MAN VICTIMIZES WOMEN
Employment
Used to
- and j Engagement
Extract Money ;
SAN FRANCISCO,! July 23.
(AP)- A man who employs wom
en, then borrows money irom
them and disappears: was sought
by police tonight. i
His name as given by a number
of his victims Is George F. Worm,
and he was alleged to have stolen
a ring from oneof tlie women he
employs and then have tne stone
reset to present it to ne victim as
an engagement ring. J She accept
ed the proposaL Thejy were to go
to the altar next aay ana men
the complaints on filelwith the po-
lice.Worm,ifeharge4,with offer
ing positions to women through
newspaper advertisements. A
number of his victims assembled
today to accept an advertised posi
tion at Montague, Cat, but Worm
failed to appear.
He borrowed sums ranging from
1 10 to 100. The victim hard
est hit was Mrs. Ruby Basvman of
Seattle, who loana Worm xiou,
and then he got awiy with her
phonograph and jewelry, sue, po
lice explained, was the victim of
the engagement trickj
NEGATIVE DEBATES DUE
Time to Record Arguments on
; Ballot Measures lEnding
The time for filingnegative ar
guments in connection .with con
stitutional amendments and in
itiative measures to g before the
voters at the general election In
November, expires at midnight
Tuesday, according t announce
ment ' made at the state depart
ment. 1
. The time for filing! affirmative
arguments expired 10days ago.
Joseph Devers, attorney ior me
state highway commission, is pre
paring the negative; arguments
opposing two measures initiated
.y Senator Joseph Dunne of Mult
nomah county.
- One of these measures would
decrease r approximately 50 per
cent the motor vehiclefllcen" tcn.
- r would increase the
tax of gasoline sales f from three
to five cents per gallon. ;
FLAMES HIT PORTLAND
Sweep Half Block, Doing Damage
;- More Than ,$30,000
PORTLAND. Ore.. lJuly 23.
(AP) An entire haljr-block was
swept by flames here tonight in
a fire that burned ouj the Sunset
Electric company andlthe Conaut
garage, r Damage to the two com
naniu will exceed 130,000, the
fire marshal's office iaid.
The lives of a scori of firemen
were endangered when an explo
sion in the garage shattered win
dows and blew out a Marge street
door. ' .. i '
AlthouKh the blaze lasted but a
few minutes. - it - demolished fif
teen automobiles stored in the ga
rtrt. and damaged much of the
stock of the electric cdmpany. The
iatter loss was chiefly In radio
equipment. . . -, j .
HEAT? YES. IN -NICE CAN
Liike Bartlett Vse Plenty of It,
Salem ?oUce feay -.
'Along with other heat reports
came one from bollcei head quar
ters . last night that Like Bartlett
had been Jailed Ior usng it- canned.'-?.'
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. While the rest of Slem was In
a badly demoralized condition due
to ' the sun's heat, Bartlett was In
an equally demoralised but appar
ently far happier condition due to
Imbibing the liquid that to press
ed out of the fuel that comes lb.
anall tins, police assented. . ;
. Bartlett had recently served
time la the Albany cl(y, Jail for a
dmllar offense, but tader differ-'
Worm disappeared. According toUfry the board pf Chrjstto-Bd
I ;nt climatic condition. '
. s
PBLDrWGHERE
Crowds Attend Special Ser-
- vice Despite - Warmth;
Over 600 Present .
CONGREGATION PRAISED
Exceptional Provision Made for
Reli-ious Education Landed
by Dr. WUUam Chalmers
, Covert in Address
With Its auditorium filled to ca
pacity the new Presbyterian
church was formally dedicated on
Sunday afternoon at a special
service held at 2:30. All comers
were greeted at the door and were
asked for their names, which were
written down for permanent rec
ord. The count - of these names
totalled considerably over 600
Programs and hymnals were in
constant use as fans during the
entire meeting. Dr. Norman K.
Tally, pastor, assured the visiting
members of the Willamette Pres
bytery that the weather was- un
usual for Salem, and added Hhat
all Salem weather, wet or dry, hot
or. cold,- Is good weather. ;i Dr,
Moses ' E. Breeze , reminded him
that sounded like California.
Chnrch Congratulated
Many, ., visitors . from other
churches were present to see the
new building and to felicitate the
Presbyterians on its completion.
Rev. C. E. Ward, president of the
Salem ; Ministerial association
brought the greetings of his or
ganization and bespoke the happi
ness of other churches at the suc
cessful enterprise.
i The address of the afternoon
was given by -Rev. William Chalm
ers Covert, l). u.. general secret
ucation of i the Presbyterian
churchy At the outset he stated
that he was primarily Interested in
the part of the building that had
to do with the education and train
ing of the youth. v - ;
Education Stressed
"There would be no need or use
for this beautiful auditorium if
there were no Sunday school to
teach the children," he said. He
showed the fallacy of a belief cur
rent a few decades ago that an
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JUSTICES PLAN TO FLY
Coshow and Rand Will Make Trip
To Seattle by Airplane
Justices of the state . supreme
court left here Monday for Port
land, from where they will go to
Seattle to attend the annual con
vention of the American Bar as
sociation. Justices- Coshow and
Rand will make the trip from
Portland to Seattle by airplane.
Other members of the court will
go by train.
Attorney General Van Winkle
also has gone to Seattle to attend
a conference of attorney generals
from all parts of the United
States.
HOOVER'S HOME TOWN PREPARES
f . . '?- , : r-r- "-v.-
1 A .LP 7 - r - - .
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T' .
. Palo Alto and Stanf ord. Cat. are really tepa rate cities, but- they will be one oa August 1 1 in
playing host at notification ceremonies for Herbert Hoover, republican presidential nominee. The Palo
Alto depot la betar polished up. the city park Is being extended around the hugs , redwood (right)
from which the city gets its' name, and the Stanfo rd bowl is ready to hold 20,000 spectators of the
notification. A," C. Hobart (below), like Hoover, a former lowan. heads the reception commlttee.4
National' Bank Exeifipt. '
From Oregon taxation
Opinion of Attorney General Van Winkle; if. Upheld, Will De
t pri ye State of Approximately $500,000 Revenue An
nually; State Bank Stock Taxable '
For the reason that the state of Oregon has not complied
with the conditions of congress authorizing the taxing of na
tional banks, stock of all national banks in this state is ex
empt from taxation.
This was the substance of an opinion prepared here Mon
day by I. H. Van Winkle, at the request of Earl Fisher, state
tax commissioner. The query was based on a decision of. the
United States district court in Portland in a suit brought by
the Brotherhood Co-operative National Bank against T. M.
: Hurlburt, sheriff, and tax col-
LAUGH POSSIBLE
EVEN AT 103 F.
LITTLE GIRL
THEN SAYS
GETS DRINK,
"GOODBYE
Soda Fountains Do Rushing Busi
ness as Mercury Climbs
- to Record v
She was a sunburned little girl
of about eight years, and she ap
proached the crowded soda foun
tain with some hesitancy, her tiny
nose just on a level with its ivory
top. .. 1
t- "Do yon have water?", she
asked, still hesitantly but with a
peculiar sort of dignity strange
In one of . her years.
Why, yes," replied the pleas
ant voiced girl at the fountain;
and she handed over a glass filled
with sparkling ice water.
The tiny girl drank it with the
same quiet dignity, then passed
the glass back up to the attend
ant ?v , -i ? .!
Then she stood there as If in
thought for several seconds.
't,Goodbye,T.she finally said,
and trotted out, leaving the people
in the store to laugh heartily, but
not unkindly.' at her behavior
Plenty of. people may have
asked for drinks of water at the
soda fountains Monday, -but their
business was not all of that un
profitable nature. Several of. the
proprietors, reported that-they had
experienced" unprecedented heavy
patronage on Saturday,' Sunday
and Monday: some estimated it
at three times the normal busi
ness.
Service stations also reported
an unusually heavy trade over the
week-end. as hundreds of motor
ists prepared for jaunts to the
seashore and mountains in the ef
fort to escape the sizzling heat.
BICYCLE RIDER INJURED
Norman Humphrey Taken to Hos
pital; Fracture Possible
Norman Humphrey, 11 year old
son of Mrs. Lulu Humphrey, 480
South 2 0 th street, Is In the Salem
General hospital suffering from
accident Injuries, the most serious
of which may be a fractured skull.
Hospital attendants could not
tell just how the accident occur
red, and his doctor could not be
reached, however It Is known he
was riding a bicycle. The lad was
brought to the hospital at 4:20
o'clock, after being treated first at
a down town doctor's office. .
lector for Multnomah county. The
federal court held for the plaintiff
corporation.
. The state commissioner said
the opinion' of the attorney gener
al apparently implied that nation
al bank stock is exempt from tax
ation In the state of Oregon, while
the stock of state" banks is taxable
under the state laws. , .
The constitution or the state of
Oregon provides that all taxation
shall be uniform on the same
class of subjects within the terri
torial limitation of the authority
levying the tax," read the attorney
general's opinion.
"The constitution provides that
the legislative assembly shall, and
the people through the Initiative
may, provide by law uniform rules
of assessment and taxation. All
taxes shall be levied and collected
under general laws operating un
iformly throughout the state.
"The fullest discussion of these
sections of the constitutions is to
be found in the case of the Stan
dard Lumber company vs. Pierce
in that case it was found that a
proviso of income tax act of 1923
was unconstitutional. It was held
by the court that thi . proviso
should be treated as stricken from
the act and the remainder of the
act enforced. The proviso In ques
tion permitted corporations doing
business within the state to deduct
iividends paid to residents of Ore
gon but did not permit-such "de
ductions of dividends paid to non
residents.. ' -
The situation relattive to tax
ation of state banks is quite dif
ferent. The states have no author
ity to tax a federal agency unless
expressly authorized by congress.
( Continued oa pr 4.)
FAIRCHILD HERE TODAY
Economist Surveying Forest Tax
ation Problems In Oregon
Fred R. Fairchild, economist In
charge of forest taxation tor the
federal forestry service, will ar
rive in Salem Tuesday to confer
with members of the state tax
commission and Frank A. Elliott,
state forester.
Mr. Fairchild Is now conducting
an Investigation in Oregon to de
termine a fair and equitable basis
for Jorest taxation. . It was said
that the probe would require sev
eral weeks. Similar investigations
have been conducted by Mr. Fair-
child in many sections of the
United States.
Officials said Mr. Fairchild
would refuse to make public any
of his findings or recommenda
tions until his report Is completed.
FOR AUGUST 11
Committee to Investigate
Firms Mot Controlled by
Banking Sections
HUGE LOSSES DECRIED
Pubic Hands Over Funds With
Practically No Guarantee Ex
cept; Faith, Says Governor;
! Regulation Likely
Investigation and possible revi
sion of laws regulating all corpor
ations in Oregon doing a financial
business that are not already reg
ulated by the banking laws, Is the
purpose of a committee appointed
here yesterday by Governor I. L.
Patterson.
Members of the committee are
Richard W. Montague, E. B. Mc
Naughton, E. C. Pease, A. A. Com
rie, R. A. Booth. Amadee Smith,
Clyde E. Apperson, C. A. Hart and
Judge j. P. Cavanaugh. Governor
Patterson has requested the com
mittee to meet at the offices of
Carey and Kerr in Portland, Aug
ust 2 to perfect an organization
and outline its operations.
Instructions Given
"Your Investigations," read a
letter prepared by Governor Pat
terson, "will include finance com
panies, ' brokerage houses, mort
gage and security companies that
issue certificates of interest in
mortgages and securities, savings
and loan, building and loan, in
dustrial loan companies and bond
companies selling securities on in
stallments, or Issuing temporary
or interim certificates.
"Present regulatory law which
are found to be inadequate or un
satisfactory could be revised by
the committee, and made ready
4for presentation to the legislature
tn such form as would cover the
situation in the judgment of the
committee. Where there Is no law
the committee could prepare an
entirely new bill.
Public Not Protected
"My understanding is that any
corporation which receives a char
ter from this state authorizing it
to transact a financial business
may, by virtue of such authority,
take the public's money and issue
for it some sort of receipt. This
receipt may be, as in the case of
banks, an entry in a deposit book
or savings book, or a certificate
of deposit, or in the ease of insti
tutions of the kind listed, may be
an Interim certificate for delivery
of bonds, a debenture, mortgage
certificate, or note secured by col
lateral pledged with a trustee.
"It does not matter what form
the transaction takes, the princi
ple is the same. The public parts
with its money relying upon the
financial soundness of the insti
tution with which it deals and the
competency and integrity of its
management. The public has no
means of. its own of verlfvinr
these matters, but must and does
do business with such concerns,
relying entirely upon faith.
"The state having given life to
MORONES FLEES
MEXICO'S WRATH
POLITICAL EOE OF OBREGON
- SAID IN HIDING
Meanwhile "Complete Confession"
Reported Wrong From T 1
GeneraTa Slayer ' -
MEXICO CITY, July 23. (AP)
Luis Morones. political foe of
General Alvaro Obregon and who
resigned the ministry of labor at
the behest ' of agrarian elements,
was today the object of a search
by the police. " General .Antonio
Rios Zertuche. appointed chief of
police to Investigate the assassina
tion of Obregon, : said that Mo
rones was reported to be in hid
ing. He added that the police
were Investigating a rumor that he
was concealed in Mexico . City. -The
chief also stated that Jose
Ds Leon . Toral. the art. student
who killed General Obregon, had
made "a "complete confession'
Just what was In this statement
was not revealed, " "
Catholic clergy had been cooper
ating with the police In their in
vestigation. The first pronounce
ment by President Calles after the
killing of Obregon laid the blame
for the crime upon Catholics gen
erally and members of the "priest
hood In particular.. This senti
ment was echoed by General Zer
tuche. - He did not go into details
respecting the cooperation which
he Is now receiving from leaders
of the chureh. v - v-.:-' f -.
Tracing, the - pistol which i De
Leon Toral. used, police. say they
had discovered - that " It ' had ' been
furnished by one Manuel' Tre Jo.
They assert that he has fled to the
United States.
- The statement by the chief of
police that Catholic clergy were
assisting the police la their in
vestigation of General Obregon's
slaying, was taken In some quar-
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MERCURY RISES
TO 103 IN SALEM
SUMMER PLENTY HOT AFTER
f ALL, VERDICT
Other Sections f Pacific North
west Also Suffer From
. . Intense Heat ' ' '
Whoever made the statement a
week ago that there would be no
summer this -year, was wholly,
completely and entirely- wrong.
So say residents of Salem, along
with those of nearly every other
part of, the northwest. Sarcasm
about the absence of summer heat
will not be indulged in again for a
long time, they promise.
The report of the local weather
observer yesterday evening car
ried the essence of the whole
story: "Maximum temperature
103."
This brief statement meant
shattering of all previous . heat
records for this year, beating Sun
day's scorching temperature by
just one point, and setting a mark
that has seldom been equalled' on
the hottest summer days In Salem.
The record temperature was sup
posed to have been set at 108 just
a year ago yesterday, but - there
was considerable discredit cast
upon this figure at the time, many
comparing the report with read
ings on their own hermometers
and declaring that the government
Instrument was Incorrect. Pre
vious to last year the record tem
perature for Salem was 106. By
many this is considered the true
high record for the city.'
The hot weather had the effect
of taking the level of the Willam
ette river down two-tenths of an
inch. The river has dropped from
minus two to minus two and two
tenths during the intense hot spell
that first struck Salem on Satur
day. The weather man last night of
fered little hope for a respite un
til several days have passed. The
weather bureau report sent out in
dicated that continued fair weath
er with only mild winds may be
anticipated. This is to be accom
panied by low humidity:
PORTLAND. July 23. (AP)
It was lust two-tenths of a decree
cooler in Portland today than on
Sunday. I Betweeir-3 and 5 p. m.
the United States" -weather bu
reau's thermometer- remained sta
tionary at 98.1 degrees,' at the
same period the day before the
oeak was 98.3.' Continued hot
peather tomorrow' was forecast.
Thermometers of 100 or more
were recorded at many points in
the Pacific northwest. High hon
ors for Oregon went to Grants
Pafs with a maximum of 112,
breaking the ail-time record.
Season's records melted away
at The Dalles and Pendleton, with
temperatures of 106 and 106.
Salem reported 103 degrees and
Roseburg 102. La Grande and
Bend considered the weather
warm at only 96 and 98 degrees.
Walla Walla had 106 and Yak
ima 104. Lewiston, Idaho, report
ed 105 degrees.
TWO FIRES IN ONE DAY
Blazes Strike Town and Farm
Property of Louis, Lacbmnnd
Louis Lachmund may well be
lieve the god of fire has some
peculiar vengence upon him, . for
Sunday two fires destroyed prop
erty In Salem and on his farm
east of the city in the Illahee dis
trict with an aggregate loss of
$1,400.
The farm fire originated in a
hay field and destroyed all but
four bales of 35 tons of hay which
had been up only a week or so.
This fire Is presumed to have ori
ginated from a cigar, as a butt
and a. pall of blackberries was
found near the hay. The farm
houses were threatened, but winds
carried the blaze away. .
The ' second ' fire, orlgtn un
known, destroyed a warehouse on
Trade street in which sacks, and
berry- crates were stored.- Thls
loss was partly covered by insur-;
ance. The 'blaze was discovered
Sunday night a haLi-hour before
midnight, and for a time.threat
ened a larger . dried fruit ware
house to the south. Firemen's ef
forts saved the second building,
from but a slight damage.
AMELIA VISITS TOLEDO
Rousing; Welcome ' A ccorded
Famed Atlantic Aviatrix -
TOLEDO. July 23. (AP) To
ledo ' : today became, the . fourth
American city to honor Miss Ame
lia Earhart, the Boston social
worker, for her part In the trans
Atlantic flight of the Friend
ship." The cheers of a large crowd
which thronged , the Pennsylvania
railroad station today welcomed
the glrIwho. became the center of
two. parades, and stole the' play
from the 12th annual convention
of the national exchange clubs
which virtually gave their, day. t
her. ..";
OCEAN FLIGHT DELAYED
French ' Airplane. Stops at Azores
- -island For Repairs. -V
HORTA ISLAND OF FATAL.
Azores, July 23 , f APJ The
French plane ' : La Fregate was
hoisted tonight on a breakwater
to receive minor repairs and win
be unable to leave on Its trans-at-lantlc
flight to New Tork by way
of Bermuda Islands nntll they are
completed.,: - rr- -
OF CALIFOK
Some Disagreement Over Is
sues Reported Following
Conference
SENATOR HITS UTILITIES
Support of Presidential Candktes
Indicated Despite Minor Di. H
lerencos; other Reports
J - Favorable
STANFORD UNIVERSITY.
Calif.. July 23. (AP) Herbert
Hoover, republican presidential
nominee, and Senator " Hi rant
Johnson, of California, candidate
for re-election, discussed the po
litical situation today for nearly
two hours and at the end appar
ently were not In entire accoaa an
io an tne subjects i.-;t should be
made issues in the campaign.
The California senator i
generally has been found figkltaff
me oia guard or his party, declin
ed to state what the issues w Ji
be, explaining that x. would be
presumptious on his nart fa. un
dertake to State lasuti nklKh kA
presidential candidate "will make yf
perrecuy clear within a few days,"
in his acceptance address.
Boulder Dam Talked ; '
Senator Johnson said h aa mi
know whether Boulder Canyea
would enter into the natioMi
campaign, but that it would have
a prominent part in his personal
campign tor re-election. : v
"I am going to begin next week
expressing myself with vigor and
fervor on the Dower truat ta
southern California," the senator
said. t . . .
The republican platform' wb-fc a
Mr. Hoover is tointernrt cm
August 11, was aileat on the mst
in ui me operations oi ine poe
lie Utilities associations althoutB
Senator Borah, of Idaho, and etk-
proposes plants aenounctag
their activities, particuriy with
respect to efforts to control tbe
contents of text books in the pub
lic schools of the country.
In his addresses in the senate
urging action on the Boulder Can
yon dam, the seuior California
senator has vigorously attacked
what he characterizes as th new
er trust and should he take the
stump for the national ticket h
might carry that subject to the
country. Whether ha wnl sneak
outside of the state is wuter.
for future determination, .fce aid. t
Future IHscussion Prcanised Jt
"I am unable tv talkf.tat'yW'
about national issues," tbe-fistiaf-or
said. "After the- candidate
speaks on August 11, I shall die
cuss them.
"I came out here today at the
request of Mr. Hoover. 1 was Oe-
lighted to lunch with him and
(Continued oa pag 3)
PEACE TREATIES
EXCLUDE RUSSIA
GERMANY DECIDES . NOT
PUSH PROPOSITION .
TO
Soviet Government May Have Op
portunity to Enter AnU-War
. Pact in Future
BERLIN. July 23 (AP) So,
viet participation9 la" the Kellogg
multilateral . pact to outlaw " wat
has not been discussed in Germs
government circles and there wHl
- German Initiative toward it,
' "oture! itwss '
learned tK
in Germany
Ing if the.
wishes to be a signal
pact, it so will indicate "in
good time. . , - : .. 1 v
v Occasion for this may come af
ter Germany has signed and nas
notified Russia ot ' that act, . The
treaty of Berlin provides Germany
shall notify Russia of all formal
treaties and pacts which : the
signs with other countries and
when this is done with regard re
the Kellogg pact, there would be .,.
opportunity for Russia to acL The
Soviet government then could -Intimate'
to Germany a desire to
added to the llsr of signatories
and' Berlin would feel obliged te
inform the United States and oth
er interested powers -of . RussieT i
readiness to sign. -; ....,; '', .;
? -German ' parliamentarians - are
hopeful the Kellogg treaty will re
sult in speeding1 up . universal die
armament. Their - predominasf
feeling is that the pact has justi
fication only If disarmament is,ae
complished for, they arguev pow
ers which are armed to the. teeth 7
can "command but scant credence . -for;"
their " willingness to outlaw -war-'.
'"''-'-- V .'-ir'.'V- K -j
There is a direct bearing too ia
German eyes, on the occupation of
the Rhineland. ''What has France -to
fear if war Is outlawed" Is lh .
question asked on that aspect ef
the treaty. On this point bow- -ver,
the government prefers te
maintain, a noncommital attitude,
believing that there are more iza
mimently dangerous spots In. Esf-
. (0atiant pat i) .