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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 5, 1928)
G SAYS E SOLOMS WRONG President Puts Blame On Congress For Postal De partment Deficit SUPERIOR. Wis.. Aug. 4. fAP). -President Coolidge feels that congress, by nsving over ridden his vetoes on bills Increas ing posts! expenditure. Is Urge. ly responsible not only for the e limited 1100.000.000 deficit in the postof flee -department for the fiscal year 191 but also ror any Increase in dosUI rates wnica may hare to be Imposed to bal a nee the departmental budget. Mr. Coolidge understands that aome postal rates may hare to be raised since the law makes it man datory upon the postmaster gen ral to alter the rates of certain services so as to assure sufficient Income to. balance the expend! tures they Involve. At the last sesilon. congress passed over Mr. Coolldge's veto a bill to allow a ten per cent m crease in salary for postal night workers and another measure granting allowances for rent. fuel. light and equipment to fourth dass postmasters. In June, 1914, President Coolidge vetoed a gen ral postal pay Increase bill which also ' was passed over his objec tions. The details of the postoffice de partment's' budget will be discuss ed by the exec u lire wun uenerai Lord, director or the budget, who p titled Mr. Coolidge today that he would arrive In Superior next Monday to discuss the preliminary annroorlatlon estimates , for - the fiscal -year 1929 filed by all de partments. While President Coolidge has ae information, a to the details f the reported agreement be tween France and England regard lag limitation of auxilary . war ships, he regards with great satis faction the fact tnat t&ey Dare apparently reached , a common around for discussion and agree. saent as promising extension of the fight against natal competi tion to the fields unaffected by the Washington treaties of 1913 President Coolidge let it be known today that he had greatly appreciated yesterday's trip to the Iron ranges of Minnesota. Mrs. Coolidge visited for about Se minutes today a pea canning factory at Poplan, about 20 miles from Cedar Island Lodge. v She was shown the binding and flip ping of the pea plants but could ot see any of the actual canning as that part ot the process was not In operation Mr. Coolidge has received and has under consideration an Invl tatlon-to visit the Apostle Island about SO miles from here in Lake Superior. He has not yet reached any decision, but at present Is very doubtful as to whether be will be able to accept TREATMENT FOB rnn mil run an , CARL1EL COMING BACK - Talking Movies Provide Avenue of Return of Once " Popular Star. Former Oregon Girl "fx. IdeSe ' i I 'T " I kL.kL.Ly . mk- kk ' . 3".: -- rk, kyi Jx ( LT. i T V , i , i : i Vf4r- X i iwwiainfwiit': 'lti Both Sides Approve Investi gation By Reconcilia tion Group )EW BEDFORD, Mass.. Aug. 4. (AP) Determination of the state, board of conciliation and arbitration to investigate the tez tlie strike here, a decision made when a proposal to sabmlt the Is sue Involved to arbitration was rejected today by both manufac turers and strikers, met with ap proval on both sides lonight. Although the breach between the manufacture rs and the 29,000 striking operatives was widened by the dual rejection of .the con ciliatory measure, their replies to queries concerning the Investi gation were the same in essence. Although It was not known when the Investigation would be gin It was the belief of labor lead ers who- had previous experience with the beard, that It would be turned to the arbitration effort. Chief , Samuel . D. McLeod - made elaborate preparations for polic ing the t city tomorrow. A parade postponed last Saturday because of rata, was scheduled to be held tomorrow afternoon under the di rection of the textile mill ' com mittees." Mayor - Charles S. Ashley had refused a permit for the par ade. - , t Chief McLeod has arranged that more than .150 policemen would come here as a reserve fosce to be' used If the parade. Is held. Na tional guardsmen were in reserve at. the state armory,. , Many of the strike leaders were In the house of correction await ing release on ball and as a con sequence the parade plana i were Indefinite.;. Picket lines at the . mill gates today were small and no arrests made. Surderebs Batting Hard In Dixie Baby Doll Jacobson, former major leaguer. Is one of the hard- tst hitters la the Southern Asso ciation this year. Tough laid Tor Homers forbes yield, heme of the Pittsburgh Pirates Is ' said to be one field here fluke home runs ire net hit easily Two Men, One Colored, Elec trocuted For Killing . Merchant' x MILLEDGBVILLE. Ga., Aug. 4. (AP) A 22 year old son of the Tennessee mountains and a for mer negro - professional baseball player wire- electrocuted at the state prison - farm here today for murder after a" sensational "11th hour "confession" by. the former's wife had failed to aave them. Clifford Thompson, of Etowah. Tenn.. and James Hugh Moss, a negro, of the same place, paid the death penalty for the slaying of Coleman Osborne, a merchant at Chatsworth, Ga., on the night of August 5. 1927. -.. ' Herself convicted of the same crime and under a, life sentence. Mrs. Kola Klrod .Thompson, 23, sought to 'rescue them from-the death chamber by issuing a state ment from her cell in the Atlanta county Jail saying that she and another man plotted the murder and that her husband and Moss were Innocent of any connection with It This "confession" made after all efforts of the condemned men's attorney to obtain clemency had been unsuccessful, sent Gov. I Q. Hardman on a peronal lnvestiga tlon of her story and delayed for more than an hour the execution. Convinced, however, ; that the confession" did not warrant a respite, the governor ordered the execution to proceed. Olympic Champ Fed On Egg Nog and Sherry - Wine; Trainer Asserts AMSTERDAM, Holland, Aug; 4. (AP) Sherry, wine and egg nog were fed to Ray Barbuti, the new Olympic 400 meter champion. before his vtetorjr today. His run ning mate, Herman Phillips of the Illinois, A. C, who made the pace in the race, shared the same diet. Whether this helped the Syraeus an to win the coaches' feel . that such a radical departure from cus tomary training -table .offerings was justified to stimulate the runners; DICE BILL CJISE E EM bum Arguments against the , consti tutionality of the so-called Dunne measure, which seeks to decrease motor license fees by some 50 per cent, were presented to .Circuit Judge L. H. McMahan yesterday. J. M. Devers. attorney . for the state highway commission opened the legal, attack ion the measure. - Following presentation ot argu ments' Judge McMahan' took- the matter, under advisement. Indicat ing that he probably will hand down his decision' some time next week. ! - It is expected that the losin Kid a will immedlatel anneal ihm case ' to the state, suoreme court tlon ot the suit, which is being hronrht aralnst the secretary of state to prevent him from putting the measure on the November ballot, 1 . ! ' -" Pur Sleeves .-" " " A blonde satin coat for early autumn Wfear has mink sleeves ct wide, flaring cuffs and a hjgb, roil collar of alnk. ' . Si. c -r yr A-if By Dan Thomas at all except that Mr. ! and Mrs. irir niGticr IfL U1ULHJL LEWISTON. Idaho, Aug. 4. f AP) What is claimed to be the first successful treatment for wine Influenia. a disease which has caused losses amounting to 95,000,000 In western states since It first appeared three years ago. has been discovered by . Dr. A. J. Pwwelf, Lewiston veterinarian, he said today. So far as Is known here, this is the only method of treatment which has been advanced as a suc cessful cure for. the disease. Dr. : Powell's ttatment consists of a powder preparation administered la the hog teed, and It Is intended te act as an Internal antiseptic aad vermifuge. In all experiments ffces far, the veterinarian said, it haa effected cures wher the "di sease has not , been too far advanced. then Fiber Raised Here is Advertised At Dee Moines Meet HOLLYWOOD, Calif.. Aug. 4 (NBA) Carmel Myers la coming 'back.-This actress, who a short six months ago had practically dis appeared from the sight of theater audiences, already haa started her return to screen prominence aid ed by John Gilbert 'and talking films.. . Gilbert Is the star of "Four Walls,' the picture I which will help to return Miss Myers to pop ularity. She gives a good and dis tinctly different performance In thla production, characterising a rather ugly and completely sex less woman. j Sound pictures will play a far more Important part ' in her re turn to the position she held a few years back. Once considered the most perfect photographic subject on the screen. Cermet's popular- Public, have a passion for seeing new faces. But the Injection of spoken Hues Into the heretofore silent drama Is opening new fields to her. - Two or three year ago Miss Myers played one season in must eal " comedy. Coupled with her natural singing ability it gave her the vocal training now ; so neces sary td" screen players.! And she may play . In another stage pro duction .before making; the two talking pictures in which she la to lead. Mlas Myers sister-in-law. Betty. is one of the prime factors In her life who sa far haa escaped all notice. Posesslng all of the qual ities necessary to screen success herself, Betty haa preferred to re main in the background and boost Camel's stock. ity began to wane for no reason IIE MORE FACTS Hi RABBIT DISEASE r Sf anybody la Des Moines. lswa. didn't know that long fiber flaa Is raised la the vicinity of Salem, following the recent Lions International convention there. It waa due to blindness, ; ' Fifteen hundred 'samples ot 'SaJara grown flax fiber, attached is cards which told where" it was raised, were distributed to the del egates by Senator Lloyd Reynolds, with the. aid of boy scouts who weldnt accept any pay for the task, counting It a "good turn. The women who received them wese the linea stranda on their eats, while the men. since they had no coats upon whdh to pla tfcisae. wore them as talis. - Sanator Reynolds made a brief regssrt at the Lions' luncheon Fri day, and will report more fully week. - Czzsici Tom llesrly , iTipef Oct by Floods MOSCOW. Aug, 4. (AP) The Siberian town of Zeya la the Amur .district Is reported by the tar aatera representative at Mes eew to hav. lee, near rarrped eat by recent floods la the Amur river region. Most of the atreets are barricaded-with debria and the population' has deserted the city. Twelve oMT vlUagea In the aalxhborhooda ot Zeya have been artped eut and their crops destroy- f Vlvkl Red . . A chTtfoa gown et floilthg pas la kerchief neck and dipping aemline la of a new bright ruby red that is tremendously vivid, for blondes or the brunette who taa stand it, this red will be spleo- While the summer i months are '" I .. never considered good rabbit catching months, a recent bulletin of the U. S. public health service released yesterday from the child health demonstration center, tells of the recent important scientific contribution to the new American disease, tularaemia. which is found in rabbits and passes to man while dressing or otherwise handling the diseased rabbit, Although the 'health bulletin says the disease is found primarily a wild rabbits. Dr. William De- Klelne of the demonstration says the tame rabbit Is probably equal ly a carrier. Dr. DtKlelne has come Into contact with! the disease in several Instances where it has proved fatal. The bacteria enter the human through wounds on the hand, resulting in! ulcers and fever which endures for two or three weeks. - - The disease was discovered only a few years ago In Tulare county. California, and has spread to 42 states, the only ones not affected being six la the New England group. - 1 . ! The rabbit which movea slowly Is usually Infected with! the disease and should be killed and left alone. Is the' warning. 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