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CONSTRUCTION OF SHIPS HALTS 1 i President Hoover Suspends Work on Three Newest U. S. Cruisers WASHINGTON, July 25 (AP) . Responding. Immediately to Premier MacDonald's announce ment of curtailments and suspen sions in the British naval build Ins jprojcram. President Hoover late! today declared construction of three American cruisers," bther wisei to have been begun in the fall, would be postponed until there Is an opportunity for con sideration of their effect upon an expected agreement on British- American naval parity. A few hours arter proclaiming the Kellogg treaty for renuncia tion of war, the chief executive is sued a jfornial statement which in cluded this announcement and as serted In addition that aW era of good will in approaching the problem of naval disarmament was at hand. Friendly Attitude .Expressed By Hoover Referring to MaeDonald's ad dress in the house of commons to day, Mr. Hoover said the British premier had Introduced ther prin ciple of parity which'Amerlca has now adopted and that "its con summation means that Great Brit ain ?and the United States hence forth are not to compete in' arm aments as potential opponents but to cooperate as friends" in obtain ing a reduction of sea forces. "The prime minister has stated clearly and unmistakingly the principles on which he is acting," Mr.j Hoover continued. "I cannot but; be responsive to the generous terips in which he has spoken of the! attitude and purpose of th Uniited States. We join in his ef forts in the same spirit." Conlial Welcome Extended Premier The president also extended a cordial welcome to Premier Mac Donald in reply to his announced intention of visiting America in the fall.; The American people are greatly complimented by the pro posed Tisit, Mr. Hoover said, and the British premier will find a uni versal welcome. The chief' .executive said that whle,. Greai Britain's cruiser strength Is considerably in excess of that of America and that prob ably no Inequality would result from carrying out this year's building program in full, decision Jo suspend construction had been teabhed In order that there shall be i no misunderstanding of the American attitude as compared with that . expressed by MacDon aldi Building Ships Would Not Defeat Parity We have three cruisers in this year's construction program which have been undertaken In tTle gov ernjment navy yards, the detailed drawings for which are now in course of preparation." Mr Hoo- ' veri said. "The actual keels would, in the ordinary course of events, I be ilald down sometime this fall, excitement. Generally speaking, the British The bomb had been placed in cruiser strength considerably ex- the alley entrance to the Davis ceejds American strength at the company store, just south of Jack prebent time and the actual nn.! son boulevard. A garbage col- strhction of these 'three cruisers would not be likely in themselves to produce inequality in the fi nal result. We do not wish, however, to have any misunderstanding of our actions and therefore we shall voi lay these keels until. there has een an opportunity for full con sideration of their effect npon the final -agreement fot parity which wej. expect to reach although our hopes of relief from construction lie more largely" In he matter of years of the program under the law of 1928." ' Agreement Needed To ; Cause Abandonment Although the president did not GREENBAUM'S Department Store t - New Figured Voiles Fast colors and pretty patterns a Bargain, a yard . j New Percales Yard wide i 25 c a yd. 18C a yd. 15C a1 yd. 240 & 246 N. t 'i t pedfy, naval officials wer of the opinion that the thre Teasel re ferred to were among those authorized by the fifteen-cruiser law passed by congress last win ter. Under the terms of this meas ure, construction could ,' not be abandoned except in the event of an international agreement for re duction of naval Armaments, the law provided that five of these cruisers should be contracted for In each of the fiscal years - of 192.9, 1930 and 1931 and their construction begun by the close xl the respectively following fiscal years. Postponement Said Within Authority It was pointed out, however, that Mr. Hoover could postpone their construction until the close of these fiscal years and that thus the three mentioned by the presi dent need not be begun for nearly 11 months. Within this time, the president' is hopeful that an agree ment with Great Britain on parity can be effected. 1 At the navy department. It wa paid that these three vessels had been assigned for construction1 to the navy yards at New York, Phil adelphia and Bremerton, Washing ton. The two others of the first five ships under the fifteen-cruis er law, have been contracted for with private builders. NEW YORK, July 25 ( AP) Commenting on President Hoo ver's announcement that con struction of three naval cruisers would be postponed. Representa tive Fred A. Britten of lillinois, chairman of the house naval af fairs committee tonight suggested that the United States sKould go on building cruisers and that Great Britain should stop until the two nations reach parity. "If President Hoover is taken literally," Mr. Britten said, "it will mean stoppage of cruisers in 1929, to the. disadvantage of the United States to the same degree that the United States suffered in 1922, when we scrapped several hundred million dollars worth of warships and made Britain's pre dominance of the seas secure. "The United States in the past three years has made several at tempts to gain cruiser parity with Great Britain, but in each instance failed because the United States representatives refused to agree to build for our country the type o cruiser best adapted to British uses. "if Ramsay MacDonald really wants equality, let him tell the world that Great Britain from now on- will stop building cruis ers, and if President Hoover wants equality the surest way to get It is to keep 09 building cruisers." SCO LOOP HIT T CHICAGO, July 25. (AP) The south end of the S loop was rocked by explosion of a bomb late tonight. Windows of the Davis company department store and in ' the Lytton, Steger and Kimball buildings were shattered, and hundreds of persons were thrown -into a state 01 rrignt ana lector had discovered the bomb, which was wrapped in a small package, and tossed it into his wagon." The explosion followed. Almost at the same time a bomb exploded in an areaway between Michigan boulevard and Wabash avenue, on 22nd street. Dozens of windows in the Equitable Trust company building on Michigan avenue were broken. Claims totaling $1149.45 have been paid to Statesman readers by the North American- Accident Insurance Co. in less than one year. These claims were paid on the $1.;00 policy issued to State' man readers. , T BUS . New Figured Pique Fast colors -' Special Bargain yd. 39c 35c New Figured Linene Suitings A Yard wide Only 25c a yd. Commercial St i . . . I t BMIG JiCTIVmr TAKES BOOST HEBE ""Building permit activity picked up briskly Wednesday when D. A. Larmer obtained authorization tot the construction of a concrete gar age building, estimated to cost $5000, at 889 North Liberty street. It will be 0 by 200 feet in dimen sions, and will house the trucks of the Larmer Transfer business. Permits for two dwellings were issued Tuesday; one to J. E. Har rison for a house costing $2400 at 345 Falk street, the other to E. B. Grabenhorst for a $2300 residence at 335 Falk street. H. G- Hummel has the contract for the latter job. Other permits issued in the last two days include: L. T. Larseh, repair of dwelling at 542 North Liberty, 1150. Breyman estate, repair of brick building at 318 Court street, $350, Ed Wood, contractor. State Savings and "Loan com-u pany, garage at 2225 Chemeketa, $115; J. A. Morley, contractor, t Herald Burk, repair of dwelling at 1690. North Fifth street, $800; S. MeFadden, contractor. Mabel Cook, repair of dwelling at 1440 North Church street. FULOPS TEN BUSY STORES FROM THE CANADIAN BORDER TO THE CALIFORNIA; LINE PORTLAND SALEM LONGVIEW EVERETT 1 BELLINGHAM TWO STORES EUGENE VANCOUVER ABERDEEN KLAMATH FALLS The OHEGON STATESMAN, Saltm 1121; Arthur Alienor, contractor. Ia addition, plnmblnf permits wero Issued to the VIeshar Plumb ing and Supply company and to the the Plumbing and Heating Sales corporation. The city build ing department received a f 75 fee in each case. EASTERNER PICKED TOUEOITOnS CHEYENNE, Wyo., July 25. (AP) Lemuel C. Hall of Ware- ham, Mass.. was elected president of the National Editorial associa tion at the closing session of the organization's forty-fourth annual convention here today. Selection of the 1930 conven tion city was left to tbe board of directors. Eighteen cities pre sented invitations at today's meet ing. The selection probably wtti not be made until early fall, when the board meets. George Dolliver of Battle Creek. Mich., was elected vice president, and as a result of this honor, next year will succeed to the presi dency. Directors elected today includ ed J. F. Craemer, Orange, Cal. Three jear term: J. F. Biddle, i v fsm - 1 j m i 5 lis I tie V 't-j- - Oregon, Friday Morning, July 26, Huntingdon, Pa., K. T. Baldridge, Bloomfleld, Iowa, and R. H. Pltch ard,' Weston, W. Vs, H. C. Hotallng of 6t Paul, Minn., was expected to b reap pointed executive secretary of the association and W. W. Aiken of Franklin, Ind., was expected to be reappointed treasurer. ; jThe eighteen cities which ten dered invitations for the 1930 meeting included Sitka, Alaska.' Asylum Inmate Kills Self on . Cement Floor Mrs. Mary Jane Clinton, CI, of Coquille, committed suicide here Tuesday by jumping over a stair rail on the second floor of the Oregon state hospital. She fell to the cement floor in the base ment. Shooting Takes Placejvt Seattle SEATTLE, July 25. fAP) O. A. Oakes was probably fatally wounded and Miss Charlotte Reed, his companion, shot twice in the arm here tonight by Cameron Mc intosh, a man said by police to be a visitor from Vancouver, B. XL WE SCOURED the country and brought into play our TEN STORE BUYING POWER that, it might be possible to bring to you these Super-Values in 2-Pants Suits. Never before in the history of Fulops. have values such as these been offered to you and remember in addition to these values we have made it doubly easy for you to purchase by asking only ONE DOLLAR as your DOWN PAYMENT. . I J .-. 1927 COSST GUM) 1 mil Efl&rinei SEATTLE, July 25 (AP) The United States coast guard cutter Haida . was expected to reach the Oceanic and Oriental steamship Golden Forest late to day driven ashore on Avatanak Island among the rocky Aleuti ans, radio messages received here said. The American Hawaiian Steam Ship company.) operators of the service were advised by radio that the ship went ashore in a wester ly wind while on her way to meet the Haida to obtain medical aid for her second officer, who was taken ill with blood poisoning. The vessel had radioed the Haida at Dutch Harbor but was wreck ed before meeting the ship. "The reports said no fear was felt for the safety of the crew pf 35 men signed on at San Fran cisco. First messages gave the scene of the wreck as Tigalda' island but later ones to the Golden Wall and Golden West. . ships -, of the same fleet and intercepted by northwest stations gave tbe loca tion as Avatanak island. OPEN! A CHARGE; ACCOUNT NO RED TAPE NO INTEREST Make your clown payment anl pay the bal ance on FULOPS TEN PAYMENT PLAN 456 STATE ST., SALEM The officer became sick when the ship was several hundred miles south of the Aleutian Islands. GfSlltlTI LONDON. July 25 CAP) The great trnnrght in England continued today without a i break in sight. Water supplies of many towns was strictly rationed" Guisely, Yorkshire, had! only water to last seven days. : Hali fax, Yorkshire, had a 43 -day sup ply left. In Halifax all Bnpplies have been stopped from 6 p.m. to 6 a.mJ, saving a million gallons a day. j Light rainfall has done little to relieve the situation in: Man chester, which has just 26 days' supply in -reserve. By appeal for economy In wa-' ter nsage and various devices ten million gallons a day are being saved. Lincolnshire's wells I and streams are drying up. and water Is being taken by cart to outlying homesteads. Read the Classified Ads. t PAGE THREE r E PORTLAND, Ore., July 1 5, (AP) -An Oregon echo to -tl!e clash - that has attended similar differences of opinion on the "con tribution" system at horse races . in other .states was seen tonight In the statement of District At torney' Meyers who said gambling would not be tolerated at Amer ican Legion races next Wednes day. j While ; Oregon has no law di- , rectly "prohibiting betting on the outcome of horse Taces, the dis trict attorney cited an Oregon case in which the state supreme, court held that pools on horses "openly outrage common decency and grossly -disturb the peace." American Legion officials said tonight they would seek an injunc tion if state or city authorities at- j tempted to halt the "contribution" system, of the "Legion purse fund." There were 30,990,304 tele phones In use in the world Janu ary 1, 1928, according to statis ticians, and 18,522.767, or 60 per cent, were in the United States. r DOWN mitt fcy 019 Suit U tie Sto 1 ; REPORTED IN STAT m !! r i : m .: MM.