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Newspaper Page Text1924 FARM BUREAU OFFERED GRAIN ELEVATORS CITY EDITION Dally average net paid circulation lur month ending June 30, 1924 6221 Average dally distribution 6,674. Member Audit Bureau of Circulations. THE WEATHEK OREGON: Fair tonight and Tuesday: moderate temperature; gentle to moder ate northwesterly winds. Local: Max. 81; mln. 45; no rainfall; river -2.0 feet. Bita aournai ff , R. FORTY-SIXTH YEAR No. 174 SALEM, OREGON, . MONDAY, JULY 21, 1924 PRICE THREE CENTS 2$i$&wht2 22 dsn ii ft, u m n no o c ,. n OFFERTOSELL 10 FARMERS B6 Companies Offer 1062 Elevators In Northwest Including: Terminals In Minnesota and Duluth. Minneapolis, Winn., July 21 Thirty-six grain companies of the Bfirtuwcat today offered to sell their entire holdings, including lot! 2 country elevators In Minneso ta, North and South Dakota and Montana to l.ho American Farm Jjureau federation. The offer was made in a letter to O. A. Brafute, president of the farm bureau federation and one of the leaders in the new grain hand ling company recently Incorporated in Illinois to take over five of the largest grain firms in Chicago. Those holdings also Include 22 terminal elevators in Minneapolis and 12 In Duluth, with tho total elevator capacity approximating 65,000,000 bushels according to the grain companies announcement. Representatives of all 36 coun ties, many of them with head quarters here, signed tho letter, which also went to tho board of directors of the farm bureau fed eration. Chicago, July 21 Officials of the American Farm Bureau fed eration Informally expressed grati fication today when appraised of Minneapolis reports of an offer from leading grain companies for the turning over of the marketing facilities in northwestern states, but stated they wore unprepared to issue any official comment on the transaction. It was Indicated a statement would bo issued later. Chicago, July 21. The offer of northwestern grain interest to sell widespread marketing facili ties to tho American farm bureau federation will be placed before the board of directors of the re cently organized grain sales cor poration here tomorrow, it was officially announced today by O. E. Bradfute, president of the farm bureau federation. HAIRY APE MAY BE STANDARD OIL COMPANY Kelso, Wash., July 21. Fear3 that explorers searching for moun tain devils" In the Spirit lako re gion might Injure her husband were epressed in a letter received by the Kelso police today from a woman of Hermiston, Oregon, who signed her name as "Mrs. Toad Waterman Horse.' The letter follows: "Mr. Police, Kelso: I hear you are going to look for my man in the Spirit lake country. Now don't hurt my man. His name is 'Toad Waterman Horse, and ho keeps me in Hermieton, Or. You will known him for he looks liko the Standard Oil company. (Signed) Mrs. Toad Waterman Horse." The characters used in the let ter indicated, according to the po lice, that the writer was an in dian. WHEELER'S CHOICE NOT WORRYING DEMOCRATS Chicago, July 21. The addition of the name of Senator Burton K. Wheeler of Montana to the La FoIlette ticket "does not worry democrats George E. Brennan Illinois national committeeman, Baid today in commenting upon the Wheeler acceptance. He had just returned from conference wtih party leaders In New York. "Nobody knows anything about him except that he was indicted in Montana for something or oth er," Brennan said in reference to Senator Wheeler's nomination fo: the vice-presidency. Chlstlania The International Federation of University Women will hold a congress here from July 23 to Augst 1, at the invitation of the four Norse branches of the Union of University Women. Eigh teen subdivisions of the associa tlon will be represented at the con gress, and of the 400 delegates to attend About 200 are expected from the United States. i " . ' (MAP 5! Strongheart, C h Mi' of Yakimas Gives Address. Concert Artists To Be Heard Tonight. TONIGHT Concert recital, Aiilt Con cert Artists. TOMOKKOW Musical entertainment, Ralston Knlcrtalncrs. Three, dainty maids featuring songs and Hlories of the "Sixties." Address, "tiettliig by Your Hoodou," Sam Gm'IuvclI, professional "peptmnist." Kvenlng Musical enter tainment. Ralston entertain ers. Address, "Sour Grain's," Kdward Amherst. Ott, famous author and lecturer. With striking impersonation of the great emancipator during the dark duys of the Civil war, and also of those with whom he canu into contact, the greatest contri bution to dramatic literature o; the age, "The Groat Commoner,' was presented Saturday evening ai the Chautauqua tent to an audi ence that taxed the capacity of the covering so that a number were force! to remain standing. In this play the pages of history were turned hack more than half a century to the time that the na tional was in the throes of tho great Civil var. Throughout the play ran a very clever love story The rather awkward physique of Lincoln covering the heart of t great man with its love for his fel low being, was ably played by Jack Martin. Plnv a Success. The part of General U. S. Grant was played by Lawrence Goss in a remarkable portrayal of the lead er of tho union forces. (Continued on Pago Three) IN ALL AQUATIC OL Lea Tourelles, France, July 21. (By Associated Press) The complete standing in the point scoring by nations In the aquatic Olympic competition is as fol lows: United States 217 points. Swed en 58. Groat Britain 38. France 17, Belgium 13. Japan 8. Den mark 8. Hungary 5. New Zea land 2. Switzerland 2. Holland 2. Czecho Slovakia 2. The American swimmers hung up a record Breaking triumpn, overwhelming all rivals by tak ing first places in 13 ot 17 events and scoring 217 points against 58 by Sweden, their nearest com. petltor. The Americans scored more points than ever fell to any country at any Olympic meet In the history ot the game. In the grand finish yesterday two world's records were broken and another equalled, new marks being set for the 100 meter back stroke for women and the 800 meter men's relay, while the rec ord made by Marie Schen Wehse- lau of Honolulu in the 100 me ter free style was equalled by Ethel Lackle of Chicago. FIRPO AND COMPANIONS HELD AT ELLIS ISLAND New York, July 21. Luis Angel Firpo, Argentine heavyweight, a woman named Blanca Lourdes listed as the fighter's stenogra pher, and two other members of his parly wero held by immigra tion authorities upon arrival from Argentina today, their passpor'e had been insufficiently vised.' Firpo and his companions who arrived on the steamer American Legion this morning were ordered sent to Ellis island. In addition to the boxer and the Lourdes wom an, those detained wore Edourd Cahone, Flrpo's secretary, and Miguel Ferrar, a sparring partner. Pierce Summons Officers Twice On Visits by Qaartiers Two hurried calls that brought officers out to search through tha neighborhood were sent to police headquarters Sunday night by La Rondo M. Pierce, late special investigator for Governor Pierce and former assistant to dry com missioner Cleaver. Pierce re ported that his premises had been invaded by Dolly and Wil-I Ham (Bill) Quartier, Portlandersj with whom Pierce was recently in-; volved in an affair which was recently aired in a Portland police court. On neither trip to the Pierce home were officers able to find the visitors. Dolly, known as Queen of the Bootleggers, was formerly paroled to Pierce. According to the story told by Pierce, Mrs. Quartier came to the door of his home about eleven o'clock and asked for him. His mother, who answered the knock at the door, went into the house to call him and from an upstairs window, Pierce saw tho Portland woman run back to the sidewalk where Bill Quartier is said to have been standing under a tree. Fear ing that the visitors meant to at tack him as they recently did in Portland, in vengeance for his moonshine investigations In his recent service under George Cleav er, state prohibition enforcement head, Pierce immediately called the police. Two officers answered tho call but by tho time that they arrived tho visitors had left the premises and they returned to the station. Pierce told the officers NOW CERTAINTY London, July 21. American assistance In necessary measures for tho economic rehabilitation of Europe may be counted upon, Secretary Hughes of the American state department said hero to night, speaking at the pilgrims dinner. "It does not matter that this aid is not given by the govern ment," Mr. Hughes continued. "I may give It as my conviction that had wo attempted to make America's contribution to the recent plan of adjustment of a governmental matter, we should have been involved In a hopeless debate and there would have been no adequate action. "We should have been beset with demands, objections, Instruc tions. This Is not the way to make an American contribution to economic revival. "You have the Dawes plans and you have had the participation of American exports with the liberty of constiuctive effort, which was essential because it was under taken in the only way In which succcsb was possible. When you deal with economic rehabilitation you doubtless have in mind such contribution aa American may be able to give in disinterested ad vice. CONTRACT LET FOR NEW PORTLAND BRIDGE Portland, Or., July 21. Formil award of the contract for the con struction of a new bridge to re place the Burnslde bridge was made today by the county com missioners to the Pacific Bridge company, of which C. F. Swige'l is president. The amount Is 300,173. The contractors an- announced mat tno would be closed within two or three days,' and that two ot the piers for thp'ticw structure would be In before high water In the fall. V-' ' Five Children Burn to Dciith Sharon, Pa., July 21 Trapped In their second story home near Sandy Lake, 21 miles from here, five children of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Hedgolin, ranging In age from 9 months to I years were burned to death when the nome was destroy ed by fire early today. that the Quartiers have several times sought to attack him since the difficulty in Portland. Pierce is said to have urged one )f the officers to stay In order to arrest the pair if they returned. Following tho departure of the officers Pierce kept watch from a front upstairs window. About ten minutes later, according to his story, the two returned and for a while conversed under a tree at the left of the house. Mr. Quar tier then went to the side of tho house where he hid in the grass while Mrs. Quartier approached tho house from the front. Pierce again called the police and the two officers again searched for the prowlers. The spot light which was played upon the lawn from the police car before they got out to investigate frightened the undesirod pair away, accord ing to Pierce. Tracks through the tall grass were found this morning where someone had evidently walked last night. Chief of Police Minto declared this morning that Mrs. Quartier had entered police headquarters several days ago and complained that Pierce had possession of photographs which rightly be longed to her and asked" police assistance in obtaining them, Minto told her that the district attorney would be the only one who could help her with such a difficulty. She did not, however, seek his aid, according to District Attorney John A. Carson. TO UPON U. S. LAWS London, July 21. Secretary Hughes, speaking today at wel coming exercises for the American Bar association at Westminster hall declared tho American dele gates had come to England re joicing In amity which had be come a fixed habit of two peoples intent upon cooperation in the In terest of peace. "Of all international contacts' he said, "none could be happier than this. We have no political ends to serve. No difference to compose, no policies to advance except the highest of all the policy of understanding and good will. The fact that we are here is more eloquent than anything we can say. We come to tighten the bonds of friendship." On Common Law The secretary devoted a large portion of his address to the birth and progress of tho common law. He gave an outline of Its part in the American theory of govern ment and talked at length of the working out In practico of tho parts the courts were assigned in protecting the rights of the in dividual as Bet forth In the con stitution. The common law was treasured as a part of our birthright and in heritance. Tho ten talents that we thus received have been em ployed so profitably that we are almost overcome by tho wealth that has flowed from the invest ment. The commonwealths In our union of states, each sovereign within its sphero are producing laws at a rate which has filled us with anxiety lest no one should be able to know the law. Tho fertil ity of the legislative soil is our despair. Our lady of the common law has had an embarrassing progeny. Courts are pouring out decisions in such numbers that only the makers of encyclopedias can keep track of them. Essential Unity "It Is, of course, inevitable that, with the legislatures and courts of 48 states constantly legislating we should not have only multiplicity and diversities of laws. R. Norris Williams II and Mrs. George Wightman ot the Unileil States today won tho Olympic mixed doubles, defeating Vincent Richards and Mrs. Marion Z. Jea sup also of the United States, 6-2, 6-3. LAFOLLETTE E L OF UK Workers Likely To Be Asked To Contribute ' Days Pay Each Vigor ous Appeal Planned. Washington, July 21. Organ! zation of two committees which will play their several parts in coming presidential campaign ie engaging the attention of those directing the LaPoliette-Wheeler candidacies.' One, to be composed of 11 members will have gener al charge of the campaign; the other will handle finances. The campaign committee will have Representative John M Nelson of Wisconsin as chairman with headquarters In Chicago. Five members will be selected by Senators LaFoIlette and Wheeler and the others will represent the conference of progressive politic al action,, which endorsed their candidacies. Tho finance committee likewise will be made up of two sections. Indications are that Attorney General Ekern of Wisconsin, wH head one section nnrt that Alex ander Knlin and Henry H. Rosen feld of New York will be In charge of the other. Two Millions Souriit. Members of tho finance com mittee selected by the conference officials will devote their ener gies to raising of a campaign fund to contributions of cam paigns of individuals. The other' grjup will seek aid from the pub-' lie generally. All of the money will be turned over to the N-lson ! campaign committee for expen-j dlture. Various methods of raisWib funds, among them a proposal to call on organized workers to con-1 tribute part or nil of a day's pny, are under consideration but a def inite program has not been work- ; ed out. Thoee In charge of tho cam paign are generally of the opin ion that at least $2,000,000 will be needed, and that this should be raided through small contribu tions. With no immediate campaign ing in eight, Senntor LaFoIlette and his running mate continued in formal conference today with enh other and with various ad visers. A month or more probab ly will elapse before either does any extensive epeechmaking. Appeal to Tf. It Is planned to mnko a rig orous appeal for votes In the east In the early stages of the cam paign. Senator LaFoIlette prob ably will speak in New York city and perhaps at one or two other point east of Chicago. Tentative plans also call for an invasion by Senator Wheeler of Massachusetts, industrial sections of New England and such states as Pennsylvania and Ohio before ho swings westward on an extens ive fpeechmaking tour. CHALLENGES M'NARY TO DEBATE WITH MILLER Portland, July 21 A series of debates, five in western Oregon and fivo In the eastern part of the state between United States Sena tor Charles L. McNnry and Milton A. Miller, the democratic senator ial nominee- Ib suggested In a let ter from Dr. C. J. Smith, chair man of the democratic state cen tral committee to Senator I. L. Patterson, republican Btatc chair man. WOOD MANUFACTURING COMPANY INCORPORATES Tho Salem Wood Manufacturing company with capitalization of $12,000 has filed artifles of Incor poration with Ihc county clerk. In corporators are Walter T. Nelson, Waltir It. Adlard, Bessie I. Bar rett and Harry K. Barrett. The company has been l'n opera tion for some time. Its efforts be ing exclusively devoted bo far to making paper slugs, the small wooden endg upon which paper Is rolled, those being manufactured for the paper mill here. The com pany, however, plans to branch out and make numerous other articles when It has the necessary machin ery Installed. EDSCOUPL FATE OF SLAYERS RESTS WITH COURT AFTER A HEARING I RICHARD JOF-& tTATC Jitft3T IEOPCBP. Story of Crime And Confessions By Rich Youths Chicago, July 21. Nathan Leo pold Jr., and Richard Locb, con fessed slayers of 14-ycar-old Rob ert Franks are both minors, sous of millionaires of standing and graduate students, distinguished by their attainments. At tho time of the slaying Leopold was 20 and Locb 19. Probably none of Leopold's ac quaintances except Loeb, connect ed the slaying May .21 which shocked 'the country, and which, according to the boy's confession was premeditated, with the pre cocious ornithologist, who had cn gaged the confidence of the llttls Kirtland warbler, a bird so shy a-j to have been supposed extinct, so successfully that it perched on his shoulder and ate rrom his hand while a thousand feet of moving picture film were unrolled. Ac cording to Locb, though this de tail Leopold disputed, it was the same hand that struck Franks from behind with a chisel bound with tape, afterward strangling him. The grandfathers of both Na than and Richard wero amonij those, who, like Carl Schurz, canu to this country from Germany be cause of the failure of the revolu tion of 1848. Tho Leopold family HISTORIC SCOTT TRAIL OVER CASCADES REOPENED Eugene, July 21 Government forest trail makers are working on tho re-opcnlng of tho historic Scott Trail, route tnken by hundreds of early settlers of the western Ore gon district c rousing tho Cn senile mountain summit following their long Journey across the plains, ac cording to an announcement today by Nelson K. ManDuff, supervisor of the Cascade nnlional forest. The original trail crossed tho summit about three miles south of the present McKcnzie pass. EWAUNA BOX COMPANY GETS KLAMATH TIMBER Washington. July 21 The Inter ior department todny awarded to the Kwauna Box company of Klamath Falls, O-SJfon, a contract for cutting 35,OQb,uao feet of tim ber on 4500 ndjitod of unallotted land in the Long Prnlrfo unit of tho Klnmath Indian reservation. Prices to be paid arc $11.87 n thous and feet for yellow pine, $4 for Douglas fir, and intense cedar, and $1 for other species, the high est ever paid for this class of tim ber In Oregon. Tho receipts will go to the Indians. You get cheerfulness out of life In proportion no you put cheerfulness in. ?f1 flflfl TTW has been in Chicago since 1867 Albort Locb, father ot Richard, was born in Chicago in 1863. Nathan Leopold Sr., whoso fortune grew as the city grew, was former ly engaged in lane transportation and Is now a paper manufacturer. Albert Loeb, son ot a small shoo merchant, taught evening school, practiced law nnd eventually bo came vice-president of the Scar.-?, Roebuck mull order company of which Julius Rosenwald is presi dent. His brother, Jacob Loeb, was president of tho Chicago board ot education from 1816 un- til 1919. His wife, Richard'? mother, who was Anna Bonne, has been active In welfare work. Both families worship at Sinn! temple of which tho late Rabbi Em 11 Q. Hlrsch was pastor. Like thorn, the family of the boys vic tim, Robert Franks, is of Hebrew decent, although not holding to the Jewish faith, Robert failed to reach homo aft er school May 21. The next day a letter and messages by telephone called upon his father, Jacob Franks, president of the Rockford Watch company, a neighbor ,)f Loeb and Leopold, for $10,000 ransom. The messages stated that tho boy had been kidnaped but Continued on Pago Seven.) T TUESDAY NIGHT Popular numbers, solos by Oscar B. Gingrich and an unusually at tractive program of classical num bers feature tho band concert pro gram announced for tomorrow night by Oscar Steelhnmmer, di rector. The concerts this season consistently havo been setting new records for attendance. Tho pro gram follows: March, "Olympic Hippodrome".. Alexander Overture, "Jolly Robbers".. ..Hnppn Waltz, "Brides and Butterflies" Morel Popular Numbers Vocal Solo, (a) "Old Black Joe," (b) "Are You I-onely?" Osenr M. Gingrich. Selection from Verdi's Opera "Macbeth" Arr. by Clnu; Serenade, "A Panning Fancy".. Jewell Selection, "Newly Weds"....0'Hara March, "From Tropic to Tropic" Alexander "Star Spangled Banner" Most people would succeed In smnlt things If they wero not troubled with great ambitious. Plea Changed By Attor neys For Defense Who Admit Facts As Print ed Asks To Offer Evi dence as to Mental Con dition of Young Men By Alienists. Chicago, 111., July 21. Fate of Nathan Leopold, Jr., and .Richard Loeb, indicted for the kidnaping and murder of 14 year old Robert Franks was rested today "in the mercy of the court." This resulted from a plea of "guilty" made today in court by Clarence S. Darrow, chief counsel for the boys, and affirmed by them "after they had been duly warned by the court of the consequences of this plea." The degree of punishment, which may vary from an inde terminate period sentence, through life sentence in the penitentiary, incarceration in an asylum or death would be determined after hearing which Is to start Wednes day morning at 10 o'clock. In entering tho pleas of guilty, Attorney Darrow said that the de fense admitted the correctness of the facts, "substantially as print ed In the newspapers." Ho asked permission of the court, however, "to offer evidence na to tho mental condition of the young men and their dogreo of responsibility." Tho defense was willing to sub mit tho question to a joint confer ence of alienists employed by the state and defense but Robert Crowe, state's attorney, objected to this, saying State Claims Sanitv. "Tho stato is in position to show that these boys are not only guilty of the facts which they here admit but that beyond any reasonable doubt, they are sane and fully cognizant of the consequenceb of those nets." Attorney Crowe declared In a public stntemont issued nfter the proceedings that no would "insist on tho extreme penalty' for both defendants. Judge John R. Caverly agreed with the attorney's, therefore, to hear audi evidence, both as to facts and mental responsibility as the two sides might wish to prc- (Continued on Page Five.) Los Angeles, Cnl., July 21. Jack Dempsey's famous right arm, the one that has contributed so heavily to his world heavyweight pugilistic crown, is out of com mission following an automobile accident Inst night according to attending physicians. The fighter's list of Injuries, received In the automobile smnnh up near Snn Jnnn Capistrnno, south nf here, include: dislocated right elbow; strained' ligaments In neck; abrnslons on right knee; cut on scalp. Dompsry will bo confined to his room for several days, the physic ians said. The champion Admits that he escaped death, 'by a miracle," when his henvy sedan, carrying himself nnd two or three friends, was s(d(wiprd by n speeding motorist, who kept going nfter ho had tilted the Dempsey car from the highway into the ditch. "It was winner's luck, that's all," IJampsey remarked. Tho party in tho wrecked auto mobile including a man and woman who gnvo their names as "Mr. and Mrs. Lee" wero taken to tho Santa Ana hospital and later came on to Los Angelee .1 I.N 3 ii i;