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AUG 5 PIERCE REVOKES GAME SEASON CITY EDITION Dally average net paid circulation for month ending July 31, 1924 6145 Average dally distribution 6,485. Member Audit Uuceau at Circulations. FORTY-SIXTH YEAR Governor Revokes Recent Proclamation Closing Forests To Hunters On Advise of Forester. Acting upon the recommenda tion of. F. A. Elliott, state forester, Governor Pierce today Issued an order revoking his recent procla mation closing the forests to hunt ers until September 20, Governor Piei.e said he had been advised by the state forester that the recent rains have been general throughout the state, and that the fire hazards existing 10 days ago have ben eliminated. The governor's order revoking the proclamation closing the deer sca 9 son became effective this morn ing. The proclamation closing tho forests to hunters was issued by Governor Pierce last Saturday, and resulted tn a etorm of protests from various parts ot the state. Ae a result of the action of Gov ernor Pierce in revoking the proclamation it is not likely that the suit now pending in tne cir cuit court here to test the consti utionallty of the law under which the executive issued his order clos ing tho deer season, will be press ed. HUMAN GORILLA KILLED IN PfOT Canon City, Colo., Aug. 21. Prison officials today are inve3ti gating tho circumstances of the death of Antonio Neronl, 26 years old, slayer of four of his country men, serving a lite sentence in the penitentiary here, who was found dead In his cell yesterday. Ne roni's body bore traces and marks of a heating said to have been ad ministered Tuesday by Jack Rob inson, a trusty, serving a sentence of from four to ten years. The fight, according to prison authorities, occurred when Neroni, known as the "human gorilla,' menaced visitors to the Insane ward, where be was confined When Robinson interfered, it is said, Neroni attempted to stab him with a knife which he had con cealed on hie person. Robinson evaded the knife thrust and a fight ensued between the two men. FATAL 10 Huron, S. D., Aug. 31. Reports received here today say a tornado struck through a district 16 miles east of here, killing one man at Yale, northeast of Huron, and In juring several persons In the towns of Iroquois and Cavour. Yale, according to these uncon firmed reports, was virtually wiped out. Watertown, S. D., Aug. 21 Two persons were reported killed and serious property damage done by last night's storm at Haiti, S. D. These reports have not been veri fied as wire communication Is In terrupted. Newspapermen aru accompany ing a party of doctors and nurse? to Yale, where, unverified reports said, pratcically every building in the town was demolished. All wires into the affected area are down. The storm did widespread dam age to buildings and crops In tho Watertown area laBt night. Bandits Cut Wire. Loot Safe Albert Lea, Minn., Aug. 21. Cutting all wire communication leading out of the village of Ice land, Iowa, bandits blew the safe In the Farmers' Saving bank there and fled with an undo termined amount of loot, accord ing to word received here. Whom chance frequently pa?so over, it at some time finds. FIREHAZARD ELIMINATED i BYTHERA1N C apital No. 201 OF SLAYERS Details of Franks' Plot Rehearsed Before Court . By Pj 5 cutor In De mand Death Penalty Chicago, 3 . 21. (By Assoc; ated Press, m alluro to hide su ficlently l body of Robert Franks wai " breaking point in the plot or athan Leopold Jr and Rich a r oeb, according to me state s ,-. - lysis of the crinii given toda; - ore Judge John R. Caverly by josepu bavage, assist ant state s attorney. In impassioned denunciations of the defendants and with waving arms and pounding fists, Mr. Sav age told the court that If LeopoK had forced the body well into tin culvert instead of pushing it with his foot, it would not have been found. "They would not have been ap prehended in 100,000 years," eaid Air. Bavage. He described tne attempts to get $10,000 ransom from Bobby's fa ther, pointing out that the ideuti fication of the body became known to Mr. Franks only five-minutes before he received his last message from "George Johnson," the name used to sign the ransom letter. Flans Well Drawn. Mr. Savage asserted that Leo pold and Loeb had drawn their plans eo fiuo that IE the father j had followed directions and go tie to a drug store in a cub furnished! by the Kidnapers he would have1 been sent scurrying to a railroad depot, there to board a train due to leave in a few minutes. In the parlor uir, tho boys had placed a letter addressed to Mr. Franks and giving full directions on how to throw the money from the moving train. "They would have reached the designated point in their automo bile at that precise moment If tho train were on time," said Mr. Sav age. "How could they have been traced? No one knew whence came the telephone call to Mr. Franks, nor wiio had ordered the cab sent to his home. No onu would have known who telephoned the drug store and the fathet would have had no chance to nnti- (Continued on Page Five.) PAY $100,000 TO RETIRE ROAD BONDS The state highway commission baa authorized Jefferson Myers, state treasurer, to pay out of thy state highway fund the sum oi $100,000 to retire an equal amount of state highway bonds which mature on September 1, 1924. These bonds are a part vi the co-operative bonds issued In 1917 to match federal appropria tions for post and ' forest roads. There has previously been retired $365,750 of the bonded debt of the state on account of highway bonds. No new state highway bond obligations have been in curred during the current year. Ml Tin 46 Pioneers to See Covered Wagon as Guests of Journal Forty-six pioneer men and worn. en of Polk and Marlon counties, their ages ranging from 45 to 89 years, all of whom crossed the con tinent to Oregon by ox or horse team to Oregon between 1847 and 1883, had accepted the Invitation of The Capital Journal, the Gray Belle and the Liberty theatre to attend the luncheon reunion and special showing of that epic photo play of the west, "Tho Covered Wagon," here tomorrow. When the registrations closed this noon 27 women and 19 men had signified thfir Intentions of being present when their comrades gather tomorrow. Horn" of them were but hnbes in arms when thf-y came with their parents to make their homes In Oregon, while oth ers among them remember Tividly the hardships and dang? braved in their slow Journey westward. IFF tJU Li Dagmar Dahlgren Ex-Wife of McCoy Drops Out of Sight Dngmui' Dahlgren DAWES TO TALK En Route East with General Dawes, Buffalo, N. Y., Aug. 21 Definite conclusion to conduct a campaign of "brass tacks" not bombast" was reiterated by Char les G. Dawes as he traveled east ward on first campaign trip aB the republican candidate for vice- president. Such an intention was announccd by the nominee In his acceptance address Tuesday night at his home in Evanston, 111., and was emphasized by him today in discussing the speech ho would make Saturday in Augusta, Maine. Mr. Dawes feels voters want a dis cussion of issues conducted with definiteness nnd force, rather than any exposition of generalities. "The American voting public in my opinion wants straight from the shoulder shooting from their candidates for national offices, and I intend to give It to them,' was the way he summed up his in tention. Believing that extemporaneous address lends itself more to such treatment of the Issues than does prepared speech-making. He does not intend to write out his sneeches in advance. In fact be fore leaving Evanston yesterday he threw in the wastebaskeC the address ho had prepared for de livery at Lincoln Neb., August 29, on the agricultural question and will speak extemporaneonsly. He prepared his August address in part several days ago. SINCLAIR FILES SECOND PLEA IN ABATEMENT Washington, Aug. 21. An ad ditlonal pteain abatement attack ing the indictment charging htm with conspiracy to defraud the government In connection with naval oil reserve leases has been filed in the district of Columbia district court by Harry P. Sin clair. A radio speech by Senator Walsh of Montana, prosecutor of the senate oil investigation, cited in a similar document filed recently by E. L. Doheny, Jr., Is made the basis of the new Sinclair pica. Former secretary Albert B. Fall, from whom Sinclair obtained the Teapot Domo lease, Is named with him In the Indictment at tacked. To these latter the scenes depict ed In the thrilling reels of "The Coverei Wagon" will be like paces lifted from their own .book of life. Judge reter "D'Arcy, himself a pioneer and president of the Ore gon Pioneers association, has been asked to preside at the reunion. The pioneers will gather tomor row at 1 o'clock at the Gray Utile for the reunion in the banquet room as tho guests of C. S. Belle. Interspersed with the courses of the luncheon will he short talks and an opportunity for iht guests to exchange reminfscenses. Im mediately after the luncheon they will be escorted to the Liberty theatre, where they will be celled in a group to witness the showing of 'Th Covered Wagon." Arrangements have also been (Continued on Page Five.) SALEM, OREGON, . THURSDAY, AUGUST 21, m eighth wife ofkdntcoy novvsought Dancer Disappears, Want ed As. Witness Stolen Jewelry May Be Cause Of Murder, Los Angeles, Cal.( Aug. 21. Dag mar Dahlgren, dancer and eighth (divorced) wife of Kid McCoy, ex-flghter, who hue volun teered several conflicting state ments since McCoy was arrested in connection with the death of Mrs, Theresa W. Mors here Au gust 12, today was missing from her usual haunts and- was being sought by investigators of the did trict attorney's office. "When we find K.7 dahlgren she will be brought before th grand jury to tell what she know?,, if she knows anything, under oath," Deputy District Attorney uonner Richardson said. Shortly after Mrs. Mors died the night of August 12, with a bullet In her brain, and McCoy's arrest, the following day, the uancer uegan her string of Btato- inents, beginning, according to in vestigators, with an announcement of her belief in McCoy's inno cence and admission of the Ignor ance of the fact that ho had been living at the Nottingham apart. mcnls with Mrs. Mors, and work ing up Tuesday night to the story that she had been spying on Mc Coy and Mrs. Mors and had seen the ex-pugilist leave Mrs. Mora' apartment before Mro. More was stain. Jewels to the value of many thousands of dolars, some cf which already have been seized, but .the majority of which are missing to day became the focal point In the Inquiry into the violent death of Mrs. Theresa W. Mors here August 12, In connection with which Kid McCoy, ex-pugilist, is held on a (Continued on Pago Five.) M RES Si Chautauqua, N. Y., Aug. 21. urave consequences are following as a result of the way in which Japan exclusion was brought abont by the recent action of congress,." said Dr. Sidney L. Gullck, secretary of the commis sion on international justice and good will of the federal council of churches today at Institute on In ternational Relations from the christian point of view. The meet ing was held under the auspices of the Federal Council of Churches. "America will also suffer In that this ill will and resentment, which may not necessarily lead to war, will cause a demand for the 'expenditure of hundreds of mil-' Hons of dollars for defense on the' Pacific coast. Congress will bej asked to build the great naval bases already planned at San Diego, Ran Francisco, Puget Sound nnd Honolulu, for which no1 money hag yet been appropriated I While such vast construction ! would mean prosperity for some of! tho Pacific coast it would mean higher taxes for the entire coun try." CHE HOME Plymouth. Vt., Aug. 21 Light ning struck about president's home here during tho severe storm lalo yesterday afternoon and night, one bolt putting out of commission the telegraph appar atus In the temporary business office. Electrical workers were kept busy several hours repairing the damage, but no material injury was done by the bolt. President Coolldge and his family apparently were not dis turbed. No "wires go Into the f!ooHdlTf hntTIA nnrl tht t-r.nl r.rfs- of the bolt was not felt here. West Dares Bank To Bring Suit if Report ' The report of the special bond! and stock sales Investigating com-: mittee exposing tho Irregularities In the reorganization of the Salem King's Products company and lay ing the blame for losses incurred by Investors in the stock at tho doors of the Ladd & Til ton bank of Portland Is true In every de tail, and, therefore, cannot bo tormed libelous, Is the declaration ot Oswald West, chairman of the committee, in answer to the state ment of Edward Cookinghnm, president of the bank that "there is not a word of truth in the re port." Mr. West challenges tho bank to test the accurncy of the report by bringing suit against the mem YOUIH ADI1S EMG FIREBUG1 Oregon City, Or., Aug, 21. J. R. Snyder, 20, son of former Mnyor Su-yder of Milwaukle, Or., has con fessed setting two fires and send ing an anonymous letter to the Milwaukle tiro chief threatenin to set a third, City Marshal Keck of Milwaukle announced today. . Snyder was arrested last even In g, Marshal Keck said, an d a written confession was obtained from him by Deputy State Fire Marshal Pomcroy. According to tho purported confession, Snyder was responsible for tho fire on July 12 that destroyed tho Fred Carlfn barn and for the blare six days later that burned the Walker barn, containing an automobile, He also told officers tho building he Intended to burn next ,Knck enld. Snyder will be given a hearing this afternoon. S VETOED RELIEF Manila, Aug. 21. (By Associ ated Press.) Tho houso of tho Philippine legislature today again passed the bill appropriating JoO.OOO for tho relief of sufferers from typhoons which was vetoed by Governor General Wood during the last session of the legislature. The hill was passed over the governor's veto at the last session and- sent to President Coolldge, who sustained the governor's ac tion. Governor Wood based his veto ot the previous measure on the provision putting distribution of the money in the hands of the sec retary of the Interior Instead of the governor. A minority opposed the passage ot tho bill today on the ground that because tho pres ent measure contains tho name provision, It would ho vetoed also. The bill passed today now goeB to the Insular sennto. REDS IN CHAMBER RIOT Paris, Aug. 21. Mty Associated Press.) Tho chamber of deputies this afternoon upheld the govern ment 324 to 209, defeating a mo tion to refer the London accord on tho inauguration of the Uawos plan to a commission. Paris, Aug. 21. (Hy Associate.) Press.) The Dawes reparation plan and the vteps taken at the I An don conference to make It ef foctlve were overshadowed by vio lent communist demonstrations In the chamber of deputies toda) when Premier Herrlot went before the chamber and senate, read a long declaration embodying the government's cape and asked for thu approval of tho legislature. The premiet wan snared much of this violence during the hour P. look to read his statement, hut before and after his address, In chamber was a madhouse and th': ueaHlon had la be suspended In or der ia reiitore quiet. 1924 Not True bers of the Investigating commit tee, and suggests to Mr. Cooking- ham that the burden of defending the stock deal be left to Isaa-j Hunt and S. L. Eddy, "whose Ideas ot banking are more in keeping with the spirit of tho transaction." Mr, West's fi'lt statement reads as follows: "I have wad Mr. Cooklngham's statement and I wish to say that the statements made in the com mittee's report are not libelous for they aro true. The truth is never libelous. I would suggest to Mv. Cookinghnm that he have tho bank bring suit against the members of the committee on the grounds of (Continued on Pngo Four.) BRYAN INJURED IN AUTO WRECK Terro Haute, Ind., Aug. 21. William Jennings Bryan was in jured Inst evenlh- when an auto mnhllri In whffli lin wna uiinn.Ii,.- irom Tuscola to Maltaon, 111., turned over nn tho hlirhwnv Mr. Bryan was bruised and cut aoout ncaii and race, but was able to give a scheduled lecture upon arrival at Muttoon. News of the accident was withheld last night nr. Mr. Mrvnn'n rxminnl fi th win. SOU that lift dill Dill- wni.fr Mrn isryan, who is ill at her home in nuiiuii, to Jinow ot mo injury. Maltoon, III., Aug. 21. William Jennings Bryan left early today for his home in Miami, Fin., bin auuress at tne Mattnon chautau qua being the Inst of hfs encase ments. Ho Raid that he was not injured In the iiutommmo accident last night. He delivered his even ing lecture Bitting down, tho same as he did at Lincoln, III., in the aitcrnoon. WHEELER TO WELCOME TRIAL DURING CAMPAIGI Washington, Aug. 21. Senator Wheelor, independent candidate for vice-president declared hero today that ho would "welcome1 trial during tho campaign in Montana, where ho has been In dicted on a charge of having Im properly appeared as an attornoy before a federal department after his election to the senate. Mr. Wheeler said he had no In formation that the district attor ney In Montana Intended to bring his caso to trial about middle of September except from press no tices. He Bald he would under no circumstances nsk for n con tinuance and would bo "glad to conduct his campaign from a court room." Plymouth, Vt. President Cool ldge accepted an Invitation to deliver an address at Baltimore, Md., at the unveiling of the La Fayettc statue. EM HERRIOT REPORTS Prrmler Kdounrd Herrlot The communist monopolized Uk debate and maneuvered In such a fashion that tho entire nfternom was devoted to their motion for an adjournment until the senate votes the amnesty bill. Not a word of dls'-ussion about the work of tho London confer ence was heard. CLOSURE DTJTnr' TErRl?!? PirMTQ ON TRAINS AND NEWS JrltlOJu mtVCjllj VEilNIO STANDS PIVB CENTS . DANGER SEEN M FLIERS IN FAR EAST QUIT ICELAND BY PORD WITHITALIAN Predicts Russian-German Chinese - Japanese Al liance Against Ameri can; Preparedness Plea Chautauqua, N. Y., Aug. 21. Warning of a Gcrman-Rupsinn-Chlnesc, Jnpnnese combination was expressed today by Major General James G. Harbord, form er deputy chief ot staff of the army, In nn address before the Institute on international rela tions from the Chrlstlnn point of view. He urged adequate Ameri can armament and international cooperation for limitation of com petitive arming. He declared that Russia and Germany would not remain con tent to be excluded from the Far East nnd thnt "our unhappy man ner ot doing tho thing wo had a right to do may have lost us tho warm friendship of Japan." Enemv Alliance "What would a Gcrmnn-Rus- slnn-Chincse-Japanese combina tion do to the plans of the world 7 ho asked. "What could withstand a union of white, yellow nnd brown, gathered from tho HJiIno to China sea and what is there impossible or even unlikoly in such an alliance?" "With all the Latin-American states In tho longuo of nations, can wo maintain tho Monroe Doc trine with theso countries south of us carrying their disputes bo- fore thnt political organization for settlement? "Theso nro some of tho things that should bo considered by those who are moved by tho plea for disarmament. "American nrmaments have ncvor been a real factor In either tho cnusatton or prevention of war except whon they havo bean Inadequate they have encouraged stronger powers to presume upon our supposed weakness. "Hut when It conies to tho world, exclusive of tho Amorlcitn continent it must be admitted that n competitive growth of armaments breeds a feeling of in ternational insecurity. Criticises Disarmament General Harbord endorsed tho plan for reduction of armaments drawn-up by Professor J. T. Shot well of Columbia nnd General Tusker H. Bliss, which has been distributed to various countries by the league of nntlons. 'It creates no super-state and surrenders no sovereignty," he said. General Harbord criticized those church leaders who urKe Christians not to take part In any war, saying that this doetrln" seeltlng to align the churcli against national derenso by war logically leads to the formation of a clerical party. Ho added. Ir the extreme religious na- clflsts were really desirous of destroying our Independence they, could linrdly advocate a moro ef fective plan." I Paris, Aug. 21. (By Associated Press.) Premier Herrlot was en thusiastically acclaimed by his supporters and booed by the com munists and deputies of tho ex treme right for five minutes when he faced the chamber shortly after flvo o'clock this afternoon and be gan reading his hour long declar ation on the results achieved at the International conference In London for launching tho Dawes reparation program. Tho French cabinet mot today and approved tho terms of tho declaration on the results of tho London conference. Most of the parliamentary groups also held preliminary meetings. Those belonging to the governmental majority decided to vote solidly against any motion thnt might bo Introduced In op position to the premier. The op pOKitfon groups decided to abstain from voting, with the exception of THE WEATHER OREGON: Cloudy west; fair east por tion tonight and Friday; slight change In temperature, light westerly winds. Local: May. 74; mln. 51; no rainfall; river -2.0 feet, rising. Longest Flight of World Tour To Greenland's Icy Mountains S tart Is Well Made., London, Aug. 21 An Exchange Telegraph dispatch from Copenha- , gen statcd that Lieutenant Nelson, ono of tho American army world aviators, descended for a few mln utes today at Skorjafjord, fur some unknown 'reason, after taking oft from Reykjavik this morning,, but rcascended almost immediately. Reykjavik, Iceland, Aug. 21. (By Associated Press)' The Amer- . lean around-thc-woiid filers and Lieutenant LocatcIU, Italian air man, hoped oft irom here at 8:16 . o'clock this morning. Tho fliers parsed the United . States cruiser Richmond on patrol about 70 miles oft the coust from Iceland at 9:35 o'clock. Lieutenant Locatelli was lead- ' ing his American companions. Lieutenants Lowell H, Smith and Iflrlk H. Nelson by five minutes. The weather was beautiful and ' flying conditions were excellent when tho aviators set out for ' Greenland. Lieutenant Smith's plane lifted from tho water a fov minutes nfter 8 o'clock nnd Lieu tenant Nelson's plane was off two minutes later. Italian Accompanies Lieutenant Locatelli, who caught up with the Americans In order to r.ccompnny them no rose thu Atlan tic after a lone flight from Pisa Italy, got off 11 minutes after Lieutenant Nelson. All ot the take offs were mano easily, none of tho filers having the slightest difficulty In jueneyliig from tho water. Lieutenant Smith, tho flight commander, had been up all night recording weather reports and working out plans for coping with weather and mechanical condi tions which ho and Lieutenant Nolson might encounter during tho lung and huznrdouu jump to tho shores of Greenland. Lion tenant John Harding ST.. mechanic on Lieutenant Nelson's plane, also had been up all night, but he left his room only to go on hoard the plane, declaring It was his duty to take care of the ma chine during the laat hours here. Ilecauso of tho early departure there were very few persons pres ent when Hie innchlne set out. 825-mile Flhrlit. The filers aro heading for Fred- erlkBdal, neur Capo Farewell at Hie southern tip ot Greenland, a hop of approximately 825 miles, icrortllng to the plans which wero udopted after bad Ico and weather coudltons in the north Atlantic had forced them to abandon their original Intention to make the shorter flight to AngmagHallk or to another hnrbor 20 miles north nf there, which later also was found to be Icebound. Tho mind which In rmmrlnnu nf riches despises, the lien of rumor. certain deputies of the extreme right, who aro determined to vote agalnnt M. Herrlot. Premier Herrlot put the Dawes reparation plan and the London agreement for making It effective before the chamber of deputlef this afternoon and told the mem bers: TJp To Parliament ' I, for my part, havo chosen, but nothing final has been dune and parliament, In Its turn, can choose. " Evacuation of tho Ruhr, tho premier said, had dominated overythlng at tho international conference at London and he had to "choose between tho ro-oHtnb-llshment of nn Intcr-allled entente nnd the continuance of Isolated action.'' M. Herrlot emphasized that arbitration was the great princi ple established at the London con- (Continui'd on Page Four.)