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Newspaper Page TextETC WEATHER Oregon: fair tooiuht and 'iuemluy, cloudy or fuggy va coust; do change in tem perature; westerly winds EUGENE, OREGON, MONDAY EVENING, AUGUST 11, 1924 VOL- 67 THE EME GUARD N0.30 it J j 'JuJ f ' U Agreement onDawes plan Reached;French Will Evacuate Ruhr Premier Returns To London With O. K. In Hi Pocket; Certain Stipulations Yet To Come Up For Consideraton By German Delegates LONDON, Aug. 11 (A.P) The allied and German experts attached to the international reparations-conference have reached a full agreement on the Dawes pro gram, it is announced. They remained in session until 3 this morning to arrive at an understanding on repara tions payment in kind, one which the Germans held out antil the results of Premier Herriot 's Paris mission be came known The French premier's actum with j lit cabinet a approval 01 nis xiunr (racoation policy in his pocket put it life and hope Into the negotiators and British observers believe the con ference will end by Thursday. The question of the evacuation of the Ruhr was being considered late this afternoon at a conference of the prin tipal French and Belgian delegates. Posts to Ba Filled Names for the post of permanent rent-general to carry the Dawes plan into effect are being discussed in con ference circles since the announce ment that the French will agree to the evacuation of the Ruhr on condi tions which it seems likely the Ger mans will accept James A. Logan, American representative on the repa ration commission! Dwight W. Mor row . J. P. Morgan and company and Paul D. Cravath are mentioned fre quently. Owen D. Young, of the Dawes com- nittee, seems to be generally regard ed in conference circles as the ideal man to initiate the Dawes plan but Lis announcement that he- would only insider taking the post temporarily uikeB the selection of his successor necessary at an early date. "Big 14" Hears Report This morning the "big fourteen" the allioj and German delegation lead ers met for an hour and a half at number 10 Downing street and heard M. Harriot's report of his Fan's trip, fhey then briefly considered the one remaining problem within the purview f the conference proper that of the Hied railway men remaining on the iermnn lines. This issue is so closely connected with that of the evacuation of the Ruhr that both seem likely to he set tied at the same time, although the lfuhr issue will be kept outside the conference. Former Premier of China in Portland PORTLAND, Ore.. Aug. 11 Liang hih Yei, former premier of China nd president of the Chinese con sortium, arrived In Fortlnnd today ar a six-day tour of Yellowstone national park. He was welcomed by larce group of local Chinese resi- I'nts, headed by Moy Back Hin, Chi nese counsel. Railroad development in China is foing ahead rapidly," the visitor said. n only a matter of a few years nitil everv section nf th. reiMihli,. ,u M united and then the nation will an quitt Today's Feature vHONE 1200 AND LET THE GUARD want ADS WORK PORYOU Steady Work for Solicitor Guard Adleta Mke Yoa Money Seven Fires Are Reported Set by Careless Man , All of the seven fires reported for the first ten days of August In the Siuslaw national tqrest were man-caused, according to fig ures given out today at the for estry office. Of the seven reported, three were caused by smokers, two by camp fires, one by brush burning on a ranch, and one from a "log ging camp. . . ' The total number of fires for the season la now 22. As far as It Is known now all the fires have been put out. The cost during July and the first ten days of August for suppressing fires has been $1550. E Y LIVES MANILA, Aug. 11 OP) A Sunday baseball game probably saved many natives from death yesterday when an explosion, of undetermined cause. destroyed the dynamite magazine on Talin Island in La gun a de Bay and killed two constabulary soldiers. -The entire population in the vicin ity of the dynamite storehouse, with the exception of the two constabulary soldiers who were left guarding the magazine were witnessing a baseball game one-half mile distant when the explosion occurred. The soldiers were killed. Authorities were making a check-up today in the belief that other deaths resulted from the explosion, the cause of which remained a mystery.- Eureka Chamber to Act on Klamath Plan EUREKA, Cal.. Auir. 11. The Eureka chamber of commerce will wage a statewide campaign against adoption of initiative mea sures sponsored by the elate fish and game commission, which seeks to prevent any power devel opment of the Klamath river on the grounds that the damming of the river will destroy sport and commercial fishing, it wag an nounced here yesterday. While John Marsh, constable of Eugene, was driving north .on Oak .t-.f t about 1:30 o'clock today, a ITupmoblle coupe driven by Harry Lindsey. local contractor, bumpea into Mr. Marsh's Ford sedan com pletely turning the latter around. Mr. l-indsev was going west on Llevenio avenae east and ran into the center of the Marsh car. Although Mr. Marsh has noi as yet estimated the extent of damage on his car. one wheel was completely knocked off, the front, fender smash- led. nd three tires ruined. , Mr. Lindsey received a bent front bumper and a bent fender In front jon h;s car. Neither Mr. Marsh-or ilr. iiinjjer was injured. Germany's Foreign Minister Has Talk With French Leader LONDON. Aug. 11. W Premier Herriot of France and Foreign Min ister Stresemann of Germany con ferred late this afternoon on the ques tion of the evacuation of the Ruhr. The conversation followed a confer ence of the principal French and Bel gian delegates to the International conference. Ruhr Is Discussed During the morning the allied dele gates also met with the Germans who approved the conclusions of the sec ond committee which hsd been study ing the problem of the economic evac uation of the Buhr. Prime Minister Mac Donald accept ed a suggestion by M. Herriot that the allied delegates, some time before the end of the conference, exchange views with the German delegates on the resumption of military control of Germany In order to give France as surances regarding her security. -Francs Held "Peaceful" M. Herriot declared that the decis ions taken in (Paris at the cabinet meeting concerning the evacuation of the Ruhr hnd shown the peaceful spirit of France and had brought im mediate results. He said the con ference now was assured of success. Aged Oregon City Man Dies Following Blow By Automobile OREGON CITY, Ore., Aug. 11 John Mathlson, aged 86. of Park Place, died at a local hospital late yesterday, a few hours after he had been struck by an automobile driven by Dr. G. F. Anderson. of Gladstone. ., Dr. Anderson said the aged man stepped directly in front of his car and that it was impossible to avoid hitting him. Coroner Pace announced that an inquest will be held. - B. C. Oil Tanks Are ' Threatened By Fire 10CO B. C, Aug. 11. Tanks of the Imperial Oil company near this city containing 3,000,000 gallons of oil were threatened today by a fire in tuc woods. Many dwellings and other structures were in the lee of the blaze. Judgments Handed Down in Two Suits Two judgments for L. M. Travis, Inc., were filed today, signed by Hsr old J. Wells, Justice of the peace. One, in the sum of $04, is against Mr. and MrB. H. Peery. The other, against Alvll Whltsett, is In the sum of $93. Defendants in both -cases, lost through default. ' P DALLAS, Ore., Aug. 11 Purchase of 35 carloads of green pninea for eastern shipment hns been consume 'mated by Denny and company at 123 a ton, and buyers for the company seeking an additional 415 or 40 cars 'are interviewing the growers with considerable success today. Picking of fruit for green delive-7 started this morning, and it is estiT mated, will continue for about two weeks. Tbe company has leased a warehouse and will do all of its pack ing here. , : ; ' Practically all of these prunes are small Vises, averaging about 60s, and are principally from trie hill orchard! which run to amall sixes. Robbers Hold Up 2 American Banks MADISON. Ill, An. 11. P1ve bandits held np the Tri-Clty State I Bank here during the noon bourj today and escaped In an automo bile with (7S00. Aa the robbers fled they -were fired upon by bank officials. Po lice said tbe burglar alarm fright ened the robbers away. BOISE, Ida., Aug. 1L Fire Ton ers today held op a bank at Eagle, Idabo, near here and escaped with 12700. according to word received ! by Boise police. A posse is In Duxiuit of the bandit. 3 US QUALIFIED FOR HANDICAP A. R. Tiffany Low Gross Medalist With Score of - 85; Pairings For Match Play Announced. Thirty-two member! of the Eugene Golf and Country club have qualified In the championship flight of the Willamette-Pacific handicap tourna ment. A. R. Tiffany was low grans medalist with a score of 85. la the race for low net medalist, a tie re sulted between A. F. Bapp, A. B. Tif fany and E. C. Simmons, with a net score of 74. The three will play off the tie during the coming week, using the scores on, their' competitive matches. Pairing for the match, play in the championship flight was ' announced today. The defeated 16 In the list' will make the first flight. The first reund of the matches must be played before 2 o'clock next Sunday afternoon. 1 The pairings, are: - -Bapp vs. Dixon, Bowling vs. Grady, Findtner vs. Mox ley, Coffey' vs.. Kerron, Sarnett v (Continued on page two) OFFICIAL NOTICE T CLARKSBURG, W.Ta.iAng. 11. The starting r if tie. ,162 -presidential rare wd Sounded her today with the meeting. of .democratic lead ers 'for 'the. formal notification, to night of John W: Davis,- of his se lection as standard ' bearer of the party., J : ... . ..... . .. Alignment - of- the democratic for ces was (0 be completed with the ratification 'by ' the national commit tee of the selection, of Clem L. Shav er aa its chairman. Mr. Davis. was to present his field 'marshal and to out line to the (representative! from the states his own -ideas of how his cam paign aliould he conducted. Reorganisation of the committee had been deferred until tbe time of the notification ' ceremonies aa ' had been the selection of the chairman of the finance, executive and campaign committees. ' , After the committee meeting Mr. Davis' program was left free for rest until the notification ceremonies at Goff Plata but it was expected that he would use the intervening time in conferences with, those in command of the party battle lines. GUBERNATORIAL NOMINEE GORED BY A MAD BULL Andrew Anderson of South Dakota Meets Death in Cowpasture Sunday As Goes to Care For Herd. 8I0UX FALLS, 3. 0., Aug. II. Andrew 8. Asderaon. demo oratlo nemlnso for governor of Soith Dakota, was , gored tt ' fth aatiy today it hit firm sear Beresferd, 8. D., 30 laltsi oath ef Sleax Falls In Clay oeunty. ; Telephone reports indicated that Mr. Anderson baft gone to the pas ture to take care of the stock when one of the bulls in his herd, became enraged and attacked him. Mr. Anderson came into politics in 1010, when he won a sent in the leg islature from Clay county. He was nominated by the democrats in 1010 as lieutenant-governor ' and polled more votes than any of his running mates. He declined tho democratic nomination for governor in 1022 but accepted it this year. 2 KILLED AS PLANE FALLS 1.000 FEET BArT LOTS OBISPO, Cal Aug. 11. TWo me were, kilted when the air plane )n which they were flying near here ; late yesterday fell ' 1000 feet into tie ocean off San Simeon polar. ' Tbe victims were Boy Stiles, 30, pilot of the plane, and Murrsy Lan nini, his passenger. , - Though severel persons wltnesse-1 the. crash, the heavy seas rolling bar red any attempt at rescue: The bodies had not been recovered at a late hour lest night. Only the wings ' of the plane were washed ashore,. . . '' Stiles' had staged 'an exhibition flight over San Lui8(Oblspo, thrilling spectators with. vsrlotis stunts. Later he took Lannlnl np for a ride, head ing over San Bimeon point toward tbe ocean. A few' minutea. later the plane was keen to fall, Striking -but a few hundred yarda off shore.' 1924 Heps Contract ; Price Is 20 to 21c ' ' . . PORTLAND, Ore., Aug. 11. Hop. quoted today: 1923 crop 20322Wc; contrsct 20if 21c. HIS UNOFFICIALLY. Old Grand Army Chiefs Arouse Patriotic Fervor nOSTON, Mass., Aug. 11. With 6000 veterans and aa many more en rolled in ita allied organisations here, ths annual national encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic be gan to organize today. The first day will clone with greetinga of atate nd municipal officials. At a. patriotic service, Tost Com mander-in-Chief Corporal James Tan ner of Washington, D. C spoke. The plauting and dedication of IS memorial trees on Boston Commons aa planned for thla afternoon. The line ef trees will he known ss "Grand Bow" and besides each of the 44 fl. A. R. encampments in the country, Lincoln, Grant, Bherinnn and Sheridan, will be meinurallied. fiery spirit Loosed BOSTON, Aug. 11. Two com-mandcra-ln-rhief of the Grand Army of the Republic, one past, the other present, the former legless since the battle, of Manassas, anil the latter with iliromiug alght, last night In the Old South church loosed their old fiery spirit and aroused their audi ence of fellow veterans and friends to patriotic fervor at the first public meeting of the 68th nntioual encamp ment. Convention Opens Tonight The convention which will be offi STATE WILL ALSO CM I AIIENISTS IN FRANKS TRIAL . CHICAGO, Aug.. 11. 0) In an other week Nathan Leopold, Jr., and Richard Lofb may know the penalty the law will demand from them for the kidnaping and alaying of Robert Franks; whether they will be hanged or if their counsel lias been success ful in their plea for mitigation. A speedy close of tho trial, now on the seventeenth doy, Is Indicated by the announcement of defense counsel thst no mors alienists will be called on behalf of tbe confessed slayers snd that after Foreman Leopold and Allen Locb, brotbera of the defendants, who will be called today to complete tbelr testimony the defense will rent its isse.' State's Attorney Robert K. Crowe still haa a number of witnesses and also will call on soversl slienlsts. cially greeted by state and city offi cers tonight is expected to bring 0000 or K0O0 I). A. It. men to the city. Gaylor M. Saltagnber, leader of the aged army during the present yeor. referred to the resolution against war adopted recently at the Methodist con ference in Springfield and said its worth depended on tho way It waa in terpreted. "It Is all right to denounce wars in general," he Bald, "but none of the wars In which the United States has eugngcil were unrighteous. If tho na tions could be brought to the same point of view as this country, It would l.e right to disorrn, but we cannot make the United States tho prey of the nstlona. Some would even tear down the Hunker Hill monument -r that at Washington, ao anxious are they to be rid of tbe memories of the post." Commander Is Helpless Corporal James Tanner, past commander-in-chief, waa carried to the pulpit. He, too, upheld tho necessity of adequate national defeuso day. In plain words, the old warrior con demned "hooded and veiled organisa tions," for which, ho sn id, "there is not room under the stars." "Lot them go," he cried, "to some placo where they can meet In dark ness and dote upon the time they can dwell in eternal dnrknesa." BIG WHEN POWDER PLANT IS NASHVILLE, Tenn, Aug. 11. Powder, machlner) and buildings val ued at fJ8.000.00O war time prices snd at more than 12,000.000 at pres ent valuation, were destroyed in a fir that swept clean a 40-acre tract In the heart of the Old Hickory plant at Jacksonville, Tenn., yesterday. The fire is said to be the greatest single loss tho government hos suf fered slnre the war. Tho plant, con structed by the government during the war for the manufacture of muni tions, was (he largest project of its kind. Wheat Falls Under Saturday; Corn Is Also on Downgrade CniCAOO, Aug. II. The wheat opening, which rasged from 3-8 de cline to 8-4 advance with September $1.28 1-4 to $1.28 B-8 and December $1.81 7-8 to $1.32 1-4 were followed by slight general gains and then by a drop all around to well below Satur day's finish. After opening 1-8 to 7-8 higher, December $1.05 1-8 to $1.05 1-2, the corn market turned aharply down grade. Oats stsrted at l-4c off to l-8e np, December 51 7 8 to 52 and later showed losses on sll deliveries. Provisions were responsive to grain weakness. The corn close was nervous, 1 1-8 to 1 1-2 net lower, December $1.03 1-2 to $1,03 6-8. The wheat close was unsettled, 3 -4 to 2-cent net lower, September $1.26-1-2 to $1-26 3-4, and December $1.30 14 to $1,30 3-8. Pieeons Flying to California Overdue OAKLAND, Cal., Au. 11. More than 24 hours overdue, 90 pigeons re. leased early Isst Saturday in Salem, Ort., for a 700-mile rate to this city, have yet to arrive here r ' '. Dennis - Murpliy,; secretary of the Pacific Homing Pigeon rliib here, aaiJ that ths birds made the ssme flight last year In 17 hours. . Weather conditions, coupled with forest fires are the probable causes of the delay. Cruiser Ordered To Honduras Port WASHINGTON, Aug. 11. Tha cruiser Galveston on patrol duty In southern water baa been or dered ; to Celba, Honduras, her commander bolng ordered to con fer with the American consul .there. : . , '. i ", ; GERTRUD RUSK I ! ESCAPES ICE K. OFFGREENLANB Vessel Will Now Prepare Landing Place On East Coast of Island For Next Leg of Journey. REYKJAVIK, Iceland, Aug. 11. OP) The supply ship Gertrud Rask, whoso imprisonment in an ice pack off Angmagsalik on the east coast of Greenland, has been an important factor in delaying continuation of tho round-the-world flight of the Amer ican army officers, broke free from the Ice at four o'clock this morning, it wsa reported today to the aviators. The Gertrud Rask was able to re sums its attempt to reach Angmsgsnl- ik to prepare at that place a base for the next lap of the round tie world flight. CRUISER IN F0Q REYKJABIK, Iceland. Aug. 11. i W) The United Statea cruiser Rr leigh, exploring the cast coast of Greenland in aearch of a landing place for the American army round-the-world fliers, today reported to Bear Admiral Thomas Magruder that sne . waa in a dense fog 00 miles east southeast of Angmsgsalik, snd that she hss encountered many floating ice hummocks. . ? . -' ' Bass Hops Doubtful. In a statement thjB.morqing, Ad miral Magruder, said it waa doubtful if Angmagsalik could be used as i base by the scont plsnes which are being carried by tbe cruisers Balciga and Richmond to explore the coast. A plan had been considered whereby these planes would carry fuel for the around-the-world plnnea over the Angmogsallk ice fields. , Vessel Needs Coal. The Danish supply ship Gertru4 Rask, which is ice-bonnd southeast of Angmagsalik snd which reported yesterday that, she needed cosl, ex pects to clear the ice pack in two days, she reported yesterday. Flight Commander Lieutenant Lowell H. Smith has engaged a trawler here to carry 300 tons of coal to the Danlsa ship and to refuel her at the edge of the Ice. , , Lieutenant Smith and Lieutenant Erik H. Nelson believe that the hope of providing a base at Angmagsalik or st some point farther sooth on tha east coast of Greenlsnd now depends on the Gertrud Rask. Laborites to Ask Purchasers to Buy Goods With Label ATLANTIC CITY7N. ji, Anf. It Jurisdictional controversies hsd chief position today on the prograra of the executive council of the At F. of L. .-.' The council hss designsted the month beginning August 25 as "union label month." Effort! of 30,000 local unions will be directed toward pro moting the purchase of goods bearing trnde union labels, "This drivo will be the biggest movement of Its kind in our history," declared Matthew Moll, firat vice president. ; I ' .' ' Missing Lad Sought I With Plane's Aid CHICAGO, Aug. 11. An airplane aenrch for Lester I.tpidus of Omaha who disappeared ,from; the citizens military training camp at Dea Moines, August .1, hss reached Chicago, with out definite trnce of him. Reports that the youth, who Is 17 years old, hud been seen In Golesburg, III.. Friday! and Inter hi Lagrange, caused the airplane search along the route. O o I FILIPINO TRIAL I HALTED; STENOG I MUST HAVE PAY MANILA, Aug. 11. W) A court martial trying 201) Filipino scouts on charges of mutiny, was forced to adjourn today on ac count of lack . of funds, : with which to pay the official steno grapher. Ilefore adjournment tbe court overruled a defense mo tion for acquittal. : 1 -J Si ! , f. v : . ' ' 'i ' it PI