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Highest temperaturs yesterday ... 85
Lowest temperature last nigh)... 55
Forecast for southwest Oregon:
"air tonight and Friday, tempera
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Consolidation of The Evening News arid
The Roseburg Review
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An Indep nr, Published tp ,
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VOL. XXVIII NO. 77 OF ROSEBURG REVIEW
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ROSEBURG, OREGON. THURSDAY, JULY 21, 1927. .
VOL. XVIII NO. 161 OF THE EVENING NEWS
KOS3EB
LAS )
ASTERN BETS
ON BIG FIGHT
ITH
Sharkey's Backers Are
Counting on Speed
Sentiment Favors 32-Year-Old
Ex-Champion, But
A Money Lacking.
OLD VIGOR DOUBTED
Both , Pugilists Confident
of Victory; Less Than
2 Lbs. Difference
in Weights.
(Associated PreM touted Wire)
NEW YORK, July 1 21. Jack
, Dempsey scaled 194J pounds at
; the official weighingin before the
New York state athletic commis
sion at Madison Square garden this
atternoon. !
jacK onarKey appeared for his
turn on the scales a few minutes
after Dempsey left. The Boston
boxer scaled 196. The two did not
" meet. '
Physicians making ; the- formal
medical examination required by
the boxing commission, pronounc
ed both men In perfect condition.
Dempsey was1 in good spirits 'as
he disrobed for the weight test
and declared himself "right."
Sharkey, the confident, .told
newspaper men again, ?l will cer.
tainly knock Dompsey.out.". ;'
Bets Favor Sharkey .:
NEW YOKK,-.Tilly than
HO.ilOo persons from -all over. ;the
United States will gather- in Ithe
Yankee Stadium tonight to watch
Jack Dempsey,. dt Los Angeles,
slake his hitting power against the
youth, speed and ring cleverness
of Jack Sharkey, ot Boston, In jtho
ir-round bout thai Is to produce
the challenger for Gene Tumiey's
I heavyweight championship.'
Petting ' odds were, quote.tT vnrl
. ously 7 to ti; 13 to 10; anil 2 to 1
' ."with 'Sharkey, the raVbrlte. With
JPHPvera! brokerage concerns jre
" .porting a' shortage " of Denipsey
money, l,t nipearcrt likely t lint
Sharkey would enter (he ring one
, of. (he highest favorites, that ever
look part in a fight of such im
portance witli a title not directly
Involved. ' . . ''.
Without question 'Dempsey will
essay the comeback role as Ihe
grealest sentimental ' favorite In
. ring history, . That partly explains
why the former champion goes; Ih
lo battle on the extremely short
end of the wneering. The heart of
the crowd will ho. with the Man
tissa "mauler, as the nation knew
1 i 1 1 n at the height of his ring
.career, and If he overcomes - to
night, W'hat a, majority' ot ' boxing
critics think Ih n mighty'' obstacle
I ho fire of youth and tile endur
ance that attend It he is assured
a tremendous acclaim, far greater
than, any he .ever knew as the
rhampion. ; ,
Denipsey is 32 years old. Shar
key, whose real name. is Josef Paul
CukoKchay, is 2",. He is of Litliuan
ian ancestry. ' :
Dempsey Still Msgnet
Dempsey's return to the" 'ring
nfler his misei'able showing against
Tunuey at .Philadelphia last year
is the magnet that is to draw the
third largest crowd in ring history,
the Tnnne'.Dempsey ' and the
Di'tnpsey-Carpentfer bouts alone
eclipsing It. In both of those a
championship was involved. .
The former champion has com
pleted one of Ihe most strenuous
training caniiafgns a boxer lias
.(Continued from page 8.)
FIGHT ,
RETURNS
Through arrangements
made with ' the Associated
Press, the News-Review will
secure tonight a full, punch
by punch description of the
pugilistic encounter between
Jack Sharkey and Jack
Dempsey. The leased wire
will open at 5 p. m. , with
preliminary announcements,
giving information concern
ing the , gathering of the
crowd and the preliminary
fights. The main bout is
scheduled to start at 5:30 p.
m. Pacific coast time. The
bulletins will, be megaphoned
and post;d, at the News-Review
office, .and th fuii ac
count of the battle will be
given ' 1 . ' . , ,
Round by Round
FAVOR
yo
Captain Courtney Postpones His
Trans-Atlantic Round-Trip Dash.
London to New York, Until Sunday
(AuncluM lrcn toaso, Wir?)
DUBLIN. Ireland. July 21. Can-
j tain Frank T. - Courtney, British
"lutui, wnu ih preparing lor a
trans-Atlantic flight to New York,
will not attempt the flight) -before
Sunday, says a message received
from him iit the Buldonnel air sta
tion In county Dublin.
Courtney plans a 7,000-mllo flight
from -London to New York und
back, stopping eiich way at New
foundland for fuel and establish
ing for the first time a tentative
commercial airplane route.
His route by stnges will be from
Cnlshot, to Valencia, Ireland, a
distance of 4K0 miles, thence 1,700
miles to St. Johns, Newfoundland,
thence 1,2.00 miles to New York,
following the same route on the
return. . 4
Captain Courtney will use a Dor
nier nll-nietul flying boat propelled
by two Nupler "Won" engines,
and will be accompanied by
Flight Lieutenant F. W. M. Down
er us navigator and K. F. Little us
engineer.
Courtney's attempt will be the
first of four over the trifiis-Atlnii-tlo
airway this year. One of the
other three will be made by nn
Englishman and the two ethers by
Germans. . . ,
- The-other British attempt Is con
templated by Lieut. Colonel F. F.
Mlnchin of the' British Imperial
Airways and Leslie Hamilton, a
British nlr taxi owner.
One German attempt Is proposed
by her Lieutenant Otto Koennecke,
35-yeur-oldGennan army officer,
who Intonds to fly ' nn all-metal
PREPARING TO
Intercepted Message Shows
Sandino Aims to Strike
Soon at Managua.
ISSUES EXPLANATION
Blames' Coolidge for What
Has Happened and Seeks
to' Oust Diaz From
the Presidency.
. : (Atuocintrtt' Presn Lcarc) wire)
MANAGUA,'' , July 21. Notwith
standing the defeat with numer
ous casualties his tfooiis suffered
jut the hands of American marines
and native constabulary at Ocotal,
General Sandino hopes to capture
Tlscapa Port, which controls the
city of Managua, now occupied by
marines. , ,
An intercepted message address
ed by Sandino to his wife, reads:.
j "Although they believe me weak,
I shall soon occupy the Tlscapa
fortress."
I ' Another message signed by San
idino, which was sent the day af
ter the Ocotal battle and picked up
,by a telegraph operator at San
I Fernando, says the "only one re
sponsible for what, has happened
here Is the president of the United
States. Calvin Coolidge, who. has
supported Adolfo Diaz," (the con
servative president of Nicaragua).,
'i tils message, addressed to "all
authorities, civil and military," to
explain why the Ocotnl attack took
place, declares that Sandino and
I his men desired to show they con
tinued to defend the conatitutlon
lality of Dr.' Juan Sacasa (former
iliberal president), to dispel the
idea that they were bandits, and to
prove that they preferred death to
slavery.
Another Battle Likely
i United States planes reaching
Managua after reconnaissances In
the Ocotal region, have reported a
few hands of rebels under Sandino
at Chilpote and other concentra
tions of rebel forces to the south
cast of Ocotal.
Major Ross E. rfowell, In com
mand of the aviation squadron, lias
sent by air to Ocotal a small flelu
piece and some machine guns, and
reinforcements under Major Floyi
are expected momentarily at Oco
tal, so the garrison will be pre
pared for any emergency.
It was Major Howell who led
-five bombing planes to the atlack
at Ocotal, which was largely re
sponsible In dispersing the rebels.
I lls plane bears the marks of i t I
bullets.
Sandlno't Blood Lust'.
General Moncada, the chief lib
eral commander in the campaign
ftlnst the conservatives, which
Ws terminated by the pence ar
ranged by Henry L. Stimson, a
personal representative of Presi
dent .Coofidge, has made charges
against General Sandino:
(Continued on page. 8.)
LEADER
RENEW
CAPT. F.' T. COURTNEY
mqnoplaue' carrying two passen
gers who are said to be financing
the trip, and a radio operator.
The other German attempt Is In
(lie hands o Ernst Udet, war ace.
who brought down 62 enemy air
planes. : -
F
DRV CANDIDATE
THREAT 0
BONE
STRIFEirS KEPT ALIVE
Nomination of Smjth Might
Bring Out Independent ,'
to Satisfy South. -
LEAGUE PLANS MOVE
Counsel Wayne B. Wheeler
J, and Churchmen! State
"Views 3rd Term 1
. , . Ban, Looming.
(Auoclntcd Vrea Leaned Wire.)
WASHINGTON, July 21 Re
newed discussion of the possible
attitude .of southern dry toward a
wet iresident.al enndidute, led
Wayne U. Wheeler today to dis
claim constructions he said had
been" placed on1 his' ve'eent Utter
ances on the question.
A one-sentence statement by;
the general counsel of the league,
sent here from his summer home
in Michigan said: ' i .
"Dr. Wayne I!. Wheeler louay, re
ferring to his discussion of politi
cal possibilities, disclaimed the
constructions that the Anti-Saloon
league would initiute the noni-
tiiJitifSn nf nn Irulmtmwlpitt ilrv
I presidential candidate if ' either
j dominant political party candidate
j is not right on ; the prohibition
j question." ' ' . . -
I The statement was " prompted
by the declaration of Bishop James
Gannon, Jr., aud Dr.; Arthur J. Bar
ton, representing ,the ? -Southern
Methodist1 and HuptistB,Vrespeotiv
ely, that a .recent expression. ' by
Mr. Wheeler on- th- sjibJecM re
presented only his ; own ppjaion
and not that of the league. .' " '
Almt at Al Smith' . !
A paragraph in thoWh'eeler
statement referred to" said:
"There will he at least one of
the national dominant "parties
which , will have a satisfactory
candidate, for the maintenance and
enforcement of the eighteenth
amendment. There Is a possibil
ity that both will be satisfactory.
The league keeps hands off. ,,-fi'
Governor Smith is nominated, and
thr rlrVR In fhp snntli u'nnM rattier
!viLe for nn Independent dry candi
date for president than for avdry
republican, this could give them a
chance to register their protest."
Bishop Cannon and Dr. Barton
objected to this statement, declar
ing that while southern Democrat
would never agree to the nomina
Hon ot a wet candidate, it' the
j Democrats Bhould nominate a wet,
dry Democrats, north as well an
jsouih, will doubtless determine
(What course they will follow,'
I - Predicts 3rd Term Ban
NEW YORK, July 21-Ndw York
i New&papors today quotes Serlator
Thomas J. Walsh, Democrat, ' of
Montana, as expressing the opinion
that an anti-third term resolution
will be adopted by the seventieth
entieress and that' President Cool
:t (Continued. on page s.). .
STATE REGENTS
SPLIT EVENLY
ON NEW NORMAL
Construction of School at
La Grande Held Up at
Salem Meeting.
9TH MEMBER ABSENT
Opinion of Supreme Court
Upholding Excess Debt '
Law Sways Half of '
, ' ? the Board.
(Astocintoil Vten Leased Wire) '
SALEM, Ore., July 21 Unleis
four of Ihe nine members of the
board ot stnte normal school re
gents can muster an additional
vote and then ask the Kovernor to
call a special session of the board
there Is no prospect for the. con
struction ot the new normal school
at La Orunde this year and pos
sibly not during the present state
administration. With eight meni
b'e'rs present, and apparently
evenly divided on the question,
tnose who favored Immediate con
struction . withdrew their efforts
when they saw that a vote by tho
members present would be fatal.
Regent W. C. Bryant of Moro was
absent, and how he would have
voted 1b a question. ; ;
Instead, 'the board unanimously
voted to defer action for the pres
ent. The law provides,- however,
that if three members petition the
governor to call a special meeting
ne' must. uo so and when the ses
sion adjourned it appeared, . poi
iuie iiiui mis iingni ue uoiio. ..
' Count Opinion $irtwk .. '
The . statet financial , snarl ' ;and
the. recent. opinion of the Btate su
preme court holding it unconstitu
tional for the state to go into debt
over $50,000 was at the bottom of
the trouble. In voting to defer
action the board- adopted a reso
lution Introduced ' by Secretary" of
Stale Kofeer which road: '
"Ill view, of the recent opinion
of the supreme court! in the case
of .' Pederson . versus' the , state
hoard of control and In view of the
fact' that such opinion declares
that no indebtedness may be .in
cured by the. state In excess , of the
limitation provided by the consti
tution, but does not prescribe a
method .whereby the. fiscal offices
of the state may definitely de
termine .when the authorized ex
penditures may exceed . public re-
venues,, be it. resolved by the. board
of regents of normal schools, that
further action -by the board of re
gents on Hie construction of the
eastern Oregon normal School at
La Grande be deferred for the pres
(Continued on page 4.)
Survivors Of :
Civil War Pad
i Tap Aged Wine
.- (AMOcUtml Vrttt letteil Vlr)
.STILLWATER. Minn.. July 21.
Remnant or a once gay compuuy
if !I4 .Civil war veterans, three gul
lant soldiers held Chejr final ren
dezvous here today to toast their
departed comrades In wine and
then disband the! famous "Last
Man's Club.'' i 1 ., ,. i ...
.i Each' year since the orgnnizntlop
of the club 42 years ago the sur
viving members of Company TJ of
the, First Minnesota infantry have
niet on the anniversary ot the bat
tle of Bull ;Run, where they j re
ceived: their, baptism of fire. At
their, first meeting, a bottle of
Burgundy was made a Bacred trust
to be drunk by the'last survivor in
a toast to his comrades.
Only three survivors remain
Peter Hall ot Atwater, '.Minn., 89
years old; Charles M. Lockwood,
Chamberlain, S. I)., 85 years old,
and John S. Ooff, 84, St. Paul,
Minn.
These three men' last year .de
cided that the meeting this year
should be the last, und that the
trio, or those who . survive, should
carry out the last ritual. .
And so t at ' noon ! today they
met at a banquet; table here, 31
black draped chairs completing
their company: and -the bottle of
old wine; that has graced each au
nual banquet table was opened and
the. final- toast said.i i .' .
REGENTS OPPOSE
S.P,
T
(Associated Prou Leased Wire)
V -
SALEM. Ore.. July- i 21. The
board of regents of state normal
schools has entered the fight to
save from abandonment the Alrlle
brunch of the Southern Paciflo in
PqIIc comity, a distance, of 28 miles
from Broadinedd to Airlie. The
reason for the activity on the part
of the board 1 is' Hhat: 'iMonmouth,
seat of a state normal school, is!
on the line -and would- be deprived
of 'railroad service1 were the road
abandoned. : . .
At a meeting of tha, board in Sa
lem yesterday . Frank J, Miller of
Albany demanded that something
be done in the way of a protest by,
the board.. He mentioned (he need
of rail transportation to Monmouth
for supplies for the Btate normal
school. He declared that the state
public ' 'hervice commission ' :hnd
made -"no protest In- the case and
that when he mentioned it to the
commission ' members said' ' they
didn't toiow a stale normal school
was located at Monmouth.
Miller was requested by Gover
nor Patterson, chairman' ; of the
board of regents, to confer with
Southern Pacific' officials and -try
to Induce them to withdraw the. ap
plication to the Interstate Com
merce Commission for abandon
ment of the line. : If he is not
successful the governor said ! he
(Continued on puge 3.)
Taking in the Big Fight
LODGE TEMPLE
HIT W FIRE
THIS MORNING
Water . and Smoke -Cause
: ' Heavy Loss in Elks'
i ; - Building. 1
CAUSE UNDETERMINED
. ! I . ' I ; ' .
Firemen Handicapped by
Locked Doors' and Smoke
in Efforts to Reach
Blaze, ' .
Plre was discovered about 8
o'clock this morning in the Elks
temple . and cuused considerable
damage to the interior of the lodge
hall before it was exin'gulshed.
The fire apparently originated
from electrical wiring or possibly
from an electrical cooking device
which may not- have been turned
off after the clUb rooms were clos
ed -lust nlgbt.i Starting in tho
kitchen, the flames spread into tho
attic, burned through Into the
gymnasium below and threatened
to spread Into the main, portion of
the clubrooms and, the Antlers
Theathre adjoining before the fire
could, be extinguished. Water and
smoke . damage, together with the
direct loss from the fire, will
amount ) to around ?3,000 It Is
roughly estimated. -
Henry Worthlngton, who resides
on East Lane street, saw smoke
pouring from the upper Btory of the
lodge building aB he came to work.
He drove by the-fire hall, only two
blocks away, and reported he be
lieved there was a fire Inside tho
structure and the firemen-Immediately
went to Investigate.
Locked Doors Delay Aid
;Uou; arrival It was found that
the 'building' vas' tightly; locked
aud ,11 was lhipoBHtb!e to Ignln en
trance' from tile front without
breaking idowni- Bovernl 'doors. The
doors leading into the club rooms
wore nlso locked, so that there was
a great deal of difficulty encoun
tered; in-getting In.t - ;
Willie the 'firemen were trying
to force tlielr way Into the build
ing, the s'moko began billowing out
In quantifies, so the effort to en
ter without doing damage was
given up, the-ladders were put up
to! the 'second story, nnd 1 windows
broken in to afford a ' means of
reaching the source of the firp.
It was found that the entire kit
chen was ablaze, and from all ap
pearances the fire had been smol
dering many hours, as the wood
was deeply charred, showing Hint
the fire had been burning without
sufficient draft to permit rapid
spread.' A hole and-been : burned
through into the gymnasium below,
however,' and immediately the
(Continued on page 4.)
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Legion Head
K 7 Si
v 1 J I
' 1 llowaviiSuvaqe
National 1 commander of tha
American Legion, In speech at La
Grande convention, reiterates his
stand for a strong defense system
and urges serious regard for the
legion reunion to be held this year
in Paris.
LEGION HOSTS
1 000 STRONG AT
STATE MEETING
Trumpets and Drum Sound
in La Grande. Streets
at Early Hours." - -;,
NOTABLES ON HAND
Howard ;.. SaVage;' National
Commander, Advocates.
Adequate' Defense'
1 : of 'the U. S."
(AuocUtod Prcu Lewd Wire.) ' '
LA .GRANDE. . Ore.. iJnlv 21
The ninth annual Btate American
Legion convention formally ouen-
ed its three-day session here this
morning with more than 1,001) dele
gates and visitors inesoiit, Includ
ing Nutlonnl Commander J-Ioward
Paul Savage;, of . Chicago, and
Charles .Mills, .oft Miami, , Fla.,
chief wrecker of Ihe national, 40
et 8. .,, '....,-
The blare ot trumpets and the
beat of drums awoke the city to
the fact that the opening day of
tiie convention had arrived, when
corps brilliantly attired and fault
lessly drilled from Portland, Med
ford nnd other cities paraded the
business Bed Ions early this morn
ing. . . .
Commander Havuge, escorted by
n whooping band of Umatilla In
dlnns, members of Chief Peo post,
tho only nll-lndlun legion organiza
tion in America, and members of
Ihe Pendleton post in cowboy re
galia, readied l.u Grande lute last
night urter a rousing welcome ut
Pendleton and dinner at .Sonnet
Inn, on the lop or the Illuc Moun
tains. Willi Savage and Mills
were Charles Ardery. national le
gion secretary, of Indianapolis;
unn Mowers, national director ot
Amorlcnulsin, of New York; nnd
Jninos Drain, of Spokane, former
national commanded. -
At the opening meeting this
nioi n I ii. g welcoming addresses
were given by Fred E. Kiddle, ex
governor Waller Al. Pierce, and
A. T. Hill, president of the city
conimlHson and the response was
made by Mrs. Anna Herschner, of
Hood lllvcr, state auxiliary presi
dent. Savage Speaks
Commander Havago delivered
Ills addroBS to the convention, this
morning, induing the Oregon
posts for tlielr achievements and
again voicing the demand of the
American Legion for adequute nn
tlonal defense.
Tho legion pllgrlmagn to Franco
Is an nssured success, he said, ad
ding Hint he will take half of a
wrealh made In the Los Angoles
war veteraim' hospital to Paris lo
deposit on the graves of America's
Unknown Soldier. Prior to his dc
pnrlnre lor tho nnllonal convention
he will plnce Ihe first half on the
grave of America's Unknown Sol
dier In Arlington Cemetery. He
stated that (ho American pilgrim
age to Franco this year will have
a serious purpose, and not merely
ho a "Joy trip.'
Savage pulsed the efforts of
Ihe - La (Irnnde post particularly
commending the decorations and
hospitality. Ho declared Hint II'
Mils morning is an example, the
convention will be equal to those
held by the largest departments
over Ihe nation. Immediately following-
the close of the convention
here Savage will go to Portland,
Oregon.
WHEELER FACE
O S CHARGES
Crash of Northwestern
: Bank Ih Court ! T;.: !
Misapplication of Sum of
. . Aham . All 1 . 1 '"V-
$o,ai' Aiiegea in , ;
the Indictment. . .. ..
ACCUSED GIVE BONDS
Funds Alleged Juggled by; "t
Check "Kiting" System jy
! ' With 3 Banks in; ; i
i .,' ' i Pennsylvania. ! ;, .j .
Auoclitetl Pre. ioaied Wire) ': T ,
PORTLAND, Ore.; July 2W ;
Emery Olmttead. former Resident
of the Northwestern National Bank .
yesterday secretly Indicted with' ,
j. e; ; wneter,i umoerman j mw
former' newspaper ' publisher,' : by:
the federal grand, Jury on oharge
of misapplication of the ; Hank's ,
funds, wailarralj'ned today Wefort
Federal. Juda d6h'n h: , (MoNary
and pleaded not guilty. '.
Attorney William Ralston, repre- ;
sentlng Olmttead,: hereupon re
quested permission ot the court to '
withdraw , the . plea and . substitute :
a. demurrer to the Indictmenta, or.
or about September IS. Neither
Judge McNary ; nor the United
States .district attorneys on ice
had any objection and It was suo
gested that a hearing on the de
murrer be held about the flret Mon
day In September.
J. E. Wheelei was not arraigned-
today, hla attorney, 'Georg Joseph,
being out of the city. . j
PORTLAND,' Ore., July' 21. Ar
rested on federal IndlotmentB
charging conspiracy and violation
of the national banking act, Emery
Olmstead, former president of tho ,
Northwestern Natlonnl Bank, now
defunct, and J. E. Wheeler, Port
land tlmberman and former pub
lisher, were at liberty today unaer
bond of 116,000 each. The indict
ments against the men charge spe
cifically the misuse of S796.514 ot
the bank's funds, although govorn
ment attorneys Bay the sum of
811,000,000 Is Involved In what thoy
term .a spectacular system - oC
check "kiting" between Pennsyl.
vania and the Northwestern Na
tlonal. . ,., . ;. . .
Wheeler is charged, with deposit
ing worthless , checks totalling
$706,914 In the Northwestern, Na
tional Bank, and with withdrawing
that amount in cash. - v -
Olmstead Ib accused by the gov
ernment of ordering these checks'
placed,, lo the credit of the Mc
Cormlck Lumber company .account,
where Whoolor, Its presldont, could
draw against them. i'
Tho conspiracy to operate Ire
this milliner existed, tho govern
ment says, from October 0,tl!i24,
to Murch 20, 1027, on which- dato
the Portlnud clearing house 'asso
ciation took over the affairs of the
Northwestern National following -a
continued run on the institution
by depositors. : ' . - -'
Wheolcr, as president of the Mo-:
Cormick Lumber company, is al- ,
legod In the government Informa
tion to have presented for deposit
at the Northwestern National bank
worthless chocks drown upon tlirea
banks In Pennsylvania. The bonks
named are the Forest County Nil
tlonal Dunk. Tlenesla, Pu,; tha
Drookvllle Title and Trust coin
pany. nrookvllle. Pa., and tha
Titusvllle Trust Company, 'ot
Tltusvllle Pa. These checks
were deposited to the credit of tha
McCormlck Lumber company, hud,
the Indictments read: "Should ami
would he Initiated and approved by;
said defendant. Kmnry Olmstead,
president of the Northwestern Na
tional flunk."
Indictees Long Prominent.
Whooler and Olmstead hnve long
been prominently identified wit It
business activities In the Parlflu
Northwest. Olmstead bngnn his
banking experience In Mlnneapolbf
and In 1 !7 moved to Seattle where
he was associated with the Na
tional Hunk nf Commerce. In lfilt
he moved to Portland and beenma
vice-president and general man
ager of the Portland Trust' com.
pany and continued In the same ca
pacity with the Northwestern. In
1!lt9 after the death of Henry I
PIKork. ho became president of
this hank.
During the war he was chairman'
nf tho Third and Fourth Liberty
txmn drives nnd he Tirs served as
president of tho Portland Cleniin
House association.
Wheeler has been Identified with'
tho lumber Industry of the Pnclflo
Northwest for many yoara anct
since 1905 has hod his oflfces In
Portlnnd. In Iho timber business
he has been associated with- his
(Continued on page 4.)