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THE .MORNING. ORE G ONI AN, FRIDAY DECEMBER 8, 1916.
HIGH PRICE CAUSE
IS FOUND COMPLEX
Federal Officials Divide Blame
Between Combines and
Natural Conditions.
REASONS DEEPLY HIDDEN
on the quality of -which the action
arose, were purchased at his sugges
tion, in line with the campaign of the
Portland Ad Club to enforce the relia
bility of advertising:.
Witnesses were called to testify as to
the character of wares known as "solid
gold" to the trade. On cross-examination,
Felix Bloch, a jeweler, said that
the actual manufacture of solid gold
articles for use was impracticable; that
it was necessary in all cases to employ
alloy for stiffening.
Ralph L. Graves, assayer, who had
tested the cuff-links, testified that the
face of the button was solid gold of
eight carats fineness, while the re
mainder of the button was of alloy and
baser metal, "containing a lesser per
centage of gold.
The content'on of the defense is that
the cuff-links fully complied with the
trade standards and were entitled to
display and sale as solid gold, holding
International Balance of Trade and
Amount of Currency In Circu
lation Have Effect, Though
.Little Understood.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 7. Information
gathered from many sources by Gov
ernment officials conducting the Nation-wide
inquiry into the high cost of
living poted with increasing direct
ness tonight to the conclusion that the
soaring prices of certain necessities of
life were due, in part, at least, to the
manipulations of speculators in food
and other commodities who had com
bined to force quotations upward.
These combinations are believed by
the Government investigators to have
beer criminal In character, rather spas
mcxlic and rather short-lived.
Special attention is being given to al
Jeged price manipulation in the SO'
called "coal corner" which recently re
fculted in sending prices to a- panic
JeveL Investigation of the high price
ot coal has already convinced some of
ficials that there was no warrant what
ever for $12 coal in Boston and New
York other than the activity of these
alleged combinations. 'Whether men
who profited most can be punished un
der Federal laws is said to be still un
der consideration.
Inquiries Are Multiplied.
Every Federal agency with even a
remote relation to the situation was
called on today to play its part in the
jrreat machinery of investigation which
the Government has put into opera
tion. A mass of material has poured
into the Attorney-General's office, most
of which still is undigested, but all of
Which will be utilized where available.
With the investigation in its infancy,
officials were unwilling to predict to
night where it might lead. The activi
ties of certain men, however, are
known to be under surveillance and no
finiall part of the work assigned the
60-odd investigators in the field has
been the checking of transactions dur
ing the past few months by these men.
At the same time officials make cleat
their conviction that no small part of
the rise in prices was due to natural
economic causes. Many of these causes,
it is pointed out, lay far beneath the
Eurface, such conditions as the inter
national balance of trade and the
amount of currency in circulation hav
ing a direct bearing on the situation,
although not generally understood.
Coal Shipments Investigated.
T.Tnited States Attorney Anderson, of
Boston, in charge of the inquiry, spent
the day gathering data. He conferred
with officials in the Departments of
Justice, Agriculture, Commerce and
Labor. He also had a long conference
with Chairman Meyer, of the Interstate
Commerce Commission, with reference
to interstate shipments of coal. Mr.
Anderson will remain in Washington
a day or two later, and will visit Chi
cago, where a Federal grand jury is
conducting an inquiry. He also hopes
to visit if possible, Detroit, Cleveland,
Kansas City, Minneapolis and perhaps
other Middle Western cities with a
view to gathering information.
The grand Jury investigation at Chi
cago, it is expected, will be productive
of valuable information, and possibly
other developments which Department
of Justice officials are unwilling to
mscuss. Present activities of the De
partment's investigators are under
stood to center about Chicago. Trade
boards, butter and egg exchanges, prod
uce, sugar, coffee and other food ex
changes, it was authoritatively an
nounced, nave not been investigated.
EGG PRICES ARE DEFENDED
Poultry Breeders Say Boycott Effect
Will Be Limited.
The boycott on eggs at present being
carried on by housewives of Chicaco
and other cities of the country is not
considered seriously by poultry breed
ers now exhibiting at the annual Poul
try Show here. It is admitted that the
boycott will probably cause a lowering
Jn the price of eggs in certain markets
but it is not believed by the breeders
that this will prove of any permanent
cnaracter.
Breeders declare that In carrying for
ward the boycott the housewives are
noi siriKing at me iunaamental cause
of the high price of eggs, and as i
consequence no permanent or country
wide lowering in the price of eggs is
expected to result from the boycott.
' This fundamental cause they declare to
be the high price of feed, particularly
wneat.
ll. . Marx superintendent of the
Poultry Show and a breeder of White
Vyandottes, declared yesterday tha
the margin of profit on a dozen egg
at ou cents is not as high now as
was on eggs at the quotations prevail
)ng two or three years ago. The cos
of production, he said, was advancing
at sucn a rate that the advance in
the price of eggs had been necessitated
As a proper means of lowering th
price of eggs Mr. Marx suggested the
direct purcnase or eggs by the con
sumer trom the producer.
ex-pbesidest op chamber
of commerce: ivamed ox
hock. commission".
in mind the fact that such articles
must of necessity be stiffened by alloy
in the parts subject to heavy use.
FRUIT MEN TO MEET
HOHTICCLTURAL SOCIETY"
DISCUSS PROBLEMS.
At Hood River Session Scarcity
Labor and Car Shortage Situa
tion to Be Considered.
HOOD RIVER, Or., Dec. 7. (Spe
al.) The 30th annual convention
f the Oregon State Horticultural So
ciety, to be held here December H, 12
i. ARONSOfi'S TRIAL ON
DEFEXSE DEMES CHARGE OF
CEPT1VE ADVERTISING.
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Frosecution Contends Cuff Links
vertlsed as Solid Gold Were
Really of Base Metal.
Trial of the case against I. Aronson,
proprietor of Aronson's jewelry store.
charged with deceptive advertising, was
begun yesterday afternoon before
jury in Municipal Court. Three hours
were spent in hearing the testimon
and cross-examiation of witnesses fo
the prosecution. The case will be re
fsumed this afternoon at 1:30 o'clock
Attorney F. H. Whitfield represented
me .Better Business Bureau of the Port
land Ad Club, assisted by Deputy City
Attorney staater, while Wallace Mc
Camant appeared as attorney for the
oetense.
Attorney McCamant, throughout th
cross-examination of witnesses, sought
to estaollsn that the prosecution of M
Aronson was prompted by business
Jealousy. "We will show that the pur
pose of this prosecution has been to
destroy the holiday trade of this de
fendant," declared Attorney McCamant
Lt L,. Baum, secretary of the Bette
Business League, testified that tire gold
cuff links, advertised aa "solid," and
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LODGE HALL OPENED
Molalla Oddfellows Dedicate
New Modern Home.
CITY BRILLIANTLY LIGHTED
Electrical Arch of Welcome Spans
' Main Street 600 Are at Cere
mony and Banquet Other
Towns Represented.
OREGON CITT, Or.. Dec. 7. (Spe
cial.) There were more than 600 per
sons witnessing the Impressive dedica
tion ceremonies of the new Oddfellows
hall at Molalla last night. Oddfellows
and Rebekabs from many sections of
Clackamas County, with a delegation
from Portland as well, attended. There
were about 120 from Oregon City who
made the trip over the Willamette Valley-
Southern Railway.
Grant B. Dimlck. oresidenf nf
Willamette Valley Southern Railway
Company, accompanied the excursion
ists, and took an active part in 'he
programme.
Every store in Molalla was Illum
inated and an electric archway SDanned
Main street in welcome.
The programme opened with Ejec
tions by the Molalla orchestra, com
posed of O. K. Cole, Horace Robbins,
Marion Tolliver, Miss Agnes Cooper, O.
C. Purkapile, Raleigh Echerd and Hub
bard Stone.
At the conclusion of the second selec
tion the dedication ceremonies were
conducted by H. F. Westbrook, of Port
land, and grand master of Oregon.
State Officers Assist.
He was assisted by Judge Thomas F.
Ryan, of Salem, past grand chancellor
and patriarch; Howard M. Eccles, of
Canby, who assisted in the place of
the absent grand herald of the east;
William Heinz, of Aurora, grand herald
of the north; P. H. Tucker, of Aurora',
grand herald of the south; Lee Ecker
son, of Canby, grand herald of the
west; Fred Hendrickson. of Molalla,
grand .marshal; Elliott Daugherty, of
Molalla, noble grand; Rev. Mr. Snyder,
of u-Olalla. grand chaplain.
The remainder of the evening was
devoted to a musical and literary pro
gramme and this was followed by the
banquet. The committee having charge
of the programme was composed of
Elmer Sawtell and Fred Hendrickson,
while the banquet was arranged by
Elmer Sawtell, Fred Hendrickson, H.
A. Kayler, Mr. Martin and Charles
Spencer.
The Molalla orchestra followed the
dedicatory, after which Mr. Arestbrook
congratulated the members of the or
der at Molalla on their building. He
also spoke briefly of the work of the
order.
Early Days Are Recalled.
S. S. Walker, of Oregon City, grand
high priest of the state of Oregon, and
A. H. Knight, of Canby, grand senior
warden of th grand encampment, re-
"WILL called early history of the Molalla
lodges.
Mr. Zimmerman, of Aurora, brought
the greetings from the Aurora lodge
and Judge Grant B. Dimick spoke high
ly of Molalla lodge, and was greatly
impressed with the building just com
pleted. Judge Thomas F. Ryan, of Salem,
praised the efforts of the Molalla lodge.
Among the others who addressed the
assembly were John J. Cooke, of Ore
gon City lodge: a.. A. Price, of Oregon
City lodge; Fred HendricKson. oi
Molalla lodge; Elliott Daugherty, of
and 13, promises to be full of interest. Molalla lodge; Mrs. J. J. Cooke, of Ore-
The recent scarcity of labor and the gon City Willamette Rebekan Loage,
car shortage situation, which have seri- William Heinz, of Aurora loage. tr.
ously affected all Northwestern fruit H. Tucker, or Aurora louge. ,nno
districts, will be given more serious Zweifel, formerly of Aurora lodge, but
consideration than at any horticultur- now of Portland, and Rev. Mr. Snyder,
sts' meeting of recent years. I grand chaplain.
Another problem that will come be- I Danclne Conclndes Day.
A. II. Averlll.
H. Averill, president of the
Averill Machinery Company, who
has been named by Mayor Albee
as the new member of the Com
mission of Public Docks, assumed
membership in the Commission
yesterday, succeeding Dan Kel
laher, retiring member.
In view of the fact that Mr.
Averill was president of the
Chamber of Commerce for two
years, and was on the Board
when the Commission of Public
Docks act was enacted, and also
in view of the fact that he was
regarded as a man having a
broad vision in respect to the
development of the waterborne
commerce of this port, he was
urged by a large number as one
of the highest type of men who
could be selected.
voring grain handling in bulk, and the'
construction of grain elevators. Reso
lutions were adopted favoring Govern
ment control of grain storage. About
200 delegates and visiting members
were at the convention, representing
130 communities in Oregon and South
ern Idaho.
Reports showed that the past year
had been a successful one, featured by
expansion and business organization.
The work of the Trt-State Terminal
Warehouse Company was indorsed. A
business of several million dollars was
shown to have been transacted through
warehouses owned co-operatively by
members of the union.
Officers elected besides the president
and National delegates were: Frank
Burkholter, Coquille, vice-president; F.
A. Bikes, Corvallis, . secretary; execu
tive board. W. W. Harrow, of Pendleton;
J. T. Arkison, of The Dalles; W. K.
Peery, of Dayton; legislative committee
BEXD'S MAYOR-ELECT TURXS
TABLES ON RIVAL.
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S. C. Caldwell.
BEND, Or.. Dec 7. (Special.)
S. C. Caldwell, who defeated
Mayor J. A. Eastes, a candidate
for re-election, yesterday, re
versed the result of a year ago,
when Mr. Eastes defeated Mr.
Bert for Councilman, subsequent
ly graduating to the higher of
nee. mayor-elect Caldwell Is a
member of the present City Coun
ell.
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W. O. Parks, of Elgin; C. J. Whitaker,
of Weiser; A. R. Shumway, of Milton,
and J. A. Smith, of Blalock.
CHARGE IS REFUTED
Portland Educators Say Pupils
Don't Cheat in Schools.
MR. CHURCHILL ANSWERED
LEGITIMATE WATERWAYS HURT
BY OTHERS, SAYS ENGINEER.
fore the convention of fruit growers
is the impending shortage of fruit
wrappers. Because of a failure to an
cipate the bumper production in all
districts, fruitgrowers have obtained
wrappers for this season s output with
difficulty. It was necessary for paper
Jobbers to call on the surplus stock of
citrus fruit wraps in California.
C. D. Minton, secretary of the Horti
cultural Society, is expected to arrive
n Hood River Sunday to make final
arrangements for the session.
A partial formal programme will be
as follows:
Address of welcome. Mayor H. L.
Dumble.
Response, R. C. Washburn, of Cen
tral Point, president.
Annual address. President Washburn.
"Sprays an
acting superintend
er branch-of the Oregon Experiment
Station.
'Fertilizers and Results," Professor
Brown, of the Oregon Agricultural Col
lege.
Address, Professor Magnus, Oregon
Agricultural College.
"Pruning and Its Relation to Fruit
Spurs," Professor Gardiner, Oregon Ag
ricultural College.
"Orchard Inspection and Law En
forcement," H. C. Allen, of Medford.
"Blight Resistant Pears," Professor
Tangent. Oregon Agricultural College,
.uarKeiing. Wilmer ieg, sales
manager or tne Apple urowers Asso
ciation, of Hood River.
Address, E. H. Shepard, editor of Bet
ter Fruit, of Hood River.
"Building Up the Home Market for
t ruit and Fruit Products," M. McDon
Id. president of the Oregon Nurserv
company.
"Lnwise Publicity." A. H. Harris, of
Portland.
ew Horticultural Legislation." A.
P. Bateham, of Mosier.
Broccoli Growing." Dr. C. H. Bailev.
or rtoseDurg.
"Celery Growing and Marketing." C
jsi. i-ioiioweil. of Milwaukie.
"Vegetable CroDs as a Phasn of Hor
ticulture." Professor Boquet, of the
uregon Agricultural College.
ir,wQi selections were given by tne
Molalla quartet, composes of Benjamin
rhinde-mn. Herman rninagren, n.uu-
bard Stone, of Molalla. and H. W. Frost,
of Portland.
Miss Bernlta w oriey. conira.nu, o.e
prtort nav." and was accompanied
h-o- Aflss Robbins. violinist, and Mrs,
Knapp, pianist; vocal soio,
meeA rriomn nied by Mrs. Knapp.
rr.i r-i-Lo-nn ritv delegation left at
lilt) V. 1 . t-,.J I
11-30 o'clock. Dancing was enjoyed by
i-"v'- w ' . . i
niiiirtiTiir lust completed uy
lalla lodge Is one or tne most ... unhand-
convenient structures In Clacka
mas County.
Iress, President Washburn. I nniinmr
d Spraying." LeRoy Chllds, CHAIN STORES IN COMBINE
Intendent of the Hood Riv- "n"lnl
Tea and Coffee Distributors Unite
256 Links by Consolidation,
NEW YORK. Dec. 7. Five companies
operating 256 tea and coffee stores and
ranking together. It Is said, as tne
largest distributor of these staples In
this country, have been bought by Mer
rill. Lvnch & Co.. bankers, for ?10,-
000.000. It was announced here today.
The Jones Bros. Tea and Grand Union
Ten comnanies. both established In
1S72, and the Globe Grocery Stores
Anchor Pottery Company and Jones
Bros. Importing Company are the con
cerns bought.
The new consolidation will be headed
by Harry Jones, it was said, and ap
plication will be made for listing the
stock on the New York Stock Exchange.
Senator Chamberlain Defends River
Bills Against Charges of "Fork."
Few Attend Congress.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 7. Brigadier
General William St Black, chief of
Army Engineers, addressing the Na
tional Rivers and Harbors Congress to
day, warned' communities against seek
ing appropriations for canals or river
channels which cannot be put into oper-
tion promptly. He said- such activities
injured legitimate waterways move
ments and retarded the country's de-
elopment.
Wilfred H. Schoff, of Philadelphia,
secretary of the Atlantic Deeper Water
ways Association, declared that the
cost of an Atlantic Coastal canal, con
necting bays or sounds between Boston
ni North Carolina, estimated at 47.
00,000. would be saved in prevention
of shipwreck losses, which in the past
0 years have amounted to ?40,000,000,
along the Atlantic coast.
Senator Chamberlain, of Oregon, de
livered an address In which he defended
river an harbor bills of the past
against the charge that they carried
"pork. He contended that the Items
were based on ' merit. The Senator
charged that the cry of "pork" came
rom the railroads and from newspapers
under railroad domination, and asserted
that the railroads must be taught to
keep their hands off the waterways and
waterway appropriations.
Few delegates heard Senator Cham
berlain. From a body that formerly
had 2000 delegates, it this year has
about 100 at its meetings. The. con
gress is about ready to pass into history.
GALLANT ACT STOPS CARS
Eugene Motorman Takes Time
Rescue Woman's Kerchief.
to
MOOSE WILL ERECT HALL
Oregon City Lodge Decides to Con
struct $20,000 Building.
OREGON CITY. Or.. Dec. 7. (Spe
clal.) The Oregon City lodge of Moose
tonight authorized its building com
raittee to proceed with the construe
tion of a two-story frame building to
be used for a lodge hall. The total
investment will be about 120,000. Ac
tual work will begin on the' building
as soon as the plans have been ap
proved by the committee.
The building will be situated at
EUGENE, Or., Dec. 7. (Special.) A
woman's handkerchief, dropped on Wil
lamette street In Eugene today resulted I Eleventh and Main streets, will have
In a suspension of streetcar traffic,
while a motorman recovered the bit of.
linen, which had blown onto the track,
and returned it to the owner. The
woman thanked him for his courtesy.
The car was midway between two
street intersections when it came to
sudden stop and the passengers looked
from the windows to see the motorman
running ahead to pick up the handker
chief. He called to the woman, who
had just crossed the Btreet and had
reached the sidewalk, attracting her
attention and delivering the handker
chief to her at the curb.
One of the instructions of the street
car company is that its employes be
courteous in their treatment of the gen
eral public.
room for stores on the first floor an
lodge and clubrooms upstairs.
Members of the committee are George
F. Johnson, Peter D. Forbes, D. F.
Skeen, E. D. Olds. Frank Bunch and
William Welsmandle.
Sin?e the beginning of the war about
32,000 trucks have been shipped from
this country to countries of, iiurooe.
FARMERS' SESSION CLOSES
Portland Man Is Elected Union Head
at McMinnville Meeting.
M'MINNVILLE, Or.. Dec. 7. (Spe
cial.) J. D. Brown, of Portland, today
was elected president of the farmers
Educational and Co-operative Union
which closed its annual convention here.
A. R. Shumway was chosen delegate
to the National convention, and W. K.
Peery alternate.
At the concluding business session
the convention went on record aa in
state Superintendent's Statement Is
Said to Be Too Sweeping System
of Tests Declared to Make Un
fair Work Impossible.
Portland educators do -not agree with
the strictures of J. A. Churchill, Super
intendent of Public Instruction. wCio
told a McMinnville audience a few days
ago til at cheating in the public schools
has become common and that In ex
amlnations pupils think nothing of
matching their wits against their
teachers In using unfair means to win
good marks.
Heads of several Portland schools
and Superintendent L. R. Alderman,
too, say that the statement of Super
intendent Churchill is altogether too
sweeping. They deny that Portland
student; are cheaters and say that the
sj-stem of tests prevalent here pre
vents to a great extent any disposition
on the part of the pupil to cheat.
Superintendent Alderman said:
"Where tine examination is made t?ie
chief test of the scholar, cheating ap
pears to be common unless pupils are
watched carefully. But In the Port
land schools we minimize examinations
such as encourage cheating, and have
frequent short tests Instead, wjere
cheating la out of the question.
Honor Among Pupils Noted.
We find a growingr cense of honor
among pupils of the Portland schools
and the old idea that cheating Is not
a sin because it harms no one save the
offender is dying out. Pupils realize
now that the harm is to the one who
uses unfair methods and that It does
no good.
"In the past we have made too much
of examinations. To make an exami
nation an end in itself is a bad thing.
We should work to develop a high
sense of honor that will prevent any
possible lapse by pupils in this direc
tion." "I , do not believe the statement of
Superintendent Churchill is corect,"
said T. T. Davis, principal of Lincoln
High School. "In Portland schools care
Is taken to avoid temptation to cheat
or to win marks by unfair means and
cheating is kept down pretty well, 1
believe the assertion of Superintendent
Churchill Is entirely too sweeping. 1
cannot agree with It."
System Averts Cheating.
E. D. Curtis, principal of Sunnvside
School, said:
"Cheating is not common here. The
remarks of Superintendent Churchill
do not apply to my school. We do not
have examinations, but we do have
teets, in which there is no possibility
of cheating, even were the pupils so
disposed. The statements made are not
true of us.
A. R. Draper, principal of Shattuclt
School, also contradicts the State Su
perintendent.
X do not agree with him." he said.
Proper supervision will prevent cheat
ing and a ropm can be'managed in such
a way that there can be no unfair
work on the part of pupils. I do not
neiievo. there Is any cheating in our
school, nor in other Portland schools
to any extent."
Superintendent Churrtilll, In an ad
dress to teachers of Yamhill County
at McMinnville on December 3, urged
the need of moral instruction to over
come the marked tendency to cheat. He
said:
"Cheating is so common in examina
tions that high school students have
come to regard this practice as a legiti
mate use of their wits against those
of the teachers."
HOLIDAY
EXCURSIONS TO
CALIFORNIA
North Bank Rail
and Ocean Route.
Round Trip to
San Francisco, in
cluding Bath,
Meals and Extras
$26.70
FIRST CLASS
S. S. Northern
Pacific
Sails
Dec. 9, 14, 19, 23,
28. Lv. S. F. Jan.
4, 9, 13, 18, 23. 27
IMSC 6EU-
FROM
Portland, Eugene, Salem, Albany, Corvallis, For
est Grove, Hillsboro, St. Helens, Rainier, Astoria,
Ft. Stevens and Seaside and intermediate points.
LOS ANGELES
Round Trip $42.50
Selling dates: From S. P. S. stations December 23 and 28 and Oregon
Electric stations Dec. 22, 23, 27 and 28. Return limit on tickets sold
Dec. 22 and 23 will be Jan. 10, 1917, and for tickets sold Dec. 27 and 28,
Jan. 14, 1917. Stopovers allowed.
Attractions in California U. of O. and U. of P. football and Tourna
ment of Roses in Pasadena Jan. 1; New Year's celebration in San
Francisco.
NORTH BANK TICKET OFFICE 5th and Stark.
Phones: Broadway 920, A 6671.
HUSBAND IS TRAILED FAR
EASTEIIX WOMAN AT SALEM RE
SUMES CHASE.
Fraternity Head Is Newspaperman.
MARSHFIELD, Or.. Dec. 7. (Special.)
James jj,. Montgomery, of this city
elected praetor of the Pacific Coast
province jurisdiction of the Sigma Chi
at the fraternity convention at Eugene
last week, is a newspaperman, well
known in Hood River and Portland. He
is assistant to Charles Hall, manager
of the Coos & Curry Telephone Com
pany.
DRAINAGE TALKS PLANNED
Programme Is Arranged, for Farm-
' ers' Week at O. A. O.
OREGON AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE,
Corvallis, Dec. 7. (Special.) Plans
looking toward the reclamation of
wet land in Oregon will be considered
by the Oregon Drainage Association
when it meets at Corvallis January 2,
3 and 4 in connection with Farmers'
week at the college.
C. C. Chapman, of Portland, will
speak on "Reclamation Development."
V. G. Sloan. United States drainage en
gineer, will lead in a discussion of
drainage procedure. W. D. B. Dodson. of
Portland, will talk on "The Commer
cial Aspect of Drainage." J. W. Brewer,
of The Dalles, president of the Irriga
tion Congress; William Hanley, of
Burns; John Keating and F. F. Hin
shaw, of Portland, will be other promi
nent speakers.
Read The Oregonian classified ads.
NONE SUCH
Mince Meat
Grocers
Read The Oregonian classified ads.
Mrs. Franklin Coon Starts for San
Francisco, After Procuring War
rant for Spouse's Arrest.
SALEM. Or., Dec. 7. (Special.)
Pursuit of her husband, which led
across the continent from Richland, N.
y., to Salem, was started again today
by Mrs. Franklin Coon, when she left
for California after swearing out a
warrant against her alleged fugitive
spouse on a ronoupport charge.
She said her husband formerly was
a prosperous shoe .merchant at Rich
land, but after losing $60,000 In a realty
deal he was given the Pacific Vorth
west territory for a shoe firm. She
last heard from htm. she stated, in a
letter sent from Tacoma. Later phe
secured trace of his movements by re
ports to the company from Salem.
Pawning her clothing and diamonds.
3he came West, arriving her on Thanks
giving day, and since then, in conjunc
tion with the local police, has kept up
the search.
Telegraphic advices of the wife were
sent to San Francisco today and she
followed shortly afterward to face her
husband there, where he Is said to be
located.
degrees awarded since the founding: of
the college is 30.164.
The geographical distribution of
graduates shows that New York City
is the largest Yale center with 3278.
More than one-fifth of the graduates
practice law.
IF you would
be coffee-glad
buy coffee
from a grocer
who sells
Golden West.
Golden West Coffee
is -Just Right"
19,316 YALE MEN LIVING
More Than One-Fifth of Nuniher
, Practicing Law.
NEW HAVEN, Conn., Dec. 7. There
are 19,316 living holders of Yale de
grees, according to the annual direc
tory of living graduates of the univer
sity, issued today. The total number of
Its the spread
for any bread:
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PROTECTION
6 Gold Notes
Standard Gas and Electric Company
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and Cookies
12c to 15c.
per package
Makes Mince Pie twice as
good as bulk mince meat, and
costs half the price. Try it.
"Like Mother Umed to Make "
MERRELL-SOULE CO., Srrecwe, N. T.
THE OPERATING UNITS of Standard Gas & Electric Com
pany serve 275 prosperous communities with 1,800,000
population in sixteen states. This means minimum risk to
the investor; protection of his investment by stabilized earnings.
The separated location of the properties is an application of
the law of averages to utility investments. Electric and gas
companies are the least affected of all industries by business
depressions. Geographical diversification gives additional pro
tection. More than 69 per cent of the income of Standard's operating
units is derived from the sale of electricity, which constitutes the
most rapidly growing field of public service and more than 23
per cent is derived from the sale of gas, a field which is also
developing satisfactorily and which has a long record of sound,
stable investment.
Every conservative investor should study the new 64-page
book, containing upward of 150 photographs, issued by Standard
Gas & Electric Company.
Copies may be had at
UNITED STATES NATIONAL BANK
of Portland, Oregon
H. M. BYLLESBY & COMPANY
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