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SALEM, ORECION, SATURDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 25. 1922
PRICE:- FIVE CENTS
Sub-body ! of House Ways
and Means . Favors Re
porting Out Measure With
' No Provision of Source.
ISSUE JO BE STUDIED
UNTIL NEXT TUESDAY
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Some' Members. Continue to
Hold Out Against Re
;. lief . ; Legislation
. WASHINGTON, ;Fb. 24. (By
The Associated Press) Reject
ing seven io two a proposal to pay
the soldiers' tbbnus by means of a
files tax the ' 'special sub-oom-mlttee
of '.the .- Republican mem
, bers of the house way and means
committee was understood to hare
gone on record today, fire to
tour. In favor of reporting out an
adjusted ' .compensation bill ; with
out any provisions for raising the
'revenue. ;.. -,v
The sub-committee reported to
'the entire . majority membership
ef the committee later In the day
but a decision was deferred. Ad
journment was taken until next
Tuesday so as to sire committee
men, not members of l the sub
committee, : time ' to study the
whole matter. Some of those pro
fessing to hare ' sounded senti
ment among the ' majority mem
bers were of the opinion that "an
less there were unforseen devel
opments before Tusday. the ac
tion of the sub-committee .would
.be ratified. V, -..,;..'
One Motion ' Beaten
- Aside from the -ballots on the
salee tax and a bill without a-revenue
provision, there were said to
have been several other votes in
the aub-cOmmltteeTIt was learned
that a motion 'to report a. bill
" carrying , only an Insurance pro
vision was defeated, six to two.
Both proponents and opponents
of a sales tax appeared to be sur
prised by the Vote on tbe question.
Both sides apparently had ex
pected a close vote. Represent
' tlves Longworth of Ohio and
Bacharach of New Jersey, were
said to have been the only mem
bers voting for a sales tax. al
though Representatives Watson of
Pennsylvania said he favored such
a tax it a bill carrying other. than
an insurance feature were voted
OUt.l t j '( ' '.Uv -J ' i vi; ''I
. Watson Votes Against
' - On the sales tax ballot, how
ever, Mr. Watson was said to have
voted In the negative. Others re
ported, to have voted in the neg
ative were Chairman Fordney ana
Representatives. Frear. Wisconsin;
Copley. Illinois: Treadway. Massa
chusettst: Ttmberlake. Colorado
and t. Chandler. Oklahoma. Mr.
. Chandler was absent., bat Chair
- man Fordney voted his proxyJ On
- thv ballot . to ; report out a bill
without any revenue proposition
the sub-committee was said to
have divided as follows:
In ,:. favor: -;. Fordney, Frear,
ConelvJ Tlmberlake. Chandler.
'AgainstrLongworth., Bacharach.
treadway and Watson. . , - .
Four members of the sub-corn'
mlttee were reported to have fav
ored a further postponement of
the bonus legislation in tbe belief
that In time the problem of fi
nance would solve itself. Post-
. ponemeat Is opposed, however, by
a big majority of the committee
and also by many other members
of the house. Chairman Fordney
r reiterated that, a, bonus, bill
t weald be passed at this . session
- and other committeemen expres
sed the same view. . , j
Harding May Intervene j
Some supporters of a sales tax
expressed the view today that
President Harding might again
take a band In the bonus contro-
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Zey Prevost in New Orleans;
! Spirited Away, Says Attorney
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 24. A telegram from Guy
Molony; superintendent of the New Orleans police, that
he believed Zey Prevost, principal prosecution, witness
against Roscoe C ' (Fatty) Arbuckle, could be located
in that city, was received today: by Chief of Police Dan
iel J. O'BrieiL In reply, a subpoena was placed m the
mail for her and District Attorney Matthew A. Brady
telegraphed Molpny asking hira to urge the Prevost girl
to return and testify, "in the interest of justice." .
u If she does not return voluntarily, Brady said, the
testimony she gave in the police court hearing of a
murder charge against Arbuckle will be read into the
i record in his third manslaughter, trial, which is set for
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, "I am convinced she has been spirited away from
here Brady. declared, "and if she fails to return there
' can be only one conclusion drawn, because her home
and people are here." i - J7 -:;y'-: "
BORAH QUOTES FIGURES IN
OPPOSING BONUS MEASURE
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ARE of the disabled and
the world war in ten years will cost $1,500,000,000 an
ually, and the total before the
ably will attain S75,000,000,000, according to figures com
piled by Senator Borah of Idaho in opposing the bonus bill.
Pointing to the farm crisis before the nation, Senator Borah
says the farm debt has grown from $1,726,172,851 in 1910
to $8,500,000,000 today. ; Heasks what the farmers stagger
ing Under that burden will think of the nation shouldering
an additional indebtedness through the bonuff bill of S3,000,r
000,000 0 $5,250,000,000.
ALBANY MINISTER
DIES OF AILMENT
BELIEVED ANTHRAX
,ALBANY, Or., Feb. 24. A shaving brush of cheap man
ufacture, thought to have caused the death by anthrax of
Rev. W. J. Bowerman, who died here today, along with a
similar brush obtained on the local market were sent to the
laboratory of the state health department at Portland for
investigation.
These brushes were imported from China where they
were made of horse hair or boar bristles.
Dr; W. H. Davis, county health officer, believed that a
swelling of the face and neck which appeared about a week
ago and resulted in Rev. Mr. Bowerman's death, was caused
by anthrax contracted from the brush which the victim used.
Man Under Indictment
Takes His Own Life
EUGENE, Or., Feb. 24. Ben
jamin F. Chambers, Southern Pa
cific brakeman of this city, who
had been indicted by the Lane
county grand jury last Monday,
accused It a statutory crime
against a girl 11 years old, com
mitted suicide by shooting him
self through the head with a pis
tol . at his home today. He had
been : released from jail on bond.
Chambers was 45 years old and
leaves a wife. The girl who ac
cused him has been residing with
the Tamil for seTeral years.
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mentally afflicted veterans of
obligation is discharged prob
Mabel Normand Improves,
Her Physicain Reports
LOS ANGELES, Cal., Feb. 24.
Mabel Normand, film actress, ov
er whose illness anxiety was ex
pressed last night by ner pnysic
lan, was reported by him tonight
to be slightly Improved.
He said Miss Normand was
seriously ill with influenza, which
was aggravated by a nervous
breakdown the actress surrerea
following the murder ot William
Desmond Taylor, one of her clos
est friends.
Break in Cold Wave is
Not Yet Sighted Here
PORTLAND, Or., Feb. 24. A
break in the cold wave which has
been sweeping western Oregon
for three days had not been sight
ed bv the weather bureau, which
recorded a minimum temperature
of 2? dagrees today. This tem
perature was two degrees lower
than the minimum 01 me aay ue
fore, and the wind increased In
velocity. More fair weather and
more cold east winds were-fore-
cast.
In eastern Oregon the tempera
ture remained about the same as
Thursday, with Baker reporting
the coldest weather of 1 4 de
grees. In the Willamette vaUey
the mercury took a drop ana Eu
gene repotted 22 , degrees, Al
bany 2G and Balem 28 degrees.
WAREHOUSE BURNS
BOZEMAN, Mont,'' Feb.- 21.
Tho storage warehouse of the
Lovelace Wholesale Grocery com
pany was entirely . destroyed bT
firo tonight with a loss on Duua
ing and contents at between $30,
000 and T40,000. ;, . ; ' ..'
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WILL ACTON
PACIFIC PACT
Senators France, Boralt and
Johnson Prepare to Wage
Bitter Upon Four Power
Western Agreement
REPUBLICAN MINORITY
AIDED BY DEMOCRATS
President Harding Sees no
Need for Measure to Re
strict His Interests
WASHINGTON. Feb. 24.' An
agreement for final committee ac
tion tomorrow on the four-power
Pacific treaty was reached by sen.
ate leaders today after the admin-
istration forces and a grop ot
Republican reseryationists j had
port of a new! com-1
oromifw iRrvttnn Th ?com-
promise was laid berore the- com-
mittee by Senator Brandeget, Re.
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as a substitute both for ue com-
promise suggested yesterda by
Senator Lodge, the commtttee
chairman, and for the reservation
previously presented by Senator
Brandegee. which was said to have
been found inaceptable to the
White House.
f SVY4 Wl fft.n V ... h n J A m
stood that the new draft would
be satisfactory to Mr. Harding and
predicted that it would be given
n
erTation foiiow-
"The United States understands
loat under the statement in the
preamble or under the terms ot
this treaty there is commitment to
armed force, no alliance, no ob
ligation to join in any defense
Pact is Opposed "
That only opposition to the
draft from the Republican side of
the confmittee is said to have
come from Senators Johnson of
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California, and Borah. Idaho, wholhnmo hir aronrmpnta that
contended that It did not saffi-1
ciently disclaim any moral or lega
obligation to maintain the right3 ine traceaoie accent 01 me
of the other treaty signatories, J speakers from Vancouver car-
and did not give to congress tbel.--j .vprvnT,p olnntr with them
right to pas3 on all adjustments
reached nnder the treaty provis
ions. Both of these restrictions
were set forth especially in the
original Brandegee proposal.
On the Democratic side Senator
Pomerene of Ohio was said to
ave led the fight against the res
ervation, attempt to eliminate the
words 'no alliance' o nthe ground
that to include them was to deny
directly the lanruaee of the trea -
ty. The motion still was pending
when the committee adjourned
with unanimous agreement to vote
on the treaty itself and all pro -
posed reservations.
One Ojection Given
Meantime at the White House,
it was said that President Harding
still saw not the slightest occasion
for any reservation on the four
power treaty. There is one very
simple objection to a reservation.
it was said. It is that if this gov
eminent cannot do things design
ed to promote understandings and
ring nations into accord without
having, such things vetoed by con
gress or the senate. It will be in
a very poor position to accomplish
anything in the world
It was declared that the presi
dent would not have been agree
able to any 1 reservation which
would have prohibited him from
carrying on negotiations or con
ferences without the approval of
the senate. It was explained, how
ever, that there would be no ob
jection to a clarifying reservation
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It was also explained that ;. the
nrpsident could not and would not
enter into treaties or use military
force without the sanction of con-
gress as provided in the consti-
tution. '
. In the senate itself, debate pro-
ceeded today on the seperatelef the teachers also are down HI
treaty with Japan regaraing xap
ana me omer iormer utnuiq
islands north of the equator. Sen
ators Pittman of Nevada. Reed of
Missouri and Watson of Georgia,
all Democrats, in turn attacked
certain prvolsions of the treaty
a nit nntlra wan rlvnn hv Senator
France, Republican, Maryland,
that he. would begin a speech In
nnnosltlon which mirht last sev-
eral days.
Attack Conference .
Both Senators Reed and Wat -
son Included in their addresses a
general attack on the arms con
ference series of treaties. Mr.
di stressed to assail George Harvey.
American ambassador at London,
whose recall he demanded. Sen
ator Watson tnade only a short
address, in which he asked that
this government should not, by
accepting the arms " conference
program, "become an accomplice
of Japan and stain ourselves with
- iner criminal' record.
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A1ETTE GIRLS WIN
HAS CLEAN SWEEP OF VICTORY
Mbs Jocghlin and Miss
BlatcWord Defeat Brit
ish Colombia Students in
First International Ar
gument Willamette university won
first honors in the women's
international collegiate debate
held here last night with the
University of BritishColum
bia, Vancouver, by a vote of
2 to 1.
The victors held the af
firmative of the question,
Resolved, That the western
nations and Japan are justi-
f led in refusing to relinquish
thpir r Prritnrial rights which
v j -n.s u
iey uiu in Kjiiui vy treaty.
The Willamette speakers were
Miss Louise Joughlin and
Miss Lorlei Blatchford.
Governor Ben W. Olcott,
Attorney James Heltzel, and
t?PV j j Evans were the
judges. Dean Alden of Wil
lamette university was the
! chairman. The decisions were
based upon 50 per cent on the
platform appearance ana
manner of presentation and
50 j,. cent for argumenta-
tion.
I The poise, enunciation, ap-
I pearance, and enthusiasm as
I Well as argument Of the af
I firm! vp rpsiilt in the de-
i . . in: ,4-
"s.lon- T J11 weTe
driven home with a punch
The British debaters attract
ed the audience by their at
tractive manners and pleas
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Hlg personality, ineinvaaers
I also had a manner of driving
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s unique and impressive.
in verv word.
Miss Joughin opened the argu
ment by outlining the points and
arguments of the affirmative. The
answering shot was by Miss Sallee
Murphhy who made clear the lines
of attack of the negative.
Miss Blatchford, the second
speaker for the affirmative show
up splendidly in her platform
l presence and manner of argument.
I She swayed the audience. Miss
Dorthy Walsh, the big gun of the
I visitors, made quick, cutting, con
1 cise arguments that nearly yreck
ed those of the affirmative. Her
aopearance was cause for a round
of applause.
Miss Murphy and Miss Walsh
are both juniors at the University
of British Columbia and members
pf the. Women's Literary society.
This is their first appearance in
intercollegiate debate. They both
have an active part in the activi
ties of the student body at Van
couver. Miss Blatchford is an experi
enced debater, having won her
Bar-W in last year's battles. Her
experience was'largely responsible
for this victory. Miss Jopghin
is a debater rltb high school ex
perience, this being her first ap
pearance on a college team.
Polk Teachers Institute
Postponed Because of Flu
DALLAS. Or.. Feb. 24. (Spe-
cial to The Statesman.) The
local Teachers' institute which
i was to hare been held in West
Salem on Saturday. February 25,
has been postponed bv School Su-
penntnuent jonian wms on ac
count of the number of cases of
influenza among the pupils. Tie
disease which is of a light form
has taken hold in practically
every district In the county. Many
wlth the epidemic
Mrs. Patricia Porter
Succumbs to Pneumonia
Mrs. Patricia Porter, wife ot
W. H. Porter, died yesterday at
the nome or ner motner, Mrs. tk.
L Penton. 1405 Lee street, at the
ace of 24 years. Death was
1 cauased by pneumonia.
Mrs. Porter is survived by her
- 1 husband, a son 15 months old, her
j mother and two sisters. The sis-
ters are Mrs. Robert E. Davey and
Mrs. Eugene Halley, both of Sa
lem. Funeral announcements are to
be made later.
THE WEATHER
-.Saturday,; rain south; i cloudy
north portion: . moderate easterly
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CANADIANS; SEEM HIGH
FARMER FALLS,
LANTERN SETS
BARN ON FIRE
Four-Thousand-Dollar Struc
ture on Vearrier Ranch Near
Silverton Destroyed
SILVEKTON, Or.. Feb. 24.
(Special to The Statesman) The
$4000 barn which was built four
years ago on the W. H. Vearrier
ranch south of Silverton was com
pletely destroyed by, fire Tuesday
evening, 1
wiiiiam vearrier, a son of the
owner, went to the barn about 8
o'clock to do the evening chores.
He carried a iant;vn, a usual.
He climbed to the hay loft with
the lantern and began to walk
along a plank which led through
a passageway ?etween the lofts
The plank gave way and he fell
to the floor below, a dsitance of
10 feet. He was knocked uncon
scious by the fall and the lighted
lantern set the straw on fire.
Mrs- Vearrier happened to
glance out of the window and dis
covered the fire. Mr. Vearrier
rushed at once to the barn where
he found his son just gaining con
sciousness. By this time the fire
I had made too much advancement
to save the barn. However, the
horses and cattle which were
housed in the barn were saved.
A silo, some farm machinery and
10 tons of hay and straw were
burned.
The barn carried an insurance
of 2000. Mr. Vearrier says he
will begin to build again as soon
as the insurance is adjusted.
SALEM TO HAVE
List of Permits Growing at
Office of City Recorder
Earf Race
Even the old reliable pessimists
would be obliged to relent a bit if
they should stroll into the office
of City RecorderEarI Race and
scan the list of building permits
issued during the past two weeks
Since the first of the new year,
more permits have been issued
than during the first six month
of the year 1921.
Here are the ' permit descrip
tions:
Marion county courthouse, al
terations in building. Perrel and
company, contractors. Cost 55500.
Charles Bayes, one story frame
aweiimg at 2085 South Church
street. C. S. Robinson, contractor.
Cost 12000.
Standard
building at
streets. Al
Cost $330.
Oil company, office
sixteenth and Oak
Slewert contractor,
w. m. Burger, to erect a one
and one-half story dwelling at
40S North Sixteenth street to cost
13000.
O. E. Price, one story frame
Ptructure to be erected at 260
South Twenty-third street at
cost of $2500.
. H. R. McDowell, one story
frame dwelling at 1515 Bellevue
Etreet. to cost $2500
O. E. Price, one story fram
residence at 44 North Cottoge at
a cost of $5000
Thomas Kellaher, one and one
half story dwelling at 1250 D
street. Cost $2000.
Bleasing Granite company. To
erect a one story frame building
at the City View cemetery at
cost of $400.
Edgar Rowland, to build a one
story frame dwelling, 2095 South
Church street at a cost of $2000.
FALLS III BASKET
Bluebeard of Gambais Guil
lotined as First Rays of
Dawn Appear
VERSAILLES. Feb. 25. Henri
Landrti. the "Bluebeard of Gam
bais." was guillotined at 6:50 this
morning.
Landru died gamely. He walk
ed the few paces from the jail
door to the guillotine unaided.
His head fell Into the basket as
the first rays of dawn gleamed in
the sky
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DEBATE
Jefferson and Silverton
Fall Before Forensic On
slaught of Local Students
in Discussion of Plumb
Plan
TRIANGLE DEBATE
RESULTS
At Salem; Salem affirma
tive wins from Silverton neg
ative by unanimous decision.
At Jefferson Salem nega-
t: : t m
lIve wins irom wenerson ai
firmative by unanimous deci
sion.
At Silverton Jefferson
negative wins from Silverton
affirmative by two to one
vote.
Salem's debating Teams both
scored 100 per cent victories last
igkt when Silverton and Jeffer
son debate teams lost to the lo
cal high school. Judges decisions
In each case were 3 to 0.
Kenneth Perry and Ralph Em
mons made np the negative team
which took the laurels In the con
test at Jefferson. Benoit MeCros-
key and Ward Southworth com
posed the affirmative side ot the
Salem group, which met Silverton
debaters on the platform of the
Salem high school auditorium.
The tuestion for debate was:
Resolved, That the Plumb Plan
of
railway control and manage
ment should be enacted into law,
Judges at Jefferson were Pro
fessors Earle Wells. P. Horace
Wllliston and L. Tresser, ot .Or
egon Agricultural coUege, Corval
lis. Judges who passed upon the
Salem-Silverton debate were Pro
fessor Hewitt, of Willamette on
IverBlty, Dr. John H. Gilbert and
Professor Roland A. Miller of Un
Iverslty of Oregon, Eugene; Rob
ert Littler of Willamette univer
sity, officiated as chairman of the
event at Salem.
The other match of the triangle
was at Silverton where the Sil
verton affirmative team lost to
the Jefferson negative team by
two to one vote of the Judges.
The Silverton debaters were John
Larson and Alexander Borvlk.
and the Jefferson speakers were
Blay and Albert.
The judges were W. G. Beatty,
J. P. V. Butler and P. B. 8venson,
all of Monmouth. .
Portland Girl Wanders
In Cold, State Critica
PORTLAND, Ore.. Feb. 24.
Unconscious, her pose and ears
frozen. 11-year-old Hilgard Hau
bold, daughter of Mr. and Mrs
George Haubold, was found "under
tbe back steps ot their home early
today. She had been missing since
Wednesday..
Apparently she had been wan
dering in the cold for nearly two
days and two nights, with the
thermometer below the freezing
point.
According to police, she was
suffering so keenly from exposure
that no coherent statement could
be obtained.
Police investigators have been
unable to gain any evidence of
why she left home, other than
that she had been punished Wed
nesday, they said.
Medical Student Pleads
Not Guilty of Murder
SPOKANE. Marris Codd, young
medical student charged with
causing the death here of Private
Frank Brinton, today pleaded not
guilty to a charge of first degr.ee
murder, and was ordered held
without bond. He is said to have
thrown Brinton over a balustrade
in a downtown office building,
causing injuries from which the
man later died. Codd's attorneys
entered a special plea of tempor
ary Insanity, at todays arraign
ment.
Government Employe Confesses
He Wrote Black Hand Missive
WASHINGTON, Feb. 24. George E. Dong, a clerk
in the bureau of insular affairs of the war department
since 1904, confessed today, according to the police, to
the authorship of blackhand letters recently received
by Henry White, former ambassador to France, and by
several women prominent in Washington society. Tha
letters demanded large sums of money and threatened
death if the sums were not forthcoming.
Long was taken into ; custody today after depart
ment of justice agents were said to have traced the let
ters to him by a peculiarity in the handwriting and t:
a water mark used in war department stationery.
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One Unnamed 1 Soldier S:
lected to Represent V,
Who Died in Recent Die
aster of Air. ; s
IMPRESSIVE RITES
AT NEWPORT NEW!
Airplanes Circle Above Cata
falque and Strew Flow
ers on Coffin
NEWPORT NEWS. Va.. Feb
2 4 .- An unnamed soldier f rr
among the dead In the disasu .
to the airship Roma was select
as representative of all those wL
gave their lives in the fatal nigh
for - a public funeral which va
held here today. ,
Resting In a plain casket
der the folds of the flag on ;
grassy prominence in the centc
of a hugh hollow square, he re
ceived for himself and .the' Z:
others who died In the dlsastc
a last farewell from his comrade
and from others among, whom 1:
had lived. .
Plans Are Changd
It has been planned for New
port News and other cities nc
Langler field to do honor at
public funeral for all the mc
who died when the great arm.
airship Roma was destroyed lar
Tuesday but. because many ot it
oodles, destined for homes i.
widely separated parts of th
country, had been sent from tL
city earlier,' It was arranged f :
only one body to represent all &
the service. 6o a lone soldi'
without a name was chosen frc:
among those remaining that a"
nugnt be noaored.
Moving in funeral step to tt
strains of the Dead March frc:
Saul, played by a band frc:
Langley field, the funeral procf
sion entered the square whlc!
had been roped oft on the Casin
grounds overlooking the Jsmc
river. Gathered about thesauan
were the thousands, .
. Airplanes Scatter Flowers
As the body was laid on It
natural catafalque a squad of air
planes from army and navy fly
ing stations nearby swept In gres:
circles Igh over the flag-cano-p'.ed
coffin, swinging bearer ar. '
nearer to earth In ever-small e:
turns. Finally with a might:
roar they swooped one by on
over the square, scattering show
ers of ' Hires and crushed ton
leavei.
There was a short prayer - tr
Chaplain Samuel 3. Smith e
Fortress Monroe, and another b;
the Rev. J. B. DeGafterelly of th!
city. Attorney General John R.
Saunders of Virginia delivered e
eulogy. , r ' ,
Then a crisp order rang ou
and the rifles of a Langley tlel
firing squad clicked - their cart
ridges into place. Three shir,
volleys cracked and as the echo
died, a bugler's notes mounte
the breeze with the soldier's la
farewell.
During the funeral service
which were attended by repreten
tatlves of every military, cor.,
mercial and civic organization
and of the state and city govern
ments, every business house ir
Newport News remained closed
Flags were at half mast through
out the day all over this sectlor
of tbe state and church bell
tolled.
Bread in Spokane Goes
to Ten Cents a Lea:
SPOKANE, Wash., Feb. 24.
Bread goes to 10 cents a loaf ft
Spokane Monday, tho master lak
ers announced today. The nev.
price Is based on the higher price
ot flour, which since the sev
year; have climbed over $2.50 t
barrel and a 25 per cent inerems
in the price of fats. It Is said
This Increase Is one cent a loaf
both wholesale and retail. In mot
cases.
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