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OREGON
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: COMMITTEE
Ralph Williams Is Named
!Chairman of Committee
on Policies and Planks for
June Convention
CLEVELAND WINNER IN
RACE FOR CONVENTION
New Apportionment Gives
1 109 Delegates as Against
; 984 in 1920
WASHINGTON', Dec. 12. The
1924 Republican national conven
tion will be held at Cleveland as
favored by administration leaders
and will assemble on June 10.
In making this decision- today
the Republican national commit
tee, in annual meeting, also up
set its delegate reapportionment,
designed to decrease the power of
southern states in the convention
and voted after a sharp fight to
maintain the south's representa
tion while at the same time in
creasing largely the voting
strength of northern Republican
states. Under the new reappor
tionment there , will be 1,109 del
egates in the 1924 convention, the
largest in the party's history, as
compared with 984 in 1920.
Cleveland Easy Winner ,
Cleveland, with the administra
tion backing, was an easy winner
of the convention. With Chicago
withdrawn under administration
behest, the vote was 39 for Cleve
land, 10 for San Francisco and
one for Des Moines., but ' Cleve
land's selection later was made
unanimous. Chicago will now at
tempt to' obtain the Democratic
national convention which is to be
fixed here at a meeting of the
. Democratic national committee
January 15.
With the choice of Cleveland a
foregone conclusion, the unexpect
ed fight over the convention re
appointment furnished the chief
interest of the final meeting today
of the Republican leaders. y The
proposal for restoration of the
Southern Delegates promptly de
veloped into a new campaign issue.
It was attacked vigorously by Sen
ator Howell of Nebraska, who led
an unsuccessful fight against its
ariontirm. an a "distinct backward
step." He expressed fear that, the
? "seeds sown" might reap a harvest
Similar LU tue uuu muuni ui cotu
of 1912. '- ' ; ' v
Committed Entertained
Supporters of the new reappor
tionment plan, however, declared
It Was ;"just and fair'," giving no
''political 'advantage , anywhere. In
'that 'a ' much larger increase was
iiven Northern Republican states
than those of the "solid south."
J Senator "Pepper of Pennsylvania,
ri ii t S rtr nf - tha rnmmlftfro ranln-
ti on '"revising thy convention roll,
' declared " that, though the larger
proportionate increase for the
north and the restoration of a del
egate to each congressional dis
trict of the country it was a fair
and equitable basis.
J?t "After completing the convention
plans',' the national committee and
they associate women members
"--were guests of President and Mrs.
Coolidge at luncheon at the White
House. JThere were no speeches.
'Before adjournment Chairman
Adams ' appointed committees on
contention arrangements, policies
! and" " platform and delegate con
tests, The committee adopted res
olutions expressing, their sense of
'loss In the death of President
'Harding. Resolutions also were
- adopted in memory of deceased
'committeemen.
' : l . r ' .
Williams Heads Group
The -new convention roll of
1,109 was adopted after a viva
voce vote upon motion of Charles
ID.' Hilles, New York member to
"reconsider the reappointment pro-
viding'for'l.OSS delegates with re
duced southern representation as
ordered by the 1920 convention.
;This followed the protest
against the 1,036 basis yesterday
T1'? (Continued on page 2)
THE WEATHER
OREGON Thursday fair ex
cept rain near the coast; mod
erate southeasterly winds. 1 1
LOCAL WEATHER
Maximum temperature 48.
'Minimum temperature 34.
River 5.3, falling! '
Rainfall; trace.
'Atmosphere, cloudy.
Wind;' northeast. '
ENTIRE
SCHOOL
UNDER
OFTH
Adenoid?, Festering Tonsils and Cankered Pal
ates Put Children in Miserable State Need
of County Nurse Apparent After Investiga
tion Emphatic Demand to Be Made.
That the school children of the county are suffering from j
the need of a county school nurse might be a logical deduction j
from a report made yesterday to Mrs. J. A. Carson, president!
of .the Marion County Health association. The report states !
that in a small town of the county all of the children in the j
school were found to have throats in frightful condition with
infection infected tonsils, large adenoids, and swollen palates !
with white spots and cankerous surfaces.
-One child was found to have been neglected 'so long that :
the palate has grown to the side of the throat, jwhile yet an-j
other little one has a throat so full of adenoids and tonsils that '
his speech cannot be understood
DESPITE CHANGE
Five Senators Leave Pro
gressives to Join Demo
ocratic Forces
WASHINGTON, Dec. 12.
Sharp shifting of lines in the sen
ate today failed to break the
deadlock over the election of a
chairman of the interstate com
merce committee and after three
ballots the senate adjourned until
Saturday with an agreement that
further voting will be deferred un
til Monday.
Five of the seven senators who
since the beginning of the dead
lock last Monday has supported
Senator La Follette of Wisconsin,
the Republican insurgent leader,
voted today for Senator Smith of
South Carolina, the Democratic
candidate, but he failed by one
vote to obtain the majority neces
sary for election. One Democrat,
Senator Bruce, Maryland, bolted
his party ticket, supporting Sena
tor Cummins, Republican, Iowa.
After adjournment, Senator
Brookhart, Republican, Iowa,
started the insurgent vote for
Smith, said it looked as though
there had been a "secret bi-parti
san understanding because here is
a Democrat who voted for Smith
everytime until his vote would
have elected him and then voted
for Senator Cummins."
i Denying that he had had any
understanding wfth the Republi
cans before be changed his vote.
Senator Bruce, in a formal state
ment, declared he had acted sole
ly upon his own initiative.
"I changed my vote," he said,
"because it seemed to me that the
Democratic members of the sen
ate had arrived at a point in the
deadlock at which they were mere
ly playing into the hands of the
La Follette-Magnus Johnson
Brookhart radical element, which,
it soon became apparent, were op
posing Senator Cummins for no
reason in the world but because
he is, perhaps, the most conspicu
ous representative
in congress of
the sounder and saner public
views relating to the railroads and
the vital popular interests that
cluster about them.
"When I learned just before the
senate met today that the La Fol
lette group were about to shift to
Senator Smith under circumstan
ces that it seemed to me would
make the election of Senator
Smith not a Democratic triumph,
but rather a significant one for
Senator La Follette" and his fol
lowing, I decided that the inevit
able split between the Conserva
tive and radical members of the
senate had come and that it was
time for me to obey my profound
est instincts and convictions."
McArthur Funeral Set
For Saturday Afternoon
Funeral services for the late
Clifton N. McArthur. ex-represen
tative from the third district, will
be hell from Trinity Episcopal
cliurch n Portland Satur-Iv af
ternoon at 2 o'clock. Dr. . A.
Morrison, rector of Trinity, will
conduct the services.
Mr. McArthur had expressed the
wish that his funeral be held f'am
T r;.nity. 'Ie had been a member
of th F.piscepal faith for som-j
time. Mrs. McArthur and her
mother are expected to re.tch
Portland from New York Saturday
morning. The services havo been
deferred until their arrival. . Place
hi burial had not been Jecided
last night. ' v
Several state officials and friends
of -Mr. McArthur plan to attend
the funeral.
DEADLOCK W
IS
AFFLICTION
i
ROAT DISEASE
by the teacher.
j "It has come to the point where i
j the people of the .county demand j
the services of a county nurse," i
Mrs. Carson declares, "and if they
don't get the nurse they will peti- j
tion for a full time doctor and two 1
nurses. They need the health ser- i
vice. They want it and they are ;
going to have It!"
The feeling of the people in the
outlying country districts in the
cause is evidenced in the returns j
that have so far come in from
the sale of the tuberculosis Christ !
mas- seals. At the end of the first !
week of the drive, the district j
school teachers ahe sending for j
more stamps, and Silverton. ,after j
having sold stamps amounting to
$200 ordered $50 more yesterday.
Last year the sale of Christmas
seals in Silverton amounted to
only $84. After having sold their
allotment of $100 during the first'
week, Woodburn also sent in a j
call for $50 extra in stamps.
TRIAL FOR MURDER
Defense Will Be Based on
Defendants Age and In
fluence of Uncle
COQUILLE, Or.. Dec. 12. A
jury was obtained late-today for
the trial of Alton Covell, 16 yea!
old Bandon boy who faces a
charge of first degree murder In
connection with the killing of his
stepmother, Mrs Ebba Covell. Cir
cuit Judge Kendall adjourned
court until tomorrow after the
jury was sworn In.
The defense indicated its case
would be based upon the youth of
the defendant and undue Influence
which his uncle, Arthur Covell,
crippled astrologer, had upon him.
Arthur Covell is now under death
sentence as accomplice in the kill
ing. One woman and 11 nfen com
pose the jury. -They are: Harvey
Vaughn, Marshfield; Thomas Har-
vey, Marshfield; D. L. Bucking
ham. Marshfield; W. H. Harvey,
Lee; Alfred Mitchen, Lakeside;
(John Luttrell, -Bancroft; Mrs.
Clara Krantz, Coquille; Charles
Kaiser, North Bend; George Mc
Cullohc, Lakeside; Ellis Dement,
Myrtle Point; C. A. Boyrie, Ban
don; Otto Davis, Coquille.
BANuOM YOUTH QN
BARGAIN WEEK HAS
ARRIVED IN CONTEST
Three Times Regular Number of Votes Given
on All Subscriptions Secured This Week
Biggest Offer Yet
(By the Contest Editor)
Statesman contestants' attention!
This is Bargain Week in the bijr
$2,000 automobile prize competi
tion. Three times the regular
number of votes will be given on
all subscriptions secured this
week. Look over the late sched
ule given below. It is for this
week only.
Schedule of votes between the
dates of December 10-1.1.
Length of
subscriptions.
One month . . .
Two months . .
Three months
Six months . . .
One year .....
Two years . . .'.
Three years . .
Triple
Votes.
. . 2.700
5.400
7.950
.. 22.500
.. 90.000
.,225,000
. .405,000
HELD 10 DAYS
IN OAK TREE-
MAN SET FREE
Half Hour Required to Chop
Prisoner Out of Cavity
in Tree
SAN ANTONIO, Tex., Dec. 12.
Imrisoned for 10 days in the
hollow of a giant oak tree into
which he had fallen, Harry Corn
stock, 31, was rescued late today
j by Briar county deputy sheriffs
and farmers who cut into the tree
j with axes. He had been without
food or drink during his Imprison
' ment.
Corns! oek told those who res
cued him that he climbed into the
tree to seek shelter and that he
fell into the deep hollow of The
treo. He tried to get out but
failed. At intervals for 10 days
he shouted for help.
At noon today some one walk
ing through the Otto Relley ranch
heard a cry for help. Finally it
was traced to the oak tree and it
took half an hour to hew into the
trunk where the man was impris
oned. He was so weak that he
'oull hardly speak.
IUEUV LIFE 6IVE N
BY II. S. APPROVAL
Government Sanction of Un
official Participation Is
Appreciated
PARIS. Dec. 12. (By .the As
sociated Press.) The Washington
administration has given new life
fo the reparations commission's ac
tivities by approving unofficial
American participation in the two
expert committees which are to
investigate Germany's resources
and examine how the budget of
the reich may be balanced.
Tentative discussion of the
makeup of the committees is ex
pected at a special meeting to
morrow, but serious consideration
of the names of available mem
bers will be left until Sir John
Bradbury, who is returning to
London Saturday, has had a talk
on th-3 subject with Premier Baldwin-
It is accepted that the gen
eral policy will be that the mem
ber'? of the committees must first
of all be highly representative of
finance nd economics and. second
be satisfactory to the governments
of the countries from which they
are chosen.
The lively satisfaction expressed
In French official circles at the
American decision is shared in
reparations headquarters where it
Is generally thought the work of
the committees will be as the
White House statement remarked,
of great value. While their work
wRl b only consultative and not
binding-either on the commission
or the governments ' whose nation
als take part lii the "work, there is
great hope that the results will
pave the way to a final reparations
settlement.
It is remarked In the French
press that although the conditions
under which the committees will
work are not exactly as desired
by Secretary Hughes, they may be
so interpreted under article 23 4
of the treaty of Versailles asto
give all the latitude favored by the
head of the American cabinet.
Four years 606,000
Five years . . 864,000
Now Is the Time to.Get Buoy
Contestants low in the race, or
prospective contestants who have
not entered the race as yet, will do
v.ell to get busy at once on this
special vote schedule offer.
This triple vote offer will give
those low in the race, as well as
new contestants, an excellent op
portunity to make up for last ti.ne
and it will give those who have
already got started an opportunity
to lay up a big reserve force for
the finish.
Nominations Should he Made Xovr
.New auto contestants who are
contemplating entering the compe
tition should enroll now. Get an
"early start on the triple vote offer.
lit is for this week only.
JAPANESE FOLK
ARE GRATEFUL
TO AMERICANS
Western Nation's Might and
Warm Heart Strengthened
Earthquake Victims
WASHINGTON, Dec. 12. Am
bassador Hanihara of Japan, ad
dressing the annual meeting to
day of the general board of the
American Red Cross, said the sym
pathy and help of America at the
time of the earthquake disaster
had deeply touched the Japanese
people. He declared his country
men in their suffering were
strengthened by the knowledge
that America stood ' beside them
with "her might and warm heart."
James L. Fieser, acting chair
man, reported to the board that
a total of $11,400,000 had beea
collected for Japanese relief.
Declaring that interest in the
lied Cross was greater than at any
timp since the war, Mr. Fieser
said religious, labor, commercial
aud civil movements throughout
the country now recognized the
organization "as their instrument
and kept in touch with it and back
r it."
The board re-elected the follow
ing national officers:
Robert W Deforest and Chief
Justice William H. Taft, vice pres
idents; James M. Beck, counseller.
Elliot Wadsworth. treasurer and
Miss Mabel T. Boardman, secre
tary. A memoritl resolution was pass
ed in tribute to the late Colonel
Edward W. Ryan of Scranton,
Penn.. who died while engaged in
Red Cross relief work in Persia
after the earthquake last May.
HUE DISSATISFIED
Powerful Rules Committee
Assignments Opposed in
Caucus
WASHINGTON, Dec. 12. Dis
satisfaction over the representa
tion accorded by Republican or
ganization leaders to Democrats
and Republican insurgents on the
powerful house rules committee
cropped out today at a caucus of
house Democrats.
Representative Moore of Virgin
ia attempted to pledge the mem
bers of his party to vote to dis
place two of the eight Republi
cans selected for membership on
the committee with a Democrat
and Representative Nelson of Wis
consin, leader of the house insur
gents. After several hours debate
his proposal was rejected.
Had the Virginia member's mo
tion to insist on a change of com
mittee personnel prevailed, the
Democrats attending the caucus
would have been bound to vote to
oust two Republicans from the
committee, when the question
comes before the house, probably
Friday. As it is. the minority, in
the opinion of its leaders, is under
obligation to ratify the rules com
mittee slates of both the Republi
cans and Democrats thereby pre
eluding any possibility of the in
surgents blocking organization of
the committee and tying up leeis
lative business.
Clackamas County Bankers
Guests of Local Group
Four members of the Clacka
mas County Rankers' association
were guests of the Marion county
association la.st night for dinner
at the Gray Belle and a business
meeting later.
Ralph A. Blanchard of Portland
;iave a talk to the members on
bank investments. The meeting
was attended by 27 members of
the association. Members of the
Clackamas county association at
tending were M. D. Latourette,
Percy Cauficld and John H.
Humphreys, all of Oregn City, and
Charles J. Sederek, Oswego.
Russell Smith, assistant vice
president of the Bank of Italy,
San Francisco, was also a guest
for the evening. He spoke briefly
to the members.
McAdoo Announces His
Candidacy Informally
LOS ANGELES, Dec. 12. Wil
liam Gibbs McAdoo informally an
nounced his candidacy for the
Democratic nomination for presi
dent during an address here today
before the Democratic Luncheon
club and the Women's Democrat
ic league. The announcement
was contained In this statement:
I am made to v feel that my
California friends have designs on
me. Whatever the future may
have in store, California at least
is double-barreled for this presi
dential election. Of one thing -we
are certain, California is gaing to
be more on the map in the future
than ever It has been in the past."
HOUSE DEMOCRATS
"DOING A WONDERFUL WORK"
I
! "These records have been
t .r r i i
xor your special vrsioganj eumon. ixo paper in uregon nas
ever had so good an opportunity to publish so much good
material.
"You are doing a Wonderful work; and I am going
to have your Slogan man over here next month to tell a lot
of other fellows how you do it, even if I, have to blackjack
him." -
The above are some of the words in a private note to
the editor from C. J. Mcintosh, the publicity man of Ore
gon Agricultural college. The Slogan .man is thankful for
the compliment. There is no , secret about the Slogan
work; no patent; no franchise. It is just founded on the
hard facts of the wonderful advantages and opportunities
of the Salem district; many of them exclusive advantages.
Just that the hard facts plus hard work; painstaking
work and long hours.
CI MM
HOLDS REUNION
War Time Days Recalled
Around Banquet Board at
the Gray Belle
Sis years asn Company' M.
lG2nd Infantry, was about "24
hours at sea and headed for tin
war zone. Lust. night between SO
and 60. members of the old com
mand gathered at the Gray Belle
for their fourth annual reunion
after their return following . then
war. The men came from the en
tire Salem district.
No regular program was follow
ed, the men spending a great por
tion of the meeting to general dis
cussing, "parley-yous-ing" and in
reminiscences oi their war time
experience. Impromptu, speeches
were given by a majority the men,
with special talks by David Has
sel, '"chaplain' and "Roaring"
Jack Bartlett. Paul Hendricks
presided as toastmaster. , Captain
Roy Neer and Major Miller were
present, though other distinguish
ed guests were unable to attend.
METHODISTS TO
RESTORE LOSSES
Salem District to Assist in
Getting Japanese Work
Back to Normal
A movement was Iami"-.'1 at " '
meeting of Methodist 'v ' :s :
Kimball School or Theo'.'V List r
night whereby this dlstrlc"- s!iare;j
in restoring the f 1,600. 00 'worth !
of Methodist property lo:r in fV.o
Japanese earthquake will i.e nn
dertaken.
It was a sub-district m.etsrr, -
the Salem district of the Ore:.,
conference, and other 4ini'':u .
meetings will be called by Rev. i:-.
E. Gilbert, superintendent, r.t
other points later in the month
Pastors and laymen were present
from several churches, represent
ing the official church boards, the
Sunday schools. the Epworth
leagues and the Women's Foreign
Missionary societies. The plan" is
for every member of these organi
zations and of the churches them
selves to mke cash contributions
n? Christmas gifts to the restor
ation fund. Churches and mis
sions that were destroyed by the
earthquake are to be rebuilt and
other property restored.
Dr. C. W. Huett of Albany, who
was eight years a missionary in
Japan, spoke at the meeting.
This morninpr Bishop Shepard
and all the district superintend
ents of the Oregon conference will
meet at Kimball school for a fur
ther discussion of the Japanese
situation, and also shape up the
conference's part in the general
missionary program of the Metho
dist church which is to call for a
fund of I1S.500.000 annually. The
drive will take place in February
and March.
The bishop and the superinten
dents w-ill be dinner guests of
President and Mrs. E. C. Hick
man of Kimball" school.
Salem Men Injured in
Accident at Silverton
SILVERTON. Ore.. Dec. 12.
(Special to The Statesman) .-An
accident occurred injuriner two
men and completely wrecking a
car at the Southern Pacific- rail
way crossing at the depot Tuesday
evening at about 6 o'clock. Eye
witnesses say that the driver of
the car failed to see the signal
and started to cror.s the track Just
as a logging train backed up.' The
car was thrown off the track. It
is understood that the men were
not seriously injured. No one
seems to know who the five men
in the car were but it is said that
they were from Salem and that
the names of the two Injured ones
are Charles Okerburg and Floyd
Hamilton.
brought up td December 10
ht "v i
I
IS YET MYSTERY
Polk County Farmer Found
Dead With - .Gunshot
Wound in Breast
No solution of the cause of the
death of C. Frank ' , Probst. 56.
whose body was found Tuesday
with a small gun-shot wound in
the upper left breast at the en
trance to a shed on hist farm near
Perrydale, in Polk county, had
been found yesterday. Whether
death was by suicide, accident or
murder, has not been determined.
When' found by hia wife, a shot
gun was lying across his feet. One
shell in the' gun had been' dis
charged. f-
As far as could le learned yesterday-Probst
had been in normal
health and members of his family
profess ignorance .as to any mo
tive that might have-led to his tak
ing "his own life. He left the
house" about an hour before his
body was found by his wife, who
said she had heard no shots. As
jvas his custom, he took his dog
and gun, with him.
From the nature of the wound
it is believed that death -did not
result from the shotgun, giving
rise to the murder theory. , Late
Wednesday Coroner Hinckle, of
Dallas, had ifot decided whether
an Inquest would be held or not.
Mr. Probst had been a resident
of Polk county for 16 years and
was engaged in the furniture and
:urdware business In Dallas untU
trading for the farm property a
;;v years ago. He was born in
Indiana and was married to MI.js
iga Stafrin In 1901. ( There are
. o children. Conrad Stafrin, for
mer adjutant general-of the state
is a brother-in-law. The funeral
v.ill probably be held Saturday.
in dativcK in Indiana have been ,no-
.:iif U. - t . V
FOR PRESIDENT
Either White, Mickel orC. S.
Hamilton May Head Cham-r-
ber of Commerce
Names of three prominent Sa
lem business men were placed In
nomination for the office of presi
dent of the Chamber of Commerce
by the nominating committee.
These men are Harley O. White,
C. S. Hamilton and A. A. Mickel.
and the selection of the president
will be made at the regular elec
tion Friday night, at the Chamber
of Commerce auditorium. Mem
bers of the nominating committee
were U. G. Boyer, Dr. J. H. Garn
jobst and W. L. Minier.
Others named for important of
fices in the organization, three of
whom are named for each office
in compliance with the by-laws of
the Chamber of Commerce, were:
Vice president E. T. Barnes,
George W. Hug and IT. S. Page.
Secretary T. M. Hicks, W. T.
Jenks and Paul Johnson.
Treasurer H.'V. Compton, Roy
Burton and J. H. Albert.
Social department Dr. Henry
E. Morris, E. Cooke Patton and O.
A. Hartman.
Civic departments-John H. Far
rar, L. W. Gleason and W. H.
Dancy. "
Industrial department Fred A.
Erixon, George Vick and C. F.
Giese. "
Legislative department Dr
E. Fisher, W. C. Dyer and Dr
E.
B.
F. Pound.
Agricultural departmen t
George Grabenhorst, John H.
Scott and D. D.'Socolofsky..
BODY FOUND
BAY OCEAN,- Or., Dec. 12.
While hunting ducks, Arthur
Springer of this place discovered
the headless body of a man, on the
beach, half a -mile from the chan
nel entrance to. Tillamook Bay,
DEATH OF PRODS
HREF IN H
RILEY TALKS
T01TIE
ABOUT DREGOr
New Realization of Suocrfa-
tive Things In Home Stat 3
Brought to Members and
Guests
GRADUAL CAMPAIGNING
IS BRINGING RESULTS
Gathering of Clubmen end
Ladies Replete With
Pleasing Features
Bringing a new realization of
the superlative things of the 'Wil
lamette valley, illustrated with r-
tmarks overheard on many trans
continental tours, Frank Branch
Riley of Portland, exploiter of the
northwest country throughout the
nation, spoke to nearly 300 per
sons at the annual ladies night of
the Rotary club at the Marion ho
tel last night. ;
"It is gratifying to see the re
sults from our efforts to spread
the gospel of the west, but tho
worlr has Just begun." Mr.' Rllev
s-ifd. "At least" F5.060.000 Amer
ican citizens hire never ien uj.
and seldom gls r a thought.
Easterners Ignorant
"East of the Ohio river Ealem
means Massachusetts and Portland
means Maine, and the difference
must be explained with care. The
Willamette valley, its attractive
ness and possibilities should ap
peal to the imagination. Orrccn
should be made the favorite ob
jective of every American tour
ist. "Oregon is far from the cent t
of lopulation and wealth or tin
nation," he continued, "and wt
must keep constantly at our cf.
forts to attract, visitors. Ever j
section of the land , is In comp
tition when It has anything fn tba
line of scenic attractions to offer,
and we must keep calling. New
Hampshire has reversed the slo
gan of her Illustrious son, Horace
Greely. and Is plastering the mid
dle west with billboards -with the
slogan. 'Come East, Young Man
Wert Stops nt Ohio
"The well-to-do American trav
eler in the east, -with whim I am
in constant contact, is unbeliev
ably primeval. He deems It a
virtue to be pro-English, Italian or
Norwegian. The western horizon
to him lies along the Ohio river."
"Right rn this valley we ars
surrounded by memorials of a
historic past," Mr. Riley said In
closing. "Let . us preserve and
reverence our shrines such as
Champoeg. It is not ignoble to
capitalize these and sell them to
the visitors as Boston sells hr
Fannuel hall and Philadelphia her
Valley Forge."
Hall Prettily Decorated
Mr. Riley spoke as one who has
had a rare opportunity to see frpm
the point of view of an entire na
tion, owing to his connections
with the Northwest Tourist bureau
and other similar organizations.
His talks, sparkling with wit and
humor, yet ever bearing a serious
train of thought, have been give?
before hundreds of universities
and geographic clubs through tke
east.
Under a canopy of blue and yel
low. Rotary emblems above them
and flags of various nations repre
senting the international scope of
the organization, the diners sat In
the main room of the Hotel Mar
ion. At each table were small
flags of Rotary. R. O. Snelling.
president, presided as chairman,
with Charles Archerd as toastmas
ter. After the singing of "America,"
and .the invocation by Rev. J. J.
Evans, the Schubert octette gavs
"La Spagnola." J. William Cham
bers followed with a "Toast to the
Ladies." "Homing" was sung by
Flora Fletcher. "Cradle Song" by
Ruth Reed, and a duet, "UnSer
the Desert Star." by Hilda Amp
ler and Delia Arnsler. Flora
Fletcher provided a soprano obli
gato with the octette singing
"Little Gray .Dove," followed by
the "Gondola Song" by the oc
tette. Members of the Schubert octette
were Flora Fletcher. Gladys Stev
enson, Ruth Bedford. Hilda Am
Ier, Ruth ; Reed. Delia Amslr,
Helen Hamilton and Grace Fawk.
Bertha Vick was accompanist with
Miss Mlnetta Magers as director.
BANK ROBBED
SALT LAKE CITY, Dec. 12.
Four armed automobile band Its
held up the Sandy bank at Sacly
today and escaped with over $3C " J
In cash and an undctermi:: I
amount in bonds.