Part One
16 Pages
Two Paris
Pages 1 to 8
t SEVgNTY-FOURTH YEAR ;
SALEM, OREGON, SUNDAY MORNING, JULY 20, 1924
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
SEW. WHEELER
AGREES TO BE
ALLEGED B
PERSIA SEEKS
HUGHES SUPPORTS DAWES' PLAN
UPON HIS ARRIVAL IN ENGLAND
SALES TO BE PROBED :
OGUS BOND
BANK LOOTER LINCOLN PLAY
IS ARRESTED IS PRESENTED
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Senator Who Bolted Demo
cratic Party Joins La Fot-
lette as Vice Presidential
Nominee ii
t OLD PARTIES DECLARED
V TQ BE REACTIONARY
Progressives . Advised B y
Candidate to Look Else-.
I where for Leadership
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WASHINGTON, July 19. WUh
a declaration that the Vuncontroll
ed liberal and progressive forces
must look elsewhere for leader
ship," than' to the republican or
democratic , parties. Senator
Wheeler, democrat, Montana,, cast
his lot today with Robert M. La
Follette,' Independent candidate
for president.! ; t
Yielding to the appeal of Sena
tor La Follette and a group of his
supporters, who had offered to en
dorse him, Mr. Wjheeter announc
ed that he would accept the vice
presidential nomination on the
La Follette ticket. He did so
after having declared several days
ago that while he) probably would
support La Follette he was unwill
ing to become his running mate.
La Follette Is Gratified
Senator Wheeler's decision was
announced In a letter to - William
II. Johnston, chairman of the con
ference for progressive political
action, which endorsed Mr. La
Follette's candidacy at its recent
Cleveland convention and head of
the group meeting here to map
oat campaign plans,
t It brought from) Senator La FjI
Jette the .statement t that Mr.
- ly heeler's, acceptance was gratify
ing to him "as it will be to mil
lions of progressive voters
throughout the country."
Wheeler Fearless Leader
"Burton K. Wheeler is a man
of courage,; integrity, ability and
patriotism," said La Follette. He
have never: faltered or turned
back. In the struggle against
. privilege he lias ever been the in
the front rank j of the people's
army. In him progressives find a
leadership In which they repose
complete confidence.
"The recent national conven
tlon of the democratic party out
raged the sentiments and dlsap
pointed the hopes of the rank and
file of that party. It left millions
of domocrats without leadership
In their own party. Senator
Wheeler has supplied this leader
ship not only for progressive
democrats, but for the independ
ent citizens unidentified with any
political organisation.'
Senator Wheeler, In his letter
to Mr. Johnston,' reiterated by In
ference his announced intention of
supporting the democratic state
ticket In Montana and Senator
Thomas J. Walsh, j his democratic
colleague, who Is a candidate for
reelection.
Stands by Democracy
"In accepting the call," said he.
: 'I do not abandon my faith in
the democracy of Thomas Jeffer
son.! I am a democrat, but not a
Wall street, democrat. I shall
giye my support, and whatever in
fluence I may possess to those
candidates for office who have
proved theif fidelity to the inter
ests of the people wherever they
may be found, but I shall oppose
every man on whatever ticket he
may appear who bears the brand
of the dollar sign."
Declaring that "between Davis
and Coolidge there is only a
choice for conservatives to make"
, Senator Wheeler asserted that he
found himself unable to support
'either the republican candidates
who frankly, admit their reaction
ary standpat policies or the demo
cratic candidate who my claim in
well chosen phrases that he is a
progressive hut , whose training
and constant association belie any
.such pretension. '
THE WEATHER
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OREGON: Cloudy and un-
I settled Sunday; moderate'
temperatures: moderate
northw(est winds. !
, "", LOCAL WEATHER .
(Saturday)
i Maximum temperature, 74.
I Minimum "temperature," 54.
River, -1.7J stationary. ;
' Rainfall, none.
.Atmosphere, clear.
Wind, west,' -
BYjGOVERNOR PIERCE
Declaring that it has come to his attention that millions
of dollars in practically worthless stocks and bonds have
been sold in Oregon, that hien in high positions have lent
their influence, to the sale of such securities, and that there
are reports of officials having received commissions on such
sales, Governor Pierce yesterday appointed a special com
mittee, to investigate. ; 1
He declares that any persons found guilty will be prose
cuted. The members of the
chairman, L. J. Liljeqvist, and
Small investors, ; says the governor s statement, are
declared to have been victimized. .
AEHEEIfllJIS
HAD BY ALLIES
Unanimous Approval Given
Plan for a Possible Ger
man i Default
LONDON, July 19. (By the
AP.) The committee; on sanc
tions on the lnter-allied confer
ence agreed unanimously today
on two important principles to
govern the action of the allies in
the event; of possible default by
Germany under the Dawes repar
ation plan, namely to insure in
vestors in the loan to Germany
of priority on aU German resourc
es in event of such default and to
preserve the rights of the coun
tries signatory; to the, Versailles
treaty. : i : !i
Wth this agreement, ,in the
opinion of the American, British
andv French delegates, a long step
has been taken toward the suc
cess of the conference upon which
high hopes have been raised for
the economic
rope.
restoration of Eu-
CAMBRIA Mil IS
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Scene of Bloodless Conflict
Between Union nd Non- -Union
Men Quiet
McALESTER, Okla , July 19.
Carbria, the scene of a bloodless
conflict between union and non
union coal miners yesterday, rest
ed quietly today without any
signs of work: about the Kali-Inla
mine where 175 non-union em
ployes were driven away by an
Invading forcp of armed miners.
Some of the men who left their
jobs- say theye were threatened
with death should they re-enter
the mine under existing condi
tions. The mine remained closed
today. The invading body, num
bering over 100 men, last night
sent word to: Wilburton, another
mining town, that they would raid
the Lutie mine of the Halley-Ola
Coal Mining company today in the
same manner, but the threat was
not carried out. The mine was
under heavy guard all day.
GERW DISPLEASED
ALLIED AGREEMENT
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Foreign Secretary Thinks
New Arrangement Fun
damentally Wrong
BERLIN, j July 19. (By the
Associated Press)'.- Calling for
rejection of any Interpretation of
the Dawes report by the Londan
conference which provided for ar
bitrary territorial Sanctions under
article 22 of the treaty of Ver
sailles, Die Zelt, Foreign Secretary
Stressemann : , organ, expresses
frank displeasure with drafts of
memoranda now under considera
tion by the conference, i
"Both the French and English
drafts as now constituted." the
paper says, "fundamentally recog
nize the right of territorial sane
tion. in flagrant contradiction of
the English viewpoint: set forth
in the note of August 11. 1923.'
;rekk cabinet fallen
ATHENS, July 19. (By The
A. P.) The; Greek cabinet, head
ed by Premier Papanastasion, has
WITHOUT T
ROUBLE
fallen. ; ' . ' - ' "-' ;
committee are Oswald West,
George Black, all of Portland.
E CHANGE'
WOT REQUESTED
Continuation of Leopold and
Loeb Trial for Month Is
Possibility
CHICAGO, July 1?. No change
of venue from Cook county will be
requested but a continuance of a
month may be asked in the trial
of Nathan Leopold, Jr., and Rich
ard; Loeb, millionaires' sons who
say: they kidnapped and killed Ro
bert Franks, a neighbor for excite
ment, the attorneys of the accused
youths indicated -today, after a
conference with their clients.
Preliminary motions will be
heard on Monday. The trial is
set; to open August 4. If a con
tinuance is asked, attorneys said,
it will be "for about 30 days."
Preparations for the trial were
being rounded into shape under
the greatest secrecy of both the
defense and the state. Rumors
of some sort of a surprise move
by the defense on Monday were
circulated today but attorneys re
fused to comment on the reports.
The basis of the defense, they in
dicated, might be a plea of com
pound insanity, that the youths
alone were incapable, but that to
gether their mental processes were
such as to make them dangerous.
It has already been ruled that
boys and girls will not be admitted
to the trial. Out of town writers
are already arriving here to cover
the proceedings. Ml
SUED FOR 5250,000
Priestly Brands Suit As An
! Attempt at Blackmail; ;
j Cause in Question
CHICAGO.' July 19. George G.
Priestly, wealthy Philadelphia oil
man and a nationally known fig
ure in politics, was served at his
hotel here today was a summons
in a $250,000 damage suit
brought by Mrs. Florence i Powell
Gill, Buffalo, N. Y., ' society
woman. I
Attorneys who filed the suit for
Mrs. Gill refused to state the na
ture of the case, but it was re
ported to be an action for breach
of promise. Mr. Priestly charac
terized the suit as "blackmail."
Charles W. Bryan to Be
M Notified On August 18th
' WASHINGTON, July 19. An
nouncement was made by the de
mocratic national committee to
night that the date for the noti
fication of Governor Charles W.
Bryan of his nomination for the
vice presidency has been definite
iy set for August 18 at 8 p. m. at
Lincoln. Neb. The address of
notification will be made by Sena
tor Harrison of Mississippi, tem
porary chairman of the New York
convention.
American Women Win -s
I OLYMPIC STADIUM, COLOM
BES. France, July 19. (By The
Associated Press-) The United
States won the first of the finals
for tho Olympic tennis champion
ships this afternoon when Miss
Helen Wills and Mrs. George
Wightman defeated Miss Kathleen
McKane and Mrs. Covell, Great
Britain. 7-5, 8-6.
FATHER PLAYS SON
SIOUX FALLS, . D., July 19.
A father will play his son for the
tennis championship of South
Dakota here tomorrow when John
Barton, Sioux Falls banker, meets
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MAN
his son, Horace. r - .1 ;i
Rohlf, Wisconsin Bank Pres
! ident, Believed to Have
: Embezzled $300,000, Sur
renders :
DENIES TAKING MONEY;
BLAMES His brother
Dead Man Said to Have
Taken More Than $250,
000 of Bank's Funds
PORTLAND. Ore., July 19.
Henrjf E. Rphlf. president of the.
defunct First National bank of
Hayward, Wis., today surrendered
himself to United States Marshal
HotchkiU here today to face a
charge of. looting the bank of
1300,000 and is bxpected to start
back; ;to Hayward Monday. He;
waived objection to removal, saidi
that he was ready for trial and
made
no effort to get the $25,000
required. '
Denies Embezzlement
bond
Complete denial that he had
robbed the bank was made by Mr.
Rohlf. He told Marshall Hotch
kiss that his brother, Ernest E.
Rohlf. cashier, who since had
been killed in an automobile acci
dent. embezzled; the bank's funds
to the extent of $250,000 and
speculated with the money. This
embezzlement together with froz
en "credits due to the fact that
farmers were unable to meet their
notes because . of market condi
tions! for their crops, led to the
failure of the bank, he said.
Charges against the banker
date from 1921.
Swindled Depositors
HAYWARD, Wis-, July 19.
The arrest of Henry Rohlf, former
president of the First National
bank of Hayward, at Portland,
Ore;, today to answer a charge of
embezzling $300,000 of the bank's
funds follows an investigation
which began when the bank was
closed by bank examiners on
March 18, after; Rohlf is said to
havej called a meeting of deposit
ors and asked tnem to sign over
theirj accounts to him to meet a
shortage then reported at $250,
000.! . - :
Rohlf is reported to have sign
ed dead men's names to notes and
put them up as. colateral at ex
change banks.
DETECTIVES HUNT
SLAVERS OF BOV
Army of Police Set on Trail
ot Man Who Strangled
'j Youth to peath .
NEW YORK, July 19. More
than: 300 detectives and uniformed
policemen, in addition to a num
ber of special investigators, the
greatest number ever ' assigned to
run I down a criminal on Staten
island," continued their hunt to
night for the murderer, of 8-year-old
j Francis ; McDonnell. Despite
their efforts, the Identity of the
man who strangled the boy in a
thicket near Port Richmond last
Monday still remains a mystery. ,
Murder Mysteries are
jf Cleared By Confession
MEMPHIS, Tenn., July 19.
Two murder mysteries which have
baffled authorities for more than
a year were cleared up tonight,
according to pblice, through the
alleged confessions of Charles
Barr, negro wh was said to have
admitted slaying one woman and
two 'men and seriously injuring
another woman! in midnight hold
ups on a lonely highway east of
the: city early list year.
Disappearance Solved By
; Finding of Woman's Body
"DEER jPARrf, Wash- July 19-
The skeleton 'of Mrs. Annie Rus
sell, who disappeared from her
home at Lost f Springs in June,
1923. was found today by a ranch
er three miles; inortheaat of the
place where she had lived. Identi
fication was made by means of
the clothing. ; -
Mrs. RusBell i wandered away
from home during an illness, and
search was made without result
forj several days at' the time of
her. disappearance, V J
Martin's Interpretation j of
Life of Great Commoner
Wins Approval of Chau
tauqua Audience! I
FFECTIVE APPEAL !
BY INDIAN CHIEFTAIN
No Programs in Big Tent To
day, Entertainment Re
sumes Tomorrow
MONDAY'S PROGRAM
Afternoon ,! i
Concert Recital, Ault Con
cert Artists. , j
"Biology's Bedtime ! Stories,"
J. H. Gervin. 1 i
Evening . .f j
L Concert Recital, Ault Con
f cert Artists. ;
A brilliant Musical Organi
zationFive Soloists of
Individual merit. i t
There will be no programs
today, either this afternoon or
evening. -.' .
; Recognizing that no cast In the
country could adequately present
the" tremendous plot of Abraham
Lincoln's life nevertheless the big
gjest Chautauqua crowd of the
week gathered last night wit
ness Kettering's admittediy out
standing drama, "he Great! Com
moner." played" by a sympathetic
cast throughout from i the kindly
martyr-president with his awk
ward, flinging gestures to poor
Cyrus who would "have to learn
all over again with his left hand."
Romance and Renijnisencc f
I The play opens and closes in 'the
20th century at the tinie of Amer
ica's participation in .the World
wan The body of the play is all
of the. Civil war. Romance and
reminiscence link the two parts.
! The first scene is whimsical and
feminine. - Anne . Marshall has
found her grandmotheris wedding
gown, has donned it, and is start
lingly like the wife o the genial
grandfather who wooed the first
Anne Marshall. Their story is
poignant throughout ,i the iclimax
situations of the play. j
j Abraham Lincoln, Jack Martin,
taking this strong lead, appears
first in the "interview" scene,
when Edwin M. Stanton; the fu
ture secretary of war, has the first
of his energetic fits of disapproval.
John Hay appears in the play,
"with General Grant and other per
sonapcB of the historic war. Nan
iy Lincoln-is placidly quaint in her
hoops. The Old Mammy took all
of her parts with feeling feeling
quite beyond analysis when Cyrus,
with one arm gone, came home
after she has thought him dead.
j Rich Humor Expressed
j A subtle philosophy and a rich
humor expressed itself In the text
though once in a while there are
(Continued on page 4)
Oregon Presbyterians; Pro
test Demonstration as
Move Against Peace
j. EUGENE," Or.. July 19. The
Oregon Presbyterian Bynod today
went on record as opposing the
holding of a national mobilization
day September 1 2. as planned by
the .war department. The reason
set v forth for this action js the
fear that such a demonstration
would tend to disturb world peace
and international understanding.
The resolution as adopted recom
mends that the president cancel
the ceremonies planned for that
day." ; : ' ' v . - ' ,
(Some of the ministers present
opposed the resolution. Notable
among them was Dr. W. S. Gil
bert of Portland, who was chap
lain in the World war; also dur
ing the time the United States
troops were on the Mexican bor
der, and during the Spanish-American
warDr, Gilbert said he did
not think the ministers should
keep the pacafist's attitude toward
mobilization day which he de
clared to be merely a part of the
government's milUarj policy.
SmtDD OPPOSED TO
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Secretary of State Charles E. Hughes, iwho in his capacity as
president of -the American Bar association j is! attending a conference
in England, declared Upon his arrival in London yesterday that Amer
ican sentiment is very much in favor of the Dawes report as it now
stands and believes in prompt execution jof its provisions for the
reparations settlement. The photograph above snows Secretary
Hughes, his wife and daughter on
across the Atlantic. .
Sheriff Spirits Conners, Wife
Murderer, Away Fearing
; Mob Violence j ;
TACOMA, Wash., July 19.
Richard Conner, accused of the
murder of his wife. Pearl Conner,
and spirited away from Tacoraa
by the sheriff's office after his
arrest three days ago, is being
held in the Clarke county pail at
Vancouver, Wash., A. O. Bur
meister, attorney for friends of
Conner, charged tonight in a
night session of superior court
held before Judge M. L. Clifford.
Burmeister was given an order
by i the judge allowing him to
confer with Conner wherever he
may be held. Prosecuting Attor
ney J. W. Selden, who caused he
arrest of .Conner, Sheriff Tom
Desmond and deputies in the case
could not be found today jto show
cause why Burnieigter should not
be allowed to confer with: Conner.
Nor were they on band tonight at
the court session. I
Tonight Judge Clifford ordered
that they be directed jto appear in
court Sunday, morning .Jto give
definite information i as . to Con
ner's whereabouts.
FOR PHIBITi
Anti-Alcoholism Long Been
Part of Their Creed
.Says Johnson
WINONA LAKE Ind , July 19.
(By the Associated Press).- Wil
liam E. t Pussyfoot) Johnson,
whose one glass eye bears mute
evidence of his sacrifice in Eng
land to the cause of world prohi
bition, in an address prepared for
delivery today at the session of
the world league against: alcohol
ism, announced he will leave in a
week to establish headquarters at
Cairo, Egypt. i
Mr. Johnson, in the address,
discussed the prospects for prohi
bition in non-Christian lands.
"There are In the world," he
said, "approximately 600,000,000
people who have been taught total
abstinence as a religious principle
for 1200 years. When ; America
went dry these oriental people
were stirred to their depths; They
said that America,.! the greatest
Christian power Jn the world, has
not only accepted i the .oriental
teaching as to drink, but -has ac
tually incorporated them into her
fundamental law." ,
Suspected Man Is Not
i Roy D'Autremont, Bandit
I DAVENPORT. Iowa. July 19.
Ajman arrested hero yesterday on
Fuspicion that he was Roy d'Autre
mont. wanted by federal officials
as one of the bandits who held np
a Southern Pacific train at Siski
you tunnel last October, has been
released, police having failed to
Identify him te ir.ajfi rphfesi.
SLAYER TAKEN
FROM TAGDi
MOSLEM WORLD IS
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board the ship which carried them
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Farmer Leader Says Corpor.
ation; is an Attempt to
Skin Farmer
OKUAHOMA CJTY, Okla:, July
19. A statctment declaring that
the $2$, 000.000 Garmers Grain &
Elevatpr jcorporation, with head
quarters in Chicago, which was re
cently incorporated in Illinois is a
"gigantic attempt to fool the far
mer," was issued here tonight by
Carl iWlliams, vice president of
the Njitiohal Council of Farmers'
cooperative marketing associa
tions. .. j - ;V
Williams made the statement
public ju$t Uefore he left for Chi
cago to attend a meeting of the
council. " '''';:
"The project is widely heralded
as a tremendous step In coopera
tive rqaretlng of grain by farm
ers. Actually, however, it has all
tho eiirniarks" of a- situation in
which unprofitable private eleva
tor pr )perties ,may be disposed of
at a profit." Williams said.
Davis Takes Rest at
Maine Coast Cottage
DARK.- HARROR, Islesboro.
Maine. JUly 19. j-John W. Davis,
democratic presidential . nominee,
began a real, vacation today at the
sumnier ihoine of Charles Dana
Gibsop, j a comfortable cottage
overlooking the island - dotted
Penobscot bay.
Arriving at the harbor, about
noonj after an overnight (rip by
train jfrom New York, the-nominee
and Mrs, Davis' (were - greeted at
the dock by Air. and Mrs. Gibson,
the artist being able to make the
trip In spite o his indisposition.
COUNTy COURT TO
Str
iictu
re Midway Between
Jefferson and Marion Re
moves Hazards; j
Tpe public service commission
issued an order Saturday granting
an application of : the Marion coun
ty ourtjfor authority to construct
an overhead crossing over the
trarjks -of " the Southern Pacific
comjpanyj midwajf between Marlon
and; Jefferson, which will serve t.o
eliminate six grade crossings.
Thej total cost will be an estimated
$341795.70, of which the Southern
Pacific company j will pay $12,500
andf Marion county the remainder.
Tjhe. crossings referred to in the
petition jare located as follows:
t. ij is located on "A? street.
b tpwn of Marion, but public
necessity and convenience requires
lis crossing should be left
2.! This is a private crossing
and is located anout iwo-iniras ot
a mile sbuthof Marion; - j
No. 1 3 la the first 'crossing of
the county road: south of Marion
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(C0RtIauy4 pg. age 5).
Giwra
DECLAREQFAKE
RIO
that t
opep-
Government Expresses Deep
Regret (for Killing of Dip
lomat j and Will Punish
Offenders
IMBRIE PHOTOGRAPHING
SACRED NATIVE SHRINE
Outburst Is Occassioned By
' High Feeling of Anti
Foreign i Nature
WASHINGTON. July 19. In
structions were received by the
Persian legation from its govern
ment tonight to express to the
Washington government its deep
regret over the killing of Vice
Consul Robert Imbrie by a native
mob at Teheran, and to state that
the Persian government will do
"all In it power to fulfill its
duties in this case."
-i? The Persian government. It was
added, is seeking "the guilty per
sons in the case and will take all
possible steps to secure their pun
ishment." 1
At the same time the cable dis
patch to the legation was said to
indicate that the attack on Imbrie
and his companion, Melin Sey
mour, was provoked by "their own
carelessness in going to a sacred
place and persisting in taking pic
tures." '
One Soldier Killed
The police and soldiers which
went to their assistance, it was
added, were attacked by the mob,,
three policemen being . .mortally
wounded and a . soldier dying a
few hours later of injuries re
ceived. ? The Instructions were received
at the legation while American
government officials were await
ing further advices from Joseph S.
Cornfield, its minister at Teberan.
concerning the case. A thorough
investigation was being made; it
was stated, but as yet there was
no disposition on the part of the
Washington government to at
tempt to fix responsibility for the
taurder either on the Persian gov
ernment or Teheran authorities.
Consul Is Buried '
TEHERAN, FersiaV July 19.
(By the Associated Press.)- Vice
Consul Robert Imbrie of the
United States, who died yesterday
after he had been beaten by a
fanatical mob as he and an Amer
ican named Melin Seymour were
photographing a sacred fountain,
was buried today. The entire dip
lomatic corps attended the-fune-ral.
.
The tragedy yesterday was the
culmination of recent anti-foreign
and particularly anti-British ac
tivity which had been evidenced in
the native press and elsewhere
and which the government appears
unable to check owing to the lack
of laws controlling such activities
of the press. . -
The fountain where Imbrie was
beaten and where Seymour, de
scribed as a trlller, suffered seri
ous injuries at the hands of the
crowd, is supposed by the natives
of the city to have been the
scene a few days ago of a miracle
and ever since huge crowds have
been making pilgrimages to it.'
Pictnreti Thought Stealing
CHICAGO. July 19. One of the
strongest beliefs of the lower
classes in Persia is that the taking
of 'pictures of women or religious
idols is the same as stealing the
ubjects of the pictures. This was
the explanation given tonight by
Dr. Zia M Bagdadi, who was born
and educated In .Persia, of Ahe
probable cause of the beating to
death of Major Robert Imbrie,
vice consul at Taheran, Persia.
President Coolidge Takes
Vacation on Mayflower
WASHINGTON. July 19. Lay
ing aside official duties and aban
doning entirely all political con
ferences. President Coolidge
boarded the Mayflower this after
noon for a cruise down the Poto
mac river. The president was ac
companied by Mrs. Coolidge. his
father and 'his son, ' and Dr. and
Mrs. John S. Hitchcock, former
neighbors mf the Coolidges at
Northampton, Mass. The May
flower will return Monday. '
WEATHER FOR THE WEEK
WASHINGTON, July 19. The
weather outlook for the week be
ginning Monday; Pacific coast,
generally ajjt and. warra, , ,