The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980, September 11, 1924, Image 1

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Newspaper Page Text- - i v TODAY TEN PAGES ,: Advertising is bridge pan ning the river of doubtfal values , -o the shore of worthy mer chandise. ' Read them every day. SALEM, OREGON, THURSDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 11, 1924 PRICE FIVE CENTS CnVEKTY-FOUBTH YEAR ' lit Iff - . .- , . r- . V V i 1 V 1 - If I .-"4 AIEGEST FIGHT F TIE YEAR STi IDAVIS INITIATED TO MEMBERSHIP IN BOY SCOUTS . . 1 ' " " " - " ' - " I.I . t ' ' 11 "V' "' ' I ! - I : : ' " r- : : ) I Picturesque; Ceremony Takes .. Place, Among Mountains I of Colorado Famous South American : WMH Dull" anrl PhennnrL ESTES PARK Colo.. Sept. 10. By The Associated Press.) With picturesque formalities con ducted among the Bnow-clad peaks of the Rocky mountains John W, ! Davis, the democratic presidential TATE TO GIVE lEWIWE TODAY 71 CITIES If LlfIE-UP FOR GENERAL CHARLES G. DAWES, 1 G. O. P. NOMINEE FOR VICE PRESIDENT, AND MRS. DAWES DAY The Wills - Flrrx) fight returns will be announced to candidate was initiated today into 1 oi , a , Li I OalClli : J. IX lib lOUk) J aja,ava.WA .a,v w - enal Colored Heavyweight honorary membership of the Boy thfe Venin Under eastern' daylight ; saving tirnthe pre- Heady tor ACUOn me .oft execu- liminaries are scheduled to start at o ciock p. firu, or a iew -ji T -a. I . A. ...l-iW wannMa A'IIAPV Am . TITtIQ Tl fll 1 111 j j Tniniiri . ix nr. w 1111:11 iiicaiia . w v.iwwa. jMViu vaaw w w Salem Went Over Top with Quota Yesterday Port land Far Ahead of Re quired Number tives Of the scouts in a - . . .1. 1 Aoaf-am nraornor r T n rpa T fTl l ri i.nt iiii.iii cvciil will viti ciddh CI IRMT FAVORITF - Ur. tniitMi into hon.I first, srt the fans should assemble about 5 o'clock at The UVfcK oU.UUU WILL I III! w wfcitt " - w. . w t-- "-r , x.r:i. U n.i--r-r-n nnronil 11 THE BETTING CIRCLESj orajy membership by one group statesman oltice to maice sure M iuu uwpu u" vULUNIttn in uncuuri irem sum vi I returns. i ! . ' As usual The Statesman megaphone man will announce the country, WesU East. North and South. He was presented with the Experts Believe Greater insignia ot each group. tiuggecness 01 Argenxme Gives Advantage As part of one of the rituals a the progress of the fight round by round and blow by, blow. 1 Ministers, Reserve Corps, fft-lir irTn fo AshrfAt.pd Press service 0Derate be-1 , . 1 i-m. , national uuara ana uui- I after it is delivered. t NEW. YORK, Sept. 10.- AP.) Tho "Wild Bull,'"prlme4 for"M t inlghty charge and Brown j n Panther," crouched tpA ils spring I I are 'ready S for the? lalpthat m send them into action tomorrow nisht. r;;-. ; 5 - v ' These giant fistic rirals and leading aspirants for title hon ors Luis Angel Firpo, pride of the Argentine, and Harry "Wills, greatest of present day i8aeo something less than one half, n,.1 1 thai I r6 . . . with a steady and declining raie Ro pffieientlv will the Associated Press service! operate ber 18 h i : TJrlA'aTlifi-fv AAroa artrl TTht Slaljsi huge sombrero was placed on 7' DaTls. head and a lasso around 1 man oxuee x-uav ff'r " r- V. T his neck. . V jKi..; , Before the ; initlatlonMr. Davis addressed; the; scout executives: "I Had, the other day, one of yonf, leaflets, li rn vwia saiu, "and I noticed tnat you were pm tingjon this Tear through the boyB over the country, ; a citizenship campaign, which was directed to ward bringing the voters to the polls, and in that leaiiet, x reaq ih annalline statement tnat in ers Participating fi. H.llnflTLEY; , DROPS OEHIOD 189S 80 per cent, of the voters p 1 v French Of VarTCOUVer came to the polls, and four years 1 AhaaH nn Faro Id wtlw niivuu vii mww heavyweights will match their stamina and punching powers in the outstanding ring battle ot the year.' . : They are matched for 12 rounds In Boyle's Thirty Acres bowl in Jersey City' where Tirpo halted last year . the comeback of Jess Willard and where many a spec tular ring drama has been enact ed since the wooden saucer first was the scene ot I the i historic Dempsey-CapentIelf fray three years ago. : . V The eve of -tight which has If that steady decline is, to persist. what we know in this country as twa rovernment ; Is . Inevitably doomed. ' S ; of Latest Reports 01 w w UP BE UE attracted scarcely less" interest I TheorV Advanced that Lad than a title battle found Firpo a u., P.m Ax5v " - IWaj nave uu k SEATTLE, Sept. 11. Seventeen 'additional precincts reporting from Gray's Harbor county In creased, the lead of E. L. French, Vancouver, "353 over Colonel Row land H. Hartley for the republi can nomination of governor In Tuesday's primary. Seventy-sevetii precincU out of 80 in Gray's Har bor county gave French 2881: or a gain of 549. and Hartley 1493, 3 S gain. The . remaining threo precincts are small. ' ' ; ,r -alfght farortte among -expert ob servers and ; ia betting circles. TheArsI?asTcaterjrugsed xiess and hitting a majority of critics believed would carry him to triumph over the superior de fensive skill and greater 'exper ience 'of Wills., Based on these with Convict' Salem Aboeals to Folk TrbTnbOtTiern'Tfomia is Eldon 5 QuinUuuI 1. tt OI TLT t and' Mrs. JOnn uwiauu, i dead or W he causing grief and irom : a Once In a while even a dweller in Los Angeles will acknowledge that the Willamette valley is a rather desirable country In which to live. W. A. Wright, whose home is in that metropolis ot the south. wnrrv to his parents views, many large wagers were re-I honehtless boyish impulse T . Dorted with the , South American I Thli aaestion was raised , yea- siignuy me iavorixe yet tne gxantiterday alter 3 nours oi o"b' t t ne had travelled all negro was not lacking in tinan-ltne Winamette river in we T1C"T along the coast, both up and down ciai support ana even money may i lty cf the place wnero """land that he found Salem.the most prevail by the time the gladiators I neved to have drownea xauea , K ,nil tttH una climb into . the ring tomorrow night. --v:- - c-.' The night program, which In cludes five other bounts, Is sched uled to istart at 8:15 p. m.. East ern daylight time. still is fou;:d . PUIS DEH VI F,, Ray Felker Outlining En tertainment to Be, Giyon in November. i 0'f i haantifni h had visited, and hring any rwuiw, L, I that the Willamette valley had .. Not Wureater future than any country he thoroughly,nbut ."S. had seen. , r; noon one vi, w .uiim.-, longing to the state highway de partment was utilized and two Ex perienced divers spent several hours treading the bed of the x!v er without sighting the body. The search, however, was conti last nieht with' theaid-f a-pp Hrht on the end of a long thlff pipe, which threw beams of light along the river Dottom. ; Two divers, Lionel HoDson ana Ronald Wilson, both Inmates ;oi the state prison, donned tne div ine aDnaratus in turn and care- I lully searched every foot of the river, f There i was suiiicieni iigni during the afternoon to see from III MiFinirwin i iu ran fl Outfit, Mash and Liquor Dis- coverea oy umucio Under, Barn :. TWO BQYS fJOT TO BE HANGED Youth of. Criminals Given as Excuse for Not Imposing Death Pepalty ; Seventy-one Oregon cities weTe In line for a part in Defense Test day Friday ? and 'from the early enrollment returns of one-day vol unteers over the state prediction was made last night by George A. White, state chairman of the de fense test program, that Oregon would easily exceed its quota of 30,000 volunteers. , "Present, indications are that more men and women will Join our national defense for Septem ber than were sent from Oregon tb the World war," said General White. Green Pins Gone I The last of the green pins on the big state map at defense test headquarters In the Masonic build ing here came out of the map late yesterday afternoon when the last Oregon city of more than S00 population reported participation All parts of the state map are dot ted 'with large red pins indicating that the city is taking part in the national program Friday. .The majority ot the cities are holding parades, enrollment activities and parades. .TheHnayors of a num- unaer tne iaer.j jt wh j ujayg for yrtday afternoon, they cannot be released I fr-, . m Aaas viiiuvuv va ca- ana o7 uuuimw VTmmss&K&P'r-'4 ?S,J- -9lil i v s ' 1 ; I fit I- - S t, ' i -frl- A - Lj - y.y-i e- x I J I " Ut r;nj7 " if?. x- - t, " x . --t - - ' i y " ' vk ' li - p I VY J T I 1 f'J v --'Jit 3 . 'vnnir V : s i "tui. k. o'j l te tr Ik'V" :' Vi- -.i .st & : i . . s ' ' ll"l.:.',,7ff,,,i,, rv..f.M DEfi 2 YOUTHS JE JOilL ii: IfiEDIOIIl Leopold and Loeb Laugh end , Joke with Guards in Coun ty Jail as They Await Re moval to Prison ? FEAST SERVED UP TO "LIFERS IIJ CELLS Chocolate Eclaires, Juicy Steaks and Many Sida Dishes ch llcnu CHICAGO, Sept." JlO. (By The Associated Press.) Youth alone saved Nathan Leopold, Jr., 19, and Richard Loeb, 18, from death on the gallows for the kidnaping and murder last May of 14 year old "Robert Franks. ! " 1 Instead, Judge John R. Caverly, retiring chief Justice of the crim inal Court of 'Cook county, sen tenced the two young intellectuals to life imprisonment on the mur der charge and to terms of : 1 9 years imprisonment for thekid naping stated. on parole until they have; served more "than 3? years In the Jollet penitentiary. The life tertn alone would have permitted such: release after about 20 years. j ' " . But the court urged that this privilege he never extended to the self -confessed doers of what he called Yn abhorrent crime." He found no mitigating circum stances in the evil deed itself, its motive or lack1 of motive or in the personalities and antecedents ot PACIFIST PASTORS i SOD? FLAYED General George A. White Says. They Are Blind to Significant Facts Pacifist pastors who remain blind to the fact that non-Christian and uncivilised nations of the world outnumber the Chris tian nations two to one and re gard our God as an intruder, were classed -more dangerous than red radicals .? and ' utterly unfit for moral . leadershin bv Brigadier WGeorgeWle.c-ttefi chairman of the National Defense day program, wno spajce ai me of pastors over the state Is taken Rotary dub luncheon Wednesday at defense, test headquarters' as more than offsetting the actio nof the Portland Ministerial associa tion. In a number of places,-Including Newberg, where a group of mfnisters opposed the defense test at the outset, the ministerial aasociation is tepresented upon the active committee in charge of the local program. ! Dallas1 reports the enrollment of a group of Mennon- ites, members of a cult opposed to noon. While ; this natlonxjooks forward to peace, other nations are 'not aware of our attitude. the boys,, out ne saia inai ne cnosei ar and wno were L among the Imprisonment instead or aeam oe-1 class of 'conscientious objectors cause of the age of tne aeienaants. "This determination appears to BeJ-aecrdaneith-thlj)rogres8 of criminal law all over the world (Continued on ff S) - public "street:--" Half holiday de clared by mayor. V McMlnnville Parade, patriotic exercises under the auspices of the. American legion and military demonstration by local- national guard company. Medford Parade and miniature reproduction of battel of St. Mihiel at fair grounds. "Albany Parade and patriotic andithheietatesof enlight ened hu manlty." said JndgePCav erly, "more than that, it seems to be In "accordance with the prece dents hitherto observed In this state. 1 The records -of I Illinois during the World war. I Only, one town in the state failed to take part, the mayor of Talent, a small settlement . in Jackson county, re-1 exerclsest porting tnat ne was against the I Newrort Parade and natrlotlc defense test. I piiii. a.lf holid&v declared i . I Portland Going .Strong - j by the. mayor. Portland's parade of dar Eugene Parade and patriotic volunteers f UntA W dnfAhira tt I show nly two easeB of-i-tolnors headquarters as the largest single Salem Parade anaa patriotic A small still, with a maximum six to eight feet, Hobson said. Ob- capacity of about '25 gallons, was lects at this distance were clearly found on the farm owned by dlscernable. The air pump was Dewey Gearin, several miles north mounted on a specially built raft of Saint Paul, and brought to Sa- and when the direr would reach lem late Tuesday night by Deputy 'v the1 end Of his 2 Moot air hose, sheriffs. With tne exception oi I the raft would be moved. Men In a few parts, the entire outfit was el- i. llf&1lnaliVn as welt aa & lRCED OUantitV a i'lrowooa i ireiii stu - and directed tkf diver In the of mash and about three gallons search. i ii T I , ? of moonshine whiskey. Belief Is fSeveralimen ifho participated expressed that the owner ot the ii the grapplingf and who have still' had been doing an active bus hid considerable fexperience along iness, although not such an exten thls line and ate familiar with sive one as has been possible with the'river. Darticularly ihe eddy in a number of the stills that have which, young !Qu Inland may have! been confiscated by county offl- lbst his lifol declare that thelcials. Gearin was not on nis piace Plans for a bigger and better annnal Cherrian show are now under way for the . production which will be offered around middle of November- F. Ray Fel leer will have the direction of the , show this year, and will be assist ed by a committee consisting of Carl Gabrielsen, Dr. Carl Wonner, i fJ. Knowland and C. E. Wilson. One place on 'the. coarmTttee Is being held open' for Ed Ckastaln, who Is expected to be In' Salem this fall. ;.":.. A - V't :;::. The show will be J along,, the Jay )uld that portion iiue.oi m musical comeay, tnougn who were put tq 'death by legal process! to which number the court does net feel inclined to wane ou huuuivui ' The I judicial words seemed al most an echo of the eloquence of Clarence S. Darrow, who In his closing plea f ot - the boys de nounced hanging, as barbaric, es pecially in the case of the young, and urged that "mercy is the'hlgh- est attribute of humanity of the river dud to peculiar cur-1 when the raid was made, but word offered here before. Mr.. Felker aid yesterday. The mala idea is ready and only. needs develop-1 "pe-wee menu in tne main tne snow wm take the audience around '' the entirely aiirerent from anything! j-' . m I i. rnr him tomnearlnfu The theory arose yesterday that tice court yesterday morning, and perhaps Qulnland. mnuenced by he was present at the required Sherman, vu-pouna time. His land holdings in Mar- considerable world,, with each.. scene being staged in a different country. The final scene will represent the re turn to the United States and the end of the search- for what, Mr. Felker did not ay. - v . f THE WEATHER . OEGON: -Fair and warmer Thursday; moderate northerly winds. . ,- ; . -' - - - i LOCAL WEATHER r '(Wednesday) Maximum temperature, 7S Minimum temperature,' 4 4 . Rainfall, None ' ; Hirer, 2, 4 t . Atsosriefe, clear. " . . Wind, north. convict who, esciped the same day, j ion county are of fthat the .sboy. hras missed; may valued it isi said. ' Lhave Influenced the boy and the At the preliminary hearing Gear- two are together. Sons of prison I jn insisted that he had had noth- and officitl notice not to talk to 8tin. insinuations were made t&t the convicts, but boys will be boys j the business had been carried on in spite of orders; j by his hired -man. I rwtn Robinson, . Sherman was more like a boy j according to reports. j than a man, guards say. He was . tt was only after the most mln about the same U aa the Quin- ute yen tnat the still was found, land youth and had been working I ta place of concealment being an on the outside lawn, an summer, i excavation made underground un His prison clothes were iound uis- der tne Gearin barn. The place carded In the , hog pen where he bAn imnKed thornuthlr had tied his horse, XX is assumed ,4 result. but In going over that he had other wearing appareL lt a Becond tlme a BiIght irregu- Tne yumianuiooy cioining-auq . It . . di-c0vered under the his bicycle were found near the barn whIch ,ed to jnore careful in- dlving board at the river with tracks - indicating " that he had plunged into the river. Could not the convict have influenced r the lad, and by careful word portray al painted a scene ot adventure vestigation and subsequent "dls covery of the hole in which the still was kept. The excavation. II self measured 4 by 10 feet square. and almost 9 feet deep. ' Mr. Gearin Is now out on 1 400 balL feature of the day in Oregon. Ac-1 exercises in local armory, cording to reports reaching here. I At Full war Strength the parade may, reach such pro-1 The Oregon national guard is portions that it will not be able I already s at full ar, strength mr. coe POODS am m gov II Service Commission . Chair man Also Has Gentle Fling at Wagnon .; H H. Corey, chairman of i the public service commission, brands as ''political chicanery" the recent inferences of Newton ic$oy, auth or member of the commission, that a majority of, the commission en gaged in star chamber conferences with - railroad representatives re lative to; the farm products rate s: to pass until a late hour and the column may not get to the end of the route much -before mid night. Portland hasported its quota ot 8000 one-day .volunteers more than recruited at this time, with, enrollment still' going on at throughout the state and ready to mobilise Friday.: The normal strength of the guard in the state Is 3000 men and with the one-day volunteers it now has 8000 men on the rolls. The various units of the national guard over the state will not be called upon to mentis-expected to exceed the! assemble at any fixed hour but 15,000 mark in Portland by Fri-Jwill particlpatett the hour set for aay evening when the parade! the local parade and program In moves at 8 n.m. from Fourteenth lh Iripalitv. nrrfrf?1ticr tn orders France Rna Columbia strfeet. ; I sent out f rom national gukrd head Aiany cities have completed I Quarters. All must reriort their A 1 a .f a i - I i NEW YORK. Sept. 10,-VRenew- lucir enrollment. r-ugene 1 mobilization ind full wat strength credit wcul OTer me top witn-us quota by g p. m. Ul e"JT n ine weeK ana 1 i Eight hundred reservd corps ot- now nas a large surplus. Salem lfjcera over tWe Btate hari received yesterday passed Its qiiota, The rollmet fdrms froh stUte head Dalles. La Grande, Dallas, Ms-lX ,-,. .L.t, nttioV. aliottd ... . . 1 iuai .v a 1 w- iHinnviiie, Astoria. Marshfield, n, A m mn. Medford, Cottage Grovel Albany, These rolls, completely filled with p 7 ; DUT7LX Dn the names of the one-day volun 1 viidi uiure, iiiiauiouK, uorvui lis, St. Helens, Oregon City, Hood River, Baker, Ontario and Grants Pass have all reported! the filling of their military quotas. j How They Will Do, It j Typical of local participation Tit Expect to Renew Credit to the Bank ot al of the 3100,000,000 granted by the J. P. Morgan & Co., tb the hank of France, last March to checK the aecune in tne franc, probably will be announced tomorrow or Friday, the date on which the loan expires. The American bankers, indicated today, were willing to extend the advance on; the original terms for another three or six months. Also Corey takes a prod- at H. D. Wagnon, Jr., secretary of the motor transportation department of the commissions whom he re fers to as "Mr. McCoy's personal representative whose duty It" Is to HteepMr. McCoy informed tb the minutest Tetall of all that trana- pires In the commission's offices "I had hoped." said Corey, that it would not be necessary to carry the controversy- further through the press concerning this commis sion's recent order reducing rates on farm products. within the state. which order la now - befbfe-the circuit court of Marion county on an appeal by the carriers alleging confiscatory rates therein The order referred to by Corey Is the modified order of Corey and T. K. Campbell, the majority mem bers of the commission, made af ter the original order 1 had i been remanded tb the commission by the court. The modified order fixes the farm products rates at a higher figure than the original or der, . but keeps them lower than the rates now prevailing; and which the original OTder was de signed to supplant. "At a conference held at Walla Walla between a spokesman of the carriers, Mr. McCoy and myself. continued Corey, "a postponement of the hearing date set for tht commission's order was agreed to. pending an opportunity for con ference In an attempt to arrive at a compromise in order to avoid a long-drawn-out cont ro v e r s y through the courts and the With holding of relief to the shippers of the state during the interim ! "At the first conference II. D, Wagnon, Jr., Mr. McCoy's person al representative whose' duty it is to keep Mr. McCoy informed to It was Cclia Bollman Denies 1 Mrs. 8ozeirs Charges . -ill:. i ; In an answer filed with the cir cuit court yesterday Miss Cells Bollman, who is being 1 sued by Mrsi j Alioe Botell for ! 310.000 heart balm on a charge of alienat ing ber husband's affections, ad mitted that Just one; statement In the complaint was correct. She conceded the fict that Alice Bo- teers are now being received back at defence test headquarters In large numberei and will bfe used to complete the State's mllitiry quota for the organized reserve). State Gets Full Credit The state gfets credit for all vol over tne state are the programs nn,iilne and for all ao- arrangea .lor m tne lollowlng I fnr v,nra1 n. well. Join 1- si I v ."o -7 . lug in the parade; counts as en cities: Baker : uaaer raraae or one-aay 01- Uoiiment, It was explained at head nnteers and exercises in he cttyKuarfAri, v. rMtrlc-tIon as to ae park. Mayor declared holiday 1 from 4 p.m. i , Corvallis-.-Parade, patriotic ex ercises and auto caravan to Moo mouth to participate In exercises at that place. f f 1 ; Dufur-rf-Parade, patriotic exer- zell. the olatBtlftt and Fred Boaell c,e' basket picnic and -dance. rir and iiiahai RtmBt far Lebanon Parade, program at this the answer f ontaioed sweep- local armory and military exhlbt lag denial of tery charge that Hon by locajjbaUonal tiiard corn- had been set forth. It was signed 1 paoy No restriction as to age Ik placed on enrolling or march Ink : - I:.: -. '- KWolaen are reported as Cnroll ing in large numbersT Auxiliaries to patriotic organizations such as the American legion, Spanish War Veterans, . Grand Army, Veterans tf otelgn WaTsand Disabled Vet erans, are signing lip as organiza tions in some places. Ail of these are being assigned for the day te the army nurse by Oscar Hayteva Dallas attor-i y L, p-m-wc corpg whose quota will be exceeded nev. who Is actine as attorney fort Program and dance. Registration wrv w"uo' r the defendant. I booths for one-day volunteers qu I CHICAGO, Sept. 10. K Leopold, ;Jr and Richard I- b. their futbre plotted in drab at , the 'Illinois state penitentiary. passed' ' what probably marked their last 'day In Cook county jait today In a m,ood akin to jovial. " Awaiting final preparations cf papers which would formally es tablish them as "lifers" and under a decision hoping against pardon or parole the two yoatfcs were alsdrto joke and laugh over the prospects of their, new predi cament. ;:; Last Light Remarks. I don't see how we can serve ninety .years and life at"1 the same time," Leopold remarked to hl3 guard. "We are in from now on. so it doesn't make any difference when ybatake us down," Loeb told an attache of the sheriff's of fice who ViBtted his cell to confirm details : of personal history for' commitment papers. : ' . Judge Caverly, freed from t' 1 burden which has ! '! July -21, sat per. papers carried to tonight for;Irr-3-t; , maiced tt?i ,c: of the formal history of the cas& Crowe before the autompbile jour ney to Joliet, Bome forty mllef south, began. ' ff 1 Nathan Leopold, Sr., aged and grieved parent' will have his name sake and heir serve out his time. "Surely, surely," he replied in broken voice when asked if he would be satisfied to have his' son remain in the penitentiary for life. Loeb Sr. Says Little "There is but little to say." said Jacob Loeb. uncle of Richard. We have been snared the , ex treme penalty; but what have these two families to look forward to." . x- State's Attorney Crowe indicat ed that all arrangements to move the beys to Joliet tonight had been Completed but asserted that ther transfer was within the Jurisdic tion of himself, Peter . Hoffman, who had not decided early tonight upon final details for the removal. The boys, meanwhile at the jail in whifhr.they passed 112 days, resumed, the humdrum routine of the trial days except in the mat ter of diet. In which they appeared In a final lark against an un charted future. 5 .' 0 13 TEMPOE Methodists Plan Permanent Sunday School Structure in Three Years It has been "definitely decided tho minntstt rirtail nf all thi transpires in the commissioH otA 1 the new Sunday school plant wo- o- -ino- ih0 i 1 now Deing construciea cy tife proceeding. Mr. McCoy,- up on- his return to the office, was at once advised by his colleagues and employes of the commission of all that transpired at said conference. However, he refused i to partlci pate in the last, conference. The same pains were taken to fully In form him of all that transpired at the second conference." V "We did not, however, arrrvevat a satisfactory compromise at eith er conference. The majority mem bers then issued the present order, which, in their opinion, was reas onable andtnondlscrimnatpry, and returned itJto the court. The ma jority members of the commission were Influenced by the knowledge of. rate making possessed by two of its three rate experts, who have had mariy years of practical ex perience. i-; "Mr. McCoy intimates that some ; constructed - by the First Methodist church of Sale nx will be supplanted In three years by a modern, up to, date, perma nent structure. This decision vas reached at a meeting- of the offi cial board at the .same time Che final steps were taken towards going ahead with the present t:ni porary building. i , Work on the new -buCd'r i Va gina in earnest this ccr: '-s. Tuesday .andV Wedneeday y ere spent In removing soine old tu.'d- s and stacks of wood ecciarj 1-? thexslte of the new riant, v :. :;h Is immediately; behind theJIetto dist church at State and Church streets. 'S ; ';,'" Lumber began to arrive yester day afternoon, and the foundation timbers were set in place. Tie work is being done by -volunteer labor. Ten or, twelve men have giyen -their services during t! e past two days, ard a number nor a great wrong was done thejBhipperii are -expected -thtjcbrnlns In not being asked to be present at these meetings. He falls ' to realize that this rate' case was - ne cobi ot.tne DUii-'.ry e mated at 3 30 CO. V. s cx;;.:;t: being that practically all cf 1 Bo will go 1st? u?rj3!-t (Continue! pa pax S)