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LAST GIE OF
SERIES 4 TO 3
World's Series Is Clinched
When EarlJ McNeeley
Brings Ruel in for 1 Win
ning Run in 12th Inning
WALTER JOHNSON
FINISHES MATCH
Hope-of Eighteen Years,
Thought Lost, Finally
Realized By Veteran
' WASHINGTON. Oct. 10. (By
the A. P.) The miracle of base
ball, the dream of 40 years came
true this afternoon when Wash
ington won the baseball cham
pionship, of the world from the
;few York Giants? in the most
thrilling dramatic, climax that any.
.diamond series has ever seen.
.'. 4 Ont of the depths of two crush
ing defeats, Walter Johnson, one.
of the greatest pitchers the game
has erer known and Idolized, came
back to the heights and reached
bis goal, the end of. the 18-year
trail by leading the Senators to
victory by a score of 4 to 3 in
12 innings of spectacular, pulse
gripping baseball. And when Earl
McNeeley, young outfielder from
the Pacific coast, drove In "Mud
.dy. Ruel, with the winning run,
'after the "mighty bat of "Bucky"
Harris had kept the Senators in
'their . greatest fight, the rookie
also drove a vast crowd of more
than 30,000 that Included Presi
dent and Mrs. Coplidge into an
outburst of victory-Inspired frenzy
unprecedented ;ln he history of
the national gamej
V McJfeeley Starts It
TAe crack of McNeeley's bat was
the: match that set fire to con
flagration of enthusiasm, a whirl
wind of. excited Joy IBaC'swept the
big crowd as it flooded upon the
field, then rushed jwlldly for the
dugout Qf the . winning team, and
gave unrestrained .rent to spirits
which, first . through a victorious
American league campaign and
then through one' of the most
memorable championship battles
of all time had been whipped to
fever pitch. 1 I
The president of the United
States and his wife,' watching their
third game, clappjed and ; waved
their hands with the enthusiasm
of the most ardent fans. Men
and women, many of them promi
nently ..known throughout the
country. Joined with the rabid
throng of fandom In that tumult
uous outburst. I Fashionably
dressed women hugged on anoth
er In Joy, cheer leaders , sprang
up as if by magic, while hats were
thrown Into the air' with abandon.
For more than an hour, after the
game the crowd swirled about the
field and the clubhouse where the
Senators; were given a continual
- oration and nearly "mobbed.'
City Celebrates . - , j
; Tonight he f nation's capital
gave Itself orer to the celebration
to the greatest baseball achieve
ment, one of the greatest the team
has ever known. The victory not
only stirred the country's hub, but
' undoubtedly swept magnetically
throughout the land to the cross
roads, and to the boulevards, for'
It seemed the whole nation had
rooted for "Bucky'S Harris and his
band and shared; Washington's
own joy in the triumphant out
come, j
Never has baseball's premier
crown been, won j under circum
stances so remarkable as those this
afternoon In the seventh and de
ciding game of a series that has
swayed back and forth with bril
liancy, uncertain until the last
thrill-moment. Hot since the
famous series of 1912 have Amer
ican and National league rivals
fought with such- tenacity 'and
i courage for the title, and oddly
enough it was the Giants who
swent down to defeat this time as
they did 12 years ago before the
Boston Red Sox: -tit was a shat
tering setback for; John McGraw,
gray-haired veteran pilot of the
Giants, turned back on the thresh-
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THE WEATHER
OREGON: Partly cloudy and
warmer; . moderate westerly
winds. :
LOCAL WEATHER
(Friday) -Maximum
temperature, 56.
Minimum temperature, 34.
River, 1.7; rising. -Rainfall,
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Final Averages Show
j Washington Outbatted,
Outfielded by Giants
WASHINGTON-,. Oct. 10. (By
The Associated Press.) The Sen
ators won their first world's se
ries despite the fact that they
were outbatted and ontfielded by
their New York opponents. iThe
final averages for th seven
games show that the Giants bat
ted .261 and? fielded for a mark
of .980, while Senators hung up
a hitting average of .246 and a
fielding figure of .964.
Bill Terry, Giant first baseman.
Iwaavthe leading individual hitter
with an average of ,429 for five
games. a . '',. : m :
Roger Pickinpaugh, crippled he
ro, compiled a mark of .417 for
four fames and. was. second on the
list, but Joe Judge, playing in all
seven games, was the real batting
king of the Senators with a" .385
mark. :- ""- Y 'V ; .'i
Travis Jackson of the Giants and
"Muddy" Ruel of the Senato'rs had
the poorest hittiig records of any
of the regulars, each getting but
two hits and having marks of .074
and .095, respectively.
Sixteen Billion Gold Marks
i Handed to Reparations
1 Commission
f PARIS, Oct. 10. The Dawes
plan for the 'payment or repara
tions by a settlement of the Im
broglio which has j kept Europe
upset erer since the war, became
virtually effective today when the
Germans handed over to the re
parations commission ' industrial
railroad debentures totalling 16,
000,000,000 gold marks, and the
commission approved the contract
signed M London for" the 800,000,
000 gold mark loan to Germany.
:, .The appointment of an Amer
ican citizen, Thomas Nelson Per
kins of the Boston," law firm of
Ropes, Gray, Boyden and Perkins,
to act with the commission on the
execution of ) the plan completed
the preliminaries. The formal an
nouncement that the Dawes plan
is in effect, however was delayed
until Monday.
,It was disclosed at the head
quarters of the commission that
the German loan will be handled
in .the form of 25 year bonds is
sued at 92 and bearing 7 per cent
interest with amortization pay
ments each year of one twenty
fifth of the capital.
The trustees of the loan In ad
dition to the agent general of re
parations are Mr. Perkins, Nelson
D. Jay of Morgan, Harjes and
company, and the Dutch banker.
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WHEELER, WIFE
Third Party Candidate Con
centrates Efforts in and
Around Frisco
OAKLAND, Cal., l Oct. 10.
Senator Burton K. Wheeler, inde
pendent rice' presidential candi
date opened two days of speaking
engagements in San Francisco bay
cities by reviewing before an
Oakland audience his charges as
to rate agreements on the govern
ment's Alaskan railroad, and his
account of banking transaction in
Massachusetts state j funds when
President Coolldge was governor
of, that state, r Electric facilities
were called Into service in order
that gatherings in two separate
halls might hear hear his simul
taneously. ; ;
i Mrs. Wheeler, wife of the can
didate, likewise made, a campaign
address In support of the La Fol
lette ticket on which her husband
is, running. She told an afternoon
audience which was chiefly femin
ine, that in 'Washington, where
both men were known, support
was more evident for Senator La
Follette than the president, and
argued that a national administra
tion by the political leadership,
she supported 1 would make 1 for
pacific conditions in the world.
SILVEUTOX TEAM LOSES
' The Silverton high school foot
ball team was defeated by a' score
of 7-0 at Oregon City yesterday.
A banquet was given last night
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. "Gbose" Goslln, whose record
of three home runs tied the mark
established by Ruth last season,
was the leading slugger, with a
total of 21 bases on 11 hits. Ham
ris was close behind withv 17, In
cluding two homers, while Frisch
led the Giants with 16 total bases
on 10 hits;.
Frisch , had the most : two bag
gers, ! f ourj .and he and Terry got
the only triples of the series. Sam
Rice was the leading base stealer,
with two thefts. ' j
Although their fielding average
was not as good as the Giants, the
Senators completed 10 double
plays; against four for their opponents..!-
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Tom Zachary. Washing to n
southpaw was the only pitcher to
win more than one game, while
Jack) Bentley of the Giants and
Walter Johnson, of the Senators,
the iron men of the series, each
won land lost two games. I Mar
berry figured in four games, three
of which he served in a relief ca
pacity, i .
BRITISH LABOR
HINTS BREAK
Suggestion Made That Pre.
mier MacDonald Is Not
Popular in Party ,
LONDON, Oct. 10. (By the
A.P.1 At the opening of the cam
paign for what universally is de
scribed as an "unwanted" elec
tion, jperhaps the most striking in
cident is, the extraordinary attack
on Premier MacDonald published
in the intellectual laborite review.
The New Statesman, organ of the
independent labor party. . If the
attack; faithfully represents the
feeling of any large section of the
party and is not the outgrowth
of some personal feud if is re
garded as Implying a serious crisis
within the ranks of the party.
Paying tribute to Mr. MacDon
ald's remarkable gifts, as a par
liamentarian and foreign secretary
the article says some Qf the high
est officials In the foreign office
consider he has been the best for
eign ' secretary Great Britain has
had in a quarter of, a century,
and that if he is not mourned
elsewhere : he certainly will be
mourned at the foreign office. .
Yet, the article proceeds to say
that J Mr. MacDonald alone is re
sponsible for having brought the
country into the present "absurd
political predicament; that yet
while he has been an immense a
success as foreign secretary, as
prime minister he has. been an ut
ter failure. "M j, ;
The article complains of what
it terms Mr. Macponald's ridicu
lous j "amor proprae, vanity 1 and
aloofness from his colleagues,"
and says: . ; '
"If he could sink his vanity and
prejudices and admit the possibil
ity of there being other, men be
sides: himself, he might . be in
power another year or two."
Washington Judge to
i Preside at New York
SPOKANE, Oct. 10. Federal
Judge J. Stanley Webster of the
eastern Washington district has
been! called by Chief Justice Taft
of the United States supreme court
to preside for one month, in the
Nei
York City federal court. He
will
leave here in time to arrive
in New York Nor. 3.
s' for
Receipt
Games $11093,104 ih
the World's s Series
AWSHINGTON, Oct., 10 (By
the A P.) A new record for world
series receipts was established by
the Giants and Senators. Figures
for the seven-games, ill, 093, 104,
exceeded by $38,289 those of the
only; other million-dollar, series,
the sixth contest battle between
the Giants and Yankees in New
York last year. ,
Attendance figures were not
shattered, however. The mark of
283,695 set in this series fell 17.
735 short of the 301,430 which
saw the classic last season.
Washington players wilt divide
I14S.991.63 of , the .total fund',
and i New York will split $99,
.327.75.. The remaining 25 per
cent' of the total players share
will be divided among the second
and ; third place clubs In each
league.' ; : . .
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CAPiTAL GITY
STAGES! BIG
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immense Crowds s no w
Great Jubilation at Vici
tory of Senators Over th
New York Giants' ;
FIREWORKS j SIRENS,
ADD T0I THE UPROAR
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comes Mass of Howling,
Cheering' Humanity .
WASHINGTON, Oct. 10. (By
the A P.) The national capital to
day celebrated the winning of its
first baseball championship with
as much noise ' land racket , as it
greeted the news of the end ; of
the World war. I !
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From every street in the city
rose the din of thousands cheering
the arrival of the Senators in base
ball's promised pand. The firing
of small cannon the crack of pis
tols, the bang qf firecracker, the
honk of automobiles and over
worked lungs of half-crazed base
ball fans were j blended, into the
deafening roar. i
Noise Is Intense
Horns and sirens were coupled
with racket makers, and all of
Washington was out to promote
noise. . r ;
. From the eapltoi, up Pennsyl
vania avenue tol the White House
a cheering, howling mob surged.
King Baseball had conquered the
city and in turbulent fashion led
his followers In endless parade,
Like a college town wild over a
football victoryj Washington be
haved, but on al larger scale. .
i Traffic cops were lost In the
melee as thousands bf automobiles
became twisted In i honking pam
in the downtown streets of the ctiy
while machines I almost ceased to
move as occupants climbed out on
running boards o yelL .
Washington had lived to see Its
first world pennant for a while
many thought t .would,, not live'
through It. L J ' V
Ambition" Achieved
All the years of cultivated dig
nity that the city had stored up
exploded with, a bang. The city
that for nearly two centuries had
been called upon to witness the
biggest celebrations of a nation,
tonight went wld over the first
celebration tha it could really
call all' its own.j f
.Thronging the :streets In groups
that ranged front three and four to
long "lock-stepi processions, peo
ple seemingly In countless num
bers paraded and cheered.
Every person Was equipped with-,
some kind of noise maker. Dinner
bells had been snatched from the
sideboard to clang for attention
beside big bass drums. Whistles
and horns fronj1 roaring people
strove for supremacy from all
sides' 1 1
Washington hkd wanted its ball
team to win as had never wanted
anything before, and the strain of
seren days of breath-holding base
ball culminated In a "main, street"
roar that would f-iral the combined
efforts of all the sand-lots in Am
erica. j i
POSTPONE. :ZR-3 FLIGHT
FREIDRICHSHAFEN,, Oct. 11.
(By the Associated Press ).
The beginning of the flight by the
Zeppelin ZR-3 to America has
been postponed iuntil tomorrow;
Seven j :
split into 26 shares of $5,730
each. Manager -Harris announced
after a 'meeting! of. players which
followed the. game. Miller and
Taylor, sub-infietders. and Al
Schacht, coach,! eack will receive
two-thirds of a share, and the 24
remaining portions will be equally
divided among the' other players.
Coach Nick Altrock I and Trainer
Mike jlartin.' , liump sumsHwIU be
donated by the: players to Wade
Lefler, outfielder.! who was in
eligible for the leries. to the club
house boy, and to the Senators'
batboy. :j ! ,t; , .
, Th8,.Glanls .mt hurriedly, .after
the contest to catch a train and
did not, announce? a division of
their cut. , . The! approximate fig
ure for each .of tbe.26.men on the
Giant eligible list, including Coach
Jennings, would be $3,820,
WASHINGTON
VOTER SELECTS
FROM ELEVEN
Number of Parties Certified
to Lacks Just One of Be
f Ing Even Dozen !
OLYMPIA, Wash., Oct. 10.
Names of candidates of eleven
parties were certified out td the
various county auditors ; in the
state by J. Grant Hinkle, secre
tary of state today. , There will be
seren Bets of presidential electors
for the roters to choose from, the
remaining four parties having
named only candidates for state
offices. . i . t
Six aspirants for the guberna
torial cbalr will contest for votes,
and complete state tickets have
been filed by four parties. , Fol
lowing are the candidates for governor:'-.
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Roland II. Hartley, republican;
Ben F, Hill, democrat; J. R.
Oman, farmer-labor; W. A. Gil
more; progressive i state party J
David Burgees, socialist labor, and
Emil Herman, socialist.
On the judicial ticket, which Is
non-partisan. William H. Pember
ton. incumbent, will be opposed by
William David Askren for the re
maining place to be filled on the
supreme bench. Two candidates,
Chief Justice John F. Main and
John R. Mitchell, received suffi
cient rotes in the primary election
to insure their reelection, but their
names will appear on the ballot as
a matter of form. " f.
Giant Naval ; Airship Makes
. Landing at 11, O'clock
Last Night
SAN DIEGO. CaL, Oct. 10.
The Shenandoah passed Oceanside,
42 miles north of San Diego, at
10:15 p. m., according to a tele
phone report received here. She
arrived at San Diego at 11 o'clock.
t.'. From Santa Anna to San Diego
the ' big navy aircraft flew at the
rate of about a mile a minute.
The 27 miles from Santa Anna to
San Juan Capistrano was covered
in 26 minutes,, the Shenandoah
arriving at the latter place at
9:41 p. m. Twenty nine minutes
later the Shenandoah had covered
the' 30 miles from Capistrano to
Oceanside and the same speed was
maintained until .the craft had
reached this city and passed over
Point Loma, preparatory to land
ing on North Island.
So fast did the Shenandoah fly
that residents of this city, waiting
to get a view of her,1 failed, with
a few exceptions, to pick her out
in the moonlight, i
. The task of mooring the Shen
andoah proved to be a long one.
Heavy winches were used to expe
dite the task, but officers in
charge said soon after the begin
ning of it that it would require
about an hour to finish the Job, as
the men at i North Island had a
stiff wind to contend with.
Declaration Made That Pro
gressive Was Wrong in
Calling it Secret
L'
WASHINGTON, Oct. 10 An
nouncing; the. . finding . after a
search of public records of an
agreement bellered to be the ono
referred to by Senator Wheeler fn
recent campaign addresses as a
"secret contract between (J P.
Morgan's Alaska Steamship com
pany! and the government-owned
Alaska railroad", fixing the divi
sion of freight rates between the
two concerns on joint shipments,
Secretary Work today declared
that the .contract neither was sec
ret . nor confined to the two or
ganizations designated by the in
dependent vice presidential can
didate. ' : . . : ; .
"Senator Wheeler seems to, have
been misinformed," said Secretary
Work, who explained the con
tracts were entered Into befpre he
assumed charge of the interior de
partment. "The joint transfer
contract between the Alaskan
steamship and the Alaskan rail
road is not a secret agreement. It
is on file with the interstate com
merce commission and , anyone
who "wants to see it may do bo by
simply making the request." ;
" 'EMBARGO STARTS
MINNEAPOLIS, Oct. . 10. An
embargo, on Incoming J grain at
Duluth which became effective
October 2, was lifted at 11:59 pi
m. tonight, t
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FOR FLQATInG
Negotiations are Completed
I Whereby German Govern
j ment is to Borrow Eight
' i Hundred Million Marks
OVER HALF WILL BE
t RAISED IN AMERICA
$1 1 0,000,000 Total Amount
to Be Sought in the
United States
LONDON, Oct. 10. (By the A.
P.) The negotiations for a loan
of 800,000,000 gold marks to the
German government, provided for
by the Dawes reparation plan,
were successfully concluded this
afternoon and the loan will be put
on the financial .markets of nine
countries including Germany,;
within a few days. More than half
Of the entire loan $110,000,000
-4-is to be raised In the United
States, j i; I r!
The bonds will be dated ! Octi
15, mature In 25 years, and bear
7 per cent interest. ) They will be;
offered to investors at 92, yields'
ing approximately 7 per cent
to maturity. -The terms of issue
in the various markets are virtu
ally identical. j . , j
: Signatures to the agreement to
loan money to the German gov--
eminent were fixed; this afternoon
in old Bank of England building.
Dr. Hjalmar Schacht, president of
the Relchsbank and Dr. Hans
Luther, the German finance mln-i
totllV tflnrnAil mw Iawwiamm. T D 1
Morgan signed for j the American
Banking syndicate, headed by his
own company; Montague Norman
for the Bank of England; Jean V.
Parmentier, for .. France, and tha
other financiers for their respec
tive financial fields on the conti
nent. ' j - j A ; , j j
Mr. Morgan subsequently Issued
a statement which follows in part:
"The contract .under which the
loan of 800,000,000 gold marks
is to be issued for the German
government, as provided under the
Dawes plan, was signed this after
noon, the shares undertaken by
the various markets being as fol
lows: : ' ! ' J
i"A nominal amount of $110,
000,000 In the United States; 12,
000,000 pounds sterling in Great
Britain; 1,500,000 pounds sterl
ing in Belgium ; 3,1000,000 pounds
sterling in France; 2,500,000
pounds sterling in,' Holland; 100,
000,000 lire in Italy; 25,200,000
kronen in Sweden, and 3,000.000
pounds sterling in Switzerland. It
is arranged that the small residue
required to complete the full
amount of 800,000.000 gold marks
will be taken in Germany. - j
cj "The contract. for the issue be
comes effective upon receipt of of
ficial notification from the repar
ation commission that it has com
pleted its action subordinating
tlje present reparation claims
against Germany to be lien of this
loan and that' it has taken the
necessary action ( for putting the
Dawes plan completely Into ef
fect." '.- J K - . !
To Studv i Columbia i
Irrigation Project
! SPOKANE. Oct 10 --Charles K.
Lacker, builder of the Miami con
servancy flood control system in
the Dayton, Ohio, district, will
start tomorrow on a study of the
canal, dam and tunnel construc
tion of (the Columbia basin irri
gation project as one of the' spe
cial engineers appointed by the
federal government. He will go
oyer the project with a view of
studying construction costs, ; Ar
thur Turner, one bf the engineer
ing staff, jsaid today.
MEXICAN BjHTS
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Train Wrecked and t Robbed
at Point 30 Miles South
i : i of Jaurez i
EL PASO, Texas; Oct. 10,-f-NIne
persons were killed, one or two
Of them Americans, when Mexi
can bandits wrecked and robbed
a train on the Chihuahua & Orient
railroad near Candelerio, about 30
miles south, of Juarez, according
to messages received tonight by
military authorities in , Juarez.
Troops ware ordered tonight to
try to Intercept the bandits, who
afe believed to hare started for
Ski IS"! !! 9l Sk Grange,
SLAY AMERICANS
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Total Reported Thursday $75,975 Albert
Team Again Wins Award for Biace-t Sum
Raised One person Gives Pension Chtcl:
-Luncheon Is
To date, the YMCA bufldihgr ,' campaign has netted
$75,975, a little, more
than
amount in two davs of canvassinsr.
At the Friday noon dinner, team pledges were repenta
a a - Imn'i rnn i rri ?i.t 1-1. Aaitit.m aw i t-4-m t
amounting to $24,930.
These
report of $13,605, made
a total
a little more than the first day.
For the second day,; the Albert team won the crown f cr
the biggest sum; raised $4,010 from 13 subscribers. Thl3
gave to the general division commanded by Tero Hick3 the
honor of leading the army for
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Man, Is Statement
Republican
OMAHA, Nefc. Oct. 10- (By
The Associated Press. )Met .In
Nebraska today by democratic as
sertions that In discussing the La
Follette court attitude he was
"setting' up a straw man," . Char
les O. Dawes responded that "i
It is a straw m&n. he has consi
derable of a punch! in him
The republican j nominee tor
vice president first, announced
that "soft pedal!- "the iom t4
questions by the L Follette lead
ers wuold . not deter him from
continuing his discussion, jot that
question to the virtual exclusion
of all other subjects. Then read
ing an editorial in the state's
leading . democratic newspaper
that he had raised the court ques
tion as "a straw 'man toj knock
down, he made his response to
it in rear platform speeches at
Grand Island, Columbus and Fre
mont before arriving here to ad
dress a large audience tonight In
the city auditorium.
. "It Is the whole issue,"
he as-
serted. "If it succeeds, it means
chaos. Let there be even .the.
first intimation Of success and see
what It does to that confidence
upon which all prosperiy U based.
"What is. more than a question
of prosperity, more than a ques
tion of wages, price of farm pro?
ducts . or anything else is' that
question of uri patriotism ;
where we- stand as American citl-
rens." , .
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Brewer Withdraws in
Favor
. of Steck in Iowa Sena-
torial Race
DES MOINES, Ipwa, Oct. 10.
(Bv Associated; Press.) A new
political turn developed today with
the withdrawal from the senator
ial ;race of L,uthetj B. Brewer of
Cedar Rapids, republican indepen
dent candidate.! In withdrawing
his name, Mr, Brewer denounced
Senator Smith ;W4 Hrookhart as
a "deBerter,, of bia' party aid gave
his followers and j the democrats
the campaign slogan "sic 'em
Steck." urging them to support
Daniel F. Steck' of OttumWa, the
democratic senatorial nominee.
Republican state headquarters
declined, tonight tp comment on
the day's; development. , The party
leaders had frowned uport Brew
er's candidacy when it was an
nounced and said they did not wish
to comment on : his withdrawal.
Nor would they speculate upon its
effect upon the election,
ing the exten of Brewer's
ing was problematical.
declar-
follow
Mr. Steck. in recent campaign
speeches, has made a special ap
peal to republicans who dislike
Senator ' Brbokhart's repudiation
of the Cool id ge-DaWes" ticket To
this today was added the state
ment of Brewer that' Steck .had
taken "the right position" on what
he termed two of the chief Issues
raised in the present campaign-
the authority of the courts and
government ownership of . ; rail
roads,, ; ' j
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FAVORS MO
MB m
Served by Women of City
one-third the total required
with the executive cominittca
of $38,535 for the day's work.
the day.
a total
of 414 subscrlpti-rs
was reported . for the. two days,
255 ot them being reported for
Friday.' Outside of the big ones
listed through the executive cout
mittee, this makes a little 1 i
than $100 per subscriber. As lla
campaign - committee counts cm
close to 3000 separate subscrip
tion prospects, there would be a
fine surplus if all should hold up
to this rate, though it is believe 1
that both the number and the
$100 standard win fall short of
realization. Perhaps there never
was a campaign that reached It A
high.
One woman was reported ty
Secretary Kells who gave over,
her pension check for the T bsili
fng fund.. This was a long wbHs
ago.. The money has been key
ing company with the $204 raised
by the Salem, Boys' chorus for the
same fund.
It is announced that this Is net
a mere annual maintenance cam
paign. It is for two years' xaaia
tenance plus the, building. . Car. a
small subscriptions have been re
ceived evidently under the-. I;
pre88ion that it la an annual evert.
It Is that, with the $100,000 balll
Ing added. Because 1 ot the t'3
drive this year, it Is hoped to- net
have to make a. maintenance cart
paign next fall, so the present
campaign is hoped to cover that
also, In one grand sweep. As tla
money , need not be paid Id Imme
diately, but can' be called' for .3
the building progresses, it will ta
easy to meet the demands. There
will certainly be no .more c&lla
from the present building. Any
good building subscription at this
time will include a membership
with full privileges so long as the
old building is used.
Gold paper crowns were award
ed Thursday's, winning, subscrip
tion team, led by Joe Albert.
They will wear their crowns for
another day on their Friday rec
ord. Fred Erixon's team was
awarded the medal for having
made the largest number of visits.
Beginning this morning, a daily
prayer meeting Is to be held at
the Y, beginning- at 8:30, for the
success of the campaign.
"No such enterprise was ever
put over without deep, fervent
prayer," said Director Booth.
He hopes to have anywhere
from 50 to 100 men there each
morning, to get a good start for
the day's work. " .
Dinner was served to 121 team
workers and about a score of
others on the executive and gen
eral staff. They dined Friday on
baked salmon, salad, apple saace,
curried rice and other, parts cf a
balanced, fighting menu. The
dinners presided over by -Mrs. F.
A. Elliott and Mrs. C. A. Kells are
helping amazingly to make the
campaign seem interesting. Those
who served for Friday were:
Mesdames Shattnck, Hazard,
Bernice Robertson, C. II. Edmund
son, C. K. Spauldlng, P. M. Greg
ory. J. H. Albert, J. C. Griffith.
Ausman, Hewlett. Willis - Moore,
A. M. Rausch, A. A. Lee, E. C.
Miller, F. A. Baker, J. H. Farrar,
Paul Hendricks, C M. Epley,
Chester Cox, Arbuthnot, Simpson.
Couchmah, Eric Butler, 11. R.
White, W. L. Pemberton, Fern
Daugherty, L. E. Morehouse, F.
M. Reed, Belle Roberts. A. Snook,
Bert Hewlett. W. S. Moore, J. A.
Albert, Gordon Black, A. E. Dalke
and Ben Vick.
A new corps of dinner-makers
will . serve each' day, they being
drawn partly from the organized
church forces, and partly from
volunteers who are deeply inter
ested in the work. - -
With six more- days to go, one
of them being Sunday and so. not
a real campaign day but a day
that is counted on to have a pro
found influence on the net result,
there seems little doubt that tha
program .will go over as plane I.
Secretary Kells, speaking of tha
matter,' said: '
. "We have not asked for a penny
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