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SEVENTY-FOURTH YEAR
SALEM, OREGON, SUNDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 16, 1924
PRICE FIVE CENTLi
mm
OREGON GUARD!
IS i
GQRPSREGORD
Three-Quarters of Million
Dollars Brought Into State
According to Biennial Re
port
AUTHORIZED STRENGTH
IS ALMOST ATTAIN
ED
lOO Per Cent Mrk Would Hare
Been Reached Had; Not
Order Interfered
That nllntment f federal fnnrts
brought into the state by the Ore
gon National Guard amounted j to
1753.580, more than the amount
appropriated by the state for the
upkeep of the National Guard
tor the past two' years is shown: in
the nineteenth biennial report of
the adjutant general, submitted
: this ' week to the " " governor, by
Brlgadier i General ; George A.
White, commander of the state
military forces. ( .
i ' The amount of government (al
lotment lsj dependent upon the
number of f effective troops pro
Tided by the state and maintained
In accordance "with the require
ments of the national defense law,
la shown by a comparative table
In the report for the past five
years, daring , which the strength
of the Oregon National Guard lias
Increased from a force of 1359
officer and men in 1920, to a
strength of S219 at the present
time. -" 'The table shows that fed
eral funds allotted for training
purposes in 1920 amounted f to
4103,937.07, while in 19Z4 mis
amount' was increased to a total
of. 1.526.0$ 5.93, .
Leads . Ninth I Corps j
That Oregon' leads all .other
states in the Ninth ; corps area,
compromising- states on the - Pa
cific coast, Idaho; Montana, Utah,
Nevada, and Wyoming, in the mat
ter of per cent of authorized quota
of troops formed is shown in com
parative statements issued from
western army headquarters atfSan
Francisco, which are contained In
the report. ; - . ' : v-J' I "
It is shown that the National
Guard of this state is now at 98
of its 1924 authorized- strength,
and that it would have passed the
100 mark' October 15, If r tbe
government had not halted enlist
ment due to a temporary, curtail
ment in the allotment of funds for
defense purposes; even at ; that
Oregon'" army is 40 In excess
of the maintenance strength re
quired by the federal government.
The United' States federal inspec
tion reports without exception pay
high; tribute to the Oregon Na
tional Guard for all phases of
training and efficiency. j
; Will Lift Ban j
; It is expected that the tempor
ary ban placed on formation of
new units will be lifted by! not
later, than July 1, 1925, and if the
coming session of the legislature
provides the necessary funds, jit Is
planned to proceed with the organ-
laatlon of the units required to
bring the Oregon National Guard
up to its ultimate quota. This is
taken care of in the program for
the next two years in the rent
fundi are available. I
National attention has been di
rected to Oregon for the past two
years as a result of the outstand
ing accomplishments of rifle teams
jepresenting the National Guard
at the national rifle and pistol
matches held at Camp Perry,'
Ohio, This year the rifle team
won the 14000 infantry trophy,
laving beaten all competing teams
from' all parts of the country, in-f
eluding the crack team from the
United States infantry.
; ? Units Are Listed
Units of the National Guard are
now located In the following cit
ies: f -'. , '."!,' '
Albany, Ashland, Astoria, ; Bak
er Corvallis, Cottage Grovej Dal
las, Eugene, Forest Grove, Gresh
am. Hood River, La Grande, Leb
anon. McMlnnviUe, Marshfield,
' Medford. Newport, Oregon City.
Tvntianrt Rftsebnrr. Salem, St.
Helens, Silverton. The Dalles, Til
lamook, Toledo, Woodburn.
DODST IS m
Donation of $2500 Received
' Saturday; Other Gifts
; Total $3200
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With the gift of 12500 from
one interested person and! other
subscriptions bringing the day's
total to $3200, the YMCA building
ffcnd campaign continues to grow
and is now within $16,000; of the
necessary amount of the original
' goal; It was announced last night
; hy C. A. Kells. general secretary.
With all of the committee de
termined to wind up the drive this
week, it is expected that I the re
' malnder will be raised In short
prder. .
bmifm
Carlton Man
in Annual
I License
Two Salem automobile owners
will drive machines with license
number under! ten, according to
the annual drawing for licenses
which was superintendent by Sam
A. Kozer, secretary of state. Sat
urday. Isador Greenbaum was
awarded No. 3 and Mrs. H. P.
Sttth No. 64 The much-sought
No. 1 license tag went to Frank
Brown, of Carlton. Eight auto
mobile owners of this district
will have plates under the 100
mark. These are:
J. D. Alexander, Route 4, No.
35; Jacob Benzel, Route 2, Silver
ton, No. 53 i Jaye Bleakney, Sll
verton, No. 66; Oregon National
Guard, No. 82; Dr. William B.
Mott, Salem; No. 96 and W. C.
Hubbard. Salem No. 103. No. 150
went to A. D. Moe. Hood River
and No. 500 to Paul R. Kelty, of
Eugene. .
One of the sought after plates
State ' Central Committee
' Distributes $47,027; Tax
Measure Also Costly '
Total subscriptions to the Ore
gon republican state central com
mittee during the campaign pre
ceding the general election
amounted to $47,027 according to
a report filed with Sam A. Kozer,
secretary of; state. Expenditures
to November 8 were $42,727.41,
leaving a balance of $4344.59 at
that time, j
Major expenditures were a con
tribution of $12,500 to the nation
al republican committee; $5700 to
the Multnomah county and third
congressional committees; $7987.
45 for publicity . and advertising;
$7704.25 for offices, including
salaries, rent and incidental ex
penses; $2078.30 for the speakers'
bureau and $2495.60 for circular
izing voters'.' r
."It has been impossible for this
committee, within 10 days fixed
for filing of this report, to com
plete the payment of all obliga
tions incurred and to obtain re
ceipted vouchers therefor," a
statement filed with the report
said. "Additional vouchers cover
ing outstanding and unpaid claims
will be filed subsequently."
C. C. Chapman, in support of
the repeal of the Income tax bill
spent $36,996.78 and W. S. Bab
son, chairman of the Portland
Chamber of Commerce committee,
for repeal of the income tax, an
additional $13,375.66.
Support of the compulsory com
pensation amendment cost $2,
513.25, according to the report of
E. J. Stack secretary, of the Ore
gon workmen's compulsory com
pensation league. Bertha J. Beck,
In opposition to the income tax
spent $208.06 and' the Oregon
state association of Naturopaths,
in support of the Naturopathic
bill, spent $1791.36.
GAHLSDDRF QUITS
BUSINESS LEAGUE
President of Local Organiza
tion Resigns After
Stormy Sessions , ,
William Gahlsdorf, prominent
Salem business man and member
of the school board, has resigned
as president of the Salem Business
Men's league, according to a re
port from an authentic . source.
Efforts are being made to straigh
ten out certain differences and
to have him continue as head of
the organization. !
Just what caused the rumpus is
not definitely placed, hut it is un
derstood that Mr. Gahsldorf was
vehement in his protests against
an organized movement to obtain
uniform flag decorations In Sa
lem. The matter, was carried out
successfully, with a great many of
the merchants going ahead with
the plan as suggested and the
flags made their appearance on
Armistice day.
Since the flags were placed on
the streets, other merchants have
purchased them and will display
the flags on the first occasion.
Whether or not Mr. Gahlsdorf will
accept this-move in good faith, in
view "of , his previous: attitude, is
not" known.;' - "" T "' ': ,;
Armament Preparations '
Advanced By Committee
GENEVA; Not. 5. (By . The
Associated Pess) Preparations
for the proposed international
conference for reduction of arma
ments week advanced a step when
the permanent military, commis
sion of the league of nations
selected the countries which will
furnish six experts to sit with the
special committees which are to
help in framing the agenda of the
arms conference.
BIG SI SPENT
fif GOP PARTY
Is First
Automobile
Plate Contest
is that hearing number 13, which
went to Donald II, Graham, ol
Grants Pass. The old "hoo doo"
number, 23, will be displayed on
an automobile owned by Will
Jones, of Portland. -
Automobile owners are display
ing little interest in early regis
tratton this year and at present
the number of applications is far
under the numbers for the corres
ponding time in either 1922 j or
1923, despite the fact that there
are nearly 50.000 more i motor
vehicles registered for 1924. Un
less applications for. new plates
are received Immediately it will
be impossible to 'avoid congestion
the first of the year, Mr, Kozer
said. i
The 1925 license plates will
have a deep yellow background
with the state and numbers paint
ed black, similar to the Idaho
license . plates for this year. i
BIKERS SAY
Financial Conditions are
Best in, Years; Deposit
Increase Large
PORTLAND Or; Not.; 15.
Financial -and business conditions
through, the Pacific northwest are
better -than, for years with bank
assess and deposits x on, the in
crease and loans on the decrease,
accot-dlng"' to reports fniade at a
meeting , of western, state - bank
superintendents' held here today,
at which an organization to be
called the Western Association of
Bank supervisors, was formed.
Uniform banking laws banking
organizations ana poncy of supervision-
is expected to be. the out
growth of the' new organization of
which: Frank C.: Bramwell super
intendent of Danks '- for Oregon,
was chosen president; L. Q. Skel
ton, superintendent of! banks for
Montana, vice., president, and . J.
C. Mlnshulr, superintendent of
banking for Washington, secretary-treasurer.
The need of such an organiza
tion was declared to have been
shown as a result of the fact that
most of the meetings of the Na
tional association of. supervisors
of state . banks are , held in the
east, and it is often difficult for
western, bank examiners to attend.
At the same time, problems in
the west are different from those
in the east and in was thought
that a western association would
be of greater benefit to the west
ern supervisions. .
The new, organization will in
clude all bank examiners in the
state of I. Montana, Washington,
Idaho, Oregon. Utah. Arizona,
New Mexico Nevada and Califor
nia, it was announced. It is
proposed to hold annual confer
ences for a discussion of mutual
problems. Seattle has Issued an
invitation for the next meeting of
the organization to be held there.
In a report on conditions ; ' In
Oregon, Mr. Bramwell declared
that banking, generally here was
in the most satisfactory condition
in the history of this state, j
Similar conditions were report
ed in other states represented.
FUX EXHIBIT IS '
GOIN'B TO ST. PAUL
The General Immigration
Agent of the Northern
Pacific to Display it
P. E. Thomason, the outstand
ing flax grower of the Turner dis
trict, has sent 'to the general; im
migration agent of the Northern
Pacific railroad, at St. Paul, Minn,
a, flax exhibit; one of the finest
ever made np here or any where.
This exhibit will be given a good
place ia 'the head offices of the
company in the Minnesota metro
polls, j
Mr. Thomason now engaged
in. threshing seed at his farm,
with a "whipperf furnished by the
state flax plant. There ' will be
about 100 bushels of this seed;
started from a hand full given by
the United States Department of
Agriculture to Owen Thomason.
son of P. E. Thomason, and in
creased from, year to year, "and
kept separate and pure. This 100
bushels will give this section
quite a start in pedigreed seed
of a most valuable strain; and it
win be worth many thousands of
dollars annually to the industry
here. , !;'- - ;
" William D. Andrews, : the New
York fiber merchant, when he was
here a few weeks ago; declared
that the fiber of the flax produced
from .the pedigreed seed was the
strongest he had ever tested
and he has been testing samples
of fiber all his life.
TIES, BETTER
WORLD COURT
ACTION IS HOT
EXPECTED HOI
Cooiidge arid Hughes Must
Give Plan More Support,
Virginia Solon States;
Outcome in Doubt
SAYS GOP- SENATORS TO
BLOCK ALL COURT PLANS
Swanson of Virginia Expresses
Concern Over Foreign
-."" Itelatlons '
WASHINGTON. Nov. 15.
Senator Swanson of Virginia,
ranking democrat on the foreign
relations committee, said today be
did not expect( any action at the
short session hi congress on the
world court proposals. No action
can be expected in the next con
gress, he stated, unless President
Cooiidge and Secretary Hughes
push ' the matter more vigorously
and determinedly than' they have
In the past.
It Is impossible, the Virginia
senator said, to pass either the
Pepper world court resolution or
the one favored- by Presidents
Harding and Cooiidge and Secre
tary Hughes' by a two thirds ma
jority because of opposition "of a
large "majority of republican sena
tors' unless some have changed
their views as a result of the elec
tions. ' . : .
"I Introduced at the last ses
sion of the senate, when no re
publican would do so, a resolu
tion to make effective? the recom
mendations of the two presidents
and secretary of state in offering
a protocol establishing a world
court," he asserted.
Senator Pepper, of Pennsyl
vania, introduced a resolution
creating a new world court en
tirely different in formation from
the existing one. My resolution
received the utmost support of
the democratic members of the
foreign relations committee and
one republican ' member. Senator
Lenropt, Wisconsin. All of the
other : republicans . voted against
the "recommendations of Presi
dents Harding and Cooiidge and
Secretary Hughes. ' . "
A minority report was filed by
me and concurred In by demo
crats opposing the' Pepper resolu
tion and favoring adherence to
the protocol. These resolutions
never came up for consideration
in the senate. ".' ' " '
T
BE ROBBERY CLUE
Clothing Size to Fit Cosby,
Escaped Convict and
Burglar Suspect
The discovery of a suitcase hid
den in the brick making machine
at the prison plant containing ar
ticles of clothing of sizes to fit
William Cosbv. trnstv oonvlrt of
the state penitentiary, who escap
ed two -day after the robbery of.
the J. C. Penney store here1 Nov
ember 2, further strengthens the
theory that there ia connection
between "the robbery and the es
cape. " f
Additional .evidence sunnortine
this View was hronrht to. lieht
last Sunday when a handbag and
socks stolen from the store were
found in a field clone to tbn ab
andoned automobile. In which he
had fled from the prison, f
' The suitcase found yesterday
was wranned in a runny-sack
bearing the printed name,1 "Trl
State Terminal, Redmond, Ore
gon," and contained seven shirts,
overcoat, suit of clothes, all of
Cosby 's size, and 17 pairs of socks.
i ne case ana the goods were
identified by D. B. Jarmani man
ager of the J. C. Penney store, I
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IS
Dr. Sawyer Says More Com
fortable Night Is Passed; i
More Cheerful "
MARION. Ohio, Nov. 15.--(By
The Associated Press.) Mrs.
Florence Kling Harding, widow of
the late president, seriously ill at
White Oaks farm here. Is growing
weaker each hour, a bulletin Is
sued by Carl W. Sawyer, her phy
sician at 8:30 tonight said. The
physician, however, expressed, the
belief that she would survive the
night. " .. ;
"Mrs. Harding has sleptmost of
the day," the bulletin read, "and
has also taken a small amount of
nourishment. Regardless of this,
she is very exhausted and weak to
night. She has failed perceptibly
during the day." : m
SUITCASE
MS
HAFinirjs
SOME
STRONGER
HALT PLOT TO
- FLOOD COUNTRY
WITH I? AD WSS
Four Cliarged With Counterfeit.
Ins $3 Stamps; Millions to
Have Been Hold
CLEVELAND, Nov, "1 5. AA; plot
to sell millions of . dollars worth
of counterfeit $5 war savings
stamps throughout ' the country
was charged today by federal of
ficials after the! arrest of 'our
Cleveland men and the1 issuance
of a federal warrant for a fifth
alleged to have had definite part
in the plot.. The men arrested
are J. V. ZottarelU an attorney;
Michael p. Fatul, Costantlne Col
lucci and Nichola Saluho. j
The four; men pleaded not guil
ty before a United States commis
sioner.!! Unable to furnish $25,
000 bail ZottarelU remains In cus
tody. Two of the others furnish
ed $5,000 ball and one $3,000
ana nave oeen reieasea,
YOUTH KILLED
Phillip Holmes, Age 9, Meets
Fatal Accident While Play
ing ;at State House
While playing around the state
bouse shortly, before 11 o'clock
Saturday morning; Phillip Homes,
age 9, was almost instantly killed
when his head was crushed by a
freight elevator located on the
east side of the building. Death
Was almost Instantaneous, though
there were no witnesses to the ac
cident. ; He was the son Of Mr.
and Mrs. Phillip llomea, of 355
North Nineteenth, and a pupil at
the Englewood school.
The lad was found by Edwin
Fandrlch, an employe 'at the'eap
itoi; ? The youth had ? not been
dead more than 10' minutes be
fore his body was discovered, for
Fandrlch had had time only to
walk from the basement around
the . building. The ' elevator was
still slowly ' moving. ; The body
was on the platform and the lad
had apparently been, lying on his
face, watching the mechanism of
the hoist." and. "forgetful "of the
closeness of the. edge of the pave
ment on the outside, until it was
too late, for a bump at the back
of the head Indicated that he had
attempted to jerk his head out of
the way and either was knocked
between the elevator and the joist
or was dazed for a moment and
was unable' to move.
Phillip Homles is survived by
his parents and an older brother.
His father is office manager for
the" Cross meat market on State.
Funeral services will- bew; held
from the Rigdon Mortuary Mon
day afternoon at 2:30 o'clock with
interment at the City View ceme
tery. ; i . .
Freighter Is Rammed and
Reported Sinking Fast
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 15.
The freighter Santa Cecilia was
rammed by an unidentified vessel
off Point Montara tonight and ef
forts wee being made to reach her
at Half Moon bay. according, to
word received at 7:20 o'clock by
the Radio Corporation of America
here. ' The report received by the
Radio corporation said holds no.
1 and 2 of the Santa Cecilia were
filling rapidly. The freighter Ja
cox was reported standing by the
damaged vessel. j-
THOWIflS E. RILEft
SP
Becomes . Youngest Major of
Infantry, in State; Seen
Much Service
Promotion of Captain Thomas
E. RIlea to the grade of' major ot
infantry and executive officer of
the 82nd Infantry brigade was an
nounced Saturday in orders issued
by Brigadier General George A.
White, brigade commander. Cap
tain Rilea has been adjutant of
the brigade since assignment ot
headquarters . to Oregon: several
months ago and his promotion to
executive officer, follow the . as
signment ? by the war, department
of Major Harry C. , Brumbaugh to
the general staff of the 41st di
vision, made up of the troops in
Oregon, Washington. Idaho, Mon
tana and ' Wyoming.. : - r " .
Major Rilea Is a native of Curry
county and although the youngest
major i in the Oregon troops, has
seen 12 years of service, including
service on the Mexican border and
overseas during , the World "war.
He went to France as a sergeant
In the old 162nd Infantry and
won 'promotion to lieutenant and
then to captain while serving with
the Oregon men in France. Y" He
was . cited by , General PershinsrJ
Major Rilea makes . bla home. In
J Salem and has,, been on duty, with
L lit? HUJ tiinUL t?UCI IU H" VillkQ iui
the past , two. years,"
BY ELEVATOR
M
Hi
EDUGATIOUIS
' DISCUSSED BY
LABOR LEAGUE
American Federation Plan
Educational Drive for
Workers; Unionists to Be
Oh School Boards
MEXICAN LABOR HEADS
CONFER WITH G0MPERS
Delegate and Visitors at Con
vention Total1 1200;
Editor Speaks
EL PASO, Texas, Nov. 15.-
(By The Associated Press.) Edu
cation will be among the chief top
ics of discussion in the fourth an
nual, convention of the American
Federation of Labor, opening here
Monday. ; .
Through action of the convent
tion, various groups will seek to
secure presentation - ot labor's
viewpoint on civic affairs and ec
onomic subjects in the textbooks
of the public grade schools ' and
high schools and to promote par
ticipation of union members ' in
school board affairs.
Two departmental meetings pre
liminary to the general convention
closed their annual sessions here
with recommendations on educa
tion. -' '"' ''.'-
"The labor movement has lost
control of the public schools and
we should now go into politics to
the extent of having trade union
ists, on the board of education of
every community;' John P. Frey,
editor of the Iron Mountain Jour
nal, recommended to the closing
session of the metal trades depart
ment. President James O'Connell
of the metal trades department
gave the program of part time
education of employed people ex
tensive consideration in his annual
report to the convention recom
mending cooperative action by all
labor unions affiliated with the
American Federation to promote
workers' education.
Delegates nd visitors In El Pa
so fdr the convention tonight num
bered approximately 1200. .--t
' The executive council of, the fed
eration, headed by President Sam
uel Gompers, ' completed - arrange
ments for the -convention today.
Recognition- of soviet Russia
will be another question for. the
consideration of the American
convention 'as it has been in the
last four gatherings: While many
delegates look for no reversal of
the federation's attitude toward
the Russian question there will be
In the convention . nevertheless a
large bloc determined to! press lor
another roll call of the delegates
oh' the' recdgnitiOn of resolutions.
A. delegation of Mexican labor
officials called on Mr. Gompers
and other officers of the Ameri
can f ederation tonight to pay their
respects ad to exchange views on
arrangements for joint session of
the Mexican and American labor
convention, next week when the I
. v.ji.. M tvet In a0-?ttnTi ftim -1
1.WU uj uiq w ... ,u
ultaneously on , opposite sides of
the Rio Grande.
Eduardo Moneda, a member. ot
the executive council of . the Mex
ican federation and' Juan Rico-a
close adviser of Peputy Morones,
headed' the delegation from Ju-
In greeting the' delegation.
PrMMnt Comnen extended to
the Mexican labor movement the
m-rftai trnnA wishes of the Ameri
can federation. The proximity of
the conventions he said; represent
ed in a measure the. common as
pirations of . the American ana
Mexican labor movements.
Rnecial measures to prevent dis
turbances in Juarex during the
Mexican meetine have been taken
by municipal officials and the military.'-
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STEAMER "SUSAN NIPPER'' WITH
CREW OF CHERRIANS TO ANCHOR
IN SALEM EARLY IN DECEMBER
The steamship "Susan Nipper;
is headed up the Willamette river
and will 'past anchor somewhere
around the corner of North High
and Court streets on the evening
of Monday, Dec- 1.
That's right In front of the
Grand theater, for there is where
the "Susan Nipper", with 35 or
more beautiful maidens all
dressed In. their.Sunday best, will
cast anchor for public inspection
on the above 'date and also the
following evening.
A. N. Pierce, KIng Bing of the
Cherrlans, with his crew ot merry
rherriana and also the 35 or more
beautiful maidens, will present
themselves to tne aamiring puouc
from the stage of the Grand thea
ter, under the direction of Ray
Felker, generalissimo and" chief
boss of the entire aggregation,
r For be It known, the steamship
"Sufean Ninner" in the name of a
musical comedy to "be presented by
the Cherrlans at the Grand theater
Monday-and Tuesday nlght3, Dec.
1 and 2. ; . 1 "
-v The beautiful young ; maidens
who are to do the fancy 'dancing
have been rehearsing for weeks
past. The cast of eight principal
CANOE TRIP IS
' FIRST TAKEN IIP
COLUMBIA RIVER
Covers Entire .Distance From
Source to Mouth ; Hampered
'By.' Snow. Storm
VANCOUVER, B. C, Nov 1?.
Amos Burg, -Jr., 22 of Portlanj.Or
is makihg what is said to be
first canoe trip oyer . the- Colum
bia river from its source toj its
mouth arrived at Revelstokej B.
C, with four inches pf snow in
his canoe, said a dispatch received
here by The Province- from Revel
stoke.. ;, ' - . ('
En route to Revelstoke he was
forced to go through the treach
erous Big Bend-rapids. Crippled
with a bad knee and severe snow
storms, Burg proposes .to goj on
to the Pacific ocean.:
I In 1922 Burg made a 4,000
mile canoe trip from Gardiner,
Mont, to New Orleans, .La., via! the
Yellowstone, Missouri, and Missis
sippi rivers. r ' j
Repeal of Two Statutes Rec
ommended in Annual Re
port Filed With Gov.
Suggestions for changes in! the
state corporation commission! are
made; In the. annual. .report of W.
A. Crews,, commissioner, which
has been filed with- Governor
Pierce. Mr. Crew's would, Hpeal
the act of 1923, authorizing' j the
issuance of i'ocV'.'-f ' no. i.i-.jVkue
by corporations -iti , M.j th
state and the "j t ion t the
building and loan actf H the lav.
is not repealed. It should be re
written, Crews declares, for as it
ia it gives too much anoyance and
in many cases has worked toj the
disadvantage of the people ofj the
state. The building and loan now
on the statutes was written to fit
the old type of association j and
does not meet with present condi
tions, Crews points out. ; "...i ' :
An increase of 346. corporations
tn tka ttA dnrine' the last 'rear
Is accounted ."for in. the : report.
whlcn gives iz.ouo aomesucs no
944 f nreisrw cornorations now . ID
operation. Building and loan1 as
sociatlons have increased from' 13
to 27 during the last year, wltn a
rnnltal stock of S189.450.0O0i and
loans ot $35,700,784.56. During
the fiscal year there were 308
permits issued under, tne - uiue
Sky law, 34 of these going to
stock brokers and bonding houses.
Receipts' during me Hscal year
ending June 30, 1924, amounteq
tO . f36Z,D3X.U t,- Wlin nauiiuisiiB
Hva exnenses of $26,777.74.'! leav
Ing a balance of $335,853,33 to
be turned over to the general funa
of the state, an increase of $13.
738.55 .over the turnover for the
department in 1923. This increase
according to the report. Is attrib
uted to Crew's newly founded
policy , of pressing collectionsj of
delinquent fees. i .
' Attention is called- that num
erous "common law trusts" have
either been driven out of the state
nr , have Qualified either before
the corporation or hanking depart
ment in tne saie oi meir secun
ties. ' . . ;
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Four Prisoners Escape
Crrtm lllinnic PriQfSn
I VIII IIIMIVIVI I I IVVII
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! JOLIETj 111.. Nov. 15, Four
prisoners escaped from thei new
Illinois, state ' penitentiary .i- late
this afternoon. William Hunke
serving a sentence of 10 years to
life for robbery; Harry Steed In
prison for robbery; James ' John
son, serving 10. years to life) for
robbery and Fred Martin were the
four who escaped. Three others
were apprehended on their ijway
out. " . :'".! I i
characters, who -will, do the com
edy stuff, as well as heavy com
edy, have rehearsed and rehearsed
until every, one is ready to show
the anxious public just what really
fine ' singing and acting can be
found In the beautiful -city of Sa
lem. - " : - .,' ';-'
v And then Ray Felker went. all
the way to Portland and there
found some wonderful specialty
-tfuff that will be sprung on the
Tinsuspecting public both nights of
the great Cherjian snow. ' i :
' It's going to be snappy atuff.
There isn't going -to be any long
intermission waits. ' When the cur
tain goes up at ,8 o'clock on- the
evening of-Monday, Dec. I,1 and
again on Tuesday, Dec. -2, the
greatest Cherrian shown on earth
will be right there, and right in
front of everybody: -,
' Sweet musie and mirth will re
sound for about two and a-half
hours. iAnd theh besides the
mirth and music there' will be
the famous Cherrian ballet danc
ers. , No, these dancers are not
Cherrlans. They are a bevy of
beautiful maidens, 35 :or .more,
who, are good to look upon and
who surely can dance. i
CRBelis
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fi! iS
FOUOD FROZE'
DEAQ IfJ All Q
Notes Teli: of Fruitlccs At
tempts to Pcnctrct :
Snow Clad Mountains;
Searchers Too Late"
CAfVSTALLS IN DEEP
snow irj r.iouNTAi;:a
.
Weakened By Erpoeure.l Man Tri 3
7 to Reach Town But Turns
" " ' -c r Back- ' ' '
DENVER. Colo., Nov. 15. A
tale of slow death from cold ar 1
hunger partly told by word cf
mouth and partly gleaned fron
weak)y. scrawled notes on bits of
paperr-wrltten o4n a bleak-bounl
pass in northern' New Mexico vf i
revealed here today with the ar
rival of Mrs. George C. Becker of
Denver from Antonito, Colo., with
the body of her aged husband.
Becker, according to- hia "widi-v-.
left Denver Sunday morning in t.a
automobile for Chama, N. M. T!:s
man, 65 years old, was unaccom
panied and when' Tuesday -f "I
came and no word had been r -celved
from him, Mrs. Becker
came alarmed and left here'
Antonito, which was on the rcite
Becker had taken. '
V There she learned that her 1 :
hand-had passed through lata L ..n
day, driving south Into the en--
i 'lsid mountains." A -'
yty -was orer-- l ai -
j.fter midn!ti Thursday .u
came uf , decker's auto 3,
stalled . in ti6 1 deep enov. , .!h
with Becker inside, unconscious.
i When' rousd, hi., first wor!
were: "Why didn't you coi
sooner. .I'm bo huDgry; e- c-!l."
Then he lapsed into unconsti
ness and while being returned to
Antonito. where - his wife walti i
anxiously, ha died."
' Footprints In the snow arl a
few hastily scribbled notes etc
mutely the attempts Becker 1
made to get back to Actonii a.
However weakened by expostm,
and hungry.' the aged man wj
forced to-give up and return tj
the' automobile where he rer -
ed huddled in a blanket until ia
rescuing party found him.
. One note, written at 12 o'cloc'-t
Tuesday read: "I have given fi
hope of being found!"
Other hbtes,' written' from tl- (
to time, indicate his steadily vr -entng
condition and his thou ,
mostly'of his relatives, as the c .
neared. " ' : !
PLIOEIPOIIT
. FOB PETSICLE
First Ti.mo ia 1 9 Years Thr.t
This Has Occurred in
United States j
- BARTLESVILLE, Okl., -rVov.
15. During 1924, for iUe, lirfet
time In 19 years, there was Za . de
cline in the production of petrcl
eum in the United States, accord
ing to a review of thf worn r -troleum
production for, . 1924 ty
Valentine R. Garflas, manager of
the foreign oil department of tha
Henry L. Doherty and comr vsy.
made public here today.
This, following the sharr; t
yearly increase recorded- for t'.j
country, . the review said, tur" ? i
the advance of 168,000,000 bar
rels of last year into an estimated
decline of 7,000,000 barrels.
; The Influence of this dimuni
tlon of- production, the review
continues, accounts for the world's
production remaining practically
stationary during the last two
years as the increase in eoi :o
fields was counterbalanced'by ' C -clines
in others.
The production of 1923, the re
view said, was 1, 004.000.0(H) bar
rels. President Cooiidge Will
Launch City Water system
TULSA. Okla., Nov. 15. ( E y
the Associated Press). Presided
Cooiidge Monday will throw n
electric switch in WashioAtci
which will send the first Epavir.i 7
river water pouring through tL
mains of Tulsa and bring to com
pletion one of the greatest ?.
neering achievements in the ecu:
try. Tulsa's, new water sujrly Is
brought from the Ozark r.: i -tains
through 55 miles of con
crete conduit." The system r-re-sents
an' expenditure of , .. :,-
000 and two years' labor. i
Eclipse of Sun Wi!l Be v
Witnessed on January Z
CHICAGO. Nov. 15. The eclip
se of the sun next January 21 v l
cast a shadow approximately It j
miles wide across the north f -em
section of the United Etn t
Professor Phillip Fox of Dear?
observatory, Nothwesten Univ
sity explained today.