2 CZRlO iy 'IFfoQv . GoB&'cddJp tko Fagon oenrZep & expand! una paopBeysuQccr:-: I .09 rl rl TWELVE P A G E S T O D A Y Twenty-four shoppUii; days Tx-fore Chri;-tm.-. JBuy your Christmas gifts early this year. Mer chants now have on hand the very best assort ment to choose from. Ix?t their ads golds' yc-z. lie Weather ; Fair with moderate temperature, bat becoming cloudy on the ; coast , ' fresh and strong easterly wind. ' Wednesday Max. SO; JUn. 31 ; River 8.4 fall ing; Rainfall - none; atmos.' clear; wind north. vt i t ; 1 1, iiT c V" . " V '" ' ' ,' " i ii r I I V . SALEM, OREGON; THURSDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 27, 1924 PRICE FIVE CUNT; 'SSVENTY-FOURTH YEAR ; vtri.v? ? .. -v-.-. . ; - - . ' '. V A t r r i ' V f r t . ; ' '. : i.-U ; . Y r I P V ''' ,4 : v A V y Of ! 4 - I -A . J k v i ISTR1II1 : SKTIOID French and Belgium Mem bers of Expert Committee Favor Dawes Plan at Meeting in Paris BRITJSHIAUO KALIAN AWAIT. INSTRUCTIONS No Resistance to American Viewpoint ' Expected to Be Offered ARIS, Nor. 26. (By the, AP.) mes Aj Logan. Jr., American observer wth 14 reparations com tnl?fion, r:;.n.tedi the viewpoint of 1 the-United i Slates on the dis tribution o .th.Q, proceeds of the rx.T.-. 3 r'aa xt a v meeting of the experts committee today.' V j 7Iie J'reTica and Belgian experts at once ' signified their approval of the American thesis that claims of the United States for repara tions, as well a3. army occupation expenses, should share on the same basis as the allies in repar ations payments. ' - . ' The British and Italian dele gates said they needed further in structions from their governments, although there was no indication that any resistance to the. Ameri can, viewpoint would be offered. It was agreed that' the army costs ought .to ,be paid as jer ..the. pre- vioos agreement and the principle , -ui. vw vl t,al, that claims allowed by the mixed committee at Washington should share in reparations onJthe same footing as other war creditors of Germany, was fully admitted by the French and Belgians. , The probable basis of a final solution, it is believed, will t be, first, payment of the American . priority claims for army occupa tion expenses,' as per the Wads worth agreement; Becond, pay ment to the United States of her proportionate share of reparation claims, then a division between the allies of the " balance of Tpro- ' ceeds on the basis of The Spa per centage. . . . , , - . :ii:s will de t - F Demonstration and Lecture to Be Staged By Teutsch , in Salem Heights . ; A pruning demonstration will be conducted in the Salem Heights Bectlon next Friday, according to William L. Teutsch, district agri cultural agent for Marion, Linn, . Polk, Yamhill and Coos counties. The meeting will convene at 10 a, m. In the Salem Heights com munity hall and the forenoon will be utilized by Clayton L. Long. horticultural specialist for the state . college extension service, whowIll grre a blackboard talk on . the principles of pruning. . . The" afUrnobn will be spent in a nearby orchard in which the nrinciplas "explained during the morning session will be demon strated. Growers are urged to bring their shears and saws in the afternoon. : The' Salem Heights community club is cooperating with the OAC extension service in providing a halt for the morning session. A similar demonstration to the one which will be held here Frl day was conducted in the Scotts Mills district last Monday which was attended by 32 growers and 4 0 high school students. iW. L. Taylor, president of the Northwest Prune Exchange assisted in ar ranging the Scotts Mills demon juration. . - - All xrowers in the vicinity of Salem are Invited to attend; the demonstration. ? sTOiliis ME FOB SHIT Former Officers of Sixty-Six Oil Syndicate Convicted for Fraud SEATTLE, Nov. 26. Le Roy .E. BiKelow. C. J. Rasmussen and .Leslie Thayer, former officers of the Sixty Six Oil syndicate, were convicted by a Jury in federal court here today for using the mails . to- defraud in connection with the sale of stock. i These three of; six defendants in the same case were indicted on eight counts. Bigelow was found guilty on ; six. counts, "not guilty on two; Rasmussen guilty tin three counts, not guilty on five and Thayer guilty on one count and ? not guilty on seven, j or.ter.ee was postponed' until mm Special Church Music and Service Feat ures , , iThanksgiying Day He Thanksgiving, one of the . few all-American red letter days and annually proclaimed a national holiday by the president of the United States, will -be observed with special services in a num ber of Salem churches today. Through arranaement of the Sa lem Ministerial Union services will be held in different parts of the city, beginning at 10:30 o'clock. Services will be held at the First Presbyterian church, for the cen tral district: Central: Congrega tional Church, for the eastern por tion of the city; at the Free Meth odist church on Market, for those in the north side and at the Les lie Methodist church ror , tnoae living in South Salem. Services in German will be held at. the Bethany Reformed church, Capitol and Marion, for the German Meth odists, Baptists, Menonltes and Bethany Reformed members. The Episcopalians will hold special ser- SMS PUS Husband of Furnace Victim Retains Theory That Wife Killed Self COLUMBUS, Ohio, Nov; 26. The Rev.' C. V. Sheatsley, husband of Addie Sheatsley, Bexley furnace victim, on his "return from Paris, niiln j-rf i w ma 11 - 'T nnnM ra fhpr j . , - . . . believe she was murdered foul as the deed may be rather than to believe .she took her own life, but nntil such evidence has been definitely established I will think she took her own life." With Mr. Sheatsley were his four children. On arriving in Co lumbus they went directly to the parsonage where the badly burned body was, found by, Mr. Sheatsley in the furnace November -17. Mr. Sheatsley Bald that he and members of. his family would ap pear before County Prpsecti tor John R. Kng7who"is conducting an investigation of the mystery, at any time the latter may sug gest. . A theory upon which Investigat ors were said to have been work- ng today was that Mr. Sheatsley, while connected , with an . orphan age at Pittsburgh , a number , of years ago,, had reprimanded a boy, who had threatened to "get him.". This was cast aside by the minister as trivial, i He said he ''bad never reprimanded a boy while there as that was not part of hl3 duties." OWE-LEG BEGGED IKES CLEM-UP Professional Arrested, Fined But Returns for More Funds for Trip Frank; Dona to, a professional one-legged beggar was fined $25 in' the pouice court Wednesday for soliciting funds upon the streets. Later again during the day Do nato was arrested by Officer Ol son while he was appealing to the sympathies of a crowd assembled around him. Donato had already transported his luggage to the depot and se cured his .tickets. He returned to the business district of .Salem to make a final cleanup before train time. The return was his undo ing, however, for Officer Olson took him to the train, placed him In charge of the conductor and started him on his way. In ad dition he warned the train crew to tell all the sympathetic travelers to beware of the story of the man. It is said that the two traveling bags of the-beggar were worth $75. the pair of fine crutches were valued at $35, and a gold mono- gramed pencil was worth $15 and that his clothes were of exception ally fine texture. . . The man operated hy going to the best hotel in a city and secur Ing the . best room and bath and after running a bill for a few days would attempt to beat the hotel keeper out of it. In Salem, how ever, he was unsuccessful and the attempt resulted in bis arrest by the local police.' Donato is said to have a crimin al record In, several of the Pacific coast, cities .and Is known as a habitual beggar. REAR PORTO RICO BEND, Ore., Nov, 26. A radio program broadcast t from Porto Rico was heard In Bend last night by Mrs. H. J. Power. Mrs. Power heard- a ."concert broadcast by the San Juan Radio corporation station WKA from San Juan, and caught name of the station .distinctly. J. L. VanhuffeJ and John Per ry said that they picked np European ' station Monday night, which they believed to be lladrld. If SUICIDE TOR vices at 10 o'clock at St. Paul's church. Special music will be fea tured at the churches. I . : Offerings will be taken during the Thanksgiving services, the money to be utilized in local char ity work through the agency of the Associated Charities organi zation.: s - i ,' ! Nearly all-; of the business houses will be closed the greater portion of the day, as well as the city, county and state offices. Spe cial dinners are to be given in mates i of the. state , institutions, with a vaudeville performance at the" penitentiary ia the morning. At 2 o'clock will occur the an nual Salem-Corvallls football con test on Sweetland field. Corvailis Is bringing a special trainload of rooters and with the strong sup port of townspeople, one of -the largest crowds to attend a rootDau game this season Is being antici Ipated 'PRttHDE, FOR CQrJGRESS Republican Floor Leader1 An nounces ProDaDie Legis lative Course 1 WASHINGTON, .Nov. 2. A tentative legislative program for the house for the first four days of the approaching short session of congress was outlined today by Representative , Longworth, Ohio, the republican floor i leader. ; : He said the house, after con vening next Monday, J probably would auhtorize the speaker to ap- Doint a committee to serve with a similar senate committee to notify the president that' congress was ready to transact business and then adjourn out . of respect to members who have, died since the last session. . Tuesday the house and senate expect to receive the annual mes sage from tbepTsfaent in Sep arate sessions, .unless ' the execu tive alters his decision not to de liver it in person, and : also any other messages' that may. be sent from the White House. Wednesday, Representative Longworth said, will be set aside for the consideration of Bills on the. calendar. The naval commit tee, he added, plans to bring np a measure providing for numerous changes in the . administration of the navy. ," :,. - . V -, The interior, appropriation- bill he announced is scheduled to be taken up Thursday. ..-.-.. 5 Mr. Longworth said In reply to a question that he did not know of any concerted effort by members to attempt at this session to revise the section of the law dealing with the publicity of income tax re turns. He pointed out, that this question already was-before the courts and thought it probable that those interested in the matter might put off action pending a Judicial decision on the subject. As to the legislation other than the annual supply measures that might be taken up, the republican leader ' saLr the McFadden bill. prof dsfngT several major changes in the national banking laws, was (Continue on pac am: CHARGES IT TRUE Complaints Against Federal Jurist May Lead to Im peachment Hearing ' 1 - 1 " PARKERSB17RG, W. Va.. Nov. 26. A mass of testimony, much of it contradictory, had been plac ed before a congressional subcom mlttee tonight when it closed two days of hearings here on charges of misconduct filed against Fed eral Judge William E. Baker of the northern district of West Vir ginia. The charger were i filed with the house of representatives by T. A. Brown, district attorney of the same Jurisdiction as a ba sis for possible impeachment pro ceedings against Jndge Baker. The committee indicated that the next hearing would be held at Wheel ing, probably within a few weeks More than 50 .witnesses were heard today, mainly in denial of the charges, while on the previous day the committee devoted ' its time to testimony offered in sup port of them.. Judge Baker on the witness stand today made a sweep ing denial to. the three specific charges contained In the present inquiry, that of changing court records, the transfer of confiscat ed liquor and his alleged use of liquor. , .. i , l Other witnesses called . by his counsel testified of various indict ments during his. term on the bench. ;: Many of them declared they.had never seen Judge Baker under the influence of liquor or showing In dications ,that he hat been using liquor. 1TI0ILISTS 1 EGYPT CAUSE STRIFE Danger Is Reported Grave From Trustworthy Quar ters; May Attempt to Take Life of Viscount GUARDS ARE DOUBLED; INCREASE PRECAUTIONS All Public Officials Ordered to Be . Accompanied - By Armed Guard f LONDON, Nov. 26. Egyptian nationalists 'have arranged? to make a desperate attempt on the life of Viscount JUlettby. the Bfrlt ish ' high commissioner according to the Cairo correspondent of the Daily Mall, who saya that Infor mation regarding this plan -lias been received from many trist worthy sources and that the dan ger is officially regarded as very serious..: f ' The ; guards oh' ' the residency have been .doubled and increased precautions will be taken to pro tect Lord Allenby when driving through the streets. An . order has been issued that every high British military and civil officer henceforth ahall ;be. accompanied in public by fan armed escort. Officers must carry revolvers and civilian officials must keep revolvers in their desks. Ziwar Pasha, the Egyptian pre mier, in , an . interview with Lord Allenby. according to the Mall's correspondent, indicated his inten tion to comply with the last out standing British demand with- j . - . i. v r-i "Vfw" ""'".tZ.-V; luimeni d i ureal oniaiu wuim regarding the protection of for- Aunnra . v gg Uw - r - : .J m KILLS ICESA Angry Crowd Storm f Jail Holding Alleged Murderer of Two Children Hftm.TnV Maine Knr 9fi Hrrr Witiiani nrrfwated eariv tb - day after Cynthia and Neotia Fos - ter. sisters. 14 and 10 years old. bad been found murdered in 4 a shack occupied by Williams at Fostervllle, N. B.. on the Maine, New Brunswick border, was taken tonight under heavy guard, to the MOB ftCTl in York county Jail at Fredericton.iorai tryout speecnes oeiore mree N. B. The authorities feared that attempts might be made to lynch Williams who had been threat - ened by an angry crowd today. The girls, his nieces, were found last night with their bands tied behind their backs, shot through tb head. . '-Discovery of the double murder was maae oy: w.ara roster, iaineri ?l Jildl'uZliy fa4l?. llama bad taken homestead rights to land adjoining Grand Lake and It had been the girls' custom to go : to his shack,, about a mile from their home, to conk for. him They went to the Williams place as usual, and In the evening when tuey did not come iome, tneir father went in search of them. Statesman TurkeV Contest' W0n BY rive raper UaiTierS The Thanksgiving turkey con test held by the circulation de partment of The Statesman was brought to a close Wednesday evening with five boys as prize winners. The boy securing the greatest number of old and new subscriptions .was given aa 11- pound turkey, and the boys com ing next in order were to receive smaller turkeys. The winner of the 11-pound turkey was Henry Hamby of 915 Electric; second prize by Ira Sto ver, 331 North Church; Clarence Alley. 298 North Twentieth; Ted Snyder. 675 South Twelfth, and Merlen Wheeler of 317 North Lib erty. ';-:.;.. ! Chinese Wedding, Is Held Mere WeaneSuaY Aliernuuillhotel Friday night. -. i uuiu iuu picmucui auu mo acu- -v . il. rt.i.. vM.Uni m9ni f ha TiAtinnal u. dings to be held in Salem for some time was solemnized Wednesday by Dr. Hickman, when Miss Alice rix. . .. j --j i-l, DAi.n4 rtnt h are a m ra- i rrkA will American-Horn vnineso. ure nu. fUB&o llifir auiuv 111 1 ui ii.-.. t .! - r For some time Mrs. Chan has been engaged In stenographic work a 6:15 o'clock. dinner. , ... ters 01 tne league. , sun.e i and proofreading for Murray There ' are at present five bureau chiefs favored formal la Wade and the Oregon magazine branch offices In the state and it nuance: t others opposed U. and Col. E. Hofer's Lariat. While Is believed that Salem entitled e Geneva texV ef "J the two men offered their heartl- to one of these. These branches that . the. sypOan parliament est congratulations, both are be- moaning the loss of an exception - ally .fine employe. ... , UM RUNNERS SHOW MERCY TO CHASERS; RESCUED FROM SEA Pxohlfftlon A Rents Rescued By Bootleggers - After Spending 4 Twelve Days at Sea NEW YORK, Nov. 26 Rescued by a rum runner after 12 days at sea, three starved and thirsty rum chasers of the treasury depart ment reported ' here today with a strange tale involving the quality of mercy dispensed by bootleggers on the bounding main.' In the speedboat Kingbird II, November 13. Agents James Lynch, William Naugin and Frank Brunner set out from Atlantic City bound for Boston where the Kingbird had been assigned to customs marine patrol duty. It was to have been a voyage of a day. or two at the most. As the boat swung outward from Long Island to Inspect the far flung: rum fleet, rain, snow and fog enveloped her. i The gaso- line ran low: the compass became capricious; the drinking water froze; the food supply dwindled to nothing. 'i Nine days after leaving Atlantic City, the treasury department mariners ate their last sandwlcn. At . last the desperate crew sighted noman-s land." an island ort wartnaa vmeyara, ana bcooi- mg power wan running 10 anu l iromaneure. speeasiers wew flrK pira..inu wnea sneaearu me megapnonea unou ur u came from govern toent officials the speedster; turned tail and (Continued on pagt S) West Virginia Corning Feb ruary 7; Twenty Aspir ants Out for Places I -T . - , a neiinue contract wan siEnea Wednesday by the forensic coun- . , U1" - iininr inr a aeoaie wiin ine ldi- 1 r ' - versity of West rXirglhla on the local? floor February 7. The question-used will be;". ResorvodTl that congress should ie given the . ,.,..t t, . fmMr. vote, acts declared nnconstltutlon U"M nui av m3 unvb u.v w vr ua us .1,. al by; the supreme court." The contest will be a three man af fair, and will be staged I under the ff''J-S? ; . . ... : leDaie W1U Cpme JUBl month before the Willamette Iteam leaves on its western tour, r."" B:rv'- .. uwu t. 5r th-eme5nh! S'.11. 2!! mcmCv-vw m",. ln shaping up their arguments. l b v " I places on the men's varsity de- bate Qad was taken yesterday I when 20 aspirants nanaea in I meir . wmien manuscripts tu Coach Rahskoph. , Next Monday the debaters will deliver their I Judges. About eight men will be (carried on the squad Including the 1 tnree varsity lettermen, uaruon, I Pay, and Southworth. As soon as the squad Is selec- 1 ted, Intensive research and debate practice: will be undertaken. . and I I every effort made to .develop . a winning team to, send. on the- tour. -.... : -; ;r Owner of Steam Baths Is POUnd Dead in HOt. Cell I TACOMA, Nov. .26. Overcome j by heat in the "hot cell" of the I baths which he was proprietor. Andrew Soloos was ' cooked to 1 death after falling unconscious to 1 the hot floor, according to a local I doctor who investigated. The body was in the "hot room" seve- lral hours before being found. It conscious when he fell face for- ward to the cement floor and was - 1 killed by the intense heat. t OFFICE SOUGHT Iba em Branch Ot AAA NeXt . . w . . . . Vwr D.irrrto rf H nnor uiyoo wi iuiiivi Here Friday Night Salem mav liave a branch office i, M.iiAn.1 - imwioon a n to mobile association next year if hin moot nnnmvoi at. a ' nerlnl meeting h hold At h Marion sociation, accompanied by a party lor 8 or 10 from roruana. wllJ attend the meeting. Representa- u ir..ai ntn rinhii and tat official. r also exnect I at A ta ffAnt . UM a i fTcvt Al THorA. iu v mtuu. .uubc - I nr K Martit! hntol 1 mtlne I preparations to serve aDout.zs are located at Portland. Tne uai lies, Kugene, nose ourg ana mw Ifor. , , R DEBATE PAPERS COMPLETE NATIOI AUTO FORBES TRIAL , OPENS; FRAUD CHARGE CHS Mnro Than Million Dollar to More man Min or luoiiarsio Throo M6n PharnoH Rv intvu ntwii, w..M.tfww Prosecution CASE GROWS OUT OF uncniTAI PnilTDAOTC nuor 1 1 ru vf wti iirv I jp rntt0r n ; Testimonv Re 1 TOSeCUtlon, lesiimony xte counts Alleged Furnishing of Advance Tips CHICAGO, Nov. 26. (By the ?!? ior piusecuuon mo ueiewo wwo laid betore tne jury today in tne trial of Charles R. Forbes of Se- I attle and John W. Thompson of st Louis on a charge of detraud- ta the government in awarding Qf contrtMU for veterans' bureau hospitals in 1922 Forbes and Thompson, with three others, planned to divide more than a : million dollars ,of the $17,000,000 authorized by congress for ' these hospitals. It was asserted hy John W. H.Crlm, special assistant attorney general in his -opening statement to the Jury, Col. James S. Easby Smith; Forbes counsel, countered with the defense outline in which he as serted that only three of the 32 alleged overt 1 acts In the fraud indictment conld nossiblv be COU" -m aa avmi ' .nant.irtn a in- dlcated that high army and navy officials would testify that the PAn(rol. lnrnlVPd In nne ,f these v .1 . ..ntaJ 1.4 m meir uirecuuu. auuuici - , j i l!laa to whether there had been on- iaavaoce .tnioriuiit.iuu iu juumii ' contracting firm. Col. Easby- cm th tairi invnTvPri mMfmntinn which -had been widely printed I wiu a V U V w u w w wees TOnmMnn ''' rh third act. the al- ?-P5So0 naTmeM Forbes 1ese'i $5,000 payment to Forpes raoireciiy oy inompnun wuu.u u o shown to be "a physical impossi bllity." 1 nness irsuiiCT The testimony of Ellas H. Mort- Imer of Philadelphia and Wash wr mma - " - J - !rpim tnrmc.A n .rrmrlwnrV Of I r""' "'T;"" er" 6Crlm said, was "the paid in- 'ormant of the government in tne alleged conspiracy. Charles YL Kramer, general counsel tor the! I veterans bureau under Forbes, and ; James W. Black, Thompson's part ner, the others are now dead. The government's testimony was glTen only in brief summary, but the defense Forbes will offer was (CenUand a pags 8) EG IS LEAGUE 1TE Protest 4 Made Against Eng- land's Demands oft As sassination of Sirdar GENEVA, Not. 26. (By The I Associated Press.) The Egyptian chamber of deputies has addressed a nrotest to the league of nations against ahe British demands bear- ing on the assassination of Sir army. This protest was taken under consideration today and af ter an hour's meeting of the de partment chiefs of the secretariat, under the chairmanship of Sir Eric Drummond. it was decided not to distribute to the members of the league the Egyptian protest. The decision was based on the consti tutional procedure of the secre-, tariat. which is not to .circulate documents that do not , emanate from governments. One precedent n.. in a lailo!An tint to rifa. . i lilou n . vv. wu mw -" tribute a communication received from a man who claimed to repre- -ent the Flume narllament. The league Officials explain that when documents come from pri- I vate associations such as the Red - 1 Cross or narliamentay unions s list is usually made of them and each membe of the council is given la copy of the list so that he may ass ior mo ori&m.i uwtuiuCUt " i - . Whether this course will be ioi- lowed in the Egyptian affair does ""occui " ViBi.Vt i.t ut , It waa arned tonight that at I the meeting of the departmental - heads considerable difference or I nninion was manifest as to wheth - . . , 1 a 7 - .. j 1 1 v, mom- er l lie IiKTVUIO UULUINDiii at p cvmuiuu'w "Tt" - p th- .i-wt i v cwwn Vf f i .11 . mi . v 'Aisuau au u a,-- j iTT.SE T)ATTON RE-GAINS A CHECK HE SIGNED FOUR YEARS AGO Bankable Paoer Is Carried In .Wallet By F'riend Who Finds it Wednesday t In the latter part of 1920, four years ago, E. JooKe ration wrote oat a check for a friend and. soon afterwards the Incident was for gotten. The check was never turned Into the bank for credit nd Patton was richer by $2 for whlcn amottnt the theck was writ- Wednesday morning t-auon was c.iied on bv his bankers to Iden tify a check which had been turn ed in to them by this friend. For four 1 years he had carried we check tucked away in the corner of a wallet and only recently was me paper aiscoverea among su possessions. Needless to say. the check was honored by Patton, who wanted It very much for a souvenir. GILBERT PARKER INJURED -V AIKEN, S. C, Nov. 26 Sir Gilbert Parker of London, the novelist, snf fered severe injuries here late today, when he was .. . - 'L. ta thm Si" u?j! V III puuvivw uuoiuco Wl -".? I M M . MESS AT WEST CLASH Death of California Banker Investigated; Family Trouble Hinted SAN BERNARDINO, CaU Nov. 26. Sworn testimony of two j wmen, one the widow, the other in UU8in,!BB wwcmie auu iucuu of William R. Fee. banker of SanMng the 1923 session of the 1: t anu v,.. w-0 Muy .T ",.7. vv 7 canyon m " here, vesterdav. clashed todat at I here, yesterday, clashed todat i i. - . . jars. jree. repiyms to a-quesuua . . r . j ,. 1 " m wau uwo" v ' S thieven yerl' kins, said: "Yes, at different times the statement:. "Nothing I ever did caused dig ,. 1 ra,A In front ef Fee fainted Miaa wiums 011 leaTiDK mg wn-i ness stand from which she had . . .v i., .nmini, ha. TZZ'T Fee took his wife and Errand daughter to their mountain cabin I . . I last Saturday for tne wee eno. His wife says he left It about 3 o'clock In the afternoon. J5o far no person has come forward who will admit having seen aim oe - tween that time and yesterday about noon.' when his body' was found about B0 yards from Miss Watkins cabin In the same gen - eral neighborhood. Autopsy sur- eeons told the coroner today that Fee's death was caused by a Diowinorth of the line and is about On the head from some blunt In - etrument and by strangulation. ' Searchers declare that they had previously searched -the spot Where the body was found and that it was not there Sunday or Monday, altjiough It was found there Tuesday. Mlsm Watkins testiried today that she went to her cabin Monday night because she had .been told Bhe was "suspected of having tak- en him (Fee) from . the canyon Sundaynight.". : A She added: "I also wanted to see I what had happened to my cabin which I was told had been search- d." For This I Am. Truly ; Thankful By ELLA McMUNN That I haven't got the hoof and mouth disease anyway. That I do not have to carry water to my garden any more this year. - . That we get two eggs a day, whereas we used to get one. " ' ' . . . That the barn oes not leak right over the row's back since I put a piece of carpet on the rafters. - That the poultry house leaks only on a hen that t:.:: ! to scratch up my flowers. - That I am satisfied with what I have and don't harder for much else but a Victrola. But most of all,, as I look around and see the hc : i ,just bulging put with prosperity and a. nice cow in the barn; nice chickens on the clover; nice dog that cet dollar, and a red geranium blooming in the wind why it is hard to put my feelings in words. But I r. in sure you will understand when I say that over and cl . all, I am thankful for my Mother. The way has been long, and at times hard, but 1 : cheerfully she has mef her probems. In the kite. : just now she is stirring up a pumpkin pie and si:, h: : "There's a Land." Dear Mother! Why must we 1: them just as we learn to fully appreciate them? Ar ': why can't we think of some way to make theni 1 ::: now, instead of weeping out our heart3 because of cl neglect, as we place a wreath of lillies on tl.2 : above them? - -v : 4 ; CIIDDCnOCP! niir dUrilLULUUU:. RIILIliE 0EEE: DfJ IfJCR L Authority TOr CCiiwCtiwH C Fourth IrKt2l!rrrnl fJecessary Declares Alter ney General ESTIMATED PAYMENTS ARE AROUND C5CD,C: Amount Available Ap-reni mates $1,000,C 00 Tax Commissioner Whether or not tne fourth i: - stall men t of the state Ineone Uwlr ditemined b; V Conrt according to a onlnlon written V.'ednesd?v t JH. Van Winkle, attorcer m reply to inquiries rece n t 1 1. the state tax commission. At. ney General Van Vink3e te'.I a previous opinion that the u:.' i portion of the tax is collect, but action by the supreme c: now held necessary because conflicting authorities. Between $700,000 and ?1,C: 000 Is the estimate of the uzi . Vh.r.-.uS' t.Tr co- Isioner. Nearly all of this ana Is represented in the fourth etallment payments, dellr and deferred remittances. Z fourth installment payments I estimated by Mr. Fisher r.3 t I between, $400,000 and $.500, c; jn, Biaie mcome tax, creaiea c uimre, repeaiea i t 1 ' mlu's U1UU-IU- 1 is usual in a case iff. taxation statutes," reads the c: . " - ' (Continnei from pagi C) iflUUFJS EI TO LEDZL . , . . IHUMiaiCU LCUlUItJ U 1 V L 1 . Luncheon Wednesday By ; Frank L. Cornnel New Zealand was depicts! t 1 the members of the Rotary c'. j at their weekly luncheon at u Marion hotel yesterday by a t ; iopucan lecture by Frank L. t i nell. The many colored t: J brought vividly before tfca at.; fence the many phases of New Z: 1 land. j The country is situated sout'- j the equator as far as Ore; I third larger in sire. The etr:: jtican slides showed scez: shipping and the varied Indus::'. I the large flocks of sheep and t (herds of cattle. Views of te t; ber of the Island, the wheat la r the dairy centers, and tha r I varied points of ; interest I thrown upon the screen ln a f al statement -the Bpeaker c that Oregon was the best ttata : the best country in ait the vc: Cornell , served with the I : I Zealanders In "the World war. a graduate of the University j Oregon and has had a Taried c perience in the many countries 'the world. b a