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OREGON Fair In east and f Twenty-two Parrcs Tc; cloudy and foggy In west portion; moderate tem- Only nine more shopping days until Ciri::. Tbis issue carries many suggestions for practi gifts. Read the advertisements they vill as: you in making ;up your list.. . perature; Tariable winds. Saturday;: Max,, 59 y mln., 45; river, 5.5, stationary; rainfall, none; atmosphere,' part cloudy;-wind, southeast. . SEVENTY-FOURTH YEAR V v SALEM, OREGON, SUNDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 14, 1924 price five CE:n: - I.. '" UV-' i ' i t ' A V-. i : i ? - - t - ? " ' ! I t i .: 1 . 1 : t '-' I ' I I. ft r i - I .--.-1 . I 4 If ' , f ,.' I f J 4 "iPTiTimnnn I 3 U U 3 ILLIllD HUGEllUilT Legislature Will Be Asked to Appropriate i $2,658,480 : for Maintenance During Coming Biennium EIGHT RETURN MONEY INTO GENERAL FUNDS Only Two S how Deficit Incurred During Past Two Year Period The state legislature will be asked for $2,659,480 to maintain the 10 eleemosynary; penal and educational Institutions for the next biennium, according to the recommendations of the state budget commission, which has just completed its task.! This amount la $46,023 less than the total appropriated for 1923-24, but $67;967 in-excess of the actual expenditures for the bi ennium for the 10 institutions turned back into the general fund .approximately 4114,000. Of the 10, eight institutions showed an unexpended balance ranging from approximately S1501T to $62,500, : while two showed a deficit, the state tubercular hospital $67,000 and the ,01d Soldiers home at Itoseburg. $4,000. r ; J 4551 Are Inmates , . All the amounts recommended are for salaries and operation and (-do not include new buildings. The 10 institutions reported an aver age total population of 4551 In mates. .The total appropriation tor 1923-24 waa $2.705.514. . . ' Maintenance of the state hos pital is the largest single expense, for the 1900. average population 'costs $17.50 a' month each.: Sal aries will amount to $337,120 and ".wperatlon $420,880. Repairs, re placements and improvements are r ti-itted at $57,625.- giving a ltal of $855,625 ;f or' tbe next bi ennium.. The appropriation! two years ago was $$55,485, including $314,604 tor general maintenance and $40,881 for .repairs and im provements. 'The estimated i ex- pendltnres'for the past' biennium were $815,128. ' .. Over 225 In Prison ; Recommendations for the state penitentiary are for an appropria tion of $393,500. Of this amount $114,800 will be needed for sal aries and $273,200 for operation. The total general maintenance for an average of 225 Inmates at $30 .a month, including the salaries and operation is $378,000. Gen eral repairs will add $15,000 and & fund of $500 to aid paroled pris oners is needed. The appropria tion two years ago was $339,000, which included $320,000 for main tenance, $9,000 for transportation of convicts and $10,000 general repairs. The total estimated ex penditures for the past biennium was $330,014, Many Feeble Minded .With an average population of 850 at $16.25 a month each, the state school for feeble minded will need $341,250, which includes $139,340 for salaries and $201, 910 for operation. General re pairs and Improvements amount to $20,450, bringing the total needed to f maintain the Institu tion during the biennium to $361,- - ,- . , (Contlnnd ea pX S) -I SATURDAY IN WASHINGTON The naval appropriation: bill, carrying $186,285,578, was report ed to the houso. j . V , -.1 ... The Blue Ridge df Virginia was selected as a .national park site for ' the eastern section of the country. ' - - The Chamber of Commerce of the United States urged President Cool id ge to consider an economy conference... . ; - Increases in postal rates on vir tually all -classes of mail except letters were raised by Postmaster General New. . if ... The house committee ' which framed the naval appropriation bill reported no ground for alarm that "our naval prestige is rapidly waning."- ': ' ", (.:' Major General Patrick, chief of the army air service, told a house committee army aircraft now used were obsolescent. -'.- - - . " The house shipping board com mittee was told the board held claims aggregating $117,000,000 on which it estimated only $5, 000,000 could be collected. Secretary Wilbur's testimony before the house appropriation committee disclosed his opinion the United States would have to trend $110,000,000' annually for TO. years to maintain a navy equal tr Great Britain and superior to Uncle Sam Refunding Large Sums of Money ! Paid by Salem Firms The Washington bureau of the Portland Journal has been pub lishing tax refunds made to in dividuals, firms and corporations of Oregon, as reported to congress by Secretary of the Treasury Mel lon; listing those only above $500. Among those reported in that pa per of last evening are the fol lowing for Salem: : Commercial Cider Works, . $3,- 403; Northwest Fruit Products Co., $4602; The Phez Co., $4337; The Phex Co., $25,621. Dr. E. E. Fisher of Salem was in the list a few days ago for a refund, and J. Wolfard Co.; Sll- verton, were in the-list of yester day for a $553 refund. The refunds to the- Commercial Cider Works and the Northwest Fruit Products company and the Phex company were for over payments! on fruit ' juices, made mostly several years ago, as far back as 1918. T: H. S. Glle was the " president of The Phez company at that time, and he registered vigorous pro tests against the over charges, and made trips) to Washington to . have - t PUBLISHERS TO PROTEST RATES - it i J Increase in Postal Service Will Prohibit Mailing of Newspapers WASHINGTON, Dec. 13. Ad vances in postal rates, designed to yield very close to the proposed $68,000,000 a year increase in the pay of postal employes were sug gested to congress today by Post master General New. 1 f i They would affect virtually' all classes of mail except letter mall. Simultaneous with the transmis sion ; blithe postmaster general's recommendations to the president, the postal committee of the Amer ican newspaper publishers' associa tion : attacked the departmental measure declaring that the' sug gested increase of $10,876,000 an nually on second class mall con sisting entirely of newspapers and periodicals, would have the effect or doubling the rates on news paper circulation going .through the malls. "This action by congress,. said a statement' from the association, "will have the double result' of reducing the revenues accruing to the department and absolutely for bidding the circulation . of - daily newspapers in the mails." tan mm ninsEii Dominion Officials Search for Men Who Robbed Bank of $40,000 SEATTLE, Dec. 13. At least one member of a band of bandit who escaped yesterday with $40, 000 from :- the Nanaimo branch of the Royal Bank of. Canada was being: sought near here for par ticipation j in ' recent Seattle rob beries. Chief of Police - W. B. Severyns declared tonight on re ceipt of descriptions of the -robbers from bank clerks. Authorities announced that Can adian police officers were hasten ing to Seattle with warrants tot the arrest of at least one of the suspects, j : Christmas Season Finds Salem Dressed ' in Best Holiday Attire and Smiling: Apex of Shopping Is Reached Saturday When ,1200 Persons Pass Corner of State and Liberty During 15 Minute Count y Salem, as though realizing that: Christmas comes but once a year, seems bent on making this one an event of note. Like a family pre paring to entertain the pastor of their church at Sunday dinner, Salem has bedecked herself with all of the season's finery. ; Shop early stickers greet the eye upon all sides, and every store window has its array of splendors to catch the attention of the passer-by. "Every thing in the human scale of understanding, from a ' shoe string up to a diamond ring, and all the -way down the scale again to . a Ford ' car has its place ' ot prominence, if for only a few short iays, after which it must all sure ly be relegated to the stock shelves there to await the coming of an other Christmas. But why think ot that now. The stage is set. for a - splendid time, , the- weather . is perfect, and every one seems hap py, what more can be asked? ' Saturday' undoubtedly marked the apex of this season's shopping crowd. Every farm for miles around galea must-have been de justice done to his company; but to no avail then.- l 'r " .C M. Mlall is now in charge of The Phez company, and is pres ident of the Northwest Fruit Pro ducts company, and he will, with his associates; get the benefits of these' tardy acts of justice. Arthur F. Beardsley, Salem, route 8, was the owner of the Com mercial Cider Works on North Commercial, near North ,MI11 creek, when the over, payments were made on fruit juices, and he is the beneficiary .of the present refunds. ; i s ' : - There are probably several more payments to be made" to 'Salem people on these accountsand the above sums do not, represent all the money coming back to the firms and people named. Perhaps the full amount will be around $50,000 for The Phez group alone. The fact is a lot -Of money got away. Those who -over -paid on fruit juice revenue taxes ( mostly loganberry juice) did not keep all their revenue receipts. - They are getting refunds only in cases where the receipts are produced. ? Thirty-Four Districts in This County Present; Two Of ficers are Re-Elected Thirty-four districts were repre sented at the annual convention of members of the school boards of the Marlon county districts, which was held in the county court-Saturday. Compared with previous years, the attendance ', was unus ually large, despite the fact that many of the farmers were unable to leave their work. -; ; f , ; , I O. G. Brubacker, president, and Mary Fulkerson, secretary were both reelected, after which the regular prerHi was followed Every school without exception re ported conditions excellent, and all showed an improvement over last year. In many instances, new playsheds had been provided, and new wells dug. 1 .. A resolution passed by the As sembly favored the previous bud get system , rather than the one used at present. The system now in, use is regarded as impractical in the third class districts, due to the Inability to obtain the neces sary budget board Another item in the same system that is not fa vored is the clause providing for the publication of the account. This was looked on 'by the con vention as an unnecessary expense., ; Legislation allowing ; directors and members of the school boards to accept compensation for manual labor and materials used In school work, when other workers could not be obtained, was favored. In a petition presented to the conven tion, limitation of the number of pupils in one room, and under the instruction of one teacher, was ad vised. ; A motion; asking the chairman to appoint a legislative committee to work in conjunction with the county superintendent was acted upon. The committee is composed of W. A. Jones, of Oak Ridge, chairman; CU H. Taylor, of the Sunnyslde district, and J. C. Moo- maw, of HubDard. 1 CONFERENCE CLOSES; GENEVA, Dec. 13 (By ;The Associated Press.) The first op ium conference, whose member ship is confined to opium produc ing countries, adjourned sine die this .evenings without the agree ment and protocol, ever which there . has been much (contention, having been signed. serted in favor of theclty; dad and mother and all of the kids, and even old Dog Tray, trooped into town,- to gaze at the foibles and fancies that go to make up a real Christmas display. , I ft 15 minutes 1200 persons passed. the; northeast corner of State and ' Liberty, by actual cornt. The halt, the maim ed, the blind, the sick, and the well, they were all there, and what is more important, every one was smiling. i Four Lion Club Officers Offer Their -Resignations An election to fill the vacancy created by ' the resignation ot Frank Neer ' as president of ' the Lions club or Salem will be held next week.- This has become ne cessary because of the additional resigns lions of the :i.-6t, second and third vice presidents. Mr. Neer jesigned bedauso of his' elec tion to the " governorship" of ' the Oregon district of. the Internatlon el 'i-loss' or-tmlzavlca, --.v ; ,4 IWPROBLffl IS ALTERED , BY TESTIOi "... N. Fitness of American Fleet for Warfare Is Questioned in Testimony Given to House Committee SECRETARY WILBUR ASKS LARGE APPROPRIATIONS Government Must Spend $110,000,000 Annually Next 20 Years, Stated ' VAS1UNGT0N, Dec. 13. The controversy as to whether the American navy is fit to - tight found new - fuel today with the publication of confidential testi mony given to a house committee during the preparation of the an nual' naval supply bill. , i The committee itself reported to congress that it did not feel "the country need be alarmed that "our naval prestige Is rapidly waning.". v -.:,' Accompanying this report was an official transcript of the testi mony of Secretary Wilbur that the government must spend $110,000, 000 annually for the next 20 years for new construction if the navy is to be maintained on an equal footing in all branches with, that of Great Britain and superior to that of Japan. - Goes to House - - The committee's observation and the - secretary's statement went to the house along with the naval bill proposing nearly three hundred million dollars to take care of the existing establishment and construction - heretofore au thorized. Information coming thus from the hitherto sealed doors of the house committee served to in crease the determination of those in congress who are insisting that there must be a -thorough going investigation to. get all the facts wita-regard - to --the. condition df both the naval establishment of the fighting fleet. - , , Coincident with the develonment in tne naval . controversy . at the capitol. the armv air service dis closed that the recent bombing on the uncompleted superdreadnaught vvasnmsrton had demonstrated that American naval architects had developed in the ships that are being scrapped under the Washington' arms treaty, craft that could withstand attacks from the present day airplanes. For the fiscal vear 1926. slve of the amount which would be required to start the 20 year building program, Secretary Wil bur's report said. S37.361.50n should be expended to carry out worK already authorized by con gress. This proposed expenditure would include $23,894,000 to com plete two aircraft carriers and fleet submarines under construc tion and to provide half of the $26,935,000 reanired tn mndpm. ize six battleships, for underwater protection to seven others an A construct six river gunboats. : FiiSsIiiPiiTs omit FROLIC Cabinet Members and Diplo matic Set Attend Mirth and Music Feast WASHINGTON, Dec. 13. (By the Associated Press). The grid iron diners had their winter frolic tonight to the accompaniment of mirth and music In which public men and officials came In for the usual good natured roasting of the gridiron of this oldest club of Washington newspapcrmeq corre spondents. Gathered at the banquet table as guests, as heretofore, were President Coolidge, members , of the cabinet, of congress, the diplo matic : set,, several j governors of states, and men prominent in the business and professional life of the country. ' . f As a graceful interlude, the club presented to the retiring French ambassador,' Jules J Jus serand, dean of the Washington corps, a decoration in the form of a large golden gridiron similar to tne one it presented to "Uncle Joe" Cannon on the occasion of his retirement from congress. " ; - Sandwiched in between the skits of comedy and music were speeches. Under the rule ot the club none may be published. LIQUOn SEIZED SAN FRANCISCO. Dec 13. Federal '. dry agents today raided a ramshackle factory building n Spear street and seized nearly 25,- 000 pint bottles of beer said to have "been an approximate strength. or 5 per cent. Officers alleged that the capacity of the plant was J,000 case? a day, ; - TVTOTHER-IN-LAW iyi CAUSES GOSSIP BY DAMAGE SUIT Salem Drugglflt, Out of One Sim ' ilar Action, Again Likely to Face Court i Gossips were busy yesterday and many, were the - conjectures that were ' t passed when it became known that Mrs. Janet Waller, mother-in-law to Z. J.-Riggs, Sa lem ; druggist, had brought suit against her son-in-law for $9,000 for alleged damages received when she was injured in an automobile accident a few months ago. The machine driven by Mr, Riggs collided with one operated by Andrew Junor, .former golf professional at the Illihee Country club, early in : the spring. Mr. Junor sued for $20,000 and was awarded approximately $1500 for his injuries. Mrs. Waller was rid ing in the Riggs' machine. Though the judgment went against Mr. Riggs, it is understood that he was ' protected by a spe cial insurance policy covering such suits, and the amount was paid by the Insurance company. . BODY RECOVERED BAN DIEGO, CaL Dec. 13.- The body of Lieut. Kllburn Roby, one of the five killed in the tail of a large naval seaplane Wednes day, was recovered today by a diver at the scene of the wreck. France Willing to Base World Policies and Settle Dis- putes By Protocol ROME. Dec. 13. (By the Asso ciated Press. Laying new em phasls on th p6wer of the Geneva peace protocol to allay the anxieties of , mankind, the thirty second ses sion of .the council of the league of nations .adjourned today with its members expressing determina tlon to pnrsue the study of the protocol at the March meeting and inaugurate arrangements for an International conference on the reduction, of armaments. '? - France-has gfrennotice through- former Premier Brland that she is ready to base her world policies on the protocol and henceforth submit, all her disputes for arbi tration. She was ready, it was stated, to even' examine amend ments to the protocol in a friendly spirit. ; The .French government also made it clear that if the other great powers do not, want the pro tocol, it will .not be the fault of France if the peace system pro vided by it Jails and the republic is driven to continue Its series of defensive alliances and increase its military. strength so that the future security of the country may be safeguarded. The members of the council sep arated this evening without taking any action on the Anglo-Egyptian dispute. ' . .... EO U, S. Chamber of Commerce Asks Conference for ' Tax Reduction WASHINGTON, Dec. 13. Am erican business as represented in the Chamber of Commerce of the United States urged President Coolidge today to consider the ad visability of calling a conference of representatives of the several states with a view of promoting economy in expenditures and re duction in taxation. The suggestion was made as a part of a program submitted by the chamber as a means of aiding in the recovery of agriculture. It was presented by a special com mittee consisting of - Richard - F. Grant, president of the chamber; Julius H. Barnes, former presi dent and Lewis E. Pearson chair man of the .chamber's executive committee. "The administration has played a great part in tax re lief, . the committee said in a statement issued after the con ference with the president.. "The chamber hopes that the adminis tration will particularly consider the advisibllity of some form of contract with the governors - of each state that they may facili tate legislation and administra tive action state, county and municipal toward the utmost economy, particularly of taxes which rest on farm .lands." AMERICAN LEGION OFFICERS The American Legion; of ML Angel, Delbert'Reevs Post, No. 7 have elected the following officers for "the coming year, i . ' ' ' Commander-Clltfoxd Rue: Vice-Commander-Henry Hutton; Ad-Jutant-Nye O. Bristol; Finance offlcer-C. A. Reynolds; Executive Committee-Ernest Starr, John El der and Seth Beebs, COUCH IS fill CLOSED 0 ISO BY BUSH ME if EDITH GilFOillS New Relations Grow Out ofl Northwest the Conference While Anticipated Split Is Averted FOOTBALL SCHEDULE IS NEARLY COMPLETE OregonUSC, "Washington and Aggies to Play Willam ette Next Season The- opening of athletic rela Hons with two .California institu tions, the University , of Southern California, and the College' of the Pacific, was one of the outstand ing things gained by Willamette university at the meeting of the northwest conference which ended Saturday afternoon' in Portland after a two day session. These two schools are. Methodist institu tions and will . meet Willamette in both basketball and football 11 present plans materialize. The entire Willamette schedule is one of the' most promising ever drawn up by the university. : Twelve Hoop Games Twelve basketball games on the home floor with every team in the northwest conference included were provided for by Coach Rath bun. In addition, several schools will be met on a trip to be taken before the season commences' on tne, home rioor. Games away from home hare already been" ar-i ranged with Whitman college. University of Washington, the Col lege of Puget Sound, Multnomah club, and' others will be added to the list later. ' " ; A barnstorming tour during th Christmas holidays to get the team into condition is being plan ned and Town" and American Le gion teams will be met on this trip. While the games are still tentative; it is practically certain tbaCfhd University TdrSouhern California will be here for a game February 27, and the College of the Pacific5! somewhat later. On the trip north, Southern California will meet Oregon, OAC, and .Wash- ; u i J Continnsd a pagS-St - EMPiMVETlfiS SILO t State Highway Commission Requests Preference Be , Given to Soldiers The state highway commission has requested 1 all contractors on g'oing state contracts to give con sideration to the employment of ex-service men on their contracts in order to relieve the unemploy ment situation as far as possible. Quoting from a letter on this sub-, ject as follows: "There seems to exist at the. present time a large 1 amount of unemployment among ex-service men, which this department de sires to help relieve as soon as possible. "It is requested that, when em ploying labor for Work under your contract with this department,' in so far as practicable, preference be given to honorably discharged soldiers, sailors and marines,' and to citizens of the United States. "This same, subject is also cov ered in the conditions of your con tract which will appeal to you in the present emergency as a patri otic duty." i 4 Official Prison Hangman and Veteran Guard Is Enjoying "Forced Vacation William Lamb, Spanish War Veteran, Let Out About a Month Ago; Served as Government Executioner in ITalllppines For more than , 30 years Wil liam Lamb served his government in various capacities and for a number of years has been employ ed as a guard at the state prison. Past experience in the Philippines, where-ho was government execu tioner, made his appointment as official hangman at the peniten tiary a matter of course. At present Lamb is taking a forced vacation in ; Portland, having found a notice in his mail box that his services at the prison were needed no longer. This was about a month ago. Warden A. M. Dairy mple referred the writer to the ex-guard lor an explana tion as to his leaving the institu tion. . : : Ex-guard Lamb la a member of the United Spanish War Veterans and served in the Islands as a member of the constabulary. It was while he was in this capacity that he found it necessary. to per sonally superintend the demise of hundreds of natives. This figure has been place as high es 700 ELDERLY MAN IS BUYER OF BOOZE PLANE; WILL FLY Confiscated Ship Bought By Man 73 Years Old for 4S5; " Plans Flight to East SPOKANE, Wash.. Dec. 13. An airplane, declared by II. S. Mc- Clure, federal prohibition agent for eastern Washington, to be the first liquor smuggler's airplane to be captured in the northwest, was 'sold here at auction ' today to Z. TIsher. 73, of Spokane. The plane was captured in February, 1923. near here. Mr. Tisher bought the machine for $435 and declared he will make a trip in it to Omaha. Neb., next summer to visit relatives. He said he made a trip from Port land to Spokane by s air in fire hours,, recently. j - . Flood Mark Within Six Inches of Record Stage SEATTLE, Dec. ! 13. Flood waters in the Nooksak valley'were receding tonight after .they had reached within six inches of an extreme high record yesterday. 1 :- Ross Alverson, Snohomish coun ty englnner,' reported that dykes threatened with highwater were holding and! that the flood, dan gers were past unless h.eavyf rains occur within 48 hours. 3 4: SILL GO AS DELEGATE Socialist Party to Have Rep resentation at Progres-: sive Conference WASHINGTON, .Dec. 13. The national executive committee of the socialist party voted here to day to send delegates to the con vention called by the conference tor progressive political action in Chicago February 21 for the pur pose of deciding whether the poli tical forces which supported the presidential campaign of Senator La Follette last fall shall be mar shalled into a permanent national politiealiparty. .Morris- l!,S!!qtitt, Eugene V. ' Debs and Bertha Hale White were named as the socialist delegates. At the same time the socialist decided to summon a na tional convention of its own iparty, to be held on the same date and in the same city as the progressive gathering. - . ' - OFFICER KILLED ELKHART, Ind., Dee. IS. One policeman was fatally wounded, a woman proprietor of a megro roadbouse near here was instantly killed and .two other men .were shot .but not seriously injured late today when a negro, known only as Ike, ran amuck in the road- house with two pistols in his hands. He was in turn shot and killed by an officer. LftBGESTAPPLE SALE REPORTED Hood River Sells 300,000 Boxds; Greatest Ship ment in Northwest HOOD RIVER, Ore Dec. 13, The Apple Growers' association to day sold to New York City export apple merchants the- entire re maining export tonnage of all grades and varieties of apples, totalling 300000 boxes.- The sale, which will involve payment of an approximate 1500,000, was the largest in the history of the north western apple Industry, i with a record of between 35 and 40 in a Single day. Since coming to the state prison he has placed the noose around the neck of every condemned man. stepped to one side and' signaled for the three - guards to each pull their lever, one of which sprung the trap. It is not a personal matter) with him, but merely routine duty. An unpleasant one, but one that must be performed. ; While serv ing in the Philippines Mr. Lamb was badly wounded In the abdo men. ... ' - r During the World war, Mr. "Lamb was a state officer and while on duty was badly injured in a mot orcycle accident, the effects of which are still noticeable. He has served under many administra tions at the prison. . , T The scaffold In the Bertillion room and execution chamber of the penitentiary was built under his direction. Before leaving .Salem for Port-; land Mr. Lamb left word that he would return be firsj of the year. MIS' D LIES i sr i in - iJ -ld :. Loss of Labor Chief tizn . Mourned By Pecpb in WaSks of Life; Car::r : Illustrious SOLDIERS FORM ESCORT FOR FUfJERAL CCHTl: Services Will Be Washington; JJuri-l r t Tarrytown, N. Y. NEW YORK, Dec. 13. CI lains of the Elks and tte Mai : and two rabbis, will officiata ; the services for Samuel Gor ; in, the ElWs ciub here next T day, -Hugh Frayne, national r. ganlzer of the American V " tion of Labor, announced t : in making public arrac":: for the funeral of Mr. Goruper . According to.present plars t body of the labor leader is t- . uled to arrive here at the I sylvanla station at 7 o'clock V; nesday morning. . The funeral train will be r at the station by an honor c : mittee of fifty representative ? national and locafiabor orgac: tions. . SAN ANTONIO, Texas, Dec. 2 ! (By The Associated rre '.) Sau'Antonia has seen Lcr -processions for the living a; has buried her illustrious . but tonight. In a manner c : different she prepared to back to the nation a son ci : whom death had loaned ii r r r fleeting moment. Strange to the ru ; : Gompers, could he h ave lookx " t on them, would have beea t scenes of his funeral corte: :, his mortal body was started c i : long Journey home, i With "the pomp cf a r:: but also with the sentln:f: .5 c : humble, labor's late chieri -to be borne toward t'::z r' by s, STievi;:,? thror. . His last rida In this city r death was to be on aa art caisson, and the last escort f f man who had fought all t: but always in civilian clotie.. to be composed of men ia r:l. uniform. - The government whose Ls.r: ; had upheld in peace and in stepped in to claim the boiy f the whole American peojla . through the Unite.1 Etatrs f the American people officially t hack their dead. His last v were: "God Bless Our Amir Institutions." and one nf the stltutlons the United Etate3 r- r: -claimed that he hplor-- : them as much as to any body. Soldiers from Fort Sara II: ton .were asslened to th. r Not only labor possessed him, tl. saia. out tne country also. Tne music of a military ? -and the rumble of a iniliiarv i riage were to be his requiem, r: men and the police of the city, f Antonio s municiDal officials. 1 civic and commercial organizatic and her host of labor bowe i . common homage to a more tl common master. i Sleeping in his great brosza c (Oonttnqed on Statesman Fund Crcatina Interest; Receive Lett::. Committee to Be Selected to In vestigate .Families Ile ported Destitute -The Statesman Christnia5 fund is attracting a great c. -. 1 of attention and interest. Sev eral letters have been receive ; telling of needy families &d every list will be promptly in vestigated by competent parti - A committee will be select I which will pass upon these and a report will be sent to con tributors but will not be pub lished In the paper under anr circumstances. The entire ob ject of this fund would be 1 ! If the list were made public. The contributors deserve ac knowledgement but the reciri ents will be respected in ttc;r "privacy. Those who have contribute : to date are: D. Ai White Z." Henry Jaquet T..r I. L. McAdams 1 Ed Is Belle Matheson ... Ida Mary Matheson Daniel J. Fry ......... Francis Hollow Royal Neighbors of Am. J. L. Ingrey .......... A Friend Mrs. J. It. Chapman .... K Friend ; Tom Kay ......... . . . . A Friend Elmo S. White E. A. Rhoten. A Friend W, H. Henderson .W. C. Conner Edw. T. Earbef Mrs. P. IL Strand 5. 10. 1. Salem Women ot KKK. . Total $112. Mil I III ii!imu f