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nn: oar:c:oN:sTATns:.iAN, sal:::i, oukcon FRIDAY MQliNlNG, MAY .1. JD2j wins c; is siimiEssfffii Income Tax Returns Now As 'High As In Previous Year, Figures Show . ...... l rzr' Tt Guns Prove Valueless in Ward In z 0.f .Dcin!j2rsT "Attack" at FcrtrecsUcruc, Vcu WASHINGTON. April 30. In come tax receipts were , ?B7, 541, 269,41 vle88 In the first . quarter i.f ibia ' voir than in - lha . rq mn three months of 1924, . it was shown today in the: first official figures on quarterly receipts by which' the revenue producing pow er of the present tax law r. was compared with the former rates. The comparative ' statement, made' public tonight, shows total income taxes of $519,238,820.98 ror January, February ana Aiarcn, tnia year, against $58 6,780,19 0.39 for the same three months of last year., ' :" - " . - Officials made no comment on the -statistics, explaining that the total for the quarter this, year had ben about 8,000,000 aboTe ' the estimate which they' had used lrom last summer as the basis tor calculation of government" require ments. They probably will not be able to offer an analysis of the re sults until.fter the June quarter ly pay mentis In, when statistics will be available showing J, the unmhor rtf npmntia nrh n naii nil "meat . ' - . I The comparative receipts- from the states for the two periods in clude: ,Washngtc5n including; Al-J aska (January" 1 ta April 1, 1924) ; S. 6 5 3 5 5 8 ; t January l, to April - Oregon 2,66Y,159 and S347,- -239. . T i 4 .Idaho 8342,947 and 8373,519. Mar-ion Counfy WCTlJ Names Old Officers for WOODBURN, April ' 30. The Marion-county WCTD convention 1 was held in the Methodist church ner! Wednesday, uiiicers were reelected as J ollows : " Mrs. Sarah E. Oliver, president; Mrs. Presnal, vice president; Mrs. Evelyn Kraft, corresponding secretary; Mrs. T, Y. McClellan, treasurer; Mrs. Ora Bear, recording, secretary. Ad dresses were delivered by Mrs Ada i Jolley, state corresponding secretary. Councilman W." P. Nor man,; Rev. B. Waddington. Mrs. "Presnal and Rev. Judson Brown. Tuesday night Superintendent C. E. Webb of the children's home at Corvallis addressed a large as semblage, and children , offr the home who accompanied him .save musical program. -5- Landlords Reap Profits When Propinquity Fails BERLIN Housing facilities are still so scarce in Berlin that the question of living quarters not infrequently has a deterrent effect on contemplated divorce actions. . Once a couple is divorced each nartr norm all v wonlrf kppIt &.ii i Dtuifr niiii M in I ih iiil ijit-.K 11 suuaDie aweuings oiten compels them to dlvideup their apartment ana continue to reside under the tame roof. But such procedure seldom has resulted . successfully:, There is usually so much friction that oce of the parties eventually gives up the fight and moves' out. 4-. f SALEM MARKETS : 1 M Trires qnotrd rc wholntle and are ! received by farmer. . Ko retail "Srires are fif(i t & t. 4. ,. ? &. GRAItf A1TD HAY 1 rTi white wheat , $1.42 . I soft red wheat....!,. .-.-SI. 3 8 ett hay iL $14 ft Uy 3Z.vL ... 15 Hover hv. hld SIS -0t tKl votrti S i ....;;.........'. :...fl6 FOEKv-MVTTOK AMD BEEF Hots, HiO-200 iewi ...u -.12.25 Jlopi. 2K-250 Vwt . L.S12.00 f. 250-3&O wt 911.15 t ion . . ,.:.....9U wsed Teat, ,, .13c - ....3 V& & 5e ord pork . ..17e lmb$ ;' .12e v POUZ.TBT T kens ..212Se Ught hen ..... 184i20e 'Ttm.rT batter 4344e wwrrfat. deliTereO. :..S9e -Mi.k, per rwt ; ..$2.05 'ttK ntsndarda 22(ffi24c t rjinpia ; .Z0e General markets PORTLAND. Anril - 30. rfav Buying prices, valley timothy, $20 "zi;1-ditto eastern Oregon, $21 6J4.50; alfalfa; $20.50$21; wer, $17.50; oats and hay, nom lBal: cheat. S17 50? mt and vetch tf 21; straw, $8.50 per ton; siting prices, $2 a ton more. PORTLAND, April 30.-Graln tures: , Wheat, hard white, blue em. Baart. May, June, $1.60; white. May, 'June, $1.54; esterii white, May, June, $1.54; 4 iuter. May, June, $1.53; nhern SDrins. Mav. June tl.53: tern red. May. $1.50; BBB a4 white. May, -June, $1.75. v.orn- No. i 3 eastern yellow , v -r-i, Aiay, june, o. ea8tfm .n .vt. l it iJttB. 4S.f I! i ; illrun, standard. May, June 33.50. M:i I! PORTLAND, April, 30.Dairy "nge: Butter, extras, 40c; ndards, 39 He; prime firsts. C- ftnt.1 n- N ' ! ' ' '-.' I ( ' , - f If - tJ"9 ' ' ,3 ,,,t? . - . - y . i I f-rf - . " y ' i . ' r ' I o f "Tin I y - ' i ii , If . ... ii ' Y , ? ' ' S w 4 . 9 $ , 'V - H " - .. .. - ...... -.-' . ' : '5 pl.r.Jl I ULlUll UUUilikU ; Oil MURDER CASE No Explanation'; Is. Offered , For Mysterious Slaying - sot Indiana bill ... X X ' Shown above are MaJ. Ii 1L BreretoH. Brig- Geni William 'Mit chell, Assistant to lh cnier or-in Arthy Alr'SeryljCei MaJ. T.i pel W.. Milling' fand .former i i CongressmaB pj !U. q'Sullivan : of Connecticut, pbtoKnphed In front f en anti aircraft gun. al Fortress ; Monroe. Officers of . the anti-aircraft de fenses there admitted defeat .after recent tests .conducted, by . Gen. Mitchell, la the demonstration ar ranged by tneWar Department, the, anti -aire raft guns proved valueless against an "attack' by bombing pljvuea from Langlcy Field, , Va. f COiTilCT HUiJT IS i 1 Hunters; Cause Cdm- Rabblt .motion;, . Airplane and Guards Hurry, to Scen0 SACItAMENTO. i Cal." systematic search for two men who lit ways seeni to bear .a v will o-'tliewlspcharacter. - ; 30. Two. rabbit hunters, surrounded in a grain field this afternoon be tween Hood "and Franklin, itwo small towns south of Sacramento, caused a commotion in county; cir cles that resulted ,ln the calling out of virtually all of Sacramen to's police department, and also an ialrplane all being bent on' the of Floyd Hall and Joe youthful murderers ' iwho three weeks ago from iSan capture Tanko, escaped Quentinj stater prison where they were serving life; terms for the murder (of a -constable at San Bru- no.j The sheriffs 'office also was called !upon""ndvBentiout"!'all hands. J . ,'.-.,.. i,. . Late this afternoon the! posses were, called back to Sacramento, where he first real clue to ! the whereabouts of the convicts lhad uteu iouna at noon. inis jclue waa in jthe form of I prison under wear found In an apartment house on j M. street, 4 blocks from the police sitatton. T , : In this apartment conducted by Frid Relaenberg, a member of the Sadramjento fire department Sand his! wife, Chief of Police Bernard Methane and a- detective found the undergarments discarded bv I the convict!, the sa, and which bor;e the prison i numbers of! the convlets. ; , . .. Aftep the return the' search, for the are suipected. of i the murder of H.j. t-ltzberg, a local merchant, and of t,he shooting of Clyde Nunn, a member of the Sacramento do- Iic4 department .seflled down to a POSSE SEARCH FOR ABDUCTOR . (Continued frara paga 1) several Says ago.; Among the ar ticles found was a box of colored crayons, such as might have been used by a child,: . An exploded cartridge also was found. Tonight a bloodhound was put on the track of the pair: . ; ; j -: ' Aiding actively In the search was Wlater Chattertoq, father of the little glrL lie ha3 forsaken all else to aid in the rescue of his daughter. iWith the report that the, girl had been see today, a renewed J hope . came ..to..searcher3 who.. had feared that nearly a week In the open may nave Brought death to the child, as she was thinly clad. Fears also had . been expressed that she might, have been aban doned, so rapidly was the travel of her abductor in eluding pursuit of the posses, convicts, iwho WAR MOTHERS HOLD, ' SESSI0fi;EliECTI0N (Continued from p&g 1) ivered the main .address while Chaplain W. F. GllbertV who was with -the Oregon boys during: the late World; War, and Col. Carle Abrams, commander of the Salem Post of . the Veterans of Foreign Wars, also spoke. , , 1 ! : Entertainments was ( furnished by Mrs. Hallie Parrish Hinges and Leon Jennlson, who appeared In solo . numbers. . During the session the Ameri can War Mothers - were y photo graphed in front of the memorial statue, "Over the Top to Victory; which they were instrumental . in securing for .the city. The organ lzation financed the deal to se cure the statue. IBubbles: "And what did you see In France?" . . Birdie: "Plaster of Paris!" 5 v ! 1 ' Constance R. Dowd GARY, InL, Apll 30. Road traders ; workinsr a Quarter ! of a mile from where the mutilated' and burned body of a slender girl stabbed I through the heart and shot through, the head was" dis covered last Sunday, found a hand bag today. The find provided the only definite clue for the past 24 hours. ! " - 1 I '. '. - A Gary telephone number on a slip of paper inside the bag be came the subject of immediate in vestigation but Sheriff Fourney refused; to give the number The bag was found in a ditch along side the road where it might have been tossed from" a speeding auto mobile. . - j. Nearby '.. a bloodstained cloth was found. ' s !, ! . Detectives today were seeking to find ! the person who sold a grey suede shoe; found 'near the body by; a German police 'dog. The dog also turned up a i stocking foot, burned above the shoe, and corresponding with . It, , even the burned spot in - the heel, j The third article the dog : pointed out was a shred of ' paper with a few words' at the ends of lines and the! name 'H.' Schmidt." ' The animal , detective ! also : led the, searchers to a small shallow lagoon, where the officers at first thought; the missing legs' and arm might be thrown, hut waders who searched - the lagoon thoroughly were unable to find any sort of clue. I Fla., SHIP'S CREW SAFE WEST PALM BEACH, April 30. The government wire less station at Jupiter, :17 miles north "of here at 9:4'S okclockTo-" night, picked up an SOS call f TPm the steamship Kamperdown) read- "Ship aground off. Che; coast of Nova Scotia.. No lives lost." . j .'. The Btation Jiad not picked up a call from off the coast of Cape Sable. : 'i ! lff..as. ha was alleged, to haye, at tempted, to take, a .has which, waj to have contained $2,000 from an appointed cache along Powell val ley road. ' - ',;'"'"' ' ' t Officers arrested Elmgren for Inf esUgatipnf in connection with thTreceipi bt letters to J. j p Ras mussen, prominent paint land oil merchant, threatening to burn his buildings', destroy his" house and throw acid into . his1' automobiles. . :rl" SLATER IS, KXKCITTEP ; COLUMBUS. -Ohio," Miy li- Jason Adkins,' ; :t0, Portsmouth,-! Ohio, was -electrocuted early this morning at the Ohio state jpenltcn tlary here-for the.kfllingF of Ed ward Funk durjng the robliery! of a gasoline filling station! at New Boston. p ' ; PAYROLL CLERK SLUGGED J ; PORTLAND.' Or.. April 30. Ah unidentified man wielding a blunt instrument, slugged ; Raymond' Wright, 20 yeir old clerk at the office of th Moore Dry Kiln "com pany into unconsciousness today and robbed him of a payroll ! of about $360 in cash, and currency. Wright fold police." , MOEDEH I CHARGER ? t' LOS XGELES. April So! Mrs.W H. Babcock, ; wealthy .wid ow whose bruised and battered body was found in a vacant apart ment here lair, Tuesday. died! of Va blow on, the..;iead inflicted by persona unknown with Intent ! to kill and murder,'. a coroner's jury decided late today. . RAIDED BY POLICE New York City Bomb Squad Breaks Up Ten Meetings . of Reef Organizers : JJEW YORK, April 30. Ten communist meetings were broken up by aetectivesi"" of the, bomb squad, tonight; In Manhattan and the Bronx. Fifty detectives drove members Into the street an con fiscated May day literature. The meetings represented every branch of communism and social ism, police said. In the gathering places of the members no Ameri can flag or patriotic emblem was found - by. the X officers,: though pictures .of Lenine and Trotzky usually were found, -they reported. Violent" protests were made' in almost, every instance. . Members declared the raids , were "unwar ranted and abusive." .. A committee was appointed by the Workers" Parfy of America to attempt to 'gain an1 audience with Police Commissioner EnrigSt tomorrow afternooo. ., at which time they 'declared- the rights of the party would be presented in an effort to prevent further disturb ances of" th"eir4 gatherings." '., r The headquarters of the party at 108" East Fourteenth street was the first one raided , tonight. AR those at the gathering, intludin" 20 t me'aTi4'rs;; o ."" the .'. Workers" league. "arid the Trade rcida Edu cational league, were ejected. Other assemblies, representing communists of every nationality, and hundreds of .alleged Russian anarchists ATso" were driven ; into the streets. iJ ; Ml'? ' DISTRESS SIG.VAli? HEARD NEW YORK April 30.-f-Radlo broadcasting ceased for 40 min- utea tonight while government tj-i coiiiUiercial stitljs EOill.C t:: trace the source-of -attaint Ci. . call heard at 10:20 o'clock. V.'hr .. (.continued . efforts failed to pi 1: tip any furiher communication t.. j task. was surrendered to theratliJ station at Halifax, N.' S.; which u was said by .naval officers was in communication with- the disabled craft. : : " Re ad' the CiasSified Ad: QQ Blackmail Plot Uncovered ? By Police; Man Is Taken PORTLAND. April 3od An ai leged bjackmajl scheme was frus trated here today when Ernest J. Elmgren, tailor and father - Of three small children, walked into ' - thearms of waiting deputy sher- r ! ! 'For -' j ! ( - - J . - -- EVERY FAJHER MOTHER BOY GIRL of any age . Cracked Toes t : S6re;Terider Feet irritating ; acid perspiration from the foot , pores produce' -and t ag gravatee cracked toes, ltching ;be tween toes, raw ness and ' tender, aching, ' swollen feet. . " I- The moment you apply I "Phil lips Milk of Magnesia," j all this soreness, itching, and tiredness dis appears. Just pat it on, , i dries Instantly. Nothing else stops foot odors, Relieves foot, soreness and foot weariness so promptly as this harmless antacid. ' j. Insist upon . genuine : "Phillips JJllkV Of Magnesia." , All drug stores sell 25-cent bottles. adv. X - j Fcimily- TODAY OUR -" nu !.- Nightc Sho Itf SATURDAY tit . 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Especially interesting to the investor of limit ed means are 1 our -First Mortgage, Collateral Trust Bonds Which; are" issued in multiples of, ? 100 to yield six per cent. ; Money. is loaned here on city - ' and farm property with con-; . . . . - venient fepaymenl privileges v' Bonds Invcstmcnt Loans- AND V? ! - V 2nd Floor. Oregon Dloo - Salcm. J t. 4 7 i B i 9 3 RG 3EETFS I N C "Uni- W-lf-f Z ' I ' I m &sJ- " m rtn ,,i,in,i i . hi i 'iT- jr-' , . i t 'Barnett Bros Jewelers -MPay Us As You Are Paid' Nirfe Stores on' the Pacific Highway If Jtr. Rogers Silver Oh Your Table 'So Any tiay ihis week you can come to tha Burnett Jewelry Store and get ' Fifty Pieces of this famous Silver Plate on d payment of just fifty cents! . .-V . - , The. balance you may pay. as test suit:: your own finances.: Indeed, a dollar r. week will do! H - Each Set Contains Six! KnlTes Six Forks Twelve Teaspoons Six Dessert Spoons Four Tablespoons - Six Batter RDreaders Six Salad Forks 1 One Butter Knife CJ J J One Sugar-Sbell;-. XSX. One Tomato Server " One Cold Meat Fork DOWN mm S FIFTY PIECES ALL TOLD The total cost of the entire set; Is $28:4d and -the terms are as stated,. Fifty Cents and you take tfie entire '.-set along -nd use It. . Par 'for ft a dollar. or so- a week; v m ' - j in ; The Spoon sketched shows the fair" .pattern, made by "Wm. A. Rogers I and Son, and guaranteed - witbout time I limit. - . ' '. ' Just as Advertised in tha Ladies Home Journal " - I The Burnett" gnara-t: 3 holds good in this, as la ell else you buy here, Money tack If you can do better f:r casi. Of v .' x f - . .nova, asp i ... 2Sc; current receipts, 27c