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FRIDAY MQliNlNG, MAY .1. JD2j
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Income Tax Returns Now As
'High As In Previous Year,
Figures Show
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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.
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Oil MURDER CASE
No Explanation'; Is. Offered
, For Mysterious Slaying -
sot Indiana bill
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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
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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.
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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-
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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
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OUR -" nu !.-
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BESSIE LOVE
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Thrill upon tlirilL-trcriendous action all tlirough, mark
this as more" novel and exciting enttalnment than "Isle
of Lost Ships."-i-It's the thriller of years. ;
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The individual jwith but a small amount to in
vests is. just .as-welcome and his. .requirements
'taken, care of with. the same interest, here at
Hiwkins' & Roberts" as the large investor.
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-; . . . .
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Bonds
Invcstmcnt
Loans-
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Nirfe Stores on' the Pacific Highway
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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
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The total cost of the entire set; Is $28:4d and
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take tfie entire '.-set along -nd use It. . Par
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