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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (July 2, 1925)
.in "THIS lliEm :GREAT:DAYslN:SALEWl ; 3IT IS THE EldHTH ANNUAL ; BARGAI N-DAY OBSERVAMCE. FOR uTMS ;1XY Ijw ai ac ii - ? SEVENTY-FIFTH .YEAR ) I SALEM, OREGON, THURSDAY MORNING, JULY 2, 1925 PRICE iTVELCENTS . t ll 1 t t A. I T h ', ' 'j r- -f S 7 . Ml ' K APPROVED BV COM PLANS ARE COMPLETED :T0;ACCEPXATtCEdHlP PARADE j; PRECEDES ; CERE 'MONY FRIDAY AFTERNOON Barga iii MDDlEWESTwM Highlands .Are Eliminated From Project; County .'.1 f O! ""l l Mayor Glesy Urges 'as Many Sa- lem People as Possible to Visit. "Oregon" Famous Old California Land marks Are Said Destroy - 1 ed Beypnd Repair - ' In accordance to the Invitation received from Governor Pierce, lgal: action is? ended b- ?V. .la8t.nlght passed on: to-.all city and county officials the -invitation - to attend 1467 Acres of Land Not Touched the formal acceptance of the Bat- :! r wi J tleship Oregon In Portland. Fri lly Water Will Not Be In- " n -. . U Is Annual ' V?; L11 FFFI S HF ftTf ARTR MU MISSION HOUSE WRECKED clndcd In district, '" Court Decides ' Bringing to an end the dispute over "the Salem drainage project, the MariOn eounty court yesterday day, at 2 o'clock. He urges as many-Salem people as possible at tend the ceremonies. , , , .j -: Final plans for the program were completed yesterday by Cot Carle Abrams., chairman - of the Santa Barbara Mission, Built 1786V Demolished; Historic Homes of Old Dons Arc in Ruins in SANTA . BARBARA,' Cal., July 1: (By the Associated Press;) battleship commission, jwho will Spanish glories of early "days in preside over the ceremonies. Santa Bar ra. ! immortalized in The parade will Start at lithe adobe houses of the Dons. sigped an order establishing s the o'clock, with the national guard. J today emerged from the ruins of district, and - eliminating s ne t patriouc -ana iraiernai organiza- last , Ajor.aay"H earrtnefuake naraiy acres ' which has, previously:, bee.n i tion participating - and Governor j dimmed by the violence of : the I Pierce. Mayor Georee L. Baker. I tembloru which.1; flung the more scheduled for drainage. The order ttTnited States Senator Robert N eigned by the court now nrovldes Stanrieia. queen Suzanne I and tnr h reclamation of K140 acres i memDers or. tne commission as lyinr southeast of the city, with a guests. of ' honor. ? ; part of the land included in the j ' Presentation of the' vessel will city boundaries. I De maae irom me government Dy The original petition, signed by uapt. ja. T. t Menner, ;! second in over 250 landowners, called for command at the Bremerton navy the drainage of 6616 acres. Dis- yard while Governor Pierce will nutes arose-over this plan, bow-Accept, tne craft on behalf of the ever, as many landowners holding state and Mayor Baker for the ProDertv within he nrooosed.dis- City of Portland.- A short address modern buildings to destruction in the streets. ' J V Perhaps the earthquake's strength among, .the older struc tures was felt more keenly by' the Santa Barbara mission, known as "the" queen of missions," on; the Pacific cdast. When: the temblor struck, the mission's two graceful towers which rose to a height of 60 feet, crumbled and crashed to the" stone court . below, carrying with them the silver-throated bells trict, would -not' be. benefitted byl WM be given by K. K. Kubll, who which have called the monks to and the reclamation nrolect.'due to the I engineered the bill through the fact that their land was. hlght and Kature, followed by Brigadier was never flooded. Under the. first General George Ai White, speaking 'proposal they , would -have been n behalf of exservice men. Sen- assessed-at the-gama rat as prop- ator Stanfield will give the prln- erty owners who would be greatly cipal address... Music will "be tur- benetitted by. the drainaee. nlshed by the. Rosarian quartette. . The county court thenaubmitted , .Amplifiers, are . being, installed facade for a hundred years wereJ the matter lo Rhea Luner. state Mo enable those standing upon the oestroyed. The Franciscan padres nrlnr an A ho Tirana roH a man I Broadway bridre and alone the despair of ever, replacing them. .o-,-or.Hr.o- i,-'hi'h bank of the Willamette rivor in The walls throughout the mis vo- O"" .mv muu9 . vau - - .w jthe lower parts with the intention hear the speaking on the vessel, of taxing the owners aecordingTtd The Rosarians, Portland Marine the benefit 'they would receive clubl and a detachment ot,..the Irom the project. . It "was , this Marine corps will assist in 'keep- tlan, drawn up by 'Mr." Lope? that lag order. ' met with the aonrobation of -the I Following the formal accentance county court. v-,... - the boat will be-tpetr for rnspec- TURNER . By signing the order, the coun- "n the .remainder of the day. no ty court did not establish. a Jman-1 charge being made for- the inpec- I UNSIASKED NEGRO PAYR VISIT datory project. Directors for theftIon- IN EARLY MORNING district will be appointed at once, prayer for more than a century. The facade and portico which stretched in . a graceful line ' be tween the towers, was torn loose I and .tossed to ruin on the stone I entrance ' to the rhanel. - Several Old statues which have. graced the i sion were cracked and strained and the floors littered with bits broken loose from the ceiling. The missionvas built in 1786 (Continued Tn ftgt 8) H ELD-UP Sr-- estimates of1 the cost of the f CI DC i IC CTII I -oiiniin An unidentified negro held up a w- u iia mm t . - . . ork will be made. - In the event uuncan Lrewis, nignt operator, at h4 cost will bo nrohibItive. .Vv .VrA w-.: Turner railroad depot early Wed - t i m ii 11 mrw m mm mt. mm' m v'B'm.B-B Bk2 m.- m i . lh drainaee nrni-o win nmhihW I " T7Z --YJL l?r.nay. morning, looted the tui of x - - ----. i i, ikiiAjri. nuw Vai w wt. v - t ' $13.85 and made his escape. Be- forn leaving the rnilrnad man the "uiaiu, wasu., jaiy i. Aii negro bound him and locked him Today will be held in Salem, the eighth annual bargain day t .r.- . And every year in every. this event has been getting better and better and bigger and . Big ger ' And this year is no exception. There is decidedly more interes thaSi heretofore in the event, .and 'thpra isevery indication that the record of sales wiir be broken It should be so. The annual1 Sa lem bargain day 'is an event of real bargains in every line. U - ' Thousands of dollars have beeu cut.4 off -the, original selling pric of merchandise of all kinds, anJ no one is going to profit from ft like the shonners todav who takl advantage of the many reduction lueai -weamer, pa wun evryj body! kneeling for the start there will he a rush forthe bargain! today that will be remembered b all, for there are some wonderful offerings.! First class standar quality, and , nationally .know suits.' shops, rlrnp-s nnrl hnitHA fn nishings, tasty) meat cuts "and choicp groceries will be presented at pjfYces unheatd of before, an4 all for the special benefit oflthi farmer, the labor injBjjsnopper may is On the market of the! many thing . , . i . . . louna aiout tne to wn rat the bargain 'Stores. J The sign of the white card with purple letters with this inscription 7 inis is. an. Olliclal Bargain Da Store," on. It, Is, the authorize card and can be seen in the win dows of every merchant who, ha made a .special effort to offe something exceptional, at an; ex ceptional pricej for' today. Di versified articles, Tanging front dainty underwear for milady; shoes for the family, linoleum tot the floor, paints, leather goods, groceries, meats and most every thing that anjj home needs, can be found. Millinery, men's furnish- inss. and ready-to-wear of r . all kinds are on display in the win dows ot the "Bargain Day Stores -Shoppers are advised tor ecf i clerks, and storekeepers able to deliver service Omaha and Iowa wm be All July 1 Temperature Rec- that is orris Are) Shattered in wormy or tnejr nouses. Tnis not nly means assistance to the mer chant but it means (hat the shop ner hag a - better onnortnnitv to make selections that satisfy. Be TUCDMnMCTCp UlTg 1(U uu nauu vuiij, use advantage ui TWINS ARE REPORTED FROM OREGON PRISON - j '. i TWO YEARS OF .LIFE. TERM SERVED BY MOTHER id raw TOllt MX COT Warden A. M.. Dalryniplo Causes Near Riot When Newspaper men " Receive Word ' Government - Finances Der dared to Be in. Most Sat isfactory Condition - housewife, the er, or whoever be.''. -"Every ond today for'FOmc that are to be the Bhopping district early, sojthat I the reduced offerings and help to. make, this the biggest, greatest bargain day Salem has. ever had. Following here is the list classi fied, of the stores who-haye joined hands in the bargain giving. They all have the official cards In their windows watch for it: Amuiementf - Grand thter. Army Good . Stores - Army f Outing Store. -Sitlem Leading: Arrav Goodi Store.. - ' Bakeries'. ' llodi l Bakery. Conlectlonariei The Spa. Department Stores Milli-r Mercantile Co. . Kntoury Bran. ) Kostein Ureenbaum. - C. C. Store. '- Klieldim Sherwin Co. 4. N. C. I. lircior C. Drnzzizts i . Perry Vrvg Store. , Tyler' Drne Stcr. . Schefr' DniR Store. " ' Ontral Pharmacy. . Capital Drujt Store. Electricians . a1em Electric Co. Fornltnre . Ma O. Buren. ' ! tiicse furniture Co. . Groceries i. Picicly WiRgly. 1 Jioih Grocery Co. Hkages No. 37. Pickens tt Haynes. . SimDson- Grocery. Hardware Geo. K. Allen. Square Den! Hardware Co. Household Wares ; Wir. Gulilsdorf. t K. W. Woolworth. " , Jewelers 4 ilartman Broe. Ladles' Shops ! 1 Shjpley'g. i M. Haniften. A. K. Lyons. . : Krencb Shop. Vent Kur Co. m ' :'. The Smart Shop. ' ' Meat Markets Wi.U't Market. . ilcUow.ll Market. Men's Furnishings John on & Co. Scbei'a Men's Wear. The Man's Shop. Al Krsie. - K. A. Clothing Co. Scotch Woolen Mill. , . . Shoe Stores IJPr'iee Shoe Co. -,. ..- . ... V.' , Twins were born at the jeni- tsntlanr this viulr . It hailm known yesterday when I Warden j)TlOh'S BUSINESS GOOD A. Al. Dairympie creaiea a -near riot in informing newspapermen of the occurrence. The-, mother Chicago Also. Swelters; Cooler j was received from Tillamook couu- j Weather Is Predicted; Dry Hot Winds Sweep the Mid-West States ' OMAHA, Neb- July l.-(By the Associated Press) Hot winds out ty two years ago and is serving a life sentence. Virginia,- the pet deer, is the proud mother of the twins. The new arrivals are Jeal ously guarded. Banned from the office and In side yard of the Institution. he- Increased Revenue Is DeUird Ex cellent Barometer of Condi- tion oX 'Productive ' -j EBterprIo ' , WASHINGTON. July 1 (By cause she was growing too large Associated Press.) The atory of ot the southwest today brought and destroying the shrubbery. Vir- tne iiscai year. iso -u, temMratnrei that shattered heat einia has made her home in - a the treasury tonight in a review records in many Nebraska locali- special pen in the chicken yard for of Its operatiops during the '12 the last. year. Old acquaintances I months whjch ended yesteraay. are welcome to inspect the new showing total ordinary receipts of arrivals, but if a stranger appears I J3, 780,148,684. 42 and total . ex Virginia's hair rises and she: 1st penditures of $3,529,643,446.09. ready to protect her offspring. with the resulting surplus of Early in the morning the two I J250.505.238.33. Omaha had a high of 104, the tiny animals romp to their neart ? The statement of the treasury's highest for July I ever recorded content, but as the day grows conflttion. issued lato tonisat car- . . I . ' m aa i I v here and within six degrees or tne warmer Virginia careiuuy paras ,ed an expression of SecreUry highest mark on record 110 in mem in ainereni pans 01 me in-: August. 1918. Culberson and Fre- closure. One fawn is hidden in mont reported 103. It was 100 at the grass 04 one side and tne 7 o'clock tonight in Omaha. other in another place.. They re main out ot signt au aay ana un- DES MOINES. Iowa. July 1. July til they afe sought for at, night ties for July 1. No prostrations were reported from any point. however. , . . . Lincoln, in southwest Nebraska, registered 103 at 4 p. m. ' At Bea trice 104 U was the maximum. Melton's conclusion that, due to the processes ot reorganization la ' the last two years, "it is believed;, that as a result of its experiences and development the treasury Is 7 . j.- . c jiffi..n ,. , I today - better organized and the year throughout Iowa today, j eating the little creatures, so care Thermometers ranged from 104 at tuny nave tney been concealed Des Moines to 97 at Burlington, j Names have not yet. been selected. Virginia was brought to the CHICAGO. July 1. Tempera- prison about two years ago by one lures of from 95 to jf0 degrees of tne guards who found her in were recistered in many cities of Tillamook county. . For months equipped to make the Volstead act effective.'?- This part ot the re view declared that plans for re organization of prohibition en forcement were rapidly approach ing completion! an" told ot the work done In this.. connection, In the coast guard, customs 'division the middle west todav although she made herheadquarters In War- ! the weather man indicated that! den Dalrymple's officej beneath and prohibition unit of the treas- the hotjweather was not the fore- the desk being her favorite resting ury.. , .' , ; t runner pt another hot wave of any place. Her favorite articles of The surplus for the year at ford- extended duration. Tomorrow will aiet were carbon paper and cigar- ed treasury officials great satis- be cooler in most of the sections cues. Virginia was mucn pettea 1 faction,, being almost four times (affected, it was predicted. and .photographed by'vlsitors at tne amount forecast last October Omaha suffered In a tempera- tu ; and 150.000' higher than the fir. ture-.oi joz, tne nouesi Bince isna - . : : ure President Cnoltdr rJn hi. .. . ..n 1 piiai ir 1 rut nil m iiiiipni " o wnne temperaiurea 01 or more tVULU I IUW DILL rLM N 11 tU I address at the semi-annual budget were registerea m m.V AOw . v . ! meetine ont i littlo or . vMk T'.iistcr Brown Shoe Store. Katetcria Shoe Store. 15 DIE FROM BOOZE be; abandoned, It is said, and all proceeaings cancelled.. For seveallmonths the proposl- hope f exngug"7ne VoreVt 00 Kblen ri1!!;00" 8 fire ln the AIoha tImber company Shis gag and managed foawak u ..swruumjr Holdings about 25 miles north of en neighbors by his cries for -help 7 wa auu luc nere prior to tne arriyal of rain. The negro is described as being opposition. Those in favor of the has been abandoned by company six feet tall, real black, wore a Urainage district declare that some officials, they declared tonight, can but no coat. He was not action must be taken this year,, as The fire ia advancing south on a masked. He was armed with the floods which occur annually four-mile- front, directly toward nickle-plated revolver, um mo ianu ana aesiroy vaiuaDie tne town of Aloha about four miles Early morning trains were property. from the blaze. Nearly 1,000,000 searched by Southern Pacific offi The opposition forces, scored feet of down timber and consid-jeers. ineir severest attack during the erable . logging . equipment - are court .action when the. signature I doomed If the wind and dry weath- or. Waiter M. Pierce, governor, I er holds out, according to F. L. f which was attached to the petition Mlllworth of the company 'Dam including. 1500 acres of govern-fage since the fire first got out of inent land In. the ; nroiect.- The control last Saturday is estimated Ben lined up against the proposal at ?40.000 but should it hold, out declared that the governor had no "or tne remainder of the week authority to sign the petition, but 1 this figure may be doubled and that It should haVl been done by the town of Aloha endangered,- It the board of control.-.. The 1925 is said. S. J " legislature, however, upheld the DverlS.000,000 feet of logs have i Roverncr. ..; . . - ! I been burned 1 SEATTLE, July 1. With offi clal estimates of 15 dead ,from poisoned liquor in Seattle since January 1, and estimates by -physicians rutining as high as! ; 50, a warnlng-'against tippling was is sued by the county coroner today. .' - i r CARPENTERS STRIKE cac- YAKIMA, July 1. .tlnion penters here,; who walked out on a job today' when their demand for. 90 cents an our was refused by a building contractor, voted to night to stand pat. Qnly oni Job in town is affected, DEAF ASSOCIATION MEETS SEATTLE. July 1.- The Wash ineton .State association of the reported the coolest July 1 since deaf opened a four-day triennial convention here today. Mayor E. J. Brown was ! to deliver the ad dress of welcome tomorrow., ' cities, and Kansas City, Mo., re portetd ia new.high record for the year when the mercury climbed to 96. Irt Chicago the temperature climbed to 89 at 4 o'clock. - - iews f i era ana eastern cui-s for the purpose of presenting anti- Vm 'l? meanwhile felt cooling breezes. .TO,nt!o laZ.. similar tn thl Ten. .weTer that better MH con- and New York with 56 degrees. , , ...I amons were renected ln the total by state legislators have been vf" "! f ? " OREGON IS DECLARED TO BEag0. ANTI-K VOLUTION tEXTKK T I Official of r. r.lntlr,r. 1 I for tbs BhMftAptad Irtui'tn tlia SEATTLE. - July 1. (By The amount, letting thM riWr ri.v Associated Press). Organizations for itselL . Obserera suggesUd. SrcCESSOIt WANTED VAntCflV VI Tn1 1 TSo ...o., x. Many cities reported tempera- meeting of La Follette followers tures of from 100 to J06 witn bat conferring at Oshkosh I today on. I little relief expected tomorrow plans to select a successor to the late senator, tonight announced a decision to call a state convention instead of naming a candidate for themselves. . . ' 1883. ; fnrmui tn Minau. P,nrni. creased revenue had resulted from Dry .hot winds in Kansas and nr...n n w n nf unleashing of capital to produc- .nissoup otom neat, recorus uui Minneapolis announced here, to- "ro vvnae inroogn lav tower- no prostrations were reporieu. j.y . 1 I laS ot surtaxes along witn tne gen- Parsons was the hottest city In There Is also a national anti- eral!Ux revision a year ago. f j Kansasj. with 107. and jopnn evoiton leaniA with headflnar. ne year's operations accom- claimed all - honors in Missouri te at Louisville, Dr. Riley said. Dij8ned reduction of S734.S1P.- wun 1U". I Tf Tin-, 0 rsT Vi tung.J 1U1.59 In the nublir deht unci hr mental forces attending the na- too, the estimates previously made tional -Baptists' convention here. "The Minnesota organization oft which I am secretary and the Ore-1 TREATY PARLEY FAVORED Ron organization are known as , i auii-evoiuiion leagues. ; ine tjaii- jje I fornia organization with head quarters at 506 South Hope street. CHINESE RIGHTS t WILL " CONSIDERED . THE JOY RIDERS FORD enters Ship bid od days are revived ATTEMPT MADE TO PURCHASE KE0 PIONEERS ? GATHER; 1 20O GOVT. VESMEIA fv . 7o AnKMl LVA VK.X10."v tiKTBnTT titi 1 m. -, I PORTLAND. July l-The rum , sociatedPress.) -Henry Ford to-l,e of 'the Covered wagon; .the ' ni-tht told thi ArtRnetatMtv Pro. 1 shrill. war; whoop of Uhe Indian: that he has entered a bid for the the 1 sufferings and hardships or 200 ships of the shipping board mankind in the building 61 a great fleet, and that the bid Is in the etate were all" re-enacted In Tem- xnails. , inlscence as members of the Ore- : 'There was ; no misunderstand- on Pioneer association met in an- Ing of dates on my Dart Mr.' Ford nual reunion here today said; in denying that" such was ' Official count'placed the num- , the cause for the failure of the I ber of pioneers attending the. re- S board to receive a bid from him union at 175. One hundred and L "when they were opened two days sixty Oregon pioneer have died I ego. ; f , ' . ". durlng Jhe past ygarj, r?cords?f I 'The bid L wa$ "placed in lie the secretary showed. Of this tnails several daVs ago." number 86 were members ot- the ; ; ;-Mr, Ford did not divulge the Oregon Pioneer 'association. " The i size, of his bid Jnor Its specifics- J principal address of the afternoon nuns, ana a lie in pis to ODiain tne i session was maae by Judge Al information from members of "his 1 f red' S.-Bennett of The Dalles. I engineering and f technical stiff David Stearn-s, 1857, presi- xnet with failure, j . ; dent, called the 53rd annual re 1 t only onevfirm. suomitted to the union to order. Invocation was ihippirig bpard fbr the entire fleet made by:Rev. Troy -Shelley, 1848, - ivv .uipB, iu jjoniun iron c j.chapiain of the association. 'The 4 u it vvmvxu,, uiuamj- i, j y,- ineriUge. of. the pioneer is-one-to it ov. several omer firms Did lor h BVnn' in ri.im.1 portions of the fleet, some of them with the understanding, that if their bid was accepted they would be J allowed ytOi soil nartsMDt-.the ships which' they could sajfage.' ( i The Newport News Shipbuilding & Drydock company bid I649.O0Q for the fleet.1 of "110 ships now fahchored in the James river. Vir-t-tnla. - The General Metal com-p&ij- bid approximately ethe same said . Mayor George Baker, in his address of welcome to the pioneers. - Dinner was served , in tho audi torium dining hall by the Sonaand Daughters of pioneers. SHIPVAKDS DESTROYlD PHILADELPHIA, July 1 (By The Associated Press.) Af. red amount- for 190 vessels. Other not riTei sa a ure tonigat on Mds-Teceived were-'for Tarvlne Cramps Ship-Yard which resnlted cuabers o the ships, .- ,: I in an estimate4 loss pti250,000 ; . . . .- I -- - .. , ' Washington; July 1. (By Associated Press.l Early conven ing of the international commis- :: .ri: .-, ' ' of laws prohibiting the teaching ot igU l Alio CUULCaCUW a.l ovuwj . " I . . " -..a.. - 1 avaImmah -r K a rAi4 ft ho t 44V Its t supplanting extra """ - ;reaty rights in China a theort nt yet approved by Los Angeles, is called the Defend ers of True t3cience versus-specu-lation. The movement is sweep ing from coast to coast."; The societies will seek passage and ' means (nttArlil trcitv. rto-hta with a Chinese judicial syslem.to M"?. fn" which matters involving.American nationals could, be entrusted safe ly, would be regarded, with favor by -.the Washington '.government. Intimations . of thlsj attitude are t. . -j.r-Att1 4a K va rtoon oiv " J-" 1 o ZZt! cialsession of the state legislature en. Dr. Alfred Sze, Chinese nlnis- l , .. The societies are sponsored by fundamentalists of many religions, be said. 1 ' ' k j A similar society is to be formed at once-In Washington to urge anti-evolution legislation at a spe- ter by Secretary Kellogg. In. recent breaks in' China, but also, to be DEBT PAYMENT IS ASKED contained In new instructions tor . . ; V;, John Van A. MacMurray. minister BRITISH SECRETARY THROWS to China, who is due In Peking JJRUAU HIAT. TO rHAMK July 4. 'There ' are Indications stens may also have been taken PARIS, July l(By Associat from Washington to remind these ed Press.) Austen Chamber)aln, signatory powers of the ' sugges-1 British . secretary for; forelgn af- tion for such a commission con- J fairs has - delivered to M. De tained In Resolution No. 5 of the Fleurlau, the French; ambassador arms conference, i So far as. known I to Great Britain, a hew memoran- however.' no definite step beyond I num suggesting that (the time is these has been taken in Washing-J ripe for France to make an. otter ton and, presumably, the actual fof the settlement of her debt to call for the meeting of the com-1 England, even if it Is only a pro- mission ., would, come from ibeiTisional one. i Chinese government as provided in After summing up what has the reaolution. ; L I gone before, Mr. (Chamberlain i .. , iHawa umi iuc joiiiibu (uiciuiucui a I iTn l IPCUCCC PUCADCPIhas no desire to Interfere in.ae iUiULiuywwvt.Lniw, . . France m ,toWiv ra-- pr.KnVY consider right to initUte with -,Mi ..: hr- Ti- eant-but f eels. It jiecessaryj to :J-,k, -t,. -ntnmnhne dirislon down the principal that it Is " . J 1,1111.4 - ( 1 of the secretary of state' office uv na tha so nt" rent rednctiott in I tooting. - , license plates went into effect at vui-auyum, - . i. th. .nri of the first six month's couched sl, the friendliest terms. period. Approximately 400 Hcen-j correeponaence oetween . won liunM dnrlnr the-dav. I iawu unurcani, criusn cnan- abnut eonallr. between callers atlceuorJ.)i..iae exenequer. ano M i tha nffica and. by means of mall. I Clementel. former French finance . Several CAPBlIeaUona 'are being immister ana tae criusn note oi held nending showing of certif I-J February -.7, : resulting In experts testes of title as Is required by the of the French ministry of finance I hew slate UwefIectiveJuly 1..". 1 neing sent to London to study the Licenses are expected to reach Problem with British treasury ex- the 200,000 mark this season, I pens. were exceeded, for in none of them had the treasury -expressed a belief that reduction of more than $700, 000,000 could be' effected. As a result, the nation's outstanding obligations stood at 820,516,193, 887.90 when the books Were Closed yesterday. Tne redaction was made bos Bible by - the' use of S4k G3j . eratlon of the statuatory sinking fund ' and other items lerallr 113.83 set aside through the op- chargeable against the ordinary receipts, together wRh the entire surplus and $17,375,749.43 from the general fund. The 4noney thus taken from the" general fund' re duced its total by that.amount.be-' low the figure. for June 30, 1924. The surplus for the fiscal year 1925 therefore has already been' used in reduction of the debt. POLICE BESIEGE HOTEL; CRAZED JANITOR TERRORIZES ROOMERS WITH SHOTS -v. PORTLAND, July 1. A squad of, policemen and;detectives, arm ed -with revolvers, shotguns and i.er oomofl, turnecx the second floor "of the "hotel Laurel In 'the " downtown district, into a veritable no man's land tbqight when it st tempted toaell what was better ed martial shooting scrape. : . ; Frank .Dightson. about 50. Jan itor at the heteL armed with : a revolver, had fired several 'shots at his wife, police were told; and then had terrorized the lodgers b roaming through the halls, tempor arily insane, and his revolver; la nana., tiring several .more shots. Police answered th a call innt. ed lhe "man's room and ordered him, to come out. His answer was another, volley, which narrowly, missed one of the policemen. Skot tuns and revolvers were then plac ed In -action, and shot after shot1 pierced the windows and halls of the building. No bullets took-el feet. It was believed, tf - D rHtnn h Ipml l.a " - - - w vn.. . w . m escaped. ;V ; t y' ( . AIRrsTATlON'ESTABLISHED : DES MOINES. Iowa. July' 1. -ThctranscontlneaUl air-raaUtnade its .first stop here tou'sht tablished Leg Jloines as a regular -' station on the coast to coast route.