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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 30, 1925)
t K V n 4 ' '1 1 1 V MS m. & 'i' :.imi" r f Multnomah' County . Leads With 33,933; Marion Is ' in Second Place Out of a total or 68,693 income tax returns covering incomes for the calendar year 1924, filed on or before March. 1.5. last, 33,993 were 'tiled by residents of Multno mah county, according to statistic Just compiled' and announced by Clyde O. Huntley, collector of in ternal rerenae, . The number. of returns by counties was as follows: Baker 868, Benton SO 4, Clackamas 1728. Clatsop 1604, Columbia 839. Coos 1644, CrooK 161, Cuiry.130, Des chutes 1080, Douglas 944. Gilliam .195.: Grant 171, Harney 119; Hood Rlref 443., Jackson 1190, Jeffer son 64, Josephine 319, -Klamath 1211, take 205, Lane: 1839, Lin coin 304. Linn 605, Malheur 266, Marion 1946, Morrow 173, Mult nomah 33,993, Polk 395; Sherman 202,r Tillamoolr 521, Umatilla 1534, Union 1053, Wallowa 279, Wasco' 736, ". Washington 876, Wheeler 44 Yamhill 468, . Total number of returns filed in the larger cities of the state were: Baker 602, Corrallis 440, Mllwau kie 368, Oregon City. 5 4 6, Astoria 1160, Seaside 112, St. Helens 180 Marshfleld 7 9 5,, North Bend 254 Prineville 89, Bend 1015, Rose- burg 561, Hood River 363. Ash land 290, Med ford ,762, v Grants Pass 280. Klamath Falls 935. En gene 1233, Albany' 4 00, .Ontario 110, Salem 1306, Heppner 110 Portland 33,205, Dallas 165, In dependence 75, .Tillamook 271 Pendleton 140, La Grande 799 Enterprise 145, The Dalles 635 Forest GroVe 110, II ills bo ro 234 McMlnnvllle 235, Newberg 143. GUN VICTIM MAY DIE ELDERLY MAX, AXXOY1XG XEIGIIRORS, SHOT "BW COP near fit? bus Upol will be taken over j by the .university. The- develop ment of plant hybrids will be con tinued under Burbank's direction as long as he desires to remain active in the work. Luther Burbank established his gardens at Santa Rosa and his ex periment farm at Sebastapbl 50 years ago the , first . of October. Three members of the committee in charge of raising the fund in clude Herbert Hoover, Dr. Ray Lyman Wilbur, Rudolph Spreckles and David Starr Jordan. The size of the endowment which is desired was not stated. PEARLS AKE BEQUEATHED XECKLACE VALUED AT flOO,. OOU WILL GO TO GIRL Miss Kora Beesoivwith the, Welch Bowman Stock Co., coming to the Bhgh theater for one jught only, Monday,. Aug. 31, presenting a three-act farce comedy "Is Marriage a Failure, also special vaudeville numbers between acts. - I'lIEH'E PROGtflSiOO Some of. Best Horses Along Coast Are Entered for Events Sept, 14-19 .'J VANCOUVER. Wash., Aug. 29 --George Covey, 69; of Kaliipell Mont., was shot, probably fatally tonight by Victor. Eatpn, Vancpu ver policeman, when Covey threat tned; policemen who -we&V tov.ar reat him after he had been annoy ing resident. .,.. .... 4 Covey early today, went , to the home of A. E. N'ielke on Forty fifth street and asked for break fasLj which Mrs. Kielke provided along with - a. lunch which' she packed for him. , Instead .of de-. parting, however, he spent the day in the brush .near the home, MrsJ Nielke reported. As Mr. Nieli e approached his home late i the day. Covey leaped toward him :With a club. Nielke, succeed ed in disarming' his elderly assail ant, j and then called the., police. Policeman Miller and Eaton -went to, the sceqe, found Covey in the open and ordered hint to halt- As h fled, they fired two shots into the air. Covey disappeared into the brush. Eaton followed ; him and overtook him and. ordered "hands up." : When Covey replied with a threat, the policeman fired, the bullet striking the man in the right side and ranging downward. CHIEF AGENT IS INDICTED The racing program, under the 8uperin tendency ,j of Dr. Robert Prior, state supervisor of livestock is the best, horsemen say, that has been put up since 1908 and may eclipse any ever shown at the Washington fair, September 14 to 19, When entries tlosed for the harness races on July 15; 11 races filled, and some 'of the best horses ort the Pacific coast were entered There are nearly 30 horses en tered in the.2:24 pace Joe Huber of Montana has entered. The Norther and All SUV two of the I fastest harness : racers in the Northwest. In the 2:14 and 2:20 trots an entry is Alicia McKylo, California horse' and sister of Ali- sal, a consistent : winner . 'on big eastern tracks. - In the 'running races an equally full list ig expect ed. The Derby,; a handicap over a mile and an eighth for a purse of, $600, is to be run on' Friday, September IS. Besides the har ness and running races there will be Indian , running and relays which are always popular with the grandstand - crowds. To facilitate the v starting of races a 16 stall paddock has been built at the north end of the grandstand, with Jockeyroom, and to be in charge tt judge. - ; Another grandstand attraction will be the high jumping and wealthy sdioM is' Hurt VOUXO CHURCH . FOUND U.V. CONSCIOUS IX STREET SAN FRANCISCO. Aug. 29. (Uy Associated Press) The $100,000 peal nerklace owned by Mrs. Rosa Blum of th's city, who died In August. 1918, will be giv en to her three year old grand daughter next April. Ruling by superior court here to this effect today carried out a provision In Mrs. Blum's will that the .pear la should be kept in a safe place un til her son, Jaraes reached his 34th birthday, and then, if he had a daughter, the necklace should be hers. , The pearls attracted national attention about a year after. Mrs. Blum's death when her son, et The pfctltiouVhlch Ubrlet,"ax forth that the SUls-wer married fn London. May 2S. 1910, and that the actor deserted his wife in August. 1924. SUM at present U to New York, while Mrs. Sills i.1 reported to hare left some time ago for Australia.. . BOSTON, Aug. 29. (By AssocI- ecutor of her ute reported that 199,000. as compared 'with $1,- 6834l0,62C ior the previous year, according to the Far Eastern div ision: of the. department of com merce. , . . , , . . V This amount, representing 21 per cent of the total foreign trade of the United States, was divided between exports valued at $624, 619,000, . a drop, ot 13 per cent from ast year's figures, when they totalled ,1712.411,170, and Im ports amounting to $1,113,580. 000,1 an increase of 23 per cent over , $970,959,456, the previous fiscal year's import figures. ,In general the cause contribut ing to decreased exports to the Far East were the political distur bance In China, and the trying economic . . conditions combined with; the; fluctuation of the yen in Japan. The increased values in our exports to Australia, Dutch East Indies, the Philippines and New Zealand failed to offset these tosses. Higher prices of our nro- ducts, in many instances, also helped to curtail the volume of our export shipments. -; ated Press.) Silence with which members of his family surrounded Frederick C. Church, Jr., former Harvard , gridiron star, - who was found unconscious in a street here early , yesterday morning, .was lifted partly today when his wife the former, Muriel . Vanderbilt, issued a statement from Massa chusetts general, hospital, where Mr. Church was taken... Mrs. Church paid that her hus band had been at a theater and later at a party at a hotel.' "So far as we have been able to learn, Frederick left the hotel for his home, alone." the state ment Bays. "Near Kenmore sta tion he went into a lunch room and was on his way to his apart ment from there when struck by a passing automohile as be was crossing the street. He was evi dently struck on the leg , and thrown to the pavement, landing heavily on the side of his ' head. The car failed to stoo and Mr. Church Is unable to give any de scription of It." the gems were losing their lustre as they lay in a safe deposit box and experts said that the pearls once taken from their natural hab itat, needed contact with human flesh to retain' their beauty. MILTON SILLS IS SUED DIVORCE SUIT IS FILED AGAINST PICTURE ACTOR MiPPOM PLANS SCHOOLS TO TEACH JAPANESE OXLY IX . INSTITUTIONS fcres.? the: eoattauca inclUiie Dr. H. B. Jobn-on- of Fan Francisco and William O. Shepard. PortJand. CHINESE IS GUN VICTIM SEATTLE. - Aug: . 29 Pacific coast Japanese intend to establish their own schools n which only Japanes will be taught. Dr. Milton Japanese will be taught. Dr Milton Episcopal Anglo-Japanese school at San Francisco said here today. Dr. Vail 4s here for the 26th an nual convention ot the Pacific Japanese mission on his church which is to last all next. week. The passage of the Japanese ex clusion act was followed by a di minution of . Interest in. the .Eng lish language. Dr. VaU declared and a big decrease in attendance of, Japanese at English, language schools was noted. LAUXDRYMAX IS RELIEVED KlLLKD 11Y TOXti MEMRERM FALL RIVER. Maw-.'Aug. 29. (By Associated Press.) The Chinese tong. war is believed to have had an echo in this city to night In the killing or laundry man. Wong Sing was the vIctTm of thre bullets fired at htm by two Chinese who had chased him from his shop. He Was shot down as he. reached.,the sidewalk and then assailants escaped. , Wong Tom. a brother of the dead man. said he was not aware that hfs brother belonged to any secret societies. PIONEER IS CALLED SAN FRANCISCO.. Aug. 29. (By Associated Press.) Myer E. Herman, 5. merchant of San Francisco sifice 1861. j died here today after a two week's illness. lie was director. of a number of large corporations and .waft one ot the founders ot the Hnoolulu Tim- Other speakers who are to ad- tations company. '. , NEW STATION IS Oil Hit:i:powr.R radiocavuxq . PLANT OPENS IX CHICAGO CHICAGO.. Aug. 29. (By As sociated Press.)-! Another h lg.h power radiocasting station WCNR of the All-American Radio cor poration made its debut on the air here tonight The. new. sta tion's wave length is 266 meters and the transmitting equipment Is a 1000 watt Weatern Electric 106-A set. XKW ENGINE PERFECTED NEW YORK, Aur. 29. (By As sociated Pre.) The story ot the poor Immigrant bey- returning successful to hU native lanl was' repeated today when Karl K. Knudoa, Inventor of a new Dies! engine, sailed for Norway. Twen- ty, years ago Mr. Knudson came1 here. aad. for. 19 years he'worked' to Improve the Diesel engine. The result of hi work U a new 1.000 horsepower locomotive which i; expected to eliminate the necessity""" ot stops tor water in the Western! deserts. . ' J ... : 1 TORXADO KILLS TWO ELECTRA, Texas,' Aug. 28 (By Associated Press) Velma Ratcliffe, 7. and OK da Smitto. 8, were killed when a small tornado demolished the Ratcliffe girl's home four miles south ot here to day. Gladys Smitto., 12. was serious : injured. Considerable damage was done to oil derricks and other property in the vicinity. More than four inches of rain fell here within an hour. . LOS ANGELES,. Aug. 29. (By Associated.) Divorce proceedings against . Milton Sills,, motion pic ture actor, were brougbt by Gladys E. Sills, in a suit filed in superior court here today. i The complaint charges the actor with desertion. Custody of their 14-year-old daughter. Dorothy, is sought by Mrs. Sills. No com munity property Is mentioned, which is believed in. film circles here, to indicate that, a property settlement already had been ef fected. - . - j r . 1 1 I . , . . Y WORKER KILLED ; . HUDSON, Wis., Aug. 29 (By Associated Press.) Viola Siabo of St. Paul, International institute secretary ot the YWCA, was killed tonight in an automobile collision here. The driver of her car was blinded - by, the headlights of an approaching car. GH2l BANDITS SHOOT CLERK TWO MEN, UNMASKED, HOLD UP STORE AND ESCAPE SEATTLE. Atlg J. Ellsworth Pickertngi-Stf; a'-eierkrwas shot In the -back and critically wounded by two . bandits whoi- held up .the Grange "mercantile store at Issa quah. porth of here..thls after noon, and' escaped", with $S00 In loot; He was brought to $ Seattle hospital. , . , , .. -. , The bandits were unmasked and entered the store at 5:05' p. m. Five clerks and four customers PROHIBITION v WORKER HELD OX BRIBERY CHARGE i EW ORLEANSuj. 29 uj Associaiea iTess.) L.yail G, Shiell., former chief of prohibition field forces in Louisiana was-one of four men Indicted here today on charges of hrlbery of a'govern Thent Officer. .The indictment waa reported to Judge Rufus E. Fos ter, United States supreme court of appeals sitting as a district judge. Shiell was charged specifi cally with giving Patrick Need Ham, a prohibition agent, the sum of $40 as' a; bribe in connection with olleged rum running activi tles. - - . -, :; : Others Indicted were Frank CJesi, accused of paying $1,200 to .Needham. Jerome Gargano, t al leged to have paid the same man and another the sum bf $775 and Peter Picom, alleged rum rupner. Shiell, who resigned hia fof f ice sev eral months ago. declared that the charge against him is "ridiculous." RANCHER SHOOTS WIFE . EUGENE. Or.. Aug29. A man killed his wife, then attempted hl3 o'(wn life in the Oakrldge vicinity tonight, according to. a xepdrt re ceived from the Oakridge deputy sheriff by: Coroner. W W., Bran stetter's offlee.-. ' No names or other details were . given in the report. -: Telephone communication with the .small .mountain town closes at .9 a.m so it is impossible to get Informa tion from there. The- Morning Register sent a .reporter on., the four hour drive Into the- moun tains, in the hope that he mayvbe able to arouse the operator there red telephone a story back to Eu gene by 2:30 a.m. witnessed the shnottnr nf Picker. paddock! jngjwho receiTed a bullet in the warning by the robbers to keep ttHll Tho KanHIti flail in nn antn. hurdimg horses d .Welsh Broth- mobI,e after taking $50 from the r. of Calgary; and t the.. Welsh caan drawer and $50 from Paul - accompns neq Knoesnschlld, store manager, nders.. 1 :;iv--.V?- -I 'r- - - .- the! rough and tumble auto .polo BURBANK GARDEN TAKEN game Ait a few years agq, is 'ijew thriller, k - . - STANFORD WIIX PERPETUATE An addltioa to th grandstand!. WORK OF" PLANT WIZARD made ' since the ? last fair ; " now makes it 576 Xeet long, and: in t" SAN FRANCISCO. Aug. 29. order to make announcements :of I (By Associated Press.) The hor the races to the crowds amplifiers I ticultural experiment work of Lu will be erected in the stand. I ther Burbank, aged plant wizard An exhibit of the United States of Santa Rosa,,will be taken .over department of agriculture new to I by Stanford university which Iwil the .Washington. fair will occupy 1 raise an .endowmenC: fund ,to ae- space, together.with the Washing- cure perpetuauon of . Burpana s ton State college exhibit. I services, for. humanity. Travel to the Washington fair I William GibbVMeAdoo, one of by; automobile from all points in the ! advisory -committee of 10 the northwest will !be easier than which will have, charge of raising n.anv nrevious -vetr. . From th I the ' endowment. announced the south and southwest, including plan today. Burbank's gardens Oregon, entrance would be by way of the Alderdale ferry and. Mab-I xon, or Dy way 'oi tne iiooa Ktver bridge, Goidendale, Bickleton and Mabton., From the Pendleton dis trict the Patterson, ferry and Pros- ser route is . recommended. From the Palouse and Spokane districts the . roads are all in excellent shipe, via the Kennewick-Pasco bridee. '. Detours un th Takima valley, highway which, have been encountered for several years are now all eliminated, and there, is nnoroKen paving irom uranavtew to t Yakima, aboul, 5 0 : miles, and from Mabton to Yakima,, about an equal distance, y .Am p 1 e, . automobile -.parking space Js; being: provided adjoining the jalc grounds, and a free camp far automobile visitors with wood. stoves, water, and lights. Is avail able. . The city tourist camp lies between the city and " the fair grounds, and may be preferred to the fair grounds camp though a charge is made. - ': V Schaeferrs Herbal Cough ORIEt.'T TRADE GAINING 1 v i. RXFOnT FIGURES SHOW DROP The United States' combined ex port and import trade with the I attorney: is i'Rotested ;': '. ' , - . , OLYMPIA,. ,Aug .29 Protest a gainst tltcT application vf Walter B, Allen ot Seattle to be admitted tq the practice of law in this state has been tiled with the state board fit law PTimlnor ft was an nounced today by R. J. Sharps, j Far East for the fiscal year ended assistant attorney general. (June 30, 1924 totalled $1,738 The best and most economical coligh remedy made , A trial bottle will . - convince you : : DOWN and MONTHLY Buy any make of Typewriter Typwriters Rented Repaired We make Rubber Stamps Seals, etc. Ask us for prices Atlas Book & Stationery Co. .465 State Street mm Cocae-ru Vrtdvurt) ' ITctureV Webfoot Oregm -Wwkly Comeily Sunday : Only cJlM VSGBX GLOVt- BLIGH.THEATRE Monda v . VELCII-BROVN STOCK CO. hi - u uaua V7 Today . Monday ! ? THEN - - ' CiONK FOREVER! -. - 50 CENTS ANY SEAT i AXY TIME:' . i- - - . - CHILDREN'. y . -Matinees 10c Evenings ,23c : OCMAEFER'Qj DUUG STORE ' Tha Yellow Front Tho Pensiar Store 135 Korth Commercial Street Phone 197 1 HHE M AH MA NID WT TODAY' 'AK 7 sionday ; ) c E E NT S CEaiD:DEMimSr-zl"navr.z Shows tart at 2:30 - 7:00 and 0:0O o'tl Doors open pt,2:00 an-! " 'LAOGH a'clay keeps the doctor . away, and here are enough laughs to put "doc; out of business! ; NEW TODAY J I I 4 I 11 I - i : ; A r I 1 : i -1 - i I V ' 1 1 - a Today Monday Tuesday A. , T st. 'c,2 Hi.' TV- , Cast Includes' . Betty. Compson and i Torn Santschl- A rolllrkJnz corned r of two crooks who make yon Iau&H' all th way frota SV Wan-' Cisco, to 3IcIco -nil hark axaia. COfEDY ; PATHEXEWS McDonald f --1 r.1 r ' 11 i .' Matlocr 2.1c - S5c (Sunday . V) ETCtilnrJtV -ROc; , , '. J ' 3 ' 'r ' t I ' t "" V.' . 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