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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. -
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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 ...
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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
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, . . 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.
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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
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ORIEt.'T TRADE GAINING
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RXFOnT FIGURES SHOW DROP
The United States' combined ex
port and import trade with the
I attorney: is i'Rotested
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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
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