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Woman Believed Seen Near
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OAKLAND, Cal., Aug. 21.
Information t Indicating, that Mrs.
Bessie Loren, Oakland nurse, may
have been plain In an automobile
within a, b!ock,oi herjiome about
two hours after midnight, August
21, 'Was furnished officials .today
1y Juliua Souza, employe of an
Oakland sign painting firm.
Souza, who lives near the home
of W. T. Ferguson; father of
Jlessie Loren, said he was return
ing home In an automobile with
five companions early Friday
when they passed" small inclosed
car parked at ttte curb near the
Ferguson homer and observed a
man and - woman apparently, en-
gaged In a struggle In the car.
From photographs of Bessie
Loren, Souza Identified her as the
woman In the coupe., ;
A firm of San Francisco detec
tives today was called into the
' case, James F. Hoey, assistant
district attorney of Contra Costa
county, subjected members of
Mrs. Loren's family to . further
questioning this, afternoon.. Hoey
said before the conference that he
was convinced that the mother
and brothers of the slain woman
had not old all, they knew that
xmgnt be or assistance to auinori
ties In solving the El Cerrito
. swamp mystery.
Investigators today reiterated
their belief thai the Loren woman
had on several ; occasions and pos
silly Just prior to her death, simu
lated for the purpose of obtaining
money from well-to-do admirers
a condition necessitating an opera
tion. Under Sheriff W. M. Veale
naid his theory was substantiated
by thefindinj of letters among
the dead woman's1 effect in which
St was indicated that on several
occasions - she had been assisted
. financially during periods of sup-
' posed 'stress. ,! s . ' .
ASSOCIATION AEDS;
ARTISTS IF 1ST
Novel Plan 'of Distribution of
. Paintings Is Announced
Fron Chicago -; .
be assisted by a committee com
posed of tbre art experts or con
noisseurs to help them select the
best although they are permitted
to choose any picture they desire
without advice. ; v ?
The artists however do not all
receive the $600 foreacli picture
chosen. . Regardless of the pic
tures selected by the layman, as
sisted by the committee of experts
this latter committee -will decide
which picture deserves, the first
prize vf $1,000, and the artist will
receive - this amount, j Following
this, the committee will select pic
tures for the second, third, fourth
and so on down to the twenty-
fifth prize. w '
The prizes will be: One 11.000
prize, two $-r,00 prizes,'1 three' $400
prizes, five (300 prlze,Jfour $250
prizes and ten 200 honorariums, i
A rule of the association says:
It Is our problem first of all to
give each layman the picture that
he likes and that -he wants from
the exhibition for the, money he
has paid, and secondly! to see that
the pictures thus selected are the
best pictures in the show and that
the prizes are properly awarded to
these, pictures." . 4: V.v
Artists from Ohio and all states
west to the Pacific coast are to be
invited to enroll In' the association,
the list being confined to artists
of high standing. , 4 , f -
The Galleries ; asociation . also
will conduct whatJt calls Its cir
culating department, U . where any
or all of the 140 laymen may se
lect smaller pictures from the gal
lery walls and take one of them
home for a per '.o dot : from 30 to
60 days and then return It and
take another home and continue
this system as long as he hold
membership. f ! ' "
Each artist will be required to
furnish a designated ' quota of
these smaller pictures for the gil
leries , in addition to submitting
the larger picture for the prizes.
- The galleries will" probably be
opened the coming autumn.
THEY'RE LOOKIN' MEAN. - 1
And Wanting Blood: Are Skipper Bill and His Mate
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CHURCH HEADS ELECTED
FIXXISII LlTHEnANS' II O L
NATIONAL COXVKXTIOX
son the physical education. The
Marion county child health dem
onstration work la being carried
on dally. .
ASTORIA. Ore.. Aug. 31.
Leander Vlnantaki. of Brash
Crossing. Mich., was elected presi
dent of the national organization
of the Finnish Apostolic Lutheran
church at the opening session of
the church's national convention
here today.
.Iaac Nelson.' Qulncy, Ore., was
named vice president, and Edward
Pummalainen. of Rudyard. Mich..
Matt Matlson. of ClaUkanie. Ore..
Charles J. Shakrison. or Hill
boro. Ore., and John G. Onkka, of
Astoria, Ore., secretaries.
Almost' a hundred delegates at
tended the opening sessions of
the convention -yesterday. The
convention meetings will continue
until Friday evening and will deal
with various matters. Delegates
at the meeting yesterday ' stated
that there was no modernist prob
lem In their church and that "fun
damental Christianity.!. was Ihe
basis of Us doetrines. -
DEATH ESCAPE XAItROW
SEATTLE. Aug. 31. Mason
Backus and Mary Koddie. both 1 j
years of age. narrowly escaped
death here today when a catboat
in which they were sailing In Lake
Washington capsized a mile from
shore. They, were rescued from
the water by two companions in
another boat.
ed both the anthracite and bltum
inous mines two yeara ago. re
commended also that the govern
ment serve in aiding fuel distri
bution in time of emergency. It
was the plan ' tif the commission
that the government regulate the
coaf Industry through Its power
of control of interstate commerce.
All f the oresldent'a confarees
agreed there was no cause for
general alarm.
Washington county plans to oil
its macadam highways during
1926. i
PRIMARY WOMEN MEET
OPERATORS BLAMED
! FOR COAL WALKOUT
exploitation, will be ready to dis
cuss sanely the problema of a new
contract."
SWAM PSCOTT. Mass.. Aug. 31
Ey The Associated Press)
The approach of a suspension in
operations in the anthracite fields
tomorrow held the attention of
j President Coolldge today although
LVSTITI TK AT WOODBUKX I little apprehension over the altua
HECORD IlUEAKEIt
'tion waa apparent at White Court.
I Mr. Coolldge discussed briefly
Skipper McKecanie of the PI
headRear for naughty
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CHICAGO, Placing of the best
works of. western artists of the
hlghestaljiUtyj in the homes of
art loves; Instead pt retting them
remain in their original -environment
of' the studio, has been made
possible here through the creat'on
of the Chicago Gallerie association
and-lts novel plan to distribution
of the' artists' i work - Curtis B.
Canrp. anattorney of Chlcag'o, is
presidentthe association is to 4 a
con d noted as a nonprof it onel j
The association is a combination
of .4r Hits and 130 lay members'
American and British -Interests
Get, Contract
ATHENS One of the most Im
portant: contracts awarded by the
Greek government is that given to
American and Brftish capitalists
recently for improvements in the
Saloniki .district. ; The contracts
provide for the abolishment of
'akes in that district : and t for
changing the course of the vVar
dar River in Macedonia,
, It is expected that Uhe work
when completed will result in Im
proved health conditions, for the
entire district by the r removal ot
the sources of malaria 'and. that
400 square kilometers' of land will
have then been reclaimed The
amount of capital to be;, furnished
by the 'Americans and Erltains is
said to be 128,1)00.000. j The con
tract was signed for American In
terests by Franklin i Remington
president of the New York Foan
dation company.
By Norma n K. Brovrnl '
Meet the skipper and the first
mate of the Pirate crew that Is
driving John McCraw and all the
other free traders of the National
league baseball main to cover. ' -Note
the skipper's visage. A
mean one. It is. There's a hint of
x longing for . blood in his eye.
There lurks a suspicion that he
will riot be. content until he is wal
lowing boot-deep in the gore of
the Giant crew.
For four years the Jolly Roger
has roamed the summer sea in the
vain hope of scuttling McGraw's
craft and reveling in the treasures
rates, left, and, First Mate Carey,
Pirate. . Whoever saw 'a Pirate
have brought Tils men.' Four times
have the Pirates been foiled.
"Not this time." mutters Bill.
And as he .hisses the threat
through his teeth First Mate Max
Carey draws his thumb caressing
ly over the edge of his cutlass and
asks: -' "When do we get at their
thr.oats again?" The two sloops
are bound to meet for three more
fieb.1 captain, wearing the proper
with a haw-hall cap? J '."."
men take injuries lightly. They
like the smell of blood.; McGraw's
crew, for the most part, have
grown tired of fighting.. They
draw a tardy sword.- The. crash of
ship against ship brings them to
the rail reluctantly. The cutlasses
waver In their hands, j
And, besides that, the Pirates
have been cruising long enough.
battles late In September, and If ! They want to pull Into pennant
the rare Isn't over at that time
Skipper Bill and First Mate Max
feelthat those thre boarding par
ties -will settle things.
Skipper Bill has what McGraw
lacks youth afield and -: In the
the capturing of the pennant and i box and the confidence of youth
split of the world's series melon 'effervescing all oyer the ship. His
cove, make fast the ship and spend
a few well earned weeks dabbling
in the treasures and wine of suc
cess, j ,
So it looks black for Jawn Mc
Graw and his barnacled bark. Es
pecially while Skipper Bill and
First Mate Max look mean.
Sixty-six teachers, or
times as many as have registered
heretofore, attended the opening
session of the . primary methods
teachers Institute at Woodburn
Monday. Because of the 'large
number it was necessary to move
from the east side to the main
high school bnilding. The' insti
tute, - which Is voluntary, will
close Friday.
Seven youngsters wtio'have
never been in school are being
used for demonstration purposes
one hour In the morning and one
hour In the afternoon, according
to Mrs. Mary L. Fulkerson. county
school superintendent. Mrs. Ful
kerson has charge of the methods
with Margaret Scollard In charge
of the hand work and Anne Simp-
' three! the anthracite problem with John
Hayes Hammon, chairman of the
federal coal commission; James L
Richards j and Henry S. Lyons,
both of Boston, and interested In
the bituminous field.
Mr. Hammond'urged the presi
dent to demand congressional ap
proval of the suggestion of the
coal commission that the govern
ment regulate the coal Industry.
The commission which Investlgat-
A Good Insurance
Policy
They Won't Skid
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Dope - Is - Upset : in : Many
Cases; Sid Chaplin Pays
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Musical Corned in English
' . Fails to Attract Cubans
HAVANA. Experiences of sev
eral American " m'usjt'al.t. Corded y
companies ' here ihlsjyear ?have
proved that the field; for English,
language artists In Cuba is very
limited. . One company came from
New. York .with a conirat for four
.weeks and other guarantees. Af
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andithe plan of distribution prov-ter p!aylng to 8iender nouses for
jues iot ie ncnon ut iiy.n tvo weeks, the theatre manager
the best paintings shown in the !
galleries over i a period -of three'
years, or 25 to be selected at each
spring and fall exhibition to be
presented to each of the 156 lay
members. ' j
These paintings will be selected
by the laymen, each of whom is
required to pay Into -the associa
tion' as membership. dues S2(U) a
yeat for 4 three-year period. This
assures the: layman, however, . of
obtaining one of. the best, pictures
shown for $6 0).. The selection of
lay members to choose pictures
will be made by' lot, but all wHf
informed the company ithat there
was not . enough : money in ' the
treasury to pay salaries. 1 Efforts
to collect expenses aiso Jailed.
The .entire" company j of 18 was
stranded and unable to' get funds.
Tae American Club staged' a ben
efit a,t which nearly! 500 was
raised and a local theatre !was
donated -rent free for lone night.
" Two other companies were more
fortunate. They had enough
money .on hand to pay -their hotel
liUis ana steamsntp passages
hone
,Hoosiers Ask Presidential Pardon
for McCray, Imprisoned Ex-Governor
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LOS ANGELES. Eept. 1. (By
Associated; Press,) Strange up
sets puzzled film fans-here when
the-federal income tax -returns of
internationally known, motion pic-
ture--ce'iebritles were made public
by ;the collector; of internal rev-enue-today.
A comedian and a former com
edian handed one of the biggest
surprises In this district. They
were Charles Spencer Chaplin, an
outetahdlng figured in the film
world,' who paid' a $345 personal
Income- tax, and"; Rbscoe .C. Ar-
buckle, whose . comic ' bulk once"
was a famiMar sight on the screes.
who paid Sd.ll6. ' '
Others who trailed -Arbuckle In
cluded "Rudolph Valentino, Wal
lace J3eery, Monte Blue, Lon Chan
cy, ,Hobart Bosworth Reginald
Denny, . Buster; Kea ton. Barbara
La Marr, Ramon Navarro, Charles
Ray and a score of directors and
producers prominent . in: filmdom.
Chaplin's showing on the list
vas strengthened somewhat by
he. $1,994 tax paid by the Chap
in. Studio, Inc., ' but even - with
hat he was well behind the cross
eyed Ben Turpin who paid $6,104.
' Of the forty-two resident of
Los Angeles and vicinity who paid
more than $40,000, each on their
personal incomes, only four hailed
from the motion picture colony.
. They were Douglas Fairbanks,
who paid $182,190; Gloria Swan-
son, who paid $57,075; Jesse L.
Lasky, the ; producer, whose- tax
waa $48,592, and the ' director,
James Crate, who was down for
$40,853.- . ' . ' "-'L:''-
Mary Plcktord paid $34,387.
Female Announcer Will
Run New Tokyo Station
TOKYO. The raucous-voiced
male radio announcer may become
a thing of the past la Japan If
the officials of the new Tokyo
broadcasting station succeed in
setting a new style. In fact, wo
ment are to be employed exclusiv
ely as announcers in the new
broadcasting studio. , , , .
.1 They are being chosen by ex-
am'nation. It Is said, and only
those with excellent enunclatory
ability will be employed. . One of
the requirements is that the an
ouncer have the plre Tokyo dia
lect, so that the station will not
be mistaken for the one at Osaka.
There Is much difference In the
speech of the two cities.
PIOXEEU IS CALLED
WALLA WALLA. Wash.. Aug.
.31. Mrs. Susan M. Stringer. dIo-
heer of the Inland Empire, died
here tonight at the age of 85
years. With her husband, Robert
J. Stringer, she came to Lewiston.
Idaho, In 1863, moving to Walla
Walla a year later. Mr. Stringer
died in 1893.
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J MEDFORD. Ore.. Aug. 31.
Hopes ''for the proposed location
of the' Seventh ' Day Adventlst
academy in Jackson county went
g immerlng Sunday when the
southern Oregon 'conference at
tended by' church members from
all parts of the state from Eugene
south voted 52 to 47 that the
school . be reopened at Sutherlin,
Its former location.
i ' Prominent Indianans, indnding Ocorge Ade, famons author,
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rother-in-laware petitioning the president to pardon Warren
Cray, sentenced, to IcdcraJ prison wnuc governor i uu.
V - '-c of wins thc ,na, 19 defran3- . IIc kM cTe1 to0 r5
7 illembers f a delegation are seen calling -at tLe
"l cf justicr, Vashirjtca, or' conference -with the attorv
MUCrt GOODS SHIPPEP
PORT OF PORTLAND TRAFFIC
. GIVK IX AUGUST
According to figures compltled
by the Traffic department of the
Port of Portland -shipments of
canned goods during the first
three weeks of August amounted
to 67,091 cases weighing -2,600,-242
pounds with a value of $276,'
814. All of this was delivered to
various ports in the United King
dom. This was carried on four
vessels; the Pacific Commerce of
the Furness Lines cleared "on the
third with 15,773 cases weighing
683.225 pounds, the Nooderdyk ot
the Holland America Line cleared
on. the lourth with 6,785 case
weighing 274.160 pounds, the
Chattanooga City of the Isthmian
Line cleared on the seventh with
25,287 cases weighing 915,622
pounds and the. Wanderer of-the
Harrison Direct Line cleared ' on
the twentieth with xl9, 246 cases
weighing 727,235 pounds.. The
large bulk ot thi movement - was
loganberries,' the balance beta
raspberries and strawberries.
ALL TH ir PLUMBING-
FOR WHICH YOU PAY-1
AT THIS SHOP'S Q-OT
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IRISH
FIREARMS
ACT
EFFECTIVE
DUBLIN. The Free State fire
arms act, which became operative
August 1, provides for the licens
ing of all holders of arms.
Many applications for Jicenses
were received from sportsmen
both in Ireland and across the
channel. There has -been little
game shooting in Ireland since
til 4 and during the fighting in
Ireland It almost wholly stopped.
It Is now being renewed and the
approaching season is likely to
ue a good one.
Portland Cascade China com
pany rushing new plant to make
$300,000 worth of chinaware a
year. Payroll will be $5,000 to
$6,000 a month.
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You have heard them on the air, yen
have heard their records, now see and
hear them here. ;
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starts easier, climbs hEls better
and gives less trouble all around.
"And I believe the answer is this
new Zerolene 'F for Fords I've been '
using. It costs less than the oil Td I
been using, but it actually seems to 1
lubricate better." ,
Zerolene "F" for Fords has been J
on the market a little over a year
and already the majority of Pacific
Coast Ford owners swear by it. It ,
fulfills the most importantrequire
ment of a Ford lubricant it gets -to
all the parts requiring lubrication
especially the wrist-pin bearings
and upper half of the cylinder walls.
Zerolene "F" for Fords is made ' -by
the Standard Ofl Company's
patented vacuum process?. It" de-
posits a minimum of carbon, and"
because it lubricates better it en
ables the engine to develop a notice
able increase of power over and
above what Ford owners have been
accustomed to expect . -
A Ford is an A-l trarisportation V
investment Protect your invest
ment by proper lubrication. '
STANDARD OIL COMPANY-',
(California) - ,
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