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Section One
PagmltoB
Three Sections
Twenty -Two Pages
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OREGON BANDIT
THOUGHT HELD
Student Education Cost
Is Lowest in Six Years
STILL TI6LED
George Hue:, Superintendent of Schools, Issues Annual Re
port Showing Per Capita Cost Cut to $89.41 From
Peak of $95.22 in 1919-20
afBNTr-SlATri YEAR . I SALEM, OREGOjN, SUNDAY MORNING, JULY 18, 1926 I L PRICE FIVE CENTS
PHANTOM TIL
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BOARD AGREES
ON ARCHITECTS
iDERED HELD
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Rev. J. Frank Norn's, Nation
ally Known, Arrested on -
1 Rfliifrlai Ok9inA
CHURCH OFFICE SCENE
Wealthy Lumberman, Fort Worth,
Is Shot to Death Following
Dispute; Self-defense
t Is. Claimed
FORT WORTH, Texas. July 17.
( By Associated Press) Fifteen
stormy years, during which he has
gained national celebrity as a fun
damentalist and as a revivalist,
-were climaxed for Rev. J. Frank
Norria Saturday afternoon when
he was charged, with murder after
the slaying of D. E. Chipps, well-to-do
lumberman, in the office of
First Baptist church. Norria
claimed self defense and furnished
1 10,0 00 bond, signed largely by
members of his congregation.
Chipps died in an ambulance
after being shot twice.
"I had to do it; lhe threatened
my life," Norris said. "
- H. C. Meacham, mayor of Fort
Worth and proprietor of a large
department store here, attacked
in sermons by Norris recently,
was the subject of the dispute
which led up to the killing. Chipps
had visited the mayor's office
more than an hoar before he was
slain, but had given no intima
tion that he Intended to call on
the revivalist. Meacham said, in a
lyament. H. I. Nutt, bank aud
Lotfjtt member of Norri' - con
gregation, was the, only eye-witness
to the shooting and substan
tiated Norria Btdryof threats by
Chipps against the pastor's life.,
Norris said that he would
preach . his regular sermons Sun
day. Mayor Mea chain's connection
with the casecame about through
a series of sermons by Norris and
articles in "The Searchlight, or
gan of Norris church, attacking
him in connection with the street
i extension which Norris declared
4 was made to provide more direct
access to Meacham's department
j i store.
After being denounced by Nor
ris, Meacham's store gave orders
that no employe could belong to
Norris' church; that they might
belong to any other Baptist
church, but that they could not
be loyal to both Norris and
Meacham. According to the
Searchlight, two employes quit
the church and four quit the serv
ice of the department store. When
Chipps came in objecting to this
story, Norris said he showed him
the door, but that Chipps came
back in making threats against
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C00L1DGE GIVES REGARD
PRESIDENT SEND! 3-POUXD
PIKE TO At. SMITH: .
PAUL SMITH'S, N. Y., July 17.
--(By Associated Press.) The
cordial relations between Presi
dent Coolidge and Governor Alf
E. Smith of this ttate which had
formal exprsssion yesterday in a
luncheon at the summer White
House when the governor welcom
ed the president1 to the Ad iron -dacks.
were, marked today by Mr.
Coolidge sending, his compliments
to Mr. Smith along with a three
pound pike.
The fish was caught by the pres
ident this morning in Osgood lakr
from the foot bridge before
White camp, and he sent it while
yet alive, by Secretary Everett
Sanders, to the governor at Paul
Smith's hotel. The governor ex
pressed his: appreciation, heartily,
and asked that, his compliments
be conveyed to the president. He
then bad the pike taken to the
before , the hotel , and. was
pnotdgraphed with it- -
Saturday
In Washington
Reorganization of the Philadel
phia prohibition area forces was
approved.
Secretary Mellon, in a letter re
iterated his opposition to cancella
tion of war debts,; V
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President Coolidge approved ap;
Pointments Nf two brigadier " gen
erals in the army air corps. ,
The legality of Ocean marriages
engaged the attention, of various
pficijis Bn4 mmtini cf jonfT'esx
lmDecmc, lioa-iorsaken
World Hell Bent," Sunday
"What This Rotten Old World Really Needs Is to Be Taken
Into God's Bath House and Have the Hose Turned
Onto IV Declares Evangelist I
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"We are passing through the most insane, God-orsakeri,
crazy, neurotic, scrambled, messed-up, imbecilic age the world
has ever known. We have fallen under th blight of idiocy.
Only the grace of. salvation will save this old God-hating,
Christ-hating world that is going to hell so fast it is breaking
the speedrlimit."
This was the essence of a speech given last night by Billy
Sunday, evangelist,! in the closing session of the Chautauqua,
before a crowd that taxed the seating capacity of the big
' " " tent. The great evangelist was ex
DOESN'T EVEN GUTTER
WASHINGTON. Old General
Statistics reports that the production
of gold, fell oM Ust year! by a couple
of million dollars. And the reason
given by the General Is that gold
doesn't pay as well as it used to. It
costs too much to produce! the raw ore.
Many Tcteran miners hate abandoned
their vacation for something really
lucrative, something like the movies,
or bond selling or boot-legging.
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HOSE 8HTPS NEEDED
NEW VOBK. Professor William
A. Boring, director of Columbia Uni
versity's School of
Architecture, is of
the opinion that
America now may
boast many, .many
women as beauti
ful as the famed
Helen of Troy,
whose beauteous
visage "launched
thousand ships,"
in a manner of
peaking. Ameri
can sculptors need
lack! no inspira
tion, in the opin-
ion
;or rroi. nor-
ing,
our
for wo have
Helena of
rarest beauty, our
men of godlike
form! and our na
tive ! scenery of a
beauty which an
cient Greer e could not excel. If
- Helen launched a thousand ships eur
'navy "yards should be working over
time. '
PALATIAL PERFUME
LONDON. American debutantes
who have been presented, at Court re
. port that the whole of Buckingham pal
ace was fragrant with a i rare and de
lightful' scent. The fact! is that ever
since Queen Victoria's first court, the
palace has been sprayed with a per
fume which is a secret concoction, its
r
ingredients being known; only to the
King and Queen and the manufacturers.
Those who come away from Burking
ham are redolent with the subtle fumes
of the mysterious perfume which is said
to suggest a tropical flower garden set
in the midst of a countryside where
flowers, only flowers, grow.
PERFECT ;
KANSAS CITY. Mo.--Sot even a
misplaced comma marred the record
of Mrs. Cecilte F.
t Shunn, a multi
ple operator for
the; Western Un
ion here, during
the course, of a
half-year test per
iod.1 Her record
sounds' impossible,
' Ljt here it is:
working for eight
hours a day, six
days a week,
through 6 months
Mr. Shunn has
lent from 60 te
. BO message aa
hour without
single error. This is 100 per cent,
and no fudging.
GUN VICTIM NEAR DEATH
- - y
lOWER OFFICIAL,! SHOT BY
SHOT BY WIFE,! WORSK
KOSEBURC, Ore.,1 July 17.
(By Associated Press.) Frank
Shelley, California-Oregon Power
company official who, according
to police report, wad shot by his
wjfe here- last night, late today
was reported to be jin a critical
condition, The , bullet, which
struck in the right side, penetrat
ed the lung and lodged In the
liver. Hemorrhages fcare proved
serious, attendants" said and an
operation maf i; prove ? necessary.
The shoting was said ito have been
the result of domestic! difficulties.
' SHtiRIFF SElXii HOME '
NEW YORK, July 17. The
homr of frank Tinney. " the com
edian, was sold today by herifE
on TKS X2 i
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cellent in his choice of epigrams
and in his delivery. The applause
that greeted the speaker was gen
erous and unstinted.
"The art of the old nlasters has
been trampled on and its place
taken by crazy cubist whirligigs,"
Billy Sunday declared in elabor
ating on his statement that the
present age is on the downward
trend.
"The music of Mozart and
Beethoven has been thrown in the
garbage can. The old-time songs
have been junked. In their place
we have a ranting, snorting, root
ing, tooting God-forsaken, disgust
ing jazz that is sweeping the coun
try like a cyclone.
"Longfellow's poetry has been
thrown down in the gutter and
the insane drivil of a lot of per
verts has been substituted. Our
literature is filled with free-love,
sex stuff that is written by-moral
derelicts."
"Society is turned topsy-turvy,"
the evangelist declared. "Eveiy
form of vice seems to be condoned.
Women do things now that we call
'clever but which would have
stamped them as crooks a few
years ago. Some of them think
it's smart to roll their own. They
smoke 'cigarettes and. some of
them have a breath that would
drive a pole-cat out of his den.
"There are a lot of frizzle
headed janes that can't turn a
flapjack without spattering the
batter all over the pantry. They
sing a lot of idiotic songs like
'Does Spearmint lose its flavor on
the bedpost, ovex night. Jf jycu'd
kiss her you'd die of painters'
colic.
"What the rotten; old world
really needs," Billy Sunday shout
ed, "is to be taken to God's bath
house and have the hose turned
on it. The world needs Jesus
Chrisnow more than it ever did
since His mother kissed him and
hugged Him to her breast in that
dirty old stable at Bethlehem."
The evangelist did not choose
any particular text in his address
to Salem people last night but
shot random epigrams at them for
an hour and 4 5 minutes. And
each word of his machine-gun de
livery was heartily enjoyed.
Following are a few highlights
from his speech:
"A knowledge of God without
an education is a darn sight bet
ter than an education without a
knowledge of God.
"Some preachers spout over a
lot of God-forsaken bunk that is
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Police Piece Together Story
Told by Mrs. Aimee
Semple McPherson
ALL POINTS ARE CHECKED
Supporters and Skeptics Both Air
Views on Story Belated by
Famous California
Evangelist
LOS ANGELES, July 17. (By
Associated Press. )- Police and
district attorney's j investigators
onlght were slowly piecing to
gether the route of a phantom
trail which evidenca; indicates may
have been traveled by Aimee Sem
ple McPherson, evangelist, with or
without her consent; after she dis
appeared at the Santa Monica
beach near here May 18. The An-.
gelus temple religious leader has
told investigators that the news-1
papers, her congregation, the pub-.
lie generally and the grand jury,
the latter under oath .that she
was kidnaped, dragged, impris
oned in two successive shacks pre
sumably in Mexico escaped and
traveled seventeen miles afoot
across the desert under a blazing
sun to Doirglas. Ariz., which she
reached June 23.
Six witnesses have declared that
they saw her after she was be-
( Con tinned on; psga 8.)
HUGE FIRE IS REPORTED
FLAMES SWEEPING MOUNT
AIN'S IX LAKEYIEW SECTION"
-LAKE VIEW. Or., July 17.-
(By Associated Press. ) A forest
fire which already has covered
more than 600 acres is raging on
Paisley mountain jabout 25 miles
north of here. About 50 men were
rushed to the firej from here this
afternoon. There j seems to be no
chance of getting the blaze under
control as it is burning in yellow
pine. Much private land is burn
ed over. High winds and very
low relative humidity add to the
difficulty of controlling the. fire,
which is in the midst of a large
heavily forested area.
EUREKA. Cal.. July 17. (By
Associated Press.)1 One hundred
volunteers from iHydesville and
vicinity have been sent in auto
mobiles to fight fifB raging in the
Trinity national forest, according
to reports reaching Eureka to
night. Hydesvillej is about 30
miles eaBt of Eureka and a like
distance from the Trinity national
forest.
FIVE BELLS! TIME FOR AN INVESTIGATION
President Coolidge's Guards
Arrest Man Thought to
Be d'Autremont
COMPARE DESCRIPTIONS
Man Believed to Be Boy D' Autre
mont Is Arrested in Adiron
dacks Near the Presi
dent's Camp
PAUL SMITH'S. N. Y., July 17.
(By Associated Press.) A man
supposed by police to be Ray
D'Autremont, wanted for bandit
operations in Oregon and other
states, was arrested by state police
near Gabriels today. According
to officers, he was found living in
a farm house and answered de
scriptions of the sought for bandit.
He was taken to the state police
barracks at Malone for question
ing. MALONE, N. Y., July 17. (By
Associated Press.) Two state
troopers assigned to the detail
guarding President Coolidge at
White Pine camp, arrested a man
described as Roy D'Autremont,
Oregon bandit, near Gabriels to
day. -Gabriels is several miles east
of the president's camp. It was
explained, however, that the ar
rest was made outside of the regu
lar duty of the troops and was in
no way connected with the presi
dent. D'Autremont, the Malone Bar
racks said, was found in a farm
house. The basis of the arrest
was a description broadcast in an
attempt to locate the banditbut
no details of his activities were
available to the troops here to
night. It was said that the proper an
thorities had been notified and
that undoubtedly an identification
would be made as soon as it was
possible for those interested in
the bandit's arrest to send an of
ficer.
The troopers who made the ar
rest are regularly assigned as a
road patrol and are extra men at
tached to the Malone Barracks
while the president is spending a
vacation on Lake Osgood, near
Paul Smith's.
Major Warner, head of the
state police, who is here with Gov
ernor Smith, was advised briefly
of the circumstances and said the
arrest was made by the regular
state police of the Saranac divi
sion at the point between Saranac
and Gabriels about 12 miles from
(Continued on psga 9)
The cost of each student in the Salem high school last year
was the lowest it has been in the last six years, according to:
the annual report made public yesterday by George Hug,;
superintendent of the Salem public . schools. The per capita
cost of the students last year was $103.31. .
This figure includes the interest on the value of the invest-j
ment of the buildings, which amounted to $10,692.44, or an;
average of $13.92 per capita. Under the new school law, this
depreciation is allowed, making the net pre capita cost amount;
to only $89.41. :
The per capita cost for the last.
1919-20. $95 22: for 1920-21.
1921-22, $93.13; 1922-23, 190.18
1923-24, $92.10; 1924-25, $90.66
and for 1925-26, $89.41. In the
years before 1925-26, the interest
on the building investment was
not figured in the cost.
The report shows that enroll
ment in the Salem public schools
is continuing to increase. The gain
in the Junior high schools was
larkest last year, amounting to 70
pupils or 6.2 per cent of the total
enrollment. The gain in the jun
ior hiKh schools during the last
six years has been 294 students
or 32.5 per cent.
The total enrollment in the
schools last year was 4 822, a gain
of 174 or 3.5 per cent over that
of the year before. It is a gain
of 1225 or 34 per cent in the past
six years.
Over the si year period, the
high school has made the largest
proportionate gain in enrollment,
amounting to 443 or 62.3 per
cent. Since last year the high
school has gained 64 pupils or
5.8 per cent. The grade schools
have gained 64 pupils or 5.8 per
cent. The grade schools have
gained 488 students or 24.5 per
cent in the past six years.
Enrollment last year by schools
was: senior high school. 1154;
Parrish junior hiarh school. 975
McKinley Junior high school, 2 21
Englewood school, 306; Garfield
school. 388; Grant school 349;
Highland school. 314; Lincoln
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MYSTERY DEFIES POLICE
XO ARRESTS ARE MADE FOL-
LOWIXG MEtLETT KILLIXK
CANTON, Ohio. July 17. (By
Associated Press.) Foiled at vir
tually every turn in his grouping
thus far for clues to the murder
of Don R, Mellett, publisher and
Anti-vice crusader, Chief of Police
H. R. Lengel tonight began inter
viewing known leaders of the un
derworld in the hope of uncover
ing evidence. -Mellett was assissin-
ated from ambush early yesterday
at his home here. Police and In
vestigators declare he was the
victim of an underworld plot be
cause of his unrelenting campaign.
.through the Canton Daily News of
which he was editor, against vice
and crime here.
No arrests were to be made at
once, unless a definite clew is
stumbled upon he said, but those
thought to have any possible in
formation concerning the crime
will be taken to police headquar
ters for questioning. Four alleged
members of Canton's underworld
were questioned this evening.
UNION SERVICES TODAY
BEN P. WILSON OP PORTLAND
WILL PREACH
The complete program for the
union church service this after
noon in Willson park has been
announced. The main program
will begin at 4 o'clock with a cor
net prelude at 3:45.
Ben F. Wilson of the Portland
Brotherhood bank will give the
main address, his topic being
"Christianity and Its Relation to
Present Day problems." Paul
Wallace will preside. , and S. B.
Laughlln will Introduce the
speakers.
Rev, Thomas, Acheson will give
a scripture reading and prayer.
Lloyd Thompson will sing a solo
of "Elijah" with Mrs. Joe Nee ac
companying him on the piano.
Joe Nee will lead the group sing
ing. The cornet prelude will be
played by Mrs. Rowley.
FARM HAND, IS KILLED
HAY DERRICK BREAKS, VIC
TIM'S SKULL CRUSHED
LAKEVIEW, T Ore., July 17.
(By Associated Press) .Charles
Hilpert, a laborer, was killed on
the 'Charles Reed ranch, west of
here.' - this afternoon' when a hay
derrick broke crushing his skull
and ' breaking his neck J Hilpert
had' Jnst taken - Reed's, piace - on
the slack' when 'the ' acctdentoc
cttmi.;'?'::7''? ""!X
'r Reed left to" ; get - a drink and
t next load -broke the derrick, a
portion of the heavy timber strik
ing Hilpert squarely pa Jfce head.
COUNTY DISEASE TOTAL
LOWER DURING MONTH
GIRLS LEAD BOYS BY ONE IX
BIRTHS DUIUXG JUXE j
Sanitary Survey of Mill Creek to
be Made Following Series
of Complaints
The number of contagious di
seases in Marion county fell off
in June to 70, after 116 had been
reported in May, according to the
monthly report of Dr. Walter H
Brown, county health officer, and
Dr. Vernon A. Douglas, deputy
county health officer. The report
was made to the Marion county
health unit at a meeting yester
day. The county health unit con
sists of J. T. Hunt, county judge;
Frank Neer, member of the school
board, and S. E. Purvine, member
of the city council. All bills for
the month were approved by the
unit. I f - j
Two cases of smallpox from
Cottage Grove were brought in
and quarantined, both being from
the same family. Three cases- of
diphtheria on dairy farms and a
case of active pulmonary tubercu
losis in a waitress at a local res
taurant were discovered. j
Chickenpox was by far the lead
er in number of cases, with 28 re
ported from the county. Diph
theria was second, with eight.
Other diseases according to num
ber of cases reported were gonor
rhea, 7; measles and tuberculosis,
6 each; whooping cough. 5; ty
phoid fever and syphilis, 2 each;
and erysipelas, epidemic cerebros
pinal meningitis, fibroma of brain,
mumps, scarlet fever, smallpox, 1
each.
The future plans of the bealth
officer include a sanitary survey
of Mill creek with a view to find
ing what is needed to keep it
clean. Since the advent of hot
weather numerous complaints
about its condition : have come in,
and it is considered to present a
considerable problem. Other com
plaints about sanitary conditions
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END VETERAN'S SESSION
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ENCAMPMENT CLOSES; WAR
REN IS COMMANDER
EUGENE, Ore.. July 17. (By
Associated Press.)- Veterans bf
Foreign wars closed their sixth
annual encampment here tonight
with the election of Clyde A. Wat-
ren, Oregon City, as state com
mander. Harry Miller of Salem
is senior vice commander and
George Dunn of Klamath Falls,
junior vice commander. Other of
ficers included Rev. W. A. Elkins
of Eugene, state chaplain; Grant
'Getchell of Portland, quartermas
ter; and Major William G. Scott
of Portland, state surgeon. j
The per capita tax increase was
authorized and the establishment
of a permanent office with a paid
executive on full time, will be left
to the discretion Of the council of
administration and the command
er. Date and place of the next
convention was also left to the
administrative gronp. Oregon
City will probably : be the place.
Tonight the veterans dance.- -
KILLER GIVES SELF vP
r -s i
FATHER-IN-LAW IS HELD FOR
MURDER OF FARMER
"COLUMBUS, MOttL, July 17.
(By Associated Press. ) Ira A.
Cruz, 35, a farmer, was shot and
killed on the range near Reed
Point today. j Following .. the
shooting, his father-in-law, James
Murphy, rode inter Reed Point and
surrendered.; Later,' he was
brought to jail here where he Is
being held charged with the crimie.
The shooting came as a climax
to quarrel over the treatment of
Murphy's daughter; according to
Sheriff Tom Bolton:
ALBANY TANNERY -BURNS
STERNBERG PLANT DESTROY
ED BY FIRE SATURDAY
Fire destroyed the. Sternberg
Tannery at Albany Saturday aft
ernoon, with a . loss estimated at
between $100,000 and $ 125,0 0 p.
The-cause of tha blase has net
been determined. It Is said "the
toss is partly corered by Insurance.
James & Bartholomew Un
animously Chosen at
Special Meeting
MODEL SCHOOL PLANNED
Board to Meet Again Tuesday
With Architects to Work
Out Details; Unique
in Design
James & Bartholomew of Port '
land were last night selected as
fficial architects for -the Tuxedo
Park school building, - following
the inability of the firms of Knigh
ton & Howell and Freeman St -Struble
to combine In ' drawing ;
plans, as requested by school di
rectors at their meeting Tuesday.
A model of the proposed build-"
ing will, be made by the architects,
.in keeping with their present
sketch, revised at, suggestion of '
school board, which will meet
again on Tuesday night to go fur
ther info details.
At the last meeting of the board
a compromise was effected by
agreeing to ask two firms to com
bine, but this compromise was un
successful because of .the . failure
cf the architects to agree.- ;
The firm of James & Bartholo
mew is considered one ofthe
leading ' architectural firms in the
northwest; having built up. a re
u tat ion by the excellent wori
has done on many buildings.
Mr. James, the senior, member1
of the firm, received - training la
England, and has had much archi
tectural experience there' and is
Canada before coming to Portland.
re S considered an artist in nU
line; of work. Mr. Bartholomew .
is a local man, a graduate of Sa
lem high school and the University
of Oregon. . He was formerly la
business here.
The drawings submitted by this
firm show; a V-shaped building
with future additions which will
make a W-shaped structure. This
type of structure offers maximum
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BRIAND GOES BY BOARD
TENTH FRENCH CABINET FAIXi
t!t FINANCIAL CRISIS
PARIS. July 17. (By Associ
ated Press). Premier Aristlde
Briand's tenth cabinet, whose fate
was tied up with the Calllaux bill
for extraordinary powers to allow
the government to cope with the
financial crisis, with parliamen
tary interference and delays," top
pled to a fall this evening under
combined full front attacks by M.
HerrIot,t leade? of the radical so
cialists, and M. Marin; leader of
the moderates. ' ' , !
The vote was 288, to 243, the
government thus -having a minor
ity of 45-
No time was lost by M. Brland
and his colleagues In presenting
their collective resignations to
President Doumergue. On leav
ing Elysee palace, ,M. : Calllaux
smilingly, remarked: "Nobody's
lot is happier than mine." -
CRATER LAKE POPULAR
MANY TOURISTS VISIT ORE
GON'S SCENIC WONDER
, MED FORD, July 17. (By As-
eociated Press.) According to
Superintendent C. G. Thomsen.
33,217 jjeople have visited Crater
Lake, up to July 15. Of this total
15,928 journeyed via the Medford
entrance. For the same period last
year, 16,1 02 people visited the
scenic wonder, showing a double
increase , in attendance.
Today's
" Reasons -;- l
' - Por '-- ' .' -Driving
I Carefully
Cars driven by E. G. Wassam
of MU1 City and W. M. Allen col
lided on Soath Winter street
yesterday, according' to , reports
turned in at police headquarters. .
Little damage was done. "
A' car driven1 by O.' E. Donald
son of Salem struck the rear end
of one, driven by B. E. Lundqulst
of - Salem when .the latter stopped
suddenly. at Chemeketa and Capi
tol streets yesterday, according to
a. report ; made by Donaldson at
police-headquarters, .The radiitcr
and front lights on Donaldson's
cax were amasbed, the report eatf.
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