The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980, December 14, 1926, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextFnSEI.COO.UMG CHR1STH1AS CAKES AND;I1?ASI0TilS; JJlEjjEBQGRAP 41ctNNUAL MEETING STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY WILL 0PEWfA19:30 A. MAT CHAMBER OEMCOMMERCE ... xi "'WEATHER. FORECAST -Fair and con t ' '' SHOP EARLY lOnly, 10 shopping days J tinued cold; aero temperatures in the east 'portion; moderate easterly 'winds. Maxi- mum yesterday. 33; - minimum. 28; river, i 4.5 r rainfall, .21 ; atmosphere, clear; wind, northwest; - . , remain ; before Christmas. Do t your4 shop- ' ping early and avoid the Tush.' "You win find a new delight in this .early -shopping . and : also - you'll bring happiness to the merchants and the post office clerks.,- ;.; EVENTV-SIXTH YEAR SALEM, OREGON, TUESDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 14, 1926 PRICE FIVE CENTS WTO BEffi TAXREOUCT10H Petitions tb Be Circulated for Sianatures to" Brina ilo Measure OLDFIELD BACKS 'MOVE Democrats Unwilling to Accept Ac tion of Ways and Means Com mittee as final on, Tax Legislation k- . WASHINGTON, Dec. 13. (AP) A rusty parllmentary key. the house rule permitting discharge of a' bill from committee, is to be re sorted to by democrats in an effort to pry open the padlock republi cans have hung on tax legislation. including the president's. tax credit plan. The rule, used only once in re cent years, provides that a major ity of the house 2 IS members- can, by circulating a petition, take a bill from committee and call it up ob the floor for consideration Decision to employ this proced ure was agreed Upon today by democratic leaders as a last resort to bring from the ways and means committee the $835,000,000 dem ocratic tax reduction measure which was tabled Saturday along with all other revenue proposals, " The vote In committee then was strictly along party lines, repub licans solidly lined up against democrats as a unit voting for con sideration of the tax bill at this time. Circulation of a petition, how ever, must be postponed 30 flays as the rule cannot be made opera tive until a committee has been given that much time -to act, even though it has voted to sidetrack a fvaure. . . ' 5wn house democrats were oe Jtrfnininr on a course of proced tare. Secretaonr Mellon at the treasury made the calculations that the public debt-would be re duced nearly Sl.000.0UU.uuu our ing the present fiscal year it no credit to take tax payers Is auth orised and no devenue bill passed. In addition to the $283,000,000 surplus which be figures will be available for debt reduction and can be applied without congress- ionar authorization, asaS.OOU.oow will be available from the regular sinking fund and from war debt payments. "At the house both Represents tive Garrett; the minority leader and Garner.vof Texas, the demo cratic financial spokesman, oseit ed they would not accept tne ver diet of the republican majority in the committee. They contended the treasury surplus, estimated hy Garnerat $500,000,000 warranted a lowering of revenue rates. Representative Olatietd of.Ar kansas. asserted a majority of the house favored immediate tax re duction, and that as democratic whip he was confident he could muster sufficient signatures to petition to bring the Garner bill to the floor. There were 182 democrats in Continued on page 7.) MINOR CRASHES MAR WEEK END SLIGHT INJURIES SUSTAINED BY SIX PERSONS Drub, Cut, and Scratches In flicted; Little Girl Knocked Down Five minor accidents marred the i VPfk ond fnr Salnm mntnrUfa re sulting in minor injuries to six persons. meanor Jrtane Jsvans received a skinned face when she ran in front of a car driven by Gibson Fallls and was knocked down, according to a report made by Fallia at police headquarters FalUs was passing a street car at the time the accident occurred he said, and the girl ran out be fore he had time to atop complete ly. She was -apparently not ser lously injured'. h said.- Mr. and Mrs. W. E. WUmer were! badly braised whe their car was hit bv one driven by k.i. Rptmann At High " and Lincoln street, the Wilmer car- being wrecked. - Excess speed was el -Sd by Mr. WJlmer as cause lor VO accident. 2H Marie Stanton was cut on the bd when the cat in which she waVxidinx dtiven by R. L. Stan ton,- turned over dd the Waconda toad. Stanton was trying to pass another car. he said, and it did not five Jbim clearance. lie Hid off the road and turned over, ' Bright lights on an approaching iar caused J. W. Rogers 4o fail to fcee John W., Mickey rwalk in front of his car late Sunday night Mickey was knocked down, but was not Injured tioyond a badly bruised hip. Mr. , A-. H. . Uroadhxcen.. was lllghtly injured when the car in rhich she was rtaing. striven oy riven by LhKcTt at 1 T th and D Iriven by The Statesman Christmas Cheer Fund There are many kiddles, who .re worthy and yet they may not receive so very much at Christmas time unless a few more of us enter into a part- nershlp with Santa Claus. The good old Saint is working hard' in order to make his yearly trip to every home and he welcomes assistance. He says The Statesman Christmas Cheer Fund is a wonderful way in which to spread - the real spirit of the season. Send the money to the Christmas Cheer Editor of The Statesman or food and clothing to the Salvation' Army. Join the cheer crowd and help the worthy kiddies to enjoy a real Christmas. Prwiou!jr acknowledged . $55.75 A Friend -00 GIRL REMANDED TO TEXAS JAIL HUSBAND TO DEFEND YOUNG WOMAN BANK ROBBER Grand Jury to Consider . Unusual Case at Meeting in February AUSTIN, Texas. Dec. 13. AP) Rebecca Bradley. 22 year old Texas university graduate and alleged bank robber, is the wife of Otis Rogers, young Amaruio lawyer, Rogers revealed tonight. Previously the girl, who is charged with having robbed the Farmers National bant of Buda. Texas, last Saturday, naa aeniea she was married. She had been working as a stenographer in the office of Attorney General Dan Moody, governor-elect, under her maiden name. Rogers came here to defend his bride. Tle announcement of the marriage was made in a statement by Rogers given out in the pres ence of his wife and John Cofer, Jr., Austin attorney, retained to defend the alleged girl bandit. It readt r . f, "Rebecca Bradley Is my' wife. She and -1 were secretly lurried Texas. She and I were In the October 18. 1925. at Georgetown, University of Texas at tne jtJme.4 and I later received ray law de gree in June, 1928, and went to Amarillo to start the practice of law. She did not go with me be cause I was just beginning my practice, and was financially un able to provide her a home tnere. She remained In Austin to finisn her work toward her. M. A.' de gree. As soon as I heard of the charge against her, I came imme diately to Austin to assist her. Otis Rogers." Mrs. Grace E. Bradley, mother of the girl, said the announce ment was a complete surprise to her. At a hearing this afternoon at San Marcos, Justice of the Peace A. M. Ramsey denied bail and ordered the girl remanded to jail. She had been released previous ly, however, on a writ of habeas corpus and bond of 15000, and since Judge George Calhoun Of the 53rd district court will not pass on this bond until tomorrow, she was allowed to return - to Austin tonight. In the -event the girl is not granted permanent bond, she will have to remain in tne Hays county jail until the second week in Feb ruary, when the Hays county grand jury will consider her case. Cofer waived preliminary near- ing and asked Justice Ramsey to reduce the bond from $5000 to 93000. explaining that the girl' family was In "moderate circum stances," and that although the alleged offense carried a capital nunishment, reports m newspa pers showed that the robbery was npt "aggravated." B. G. Neighbors, nays county attorney, said tne state naa no testimony to offer .at this time. He declared the charge was a capital offense and Insisted on' the bond remaining at least t&ooo. "Owing to the gravity of this charge, robbery with firearms, a capital offeftse. I deny the defend ant bond, and remand her to jail," Justice Ramsey announced. The defendant merely smiled. Ti YESTERDAY IN "WASHINGTON Q AuocwtM Ptms ' Concluding arguments began at the FaU-Doheny trial. ..... f- 4. f7. . i . ,-. President Cool id ge signed the bill increasing federal judges' sal aries. .. . : ; fi " " .---4- .;.. - i ' - Inpeachmeaia. .charges again! former Judge English of Illinois weret dismissed "by the senate, v Agricultural supply bill carrying $128,000,000 reported to house whUe:.'$2O.v0,.iiiorlpt; bill was considered. t ' Muscle Shoals tight opened In I "y year lease autaoriza DEFENSE HIT BY ATTORNEY Concluding Arguments for Government Given in Three Hour Plea VERBAL BOMBS HURLED Nuneraiu Tenders of Instructions for Jury Cause of Much Quibbl ing' and Heeling Between Counsel WASHINGTON, Dec. 13. (AP) The government today began its assault upon the structure of de fense testimony in the Fall-Do ll en y oil conspiracy trial. Owen J. Roberts, special prose cutor, began the concluding argu ment tor the government with a vigorous three-hour plea for con vlctlon of Albert B. Fall, former secretary of the interior, and Ed ward L. Doheny, veteran Califor nia oil man. for conspiracy to de fraud the government in the leas ing of the Elk Hills, California, naval oil reserves. He hurled verbal hand grenades at the arguments of the defense case with pointed emphasis upon Doheny's $100,000 loan to Fall on November SO, 1921, upon the "war scare patriotic motive" as a factor in the Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, oil storage plan, and upon the "veil of secrecy" which shrouded the ne gotiation between Doheny and the cabinet officer prior to the signing of the Pearl Harbor contract ou April 25, 1922. Touching on the defense con tention that Doheny bid on the Pearl Harbor project because of anxiety over the strategic situation in the Pacific in 1921, Roberts said in a slow deliberate voice: "Patroleum, bunk! They were out after the business. Its so much moonshine." ' ' A The competition which the de fense contended preceded the Do heny awards- was described by -the prosecutor as "an illusory sort of competition." "I don't think there was an iota of real competition," he told the jury. "This doctrine," said Rob erts, alluding to Doheny's testi mony that he saw nothing wrong (Continued os 8.) MAN KILLS CONSTABLE Blacksmith Commits Suicide Fol lowing Fray With Police WATERLOO. Quebec. Dec. 13. IAP) Refusing to surrender to a cordon f o police, formed about the hotel to which he had been traced, Wilfird Delorme. Savage Mills blacksmith, committed sui cide here today after killing a con stable and wounding the son of a sheriff. -, ' BY THE TIME fesBS'NsBsiS JPp FIRST NATIONAL BUILDING SOLD AMERICAN FIDELITY INVEST MENT COMPANY BUYS Growing Concern Plans to .run- large Activities; WIU Handle Bonds The American Fidelity Invest ment company of Salem has bought the historic building of the First National bank, and oc cupied for 41 years, since 1886, by that bank, and Its predecessor, the Capital National bank. As most readers know, the First National bank is to occupy the It story First National bank build ing, at Liberty and State streets, about the first of February. By the terms of the purchase, the American Fidelity Investment company gets everything in the bank in the way of furniture and fixtures, with the exception of the bookkeeping and money counting machines and typewriters. The investment company will get the big vault, fireproof and wired for burglars, and the round safe. The pTlce paid for the property Is $29,q00. The building has a frontage of 22 feet on the west side of Commercial street, be tween State and Court, with a wider space in the rear, running to the alley. A Historic Building This is a historic building, con structed under the direction of R. S. Wallace, who organized the old Capital National bank. The new owners of the building have plana for subletting some of the space. They will also represent one of the largest concerns In the United States in the handling of a com plete line of bonds, in addition to their own financial and invest ment bonds and certificates. Remarkable Growth la four and a half years, the American Fidelity Investment company has grown from an in stallment bond house with a capital of $3000 and one '$1000 bond sold to a concern with a paid up capital of $70,000, and with assets of over $210,000, with (ContiBBM an paXs 8.) RUMOR REMOVAL ANNUAL TOURNEY QUESTION MAY COME BEFORE PRINCIPAL FOR DECISION Annual Tournament Special Ath letic Feature Here for ' Several Years Willamette university and Sa lem afe faced with a possibility of, losing the state high school bas ketball ' tournament, one of the biggest athletic features of the year, which has been an annual event here for several years. - The source of the information cannot be disclosed; but it is re garded as practically a Certain fact that pressure is being brought to bear in some places to start a movement at the annual meeting -Oontiau4 jn pax 8.1 HE ARRIVES THERE WONT OFFICERS1 WILL MOLD 6RMISTON CHICAGO AUTHORITIES WAIT RECEIPT qrF PAPERS Los Angeles Grand Jury May Re turn Indictmemt Against Radio (Man LOS ANGELES,? Dec. 1Z. (AP) Robert E. Crowe, state's ) attorney for Cook county, Illinoia. will or der the arrest of Kenneth G. Or mis ton, w-anted .as a defendant here in the Aimee Semple McPher son conspiracy trial as soon as the papers arrive in Chicagjo, he told E. J. Denntoon, deputydistrict at torney, over long distance tele phone today. Deanison .said he f believed the fugitive radio man .would be in custody before night; as postal of ficials had infiormed fhim that the warrants charging Qrmiston with perjury and conspiracy to obstruct justice would arrivo in Chicago late today. (' The former Anr;elus Temple radio operator,' though located in Harrisburg, Pa;, several days ago. has not been placed in custody for local officers. 'Deanison announced ' he wou4d ask the county grand Jury tomor row to indict prmiston on three felony charges. Such action was expected to facilitate the radio man's extradition. r. Nine witnesses have been sub poenaed to appear before the jury. The trunk seized in New. York re cently containing fern in life wear ing apparel, part of which the dis trict attorney slays belongs to the evangelist, will be exhibited -to the jurors. The witnesses under subpoena include Mrs. Lorraine Wiseman Sielaff, chief accuser of the evan gelist and a co-defebdant; a Holly wood modiste and two of her as sistants; Miss Emma Schaeffer secretary to Mrs. McPherson; W. E. Clark, employe of a Pasadena luggage shop where the trunk is believed to have been purchased: Joe Ryan, deputy district attorney, and Herman C. Cline, captain of police detectives, both of whom participated in the McPherson kid naping story investigation, and a "Mr. Graham." SALEM CANNERS SHOW INTEREST 4 1ST AXUAL MEETING OF SOCIETY OPENS TODAY Sessions to Last Four Days, Weil Known Specialists to Give Talks The cannery men of Salem are taking great interest in the forty first annual meeting of the Oregon State Horticultural society, which will convene-in Salem at 9:30 this forenoon, for a four day session; at the Salem Chamber of Com merce. One cannery manager of this city mailed 700 programs to fruit men, another cannery man of Sa lem sent out 400, and all the can ners of this city mailed programs (Continued oa par 6.) BE MUCH LEFT IE OB SCHOOL OPENS TODAY 2 P. I Sessions-Continue for Four Days at Grand Theater, Everyone Invited USE MODERN KITCHEN Many Salem Merchants Cooperate With The Statesman in Mak ing School Possible for Local Housewives The four-day cooking school, sponsored by The Oregon States man, will open at 2 o'clock this afternoon in the Grand theatre under the leadership of Jeanette --'. vv am Jeanette Beyers Beyer who will close her 1926 tour with the Salem engagement. Miss Beyer has come to Salem all the way from St. Paul, Mon tana, to share with women of this locality new and finer meth ods of culinary art. Although the holiday season is at hand, and local women are more than ordi narily taxed ; fort time,- this Is ten engagement whteh may well take precedence over the many it is so difficult to choose between. Miss Beyer has been enthusiastically received wherever she has been, and she gives each, lesson the air of a great, delightful party where (Coo tinned on pare S.) BUTCHEK FILES APPEAL 22 Cases Docketed After Ruling ox supreme Uonrt As a result of tho ruren nr-Aa of the supreme court' that all crim inal cases must be emtered on the document for argument within 60 days of their filing. 22 such cases are now docketed. These include the appeal of John Butchek of Portland, sentenced to hang for the murder of hia wife, and th appeal of James S. Trent of Cor vallis. under sentence to serve seven years in the state prison and nay a fine of $500 tor killing George Oscar Hamlin of Portland. Trent shot Hamlin on the nieht of September 16, mistaking the members of his automobile party for watermelon thieves when they stopped their car on the road In front of his farm. POLICE JAIL TRANSIENT Garageman Attacked When Re quest for Money Refnsed ROSEBURG. jOr.. Dec. 13; (AP) Angered because his re Quest for money was refused, .Clyde Lewis, a transient, today attacked Peter " Weaver, Myrtle creek garageman, and using fin automobile jack, inflicted three 4loep -caip wounds in Weaver's head, -before he was overpowered by other employes of the garage. ' Lewis was bdund over 'to await action of the grand jury, charged with assault with a dangerous weapon. Unable to furnish bond of 11500, he is in the county jail here.' RAIL WAGE DISCUSSED ST.' PAUL, Minn., Dec. 13. (AP) A wage (ncrease affecting Northern Pacific shop and round house employes is being consid ered at a conference, between ex ecutives of the railroad and rep resentatives of the various crafts, which began here today. ' AGITATORS ARRESTED PARIS, Dec. 13. (AP) An aati-Briand demonstration was carried out on the arrival of the French foreign minister from Geneva tonight. The police inter fered and a clash with young roy alists followed. Fifteen ultra nationalists were arrested. EARTHQUAKE FELT . fARMA. Mo.. Dec. IS. (AP) slight earthquake occurred here at 5:03 p. nL today. Build ings were' jarred but no damage was reported. -. , . . ., . Parma la in New Madrid coun ty In. the southeast portion of the TgiS - . 'J - '- - PUBLIC HEARING ON ZONING HELD FEW PERSONS APPEAR TO . DISCUSS PROPOSED LAW Audience by City Council Post poned Because Quorum Not Present With bat, three persons present to offer protest, the city zoning and planning commission last night adopted the tentative con ing ordinance as previously drawn up, and made it into a final report to hand In to the city council. Only one minor change was made, i providing that the portion of thei ordinance requiring 10-foot set-: backs from property lines should! not apply on the side .facing an alley. The scheduled public hearing by the city council, called for 9:30 o'clock following the toning com-j mission hearing, was not held be cause only four aldermen were present besides the mayor. The hearing was postponed to next Monday night at 10:30 o'clock. Little serious objection to the! ordinance was presented at the meeting except from C. B. Phil Hps, attorney for Berger Bros., who have filed suit against the city to get permission to erect a filling station at Capitol and Cen ter streets. According to the new zones, this will fall in sone 1, a restricted residence zone. City zoning is practically a new and untried proposition, accord ing to Mr. Phillips, although, he admitted the idea had been intro duced as early as 1895 in an east ern city. He also intimated that the city was trying to hurry the zoning matter through in order to kill the Berger brothers' suit, and said that the ordinance was unconsti tutional. Frank N. Waters of the City Ice Works asked what provision was made to let a factory such as his, already In existence in a restrict ed zone, enlarge and Improve its plant In the future. It was pointed out in the pro posed ordinance that provision is made for such buildings, and that they can be enlarged and improv ed through local option. Walter N. Downs, 880 North 21st street, said he objected to the entire ordinance as he thinks that Salem i too small for-it, and that the cost would be prohibitive. The only cost for preparing the ordinance, according to Lewis Campbell, chairman, is for clerk hire and labor used in drawing the zone maps, all of which was provided for in the city budget. The majority of the people are against the law, Mr. Downs said he believed. Only six persons be sides himself had appeared for the hearing, and few of these had any objections to offer. " . One woman said she objected to the law because it would put too much authority about her proper ty Into the hands of her neighbors. W. H. Dancy, member of the city council, asked what provision there was in the proposed ordi nance for erecting public build ings, such as fire engine houses. Such houses would be of a resi dence type, he said. The city has power to erect such buildings if it sees fit, was the opinion of those present. Ujader the proposed ordinance, the city is divided into aone 1, res idential district; zone 2, residen tial district, including apartments and the like; special temporary, residence district, in which tem porary buildings may be erected and maintained for two years: zone 3, business district, in whichJ assembly buildings, general busi ness stores and the like, may be erected; special business district, and zone 4, unrestricted business district. YOUTH FURNISHES ALIBI Officers Continue Search for Miss ing ugene School Girl EUGENE, Or., Doc. 13. (AP) JIarry Jacobs, Portland youth, suspected hero of haying knowl edge of the disappearance of Anna Bowers, 16 year old school girl, has been cleared of the suspicion and has established an alibi .that he left Eugene a week prior to November 22, the day the girl left in company with a man. Chief of Police Judklns talked with young Jacobs today following a quiz by Portland police detec tives who have been working on the case. The chief says he Is cer tain now that Miss Bowers left with another person, although the description of this man is vague. The Jacobs youth came to En- gene Sunday with a friend, to clear himself. He said ha knew the Bowers girl and had been in her company at times while he was in the city, but could throw no light on her disappearance. SCHOOL TEACHER HURT Sister Pauline of Bit. Angel Taken to Portland Hospital t j PORTLAND. Dec: 13.-WAP) Sister Pauline, 48,' a teacher t Mt. Angel, Or., was received; at a local hospital tonight suffering from a fractured collar bone, re ceived earlier in the day when a Silverton bug collided with a Port land bound stage near Oswego. - Icy . pavement," according to re ports, was responsible for the ac cident. Four, other, people were slightly shaken- up and- bruised. BSS9 Seriously, - ZERO WEATHER SPS SITES Cold Wave Felt From Aleu tians to AHeghenies . . Taking 11 Lives OREGON GETS SNOWFALL' Government Weatber Observer ta Portland Declares Cold to Remain Several Dajrs Longer in State PORTLAND, Dec 12. (AP) Portland Is In Jlne lor two days more of continued cold, Edward L. Wells, weather bureau observ er, declared tonight. He predict ed the mercury would sink to 15 degrees above .zero before sunrise tomorrow. The temperature of 24 degrees, registered at .6 p: m. today was the lowest recorded for, two years. . ' With freezing weather prevail ing,' the snow that fell here Sun day night and Monday morning. remained on the ground, with no Indication of a thaw. The storm netted .30 inches of precipitation. Of the equivalent of 2.2 inches of snow, Wells said. Other cities throughout Oregon reported their share ot the cold wave which has swept across the continent. Eastern Oregon was preparing tonight for real -winter temperatures with the maximum today reported at 15 degrees above. The Southern Pacific railroad's operating department , reported difficulty In keeping the new Cas cade line open between Engene and Klamath Falls, following a fall of four; feet of snow- at the summit of the Cascades. There was mue aeiay or. trains, is. lung, superintendent, said. The mid-Columbia district was under snow ranging from five to 14--tacheg ; in -depth; and" r Hood River expects the mercury to reach 10 degrees before morning. Pen dleton thermometers registered 17 . above zero as the minimum for the last. 24 hours. Three inches' of show tell in that city yesterday. Baker 'reported a minimum tem perature of IS above. . Three Inches ot snow covers the Deschutes country, with Bend pre paring for zero weather with th temperature at 8 above at sun set. Snow was' still falling today at La Grande and a minimum tem perature of 9 above was reported Sunday night. 1 ' EUGENE, Dec. 13. Predictions of temperature as low as 25 de grees were made for tonight. The minimum last night was 29. - A light coating of snow which fell early this morning melted during the day. CHICAGO, Dec. -13. From the' Aleutians to the AHeghenies win-" ter clamped its bitter grip today.'" (OntlnM m w i.1 ' k" j ' . SENATE DISMISSES CASE Reed Surprises. Group With Bug- gestton on ImDoachmontr - . . WASHINGTON, Dec. -1 3. ( By A.P.)-r-A shadow of further Im-" peachment proceedings fell, over . the senate today as' it voted 7d to 9 to dismiss the" charges against ' Federal Judge English of the east ern Illinois districts who resigned; November 4. Senator Reed, democrat. Mis-, sourl, surprised the senate by sug gesting that it devise means . ot obtaining testimony in impeach ment proceedings without the ne- cessHy of sitting as a court, be cause, he explained "there re other Impeachment proceedings necessary, If I have beea correctly informed." . . : v He did not amplify thia state- uct v mw . aoor, ana when questioned later, he declined to discuss it. ...... v - TRAINS COLLIDE U FOG Three Persons Injured When Day Coaches Leavo Track PHILADELPHIA, r Dec. 13. (AP) A Reading railway pas senger train was derailed and twb Pennsylvania passenger trains were in rear-end - collision early this evening la the deaee fog that hung over New Jersey in the Ticii- llty of Trenton , and New Bruns- wicx. . Thre persons -were slightly la jured in the collision and none reported Injured in the accident of, the Reading, said reports re ceived at the general offices cf ' the two companies " here. . - -- . LOUR PRICES DROP t VANCOUVER. B. C.. De 134. ( AP) Flour sold here today 1 1 S3.85 a barrel wholesale, a drcp of 50c since December , 5. . Last Monday, flour fell 30c a barrel i.k i . . , "itu w luiiuwea ay a zv cents decline Saturday. - Chi 1" v .