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J Y i THE OREGON STATESMAN, SALEM, OREGON; TUESDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 14, 1928 13 WORLD DEBATERS VISITOLD EGYPT They Learned a Lot On One Trip; To Not Do It Again, For One Thing Editor Statesman: To see Egypt from a twentieth century steamer as it slowly moves through the Suez canal, or from a camel's back at the foot of the great Cheopi pyramid, or from o window of a third class train, or better yet riding a donkey in the Valley of the Kings. Is to see Egypt In all its contrasts and in Its entirety. And the hundreds of; impression we took away with us will always remain in our minds. We left many British friends as we were about to bid goodbye to the Hakozakl Maru at Port SaidJ Most of them were enjoying tu much deserved vacation after working hard in the British East. I Homeward bound they were, for! the first time in several years.! They had sought escape from the' crowded conditions in the British! Isles. One fellow had been through theuez canal 18 times.1 and he expressed a keen dislike- Tor everything east of Suez. He apparently bad seen too much of it. "America is the coming coun try," he would say with' an air of sincerity. That, of course made in me the good old eagle equeal. Yet, with surpriseingty great con cern these Britishers regret Amer ica's new naval policy. They try incessently to pacify themselves by saying that although America may build the boats she has not the man power to run them, which is a greater fallacy than they real ize. America, to many of them seems to be a place where every one's father came from Ireland. Italy, or Czecho Slovakia, and that as soon as the fortifications in New York harbor should be tested Hiey would take up arms against the country of their fathers' adop tion. I told them with "pride that I knew certainly that my own an cestors, together with millions of others of. my countrymen, had lived in America for 300 years, that I was distintcly American differing from the English as an KnKlishman differs from a Span iard. I admitted, however, that Is and other Americans, in soniejKraph company, led manner or fashion were made up. battle. The clasli from Kurope;Mis. in much the same Shaw was on the witness stand manner, though, as those very introducing documents over his Uritishers were made up of an-iO'" protest that the telephone cient Rritons. Caledonians. Olte.J company had prepared for later Normans. Anglos. .Saxons and Teu- introduction to support its case. BETTER JHOMES EXPOSITION OPENS MONDAY, COOKING SHOW TUESDAY Tomorrow night at 7 o'clock the "Better-Homea" Exposi tion will be thrown open to the public and the thousands of peo ple who will throng the armory daring the six days and nights will be treated to the most magnificently staged indoor fair ever held in the Willamette valley. Brilliant lighting and scenic effects have been worked ont by decorators and lighting experts and the culmination of several weeks work on the part of committees will have a fitting climax at the formal opening tomorrow night by Mayor T. A. Llvesley. In all more than 50 elaborate exhibits of local firms will be a treat in themselves. Everything that goes into the modern home la displayed In the most attractive fashion. A mammoth stage done in a gorgeous Chinese setting is to be found in the west end of the auditorium. ! Hundreds of col ored lights are being festooned both inside of the armory and on Ferry up Liberty to State street. Four high class professional vaudeville acts and the "Cottage Garden" revue in which ten local girls take part will prove one of the big entertainment features. The revue is being produced and staged by Helen Rodolf of Sa lem. The French Shop will present, each night, a style show in which live models will display the last word in styles that women will wear this spring. Thomas Bros, orchestra will furnish the music during the entire week. A dance frolic is also one of the attractions and begins each night immediately following the vaudeville show. In connection with the "Better Homes" exposition a cook ing school and baking contest will be conducted beginning Tues day, sponsored by the Willamette Grocery company, the Vollmer Clearwater company. Ltd.. the H. L. Stiff Furniture company and The Oregon Statesman. Mrs. H. M. Cummings. Portland authority on better cooking, and Miss Ethel Murdoch will be in charge. This attraction wili be" at the armory for four days, Tuesday to Friday inclusive, beginning each afternoon at 2 o'clock. OFFICERS SELECTED MRS. GEORGE HOWARD HEADS NORTH SANHAH CLUB LAVWERS EXCHMIBE TBTS IT TRIAL Hearing In Phone Rate Case Marked By Charges of "Snooping" SAN FRANCISCO. Feb. 13. (AP) Charges of "snooping and threats of violence between attor leys enlivened the railroad com mission's hearing here Friday of the Pacific Telephone and Tele graph company's proposal to in crease its rates in San Francisco and vicinity approximately $7, 000 ooo a year. Exchange of personalities bo twecn John Francis Neylan, lead ing the fight against the rate in cresae and James T. Shaw, vice president and chief counsel for the Pacifcl Telephone and Tele- to the near came when the vice president's dais. Lebrix and Costes expressed themselves as delighted with their reception at the capitol. tons. This explanation worried them Fomewhat. for they seemingly had to find another explanation of the glory of the present day British Empire, and the impotence of The 1'nited States of America. Cairo Mel ling It was evening when we arrived in Cairo, which to me is .a greater melting pot than anything I have seen at home. There," Greeks. Egyptians, Arabs. Syrians, Italian French, Germans, and many other? live and retain their own national habit. Apparently there is noth ing like "Egyptianize" as there If "Americanize" back home. It if a jumbled up mess of everything Kv-n the streets are jumbled. Af ter we lost ourselves several time? w were able to really see what interested us. Pyramids and Sphinx Of course the pyramids were the center of attraction. We climbed Cheops which is no easy task. Wf pulled ourselves from one block to another in much the same man ner as monkeys climb a wall, how ever with not the same accuracy and speed. When we reached the top we did not act any too care lessly as we peered 4 86 feet down to the desert below. Then there was the sphinx in all its glory. The poor fellow'j nose is all skinned up from the ef fects of Napoleon's guns. It sure ly inspired us to see him looking out on the fertile valley of the Nile. We visited Assuit c ollege fart a er up the river, where we were able to come into contact with Egyptian students who, to us penned of a higher type than those of India. On the hills near Assuit my companions were able to wrest a couple of mummy heads from the bodies of some of the ancient Egyptians found in some old tombs. . The heads are nicely tucked away in our luggage. We hope we shall be able to get them safely home; Hameses and Thut mos shall be their names, sincf their real identity is somewha' obscured. They learned Lots From Assuit to Luxor we trav eled third class. Now third class in Egypt is hardly comparable to anything we have in America. Na tives of all varieties and smells hover together In a car similarly as chickens on foot are packed away for market back home. We were in there aciong them, run ning to the platform every, once in a while for. air. Instead of rais ing a window to get rid of their surplus sputum it all goes onto the floor. At the end of a Journey the floor Is literally covered. How ever, we learned lots on t trip. One of the things we learneu, how ever, was not to do it again. From Luxor we took a 15 mile donkey ride over the barren hills to the Valley of the Kings. There we saw the tomb of our old friend, Tutankhamen. together with those of many other ancient kinga. Tut. himself, has been re moved to Cairo. We saw bis out er mummy case, though, lying in state in the .first, corrlder. This to us, was lust . as .impressive at if he himself bad been present. AVERY THOMPSON. (The above letter waa written while our world debaters were ar riving in the Bar of Naples, on January 22. Their address Is now care Thomas Cook and Sont New York. Ed.) Shaw characterized Neylan"? iction in reading one of the docu ments a a 'contemptible trick" ind the acrid dispute that followed caused Commissioner Clyds L. Seavey, presiding at the hearing, to call a recess. An exaggerated courtesy mark ed the relations of the two at torneys during the remainder of the examination. During the afternoon Neylan pursued his attempt to prove that Lhe American Telephone and Tele- ?raph company controls the Pacif ic company and should be declared i California public utility. From leaflets and circulars issued by he American company he sought o show that the American com pany issues orders, fixes policies jnd manages all details of the Pa cific company down to and in luding the proper method of car "ng for a lineman's climbing irons, office organization and ;eating arrangement of telephone perators. COOLiDGE BREETS F U T Lebrix and Costes Welcomed Formally By President of Country WASHINGTON. Feb. 13 (AP) President Coolidge and the American congrses Friday formal ly welcomed the French trans-Atlantic fliers, Lebrix and Costes. A luncheon was given in their lonor at the White House where mbaffsador Ciandel. Assistant Secretary William Carr of the state department, and General Pershing also were guests. Later the aviators visited the senate and house, where they were re vived with applause. Before the White House lunch eon the aviators were welcomed informally at the National Press di V by newspaper men of the cap ital. J. Fred Eesary, of the Balti more Sun. president of the club, received them and showed then? through the new club rooms. The fliers set aside the after noon to visit Boiling field, to see that their plane, the Nungesser Coll, Is in condition to undertake ;he" flight tomorrow to New York and' the proposed transcontinental flight a few days later. On their visit td the capitol Coetes and Lebrix first went to the house and from there they were accompanied to the senate by " Speaker Longworth. There Vice President Dawes received them in his office and later took them to the floor of the senate The senators passed hi single file to shake their hands, as they stood with Ambassador Ciandel before That Baby You've Longed For Mrs. Burton Advises Women on Motherhood and Companionship King George says that Great Britain has no Intention of em barking on a naval Increasing pro gram. All right, as soon as we get our 25 new cruisers built we will be ready to listen to him. "For areral yaara I was daaiad tk blMtinr of vataarhoed." writes Jlra. Margaret Bnrtoa of .Kaaist City. "I wa Umblr aorrea an ). a panaaa of tarribla aalfariar aa laaeaon. Mow I am taa prood Mother of beaati fal little aaagatar ana a trae-eoejaaa. tea an iaeairatioa to my kaabaaa. I believa kaadreda of ether woroea woaM like to aaow tae eeeret ei my aeppiMea, aa I will aUdly reveal It to aay Mrrtee. who win Baa fcaa aataia to MIL LUer write ate." Mrs. Bar- o flare ker .aftrlce atirely witkaet heald be aadraaaa to ktn. Margaret oa ifxaacaatatta. JCaaeaa City. : ... . Jfo, CorTfoaaoace wiu aa imcu nrj fMeatUL WHEELER DEFENSE F WISHES IIS CASE Phil Metschan Introduced In Rebuttal By Prosecu tion In Trial In a celebration of the birthdays of their daughters. Mrs. Georgia Maples and Mrs. Beryl Portec. Mrs. Maples and Mrs. Portec each were valentines In the home: a unique occurence. NORTH SANTIAM. Feb. 13. (Special) At a. meeting of the Ladies'- Community dub of North Santlam. . Wednesday . afternoon, Mrs. George Howard, was elected president, Mrs, Stanley McLaugh lin, secretary . and treasurer, and Mrs. Clyde Witcraft director of the sewing table. . One object of the . club is sew ing for the Children's Farm Home of Corvallls. The present supply of material was donated, and further needed supplies will be gotten with funds raised by giving entertainments, socials, etc. The first of these, an entertain ment and pie social win be held n the school house Saturday eve ning, February 25. The cooperation of all who are interested in the welfare of the children in this home are asked. Mr. and Mrs. Chester Huddlet- ton. Mr. and Mrs. Lyle Cobb, Gar land Huddleston and babies Clift on and Maxine, of Willamina, snent Satnrdav nicht and Sundav FfthOme folks in this vicinity. T3... .. 1- TYV.Mft 1 11.. J. . null niiciui ieti iuvuu; iui Heppner, after a few weeks with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Witcraft. Ernest Von Nuys, of The Dalles, who has employment In Albany, visited his sister. Mrs. George Howard Sunday of last week. Mrs. Orval Chastlne returned from Portland Sunday, after a weeks' visit there with , her par ents. Mrs. Houser visited her sister, Mrs. Reece Friday. Jake Houser came Saturday to take his mother back to his home in Corvallis where she is staying at the present time. LINDY REACHES HOME PORT; TRIP FINISHED (Continued from page 1.) and aviators were inclined to be lieve that these conditions had forced a slowing down that would explain the delay. It also seemed an explanation of the fact that the Lone Eagle was not sighted at any point after leaving Cuba be cause fog would have naturally driven him up to higher and clear er altitudes. Lindbergh had been expected to complete the 1200 mile hop, his fourth longest in the Spirit of St. Louis, at 3 o'clock E. D. T. this afternoon. But that hour passed and still no word of him had come. He had' set no schedule time for his arrival. The flier left Havana without consulting the weather bureau at Washington and officials of that bureau said after his departure that he could not have picked a worse day to make the flight in quite a while. After Lindbergh was In the air the weather bureau issued an ad visory storm warning concerning a disturbance south of the Louisi ana coast moving northeastward which it was said would cause strong winds from Pensacola to Cedar Keys. Flight Recounted "I stuck to my course steadily," Lindbergh related tonight, "and sighted the Mississippi river about 30 miles below St. Louis, followed it north to the Missouri river and then I circled St. Charles, Mo., and came itno the flying field from the west." This is the method used by mail fliers and other airmen of Lam-bert-St. Louis field when the wea ther does not permit them to find his plans for the future, Lind bergh said: MI have no plans beyond flying the mail next Monday." "Are yon tired?" asked a re porter. "No" said the flier with a laugh. "Did you have anything to eat?" "What's that got to do with it?" he replied grinning. Greetings Exchanged Goggles pushed up on his leath er flying helmet. Lindbergh was escorted to a hangar. After greet ings, there he was taken In charge by Harry Hall Knight at the home of whose father, Harry French Knight. Lindbergh will be a guest tonight. The Knights were back ers of Lindbergh in his transat lantic flight. General comment was that a worse day could hardly have been chosen for the return to the home field. This was emphasized when the Chicago air mail plane, in which Bud Gurney, veteran -flier, took off at 4:30 p. m..- returned soon afterward. Gurney said the atmosphere to the northeast was so dense that he thought it best to turn back. Weather bureau officials said conditions along Lindbergh's en tire route were nearly as bad as at the landing field where beacons were lighted as early at 2:45 p. m. because of the fog. PROGRAM PREPARED Lucile Cummings, Jewell Gard ner. Marlbelle Quinn, Sylvia Hon- kola, Joan Evans, Zelxna Luthy, Lloyd Girod and Marion Cemick. There will also be a play, with six -girls and one boy in the cast. The boy is Guy Fagg and the girls are Sylvia Honkola. Edna. Mil dred and Merrill Gilmore. Marion Cernick and Esther Girod. Sylvia Honkola reports that she is planning a vaudeville act and hopes to stage a good one. After the program rolls and cof fee will be served. The girls are supposed to buy the luncheon for the boys, but the latter have been warned that it might be well to bring a little pocket money along. Nebraska Relatives Make Visit At Fruitland Home FRt'ITLAND. Feb. 13. (Spe cial) Mr. and Mrs. Gardner and daughter Echo antf Mr. and Mrs. Allen Harmon of Nebraska arriv ed recently at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Albert Harmon. Allen is a son and Mrs. Gardner a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Albert Harmon. The Harmon and Gardner famil ies motored from Nebraska to Cal ifornia, where they stayed for some time before continuing on their way to Oregon. Weather conditions in Califor nia were so had that they had to put off their departure from "Sunny Cal" for several days. FRUITLAND COMMUNITY CLUB TO ELECT FRIDAY Mr. and Mrs. Stanley McLaugh lin went to Portland Sunday toi their bearings by the city. join with members of their family I Besieged with Inquiries T about FRUITLAND. Feb. 13. (Spe cial) The Fruitland community club will meet at the school house Friday evening, February 17, at 8 o'clock. The feature of the busi ness meeting will be election of of ficers. Following the business meeting there will be a fine, short, snappy program given by the young peo ple. Some entertainers who have already agreed to take part are PREVENT GRIPPE-FLU HILL'S acta with amaxtag quick- aeaa. Colds are checked la a few wV hours. Complications are avoid- S ed-beaUk fortified. " BcSureltkUJt Price 30c CASCAIWQUWINE Get Bed Box &gf with portrait Nearly everybody In FruIUand, remembers Allen Harmon, aa 'ha lived here previously for a abort time. They were puxxled that he should go to Nebraska to live, but; the mystery 'was solved here re cently when his marriage to a .Ne braska girl was announced. Mrs. Gardner has also visited' here before, and made many friends although she was here only a short time. Teacher, Rosedale School Presented (Jiff By Pupils ROSEDALE. Feb. 13. (Spe cial) Last Friday. Mrs. Martin, a teacher at the Rosedale school. was presented with a gift by the pupils, in honor of her birthday. The young people's Sunday school class had a party Saturday evening at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Heckart. Read the Classified AdV PUT CREAM IN N0SE J AND STOP CATARRH aaaaaaaaaaasaSBW i ! ' Tells How Te Open Clogged Nostrils and End Head-Colds. Yon feel fine hi a few momenta Year eeld fat head or eaiarrh will bt fine. Year clogged nostrils will open, he air passages of your head will elear end you can breathe freely. No mere dullness, headache; no hawking, sauflinsr, mucous discharges or dry aces ; no struggling for breath at night Tell your druggist you want a email, bottle of Ely's Cream Balm. Apply at little of this fragrant, sntiaeptio cream in your nostrils, let it penetrate) through every air passage ol we mm ti soothe and heal the swollen, inflamed mucous membrane, and relief come instantly. ." It is just what every old tad catarrh sufferer needs. Don't stay, tuffed-up and miserable. PORTLAND. Feb. 13. (AP) Defense rested Friday In the case -)t Emery Olmstead, former presi- Jent of the Northwestern Nation al bank, and J. E. Wheeler, for mer president of the McCormick mmoer company, who were charged by indictment with con spiracy and violation of the na tional banking act and misappli cation of approximately $800,000 of the funds of the Northwestern National bank. Following this action, Thil Metschan, a director of the Northweslern National bank, was recalled by the government as first witness in rebuttal. Mr. Metschan testified thai when he was in Washington, D C, in June of 1926, pressure was brought to bear by J. W. Macin tosh, corntroller of the currency, in an effort to remove Mr. Olm ftead as president of the bank. Representations on behalf of Mr. Olmstead by Metschan and a committee visiting Washington, at that time, resulted in defeat of this effort. Mr. Metschan was not able to say upon what showing the comp troller had become dissatisfied with Mr. Olmstead as president of the bank, but that there was no question but that he was. The fact that the bank had had to charge off losses each year for several years, and reports of the national bank examiners was con sidered to have been responsible for the demand. HAVANA to SX 1LOT1IS CHARITY MATINEE PLAN Associated Charities Benefit At Hollywood Feb. 18 A Hollywood theater children's charitv matinee has been arrai'.eed for 10 o'clock, Saturday morning February 18. by the Associated Charities. Each child must present for ad mission to the matinee some ar ticle of food. Canned goods of all kinds, milk, potatoes, bread. and other kitchen necessaries are usgested. Several matinees of like natnro ill be arranged to care for unfor tunate families in the city. A Nothing matinee will be held al the Bligh's Capitol theater sonu ime later. Some news announcements eem to go naturally together. For instance, we note that 1928 is go ng to be a great motor year, and ilso that new hospitals are spring ing up everywhere. Boston Transcript. Ml MRS. WEAVER - WAS HELPED By Taking Lydia E. Pinkham't Vegetable Compound As Mrs. Weaver herself says, "I was never very strong." 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