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V COMPLETE , . WEATHER . f Cloudy today, with posai . bto rains t Moderate' south winds.:" Jdax. temperature Taesday 70 Mia. 54 Hirer ' -1.8; south wind. : i TV' ""- ' t Hew? of ctty, valley, state nd' world at larger News, ' sporting, political; and of ev ery, kind, all Is carried la tbo ' New Statesman. "Ho Favor Sways Us; No Fear a. VMwk 18, :3l. : . 4 - - , ? SEVENTY-EIGHTH YEAR Salem, Oregon, Wednesday Morning, October 10, 1928 PRICE FIVE CENTS I SI ii GRAND LODGE OF Pi IliS ELECTO Jv Stanton Rowell is Chosen as Grand Chancellor With Levens as Second I Sisters and Knights Unite in Memorial Service for Departed Today's Program O a. m. Legislative slon,. Knights of Pyth ias, Chamber of Com merce building. 10 a. m. Legislative ses slon, Pythian Sisters, Fraternal building. 12 noon Past grand chancellor's meeting, Marion hotel. 1:80 p. m. -Sessions rooms and Fraternal building. . convene in' Chamber Stanton Rowell of Grants Pans, will head the grand officers of i the Knights of Pythias of the Ore gon domain as grand chancellor for the 1928-29 period and Wil liam S. Levens of Salem, was el- ed to the second position in mm and with the office of grand s-raAice chancellor at the Grand Lodge T-i ission here Tuesday morning. Services, were held jointly with the .Pythian, Sisters in memory of members of the two orders who died In the last year. Keen com petition marked the finals of the ) ritualistic contest held in the Chamber of Commerce rooms Tuesday night. Elected to serve as grand-pre late was Guy Jordan of Corvalli?, with L. F. Clark of Portland, mas ter-at-arms. Guards of the grand lodge for the coming year will be William Pomeroy of Portland, inner; and A.. W. Meyer of Cascade Locks, outer guard. Walter Gleeson was elected grand keeper of the seal and rec ords for the 14th time. Mr. G lee son is a member of the lodge In Baker but Is a resident of Port land. John Maloney, received his 25th consecutive election to the office of master of ths exchequer. Pythian Sisters Elect Officers Pythian Sisters advanced Carrie Knight of Albany, to the chair of grand chief at the head of the . pQregon area yesterday at the busi &ynes8 session in the Fraternal fSbuilding. Helen Stranahan of Hood I yver Is the grand senior elect Elected to the office of grand jun ior for the coming term is Nettie Hardeftty, Seaside. Grand manager elect is Eva Marks of Roseburg. Eight consecutive elections for the office of grand mistress of , records and correspondence have gone to Rose Farrlngton of Port- land who will he in that position T.. A m v.. iuiu iu rage 2, riease.j STOCK TO BE SOLD SAN FRANCISCO,, Oct. 9. (AP) Homer W. Bunker, presi dent of the Coos Bay Lumber company, announced here tonight that Peirce, Fair and company, in vestment brokers, had offered to take over the stock of the lumber company at $100 a share. Bunker said the offer stood from the brokers' Chicago office by mall, and could not have reach ed many of the stockholders' un til today. As a consequence, he ai i ii . I r Tftrm . f 1 - a 'epany wouia accept. vftn until October 22, and added that he believed more than half the stockholders would accept. The. list, he said, was mailed to about 3S0O owners. Peirce, Fair and company took over the executive, management of the Coos Bay company about a year ago when the latter concern was in financial difficulties Bunker said there were 63.757 shares of stock outstanding. The company owns mills in the Coos Bay district of Oregon. Here's Proof Of Results After trying other mediums for m week to rent her cottage at 835 North Commercial, Mabel Farmer put the ad In the Classified columns of the New Oregon Statesman. After it had. nut one day the ad was ordered out because the house was rented. : People are reading the New Orlgow Statesman They ; are reading the classifieds and get. ting results. 1 ? Iff LUMBER What They think of- "Road Hogs and if -f There" is a cure - , For this eviL . SO far as this newspaper has been able to discover, no prizes have been offered at the Oregon State Fair or else where for the biggest "road hog" extant. In fact, quite to the contrary. Jurt to find out as nearly as possible what Salem residents really think of this species of pest the New Ore gon Statesman made Inquiry of several citizens. This Is what they said: J. B. BIVINS, transient, of Des Moines, la., said: " I would hate to see in prine what I think of the 'road hog.' In a good many thousand miles of automobile travel I have en. countered him in different guises and varying degrees of cussed ness. If I could, I would abolish the 'road hog' in some artistically painful way, such as boiling in oil or some such gentle torture." CHARLES ELRET, cashier of; the American Fidelity In vestment company, said: "I'm for putting all road hogs In the penitentiary take away their driver's licenses and every, thing. As for drivers of auto stages, I never noticed they were any worse than the rest of them. -Of course there are some good and some bad, Just like in. any other group." MARTIN F. FERREY. local Unitarian minister and attorney at lawsaid: "I think a road hog is a potential - murderer. Most accidents on the high, way are caused by some driver getting out of place; if every one stayed right where the law requires him to stay there would be very few accidents. Ouil traffic rules are made on the basis of Just halt the road to each driver, and when one takes more than that half he has; a demoralizing effect on the whole situation. ' If you will notice, for Instance, where the Immediate cause of an accident is the sideswiplng of one ma chine, in nine cases out of 10 you will find that Just previous to that he was out in the road somewhere where he didn' be long, and - suddenly tried to stop." MRS. F. N. WOODRY said: "They are terrible. As a class I consider road hogs hopeless. Surely they must be weak In their minds, or they would not endanger their own lives even if they have no consideration for the lives of others." E. A. LYTLE said: "Well, if you weren't a lady I could tell you a lot of things about them. But it wouldn't be very polite to you. I've driven 50,000 miles in the last two years. I drive back and forth from Salem to Woodburn every day. I've been crowded into the ditch and had everything else happen to me through road hogs, and believe me. I'd sure appreciate it if you could do anything about them. I've often thought that there ought to be some sort of arrangement connected with the i car that would enable an Inoffensive "motorist to shoot the road hog who won't let by, or beat up the bum who crowded him into the ditch." C. A. BRODERSEN, Forest Grove, delegate to K. P. grand lodge, said: "Road hogs should be sent to school to learn some' manners. Good conduct to oth. ers on the road Is just as es sential as any where else." L. T. GEORGE, former Salem restaurant man, now Interested in mining In southern Oregon, salds "Road hogs ought to be sent!to7the rock pile. I can think of many things labeled as crimes, which are less a men . (Turn to Page 2, Please.) Interurban Line To Quit Running TACOMA. Oct. 9. (AP) In dications that the Intraurban line from Tacoma to Seattle, property of the Puget Sound Electric Rail, way company which some- time ago went into the hands of a re. ceiver, will cease operations shortly appeared today when Fed eral Judge Cushman asked that an order, be prepared calling for closing down of the road, the same to be presented In district court Saturday. ' --' Judge Cushman's order fol lowed the appearance bv court yes. terday of Scott Z. Henderson, re ceiver for the road, with applica tion for sale of the line. It was brought out at the hear. lng on the application that the road had been operating for years at a loss and revenues were stead ily declining. Sammy Baker Is Winner of Bout SAN ANTONIO. Te Oct iArj sergeant Bammy Baaer, of New vYork, contender, for the weiterweignt crown,'; won on- a technical knockout over Pete An gost,- Bridgeport, Coniu, In J the sixth round of a 10-round bout at Fort Sam Houston "here tonight. WITHHELD ACTIVE ENEMY OF NORTHWEST Senator-Curtis Points to Of ficial Messages Sent Out in 1920 New York Governor Protect ed Interests of East erners, He Avers DULUTH. Minn., Oct 9. (AP) Positions of Herbert Hoover and Governor Smith on the con troversial St. Lawrence rive wat erway project, a live Issue in the northwest, were discussed tonight by Senator Curtis, the republican vice-presidential nominee before an audience which Jammed the Ouluth armory. Senator Curtis declared Mr. Hoover's statements showed that the republican nominee was "ob viously" in favor of the St Law rence river route for a Great Lakes to the sea outlet a propo sition favored by the northwest He declared Governor Smith e stand "very much in doubt" Speaker Accorded Warm Welcome The rice-presidential nominee was given a warm welcome by the crowds. In his first Minnesota vis it he called for the election of the straight republican ticket and mentioned by name Arthur E. Nel son, republican nominee for the senate, who is opposed by Senator Shipstead, farmer-labor candidate. Senator Curtis -made no refer ence to Senator Shipstead. "Knowing the interest of the people in this section of our coun try in the St. Lawrence waterway" Curtis said, "I desire to call your attention to what the candiddtee for president have said on that subject" "On October 16, 1920, Governor Smith sent the following message against the St Lawrence water way to the international joint com mission? West's Interests Strongly Approved 'I would have you know that New--York protests with all Its might and will oppose the pro ject to the limit of Us resources.' "Mr. Hoover made the follow ing statement to the same commis sion on October 20, 1920: 'I have fell the construction ot this system (the St Lawrence canal) would be of very great im portance to the existing and to be developed agricultural resources of our entire country.' 'Governor Smith has since said: 1 have heretofore professed a preference for, the all-America a route, basing my views on engi neers' reports made to me. The correctness of these reports and also of those favoring the St Law rence route has been challenged. As president of the United States, therefore it would be my clear duty to study this question impartial ly upon engineers' reports.' "It is obvious from .these state ments where Mr. Hoover stands on the St Lawrence project but it is doubtful what position Mr. Smith takes." CONCERT TONIGHT Salem music lovers are looking forward to a treat tonight when John Stark Evans, assistant dean of the University of Oregon school of music and rated as one of the finest organists - on the coast, will appear in concert on the new Renter organ at the First Presbyterian church here. The program opens at 8:30 o'clock.' The concert arranged by -the organ committee of the church of which R. C. Davis is chairman, will include classical and semi classical numbers. It is the first of the concert season to be offer ed, and is the first mid-week re cital on the new church organ, which has received much favor able atentlon for Its final tonal qualities. Escaped Convict Held At Seattle Jesse Collins. 17. who escaped from the state penitentiary here more than a year ago while serv ing a 15 year sentence for as sault, has been apprehended in Seattle. He will be returned to Salem to serve but his unexpired term. Collins was received at the prison from Multnomah county. Mexico Is Shaken By Heavy Tremor MEXICO CITY. Oct (AP) -Deaths of one child and two workmen' ; by - the earthquake which rocked the capital and nine states ot Mexico last night were discovered by a police checkup to day. At least fire other persons were injured by falling walla In soma of the poorer sections. STARK D 1 N BIG RE World War Veterans Wear Multi-Colored Uniforms at 1928 Parade Lively Tunes and Clicking Cameram Feature Meet ing of Organizations . ran Antonio. Tex.. Oct 9. (AP)- The measured tread of Tnnhins' feet, familiar in war tim davs. re-echoed through the streets of San Antonio today. Ten thousand former service men and members of the American Legion auxiliary passed, in review before countless spectators who greetea each state's delegation with spirit ed bursts of cheering as they passed by points of vantage. Beginning shortly before noon the line of marchers, a blend of multlcoloredvniforms, required more than four hours to pass the historic Alamo building, near which National Commander Ed ward E. Spatford, General John J. Pershing, Viscount Allenby, Governor Dan Moody of Texas and other dignitaries, watched the one time soldiers stride" by. Scenes Unlike . World War Days Through the khaki-colored uni forms of soldiers from nearby military posts reawakened memories- of the days when America shouldered arms In behalf of the allied cause, legionnaires who marched today under the burning rays of sunshine were not the ser ious faced boys of 10 years ago who were to encounter the grim ness of war. Smiles lighted the faces of these men who once stood knee deep In the mud of the trenches and. few made any attempt to keep step with the strains of mar. tial music that, filled the air. In stead they passed by in none too perfect file, shouting greetings to friends In the vast audience which crowded every available platform and peered down from windows of office buildings. California's .pageant, depicted early days of the dons and suc cessive periods of the far -west state s history'. ''' Outbursts -of laughter greeted the Doodledorfer band of Peoria, 111., attired as German musicians. The Leavenworth, Kan., drum corps was dressed in convict's stripes. Oregon Delegation Attracts Attention The Oregon contingent present ed one of the outstanding entries in the parade today. The Grants Pass cavemen, dressed in suits of wolf hides and carrying huge bludgeons, attracted much atten tion along the line of march. Ths Portland Drum Corps led the Ore- gonians, and the Salem corps brought up the rear guard. It was thought probable todav that George E. Love of Eugene, former department commander of the American Legion in Oregon. might be named Sous Chef de Chemin de fer of the National or ganization of 40 et 8, Legion or ganization. The election will be held tomorrow. The Oregon delegation held open house tonight, distributing to all who came products of their na tive state. Among these were ap ples from Hood River, cheese from Tillamook, jerked salmon from Gardinler, and apples from the Eola farm of Governor I. L. Pat terson. Ben Dorr is of Eugene in troduced Oregon filberts to all comers, and other delegates dis tributed pears from the Talent Ir rigation district. Walnut Growers Fix Prices On This Year's Crop PORTLAND, Ore.. Oct 9. (AP) The 1928 crop of walnuts in the northwest is one of the largest on record, it was said here tonight at & meeting of the North Pacific Nut Growers cooperative. Prices were fixed at the, meeting. North Pacifism Nut Growers i co operative- includes Oregon and Washington growers. ,? While the Oregon crop is large, the Califor nia crop was said to be small this year. The price list fixed for the 1928 crop of northwest walnuts fol lows:- . . Fancy soft shell, too large to pass through 89-64 screen, 26c. Standard soft shell, will pass through 69-64 screen, 22c. Fancy Franquette," too large to pass through 69-64 screen, 27c Standard Franauette. will nass through 69-64 ecreen. 23c Woman Catches Fire; Will Live PORTLAND, Ore.. Oct 9 (AP) .Mrs. A. A. Willis, 62, was seriously .burned . today when a gasoline-soaked sweater she had cleaned burst. Into flame -near gas plate she was lighting in the basement of her home. She was treated by an emergency physician of the fire department squad com pany, who said she wonld recover. Baseball History Made As Yanks Win Series -i . - "V - Organization From Oregon's Capital Selected for Contest Today By RUFE WHITE SAN ANTONIO. Texas.. Oct (Special) Under the hot but hospitable Texas sun that played no favorites and Bent the perspira tion trickling down everybody's backs from the general officers to the lowest buck private in attend anee at the American Legion's convention here, Salem's drum corps did its stuff in the most colorful and longest parade ever held by the organization. The boys from Capital Post No won warm acclaim all along1 the line of march proving what al ready had been more than sus pected, that they are on equal footing with the best here. Salem's drum corps has been chosen to enter the first elimina tion contest which is scheduled to be held in the morning. If the Oregon ians are successful in that event' they will enter the final competition which is to be staged between the 15 best drum corps in the United States. This event is the big feature for Thursday morning. AH members of the Salem or ganization are In good health and the best of spirits, confident that they will give a good "account of themselves and determined to do litlibeat to reflect credit, upon fOregoa-and Its capital "cityr?"- : ZEPPELIN FLIGHT IS PUT OFF FEW DAYS PREDERICHSHAFEN, G r many, Oct. 9 (AP) An excep tionally unfavorable weather forecast today caused postpone ment of the start of the transat lantic voyage of the Graf Zeppelin, which had been set tentatively for tomorrow morning. Dr. Hugo Eckener, who is to pilot the big dirigible said, however, that he might be able to get away tomor row afternoon. A steady falling barometer, couplied with a noticeable rise In temperature made conditions which, Dr. Eckener said, It would be insane to try to overcome. "There is a dirty weather "hole" right here which we would have difficulty In getting out of," he explained, pointing to the Friedrichshafen section of the map. "and, we would have a still more difflcultjtime getting out of another dirty hele on the course, which I have constantly in mind." raEflbTTiS: Word that the drum and bugle eorps of Capital Post No. 9, Am erican Legion, had been enthus iastically received in Tuesday's parade at the San Antonio nation, al convention and was ready to enter the elimination contest to day, was received by members of the post when a telegram to that effect was read at Tuesday night's meeting. The telegram was sent by "Vic MacKenxie, who accompan ied the corps to San Antonio. The new oflcers of Capital Post, headed by Commander Douglas McKay, were Installed at Tues day night's meeting, William Masters past commander of the Portland post, officiating. Membership paid up for 1929 totaling 1S4 - members, was re ported to the Incoming officers by Raymond H. Bassett, adjutant. Governor Not to Pardon Hickman Is Announcement SAN FRANCISCO. Oct. (AP) -Governor C C Young said on arrival , here tonight that he wonld do nothing to prevent, the execution of William. Edward Hickman, . murderer of little Marian Parker .in Los . Angeles, unless he learned . new facts which would alter his whole un derstanding of the case. : ""Unless something most' un usual Is brought to my attention X will do nothing to alter the deci sion of the court that, sentenced Hickman, aald ' the governor. SALEM DRUM CORPS wins m eras WORD FBOM CORPS 2 JZ JS"v 111? tiiiU i a ' - i '' - L33A-..VV Above is a unique action photo showing Jimmy Wilson, Cardi nal catcher trying to steal second in the fifth inning of the World's Series opener. He was tagged out by Koenig, New York shortstop. Below are shown Wee Willie Sherdell of St.. Louis and Waite Hoyt of. New York shaking hands before taking the field as opposing pitchers. They were matched again yesterday and Shonlell lost a T rM a . . . a . a i . a second unit. me pnocos were rushed by air mail to the New Oregon Statesman. WILLAMETTE DRIVE Committee of Eijht is Named to Raise Total of Near ly $300,000 Plans looking to the raising of nearly $300,000 necessary to meet WUliamette university's ; contract with the Rockefeller Foundation were outlined ,at a meeting of the committee-of 15 from the board of trustees and alumni of the uni versity with President Doney of that institution Tuesday after noon. According to the agreement the Rockefeller Foundation is to give $350,000 when the university has raised $650,000. At the meeting yesterday a committee of eight, with R. A. Booth as chairman, was appointed to raise the necessary money. Pledges for this amount must be made before Christmas this year, and must be paid by October 1, 1929. The committee in charge of the drive includes Dr. W. W. Youngson, Dr. B. L. Steeves, Dr. Carl G. Doney, A. L. Howarth, Paul Wallace. J. A. C. Oakes and M. R. De Long. Dr. Howarth will obtain two men who have had experience in movements of this sort and will inform Dr. Doney when he has made arrangements with them. A meeting of the special committee will then be called to go forward with the drive. In the Forward Movement cam paign of 1922. pledges for $1,000, 000 were obtained. From this money the gymnasium was built. improvements made on other buildings, and old debts paid. Of the pledges made in 1922, some $200,000 were for deferred pay ment Of the remaining $800,000 about $639,000 have been paid to date. - Thus, as Dr. Doney in dicated, the present campaign must virtually raise the balance to make $750,000 clear for endow ment and the amount that .was necessary for building the gym nasium, repairing Waller hall and aying former obligations. IT Little business was transacted at the regular meeting of the school board Tuesday night. In addition to auditing monthly the plumbing work at the grandstand under construction at - the high school athletic fields was award, ed to J. A. Bernard I at a figure just short of a thousands dollars. Bids were submitted at the last meeting.' ;-;?.-.-'v;ii . ;k . Supplies for the two domestic sciences . departments at the 1 sen ior high school and Parrish Jun ior high totaling $185.99 . were authorised. The superintendent was instructed to request ' more cooperation from the i school health heads in the matter, of physical examinations for. athletic aspirants, particular. 'f - f r Claghorn Whips I Tacoma Fighter ' SEATTLE. Oct. 9. (AP) Walter Cleghorn, Seattle Indian, took a decision 'from Billy Lang, Taeoma middleweight. In a six round main event of " a boxing eard here tonight. . Lang "weighed 15tt and Cleghorn 1 5 7. PLANNED coracT AWARDED BOARD DE leiepnoneu 10 an 1-ran Cisco anu MERGER EFFECTED Warner Brothers Acquires Control of Vitaphone and Other Firms NEW YORK. OcC9. (AP). A $200,000,000 motion picture combination through which War nerBrothers Pictures, Inc., oIh taine control of the Vitaphone corporation, the Stanley Company of America and First National Pictures, Inc., was announced to night in a joint statement issued by H. M. Warner, president of Warner Brothers and vitaphone, and Irving D. Rossheim, president of Stanley company and First Na tional. Contracts covering the merger. which involves companies whose annual gross income is said to be in excess of $100,000,000, have been signed and are subject only to formal ratification by the stockholders as a result of the ac quisitions, Warner Brothers be comes one of the largest produc ing, distributing and exhibiting companies in the motion picture field. The various companies will re tain their organizations, the an nouncement said, and there will be no change in personnel. OF L G. L. Stover was elected com mander of the Salem chapter of Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War, at a meeting Tuesday night. U. G. Boyer was elected senior vice commander, L. Buch anan junior vice commander and W. P. Ringle secretary-treasurer. Other officers will be appointed following installation of the elect ed officers, at the first meeting In November. Mrs. Mary Llckel was elected president of the Auxiliary to the Sons of Veterans. Mrs. Alice Ad ams was chosen vice president, Mrs. Gertrude Remington past president, Mrs. L. Buchanan chap lain, Mrs. Hattie Cameron trea surer, Mrs. Margaret Fessenden guide, Mrs. Alma Henderson as sistant guide, Mrs. Aronson . and Mrs. Sarah Eaton color guides. , Portland Truck Driver Is Killed In Car Accident OREGON CITY,. Ore., Oct. (AP) William Johnson, a truck driver for a Portland bakery, was smea.ioaay wnen a truck in which he was riding with Leonard Wright overturned and crashed him.. Wright, employed by the bakery, .was driving the machine in which Johnson was a passenger. The accident occurred at O'Neill's corner, between" Can- by and New Era. Wright was n- injured. "f . ' i , Johnson's truck, In which he had made deliveries In Silverton and other southern points, broke down near Oregon City. Wright came out in another machine and both smarted south with Wright driving. Wright said Johnson fell asleep and when on the curve Just south of the service station, was awakened by the truck skid dding on the-wet pavement. - niDiO FILM sons VETERANS W NEW EIDERS BAMBINO GETS THREE HOMERS. TO IN SERIES Total of Five Circuit Clouts Poled Out by Members of Yankee Club New York Americans Sew up World Championship for Season of 1928 By ALAN J. GOULD Associated Press Sports Editor SPPORTSMANS PARK, St. Louis, Oct. 9 (AP) ine -kM said it with home runs to day and brought the 192S world's series to a crashing, record-bust-in? conclusion with their fourth straight triumph over the Card inals. , Five crackling circuit clouts, three of them by the one and only Babe Ruth, lour oi tnem in io successive innings, and all.ef them sounding taps for the Red birds, enabled the Yankees to win bv the decisive count of 7 to 3, and record a new world s series achievement by making their sec ond successive clean sweep over national league champions. Babe Dominates Whole Situation The central and dominating figure In the most smashing tri umph of world's series nisiory, was the mighty Ruth, his second started- the downfall of Willie Sherdel, game little southpaw of the Cardinals, and his third equal led the record of long range clout ing that he himself set In the same park two years ago. The tide ?and drama of the whole game turned upon Ruth in the seventh inning in remarkable lashlon, at a time when the Yan kee punch was conspicuous by its absence and when the Cardinals were holding tenaciously to a one run lead. Behind the clever pinch pitching of Sherdel, gamely seek ing to break the Yankees jinx,, the Cardinals had revamped their lineup in this last ditch fight and they seemed in a fair way to suc ceed until the Bambino lumbered into the picture in the seventh. Debate Follows Sadden Toss Ruth had driven one ball out of the park, a drive that cleared the roof of the right field stands in the fourth, and Sherdel was pitch ing cautiously. One strike was called, then a second dh a' floater that the Babe let go by. Ruth shifted his stance, looked up at the scoreboard, and as he did so Sherdel whipped another ball that cut the heart of the plate. It was a smart play but Umpire Pfirman, behind the plate, had raised his palms to indicate suspension of play for the moment as Ruth, though, still In the box, was ob viously not in hitting position. Sherdel, incensed to high pitch, rushed in to protest, followed by Captain Frlsch and the rest of the Cardinals, arguing that Ruth, by remaining in the box. had been fanned. It was an angry debate, cheered on by Ruth's handclaa ping, but also to the accompaai meat of wild boos and peers from ' the crowd as Sherdel went back finally to the box. The south paw, mad and upset, threw two balls, then grooved one that the Babe caught and lifted again over the entire right field barrier. Sherdel Knocked Out of Box Sherdel, unable to settle down, was hit for another home run by . Lou Gehrig, putting the Yankees into the lead for the first time. and walked dejectedly from the box when Bob Meusel laced a single to left. One pitched ball thus had turned the whole complexion of the game, swiftly and surely. Aided by It, the Yankees, after playing in slip-shod fashion be (Turn to Page 6, Please.) Hoover's Alphabet By MABEL F. MARTIN BELGIUM AFTER the outbreak of f.be world war, Belgium, the most thickjy populated country of Eu rope, -lay almost starving. Through the Incredible patience and diplomacy of Herbert Hoover, a plan was ' evolved and funds were raised to feed her. Hoover organized the Commission for Bel gian Relief. It performed a task , of almost superhuman difficulty, first, ' to induce both the Allied and the German governments to let It function' at all; second, to move immense quantities of food . by sea and -'rail in a desperate : hurry; and finally, to raise a, bud get which grew to $23,000,000 month. Hoover's gedlus accom plished all this. - . (To be continued) lip . . . - ' , - - - t . vrJ. , - . t . . I i - ' - - - . - ' ' . ' - - - - .