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- - S - : : r. . j The New OimiTrSAS. Salsxn, OregodhttrsdayTltlonff November 1, 19Z3 j : ' " !' . - - : : V :V; 'I s. t - i 1THEB FK MYSTERY GIRL Sixteen Years of Separation : Come to End; Asylum Yields Daughter LAS VEGAS. N. ilex.. Oct. 31 (AP) ElpanV Reddick, for 16 rears the "mystery girl" of the New Mexico Insane asylum, said to hare been committed there by 7 ner stepmother, today was re united with her real mother, Mrs. W. F Grqve of Fresno. Cal.. after being separated since the girl was six years ofd. With the reunion. Eleanor, now 22. had her first trip on a rail road train, her first marcel and a trip to a beauty parlor. She also had her first visit to a fashion able women's shop to buy what -she wanted. At tho aaylam officials and at tendants bade goodbye to a smart ly, dressed pretty young woman, who far 18 years had been the plain, poorly dressed girl who had Worked around the institution and had been housed there because no one knew what to do with her and he officfals were too rr:endly to ' turn her out. . The mother am! daughter left for California. - Sixteen years ago, Mrs. Ureve said, the and her husband wero separated when Eleanor was about, -tx years old. Reddick, sha said, as"kidaaped" the child and it was not until about three weeks ago that she found a trace of her . daughter. She said Reddick re married shortly after they had separated and that she had learned that the stepmother had the child committed to the asylum In New Mexico. Asylum officials said Miss Hed dick's mind had always been aor .Bial. COUPLE OF EXACtllf it 't A bride and bridegroom each oi wnom was Dora February 20. 1899. obtained a marriage license "at the county clerk's office here Wednesday and were married by ;J. CvSiegmund. county Judge. Ad - miring friends showered the cou- Ple with rice as they went dowi the stairs to pass out of the court nouse. with the result that the steps and floor were strewn with . max grain ior tne remainder of , u aay. So far as could be determined, Wednesday's marriage was the first to take place In this count wlth the bride and bridegroom exacuy tne same age. "It certain ly wouia seem as if they were cut -out for each other." said Julius iR. Wilson, deputy county clerk , who Issued the license to the new 'lyweds. "The way they acted I guess they were, too." j The newlyweds are Fred M Pickering. 1257 East Gleason treet. Portland, and Pauline i Finch, ins Vancouver street. ; Portland, each 29 years, eight , months and nine days old. The bridegroom Is a dentist. 1 J 1 DeUIls of the program of the I 19th annual meeting of the Wo . man's Foreign Missionary society of the Methodist church for tha . 6alem district, were announced 'here 'Wednesday. The meeting is v to b held at th rnn T jThe program is as follows: At 9 a. m.. derotlons, led by the Rot. Harry E. Gardner: 9:15 organization and committee ap ? poiiHmenis: 9:45. reporU of.dis i trict officers, reports of auxiliary 4 presidents and song, "The King's - Highway"; 10:45. "Set Thine J vs Toward the Highway - by Mrs. W. P. Miller; 11:45.' Our : Equipment, byMrs. WHIiara F Campbell; ll;S0, Branca Meet i Ing. Mr. Thos. II. Temple; 11-45 " Hour' Mr" "M. C. Flndiey;' 'i 1 Z; 0 noon, lu ncheon. - At 1:20 p. m.. derotlons. led by Kim J. c. Allen of Newberg; 1 aa rn cal1 by oiaries; 2. i uun a j airs, j esse-K. Daris of : :.. special music by - 8. J". Sackett; 3y demonstra--tion entitled "Which Is Yours"; 2:20, report of committees; 2:45. u vk vmcora, , sojourn , ment ' ! ' George Harsh To . Plead Insanity In Murder Case i ATLANTA. Oct 21.-i-rAPl Insanity as a probably defense for George Harsh. 19 year old college i student who police say confessed J to a series of holdups lnyolrlntf I two slaylogs, was Indicated today i when It became known an'allen 1 1st had Tfslted the youth tn his cell i at Fulton tower. - -i- i J i Harsh, with Richard Gray Gal- logly, also a college student whom police say he named as confeder- ate, has been named In two 'In dlctments charging murder In con- f nectlon with the slaying of S. H. s Meek, a grocery clerk and Wlllard i Smith, a pharmacist, during at- j tempted' holdups, I Solicitor General John A. Boy- ain announcea ne was ready to combat the insanity plea In event It was offered as a defense, Norember IS lias been set as tho trial data. Wo don't oupposo getting our nourishment In the future In small chemical capsules will make much difference, with so many lunching la tho drug store as it Is. De troit Nowa.- . SKI MARRIED MlSSIOfl mm i : Traffic la the old days revealed i snort evidence of horse sense, but v jwrhapa It was la the horse. San araaotsoo Ohroniala, . MINE FIRE, BURNING M01ITHS THREATENS DISTRICT I . . " ... . r r?V".' mm -. , ' f A Cf f - , J V '"A 7' 'i Fire started by the explosion of a moonshine still in January, 1928, In a coal mine at Lincoln Placed near Pittsburgh, Pa., continues to burn and has spread over moro than 15 square miles underground Photos above show: top, dwelling on a farm which will be destroyed by the burning; mine; below, left, .the burning pit mouth of the mine, and right, another entr to the mine where it owner met death from poisonous fumes. j ELKS 10 TO LEAD IN CLUBGIHCUIT The Elks Cubs tn the Club league apparently set out to em ulate the senior Elks team In the City league, Wednesday night when they took three games from the Western Auto Supply com. pany quintet and thus increased the lead they hold in the per ceht age list. . The Wolverines won two out of three games from the Lions. The Associated Oil company and Druggists postponed their match and will probably play it off Fri day or Saturday night. Scores were: WsUra Ante abrgrmll .....1.25 174 Roth 135 150 152 14S 14S 163 180 MikSU 147 151 162 153 795 Clark lOO Corson 155 Total 683 EUu Cuba 791 2249 Phillips ,10 150 ISO 133 16S 18S 157 520 446 456 511 483 EUiott . ,...155 Van Patton 125 Garbietaon 155 Gonr 157 Tot.U 7S2 Lioni .Srop . 15fi (renliaunt 114 Dippel ..m 128 Grata 154 Fitacerald 120 Total 870 15 163 168 169 80$ 112 117 179 155 172 735 8i6 2416 117 116 120 151 385 847 425 460 147 149 51 S086 WolTerina O. White 134 114 ho 13 2 114 Jaejrrr HI 150 Viaako 154 142 12J 143 1S4 146 164 872 889 425 442 473 L. Whitej 156 153 Total ... ....t....717 73 711 2101 (Continued from Pages 1.) they are the worst thing young people can get hold of; and they aren't fit for old people, either. I'm pretty much dis gusted with them." L. H. McMAHAN. circuit judge, said: "That's a question. I cannot answer, because I never read one of those maga zines." CHARLES J. LISLE, 1041 South 12th street, said: "An English social worker recent ly started a movement In Eng land to Install a course of love making In the schools there, for lovemaking Is the most im portant business of life; that is a fact. Rut these sex stories are not of love, but a caricature of love. Such magaiinee should be curtailed, if not prohibited, and censored to the point of de cency. There are all kinds of such magazines, and the ques tion is open as to what Is de cency. But there is a limit to what Is decent and stories should be kept reasonably In that limit." JAY B. HEWITT, of the Soutlrn Pacific company, said: "I don't know a thing about them. I never read them. I like something decent, like the Saturday Evening Post, the American and the Literary Digest. As for the trashy kind of magazine , . . .well, let's not talk about them." -; Blizzard Strikes West Nebraska: Highway Blocked ' OMAHA, Oct. 21. (AP) One of the worst early season blizzards on record in western Nebraska was moving eastward over the state with indications that it would reach Omaha tonight or tomorrow morning. morning! From four to six Inches of snow has fallen over Nebras ka's panhandte and fear was ex pressed for stock on the open ranges. - Roads In and about Sidney. Neb., were becoming , Impassable tonight with many motorists re ported stalled on the highways. air mail tratfie was paralysed, tho mail being transferred to trans at Sidney from planes making forced landings there. . All records were broken In 1811 when the President's message to Congress reached Philadelphia In nine hours and a half, and Boston la sixty-four hours. -It was sent by special express. In 1753 a lottery was organiz ed la Baltimore for the nurnose of building a publio wharf. . By D' EAR' DOCTOR: I hate Ui3 sight of my arms, my bust, my hips, my legs, my ankles. As I do not seem to be so very much Trdis tended in other parts, can't I reduce them without diet lng? I get these letters by the thousands. Fat in spots. Fat does seem to have a predis position to set tie in certain spots In some victims, rather than to be sym metrically ap portioned. -itu tounptreksjw The same cause that results in overweight In general is responsible for the fat In spots, and that is overeat ing or underexerclslng, or both, for the needs. (There are such things as actual tumors of fat. but they are sharply circum scribed and stand out and look different from the ordinary, fat. These have to be removed sur gically.) Most of the complaints seem to be about fat ankles and legs. A girl with the initials "B. M." wrote in complaining about hers and I answered her pretty thor oughly, I thitk, so I'll repeat it: "Fat ankles and legs, fat ankles and legs, oh, the woe, oh, the sor row; such unseemly pegs! My dear B. M.. if I only -knew, for fat ankles and legs something speedy to do, my fortune were made, my future secure. Have you tried to reduce? Have you exercised well? Have you bandaged them snugly and still do they swell? That's all I can offer, I regret, I sure do, I'm sorry, dear B., theres no help I really should have put tn something about local message to cover the things she could do for her fat ankles and legs. See it you can fit that In a rhyming way to my doggerel and send it to me. It's very important! There are mechanical hand roll ers on the market that are splen did for local or generalized fat. While you massage yourself, you also get some good active exercise it the sirne time. These rollers can be purchased in the corset departments of all large depart. ment stores.. (Do NOT use them on the busts.) An exercise for fat ankles is as follows: . Sit with both legs stretched straight an front of you ; j twist feet as far to the sides as possible, without bending the knees. Do this 100 times a day. in relays of 25. , I For fat hips and turns, kicking exercises, floor exercises and mas sage can be used. (Send for the' article Atonic Abdominal Wall. Enclose a fully self-addressed. Ghosts.Feature Party Given By Legion Members MONMOUTH. Ore.. Oct. 31 (Special) The members of the of Monmouth post enjoyed a Hal lowe'en party following the regu lar meeting tnis week. The chief entertainment was a "hall of horrors'' replete with ghosts, witchea and goblins, and grisly enchantment was exper ienced in traversing this abode, and. In partaking of the fish worm diet and other culinary morsels supplied therein. Games and refreshments re flected the seasonal note and all made merry until a late hour. Tne entertainment commRtee was composed or Mrs. James Til ton. Mrs. L. L. Daiiey and Mrs Walter Smith. refreshment com mittee: Mrs. Lillian Young, Mrs. Biles Byers, Mrs. Jeff Ayres and Mrs.-A?. Burbank. jj HOLLYWOOD THURSDAY - FRIDAY i it r- it lit cJ3 stamped envelope.) Brisk walks with a long stride also help shake em down. Give yourself at least three months of persistent work with all of these exercises before you expect a material difference. Do them every day. Where there is a very great dis proportion of fat, especially from the hips down, it Is thought that there Is some disturbance of the Internal secretory glands. These cases should be under the care of a physician who specializes in in ternal medicine. However. diet and exercise will do wonders, and win nave to be Included In any regime. Corsets is it wise for a woman to wear a corset and a man an abdominal band? I thnk that until the ab dominal muscles are strengthened and the excess fat Is gone, it is a good idea (not too tight, of course), for some constraint pre vents to some extent the fat from expanding." The best type of corset is the wide girdle type coming up a Ht- iie over tne dlaphram in front and to the waistline in the back. Tuts should be pulled un over the dlaphram in front so that it does not push up the roll of fat the spare tire on the abdomen. Again, if the corset is too high in the front, it pushes up the bust and makes It seem larger than it Is.- Don't massage or do anything to the busts to reduce them except tne general reduction diet and ex ercise of the chest muscles, Im glad I'm not troubled with rat spots, except vicariously I Next. Get Thin Quick Schemes. GIVE SHARP RETORT BERKELEY. Cal.. Oct. 31.-- (AP) University of California professors who were criticized yes terday by Dr. W. W. Campbell, president of the school,- for using thefr university titles in a tele gram sent Governor Alfred E. Smith indorsing his candidacy, to day made a sharp reply. The faculty members' reply, in part, follows; 'It is unfortunate that the criticism from the presi dent of the university should come to the notice of those accused only through the press. By the action of the president. Judgment has been passed upon the faculty mem bers without the opportunity for a Hearing by those Involved. "Can it be maintained for a mo mom. mm a teiegram sent to a presidential candidate by a' politi cal club whose meetings were sponsored, in part, by Individual professors, injects any political or sectarian influence Into the admin Istration of the university?" The dally Californlan, student puniication, also criticized Dr, Campbell's action as ' "unfortun ate." Mayoe the Americans who think Europeans superior-in cul ture don't associate with the right crowa nere. Washington Post, H NOW PLAYING Shows at 2, 4, 7, 0 ; "WARNER'S V TALKING .VITAPHONR SUCCESS . a- n U Caught in I ! the Focr" LJ DFJOHIC PROFS itiP . wttt CONRAD NAGKL MAY McAYOY ' FITAPHONE ACTS CHEER UAH - Jl - i n- Hoover Backer H a i led by Vast Throng; Applause . Lasts 15 Minutes BALTIMORE, Oct. 21 (AP) Senator William E. Borah or Idaho, a leading campaigner for Herbert Hoover's presidential candidacy, received a wildly en thusiastic demonstration tonlgni from a crowd, which taxed tho 15,000 capacity of the fifth regi ment armory here. i It was nearly 15 minutes be fore the senator could aaiet hi audience to make his speech in' which he predicted a "new; era" in this country relations with cen tral . American nations if Herbert Hoover; Were elected. ' Practically all the' entire audi ence rose and wildly waved flags and the senator tried in vain to restore quiet. : ! When the senator assaDed the tariff, immigration, and prohibi tion positions of Governor! Smith, 'booes and hisses resounded from many parts of the armory at each mention of the democratic presi dential candidate's name by Mr. Borah. , The mention of Senator Joe T. Robinson, the governor's funning mate, and of Tammanv Kali &Un drew hisses and booing, i BIG1I BROWN TO ran a LONDON.' Oct. 31.-i(AP) The Countess of Northeski form erly Jessica Brown. American dan cer, is to be married .to Vivian Cornelius, son of Percy Cornelius of Windlesham, Surrey. The Coun tess recently divorced Lord North esk in Scotland on grounds of mis conduct. ! Telling of her future plans to me Associated Press correspon aent in her apartment in Brook street, Mayfalr, with her. future husband present, the Countess said today: We shall be married In Lon don before the New Yeari and af ter ottr honeymoon in Switzerland or Egypt shall reside here. I am waiting to hear when my mother. Mrs. A. W. Starke of Buffalo, can arrive for the wedding, before fix ing the date. "Just now we are house hunt ing. I sold my house last year and all my furniture is in storage. but I hope to have my new home settled before the wedding. As for my engagement, there is nothing to say except that I am terriDiy nappy. I Have known Mr Cornelius for about two years: we met in London through; mutual friends. He Is a very great friend of Lord Northesk; in fact we are all three grdat friends. But I don't know Miss Joyfe." (A reference to the report that the Earl of North esk was, en gaged to Peggy - Hop kins Joyce). TAKEN IN SCMDAL PHILADELPHIA. Oct.; 31. (AP)- Warrants were issued to night by Judge Edwin PL Lewis, instigator of the grand jury in vestigation into gang murders and police corruption, for a dozen po licemen who are alleged i to have, collected approximately j 150,000 in protection money in two years from operators of lotteries, and for a republican organization ward leader, alleged operator of one of the lotteries. The ward leader is William B. Smith. Mark Johnson, negro, a former constable and division republican committeeman, testified at a hear ing before Judge Lewis .that he and Smith had been partners in conducting a lottery between May 30 and December 15. 1927. John son was brought to court from the county prison, where he Is serving a sentence lor gambyng. i The hearing was "held in order that District Attorney Monaghan and the special grand jury might ley oeiore the court evidence con earning negroes, i 32S55Sa!niZZ222ZZ22i ELSINOE1E Starts Saturday Step Fast Sailor! There's no waiting for this onejlYosTll be docked a lot of ' laughs If yon miss the first boat. AVhen "The Fleet's In!" Clara steps right out. Her ship of Joy's come la at List and laughter Is the order of the day. . . ; . I CfcO. A DTLA BE Mil POLICEMEN WINDY CITY WELCOMES ZEP CREW p i AS , A sample of Chicago's hospitality was extended to Dr. Hugo Eckener, and his companions of the transatlantic dirigible flight, by Mayor William Hale Thompson when the Graf Zeppelin crew visited tho Windy City,! and were tendered a luncheon by city officials. Photo shows, left to right, Mayor Thompson, Knute Eckener, son of tho commander, and Dr. Eckener. GIRL TELLS QUEER STORY OF BIB LAKE BLUFF, 111.. Oct. 31. (AP) Sticking steadfastly to- a fantastic story ot self-immolation, as her life ebbed away in a Lake Forest hospital, a 30 ' year old woman tonight provided for the authorities an unfathomable mys tery by her almost unbelievable 11 She Realized Her Hasty Marriage Was a Failure A Gripping Story of Flippant Youth Stan Today 1 SaOllLO-nilJlL-t-rfMWaVil 5 On th j Elamltoattttaim d In a play th'at fa Entirely Different l from Anything Ever Staged Here j You'll Enjoy it! j "Will WffiCI with Special and 'The 66 SHE'LL win your heart with her gay saucy humor, this charming French "mamselle famous in somg' and story. Tar u u uA 4 i LfurkI w avru u I L- uMuyuwUliuauaUsLiL tale of attempting to burn herself alive in the furnace of the Lake Bluff village hall to prove to her self her spiritual exaltation. The girl. Miss Elfrieda Kpaah attractive book agent and Sunday school instructor and former Uni versity student and school teach er, was found yesterday in the basement of the Lake Bluff police station, her clothing burned and her arms and legs charred to the bone. Her weird story of thrusting her limbs into the live coals of the police station furnace to prove her faith in. the spiritual has been ... v!HE Albert Shelby Lsvwo SUge Atmospheric Stage Setting Lighting Effects Oa The Screen Big Pai3ide' of the British The Big Song and Talent ' Contest Sunday I THURSDAY FRIDAY L? L9 XJ IS lJ Ij doubted from the first by skeptical authorities and doctors wjjo ! be iBo inai no numan being volun tarily could withstand torture such as she described. But tonight the girl, knowing she may die. at any hour, still stood by her storyj She ottered little motive for her action and the authorities, for the wa-ut of a better i theory, were obliged to; believe certain parts of it. Attempt To Kill Consul Is Failure PRAGUE. Czechoslovakia Oct (AP) A shot fired point blank at the polish consul general M. Lubatozewskl. today went wide. The would-be assassin, a tkrainian named Aziuk.i was ar resed. Aziuk later i ... . . v,,ii..av ue nsu intended tn tWi the the Polish minister and mistook consul for him. GRAHAM ARRESTED A. Graham was taken into L tody by the police late Wednesday night for disorderly condnrtf-tTa " m "ttusoa ui pressing a pottle T on the steps near Crystal Gardens. wnere a aance was in progress. $2.00 Portland and Return j via Oregon Electric Ry. for the . ! ! Pacific International Livestock Exposition 18th Annual Show Nov.-3-10 Tickets on sale Nov. 1 1 to 10 inc., return limit Nov. 12 Largest Livestock Exposition in the World 10 acres -under one roof ' Horse Show niehtlv and matinees Thursday, Friday and Saturday Tickets, Information, etc. of L. P. Knowlton, Trav. Psjrr.Agt. J. W. Ritchie, Ticket Agent: Phone 727 - j Oregon Electric Ry. 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