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I
E KEERFTL, Ihe cops In
timate, lest )m get caught
with your car parked in an al
ley or pair a towing charge for.
having It hauled oat. Also be
' careful ' that you don't . leand
your car to the jam of traffic
on Commercial street and park
three deep. Something might
happen. These topics are cover,
ed by pointed statements, aa are
other, pertinent subjects, in 'to
days grist of Tabloid Interviews,
which follow: '
'GEORGE THOMASON. city
traffic officer, said "A fellow
reported at the, police station
the other day"that his car,. -parked
in an alley was stolen.
irjr it was found parked on
a street nearby. -My guess is
that somebody wanted to nse -the
alley. The car owner was
lucky he didn't discover a fine
and a towing charge chalked
tip against him."
MRS. GLADYS JENSEN,
head of the home economics
department of the Salera high
school, said: "The members
of the new Home Economics
clnb are stowing a lot of en
thusiasm. The first, test of the
club will come later- this
week, with the bazaar wlfleh
the members are sponsoring."
LESTER STAPLES. ,265'
North Commercial street
said: "There were times Sat
urday afternoon when ears
were parked three deep on
both sides of the street, leav
ing only room enough for one
lane of traffic to pass In the
middle. : Tourists driving
through to the Pacific high
way pass along Commercial
street. They certainly must
get a good idea of the city by
that traffic congestion on a
main business street."
C. J. EDWARDS, former
public utility owner of Tilla
mook: "I can see a fine fu
ture for the linen industry.
It will take time. to develop
trained workmen, but cer
tainly this valley Is a logical
place to carry on linen manu
facture." "MIKE" VAN LAANEN.
member of company M from
Salem rjuring the World war.
said: "Our company reunion
is going to be in Portland this
Tuesday. Come on, you birds,
let's get organized; every
body that was In the company
has to be there."
GASTON WILDER FORT,
of Chemawa Indian school,
said: "Teach a youngster the
right way and he'll not got
the wrong way. Bring him up
to law abiding habits and
he'll be a law abiding citi
'len." WAYNE PETTIT, Salem
correspondent for a Portland
newspaper said; "They're get
ting ready for state legslature
at the capitol already. Today
they moved our press room
from the place in back of the
senate chamber where it's
been for nearly two years.
They moved the state veteri
narian's headquarters to the
postoffice building and gave
us h!s room."
FAST TRAIN TAKES
LONDON, Dec. 10. (AP)
Edward Albert, prince, of Wales,
tonight, was journeying through
the AIds on the last lap or a
S, 000-mile journey from equator
ial Africa. To speed the heir to
the British throne on his way1 to
the bedside of King George, the
railway authorities of Italy, Switz
erland and France . had cleared
their lines so that; nothing might
delay his arrival at Boulogne, a
.brief one-hour voyage from the
cliffs of England.
The prince was quartered in a
private car belonging to the heir
to the Italian throne, Prince Urn
berto of Piedmont. The finest
locomotives of Europe and crack
train crews of three countries
were being pressed into service
to give him a right of way across
Europe such as- few people have
had in history.
The whole journey of 1322
miles from Brindisi, on the Ad-
diatic, to Boulogne, on the chan
nel, was planned at a speed of
nearly 40 miles an hour for the
entire distance, including, stops
and the laborious trans-Alpian
part of the trip. By daylight to-
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KNEW
Oregon Coast Swept By
Terrific Storm Which Halts
Light and Communication
t PORTLAND, Dec.,10. (AP)
Western . Oregon was recovering
today from the most serious storm
of the season which yesterday
crippled light, power and tele
phone lines and barricaded high
ways. A gale lashed the coast
with terrific fury last night and
v early this morning, relenting to
ward afternoon.
; Communication was being re
stored today and highways re
opened I along : the ; Oregon coast
from Taft to Wheeler where the
-most severe wind and rain storm
of the season hit full force. The
telegraph line between Tillamook
and Portland, was still out tonight,
and automobile traffic was de
touring 'for. two trees across the
road between Tlllaniook and Bar
view. ' ' " ""'' - -r
The gale' lasted If hours In the
SEVENTY-EIGHTH YEAR
WORSTFEAHED;
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Condition of Kjng ; George
j Now More Serious Than
Ever, Indication
Palace Officials 'Disquieted'
At Situation; Heart Is
Threatened
: LONDON, "Dec 10. (AP)
Palace 'officials tonight were said
in a setdr-officlal statement to. be
disquieted. by" the condition h- of
King -George. They took note or
the. fact reported In the night bul
letin that the general' Infection
has returned In some measure.
At the end of last week the phy
sicians were able to report that
the Infection .which had spread
throughout the system of their
royal patient -had - become -localised
and that the King therefore
was in a safer position. This sit
uation now baa bees xeversed. The
spread of poison from the infected
lung to other parts of the system
must, have an effect on the heart,
which, already has undergone the
strain ' of three weeks' serious Hl
ness, ' aad concern ". accordingly
made itself felL
1 The evening bulletin was rather
more informative than recent pub
lic statements and still dwelt up
on the strain which prolongation
of the infection is placing on tht
heart.- It read;.
Fever Persist Due
To General Infection
"His majesty bad a quiet day.
The signs in the lung have im
proved. The fever persists, al
though it is not so high as last
evening and is due to some return
of the general infection which nec
essarily affects the condition of
the heart."
: Anoiner iaci tenaiug 10 aiteu
tuate public anxiety was the fact
that four physicians again were
called into consultation. The bul
letin was signed by Sir Stanley
Hewett. Sir E. Farquhar Buzzard,
Sir Humphrey Rolleston and Lord
Dawson of Penn..
The anxiety reported in the
morning bulletin was explained to
night as being due to the action
of the heart of some return of tho
general Infection, although the ac
tual condition of the lung had im
proved. Tonight great crowds assemble.!
outside the palace to await toe
bulletin despite extremely cold
weather. Apprehension as to whe
ther the King could continue much
longer to wage a successful fight
against his disease was evident in
the mood of the waiting people.
They are disposed to read more
into these terse aaiiy ouueuns
than perhaps is justified.
The wording of the night bulle
tin a slightly more hopeful atti
tude in the throng. The coming
and goings of the physicians and
movements of members of the roy
al family were watched by the
crowds with pathetic interest and
the fact that Queen Mary omitted
her daily drive this afternoon
caused much comment.
TEACHER KILLED BY
SHERIDAN, Mich., Dec. 10.
(AP) The memory of a class
room reprimand three years ago,
prompted Jimmy Deacons. 14-
year-old student, to attack and
kill Miss Flossie Carter, 2 7 -year-old
school teacher, the boy con
fessed to state police today.
Deacons told Captain Fred Arm
strong of the state police, that
after having been invited to ride
in Miss Carter's automobile, he
da'sed her with a blow from his
fist, assaulted her and then realis
ing what he had done, killed her
with a stone.
The slaying occurred last Fri
day night on a little used road
Just, beyond the Sheridan village
limits. . Miss Carter's body was
discovered yesterday by Roy Col
Her, a . 15 -year-old boy who lives
a quarter of a mile from where
Deacons drove the car after kill
ing its owner.
Tillamook section. Three trees
across the highway between Nes
kowin and Otis held up traffic for
an hour earlp today.
At Astoria, where the gale ap
peared to strike with terrific
force, signs were torn loose, win
dows smashed and street lights
blown down. Two great log rafts
in the liver were, broken and logs
were scattered over the face of
the Columbia." J t- - - -s
That the storm swept further
Inland in spots was seen from re
ports from Walla Walla where the
wind i Interrupted lighting : wires
and caused much trouble to utility
trouble-shooters. ; . ..1. X"" II,
An unusually high southeast
wind swept Into Haines.' Ore., last
night, accompanied by snow which
today was expected to turn to
rain. .
YOUTHFUL STUDENT
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Aoove is the : first piioio of
Porte Gil, new provisional presi
dent of Mexico and his cabinet,
with the presidential staff stand.
Ins. Below: President Oil, sue.
ceesor to Plutarco Calles, snapped
as he addressed the congress in
public session at the national sta
dium In Mexico City.
Election of Officers Will Be
Feature of C. of C. ,
Meet Monday
Leo N. Childs, N. C- Kafoury
and B. E. Sisson were nominated
to succeed George Vlck as presi
dent of the Salem chamber of
commerce by a special nominating
committee of members that met
at the clnb rooms Monday eve
ning. The. nolnating committee
included T. M. Hicks, George L.
Arbuckle and Charles Hudklns.
By-laws require that three be
nominated for each office 'and de
partment. Names will appear on the bal
lot in the following alphabetical
order and will be voted on at the
next Monday luncheon of the
chamber: .
President: Leo N. Childs, N. C.
Kafoury, B. E. Sisson-
Vice-president: Walter T. Mol-
loy. Herbert L. Stiff. Fred D.
Thielsen.
Secretary: George E. Allen,
Douglas McKay, John W. Orr.
Treasurer: L. L. Laws, W. J.
Llljequlst, Fred E. Tiffany.
Agricultural department: W. G.
Kreuger. Walter T. Stolti, T. A.
Windishar.
Social: Wallace H. Bonesteele,
Oliver J. Myers, Thomas F. Hus
ton.
Legislative: W. W. Chadwkk,
Sam ChambersAAdolph C. Nelson.
uiuusiriitu xjcvu w. uicugn,
Otto Hlllman, Sr. L. C Marshall.
Civic: Phil A. Elker, H. J.
Mohr, W. L. Phillips.
Other members of the board of
directors are King Blng, who will
be named by the Cherrlans this
evening, and the president-of the
Business Men's league, who will
be elected this week.
The: first meeting of the new
board will be held January 7,
when a manager will be elected.
Oregon Man Held
Up By Robber
HAVRE, MoM.. Dee. 10.
(AP): A man. unable to Bpeah,
but writing his name as S. ,W-
Thomas, and Indicating he was
from Junction City, Oregon, ap
peared at police headquarters here
today and wrote of having been
slugged and robbed. He was bn
his way from Kremlin. Montana.
to Portland, Ore.. to be married,
when he was slugged and robbed
of $350. His inability to speak.
physicians said, resulted from, a
severe blow on the head. 1
McKenzie Route :
Will Be Cleared
BEND. Dec. 10. (AP) Five
inches of snow had fallen on the
McKenzie Pass road. 14 miles w?t.t
of Sisters today,, but highway de
partment crews, ..working from
east and west, were tonight with
in one mile of each other. It wa
expected that the mile-high, road
would be free from snow -by
morning. ":f ;
Motorists continued to use tl.e
Pass highway through the day
but chains were needed.
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THREE NOMINATED
TO HEfiD CHAMBER
Salem, Oregon, Tuesday
PresidentGil Inaugurated
to
Salvation Army s Christmas
Drive Gets Off to a Hying
Start; Lets Go! Everybody
Xow the Salvation Army
drive for a Christmas cheer
fund is off to a flying start
with a total of 921S.38
In cash reported by Captain
Earl M. Williams Monday
night. Let's go!
T WAS Sunday
night In Salem.
I On a street cor
ner a handful
of faithful Sal
vation Army
folk lifted their
voices in a song
that made up in
fervor whatever
1 t lacked 1 n
tune.
A man of 34
walked by on
the other side
of the 'street
heard the sing
ing and the drum. They made a
faint impression on his conscious,
ness. His head drooped between
his shoulders; his hands were
deen in his Dockets: he walked
like one who does not know which
way he -is traveling and has ceas
ed to care.
The woman he had sworn to
love had told him more than once
that she could not live under his
aouse ana mai sne wwuiu
mm ana k wi. auu "'-
she had made good her promise.
"He was in the frame of mind,"
Captain Williams says, "of men
who 'kill themselves, and there
was no one to whom he could
turn. He simply walked the streets
all that night."
"Early the next morning my
phone rang and from the other
end of the wire came an almost In
coherent voice. A man, seemingly
in great distress, wanted to Bee
me at once."
The captain met him at the Sal
vation Army office and there h
told his story, sobbing like a child.
They seem to know pretty well
what to do with such cases, these
Salvation Army folks. They put a
new heart in him. They located his
wife and stood at his side while
he made his bumble plea for for.
giveness. So he and she went back
together to the home that had
been on the verge of destruction,
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Monday
in
Washington
By The Associated Press
The house approved the
Greek debt settlement by a vote
of 170 to 165.
The senate discussed the
Boulder dam bill and passed the
Columbia river basin survey
measure.
Larger Christmas trade for
this season than any previous
year was predicted by Secretary
Whiting. " '
The $283,287.S63, Interior
department supply bill was sub
mitted to the house by its ap
-propriations committee.
Pan-American conference con.;
vened and took immediate steps
looking to a settlement of the
Bolivian-Paraguay dispute.
President Coolitge urged the j
Pan-American . conference - toj
continue the world - leadership ,
of the western hemisphere m
peace efforts.
The senate apropriatlons
committee added $3,000,000 tot
the "billion dollar treasury-post ;
office bill In reporting that
measure to the senate. The 4
house has passed the measure. '
Calgary Woman
I Hurt In Crash
Mrs. Henry Diets 1 of i Calgary,
Canada, suffered spinal injuries
and lacerations Monday " night
when an automobile driven by her
husband skidded off the highway
near . Brooks and turned over; Mr.
Diets was not injured. Mrs. Diets
was brought to a local hospital in j
the Golden ambulance. .
Morning, December 11, 1928
Jm
Good Will Fund
The Salvation Army's
Christmas fund Is off to a
flying start! The street ket
tles Monday brought In
$30.70 and one "woman mail
ed in her check for $5.
This, added to the $177.68
previously reported brings
the Fund up to $213.88.
No one need worry about
the possibility of the amount
given exceeding the sum
needed. The Salvation Army
has many pressing requests
for aid each day, and it is
not an Organization that
helps on Christmas Only.
So dig up and plunk in!
"Show your mettle by filling
a kettle!" Nowhere can you
Invest your Christmas cheer
money wherelt will bring
back such returns in hap
piness. SEEK MISSING GIRL
Young Woman LOSt some-
where Akn McKenzie
River Since Sunday
EUGENE,, Dec. 10. (AP;
Bloodhounds, an airplane, and
members of! a mountain climbing
organization are searching for
Miss Fay Wlbur, 20-year-old Eu
gene stenographer, who became
lost Sunday afternoon in ti-.p
mountains near Siuslaw Falls, 35
miles southwest of this city.
The girl, in the company of Wal
ter Weber, drove to the falls iu
automobile, and had luncn
there. Weber said he fell asleep
in the car, and awakening some
time later, discovered that Miss
Wilbur had gone.
He hunted for several hours un
til darkness fell, he said, and then
went to a farm house for aid.
While Sunday was a fair day,
an unusually heavy rain fell dur
ing the night and it was believed
that if the girl failed to find shel
ter, she must have suffered severe
ly from exposure.
She was attired for hiking. The
searchers will explore every ra
vine and will search along th?
banks of the Siuslaw river, fear
ing Mis Wilbur may have met
with an accident.
Parties of Obsidians, the local
mountain climbing organisation,
and the American Legion are on
the scene. The search has been
carried out since late Sunday
night. ' ' ; -
PORTLAND. Dec. 10. (AP)
The state game commission today
decided to submit to the state
legislature a proposal setting the
open ' season for deer from Sep
tember 20 to October 20, and plac
ing the limit of one buck to each
hunter. r
- The commission 'agreed - also
that there should be a reduction
on the limit of ducks, but It was
decided that no recommendation
will be made until opportunity Is
had to study a; measure to be sub
mitted to' the California legisla
ture. It Is i the-desire that the
lOregon law conform as closely as
poasiDie to the California act.
Prince Loses 4
". Golden Minutes I
As Train Halts
LUGANO, SWITZERLAND. Dee.
11. (AP) Tuesday The Prince
of Wales early today lost four
minutes in the race to the bedside
of his father owing to & slight ac
cident to a wheel of one of the
cars of special train In which he
was speeding for the channel. The
chief .of the railroad station - at
Medllde. four miles from Lugano,
sent a phone call saying that one
of the wheels was glowing red as
the train moved slowly through
Mellde
6 PARTES
SHOWSSTRONG
UPWARD TREND
Bear Movement of Last
Week Checked as Reaction
Takes Effect
Long
List of Gains Noted
With Few Sensational
Rises in Evidence
Bv STANLEY W. PREXOSIL
Associated Press Financial Editor
NEW YORK, Dec. 10. (AP)
The stock market, having passed
through the most drastic reaction
in Its history last week, closed
generally higher today after a se
ries of highly erratic price move
ments In which Radio. Montgom
ery Ward' and some of the other
high priced specialties broke
through their low levels of last
Saturday. Final quotations disclos
ed a long list of net gains rang
ing from $1 to $5 a share, and a
sprinkling of gains running from
$6 to $23 a share.
Rumors were widely circulated
around Wall Street over the week
end that leading bankers, at a
meeting Saturday afternoon, had
provided organized buying support
for the . market. This brought
about a strong opening in which
many issues quickly ran up IS to
.$18 a share. The rally attracted
a fresh outburst of selling which
increased on unofficial denials
that any bankers' conference was
held.
Radio Corporation
Stock Shows Strength 1
Radio Corporation common
stock, which broke $72 a share
Saturday, opened $14 a shar
higher at $310, advanced to $314,
broke quickly to $275 and then
rebounded to $305 for a net gain
qf $9 a share. National Tea open
ed $10 a share higher at $330.
broke to $310 and then recovered
all its loss. Wright Aeronautical
opened at $217 a share, advance to
$221, broke to 196 and rallied to
to $218, up $2 a share net.
Montgomery. Ward, on the oth.
er nana, opened 4 a snare tow
er at $336, advanced to $342,
tumbled to $305.50 and then re
bounded to $334.87 off $5.12 4
net. Among the few other impor
tant Issues which showed substan
tial net declines were Indian Re-
alnare on a couple of sales and
National Bellas Hess, ' National
Cash Register. Stanley Co. of
America and Superior Steel, all
off $4 to $5a share.
FORM GRIPS STATE
PORTLAND, Dec. 10. (AP)
With an influenza and grippe- et -idemic
prevalent in the state in
mild form, all counties and all
centers, of population have been
asked by the state health depart
ment to cooperate in preventing
further spread of the disease.
In Portland 24 new cases wert
reported today, bringing the num
ber ok known cases in the city to
144. The bureau listed 120 cases
last week with one death.
Both the high school and the
grade schools of Canby, Ore., were
closed today for the remainder of
the week. Of 230 grade school pu
pils, 121 were absent today owing
to Illness. Of 155 high school stu
dents In that city, 67 failed to re
port for classes. Two of the grade
teachers, and one high school
teacher are confined to their
homes by Influenza.
-Reports from Curry county in
southern Oregon indicate a gen
eral epidemic of the disease in
mild form. Scores are said to bt. j
afflicted, with the mid-coast coun
try having the most cases. A few
have been seriously ill, although
no deaths have been reported.
UNITED STATES IS
LOOKED TO FOR AID
PARIS. Dec. 10. (AP) Cab
allero . de Bedoya, Paraguayan
charge d'affaires here, believe-s
that the United States holds the
key to the solution of the dispute
between Paraguay and Bolivia.
"The United States, as did all
parties to the Gondra pact, under
took at least morally," he said, "to
guarantee security in America arid
to collaborate with countries sin
cerely animated by a will for
peace."
He explained that Paraguay had
appealed to the commission con
stituted at Montivideo under. the
pact .rather than to Washington
solely because the former was
more accessible.
The only reply of the Boliv
ian government;" he said, "to our
action -in calling on the commix.
slon to arbitrate the question was
to hand his passports to oar min
ister, but the Bolivian government
cannot in this way eliminate the
procedure adopted by the Amer
ican states for settlement of such
questions. We know what moral
engagement means to the great re
public of the north. All its history
gives us connaenee, and the eru
Clal moment has arrived for Hit
Gondra pact,". ... ...
MENA III MILD
'Northern Annex'
To Murder Farm
. Sought m Canada
British Columbia Official De
nies Graves Sought in
His Province
SEATTLE, Dec. 10. (AP)
After announcing that they had
uncovered evidence indicating
that Gordon Stewart Nofthcott
killed at least one boy in British
Columbia while 6eing sought by
California officers, Lewis H.
Daugherty and fL M. Ogden, Los
Angeles detectives left for Califor
nia tonight.
The two detectives said their
evidence indicated the existence of
a "northern annex to the murder
farm" at Riverside, Calif. While
refusing to divulge any names, the
detectives said Canadian officials
were searching for the grave of a
15 year old boy. who dropped
from sight after being in the com
pany of Northcott.
Northcoi;t and the boy were
traced from California to Seattle
and then to Vancouver where the
boy disappeared, the Los Angeles
men said. . Northcott and the boy
were said to have stopped at two
hotels in Seattle and also two ho
tels In Vancouver, B. C.
The detectives added that after
this supposed murder a second boy
was believed to have been picked
up by 'orthcott, but the identity
and whereabouts of this second
lad are unknown.
Daugherty and Ogden said they
had been investigating the case for
three weeks around Seattle and
Vancouver, and have evidence in
shp,w Northcott received money
from Los Angeles while he was in
Seattle on his way north from Cal
ifornia. SEARCH NOT MADE IX B.
Statement by Police Chief Shows
Hunt Must Be Elsewhere
VANCOUVER, B. C, Dec. 10.
( AP) W.' H. Owen, superinten
dent of. British Columbia provin
cial police, said tonight he hid
:ieard nothing of any search in
British Columbia for boys seen in
the company of Gordon Stewart
Xorthcott in Vancouver, before th
latter's arrest in- connection with
the reported chicken ranch crimes
at Riverside,. Calif. j
Superintendent Owen made the
statement when shown a Seattle
3&a41!l-auot,n" California police
jttttbYS as saying they had uncov
ered evidence Indicating Northcott
had killed at least one boy in Brit
ish Columbia. He said no search
wa.s being conducted for the
sraves of any reported victims in
ihis province, as .indicated in the
seattle despatch.
FIVE SCHOOLS SET
Five Marion county school dis
tricts. Witzel, Johnston, Summit,
valley View and Elkhorn, had
perfect attendance for the ficst
three months, ending September
28, October 26 and November 23,
and were the only districts to re
ceive awards of honor for perfect
attendance for each month when
the awards were mailed from the
county superintendent's office
Monday.
Districts which reported a per
fect atendance for two months
were Waconda, Taylor, Shaw, Mis
sion Bottom, Silver Cliff and Illi.
hee. All the pupils were present
for one month at Labish Center,
Bridge Creek, Crooked Finger,
Central Howell, Willard, Ever
green. Silver Falls, Oak Glen,
Prospect, Butteville, Independence
and Hazel Dell.
Awards of honor were also
mailed to other schools reporting
an attendance of 95 per cent or
better for - any of the school
periods.
Two Ministers
Hold Conference
LIMA, Peru. Dec. 10. (AP)
The Bolivian and Paraguayan
ministers today bad long confer
ence with the foreign minister.
Neither the foreign office nor the
ministers would make any state-1
ment on what had been discussed.
National Flax
ME MM
Voices Praise of Salem's
Fast Developing Industry
PORTLAND, Dec. 10. (AP) very satisfactory and: the farmers
Confirming recent report from Sa
lem of the steady growth of the
flax Industry in Oregon, Carl Wes
sle of San Diego, recognized na
tionally, as an authority on flax,
told chamber of commerce offi
cials today that "Oregon Is making
remarkable strides forward in the
utilisation of Its resources for the
production of flax."
In a discussion with W. D. B.
Dodson, general manager of ' the
chamber, Weasel said: F
The quality of your fibre pro
duced here cbuld not' be better. J
am frank to say that no better fi
hr fa nrodneed than that I saw
at vonr Ralem nlants. Tour'aarl-
cultural practice Is apparently
PRICE FIVE CENTS
BOLIVIA MAKES
APPEAL TO U. S.
AS III IKS
Paraguay Declared at Fault
In Note Received by State
Department
Special International Com
mittee Assembles in
Washington D. C.
WASHINGTON. Dec. 10. (AP)
Official word from Bolivia say
ing that country considered Itself
entitled to a moral reparation
from Paraguay before concilia ,
tion proceedings should be insti
tuted In connection with the
boundary dispute between the two
countries reached the state de-
partment tonight.
: The communication arriwd
simultaneously with a the first
meeting of a special committee to
inquire into the dispute with
view of recommending means for
a peaceful settlement was the in
itial act of the conference after
an opening address by President
Coolidge.
The president In welcoming the
relegates urged that steps be tafcea
to render a more secure settlement
Of international disputes by arbi
tration and declared it was the
special boast of the American re
publics to have first urged and
practiced such a policy in interna
tional relations.
Similar Xotett Sent '
All Friendly Nations
i The note was delivered to tbe
state department by Minister Dies
de Medina of Bolivia. It was sim
ilar to notes transmitted to all
nations entertaining friendly, rela
tions with that country,
i The communication reviewed
the boundary clash with Paraguay
and detailed the Bolivian point of
view on the question. It is under
stood, the note said, that the Bo
livian government considered It
had been wronged in a violent and
unprovoked manner and therefore
was entitled to a moral reparation
from its aggressor before it could
submit to conciliation proceedings.
I The note was delivered 'just aft.
er the international committee as
sembled for its session. The pur
port of the communication, how
ever, was known by some of tbe
members of the committee. In ad
dition its text was brought to
Charles Evans Hughes, the Amer
ican members, for his scrutiny as
soon as the meeting adjourned.
Thorough Inquiry
Promised by Group
! A short statement issued after
the committee meeting declared
that bodv "agreed unon a clan to
gather data on the conflict, whTch
will be use as a basis for the re
port which It will submit to tbe
conference."
The committee also was. inform
ed that Paraguayan and Bolivian
governments had been advised of
the text of the resolution adopted
by tbe conference today creating
the committee and that replies
were expected shortly.
Immediately before the commit,
tee met it became known that the
Paraguayan government bad auth
orized its delegates to the arbitra
tion conference to sit In at com'1
milttee sessions whenever his pres
ence should be ejesired. The Bo
livian minister said he had not re
ceived instructions from his gov
ernment in the matter.
The Paraguayan delegate's pres
ence was not required tonight.
War Scare Brings
Bond Price Down
By 7 and 8 Points
NEW YORK, Dec. 10. (AP)- .
The strained relations between
Bplivla and Paraguay caused a
"war scare" In Bolivian bonds to
day, the frlst time war clouds
have caused a break In any of the
foreign securities listed " on the
New Tork stock exchange in a
long while.
Republic of Bolivia's 8 's fell 8
points to $97.60 the lowest price
of the-yaX as holders of nearly
$300,000 wofth of the Issue dump
ed Into their holdings into tbe
market. Republic of Bolivia 7's
sold as low as $90 also a new low
for the year and nearly 7 points
below the closing price last week,.
but closed at $93.75. Sales of this
Issue were only about $54,009.
Authority
seem ' keen to produce the flax
straw.
.Operations in the penitentiary
flax mill under the direction of
Colonel Bertram are resulting m
production of a very high grade
fibre well-adapted to development
of a substantial and permanent
flax spinning and weaving indue
try;
am of the opinion, however, ,
that further progress should he.
made in utilising some . of - your
secondary or waste products. Thle
should, not be difficult and It
would add materially to the earn
ings of the Industry, an Industry
capable of making substantial ad
ditions to the - payrolls of the
state.-. T T .-V -