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7 happy EW YEAR f. . n - iv- - WEATHER eryone to every there ; Ishm . m -j Intermittent rains today;: Normal temperature; South winds.! ' Max. - temperature Monday 43; Mln. 37; RiTCr 11.0; Traces ot rain. Uh for a IHjiddv perous New Tmf nd will h hntk I "fVo Favor Sways Us; No Fear Shell Awe" Sr?. II- SEVJENTYEIGHTH YEAR . Salem. Oregon, Tuesday Morning, January X. 1929 PRICE FIVE CENTS Northcoitfs PAIR ARRESTED ResoluiwnslThat Will Be Kept Husband Is WEVER "TO REPLACE THf- TUR.F WHEN 1 It ru ! ' -. on today Jojon m and DVo 7! HIS FLIGHT TODAY -First AFTER i ' a& ! J orj n NO ONE. IS LOOKING war mlk hr wpr i t Everything Ready for Project That May Make Avia ' Lliop History Pick of United States Air Forces Will Attempt to Break Records V ' f - 1 jer" .1.' 1 METROPOLITAN AIRPORT, i Los, .Angeles, ZCal. Dec. , 3 1. - (By tbe . Associated Press) -Man or . machine.- which .: wUl endure longer in the air, la the question awaiting solution here on the dawn of the new year. The answer Is to be found in a meticulously groomed, extraordin arfly equippedgiant trl-motored Fokker airplane whjch the United States army air corps has brand ed the "QuesUonm ark." Five men, the pick of the array tr 'fliers and engineers, from one side of the Question. Three Wright whirlwind motors, new but nursed .and tuned an and Inspected by the best engineering brains In the air errice, form the other. - " Any time after 7:30 o'clock to morrow morning the answer7 will be found. For at that tfme an en durance test, with the most exten sive arrangements ever made for refueling airplanes in the air, will get under way. Refueling Plane All Beady to Start Arriyal here today of a refuel. Jag; plana, piloted by Lieutenant Od as Moon, carrying special tanks for 300 gallons of gasoline, mark ed the final step In arrangements tor the take-off in the morning. Tonight Major Carl Spatz. flight commander, with Captain Ira C. Eaker, chief pilot, ! and Lieutenants Elwood Quesada and H, A. Halvorsen, pilots, and; staff sergeant Roy W. Hooe, the! crew of the Questlonmark are taking a long reaL They hare been examin ed by atr corps medical men and found to be in fine physical' con dition; - k Whether the plane will come down in fire minutes,' five hours, or furnish a new epic of the air to riral the imagination of Jules Verne's-Five Weeks In a Balloon," Uma alone will tell. Sixty hours in the air .is the world endurance record i on refueling testa of tbe past. Motors such as those power, lu g the ; Questlonmark hwre -igone 250 hours and more without re pair, although not in continuous flight. , The army air corps organiza tion is prepared however, to keep ,JepIneup for weeks or months. If the men and motors do not fail. Threw hot meals a day, sponge baths and rubdowns twice a day, comfortable cots and a ' daily schedule designed to keep the men alert. and In good condition have been carefully arranged. j , The Questlonmark was refueled and oiled, up today following the test fliabt over the course from Rockwell field, San Diego yesterday;:-' ' : Seven hundred and twenty gal lons of gasoline will be taken on Jn mid-air daily In three contacts, and this will permit the Question mark at daybreak to have : a re serve for more than six hours flying. Instead of the convention al army flying clothes, the five men will be comfortably attired In golf shoes, golf socks, natty grey trousers, shirts and sporty ties. Strange Tale rtelated Along "With Confession to Mur der of Walter Collins; Woman's Present Spouse Pleased to Hear for First Time That Alleged Slayer Is Not His Son RIVERSIDE. Dec. 31. (AP) Mrs. Sarah Louisa Northeott. sentenced today to life impris onment for the murder of Walter Collins, when she pleaded .guilty to the crime, left the county jail here late today in an automobile with-Sheriff Clem Sweeters and Mrs'. Sweeters. Her grips were packed,' and It was believed that she was being rushed to Log Ao geles to board a train for San Quentin. Sheriff Clem Sweeters. who with his wife and Chief Deputy District Attorney Earle Redwlne of Riverside county, listened to the confession of Mrs. Northeott, told the Associated Press today that the woman had confessed that Gordon Stewart was the son Of an English lord whose identity she withheld. In the confession ef guilt which the woman filed with the court before she entered her plea, Mrs. Northoett said: Woman Later Denies J Knowing Who Ycuth Was I hereby confess that I mur dered that certain boy named in me indictment against me as Walter Collins, at our ranch In Rlveride. county." When Mrs Northeott took the stand, how- ever, she said that she did not be lieve that the boy was Walter Collins, saying that she did not know who he wac. The sentencing of Mrs. North eott untangles the web which en snared the woman, and her son, Gordon Stewart Northeott, follow ing the exposure of four murders on the Wineville ranch by San ford Clark, grandson of the wom an, to Los Angeles officers Sep tember 14. Young Northeott is accused of the murder of Lewis and Nelson Winslow and an un identified Mexican youth, and will go to trial Wednesday here for the alleged elaylngs according to present court schedules. "When I was 15 years old, Mrs. Northeott told Sheriff Sweet- ers, he said, "I met a young Eng iisnman about to come Into a lordship at Saskatoon, Canada, my home. Nobleman Declared First and Only Love "Later I married George Cyrus Northeott. :To us was born a daughter and a son. The son died while a baby. Later George went from Canada to California. While he was gone, the young English man returned to Saskatoon. . Our old love blossomed' anew and we lived -together .for-a week.- Only my-parents, now dead, and' I know the Identity of --the-young noble man. '- - "At the end of that week, the young lord was called to New York by the illness of his sister He returned to England with her but died of heart failure en route, and was burled in his homeland without any of the details of our relationship becoming known. (Tnrn to Page 2. Please. ) ifiTHCOTT PALES 'We fell In love with $1000 Fine Paid : By Bootleggers : In Local Court ' Two bootleggers closed the year by paying $1000 Into justice court here Monday. Bernard C. Bun nemeyer and 'John P. Drescher, Jr . each entered pleas of guilty ..-wben they were arraigned before Justice of the Peace. small, -iney had been held in county jail since Saturday i and . upon payment of their fines were released,, eo that the new year will not find them '-behind bara. - ' ' . a; "Yea," said judge smau arier other and were ! married..--but -1 persuaded him to return to Eng. land without me, as the sacrifice of the marriage would be great to him. He is the only man I ever loved. MISS 11 US FORMER Few, Guests Present at Cere A mony Performed -at Eola New Year's Eve Miss Cornelia Marvin, for 23 years state librarian, was married at her country home near Eola, Polk county, on New Year's eve, to Ex-Governor Walter M. Pierce of LaGrande. The Rev. Norman Kendall Tully, pastor of the First Presbyterian church of Salem, of-ficiated. The only guests at the cere mony were tne onae s Drotner- ln-Iaw and sister, Mr. and Mrs. Fritz Slade, her uncle and aunt, Henry Moody and Mrs. F. W. Se lee. all of Salem, and her broth- ers, George Marvin and Fred Mar vin of Tacoma, Wash. Mr. and Mrs. Pierce will make their home on a ranch Jn Union county. Mrs. Pierce recently re signed as state librarian, and her resignation became effective last night. DN PERUSING H Message From Mother Read by Alkged Murderer of Four Young Boys LOS ANGELES. Dec. 31. (AP) Gordon Stewart Northeott, 22 year old accused murderer, no ticeably blanched when he read a note from his mother in his cell at the Los Angeles county jail here today. The note was written by 'the woman after see bad pieaaea guilty to the murder of Walter Collins, and been sentenced to life iniDrisohment. It read: "Dear Stewart: 'Mr. Sweeters (Riverside coun ty sheriff) is going out for , you and is a wonderful man. Will ad vise you best be knows, as to what to do. It will be better to finish It out of court, if possible I went over this morning and pleaded guilty and got life in San Quentin. Thought better than to drive life history through court. San ford testified and said you were Murderer and Abductor Vic tim of Crowd; Body Rid dled by Bullets Oil Poured Over Corpse Be fore Fire Started; Sher iff Outwitted ROME, Miss., Dec. 31. (AP) Charley Shepherd, negro, alleged mnrderer and abductor, was burn ed on a funeral pyre here tonight: After mutilating his body and firing several shots into it the mob of several hundred men plac4 ed the negro on a pile of logs. threw gasoline over It and set It afire. - - ' - John Osborne, Associated Press staff correspondent, the first newspaper man to reach the scene, said the" lynching occured about 8 p. m. The negro, be was informed, ad mitted he had killed J. D. Duvall, employee of the state prison farm at Parcbman and abducted his 18 year-old "daughter .-He took all the blame,. absolving two -bunk mates who had been linked with " the crimes. Tbe lynching took place about 26 feet from a public road and when Osborne arrived an hour later the body was still on the pyre. He was told. by persons at. the scene that it would be left there. ' ' TV I 9Sffl' 1 . s. re and hit him (meaning Walt ter Collins) and you . know you were never out of the house. Also you brought boy (Collins) which wasn't true, either. Well, dear. Just suit yourself Will see you. "Love. Mother." "P. S. Just use your own judg ment, my son." "Well," Northeott said, tossing the note aside, "she's crazy. : She didn't write' that letter anyway It 8 not signed. It just says 'Mother,' 'she's crazy. I don't like her very well anyway.'-' Sport Briefs Prominent Pair Receive License PASADENA, Cal.. Dec. 31. (AP) The gridiron factions of east and west camped in this Rose City tonight amidst the tumultuous din of a New Year's debut, but the footballers of Georgia Tech and California, their sero hour, 2:15 p. m., to-, morrow and not midnight to night, took no part in welcom ing the arrival of the infant, .1929. BUENOS AIRES, Dec. 31. (AP) Victory over Roberto Robert!, giant Italian heavy weight and a "substantial of fer" will bring Luis Angel Flr po, once the wild bull of the prize ring back to active com petition in the United, States. Firpo, who lost a sensational battle with Jack Dempsey for the heavyweight title in 1923 after belting the champion from tbe ring, is scheduled to "come back" against -Roberti here within the next six weeks. . DALLAS, Ore., Dec. 31. (Spe Icial) A marriage license was is- mrA "thT tboncht tt vts i nret-lsued today by County Clerk Black -Mfr ftna. but I thought! it was' to Walter. MV Pierce and Cornelia 1 J ir than right' j -Hv-' Marvin. ' 1 - Fnt Mpnjaiirt ; Enjoy Hot Weather When Scientists Provide Relief 0 7 By HOWARD W. BLAKESLEK AsNoriated Frees Science Editor NEW YORK Dec. 31.---(AP) Greater comfort of living in beat; possibly even for fat men. was - forecast ? today before the American Association ror ineAQ- anceraent or science. j i-r, Discoveries . which promise to mA in acclimating white races to tropic beat were outlined by Dr. v. v - Heilbrunn. of Woodsijaole, "'Masa,"r-vH 8ld Prtmentji Indl- ited that f at probably was the S f I determining factor in adjustment It 1 f human beings to tropical tem perature-;;i-f;-.w 1 To laymen a -; signmcani r iact was tnai tne : Bnr:ui iu ? rather- than amount.; determines ihe-?a,e,of Standing heat j . . KxpriintlBg with animals . to discover why wme -stand tropic rat corofca tably; while others are" killed by relatively cool weather; Dr. Heilbrunn said the differences are found in the melting point of fat In the two extremes.- Those which thrive in heat possess fat which does not melt until temper atures are high, while creatures of temperate zones almost literally justify the well known summer time ? exclamation about melting on a hot day. Next the Woods Hole expert mentors set about finding whether beings with temperate sone fats could develop those of the tropics. They found that living In warmer climates produced the rats more adaptable to heat. ,r r With this knowledge fixed, they studied how to aid nature's pro cess, and found one way, -in diet. Fruits, and vegetables native to the -tropics proved to contain pro perties for making- "the able fats, for hot climes." MILWAUKEE, Wis., Dec. 31. (AP) Joey Sanger, Milwau kee featherweight and junior lightweight contender, will meet Ted Morgan, champion of the latter division, in a no-decision match at 130 pounds championship weight here to morrow afternoon. . Although knocked out two weeks ago by Armando Santiago, Cuban box er, a stable mate of Morgan, Sanger late today waa an even money choice to beat the cham pion. " Inheritance T ax Sets New Mark In Oregon, 1928 i - i Inheritance tax in the amount of $700,215 68 was collected by the state inheritance tax depart ment In 1928. according to an nouncement made Monday by T. B. Kay, state treasurer, who admin isters the Inheritance tax law. The income: from Inheritance tax during 1J28 was 183.000 in excess of that collected In any pre- viooa year, in the history of - the department. -The. cost of-adminis tration this j year .was! 1.7 ' per cent, or lees than the 'administra tion expense n 'any previous year; During tbe past- six iyears th SHERIFF OUTWITTED BY MOB Negro Surrenders to Unarmed Wo man But Without Avail GUNNISON, Miss., Dec. 31. (AP) Charley Shepherd, negro convict, was seized by a mob near Cleveland today shortly after he had surrendered toj. a woman planter and she and'several men had started to takehlm to jail. A posse of some2000 men, aid ed by national guard officers, had been searching for Shepherd, who was accused of having killed J. D. Duvall, an employe of the state prison farm at Parchman and then kidnaped Duvall's 18 year old daughter. . Shepherd had been hunted since last Friday morning when Mrs. Duvall discovered that her hus band! had been stabbed and beat en tot death and her daughter kid- nape and when the young woman stumbled into a prison camp Sat urday morning with a story of mistreatment at Shepherd's hand the number of men seeking him increased and authorities re doubled efforts to find him. Today Miss Laura Mae Keeler received word from Shepherd's brother Tom, one of her employes, that Charley was on her planta tion and wanted to surrender. Miss Keeler went unarmed to the cabin where the convict was hid ing and he gave himself up. "We got in a car and started for Parchman, but met such a mob that we tried to make it to Cleve land to turn him over to the sher iff but amile and a half from Cleveland, they took him away from us," Miss Keeler said. KING 5 ALWAYS LAU5H IM THE. i jTY Ih's used Tv) WJ THEATEC AT tW A W fCZL XMS$ VVPO TIME. i tSSs I "C4THE.FURS 1M XS- IlwAYS TO BE. LATE. 1. 1 "J X P WHEN. KEEPING AN IV I APPOINTMENT- ESPBCIALL7I I 1 I ALWAYS WEi5H THE. ICE BER3P.E. DELIVERING TO CUSTOMERS ivrrH THE. HUBBY TAKE. A DCJNK EXCEPT WITH TOWN FOLK AND STRANGERS ' 1 LOOK OiTlK 4r JIM ?OlNj J O l7 make) VENT YOUR. WRATH AT THE RADIO WHEN A PROQBAM DOESNTI SUIT YOU ALWAYS TRV TO BEAT THE. S SI PAHABUAY STEP HER PEACE Both Countries Agee to Terms of Protocol to Settle Boundary Row H1M1G LONDON. Dec. 81 (AP)- The large array of doctors again in consultation today ait Bucking. nam palace over the condition of KingHBeorge tended to keep pub lic feeling in anxious suspense There were six physicians, exclu sive of the two ultra' violet ray ex. perts. The medical bulletin tonight. however, was on the whole of a favorable character. It read: "The king had a good day. There is no change in the condi tions noted this morning. Bacter- ologlcal examination shows that the extent and 'potency of the lo cal infection are diminishing." In addition to the three regu lar doctors, it was signed by bacteriologist Whltey, who made the latest and several earlier ex aminations of his majesty. The King's extreme weakness clearly continues to be a matter that gives his physicians the greatest anxiety. The medical op inion expressed weeks ago that much patience will be needed on the slow road to recovery becomes increasingly evident with every day that passes. If the patient could be induc ed to take more nourisment the pace of his recovery from the ex haustion of six weeks of serious illness might be accelerated, . At present It is understood his nour ishment . consists mainly of two beaten raw eggs daily, supple mented by a little milk and meat and fruit juices. WASHINGTON, Dec. 31. (AP) -Tbe agreement of Bolivia- and Paraguay . to the terms of a protocol for the conciliation of their boundary dispute, drafted by the- special committee of the Pan- American arbitration conference tonight was followed by initial steps toward the organization of the international tribunal to settle the controversy. The acqulescence?of the two dis puting countries on the protocol was announced by the special' committee following an all day session which broke up early in the evening. .Under the terms of the protocol, the court will be made up of nine judges, two each by Bolivia and Paraguay and the other five named by the confer ence. The agreement came three weeks after the initial clash - of the two nations' forces at Fort Van guard ia. The international tribunal would make an investiga tion of this encounter and other hostilities and then would attempt to conciliate the dispute .. of the two countries. After the- committee's . meeting it was disclosed that the United States and Cuba had been, defi- fnitely agreed upon to serve on the conciliation court ana ootn court and both countries, ias under stood, through their representa tives have express willingness to serve. Argentina, Brazil and Uruguay, it was indicated, are the other countries to be selected by the conference to name judges. In quiries as to whether theses coun tries would, be willing to appoint judges were dispatched tonight by the committee. Alienation Suit Here Dismissed lions of -Amend's wife by mer.ns comfort--average fneonro from Inheritance of a course of conduct that is set The 120,000 alienation of affec tions suit brought against Newt Ellis, prominent Salem contractor. by Theodore C Amend, went out of court Monday on a voluntary non-suit without ever coming to trial. No, indication wasr given as to twbat settlement; it any, had been made by Ellis. Amend bad alleged that Ellis - won the affec- Postal Receipts At Salem Office Set New Record Volume of Election Mail Partly Responsible; De cember Holds Own Prisoners in Police Car Choke , Officer James; Caught f After Chase Assault Committed in Front of Police Station; Groans Summon Aid In a police automobile parked directly In front of the police eta. - M tion, AI Coars and Joseph Bingv1 ham, employes at the state hos pital, attacked and choked. OffW cer E. W. James almost within an inch of his life as the after math of ,a "New Year's spre e? Monday, 'night, according ' to charges' preferred, by James after T he had recovered from the effects of the punishment adnilnistesed. James arrested the two men oa charges of intoxication on Com mercial street, and was takiKg them to the station.. Just as he drove in to the curb in front of, the city halt, the two men leaped upon him and seized him abont. the throat so that he .o,M,jj'MU! cry forihelp. For ten minutes, later, they fought 4 ' James aeeking to dU-. 1 Year's Total of Building Raised 1 i By Late Permits Three building permits issued Monday brought the December total in Salem up to 3122,300, and made the year's total $1,605,643, according to records on file In the city recorder's office. Although tbe year fell. far below the 1927 mark of $2,904,104. November and December figures for 1928 were higher, forecasting stronger activity in the new year. Permits issued on the last day of the year included one for a $3200 dwelling which Frank J Yates wlll build at 115 River street, a $2000 dwelling which E. E. Pruitt and son will build for W. J. Thompson at 1745 Kay street, and repairs amounting to $2300 on Justice George Ross man's house at 910 Capitol street, with Barham Brothers in charge of the work. Receipts at the Salem postoff ice for the month ending December 31 stood at $26,385.20 Monday afternoon, with Postmaster John Farrar e s it 1 m aPfcJ n g that the month's total would reach nearly $27,000 when the books , were complete. This figure brings the years business to 3225,749.77 swelled over that of 19 ?7 by the large amount of election matter that vent through the office this year, f Aside from the election litera ture," fthe local office has just about I held Its own this year, showing a normal business, Mr. Farraf said. The 1928 total la over $3200 greater than . the $222,197.63 credited to 1927. The incomfe for ,1926 was $217,915.56. Kecelpts i ror December were $8,000 greater than- for Novem ber, when : the total was $18,- 726.43. Mr. Farrar points out. however, that monthly figures as such are ofiittle value in estimat ing the growth of the business, but that the normal yearly gain Is a healthy Indication. It Is interesting to note that the December receipts have dou bled each eight-year period since 1910, when the total business amounted to $6,165.57. Decern ber business in 1926 was almost as large as for the month Jut Closed. Merrymaking is General but Little Real Disorder in Celebration ROW OVER U ES TIEN INTO COURT tax was $45,000:; our in" tbe "complaint,"? Vehicle license Department to be Open for Business . The state motor vehicle, department, will- be ' open . all day' today. New Tears, in order that persons ide ' siring , to obtain . license platee may do o.;Thix la the first :. ttrn that the f motor veiilrle department ' , hmm attempted to serve the public o Nf Ifm day, PORTLAND, Dee. 81. (AP)- Portland today took into the courts the i dispute between the city and the Pacific Telephone and Telegraph company over the-telephone franchise adopted by -the people at tbe November election, and. rejected by the telephone company. The proposed franchise called for a 25 per cent reduction in rates. ,.: j In, a complaint in equity filed in circuit court, Frank S. Grant, city attorney, asked the court to declare that the Pacific Telephone ft Telegraph company has no rights upon the streets because jit has no franchise from the city anil asked the court to set forth all the rensonf why it questions the city s flghtito control the company by a suitable franchise. ' Th4 complaint pointed out: tha the company has been, occupying the streets! without a franchise since February 19, 1927, and that it Is carrying on its usual business without any authority from the city ceuncl. " The telephone company has ten days Qii which to file Its answer to thej complaint. .The possibility was seen today that the case may be transferred to the federal court where the question of the powers granted the city by the, public service r . commission . would be tried ut. vV:W;: ' Their telephone company " con tends hat the city has merely the poweif to regnlate ; the' manner In which! the! company may conduet lta business, rand' has nothing -tc do with -yaeav.fv-.i'-H Whistles,! horns, bells and still more in generous noise making devices, furnished plenty of din te welcome "Baby 1929" in! Sa lem at midnight, yet for the most part the celebration of the new year's arrival was devoid of real disorder. The streets were full of auto mobiles with their horns going, even though the greatfr number of Salem folk celebrated the oc casion indoors, at the "midnight matinee," at dances and watrh4 parties. r - Cowbells, confetti, rattles, the refined roar of modern civiliza tion, everybody sinning- "Hail, Hail, the Gang's all Here," and then "Happy New Year" with vim and vigor. No tears for de crepit old man 1928 and many i lusty shout for t-.. new infant 192 9. He must he u brave lad to 3tand such commotion without a whimper. Those intending to bat tle him these next twelve months had better put on their gloves, This was the greeting extended at the Elsinore New Year's eve by a packed house, a most enthusias tic, good-natured audience. They had reason to be good-natured for the show was fine and New Year's comes but once a year. With the idea that there would be plenty who would like to prolong the fun on New Years day itself Fan chon and Marco will hold over at the Elsinore for today. There will be plenty of fun left for the first day of 1929. ver and the men holding 'his ame and choking him. When he pulled the gun from its' holster, Coars, wrenched it away from him; tear ing James' hand badly as he did so, and aimed a. blow wltb the gun's butt at the oficer's head but missed. Caught In Chase Through Ah-y J n - Suddenly the men releawtd James, jumped out of the car and started to run. Instantly. James' groans were heard by Officer Fisher in the police station, and he rushed out and pursued tbe pair. They ran down Chemeketa street arid dodged up the alley. ! Fisher gained on them and back of the stage terminal held them up at the point bf his pistol. Coats at tempted to draw James'' gun from his coat, pocket, but ..Fisher stop ped him. Bingham also showed signs of fight, but still holding his gun 'on them Fisher ; handcuffed them together and marched them to the station. I i " f The police were ftcertaln morning what qfcf " placed against thr' ' One burglary v -er serious case w attention of thewi-r., night. Burglars entered the '".hen of. E. E. Bowen, 656 University street? by cutting the back screen and opening a door with a panta key after punching out a ey which was In the lock on the In side. They! took a .32 Colts auto matic aadj about $8 In silver. Bandits Get Away With $8000 Total NEW YORK. Dec. 31 -(AP) A few minutes before an armored truck was scheduled to arrive and take the day's collections to the bank, three armed holdup men entered the office of the Borden's farm product company's retail de liverydepot on West 39 th street. WATER'S ALL RIGHT ON FAIRMOUNT HILL Aerated Supply From Wooden: Tank Lacks Taste, Says Terwilliger . Another Idea was injected Into the discussion of Salem's watr problem when O. E. Terwilliger, local undertaker, declared Mow- day that when 'the water Is ex-, posed to the air and allowed to' absorb oxygen it loses Its dis agreeable taste. "The people up on top of Fair- mount hill don't have any trouble at all with their water," he said. They get their supply . from a tank situated about three blocks south of the reservoir. As tbe stream of water' is pumped Into this tank at the top and allowed to tall to the water's surface. It Is aerated sufficiently to'remom the offensive taste. This method is used In other plades when tbe water supply becomes unsatisfac tory.", V) This Is in line with the theory previously put forward that the algae does not affect the taste ot the water except by removing tbe oxygen, and when the oxygen is tonlrht and escaped with about $8,000, after beating one' of the put back in tbe 'unpleasant fate four employes in the office.'; Is eliminated. .. Interstate Bridge Made Free of Tolls Beginning With Start of Year 1929 PORTLAND, Ore.. Dec. Sl. (AP) With the dawn of the new year, tolls on the , interstate bridge connecting Washington and Oregon at Vancouver, Wash., werei but memories of 1928. For an or der, signed today and made ef fective at midnight, removed all tolls from the Pacific highway span, and placed ownership-of the bridge In the hands of thv Wash ington and Oregon state, highway departments., ; -sC-j - ---t The deed conveying ( title y of Multnomah (Ore.) county's; In terest In the bridge across the Co lumbia river was -signed by Ame dee M.' Smith, i chairman r the Multnomah county . board; and tbe county commissioners. ..With the onenlnr of If 29 the Oregon inter est In the bridge will bo Investedipected that the, county wilL. rc- ntlroly in the Oregon state high i The Washington transfer sad been made some days ago. H Effective at midnight, the pro-, visions read, pedestrians and e-, hides were no longer to be halted, that the customary toll might be exacted. - " .-' , 1 The action,- however, did not re move the revenue received fross the franchise - agreements with streetcar power and telephone lines. , . The fax; will continue 10. be received from streetcars at tfc V fate of 25 cents a car., .The cons- bined , revenue telephone - companies bridge will amount to approxi mately $900 annually. :, . In the terms agreed to netwetn- Multnomah county and the Ore gon highway com mission, it la cs- 1 a car.. The 1 from power mvi 1 panics using t Le ' ' 1 celve. frem- $45.0 .to $5.e - - way comMlsIB. j trem h commission. 1 3
