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PAGE EIGHT The OREGON STATESMAN, Sato, Oregon. Friday Morning, October 17, 1930 EiO IN T PRESIDENT AT A. F. L. CONVENTION IS SUCCESSFUL 550 Members Signed up, is Report at Meeting on Thursday Noon Total funds raised In the past vreek in the 39th annual enroll ment week program for the Y. M. C. A. totalled, Thursday. $13, 628.25 which represents 550 members. Twenty of the commit tee in charge attended yesterday's coon luncheon. For speaker of the day. Dr. Thomas Z. Davis was presented. Dr. Davis is a research specialist in human relations and an effi ciency expert. His address was along the lines that show business success due to the 'personality" element in men. Several compar ative stories of business bouses were told. The first day of the Y. M. C. A. week, last Friday, 206 renewed members and 8 new ones were reported. Most of these came in by mall. The representative n- nancial amounts were $8,788 and I Sill, respectively. The totals lay by day were as follows: October J.1,'237 renewals $9. 461; new 19 $254; October 14. 290 renewaH $11,526; 25 new $987; October 15, 313 renewals 512.273. new 27 $1,353: Oc tober 16.333 renewals $12,804, 33 new $1,495.50. Total num ber today 366 members and $3, 209.50. Second flay saw Banner IWord The greatest gain for any one day, since the week started is the second day with 53 renewals and 11 new members. The greatest financial gain was over last week end with a total of $2,798 raised between Saturday and Tuesday noons. The total goals of the week are 400 renewals, $16,000 In dues;i 150 new members, $2,500 in dues. The association lacks 34 in membership and $4,871.25 in fi nances. One of the features of the en tire week of work has been the undying enthusiasm and opti mism of the workers. There have been about 45 of them, two lay men working with each member of the board of directors in a team; Five daily luncheons have been served at the Y. M, C. A. with -an inspirational or instructional ad dress at each affair. Thomas B. Kay has been gener al leader of the work. Officials report .that the work will con tinue until the entire goal is reached. i Ml 1 m '- -in ' MM v. M t " f v.. c ''$ """JJ .Mr. 1 z . 'US President Hoover deliverhc ni address at the opening tesaion of the American Federation .of Labor Convention in Boston. The President intimated in his speech that the anti-trust acts might have be repealed in order to pat an end to nnfait competition in industry. Wil liam Green, President of the American Federation of Labor, it shown seated directly behind the President. 1111 II HOT LISTED The latest book of Everett Dean Martin, "Liberty," Is con tained m a list of selected titles Just placed on the book shelves at the public library. The follow ing list, while it does not include replacements and older books added to the shelves this week, contains the new titles: Bacheller, "A .and!e in the Wilderness"; Coyle, "A Flock of Birds": LeuSk, "Fields of Work for Women"; McBride, "Fin land: and Its People"; Martin, Liberty"; Maugham, "The Gen tleman in the Parlour" Miller, "High School Reporting and Ed iting"; Rosman, "The Young and Secret"; Schnitz, "The Hoax"; Smith, "Mastery Word List, Abridged Speller." Storey, "Beauty In Home Fur nishings, What to Choose and Why"; Tyson, "The Rhododen dron Man"; Van Dine, "The Scarab Murder Case"; Wile, "Marriage In the Modern Man ner"; Willsie, "The Last Full Measure"; Wood, "The Passing of Normalcy"; and Kahlex, "Fa ther Means Well.- MU TRIAL WILL SHU I OCTOBER 21 COS VEHICLE I OF DEPARTMENT CUT The cost of operating the state motor vehicle department dnring the nine month period ending October 1. 1930, was reduced to four and four-tenths per cent of receipts, which is the lowest for any nine months period in tbe history of the office. Fees during the period aggre gated $9,176,074, with expenses fixed at $403,936. The cost of conducting the de partment in 1929 was 4.9 per cent and In 1928 it was 5.4 per cent. Hal E. Hoss, secretary of state, announced that the per sonnel of the motor vehicle di vision would be at its low ebb within the next two weeks. A number of extra employes have been on the payroll since the an nual rush in July of this year. announced Thursday that it pro bably would be a week or more before he prepares an opinion as to whether the state reclamation commission has authority ' to grant the application of the California-Oregon Power company for permission to develop Grant power Bite on the Klamath river in Klamath county. At a recent meeting of the rec lamation commission L. A. Lilje quist, assistant attorney general, argued that the waters involved in the application had been ceded to the federal government and were not subject to appropriation by the pbwer company. WASHINGTON. Oct. 16. fAP) Suspicious circumstances surrounding a $200,000 fire on the battleship Colorado last June are being investigated by the navy department. Secretary Adams said today "events surrounding the fire led us to believe that there might have been some tampering" and that "when any suspicion arises a thorough investigation is con ducted." The investigation was disclos ed by the navy secretary today in commenting on published reports that the department believed the fire was started deliberately. Ad ams characterized the report as 'exaggerated." Fire broke out on the Colora do on June 2 while the battleship was at Colon awaiting passage through the Panama Canal. It destroyed the plotting room of the vessel and necessitated ex pensive repairs. The Colorado was taken to the Brooklyn navy yard for an over haul which disclosed needles stuclc Into the wiring system of the plotting room. It was beUev? ed they might have been placed there with malacious intent and an investigation was ordered. - Secretary Adams denied know ledge of a report that a second ire ; broke out on the vessel while undergoing repairs at the Brooklyn navy yard. The investigation into the first fire was ordered by Captain William S. Miller, who had been In command of the Colorado Since May 22. Opinion Delayed Upon Status of Power Petitions Attorney General "VanWinkle Advisory Pardon Board has Meet, Report Held up Members of the newly organ ized advisory state pardon board held a meeting at the state pen itentiary here today for the pur pose of considering- 15 Applica tions for pardon. These appli cations were referred to the board by. Governor Norblad. It was indicated that the board would withhold its find lngs from the public until such time as its report is filed with the governor. Meetings will be held monthly. The trial of Donald Nacker, charged with the murder of Fred B. Dunbar before tbe eyes of his companion, Doris Bacon, on a holiday outing September 1, will begin at Klamath Falls on October 21. Nacker has steadfastly main tained he was hunting a hawk in the woods and shot a moving ob ject which turned out to be Dun bar. The youthful killer who is confined in the Klamath county Jail is said to show the strain of confinement by his drawn face and deeply circled eyes. He has, however refused to break the sul len silence which he has main tained since his arrest. Circuit Judge William H. Dun can will preside at the trial which is the second murder case sched uled for this term of his court. The firm of Manning, McCol loch and Driscoll and Ralph W. Horan has been retained as coun sel for the defense. Horace M. Manning and Ralph W. Horan will conduct the arguments and ques tioning for the defense. T. R. Gin lenwaters, assistant district attor ney, will conduct the case for the state. " BRING RIDERS : mo bios (he I ASKED JCJOBER 30 W '-- ) Mjz?"! vA Led by Count Foike Bernadotte. four Swedish cavalry officers will iail for New York on October 18 to participate in the National Bone Show. Count Bernadotte is nephew of the Swedish King. Be and his wife (above), the for- ?er Miss Estelle Manville, of New ork, are expected to make their home in the United States when his military service is complete. Kentucky has 94,956 cattle In 13,126 herds tinder supervision of tuberculin test experts. (fHiost Colds Vy-v Rub well over CIIARGB WITHDRAWN CHICAGO, Oct. 15 (AP) The warrant charging larceny by bailee on the part of Congressmen Stanley H. Juns of the eighth Il linois district was withdrawn to day by Mrs. Anna Rogal. THd for the contraction of approximately 30 miles cf road: a number of bridges and two frame bulldinp?. will be oper-ed at a meeting of the Hate nifcb way commission to be fceM in Portland October 30. Projects for which coctracts will be awarded follow: Coos County Laktfcice North Bend section ol tie Roose velt Coast hiEhw&y, approxi mately 13 miles, of crushed rook i. .tnrfsHnp Deschutes and Crook counties Three and eleven-tenths miles of the Mid dle Unit, Bear Creek-MilHcan section of the Prineville-Hillican highway. . Jackson county. Approxi mately 9.65 miles of regrading and 8 miles of resurfacing on the Eagle Point-Trail section of the Crater Lake highway. Lane county Approximately 8.3- miles of grading on Lincoln county Line-China Creek section of Roosevelt Coast highway. North unit requires approximate ly 194,000 cubic yards of exca vation, and south unit 278,000 vards of excavation. ' Lane eountv Nine and three- tenths miles of broken stone and crushed gravel surfacing on Hen dricks Bridge-Doyle Hiil section of McKenxie highway. Umatilla county Furnishing of 21,000 cubic yards of broken stone in stock piles for improve ment of Pendleton-Emigrant Hill section of Old Oregon Trail. Umatilla county Furnishing of approximately 22,700 cubie yards of broken stone in stock piles on Adams-Milton section of Oregon-Washington highway. Wasco and Clackamas coun ties Furnishing of approximate ly 14,000 cubic yards of broken stone in stock piles on Mt. Hood Bear Springs section of Mt. Hood highway. Clackamas and Marion coun ties Bridge over Pudding river on county road at the county line three miles east of Hubbard. Deschutes county Construe- tion of frame storage ouuums on McKenzie highway at Red mond. . ' Grant county Construction or frame storage building on the John Day highway at John B;y. Marion county Construction of frame shop building at the state highway shops in Salem. Tillamook county Construc tion of frame storage building on the Roosevelt coast highway at Hebo. ELECTION RIOT FATAL ISTANBUL, Turkey, Oct. 15 (AP) Two persons were killed and thirty seriously injured at At lanta today during the municiai f-l.ption as nartisans of Fethi Bey's new' liberal party and the people's party clashed. Arguments Given Jpon two Judges Bill Injunction Arguments were heard in :"re state supreme court here Thurs day In a suit brought by Tort land attorneys to enjoin the sec retary of state from placing on the ballot at the November tac tion a referendum measure tacking the 1929 legislative aa authorizing two additional cr euit Judges in Mnltnou.a-3 county. The suit originated In the Mar ion county circuit court where Judge L. H. McMahan held for the defendants. The referendum of the two-Judge bill as launcr ed by W. F. Woodword of Port land, ex-m.-mber of the Oregon legislature. 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Abo bottles of 24 and 100 All druggists. i cm Canning of pumpkins and squash, from the initial opera tions to the final process, were witnessed yesterday noon by members of the Salem Lions club. The members, at invitation of B. D. Beedee, himself a lion and manager of the Oregon Packing company, motored oat to the can nery near Mill and 12th, where the pumpkin canning was view ed. Then the group visited the vl 2th street plant, where pears were be ing canned. The visitations were made following the regular week ly luncheon session held at the Gray Belle. The club roted nearly four to one yesterday to change its place of meeting to the silver grille at the Gray Belle. Invitations to two charter night events were read yesterday. The Portland den is sponsoring. charter night October 15 for the new Seuwood and LInnton clubs, and October 18 the John Day den will observe its charter event. -,- 1 CHEMIST DIES . Trv-llf OTITT . Ulna - t K I II I III I IH1W. HBKB U I : the Dow Chemical Co- Midland. y Mich., died at the Kahler hospit- i al here late, today. ... - . ; There have been 140 makes of 'American passenger autos In IS TThTPifftgu women know how to enjoy (CDCBQDDQCBL? CiQltcDQCBDQS . . . tvith purer, air I Electric cookery is cleaner cookery! Walls do not have to berefinished so often. There is no soot. ..no smoke. ..no smudge. ..no vitiated air. Pots do not have to be scoured, for electric cookery is Indeed the height of deanlines ! Foods are more thoroughly cooked. ..cost less ...taste betterThere's good reason for all these things. Well be glad to explain. ' Qectric cookery is quicker...cleaner and our new domestic rates make cooking by wire cost very little! WESTTNGHOUSE Electric Ranges in stalled for The quickveook suit that heats al ulring surface cooking i peedyl VERY ATTRACTIVE TERMS PORTIAfwD GEfwERaL CLECTDIC CO, lUCCISSOll TO I I ULL .PUBUC-i-S Pacific Qlorthwest . CS. JOHNS. 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