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V Feundae lilt . ' .'' ; : "No Favor Sways Us;. No Fear Shall Aictf -From First Statesman, March 28. 1 SSI j, THE STATESMAN PUBLISHING CO. Charles A. Spragui . .'-' Editor-Manager ' SHELDON- K. Sackctt ifanaging-Eailot llfabfr of the Associated Vreas i j. . Tha AaoclalcS Press ta OMlvaIjr entitled la the UN for pabllcav Mm ef all am dispatches credited to It or not otherwise credited 1 this paper. . ' . . " . .. i Regional Government WASHINGTON is reported to be considering the wisdom of decentralizing administration by establishing ten or twenty "little , Washingtons" or sub-capitals over the country. Portland is suggested as one of the cities that might be selected. 1 ' '--:-: I - . A proposal for establishing regional governments was made in an article in the Atlantic monthly recently by Wil liam Bennett Munroe, student of political science. His idea extended" farther than mere localizing of present functions of the federal government, which is what the "little Washing ton" idea means. He suggested regional governments with wide powers of legislation as well as administration. At the meeting of the Southern Political Science asso ciation in Atlanta Dr. Manning of the University I of Kentuc ky suggested regional governments largely to supersede the sovereignty of individual states. Dr. Manning proposed some ten provinces. There is some reason for regional units ; but if states are retained and a regional organization interposed between states and the central government it is plain to see another clash of authority. After 'nearly a century and a half the country isn't positive just what state's rights are. To create Cnew unit and assign it new powers would be to invite fresh contention. If state lines were abolished through consolida tion of several states into a province then, the complication would be avoided ; ibut there would remain the dispute over division of powers , i The fact that Washington is recognizing the wisdom of decentralizing the .Washington establishment confirms opin ions frequently expressed in these columns that it is quite unfeasible to attempt to administer the intimate details of the life of 125,000f000 people from one central headquarters, save in a completely socialistic or fascist state. ; , It wilt not be possible to solve this problem perfectly. There is'a fundamental dash between liberty and authority. The social state exists only by establishing degree of toler ation between the two. Authority, no matter what the form, tends to absorb individual liberty, until a point is reached when there is an explosion: authority suffers, personal lib erty is re-established. Political .science is the fine art of me liorating these forces which pull in opposite directions. The American federal system represented a very good compro mise. That is why we view with alarm the tendency toward a full concentration of power in Washington, because of the liklihood the power will be abused.. Governmental reorganization on the scale contempla ted in fhe "province" plan would call for a redrafting of the constitution and so conservative are the voters when it comes to fundamental changes in the structure of government, that this seems too remote a possibility to receive serious atten tion now.-The idea is worth allowing to percolate, however. Scientific COMES the season of the year when, other news being scarce, the pronouncements of scientists and near-scien-i tists as to their discoveries gets into the news. There is usually a lull in politics and in business news between Christ mas and New Year's and since this is the time the learned space than is usual, newspaper space being considered more valuable for reports, of homicides, divorces, political manou- iNkiiny CATMAfiwiAii 4-Ik a fiAlAT1rA 4-V.tv es vaffi i 1 k-rl ia foo l""f 1 1 1 1 Yf and wonderfully made. It is about time for another thriller from Tekla about a mysterious and powerful death ray. Be tween the exaggerations of some who claim to be scientists i and tht ionnranro nf manv rnrnmnrt-crnvrfpn variptv of rpnort- ers who seek to cover their addresses the material is indeed bewildering. Archaeology always gets a good break in the papers, be cause people are interested in what their ancestors did sev eral thousand years back. Now we see a report that field workers have found a civilization flourished at Troy 3200 years agd- the original Troy, that is major objective of the first of tHe' World Wars. Medical research is also highly fa vored in the news. New cures for cancer are periodically an nounced and with equal regularity denounced. Now a re search bacteriologist blames the humble streptococcus with doing man most of his dirt, from scarlet fever to erysipelas. Scientists are busy pushing back the curtains of ignor ance and bringing into human understanding facts of the world of nature and of past civilizations. But it is always hard to separate wheat from chaff. Newspapers cannot do it, , because the task is beyond their field ; but they are endeavor ing to give more accurate reporting of the discoveries being made by science. .1 - ' "No Million Lost" AN editorial of particular significance because it appears in the Bend Bulletin and presumably is written by its ac curate editor, Robert W, Sawyer, who 13 a member of. the state capitol commission, carries the title "No Million Lost". It makes it clear that no PWA grant has been lost "yet" ; "In one of Governor Martin's recent fulminations on the subject of the state capitol he criticized the state Ben ate for hav ing thrown away a million dollars in federal funds that might .'have been granted had the state's application for PWA money - been for a sufficiently large ism. Inasmuch as all the negotia i t tions with PWA for a grant were carried on by the governor and - ' inasmuch as the grant received is exactly the snm applied for it is difficult to find justification for the criticism. The senate has not thrown away any-million of federal funds. "Lest there be misunderstanding let us hasten to point out that the governor's building program called for an expendi ture of 13.500,000 and, further, that the program voted by the legislature was for only $2,500,000. There's a difference of 51. 900.000 between these, two figures but that does not mean that ' the senate has lost any federal figure of that amount. The fed eral grant applied for was S1.S75.00O and the contract with " PWA executed first by the board of control and then by the cap ltol reconstruction commission is for exactly that sum. Nothing has been lost yet. "The situation is easily explained. PWA is Teady to provide Ara.n. wltK A K . narnanf rt a that an rt ot Tri Tl H aa 13,500.000. 6o far the state has indicated its intention to limit the project cost to $2,500,000 and in that case it will receive only $1,125,000 of federal funds. If another legislature, however, de cides that the project total should be increased by $1,000,000 then PWA will furnish $1,575,000. v j "It the next legislature does nothing in this connection what 1 Oregon will stand to lose will be $450,000. not a million. "Preliminary estimates are that $2,500,000 is hardly enough to build a capitol and yet many feel that the sorely beset library should be provided. for out ot the capitol fund. Certainly, a new library building Js badly needed. Why not get the benefit of the remainder of the PWA grant and by a further state appropria tion of $550,000 provide for the library? J - Mayor LaGuardia is moving in on the food racketeers In New York city. He has closed up the artichoke business temporarily, but so far has done nothing about spinach. Well dressed gangsters use strong arm methods to control the vegetable and poultry indus tries ot the big city. Tribute as brazen as that of, the Barbary pirates is levied, all of which increases costs to the consumers or diminishes returns to producers. The country will wish the New York mayor access. ; The farmers who are taking the, lead In opposing; the change f date of the primary election, arguing that in September the farm ers are too busy with harvest to go to vote, are the ones who neg lect fall plowing and spring seeding whUe out beating political snakes out ot the hedgerows. They always seem able to take off for a ses iva ia Tortland or Salem even with hay down and a storm com- .. tr. - - -r ! , i-'ai 1 1 fii- News ?lnr!iii. i 2i, Ills.. OILEGON STATESMAN CIcm, The Great Game of Politics By FRANK R. KENT I Coprrif t 1935. y The Baltimore Baa A Bit Too Bland ! Washington, Dec at. IT might be -wise for -the hot- blooded Mr. Hopkins, head of the WPA, to make a nice New Year's resolution to . "keep cool un der fire, dur- Ing t the next few months while congress - Is V In j. session. Because the ln- dlcations are that he and the j gigantic organ ization he oper ates are s going to be rather a : favorite ; target for the sharp ?rtnk K. Kent shooters of the opposition. ALSO, it might be well if Mr. Hop kins could find some better way of meeting criticism than by de nouncing the critics as dumb. The fact is there is not the slightest sense in Mr. Hopkins being sensi tive about this criticism and his truculence does not become him. Conciliation rather than defiance would seem the Intelligent thing for a man in his position, and that when charges are made it might be smarter to manifest a desire to get at the truth rather than either to blandly ignore them as unworthy of notice or answer by imputing discreditable motives to the critic. if Mr. Hopkins were far more amply equipped by nature and ex perience for the role of a great executive than he is, it still would be Impossible for him to do this job without great waste, mistakes and abuse. It is silly to take the ground that anyone who intimates that blunders are being made. money thrown away and politics played is a villain. All those things are true. They were inevitable from the start and it is absurd to pretend otherwise. Neither he nor Mr. Roosevelt are as yet above criticism, though they sometimes appear to be under that delusion. AN example of this is afforded in tne reception of the Quite serious charges concerning the WPA in Pennsylvania bv ex-Governor Pin- chot in a letter to Mr. Roosevelt. In it Mr. Pinchot charges that work-relief in his states is being "prostituted to nolitics." that th- sltuatlon has become a "stench ia the nostrils of decent neonle " that republicans are denied work re lief unless they register as demo- I crats, that Jones, the state direc tor, uas -aeiiiea and degraded a great enterprise and thousands of families are Buffering" because of him. He asks the president, in the light of his public promise that there should be no politics in the distribution of the great fund given him, to remove Penn sylvania relief from the "evil in. fluence" of Senator Joseph Guf- ley. NOW you may like or dislikA Governor Pinchot, but he isn't a man who can be safely ignored. He is a citizen of reputation and char acter, who certainly cannot be classed as a Tory and who was a warm friend, personal and politi cal, of Mr. Roosevelt. If what he says is even partially true, it i a dreadful and indefensible thing about which no one should be as concerned as Mr. Roesevlt. whn last year solemnly assured the American people that Politics would not be allowed to touch the relief work, expressed horror at me mere loea of "playing politics wun Human misery." . . o " IT may be that Governor Pin chot's charges are without found ation, hut It WOuld Kfem snrlli. while to call on him for proof, to nave some son of hearing or in vestigation; at least to make a gesture. It would seem that sations as grave as these should not be Ignored by the Dresidrnt who, with such solemnity. nlorfe-eri himself to keep the work of relief rree rrom politics. It would seem that they deserve mor rmmf- tion than a conteniDtuaan n-nrri from Mr. Hopkins and a bland smne irom the president; that they should not be allowed to n rnn with the careless comment of the pure-nearted Mr. Guffey, who, re laxing at Miami Beach. don't intend to let anything Gov ernor Pinchot says interfere with my rest. - UPON what meat do these gentle- mcu 01 ine .ew urder" feed that they can make and break nromisea without explanation; that tey can disdain to reply to- serious ac cusations from responsible men; that they can do as they riease .. .--uisut. auj uuecu a I ail: HOW do thev STft that mriv-y c. the knowledge that no resolution to investigate any charge against, the administration n k - - mjtj f uueo through congress, they seem for io oe m position to laugh almost anything off to scout the idea that, work relief turned over to Guffey in Pennsylvania and Pendergast in Missouri could be Tui;r io l t. i . w. lujhra one wonder W I. n 4 q.V . . ... iey wouia De like if they V Q ,1 M iuui more years or power. Dairy Credits to Be Revised, Word i-redictlon that within a short time new credit accounts in the wairy business will be handled on the same businesslike basis upon which new or f A it handled in the modern store was maae Dy Mrs. William Rush, speaking Friday noon at the Sa lem Credit association luncheon at me Argo botel. Mrs. Rush, of the Meadow Grove dairy at Macleay. described ! the method in vklch that H,irr handles new accounts, and declar ed mat U16 ork of the tredii r. n ii n .M..HIUI n t ' . . . 'i . a- . v 66 WIFE IN CHAPTER XXXIX The winter passed pleasantly for Helen. She was amused at Stella's trip to California where she tried to get into the movies. Someone had told her that she looked like haughty lady of the films who played society roles ant disdained first name. Helen wasnt sorry to have missed tha blr scenes that preceded Stella's scheme and the orgies of righteens justification when Stella returned in March nnsnccesTni in her venture. She came back broke. with a severe cold and several nanndi nnderweirht. ' ' "I've lent her the farm at Bound Brook to stay until she recovers.' "That was sweet of yon, dear." "Ethel and Eddie are going oat with hex. Ethel wants a vacation from the Salon she deserves it and Eddie wants to paint." That's an excellent idea. "Acnes is thinking of taking a place near there toe so she can use the pool. She's not a bit well. Bat by the time you want to go oat there in Jane or Juiy, tneyu prooaoiy an be back here." They needn't rush, dear. I've been talking with Dr. Asche. He favors the seashere for young ba bies. I've been thinking we'd take a little place at Lone Beach for a change. If a so near; yoVd be able to commute so much more comiorta- When it waa clear te the ethers that Helen was go lag te the ridicu lous and unnecessary expense of takinr boose at the shore after Walter had spent cock a fortune to remodel a country home for her. An- Astasia and the nurse were installed at the farmhouse and Agnes and Carl decided it would be cheaper te stay there too. Business in the Salons waa boom ing. Walter opened two new places-. one on Broadway and Fornetn Street and second one In Brooklyn over the Keith AXbee Theater on Dekalb Avenue. This waa the larg est shop of the chain and nearly as elaborate as Anaatasia'a Fifty seventh Street. It was Walter's idea to capture all the Brooklyn beauty oarler trade from this vantage point. Even Helen was a little apprehen sive at this enormous expansion bat Walter was so confident of himself that her doubts were never spoken. The Anastasia finger wave swept the country and the Anastasia per jnanent was the most talked of and - a a m . . a successxui oi tne pioneers in tne field of permanent waving. The An astasia bob was a sensation. The Anastasia Salons were rapidly mounting to the-peak of their pros perity, waiter worked uke a demon. The girls, excepting Irene, of coarse, not wishing to lose their bald on the business, went back on a Dart-tune casts and made a great -show of managing and advising Walter and proving their indispensabtlity by aiicme nis everv move and thus making mm work doubly hard. 9 Apropos of askinir one dav whv she never met Dirk at his mothers any more evenines. Cecily said in advertently. "He drops in mornimrs on his way to business to see mother instead of at night." "Why. Ces?" Helen asked in sur prise. Cecily, conscious of ha vine let the eat out of the bar. decided to make a clean breast of it. ' "He's forced to avoid you. Irene mm jewwo. "Oh. Ces! Not jealous of Dirk and me I Why. It's impossible." You know how fond of von Dirk Is. It must have leaked out that he met yon here in a while and brought yea home. In order to spare you any unpleasantness, he comes another time. Irene nrobablv saia something:. 1 don't now exact ly because Dirk didnt tell me." -But our friendship it hurts no oner Cecily rrimaeed. "Explain that to tny sister-in-law if yon can!" ..... Summer found Irene Installed in her beloved and fashionable Green wich. Helen found pink stucco villa at Long Beach that was an as sault to the eye but it had three bathrooms, a terrace and was half bureau here is helping to bring the credit standard of the dairy business to where it belongs. Mrs. Rush a talk is one of a series be ing presented by members of the association on how the firm each Oregon, Saturday llornia December 13r"1935 The Doorman CUSTODY" a block from the ocean. The rest of the Rilers were at the farm Bound . Brook. Sometimes Helen dreamed that she was there with them and she awoke bathed ia cold sweat. Then she remembered that she was far away from them in her pink candy villa; that daily on the beach with Hiss, Fredericks her two children were sunning them selves without interfere nee. Only Walter still had them clamoring and beating against mm. roer Walter. Stul. be was used to them. One evening in July Helen stood at the train with Grade waiting for Walter. Helen spying him. held uracie aiort was sne coaid wave to him. Helen was in white. Around her fair hair she had tied a white net band. On her feet she wore white low-heeled oxfords. She looked like a very young girt holding aloft a baby sister. Then Helen saw Wal ter wasnt alone. "Dirk!" she called. "Oh. Dirk! How grandl" She actually jumped op and down with loy. He wore a tan linen suit and, Uke waiter, ne was naie and tired. "I ha vent seen you in ages and ages. Uh, mrM" Ha wrtmr her hand. "You're sight to gladden the senses, Nellie ,1.. fuVa U..1 CV.t4.tM Walter kissed Helen and Grade. "She gets prettier every time I look as ner. "I'm so dad you came. Dirk." "I had to work like a trooper to persuade him to come out. I dis covered he's been staying at his dab the nights he doesnt go out to Greenwich and I Just insisted he come out here with me. If s such a short run by train." "Coed for you. Walt!" "I didn't really need much ner- suaeiaa, Nellie." He looked down at her ouixaicaSv. "You've arrow a tra. Mail! VinM M They rot rate the ear. Walter took the wheel. Hden sat in the back with Dirk. Grade on her Ian. "Thanks to you. she mnrmnredL mciong up tne tnreaas of their con versation. No. yon have vonrself te thanlc. xour KTOwmfiT no was inevitable. You're adaptable, sensible and wise, IOU don t need me anv Ioneer " ho saia saaiy. Uh. Dirk. I do! I've missed von so. Let's not talk about it. Oh. I've missed you sol But let's talk about you. He made a wrv face. "Can w nave swim before dinner" "Sure thuur." Walter called nvi his shoulder. "I take a dip every night. Youll fee! like a new man after a swim and a-good dinner. Maybe we can take in a show to-nis-ht too. Well, here we are. Hpt' tne pink. love nest I" Dirk had Koon in tVa k.Krt t 1 1 . w. VA KV- vnr trn ta CrMnwirh m Wr4r - raigm mira again on raoay nignt and utaTinr till Umvh. bis first visit to Long Beach, he went up to Greenwich only on Fridays and the other four nights he came out with Walter. ReTte ana t (rrkaiuf 1 wilu neien at urn end or July. She had a snrnrise for Halm n k wonranem nnger sne nad a small wuiaire, tier nance came eut the next day. He was an assistant in structor Of ehTlril-a- at rnlnmMa f " J mtm ww.MUSVUk University a tall, fair young man wim a wioe, pleasant grin and a sense of humor. His name suited him. It was Guy Stan wick. "Well be married as soon as Gay gets nis appointment as an intne. COT. IU tHrh nrrtl'l ka'a mi. an assistant professor and then IU re- 2 B See a a a. ign mva weru nave a paoy. A-n awxoi ioz aepenas on you, TOBBV man " DirV lanauwl at tYm nf oi neiic i uiamauim. Guy srinned. "Belle's rot it all . r V. . . . . . laid out like a Jigsaw puzzle. I don't know what shell do if one of the parts doesnt fit." ' jj "Do yon know what IU do, Stan wickt" - "For lord's sake. nc4" "IH marry you just the same!" applauded and they all joined in losmy. w Aururt was hot. It seemed as if represents handles credit busi ness. , Dr., J. Vinton Scott, chairman of the committee arranging the association party as a regard for the recent membershipdrlve, an M bkahuce Ltmrrz the weather waa out to break all records. Every night Hden went to meet her two men in the car and new she joined them in their swim before dinner, "Agnes was In today," Walter told her one evening as he took the wheel. "Really; on-such a hot day?" "Yes, I tried to coax her te eome out here with us hut she couldn't. I imagine she's had some f ass with Stella. She said something about going eut to reur place to see Irene, nirlr. I tnA Itmr vrni mm mi .nln. , w... ..... j ww mm a home tomorrow and that if she came out wrta us tonignc, yon coma onve her out to Greenwich tomorrow when yen went." "That was a clever idea." "What did she say, dear ?" "Ta toll wnrt tm trath lu mmmwmA to be all excited suddenly over some thing. She said she bad changed her ouuu aw wouiu kv wufc vo urcenwicu tonight." "Oh, welL she always was queer. Dirk, I'm all excited! I've been prac ticing that overhand stroke you tinffht tml I An it awalll Til challenge you to a race with it." tr nat ere vne oaos I Two to one." "You're on." They were in their suits and down at the beach just as the sun, a ball of hlMwf ana liniita bit ! era sky. The beach was dotted with tV . A.. a . m,m,m m . Muicra, many ox waons, use Walter, had just come in off the train. The -water was cool and refresh ing and the men swam easily while Hden valiantly plowed after them, using the new overhand stroke. "You're pretty awful, darling." Walter laughed. "And yeu challenge Dirk!" , "And ma tha rl an. wvmXAm m Tale, It only goes te show the new "I waa mTvS Ktta i- noon," Hden panted. Mamie served their dinner en a card table on the terrace. It was eOOl HOW a IK thai M. mt-mmm I , : . - - j mmmim uuar ll .ta "fj7-. Tn? y the light of a bridge lam lugged in the hall through the window. Every uami came out sns tripped On the cord. Tha Arat Helen giggled and they railed but the fmntk a AV m-i .1 .. , MKJ "CIO IU choking with laughter, Mamie join- -uar u KUw-naiureaiy. ine chilled soup and the fresh shrimp salad on watercress n rfllon. u.t. had brought the recipe for the po tato salad front Germany. They ate ravenously. The dessert was a fro zen custard. Then iced coffee and chocolate cake. , After dinner they strolled out to the natrh af lawn -t.- i atragglinw aeacia tree, were set out ,l.T.r' na a guaer ham mock. Still laughing they flopped QOWn On the hail-a at tht J smoked. The sky was tropical in Its black ness. They could hear the break of 'be waves en the beach. To the right there waa misty glow in the sky from the glittering hotels on the boa.rriwa.lk- Thm -v.. : lence for a while. Walter began to sin? his own ver sion of "Tha Cams! flM . - - w.w. WW.M..UV. Time." H(1m mrA Ttirk- -k;. J I - mrmmm, MU. The effect pleased them enormously. SirV- V mm m wjm gooa. iei s sing some thing else. - "I love to sina. I innuflmii tmm there's SO lmvh ma.i in mm that T cant bring out." "Reallv. Walter . HIm m ai. prised. " S a fact. 1 wish 1 had some talant far aTaMninn KVa a vaI if only I eeuid play the piano or the noun, t useo to oe a wis on tne harmonica." , MMavha it ariTI mnu nt-it In im children, darling." -i nope soi wnat else shall we dngt" Dirk started "There's a Long, fvno Trail." Na ennnav ha1 ha An. ished thsn Walter began "Down by the Old Mill Stream." Ok XXTmltmrn mm. U . thlno. iMa,r than thatV Vim V ,.mt yoa can tdl people's ages by the .t 1 i m v. i i . a oogs wey amgi ueien oeciarea. . (To Be Continued) Cawrlaat. lit, at Mlaa Hn i n. laa nounced yesterday that the event, t e n t a 1 1 vely scheduled for New Year's eve, will not be held until the middle of January, and then probably In the St. Paul's Episco pal church parish .ball. Health B Itojid S. Copeland, MJ). THE SCIENTISTS Who specialize In th study of the ao-caUed ductless glands are known as "endocrinolo gists. We are greatly indebted to them for oar better understanding of these Strang but vital organa. It is pretty well establUhed that our physical and mental peculiarities are greatly influenced by the ductless glanus,' otherwise known as the glands of internal secretion. It Is believed that m some way they are responsible for many of the qualities that mark the different types of men and women. We meet the very tan and ths very short persons; the . hairy individual and the smooth-skinned; the Irritable and Impatient person, as well as the calm, collected Individual whose emo tions are difficult to arouse. These varying characteristics may be deter mined by the glands of internal se retlon. Symptoms Explained These g'ands manufacture and supply the body with what are known as "hormones". The hormone, a chemical substance, is liberated Into the blood stream. It is carried to very part of the body to exercise Its own peculiar power. Of 'all the important ductless glands, perhaps the thyroid Is the one best known. It is located In the re part of the neck. 'close neighbor to the "Adam's apple". The secretion of this particular gland, besides many other important functions. Influences physical and mental growth. When the thyroid secretes too much of its substance serious illness results. If there is a lack of secre-. tion, a condition, known as "myxe dema" develops. The symptom pro duced may I be mild or severe, de pending upon the extent of the fail ure in function. '" The victim of myxedema has a marked dryness of the skin and com plains of vague pains. ' Parts' of the body appear to be swollen; this I especially true of the face and hands. The sufferer tires easily and is men tally and physically sluggish. In some cases the hair becomes thin, coarse and brittle. The voice takes on a harsher tone Extract Is Bletsing There are ups and downs in the disease. Always though, it Is some what deceptive. For example, the patient may give the appearance of having gained weight, yet the scales show there Is no actual Increase in weight. This is discouraging..- yet few (Other constitutional disorders re spond to treatment as quickly as myxedema. The philosophy of the treatment Is simple. Since the symptoms are 'due to the lack of thyroid secretion, com mon sense says to make up for this lack by giving a substitute for the natural product. The deficiency is overcome by the administration of thyroid extract. But I must warn against the Indis criminate use of thyroid extract. It must only be taken under the per sonal supervision of a physician. In too large doses It Is a dangerous and harmful drug. Properly used It Is a blessing to humanity. Given In myxedema relief Is 'aimost instan taneous. This extract Is made from the thy roid glands of lower animals. It pos sesses th same properties as the natural human secretion., Dr. Copeland U glad to antxeer inquiriea from readers who Mend oddrctsed stamped envelope icith their Questions. All inquiries should, he addressed to him in cere of this netcspaper. v (Copvriffht, J938. K. F. 8.. Ine.) Twenty Years Ago I December 28, 1015 i ; George WjGlover, 72. only son or tne late Mary Baker Eddy, died In South Dakota today. A Chicago buyer Is In 'Salem to purchase a trainlbad of onions. There Is considerable fishtinr along the Tripoli border of west ern Egypt between the British and Arabs. Ten Years Ago j December 28, 1023 -San Francisco The East-West charity football game Is expected to net 130,000 for the Shrine hos pital fund. Halibut are disappearing at an alarm in 7 ratA from warora Fit tha. north Pacific, the head of the in ternational fisheries commission states. -"Z?.' ; One of Mario Irounty's land' marks, the McAllister flouring mill near Prat urn, burned to the ground today. t Judge Riiles Upon Banking Questions ; ALBANY, Ore., Dec. 27.-C)-Circuit Court Judge L. H. McMa- han told the Linn county grand Jury today that state courts do not have jurisdiction over nation al banks and, therefor, ' cannot rule on the question whether a national bank is operated crimin ally when its officers know it to be insolvent. The Judge also held that offi cers of a holding company cannot be indicted if they borrow ille gally from a bank which their company controls If the loan was made more than three years ago. Renewal of the loan during that period does not constitute a new loan and, therefore, does not sus pend the ststute of limitation, the Judge said. The decisions were given when I the grand Jury Interrogated the I judge concerning its consideration of possible procedure against a closed bank and holding company. , More Scout Offices e PORTLAND ' Or War tllK. -Edward L. Curtis, regional ex- uuve oi ine aoy scouts of Amer ica, said to dav the rerional hnaf. quarters, now In Spokane, would be ODened In Portland arl in January.. 'Pat Finhegan' Figure in Case Former Salem Wrestler kmted io Party by . Thelma Is Report (Continued from page 1) associate, and R. H. W. Schafer. manager of , the sidewalk cafe laughed at the report. "It's ridicu lous, like most ot ine -mysteries here," West said. Charles "Duke" York, actor and "Lord Lansdowne," wrestler, were dismissed after questioning by deputies. They were not sub poenaed. . "Nothing to it." Fore man George Rochester said. "Their stories don't make sense.: York appeared at the grand Jury room this morning; talked to Foreman George Rochester and said he was told to "stand by." He said le worked in Miss Todd's last picture, and had arranged with her to go to Martha Ford's party, which was held on Sunday, the day after Miss Todd was last seen alive. "She was going to introduce me as the Duke ot York, and we were going to take. Lord Landsdowne, the - English wrestler. We were going to pose as noblemen for a 'gag.' She was going to pick me up at 3 o'clock but I never beard from her,". York said. COLUMBUS, O., Dec. 27(P) -Al Haft, Columbus wrestling pro moter. Identified v'Lord .Lands downe," mentioned . today in tho Thelma Todd death investigation in Los Angeles, as "Pat Finn gan," a Springfield, O., wrestler. Landsdowne- in Los Angeles, denied his real name was Wilbur Finran or that he was born in Springfield. ' . In Springfield, Mrs. Wilbur Finran claimed him as her son and said she had not heard from him for more than two months. She said she believed he was on the West Coast. Springfield sports writers said they had first chang ed his name to Fianegan. Mrs. Finran said her son adopt ed the Lord Lansdowne title sev eral years ago as a publicity stunt when he was wrestling in Sprlng- .M Ok. -.1.4 mm. A .1.1m to an English name or title. Haft said Flnnegan, as part of his wrestling "front.'' appeared on the street and in the ring In fu'l dress, a ribbon across his chest, . and wearing a monocle. Flnnegan went to the coast sev eral years ago. Haft said, after a brief mat career in the middle west. He defeated Jack Reynolds' a year ago and the national wrest ling association recognized him as welterweight champion. He lost the title to Reynolds 4n Louisville on Derby eve. "Pat Flnnegan" made Salem his headquarters for several UiUUVUS, mJ A V . v-V J v. a aa. e while wrestling in the northwest. If there is any question about "Lord Landsdowne" being the . same man In Los Angeles, there is none in Salem. Several months ago he returned and wrestled here, a much improved grapp'er. He was again billed as "Flnne gan," but all local wrestling fans. mi Attrhsi annnf ffhvao. vnopa tt 0A nuv IT sa? watt w v sa, u , a w a - under the "Landsdowne" name. Simon President. BllSUieSS League t Continued from page 1) called by; President Simon early in January of all stores interested. In reading the annual report for . the year 1 9 S 5, President Simon called especial attention to the good work of the league in refus ing endorsement of various kinds of worthless advertising schemes presented by outside, solicitors President Simon stated tuat L the league had been incorporated and was ready to act against any business r firm that violated the fake sale ordinance passed a few months ago by the city council at the request of the Business Men's league. , Business' and professional men, were urged by the league to re- fuse advertising to outside solici tors and to report to the chamber of commerce as soon as such soli citors were anown io De woraing the city. 'Little Capitals' Answer Is Varied (Continued from Page 1) of government something along this line should be done." Representative i Pierce (D-Ore.) said regional offices would be "ex tremely advantageous" in speed ing up such matters as wheat al lotments." adding that delays have been "so extremely vexatious that government x agencies here seem almost to have broken down under' the weight of detail." Holding places on the commit tee which made the recommenda tion were Secretaries Ickes. Wal lace, Roper, Perkins, and Dern, and In addition. Harry Hopkins. In charge of the government's re lief activities as works progress administrator. . Five Are Injured In Auto Mishaps (Continued from page 1) . age to the truck. Glare from lights of an approaching car was blamed for the accident. ' The two women Injured early yesterday morning In an automo bile accident on the Pacific high-, way a short distance north of Sa lem were Clarice Stewart. 150 North list street, and Ruth Crum. Electric avenue. It was reported yesterday. The former suffered se vere facial lacerations, the latter cuts and bruises. Troy Cox of Lyons, Kan., was driver of tbe car in which they were riding. It col lided with an auto driven by Wil liam Lee George of Eugene.