1 1
CITY EDITION
Dally averag nt paJd circulation for
month ending March It, 125.
RAIN TONIGHT
And Sunday; fresh t oitrong southeast
winds reaching gala for along coast.
Local Max., IS; mtn., 4f: rain,
river, ft. 4; atmos., cloudy; wind, south
east.
6719
Averse dally distribution T059.
Member Audit Bureau of Circulation!.
FORTY-SEVENTH YEAR No. 93
SALEM, OREGON, SATURDAY, APRIL 18, 1925.
DDtf'P THDPP f'l?MT 0 TRAIN8 AND SEWS
1 IWUU AUltuu vu..fcj
STANDS FIVB CENTS
U KU
1
1RGANIZE
LINEN MILL
Workers To Canvass City
Thoroughly During
Next Week and Report
Daily At Luncheons.
While the outlook Is bright, ac
tion has not been fast enough In
putt In? over tho proposed linen
mill for Salein. Aa a result a com
plete reorganization of the plan
for the drive will be effected next
week, and starting with Monday's
luncheon at noon, regular noon
day luncheons will be held dally
for workers in the big drive. By
Saturday noon. It is confidently
predicted, the workers will lay
the bacon on the luncheon table In
the shape of a full subscription
list fur Salem's quota.
"The money is here sand the spirit
Is here," declared one of the lend
ers today. "All we have to do is to
get them together, and the deed
Is done."
Pick Own Prospects
Work so far h;is been on the so
called "block" plan, a committee
of workers being aligned to each
block to work that particular
block. The system has not prov
ed effective. A team or two, go
ing out and merely skimming the
urface, have had remarkable re
sults. Other blocks have not been
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IE
Hanford, Cal.. April IS. Fred
W. Mille, foreman of the ranch of
Mrs. Jennie Laura Brown, near
Hanford, was arrested at 10:30
o'clock last night at the ranch on
a warrant charging murder as the
result of the violent death of Leo
Camp, wealthy young rancher
whose body was found at the base
of a wlnmill on the Brown ranch,
December 17, 124.
The arrest was made as the re
sult of an indictment voted by the
Kings county grand jury, which
also named J. H. Tipton, uncle of
Mrs. Brown, who is now under ar
rest In San Francisco charged
with .the same murder.
A coroner's jury returned a ver
dict of accidental death In the
Camp case last December after
hearing testimony of Mills and
Tipton. Tipton, Mills testified,
came running out from behind a
windmill and said that Camp had
been Injured in a fall. Mills, who
was then visiting the Brown
ranch, aided Tipton In caring for
the Injured man.
Mrs. Brown, foster mother of
Camp, was named as the chief
beneficiary of Camp's $200,000 es
tate under the terms of hie will.
A third arrest in the case was
made at 3 o'clock this morning,
when Robert McCamlsh. 18-year-olj
nephew"of Mrs. Brown, was
taken into custody on an Indict
ment charging murder In connec
tion with the death of Camp.
DRIVE PLAN
Mother of Newsboys
Passes Away at 82;
Is Mourned by 4000
Mrs. Sarah J. Farr, nationally
known as "Mother" to newsbva
of Minneapolis and other eastern
cities, who visited her son Wm. H.
Farr of Turne- a year ago, died
at .Minneapolut April 7 from a
stroke of paralysis, aged &2.
Mr. Fair who was boin In
Marengr, 111., came to Minne: po
ll Ir. I8n aid for more than 40
ye-trt looked after the welfve of
newsboy, for whom sh j founded
a club, whtoh has numbered -rore
thin 4000 newsboys in Its mem
bership many of them now prom
inent Ir. civic and bnstn--s life.
Hh mad her -horn a club house
for. the city or.dilns and until her
deith keot up her Interest In boy
welfare werk.
Commenting upon he.- de.ith. the
Minneapolis Journal editorially
TROOPS RULE
BULGARIA 10
STEMREVOLT
Death List of Cathedral
Bomb Outrage Now
160; Communists Exe
cuted During Night
London, April 18. (By Assoc .
ated Press.) The death liet fro
the bomb ou trace in the Sv
Krai cathedral at Sofia, Thursd:
has reached 160 including f
mem be re of the Bulgarian par C
ment it was stated iff official C
patches received litre today. 'l.5'
of the wouuded are expecte?
die.
Sofia, Bulgaria. April 18. (By
Associated Press The Bulgarian
government Is taking extraordi
nary measures to prevent any fur
ther development of the terroristic!
campaign marked by the attempt
against King Boris and the bomb
ing of the Sveti Krai cathedral
with a loes of over 150 lives.
Largo numbers of communists
and extremists have beeu arretted
and H is reported that a number
of communists were executed dur
ing the night.
Having proclaimed martial law
yesterday, the government now
rave ordered a house to house
search. Street traffic Is prohibit
ed and. patrols of soldiers and po
lice pass incessantly.
The city Is :n mourning and all
the stores are closed.
The possibility of an uprising
is discounted but further outrages
against person i and property are
not unlikely ond the authorities
are taking all possible precau
tions. Two boxeo of cxplosivesinnd au
tomatic pistols arc reported to
have been found at' the Koslenctz
station on the Paris-Constantinople
railroad route. It is be
lieved they were to have been used
in destroying a big bridge nearby.
KLAMATH 10 GET
Washington, April IS. Plans
of construction of three new In
dian hospitals and an additfon to
a fourth was announced today by
the interior department.
They will bo built under super
vision of the bureau of Indian af
fairs during the next fiscal year
on the reservation at Klamath,
Or., Fort Pe:k, Mont., Pyramid
Lake, Nevada, and Fort Lapwai,
Idaho.
The Klamath reservation will
have a forty-bed general hospital
to Kt $25,000; Kort Peck a 24-
bed general institution, costing
$20,000; Pyramid Lake a new
hospital and rehabilitation of an
existing one, and Fort Lapwai will
get an additional structure to care
for 50 patients.
An appropriation of $30,000 Is
available for the Pyramid Lake
enlargements, but the Indian bu
reau does not contemplate starting
erection of the new building until
the present hospital has been thor
oughly remodelled.
any: "Til.? dnth of 'Mother Farr'
taken from Minneapolis one of
those sincere friends of hummlty
of wbopt the world can never have
enough. For 40 j-rars, th welfare
of the wtrklng boy was her great
passion. To generation after gen
eration of newsboys she minUter
ed. More than 4000 of these itoya
many of them now successful bul
news men were memb-m of Xhn
eltih she founded, and wfre male
better cttrxer through hr direct
personal effort. It In difficult to
overestimite 'he satisfaction that
must hav "Keen 9ir& Jackson
Farr"-, as through the years sh.
watched "her boy develop Into
mined members of the community.
She knew the true seeret of gum
Ine uplift the helping of the ad
to hrlp thstmsehei. She knew how
to mak them want to succeed."
Conference Draws
Older Girls Here;
500 are Expected
Delegated for the Oregon state
conference of older girls were still
arriving in Salem today, and It
was expected that the 600 mark
in attendance would be passed be
fore the day was over. Over 400
had registered by last night. Rev.
J. J. Evans of Salem last night
gave the address of welcome.
Governor Pierce will address
x e conference tomorrow after
i xn.
At last night's meeting reports
ere made to the conference by
liss Bernice Cofer of Portland, a
Jnfleld college student, and by
diss Ruth Ross of Salem, a stu
lent of Willamette university. The
two young women were sent as
delegates to a national older girls'
conference at Geneva a year ago.
When they made their reports
they appeared In full camp re
galia, including white knickers
and white blouses.
Th Indian tnue Idea has been
carried out with delegates at the
present convention. The girls
have been divided Into six tribes,
with a feather of a different color
to represent each tribe. Each girl
wears a feather in her hair.
Lectures on personal hygiene
occupied most of the day today.
The lectures were given by Mrs.
Alta Lewis Stevens of the Oregon
IN ARCTIC FLIGHT
Washington. April IS. Lieu
tenant A. M. Schur of Portland,
Or., and Chief wontswain Earl
Eber of San Diego, Cal., were se
lected by the navy department to
day to accompany Lieutenant
Commander Richard E. Byrd of
Winchester, Va., on the MacMil
lnn Arctic expedition this sum
mer. The three officers and three en
listed men will comprise the fly
ing personnel of the expedition.
Andrew N. Nold of Nappanee,
Ind., and Nels P. Sorenson of Me
nominee, Mich., chief machinist's
mates, have been selected as two
of the enlisted men.
Portland, Or., April 18. Lieu
tenant Meinrad A. Schur is one of
five sons of Peter A. Sehur of
Portland. He enlisted In the navy
in 1912 when about 18 yeara of
age. During the war he served as
instructor In aviation. He was
one of three navy aviators to fly
from San Diego, Cal., to Panama
and return without accident.
Lieutenant Schur was born at
Myrtle Point, Or., and came with
his family to Portland in 1905.
Major Joseph Schur, of the head
quarters staff Oregon national
guard. Is a brother. One brother.
Corporal Frank Schur was killed
in battle while serving with the
American army In the Argonne.
Lieutenant Schur was' married
to Miss Virginia Baines of San
Diego, Cal.
CHURCH CLOSED
T
New York, April 18 Tilshop
Montgomery Crown, convicted of
heresy it Cleveland Inst f nil, has
been forbidden by Itlshop William
T. Manning of the Episcopal dio
cese of New York to preach to
morrw at St. M-trk's-In-the-Hou-werle.
Blfllion Manning alrt) haa cen
sured thi re?tor of St. Xfark's. the
Rer. Dr. William NDrnnn Guthtle,
for bavin? extended an Invitation
to the former bishop.
Bishop Brown was trl ?d on
charges of heresy by a hoard of
blhop4 and convlc'ed. The con
viction waa sufttnhted hv the cctirt
of review of the chureh. Bishop
Canning rulej that he shjll not
speak, or of fir late In any parish or
mission within the New York rtio-
ce. Tho rillng vu made known
last night, when two otters, one
to the rtor of fit. 31 irk s the
other to BHrhoo Brown, wen maSe
pa bile by Dr. Mnmr.
In the letter addr'! to Mm,
Dr. Guthrie wn aeeiieri of acting
"In open contempt mn4 deftanee"
of the authority and law of the
church.
Personal Hygiene society. . For
lecture purposes all delegates were
divided Into two groups, the divid
ing line being, drawn at the age
of 18.
Miss Oral Henthorn has been
giving a series on "The Life of
Christ," In four chapters.
Election of state officers for the
coming year will be made tonight.
Previous to the assembly at which
election are made, banquets wilt
be held at the Christian, Congre
gational and Methodist churches,
the delegates being divided into
three groups for the banquets.
Devotional service will be held
at 6:30 o'clock tomorrow morning.
The services will be In charge of
a Japanese girl, whose theme will
be "Who Are My Brethren."
The last number of the confer
ence will be a dramatic reading,
"The Bridge of the Gods," by Mrs.
J. E. Ferguson. The conference
c losses tomorrow afternoon.
Members of the Salem Boy
Scouts and Pioneer clubs have
been assisting the girls In find
ing the homee where arrange
ments have been made to enter
tain them.
Mrs. Jean M. Johnson of Port
land, general secretary of the Ore
gon Council of Religious Educa
tion, is director of the conference.
10 IRE BOUND
John Belton and Bert Peary,
two more of the 10 men accused
recently of contributing to the
delinquency of a minor girl, were
bound over to the grand jury yes
terday by Justice of the Peace
Small under bonds of $500 .each
which have been furnished.
A new development in the case
yesterday was that the Bush pas
ture wae used as a place for cach
ing liquor eo that it might be con
venient at mo3t any time of 'night.
A loganberry patch east of Salem
and Painters' woods are other
places that have been mentioned
in the various hearings as plaeen
for hiding liquor.
KLAMATH FALLS
Klamath Falls, Ore., April 18.
Klamath Falls this morning was
covered with a two inch fall of
snow, and snow Is still falling, ac
companied by a brisk wind. A
sudden drop of temperature dur
ing the night brought a return of
chilling, wintry weather.
Bend, Ore., April 18. A wet
slushy snow fell in Bend during
the early morning hours but had
nearly all melted by 8 o'clock ex
cept In a few sheltered spots. The
snow turned to a cold rain which
continued Intermittantly.
A fall tn temperature together
was accompanied by a stiff wind,
Medrord, Ore., April 18. A
cold rain driven by a hard wind
swept over the Rogue river valley
today with the prediction that It
woujd continue for the next 24
hours. During the last four days.
there hare been typical April
showers, which have been of great
benefit to the fruit and grain.
SHS GLEE CLUBS
Forest Grove. Or.. Anrll 18
Cups were awarded last night as
first prizes to organ ltt!on com
pet I ns; In the annual Interstate
high , school musts .tournament
nere. '
The 45 schools represented were
divided Into classes. Among the
cups awarded were: Class A. mix
ed rhoruaes, Salem; class B, Mc
Mlnnrtlle. Kmall mixed choruses. cIoas A.
totem.
GlrbV glee clubs, flans A, Salem;
claas B, Forent drove; class C,
Park Hose, Portisnd. ,
FORMER KLAN GOVERNMENT $2,200TAKEN
DRAGON HELD ECONOMY IS f BY EMPLOYEE
FORIRDER HEL1V1TAL fefj AIHAi
Failure To Provide Medi
cal Attention For Girl
Attacked By Stephen
son Indictment Basis.
Indianapolis, ind., April 18.
D. - C. 'Stephenson, former grand
dragon of the Ku Klux Klan, and
companions, Earl Klnick and Earl
Gentry, were Indicted on a charge
of firet degree murder today by
the Marion county grand jury,
which has been investigating the
death last Tuesday of Miss Madge
Oberholuer of Indianapolis.
The murder charge ie based on
the allegation that the three men
failed to provide medical attention
for Mies Obcrholtzer after she had
taken poison at Hammond, Ind.,
following an attack which she de
clared ' was made on her by
Stephenson.
Judge James A. Collins of cir
cuit court, announced that tho
three men would not be admitted
to bail.
Stephenson was Indicted recent
ly on five charges based on his al
leged mistreatment of Mies Ober
holtter. These charges were as
sault and battery with Intent to
kill, assault and battery with In
tent to rape, malicious mayhem,
kidnaping and conspiracy to com
mit a felony
Klinck and Gentry, former res
idents of Evansvlile, Ind., were
Indicted Jointly with Stephenson
on the latter charge. Stephenson
has been at liberty on $25,000
bond and and Klinck and Gentry
on bonds of $5000 each.
ST.
T
STATE CHARGES
St. PshI, Neb.. April 18. (By
Associated Press) County Attor
ney Dofcrey of St. Paul, Howard
county, announced today that
Mrs. Emmanuel Sorenson, 25, wife
of a section foreman, had been
charged with the fatal poisoning
of eight persons, Including three
of her own children, her first bus-
band, his mother and three other
children. She is mentally Ir
responsible, he said, and will be
taken to the state Insane asylum
as soon as possible.
The deaths charged to Mrs.
Sorenson are as follows:
Joe Weldam, her first husband,
died September, 1920; P. A.
weldam, baby, date of death not
given; Mrs. Weldam, mother of
Joe Weldam, who died shortly
after Joe's death; Viola Cooper,
died July 31, 1918; Clifford Coop
er, died August 20, 1922. A. Sor
enson, baby, died February 13,
1923; Ituth Brock, a baby, died
February 20r 1923.
Others who suffered from con
vulsions and who are also believed
to have been victims from poison
adminiAtwed by Mrs. Sorenson In
clude another Sorenson child and
Wetzel Cpoper of Daneborg. They
were 111 coring October, 1920.
mrs. cSningTamIs
hld for grand jury
Crown Point, Ind.. April 18.
(By A!- -.,aled Press) Mrs. Anna
Cunningham of Gary, Ind., widow,
who ha conre'sed that she killed
thre of her children by poison,
wan arraigned before Justice of
the Pear'!. II. Kemp in her Jnfl
cell today n she lay on a cot and
was botiad ovr to the criminal
court of liko county without ball
on the charge of first degree mur
der. formeOemberIf
, ' legislature dear
Eiir.ti.. Or., Apr. 1. J. M
Shelley, pioneer of Oregon ind a
member of the atate leirlftlftture
in 10, alert tiere today. Ha wil
born May 22, 1 K 42. anil mored to
Plearant till), near Kugen In
IMS, lih hi parent.
' He waa one of the leadera n
tha fljrht tn free Oregon of the li
quor traffic.
Coolidge Says Saving and vi. - I
Efficiency In Public V sf' J
Affairs Inspirational ' t. r '' j
To Private Business.
Washington, April 18 Presl
ment Coo lid Re In a radio ad drew
delivered today on the occnidon of
the openin? of the Women s
World's Fair In Chicago, said an
advantage to be gained from gov
ernment economy nnd efficiency is
the inspiration they provide for
pursuit of euch methods in btml-
newt nnd in the home. I
'If the people," asserted the
president, "In the dally mnnage-1
ment of their modest domestic af-
fairs, note that the great Interest
of their R-ivernments and of their
semi-public Institutions are dealt
with in a spirit of laxity and a
mood of carelessness, they find lit
tle Insitiration to upply better
methoda In the management of
their own concerns. The great
business operations which lire con
stantly under the public eye ouht
to be handled so as to make them
an example In sound procedure.
Time. For Kconomy
Tho Importance of sound busi
ness methods was never so great
as It is. today. It Is partleulaily
true th.it government business
should bo placed on a bn.sis of
rigid economy.
"In our mode.n society, public
arid private- savings are quickly
trans.imt'Vl Into cnplt.il available
for production. The increased p-o
duction makes goods more plenti-
f Continued on PnKe Ten)
E
S. A. Pease of Jefferson, for
many yeara manager of the flour
ing mills there, has been placed
under $250 'londs on a charge of
possession of a still and held for
trial. It Is ch.trged that the still
n question was found hi a shed on
his premises. Not long ago Peas.!
watt fined for possession of three
gallons of liquor.
Th2 arrest of Pease Is alleged to
Itc in connection with the arrest
of Joe Policy, who was brought
hack here from Bend, Pulley, it
being alleged was connected with
operation of the aamo still thut
Pease is charged with possessing.
Roy Wells, recently arrested In
the north end of the county, a Mo
is said to have been involved in
the same deal. Wells was arrest
ed on another liquor charge and
fined $500 and sent to Jul for six
months. Whether action will be
taken on expiration of his jail sen
tenco nn this other charge is not
known. A warrant was out for
his arrest in connection with th
Jefferson still when he was ar
rested for th i charge on which h
it now serving a Jail sentence.
BROOKLYN BALL
New York. April 18 Chfirlen H.
Ebbetj. preftiden: of the Brooklyn
National )ea?iii laeha11 club died
here at six oVIork this morning,
Ife w:is 61 ye ir old.
pffith en me quietly. Mr. Kb-
hets had fiilUn Into n deti sl i
nt 11 o'ctork last night nnd did
n t wake during; the nlxbt. No one
waa at the beilulde at the time of
his death, hut a few minute after
be had died, the nurw ntt ndlrg
him r-nterc I tha room.
Heart failure, fr.rni which he
had be;n a sufferer fo many
years, overcame a brave fight by
the hineh'.ll mairrvite to continue
in the game whlrh he had helped
to make nationally popular thru
his long connection with the
lirnokl n club.
Mr. Kbbet Hist broke Into the
gime In as bookkeeper for
the old Ilronktyn club. Hlep by
fup h rote, filling various offices,
until In IHtS he Lecnme president
f the club.
M. Paul Falnlcve
I
Witnesses Say Fee Paid to
Senator Was for Service
In Defense of Receiver
ship, Not Influence.
Great Falls, Mont., April 18.
Further attempts to connect Sena
tor 11, K. Wheeler wtili proceed
ings before the Interior depart
ment In behalf of Gordon Cadip-
bell, Montana oil operator, were
made in the trial here today by
the government, which culled
three witnesses to the stand,
L. C. Stcven-ou of Great Falls,
a former associate of Campbell,
who later became his rival as an
oil operator In the Montana oil
fields, was the firu witness.
Ho was perm I led to Identify
copies of the petition for a receiv
ership which he filed against
Gordon Campbell. Kevin syndicate
No. 1, but was barred from an
swering other questions ubout it
because of objections by Senator
Thomas J. Wuhh, chief of defense
counsel.
Senator Wilder Is charged with
having wrongfully used his influ
ence before tho interior depart
ment tn prosecuting oil prospect
ing applications for Campbell.
K. M. Harvey, u stockholder In
the Campbell ryniiicato. testified
he had prottrd aguinst the pay
ment by the syu ideate of a fee of
(10.000 to Wilder to act uh at
torney for the syndicate, main
taining it wns too high- He de
clared, however, that the employ
ment of the senutor was to defend
the receivership and had no con.
nection with government permits.
Referring t the condition of
titles of the Campbell company to
cert)1. in holdings in tho Moiitun i
fields. District Attorney John L.
Slattery asked: "What did Sena
tor Wilder nay, If anything n to
(Continued on Page Nine)
PIERCE TO TALK
Governor Pierce Is to be the
speaker at the next meeting of
the chamber of commerce. At that
time he la expected to tell some
inside dope on what happened
during the last legislature. It i
figured there Is enough of the
indde dope that has not been
told, and that the governor knows
enough of it to make a very In
teretlng meeting, Indeed, if he
will only tell it. Manager Wllwin
Is figuring on curiosity on that
score alone being strong enough
to bring out a bumper attend
ance At the same time the linen
mill project will be a center of in
terest, so It is figured there Is
enough on tap to make this one
of the big luncheons of the year.
An interdiction has been , plac
ed on the governor forbidding
him mentioning - white faced
calve so he ran devote hit"
entire time to tie topic In band.
Aifn Win Attain.
Syracuse. N. V.. April 18 The
d bating lean, of Oregon Agricul
tural college won the decision over
the Syracuse university debaters
last night. The question was
"Itesolred, That congress should
have power by two-thirds vote to
overrule decisions of the Tnlled
States mipren.e court declaring
arts of con grew unconstitutional."
Oregon took the affirmative
WHEELER NO
N
Sarah Chamberlain, Sten
ographer, Confesses
She Took Funds En
trusted To Her Care.
A signed statement by Sarah B.
Chamberlain, stenographer at the
Salem Indian Training school at
Chemawa. that she has appropri
ated to her own use over $2,200
from funds belonging to the pu
pils of the school, has led to hex
suspension from employment at
the Institution, and ber accounts
are now being audited by H. W.
Camp, an accountant of tbe Fed
eral Indian service. Mrs. Cham
berlain's statement has been for
warded to the Indian office at
Washington.
Unconfirmed reports state that
Mrs. Chamberlain's defalcation!
will run In excess of $4,000.
Tho shortage was first detected
by another employe of the school,
and following this Mrs. Chamber
lain admitted her defalcations to -this
employe, and later signed the
statement. When the shortage
was made known to Superintend
ent Harwood Hall he Immediately
telegraphed the Indian service to
send an auditor to check the
records.
Defalcations Recent
Mrs. Chamberlain has been con
nected with the Chemawa school
about nine years. In her state
ment she mentions no specific
period over which the defalcations
have taken place. Mr. Hall said
today he believed they did not be
gin until some time lust fall, and
Mr. Camp said be thought they
had been going on for about six
months. He added, however, that
he is now checking back over a
period of one year. Whether the
misappropriations go back even
rContinued on Page Ten,
BUS BILL BALLOT
TITLE ALTERED
BY COURT ORDER
Modifying the ballot title ns
prepared fur tbe bus bill referen
dum petitions by Attorney fiencitil
Van Winkle, but not grant Inn In
full the demand of the petitioners
for nn alteration of the title, Juda
MeMahnn today handed down mt
order In the appeal of the Lane
and Marlon county courts from the
Van Winkle ballot title to the cir
cuit court.
Tho two county courts averred
that the ballot title as prepared
by Van WinkU stated that the act
levies t ixts on buJu-s, whereas, ac
cording to their petition, it ' lui
pofwn charges." The MeMahnn or
der makes it read: "levy license
tnxes."
Another contention of the coun
ty co iris was that the Van Win It la
title did not how thut the act ap
plies only to common carriers. Tl.e
order ot JwU'e .Mi Mr.hnn brings
that on: clearly.
Th: bus LIU pixse.l ty the re
cent Icttintriture Is beln" referend
ed by the. bus linen and it was tha
ballot title to tbe referendum pe
titions thnt was in centroversy.
OF LAND OFFICE
Washington, April 1H. Prot 'sta
againHt the reduction in public
land offices In Oregon and South
Dakota wire lodged with Presi
dent CoColldge ny representatives
of those states.
Senators Mt-N'ary and Stanfledl
and Representative SninU repub
licans of Oregon, asked that the
proposed elimination of two of thi
seren offices in Oregon be recon
sidered. Senator Xorbeck, repub
lican. South . Dakota , likewise
urged that all thre of the offices
In that state be retained whereas.
It la prMpaeJ to have only one
office there.
Th president took the reque3t
under a.viemcnt.