Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, October 21, 1927, Image 1

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CapitalAJoiuLraal
CIRCULATION
Dally average distribution (or the
month ending September 30, 1937.
FAIR
tonight and Saturday, local fog.
Moderate temperature. South to
west winds.
Local: Max. 79, mln. 46; river X
Rain, trace. Foggy. Southwest
wind.
9657
Average dally net paid 0208
Member Audit Burrav of Circulation
FORTY-NINTH YEAR, No. 251
SALEM, OREGON, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1927
PRICE THREE CENTS
ON TRAINS AND MSM
stands rivs cam.
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CLUB LEADERS
LEAD FIGHT ON
INCINERATOR
Officers of Southeast
Salem Club to Direct In
junction Battle
Citizens Hear Councilmen
but Turn Deaf Ear on
Explanations
Determined to bring an Injunction
suit against the city to stop the in
stallation of an incinerator In the
slaughter house district near 25th
street and Turner road, the South
east Salem Improvement club last
night Instructed its president, Newell
Williams, to appoint a committee to
take whatever steps are necessary to
halt the proposed city garbage burn
er. Today Williams announced that
since the suit would have to be
brought In the name of the club that
ho had appointed the club's officers
as the committee. They are himself
as president, John B. Glesy as vice
president and P. O. Beckenridge as
secretary and treasurer, Williams
said that C. A. Swope had been re
tained as attorney by the committee.
COST DISCOURAGES 80ME
After threealdermen had spoken
to the club In favor of the Incinera
tor, and had then retired while the
members took-whatever action they
thought necessary, an unanimous
sentiment was expressed by the rais
ing of hands against the location of
the Incinerator In the proposed
district. The ardor was dampened a
but when President Williams Inform
ed the members that they might be
called upon to put up $4 or $5 each
to pay the expense of litigation, and
several persons left the meeting be
fore that part of the discussion went
any further. Williams asked all In
favor to leave their names with
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CECIL BEGINS
CAMPAIGN FOR
DISARMAMENT
London, Oct. 21 (P) Viscount Ce
cil who recently resigned from the
Baldwin cabinet In disagreement
with its disarmament policy, today
launched a personal speaking cam
paign In the cause of disarmament,
making the first of a half dozen
addresses which he will deliver be
fore Christmas.
Speaking at a special meeting of
the British league of nations union
at Caxton hall, Viscount Cecil de
clared that the object of his resig
nation from the cabinet, an act
which shook the British political
world, was to have greater 'freedom
to press, upon his fellow country
men the urgency of disarmament
without which, he said, there could
be no hope of an enduring peace in
Europe.
"Do not let us forget that out of
every pound of taxation we pay 14
shillings are due to past wars or
preparation for future wars," he
said. "This is a terrible ouraen, iar
greater than any other country in
the world Is bearing at present."
Viscount Cecil said that Great
Britain must reduce the cost of her
fighting services, but added that
she could not do so to any great ex
tent unless other countries did the
same. He asserted that Britain,
with the possible exception of Rus
sia, where accurate Information Is
not available, Is the only European
country whose expenditure for arm
aments Is larger than before the
war.
JEFFERSON BANK
ACTION IS FILED
Action to collect on several notes
held by the Oregon State Bank at
Jefferson, which closed Its doors In
March, were filed In circuit court
here Friday by A. A. Schramm, supt
erlntendcnt of banks for Oregon.
who la liquidating all the assets of
the bank In order to complete pay
lng off depositors.
One complaint is to collect from 8.
R. Tandy on two notes, one for
$1345 given the bank on November
15. 1924. and the other for $988 50
dated April IX 1925. A total of 1125
In attorney's fees are asked by tne
plaintiff aLo. The second is to
collect from M. A. Bnroer ana Eiiie
M. Barber on a $175 note and a
second note of $1044 10. Fifty dol
lars for attorney's fees are asked tot
the action.
GOOD EVENING
.Words and Music
Bj STODDARD KING
LAST WORDS OF AN EGYPTIAN
MONARCH.
I am dying, Egypt, dyinx,
As some poet once remarked,
And ere long, for time Is flying.
In my tomb I shall be parked;
Pot my Jewels on, In to to.
Twine a wreath about my brow
1 11 be posing for my photo
Some 300 years from now.
When the scientists unbind me
From my shroud, long ages bence,
1 should like to have them find me
Dressed regardless of expense;
Thlnrer I may be, and paler,
But my pride wiU still be high
If his nibs the royal tailor
Does his duty ere I die.
Have a broad and flashing flare cut
In my funeral gown.
Order me a snappy haircut
And my most expensive crown.
I am dying light the tapers
But I'll make a handsome bow
When my picture's in the papers
borne 3000 years from now.
BIG BILL TO
SAVE LIBRARY
FROM BRITAIN
Chicago, Oct. 21. IP) Mayor
William Hale Thompson today turn
ed his patriotic eye from the public
schools to the public library and the
University of Chicago In his cam
paign to banish British propaganda
from the city.
The new investigations were an
outgrowth of the trial before the
school board of William McAndrew,
suspended superintendent of schools.
charged with Insubordination and
pro-British activities.
Books In the public libraries will
be searched for propaganda and
teachers trained at the University
of Chicago will undergo examina
tions to test their patriotism.
Former Congressman John Gor
man, who testified this week that
he found biased viewpoints In a his
tory used at the University, will
testify again next Monday, when
hearing reopens.
RUSHING WORK
Bend., Ore., Oct. 21. (IP) With
four subcontractors working on the
north end of the line, construction
of freight storage yards In Bend for
the Great Northern Railroad in con
nection with its. extension south to
the Klamath country is well under
way. Clearing and grading of the
freight yards will be completed In
the near future.
South of Bend, nine contractors
are grading the main line of the
Great Northern extension between
the end of the Shevlin-Hixon log.
ging road, acquired by the North
ern line, and the connection with the
Southern Pacific at Chemault Track
Is being placed at the rate of one
mile a day by a steel crew of 95 men.
The steel laying work has reached a
point 40 miles south of Bend.
Graders-are working on schedule
and track laying crews have not en
countered any delay, each section of
the grade being ready when It Is
reached by the steel men.
A new camp for a grading crew of
60 men was recently opened.
Ruth Elder Plans To Try
To Cross From New York
To Paris Next August
Lisbon, Portugal, Oct 21 WV-Ruth
Elder, undaunted by forced descent
of her plane upon the Atlantic,
plans to try to cross from New York,
to Paris by air again next August
Miss Elder, who has arrived at
Ponto Delgada, Sao Miguel, Azores,
on board the steamer Lima which
is brniging ber here, declared that
she will fly from Lisbon to Paris
and then to London. From London
she will go by boat to New York uid
immediately begin preparations for
her next venture.
Asked for her personal Impression
of the Viennese actress, LUU Dil
lons, passenger of the Junkers plane
D-1230 now at Horta, the Azores,
Miss Elder declared that she thinks
Miss Dillenz' Intention to fly to the
United States is a far more risky
adventure than her own. She said
that Miss Dlllenr. whom she met
when the Dutch tanker Barendrecht,
which rescued her, landed at Horta
was a very charming. Intelligent and
cultured woman. .Miss Elder, "n-
INSURGENTS
DISAGREE ON
FARM RELIEF
Proposal to Eliminate
Equilization Fee Meets
Objection
Substitute Not Found
Brookhart Proposes Di
rect Federal Aid
Washington, Oct. 21. UP) Oppo
sition flared up today within the
ranks of the newly organized group
of western republican senators to the
proposal to eliminate the controver
sial equalization fee provision of the
vetoed McNary-Haugen farm bill
from a substitute under considera
tion. Senator Nye of North Dakota, one
of the five members of the western
bloc, served notice that he was not
ready to abandon' the equalization
fee In an eifort to get a substitute
farm bill acceptable to all members
of the group.
While Senator Borah of Idaho,
also a member of the group, has
been an opponent of the equaliza
tion fee, it had been hoped by the
western senators that they might
find a substitute which would be
acceptable to him but Senator Nye
insisted today that such a provision
had not been found.
Senator Brookhart of Iowa, an
other member of the group, has been
working on a plan which would sub
stitute direct appropriations by the
government as a means of raising
funds to handle surplus crops In
place of the equalization fee. Sen
ator Nye does not favor this In Its
present form. A meeting which had
been called for today in an effort
to work out the differences of the
bloc on the farm relief problem was
postponed until Monday because of
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$25,000 GIFT
FOR SCHOOL
OF EXPRESSION
A gift of $25,000, which In the fu
ture will make possible an endowed
school of expression at Willamette
university by Mr. and Mrs. S. s
Gillespie of Portland, was announced
to students at the regular chapel
exercises Thursday.
Negotiations for the endowment
were closed late In the summer but
were not announced officially until
yesterday when Mrs. Gillespie, one
of the donors, consented to appear
at the exercises. The pledge is In
estate form and will not become ef
fective until the death of either
donor.
In a short address to the stu
dents Mrs. Gillespie emphasized the
importance of public speaking as a
part of any college's curriculum out
lining the Idea of the proposed
school which will be known as the
Gillespie School of Expression with
two or more full time instructors.
Administrators of the university
consider the gift a valuable addi
tion to the endowment and arc
making plans' to support Its Ideal
unequivocally.
pressed by the spirit of the actress
is convinced that she will succeed.
Miss Elder said she Intended to
stay abroard the Lima until It
reached Lisbon. Photographers are
now her pet aversion. She said they
spoiled her pleasure everywhere and
she Is dreading her arrival here and
in Paris. She is afraid they will
surround her and said she is worried
trying to find some way to circum
vent them.
Lisbon Is eagerly waiting the ar
rival of the American aviatrix, al
though there have been tome re
ports that Miss Elder may transfer
from the Lima to another ship
which does not call here or may be
taken aboard a hydro-airplane In
the Lisbon harbor and carried dl
rectly to Paris.
A plane has arrived from London
which will fly to the mouth of the
river here to escort the Lima to Its
anchorage as guard of honor. An
other plne la expected from- Paris
which will be placed at Miss Elder's
disposal for the tr.p to Paris.
County Asked To
Spend $675 To Equip
Ward In Hospital
The county court received a re
quest today from the board of the
Salem General hospital for $675
with which to equip a ward In the
hospital for semi-isolation cases.
The request was made to County
Commissioners Jim smith and Jonn
Porter by two members of the hos
pital board, August Huckesteln and
E. T. Barnes.
The Salem General hospital has
been built entirely by private sub
scriptions and has never asked for
county aid said Huckesteln as a pre
face to his request to the county
court. County Commissioner Jim
Smith reminded him that the coun
ty gave $1500 some 15 years ago to
build a pest house apart from the
hospital building. Huckesteln stress
ed the necessity of a place where
cases oi an infectious nature not
virulent enough to be relegated to
the pest house, could be taken care
of. Both he and Barnes stated that
if the county sees fit to furnish
the funds for equipping the semi
isloateu ward, the hospital will take
in this ward the county cases re
quiring special treatment end par-
BEFORE COURT
FOR MIXING IT
A privately held fight between two
matrons living on north Church
street came to light today In jus
tice court when Mrs. Josie Smith,
1825 north Chruch, plead not guilty
to a charge of larceny by bailee pre
ferred by Mrs. Amanda Elliott, 1835
north Church streev.
Mrs. Smith said she weighs but
172 and that Mrs. Ellictt had an un
fair advantage because she weighs
200. But because she was French.
Mrs. Smith said she could not let
anyone have It over her and the re
sult of this attitude following a row
over a cook-stove, said to be worth
$2.50. brought on the fracas In which
Mrs. Smith got a torn and lacerated
finger and Mrs. Elliott Is said to
have received a black eye.
No evidenec of the injured optic
was apparent this morning for the
difficulty between the two women
took place September 24th. Mrs.
Smith had borrowed from Mrs. Elli
ott a small cook stove to take with
her to the hop yards. She had been
told that she could use it and re
turn it or sell It for Mrs. Elliott, Mrs.
Smith sold It for $2.50.
Called upon to acount for the
$2.50 Mrs. Elliott was Informed that
when she paid ' a water bill and
transportation costs Incurred by Mrs.
Smith for Mrs. Elliott, the amount of
the stove sale would be turned over.
The row followed immediately and
from a battle of worlds turned into
one of violence.
The husbands of both women re
fuse to take the battle seriously and
are on friendly terms. Both hus
bands are employed in the woods.
Mrs. Smith, the accused In the case,
is the mother of five children.
FOREIGN LOANS
BREAKRECQRD
Washington. Oct. 21. LP) All
post war records for foreign loans
have been broken this month and
the commerce department expected
today that the end of the month
might find all American records for
foreign quotations In the American
market exceeded.
To date $250,000,000 of foreign pa
per has been floated in the United
States, the department announced.
In October 1916, the flotations for
the entire month were $372,736,000.
comprising war loans of the allies
of which $300,000,000 went to Eng
land. October was the record month
In 1926 with flotations aggregating
$173,890,000.
WALL STREET
STOCKS IN SLUMP
New York, Oct 21. !") Stock
prices broke wide open In the last
few minutes of trading on the stock
exchange today.
Houston Oil dropped from 16714
to 161 and dozens of other Issues
Including General Motors, U. 8.
Steel and Lehigh Valley, Oeneral
Railway Signal. American Telephone
and Telegraph and Tlmken sold I
to 10 points below their earlier high
levels.
Bo great was the accumulation of
selling orders that the final quota
tions were not printed on the tape
until 22 minutes after the market
had closed.
ticular care cases which would be
particularly beneficial experience
for the student nurses at the hos
pital. At present all county cases re
quiring hospital care are handled by
the Deaconess hospital, the county
court paying the Deaconess the sum
of $125 per day for each county
patient. In the new ward the spe
cial treatment cases of the county
would be handled at the same
charge to the county, promised
Barnes.
The $675 asked by the ooard would
furnish four beds for the proposed
ward, linoleum on the floor, metal
cabinets for each bedside and the
necessary hot water bottles and
other equipment
No action or opinions were voiced
by the commissioners pending the
return of County Judge Hunt. The
judge who has been seriously 111 at
his home for weeks Is recovering
now, spending a few hours each
day about his home. According to
Commissioner Smith he will return
to his office in the court house very
soon.
RITISH HEALTH
EXPERT STUDIES
COUNTY WORK
A well-bred Englishman's version
of rural America, particularly the
rural Pacific Northwest Is hard to
get. Dr. Ralph Crowley, who Is head
of health work for the board of edu
cation of all England refused to
commit himself in a brief Interview
this morning on his impressions of
what he had seen in Marlon coun
ty during the last two days. He Is
tne guest oi tne commonwealth
Fund In America and is visiting all
important health centers, spending
tnree days oi his time In this coun
ty. "You people in this country tackle
such tremendous problems and suc
ceed so well that one can only be
impressed with your success, be
said, "and no real criticism can be
voiced." He continued, saying that
problems in rural America and ru
ral England were so entirely dif
ferent that a common ground could
hardly be found.
Dr. Crowley Is particularly Inter
ested in health education and Is tak
ing a deep Interest in the type of
health education given In Marion
county. Yesterday he visited coun
ty schools. Today he attended an
assembly at the high school, visited
the high school and junior high
schools In the city with Miss Anne
Simpson, supervisor of health edu
cation in Marlon county, and this
afternoon they spent at Woodburn
high school.
Dr. Crowley will leave tonight for
Fargo, North Dakota, to Visit the
demonstration there.
BRITISH SUBS
ATTACK PIRATES
Hong Kong, Oct. 31. (IP) Two
British submarines are reported to
have fired upon and sunk the Chi
nese steamer Irene, Wednesday,
after the vessel had been seized by
pirates. The number of persons kill
ed and wounded was not known.
The pirates, masquerading as pass
engers, attacked and took the vessel,
which was manned by British offi
cers. The Irene had a crew of 100
Chinese and carried 80 passengers.
When the pirates headed the Irene
toward Bias Bay, about 70 miles
northeast of Hong Kong, two Brit
ish submarines Intercepted the ves
sel and demanded that It halt.
When the Irene did not halt, the
submarine fired two shots Into the
engine room, disabling the ship. The
vessel took fire and started to sink.
Passengers and crew were rescued by
the submarines and brought to Hong
Kong.
SLAYER OF WIFE
SMILES ON SCAFFOLD
San Quentin, Cal., Oct. 21. WV
Charles Sleber, former Los Angeles
city employee was hanged at the
penitentiary today for the murder
of his wife, Minnie Sleber, January
7, 1926.
Sleber mounted the gallows steps
smiling, and he was smiling when
the guards pulled the black hood
over his face. He made no statement
MINE PICKETS
UNDER ARREST
IN COLORADO
Between 50 and 60 I. W.
W. Including 20 Women
Confined Under Guard
County Authorizes Sher
iff to Employ as Many
Deputies as Needed
Walesburg, Colo., Oct. 21 m
Wholesale arrests of pickets sent out
by the I. W. W. opened the fourth
day of the strike in the Colorado
coal fields. Between 50 and 60 pic
kets, includings20 women were ar
rested early this morning and are
confined in the district court room
here under guard.
Before they were placed under ar
rest the pickets succeeded In sus
pending operations at the Cameron
mine of the Colorado Fuel and Iron
company. At the Ideal mine of the
C. F. and L heavily armed mine
guards stopped the advance of the
pickets and iield them until deputy
sheriffs arrived and made the ar
rests. The arrests followed the adoption
of a resolution by the board oi
county commissioners of Huerfano
county pledging unlimited support
to Sheriff Harry Capps and author
izing him to employ as many special
deputy sheriffs as he needed to "pre
vent picketing, protect property and
lives." The commissioners were in
session all night discussing the situ
ation. Pickets were sent only to the Cam
eron and Ideal mines by the I. W. W.
The pickets received written In
structions as to where they were to
go when they left the headquarters
here this morning. Mines whlcn
suspended operations yesterday re'
mained Idle today, despite the ab
sence of pickets.
I. W. W. leaders have not an
nounced wht-t action will be take.i
as the result of the arrest of the
pickets.
Those arrested Included one wo
man with a small baby In her arms
and also a 14 year old girt. The
prisoners have been singing "Solid
arity", an I. W. W. song, ever since
they were brought to the courtroom
here.
BOOKS COSTLY
ITEM FOR BLIND
Books constitute the greater por
tion of the expense In maintaining
a school for the blind, H. C.
Tschanz, principal of the Salem
blind school, told the Lions club
Friday noon In observance of na
tional blind week by the club. Ow
ing to embossed print necessary,
school books that ordinarily cost
$1.50 for the average person costs
the blind people as high as $40 and
large sums are necessary to supply
tne school with reading material.
Fitting the pupil to make a liv
ing Is the main objective of the
school. Departments are literary,
music, Industrial and physical. Two
recent graduates are now enrolled at
the University of Oregon, one tak
ing law and the other music,
Tschanz said.
Work of the national Lions club
in helping the blind was explained
oy r. e. Neer, former district iov
ernor of the club. Each club Is sun
posed to furnish a Braille magazine
for every three blind children. The
magazines are published at Colum
bus, Ohio, by blind people while the
plan was orginiated by the club of
mat city.
DEFENSE WINS
IN POND CASE
Dallas, Oct. 21 A verdict In favor
of the defendant, the Cobbs Mitchell
Lumber company was returned by
the jury last night after they had
been out from 8:30 to 10:30 examin
ing evidence In the case In which
Lincoln county charged that during
a storm In 1921 the mill pond of the
company overflowed and damaged a
number of county bridges.
The case hai occupied the circuit
court for four days in which testi
mony by the following persons was
heard, William and Philip Eltlng
William Southwell, Al Porter and J
M. Mortimer, an employee of the
Cobbs Mitchell company, who was a
witness for the plaintiff. Besides
these men others gave testimony of
minor Importance.
Lindsey Gone
To Seed Says
Dr.C.G.Doney
Astoria, Ore., Oct 21 (IP) "Judge
Ben Lindsey Is Denver's sentimental
witless who has gone to seed", Dr.
Carl O. Doney, president of the Wil
lamette university said today in an
interview. In a talk which Dr. Don
ey delivered to over two hundred
school teeners here yesterday, he
referred to Judge Lindsey though he
did not severely attack him.
Dr. Doney does not believe that
Judge Lindsey will do any great
amount of harm and rather pities
the old judge, who he says has for so
many years been working with
strange types of people until the
work has filled his head with pe
culiar Ideas.
CUT PIPE LINE
SHUTTING OFF
New owners on the place where
the Rivervlcw school children get
their drinking water have broken
the pipe line which leads from the
spring to the schoolhouse and have
refused to allow district officials to
repair the pipe or clean out the
spring, says a complaint filed In cir
cuit court by School District No.
138 of Marlon county against Apkar
Minasian, Kasner Minasian, and
Mary Azadian. The district asks for
a recognition of their water right
received by contract with previous
owners of the farm on which the
spring in question is located, a guar
antee from the court of the pro
tection of the rights, and costs of
the action.
According to the complaint by the
school district, which Is a district of
the third class and maintains the
Riverview school on the river road
below Roberts station on the O. E.,
the district secured from George E.
Colby, the former owner, on Feb
ruary 21, 1923, a 99 year lease on the
spring on the Colby place and a
right to run a pipe line across the
property to the school grounds. The
sum of $35 was paid for the right.
On October 22, 1924, Colby and
his wife sold the property to Apkar
Minasian with the understanding
and recognition of the school dis
trict's right to the spring water. In
May this year Minasian conveyed
one half Interest in his property to
Kasper Minasian and Mary Azadi
an, and the three of them are de
fendants In the cause brought by
the school district.
The complaint says that the two
Mlnasians snd Mary Azadian malic
iously and deliberately destroyed the
pipe line leading from the spring
and that they have refused to re
pair it or to allow any of the dis
trict officials access to their nron-
erty so that repairs could be made
The children In the school are not
getting pure drinking water as the
result, says the complaint Besides
a guarantee of the rights of the
school district, the complaint asks
for $50 damages from each of the
defendants.
Oscar Purcell Is chairman of
School District No. 138, and Albert
Hannigan Is clerk.
EPIDEMIC RAGES
IN GOLDEN STATE
Sacramento, Cal., Oct. 21. fA")
The Infantile paralysis epidemic
wnich has been sweeping California.
has afflicted 900 persons and re
sulted in 101 deaths, the state board
of health reported today. The fa
tuities reported were those contain
ed In returns received up to Sep
tember 1.
Fast One Pulled On Paul
Who is Out B. V. D. Suit
But In An Unsigned Check
Someone pulled a fast one yes-1
terday on Paul Johnson, the genteel
and genial men's clothing merchant
of State street Paul would like to
meet the chap again, to collect If
he Is on the square, and to con
gratulate him If he Isn't
A man who was dressed not at all
flashily went Into the store and
bouiht a B. V. D. suit from Paul
fur $1.50. He asked Mr. Johnson to
write out a check for him for that
amount a request that la often
made of merchants. Johnson wrote
It out and also filled out the cheek.
Johnson put it In the cash drawer
and the man left the store.
Pretty soon the customer re
turned.
"Say this stub looks like I paid
you $150 Instead of $1.50," he said.
"AU right wH fi it" John
DOME NEVER
IN DANGER OF
DRAINAGE LOSS
Geologists Testify to Dis
prove Contention of De
fense for Sale
Fall's Letter to La Fol
lette Offered to Show
Lack of Secrecy
Washington, Oct. 21 Wt Through
geologists, the government's oil
counsel endeavored today In the Dis
trict of Columbia supreme court to
disprove the contention of the de
fense that the compelling motive of '
Albert B. Fall In leasing Teapt Dome
to Harry F. Sinclair was the danger
of drainage by adjacent oil wells.
George Otis Smith, director of the
ceological survey, testified that In
the latter part of October, 1921, six
months before the lease was execut
ed by the former secretary of the
interior, he sent a competent geolo
gist to Teapot Dome who reported
that the situation as to possible
drainage had been unchanged since
the date of the executive order
establishing the Wyoming naval oil
reserve.
At the outset of the criminal con
spiracy trial today, the defense
placed before the jury correspon
dence between Fall and the late
Senator Robert M. La Follette of
Wisconsin concerning the naval reserves.-
Fall's letter was dated April 12,
1922, three days after the lease was
signed and It gave the first Infor
mation that Teapot Dome passed
from government possession. He
spoke of what he thought was the
danger of drainage and added that
"It is not the purpose to sell oil, but
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CAROL ASKED
TO RETURN AND
TAKE THRONE
Paris, Oct. 21. W) L'Ouvre,
French radical newspaper today says
that delegates of the National
Peasant party of Rumania have ne
gotiated with former Crown Prince
Carol for his return to Rumania and
his assumption of the throne next
spring.
The possibility of Carol's return,
however, is not regarded seriously tn
competent quarters here as the latest
reliable advices from Bucharest say
that by general consent the Carol
1st movement is nonexistent In Ru
mania. The leaders of the peasant
party are said to frankly admit that
they are not working for the former
crown prince's return as such activity
is unnecessary since what they term
the maladministration of Premier
Bratiano will eventually bring about
Carol's return. Therefore the peas
ant leaders are quoted as declaring
they are quite content to let things
work themselves out.
L'Ouvre In an article signed by
Henry Barbe, foreign editor of the
paper says that the peasant party
delegates laid down one condition
that Carol break with the titlan
haired Magda Lupescu, with whom
he eloped nearlv two years ago, de
serting his wife. Princess Helen.
Carol aceptcd tills condition. It Is
itatod.
son answered, and fixed It with a
stroke of his pencil.
" Now let me see the check,' re
quested the stranger. "I want to see
if that look. like $150 too."
Johnson rot the check.
"Well, I don't just like the looks
of that," the stranger said. "I guess
I II write out one and destroy this
one."
"Go to It," Johnson agreed, as be
proceeded to wait on another pa
tron: "Just lea'e it there on the
counter."
The man left It as requested and
was tearing the first check to bits
as he left the store. When Johnson
examined It he found It written for
$1.50 but no name was signed to
it. The stranger was gone. The
blank check u.vd was from an In
dcoendence bank