CaoiltaOi
CIRCULATION
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aoulo audloa September M, 1W0
10,844
Average daily net paid 10,405
Member Audit Burnu of Circulation.
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NATION'S NEED
FOR REVIVAL
IS CONFIDENCE
Business Ills Removed
Says R. C. A. Head In
Addressing Merchants
Gloomy Pessimism Re
places Optimism Tying
Up Buying Power .
Hew York (LP! The cause of "our
business Ills have been removed
and what tlie nation needs Is con
fidence.'' Edward E. Shumaker,
president of the RCA-Vlctor com
pany, said Thursday In a luncheon
address before the Merchants' as
sociation of New York.
We have not lost our desire for
comforts and luxuries," he declared,
"our natures have not been changed,
only our state of mind has changed
from extreme optimism to gloomy
pessimism. This Is Indicated by the
fact that savings accounts are
growing . . . and that bank deposits
are becoming almost liabilities be
cause of the lack of demand for
funds from business which la de
pressed on account of the buying
power that is tied up by doubt and
fear of the future.
"I find entirely too many business
men waiting for better times, ap
parently hoping that by some
miracle this would come about . . .
1 find that new industries are be
ing bom . . . and I find that men
of vision and ccurage are taking
jto'ncludf don pai41convn7
HOOVER TO PICK
TIMBER BOARD
Washington .A President Hoover
iU appoint wltht. a few days a
national timber conservation board
to recommend a public polity n1
If necessary, legislation to carry it
through.
A White House announcement
which said the board would be
named soon, came alter the chief
executive had conferred with Dr.
Wilson, manager of the National
Lumber Manufacturers' association.
It was said the board would op
erate in a manner similar to the
oil conservation board and would
aeek to stabilize the Industry'.
HOOVER ASKED TO
SPEAK ON LINCOLN
Washington tfPV President Hoo
fer was Invited Thursday by men
ard Lawrence of New York, presi
dent of the National Republican club
to speak February 13 at the club's
Lincoln day dinner.
Lawrence told the president, who
Is a former member of the club and
now an honorary member, that every
republican president since Harrison
nad spoken at the Lincoln aay
dinner.
Lawrence said he also gave the
president his views upon the New
York political situation and told
Mm the race between Governor
Roosevelt and Charles M. Tuttle tor
governor was "In the lap of the
Gods" and the fight depended upon
the next two weeks in New York
City.
Hit-Run Driver
Killed By Crash
In Getting Away
Portland ijP Speeding away after
tils automobile had been Involved in
a minor traffic accident, Clyde A
Barton met death at midnight when
his car went out of control aa, he
was trvlng to elude pursuers.
Barton's car had caught the
bumper of another driven by Alfred
Moline an hour earlier. Moline called
to him to stop but Barton sped
away, Moline after him. Moline
lost sight of him after a half-mile
chase, but a few minutes later xouna
the wseckage of Bartons car. Bar'
ton was dead, his head crushed.
DIVORCE CAUSE' SUICIDE
Baker, Ore., tjpi D. M. Rhlnehart.
40. former Baker resident, shot
himself to death with a pistol at
his home in John Day Wednesday,
In the presence of his wife. After
having called her to the porch, he
told her he had placed 1800 In cur
rency In his shoes, and It was for
her. He placed the weapon to his
temple and fired. Mrs. Rhlnehart
aued htm for divorce a few days ago.
Good Evening!
Sips for Supper
By DON UPJOHN
At least one vreat and glorious
Rood all! come out of the controv
ersy between Independent Candi
date Banks and Secretary Hosa over
the batter of Banks not getting
his name and picture In the state
election picture book. Banks has
found out that auch a voters' pam
phlet Is printed In the state mhlch
he never heard of before.
It b likely Banks will also
find sat a M more about elec
tion by the lime the votes ere
In end counted If he gets any
to count.
Sam Endicott Is suing the water
company for shut t Inn off the water
supply In his house,- We saw Sain
running up State street hot foot
In the rain this morning. No doubt
just then he was wishing somebody
would shut off the water.
The car which crashed Into the
MacMorr store front window the
other day and knocked out a plate
glass front carried a Meier for Gov
ernor sign on the bumper that did
the crashing. Can It be that this
Is part of a campaign to smash the
chain stores?
After investigation we are able to
deny the report that Kenneth Bayne
Is going around town tearing out of
the new city directories the leaf in
It which has Miller Hayden listed
as justice of the peace here. But,
even at that, maybe Kenncih would
do It If he'd thought of It.
Clarence Bowne, crack trapshoot
er .has been out pheasant; hunting
pretty nearly every day since the
pheasant season opened, shot off a
box of shells a day and hasn't killed
bird. Maybe 11 he'd wear his
pretty red hunting cap on his next
shoot he'd have better luck. At any
rate he's found out that pheasants
aren't made out of common clay.
We sincerely hope that turkey
growers in this locality have the
main parts of their birds sufficiently
fattened by now for Thanksgiving
so they can start fattening the
necks. We'd like to have a real
Thanksgiving dinner this year for
once.
Celebration of the two-thousandth
birth year of Vergil seems to be
swimming along in fine shape from
what we read and hear. It seems to
us the principal cause of celebra
tion should be that he didn't write
any more poems than he did.
LINDY INAUGURATES
NEW AERIAL SERVICE
Newark Airport, N. J. "ffl Col.
Charles A. Lindbergh Thursday in
augurated the new trans-continental
air service of Trans-Continental
Western Air Transport, Inc.. taking
off through thick haze in a tri-mot-ored
plane for Columbus, Ohio.
He was accompanied by three re
lief pilots.
The start, scheduled for 8 o'clock,
was delayed 30 minutes by a heavy
ground fog.
Lindbergh flew to the airport
from his home near Princeton and
was kept In the air 13 minutes by
the fog before he could land. He
came alone in the biplane purchased
recently for Mrs. Lindbergh.
251 Bodies Taken
From Alsdorf Mine
Alsdorf, Germany " The total
of bodies recovered from the Anna
II mine following the disastrous ex
plosion of Tuesday reached 251
Thursday afternoon. The - search
for more victims continued.
Kaiser Grilled by
Queen Victoria as
Conceited Youth
London AP) Letters of the late Queen Victoria des
cribed her grandson. Kaiser Wilhelm II, as "a hot headed,
conceited and wrong-headed young man, devoid of all feel
ing, were among the revelations
made Thursday in a book compiled
from confidential royal sources, in
cluding the archives of Windsor
castle,
Victoria also said that Oladstone.
then prime minister, "will ruin the
country If he can,"' the documents
disclosed.
The volume, edited by George
Earle Buckle and published by the
firm of John Murray, shows that
King Albert's widow had decided
viewpoints of her own, whatever
might have been the views or in
tentions of the government officers
of her time.
Permission to publish these royal
FARM BOARD TO
OFFER WHEAT
TO FEED POOR
Legge Says Holdings
Available for Unem
ployed if Congress Acts
Board Itself Has No Au
thority To Give Away
Wheat Purchased
Washington UP Chairman Legge
said Thursday the federal farm
board would be glad to make its
holdings of wheat available as food
for the unemployed if congress
would replace the money used by
the Grain Stabilization Corpora
tion for Its purchase.
Such a step, he said, would help
In reducing the wheat surplus in
this country.
Legge explained, however, that
the farm board had no authority
under the agricultural marketing
act to give away wheat purchased
In stabilization operations.
The only way the wheat could
be turned over to the unemployed
therefore, was through additional
authority from congress which
meets In December.
Legge's statement came in the
midst of a series of conferences on
the unemployment situation be
tween President Hoover, Col. Ar
tConrtudedonpaae 14. column Si
SEEK REVISION
OF YOUNG PLAN
Berlin U A movement for re
vision of the Owen D. Young rep
arations plan gained strength In
Germany Thursday despite official
government indications that the
cabinet Is not at present contem
plating a declaration of a morator
ium, which has been demanded by
various political factions. This was
made known despite the private ne
gotiations In the United States of
Dr Khalmar Schacht, former
Reichsbank president, who was un
derstood to be campaigning for a
suspension of reparations payments.
The increasing momentum of the
German movement for revision,
however, has led experts here to
contend that the government will
adopt one of two policies.
The first would be to try to meet
reparations obligations by forcing
further growth of exports, wnicn
would involve a large dumping of
German goods on the world market.
The second policy would be to call
on Germany's creditors to alleviate
the reparations burden.
4 KILLED ON FARM
EDMONTON, ALBERTA
Edmonton, Albert JPh-Pour per
sons were killed and a fifth prob
ably fatally shot Thursday on a
farm near Smoky Lake, Alberta. Po
lice were seeking George Dwerny
chuk of Edmonton, as the slayer.
The dead are: John Walanskl, father-in-law
of George Dwernychuk;
Mrs. John Walanski; Mary Walan
skl, 16, an invalid; John Darichuk,
middle aged farmer.
Mrs. Huchaluk, aged grandmother
of Mary Walanski. was also shot
down and Is in a hospital at Smoky
Lake, eight miles northeast of here
in a critical condition.
secrets, hidden from the world for
40 years, was given by King George
and, in the case of some of the let
ters, permission was said to have
been secured also from the former
kaiser at Doom.
Regarding Wilhelm, she wrote:
"How sickening it is to see Willy,
not two months after his beloved
and noble father's death, going to
banquets and reviews; it is very in
decent and very unfeeling."
Of the Emperor Frederick, the
kaiser's father, she wrote, "None of
my sons could be a great er loss to
me. He was so good, so wise and
so fond of me; and now?"
Million Dollar
Mansion Offered
For Cancer Work
New Yarfc. The New
Tark American aaya Mrs.
Grace L Coanerc, wiasw of
William J. Ccnners, 8r Buf
falo, N. Y newspaper pos
llsber, financier and political
leader, has offered to torn
her million dollar Lang Is
land mansion into one of the
moat complete cancer research
institute In the world.
She made the offer to Doc
tors Walter B. Coffey and
John H amber of San Fran
cises, who have made some
notable discoveries In cancer
research. She alio Informed
them funds would be raised to
endow the Institute and Its
work.
Dr. Coffey, who with his
associate Is here on a brief
visit, said they would be gov
erned In their final action In
the matter by their Califor
nia sponsors.
$10,000 BOND
FREES MORAN
Chicago (JPi George (Bugs) Mo-
ran, former north side gang leader,
was a free man Thursday, tempor
arily at least. '
He was about to be taken from
the criminal courts building Wed
nesday to a cell In the county jail
to await a further hearing before
Judge John H. Lyle for vagrancy
when an unidentified friend fur
nished $10,000 in cash for his re
lease on bond.
A telephone call to Attorney Hen
ry L. Kane, counsel for the Central
Cleaners and Dyers, of which Moran
claims to be vice-president, confirm
ed the report of his release.
"Yes, Moran Is out," Kane said.
"someone took 110,000 in casta to the
office of Cleric James A. Kearns of
the municipal court and all Moran
had to do was to sign his name."
Judge Lyle had set 5 p.m. for re
sumption of Moran's hearing, which
he had continued pending examina
tion of Moran's record, which he
said was "as long as the Delaware
river."
$125,000 JEWELRY
ROBBERY IN GOTHAM
New York (LP) Police reserves
sent Thursday "below the dead line"
that district In lower downtown
New York where Jewelers have their
offices and I rem where ail Known
police characters are barred when
Wm. Segman reported he had been
held up and 1125.000 in diamonds
and other Jewelry taken.
Segman la a partner In Segman
and Abrahams, a Jewelry house on
the seventh floor ot a building at
102 Fulton street.
He reported to police that he had
Just opened the offices and removed
one tray of diamonds from the safe.
He felt a pistol against the back of
his neck and heard a holdup com
mand. He said that the robbers bound
him to a radiator and gagged him.
He could not see the robbers. After
a few minutes, he said, he heard
the door shut. He worked his way
from his bonds and then discovered
the loss of $125,000 in Jewelry.
Segman said at no time did he
see the bandits.
Falls 175 Feet off
Bridge Into Bay
To Swim Ashore
Sydney N. 8. W. AV-While
working on the great new Sydney
harbor bridge, said to be the
world's largest arch bridge, a work
man named Kelly Thursday fell
175 feet into the harbor.
He hurtled down feet first and
as he struck the water a column of
spray 20 feet high shot into the
air. Kelly swam ashore not mucn
worse for his experience and is now
wondering whether he established
a high plunge record.
6o far as la known here the rec
ord heretofore has rested with
Steve Brodle. who immortalized his
name by jumping off the Brooklyn
bridge, 133 feet above the waters of
the East river.
GUNBOATS TO HELP
MISSION WORKERS
Shanghai HP) Officers of the
French Asiatic squadron Thursday
ordered gunboats from both Shang
hai and Hankow to Kluklanf to
aid In bringing about the release of
French missionaries who were
among the 14 church workers cap
tured recently by Reds at Klan.
Klenvsl iwovince.
CASUALTIES OF
BRAZILIAN WAR
REACH CAPITAL
Rio Janiero Awakens to
Fact That Bloody Con
flict 1$ Being Waged
Rebels Claim Desertion
.Of Battalion of Chas
seurs in Bahia
Rio de Janeiro (AT Arrival of the
first casualties from the southern
front is bringing home to residents
ot this capita), one of the most
beautiful cities of the world, that
a bloody civil war actually la being
fought just a few hundred miles
away.
Until now Rio de Janeiro has re
mained so calm and with so little
excitement, beyond that Incident to
mobilization of volunteer and re
serve armies In the outskirts, that
war and revolution have been al
most unthinkable.
Official communiques have been
monotonous, all very much like that
of . Thursday morning which says
that government forces are main
taining their positions without
change In all sectors. Sometimes a
few details are added, as Thursday
that General Santa Cruz, com
manding at Bahia, Is coordinating
all military elements In that state
in preparation for operations he
la about to begin.
The banks passed their first day
under the new opening order of
(Concluded on pbb 16. column )
PORTLAND AIDS
UNEMPLOYED
Portland, Ore. LP5 Portland busi
ness men jumped Into the unem
ployment situation Thursday with
four concrete recommendations be-1
fore them for relief of the needy. !
Of primary importance was the
recommendation of Ben Selling,
pioneer merchant and philanthro
pist, for establishment of a work
ing man's loan bank capitalized at
$15,000. Funds would be loaned to
m air led men with families up to
$25 monthly for not more than five
months with interest at 6 per cent,
with notes to be taken for each
loan. Loans would be repayable at
the rate of $2.50 weekly, beginning
March 15, 1931.
Selling's other recommendations
were that stte, county and city au
thorities expedite all uncompleted
work and proceed with work plan
lied for 1031, with anticipated tax
moneys of 1931 used aa payment;
establishment of one or more work
ingmen's clubs where unmarried
men might secure meals at low
rates and establishment of one or
more woodyards where transients
might saw wood In payment for
meals.
MILLER ASSAILS
MEIER'SCANDIDACY
Grants Pass W) Prank J. Miller,
chairman of the Oregon public
service commission, Thursday at
tacked the candidacy of Julius L
Meier, independent candidate for
governor, as "unethical"' and as
"bought for a price." The commis
sion was here for a hearing which
Wednesday night opened a new
street across the Southern Pacific
tracks to serve the manufacturing
district
Miller said he Is "no longer able
to preserve silence"' on what he be
lieves a destructive Influence to
Oregon. "I am very angry to feel
that any man who presume to
think that because he has money
he can buy preferment,' the chair
man said.
Commissioner O. O. Bortzmeyer
accompanied Miller to Grants Pass.
M'NARYWANTS DIXON
ON TIMBER BOARD
Eugene M Senator Charles L.
McNary said Thursday he will
recommend that A. C. Dixon of Eu
gene, president of the National
Lumber Manufacturers' association,
be named on the national timber
conservation board which President
Hoover announced Thursday he
will toon appoint Dr. Wilson
Compton, with whom the chief ex
ecutive conferred Thursday, Is
manager of the association of
which Dixon Is president.
Dixon is general manager of the
Booth-Kelly Lumber company.
Power Bill On Par
With Past Efforts
Of Fleishhacker
By HARRY N. GRAIN
That Herbert Fleishhacker. California banker and fi
nancier and holder personally
large diocks oi Donds of Uregon irrigation districts, should
be interested in enactment by vote of the oeoDle of the so-
called grange power district
mc measure mrougn ine cojunnoqt
of the Portland Telegram, his
newspaper, and that paper's can
didate for governor is neither a
novel or startling position in which
to find Mr. Fleishhacker.
Aside from the possibilities It
holds for professional promoters and
exploiters, bond dealers, engineers,
lawyers, contractors and the like
in the organization of power de
velopment districts and the financ
ing and construction of public power
plants, the power district scheme
seems to hold out more promise to
the creditors of bankrupt irriga
tion districts than anyone else.
Under the loose provisions of the
"Concluded on pH ge 1 3,column 4
PRISON TERM
FOR DR. DEAN
Portland Ofl Dr. Charles J. Dean,
physician with clinics in Portland,
Seattle, San Francisco and Los An
geles, was Thursday sentenced to
serve thirteen months In McNeil
Island federal prison. He aas con
victed In lederal court several
months ago on charges of violating
the national bankruptcy act. Ha was
denied a new trial.
Wallace McCamant and S. J. BIs
cholf, attorneys for Dean, indicated
they will appeal the case.
An application for parole was op
posed by John McCullough, assistant
U. S. attorney, who declared that
although Dr. Dean passed through
bankruptcy, his manner of living Is
unchanged. McCullough said be be
lieved the physician is now building
a huge country home near Roseburg,
although no record or title connects
him with the property.
The Indictment on which Dean
was convicted charged concealment
of assets, and the making of a false
oath at the time of his bankruptcy
proceeding.
$60,000 WIGFALL
INSURANCE PAID
Portland rav-Mrs. W. W. Mc
Credie Thursday received a $W.
000 check representing Insurance
held by Charles Y. Wigfall, young
attorney whose death mystery cre
ated a sensation here three months
aeo. The coroner's verdict was
suicide. Wigfall was a law part
ner of Judge W. W. McCredie.
Wlgfall's will, which Is not yet a
nubile document, made many be
quests to friends. The McCredles
expect to take no further step In
clearing up Wlgtalls estate until
thev receive notification of the
action of two other Insurance com-
panles with which Wigfall carried
policies, one of $10,000 and anoth
er of $5,000. These two policies are
said to contain suicide clauses.
Wigfall died from a bullet wound
In his chest. He told physicians
and friends he had been shot by a
transient whom he picked up on
the highway late at nignt.
Andy Gump Statue
No Longer Adorns
Estate of Creator
Lake Geneva, Wis. (IP) The sta
tue ot Andy Oump no longer will
grace the front yard of his creator's
former summer estate nere.
O. W. McKee, Rocklord, 111., man
ufacturer, purchased the home re
cently from Sidney Smith, Chicago
cartoonist, who made the "Oumps"
famous. One of the new owner's
first actions was to order the statue
removed.
McKee also ordered Sheriff James
Mason of Elkhorn to remove five
barrels of wine which he found in
the basement of the Smith mansion
WILL SF.IX BONDS
Portland JP One million dollars
of St. John's bridge bonds will be
sold soon. Instructions to the dis
trict attorney to prepare notices of
sale have been given by the county
commissioners. These bonds are part
ot a M 2M.0O0 issue. Expenditures
on the bridge alii be 1675,000 for the
rest of this year, and $425,000 dur
ing 11131.
or through his corporations of
amendment and should sponsor
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WM. POLLMAN
OF BAKER DIES
Portland (JPh- William Pollman.
63, for many years a leader in bank
ing and stock raising circles In east
ern Oregon, died here Thursday, af
ter an illness of several years. He
was president of the Baker Loan &
Trust company and the First Na
tional bank of Baker, and a former
member of the federal reserve board
for this district
For many years Pollman had been
a leader among stockmen, not only
of Oregon, but of the entire west,
and at the time of his death was
vice president of the American Na
tional Livestock asosciatlon. He also
was president emeritus of the Cat
tle and Horse Raisers association
of Oregon.
He was a former mayor of Baker
and one of the donors of Pollman
Oeiser park.
With him at his death were all
members of his Immediate family,
his wife, his daughters. Miss Edna
Pollman and Mrs. Louise Pollman
LUley; his son-in-law, George Prcs-
cott LUley, and his brother and sister-in-law,
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Poll-
man, of Baker,
Funeral services will be at the
West chapel. Baker at 2 pjn. Satur
day.
3 TRAPPED BY
TUNNEL CAVE-IN
Steubenville, Ohio 0V Rescuers
attempting to remove three train
men trapped in a caboose by the
cave In of a tunnel at Adena on
the Wheeling and Lake Erie rail
road, have established communica
tion with Al Romando, one of the
three, who told them he was held
fast by a large boulder, but did
not know If either of his compan
ions was alive.
Rescuers said efforts to get a
response from Jerry L. Sells and
E. E. Duga, the other two victims,
were unsuccessful, and it was be
lieved both were dead.
Officials of the company said at
least 300 feet of the tunnel at the
east end had fallen In. The tun
nel is btveen 800 and 1,000 feet In
length and goes through a hill about
200 feet high.
Mme. Galli-Curci
Injured in Crash
Birmingham, England fP) Mme.
Amelita Oalll-Curcl was badly
bruised and suffered a severe shak
ing up near here Wednesday night
when the automobile bearing among
others the famous soprano and her
husband. Homer Samuels, overturn
ed. Their chauffeur swerved to
avoid collision with another car,
and lost control.
Chiang Kai-Shek
Nationalist Leader
Becomes Christian
Shanghai (AP) General Chiang Kai-Shek, youthful
nationalist president of China, was baptized a Christian
Thursday. Chiang and his wife arrived Thursday from
Nanking. He went to the home oi
his mother-in-law, Mrs. Soong, In
the International settlement, and
there the simple ceremony was per
formed oy the Rev. Z. T. Kuang.
Chinese pastor of the Young Allen
Memorial church.
The pastor asked the president
whether he sincerely desired to be
come a Christian. Chiang replied
he did. Whereupon the pastor
sprinkled water upon the young
president and admitted him to the
Christian church.
Only a few intimates of the pres
ident attended the ceremony. They
Included his brothers-in-law, T. V.
Soong. minuter of finance, and T.
STEPMOTHER
CONFESSES TO
SLAYING CHILD
Mrs. Pearl Oloughlin
Breaks Down And As
sumes Blame
Child's Uncle triplicated in
Confession and Being
Quizzed
Denver Of" Captain of Detec
tives pert Clark related Thursday
the details of his Interview in
which he reported he had obtained
admission from Mrs. Pearl OXough
lin that she was responsible for the
slaying or her step-child Leona
O'Loughlin.
Clark's announcement came at
the climax of a dramatic all-night
grilling, the sixth the woman has
been subjected to since her arrest
last Sunday.
Relating the dialogue, Clack said
he told her he knew she wanted to
tell and asked her why she should
suffer any longer.
Clark said her admission cams
when she mentioned the name of
her brother-in-law Frank O'Lough
lin. District Attorney Earl Wettengel
announced after questioning Frank
OLoughlin, the child's uncle, who
Concluded on page 15. column 7
PRISON BLAZE .
CAUSES PANIC
Jackson, Mich. OP A near panto
prevailed for a half hour In the
Michigan state prison here early
Thursday when fire, caused by a
short circuit, broke out In the base
ment of the south wing of the old
prison.
Although the Inmates were at no
time in danger, the clouds of smoke
which swirled up through the cell
tiers frightened them and several
thousand screamed for help and
beat on their cell bars.
Shrill fire sirens, which brought
fire apparatus converging on the
prison from all sections of the city,
added t the confusion of the blaze.
Before the city apparatus could en
ter the prison grounds, however, tho
convict fire brigade had the fire
under control. Damage was slight.
AMERICANS URGED
TO LEAVE KIAN6SI
Washington P Word that the
Chinese ministry of foreign affairs
had urged Americans in Kian,
Kiangsl province, to withdraw at
once to places of safety was com
municated to the state department
by American Minister Johnson at
Peipinp.
Kiangsl troops were reported en
route to attack bandits holding
Kian.
Walter A. Adams, American con
sul at Nanking, another message to
the department said, has urged
the ministry of foreign affairs to
take steps to effect the release of
the Filipino sister captured by the
bandits at Klan. Adams also re
ported in detail the steps taken to
effect the release of Rev. Bert N.
Nel&on of Minneapolis, captured
early this month by another group
of bandit.
L. Soong, chairman of the Whang-
Po conservancy, and the foreign
minister, C. T. Wang. All are
Christians.
The baptism had been kept sec
ret and the accomplished fact has
startled all Shanghai and Nanking.
OutMde the family circle no one
had the slightest Idea of the presi
dent's Intention.
The branch of the Christian
church into which Chiang Kai-Shek
was baptized, is Methodist
The president's baptism was re
garded as a blow at the extremists
who are hunt(ng down Christians
CoLcluut tin pact 16, Column