C apitalAJoiiirEal.
CIRCULATION
Dally average attribution for the
mouth endlnf January 31, 1631
10,462
Average daily net paid 9,870
Member Audit Bureau of Circulation
FAIR
Tonight and Sunday, becoming un
settled Sunday. Moderate Kinds.
Local: Max., M; Min . 32; rain,
M; river, 42 feet: cloudy; north
wind.
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Portland Police and Fire
men Bring Pressure in
House on Senate Bills
Speculation Rife As to
What Is Happening to
Police and Tunnel Bills
By HARRY N. CHAIN'
Their calendars cleared of all con
troversial measures by the simple
expedient of putting such matters
over to later dale so that they
might dig their nay through a mass
of accumulated minor bills, both
houses of the legislature Saturday
were working with machine-like per
cision In automatic routine, but the
members had their eyes and ears
tuned to catch rumblings from out
side the chambers.
Beneath the surface there was be
ing waged one of the most deter
mined battles of the session In
which every known form of legis
lative finess and strategy were
being brought into play.
The contest waged around the ef
fort of the lobby delegation of Port
land police and firemen to secure
senate reconsideration of their bill,
defeated on a 16 to 14 vote Friday,
which would levy a tax of one half
Of one per cent on all insurance writ
ten on property In the city of Port
land Or for residents there to rehab
ilitate their pension fund.
Probably the busiest peopleJnthc
(Concluded oil PKge10. column 5)
RACE TRACK BILL
UP ONMONDAY
Action on the proposal to cre
ute a state racing commission and
authorizing the part-mutual method
of betting as a revenue measure In
behalf of county fairs was delayed
from Saturday until Monday while
two senate measures, S. B. No. 62,
Senator Brown's water power com
mission bill and S. B. No. 168, pro
viding for peoples' utility districts,
were both made a special order of
business for 2 o'clock Monday af
ternoon to prevent extensive argu
ment and possiblity of preventing
the house from clearing Its calen
dar Saturday.
Fate of H. B. No. 313. relating to
a tobacco tax for .revenue purposes,
Is In doubt. It was scheduled for
a special order of business Satur
day morning but at the opening of
the session, with an unfavorable
majority report, placed on the table.
It may be permitted to quietly slum
ber there until after the session
adjourns, giving it a painless death,
or there Is some talk of It being
tent back to the ways and means
committee for revamping In the
hope that it might. In some more
acceptlble form, be brought out for
passage.
Three bills were killed by indefin
ite postponement. H. B. No. 217,
relating to dry cleaning establish
ments; H. B. No. 157, prohibiting the
removal or abandonment of rail
road shops or division points with
out permission of the public service
commission, and H. B. No. 339, pro
viding that secretaries of chambers
of commerce, on official business,
be granted free pass rights by rail
road companies.
Male and Female
Snores the Same
Both Saxophonic
Chicago i.-Tn Male and female
mores are the same.
Dr. Donald A. Laird of Colgate
university who has stayed awake
many hours studying how other
people sleep. Is the authority for
this Information.
Snoring, he said in an address.
b a saxophonic type of noise, not
related to vocal sounds and It Is
Impossible to distinguish between
male and female snores.
Dr. Laird, who Is director of the
Colgate psychological laboratory, al
so gave his audience a formula for
the best way to sleep. Here It Is:
Get Into a green or blue bed room,
adorn yourself In pajamas of the
same hue, see that there are heavy
rugs on the floor and then hop
Into a bed that has springs that arc
not too springy and a mattress
that Is neither too soft or too hard.
KINO CAROL ILL
Bucharest. Rumania nP King
Carol's cold has taken the form of
bronchitis. He has a high fever but
his condition Is not considered dis
quieting. He has been ordered to re
main In bed for several days. His
pulse Is normal
Good Evening!
Sips for Supper
By DON UPJOHN
Brigadier General Smedley D. But
ler, in a recent speech, said: "In
our smaller cities, our towns and
villages, the police are all but worth
less. They seem to know nothing,
see nothing, hear nothing, and do
nothing. Most of them da not even
look like public defenders."
Gosh, if Walt Thompson could
only read wouldn't he enjoy that?
Maybe General Butler has been
reading about Frank Minto's car.
After listening in the past few-
days on various conferences over
the water company situation we
can't help but wonder who the heck
would want to be president of a
water company, anyway?
If what President Elliott has been
going through here is a fair sample
of the life of these big corporation
guys us for one are glad we're an
underdog in a little Iberian village.
Well, the dentists' clinic here fill
ed a big cavity In the professional
life of our city this week.
Some nefarious hound Newell
Williams suspected) is spreading the
report about our fair city that we've
just had all our teeth pulled. If
this bird could see us fang into a
chunk of roast beef medium he'd
go around and undo this damage
he's done to our hitherto . unim
peachable record as a knife wielder.
There's one rilt of hope in the
legislative session. The legislators'
pay ended Friday night. Maybe a
few of them could be slipped In
now and then on the emergency
highway work so they could eat
the rest of the time they're here.
A professor in an eastern univer
sity told his class that there is an
infallible economic rule, that when
women's skirts grow longer a busi
ness depression is approaching and
when they grow shorter good times
are coming. The rule has never
failed, he declared.
Such being the case, we are for
prosperity, and lots of It. In fact
a sort of shortle prosperity, as it
were.
Here we have it,
The sweetest of rhymes,
The shorter the skirt.
The better the times.
But all we can say for Prosperity
is it ought to be ashamed of itself
hiding behind a woman's skirts.
NEWlARKET
ROAD MEASURE
A new Kiddle bill accomplishing
the dual feat of repealing the one
mill market road tax and securing
market road funds to the counties
was ready for introduction in the
senate Saturday following a con
ference in the governor's office Fri
day night.
The bill If enacted would estab
lish a secondary state highway sys
tem, and postpones one yea.' the
abolishment of the one mill tax on
property. It would allot to the coun
ties 10 per cent of the state high
way funds for maintenance and Im
provement of county market roads
taken over by the state. The law
would go into effect January 1, 1932.
Conferees who worked out the
new plan Friday night were Gov
ernor Julius L. Meier, who urged
the repeal of the tax In his plat
form; Fred E. Kiddle, author of
the original bill; H. B. Van Duzer,
chairman of the state highway
commission; and Frank Andrews
and Emmett Howard of the house
roads and highways committee. All
sides in the controversy which raged
over the Kiddle bill were represent
ed, and all gave their sanction to
the new plan.
Those who had opposed the bill
and had succeeded In lining up a
majority of the house against It
said it might delay the primary
highway program a little, but that
the counties would more than make
ud bv the administration by the
state of 10 per cent of the highway
funds on major county mantu
roads.
The highway commission is the
Judge of what county highways
shall be taken over, but the law
makes it mandatory upon the com-
I mission that the counties shall re
ceive 10 pee cent.
Knighthood Given
Motor Speed King
London UP King George Satur
day conferred a knighthood on
Captain Malcolm Campbell, the
world's motor car speed king.
The knighthood was In recogni
tion of Campbell's accomplishment
at Daytona Beach, Fla., where he
set a world speed record by driving
249.73 miles an hour In his car,
"Bluebird II," February 6.
The ceremony In which the rac
ing driver, who came home to Eng
land from his conquests In America
as a popular eonnuerlng hero, was
at Buckingham palace.
WOMEN HELD
FOR POISONING
WEALTHY MAN
Exhumed Body of Victim
Reveals Enough Ar
senic To Kill 40 Men
Money in Bank Drawn
Out by Accused Who
Are Under Arrest
Los Angeles (LP) Two women were
under arrest Saturday in connection
with the death by poisoning of Au
gust Lindstrom, 82, father of Peter
H. Lindstrom. wealthy Chicagoan.
Upon request of the son, the elder
Lindstrom's body was exhumed at
Williams, Ariz., and brought here,
where chemists discovered the sto
mach contained "enough poison to
kill 40 men."
The women held were Mrs. Esther
Carlson. 62, for 15 years Lindstrom's
housekeeper, and Mrs. Anna Erick
son. their neighbor.
Police Captain William Bright
said Mrs. Carlson who was formally
charged with murder, told him
"Mrs. Erickson put me up to It."
Mrs. Erickson. herself a victim of
poison, was under technical arrest
at General hospital. Physicians
said they found arsenic in her
stomach.
Captain Bright said Mrs. Carlson
and Lindstrom had a Joint bank ac
count, which was withdrawn the
day after Lindstrom died. Mrs.
Concluded on pttge 10. column 6
APPROPRIATION'
BILLS IN HOUSE
Six more appropriation measures
aggregating nearly $500,000, bring
ing the total of the 36th assembly
to 19 bills of this class, were re
ceived by the house from the Joint
house and senate ways and means
committee Saturday morning. To
tal appropriations for departments,
boards, courts, institutions and gen
eral state business now total nearly
two and a quarter millions of dol
lars. Of the measures received Satur
day, that for the expenses of the
state sealer of weights and meas
ures, state tax commission, state
board of control and the budget di
vision of the executive department
was the largest, the-various items
totaling 1244.192. Under the meas
ure the expenses of the sealer of
welgnts and measures are placed
at $6145; the state tax commission
$153,610; state board of control
$66,262, and $17,835 for the budget
division of the executive depart
ment.
Following this in cash value Is
the bill for the state and supreme
court libraries, the total being $108,
824. Of this amount the state li
brary will receive $84,564 and the
supreme court library $24,260. Next
comes $83,339 tor tne state ooara
of health and boards under its Jur
disdlctlon. The board Itself re
ceives $65,835 and the public health
nursing and child hygiene division,
which Is under the direction and
control of the board, $17,500. Gen
eral and primary elections are
placed at $56,674 end the last meas
ure creates a revolving fund of
$5000 for the secretary of the state
to be used in conducting examina
tions and audits of all state depart
ments and Institutions.
60 EXTRA JURORS
FOR BOWLES TRIAL
HilLsboro. 'LP) In the presence of
state and defense attorneys, 60 ex
tra Jurors were called Saturday be
fore Circuit Juage Baglry from
which the jury panel will be drawn
to try Ni-lson C. Bowles and his ex
str nographer, Imia O. Loucks,
March 2. on charges of first degree
murder in connection with the
death of Mrs. Leone C. Bowles,
Portland society matron.
Announcement was made that a
double guard will be posted over
the home of Mrs. H. W. Howard,
state witness, until the Portland
woman Is called to the stand. She
alleges she was twice attacked at
her home.
Charlie Chaplin
MacDonald's Guest
London Wj Charlie Chaplin.
American cinema comedian, left hh
hotel Saturday morning with Al
astalr MarDonakl. son of the prime
minister, and motored to Chequers
where they will fptnd the day with
the premier.
Draft Plan
To Arbitrate
Water Values
With return of City Attorney
Trindle to' the city Saturday work
on the proposed form of contract for
arbitration leading eventually to ac
quisition of the water works sys
tem here by the city, was expected
to get under way. Attorney Walter
E. Keyes for the water company,
stated that as soon as Trindle was
back he would take up with him the
matter of drafting a form of an
agreement. In the meantime, Pres
ident E. C. Elliott of the water com
pany had departed for a trip into
Washington and It was thought he
tConcludeionjageJO, columnar
TO PROSECUTE
INDICTMENTS
That the district attorney's of
fice will go ahead with any prose
cutions which may arise under in
dictments which may be handed
down by the grand jury still in ses
sion under the order of Circuit
Judge McMahan continuing its ses
sions until the July term of circuit
court was indicated by that office
Saturday. If validity of the Indict
ments are questioned because of
the order the attack must come
from the defense and the district
attorney's office will act on the
presumption that the order is a val
id order.
Some attorneys have expressed
doubts as to the validity of any fu
ture actions of the grind jury un
der the present court order which
the court cites as a nunc pro tunc
order although Issued on February
18 being stated in the order to be
effective as of February 2.
The question arose when It was
shown the records failed to reveal
that an order had been Issued con
tinuing the grand Jury from the
February term of court. The court
In its nunc pro tunc order stated
that such an order was given In
chambers and It was the Intention
to have entered an order for the
grand Jury to continue until the
business which it had under con
sideration was completed.
It Is understood the Jury will re
convene again here next Wednes
day to continue Its business under
the court order. It met last Wednes
day and was In session when the
ppint was raised as to whether It
had authority to continue Its work
in the absence of a court order be
ing entered in the record continu
ing it from the January to the Feb
ruary term.
FRENZIED CLOSE TO
CHICAGO'S CAMPAIGN
Chicago (IP) Candidates for the
republican nomination to become
world's fair mayor of Chicago
brought to a climax Saturday the
campaigns which during the last
week have created one of the most
amazing political furores in the
city's history.
Still admitting that any last min
ute "break" might Influence thou
sands of voters one way or another,
the principal candidates, William
Hale Thompson, John O. Lyle and
Arthur F. Albert, made their final
pleas of the week at numerous ward
and loop meeting and in speeches
broadcast by radio.
New charges of graft, lunacy, Im
morality, pending violence and al
liances with gangsters were made
and denied as the candidates shout
ed themselves hoarse in a frenzied
attempt to gain the lead In the
home stretch dash which all ad
mitted was so Important.
Such expressions as "sinkholes,"
"lecherous" and '-lascivious" were
tossed into the fray to be added
to the long list of bitter personal
remarks exchanged earlier by May
or Thompson and Judge Lyle.
Fry Left $20,000 For
Benevolent Purposes
In Will Probated Today
Twenty-thousHmi ilollarH in perpetual ti'ut funds for
benevolent uses in the city of Salem are left by the will of
Daniel J. Fry, Sr., just admitted to probate. The benefi
ciaries under these trusts are the
First Congregational church. Sal
vatlon Army. Young Men's Chris
tian association, Young Women's
Christian association, and graduate
scholars of the Salem High school
who attain the highest degree of
general scholarship. In addition
numerous cash bequests are left to
arious relatives with the residue of
the estate going to the widow, Het
lle E. Fry for her life and eventual
division among the children.
Valuation of the estate as esti
mated In the petition for letters of
dminiMration is p.acfd at 180.000.
This, however, Includes only person-i
GARRISON OF
PERUVIAN CITY
STAGESREVOLT
Arequipa in Hands cf In
surgents Who Pro
claim Godas President
Martial Law Rules Lima
With Rebels Defeated
And 60 Slain
Arequipa. Peru (LP) The Arequipa
garrison revolted Friday night and
captured the headquarters of the
divisional chief, who was killed In
the fighting.
The leaders of the Arequipa out
break the second Peruvian uprising
In a single day issued a manifesto
saying they intended to "fulfill the
principles of the August revolu
tion" and would place Colonel Aur
clio Garcia Godos at the head of
the Lima government, call elections
immediately and permit full liberty
In voting.
Lima, Peru (LPj Tile provisional
government of Luis M. Sanchez Cer
ro continued to control Peru under
martial law Saturday, following an
uprising and battle, Friday night at
the historic fort of Real Felipe, ad
joining Callao, costing 60 lives, In
cluding one American.
While complete official figures
had not been complied, it was be
lieved that of the casualties, about
40 were from federal troops and
about 20 were rebels.
The American. Reginald A. Skid
more, of Bethlehem, Pa., was killed
by a stray bullet while lunching at
tile Foreign club. .
Loyal troops were dispatched and
the battle which ensued lasted from
"(Concluded on page 10. column 4
FLAX GROWERS
REDUCEPRICES
Bent upon saving the state flax
Industry from destruction through
Ill-considered and hasty legislation
or from the effects of economic de
pression, a committee representing
the flax growers, met informally
with Governor Meier. State Treas
urer T. B. Kay and Carle Abrams,
secretary of the board of control,
Saturday morning, to volunteer fur
ther concessions on the price to be
paid by the state for flax contracted
for the coming year.
As a result of the meeting a com
mittee of growers consisting of Fred
J. Schwab of Mount Angel, R. J.
Berning of Monitor, H. B. Etzel of
Macksburg, and George Berg of
Barlow was authorized to tender to
all of the growers contracting with
the state, a new price schedule.
. The new scale reduces the price
to be paid by the state for No. 1 flax
to $33, for No. 2, $28. No reduction
Is proposed in the $20 price on No.
3 flax.
The growers condemned the re
port on the flax Industry made by
George Black c Son, Portland au
ditors, as being superficial and in
complete, and particularly condemn
ed the Black rerommendatlon that
the state handle flax for the grow
ers only on a ron6imimcnt basis.
Gypsies in Battle
Over Horse Trade
Pesterasebet, Hunpary )
Throe dead, three (tying and fifteen
seriously injured were inrluded in
the casualty list of a wild battle
here Saturday between pypsy horse
dealers who quarreled over the
commission on a deal.
al properly, ell of the real property
of extensive value In Salem having
oeen held in entirety by Mr. and
Mrs. Fry and under such tenancy
goes to the widow as survivor with
out necessity for probating
The First National bank of which
Mr. Fry was formerly president, is
made executor of the estate and
also trustee, for various trust funds.
Appraisers named are Dr. R. E. L"
Stonier, C. W. Paulua and B. F.
8 lade.
The largest of the trust funds set
out In the rum of $10,000 placed In,
(concluded a ptf 10, column 7)
Oregon Authority
ProtestsNewName
For Malheur River
Lewis McArthur, engineer and historical authority on
Oreiron names, has written the following protest against the
proposed change of Malheur river to Sinnott river in an open
letter to the legislature which reads as follows: "A bill has
been passed by one branch of the legislature changing the
name of Malheur county and Mai-
heur river to Sinnott county and I
Sinnott river, 'in honor of the late
N. J. Sinnott, former representative
in congress from the second district
of Oregon.
"If the people of that section of
the state desire to change the
name of the county from Malheur
to Sinnott. there Is probably no
valid objection, but It seems to the
writer that there are a consider
able number of good reasons why
the name of the river should not
be changed. Not the least of these
objections is the fact if Nick Sin
nott were here today he would be
(Concluded on p:.ge 11. column g)
SAMUEL HILL
CRITICALLY ILL
Portland IP Samuel Hill, son-in-law
of James J. Hill, the "empire
builder," was gravely ill at St. Vin
cent's hospital here Saturday.
He spent a very restless night, al
though he was conscious and able to
recognize people, according to at
tendants at the hospital. He was not
able to take any nourishment other
than occasional 6lps of water.
"Mr. Hill is a very sick man, in
fact he is dangerously ill," was the
word from the hospital.
Hill, ' Indefatigable worker for
peace, and good roads, was admit
ted to St. Vincents hospital several
days ago. He was reported ill with
intestinal influenza. He appeared to
rally within a Miort, time and ex
pected to leave the hospital last
Tuesday. His condition took a turn
for the worse, however, and he un
derwent an operation, from which
he rallied slightly.
Hill worked incessantly for the
Pacific highway stretching from the
Canadian border to San Diego and
the Columbia river highway from
The Dalles to the sea and lived to
see both dre ams come true. He is the
"lather" of the Oregon highway
commission. He is a friend of Queen
Marie of Roumania and King Albert
of Belgium and holds many foreign
orders.
8 DAYS 3 HOURS
TO CROSS PACIFIC
Victoria, B. C. (A1) The S. S.
Empress of Jajwm, fleetest of the
C. P. R. liners. Saturday held a
new record of 8 days, 3 hours .and
12 minutes for the trans-Pacific
voyape from Yokohs ma to Vic
toria. With her veteran skipper. Cap
tain Samuel Robinson, on the
bridge, the Empress of Japan bet
tered her own record by more than
three hours in making the fastest
pacific crossing In Pacific shipping
history.
The bUir-hbboned Japan set a
new Par Hie mark last summer on
her maiden voyage by shattering
the Emprew of Canada's record for
the 4300 mile voyage.
But Cnpl-am Robinson, whose
gallantry during the Japanese
earthquake In 1923 won him ft de
coration by King George as ft com
mander on the BntiAh Kmplre, has
ambitions to piate the Pacific voy
age on a trans-Atlantic basis and
believes the Empress of Jpan can
do It.
Dry Laws Boom
Corkscrew Sales
Ban Francim .! The corkscrew
market ha t.iffrI no d press. on.
their makers paired at the rlaslng
conference of the Western Metal
Congress hire.
Before prohibition, delegates mere
told, 75 tons of low grade steel
were ued yearly to manufacture
America's corkvreus and bottle cap
openers. Today it takes 225 tons of
metal tosni'Pi' the demand of those
who open bottles.
The steel men Interested In this
phase of metallurgy and un bottling,
conveved their felicitations to the
Mat rarboi,att-d beverage men who
are hiding their Mis-tons here.
ftTEAMKR ON ROCKS
8t. Thorn ft. s Vrlgln Islands
The Greek tUamer, Captain Rokos,
is pounding to pieces on Anegada
reef where she ran aground on
Wednesday, with the United State
mine sweeper Grebe standing by to
take off the crew in owe of bad
weather. There appeared to be little
possibility that she could to salv
HUUbb FASStS
NEW ROAD LAW
Elimination of the fixed speed
regulations on Oregon highways
and enactment of a measure look
lng toward uniform traffic legisla
tion by the three coast states and
in line with the national program
headlined the Saturday morning
transactions of the house of repre
sentatives, which cut Its noon recess
to one hour for an early afternoon
meeting In hopes of clearing the
calendar for the day.
Some opposition was voiced In
regard to the section prohibiting
motor vehicles being parked with
in a radius of 25 feet of the center
of a railroad track at a grade cross
ing. This was challenged on the
ground that it was a move of the
railroad companies to escape or
lessen imoiuty far accidents occur
ring at these points. The bill receiv
cd only three negative votes. There
was some debate before the house
passes H, B. No. 113, providing for
attorneys' fees in actions arising
irom negllgance on the public high
ways. Regulation and control of pawn
shops was placed under the Juris
diction of the state superintendent
ox banks with a rate of Interest
fixed not to exceed 3 percent per
montn. This proved objectionable
to some members, who pointed out
that It a kk restated 36 percent per
year on the original loan, but In as
much as iu beneficial provisions
tConeluilrrt oi. pi j-p 10, column 3
FEAR RIOTS IN
BORDER CITY
Mexacall, Lower California, Mex.
' Hundreds of Mexicans In this
border city of 15.000, unnerved by
pangs of hunger and a lack of work,
roamed uneasily through the streets
Saturday tinder the watchful eyes
of federal soldit-rs who stood guard
over stores in finr or mob violence.
The situation became tense al
most overnight. Heavy rains In the
past week threw hundreds out of
work In the agricultural sections.
Without money to buy food, the
crowds became a menace to stores.
Proprietors of grocery shops, fear
ing their establishments would be
stormed, handed out food without
charge until the crowds became so
large that soldiers were called to
disperse them. An American, Pear
ly Matthews, 30. suspected of at
tempting to steal food, refused to
obey a pollc-c command to halt and
was shot. A Mexican, standing
nearby was hit In tne gunfire. Both
will recover.
Ozark Farmers
Abandon Farming
For Moonshining
Washington LP -Among the In
formation obtnlnrd by the Wicker-
sham commission before reporting !
on prohibition rs that numerous
farmers in the Arkansas Oxark
mountains have abandoned farming
for more pruiitHbV "moonhinlng."
The Informal lon-was contained in
a report by Frank Buckley of the
prohibition bmeans legal depart
ment and wi. Inrluded In the ma
terial SMbmi'tftl Fiiday to the sen
ate. Forest Engineers
At Boulder Creek
County Judge Smmund and
County KiiKiiH'er Suait. who were
at Detroit and above Friday look
ing over Die rrloialcd line of the
North haul lam Inch ay, expres
sed laU'lflcilon at the new line
and slated that as near as they
could determine it as meeting with
no opposition in thai vicinity. The
line as rhangid somewhat from
the original survey after the gov
ernment engineer looked over the
ground.
The government surveying crew
is now at Houliler creek, four miles
In from Detroit, or half way to
Tunnel ireik. the point which the
government expects to reach in its
first construction oratlons under
the cooerntive agreement which
was signed up Friday,
SENATE KILLS
PROPOSED PLEA
TO GOVERNOR
Upton - Mann Resolution
Fails To Pass By Vote
Of 14 to 11
Grind Resumed County
Fish Licenses Vetoed
Wheels Up Monday
Ko sooner had the reading clerk
of the senate read Saturday a joint
resolution Introduced by Senators
Jay H. Upton and L. L. Mann, ask
ing the governor to call immediate
ly a special session of the legisla
ture than the measure was killed by
Indefinite postponement.
The next measure read was a
concurrent resolution introduced by
Senator William P. Woodward for a
constitutional amendment provid
ing compensation of $500 for mem
bers of the legislature.
The Upton-Mann resolution
pointed to the fact that the normal
40 days of the legislative session
have expired and that from now on
the members are serving without
pay. The Introducers of the resolu
tion declared that this was unfair,
particularly to members from far
dislant parts of the state. Senator
'Concluded on pnge lo column ti '
MRS. C00L1CGE
CHRISTENS SHIP
Newport News, Va. --With a
bottle of water from' a little river
that flows through the farm at
Plymouth, Vermont, where Calvin
Coolidge played as a boy, the liner
President Coolidge, one of the two
largest ships ever built In this
country for the American merchant
marine, was christened by Mis.
Coolidge Saturday.
As Mrs. Coolld'je crashed the bot
tle against the prow, the ship's
huge hull slipped smoothly and si
lently out of her cradle Into the
James river.
Mrs. Coolidge was accompanied
to Newport News by her daughter-in-law,
Mrs. John Coolidge of New
Haven. Conn, and her close friend,
Mrs. R. B. Hills, of Northampton,
Mass.
With her on the platform as she
christened the ship that bears her
husband's name were the daughter-lu-law,
R. Stanley Dollar, president
of the Dollar Steamship lines, for
which the President Coolidge la be
ing built, Mrs, Dollar and Miss
Clana Dollar.
The President Coolidge was towed
to a pier on the opposite side of
which her sister ship, the President
Hoover, Is being outfitted. The
President Coolidge will go Into ser
vice In October.
WIDOW OF ADMIRAL
GEORGE DEWEY DIES
Washington Mrs. Oeoiyc
Dewey, widow of the hero of Man
ila Bav, died unexpectedly Satur
day at her residence here.
Mrs. Dewey had been In 1)1 health
for many montlw but had not at
any time been critically 111. 8he
wai stricken shortly before 3 o'clock
and died a few minutes later.
Balbo Received
By Italian King
Rome 'A; General Icalo Balbo,
Italian air minister, and his com
rades of the trans-Atlantic flijtht
to Brazil were received in auduce
Saturday by King Victor Emanuel.
General Balbo told the klnc of
the flUht and received the mon
arch's hearty conKratuialton. The
avintors then went to the Venerie
palace where Premier Mussolini re
ceived them.
Wales Enroute to
Santiago by Air
AntofagasU, Chile HP) Th t
Prince of Wales and Prince Cleorga
Irft Proteiuelos airdrome at 1 44
a.m. Saturday In a trlmolorrd air
plane for Santiago, next stop on
their good will tour of the continent.
The royal visitors were accom
panied by an escort of nine other
planes,
MUX BWIVS HP
San Francisco ii Universal
Consolidated Oil company's deep
well In Lost Hills blew in Friday
night and was brought under con
trol Saturday, a telephone messaft
said Saturday.