jLJomraal
Capital
CIRCULATION
Dally average distribution for thd
Uontb ending January 81, 1B33
CITY EDITION
Cloudy and occasional rain to
night and Wednesday. Northwest
winds.
9,834
Average daily net paid 9,324
Member Audit Bureau of Circulations
Local: Max. 46; mln 37; rain 22;
river 5.6; cloudy, southeasterly wind.
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STATES ACT TO
HASTEN REPEAL
OF PROHIBITION
.15 States Start Machin
ery for Conventions
.42 Legislatures Meet
Authorities Split As To
Whether States or
Congress Should Act
Washington, Feb. 21 UP) Copies
of the resolution for the repeal of
the prohibition amendment, togeth
er with covering letter, were sent to
the 48 governors by Secretary Stlm
on early this afternoon.
The communications were sent by
registered mail and those which
would not reach a governor in 24
hours by ordinary mail were air
mailed.
The letter of the secretary of state
accompanying the entitled copies
ef the resolution said:
"It Is requested that you cause
this joint resolution to be submit
ted to a convention in your state
for such action as may be had and
that a certified copy of such action
be communicated to the secretary
of state as required by section 160,
title 5, U. S. code."
Secretary Stinison's letter care
fully avoided conveying anyopln
""(Concluded on page 9, column 5)
FACED BY BANKS
Medford, Ore, Feb. 21 (ff) Llew
elyn A. Banks, editor and orehard
1st, was arraigned in circuit court
here today on two charges of crim
inal libel and one charge of crim
inal syndicalism in connection with
articles that have appeared in his
newspaper, and was given until 9:30
a. m., Thursday to plead on the
three counts.
Banks was indicted on the syn
dicalism charge and on one criminal
libel charge by the Jackson county
grand jury late yesterday. The oth
or libel indictment was returned
January 11.
He waived right of attorney and
appeared in court atone. He made
no statement. Bond of $1,000 was
furnished on each count. The state
said later it would file a motion
contesting the sufficiency of the
bondsmen.
The criminal libel charge grew
out of an editorial In Banks' news
paper discussing the Declaration of
Independence.
HEARST REMEDY
FOR DEPRESSION
Washington, Feb. 21 (P) Rep
resentatives of the newspaper in
dustry today recommended to -the
senate finance committee govern
ment ownership of the railroads
and tariir, tax and farm debt re
vision.
William Randolph Hearst, in a
voluminous letter outlined a pro
gram suggesting federal operation
of the railway, expanded public
works to aid unemployment, a sales
tax and "reasonable reflation'! of
the currency.
Henry J. Haskell, editor of the
Kansas City Star, gave the com
mittee the viewpoint of the agri
cultural middle west, suggested that
the incoming president be a virtual
budget dictator and said:
"Radically reduce all taxes; in
dustry, including the farm industry,
cannot carry the 1929 load.
"Adjust and scale down farm in
debtedness where necessary by sel
ective treatment under which credi
tors and debtors should share un
avoidable losses.
"Depend for price recovery, not on
domestic allotment or governmental
rental of marginal lands, but first
on the upward movement that
would come immediately tnrougn
removing elements of uncertainty
and rear."
Call To Colors
Issued by Peru
Arica. Chile, Feb. 21 (IP) Peru
has decreed the mobilization of all
citizens from 21 to 45, advices from
Tacna, Peru, said today. A large
mass meeting was held at Tacna. at
which Colombia was denounced and
the crowds shouted, "on to Bogota."
BANKS TO CLOSE
New York, Feb. 21 IIP) Washing
ton's birthday, as usual, will be ob
served as a holiday tomorrow by fi
nancial markets and banks through
out the country.
Good Evening!
Sips for Supper
By DON UPJOHN
m i
Phil Bell for the past month has j
been making a noble effort to pro- I
duce a mustache with some results
visible on close inspection. But Phil
shouldn't be worried. This has been
a year of crop failures all over the
country. Maybe Phil's mustache has
just been winter killed and will come
out all right If he tries spring re
scedihg. Melba Cheese was up In circuit
court yesterday and pleaded guilty
to passing a forged check. Melba
Toast, next, maybe.
We read In the dispatches that
the Japanese government has
bought a lot of old British ships
"for scrapping purposes." The Japs
have bought a lot of other stuff for
scrapping purposes the past few
years.
The governor of New York has
Issued an order to all state officials
forbidding the buying of any new
automobiles until the ones they now
use have covered at least 80,000
miles. They have to go that far be
fore a lot of folks by them In the
first place, hereabouts.
The Statesman says that this
scrip proposition is merely "passing
the buck." Yea, it's a buck when it
starts out but by the time a store
gets it, It is about a thin dime.
WALT THOMPSON UNCOVERED
Wood burn, Ore. Feb. IB.
Dear Sips: That was a good one
about there now being two hogs at
the police station since Sam Brown
sent a dressed one over to feed the
unemployed. I know who the other
hog is. Walt Thompson isn't car
rying that big bay window around at
his own expense, wnen wait was
desk sergeant and I was run in for
violating the 18th amendment I used
to send him out for a bottle of
milk now and then. But the cream
was always taken off and Walt
came into tne cell with cream an
over his face. I wonder who's going
to get the hams of the hog Brown
donated the unemployed or Walt?
Henry Becker alias Sour Mash
Henry.
Listen. Henry, whateha mean the
unemployed or Walt? We never
heard of Walt being employed at
anything.
WE SAY, GIVE HIM MORE ROPE
"I give you 80 years," said the
judge.
"Make it a hundred," said Zan
gara. Make it 200, make it 500, make it
a thousand, say the people.
From J. P. Goplevud over at
Brush Creek comes a family ticket
for "George In a Jam," the show
to be nut on at Brush Creek school
Friday and Saturday evenings.
"This ticket admits the big gulp;
his wife and the little Sips," says
the ticket.
Tf tvA cn twtr with nil the folks
the ticket calls for there'll have to
be a special showing, or give the
play out on the lawn.
Incidentally the ladies of the
American Legion trio, et al, who
went over to Brush Creek the other
night send word that all the "gulp-
esses are tm u uvw ucvouw .-. .
Goplerud didn't include them.
GERMAN BONDS TO
PAY KBEUGER DEBT
New York, Feb. 21 W) The Irving
Trust company, trustee for the bank
rupt International Match company,
today accepted $21,000,000 in Ger
man gold bonds as settlement of the
suit brought against five Swedish
banks to recover money posted to
secure loans allegedly made to the
late Ivar Kreuger, match king.
Roosevelt Confers
With French Envoy On
War Debt Settlement
New York, Feb. 21 (P) Following his conference yes
terday on war debts and world economics with Sir Ronald
Lindsay. British ambassador. President-elect Roosevelt ar
ranged this morning for a similar
conference shortly after noon with
the French ambassador, Paul Clau
del. At 10 o'clock this morning Mr.
Roosevelt went into conference with
a g'oup of economic experts headed
by Bernard M. Baruch and Prof.
Raymond Moley.
The Roosevelt movement gave
fresh evidence that the president
elect Is looking for an .early world
economic conference.
This is the first time that he has
undertaken any discussion at all
with France, which failed to pay a
December war debt installment.
It is believed, however, that Mx.
JAPAN REJECTS
LEAGUE REPORT
Official Rejection Covers
Both Findings and Re
commendation Assembly Adjourns Until
Friday Before Taking
Definite Action
Geneva, Feb. 21 (LP) Japan offi
cially rejected today the committee
report to the assembly of the League
of Nations, blaming Japan for
events In Manchuria.
The rejection covered both the re
port of the committee pf 19 and Its
recommendations, including restor
ation of Manchuria to Chinese sov
ereignty. It came as the assembly
opened its final dramatic meeting
to adopt the report, which will en
tail Japan's withdrawal from the
league.
The assembly, however, faced with
the most critical action In the
league's history, refused to be hur
ried and adjourned until Friday be
fore taking definite action.
China will accept the report and
recommendations at Friday's session,
it was forecast reliably.
Today's meeting, held in the dis
armament hall, was crowded with
representatives of all nations, eager
for the end of the league's efforts
to concilliate the Chinese-Japanese
dispute. .
Paul Hymans of Belgium, who
presided, read a formal' statement
reviewing the case and the failure
"tConchided6ri ptPP, column 4)
GEORGE DE MOSS
PASSES AWAY
Marysville, Calif., Feb. 21 (Pi
George G. De Moss, 66, head of the
Dc Moss family of musicians, who
for many years have appeared in
church and school concerts in the
United States and Europe, died here
last night.
Death, physicians said, resulted
from a breakdown which forced De
Moss to leave a concert at Gridley
Thursday night. Since the age of
five, when he started playing with
a troupe headed by his father,
James M. De Moss, De Moss trav
eled with the family musical group.
The family home is at De Moss
Springs in eastern Oregon.
CHINESE PLAN
Nanking, China, Feb. 21 (LP) Boy
cott of Japanese merchandise and
labor will be sought by China as the
result of Japan's refusal to accept
the committee report to the assem
bly of the league of nations, a gov
ernment spokesman informed the
United Press today.
The government, playing its last
card in an attempt to thwart im
pending general warfare, will apply
to the league for permission, under
its covenant, to declare employment
and economic sanctions against Ja
pan. The application will be pre
sented to the assembly immediately,
the spokesman said.
Under plans of the intended boy
cott, China would bar Japanese
goods and labor, and probably order
the discharge of Japanese now em
ployed in China, it was understood.
Roosevelt is now going ahead on the
brouder subject of world economics,
Including reference to monetary
stabilization and tariff reciprocity,
and that war debts hare been
temporarily submerged.
The president-elect, determined
to undertake immediately far reach
ing negotiations in the field of for
eign affairs, Is also going to an
nounce his secretaries of state and
treasury and put them to work on
the task.
Receipt of the British view on the
"world economic and other situa
tions" last night from Sir Ronald
(Concluded on page 9, column 4)
Jehol Drive
Resumed In
Jap Offensive
Tokyo, Feb. 22 (Wednesday) JP)
A Rengo (Japanese) news agency
dispatch from Chinchow today said
Japanese troops occupied Nanling
early this morning and then took
over Koupelylngtzu, eight miles
further northwest In Jehol pro
vince. The advices added that the Jap
anese troops then continued in the
direction of Peipiao, which Is the
terminus of a railroad line from
Chinchow.
After occupation of Peipiao, the
advance will be suspended, head
quarters in Changchun said.
Japanese airplanes severely bomb
ed concentrations of guerillas in
the neighborhood of Kami, said
Rengo dispatches from Tungliao.
Following a night battle at the
Jehol village of Chaoyangssu,
thirty miles west of Chinchow,
"Concluded on page 0, column 8)
BANKING BAN
PARTIALLY OFF
Lansing, Mich., Feb. 21 ffl Gov.
William A. Comstock announced
this morning that he will Issue some
time today a new proclamation per
mitting Michigan banks to re-open
for restricted withdrawals.
The new proclamation, Governor
Comstock said, will continue the
present "holiday" with the excep
tion that it will provide for limited
withdrawals.
The present holiday expires at
midnight, and was under a procla
mation which directed all banks to
close. The state, however, permitted
banks in Detroit and some otner
cities to open for payment to de
positors of a .small percentage of
their 'balances.' -
Banks was arraigned before Juage
o. F. SklDWorth of Eugene this
morning and given until Thursday
to enter a plea. He asked permis
sion to plead today but Judge Skip
worth set the nlea over until Thurs
day to give Banks opportunity to
seek legal counsel ne so aesirea.
The libel Indictment was based
on an editorial entitled "Judge Nor
ton's Confession" published in the
News Feb. 18, and the criminal
syndicalism indictment on an edi
torial entitled "Declaration oi in
dependence," which appeared Jan. 8.
ALLOT THEFT
HALTS RECOUNT
Medford. Feb. 21 UP) Thirty-four
pouches containing ballots marked
in the November election, were
rifled and the ballots were stolen by
unidentified thieves who broke into
the vault of the county court nouse
here last night.
The loss was discovered this
morning as attorneys went to the
vault to take the ballots to circuit
court where a recount of votes cast
for sheriff was to be undertaken.
Circuit Judge G. F. Skipworth,
who was to have supervised the re
count, immediately ordered the ac
tion dismissed. County officials said
they had ordered a complete inves
tigation of the robbery. Entrance to
the vault was gained by breaking a
rear window.
The demand for a recount was
made by Ralph Jennings, former
sheriff, who lost by 123 ballots to
Gordon L. Schermerhorn. Jennings
had insisted that errors In the elec
tion board counting had been dis
covered and that a correct count
would give him the election.
OLYMPIA RENEWS
REPEAL EFFORT
Olympia, Wash., Feb. 21 (P) Dc
featcd February 10 in the Wash
ington state senate bv a vote of 27
to 17, the Houser-Arnold bill,
providing for a state convention to
consider repeal of tne I8tn amend
ment was dropped In the senate
hopper again today.
Its sponsors believed It had a
better chance of success as a result
of congressional action In proposing
the 21st amendment to repeal the
dry statute. A similar bill was In
traduced in the house.
LINDY ON FLIGHT
FIRST IN MONTHS
Newark. N. J., Feb. 21 (IP) Col
onel Charles A. Lindbergh, making
what was reported to be his first
flight in six months, left Newark
airport in ft single motored plane
today for an unannounced destina
tion.
The plane belongs to the Trans
continental and western Air EX'
press, for which Lindbergh is tcch
nlcal adviser. Airport officials said
they believed he would return here
later today.
DONEY ASKS
TO BE RELIEVED
OF HIS DUTIES
President of Willamette
Seeks Retirement At
End of School Year
Board Takes No Action
Say It Is Not a Resig
nationWill Write
Portland. Feb. 21 m Dr. Carl
Oreeg Doney, president of Willam
ette university, today asked to be
relieved of his duties not later than
June, 1934.
Dr. Doney has been president of
Willamette since 1015. He made the
request at the mid-year meeting of
the board of trustees.
Dr. Donev's request came as a
distinct surprise to most of the
board members, altnough some years
ago he Indicated privately he was
considering giving up college work
to devote his time to writing.
He went to Willamette from Wca-
leyan college in West Virginia fol
lowing an eight year term there.
Before that he held Methodist pas
torates in Ohio, Delaware and
Washington, D. C He recently cele
brated at Salem his 25th annivers
ary as a college president.
When asked about his future
plans. Dr. Doney said he desired to
spend considerable time visiting nis
children, one of whom resides in the
(Concluded on page 8, column 1),
MAYOR CERMAK
GROWS BETTER
Miami. Pla.. Feb. 21 UP) Mayor
Anton Cermak of Chicago, one of
those wounded by bullets intended
for President-elect Roosevelt, spent
a restless night although he was
given a sedative at 10 p. m-, Jackson
Memorial hospital authorities said
at 6:30 a. m., today, but his general
condition was described as improved
over yesterday.
He groans almost constantly in
sleep, but hospital attaches said the
mayor's relatives previously had in
formed them that was his normal
habit. Relatives said he slept rest
lessly at all times. The hospital at
tendant said a condition of dysen
tery that caused abdominal pains
had cleared up but the cause of the
dysentery was unknown.
Mrs. Joe H. Gill of Miami, also
seriously wounded by bullets Giu
seppe Zangara fired in an attempt
to assassinate the president-elect
was reported as having a "quite
comfortable night." Hospital au
thorities said the improvement In
her condition during the last three
days was "remarkable."
GLASS CONTENT TO
REMAIN IN SENATE
Washington, Feb. 21 (JP) Senator
Glass, Virginia democrat, when ask
ed today about reports he had de
clined appointment as secretary of
the treasury said:
"I am entirely content to remain
in the senate.
"I have not changed my mind,"
Glass added. "My decision has al
ways been final."
The Vlrfjinian, in genial mood at
a banking committee hearing, ad
vised colleagues who joked with him
about various published reports con
cerning the secretaryship to "never
believe anything you see in the pa
pers unless in mine."
POLICE DOG RESCUES
OWNER FROM FLAMES
New York, Feb. 21 (LP) A 7-year-old
police dog today led her mas
ter from a burning shack and rip
ped the flaming clothes from his
body after on explosion had covered
him with ignited oil.
George Howell, 30, was mixing
paints in the Lesser Motor Car com-
pany when the fumes exploded.
Blinded by the flames, Howell stag
gered about until his dog, Peggy,
closed her Jaws on his wrist.
She tugged him toward a window
and leaned through. Howell stumb
led after her, rolling on the ground,
his trousers ablaze. Disregarding
the flames, the dog ripped the cloth
until she pulled It from her master's
legs.
"I'd be burned to a crisp right
no," Howell said, through his ban
dascs, "if it hadn't been for that
dog,"
Battle For Curb Of
Loan Sharks To Be
Renewed In Senate
The battle for drastic curbs upon the interest rates
charged and the practices indulged in by persons and firms
engaged in the business of making loans of less than $300 in
Oregon shifted over to the senate today following defeat in
the house yesterday of three
to tnat end. 'me only two bins to
survive the Intense barrage of the
'small loan" lobby were one amend-
ingsome of the administrative fea
tures of the present regulatory act,
and one fixing the rate of interest
to be charged by pawnbrokers at 216
per cent a month.
Today it was authentically re
ported that duplicates of the defeat
ed house bills, which would have
reduced interest rates on loans un
der $300 from 3 to 2 ',4 percent a
month or less, banned the practice
of splitting loans to bring them
within the high interest rate class
and have removed loans of less than
$30 from the unrestricted class, will
be introduced in the senate.
How effective has been the lobby
headed by Gus Moser, former sen
ator, in resisting evory effort to cut
down the present legal rate of 36
(Concluded on page 8. column fi)
BLAST DESTROYS
SHANGHAI PLANT
Shanghai. Feb. 21 (IP) Eighty-one
persons were killed, 120 were injured
and ten were missing today after an
explosion in two gasoline vulcan
lzers in a Chinese rubber factory
in East Shanghai,
. Of the 120 injured, 60 were taken
to hospitals while the remainder
escaped with only slight injuries.
' These figures appeared to be the
total toll of the blast as rescuers
virtually completed a search of the
ruins. Police had believed earlier
that the death toll might reach 200.
Of the known dead 79 were girls
and two men. .
The bodies of the victims were
placed In a vacant lot near the
factory while relatives sought to
identify them. Virtually all the
-bodies were badly burned.
A number of the injured taken to
hospitals were reported to be gravely
burned and It was feared some oi
them would die. Searchers digging
into the ruins said that they expect
ed to find the bodies of the ten
missing persons buried there.
Police stated that they had not
been able to determine the cause
of the blast. The owner of the
factory disappeared, apparently
fearing, the police said, damage
claims from relatives of the victims.
GOUZENS BILL
GETS APPROVAL
Washington, Feb. 21 (IP) The sen
ate banking committee at a special
meeting today gave speedy ap
proval to the Couzens emergency
banking bill authorizing the comp
troller of currency to apply to na
tional banks any restrictions placed
on state banks by state legislatures,
The measure, sponsored by Sen
ator Couzens, republican, Michigan
was introduced yesterday,
Under the Michigan plan yet to
be approved by the state legislature,
a bank s assets would be segregated,
the frozen separated from the liquid
assets.
Withdrawals would be limited to
the liquid assets, but depositors
would be given a lien on the frozen
amount.
The Couzens bill would be opera
tive for only one year, or until
March 3, 1934.
Davis Will Giving Bulk
Of $150,000 Estate To
Home for Needy Upheld
The will of the late Cornelia A. Davis of Turner giving
the bulk of her $150,000 estate in trust for a home for the
needy at Turner was upheld in a decision by Circuit Judge
L. G. Lewclllng this morning. He
held the seventh clause of the will
so disposing of the estate creates a
valid trust for such a home, even
though no trustee waa named in tile
will.
Under the will the home is to be
established on the property between
the tabernacle and the Marion road,
to front on the A unisvl lie -Turner
paved highway and to be given use
of a tract o land covering not less
than five acres.
She did state in her will that she
desired the home to be maintained
under .the management of some or
thodox denomination, the specific
one being unnamed, but further
of the five measures designed
PENSION BILL
BEFORE HOUSE
Noon Tuesday found the house
making but little progress on a
rather lengthy calendar and facing
debate on old age pensions under
special order of business at 2:30
o'clock. Whether or not a night
session would be called had not
been determined at noon but Speak
er Earl W. Snell held the possibility
likely with final determination
hinging upon the matter of progress
during the afternoon and the neces
sity of holding some important meet
ings.
Routine business occupied the ma
jor portion of the morning, time
being consumed by concurrence in
senate amendments to house bills,
The house received one new bill
bringing the total for the session to
521. This was introduced by Dr.
Dammasch, Multnomah county, and
would reduce the annual contribu
tion of the state board of medical
examiners to the library of the
University of Oregon medical school
from 40 to 20 per cent of the pres
ent amount.
The house approved a bill creat
ing a state board of- archltecture
by a v vote of 36 to 17 with seven
members absent. The bill provides
for the examination of persons de
siring to practice architecture.
Holding that a League of Oregon
Citiles bill has authorized to regu
late and license for the purpose oi
revenue such callings, trade and
professions as the public good might
require gave too much power and
would lead to confusion, the house
smothered the proposal under an
avalanche of negative votes.
POWER VOTED
TO ROOSEVELT
Washington, Feb. 21 (IP) The
house today voted to give President
elect Roosevelt sweeping power to
reorganize the government.
It adopted a modification of ap
proval written into the treasury
postofflce appropriation bill by the
senate.
However, no move was made In
the house to empower the incoming
chief executive to reduce veterans'
compensation, as proposed by
Speaker Garner.
The Bratton amendment, author
izing a five per cent horizontal cut
in expenditures of all government
departments, was eliminated.
Washington, Feb. 21 (ff) On the
first test on giving President-elect
Roosevelt extensive power to re
organize the government In the in
terest of economy, the democrats
today downed the republicans "in
the house.
A republican motion to give a
majority of either house of congress
a veto power over changes directed
by the next president was' rejected
220 to 145.
The move was made by Represen
tatlve Becdy, republican, Maine,
The democrats, whipped into line
by Representative Byrns of Ten
nessee, chairman of the house ap
propriations committee, were aided
by a few republicans.
The vote was taken during con
sideration of the senate economy
provisions on the treasury post of-
nce supply mil.
provided that no one should be de
nied admission to the home because
of creed or sex, and that rules and
regulations covering the manage
ment of the home should be made
and carried out with that aim In
view.
The mat tor came up in circuit
court under the title of S. M. Endl
cott, executor, against J. M. Sharp.
Sharp Is a distant relative of the
decensed and the only known heir
at law. The case was instituted to
ascertain the legality of the instru
ment before further proceedings
were Instituted toward carrying out
(Concluded ou iiuge , column 8)
PROBERS FIND
NO EVIDENCE
OF DECEPTION
Charges Made by Holman
Against Meier, Hanzen,
Einzig Unproven
Legislative Committee
Unable To Find Alleged
Reign of Terror
No attempt to pad the Budget nor
deceive the ways and means com
mittee in requesting increases in
salaries of two individuals, one in
the budget department and one in
the office of the board of control,
were found by the committee in
vestigating charges made against
Henry M. Hanzen and William Ein
zig by State Treasurer Rufus C. Hol
man. This will be the content of a re
port being prepared by the sub
committee which investigated the
Holman charges today. The commit
tee will make its formal report to
the ways and means committee to
night. Interview with the three members.
Representatives W. B. Snider and
Dean Walker and Senator W. F.
Woodward following the committee
meeting at noon revealed the con
tents of the report. Ail stated uiey
saw no willful attempt to pad nor
deceive, the two department heads
(.Concluded on pnge 0, column 0)
JUNGLE FEVER
Manila. P. I., Feb. 21 (IP) Twc
Moros crazed by the dread "jungle
madness," slashed seven natives to
death today with bolo knives, and
wounded three others before they
were shot down by members of the
constabulary, headquarters of tho
Philippines constabulary here re
ported. The killers ran amok on Bongaw
island of the Tawltaji group. They
ran from hut to hut, In a nativo
village, slashing their victims indis
criminately. Other nntives were warned by
screams of the victims, and fled
from their barrios, or native huts.
Members of the constabulary were
attracted by cries of "Juramentado!
Juramentado!" tho warning that
crazed killers were loose.
Constabularym.cn' who shot tho
Moros said it was impossible to take
them alive. It was the first recent
outbreak of "jungle madness" which
once was fairly common.
USED IN WENATCHEE
Wenatchce, Wash., Feb. 21 (LP)
The "apple capital" of the west be
gan using "aple Jack" currency to
day to solve the depression.
Souvenir hunters paid premium
prices yesterday when Wenatchee'a
unique script first appeared. Tho
first piece, valued at 25 cents, was
bought for $5.
Teachers will be paid the scrip
instead of salary warrants, which
have been discounted five per cent
hi recent months.
The scrip is backed by a special
fund of $18,000 raised by voluntary
subscription. It will be redeemed
within a year.
OREGlWIESS
PASSES IN PARIS
Paris, Pel). 21 (IP) The Dowager
Duchesse De La Rochefoucauld, 67,
died here Monday. She was a
daughter of tho late Senator Mitch
ell of Oregon.
The Duchesse was the former
Mattic Elizabeth Mitchell and was
born In Portland, Ore., In 1868. On
February 11, 1802 she married F.an-
cols-Alfred-Gaston De La Roche
foucauld, Due Dc La Rochefoucauld.
She was for many years an Im
portant figure In Paris society. The
Rochefoucauld chateau is at Char
cnte.
Montana Hermit
Not Wanted at Bend
Butte. Mont., Feb. 21 (IP) Finger
prints of Bob Bates, Kallspcll her
mit, definitely proved he Is not
Charles Kimzcy, sought by Bend,
Ore., authorities, pollco here an
nounced. Bates was taken into cus
tody last week after being found
I living In a lent near Kallspell, fol
lowing imumiHuuij uittii uv ii-ocui.
bled the Oregon fugitive.