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CENTRALIA KAINS
WINTER
Methodist Conference Would
Investigate 1919 Armistice
Day Shooting.
•ut for an authentic ghost la Dr. Han-
Tacoma. Wash.—Special Investlg»
tion of the case of seven Industrial
Workers of the World Incarcerated in
'itine university during the next »cbo-
lartlc year.
tor participation in the Centralia Arm­
istice day shooting of 1919 will be un-
geotly tor such a phenomenon and
bring a thorough and impartial report
It appears, seemingly In
mona it from acroes the Styx largely
by means of luminous paint and ultra«
violet rays.
Given Leeeona In Magic.
Some of Doctor McComas' mom to-
teach him tome tricks, so that be
might have a bettar chance to avoid
being deceived by charlatans. From
the Ists Houdini he obtained much
valuable information.
Thus armed, bo visited spiritualist»
voice of Utile Laughing Water warn
!t8r of
•taring
ment -,
Unde
De saw spiritualists who had been
Indorsed by Sir A. Conan Doyle ex­
hibit their power—and had no hesi­
tancy in pronouncing -them rank
Some of the mediums he found ex­
ceedingly dever—too clever for him
to discover how they produced their
“spirit mrsarins"
But Done could
produce a ghost that he could consider
scientifically genuine.. And be rather
•trange Marks on Film.
He almost surprised himself once
when he took a photograph of a me-
William F. Whiting of Holyoke,
Maae^ who was appointed eeoretary
of oommsre. to succeed Herbert
Hoover.
NAVAL PERSONNEL
IS SNORT 2349 MEN
Washington. D. O—Although enlist­
ed personnel of the navy will be in­
creased by 750 mon during the present
fiscal year through economies and ex­
tra finances, the force for peace-time
operations of the fleets remains short
by 2349 men.
Rear Admiral R. H. Leigh, chief of
the bureau of navigation, analysed the
situation and found that an average
of 84,410 enlisted men could be main­
tained through the funds available,
compared to 83,560 last year, 410 of
whom do duty in naval hospitals ad­
ministering to Veterans’ Bureau par
tienta.
Enlistments of 19,385 men will ex­
pire this year, and with 65 per cent
re-eallstments <785 will have to be
replaced, along with about 9170 expect­
ed to be lost through desertions, court
martinis, sickness and accidenta, mak­
ing a total of 15,955 to be recruited.
2718 potty officers and 2400 students
medium that looked like fiaabee of
are sought among the bluejackets for
apectrel light Investigation revealed
that the strange marks on the film service schools to fit them for pro­
had been caused by static electricity, motion.
Of the 80,186 men destined for sea
generated by a slight friction when
duty this year, 10,000 are of less than
the paper was torn off the film peck.
Ghost breaking, of course, has been one year's service.
only a part of Doctor McComas’ sd
entitle activity.
BRIEF GENERAL NEWS
Among the problems In psychology
In which Doctor McComas has been
General John J. Pershing celebrat­
Interested la that of the numbering
ed
his 68th birthday September 12.
of automobile license platen. In these
Jean Claud Justine Charpict. 103,
days of hlt-snd-run drivers and mo
said to be the oldest man In the south­
tori zed banditry, It often is Importsnt
to be able to take a license number west, died at his home in Hardin coun
quickly. 8o the question arose: What ty, Texas.
kind of figure comhlnntlona can be
At President Coolidge's request the
read quickest 7
American Red Cross appropriated |50,-
Psychologists, after extensive tests,
000 for immediate relief in hurricane-
decided that numerals in an uninter­
stricken Porto Rico.
rupted row were easiest to read; that
The American government may be
a letter or a dash in the combination
slowed perception. It also was deter­ Invited to participate in a revision of
mined. however, that If the numerals the statutes of the permanent Interna­
were divided by a dash they were re
tional court of Justice.
Mrs. Myrtle Huddleston, 3^yearold
membered better.
.
A somewhat similar conclusion was New York city matron, set a new en­
reached in regard to telephone num
durance swimming record for both
bers. It was found that operators re­ men and women when she emerged
membered a number better if the tub-
from the Ravenhall pool at Coney Is­
scriber paused an instant In the midst
land after having remained In the
of the number—in other words, gave
water for 60 hours.
the nuiuber b. two sect lens.
Dispatches from Porto Rico indicate
Doctor McComas la a native Balti­
one of the greatest disasters In his­
morean. Be attended a private school
here, received his B. A. at the Johns tory of Caribbean hurricanes. Reports
Hopkina university In 1807, an M. A. say 70 per cent of the homes In San
at Columbia university and a Ph. D. Juan and 30 per cent of the buildings
at Harvard.
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were destroyed. A third of the city's
He Is ofi an Indefinite leave of ab­ population is believed to be without
sence from Princeto. having fan 4 It
shelter.
necessary because of the Illness of a
relative to return to Baltimore laat
Wisconsin Is After Summer CspItoL
year to carry on the businer of a
Superior, Wis.—A movement to es­
coal company. He will continue to de­
vote time to that buslneea, he aaya, In
tablish a permanent summer home for
addition to lecturing at Hopbine.
presidents of the United States Is be­
ing pushed by the public affairs com­
Whale Steals Coda
mittee of the city of Superior. The
Boston,—Thar • she blows on the committee would have the state of
fishing banks. Old salts back from Wisconsin purchase the 4000acre
the Georges tell of seeing whales, Cedar Island lodge on the Brule, where
some as long as schooners. One stole president and Mrs. Coolidge spent the
being
codfish
that
some
past summer.
hauled In. ■
Sophs Healthiest
Ann Arbor, Mich.—Sophomores re
quire leee hospital treatment than
members of the other three damee at
the University of Michigan.
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Door Shut 400Yean
Opent for Foch, Joffre
.. A door doped for more than
four centuries was opened re­
cently tn honor of two marshals
of França, Foch and Joffre.
Both began their military ca
reera aa graduate« from the J
Polytechnic school, the govern­
ment engineering center, and <
when they returned for a re­
cent ceremony a door in the
old Hotel de Navarre that tra­
dition required should never be
used waa opened for entrance
of the two poldlera.
Releaee of Mining Man Demanded.
Washington, D. C. — Secretary of
State Kellogg was urged by Senator
Waterman, republican, Colorado, to
exert every effort to obtain the re­
lease of E. J. Bumsted of Los Angles,
who was kldnappe'd August 25 and
held for ransom by Mexican outlaws
at Ixtian Del Bio. Mexico.
Northern Chinese Floe In Disorder.
Shanghai. — General Chang Tsung-
Chang’s last remnant of northern anti-
nationalist forces south of the groat
wall Is reported in dispatches as bav-
* ing crumbled before the advancing na­
tionalist forces.
Prominent Labor Leader Dies.
Quincy. Mass.—James J. Duncan,
first vice president of the American
Federation of Labor, d^pd here pt bis
home after a long illness,
which, by that time, will bo merged.
Action to this end was taken in the
45th annual session of the Puget
sound conference after a hot debate
extending more than an hour. The
question came up In a resolution pro­
posed by the conference social serv­
ice commission, headed by Bav. J.
Herbert Geoghegan of Hoquiam.
. Bev. Geoghegan, a member ot the
last legislature, but defeated for re-
nomination in the primaries, led from
the floor of the assembly the movo»
ment to have the cases of these men
investigated thoroughly.
The fight then started as to the
complexlon of the investigating com­
mittee and number to serve on it. The
resolution was redrafted with the J
Mrs. Thomas G. Winter, prominent
clubwoman of Minneapolis, Is direct-
Ing the republican “kitchen cam-
paign.” It la Mrfc Winter’s Job to Uns
up the housewtvee and their daughters
In support of Herbert Hoover.
FOUR MISSING BUYS
DECURED SLAIN
word "political” omitted.
A proposal of the commission that
Los Angeles.—Charges ot Santord
three of the members of the inves­ Clark, a 15 year-old youth that tour
tigating committee be Professor C. W. missing southern California boys had
Topping of Tacoma, Clint Lee, Seattle been held captive and then put to
layman, and Rev. Richard Decker of , death
a earn on
on B
a amidl
snuui ranch
ruutu near
uvm River-~
nuor
Everett was rejected.
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«ulted in
in the
j side,
CaU re
resulted
the detention
detention
Rev. E M. Randall, a retired pas- j
Cyrus George Northcott, 57,
tor of Vashon, formerly of Chehalis, t
ranch OWBer
assisted in the demand fpr tavestlgar X. On the strength of the story as
tion, declaring that “the evidence of
told by Clark, who said be had been
held captive on the place and had been
as it should be in a Christian co»
forced to participate in the killing of
science "
I one of the boys, search was begun
for the son of the rancher, Stewart
German Claims Two Altitude Records.
Northcott, 21 yean old. The officers
Dessau. Germany. — Pilot Sch wen-
believe young Northcott fled to Can ­
ringer of the Junkers company claim­ ada after young Clark's arrest by Im
ed two world altitude records when in
migration authorities here investigat­
an airplane of the type of the trans-
ing his entry into the United States.
Atlantic plane Bremen ho attained
The elder Northcott was arrested In
25,590 feet with a load of 2200 pounds Leu Angeles, and police believe he
and 22^71 feet with a load of 110«
pounds.
same time the son tied.
Bobby Jones Defeats British Rival.
Newion, Mass. — Bobby Jones won
his fourth national amateur golf title
tn five years by overwhelming Phil
Perkins, the British champion, 10 up
and 9 to play, in the final match.
Time works some wondrous changes.
Forty years ago William Hobenzollern
ascended the throne of Germany, and
now Bill la seen to have descended a
considerable distance and the throne
can't be seen at alL
“ An American In Porto Rico says he
got relief from mosquitoes by sleep­
ing in a stable, the mosquitoes devot­
ing all their attention to the horses.
Still, it might be Just as inconvenient
being bitten by a horse.
Illinois Storm Takes 30 Lives.
Rockford, Ill — At least 30 persons
were killed and more than 150 injured
in the tornado that struck and prac­
tically demolished several factories in
th? southeast district of this city.
Indiana university officials rule that
secret marriages among the students
must be announced to two weeks or
all college credits win be lost. The
faculty might at least give the poor
things till the end of the honeymoon.
Then there Is the case of the ab­
sent-minded professor who turned
bootlegger and walked all the way to
the drug store to get some poison to
kill the cat
PICTORIAL LIFE OF HERBERT HOOVER
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GERMANS OPPOSE
PROPOSAL OF ALLIES
Partial Évacuation of Rhine­
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Geneva.—Immediate evacuation oi
the second occupied sone Is under­
stood to be the offer made by the
allies to Germany in return for Ger­
man acceptance of a special commis­
sion ot conciliation and verification
to control the Rhineland.
The allies have further suggested
that this commiasion continue to func­
tion during the life of the Rhine pact
negotiated at Locarno. In the German
view this would extend the commis­
sion’s life indefinitely. The Germans
point out that the Rhino pact remains
In force until the league of nations
council by a two-thirds majority de­
cides that the league itself Insures
sufficient protection td* the Locarno
signatories.
The Germans are said to be abso­
lutely opposed to accepting sueh •
commission beyond 1930 and some of
them think that It would be Infinitely
better to drop all evacuation negotia­
tions than to give their consent to the
allied proposals.
The French idea is that the five
countries signatory to ths Rhine pact
—France, Germany, Belgium, Great
Britain and Italy—ahould be repre­
sented on the commission. Whether
it would sit permanently at Cologne
or merely meet when occasion Justi­
fies is still under discussign.
CABINET ASKED TO
CUT DOWN EXPENSES
Washington, D. C.—President Cool­
idge has every expectation that suffi­
cient economies esn be carried out la
thè operation of the government be­
fore June 30 so that there will be no
treasury deficit on that date, as esti­
mated by the budget bureau.
The president took up the question
of reducing governmental expend^
tures at a cabinet meeting. He urged
all heads of departments to refrain
from expending any appropriationa
which ware not strictly necessary ton
the operation of the government, and
he obtained sufficient assurance of
possible economies to satisfy him that
no treasury deficit will be Incurred in
the current year.
* Mr. Coolidge pointed out to his cab­
inet officers many appropriationa for
the year which ahould be wiped ouL
One unexpected governmental finan-
clal burden has been the 145,000,000
expenditure resulting from a recent
decision of the Interstate commerce
commission increasing the railway
mall rat^s by 115,000,000 a year, re­
troactive for three years.
“He sat staring out Into space,” said
the Impatient parent of the Indolent
youth, "so I put a telescope in front
of him and am trying to make him an
astronomer.’*.
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When you serve a meal prepared from the Pure Food Products
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SPECIALS for SATURDAY and MONDAY, Soptomber 22 and 24
Sugar, 12 lbs for
Post Toasties, 2 pkgs for
P. C. B. Jelly Beans, 2 lbs
Scott Co. Catsup, 14 oz bottle (There is
None Better)
Dunbar Shrimp (best obtainable) 2 cans .
Peets Granulated Washing
. Machine Soap, pkg
Creme Oil Soap, 3 bars
Wesson Oil, quart
Sperry’s Oats, large pkg .
Swansdown, 2% lb pkg ..
Blue Róse Head Rice, 4 lbs.
Sweet Potatoes, 3 lbs for..
Citrus Granulated Wash. Mach. Soap, pkg
Netted Gem Potatoes, 10 lbs
Kingsford Com Starch, 2 pkgs
75c
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35c
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DELEGATION SUPPORTS
COLUMBIA BASIN PLAN
Wenatchee, Wash. — Members of
Washington’s congressional delegation
gave assurances ot active and unre­
served support of the Columbia basin
Irrigation project, when more than 200
members of the Columbia Basin Irri­
gation league met here for the seventh
annual convention. The meeting was
characterised by the most enthusias­
tic and constructive discussions In the
history of the league.
United States Senator Jones spoke
in behalf Of his colleagues In promis-
Ing united action, The entire delega­
tion Is In accord tor the bill, he as-
serted.
"The Columbia basin bill will go
through,” Senator Jones predicted.
"We will neglect no opportunity to
get the measure through, and have
found, a friendly feeling toward IL
with little organised opposition.”
Hervey Lindley, Beattie, “grand old
man” of the basin league, was unani­
mously re-elected president under sus­
pension of rules, and John W. Lang­
don, Walla Walla,' vice-president for
Washington. BL 0. Sammons, Port­
land, was elected vice-president for
Oregon.
LOANS TO VETERANS LARGE
825498,525 Borrowed by Oregon Ex-
Ssrvlce Men.
Salem, Or.—A total of 125,898,525 in
state bonus funds have been lent to
10,709 Oregon veterana of the world
war and the Spanish-American war
since the state aid act became oper­
ative May 1, 1922, according to Secre­
tary of State Koser.
All of theae loans are secured by
first mortgages on real property. To
date theft has been repaid on there
loans 13,248,882.27 and Interest aggre­
gating 13,407,380.61.
Approximately
84,580,000 haa been dispensed in cash
bonuses, ot which 2353,145 has been
repaid by veterana who later elected
to take advantage of the loan privilege.
In spite of the large number of loans
made the state has found it necessary
to foreclose on only 149 loans aggre­
gating 1889,125.
An historian of our customs aaya
50 years ago bananas wore almoat
unknown in most Northern sections.
This leaves us in the dark aa to what
small children munched In
day
coachaa.
WARNING GIVEN BY CHINA
Pact Calla
Far
East
"Danger Spot.“
Shanghai. — Although the text of
China’s reply to the American invita­
tion to sign the Kellogg-Briand anti­
war pact has not been revealed, it is
learned that in it the foreign minister.
Dr. C. T. Wang, has congratulated the
United States on efforts in behalf of
world peace and has pledged Chinese
support.
It Is understood, however, that In
addition ho has called attention to the
unsettled conditions prevailing la the
orient, terming the far east “a danger
spot in which It is possible to origin­
ate another world conflict due to the
presence of foreign armed forces In
China.”
He also urged greater American in­
terests la Chinose questions.
Note
on
Middle West Storm Toll Fourteen.
Chicago.—At least 14 persons were
killed, scores were Injured and many
farm buildings blown away or demoi
ished by two tornadoes which swept
across portions of Nebraska and South
Dakota. Eight lives wore lost in the
Nebraska twister, which first struck
near Pender, 80 milea northeast of
Omaha, and cut a narrow swath reach­
ing almost to Boulx City, la.
Coolidge to Visit Hie Boyhood Home.
Washington. D. C —President Cool
idgo loft here for a three or fourday
trip to Now England. With Mra. Cool­
idge, he will spend Thursday morning
in Northampton. Ma«u Iho bonne of
Mrs. Coolidge’s mother, and proceed
to Vermont oa aa inapoctlon tour of
the district flooded lart spring. Ho
win spead a day aad night at his boy­
hood homo in Plymouth.
World Church .Conference Planned.
Geneva. — A world religion peace
conference will be held in 1930. prob­
ably In India. It was decided by the
church peace union • committee ot
which Doan Shatter Mathews of the
University of Chicago to ehairman.
will be appointed and all religious
Coast Labor Conditions Improve.
San Francisco.—Industrial activities
In CsUfWiS Washington and Oregon
Increased noticeably during August
with an actual shortage of labor in
my report of the department of labor.
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