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■Mr A The Sherman County Observer, Moro, Oregon, E atab lish ed 1 8 8 7 OREGON STATE NEWS OF 6ENERALIN1ERES1 D. A. R. LEADER QUITS Final Decision on Disarma ment Expected Soon. Principal Events of the Week Assembled for Information of Our Readers. The annual mooting of the Oregon co-operative council was held In Eu gene Tuesday and Wednesday. About 2000 trees, of various vari eties of peaches, will he set in the Louis W ill farm In the Grand Island vicinity soon. A Grants Pass physician has an nounced that he wjjl adopt the Chi- nose system of charging his patients so much ger jponth for Keeping &em The grand Jury of Waeco county has recommended that officers of The Dalles undertake a fairly rigid en forcement of the curfew and other or dinances. The dance ordinance that caused so much commotion at Medford has been repealed and a substitute adopted. It eliminates certain club dance« from police supervision. A recommendation that a new char te r for Klamath Falls be drawn on the lines of commission-manager gov ernment is being considered by a spe cial charter committee. A survey by Portland and Salem hop dealers show that in 1929 on a total of 17,908 acres growers raised In Oregon 96,288 bales, of which 33,052 are s till in growers* hands. According to Brenton Vedder, coun ty school superintendent, Clackamas county now has 131 school districts w ith a total enrollment of 13,655, com pared with 12,000 In 1920, Acting upon a suggestion offered by County Agent J. C. Leedy the Lions club of Roseburg w ill sponsor a plan for promoting the interests of the poultry Industry In the Umpqua valley. Lira. Kate Cundiff of Eugene, known to her wide circle of friends as “ Grand ma**" Cundiff, has celebrated her 89th birthday. She was one of 11 children, of whom six are livin g and all are over 80 years. 1 Dr. Valeria H. Parker. New York.—Dr. Valeria 11. Parker, honornry president of the National Council of Women mid prominent In the uctlvltles of oilier women’s organ izations, lias announced her w ithdraw al from the Daughters of the American Revolution. In her letter to the riutlonal board of management of the D. A. R. at Washington, Doctor Parker aald: ’ “ I can no longer support, even In directly by a silent membership, poll des which I believe to be mistaken and contrary tv the purposes for which the D. A. II. was founded.” NAT. BANK RESOURCES PUT AT 28 BILLIONS Deposita Increased - by 871 Millions, Report Shows. Washington. ---Resources of 7,408 national banks in the United States as of December 31 Inst totrfled >28,882,- 483.000, according to figures compiled and made public a few days ago by James W. Pole,, comptroller of the currency. National bank resources on that date, according to the report, were >958,173.000 greater than resources A bicycle race from Eugene to Cor reported on October 4, but were >L- 796,073,000 less than the resosree» re- vallis and return w ill be conducted by p«»rle<1 on December 31. 1028. the 4|p*teur Bicycle league of Ameri Ixiana and discounts. Including re ca, February 22, It was announced by discounts, December 31, amounted to J. E. (Dtnty) Moore, state representa >15,150.040.000. an Increase o f >188,- tive of the league. 109.000 since October 4, but a decrease Pootal receipts at Eugene increased of >129.585.000 In the year. Total dejioslts on December 31 ag 4 per cent in January ov«lb-danuary last year, the total being >13,892. Ecah gregated >22.773.493.000. which was an month but. two In 1929 sh'dwed an in Increase of >871.400.000 since October 4, hut a decrease of >1,573.887.000 In crease over the corresponding periods the year. In 1928 of 2 to 10 per cent Included In th e to tal d e p o sits w ere The consolidation ef the school dia tricts of Drain,. Sunnyside, Eureka, Leona, Gunter and Cold Springs, In northern Douglas county, has been ac complished, and the plan approved by the county boundary board. W illamette valley loganberries were hard h it by the recent below-freezing temperatures, according to informa tion brought to Salem by growers Blackberries also were aaid to have suffered from the cold spell. d em an d d e p o sits o f >11.102.750.000 and tim e d e p o sits o f >8.434.442.000. T h e tim e d e p o sits Included po stal sa v in g s of >00,707,000. Time certifi c a te s o f d e p o sits o f >1.308.242,000 an d sav in g bank d e p o sits Of >6,024.199,- 900. w hich w ere re p re se n te d by 15.- 060,840 acco u n ts. In v estm en t in U nited S tn te s s e c u ri ties of 8* 012.087.000 show ed d e c re a se s In th e th re e nnd tw elv e m o n th s p e ri ods o f >92.787.000 and >390.033 respectively. P aid In c a p ita l stock o f th e h an k s According to officials of the Beaver w as >1.704.473,000. ex ceed in g h.v >33.- Portland Cement company the Gold 199 000 th e paid-in eap ltn l on O cto H ill cement plant, which has- been ber 4. an d >87.997.000 g re a te r th a n on closed down the past several months D ecem ber 31. 1928. S u rp lu s fu n d s of pending annual repairs just complet 91.54R.370.(XX) an d net u n d iv id ed p ro f Its. ex clu d in g re se rv e acco u n ts, of ed, resumed operations last week. Intangibles taxes of >50,859.17 hae been turned over to the state treasur er by the state tax commission. It was estimated that the tax would raise approximately >400,000. The law provides that the tax shall be payable p rior to March 1. Unemployment is becoming a prob lem on Coos bay and North Bend and Marshfield charitable organizations are planning for a wide effort in relief measures. The situation, as some view it, is more demanding than It has been for several years. K. iii ....... ■■—■■■■■■ ■ >497.0-13.900 a to tal Of >2.045.419.000. show ed a red u ctio n o f >2-5,095.000 Since O cto b er 4. 1929. hut an In crease o f >83,592.900 In th e year. The circulating notes outstanding, which aggregated >048.420.000. were >5.310,000 more than In October, but >3.985.000 less than a year ago. Students W reck Jail to Free 12 of T heir Pal» Albion. Mich.—Three hundred rio t ing students nt Albion college tore down the city ja il to release 12 of their number that had been placed In cells following r. celebration of a THE M ARKET8 basketball victory over Alma college. Portland Jacks» n and Hillsdale were asked Wheat—Big Bend bluestem, >1.27; to send sjnte police to quell the dis eoft white and western white, >1.17; turbance. Tear gas bombs were used hard winter, northern spring and west by police trying to drive back the ern red, >1.15. students after they had raided the Hay—^lfa lfa , >24@24.50 per ton; Inll nnd were attempting to release valley timothy, >20.50 0 21; eastern 190 other students held by Jollee In Oregon timothy, >23023.50; clover, the Boltn theater. When the state police arrived the >20; oat hay, >19; oats and vetch, >20 rtudents In the theater were released. 02OKO. B utterfat—32 @36c. Eggs—Ranch, 26@30c. Cattle—Steers, good, >11011.60. Hogs—Good to choice, >9.60@ll. Lambs—Good to cholee, >10.50@11. - r Seattle Wheat — Soft white and western white, >1.18; hard winter, and north ern spring, >1.17; western red, >1.16; Big Bend bluestem, >1.28. Eggs—Ranch, 26@29q, Butterfat— 41c,. Cattle—Choice steers, >10 @10.28. Hogs— Prime light, >11.25011.35. Lambs—C h o lc< >11.50 @12. 8pokane Cattle- Steers, good, >10.25@ll. Hogs—Good to choice, >10.85@ll. Lambs— Medium to good, >10.750 11.10. FIVE-POWER CLAIMS BEFORE CONFERENCE Un’ted State« Indict« 132 St. Louis.—The federal grand Jury returned Indictments charging 132 per son'’. Including two women with viola tlon of the prohibition laws. The w rits were brought under the Jones law. London. — T h e ” naval conference which has been In session here fo r the past four weeks now la wres tlin g w ith the various claims of the five powers directly Interested In the proposal to reduce fighting equipment. France and Ita ly were the lust to enter th eir demands. The general alms o f the five powers as they have been revealed at the conference table are as follows: On February 6 Secretary Stlmson Issued a statement summing up the naval aims of the United States based upon Immediate purity with Great B ritain in every class of ship, the gross tonnage of the two fleets being substantially 1.200.000 tons apiece. In battleships , the United States suggested equalisation of the two fleets by 1931 Instead of 1942. In de stroyers and ulrcraft carriers the United States suggested equality of tonnage and In submarines the low est tonnage possible. On the debated cruiser question the United States suggested uu arrange ment whereby the actual difference^ would be 12 (NX) tons. Of the larger cruisers the United States would have 18 and Gr^at B ritain 15. giving the Unite») States an advantage of 30,(NM) tons. Of the smaller cruisers Great B ritain would have an advantage of 42,000 tons. Kacli nation would have the option of building to the exact figures of the other If desired. The Amerh-an suggestion to Japan would produce an “ overall’’ relation not based upon the same ratio In ev ery class of ship. No proposals were made to France and Italy, although the necessity for a satisfactory solution of French and Italian problems was recognized as necessary. On February 7 Prime Minister Mac Donald issued a statement on British alms, his pronqunceinent being regard ed by the American delegation as complete acceptance of the American suggestions. The prime minister propose«! the eventual abolition of battleships, and, falling that, a construction holiday un til 1935. Capital ships would be brought down in 1931 to the leTel which the Wash lngton agreement proposed for 1930„ Be fu rthe r proposed reduction In hat1 tleshtp slse to 25.090 tons with gun calibers reduced from 18 inches to 12 Inches. In addition, he suggested a new conference In 1930. In a ircraft carriers he suggested re duction In tonnage from 135.000 t«f 100,000, with a reduction In size to 25,000. In destroyers he suggested lim itation of the American and British fleets to 200,000 tons, with lim itation In size of destroyer leaders nnd gun caliber. Abolition of submarines was sug gested, and, falling that, lim itation tn Size and numbers in addition to lim i tation In their use against merchant vessels. Japan’s statement expressed w illing ness to agree to a holiday In capital Ship construction until 1930 nnd fa vored reduction In battleship tonnage to 25,000 tons nnd gun caliber to 14 Inches. The Japanese favored lim itation In a ircraft carriers nnd an increase In their life from 20 years to 20 years. In submarines Japan reiterated her peed for submersibles because of fhelr adaptability fo r defensive purposes snd because of Japan's geographical position. The French statement expresse»! w il lingness to accept a naval program to run from 1930 to 1930, the French fleet to aggregate 724,179 tons hy De cember 31, 1930. This would represent n building pro gram of 24O.IMXI tons, of which it was stated 193,800 would represent replace ments. The French program culled for 99.- 029 tons of submarines, 1(M),(XX) tons 10,000-ton cruisers, 150,460 tons of capital ships coming tinder the Wash ington substitution agreement nnd 52,- T91 not coming under that agreement A ircraft carrier tonnage would be 32.- J40 nnd light cruisers, destroyers amt supplementary vessels 258,597. In addition. France said she would consider favorably any form of ngree ment fo r a mutual guarantee of se curity, thus Intimating her w illing ness to conclude a pact to gi\e an added sense of security tlint might result lit further naval reductions. Italy Is w illing to reduce armament to 1()9.<XK) tons If nrcessiiry If the con tlnental powers hind themselves to that low fi-u ie. Italy continued »<» hold to Its contention that It must have the right to parity with any con tlnental power. So far as the Imme diate preenf, this means equality with France, hut It might mean equality- with Bti-'da or Germany or any other continental power that m'ght build up Its fleet. F ire L ess 5 2 ,0 0 0 ,0 0 0 at K im berly D eny P lea o f Murdar«»« Capetown, South Africa.—Fire de stroyed the Theater Royal nnd several shops In the heart of the retail step ping district of Kimberley. The dam age was estimated at approximately Htnenlx, Arlz.—The Arizona stale board of pardons and paroles jlenlod the petition of Mr».. Eva Dugan for commutation of the death sentence. Fhe Is to hnng here February 21 for the murder In 1927 of A J. Mathis, aged Tucson. Arlz., recluse. >2.999,999. Marine« to G et N in e F ig h tin g Plane« Washington.—The navy department placed with the Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor company an order fo r nine fighting planes, costing >117,582. for the use of the marine corps. Farm Board A pproves B ean Co-Op Washington.—Approval was given „ by the federal farm hoard for a >1, 000,000 co-operative organization of national bean grower«. GETS HIS MAN BUT LOSES LIFE IJ — Two-Gun Man From Ken tucky M ountains Makes / Good HU Boast. Paintsville, K y.—A two-gun mao from the mountains, vetcrun of half a- dozen pistol battle* and survivor of almost as many gunshot wounds, re cently made good hla boast that if a policeman arrested him again, “ I ’ll have to k ill blm,” but it cost hlin his life. The two-gun man, Joe Custle, for mer constable, •'«hot It o u t” w ith Pa trolman Jess D t'g on th e main street of this mount&L5 towd while hundreds of shoppers scattered for cover. Dills, with two **.44 specials” still spitting bullets, dropped dead almost In his tracks, shot through the heart. Castle, with a .45 In each bund, went down mortally wounded, dying In a hospital. John Marshall, Johnson coun ty Jailer, also Involved in the shoot ing, is locked In his own Juil. Ofllcers say he probably w ill be churged with murder. Feud Only Month Old. Trouble between Cas le and Patrol man D ills started a month ago, local police said, when D ills arrested Castle on «a charge of drunkenness. Castle, who had been a constable for almost 20 years, was removed from office and received a Jail senten ,e and a fine. He was released on bond pending an appeal. At the conclusion of his trial, po lice said, Custle remarked that when he served his sentence, "Palntvllle won’t be large enough to hold the two of us,” referring to Dills. Following the shooting, Castle, In an ante-mortem statement, told his story of the gun play of Dr. E. E. Archer, attending physician. “ Elmer Conley und roe had had sup per with John Marshall nt the Jail,’’ said the wounded man, as life slowly ebbed away. “ We all started down the street and when we came in front of the Hulntvjlle Grocery commpany Policeman Jess D ills came neross the street from Jtoblnson A Melvin’s res taurant and took hold of John Mar shall and told him he would have to take him to Jail. “ MarSitall drew his pistol, and us they were In a scuffle 1 hit Policeman D ills over the head with my pistol. I emptied my pistol at him and was re loading It again. I think D ills took John Marshall's pistol away from him.” Then Gens 6lazed. Witnesses said Dills approached Marshall and Castle, who apparently had been drinking, to arrest them for drunkenness. As the patrolman took Marshall’s arm. Castle stepped up. “ I'll have to ta k e M arshall to Juil,” D ills said”, acco rd in g to w itn esses. “ You don't have to go unless you want to.” Castle replied. The ene mies, Castle nnd D ills backed off a pace or two and a few seconds lutcr. bullets were zipping through the air. M arsh all, w ith tw o .hSs, fired tw ice from one gun nnd once from th e o th er, w itn e sse s said . - D lls and C astle both em ptied th e ir p is tils. An element of m.vst» ry entered the shooting later wlwen it was reported that bullet holes in a window nt the Rcene of the shooting a pi »eared to have been made hy a pistol of .32 caliber, w hile all of the participants were using bigger weapons. They advanced the possibility that a fourth person figured in the battle, apparently firing from neross the street. Feeling against Marshall Is running high here as Dills, n war veteran, was well liked In the community. The sheriff would not reveal his plans but it was expected he would spirit the prisoner away to another ja il. Castle had figured in a number of shootings nnd was known ns one of the most fearless men In the Kentucky moun tains. He had been wounded several times nnd a short time ago spent al most three months In a hospital re covering from gunshot wounds. Friday, February 21, 1930 GRAIN CORPORATION BUYS IN 6 CENTERS Price Five Cento COOK TO BE PAROLED BANKERS RETORT DROP IN SAVIN6S New Stabilization Agency Begins Operations. Lure of Stock Market Partly to Blame, but Slackened Specula tion Expected to Bring Return — .to Thrift Chicago.— The Grain Stabilisation corporation, newly created agency of tlie Fanners National Grain corpora tion tlie past week made Its first move in its announced program to steady whfeat prices In the United States. According to W. G. Kellogg, presi dent, of the stabilisation corporation and general manager of the grain corporation, th e . stabilisation corpor ation made substantial purchases qf wheat in the open market In Chi cago, Minneapolis, Duluth, Kanpaa City, Omaha and HntchlnsoqrKan. The wheat w ill be stored, processed or mer chandized at the discretion of officers of the stabilization corporation. It was announced. In Washington It was announced that tlie federal farm board hM granted the stabilization corporation an In itial credit o f >10,000,000 with which to purchase wheat The cor poration Is not lim ited as are other corporations, formed under the agri cultural marketing act, as to Its deal- Ipga In grain to nonmembers, it was pointed o u t It may buy from or sell to any one, there being no restriction to membership business. Tlie corporation, however, la a nonprofit, nonstock corporation and Its membership w ill be limited to co-op erative associations, which are en gaged In the marketing of grain. The stabilization organization is clothed with wide powers and It Is Indicated that It w ill have abundant financial resources at Its command. W ith the advent of the stabilisation corporation, the wheat farmers of the country now have two agencies at their disposal for the purchase of wheat. The other agency Is the Rural Grain corporation, a subsidiary of the Farmers’ National Grain cor poration. This organization has sev eral times entered the markets In the past In an effort to Improve the tone of cash grains. , As one of the agreed policies of the new corporation. It was announced that It would enter the market and purchnse grnin fo r the grain corpora tion wlien there was a poaslbillty of the assumption of a risk In the t an sarti una. Wlien there la alight possibility of such risk the purchase w ill be made through the Rural Grain corporation. It waa stated. It was also announced that the new stabilization corporation might be utilized as a nucleus fo r stabilisation agencies for other crops, such as WP9l. cotton and coarse grains, should the farmers’ advisory committees of the government co-operative societies recommend their establishment. Mr. Kellogg stated that the stabili zation corporation might eventually sell its holdings to the m iliar or the exporter, that It hod already provided storage facilities fo r quite a large amount of wheat and that addition facilities would be arranged when ne cessity demanded. Most of the star- nge facilities are in the central grain terminals. It was said. IIend(iuarter8 of the stabilization corporation Is In Chicago. Establish ment of branches in foreign countries may be* considered In the future. It was said. Russ to Have 17,000,000 in Air and Gas Defense Moscow.—Under a special five-year plun adopted by the Soviet Volunteer Society for Aerial and Chemical De fense. which is a powerful civilian arm of- the regular Red army, navy and aviation forces, Soviet Russia w ill have 17.000,000 persons * tn various branches of air and gas defense hy 1934. There are now 5,000,000 so en gaged. In unfolding the plan Alexander Malinovsky, undersecretary for the so ciety, said the authorities would in crease the number of aviation schools from four to 25 and train thousands of pilots. The number of aviation groups w ill be Increased from COO to 2,500. Vol Penchant for C c b r unteer detachments numbering 31,000 nnd embracing 6,000,000 members w ill in Shoes T raps B andit be engaged In the protection of habi T okyo, J a p a n .—K iyoshl N nknJItnn Is ta tio n s from gas attack. In Jail serving a term for burglary be cause he would not sacrifice Ihls b ril liant shoes. I Senate's Vote of 52*26 Nahnjima, notorious as / Tokyo’s O. K’s Hughes as Justice “ brown shoe” robber, committed fifty Furglaries, sixteen at the point of a Washington.—Charles Evans Hughes revolver, within a month «nd finally was confirmed by the senate by a vote was captured ufter police had round of 52 to 20 fo r chief Justice of the ed up every suspect in the, capital Supreme court of the United States. It wearing tan shoes. The fact that Is expected that Mr. Hughes w ill take most Japanese wear a light cloth shoe his sent ns chief Justice on February called a “ tab!” und wooden clogs made 24, when the Supreme court recon the task of the police easier than it venes. may sound. Previously a motion to send the nomination back to the Judiciary com mittee lost by a vote of 31 to 49. Voting for confirmation were 88 Re- 'puhllcans and 14 Democrats, while in Hookey Play Brings the negative w-ere 11 Republicans and Grief to Youngster 15 Democrats. Ju a re z , Mexico. — Mrs, 1‘aulo Augllar wanted her two smull Italian U nem ployed Reach 462,943 syns to grow up and be gentle Rome.—The number of unemployed man. nnd. although she suffered In Italy on January 31 totaled 462,948, from tuberculosis, she could not showing a normal seasonal Increase, let them leave school to work. ❖ comparing with 461,899 on the same One of the boys played truant date a year ago. The January figure so that he might earn a few was an Increase of 59,200 over De pennies to give to Ids mother. cember. . When he arrived home he found her dead. _ P arro t F eve r Kill« Doctor Sobbing, the child ran to Baltimore, Md.—Dr. William Royal neighbors and c r i e d : “ M am m a Stokes, director of th i city health de told iqp never to play hookey, partment’s bureau of bacteriology, died or soruethlng^iijpuld happen." here of psittacosis, or parrot fever. The first recession in the nation’ savings account In banks in the twen ty years during which records fas this field have been kept by the Amerioaa Bankers Association was disclosed tor last year tn the recent annual eompila tlon prepared hy Its Savings Bank Division. The shrinkage amounted to urea for the year ending June 29. 1323, whereas a : ear earlier the reported In crease was over >2.300,000.000, the Washington. — The federal parole largest ever recorded. The number board has recommended that Dr. Fred of savings depositors also decreased Z rick; A. Cook, Arctic explorer, now daring the year covered by more than r serving a i5-year sentence, be released 500,000 accounts. The lure of the from Leavenworth penitentiary on pa stock market and affiliated activities are cited as part of the explanation role. “' ..... for these changes. The association’s statement tare that savings deposits In banks and VOTES TO TRANSFER trust companies of continental United PROHIBITION BUREAU States on June 29. 1929, stood at >26.- 217,656,000. The recession In savings. It declares, Indicates a fundamental House Takes Action on First change In the savings situation. Irre Wicker sham Proposition. spective of whether It Is temporary or not Washington.—Transfer of the pro How Savinas Used to Grow hibition bureau from the Treasury to "In 1926 savings deposits increased the Department of Justice, the Jrst >1,562,000,000. In 1927 almost >1.400,- of the legislative measures of the 000,000 and in 1923 over >2.200.000,- WIckersham commission and Präsi 000,” It says. “It appears bow that dent Hoover for tightening .’.ry law some Influences In one year have taken enforcement, was approved by the 4he gain that might reasonably have house. been expected in savings deposits for The bill, as reported from the com 1929 and lowered them from the high mittee on expenditures In executive mark of the preceding year. This re departments, was passed by a viva cession la not one coming ee a result voce vote. Only a few dessentlng of drouth, famine, unemployment er votes were heard, no serious opposition conditions outside of the United to the measure sa a whole being ad Stated. “A year ago It waa stated: The year vanced although many of Its support ers, drys as well as wets, were skep closing June 20, 1928, registered the tical as to whether the shift would largest gain In ^savings deposits In mean any real difference In enforce banks and trust companies of eontl*. nentsl United States ever recorded ment conditions. Administration forces proved to be In the history of this country.’ What In complete command of the situation, a difference one year makes 1 From defeating the- proposal of alcohol a gain of more than 2’A billions of dol using Industries for retention of entire lars In savlnge deposits to a lose of al authority over Industrial alcohol In most 200 millions I “The loss In saving! deposits to re the Treasury department and also de feating the proposal of a minority of flected also In the loss of savings de the expenditure« committee for vest positors. The year 1923 showed a to ing complete alcohol powers In the at tal of 13,664.137 depositors, against 66,186,246 for 1926, a loss of 634431. torney general. “Industrial production was modi Under the bill as passed the attor ney general will have jurisdiction over higher last year than the preceding law enforcement activities, but the year. Factory payrolls were eoaetd treasury will continue to have supen erably greater. _ In production, em vision over the issue of Industrial ployment and trade, advances were alcohol. The attorney general Is given made over the preceding year. In the Joint control with the secretary of the farm areas the Improvement noted for treasury over the alcohol regulations 1323 did not recede In 1923 and the livestock Industry in all Its branches and also Is given a veto power over was prosperous. Issuance of permits. The Causes of the Drop The minority amendment^ which “The causes of the receesloa are also met defeat/would not have taken the authority over issuance of per possibly multiple. There la scarcely mlts from the secretary of the treaF any reason to doubt that one of the Important factors draining away sav ury, but would have forced him to ings and decreasing depositors has administer the law under regulations been the lure of profits to be made In formulated entirely by the attorney stocks. For a number of years the general. people have been regaled with stories The bill will now go to the senate, of profits made In stock's In all types where action will he delayed until of companies. During the last few after the tariff bill Is out of the way. ! years there has been a specious phi* Dr. Frederick A. Cook. expected to make an effort to amend the bill In the senate Judiciary com mittee. It Is thought likely that the bill will be passed by the senate be fore congress adjourns 1 The other WIckersham bills may not fare so well. While the house may pass some of these measures, which Include bills Increasing powers of com missioners of federal courts In dealing with prohibition cases, defining minor offenses under the Jones law, tighten ing padlock provisions of the Volstead act and providing for a uniform bor der patrol, there Is little likelihood that the senate w ill reach action on any of them before next winter. WASHINGTON BRIEFS President Hoover w ill give a radio address to the Boy Scouts of America at the twenty-fifth birthday party of the organization on March 10. The house passed the oleomargarine b ill providing for a tax of 10 cents a pound on cooking compounds made and colored In im itation of butter. An appropriation of >50,000 was voted by the house to cover expenses of the commission named by President Hoover to itu d y conditions In H aiti. The ways and means committee of the house approved s bill authorizing payment of approximately >2,800.000 to German owners of patents seized and sold during the war to the Chemi cal foundation and leased by It to the United States government without cost. Colorado F ears Sm allpox Denver, Colo.—The state board of health has advised Its 250 health of ficers throughout Colorado that “the entire state Is threatened with an epi demic o f small pox” and has called upon them to urge vaccination Immedi ately In their commqpUea. W ill. H arvard > 5 ,0 0 0 ,0 0 0 Philadelphia, Pa.—Harvard univer sity will receive nearly >5,000,000 un der the will of Stuart Wyeth. Philadel phia chemical manufacturer. formerly occurred were no longer poe- plble. “If it was the lure of profits In stocks which caused the receealon to savings, then a factor in future sav ings will be the success attendant upon thia venture of savings depos itors In stocks. If the experiment did not prove generally successful, then another year will doubtless wtlneae an Increase in savlnge deposits as well as In savings depositors.” HELPING YOUNG FOLK , TO BECOME BANKERS Î Through the American Institute of Banking, which Is the American Bank ers Association’s educational section, the banking profession la educating 35,000 bank men and women to the technical and scientific departments of their work. These students are en abled by this Institute, which la entire ly non-commercial In Its operations, to obtain a grasp of the finer points of banking without Interrupting their employment or Interfering with their earnings, In their bank Jobs. The courses given. Including bank ing economics and law and bank ad ministration In all the departments, have been worked out under the di rection of senior college educators and the lectures are always given hy practical men, such as lawyers to the legal courses, experts In banking oper ations and college professors to tke economics courses. There are chap ters with meeting rooms to over 399 cities and also a number of smaller study groups are fostered with eer- respondence aid. It has been said that the A. L B , ne it Is familiarly known throughout the banking field. Is the greatest adult ed ucational organ lzatloa fas the world and Is supplying the banking bnalneee with the largest euppfy of trained workers each year that any compar able line of business Is receiving. The organisation bolds an annual coaven- tlon attended by hundreds ef young bank workers ns well a« senior beak officers actively Interested to further ing the Institute’s educational work, nt which numerous technical subject« of practical banking application are presented nnd discussed. Thia year’s eonventlon will be held at Denver, . Colorado, Juno I I to W.
