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O o o PORTLAND MAN SHOT TO DEATH AT BREAKFAST 7 PORTLAND. Ore., Auk. 2. iP Shot to death wKh a bullet from a small rifle, the body of 11, 1). Dewey, 60, wan found today Mealed Upright at the hreakfast table of his ranch home Juki outside of Portlttnd. Officers started a hunt for Hex Mead, a 17-year old boy. who had been employed by Dewey an a chore boy. The hot wan fired from the kitchen doorway while, Dewey was , Heated with his face" toward the front of the house. The bullet hfi Dewoy In the buck of the nerk. i Tho 2 2 -ra 1 1 hre. ri fie, fro m which ! thft fatal shot hud been nr'u. was found rest in; 11 k'' i tit the klu-lu-n . door. Officers Rah) the slayer had planned the crime carefully. A p- rut; had been laid on the kitchen flnor In such a nosition as to nr- ' nit approach to a point of vantage Silently, without detection. scattered about the nouse were Dewey's personal effects. Including the contents of a milt ense in which he wan known to have kept con siderable money. Several bank hooks and walb'ts ver v the kitchen table. A, few checks made- out In Dewey s . o , Wt untouched. A neighbor found the body this mornlntf. Dewey nnd tho boy had returned yesterday from .Seaside, where they had been for a week's vacatiim. Dewey formerly was a hlppink cb-rk In I(rtland. lie hnd spent his time recently improving small farms an' wo'l1, tlie m. His wifo from whom he was separated lias been mvuiK ..1 Portland. Dewey's place was on tho base line road at Hockwood. The sheriff') office sent tele grams broadcast Keeking the arrest of young Mead. Officers on nil northern highways as well as tu ward the coast were fciniested to keep a lookout. Ilceordsi show that, young Mead was arrested on July 11, last year, when he was found sleeping in a park room in Portland. The boy told the police then that he had twice been in the Krazer detent inn home. Frazer home said younK Afeud had Kiven them trouble when he won there. At the time he wan taken to the detention home, hts mother refused to take en re of him, officers re ported. She said Hex would not Htay at home. On one occasion the boy ran away to tin home of his grand mother at Yankton, near Hi. Helens, utid another time he ran nway anil was found in San Dlt'K". iin mothor sent for him. Juvcnilo records show that the lad has been in trouble since he has nine years old. A i 1 1 ,1 a 1 1 v mi:i:tk (Continued from llam Kelly, linker; Srs. J. W. Mr luturff, Marshlield; Mrs. A Ilea Cleveland, Halem; Mrs. I. I. I' terson, .Mrs. leorge White, Sa lem; .Mrs. H. K. Shesley. Ilermls- ton, Ore.; and Mrs. J. t. lloheii, president of tho Nevada state I Auxiliary. Iocal women who are largely j responsible for the success of the. Ai'-xlllary's part in the celcbra- j tlnn are the following: Mrs. ltd-j va Aiken, general chairman; Mrs Leo (iarlock, registration; Mr-. 1 Holnnd Smith, housing; Mrs. l-M.j Vbber, budget ; Mrs. Newlon t'haney. publicity; Mrs. John J'erl. stunts: Mrs. Norma Mart'n. parades; Mrs. Wilfred Mlksche, entertainment; Mrs. George 1 dlng. meeting places; Mrs. Wal ter Krcsse, golf; Mrs. John Fluh- rer. escort ; Mrs. Kdward I-ench, giflH; .Mrs. It. . Hryanl, prog ram; Mrs. Hoy Jluckingham, re Dvshmcnls; Mrs. Warren Hut let, chalt man of the parley dinner; Mrs. Douglas Wlllson, secretary- treasurer dinner and Mrs. l-e Williams, concessions. - Dulegaies of Mi'dford who of-: flclally represent t he AuxiUarv during the convention buslines; eesslon are Mrs. N. . t'haney. I Mrs. Warren I hitler. Mrs. Doiig- lfls Willson. Mrs. It. A Holme- M rH. It. H . Hi yn n t . M rs. I "ra n k Martin and Mrs. Helva Aiken. , wants ni"ni-.n lisiiixt; (Continued from Pagft One) William Don ova n, nssistani 1'uited States attorney general. vhfl. with Milton Ksberg of Smi Vrn nelsco. com pie ted t he pa ri y. ttfild that traveling In small boats, the secretary and his companions haI worked the whole lake by cross-sections and were convinced there were very few fish In the In ke. 1-. After working hack nnd forth, the fishermen returned to the shore for lunch and rest under the hhade there. They hail nnother try at it, hut quit Inter in the nfternoon and rnotored nhout. Meantime, they had sent direc tions to officials of the Soul h"i tt Pacific railroad to have the m--h( coaches ready nt 1 1 :4S p. m. m .. of 6:30 p. m., nn orlginnlty directed. . "We found that we could get to San Francisco almost hp curly ) taking a later train," Hoover aid f'fo we had dinner at Mccioiid nt. then rode around for ft untie lie fore returning here." - There was sonic upreity pm-klng of baggage nnd then the nominee and hln eompanlon drove to Duny mt'ir. where they boarded the train lor Han Krnnclspo. " Arriving at Han Frnncisco nt 0:30 0. m.. Hoover will contlnuo 'an to Stanford "'' ils ncceptnnce nddrens Its flnat ro VHlon and to turn his u hgnln to affairs nf tbe pfilltlc.il rampnlgn, which will be formally ppencd ot the notification cere- , tiionifs in Hatifard I'lilveihiiy sta dium one week from next Sunday. At a OI'POKKK SI'ltSlDY (Continued from 1'age One) that he believes li will be impos sible to obtain aduptiun of the I equalization fee plan for farm re lief, no matter which party in in power. As he analyzed and attacked democratic convention planks on farm issues and argued that I hey failed In harmonize even with ov ernor Smith's personal views. Sen ator Watson said it was "unthink able" for the farmer to hope to secure adequate proteetive tariff rules through the democratic party. "Whether the equalization fee plan can be adopted or not, the existence of the agricultural inter ests of tills countr oepeml abso lutely on the maintcnani e of a high protective tariff, higher on most agricultural products than VZ Uf 'S a!!l!llllll!!!llll!!llllllllllllll!lll!!l!lii! I i Bill! 1 Rilil llllllllllllllll! l!lllIllIlHIIIlHill Mzm iua; mmi I II IliT "1 f f li r"l 11 f nf Aintliu SI. I-uiharl, fir.-t voiiuui to t!v the Atluuticliy ui ropluue I C j ! - says- I 11 11 1 "Lucky Strikes were llie ciarellcs carried on the 'Friendship' when site crossed the Atlantic. They were smoked eon linuouslv from Trenassev to ales. I think nothing else helped so much to lessen the strain for all of us' 1U28 Thf AniiTiran Tob.icto Co.. Mn'i u tiiri-r. we now have," Senator Watson de clared. "The farmer must slick to the 1 protective tariff if be expects to do business in thin country, and he must stick to the republican party if he expects to hn ve an adequate protective tariff 01 agricultural products." TACO.MA, Wash., Auk. I'. In a terrific auto-stniet car crash. Sergeant Ted lord of the quarter master division at Kort Lewis was instantly killed and Private Her bert KvaiiH of the sumo division received u tciribly cut eye arid fractured ribs when they were driv ing hurtled headou into a street car here late lust night. I'KI'IWKK Kloi-U masters ship ' double-deck ears fat iambs to market. Wild turkeys have increiiseo rapidly iiIoiil; Mo la Hit river. Til la 1 nook may bu1-' a not her. laryef fh-e engine- and truck. It's i LOCAL PUT IN JAIL ON CHARGE OF GIRL K. Archer, 1H. lucnl youth, was scheduled to have 11 hearing in Judye, Taylor's court this afternoon . on a atatuiory charge, following his arrest last nihr by Policeman Wil liam Peck for an alleged attack on u I'.i-year-nld local girl, whom offi cers say Archer knocked imctm- scjous with iiis fist and then as saulted her. The giil whose name is withheld , by the police, was attacked in the rear of the iniarity hall dance pa vilion nt l: :in last night and re-t mained senseless for u short time. When wire regained consciousness her attacker had dlbajqieared and she staggered to a nearby street and there told a motorist, who wa-s arriving at the dance and whom she knew, of what had happe ed. The police were summoned and Archer's arrest was made a short time later, after which he was Im mediately placed in jail. The Noted Dead . INDIANAPOLIS, Aug. :!. () William S. Taylor. Ttl. elected re publican governor of Kentucky in ly.V'.t and sought in connection with the ileal h of his denim-rain- oppo nent William S. fjoebel, after the Kentucky legislature declared Taylor's election fraudulent, died in a hospital here early this morn ing. Taylor who was vice president of a local insurance company, fled it Inrtinnapi-ilis after Coel-e! was- mortally wounded in 1900 by a concealed rifleman. The Kentucky legislature had dechu-fd fJocbel the legally elected governor. Indiana governors did not honor extradition papers for Taylor after he fled to this city. He remained here ever -since. The assHssination. of William (loebel. a democrat, occurred Jan uary 3u, liau. 114 .Mr, tiofbel was walking to the old stale capitol at Frankfort. A shot, fired from the executive offices in another build ing, caused his death February 3. four days after ho had taken the oath of office. New (. S. C. Dean of Mines CORV.ALUS. Ore.. Aug. Z.iJP) Dr. .lames H. 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