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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
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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'
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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. Jlance, consulting
mining engineer and teacher, has
been appointed dean of the school
of mines of Oregon State Agricul
tural college. He will arrive late
this mouth to take up his new
work. rMnffol nrivArtUfne eet result .
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