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IT The WeatW EDFORD MAIL Weather Year Ago o Maximum B3 Minimum .'fl ForwaBt Polr mill warm totilirl't and Tlmi'stlny. x Mutfmiim yt. iilay Minimum today 33 D1II7 Twentjr thlrd Tnt W..kly Kifly-Mventh leir MKDFORO. OKlXiOX. Wl'DNKSDAV. Al'ill'ST S. lf:S. Xo. 13. TRIBUNE TodavlAL ISWIAD. By Arthur Brisbane American Girls. Earth's Airy Armor. ; The Nordic Stayed Home foance May Show Us. (Copyright, 1927, by New York Kvenlng Journal. Inc.) Our "iris, call swim. One In. unmarried, swam the i-lumnel. Then an American married j woman swum the ehalmel. Now Martha Norelins, of NVw'York, wins the -llMI-melfe swim, heat-i ilfa the Olympic! reeonl and tin j world's record. j IjOiik distances, or short, across the channel or in 4011 meters of smooth water, Amcr-' it'll frills finish first. It is a 1 flood sijiii for the cominn pent-rut inn, which American lii'ls ust. innliul'actiirt'. Next Saturday look for many shootiiitr stars, and thank eter nal wisdom for the atmosphere which is earth's armor plate. I A shoot ins; star is a met cor, usually of solid mclal, mcllinn, reduced to dust as it. passu through our arc. At frightful speed, resistance j of the air creates friction so in- trnsc t tin t 111! hilt tllft bifrpfst inotpoi's melt mid nrp harmless. if our protecting atmosphere i vvnrn iniwsintr nnfl 111! the 1UC- teors struck with full' weight, ,. there wouldn'e he a city in ex istence on the earth's surface. 4 . Professor R. D. McKen.te, of Washington, says "Nordic su- ylireinncy" nxists only in the 'Nordic's own conceit. It is, however, ri true fact the limited numbers of light I. . -.1 1 1... Illtireu, lit;m-i cii muiiini i" - , UlpS IlHVe' (lone II fOOd tlOtll. mi i ,ii.. cd southern iirens. inhnhitcd by i dnrk-eyert people, only to he absorbed by tho diirkor typos. AVhitt historians would call "the 1 000 proa test men t ha t over lived" were, more than flOO of thorn, of the lipht-eyed, lijrht h aired typo. Kven anions dark-eyed races the genius often has light eyes, Napoleon coming from dark eyed Corsica with his. light gray eves. etc. It was family life that did it. Men of the north, shut in all -winter, ha to pot lUiqunintfid I with their wives and children, and stay homo. They couldn't go dancing through snowdrifts with other people's families. tn the south, whore tho roads were open all winter, heads pf families probably wandered. That gave northerners a start. The statement that Henry Tord drove om or IMS now ears .. j 4(1 miles in one day whs in - JlOClli atC. Till! facts lire lllllt .nr. rum H-ii, LM i.i..,- fiiin Ht li :10 n. 111. Satlirdnv lind -'i-nvcfl at Ins nousc in jionr horn, Midi., at 1:55 a. m. Sun- day, driving "16 milos in hours nnd 4.) minutes. Tl. ftf it ;u thnt Yr (who Inst week leveled hln guns at Iho worst of it ix that -'r.Lnilth.B ,eKl,)atlvp rocorrt wIth rP. Ford, Who rot tO bod It in ,ho niorninir, was ,, nt 0:MO. At (' Years of lipe thnt Kind Ot trip, plus lnek of sleep, is as j hail as n two weeks' fever. j ('ruins were down vestefilnV, ! -ii v hears hiisy with wheat predict- ill"? $1 n bushel before the end of the Year. The crop is nbuil-jin(r ,tiillH of the White tteK. , half fi hundred friend and news - ilant n neenrdinir to bears and lnd Is going straight to the leifiln- jpaper correspondents in the moun- 0(11)1. SO. a(oraiIlk in mnrs turn rftcnrtii whirn how in MftCk, tains of northern California and experience. prices must "'a,i white his stand on various southern Oregon. tv nn ni.i cfnrv with proposals nn as assemblyman, for While general plan for the no - tiowu. , " un 11 l , jbls ammunition. A desk in his prt- tifiratlon ceremonies here Sntur - farmers; when they hflVen t vntP nffie Is cov-red with official ; day are in the hands of n com- ... i i I - 1 I ..-nAA.f nilttaa . r.t U .1 f ,-. 1111 I t-an.lt I if- SMieV have plenty of it, he!nn( ftn overflow surrounds It on the floor, each hook with slips of rice IS low. innner marking the places to look If the railroads found their i Continued on Pure Four) FIRES OEFI W PASTOR Y. Governor Throws; Down Gage of Battle to Rev. John Roach Stratonj Repeat Charges in My Presence', He Cries De bate in Baptist Church Is; Arranged. j Ity Paul 1 llutiHit Associated Press Staff Writer. j AI.IIANY. X. V.. Auk. K. tA i Ciovernor smith has thrown ilown 1 the gage l bailie lu critics of his j his pul ilio ree- ord, and has ; embraced hi his ' challenge those i who .speak from the pulpit- ' ! Singling out1 to h e 11 r t h o '. hrunt of his counter offen- sive. Dr. John : Ifnach Straton. a Itn ptist minis ter of New York the democratic ) r e s 1 d ential n o m I n p n has AUFRCD SMITH callerl nn him to I repent, In his jneseiue and in Stra- I j ton's church, n statement the : flei'Kyman made hist Sunday to his j . i i'iiFi 'Ktuiuii niui .im a puioic mail smith i the rteudllpat loc in fVnierlctl today of the forces of ! niorul in-oRi-ess and ti-ue itollticnl j wisdom." The irovernoi reiiuested fun opportunity ,o .epiy. iJr. Stratton annmimed thut he i I would accept thv challenge. I today It appeared thut a debate I j between n pivKldenttal nominee j I and ii minister of the Konpel In a i j house of worship something new i : In political, campaigns miff lit he j in the ofrinj?. The governor In a letter sent to j the Row Straton yesterday called I him to task for his declaration of .Sunday, and UKKsted that he anil ithe minister nicer f.-ice to face dur , ij,,or Day week In the minis- iter's ciiurcr.. t'alvary Hnptist. Al's Tenns Aiv (Jivm f will permit you, if you choose, : tn eomliict the meet in ir liv niniilim i lanrt answer." said Smith. '! will (be ready to .answer any question you may put to me which. In your "P'liMMi, win in any decree icim to 1 justify your remarks In a counter proposal I)r, Stra in!! HUtf jested that ho and the povernor argue things out in .Uaui son Nuuare (iarden or some other large auditorium, and alsn that they embark on a Joint debating tour of the south. Just what the governor's reac tion would be to these proposals had not been disclosed today, altho 'Heed. It Is no secret that n'pub It was regarded as certain that he jiican party leaden would wet would reject both. Ills friends j come a victory by Hay, as this pointed out that even If he was so would nliiee a wet nresider.tial minded he could not set out on n series of debates without upsetting campaign plans and they predicted that hp would Insist on meeting his antagonlst in the church where lhp original charge was made. in ink iviii-r iu jr. iniinn, : ernor Aiireu j-;. muiui on me pn- - . whose name frequently uppenrs nn hibitlon Issue, and thnt this wrmld , Blinp hand, his l,;'s , the front pages of metropolitan ' work in favor of the republican 'v nnotlier presin.-ntiai m newspapers. Smith, referring to candidates all along the line. Since ! l"sn as rcgan ed ns an almo the minister's declaration of Sun- national issue's were not at stako.. Irreparable loss i.y nis pan lIllV. Mlilft- "I lln not Itnnil- will- vnn should make a statement of that kind, but I do know that I will never permit it to go tiuchalleng- ed." Declaring that he had spent 2 ft years In the service of the state of New York, the governor added: "I do not feel thnt I should charge you with making this state- mcnt for nny political purpose, as ' It was made In a church devoted , :to tlP ,,,,,,, nB1( nf rh,.,,, nnp of j whlrh wnn -Ihnu shall not hour hor . .. AsmmiII Is I iiciikvIiiI The governor's assault on the ' ! rtnntist minister was enlirelv lm. jpxppoicd Newspapermen assigned i in cover niiu iierf nao ncrn on iiiu I lookout instead for a reply of some sort tn the charges of William Allen White, the Kansas editor, latlnn to the saloon, commercial- i'- r: yarding gambling nnd vice. Whether the Straton letter, po far as the democratic nominee is concerned, will suffice hs tin an swer also to Vhttv Mm hri ar, to Kurope, or whether, there In ntlll isomethlng on the fire that wnl ( p,n,R, ln ,hP Kansan s direction I remained undisclosed today. i.,- nf ihi Vow Vnrk If irllfi t lire jfr quick reference. (CootlQ'tod oq Page Kigbt), HERBERT HOOVER 1 ms' n : N H UK UA : J4M : : fC J i njfflll PAI F ;4fv;' i: m iKUv bALt fAUtXS VX : ' tfv ' t Hurricane Sweeping Coast In the study of his home at Palo Alto, the Republican presidential nominee completes the writ ing of his address to be delivered August 11, formally accepting the nomination and interpreting the issues contained In the platform adopted at Kans.is City. HOOVER GETS 9 ILLNESS FATAL GENETUNNEY IS TROUT; SMILES TO E. BRENNAN BETROTHED TO OVER RETURNS CHICAGO BOSS WEALTHY GIRL t Republican Candidate Grabs,1';, ' the Limit in earby Stream and Enjoys Read ing of Victor of Dry Democrat in Missouri. HTA.VFOllD r.VIVKIJSITY. C., Auk- 8. iff) lleturng from the itn-tinuflcx in Mlsmiurl. ntiA of the ! border and doubtful Htutes. were carefullv sci utini.eil today by Her- i...r-t iinnvi in :m offfn-t lo de- im-mlnn -liclliet- ihev Would fur- ;nish index to' the probable result iin the national election there .xoveniner. The chief interest of the re- j publican presidential candidate centered on the democratic sena torial race in which Charles M. Hay, of St. Louis, a dry, had rolled ! up a commanding lead on the 'early returns over his chief oppn- : nent, James A. Collettv of Salls- i bury, a wot, who had Die en- dorsmem of Senator James A. candidate and a drv senatorial i candidate on the democratic tick 'hi November. j Thev con. end that the senato 'riiil candidate could' not be In,'1111'1 111 - Y " sympathy wtih the views of (iov - Iin l.V.ne Mia nn.iiltu nf tlll lift- !iiari's thoro riirrlod only imss- j ing interest to Uie O. O. I : tains. Anvhow. they are ,.onfj. dent that Hoover's running mate. ' Senator Charles Curtis Is certain t.i L.o lh,il util In Una In tll general election, ns he has been the commamling figure In politl i there for many years, j The republic nominee had few engagemenlKTo today, nnd plr uicd to get as much rest at home a possible, and at the Mime time to give more !thoiiRht to (Ho Hpfcrh ho will (l- j liver Mt Wont Hrnr.ch. and denl ' ing with the farm relief prob ' tern Intw-himr nrliiinrllv nnnn the j Indirect, rather than the direct meinoos 01 dealing wnn ine ugi i- (cultural situation. The nominee was all smiles to- day over the success of a fishing tri ;to' i, which he made yesterday a lake 30 miles south of this place. He slipped away quietly during the morning hours, and returned In mid -afternoon with his creel fairly well filled, having taken out of the water the legal limit of a rotch for one day. 10 pounds, plus one additional fish Thus Hoover discovered that he could have better luck. almHt at his backyard, in pursuing the wily trout, than attended his ef- forts during the long motor trip he made lnnt week with nearlv ' f if In Is nnd nartv lenders. Hoov'T Is n nfulted regarding some of: ithe details. He has been con- suited about some featured of j the musical pmgrnm by Profes ' jC0Qtlnuea on rage Eight, FINISHES HIS ACCEPTANCE SPEECH " -rw$fsS3?s'? 1111 II I II I. 1.1 f'lll'A:o, AUK. X, -(V) Ccoi-kc K. lirennan, democratic initio mil mmitteenian and master mind of Illinois democracy since the pasn ini? of lloRer sullivan, died to day. i he death of the veto run demo 'ratic chief came at s : I y (i' lock this 'morning; following 'a -s- rohui of several houi'H, during whii'i hit sturdy constitution alone had warded off the end. which had seemed Inevitable since yesterday Mr. ' lirennan wis stricken ill more than n week am with -i looth infection, I'veloped after Septic polsouint: ill operation for the removal of two teeth. Mis physicians, however, gave him n n even chance to recover until Mon- !':1V "'ht when his kidm-ys ceased 10 function Mr. lirennan was one of the stau nohest supporters of ( Joveynor Alfred k. Smith for the presi dency, both In 1H1M. when he f ist Kought the presidential nomina tion, and again this year at Hous ton when the New York govnn.i.' was chosen to head the party's national ticket. It was" Mrennan's suggestion that Kranklin !. Koose velt, ever oppose dto Tarn many Hn H. be . selected to nominate Smith at -the national convention, lirennan, too. was given credit for the first reallzat ion of the value of n'ght sessions at Hous- tun reatlng ihe possibilities nf- i ndio broadcasl ing. Several weeks ago the Illinois . chief paid a visit to Covenmr j l in, ' K V Vf,.ll SOCl.UC. ' nnd when the inlon from the tnfortfd loi'in oi'tiao i'i im.-.i-i IhroliRh his Hy1f-m ntid n lunu lionmi' iifriMtid. his Ktic-ntlth ; ouickly ebbed Mi- (i:l years old In May. .Mr. Urt'nntin's wldtw and a an presldentini:lopted daughter Hrvive " The hist rites of the (.'atholi church have been administered more than a ween ago wnen wo seriousness of his condition ws realized. Kven then, while life was waning, he tried to cheer those about him, and smilingly told Mrs.; . Mrennnn that h was awruliy would come j sick but that no ; i m itn. i At hi bedside whe he died this morning daughter were his wife. Mary, nnd several their ,.0!a, relatives. Including n b r o t h e r. t James Ttrennan. his two sisters and Mr. and Mrs. J. L. fllll, the latter h piste Olll. i ' of Mrs, Hrennan and stale representative." Mr. ALIiANY. N. Y., Aug. X.fVPi Kxprcstng regret ovr the death today of C.enrge K. Hrennan, 1II1 - nols delncralic leader. Governor A'fred K. Smith issued this state- j ment : "I lfarn with a great deal nf regret of the death of t.eorge lirennnn of l blcngn. He was ;warm and loyal friend and will be mourned by friends and admirers throughout the country, 'M' family and friend In this nt' J"ln with me in extending : "Incere sympathy to ills family nnd j friends In chicjigo," j ' - Vnn Uecoverliur. ATLANTIC CITY. J . Aug. (T,--Henator-elnt Will': Vare nf Pennsylvania who was stricken with paralysis a ago. is approaching convalesc hi phytic luna believe.. week f-n, o Mother of Josephine Lauder! ' of Greenwich, Conn., For-. nialiy Announces Engage ment of Daughter to . Heavyweight Champion, Recently Retired. . SOt'TII MK1STOU Ale., Aug. 8. (P) Formal nntiounc.emL'iit of the engagement of dene Tunney, re- tired . heavyweight champion, to Miss Josephine Lauder or Creen- wich. Conn., wiio ma do here today by Airs. Ctcorge Lander, Jr., mother of the gill. The iormui announcement fol- lowed rumors of the engagement that have been prevalent since the tilleholder defeated Tom lleeney July and a few days later an nounced his retirement frmi the ring. Tunney Is visiting at the summer home of the 1-nuder fam ily here. I N i't W YOltK. Aug.' . ll)- -Ite- jwildered'by a langleil muss of con-1 lardictory reports, sportdom flgnr- j j atively Kcrati hed lis head today i 1 apd wondet-erl If ctmtemplated mal-j i rlmony was the real reason Tor . (Vene Tunney's abdication as heavy- weight champion of The world. Printed repoi'ts that Tunney soon I was to be married to .M iss Alary I l.n.il, I. in It ml I .11 uitrr 1 of I late (ieorge l,iiud r. Jr., million- I aire steel niaiiufacturer and former associate of Andrew Carnegie, came as a surprise to the sport world ' yesterday. Mf forts to obtain de- 1 nidi or confirmation of th from the principals themselves! 4 : were fruitless. Miss l,audcr and her mother, ; who are on an auto tour of .Maine and Canada. w re stopping on the island of Smith Itiistol, .Maine, lust ; night. Tunney an ived nt Hrlstol during the day and wah reported lo be visiting the Landers. In the absence of telephone service from the mainland tn the island Tunney for the Laiiders could bo reached. Keia lives and fi lends of Miss Lauder, however, (it!ek!y denied published reports (hat Tunney and Miss Lauder would he married next month, either In Scotland or 1 Krance. The retired heavywettdit champion Is to leave for a walking tour In Kurope on August Tfi. He will be accompanied by neveral in timate friends, Including Thornton Wilder, the mrvellst. I Floyd Harbour, secretary to Mis j lender, pointed out that she would i j not return from her northern tour1 ; until September 10. nlthoiigh he! added that she Intended to sail for; j Kurope nie time. next winter i "These stories are founded t notlilnxr but rumor." he said. am rod going to say. however, that Miss Ntuder will hot be married ihN year. When she due decide to marry, however. It will be nn- nottneed In the proper manner." ' Mr. Tunney Is acquainted with ! SA I. KM, Ore., Aug. H (flt MWs Lauder, ji,t as h- Is wii;The slate board of horticulture many peins In Greenwich. Conn land ,r conference nf Yamhill but If one person payi some at-, county farmers, meeting here yes tentlon to' another that doe nol lerd'iv with fiovernor t'ntiernn 'iiifan they are engaged.' s j Harbour further omplfcated lhtjdi-trirt embracing about 50 square "MUMtion by H-lmiilintc thnt the re - ; PrtH were - on the right trnck," '. but frilled In f-xoLiin liir ulii.t lm meant. uiinc neo of Gulf State. Lavs Waste to Towns and Property-.- Trains Missing, Shipping Tied Up, Wires Down,; Orchards Ruined. .lACKSONVII.I.K. Flu., Aug - 1'ntold properly ilamage has i been left In the wake of the trop , leal siorm believed to be swecpln;; ' south central Florida after la-hln; ' east coast cities last night. First direct reports from Fort ( Fierce. Yero lieach and Stuart mi the middle east coast estimated property damage at $:(.omi,tHH), ' 1 with sciu'es of houses unroofed. ; , crops laid waste and public ulil- illes crlpplett. ! Kdward A. Meimluger. Assoc!- ; ated I'ress member for the Stuart j News, drove 7 miles to bring the I first news lo the outside world. He ( said there were no deaths so far as he knew, and few. If any, in jured. Meanwhile, a wide area west of ; the coast cities affected was iso 1 lated and nothing definite ,vas i known as to the progress of the storm, (tale warnings were out at ' Tampa ami along the coast of the (in If of .Mexico as far north as Aapnlaehicola. Winds of 40 to aO miles velocity were predicted for. Tampa and shipping held to the harbor. Fears were felt for the j safety of citrus orchards In south i central Florida which apparently was In the path of the storm. Ileports from Sebastian, which s midway between Melbourne and Yero iteach, said the hurricane at tnined a velocity of 1 00 mMes an hour early today. Other towns re ported winds of Til) to SO mile, T. It. (1111, 'Associated Tress cor respondent at Jacksonville, who was a boa ril the south bound Ha- - vana special of Floridn iOast Coast railway last night, messaged that ! the train had been held all night i three miles north of Jupiter, where i lh(, wm, n.,i hcd HH to 0 miles an ( hour. The train reached Ve.-t ' I'alin lieach at daybreak, normally ! ,lt Miami shortly after 2 a. m. j jacksoN VILIJ:. Fla.. Aug. 8. : tA The tropical storm which has : isolated a wide stretch of the east coast of Florida and wreaked heavy j damage to coast line cities, turned n;,,i ver centra Florida this i morning and was reported roaring ' across south Oosceola county in i the northern frfnga of the Kver glades. j The dlstiirhancn was said tn be j still of great Intensity and there ' was no news from lhe area im ! mediately affected. A missing train a freight ; southbound from Jacksonville to Miami, had not been heard of since It left Knrt Pierce last night. The Western I'nlon Telegraph company here said this morning thiil Its operator at Melbourne had reported that a violent wind struck that city shortly after 8 o'clock, blowing out the front of the tele- The company's only wire to Melbourne went out before any details could be received. Kort Pierce, located between Melbourne and West Palm lieach. had been Isolated ulnce last night, I 'Clio tuul ii'f.nl rwim llu.ri mil! Ihnl '"!.. -r. " ... "-nm- i.uui.miiv vwin nihii'K Hiitl that residents were barricaded i In their homes. Vero lieach, Suart and other towns In the storm area were cut off from communication Wire commtirtlcatnln to West Palm lieach and Miami was inter rupted last night when the hurri cane, whii h yesterday was nppnr- itherM'",Iy (1" mll,'M off Beach, re- Hiiiin-o us jounney landward in northwesterly direction. Cities ( lit Off. A fio-nillo wind swept the Palm Iteaches, plunging the cities Into larkness throughout the night and causing heavy waves to break over th ocean boulevard of Palm Hench. After uprooting treeM Hnd blowing down signs and awnings im; nin e o nue wind oegiin to " me paving job corn abate when the hurricane shifted i H'-ted long before the U0-dny limit ; to the north and followed the coast 1,11,1 'llrcd. ! liti-. Attorney N,.ff, n hH arguments . lhe Associated Press wire was!1""1 inp contract be given to a lo- restored to 'Miami nt ft o'clock thin! : Z "- ' 1 morning and It was mbiubed j """"" Pr WfhM that that city had escaped damage. . SALEM FARMERS TO FIGHT NEW PEST decided to form a pest control imllr of farm land In Yamhill j county to fight leaf and nlem! i nemllmle Tim lnatt nft n.i The Insect pest at- tuckri vlyvcr and sliuwUeny plants, Trout Fisherrma Mouth of Rogv Has Close Call .;. . .J. .J. n. - M A HSt I KI KIJ, Ore., Aim. .j. x. (A'i iMiief l:ardim, of the Iteverley Hills, t'alifnrnia. fire department, wlm is spending a vacation fish Inn on lloue river, win forced to stim for t! his life early this week, when fr the swift current of Kokup river, near .1 im Hunt creek. fr carried him Into deep water. liardon wns iitlemidinK to ford a riffle while fishinu for Stpelhead. i - 4. 4 GET CONCRETE: GTY PROPERTY OWNERS FAIL TO jUT itir ine uiii'Kt'i HiuyiuK r.uiiuuy ' ' ! of the cunioly woclotv matron In Mayor and City C o u n c i I ?ur"!"lX 'iLTaio , , . r i new iiiyMtery wns taken by u police RefUSe tO GlVe Park AVe-;Hngerprlnt expert who declared bloody outlin s In the Melius hath- nue Residents Pavement iioom were not those or Ken-. 'voted the bill shortly after noon. Thev Rerjuest Lowest was 'pciet' i'ut indictment ' , " would bo returned In court at ' Bids to Be Awarded, Re-i" - houl. befur, lhe Kinrt Jury 1 1 t ii i, I called Uh first witness. Sergeant gardleSS Of HOme ln-,n. I,. Harlow, whoso keeneness as iu finger print expert was demon dUStriGS. stratetl when he identified Willhun lo. Hickman uh the kidnaper of ' I Marian Parker soon after the Without limitation or any debate wtiH Hluln, stated posi- whatever. following the receipt of t,Vfi ' ( thv l"" found on nhe .... - . I medicine cabinet were not those of two pe.i lons from h h i I the "butcher boy. owners of two streets, and hearing the arguments of Porter J. Sett, j ordre(1 n HO fp 1 attorney representing the Denver Uone( ,n ,he ca lncU(Un(f PrHnk Portland Cement eompnny and lo- MpUH prominent husband of thn cal concrete manufacturers, for thejd(;ilrt womnn tlngerprinted. Her use of concrete Instead of the an- ' nt Uurlow obtained them and i phaltlc black top. and for the con- tm3 npxt development In what po ; tract to b given home contractors 1 nce considered the niot importunt i rather than to an outside one, and i lm n tn(, invesllKntion had taken. rmiuewiM y r.uri rem ana ica I 1 taker, properly owners, thnt con crete pavement be laid, the city j council liiBt- . night unanimously voted to let the 4r,000 black top i contract for seven streets to L. O. Ilerrold of Oregon City, the lowest bidder by 12400. j The streets to be paved arc Fran- I queue. Almond, Arcndin, South I Park, Portland, Spencer and North' ' Holly. Mr. Ilerrold has already put up a guarantee bond with the city of $115,000. The contract pro vides for a six-Inch asphalt lc depth. four-Inch tisphaltlc base and a two-Inch non-skid surface; that the Job must be completed within !0 days and that work must be begun within 1 0 days. Following the passage of the or dlnence, Mayor Alenderfer an nounced lo the assembled Inter ested contractors and few interest ed citizens present, that that set - ties It, as far as the city officials are concerned, and means black- ton paving." "We would have liked to have' given the contract to a local bid der, nil other things being equal,' said the mayor, "but in this case the Job goes to the lowest hldder, even though he be an outside man. You wllf find thnt In this new type of blnck-top we will give you as durable, ns safe nnd as good a pav ing as concrete. You will find ihnl It will be n good Job, done under n competent engineer, whom the) city will provide." "Again, I say we would have liked to give It to a local bidder, but that we did not Is their own i lt. We Ignored the lowest bids 'Oil jobs SOIlle time film find onva Itun Int.- I I , I i" i mm ! which nothing but trouble nnd dis- satisfaction resulted. " j The mayor then stated that these ! ,Wo Jnl,s were the new city hnll 4 courthouse structure and the pre.' j vlmis batch of paving let for sev-j nil streets. Including Sixth street We made up our minds after j Ibis experience," the mayor con tinned, ."that never again would we give a local contractor n con- iract, unless he was the lowcii .bidder, or If the lowest hldder. an , "slder, should not be deeme l ''HhP't'-nt." t'ntrnctor . Herrold snld last ! would have .his asphalt I Plant wt up here within 3ft day, j would begin work well within 10 m,'H l grading and graveling, and Wire Report on the Pear Market CHICAGO. Aug. 8. 8IA) Pears: ifl cars California pears arrived: IJ cars on track, 2ft cars sold: l.tftS boxeH California Hart lelts, SLRft to $3.4fi, mostly 2.50. NKW Pears: YOKK, Aug. (I'SDA) 3S cam California nears 1 Arrived; 27 cum on track. 25. 930 hoxe California llarllettn, best I- !' In $.1: fancy, high ns 14 SO ordinary, 2.ir to $2.85; common nml ilnn tl ?r i .. ami ripe, f 1.75 to $2.10: few low un $1.45; avenue, J2,244 D BOY MAY Finger Prints Setured By Hickman Expert Are Not Those of Leo Kelly, Charged With Brutal Los Angeles Crime Husband Establishes Alibi Mys tery Deepens. l.OS ANCiUI.HS, aur. 8. (! l.oii "I'af" Ki'lly. h a n il x u m i liutcluT boy" lovor uf Mrs, .Myi-tU 1.. .Mt'llUH, lukiuy wtttt IMillPU-d Ity was shrouded In silencg behind the closed doors ' room. of tue urand jury LOH ANOKLI-a,' Aug. S. -Sergeant 1 L. Warlow, police fin Igerprlnt expert announced today that hlojidy finger prints found In the bath room of the Melius home were not those of Leo Kelly, "butcher boy," accused of th murder of .Mrs. Myrtle Melius., so- Iclety matron last Sunday. The unexpected development In the slaying case which Sunday shocked the fashionable AVilshlre district of the west side was the signal for ord era from 1 1 erma n Clino, captain of detectives, that every person who has figured in any way with 'the Investigation be fingerprinted Immediately. Sergeant Harlow who Identified William K. Hickman as the kid naper of Miriam Parker two days betore the youthful killer was cap- I lured, did not Indicate whether the j Pi'lalH he found were those ot a j man or woman. I'hlef fllne said prints of the dend woman, her husband, Frank Melius, prominent sportsman and, manufacturer; .Maggie Ferris, the negro maid, nnd other persons who have been questioned would be made at once. Meanwhile the grand Jury pre pared to take up investigation of the killing which police say was the culmination of u 6-yewr ro mnnee between the prominent club woman and her "butcher boy friend." LOS ANCIKLKS, Cnl Aug. 8. (A'l While police today continued their search for three women whom they hoped would throw new light on the "butcher boy" romance of Mrs. Myrtle L. Melius, the gruesome mUi'der of the weal thy society woman which climaxed that love affair wan ordered placed heforo the county grnnd Jury. Coincident with the. ordering of the probe, not only Into the crime laid to Leo Kelly, 29 year-old meal cutter charged with the killing of his 41 -year-old sweetheart but into events that led up to the tragedy, announcement wan made thai her funoral would be held this after noon. HerVlcon will be private. Melius, summoned an the princi pal wJtness before the Jury, was armed with nine affidavits by which he expected lo prove that he dirt not enter hi home to find his wife dead or dying until after & o'clock Sunday. , Hawing hln remarks 'on Kelly's statement that he heard tly wom an's husband returning to the home nt 3.30 o'clock and the police record that Melius called them nt . 0:3tt, Attorney 8. H. Hahn, retained by Kelly, yenterduy in court de manded to know why Melius wait ed more than two hour before reporting the matter to police. - Today n the face of Melius' affl davltn from persons who ore wild barge at Venice fihouL 4:30 o'clock, Hahn nald he would attempt tn show that some one else did, enter the home at 3:80 nnd wn respon sible for the crime. Kelly, who wan vlslttnf with the society matron flu ring her hu- hund'M absence was found hiding In a closet nearly nn hour after police swarmed Into the elabnmin home. O i i Three fingerprints outlined In blood, were found on the medicine cabinet were tho examined by fiat-low today . HAVE A
