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MEDFORD, 1 OREGON", THURSDAY, OCTOBER 15, 1931.
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By FRANK JENKINS
HTHB PORTLAND OitsaOKIAl" elt-
Ing a recent statement In this
column to the effect that all main
highways In Oregon lead to Portland,
retorts that It Is equally true that
all main highways In Oregon lead
FROM Portland.
Over these main highways, the Ore
gonlan says, the people of Portland
travel out through the state, spend
ing their money and thus adding to
the voime of business In the out
side communities.
ALL of which Is true. The benefits
that follow Improved facilities
for transportation are mutual.
Anyone who undertook to deny
that would be narrow-minded in
deed. BUT the point at issue is this: y
Have Portland and the com
munities Immediately adjacent to it,
which admittedly furnish the largest
share of the highway funds, failed
to such an extent to receive from
highway expenditures in Oregon the
benefits to whloh they are entitled
that they are now warranted In de
manding a costly third hlgh'vay to
the sa and perhaps even a FOURTH
one before the roads now on the
main highway system of Oregon are
completed and before the vitally Im
portant Paclflo highway is modern
lied? LETTS do a little Investigating along
that line.
Portland, which is Oregon's only
large city, Oregon's only primary
wholesale distributing point, Oregon's
financial center, has benefited ma
terially from EVERY MILE of main
highway built In Oregon.
These main state highways have
made It easier to get to Portland, and
making it easier to get to Portland
has helped Portland business tremen
dously. .
Making It easier to get OUT
FROM PORTLAND has had the
same effect, for goods that are
sold must be developed.
QO much for Portland. Let us now
see about the country immedia
tely adjacent to Portland. How bas
It benefited?
The answer Is obvious. As Port
land has grown, it has provided an
increasingly better local market for
the products of the country Imme
diately adjacent to It. (
go you see, the growth of Port
land, which has been aided by
highways reaching out all over
Oregon, has distinctly benefited
the country close to Portland.
Thus both have had their full
share of the benefits of highways
built out over the state.
Tiro ONE In Southern Oregon wlsh-
' es to block the building of an
other highway from Portland to the
beaches. No one wishes to .deny to
Portland Its full share of highway
benefits. '
The objection Is to crowding such
a highway Into the program far ahead
of Its turn on the pretext that Port
land hasn't bad Its full share of the
benefits of highway building In Ore
gon. That Isn't true.
A LOS ANGELES man has Invent
ed an automobile that operates
on compressed air, and newspaper
correspondents who have taken a ride
In It say It WORKS.
Suppose, for the sake of argument.
It DOES WORK and isn't Justin
other flash In the pan. If that should
be true, everyone would want one of
these new cars.
With everyone wsntlng one of these
new cars, a lot of Jobs would be cre
ated In building them.
Creating a lot of new jobs would
go a long way toward s toring pros
perity. nUT, you may be Inclined to re-
tort, a car that operated on com
pressed air would knock an awful
hole In the market of gasoline, and
destroying the market for gasoline
would DO AWAY with a lot of jobs.
True enough. But up here In Ore
gon we can remain reasonably easy
In our minds.
We dont produce any gasoline, but
we do have an abundant supply of
the finest air on earth.
rrHK same papers that tell of the
Invention of the compressed air
ear tell also of the Invention of a
new food, something like a soda
cracker, that supplies all the needs
of the human body. Two or three of
XOontUiutej f ace Two,
WH1LL0GK CAR
TURNS TURTLE
NEAR HILL
Medford Youths May Have
Fractured Spines Young
Women Suffer Lesser
Injuries Out Hunting.
Charles (Chuck) Wblllock, 18, and
Francis Barr. 22, are a that Commun
ity hospital receiving treatment for
aerlous Injuries, as yet undetermined;
and Addle Allen, 19, and Helen Noyea,
for lesser Injuries sustained when the
Whlllock car. In which they were
driving, overturned on the Sams Val
ley road, three miles from Gold Hill.
at an early hour this morning. The
twp boys have badly Injured backs
and fractures are feared. X-rays were
taken this morning.
Miss Noyes, who is Instructor In
the second and third grades at the
Washington school, has a painfully
Injured right hlp and several cuts
and bruises; Miss Allen a laceration
on the left side of her forehead, In
which two altches were taken.
He turn Ing irom Hunt.
The four were returning from a
pheasant hunting trip about 7:30
o'clock this morning In a Bulck se
dan, with Whlllock at the wheel,
when the accident occured In front
of the S. L. Shanklln farm.
The steering gear locked, making It
Impossible for him to hold the car
to the road Just as he was making
the turn. Whlllock told the farmer
who came to his aid. . The auto turn
ed over twice, throwing the occu
pants, two to one side of the road
and two to the other, before It land
ed in a ditch.
All members of the party were bad
ly dazed and suffering from the ter
rific Jolt and nervous shock but not
unconscious when Shanklln came to
their assistance;1 He Immediately
telephoned this city for an ambulance
and doctor. s . '
Bushed to Hospital.
The boya were rushed to the Com
munity hospital by Perl's ambulance
and the two girls brought In by Or.
Wm. W. P. Holt, attending physician.
X-rays were made and Whlllock's
and Barr's injuries will not be de
termined until the result of the pic
tures are learned this evening. '
Miss Allen and Barr are employes
of the Mutual Mill and Seed company.
Miss 'Noyes Is an Instructor In the
Washington school and Whlllock
works In the Golden Rule No, 1, op
erated by his father, C. A. Whlllock.
They left Medford at a very early
hour to enjoy some pheasant and
quail hunting on the opening day
of the season before going to work.
BUSINESS VISTA
E
WASHINGTON, Oct. IB, (AP)
Cheer over the outlook for business
confidence evidenced Itself strongly
today a among government officials.
Undersecretary Mills of the treas
ury said formation of the National
Credit corporation already hat had
much effect In restoring confidence
Secretary Lamont continued his
conferences with President Hoover
but declined to say anything.
Former King Eyes
Spanish Situation
PARIS, Oct. 15. (AP) Former
King Alfonso and his monarchist as
sociates are watching the situation
in Spala closely and have abandoned
their engagements .for the present to
keep In touch with developments,
friends said today.
Increased activities have been noted
among ranking personages In the for
mer monarchy.
Sesqui Centennial Draws
Famed Frenchmen to U.S.
OLD POINT COMFORT. Va Oct.
IB. (AP) The cruisers Suffren and
Duquesne, carrying Marshal Henri
Petaln and his . delegation from
France to the Yorktown sesqul-oen
tennlal celebration, steamed Into this
port at 8:22 a. m., today and pre
pared to disembark the distinguished
passengers several hours later.
After running up the American
flag beside the French trl-color the
ships fired a salute of 21 guns In
honor of their arrival at the Ameri
can shore. Batteries of Fortress
Monroe boomed out a welcoming re
ply over the sun-lit waters of Hamp
ton Roads.
Without waiting for the party to
land. Warren D. Robblns. chief of
the protocol division of the state de
partment, and army and navy aides
assigned to Marshal Petaln during
his visit, boarded the Duquesne from
a launch to greet the distinguished
visitors.
EDISON NEAR DEATH
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. Associated Press Photo
A recent portrait of Thomas A. Edison, 8, who was said by his
personal physician to be near death at hit home In West Orange, N. J.
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SAYS PHYSICIAN
WEST ORANGE, N. J., Oct. IB.
(AP) Thomas r A. Edlion today was
on., tlie threshold of the coma from
which his physician does not expect
he will ever awake.
Dr. Hubert 8. Howe, the aged In
ventor's personal physician, said that
the deep stupor Into which Edison
has lapsed is closer to a coma than
he has been at any time In the past
few days and that Edison's pulse
shows definite signs of weakening.
The phyBlclan said he could not
tell how long It would be until the
end comes, t
Later he explained he was worried
about the change In the Inventor's
pulse and had no way of being cer
tain as to how far off the "evident
emergency" might be.
The only nourishment Edison had
been able to take for the last 148
hours consisted of six teaspoonfuls
of stewed pears, the doctor said. Dur
ing Vie last 24 hours, he had neither
food nor fluid. '
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PLACE ON BENCH
SALEM, Ore., Oct. 18. (AP) The
first official notice of candidacy for
nomination to be made at the 1932
primary election jvas filed with the
secretary of state late yesterday. Loyal
MV Graham, Porest Grove, entered
his preliminary petition for the non
partisan nomination for Justice of the
Oregon supreme court.
Graham's petition Is also the first
filing under the 1D31 law providing
for the non-partisan nomination and
election of Judicial officers.
The position on the court sought
by Graham la that held by Justice
George M. Brown of Douglas county,
whose term expiree.
Oregon Weather.
Fair tonight' and Friday; little
change In temperature and humidity;
moderate east and southeast winds
offshore.
General John J. Pershing, repre
senting President Hoover, Ambassa
dor Claude! of France, Governor Pol
lard of Virginia, General Douglas Mo
Arthur, chief of staff of the United
States army; .Major General Stanley
D. Emlck, commander of Fortress
Monroe, and other high officials
waited on shore to greet the Verdun
hero, and his party in the name of
the nation whose friendship for
France dates back to lu birth.
Others In the reception group were
Mrs. Woodrow Wilson, wife of the
world war president; Senator Swan
son of Virginia, chairman of the
United 'States Yorktown aesqul-cen-tennlal
commission, and representa
tives of the army and navy.
The French party. Including a
group of descendants of George
Washington, comrades In anna at the
siege of Yorktown 160 years ago,
planned to come ashore before noon.
No special program was set up for
the lUUtyrs todsj, . . .
CAPONE DEFENSE
CHICAGO, Oit. IB.. (AP) With
testimony on tUe records purport
ing to-ahow that Al . Capone lost
$327,000 on the races In six years,
the defense Ceased calling witnesses
today and began arguing motions
to have government evidence strick
en. Although no formal announce
ment was made that the defense
rested. Attorney - Albert Fink said
the gangster had no more witnesses.
The gang leader's defense to
charges that he evaded taxes on a
six year income of more than
000,000 consisted almost entirely of
testimony to - show that he lost
about S327.000 on race bets during
the same period. His attorneys
contend this amount must be de
ducted from any Income the gov
ernment has been able to prove.
Capone's lawyers, moved for a
directed verdict of acquittal and
also to have much of the govern
ment testimony stricken out.
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COST TOO MUCH
8ALEM, Ore.. Oct. 18. (AP) The
Oregon state fair returns this year
will show a cash balance in the gen
eral fund of about 81000. while the
premium fund will show a deficit of
more than 111.000. Max Qchlhar,
director of the etate fair announced.
Increased number of exhibitors this
year overbalanced the state appropri
ation of $37,900 for premiums.
The general fund of the state fair
this year also paid a deficit of (8000
from last year as well as 43500 pay
able on the 9143,000 bonded Indebt
edness. The 1931 legislature made an
appropriation of 110,408 to cover the
premium list deficit from the year
before.
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CHICAGO. Oct. 18. (AP) Before
he was elected mayor of Haeelcrest.
111., Edward Soderberg, his wife said,
came home nights, put out the cat,
never swore, drsnk, or smoked big
black stogies.
"Politics." Mrs. Soderberg told
Judge Daniel P. Trade yesterday,
"made a bum out of my husband."
"He began to smoke big black
togles and to drink and to swear.
He refused to put the cat out, and
the dluner got cold waiting for him
to come home."
Judge Trude gave her a divorce.
Portland Stores
Increase Charity
PORTLAND, Ore, Oct. 18 (AP)
Meier A Frank company, has an
nounced a 80 per cent Increase In
this year's contribution to the com
munity chest over last year, bringing
the subscription to I22.800. The
Safeway-McMarr organization has In
creased It subscription i 1-a per
.oenj,
Ask U.
BY MAILTRIBUNE
Classes Open At Holly Next
Thursday Mrs. Hall
Leader Special Feature's
For A II Housewives.
Good news for all homemakers of
southern Oregon Is announced at the
Mall Tribune today I . A School of
Home Economics will open at the
Holly theatre next week under the
auspices of the newspaper. October
23, 33 and 34 are the dates.
Coming with the approach of win
ter, when all wise women turn their
thoughts to Improvement of the
home, the school Is expected to draw
the largest patronage In history. And
the Mall Tribune Is making plans to
entertain just such a crowd.
Expert In Charge
The school will be conducted by
Mrs. Ethel Hall ot San Francisco,
formerly known as Mildred Kitchen
of the Call Bulletin. She la claimed
by domestic science experts to be the
outstanding authority of the day on
all matters pertaining to the home.
Feeding, clothing, decorating, bud
geting, entertaining, will all come
Into the program and after attending
the classes each woman will know
something more about the "role of
charming hostess.
Mrs. Hall will be accompanied to
Medford by her colored maid, who
will assist her on the stage.
Everything will be free at the
school. Nothing will be sold from
the stage .or- In- the. lobbies, and an
Invitation Is extended all southern
Oregon housewives to attend each
afternoon's program. Classes will
open at 1:30 o'clock and continue
until 4:80, allowing women ample
time to get home and prepare a spe
cial treat for dinner.
Many Attractions
A Hostess model Hotpolnt range
will be especially featured on the
stage and there will be hosts of other
attractions to make the school ap
pealing and worthwhile to all who
attend.
Details of the program will be an
nounced at an early date. Interested
women are urged now to start plan
ning for the event, and to mark the
dates on their calendar, Thursday,
Friday, Saturday, October 32, 33, 34.
E
IS ARRESTED AS
UNDESIRED ALIEN
PORTLAND, Ore., Oct. 15. (AP)
John Ladbrooke E the ridge, formerly
well known In Portland financial clr
e'es, was arresiea today at a local
hospital by Immigration authorities.
He was about to be released from the
institution after recovering from an
operation.
The charge against Etherldge Is that
he l In the United States In viola
tion of the Immigration act of Feb
ruary S, 1927, in view of the fact that
he was convicted of forgery before
his entry into the United States In
1904.
Etherldge was arrested by Roy' No
re ne, chief district Inspector of the
Immigration service.
Testimony In his case will be sent
to Washington where It will be deter
mined whether he will be deported.
Etherldge bus been visiting In the
northwest for slightly over a month
according to Information. It t un
derstood appendix trouble suddenly
developed, sending him to the hos
pital. The operation was performed
September 27.
According to Information In the
hands of Immigration authorities,
Etherldge was convicted on four
counts for forgery In England, No
vember 1ft, 1901, and served five
months In Jail as a rerult.
HIGH SCHOOL HEADS
BALEVf, Ots., Oct. 18. (AP) The
third annual high school principals'
conference for the state will open
here tomorrow. State Superintendent
O. A. Howard announced. Of tbe 378
principals In the state more than 300
are expected at the conference. Tbe
session closee-'Saturday noon.
In connection with the conference,
the etate High School Athletio asso
ciation, of which principals are mem
bers, will be held at Willamette uni
versity tomorrow afternoon,
S. Aid
WOMAN RELATES
ALLEGED INJURY
BY COFFICERS
Mrs. Marcho Testifies From
Rocking Chair In Suit
Against Dr. Wilson And
County Jailer Dunford.
Mrs. Nettle Marcho, a middle-aged
woman, w.ho testified that for half
a dozen or so years she had been
beset by Ills, told her story today
from a rocking chair to the circuit
court Jury hearing evidence In her
13,000 damage suit against Dr. B. O.
Wilson, county physician, and O. W.
(Ike) Dunford, county Jailed, for al
leged mistreatment and Imprison
ment. Mrs. Marcho, under cross-examination,
admitted that she had heen a
bedfast Invalid for many years, that
she sought relief from Klamath Falls
and Medford physlotana, Including
t,he county health unit and asserted
that she was taken from the Sacred
Heart hospital the night before last
Thanksgiving, because she feared an
operation for stomach trouble. The
evidence ehowed that she had been
under the observation of the county
physician for this ailment, and the
plaintiff raised her voice to a high
pitch, In describing the treatment.
Trip Described
She described her trip to the court
house, how she clung to the wheel of
the auto and fell to the pavement,
when ttie defendants removed her.
She alleged that the purported fall
to the pavement Injured her pelvlo
region.
The cross-examination by. the de
fense was short,, and dealt mainly
with her health, past and present.
An echo of the recent tempest In
the County Healm Unit was brought
forth when a deposition was read
from Mrs. Lyda King, ousted by Dr.
Wilson as county nurss. The burden
of Mrs. King's deposition was that
Dr. Wilson and his secretary "laugh
ed and Joked" about Mrs. Marcho
being detained In the woman's ward.
Dr. A. R. Hedges, a chiropractor of
this city, testified that he had taken
X-ray pictures ot Mrs. Marcho, show
ing the condition of the pelvlo area,
and they, were Introduced as evi
dence. Hearing of the testimony In the
case will take all day, and It la ex
peeted that final arguments will
start tomorrow morning.
Long Witness List
Among the witnesses to be called
by the opposing eldee, are County
Judge Alex Sparrow, to whom the
Marches came for..county aid; Fred
Offenbacher of the Applegate on
whose place tbe plaintiff lived; local
physicians who treated her, and
nurses ot the Sacred Heart hospital,
where Mrs. Marcho was treated be
fore her removal, that resulted In the
present action.
It la the contention of the plain
tiff that as a result of alleged treat
ment at the bands of ths defendants
she was Injured. The defense holds
that her condition Is due to ailments
of long standing and dsny any mis
treatment or falsa Imprisonment.
Selection of the Jury, whloh In
cludes four women, and the opening
statements were completed late yes
terday. The jury la ss follows:
Meta Gilbert, Winifred Sbort, H. O.
Frohbach, R. K. Sweeney, Cordelia
Root, George Howard, Daniel Her
ring, Oeorge Dean, and Carl Gatt
che, Medford; Frank R. Dickey and
Alice Pie), Ashland, and William
Hunter, Phoenix.
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EX PASO, Tex., Oct. IS, (AP) The
Herald-Post says reports that Manual
Telles, former ambassador to the
United States, would become preal-'
dent of Mexico within two weeks,
had been received In Juarezz,
Beans, Bacon and Spuds
Fine Meal in Hard Days
"I've seen the time when men beg
ged to work for their board. Fifteen
dollars a month meant good wages,
and a lot of fellows worked for 810.
We didn't exactly oall times hard
either." D. W. Beebe, rancher of the
Agate district, and Henry Maury of
the West side, remarked yesterday af
ternoon, recalling the old days, while
congregating on the corner of Main
and Central.
"I've hired a lot of men for 818
a month, when I could have got them
for 813," Mr. Maury added, "and I
know a local farmer who got a man
tbe year 'round to operate an engine
from sun up to sun down for 810.
There weren't any eight-hour, or any
ten-hour, working days then. It was
a daylight proposition and they
usually found something for a fellow
to do after dark. There were always
chores. If people were as eoonomlo
now as they were then, they'd cer
tainly get along."
Beans, bacon, and. potatoes aooaU.
in Chinese Crisis
Pear Markets
NEW YORK, N. Y., Oct. 15.
(Special to the Rogue River Valley
Trafflo Association) The market la
strong. Two cars of California Boso
sold for prices ranging from 13.05
to 83.50. Eight cars of Oregon
Boso for the following prices;
Low Avg. High
Pinnacle, XT 83.85 83.38 83.70
Red Malteee. F. 3.55 3 91 3.30
Blue Maltese, XF 3.70 3.13 8.40
Eskimo, XF 3.35 3.60 8.10
Eclipse, F 3.18 3.36 3.80
Big Seven, XF 3 38 3.63 3.90
Big Seven, F 3.38 3.40 3.60
Bear Creek, XP 8.00 3.37 8.70
Rosenberg's Cub, F 3.B8 8.13 8.35
Polly. XF 3.78 8.38 3.60
Top-O-Day, F 3.75 8.03 3 30
Trader, XF 3.70 3.05 8.30
Exchange, F 3.55 3.76 3.85
Circle P. F 3.85 8.37 8.80
Blue Diamond, XP 3.60 3.03 3.40
Eskimo Cornice, average 83 83;
Eclipse, average 83.45; one car Bea
con Howells, average $3.66.
ecuaISls
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QUITO, Eouador. Oct. 15. (AP)
Alfredo Baquerleo Moreno, president
of the senate, took over the office of
president of Ecuador today.
GUAYAQUIL, Ecuador, Oct. 18. .
(AP) Word from Quito today said
President Luis Larrea Alba and his
cabinet had fled from the presiden
tial palaoe and taken refuge In the
military barracks there In the face
of an armed rebellion.
The government put . down an
armed military tnovoment . previous
dispatch aald and Colonel canoe
Guerrero, former minister of war and
Manuel Navarro, president of the
chamber of deputies, were arrested.
News was fragmentary. Indicating
that a censorship was operating. The
situation In ths capital was believed
to be grave.
ERIE PARTY WILL
0. E, Dennoy, of Cleveland, Ohio,
president of the Erie railroad, accom
panied by several officials of tthe
company, will leave Portland this
evening for Medford, where they will
spend tomorrow, according to James
A. Dolan, general agent of the pas
senger department, with headquar
ters In Seattle.
Mr. Denney Is visiting various fruit
districts In the west, and conferring
with shippers.
He will be accompanied by R. B.
O'drady of New York city, manager
of fruit traffic; Michael Foil, Mr.'
Donney's secretary; W. R. Blbley of
Seattle, general agent for the Erie
railroad; and Joe Russell of Portland,
general agent for the line.
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NEW YORK, Oct. IS. (AP)
Oeorge Saint-Amour, M, once one of
the fastest Morse operator on news
paper telegraph circuits, died yester
day In Bellvue hospital from exposure
and starvation.
Last winter Saint-Amour lost his
Job.
He collapsed on Tuesday morning
near the old World newspaper offices
where he had last been employed.
tuted a good meal with a little sorgh
um on the side to soak Into the home
made bread.
"And there was always a pit filled
wltb vegetables burled for the win
ter, nothing fancy In cans," Ed An
drews, who knew "hard times" In
Minnesota, volunteered. "We ate pork
and potatoes, started working at four
o'clock In the morning and stayed
with It till tbe sun wsnt down. Peo
ple didn't go around begging either.
We had more fun on fifty cents thsn
most of the klde have on a 810 bill."
And when the grasshopper catas
trophe came along Ed and the Wake
field boys, who also came here to re
side, got rich catching the bugs.
"Jack and Del, brother Oeorge and
I got three dollars bushel for catch
ing 'em. The county paid for the
work. That was three dollars day
and that was a fortune In about 1880.
We cleared up the crop"," Ed con
cluded, "and I'm still having a good
JAPANESE FAIL
TO UNDERSTAND
U.S.
Strong Opposition To Amer
ican . Participation Due
To False Ideas Belief
In Official Quarters.
BKNKVA, Oct. 13. (AP) The
League of Nations council to
night voted to ask the United
States to participate In Its delib
erations regarding the conflict in
Manchuria.
Tbe Invitation was decided
upon over the opposition of Ken
klchi Yosblxawa, (he Japanese
representative.
WASHINGTON, Oct, 15. (API
State department officials aald today
American participation In the League
of Nations' council's discussions on
the Manchurlan crisis would depend
upon the nature of the Invitation,
There were strong Indications,
however, that acceptance was in
prospeot.
Prentiss Gilbert, American consul
general at Geneva had been Instruct
ed to attend the cessions, If Invited
unanimously. New Instructions were
held In abeyance until the exact na
ture of the league'a Invitation waa
reported officially to the department.
WASHINGTON, Oct. IB (API
Japan's strong etand against Ameri
can participation In efforts ot th
League ot Nations to bring peace In
Manchuria was regarded at the state
department today as Indicative of a
misunderstanding ot the American '
position. '
While no formal statement waa'
forthcoming, possibly pending offi
cial word of the situation, depart
ment spokeemen reiterated the only
desire of the United States la to see
that Japan and China do not resort
to war. ,
Meanwhile, White House official
declined to comment upon the Japa
nese move opposing American par
ticipation In the league's dlsousslons.
President Hoover Is keeping In
dlreot touch with all developments.
CITY EMPLOYES GIVE -DAY'S
WAGE FOR POOR
PORTLAND, Ore, Oct. IB (AP)
All city employes, from the mayor
down, nave agreed to contribute one
day's pay each month tor the next
six months or longer, to aid In un
employment relief.
This announcement was made to
day after the city council had ac
cepted the proposal.' The employee
will thus contribute 813,600 a month,
or 878,000 over the six-month period.
$290,000 IN OPIUM
DUMPED OVERBOARD
PROVIDENCE, R. I., Oct. 15.
(AP) Captain Leon Maurlet of the
steamer Blnala reported her today
from the Near East that 735 pounds
of gum opium valued from 146,
000 to 1290.000 was discovered and
thrown Into the sea yesterday as
the vessel neared the American
coast.
WILL
ROGERS
BEVERLY HILLS, Cal.", Oct.
IS. Aa soon as th government
lawyers hud shown that Al Ca
pons w'.e silk underwear why
they rested their case. They
looked at the jury and figured;
tl)Rt would be the most damag
ing evidence they could bring
before 'em. I don't know if
thaCs the worst charge against
Capone but that about sizes up
the condition of the rest of th
country. We haven't been any
more used to silk underwear
than Capone was and this old
cotton is scratching us, that'i
what we are beefing about
POSITION