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Forecast; Fair tonight and Friday.
Warmer tonight.
Temperature;
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Twenty-ninth Year
MEDFORD, OREGON, THURSDAY, MAY 10, 1931.
No. 42.
(Minnio)
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As I GAY PARTY HOST
Bgmd SNATCHED FROM
HSKfJ PASADENA HOWIE
By PAUL MALLONi
WASHINGTON, D. O., May 10. The
real plot to clip the wings of the
Slue Eagle la not the one General
johnaon has been
spouting about,
but the one with
in the moat royal
inner new deal
circle.
A number ot
admlnistra 1 1 o n
advisers, with en
tree to the White
Houae, reached
the conclusion
some time ago
that NRA policy
should be shear
ed. Most of the
liberals want to cut it down to simple
co-operative control of hours and
wages, and nothing else.
It would mean an end of Johnson'A
hastily designed codo system restrict
ing competition and boosting prices
toy agreement.
Whether the White House will go
that far is doubtful. But it la clear
that the. NRA is being permitted
quietly to coast along with the brakes
firmly but gently on, until the mas
ter dealer in the White House de
cides what he is going to do about It.
The plot which Ju oaon says he
has discovered was 1.M one by busi
ness to "make the Blue Eagle walk
the plank."
If the undercurrent in the con
tention of the United States Cham
ber of Commerce Is en authentic
reflection of the best business opin
ion, those boys would be the last
in the world to want the Blue Eagle
to do anything like that. What was
not said at that convention, as well
as by what was said, made it evi
dent that business, does not want to
give up the NRA code system now.
It likes the opportunity of ellmln-
atlng chlselers and adjusting prices
too well for that. ;
Johnson's discovery, however, was
good publicity if nothing else. - It
should have moved every warm or
even luke-warm blooded American to
rush to the defense of the NRA.
The real plot has received no pub
licity yet and none of the plotters
want any. They are sincerely con
vinced that the new deal experiment
has-proved the futility of going too
iar In the code system. No chlseler
has gone to Jail. Whenever the gov
ernment gets right up to the ques
tlon of prosecuting code violators, it
shies off and seeks delay. The codes
were rushed through so fast that
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BASEBALL
American
Detroit 3 4 0
Philadelphia . S 7 0
Rowe, Benton, and Cochrane; Ma
haftoy, and Berry.
Chicago 8 8 0
New York 13 13 0
Earnshaw, Stlne and Ruel; Rutting
and Dickey.
R. H. E.
Cleveland 11 a 3
Boston ...... 10 1.1 4
Batteries: Hudlln. Wlnegc; r.er, Lee,
C. Brown and Spencer, PytlaK. Wal
berg, Welch, Wclland and Hmkle.
Nnllnnal
R. H. E.
Boston a 0
Cincinnati - 8 9 1
Batteries: Zachary, Barrett and
Bpohrer. Hogan; SI Johnson, Manlon
and Lombardl.
R. H. B.
Brooklyn - 8 18 1
Chicago H 14 0
Carroll, and Lopez. Berrea: Warn
ke, Munns, Lucas and Hartnett.
baptistsurgef: r.
. REVE
PORTLAND. May 10. (AP) Ore
con Baptists today called upon Pres
ident Roosevelt to "reverse" hrs views
on the liquor question.
The action waa taken In a resolu
tion at the final session of the an
nual state convention of the Bapttat
church.
"We deplore the action of the prea-
Ident of the United Statea in using
his personal and official Influence to
restore the legalized tratric in intox
icating liquor." the reaolutlon aald
COMING. IS REPORT
TOKYO, May 10 (API Japan to
day gave advance notice of a prob
able warning to both China and the
League of Nations na to "the advisa
bility ot sinpn!ctn"' or Dr. Ludwlg
rtsjehman s plan tor Mnanclal aid
to China by the league.
William F. Gettle Victim of
Plot Apparently Hatched
Week Ago Guest Sees
Pair Flee .With Friend
LOS ANGELES, May 10. (AP)
William P. Gettle, 47, millionaire oil
operator, waa kidnaped early today
from his newly acquired country es
tate at Arcadia, east of Pasadena, and
at the base of the Sierra Madrs moun
tains.
Tis kidnaping, effected by two
masked men armed with pistols. Inter
rupted a gay party Gettle waa giving
In celebration of the completion of a
awtmmlng pool and recreation ball
In the estate.
Apparently the plot has been hatch
ing for a week or more, police said,
and they expressed belief that more
than the two men who effected It
were involved.
Step-Ladder Left.
The kldnapera scaled a seven-foot
stone wall, topped with barbed wire.
A step-ladder and automobile tire
tracks were among clues left.
James P. Wolf, furniture dealer of
Westwood, Calif., one of the guests,
witnessed the kidnaping.
He told offlcera that he and Get
tle were In the recreation hall, chat
ting and drinking, as Albert Hltchln.
a guest from Beverly Hills had left.
The recreation hall Is a hundred feet
from the residence where the women
guests were at the time.
Footsteps were heard on tne want,
and Gettle and Wolf thought Hltchln
or one of the guests was returning.
"Put 'em up, gentlemen," a aott
voice said.
Apparently Americans.
Gettle laid Wolf turned and faced
two young men, masked with hand
kerchiefs, and armed with pistols, and
apparently Americans. -
The gunmen motioned for the two
to start walking. They were marched
to the rear past the new swimming
pool, towarda the eaat wall, a hundred
yards from the residence.
Wolf, thinking It a holdup, tossed
his wallet Into the bushes.
Nothing waa said until the four
neared the wall.
Then, aald Wolf, one of the men an
nounced :
"Thla Is not a heist It's a anatch."
Gettle began to plead with the men.
"I'll give you all the money I have
on me, and go Into the house for
more If you won't take me away."
The eunmen laughed, replying:
"That won't be enough. This Is
a kidnaping, fellow."
Bound With Ties.
Near the wall, where the two vie
tlms saw a step-ladder resting, Get
tle and Wolf were relieved of their
neckties.
With these bits of allk ttte kid
nanem bound the hands of their vic
tims, and then strengthened the bonds
with adhesive tape. Both were gaggeo
and hobbles of adhesive tape made
around their ankles.
Wolf then was tied to a tree.
nettle, who weighs 200 pounds, was
then carried up the step-ladder and
ahoved over the wall. He groaned as
he fell on the outside.'
One of the kldnapera Jumped over
and said:
"Don't be so soft."
The other turned to Wolf, saying
"Stay where you are for an hour
or we'll kill you. This Is no stickup
Thla la a kidnaping."
Escape In Auto.
He then went over the wall, and
Wolf heard an automobile start and
move away. Desperately he tried to
free himself, but It was nearly halt
an hour before he succeeded in get
ting to the house and sounding the
alarm.
Arcadia, Los Angeles and Beverly
Hllla police Immediately organized the
hunt.
The four children of the Oettles
were In the Bevely Hllla home, and
Mrs. Gettle, who la In delicate health,
was returned there from the Arcadia
summer place.
Investigation disclosed that the
Million Dollar Check
To Roosevelt, at Work
WASHINGTON, May 10. (API A
million dollar check, written by the
hundreds of Roosevelt birthday par
tlea, was put to work today for a
three-way attack on Infantile paral
ysis. Into the check three feet long and
for exactly 11.003,030.08 went the
proceed of the gay dancea given
throughout the nation In observance
of the president's blrthdsy last Janu
ary. President Roosevelt received the
big check last night In the eaat room
of the White Houm In the presence
of persona who organtred the parties.
He remarked with a amlle that he
i waa nervous In handling
large, adding:
( "1 never saw on before.
check ao
Insull Is
Editor Wins Prize
E. P. Chase, publisher of the At
tantlc Iowa, News-Telegraph, It the
winner of the Pulitzer prize for the
best editorial of 1933. (Associated
Press Photo)
SHOT, KILLED BY
POLICE
SALEM, May 10. (AP) A second
attempt within three months to
break Into the George E. Waters to
bacco warehouse on State street here,
coat the life early thla morning of
Albert Pullman, 29, of San Francisco.
Robert Hall, also of San Francisco,
waa lodged In the city Jail here.
Pullman died shortly after two
oVlock thla morning, 10 minutes af
ter he had been taken to a, hospi
tal, the result of a,, bullet wound
through the legs, shot from the gun
of Officer Frank wtnslow of tne sai
em city police.
Ppllce were notified of the bur
glary attempt by Benjamin Teulouw,
Janitor at a printing otfice next door
to the tobacco warehouse. Teulouw
waa asleep m his bed at the rear-ot
the shop when he was awakened by
sounds from next door.
Pullman waa working on the roof
when Officer Wlnslow came up and
told him to atop. "I thought he reach
ed for his pocket so I fired," the of
ficer stated.
" 'Don't ahoot again, you've got me,'
Pullman cried," Wlnslow aald. "He
then climbed down the roof and
collapsed In the slley, bleeding."
Hall offered no resistance when
taken by two other officers whero
he was atandlng guard In front of
the atore. He was srmed with a .32-20
revolver. He was taken to the city
Jail, but steadfastly rctuscd to ans
wer any questions.
HEART ATTACK TAKES
MORTON SALT CHIEF
CHICAGO. May 10. (AP) Joy
Morton, 78, chairman of the Morton
Salt company, Is dead of a heart at
tack.
Death at hla rural estate last night
ended auddcnly the career that had
brought him fame as a manufacturer,
farmer and hortlcultrlst.
step-ladder had been seen on the
estate a week ago, caretakers think
ing It belonged there. Indlcatlona
were that the kldnapera had con
cealed themselves on the estate several
hours before the kidnaping.
Oettle waa clad In grey flannel
trousers, a buff shirt and tennla shoes.
He wore no hat, and hla necktie had
been used to tie his hands. He waa
allghtly bald and wore gold rimmed
glasses.
For several years he had been man
ager of the J. C. Penney store at
Bakerafleld. An Investment In oil
built up a fortune for him. He then
moved to Beverly Hills.
Then he turned H over to trustees
of the Georgia Warm Springs Foun
dation with an announcement It
would be apllt Into:
A 1100,000 fund to be UBed nation
ally "to stimulate and further meri
torious work In the field of
Infantile paralysis."
A 1650.000 fund to further "present
work done by the foundation's Insti
tution at Warm Springs. Georgia."
A 1253.030.08 fund "for building,
maintenance and contingencies of
the foundation."
On behalf of the national birthday
party committee. Rear Admiral Cary
T Gravson. retlied. gave Mr. Roose
velt the check as "the outpouring of
4ie heart ol America."
ST 'J
Refused
U. S. WINTER WHEAT
BY LACK OF
Cut of 31,000,000 Bushels
During Past Month by
Department of Agriculture
Future Very Uncertain
WASHINGTON, May 10. (AP) A
cut of 31.000.000 bushels in the win
ter wheat crop during the past month
largely as the result of drought con-
dltlons, was reported today by the
department of agriculture.
The crop reporting board estimated
the 1934 crop at 461.471,000 bushels
compared with Its estimate of 492,
000,000 bushels on April 1. ,
It cave the crop condition at 70.9
per cent compared with a ten-year
average of 83 per cent.
The decline in the probable crop
of winter wheat was not so great as
some officials had expected, but the
pointed out that the report did not
take Into account the extreme drought
conditions of the past ten days.
The report declared "the crop sit
uation continues highly abnormal and
crop prospects are very uncertain"
because of Inadequate rainfall and a
general lack of sub-soil moisture in
the north central and western groups
of statea which ordinarily have two-
thirds of the total crop acreage.
Conditions were declared to be moss
serious In the area from the Da
kota and Montana south to New
Mexico and Texas, with farms In that
area suffering severely from lack of
moisture.
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HEARING SET FOR
MEDFORD, MAY 23
PORTLAND, Ore., May 10. (AP)
The army board of engineers will
hold a hearing at Medford on May
23 on the proposed Crescent City de
velopment. It was stated in a special
dispatch today from Washington. D.
0. A hearing will be held in Portland
May 31 on the question of a sea
locks Instead of barge-locks at the
Bonneville dam.
Traveling by motor from Eureka,
Cal., the board of engineers will
enter Oregon at Chetco Cove on
Tuesday, May 22. They will hold the
hearing at Medford the next day, and
make an overnight stop at Grants
Pass.
On Thursday, May 24, the group
will inspect Coquille river, the Ban
don harbor, and will go to North
Bend. The next day, Rcedaport will
be visited, and the Urnpqua river will
be inspected, after which the course
will be through Florence, Mapleton
and the Btuslaw, Newport and Ya
quina bay.
The group will visit several wasn-
lngton points including Seattle be
fore returning to Fortland for the
Bonneville hearing.
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BLAST MAHEY
PORTLAND, May 10 (AP) The
current political campaign, which
heretofore has developed few Inter
esting departurea from time-honored
custom, had today reached the per
iod where a strange and unclassified
performance waa pending.
A candidate of one party, tempor
arily losing sight of his opponents
within the party, had unsheathed his
broadsword to do battle wun a can
dldate In another party ranks.
Political headquartera here of Major
General Ulysses Grant McAIcxandur
revealed that tonight the retired gen
eral will launch a vigorous attack
on Willis E. Mahoney, mayor of Klam
ath Palls.
McAIexander la a candidate for th?
Republican nomination aa governor
of Oregon. Mahoney la a candidate
for the Democratic nomination as
governor.
The McAIexander speech will be
broadcast over KEX. rortland, at 7:1.1
p. m. tonight.
COURT ALLOWS SALE
SALEM WATER BONDS
SALEM. May 10. ( AP) Judge L.
G. Lewelling in circuit court today
rionlfrf n tnhinrtlnn asalnst the sale
of 20.000 In water bonds by the city!
of Salem. aked in a suit filed by
I members of
I league.
the Salem Taxpayers'
Reduction of $200,000
Comedy Situation
Breaks Girl's Leg
In Making Movie
HOLLYWOOD, Calif., May 10.
(AP) A comedy situation at the
Hal Roach studio failed to turn
out today so humorously for
Patsy Kelly, featured comediennr,
playing with Thelma Todd in "I'll
Be Suing You."
The plot called for Miss Kelly
to go to bed, place her leg
through a hole in the bed to
"fool an Insurance claim adjust
er" when he arrived.
The cameras were cranking
away on the scene, when the bed
collapsed, pinning Miss Kelly's
leg underneath, possibly breaking
it. She was taken to a hospital
for emergency treatment and to
have the l!mh x-rayed.
FEAR ROBLES GIRL
KILLED BY KIDNAP
TUCSON, Arl7.., May 10. (AD
' Fernando Rohles, father of Utile '
June Rohles. who Is being held
for $13,000 ransom, told her kid
napers, In a second rormal appeal
to Ihem Issued this afternoon
that he has been unnhle to raise
more than $10,000 to ransom his
child.
TUCSON, Ariz., May 10. (AP)
The possibility that June nobles. 6,
kidnaped April 25, has been killed
that her captors might escape ap
peared ominously today despite re
ceipt by her family of a second ran
som note they acknowledged as prob
ably authentic. ,
An airplane -.. carried two customs
guards- lirid 'Chief 'CrfmTrinr Deputy
Oliver White from here to AJo last
night. They carried a shovel but
refused to say why. At AJo they
dismissed the airplane pilot and he
returned here.
Earlier last night they had made
an equally secret automdblle trip
outside of Nogales, also carrying a
shovel, said word from that city.
Authorities said they considered
the new ransom note received by the
Robles family, which is one of the
oldest In the southwest, as indicat
ing the presence of one of the ab
ductors In or near Tucson.
STILL TO ROLL
Eight cars of Winter Nells pears,
and 40 cars of apples. the last of
the 1033-34 fruit crop of the Rogue
River valley remained In storage
last night, according to figures sup
plied by the Southern Pacific railroad
and the Rogue River Traffic associa
tion. The coming week Is expected
to see the last of the pears go to
market and a substantial reduction
In the apple supply.
Shipments for the week ending
last night were IS cars of apples, and
13 cars of pears. The season's ship
mcnt to date total 2072 cars of pears
and 103 cars of apples.
AH the apples are expected to be
cleared away by June 1, and they
now enjoy a fairly brisk demand, as
other fruit supplies are low.
CALIFORNIA HEAT
BAN FRANCISCO, May 10. (AP)
A heat record which has stood since
JB95 was equalled here today when
the thermometer reglsered 84 degrees
at 1 p. m.
This previous record for May 10,
189S, also was 64 degrees.
LOS ANGELES. May 10, (AP)
May heat records of seven years
standing were shattered In Los An
geles today as the mercury soared to
OS degrees. It also was the hottest
day of the year.
William F. Grille, kidnnped early
thla morning at Pasadena. Cal.. Is a
close personal friend of W. 8. Bolger,
manager of the Medford J. C. Prnney
store. In 1016. says Mr. Bolger, Oettle
and Roller's brother Fred, now dead,
tossed a coin to deride which should
become manacer of the Bakerafleld
Penney store, Oetilc won and retired
about alx years ago nftr amassing a
hiw fortune tnrriu?i ma connecuon
i with the Prnney oriinnissaiion ana
I shrewd oil Investments,
TAX BILL SIGNED
BY ROOSEVELT TO
Estimated $417,000,000 in
Anticipated Addition a
Revenue Loopholes
Against Evasion Closed
By Wllllnm L. Bente, Jr.
WASHINGTON, May 10. (AP)
President Roosevelt added an esti
mated (417,000,000 today to the na
tion's annual rovenue by signing Into
law the 1034 tax bill.
The act increased tax levies already
amounting to 3.250,000,000 by
strengthening existing law against
evasion and adding new sources of
Income.
Plugging loopholes disclosed by the
senate banking committee to be
available to the wealthy was congress'
motive In writing the new law. But
before the: bill went to the White
House some rates were boosted and
the Income tax levies revamped,
Itootts Income Tax
The new law provides:
Heavier taxes on higher incomes,
gifts, estate transfers, corporations
and personal holding companies.
Partial Income tax publicity.
Elimination of consolidated cor
poration returns.
Repeal of the 8 per cent normal
tax on Individual net Incomes above
$4000 with surtaxes to start at $4000
Instead of $6000.
A 3 -cents a pound tax on Philip
pine coconut oil, the revenue to be
returned to the Island treasury.
Exports estimated the full effect of
the law will not be felt until lf)3fi.
They counted on only $167,000,000 by
the end of the next fiscal year on
June 30, 1936.
Aid for PWA Program
A one-tenth of one per cent tax on
the declared value of corporation
capital stock and a five per cent levy
on earnings above 12 per cent of
that capital were estimated to raise
$06,000,000 annually for the largest
single Item In the act. These taxes
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PORTLAND, May 10. (AP) Neon
sign manufacturers today raised
their voices In protest against an or
dcr of the state liquor control com'
mission banning the use of "beer.1
"wine" and "ale" signs on the outside
of buildings where the beverages are
sold.
The commission yesterday ordered
removal by May 15 of such signs that
protrude more than eight Inches from
the outside walls of buildings.
Further, the largest neon sign the
commission will approve Is six Inches
high by thirty Inches long.
Neon sign manufacturers have
leased thousands of large signs to
dealers all over the state.
burkeseentn
cafe js claim
noSEBURQ, Ore., May 10. (AP)
State police officers here are today
Investigating a report that Clarence
Burke, accused slayer of Roland Burr,
rocently slain near Grants Pass, waa
seen In a local restaurant Tuesday
night. The report was given by a
man whose name was not divulged
by the police, but who claimed to
be acquainted with Burke. The of
ficers, however, report that they have
been unable to obtain any corrobo
ration of the statement of their informant.
Dodd Quits Governorship
Race in Favor of Dunne
PORTLAND, Ore., May to. (AP)
An unexpected development In the
tortunea of the Itepnbllcan guberna
torial race had today left State Sen
ator Joe E. Dunne of Portland aa
the designated legatee of a larc
block of votes In the eastern Oregon
and Columbia river region.
To Senator Dunne, E. P. Dodd of
flcrmlaton turned over hla ahare of
the May 18 legacy of ballot, when
the eautern Oregon man announced
thai he had decided to withdraw
from the race for the Republican
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! Meets Father
W li v - 3 J tv?
Of 1 VC J HSfM
in1
III i hU
II f I'-Ui
Samuel Insull, Jr., Is shown above
In New York as he waited to me el
his father, the former utilities mag
nate. who was returned from Turkey
and rushed to Chicago to face trial
In connection with the collapse ot
hit companies. Young Insull accom
panied hla father to Chicago from
the Atlantic seaboard. (Associated
Press Photo) .
SHOW GIRL'S BODY
FOUND IN OFFICE
NEW YORK, May 10. (AP The
almost nude body of a former Broad
way showgirl was found today upon
an operating table In the offtco of a
Brooklyn physician, who waa placed
under arrest on a charge of homicide.
The woman Mrs, Virginia Allen
Ball, 21, who once played In George
White's "Scandals" was found by a
son of the physician.
Dr. Julius Phillips, CO years old,
was found, police said, unconscious
In a bedroom adjoining tho office,
which is In his home. At Kings
county hospital, where he was held,
It was said he was suffering from an
ovcrdoso of narcotics.
Police announced an autopsy would
be held on the body of the slender,
chestnut-haired woman to determine
whether she died from an operation.
The woman's husband, nervous and
near exhaustion from a search for
her, entered tho doctor's ofilce while
police were still there. Ho said she
had left their New York home Tues
day. Ball Is a theatrical boklng agent.
girl Moby
The victim of an accidental fait, the
bodv of Marcaret Iawrle, 22, was
found on tho sidewalk adjoining an
apartment house here today. She had
fallen from her bedroom on the ninth
floor. Police believe she slipped while
opening a window.
The girl's parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Harold N. Lnwrlc, are residents ot
Washington, D. C. She hud been liv
ing here since her graduation from
University of Oregon last spring.
nomination aa governor. He urged
hla followers to vote for Dunne.
Despite Dodd'a announced with
drawal, hla namn will apiwar on the
ballots.
Dodd had emphasized Columbia
river development from a maritime
and power standpoint as he launched
his campaign several wecka ago.
"I am happy Indeed." Dunne said,
"to accept the assistance and help
of euch an estimable cltir.cn and
candidate as R P. Dodil. with whom
I fee as one on thla matter ot river
development."
Bond
U- S. Judge Says Evidence
Does Not Entitle Former
Utility Magnate to Re
duction of Heavy Bond
CHICAGO, May 10. (AP) Samuel
Insull today was refused & reduction
of the $200,000 bond under which ha
la held prisoner In the Cook county
Jail.
Judge Will M. Sparks of the U. .
circuit court of appeals said he felt
the evidence did not entitle the 74
yoar old defendant to any lowering
of the bond, which Insull's attorney,
Floyd E. Thompson, asserted was the
highest ever demanded of a defend
ant in any United States court.
Insull, lounging in a wheel chair
at the Cook county jail, waa not per
turbed when Attorney Thompson and
Insult's son, Samuel Junior, told him
of the Judge's deoislon.
"You decide what to do," he said
to his son. Young Insull and the
attorney then began a conference
over raising the necessary 9300,000.
Thompson had brought his plea
before Judge Sparks In a petition
for a habeas corpus writ. Insull re
mained in the county Jail hospital,
where he has rested since Judge John
P. Barnes Tuesday fixed the bond on
his charges of using the malls fraud
ulently and violating the bankruptcy
: act.
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Earl Rogers, frost meteorologist as
signed by the government to thla
section closes his work here for this
your, May 31 at midnight, and the
date will officially mark the end of
the frost season.
Unofficially and In accordance with
orchard tradition, the frost period
ends between May 10 and May 10.
Rogers states that during his coming
to this section, a frost was recorded
on May 20, and a number of orchards
smudged. Tuesday a temperature of
31 degrees waa recorded In some of
the orchards. The pears have now
reached a stage of development
whero they are able to resist a heavy
frost. Each passing day lessens the
danger.
During the current frost season,
there has been but one general
smudging.
NEW STATE OFFICERS
ROSEBURQ. Ore.. May 10. (AP)
Announcement of the election of
Mrs. W. B. Nicholson of Marshfleld aa
president of the Oregon Federation of
Women's Clubs, was made Juat prior
to the closing of the biennial con-
uanflnn hare t. nnnn tndnv. The eon
test for the office of first vice-president
waa won by Mr,. W. W. Gabriel
of Portland. Thla waa the only con
tested position. Other offlcera named
were Mrs. Grace Chamberlain, Aan
land, second vlco-presldent: Mra, P.
S. Kaadt, Portland, recording secre
tary; Miss Blrdlne Merrill, Portland.
WILL
ROGER?
SAN FRANCISCO, May 9.
The big news in tho papers this
week is Insull and silver. Be
fore lie went away it would
have been Insull and gold.
They sny it would be "inf la
lion" to mnko silver money.
Well, maybe it would bo, but it
wouldn't bo exactly like taking
n perfect stranger into the
family. You would be surprised
nt the things it will buy now.
This is a silver town. Every
thing under five dollars is all
silver. That's how they can tell
a "dude,", is they ask for dol
lar bills. Arguing the money
iicstion sounds learned, but.
it's never made anybody any
money yet.
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