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CEDFOUD MAIL TRIBUNE. JfEDFOIU). OTJECfON, SUNDAY," OCTOBER 21, 1931 PAGE FIVE BOMBSHELL IS THROWN INTO DUNNE'S CAMP G. 0. P. Candidate's Record In State Insurance Legis lation Revealed W. S. Baker, Upstate Insurance Man, Spills The Beans. 8ALEM, Ore., Oct. 20. (Spl.) Joe Dunne's efforts to make political cap' ital out of hla close association ,wlth the Insurance business In Oregon ran Into a bad snag today, when corres pondence written by the Joe Dunne for Governor committee, Paul C. Bates, prominent Portland Insurance man, who Is campaigning among the Insurance fraternity for Dunne, and a reply to the latter from W. 8 Baker, prominent In up&tate Insur ance circles, were released. Copies of these three leteers fol low: May 1. 1934. Dear Sir: Just a brief word. You no doubt know and will appreciate that Mr, Dunne, dur ing his many years In the senate, has been the friend and cham pion of the Insurance people In any and all legislation that came up In their Interest. Honorable Joe E. Dunne Is now a candidate for governor and we sincerely hope you will do every thing In your power to aid In his being nominated on Friday, May 18. If successful, you will be as sured of a good and loyal friend' In the governor's chair. Sincerely yours, JOE E. DUNNE FOJl OOVERNOR COMMITTEE. p. s. You of course know that Mr. Dunne Is general agent for the Lincoln National Life Insur ance Company In Oregon. The above letter was written during he primary. The following letter was written by Paul C. Bates during the present campaign: To Insurance Agents: The Hon. Joe E. Dunne Is the Republican candidate for the governor of the state of Oregon, and the election date Is November e. I am urging all representa tives' of the Insurance fraternity to do their utmost In support of his candidacy. Insurance men should be solid ly behind Dunne's campaign for the reason that he Is the first candidate for governor In this state In over forty years since I have become a resident, that has had a first hand knowledge of the Insurance business, having been actively engaged In Insur ance activities for many years past, and he understands our problems and I believe Is sym pathetic toward sound Insurance . and equally opposed to "fly-by-nlght" companies and organiza tions whose only claims for pref erence are based on excessive com missions and cut rates. In other words. If Dunne Is elected, I believe he will Insist upon such reformation of our In surance laws and administration of same as will protect the public as well as the Insurance agents against the many Irresponsible organizations and companies that have for many years past been able to fleece the Insurance pub- Ore and Bullion Purchased LkasMd by StaM el C.IIhnl. BiiMilUlud t90T WILD B ERG BROS. SMELTING & REFINING CO. OSxm: 72 M.tkct St.,Sn Ffancuce Plant: South San Funriiro Convenience and Economy Stop In OAKLAND Bote! San Pablo often: Comfort without extravagance Central Location RATES: S1.00 to L7 FRKB OABAGB MODERN COFFEE SIIOF Direction, to Hotel: stay on Main Highway (San Pablo Avenue) directly to 80tb St Manaiement BARRY B. STRANG lie out of millions of dollars and for which they have offered worthless Indemnity, and as. a consequence, legitimate Insurance .men have suffered and the pub Ho has been "buncoed." It Is about time w support a candi date who will take a little inter est In suppressing such organi sations. Dunne Is an experienced leg islator, having served eight years In the Oregon senate, and dur ing that time has demonstrated a sincere Interest In the legisla tive problems of the entire state, and his attitude has always been construtlve and sound. My recommendation Is that you should not only vots for Dunne but also see that your friends support him, . Yours truly, (Signed) PAUL C. BATES. To this letter Mr. Baker replied as follows; Mr. Paul C. Bates, Bates, Lively & Pearson, Yeon Bldg., City. Dear Mr. Bates I am ashamed to see YOUR name attached to a letter I received from your office today, asking me and other In surance men to vote for Joe Dunne for governor. Have you forgotten the fast one Joe Dunne put over when he got his law passed Chapter 87a, 1931 Oregon Laws), permitting him to unload his defunct as sessment company, the Pioneer Assurance company, of which he was president, and traded It In or sold It to Hibbard to help him put over the Union States Life, that was defunct then and has been since, and then fleeced the In surance public for stock ssles until Corporation Commissioner James Mott cancelled their li cense to sell stock; at the same time he cancelled the stock sales permit of the Empire Holding company and for the same rea son, both were Insolvent; then the Joe Dunne deal enabled them to sell founders' policy on a de funct shoestring of the Joe Dunne Fraternal, that had on December 31, 1930, according to Dunne's report, "assets, 23,3G6.00 liabilities, 01.681.00 Insurance In force 330 policy, $316,000 of Insurance In force." This was the remnant of the original 2500 Club" of Albany. Joe has been hobnobbing with this man Hibbard ever since. The Hibbard balloon had Its bubble punctured recently when they, the Union States Life, moved out of their "Home Office Building," the old Broadway bank, and moved to some second floor rooms In the Guarantee Trust building, and the Insurance commission er, Averlll, Is patiently waiting for the Union States to come across with some funds to en able him to give them a clean bill of health. The public has suffered to the tune of a million dollars, or more, through this Joe Dunne - Hibbard - Union States outfit already, and every man they have defrauded has lost con fidence In Insurance men. You and I and all legitimate Insur ance men suffer, and yet you have the Intestinal fortitude to ask me to support Joe Dunne. I should say NOT! If you have forgotten all the details of this transaction, go to the flies of your Oregon Voter of January 3, 1932 pages 21, 22, 23 24, 26, and read about this deal. Then, after that, write another letter to Jour friends and save them from falling into the hands of men of this cali ber. Sincerely yours. (Signed) W. 8. BAKER. The article regarding the Dunne Hibbard hookup In the Voter covered three pages. The salient features of It follow: "During the early months of 1931, and even well into the sum mer of last year, Hibbard made strenuous efforts to so arrange the finances of the Capitol Un derwriters' Corp. that qualifica tion under the $100,000 capital, $50,000 surplus provisions of the domestic insurance law might be met. These efforts consisted prin cipally of seeking a method by which Capitol Underwriters' stock purchase subscription notes might be discounted by some money broker or loan agent. Delay In qualifying the original Union States' company began to arouse policyholder impatience. The Em pire Holding Co.. with which Un ion States was Incorrectly Identi fied In many quarters, began to radiate noisome odors. When dis counting of stock subscription notes appeared Impractical, some other method of qualification seemed necessary. "A way was at band. Through the ingenious men tality, political efflcency and fore sight of Senator Joseph Edward Dunne an oar had been flung out by the 1931 Oregon legislature. We refer to Chapter 376, 1931 Oregon Laws, already referred to. It proved to be Just the bit of legal succor that Union States Life needed as It strove to reach a footing firmer than the pro motional stage in which H then floundered The Dunne bill also provided, and here's the oar, that when a bona fide contract was entered into covering ssle of sufficient of a fraternal'! securities to qualify atock or mutusi life company, "then the said oompa- "Grand Old Lady" at Rialto The Andrews Opera Company 20 Yean of Opera From a Rail Fence Circuit Interesting History of Medford's Pioneer Musical Family In One Mght Stands In the MIddlewest Many Years Ago as Told by Ed Andrews to Charles Hyskell. Recalling her great triumph Lady For A Day," May Robson 107 able star of many euoceasful stage and screen playe Is at the Rialto theater today In the Pad ft o Coast premiere showing of her new picture, "Lady by Choice." Carole Lombard, Roger Pryor and Walter Connolly have the princi pal supporting roles. Rlb-tlckung comedy with a power ful heart appeal forms the baste qual ities of this new film play. Against those qualities It tells a story warm with human lnteresf. Patsy, played by the lovable Miss Robson, la a perpetual, genial old soak, a regular feature in the night court, which lands her there for the steenth 'time when she busts up cafe and a waiter's nose, when he In sists upon singing "Mother." Before the Judge Is also Alaibam' Lee, fan dancer, called Into court regarding her rather dubious performance. Later as a publicity stunt the venerable Patsy is adopted as a mother by Alabam' but, Instead of Just tak lng things easy, the old lady decides to go Into her job seriously, resulting In some hilarious comedy and the foe terlng of a romance to say nothing of ridding the dancer of her gold-dig glng, chiseling activities. ny may be converted or changed Into a mutual or capital stock company, under such provisions, ' rules and regulations as the In surance commissioner shall pro vide." Oregon's Insurance department, headed by Alva Hart Averlll, com missioner, la on the alert with respect to supervision of Union States Life Ins. Co. In his deal with Pioneer Assurance Ass'n, Hibbard availed himself of exist-, lng law. The insurance commis sioner did not make that law. Neither was Hibbard responsible for Senator Dunne's S. B. No. 335, but he availed himself of it without hesitation. Whether that Dunne bill authorized a practice or a legalized method that was es sentially good or bad insurance policy, is a question not now be fore the house. Ex-Dry Chief Honored ANNAPOLIS, Md., Oct. 30. (AP) Col. Amos W. W. Woodcock, former federal prohibition administrator, was formally Inaugurated president of hlstorlo St. John's college here today. 1 WINDOW OLAS6 W sen window glass and will replace your broken windows reasonably. Trowbridge Can met Works. Mystery Death Qnli SEATTLE, Oct. 20. (AP) Coroner William J. Jones today ordered an autopsy of the body of Miss Mary Alice Shaw, 22, University of Wash lnnton coed, who apparently was accidentally killed last night In her sorority house when she fainted, wedging her head In a waste paper basket. : Club Leader Injured WASH IN GTON, Oct. 20. 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Co., mot 535 Chestnut St., Oakland, Cal. Use Mall Tribune vrant ads Number VII. I Well produced light opera etui possesses a powerful charm in us combination of music, spectacle, comedy and action, and it will ultimately get a new hold upon the pubilo in America. But wltn present competition, it can be done only with highly competent organ-1 Izatlons of singers and actors, at low snlarles and the low admission prices that have always prevailed in European cities for the high class standard operas of the 'Fra Dlavolo" type. This opera, long one of our stand- bys, has survived more than a hun dred years. Its humor and romance are laid on lines so sound that it remains today an effective work. Its musical score was so good that It marie Daniel Francois Esprit Au ber's permanent reputation when produced first at the Paris Opera Comlque in 1880. It waa especially useful to na because the baritone lead was particularly suited to the personality of my brother George. and he sang It with marked success hundreds of performances we gave throughout our career. The book was by Scribe, who adapted It from Lesuer'a opera Caverne." and produced It In Paris in 1808, and In Vienna In 1822 under the title of "The Robber of the Abruzzl." Fra Dtavolo" la said to have been the first French or Italian opera to Introduce English prlnclpala in the cast. The opera is built around a mountain bandit and hla manner of robbing two English tourists, Lord and Lady Allcash. For the season of 1880 we en larged our repertoire until we were up in half a score of the better operas. We outfitted especially for Iolanthe. Pirates of Penzance. Pat ience. The Mikado, Mascot and Bo hemian Girl. At about this time we met George Broad hurst at Marlon, Ohio. He was advance man for a dramatic com pany, with aspirations for play writ ing. Making the same towns for i week or two we became well ac quainted and dlv"sed with him an Idea for re-wrltlng the book of Frledrlch von FlJtow's "Martha" for a light opera in English. When one day he came glumly in at our re hearsal, with a telegram from his manager, advising that their com pany had disbanded for lack ol j funds, we at once gave him the 1 Job of re-wrlting "Martha." We 6ave the first performance with the new script at Charleston, W. Vs., and It waa a success from the start. With that deathless solo for tenor, "Ah, Bo Pure," our Jay Taylor never failed of recall by audiences of every type, In either rural or met ropolitan centers. The music of this opera has universal appeal. The part of Lady Henrietta was particularly adapted to one of our prima donnas, Catharine Lee, a lyrlo soprano with a voice of great sweetness and tonal purity, and whom I afterward mar ried. Her only daughter, known to present day radio audiences as "The Lark," u the Caroline Andrews who la often heard on N. B. O. programs broadcast from the Capitol theater, New York. Martha" Is a very old oners, first produced in Vienna In 1847. It originated at the Paris Grand Opera House when In 1842 M. de St. Georges, a newspaper man. wrote the libretto to a ballet, entitled Lady Henrietta, or the Servant of Greenwich," dealing with two ladles of his acquaintance who had at tended In disguise a servants' fair. The ballet score waa contributed by three composers, Herr von Flotow, Herr Burgmuller and M. Deldeves. The remarkable success of the bsl- let led Flotow and St. Georges later to collaborate In writing It Into an opera and the result was one of the most popular operatic works in the history of the stage. We frequently played Bizet's "Car men." because of the edaptlblllty of its contralto title role to my sister, Florence Andrews Clayton. Very many people have read Pros per Merlmee's romance, from which the opera of Carmen wss adapted and first produced at the Paris Opera Comlque In 1875. It has been favorite of standard and grand opera companies for nearly sixty years and has made the reputation of many modern singers, notably Calve. In color It Is distinctly Span ish. This one opera made the rep utation of the Frenchman, Georges Bizet, secure for all time as a great musical artist and composer. Of the various middle-west cities that I have known In the business of giving "summer opera" In the parks, Peoria and St. Louis were the pioneers. To a Peoria newspaper man. F. Baldwin by name, belongs the credit for building one of the most suc cessful of these theaters, seating about 3500 people, In Sylvan park. The first time we played this theater we had an excellent company, in cluding the prima donna, Laura Bel lini: Jay Taylor, a New York tenor, and Herman Purley, for musical dir ector. Isaac Norcross was our stage manager, Joe Brown was business manager and George Andrews was as always, the general boss. Business was not good and Mr. Baldwin con ceived an unusual advertising idea. He gave a reception at the theater and Invited all the buslnes people of Peoria. We gave a show after the reception and ' they were so pleased with our work that Peoria 1 started coming to the opera. Busi ness boomed and we played at Sylvan park twelve weeks. We made money and spent It. We were as Irresponsible, as most show people are, and I don't believe the breed has changed much to this day. Our weakness was a lack of any definite plan for expansion. When business was bad the family members were the first to go with out salaries, looking to the uncertain future with a. careless confidence that now puzzles me in the light of subsequent events. That a good show. If It will weather ft poor start, can win reluctant public, was proved by summer opera season that we played at Minneapolis. We had barely start ed when Frank DeShon and his opera company came In and began an engagement. We decided that Minneapolis couldn't stand two opera companies and went to see Frank. It was agreed that we should tons nickel to see whether he would hire us or we would hire him. It resulted In consolidation of DeShon with the Andrews Opera com pany, so we selected the best ol both companies snd went on with our engagement. Still business sulk ed, although we knew that we were putting on a real show. In desper ation we sent our road missionaries, Luclen Wakefield and Clay Burgess. to Peoria again to book Sylvan park theater. They made a tremendous advance sale of tickets at Peoria and we were all set to go when Minneapolis began coming In great crowds to our show. We tried vainly to cancel the Peoria engagement and In the height of a smashing business at Minneapolis we were forced to leave It and go to Peoria. 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