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East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-05-24
FIRE INSURANCE
RATES DOUBLED
Flat Rate Made for All Glasses
Of Property in Frisco by
Board of Underwriters.
MORE DEPOSITS THAN
WITHDRAWALS AT BANKS.

Banks Opened for Transaction Of All
Business, Which Gives Building Op.
erations a Great Impetus, Especially
Outside the Fire Hmits''-Heaviest
Run Was on the United Savings,
But All DepositOrs We're Paid in
Fml-Protest Against Cancellation
OF 'City's Anti-Fire Bond Issue.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-05-24

Hartman interests and president
Foster Of the California Northwestern
have in the latter road the southern
end Of the proposed new line.
These same interests are preparing
to extend the California Northwestern
from Willis to Eureka, while between
Eureka and Marshfield Hartman has
had surveyors looking over the ground
for several months past.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-05-24

mediately for buildings, sewers, repair
ing streets, etc
The Merchants Exchange resumed
business this morning In the rotunda
of the DANA sn1 but ing. There was
a large Gro --1k RS, and consid-
erable business Or'transacted.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-05-24
Sanitarium Conference.

Washington, May 24.-A confer
ence over the sanitation Of stocbyards
and packing houses was held at t.,
White House today by the president.
Attorney Skinner for the packers
Skinner referred to the labor COM
missioner, whose report is expected
soon
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-05-24
DISCRIMINATING
RAILROAD RATES
Independent Oil Producers
Testify They Could Not Get
Rates Awarded Standard.
EX-ATTORNEY GENERAL
AND JUDGE TESTIFTES.

VIII Inquire Into the Causes Leading
to Dismissal of Cases Against the
Standard Oil--One Oil Producer
Spent 100000 Fighting for a Right
Of Way Denied His Company by the
Railroad Through Standard Oil III.
fluence Pennsylvania Received
Bribe Money From Coal Operators.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-05-24
Everybody by the Ears"

: st. Petersburg, May ga
/ Members of the douma are re-
3 ceiving threatening letters from
: peasants and Jews who are dis
+ satisfied. The government is
encouraging opposition to the
: douma, and socialistic meetings
: will be allowed to denounce the
douma. The Official Messenger
: continues to print kilograms to I
: the czar praying him to save I
, Russia and disperse the douma. I
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-05-24

Alfred F. Sears, jr., presiding elder
Of the circuit court at Portland, pos
itively refuses to sentence any man
to the whipping post for wife beating
Instead. he imposes as heavy fine as
the circumstances will admit
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-05-24

j. G.. Woodwork, traffic manager
of the Northern Pacific. has replied
to a telegram sent him by jobbers and
manufacturers of Seattle, declining to
withdraw the IN per cent local rate
recently allowed to Portland mer-
chants on shipments to Seattle des-
tined for Alaska trade.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-05-24
Unitarians Not OF tfe Elect.
CONDEMNED TO HANG.
Missouri Woman Appeals to Other
Women of the STATE.

Liberty, Mo-, May ei.-Mrs. Aggie
Meyers, condemned to die on the gal
lows for the first time since Killing
her husband two years ago, asks for
sympathy. She has signed an appeal
to the women of the state saying II
she were on the gallows today she
would say her paramour's story was
untrue
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-05-24

A gang Of Italian railroad laborers
was paid off at Albany on May 81.
They received $500 and of that
amount they sent by postal money or
der s1400 to italy Immediately The
amount was represented by 40 sepa-
rate orders,
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-05-24
WEIGHT MAY BE INCREASED.
Recommended That More May BE
Sent "fOr the Money"

Rome, May 24.-The International
Postal congress approved the propo-
sition raising the weight Of letters to
ona ounce. Madrid gets the next con-
gress.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-05-24
Brutal to His Children.

Oshkosh, Wis, May 24.-Aug-
ust bundle, a farmer, has been
arrested by the humane society
charged with habitually har-
Messing his six motherless chill
dren, all in or below their
teens, to a plow, and driving
them, black and blue, about the
field. He was discovered In this
by an automobile party passing
the place. The neighbors
threaten violence.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-05-24
MINES DID NOT OPEN.

Coal Operators Could Not Get Enough
Non-UniOn Help.
Dillonvale, o., May 24.-No coal
mines were opened here today with
non-union men, as planned by the
United States Coal company, as not
enough men were secured.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-05-24
KILLED Ills WIFE.
Los Angeles Man Then Attempted to
XIII Himself.

Los Angeles, May 24.-Jealous Of
his wife, who sued for divorce.
seller, shot his wife fatally this morn
ing and then attempted suicide,
Cserepes' house resembles a sham.
bes.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-05-24

program and the large tent used by
the Adventists will be rented for the
meeting. Seats will be arranged to
accommodate several hundred people
and the festival will be one of the
most enjoyable features of the event.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-05-24
CHICAGO WHEAT MARKET.
Quotations From the Greatest Wheat
Center I'm the World.

Chicago, May 24.-Wheat closed to-
day at sc, corn at As and oats at SS
3-4
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-05-24
RORBED OF $4,000.
Bag OF Jewelry Was Taken From
Merchant on the Open Street.

New Haven May 24.-Barnard
Steinfield, of New York, was robbed
of a bag containing 3ewelry valued at
$4,000 in the street here today. The
robber escaped. Steinfield Ia a dis
mond merchant.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-05-24
CUMBERLAND
IS ABSORBED
That Branch of the Presbyte-
rian Church No Longer Has
Official Existence.
ACTUAL CONSOLIDATION
TAKES PLACE NEXT YEAR

Steps Taken Toward Union Of .Al
Evazaellrsil Denominations, Except
ing the Unitarians, Who Are Still
Cataloged as Among the CncOn-
yernsd-The General Assembly To-
'dat VGelebrated the Two Hunfredth
Anniversary of the FIRST Rresby-
trian Assembly in the Neu World.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-05-24
FIRE IN TWO MINES.

Two Hundred Miners Had Narrow
Escape in Colorado.
Trinidad, May 24.-Fire is still
burning fiercely in Starkville and En-
gleville mines, where 200 miners were
rescued Wednesday by the prompt
work of the bosses.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-05-24
THREE CoNvICTs WE'RE SHOT.
to Escape From North
Carolina Convict Camp.

Raleigh, N. c., May 24.-Three con-
victs, including Macmillan. the fa-
nous western society" convict, were
shot to death today while attempting
to escape from convict camp. Four
others got away.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-05-24
Rates for Field Meet Here.

The o. r. & N. has also granted
a return trip rate Of one and a third
fare for high school field meet to be
held in this city on May 80. This rate
is on the certificate plan, so tickets
to be guaranteed and the certificates
to be signed by L. G. Frazier, secre-
tary of the Merchants association of
this city.
This rate also applies to Baker City,
walla walla and intervening points
and a large delegation of high school
athletes is expected from the different
points.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-05-24
ON, O. AN, THURSDAY. MAY "a. 1906.
44+++++++,sso so.++++++++++++++++'
pUTER * HIS WAY TO OREGON

A. arrested Alameda last
lands in Ore
Hitchcock
this waived examination His bail fixed at $4,000
Z N today.
Service
in
o o
fused o max en-
=
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-05-24
RAILROAD LINE
TO PILOT ROCK
Hartman People File Articles
of Incorporation Of UmatilIa
Central Railroad.
j. p. OBIsIEN, WILLIAM CROOKS
.AND j. G. WILSON NAMED.

Capiil Stock of New Company Is
100000 and the Objects as Stated
Are to Build n Line OF Road From
Pendleton to Pilot Rock and Two
Branch Lines From Pilot Rock
Into the Rich Timber and Range
'Districts-Having Hartman Sup
port, New Road Seems Assured.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-05-24
HEAD WAS KNOCKED OFF.

Burlington Engineer Victim of Pc
cullar Accident.
Burlington, Iowa, May 24.-J. ID.
Johnson, a veteran engineer of the
Burlington road, stuck his head out
of the cab window, and a passing
switch engine knocked it off.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-05-24

There Us something In store for
you in every advertisement In the
East Oregonian. Don't fail to
read every line.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1906-07-12
A UNIQUE RECORD
Not Another Like 1t In Our
Broad Republic.

To give positive home testimony in
every locality is Of itself unanswerable
proof of merit; but when we add to
this the continued endorsement from
people who testified years ago no evil
dence can be stronger. a bennington
citizen gratefully acknowledges the
good received from Doan's Kidney
Pills, and when time has tested the
cure we find the same hearty endorse.
ment, with added enthusiasm and con
tinued praise. Cases of this kind are
plentiful in the work of Doan's Kidney
Pills, and such a record is unique in
the annals OF menicine.
O. X. Wyman, retired, living on
Gage street, Bennington, says: "My
good opinion of Doan's Kidney Pills
has not altered since | first used them
three years ago. was suffering at
that tine from a deranged condition
of the kidneys and weakness of the
urinary organs. | procured Doan's
Kidney Pills at ShurtleiT's drug store
and their use cured me of the trouble.
| always speak of your remedy in the
highest terms of praise, and am glad
to ore ldorse them at this time"
I or sale by all dealers Price 80
cents. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo,
New York, sole agents for the United
States.
Remember tine name-Doan's -and
take no other.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1906-07-12
DRY DOCKS LONG TRIP ENDS.
Grent ship Receiver at OIongapo
Ready For Service.

WASHINGTON, July l1.-.Iust ~;
days after it sailed from Solomon's is
land. Chesapeake bay, the great dry
dock Dewey arrived at Olongapo, +. l..
having finished its perilous voyage OF
more than 10000 miles with an aver
age speed of 100 miles day for the
time Il was in motion.
Twice the dry dock was in serious
danger. Its first trouble was late in
February off the Canaries, where II
struck n storm, and the hawsers con
Meeting it with the towing fleet were
broken, allowing the great hulk TO 20
adrift Again in the Mediterranean.
not far from Lata, early in April the
dock broke loose from its companions
and houndered about for short time.
Great credit is due to Commander
II. II. Hosley for the masterful man
ner In which he conducted the Dewey
on the long voyage When the Dewey
started from Solomon's island she was
accompanied by the colllers Caesar
and Brutus, the tug Potomac and the
refrigerating ship Glacier. The Po-
tomac left the Dewey at Suez, and the
other three ships made up the docks
escort until it reached Singapore,
where the Wampatuck Joined the tow
ing fleet and assisted in the work I'M
til Olongapo was reached.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1906-07-12
WEST ARLINGTON.

Farmers are busy with their haying.
Mrs W Strong has been quite IN,
but is better.
The lawn party held at Mr. Farnhams
was we'll attended.
Mr. and Mrs L. G.. Farnham spent
Sunday in Bennington.
Mrs lIaskins has returned from a
two weeks visit in Cambridge 49,
John Sheldon OF West Rupert was a
recent guest at Il. G. McKee's.
Miss Lena Madison returned to her
home in Bennington Saturday.
Mrs Clark and son visited her daugh
ter, Mrs Wallace Bailey, Sunday.
Mrs Chas Brown and children of
Shushan are visiting at Frank Smith s
Mrs Frank Teft and son are visit.
| ing her parents Mr. and Mrs + o Han
anon.
Mrs Hatfield, daughter and son are
guests of Mrs Henry Conlin for few
weeks.
Mr. and Mrs Arthur Durham of
South SALISBURY were at William
Strong's over Sunday.
Miss Bessie Haskin has returned
/ from Castleton where she attended the
commencement exercises.
Miss Fannie Mckee who has been
visiting in West Arlington the past
two weeks has returned to her home in
) West Rupert.
Mrs Russell Tinkham and her little
daughter Grace who have been visit.
ing her sister, Mrs +. G. Farnum have
returned to Bennington
+. c. Hard and daughter Mary and
Clarence Hard of East Arlington were
guests of Mrs Ezra Buck and daugh.
er Julia, one day last wesk,
Some of our neighbors boast OF ear
ly garden produce the earliest heard
from being peas, June 3d. string beans
July ,, and new potatoes July D. from
Albert EdgertOn's garden
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1906-07-12
W0ODfORD

Master Ray Dinwiddie is quite M.
See George w. Kuapp's ad. for O
teamster
Caleb Clark OF Heartwellyile was
here Monday. -
George Johnson OF Readsboro was
Ia town Tuesday.
On Saturday evening there will be a
musicale AZ Mrs George W Woods.
Miss Janet ShurtleG OF Bennington
is spending the week with Mr. and Mrs
ID. NJ. Gleason.
a hemlock log - feet long was re-
Gently sawed az ID. NJ Gleason's mill
that made $40 feet Of plank.
The party at the Summit house will
break camp Thursday and return
to their homes In Bennington and Pea
body, Mass.
Mrs Arthur W. Bowles and children
OF Lcominster, Mass, and Mrs Ed.
ward II. Bowles and children OF White
Creek are here TO visit relatives for
several days. Arthur and Edward
will come later.
Leon, a young son Of David Craw-
ford, had one of his hands badly cut
by cutting OF saw Tuesday at the
red mill The boy was taken TO Ben
nington to have the wound dressed BY
a doctor.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1906-07-12
EAST POwNAL.

Miss Florence Morgan is suffering
from a diseased finger.
Frederick r. Wood spent the 9TH
with his sister Niss Bessie Mirheld.
Misses Beuiah Bates, Hilda and
Martha Pratt are camping at Barber
pond.
Miss Olive Barber is entertaining
her friend Miss Sallie Graves OF Ben
nington.
Mrs Solomon Sherman and son
Frank we're in town on business one
day last week
Work is progressing rapidly on the
electric road between Bennington and
North Adams.
Mrs David Towslee is spending a
short tune at the seashOre for the ben
it OF her health.
Mr. and Mrs Benjamin Flynn hav
commenced housekee ping on the farm
he recently purchased.
A number from here attended the
party at MIR Hance's Saturday night.
All report very enjoyable time.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1906-07-12
FACTS IN NATURE.
Not Only Do We Get Inspiration From
Nature, But Health as Well.

For people who are rundown and nerv
Gus, who suffer from Indigestion or dys-
pepsla, headache, bilious ness, or torpid
liver, coated tongue with bitter taste in
the morning and poor appetite, II he-
comes necessary TO turn to some tonic OF
strengthener which will assist Nature
and help them to get on their feet and
put the body into It's proper condition. 1t
Is becoming more and more apparent that
Natures most valuable health giving
agents are to be found in forest plants
and roots.
Nearly forty years ago, Dr. R.V. Pierce,
now consulting physician TO the lnvalids'
Hotel and Surgical Institute, at Buffalo,
n. Y, discovered that by tlically
extracting and combining certain medici
nal principles from native roots, taken
from our American forests, he could pro-
duce a medicine which was maryelously
efficient in curing cases Of blood disorder
and liver and stomach trouble as well as
many other chronic, or lingering all
ments This concentrated extract OF
Natures vitality he named Golden Med
ical Discovery" 1t puriieS the blood by
putting the stomach and liver into
healthy condition, thereby helping the
digestion and assimilation of food which
feeds the blood. Thereby it cures weak
stomach, Indigestion, torpid liver, or bill
iousness, and kindred arrangements
If y9g have coated tongue, with bitter
or bad taste in the morning frequent
headaches, feel weak, easily tired, stitches
or pain in side, back gives out easily and
aches, belching of gas, constipation, or
Irregular bowels, feel flashes Of heat al
ternating with chilly sensations or kim
dred symptoms, they point to derange-
ment OF your stomach. liver and kidneys,
which the Golden Medical Discovery
will correct more speedily and perma-
nenty than any other known agent. Con-
tains no alcohol or habt-forming drugs
All its ingredients printed in plain Eng
ljsh on wrapper.
The sole motive for substitution is TO
permit the dealer to make little more
profit. He gains; you lose. Accept no sub
ttitute for Golden Medlca' Discovery"
Constipation causes and aggravates
many serious diseases. 1t is thoroughly
cured by Dr. Perce's Pleasant Pellets.
One laxative; two or three are cathartlo.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1906-07-12

Any American who owns a honk
wagon and wants to honk around a
bit in Canada is free TO do SO on GER
tain conditions lie must duly report
his machine TO the customs officers,
state its selling price, give a bond for
double the regular duty and make "a
deposit Of s25. II ne honks around for
longer time than three months he out
stays his welcome; the dominion col
lects the duty and keeps the s25. II he
puts for the United States before the
expiration Of the three monts he does
MT pay a cent Of duty and he gets back
his deposit.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1906-07-12
EAST ARLINGTON


Morton Dean, former resident,
now of Ia Z Orange, n. j., Is visiting
Frank and Robert WEIGH
Mrs G. Hendee and Miss Daisy
/ Rudd spent Saturday afternoon with
Mrs G.. b. Vault OF Arlington.
Mrs Lucy Dean, a former correspon.
dent for the Banner, now OF Bennlng-
ton, recently visited friends In town,
Mr. aud Mrs NefI Of Hoosick Corners
have been spending several days no
the home Of Mrs Neif's brother Henry
Hayes.
( w, l.. Shuflleton, wife aud daughter
Of Gardner, Mass, who have been Wis
ting at his fathers have returned to
their home,
Harry Shepard, wife and two daugh
ters OF Greenwich, N. Y, have been
visiting Mr. Sheppard mother, Mrs
j. Shepard OF this place.
Mrs Mary Cullinan's house In Ar
lington was badly damaged by fire
Tuesday afternoon, The East ArlIng-
ton hose company responded as soon
rs possible
There will be an ice cream festival
on the lawn OF the Congregational par
sonage Wednesday evening for the
benefit OF the Sunday school.
f. L. Downs, who has been engineer
for some time at the old Biownson
mill, is moving his household goods
to a lumber camp in SALISBURY where
he has employment
Some repairing is being done to the
Judson shop and the building is soon
TO be painted, which is a great i'm
provement 10 the street, as Is also the
new walk and graded ground In front
of Myron Coles new meat market.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1906-07-12
Fear Rising of TransvanI Natives.

JOHANNESBURG, Transvaal, July
l2-The disquetng rumors that the
blacks of the Rand contemplated an
uprising on July II are borne out b5
the fact that native servants have
warned their mistresses to retire to
places Of safety. Similar rumors have
been circulated in the Reef, but the
police ridicule them. However, much
anxiety is expressed. A paper read ut
a conference OF the Ethiopian church,
embodyng reports from the various
districts, says an uprising has been
openly advised.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1906-07-12
Makes Homely Women Pretty

No woman no matter how regular
her features may be can be called
pretty If her complexionis bad. Orino
Laxative Fruit Syrup aids digestion
and clears sallow blotched complex
ions by stimulating the liver and bow
els. Orino Laxative Fruit Syrup does
not nauseate or grippe and is mild and
pleasant to take. Remember the name
Orino and refuse to accept any substi
tute. b. A. Quinlan.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1906-07-12

SWAINSBORO, Ga, July 12.-About
a hundred heavily armed men took
Ed Pearson, a negro, from Deputy
Sheriff Fields about three miles from
this place shortly after o'clock in the
morning, carried him to the Canoochen
swamp and lynched him Monday
night last Pearson was found by
Misses Maud and Ida Durnen hiding
under their bed Screams attracted
their father, an aged man, who entered
the room with gun, but was knocked
senseless by the negro who escaped.
The negro was later captured by the
deputy and identified
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1906-07-12

The newspapers tell good story 10
which the wife OF the late q. S. minis
ter TO China cut considerable OF lig-
ure When in the celestial kingdom
she paid 800 for rug against the re-
monstrances OF her husband, who
ayerred that she knew nothing of the
value OF rugs and would be cheated 10y
the owner. Mrs Conger brought her
purchase home with her, and when in
Chicago sold IL to a dealer 10 rugs who
had offered her $1,000 for it and invest
eli the money in her new California
home.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1906-07-12
Fuslonints Name Emery.

PHILADELPHIA. July IL. 49, Com
plete fusion between the Lincoln Re
publican party and the Democratic par
ty of this state was effected at reas
sembled convention Of the Lincoln party
here. The fusion ticket is as follows
Governor, Lewis Emery, Jr., independ
ent Republican; lieutenant governor
Jeremiah $. Black, Democrat; auditor
general, William Il. Greasy, Democrat
secretary of internal affairs, John j
Green, Democrat.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1906-07-12

when men build q new boat and wish
10 test It's strength they turn It's Prov
up stream against the current They
do not let II drift with the tide. So il
is with our lives. II we wish to try
our strength we must turn our faces to
the current and face the tide
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1906-07-12
Travers PIayed Through storm.

NEW YORK, July 11.-New Workers
led the field in the first days play to
qualify for the national amateur golf
championship at the Englewood Golf
club. Dwight Partridge. a Yale player
entered from the Bedford club, had 10;
Walter j. Travis, Il; c. II. Van Week.
Jr., Montclair schoolboy, rs, and Je-
rome ID. Travers Of the Nassau club
and metropolitan champion. 80. Ira
vers' round was played through a ter
rifle thunderstorm. which spoiled abso-
lutely the cards Of all those caught In
it. His performance in the face of the
storm revealed Travers' class as
golfer.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1906-07-12
THE EVENING BANNER
Published every day except Sunday
and HOLIDAYS.
Entered at the post-onice Bennington
w. Dec, IL, 1903, as second class
mail matter.
FRANK I. HOWE, Editor and Publisher

The most perfect teeth 10 the world
are said 20 be those Of the Thi betans
although there is not a tooth brush in
the whole country aud no form OF
cleaning the teeth is ever praclced
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1906-07-12

NIAGARA ON -THE-LAKE, Ont.
July 1.-THE Canadian tennis cham
pionships were continued on the courts
Of the Niagara Tennis and Golf club
The surprise Of the day was the beat
ing Of Irving Wright of Boston. the
present Niagara International cham
pion, by Field of Buffalo in the mems
handicap.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1906-07-12
CoIored women's Convention opens.

Coiored Women's Convention opens.
DETROIT, Mich, July II. - About
300 delegates representing nearly ev-
cry state in the Union, majority of
them university women. were present
when President Josephine Silone Yates
Of the National Association of Colored
Women opened the fifth biennial con
vention of the association in this city.