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Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-07-21

The reaf barometers Of America
business are her factory smoke
stacks, her dinner pals, the mouths
Of her hundred millions.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-07-21

A Hudson Super-Six special driven
by Ralph milford in Chicago on June
l6, established new American speed
way record for $50 and 200 miles, aver
aging 104 miles an hour.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-07-21

Canada since the war began, has
bought 100000 cars This is almost
tive times as many as we're purchased
during 1913, and an increase Of IS
per cent over the normal for 1913
1914.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-02-17
DELEGATIONS
AFTER ROADS

delegates of Orting, Wilkesop
south Prairie, Fairfax and Car,
bonado residents crowded tbe
Office of the county commission
ers Saturday, to ask for paved
roads in their districts.
PRESIDENT Holland of the Ort-
ing improvement club, F. Bison
or South Prairie, ID. Roy Coooer
OF Wilkeson, Mr.. Benzie of Car
bonado and others told the COM
missioners roads in their locaIi-
ties were almost impossible at
some seasons.
There are about 40 automo-
biles in Carbonado," said Menzies.
and most of them are kept in
storage all winter"
Commissioner O'Farrell. in
whose district the roads lie, said
he was in favor OF hard-surfaced
roads as far as Burnett. If the
other two commissioners would
see it with him. and IL a legal
way could be found to permit the
commissioners to do the paving.
Senate bill 80, he said. which
passed two days ago, would make
1t possible for the commissioners
to pave a road running through
a fourth-class city.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-02-17
O'FARRELL IS
FOUND GUILTY

Owen OFarrell Of Orting was
found guilty in Justice Linck $
court Friday of assault on Ray
Kamerad, brother of Bessie Kane
rad.
Justice Linck sentenced O'Far-
rel to 60 days in the county Jail.
He appealed and is out on $500
bond.
Young Kamerad claims O'Far-
rell beat him on the railroad plat
form ut Orting Feb. 3, without
.provocation
Kamerad's sister was at that
time suing O'Farrell for breach of
promise, and two or tire days
later secured a verdict for $12,-
500. O'Farrell contended that
Kamerad called him a name and
shook his fist at him.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-02-17

ATTACK
ON CITY
Especial to The Times


OLYMPIA, Feb. 1S.-Success-
full, so far, with the aid of pack
ed public utilities committees In
the house and senate, in taking q
fall out of every municipal own
ership measure that has made an
the powerful Stone
Webster lobby has taken the Of
fensive today.
The drive on the cities, as
usual, is being made under the
cloak of the public service COM
mission, to which the T. r. & p.
and the Puget Sound Traction,
Light e. Power Co. have been run
ming for relief from city eompe-
tition.
Almost simultaneous with the
Palmer bill in the senate to per-
nit an increase in street car
fares to interurban and suburban
districts such as Fern HILL, an at
tempt is being made through a
measure introduced by Abe Nor
ris of Pierce county, to give the
public service commission COM
plete control and regulation OF
all municipality owned utilities.
House bill 34S, if passed, asks
for the repeal of the section OF
the public service commission act
of 1911, which exempts munich
pally owned utilities from public
service commission regulations.
The bill has been referred to
the public utilities committee,
which, If IL can be Judged from
past performances, will report
the measure out with the rcom-
that 1T do pass"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-02-17
2 MORE COPS
LEAVE FORCE

Two more patrolmen received
Saturday of their dismissal from
the Tacoma police department
They are Officers Dick Fhkins
and Phil Drouin, both of whom
have spent over eight years on
downtown streets. Their remov-
al takes effect March 1.
1t was explained at police head
quarters that the officers had been
dismissed as part of the police re-
trenchment made necessary by the
cuts in the budget for 1917. Five
officers have been removed, the
others being Fl. r. Campbell, S. L..
Wood and J. r. Teale. Two others
will be released next month.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-02-17
KATHLEEN


One of Americas
best. fiction writer's is
the. author of "The
Story of Julia Page"
Though it is fiction,
the. story contains a
vital. modern lesson
which will open the
eyes of those who
know nothing of show
the other half" strug-
giles.
Do not fail to read
"The Story of .Juna
Page" in The Times,
beginning Monday.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-02-17
FEAR ATTACK ON CITY PLANTS
COULD AMERICAN MANHOOD
STAND THE TEST OF WAR?

Is American manhood physically equal to real war
test? AS nation we today less vrile than
ever before? Every man of military age in the United
States is today asking himself this serious question:
and Uncle Sam is gravely concerned in the answer.
poll among physical directors of state universities
high schools and other institutions throughout the
country presents widely contradictory conclusions
The faint of luxury, ennervating vices sedentary
life the cramping influences of city concentration and
other degenerative factors have made heavy nroads
on racial stamina assert of the authorities inter-
rogated.
The majority, however, maintain that despite these
decoys the average American who would be called up
on to bear the rgors of war today in better shape
than ever before
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-02-17
REST EASY,
FERN HILL,
NO Dan GER

The T. II. & p. Co. is not
going to try to raise fares
to Fern Hill.
Take that from Louis
Bean, it's manager.
Senate bill No. go, in
PRODUCED Friday, would per-
nit 1t, but
The 4. II. & p. Co. isn't
looking for trouble that bad.
Bean swears 1t with uplifted
hand.
The bill, he says, is de-
signed to legaliZc the rates
prevailing on interurban
lines, such as those connect
ing Tacoma, Seattle and
Everett, where now a five
cent fare is required for the
portions lying within munici-
pal boundaries.
This provision, he says, IL
lived up to, would impose
too heavy a burden per mile
on the portions of the line
between the cities bound
aries.
Maybe the bill also is a
fOrerunner of attempted fare
increases in Seattle or SpO-
kane on some of their long
lines-it permits them at
least-but-
The L. II. & p, with vivid
memories of the Battle of
Fern HILL" that was fought
one summer seven or eight
years ago, is not going to
start anything that might
lead to second outbreak
there.
Fern Hills place In the
SIM is secure.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-02-17

Frank l.. Kleeberger, physical
director of the University of Cali
fornia, second in attendance only
to Columbia, Is one of the dissen-
tors.
1T is my opinion" declared this
noted authority, that American
physical manhood is today consid-
erably below that of 20 or 80 years
ago.
ut is but natural that this
: should be so. Up to now the ma
tons schools have done little or
nothing to conteract the degenera-
tive influences that come with All
intensifying civilization.
IF educational institutions, be-
ginning with the grammar schools
will begin now seriously to edu-
cate youngsters physically, in
practical way, intoxicating lifelong
habits of bodily culture and eff
ficiency, we may hope to offset
the weakening factors today at
work.
professional athletics, like
baseball and football, in which
few men engage, while the vast
majority of men merely look on
and applaud, roasting an umpire
and studying the dope We have
become nation of fans.
DIR. ID. G. Hall, health Off
Ger of the University Of
Washington, who has SUPER
vised the training of hum
dreds of Tacoma collegians
and thousands of other young
Washington men, disagrees
with this view.
Statistics for the University
of Washington show a gradual in
crease in weight and height" says
he.
"Ninety-four per cent of the
students here are fit. Outdoor life
with wide participation in hunt
ing, fishing and camp life, as well
as the prevalence of sleeping
porches, keeps men here well
hardened. Mountain climbing,
play grounds, municipal golf and
other sports have made the aver
age man in this state more fit than
ever before. Between the ages of
20 and 40, statistics show "a per
cent fit; between the ages of 40
and 55, eighty-five per cent"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-02-17
Autos Needed

The Troop b association wants
80 automobiles for the parede on
the day the troopers arrive home.
Owners of autos who will offer
them for the parade are asked
to notify the Rotary club, Main
$50. o nthe day the troop ar
rives they are osked to assemble
the cars at the 10th street en-
trance of the Armory, one hour
before the troop train is due, to
carry members of the G. A. X.
post and the mothers auxiliary.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-02-17
OFFERS PLAN FOR
NEW LABOR TEMPLE

A plan by which he said union
labor In Tacoma can raise $780,
600 In Ia months for labor
temple was announced Friday
night by George Moore, acting
editor Of the Tacoma Labor Advo-
cate. at the banquet of the Union
Boosters club. He said he would
detail the plan at the meeting OF
the Central Labor Council NEXT
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-02-17
Three Named
AS CensOrs

A committee of three, COM
posed of Mrs. Leonard Crasswel-
Ter, Mrs. Harriet Hazeltine and
Rev. Lamont Hay, will do all the
work of censoring motion pictures
and vaudeville shows in Tacoma.
At the organization of the
censorship board Friday after
noon, these members were an
pointed as the active board. The
other members will only become
active when the committee of
three finds itself unable to agree
on the censorship of a film or
play. Mrs. Crassweller is presi-
dent and Mrs. Hazeltine secretary
of the board
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-02-17
Gronen Deputies All
Electrical Departm't
Workers. Warned of
Possible Plot

ing men had been seen lettering
about the Nisqually plant at La
Grande recently, and at one OF
the sub-stations In Tacoma.
No reason for such premeditat-
ed destruction is given, except
that hotheaded persons, aroused
by the possibility of war with
Germany may have planned the
deeds in the flush of supposed
patriotism to their fatherland.
The LaGrande plant is of such
delicate construction and meehan-
ism that 1t would be a compare
lively easy matter to put it COM
pletely out of commission.
If 1t were tempered with, Ia
coma would be without city light
or power indefinitely.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-02-17
LOST GIRL
MISSED TRAIN

Disappearing -aftsF--~attendfn
Fridays spelling bee at the Lin
coin Park high school, Louise
Labatiere, age Is, of Carbonate,
one OF the county's expert spell
ers, gave her parents and rela-
tives a night of worry, and the DO
lice an unsuccessful search.
Saturday morning the missing
girl reported to police headquar-
ters that she had missed her
train home Friday night and had
spent the night at the Y. w. C. A.
She returned home Saturday.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-02-17
SAILORS FEW

I'VE cannot get enough certi-
fled sailors for vessels out of Pu-
get Sound said F. P. Mcintyre,
of the Tacoma sailors boarding
house, Thursday, and we have
had calls in the last 10 days from
as far as Gray's Harbor and the
Columbia river"
Some vessels have been obliged,
it is said, to appeal to the depart
nlent at Washington for permits
sion to sail with uncertified crews.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-02-17
A Rich Mans Law

+. w. HElDE, bartender, Tivoli
cafe-Best thing ever. Might just
as we'll have another freak law
as the one in force now. The
present law is a rich mans law.
If a poor man has pint found
on him he is arrested and given
60 days and $500 fine. If rich
man is found with quantity of
liquor it is given back to him, and
nothing is said. ! don't believe
in prohibition, but l do believe in
temperance. A mans pleasure
ought not to be taken away from
him. If all men used temperance
in drinking, and not to excess, no
laws like the present ones would
be needed. haven't sold
drop since Jan. /, 1916, even
though | have five detectives here
every day watching me.
POLICE JUDGE FRANK II.
GRAHAM do not believe the
state legislature is sincere in
passing the bone-dry bill. | be-
lieve that it wants to disgust the
public with prohibition. any
new legislation was to have been
adopted, it should have been more
rigid laws regarding the permit
system. With a bone-dry law in
effect, there will be just one more
law for the people to break, and
they will go the limit to break it,
Just as they have in other dry
states. A bone-dry law will make
a farce of prohibition in a very
81, nrA finnn
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-02-17
May Arrest
Police Chief

Omitted Press Leased Wirc.)
PORTLAND, Ore, Feb. II. -
Threatening to have Police Chief
Clark and Sergeant Sherwood ar
rested on assault charges, T. @.
Ryan. deputy district attorney, de-
clared today that they attacked
him in the chiefs office during an
argument over prosecution of
liquor cases.
Chief Clark asserted that he did
not strike Ryan. Ryan had a cut
lip and a torn collar when the
dust settled.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-02-17
Educational
Bill Passed

WASHINGTON, ID. c., Feb. II.
adollar for dollar CO.
operation with the states and au-
expenditures of $2S.0OO,-
600 on a rising scale through the
next eight years. the senate today
passed the vocational educational
bill. The bill now goes to the
president.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-02-17
DOESN'T CARE FOR
OLD CHAMPS STYLE

Llew Thomas, smiling little
Englishman barber on Broadway,
who is quite a fight fan, did not
like Bob Fitzsimmons' exhibition
at Pantages.
Even If he is getting old, he
sure was not there like / thought
he would be-" remarks Llew.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-02-17
ON GERMAN ORDERS

BOSTON, Feb. 17.-Captain
Charles A. Polack, master of the
German steamship Kronprinzessin
Cecelie, seized by federal authori-
ties, testified on the stand here to-
day that the engines Of the vessel
had been damaged on orders from
a representative of the German
government.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-02-17
HEAD CRACKED, BUT
HE SAVES JEWELS

tUhUed Press Leased Wirc.I
NEW YORK, Feb. 17.-When
one of his three customers" hit
him over the head with a club
and grabbed for the amethyst
tray, Jewelers. Clerk Markoss' re-
manned conscious only long
enough to shove the gems in the
safe and lock It.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-02-17
MESSENGER BOY
TARDY; $4,000

fUnfted PresS I.chse1 u trr.N
NEW YORK, Feb. 17.-John
Hanley says he had to live in a cell
and scrub the Long Island city
jail because the Western Union
didn't deliver $40 wired to him to
pay his fine. He is suing the
Western Union for $4,000 dam
ages.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-02-17

Fearing that serious dam
age may be done to the city's
Nisqually river power plant
or To the electric sub-sta-
tions subsidiary To il, Com
missioner Gronen caused all
of the workmen at all plants
Saturday to- be deputized as
special deputy sheriffs.
Each man is armed. Special
guards will be on duty at all
plants day and night. No fur
Their visiting of the plants by
strangers will be permitted.
All persons approaching the
plants will be challenged.
1t was Tumored that the cause
of the special guard was the fact
that a group of suspicious-appear-
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-02-17
HOW The
BON + DRY
LAW HITS
CITIZENS

The people of the state
themselves passed a prOhibi-
ton law providing IA permit
system by which liquor could
be obtained in limited guam
titles.
After n years trial an at
tempt was made to make the
law more liberal by allowing
the manufacture of beer in
the state.
The people themselves re-
fused to change the law In
that direction.
Now the legislature of the
state has decided to make the
law more drastic. Ii has pass
ed bone dry bill, and the
governor will sign il.
Maybe the people of the
state wanted their prohibition
law changed into "bone
dry" measure and maybe
they didn't.
TO get an idea of the peo-
Pies opinion, The Times in
teryiewed men and women in
all parts of the city.
Following is what they say.
If your view does not agree
with any of these expressed,
The Times would he glad to
print il, provided YOU will
mail il in.
MRS. G.. II. SMITH, Parkland
! do not believe that liquor
ought to be allowed 70 be ship
bed into the state at all. did
lot know that fermented wine
was used in some churches. II
s not necessary, and don't see
why the law will allow it. We
use grape juice at our church.
PHIL b. FREEDMAN, 9i2 Pa.
cific avenue-Should have beer
done years ago, then the state
would have been more prosper
Gus. The bills will help human
ity, and the families of mel
around town.
RONALD AUBREY, 210.
Broadway-The state might jus
as we'll be bone dry as have pro
hibition at all.
L. MORAND, Central Bus sta
tion-A man is entitled to &c
some liquor through the permi
system, even though only pin
4 month. | don't believe in tota
prohibition.
f. DUVAUL, Olympia, a bu'
driver-No law should cut the
supply Of liquor clear off. A mar
ought to get some If he wants it
b. B. Larrabee, All South
Fife street.-The bills are a goot
thing. We might just as well be
closed up as to have so mucf
brought in by the permit system
~ boruisa nIap n I'M
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-02-17
TWO ASK DIVORCE
IN SUPERIOR COURT

Divorce suits were filed in SUI
perior court Sunday by Jewel f.
Nyquist against John p. Nyquist,
on the ground of abandonment,
cruelty and drunkenness, and by
A. F. Dana against Minnie II. Dana
on the ground of abandonment.
Tho Danas have a son Is years
old.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-02-17
SPRING rs COMING;
WE CAN PROVE TT

Ye boy, Spring is coming. How
do we know? Because the bat
rack and the baseball equipment is
being moved down near the en-
trance at the Washington Hard
ware. A. AXelson, a clerk, says
the boys come in and swing the
bats with their fingers just itch
ing.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-02-17
DARST HEARING IS
SET FOR MARCH 5

The amended petition of Mrs.
Elizabeth Darst for the possession
of her little girl, who was adopt
ed by Mr.. and Mrs. William Flet-
cher of Tacoma from the Wash
ington Children's home, was set
on Saturday for hearing March B,
the earliest date on Judge Chap
mans calendar.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-02-17
BAD NEWS FOR SHIPPERS

The bill prepared by Deputy
Prosecuting Attorney Selden pro-
viding for extradition and punish
ment of persons who leave the
state of Washington with his de-
liberate intention of abandoning
their children, was presented by
Representative w. C. Elliott in the
house Friday. Selden believes
the bill will pass both houses.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-02-17
HAS TO FORK UP
S25 FOR EACH LIE

Omitted Press Leased Wirc.)
CHICAGO, Feb. 17.-Federal
Judge Lands estimated Levy
Zimberoff, bankrupt, told him
200 lies. He ordered Zimberoff
held under $1,000 bond, "or $25
for each lie you have told me-"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-02-17
SINKINCS
NOW TOTAL
10 8
Especial to The Tines

WASHINGTON, d. c., Feb. II.
submarines have sunk
los vessels since they began their
ruthless submarine warfare on
unrestricted sea warfare Feb. 1.
Two vessels were reported sunk
Saturday by the German subma-
rines, the Lady Ann, 1,016 tons
register, two sailors killed; and
the steamship Queenswood, three
persons killed.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-02-17
VERY MYsTERInIrs

Tacoma police are completely
mystified over the actions OF q
strange man who walked into the
Independent Bottling Works FRI
day visa revolver In his pocket,
demanding that the manager be
brought to him. He walked out
later when told that the manager
was out.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-02-17
WV. TO MOVE

The top floor of the Cham Der
of Commerce building, 9th and
Broadway, will be occupied after
March ! by the Y. w. C. A.
The building at present occu-
pied by the Y. w. c. A. was sold
to the Moose lodge some time ago.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-02-17
DOESN'T DO TO
KICK AT MEALS
United Press Leased Nirc.b

Wnfte1 Press Leased Wirc1
NEW YORK, Feb. 17.-Be-
cause he complained of the
quality OF the .231 wholesome
meals his wife served every week
to the family of eleven on IS,
Morris Cohen was ordered to give
her 81 for every Saturday.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-02-17
Too MANY Homes Ruined

MRS. w. IL. LOFLlN, 3bl7
North Sth street-We have had
so much liquor shipped in and so
many homes ruined, that think
that the shipment of liquor into
the state ought to be stopped. If
the people used it the way ii
should be used, and everyone had
used their judgment, there would
not have been so many homes
ruined or children hungry. Some
families spend too much money
on whisky and not enough for
their food for the children. The
young people of today think that
the only way to have a good time
is with the use of liquor. think
that 1t is necessary to have a law
against this, and provide the
Continued on Page Five.)
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-02-17
MY, BUT SHE'S
PROUD OF HARRY

FVhfItU I'rths IfFHHtU "TF.J
MARYSVILLE, Cal, Feb. H.
A brand new plan for announcing
an engagement was employed here
when Miss Florence Shepperd had
the news of hr btrothal to Harry
Lwis flashed on a movie screen.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-02-17
HE FEARS ONION
FAMINE: JAILED

Omitted Press Leased Wire.D
NEW YORK, Feb. 17.-Having
visions of the Germans capturing
Bermuda and cutting off the sup
ply. Charlie Fox, Is, took home
a sack of onions, s13 worth. They
weren't his. Now he's in Jail.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-02-17
SOCCER GAME

Manager Bill Kennedy of the
Ruston Soccer team announced
Saturday afternoon that arrange
ments had been made at late
hour for Sunday game with the
Carbonate juniors.
The soccer game will be played
on Whitman grounds, with kick
off at l o'clock. 1t is the first
big soccer game held in Tacoma
in three weeks.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-02-17
MILLIONAIRE HAS
JOB AS STEVEDORE

tVnftfH Tress Ienscd NITr.I
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. II. -
Although he is the heir to millions
VIM. Parrot is working from Z
a. nj to > p. m. as a stevedore in
order to learn the steamship bust
ness from the bottom.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-02-17
COMBATS POISON
GAS WITH GOLF

After working over acids and
gases all week, | hit for the GOLF
links early Sunday evening"" Sc d
A. c. Rawnsley of the Liberal
Engraving Co. "In two years
have only missed about two Sum
days. If / don't get a chance to
play, feel lost"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-02-17
Does Not Use
Those Pajams

ROCK RIVER, o., Feb.
17.-Busby Shelton, who
acquired hand-painted pa
jamas by sitting down on a
china plate his sister-in-
law had freshly decorated
with a daisy design, doesn't
wear them any more.
Instead he keeps them
hung up in his room like a
tapestry.
Il found couldn't see
the design when ! had them
on explains the art-loving
Mr.. Shelton.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-02-17
OROVILLE WOMAN
BANK PRESIDENT

Omitted Press Leased Wire.)
OROVILLE, Cal. Feb. II. -
CALIFORNIA; first woman bank
president is Mrs. Helen Lillis, who
succeeded her father as head of
the First National Bank of Oro-
Vile.