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Newspaper Page Textf all the i:r:3i;;.. BY associated m::;: LEASZD WK2 l".i: ConMlldatlen of Th Evening Ntw Th Ronburg Review DOUGLAS COUNTS 1 An Independent Nawsapr, "ubllahrt for - -th Btt Interests of h Peep!. MODERATE TEMP'OTURE VOL. XXVI NO. J2 'VRG REVIEW T,, J v ROSEBURG. OREGON, .WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 9. 1925 VOL XIII NO. 227 OF THE IVKNINO VTjx' JkAI BIN w I TTini mi i 'V D I III. A lirj Xt7 ni mj; u.i imv BILL STARTEDI E r 1 n ci l Rainey Declares One Slash Gives 42 Men Reduction of Twenty Millions. RICH MAN'S MFASIIUP llt,n MAN 3 MtAJURt Congressman Hawley, . Its Defense,' Declares That Bill Is Best Ever Offered. in , fAanctitnl Frtm Uunl Wire.) Washington, doc. s Both qualified and unqualiried praise of the new $325,000,000 tax re duction bill was voiced today In the Houbo where the bill is under going Iho Inevitable period of de bate prior to the time for its ac tual passage. The first criticism of conse nnenre came from Representative Rainey, a Democrat member of the ways and means commitee, who while approving the bill In general, assailed the Increase In personal exemptions and the alash In the higher surtax rates. His efort. however, was met by Rep resentative Ilawley of Oregon, another member of the committee who described the measure as "the best ever orfered to congress.' Rainey Says nirli Knvorwl Mr. Rainey who voted for the Mil in committee, declared he would not support It in the house "unless materially changed.' "What has happened in the last two years." he asked, "to make us out-Mellon the Mellon plan on surtaxes?" Ie also assailed the rev bed In heritance rates, which he said marte this tax "useless." The cut in surtaxes gives forty two men a reduction of $20,000. 000, Mr, Rainey said.. "Eliminate the provision Increasing the ex emptions and put . the surtaxe maximum at 25 or 30 per cent," he said, "and you can cut all the t.ixes off admission, automobile and other business. You can de feat this coalition which is so friendly to the rich." Representative Mills of New rorn, nnotner Republican mem ber or the ways and means com mittee, followed Mr. Rainey with a general defense of the measure and a plea that Is not to he amend ed in any material way. f 'lgnr Tax Out Not Hurried The committee amended the bill at a meeting today to make the reduced cigar tax rates effec tive SO days after enactment In stead of at the time of enactment. It also approved a provision to allow a refund to dealers of the difference between the old and new taxes on stocks on hand at the end of the thirty-day period. Chairman Green estimated that this action would mean a net loss or about $300,000 to the govern ment. Similar refund provisions have been voted Into the bill regarding the revised rates on passenger au to and the committee probably will take like action later for dealers in automobile trucks. Hnwley Given Detail. Representative Hnwley review ed In detail the effects of the In come tax changes. The Increase In personal; exemptions. Hawley said, " wonld' save income tax pay ers $42,000,000 next year and the reduction in the normal rales 146. 000 000. The increased amount of Income subject to the 25 per rent credit for "earned Income" would be 17.000.000. To this to ts! of t9K.ooo.000 could be added . .91.675.000 that tbe tax payers will e saved next year 1 by a slash In the surtax rates. Of the $325.000. 000 saving to taxpayers proposed In the bill, he showed that Income tax payers would benefit to the extent of $193.57S.ono of it. Muscle fthrmt mil. In compliance with the recom mendation In President Coolidge's message, a Joint resolution waa Introduced today bv Representa tive Madden. Republican. Illinois, for a Joint congressional commit tee to negotiate for the private leae of Muscle Shoals. The Hnu'e today named a select committee to Investigate the cre dentials of Representative Ijinr ley. Republican. Kentucky, who has been convicted of violating the prohibition laws. Republican i Progressive) Is the political designation which Sena tor I a Follette of Wisconsin gives hlmelf in the hlosranhcal sketch he has nrensred for the congres sonal directory. E. W. BURROWS DEAD. SANTA BARBARA, Cal.. Dec. . Elmer Wilbur Burrows. 52. pub llnher of the Fort Bragg Dallv and for thirty years Identi fied with newspapers In Oregon and Washlngotn, died her today. LOIR HOUS 'Vssia's noted 'MALE COSSACK WARRIOR IS DEAD tAan-Uted Pen Utmi Win.) MOSCOW, Dec . Russia's famous woman cavalry cap- tain, Nadeasbda Budennaya. wife of General Budennaya, commander In chief of the red cavalry, died today. Tbe cause Is not clearly known and one newspaper ascribes it to "a traKlo Incident" ! vapiain Buuenuaye serrru w v wun aisuncuon inrougnoui w the war against the white me war against ine wmie w Russian forces, fighting by lO the side of her husband and ) was wounded several times. As a Cossack she was reputed to be the most dashing woman i rider In Russia. In one battle, VU uaron wrangle, soe was tw,ce eTerelv wounded, but . continued to fight until her horse was shot from under her. I S. EXPENSES FOR NEXT YEAR TO BE GREATER Budget Sent to Congress by Coolidge Calls for 160 - Millions Increase. SURPLUS TO BE LOWER Post Office Department .to Need Over 103 Millions More,. Vets Bureau 53 Million Boost. . - . . , ... -.J ' WASHINGTON. Dec. 9 The ex penditures of the federal govern ment for the coming fiscal year were estimated today by President Coolidge at $3.S.207.9J1, an In crease of $160,082,326 over the out lay for the current year. The bulk of the increase goes to the po.Un I service, which Is oper ating under a new achedule of wages and ratea. and to the veter ans bureau, to meet Increasing re- jqulrements of the soldier bonus. The post oMce department alone la alloted $103,808,148 more than dur ing the present year. The veterans' bureau gets an Increase or $53,265, 000. An estimate of $21,940,529 for enforcement of prohibition la con tained In the treasury allotment. President Coolidge Informed con gress In his annual budget message today that the minimum cost of running the government had been about reached, and that the nor mal expansion of a growing nation would henceforth Involve added ex penditure to keep the government machinery In motion. The budget estimates, transmit ted with the message, reflected the:Kers continuing efrorts at economy.. Mr. Coolidge said, adding that on the basis of the calculations a surplus of $.130,307,000 was Indicated for the fiscal year 1927. He expects a surplus of $262,041,756 for the yesr ending next June 30. The Revenue's Cycle. WASHINGTON. Dec. 8 The story of where the government's money comes from and where It i goes. In terms of the average dol lar, was told today In estimates for 1927 submitted by the budget bu reau as follows: Where It comes from: Income and profits tax 49.16 cents: mlscel lanenua Internal revenue 22.85 cents: customs revenue. 14 33 alt e. and for felt u re. M eems' PORTLAND, Ore.. Dec. S.-Lad ?ep.evmVm.,0on'rve..men. TnV?Lr cents; trust fund receipts 2.16 cents and other miscellaneous re- ceipts 3 99 cents Debt Interest Takes Most. tii i. n.i ,,it. of government 3 35 cents: national , defense 1633 cents: military pen sions, retirement pay. annuities? world war allowances and life In surance claims 16.55 cents: public works $ 60 cents: promotion, rcgn- sion and operation of marine transportation 1.88 rents: other civil functions T40 cents: refunds 9 41 cents: public debt n-tlrement from ordinary receipts 14 76 cents; Interest on public debt 22.75 cents and trust funds 6.4R cents. Labor Spends Little. Who spends It: legislative es- Mahltohment 0.46 cents: executive office o.-ol cent; veterans bnreau 10 S? cents: othr Independent es tablishments .1.61 cents: agricul ture 4 33 cents: commerce 0 86 cents: Interior 7 66 cents: Jnsllce f Including jnSlclal) 0 70 cents: la bor 0.26 cents: navy S5S cents: de flclecv In postal revenues 0 71 cents: state 0 47 cents: treasury 8 78 cents: public debt retirement 14.76 cents: Interest on nubile debt 22.76 cents: Investment of trust funds 160 cents: war. Including Panama Canal 194 cents; district of Columbia 1 04 cents. - PENALTIES TOO LIGHT FOR DRY BREAKERS Disproportionate to Those for Other Crimes, Says Dept. of Justice. WANTS THEM HEAVIER 753 Rum Vessels Captured, 39,000 Convictions in One Year Havana Supply Source. (AMocuted Ptn, Letitd Win.) -WASHINGTON, Dec. 9. Up wards of a score recommendations for strengthening the hand of the law were placed before President Coolidge and Congress today by Attorney General Sargent and his assistants in the annual report of the Department of Justice. Among other things. Mrs. Mabel Walker Willebrandt. the assistant attorney general in charge of pro hibition enforcement.- asked for heavier penalties (or prohibition taw violators, a general overhaul ing of the statutea dealing with rum smuggling, and an increase in legal and Judicial personnel to expedite the handling of liquor cases generally. Penalties Too Light. "The small penalties provided by the national prohibition act." wrote Mrs. Willebrandt. "are In creasingly deplored by United Sta tes Attoril'ys. Judges, and other officials charged with duties and conversant with conditions relat ing to law enforcement. They are disproportionate to the penalties Imposed for violation of other fed- fetal laws, and ab least for Illegal manufacture, sale, transportation, and Importations, acts receiving particular conatltutlonal condem nation, the penalties ahold : be much higher. ; Various phases of enforcement were discussed by Mrs. ille brandt, although she did not touch on the recent reorganization of the Treasury's enforcement staff. She declared that despite an insistent effort to expedite ac tion in prohibition cases, tbe num ber of such cases pending increas ed from 22,380 on June 30, 1924, to 25,334 on the same date In 1925. The number of criminal liquor cases terminated during thla twelve months period was 48,- 734. and included 39,072 convic tions. ftum Row Move Oiit. In her discussion of rum smug gling, the assistant attorney gen eral declared that Nassau. Baha ma Islands, had "lost some of its prominence as liquor-smuggling headquarters, and the port or Ha vana, Cuba, is probably now the main supply point on the Atlantic side for international liquor smug- The practical result of the new rum treaties, she said, naa been to move "Rum Row" further out from American shores. "During the fiscal year (end ing with last June) and for a reasonable period of time prior thereto, "she continued," It may he conservatively stated that over 300 foreign vessels have been en- gaged from time to time In tne the liquor-smuggling trade, and great majority of these vessels have been British.' AUTO STAGE SHEDS ARE NOT WANTED ON STATE HIGHWAY will not be limited on state high ways leading out of Portland. This action was taken by the state highway commission todsy after a long discussion. Highway - n'n" dvootv.d plc- Ing limits at this time, but It was decided not to take action at least until the test case In the federal courts here Is decided. The commission refused permis s!on for stsge companies to build sheds or depots on the right of way along the state highways. "If they want to build sheds, let them acquire land off the right of way.'' declared Commissioner W. II. Ma lone and his motion was carried. EXENOINE RESIGNS. fAanrbM tM LauH Wlr.) SPOKANE. Wash., Dee. . The resignation of A. A. Kxendlne as Mot b 1 1 coach at Washington Stste College will be accepted, Prcld"-it E. C. Holland Indicated In a state ment to the Chronicle's Olvmpla correspondent., life paper says to liar. "We want a man with a new svs tern of play." In-. Holland la ouo-"d as declaring, and disapproved nnv tmovement to secure the service of William H. (I,onestar Diet!, for mer coach st Washington 8tate. Count Salm to Ask Courts for Son He Has Never Seen; Wife's Response Is Shoulder and Cigarette Movement (Aswcuted Fresi Usatj wus.) . j The count has never seen his NEW YORK. Dec. 9. Saying his year-old son. wife had been "heartless" In not ; . letting blm see their baby, Count VIENNA, Austria, Dec. 9 It now Ludwlg Salin Von Hoogstraeten, i 1" doubtful whether Count Ludwig plana to sue her (or separation on Kalm-Hoogstraeten, husband of the grounds of desertion. He eeets -Mllllceut Rogers, will be permitted "the protection of the American taln to represent Austria in inter courts" and the custody of the ba- national lawn tennis, in vlew'of the by, feelings of the American Davis Cup "il ".?rLyLa"n.TfsVl:r.T,are! drawing up papers for the suit. At Palm Beach, where the for- mer Wllllcent Rogers went with her son and her parents, Mr. and Mrs, H. H. Rogers. Just before her till- ed husband's arrival from Europe a aao. " i-ouiuc.s w rleh team here last summer, ing cards and puffing a monogram-, New, of tne (lndng nag panful med cigarette when informed of y effected Viennese society and the suit. resentment Is expressed over the She Bhrugged her shoulders, flip- count's conduct. His constant ap ped ashes from her cigarette and pern, from the umpire's rulings are aid: , held responsible for casting a slur "I have nothing to say. on the nailon's sportsmanship. Count Salm was In his shirt . t sleeves in his lawyer's office read-, Salm-HoogHtraeten's eccentrlcl Ing a pile of letters when his state- ties on the tennis court have been ment waa made public. , ,s topic of conversation among The atatement said that on his , lavHr, end followers of the same arrival In New York the count sent hls wire a telegram asking tnat ne'mg (he Austria-Ireland Davis cup be permuted to see the baby In I tie wus such as to draw an official New York. The teiegtam said hepr0Bgt ttom ,ne opposing team, regarded her conduct as heartless. . Captain Rrroope of the Irish Her lawyers answered, he ses toami complained that the count forth, that It was necessary to repeatedly questioned decisions of keep the Infant in the south during the umpire and caused Interrup the winter. "His purpose." tthe statement adds. "Is to establish that he has been abandoned by his wife with- out Justification and that he Is en - titled to the custody or Ms Inranl from the 1925 competition, son. Count Salm is fullv eon-1 The count so nettled Zuxsane vlnced that the affection which his Tngdon during her eialt to Vlen wlfe had for him has been allenat-!na In October that she left a dou ed and that she now joins with heretics game In which they were advisers In rendering his efforts to partners. Salm-Hoogstraeten was see his rhlld uncomfortable and miming an Inordinate number of difficult." , shots and the French girl tinder Unless the countess Indicates at-; took to play both sides of the torneys In New York to accent ,court. The count began criticizing service, the count will ask Dermis- her play and continued hla com slon of the supreme court to serve (menls until she threw down her notice of the suit by publication racquet and walked off amid sym In Florida. nathetlc applause. :'J EKTI Trust Mortgage Given as Security for Million and Half Dollar Bond Issue. A trust mortgage given by the Roach Timber company to the -Muscatine State Hank and E. 1.. Colm, of Muacatfne, Iowa, and in volving the holdings of that com pany in Douglaa and Lane coun ties was prevented to the county clerk here today to be recorded. The mortgage was given as secur ity on a bond issue in the sum or $1,600,000 Bad places in trust the many thousand acres of tim ber owned by the Roach company I in the two counties. The bonds are to be issued In three installments, the flrxt. sn siuie of $.100,000 being payable on January 1, 1931, the second of $400,000 being due on January 1, 1932. and the third of $800,000 being payable in 1 9:1.1. The mortgage Is one or the largest to be recorded with the county clerk In recent years. The descriptions cover 4 9 closely type written psges. The Instrument bore $750 In revenue stsmps snd the recording fee was $46. (AanrUtnl Pm tsad WlrO ALBANY, Ore.. Dec. . A psr- tlal check of valuables missing in the robbery of the Shedd Hank early yesterday morning slums that i.t.ooo In Liberty bonds and $125 In rah from a box containing postofflrr funds are missing. At flm the bandits were be lieved to be professional rrscks- nen. but Sheriff Richards dlrnv. erco that nitroglycerin had b- n milled in manv places, showing In ability to handle the exolosive. The tOfiU which the robbers look 'rom the Hnlhert Garage at Al bany when they stole a car belotig 'ng to S. V. Smith were left at Shedd, but lhe car has not ben found. On November 29. 1924. this bank was victimized hr four youths, who held up the eaihler and temporarily : escaped with a large amount of. now serving time In the state pn- now aenrlne time In th estate nen- Itentlary. Tbe fourth waa paroled, " cmme went on record this week as unanimously approv ing - the recommendations of tbe Europe xone committee, censuring lhe ,ctlons and commenta of Salm- Hoomtrai.i.n whll. nlsvlmr in the rjavu Cup matches against the for ,ome tme, but his attitude dur- tions ghirh created considerable 'mirth and feeling among the spec- tstors." The count defeated both Srroooe and Veldon. his victory 'over the latter eliminating Ireland C-.n. LUMBERMAN. Began Business Career in Minnesota and Gradually Extended Operations to Pacific Coast. BERKELEY, Cal.. Dec. 9. C. A. Smith. 73. president of the Coos Hay Lumber Company and one of the most prominent lum ber men In the west, died today at hla home here. Mr. Smith came to San Fran cisco from Marshfield. Ore., In 1907. He waa former head or the ('.. A. Smith Lumber Company. Prevloua to coming to Otegon,.he engaged in the lumber trade In Minneapolis. Charles A Smith made a name for himself la the business and civil history of three states. He was associated with John S. Pills bury, lormer governor of Minne sota, In a hardware business at Herman In that slate before com ing to the west, lie also served for a time as a regent of the Uni versity of Minnesota and was a Republican presidential elector from that state In 1896. Smith attended the University of Minnesota for two years, having been aided in the expense nl bis schooling hy Plllsbury, who was then governor. He ntoved to this coast In 1 884 and acquired a red wood grove In Humbolt county. California. Ho later acquired lumber properties In southern Oregon and htillt a large mill at Marehfleld. Expanding his Cali fornia properties, he built one of the most complete lumber mills in the world at Siilaun In 108. Smith served a term as vice president of the atlonal Lumber men Association and was an of ficer In the general council of the Lutheran church. He Is survived by his widow, Mrs. Johsnns Smith, two sons. Vernon A., and Carroll W. Smith, and three daughters. Mrs. Frederick A. Wsr ner. Mrs. Fdwsrd Everls and Mrs. Phillip Rndgers. Mrs. Itortgers resides In Honolulu. The office of the Slate Indus trial Accident Commission, which Km been lor-steit tn this cltv for . numlwr of months, has been moved to Coqullle. according to an announcement made by P. It. Walker, district representative. who Is In charge of the office. Mr. Walker Is the sudltor and re preentatlve for the commission In the four counties of Coos, Cur ry, Douglas and Josephine. Be cause of the great amount of work neceslated hy the small logging ramps In Coos and Curry conn lies, and the many mines In the latter county. It was found more economical to make the bearinuarters at Contlllle. Mr. Wal- kar states. TRAGEDY MARKS DAY IN REGION OF COAL STRIKE Company's Truck Driver Hits Crowd, Crushing . Woman to Death. ONE BADLY HURT Driver Himself Has Broken Legs Crash Alleged -Due to Stoning by Mob of Miners. (AaorUM Pre Uaaxl Win.) PITTSBURGH, Pa., Dec. . P. T. Fagan, district president of the United Mine Workers, waa in con ference today with members of the family of Mrs. George Tlmko, who waa crushed to death by a aupply truck near Montour Mine No. 10. of the Pittsburg Coal company late yesterday. Claiming that the woman, s number of men and women atand Ing along the roadway leading to the mine, met death when Frank Flora, driver of the truck, steered his machine Into the crowd, Fagan aald that In event the woman'a rel atives agreed he would lodge crim inal charges against Flora. Officials of the' coal company and Sheriff Robert Woodslde as serted that the driver lost control of the truck when he was atoned by members of the crowd. While county authorities contin ued their investigation of the kill ing, the coroner's office announced that no Inquest would be held un til Flora, whose legs were broken. hsd been discharged from the hos pital.-' ' ' , Mrs. Susie Bexekr. Injured when the truck left the road, remained In a critical condition today. Hos pital officials said her recovery was doubtful. Mrs. Tlmko. according to Fagan, is the wife of a union miner who hsd rerused to work for the Pltta burg Coal company when It re sumed operations a month ago un der the 1917 wage scale. She waa the mother of 11 children. PITT8HUHOH, Pa.Dec. 9 Au thoritiea of Allegheny and Wash ington counties today are Investi gating two occurrences In open shop mining camps of the Pitts burgh Coal Company, near here, last night, one of which resulted In a womsn being crushed to desth under a truck, and the other an explosion which wrecked the dwelling of a miner. In the latter instance the miner and bis family of five escaped unhurt. - Contradictory claims were put forth by coal company officials and Sherlfr (I. R. Woodsldo of Allegheny county on one side and the United Mine Workers on the fit her . The truck ploughed Into a group of persons, csuslng the death of Mrs. George Tlmko, 44. and lhe Injury of another woman a deputy sheriff and the truck driver. The contention of the mine co.npany spokeman Is that as the commissary truck neared a group of persons gathered near Montour No. 10 mine at Liberty, the dri ver waa attacked, atones being hurled at the truck, one of which shattered the windshield, causing him to loose control of the vehicle. P. T. Fagan. president of dls trlct No. h at the union, charged that the "driver deliberately drove Into the crowd." while traveling at a high rate of speed. Kagan alro said that that following the acci dent deputy sheriffs sent from the mine, three quarters or a milo uarnv fired "fifteen or twenty shots and used tear bombs to dis perse the crowd. Sherirr Woodsldo dented tnat his deputies, either discharged their guns or used tear gas. The explosion took place at Midland mine, near Canonsburg Wellington county. The wreck ed house, a company statement said, had been occupied by the family of a union miner, who hsd not been employed at the mine since It resumed operations umLir the 1917 wage scale. INDIAN ADMITS KILLING WIFE IN DRUNKEN FIGHT (Aanrtelod prns lunl Wirt.) ABERDEEN, Wash.. Dec. . iJames Chapman, an Indian, today admitted, police aald, to having slain his wife also an Indian, whose body waa found In their room In a local hotel. Her throat had been cut with safety razor blade. Chapman told Pollre Chief Allen that his wife attacked him with a razor blade and that he had to kill i her In self defense. The pair was under the Influence of liquor at the time. It la charged. They have been arrested here several times. Wife wins every checker game so HE KILLS' HIMSELF' Aaocatl frcst Jurd Wirr.) 4 PITTSBURGH, Dec. I. Ina- blllty to defeat his wife at checkers caused the suicide of William Kanler of Homestead, according to reports to the coroner. ,.- Kahler and hla wife, played checkera for two hours last 4 night. The husband lost each time. Mrs. Kahler aald her w husband threw the checker board to the floor, went Into the bath room and locked the door. She summoned neigh- bora and they found the man had hanged himself. . KLAMATH LEADS DRY LAW FINES Revenue for Three Months $7,488; Umatilla Next, Washington Third. MULTNOMAH FOURTH State Prohibition Bureau Gives General Fund 50 Per Cent, Pays Own Bills Besides. SALEM, Ore.. Dec. S. The four Oregon countlea that are moat productive of flnea under prohibi tion law enforcement are Klamath Multnomah, Umatilla and Wash ington, according to atatement prepared by William 8. Levens, stale prohibition ' couitnlssloner. That efforts to enforce the law In these counties have brought re-. suits la Indicated In a report cov ering the mnntha of August,' Sep tember and October, showing the flnea assessed and amounts actu ally collected each month. The total amounts aaaessed and collected for the three months In each of lhe four countlea were: Klamath assessed 19233. 50; collected $7488.60. Multnomah assessed ,3si collected, t:i778.00. Umatilla assessed, iiazo; collected 15444.60. Washington assessed, $3700; collected. $4090. That more was collected than assessed In Umatilla county I due to some collections applying to. fines assessed prior to August. To the county figures, aaya the report, should be added the state ment that the prohibition depart ment has turned over to the county gentral funds through the county treasurers the following amounts: September, $1188.20; October. $1023.06; November, $1,099.45. Ihireaia HiMf-Hupuortliig. "From the fact," aaya the re port, 'lhat the full quota due the slate of Oregon prohibition depart ment having been paid 60 percent of the flnea now goes to the gen eral fund of the counllea Instead of the alate, "After making the above pay ments, there still renin I lis In the hands of Hurt K. Hawkins, sheriff or Klamath county, the sum of $1294. o;i as hla portion of the prohibition fund, and the sum of $?'720.3:i In the hands of K. I.. Klllott. district attorney, as his portion of said fund. The district attorney's ofrice has been meeting law enforcement division, and the practically all the expenses of the expenses for the month of Novem ber, which should be deducted from the above, will amount to approximately $700." , BASEBALL MAGNATE GETS SALARY BOOST NEW YORK. Dec. S. Ilancroft I). Johnson, president of the American Ij sgue, was given a sal ary IncrcaK of $10,000 today at the meeting of the league official. Ills yearly psy was raised from $30,000 to $40,000 and hla contract which would have terminated In 1930 waa extended In 1935. The league officials voted against any change In the pitching rules which would permit the use of pvdn hy pitchers and Instructed Its schedule committee to vole against the National league's aug gentlon to play Intersections! games on holldsy dates. The new board of directors In cludes Philip D. C. flail of Kt. Louis: E. 8. Barnard of Cleveland: Jacob tiuppcrt of New Vork and J. A. Robert Qulnn of lloslnn. TKTAK rOMVlCTia. Kxt-M'V,. HOrsTON. Te Iter. Klv convicts on the pin Ridge slat prl-on farm her overpowered two guards at :i:ao Way ana escapea in a touring car, taking the guards wllh them. AS PRODUCER OF PARLEY GRI3 AWAY AT PLAfJS England and Franca TryinJ to Reach Agreement on , Naml Policiet. l MUTUAL AID PLEDGtD Protection Weaker Nations to Be Guaranteed U. S. Attitude Regarded as Unfavorable, i f GENEVA. Dec. 1. England sod France today reached aa - accord concerning study of th problem of mutual assistance In war time la connection with the preparation for tne international dlfarmamea con ference. ' After a secret meeting of this League of Natloaa council, K. Paul-RoBronr of Franc announced that Foreign Minister Barnes ot i-aerno-Hiovaxia naa sees appoint ed to draft a formula covering tba question which divided th British and French. He explained that the study et the mutual assistance would -be more flexible than originally , pro- posea oy ine rrencn tnus inuaaa Ing that compromise had bee reached. The Impression la growing that' England favors separation of th study of land and naval disarma ments, keeping the road open fop a possible second naval coafereace In Washington while Franc con tinues tn regard the problema a Inseparable. A summary printed here ot President Coolidge's congressional -messsge - raniaed the latpreaalon ini in,- tt i i,,iiiij piinraimvi wm . averse tn the disarmament confer ence la- (leneva. -.--- a-ive Point Agreed On. . .. The texts' of five questions t he submitted to the various - govern ments. Including the United States, nrellmlnary In convocation ot lhe International conference for control of the private manufacture1- 'f arms, were agreea upon ny ins council today. ' earb government aa to the nature and extent of th "grave object lions" o the private manufacture of arms mentioned fa th league covenant. -The others ask whether the country's constitution present ob stacles to the- conclusion of an In ternatlnnal agreement regarding private men and If so their nature. Information Is also- request as to whst Internal administrative" or executive measures exist onl Ilh subiect. The French spokesman aalsV an accord virtually had been reached) whereby efforta wonld be made 1 define the precis stipulations fit article XVI of the league covenant relating to the economic blockade of sn aggreesor nation. - i1 Tbe disarmament commissi sir so would undertake studlea IS cons nectlon wllh article XVI on th fh dnslrlsl capacity of the various countries, so that the weaker could count on the assistance of great In dustrial atatea. ' ,, INTO PEACE fi'EET BPRINCi FIELD, tTf.. Dec. I. Peace conferees attending th Illi nois International (lood Will Con ference were recovering this morn ing from tne almost warns en counter last night with Lieutenant Colonel E. Barnes, who drew cries of "throw him out," when he told a story of Jane Addams, atyllng her "th old Jane." . k ' Ijist night' session made the conferees uncomfortable from th start and when the story of "the old Jane" startled them, several Chicago women openly demanded an aimlngy and several other left the room. Colonel Barnes refused to ntiologlze. He cbaracterlied peace and dis armament talk aa "foolish prattle.' asserting that "until tbe European: lion becomes a vegetarian. I do aof propose that my country shall play the part of the lamb." President John H. Walker of th lllliiola Federation of Labor, On of the first speakers at this morn ing's session, took Issue with th Colonel. "There la Just sa much reason." he said, "for permitting Individuals who have disputes to murder over them aa there la to permit nations to murder earb oth er when there Is S dispute bet wee them.