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Newspaper Page TextALL THE 1.1.731 BYsr ASSOCIATED T2Z leasld witjs crv:: c(dOU NTY )a Consolidates of The Evening News ans Jht Roetbursj Rsvltw An Independent Newspaper, Publishes) for tht Bast Interests nf tht People. RAIN TONIGHT VOL. XXVI NO. 337 OF 'EBURQ REVIEW ROSEBURC OREGON. TUESDAY. DECEMBER 22. 1925. VOL. XIII NO. U OF THE EVENINO NEW Mm s trirUnUtnn VOLSTEAD Li WILL NOT HALT fiOUSe Votet Millions Atked by Treasury Department to Continue Work. HOT DEBATE STAGED Opponents Fail in Attempt to Restrict Practices ' ; of Agents in Quest of Evidence, (AmeUted Prtai Uutd Win.) WASHINGTON. Dec. 22. After sharp debate, during which present methods we're alternately assailed and defended, the house today ap proved the appropriations in the treasury bill tor prohibition en forcement for the next year. A move led by Representative Tucker, Democrat, Virginia, an avowed dry, to place certain con ditions about an appropriation of $250,000 for the procurement" of evidence was defeated 13$ to 17. It would have stipulated that "fraud, deceit or falsehood." should not be used In obtaining evidence. Although a fire of criticism waa directed by a number of wet mem bers at other appropriations, all were retained. Milliona Are Voted. Besides the 1250.000 appropria tion, other Items approved Included 124.213.000 for the coast guard, which Is an Increase of $3,615,000 over current funds, to permit an addition of 1.580 men to the en Hated personnel and to maintain , the present fleet combatting liquor ' smuggling; a direct appropriation for dry law enforcement of $9,306, 000, and the sum of $50,000 for posters displaying Information on enforcement work. As opponents to Tucker's pro posal arose. Representative Blan ton. Democrat, Texas, gave a loud cheer 'and the drys applauded. Wayne B. Wheeler of the antl snlnnn league watched from the gallery. Although a drv. Tucker said he ' realized some things done In en forcing the law did more harm than good. Agents Methods Scored. He referred particularly to the case In which a prohibition agent spent nearly $1,000, partly for pur chase of liquor In securing evi dence against two employes at the Mavflower hotel here. "Such things are happening In very community of the country. It Isn't right. It hasn't an Amer ican tinge to It. "Philosophers and ministers are wondering what has happened to (Continued on page 6 ) Today is Shortest of. Year; Winter Solstice Occurs at 12:37 a. m.; Weather Mild The winter solstice Is over. That annual event occurred this morning at 12:37 o'clock, quietly and with- out ostentation, unslgnalled ' and unheralded. neglected and un-.for known. The winter solstice Is that: .time In the peregrination of the I tipsy old world when It reaches, the furthermost waypolnt on its gets all fed up and well clothed itinerary. In other worda the win-i she'll go off on another spree, just ter solstice occurs when the old girl the same as she has been doing for In her dizzy gyrations around her ! millions of years, hot papa gets her northern extretnl-1 So far, however, she has done ties furtherest away from the. cen-1 pretty well. During 1925 she has ter of her attraction. . i managed to keep at least one por- The esrth for a good many mil- "on of her body, the I'mpqoa Val llon yeara has followed the course I ley. Pretty warm. On the 15th of which has recently been adopted ! December the coldest day waa ex by the latter day moderns, those perlenced when the mercury went bootleg flappers with the counter- j down to SI degrees. That Is the felt label. I only day below the freeilng point In the spring she works old j 'or the whole year thua far. Mother Nature for a new dress. la rainfall aha hu i been quite ni. .11 riiii t.n t.,.t. . . ! gentle, and at present Is slightly smile and starts stepping out In albe,ow norm' "S' but "i few months she gets sll het up, r . ' starts practicing the Charleston, . average mark. . much to the disgust of the people I A R"'burg woman, who Is a In Santa Barbara, Montana and I Tet,"ow" lo"r- "ho h. a other suburbs of Los Angeles, and ; magnlflclent garden went out In- becomes pretty much ot a warm!'? 'i ' "V. . k.k .picked flowers of 2 different ""J v i i nen sne puts on a lot of giaa rags of which she soon gets tired. so she sheds the most of her ral- rnent. like the rest of the flappers auu ..nun. " " ' " ""'i psps a prodigal aaugaier. Along about Christmas time, bore two crops this year, and al every year she decide she hss i together the fsll has been one of hsd enough of the wayward life, the mildest and most open known and decides to be a good girl and in recent years, m hack home, snd at 12:27 thia Th writer nt tIW iImh will now . - . , . , I - - morning she hslted in her journey retire to the woodshed and pound and turned her face hack, but It; vigorously on wood for the ensuing will be a long, cold day before ebejflfteen minutes. fAV BOOTBLACK IN I Life-. V VRCOTIC DRAGNET I Win.) .dATH FALLS, Or., if. Arrest of two men hev nlKht la declared 1y fed- eral operatlvea to have bro- ken one of the moat ' air- tight" narcotic rlnga In the nortbweat. Those arretted are Dr. R. B. Craver. local physician, and Walter Davis, negro bootblack. Davis con- teased, officers say. Both before U. 8. Commissioner Bert Thomas, charged with violation of the Harrison Mar- cotlc laws. According to the operatives C raver has been the main source of supply for dozene w here. Meeting Held at Sutherlin and Officers Elected; Information to Be Given Growers. The Douglas County Mint Gro era Association, an organisation composed of the peppermint grow ers of the county, was formed Sat urday night at a meeting held at Sutherlin. A. C. Brown, one of the pioneer mint growers of the coun ty, waa elected president, B. W. Cooney. Tice-presldent and Will J. Hayner, secretary. The organisation Is to be merely a aervlce group, formed largely lor the purpose of aiding the growers in matters of production. It is the plan to have the organisation ob tain information from other places where mint la grown, giving the growers ldeaa for weed control, better methods of growing and handling; their oron. etc. ... During the summer It is planned to hold several field demonstra tions, when growers will go Into the mint fields and see actual work done under expert supervision. Present indications are that there will be more than 300 acres of mint grown In the county this year. Three .commercial stills are to be Installed and operated near Sutherlin. County Agent Cooney, who is vice-president of the association, is In charge of the task of dis seminating the Information. He is anxioua to obtain the names and addresses of all mint growers In the county. He has the names of al who attended the meeting, there being growers from Sutherlin, Look lng Glass, Dlllard, Roseburg and many other points present There are some, however, who did not at tend, and he la requesting that all these, who desire to have their names placed on the mailing list for information concerning mint growing, notify him at once of I their present address. I gets there, In her remorse today was her darkest hour the shortest day of j the year. Now she la preparing her New Year resolutions and will soon be on ber way back to! the joy time. But like all the rest of the mortals, about the time she I ,.! k T . 1 out of doors. u.. . w.h. thmnrh. out ,h. clty m BOW bearing bloom, Many .trawberry growers nt(1 .trawberrles for Thanksgiving and some berries are to be seen even now. Several early sear trees CHRISTMASTO BE OBSERVED By CHURCHES Special Programs to B Offered Wednesday and Thursday Nights. ' ELKS SHOW THURSDAY All Children of County In vited to Be Guests of LodgeTreats for the Youngsters. '" With the Christmas season welt at hand much thought Is being given the programs, entertain ments and celebrations which mark that sacred joyous day. On I every hand one sees evidences of Uie preparations being made, in the homes. In the schools. In the churches, business bouses, hotels. snd public places one finda gaily decorated trees, festoons, brilliant lights, wreaths, bells, and other symbols of the Christmas season. Many activities are , planned to mark the day. For the community the Elks are presenting a free show on Thurs day afternoon for all the children of the county. This show, starting at 3 o'clock, will be held at the Antlers theatre and a program con sisting of a special feature film and two good comedies will be of fered. A treat of candy and fruit will be given all who attend. The program Is for all children under 14 years of age, and the Elks de sire that It be understood that all children in the county, - and not lust Roseburg children alone, are Invited. ..... On Christmas eve groups of carol singers will visit the shut-Ins, the Institutions, and will also sing on the streets. Camp Fire girls, and groups from the churches are act ing Individually In this activity. Many public entertainments are being given by civic organizations; and lodges and fraternal orders are holding social meetings for their member and families. The churches of the city are making elaborate preparations for the observance of the day. Many of them are holding their programs on Thursday, Christmas eve. The Sunday school of the Pres byterisn church will give Its pro gram In the church on Wednesday, evening at 7:30. the program being under the direction of Mesdamea Roberta and Hamm. The children have beenworkingon thia enter tainment, and It promises to be good. The general public is Invited. The program is as follows: Christmas carols, by the Olrla' ohorus ''God Rest You Merry Gentlemen:" vWe Three Men of Orient Are": "The First Noel." Christmas Lesson, Rev. McCullagh. Exercises by .Primary Class: "Lu ther's Cradle Hymn": "O, Little Town of Bethlehem." Christmas Son by Betty Shoe maker. " ' 'f j Recitation by Helen Newland. Cradle song, by Helen, Alleen and Nadlne Plnkerton. Recitation by Harold Hall. Whistling solo by El'low May Wil son. Tsbleaux "The Light of Men", by all departments. Esch class of the school wilt pre- sent gifts to be used In benevolent work. The prnrrams of the Baptist, Methodist Episcopal, and Metho dist church south, will be held on Thursday evening. The Baptist church la presenting an original Christmas play. "Chrlst mss In Joyville Junction." written and coached by Miss Bltney, a fac ulty member of the Roseburg high school. The prlmsry classes, un der the direction of Mrs. Clayte Osborne and Miss Beulsh Jarvla will apnear In several exercises. Santa Claus will be present to dis tribute trests to the children. The Methodist church south. Is to present a cantata, "Slumber land," In which many of the child ren and adults of the Bible school will appear. This will be a charm ing exercise and will be followed by the distribution of treats for the youngsters. The Methodist Episcopal church will offer a vailed program given bv the children of the Sunday i action!, preceded by a concert by I "lng, was the prevailing govern the newly formed orchestra under snent, Gradually, he said the spirit the direction of H. A. Canaday. There will be a Christmas tree from which Santa Clans will dis tribute sifts to the children. The Christian church gave out Its Christmas treat to the children on last Sunday. Ttie program will be given on next Sunday evening. In the form of a cantata - written i ,u iup mm iu m m , u i.i. wriiinn 'by Dr. Moon, sonerlntendent of the school, who Is being aided In the j (Continued on pact S) Non-Stop Airpkns North Pole, Backed by Henry Ford, Plan Awaiting Federal Sanction (AssKktea nm tassel Whs.) I NEW YORK. Dec. 22. A non stop airplane flight across the North Pole, possibly backed by Henry Ford, la now In prospect, according to reports current here.. rental suiistantlatlon of tlx report is contained In admission1 by McCook Field authorities at Dayton, Ohio, that two of the best known fliers In the army bad been InvHed to pilot a plane from Point Barrow, Alaska, to Spits bergen, across the top of , the world. i Vilhjalmur Stefaaaon, the noted Arctle explorer. Is said to be the moving spirit of the expedition, bleb It Is thought will leave next April or May. Those associated! with him are George H. Wllklna, English explorer, veteran of two South Pole dashes and 8tefanson's companion on previous expedi tions; Doctor Isaiah Bowman, di rector of the American Geograph ical Society, and Malcolm Alex ander Smith, 67-year old Alaskan prospector and explorer. Wllklna and 8mlth have gone to Detroit to see Mr. Ford. Lieutenants John A. MacReady and James H. Doolittle of Mc Cook Field have been Invited to go on the polar trip. It Is under- il.-: BREAKffsGTKE LAVo SAYSJUDGEGQSKu.V Also Excels in MakingThem Until Average Citizen r Obeys Only Those He Prefers to Obey. 8ALEM. Ore., Dee. 22. "We ex cel the world In law making and law breaking," Judge O. P. Coabow. ui mo urvgon sisie supreme oourx, in .u Buuraa oviors Oe Salem chamber of commerce tieffc this noon. "Our laws have - be come so numerous, dealing with man and beast in every possible situation, that the average citisen haa given up bone of obeying them ' om ,h.OM whl?5 meet with hla personal approval The practice. Judge Coehow de clared, la extremely dangerous .In any government. i : "If a law ia bad." he sadl, "It ought to be repealed by enforce ment, not by non-observance." Comparing the system of law enforcement used In, this country with that In England, the spesker stated "In England punishment for crime is meted out with the Idea In view of deterring the public from committing the Crimea. In thia country the sob sisters, with their maudlin sentiment, have come to wield such an Influence that the purpose of 'punishment' is to reform the criminal and let the public be damned. "We may well learn some court practices from England. America excels the world In many things, but we have no monopoly on wis dom." For years the tendency of legis lation in this country, the judge declared, has been to protect the criminal when brought up to trial rather than to protect society by making It easy to ascertain wheth er or not the defendant la guilty. in ocotiana," ne said, "If a de fendant wants to plea an alibi, or self defense, or Insanity, he must give due notice that such ia to be hla plea. Then It la possible for the state to Investigate and see wheth er the defendant really was where ne pretends to have been, or did what he pretended to -do. Wbv should It not be the same In this countryT Here the state la kept In the dark until the time of trial." TDere were 11.000 homicides In the United 8tatea In the year 1924, the apeaker declared. "Thia Is twice the number In Italy, the home of the black hand, and nine times the number In England, dur ing the same period. There were S murders In Chicago, a city of 2.000,000 Inhabitants, during the year enough for one earn dsv and seversl extra for the holidays. The city of Philadelphia had 50 more murders during the year than did the entire Dominion of Canada. "Why should there he an much difference? Human nature Is largely the same the world over." The great trouble. Judge Coshow declared, Is that the great nen- dulum of governmental affairs has swung from one extreme to the other." At one time the mnn- archy, with Its bigoted, autocratic of freedom asserted itself, nntll people have assumed to themselves too much personal liberty and lit tle or no regard for constituted au thority." The speaker was Intel-ranted hr appiause at seversl points address. in his Roy Mathews, of Ollde, waa a bualneas visitor In Roseburg yester day, spending the afternoon here. Flight Across stood they have been asked to visit Detroit to give their opinion of the feasibility of the propose j Might. They regard the flight as practical and would like to under take It. Lieutenant MacReady with Li- leutenant Oakley O. Kelly made the first transcontinental airplane flight of a few years ago. Lieute nant Doolittle holds several air records and won the recent Schnei der cup race at Baltimore. . The proposed route la 1,425 miles 800 miles from Point Bar row to the Pole, and 626 miles jover the tip pf the globe to Spits enbergen on the other side. WASHINGTON. Dec 32. A pro ject for a polar flight has been pre sented to the war department by William D. Mayo, chief engineer for Henry Ford, but officials have decided congressional authority would be necessary for government participation. - Mayo discussed with both Secre tary Davis and Major General Mason Patrick, chief of the army air service, auggestlng the army should lend flying equipment and personnel. The question was re ferred to the legal bureau result- lng In an adverse opinion. UES TO SMI CODE OF HIS KLAI, " St ' Trapped After 5 Failures, He Battles Posse and ' Receives Wounds of Fatal Nature. - (AsnetaUd tnm Laued Win.) PIKEVILLE. Ky.. Dec. 22. In I the rocky fastness of Pike county. Willie Fleming, mountaineer and nonntata "bad man.".. Is fighting probably nil last fight and against odds death being his toe. Fleming, the descendant of a line of picturesque feudal moun taineers, has lived by fighting and apparently he will die by flghltng -die at the banda of the law he ao long evaded. Five times posses sought to cap-' ture him alive and five times they failed, but yesterday. In the gray neaa of the early dawn, he was trapped In hla mother's home, deep in the mountains of Pike county and not far from the line that divides Pike county from Min go county of West Virginia. Sheriff J. M. Johnson of Pike' county and a posse of 10 had searched through the night for the mountaineer to capture him and bring him here to answer to Indict ments charging murder and viola tion of the prohibition laws. - . They surrounded him In his hid ing place, at his mother's home, and railed on him to surrender, but no Fleming surrenders. It Is said. They are taken fighting. An ex change of shots followed and when the posse ceaaed filing, Willie Fleming lay on the floor of his mother's mountain home, critically wounded. , The sheriff's posse Improvised a stretcher of a door and a blanket and bore him down the mountain road to the home of hla brother, John Fleming, situated on the bank of Long Fork of Shelby creek. where since childhood he had roamed and lived by the mountain law. Physicians who examined the 'wounded' man said there waa no hope for bis recovery. CHANGE IS MADE IN PROSECUTORS STATE OF MONTANA (AjaodaM tM Ummi Wtn.1 WASHINGTON. Dec. 22 At the request of Senators Wslsh and Wheeler the senste todsy did the unusual by confirming Immediately the nomination of Wellington D. Rankin to be federal district attor ney for the atate of Montana. No explanation waa made for the change, although Information reaching here haa been that Mr. Slattery was meeting some local oppnaltkin In Montana. Mr. Rankin I a brother of Mlsa Jeannette Rankin, the first woman to be elected to congress. WASHINGTON Dec. 22. Well ington D. Rankin was nominated today to be United Stalea rilstrirt attorney for the Montana district, succeeding John L. Slattery, who prosecuted Senator Burton K. Wheeler In Montana and whose term has expired. HYMAN HUNTLEY ORDERED TO PAY WIFE $100 IN SUIT MEDFORD. Onv. Pec 21 A court order signed Monday ill reels Hyman Huntley, acquitted ut I list degree murder last month, lo nay .his wife 1100 for attorney's fees In her divorce action. Huntley was accused 1( alaylnr J-aae James Glbbs. In a ausrrrl rvir his alleged attentions to Mrs. Huntit-y last September Ij this cltv. MOUSEY, riOTEO PUBLISHER, IS DEAD, AGED 72 Entered New York City in 1882 With $40; Leaves World Millionaire. ARGOSY 1ST VENTURE Acquired Many Magazines, Consolidated Three of Biggest Newspapers ' of Metropolis. (Aauekted Prm Uut Win.) NEW YORK, Dec. 22. Frank A. Munaey, newapaper publisher, died thia morning from peritonitis which developed after an operation for appendlcltia. He was 72 years old. Frank Andrew Munsey wss 21 years old and a telegraph operator when be arrived In New York one cold, bleak day In the winter ot 1862. He had come down to the metropolis from Maine, bringing all his property with him. It con sisted ot a grip-full of manuscripts. the clothes he had on, and 640 in cash. He was going to start a pub lishing bualness. Seeking a focussing point for what he felt certain, even at that time, would one day be a great enterprise, he engaged a little room tor an office, bought an eight dollar table and a couple of cheap kitchen chairs, some pens and a bottle of ink. and the $40 was sone. Frank Munsey waa broke In the world's greatest city, where even the mighty must fight to hang on With all his troubles ahead of him, he started to work, and two months later appeared the' first number of the Argosy Msgazlne then an Illustrated weekly paper of elaht pages for boys and girls, Horatio Alger, Jr., waa one of the contributors. This wss the begin ning of a struggle which has had few If any parallels In the publish ing world. Forty years later, after one of the most remarkable demonstra tions of hewing success out of failure ever aeen In that particular bustneas, Frank Andrew Munaey hsd become one of the" foremost publishers In the United Ststes. numbering his newspapers and tna gaxlnes by the acore and his wealth hv the milliona. It had been a fight every atep of the way, and not once did luck lend a hand with the burden. Hla moat notable achievement In the newspaper field came In February. 1920, when he acquired the New York Herald, one of the oldest newspapers in the country, and merged with It the New York Sun, the Herald's senior by two yeara, which Mr. Mttnsey had pur chased In 1916 and consolidated with the New York Press. The elder James flordon Bennett had founded the Herald, and Charlea A. Dana developed the Sun. The merged publication was called The Sun and The New York Herald for time, and then changed simply ' Herald. At the same time the Evening Sun, another Munsey newspaper, was changed to the Sun. Coolldge Gives Prslse, WASHINGTON. lv?c. 2?.-President Conlldge paid tribute to Frank A. Munaey. publisher of the New York Sun, whose death occur red today. In a telegram to William T. Dewart, general manager of the Sun. "The death of Frank Munaey. haa taken one of the outstanding pub lishers of our . time," he said. "Through energy snd an Indomit able will to succeed, typical of our true American spirit, he conquered all obstacles. As an editor he reached a position of Influence In the country. Hla auppoit of meas ures appealing to his Judgment waa strong snd unfaltering. "Mr. Munsey waa a member of hhe commission appointed hy me to arrange for the celebration of the 20(ii h anniversary of the birth of George Washington. The swift ness of his passing hss been the more of a shock for very recently he waa a guest at the cabinet din ner." MME. SCHUMANN. HEINK CUES PORTLAND PRODUCER PORTLAND. Ore.. Dec. 22 Mme. Hrhumsnn Helnk, singer, to dsy filed suit In the stile circuit court here against J. J Fleming, a nioilrn picture producer, to rwr HhOon which she claim ah ad vsnrfd to aid him In producing nine five-reel plcturea. The con fleet for the ;-rnductlonk was de-.-la-ii" to have been made l,i Phi. a le.nhla In November. 121. Ferdinand Schumann ltclnk, son of 'h singer, appeared In five of the photoplays produced by Flem ing at a studio near PortlsnJ. Ths films were shown mostly In New England states. RADIO SUMMONS SON TO BEDSIDE OF DYING MOTHER! (Aaorlitnl mm UM W . -. .8EATTLE, Deo. 22. Fear . lng that a telegram would not reach him soon eaough, Roy W. Mitchell, Seattle, used KJR, local radio broadcast- lng atatlon, to call Joseph R. 'Mitchell, who lives 25 miles from Bend, Ore., to csll him to the bedside of bis dying moth- er. Joseph was listening to KJR when the call came. It waa revealed here last- night and took the first train to Seattle. He reached his des- tlnatlon before hla mother died. - Officer Quits Marines to Aid City, Then Told by Mayor Act Destroyed Effectiveness. (laocbUd rra Ui Win.) PHILADELPHIA. Dec. 22. Brig adier General Smedley D. Butler today announced he had resigned from the marine corps In order to remain In Philadelphia aa director of public aafety. and an hour later Mayor Kendrlck made known the fact that he mon',1 not accept tie general In the porltlon "as a re signed officer ot tho ii.fciine corps " The general was called Into con ference with the mayor after hla resignation became known. When he left the mayor'a office, the gen eral, hurried to his own room and announced the mavor "refused to accept me as a resigned officer of the marine corps." 'Then vou don't want me?" But ler said he asked the mavor. "Not aa a resigned officer," he quoted the mayor aa saying.. . . , "Now-we see who has, been smok ed out," General Butler said. He refused to elaborate. He said hla realgnatlon from ' the Marine corns could be recalled. The general said he had sent his resignation to Waahlngton last night. Word of his action preceded him to city hall and when- he reached ther he found a message summoning him to the mayor's of fice. General Butler was accompanied to the- mevor's conference bv George D. Elliott, assistant director of safety and slated aome time ago to succeed Mr. Butler. He hsd not been In the room more than three mlnutea when he came out with the remark: "I've hn dismlaaed. Now we're out In the open." Genenl ButUr appeared to be angry. "That'a what I get when I'm will ing to make the greatest sacrifice of my career In order to atay here," he exclaimed later. "Leaving the marine corps meant giving up considerably more than the mere prospects of my pen sion," said Butler. "Then I decided that It waa the right thing and the courageous thing to do. I asked my family what they thought of It and they agreed with me. I reached that decision because I had determined to stay snd fight this thing out and stand bv the mayor. "This Incident today la a terrific let down." WASHINGTON. Dec. 22. Briga dier General Smedley Butler haa been asked by Major General l,e ieune, commandant of the Marine Corps, to come here thia week for a ronferenre before any action Is taken on hla resignation. . General Butler replied hy tele phone that he would come here In a day or two, at which time the nt-vy department through General IJeune would urge him to recou sliler his resignation. Jazs Tempo Declared Only True American Music; Will Be Future Operatic Motif f AtmrUtMl prMi Leawd Wlrr.) NEW YOHK, Den. 22 The sug gestion of Arluro Bodanzkl, Vlen ne ronductnr of the Metropolitan Opera Company, that jazz may yet find a place as a dance form In grand opera, haa stirred creators of Jaxz. They Inslxt that at least for the present jats wanla no place in the Metropolitan. They even declared that such a place would be fatal to lass. "The hesf way lo ruin Jars Is to dress It up In sn opera cape and ptit It on the diamond horseshoe of the Metropolitan," aays Ted Lew Is, exponent of true jszx. The oth er jaitites agree heartily with Mr. Iywls. They think jazs Justifies It self, Is characteristic of America, HOOVEIilZEO RUBBER TIRES, PLEA TO HAM Commerce Secretary Aims Blow at High Price of British Product. , MAKE 'EM LAST LONG Reduction of Consumption to Meet Extortion Is Object "Nonsense" ' ' ' England Replies. ' ' " -! Win.) WASHINGTON. - Dec. 22. A movement to cut down American consumption of rubber haa been or ganised with the backing ot Secre tary Herbert Hoover and repre sentatives of the principal rubber consuming trades. - Within a few hours after the house had ordered an Inquiry Into charges of a British monopoly of the sources of rubber production Mr. Hoover conferred laat nlghr. with spokesmen for the National Rubber associstlon and the Nation. : al Automobile Chamber of Com merce and laid out a program to arouse the nubile to the necessity ot economising. . ' Every automobile user and every garage and service station mana ger waa aaked by Mr. Hoover to-, day to cooperate In obtaining long er mileage for tires and more use , or retreaded tires and reclaiming of old rubber. "We can reduce our consumption of rubber bv 25 per cent without ' decreasing the use of our ears." Bald the commerce secretary,. "If we will alfnplv repair our tires In time and use them carefully. "Tires are like clothes, a patch . -In time ssves nine." The sepretsry- declared" nearly $706,000,000 a' year was being ex acted from the public by the Brit ish East Indian rubber combina tion. . . Originally the producers fixed XS cents a pound aa a reasonable price, but under a successful scheme to restrict production, Mr. Hoover asserted, prices have been ' raised to three times the original fleiire. He estimated from 130 to , 70 per year was being exscted from every automobile user. The campaign to economize In rubber will be extended to other robber trades In case It Is found necesssrv to hrlng down the nrloe. The secretary haa repeatedlv at tacked the British rubber combina tion and recent Iv be sounded a warning that unless there was a chsnae of poller, steps would be taken to meet the situation. In or dering an Investigation yesterday the house acted on a reaolutlon by the Renuhllcan leader, Representa tive Tilson of Connecticut, and ' with the support of ranking mem bers of the minority party. . . .. The resolution directed the com mittee to lnciu'i-1 Into il'e sltuetto I aa regards other products. Includ ing coffee and pulp wood, and the campaign launched today by Secre tary Hoover apparently was Intend ed partly aa a warning of what might b3 done In other Industries. "Nonsense," Says England. , LONDON, Dec 22 Officials of the British government today de nied the government has been "manipulating" prices of crude rub ber and said the suggestion made In the United Stalea that Great Britain la endeavoring to pav her war debt out of rubber profits Is nonsense. A feeling of regret predominated y both In official circles and in the rubber market at the tone of acer bity inlerted Into the rubber situs- (Continued on page stx. and a highly developed musical form as It stands. Twelve years sko Irving Berlin determined to write a rag time op era, but since that time he haa changed hla mind. "I don't believe j now that any man ever will con- actentlmisly write a Jazz opera," he jaald. "I do believe, however, that some day a great composition will i be written l.i jazz tempo. . "When that happens we will have a true American opera. If J American composer writes the opera In the standard foreign forms ilt will not be an American opera. An American opera will have to be I a jazz tempo, for Jazs tempo Is the only true American musical ex jressloa."