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VOL. XXVI NO. 339 f -0 CBURO REVIEW
ROSEBURG. OREGON THURSDAY. DECEMBER 24, 1925.
- VOL. XIII NO. 40 OP THE BVENINQ NIWH
. Merry
Xmas
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BUTLER
BESILENCED T?
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Philadelphia's Condition to
Be Given Publicity
From His Diary.
MAYOR TO BE TARGET
City's Executive Insisted
That Law Violators of
Millionaire Class
Be Let Alone.
(Awodsted Pmt Leawd Wbe.)
PHILADELPHIA. Dec. 24. Gen
eral Smedley D. Butler, dismissed
by Mayor Kendrick as head of the
Philadelphia police, said today that
the publication of hia diary would
"raise a ruction." He kept It dur
ing the two yeara he waa director
of public safety and recorded,
among other things, conversations
with the mayor and other city of
ficials. The general said that a broadside
In which he alleged the mayor waa
a protector of bis Tlolatora of the
prohibition law waa only a prelim
inary blast. .
"I'm going to keep right on with
the attack until I get ready to
stop," he added, "and I wont atop
until I prove my case."
' General Butler let It be known
that he would endeavor to recall
Ms letter of resignation from the
Marine Corps, which he submitted
Monday in order to remain here.
He plans to visit Washingon early
next week for a conference with
Major General John A. Lejeune,
commandant of the corps, who baa
Indicated that he la anxious to
have the general remain In the ser
vice. Refused to 4te Partial.
In making public letters which
passed- between himself and Mr.
Kendrick. and Joseph P. Gaffney,
city solicitor, the general attempt
ed to show that It waa because he
would not "go easy" on the big
hotels that he was "fired."
Butler said that he wanted the
Rlti-Carlton hotel padlocked for
liquor law violations and the dance
licenses of the Bellevue-Stratford
and the Walton hotels revoked for
the same reason, but the mayor dis
approved. David P. Provan. manager of the
Rlti-Carlton. Is under 11.000 ball
for a healing on charges of violat
ing the prohibition laws as a re
sult of a raid on two rooms of the
hotel where a private party waa
being held.
The correspondence Included
letter from Butler to the mayor
last November which said in re
gard to one hotel:
"Drunken men and young girls
were found upon ballroom floor."
In one memorandum. Butler
quoted the mayor as saying:
"You're going too strong on
these 17,000.000 Investments." and
"you have to lay off these big
places." because "there Is a-dlffer-ence
between a $7,000,000 Invest
ment and a cheap place which
blackmails people."
Mayor Kendrick made no com
ment upon the correspondence but
Issued an appeal to the people to
support him In enforcing the law.
RETURN OF GERMAN
PROPERTY BY U. S.
PLEASING ABROAD
BERLIN. Dec. 24 In a Christ
mas message to the newspapers
Forplgn Minister 8tresemann de
clared the war psychology of ha
tred Is giving way to recognition
of the righta of nations and Indi
viduals, as evldencpd by the re
turn of the German property In
the United fitatps.
' He predicts that the German
shipping companies which saved
themselves from ruin by combining
with American Interests will be
able within one generation to stand
on their own feet again. Germany
ran repay her foreign credits with
in the same period, he believes.
HARVARD SINGERS
REJECT CONTEST
SONG AS "MUSHY"
NEW YORK. Dec. 24 Harvard
Glee Club singers decline to sing
"sentimental and mushy" songs
and have so characterised the
"Lamp In the West," written by
Horatio William Parker and sub
mitted to them for their program
In the Interpol legiate glee club con
test here March . The Inter
collegiate Musical Corporation. In
charge of the contest plana refused
however to withdraw the song and
the Harvard Glee Club announced
It would not take part la the coo
test '"Vie song was too simple to salt
Harvard." was the terse comment
at headquarters for the contest.
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DI1ISSA
SCHULTE TAKES
BRIDE AS GATES
OF PRISON OPEN
, WCOTJVER. Wash., Dee.
.'l-Fred C. Schulte. 37, of
.-sdsport, and Mrs. Winnie
Drews of Portland, giving
hep am aa 1asmI m mar a
ried here last night by the
Rev. Luther B. Deck. The
witness was Mrs. A. Schulte,
of 8an Diego, Calif., mother
of. the bridegroom.
After the ceremony here
they left for Portland, where
they will reside.
The marriage is the culm!-
nation of a romance that be-
gan at Reedsport about throe
yeara ago. The bride has
been living In Portland fur
the past few months and had
visited Mr. Schulte In the
prison recently. . .
' SALEM. Ore., Dec. 24.
Fred C. Shulte, former con-
stable at Reedsport, who was
freed from the state pent-
tntlary yesterday on commu-
tation by the governor after
serving three years of a seven
year sentence for alleged ac-
ceptance of a bribe, will be
married today at Vancouver,
Washington. The bride will
be Mrs. Winnie Drews. They
were to be married In De-
cember, 1023, but the wed-
ding was blocked by Shul-
te's sentence to the state
prison. . 4
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One Guard Is Shot, Another
Forced to Submit and
Paymaster Hands
Over $47,900.
(iililiH Fn I mi WW)
PITTSBURGH, Dec. -24. The
Christmas payroll of the Pittsburgh
Terminal Coal Company, $47,900,
was taken from the pay car by six
armed men at Mollenauer, a minlnc
settlement, near Pittsburgh today.
The robbers escaped In an automo
bile. The bandits shot I. L. Gump, a
guard, In the abdomen. His con
dition Is critical.
Leroy Hutton, paymaster, Gump
and another guard had alighted
from the special Pittsburgh and
West Virginia railroad pay car to
go to mine No. 3, nearby, when the
robbers drove up. The bandits
opened fire immediately. The first
volley brought down Gump. Hutton
drew a pistol, but was forced to
drop It. One robber Jumped from
the machine, took the bag contain
ing the payroll and then returned
to the car. As the robbers drove
awav towards I.lhrarv. another
I mining settlement, they fired a
patting volley.
STANDARD DOLES
OUT BIG PROFITS
(AMOclated ha Utad Win.)
NEW YORK, Dec. 24 The
Standard OH Company of New
York today gave its stockholders
a Christmas present by declaring
a stock dividend of 25 per cent.
This action follows the merger of
the Magnolia Petroleum Company
Into the Standard Oil Company of
New York by exchanging four
shares of .Standard Oil for one of
Magnolia or a caah payment - of
$181.23 a share for Magnolia. '
EX-SENATOR ALIEN
PROPERTY KEEPER
Mandated Frew lmi Win.)
WASHINGTON, Dec. 24. How
ard Sutherland, former senator
from West Virginia, was appointed
today to be alien property custo
dian. Mr. Sutherland, who Is a Repub
lican, succeeds F. C. Hicks of New
York, who died several days ngo.
The new custodian served two
terms in the house of representa
tives as one term In the senate,
retiring from the latter body In
1923. He was engaged In the coal
and timber land business before
entering congress. He was born at
Kirkwood. mo., and Is $0 years old.
KARASICK-YOKEL
BOUT IS A DRAW
MaorlsM rraaj Vmm Wtri.t
PORTLAND, Ore., Dee. 24
Mike Yokel. Salt Lake light heavy
weight wrestler, and Al Karasirk,
Oakland. Cal.. wrestled two hours
to a draw here last night, each win
ning one fall.
Yokel took the first fall In one
hour. IS minutes with a step over
toe hold and the aerond went to
Karasirk In 29 minutes with a re
verse headlock.
O. A. C. HOOPSTERS EATEN.
taeat total nai Lnnat wm.)
SAN FRANCISCO. Dec. 24. The
Y. M. C. A. basketball team defeat
ed the Oregon Aggies here last
mgnt 27 to 19. '
TIENTSIN WON
BY NATIONALS
IM BIG BATTLE
Thousands Fall in Bloody
Fighting That Rages
for Two Weeks.
FOREIGNERS GUARDED
Three-Sided Warfare Also
Marked by Victory for
Manchu Forces in
. North Sector.
(Aaocutod ha Iwad Win.)
PEKING, Dec. 24 Marshal Feng
Yu-Hslang's national army troops
entered Tientsin this morning af
ter several days fighting In which
thousands were killed or wounded.
The troops of General LI Chlng-
Lin, civil governor of Chlhll and
Feng'a enemy, are fleeing In dis
order. Chaos reigns In the native quar
ter of Tientsin, where soldiers at
tached to the defeated army are
engaged In looting. Foreign vol
unteers and troops are protecting
the gatea of the foreign settlement,
which Is barricaded.
Feng's supporter. Sun Yuen, has
been appointed Tupan (civil gover
nor) of Chlhll to succeed LI. .
A work train has left Peking to
repair the railway, which has been
closed to traffic for two weeks ow
ing to the fighting.
General LI Chlng-LIng la report
ed to have taken refuge in the Jap
anese concession, accompanied by
bis staff.
Manehus Also Win. (
.TOKYO. Dec. 24. Kokuaal. (Jap
anese news agency) advices from
Mukden. Manchurlan capital, say
that adherents of General Chang
Tio-Lln. Manchurlan war lord,
claim that the war lord adminis
tered a severe blow to General Kuo
Sung-Lin when he yesterday cap
tured Palklpu, cut Kuo a lines ' of
communication, and captured a
quantity of muntlona.
It Is claimed that Chang's forces
have already captured 12 field
guns, twenty heavy guns and many
prisoners. It Is said that Chang has
offered a big reward for the cap
ture of Kuo.
The situation Is extremely con
fusing to Tokyo. The foreign of
fice claims that the defeat of
Chang Tso-LIn Is onlv a matter of
time while the war office says that
Chang has a chance for victory.
General Nanao Matsul, for a long
time adviser to Chang Tso-LIn. has
returned to Tokyo, but government
spokesmen deny he -was recalled.
The Mukden ' correspondent of
the Tokyo Nichl Nichi Shimbum
says that the town of Blngmlnfu.
west of Mukden, was damaged by
an aerial bombardment yesterday
during fighting between the armies
of Marshal Chang Tso-LIn, Man
churlan war lord and General Kuo
Sun-Ling.
Simultaneously Chang launched
a general counter attack along the
whole front, resulting in his right
wlnr advancing to within two miles
of Slnrmlnfu.
Rebel Decisively Beaten.
TOKYO, Dec. 24. Latest dis
patches to the Kokusal news agen
cy from Mukden today stated that
troops of General Kud Sung Lin
were retreating In disorder after
having been decisively defeated by
the army, of Marshal Chang Tso
LIn. war lord of Manchnrla.
General Kuo, formerly a sup
porter of Chang, against whom he
revolted. Is reported to have es
caped disguised aa a coolie In a
Chinese cart His officers are reported-
to be surrendering at Sln
mlnfu. 37 miles west of Mukden.
RADIO ENABLES
FARMER TO BEAT '
THE SPECULATORS
lAmnrUft Pms LeuM Win.) ''
BISMARCK. N. D.. Dec. 24. In
stallation by farmers of radio re
ceiving aets enablea them to beat
the elevator man In the sale of
grain, a complaint received here to
day by the state railroad board
shows.
The complaint Is that the farm
er can listen In on the market and
receive faster returns than the el
evator operator. If the market
drone he can sell his stored grain
before the elevator operator learns
of the price change.
"We would like yonr opinion on
whether' an elevator would be com
pelled to bay grain Muring the per
iod of the close and the time we
receive the change for the dav.
We contend that ' we should hold
off buying during the time It takes
to get the market." the complaint
said.. '
The railroad board admits that
the situation may be difficult for
the elevator man but sava there Is
nothing the board can do about 1L
Nation's Sowing
Wheat Below
Large Acreage Abandoned
tiaoetotal rem tnaMl Win ) s,
WASHINGTON, Dec 24. The,
area of winter wheat sown this I
fall .la 39.640.000 acres, which la)
a.vv fcr wni imi man me re
vised estimate of 39.9S8.000 acres
aown last fall the department of
agriculture today announced. . '
The sowings in the fall of 1921
were 58,664.000 acres, and In the
fall of 1922 they were 4t.103.OOO I
acres. Winter damage during the. I
laat ten yeara has caused an avewj
age abandonment of 10.9 per cent.'
of the acreage sown to winter I
wheat. The abandonment haal
ranged from 1.9 per cent to t8.fl
per cent In different yeara during
that period. i
The condition of winter wheal!;
on December 1 was 82.7 per eenj
of a normal, compared with 81.S a !
vear ago: 88.0 two yeara ago and.
84.. the 10-year December 1st av-jl
era ere. ;
The area sown to winter wheat
thla year and the crop percentage;
ot some of the leading states fol-',
lows : . j . i - J
Nebraska S.047.000 and 88.
Illinois 2,109.000 and 67.
Kansas 11.492.000 and 84. '
Oklahoma 4.748.000 and 87.
Washington 955,000 and 7.
AMD LEAGUE Oil
Killing of Soviet Envoy tol
rormer Meeting: by Man
Afterwards Freed
Still Rankles.
C.FVFVA TW ii n 1
sla's reported refusal to attendi
any disarmament conference -held
on awies sou naa brought about
a dramatic nnllHcal mitaHn. in
Switzerland.
The whole matter goea back to
the assassination by Maurice Con
radl, a 8wisa engineer, of Vaalav
Vorovsky, Soviet envoy to the '
Lausanne confePAneA In 14 4044
and Conradl's subsequent trial and
acquittal. ,
' Vf, ! I- ! AVnPA.BAiV tha. T5 . . I ..
hostility to Switzerland aa a re-1
rult of the Vorovskl incident and '
the Soviet's repeated declarations I
that It will attend tin Mi.r.p.nflk !
on Swiss soil may eventually force I
the League ot Nations to more to j
some city outside thla country. I
Conradl assassinated Vorosky
and wounded two of his compan
ions at Lausanne in May, 1923.
He surrendered to the pllce, justi
fying his act as one of vengeance
for the murder of relatives by the
Bolsheviks In Russia.
The assassination created a
great stir in Muscow, but noth
ing to compare with the feeling
which followed Conradl's acquit
tal after a trial in November.
1923.- The Soviet government
pronounced a formal boycott
agalnat Swiss citizens, declaring'
"We shall have no trade or deal
ings with the Swiss and neither
shall they come here nor our peo
ple go 10 Hwitseriand.'
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WUnTH 1DO MILLIONS w I
I ,n,n " . , '
IDAHO FALLS. Idaho. Dec.
Z . 'n'rty-'oot vein of
practically pure lead and sil-
ver ore haa been tapped by a
tunnel driven- approximately i
w ki'u reel oeiow ine outcrop- w
ping on
me Halmon river
property of the Walker H. Mc-
Olnnie Metals company of '
New York, representatives of I
w ine company nere aald tonay. ;
The estimated value Is 1100.- i
000 000.
The mine Is near Clavton. .
about 5 miles from Markay.
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Youthful Trio Hold Up Scott
Mills Bank During Noon, but Time
Locked Vault Limits Booty to S30
tAancUtH ha Usvd Wii.) the money In the hank had been
SALEM. Ore.. Dec. 24. Three locked In the vaults lust a few
youths, all of them said to be nu- minutes before and when advised
der 22 of age. at noon today of this and after trying the doors
made an unsuccessful attempt to to the vault the bandits declared
rob the state bank of Scotts Mills, their Intention to remain in the
In eastern Marlon rountr. and bank until the time lock waa re
held the cashier, J. O. Dixon, nrl- leased at 1 o'clock. About II 45
soner for 45 minutes before they
were .rngnteneo awav bv the re- his lunch and was met at the
turn from lunch of H. fl. Dixon, outside door by one of the ban
leller. dlts who thrust a gun at him and
Thirty dollars, money collected aald: "Stick np yeur hands and
In a community Christmas fund come In here."
for poor children, waa the only Instead of complying the teller
loot secured by the bandit. . hacked off the porch In front of
The three youths, all armeth bank and bolted down the
with revolvers, entered the hank street to rrm the alarm
Inst after It bad closed for the
noon hour and ordered the
cashier, who waa working on the
oooaa, id to a nacg room, ah or
Of Winter
TheForevast;
Bad Weather Blamed. '
The slightly smaller ' acreage
sown to winter wheat waa due to
unfavorable weather for plowing
and aeedlng.
The department ot agriculture
In announcing the area today as
39.460,000 acres, or 416,000
acres less than laat year, aald
farmers had been unable to aow
as much wheat and rye aa they
intended.
Kansas, with almost thirty per
cent of the country's acreage, was
one of the few more important
producing statea to shew an In
creased acreage, the plantings be
ing seven per cent larger than
lat year. Pennsylvania showed
a five per cent Increase, Michigan
nine per cent and Oklahoma six
per cent. Nebraska showed a one
per cent decrease; Ohio six per
cent; Indiana and Illinois eleven
per cent each and Missouri 28 per
cent.
' The condition of the crop In
December 1 waa 82.7 per cent of
normal, this being lower than the
ten-year average' and waa attri
buted to wet, cold weather. The
figures were above the average,
however. In Nebraska, Kansas, Ok
lahoma, Texas. Idaho and Califor
nia. f:
Twenty-Day Leeway Civen
'. by Federal Attorney
Holiday Boon to
, Celebrants.
(AaoHat-4 Prpa UuM Wln.l .
NF.W,YORK, Dec. 24. Federal
Attorney Buckner has begun hts
.lawa ana largest "padlock cru
sade" by a holiday onslaught on
"white way night haunts, soma of
them favorite social and theatri
cal resorts.
At midnight laat night. Deputy
United States marshals, prohibi
tion agents and police began a
wholesale presentation of sum
mons on persona who are given
twenty days In which to accept
"consent decrees" or fight their
cases.
The padlocking proceedings are
the result of evidence previously
gathered by the authorities. Sev
eral of the places proceeded
against were Involved In two
previous drives by Mr. Buckner's
office.
The twenty-day leeway, It Is ad
mitted, will not prevent any holi
day plans from being carried out.
but it is hoped that the proceed
ings will have a. "moral effect."
Mr. Buckner asserts some of the
cabarets, restaurants and night
ciuoa nave sent out holiday Invi
tation cards, which, hint broadly
that the thirsty msv have their
thirst slacked by a visit to the re
sorts.
Some of the clubs against which
summons were Issued bear such
descriptive names of Texas Tom'
my. Chumy Club. Coiy Stop-In
Hop Up Club, the Cherleston and
the Necka Club
KXrt'RHlOV TtATKM FOR
eUMMKK TIIIPH A.VN'Ol'.NCF.n
Announcement Is made by John
V !. o
iTrarflc Mansger. Southern Pacific
Company. Portland, that low
round-trip summer excursion fares
to destinations throughout the
United States will be In effect for
he coming season.
Theee anmmer excursion tickets
will be nlaoed on sale effective
May 22nd and will carry final re-
turn limit nt nMnh.i i u?i
- In discussing the low fares. Mr.
Scott- stated the object la to atlm-
nlate travel, aa thev will enable
many to visit telr old home, who
would be unable to do so If fares
of this nature were not stlthor-
Vised
o'clock the teller returned from
The bandits then fled from the
bank and. enterlne a Chevrolet
touring car, drove northwest to-
ward Monitor and Portland.
NEW DANCE LAW
BE EFFECTIVE
FIRST OF YEAR
All Dance Halls Must Be
Licensed Under Provi-.
sions of New Law.
BOND IS REQUIRED
Applicants Must Provide
Surety Bond in Sum ot
$500 to Guarantee
Orderly House,
All dance hall pe units In the
county expire on December SI, ac
cording to an announcement made
today by District Attorney uuy
Cordon,' and applications must be
made for new licenses under the
terms of the law adopted by the
recent legislature.
Applications must be made for s
dance hall license ten daya before
any dance Is to be held In the hall.
and dances cannot be held under a
license applied for" statement.
the district attorney says.
The application moat be signed
not only by the applicant but most
also bear the algnaturea of 12 free
holders of the school district In
which the hall la located.
If the county court, upon Invest!
gatlon, la convinced that the appli
cant will conduct an orderly house
then they approve the license sub
ject to the filing ot suitable bond.
The applicant la required to give a
surety bond in the sun of $M" and
two freeholders of the district
mast sign the- bond.
He la required under the terms of
thla bond to conduct an order l
house at all times, to see -that
there la no dancing between the
hours of midnight and t a. m. and
that there la no liquor present In
or about the ball. Failure to live
up to any of these requirements
permits the forfeiture of the band.
This restriction, the district attor
ney says, puts the matter of law
enforcement up to the proprietor
of the dance hall instead of the of
ficers. The law Is particularly strict In
I(a definition of what constitutes
a dance hall, the district attorney
says. A danoe hall la defined as
"any place within the state, outside
of the corporate limits of any city
or town, kept, maintained or used
for dancing or in which, for com
pensation paid directly to the own
er, manager, proprietor or . lesse,
men and women are permitted to
engage In dancing, or In which
any class Is given for hire."
"In my Judgment the definition
la strong enough to cover any
dancing engaged In outside the cor
porate limits of cities and towns,"
Attorney Cordon aays. "It Is strict
enough to Include dancing wher
ever compensation Is paid to the
manager or owner of any hall for
music or Incidentals connected
with a dance. It even applies to
dancea In which no charge la made
and where everything la free, for
tne law says, 'any place kept,
maintained or used for dancing.'
"The situation will doubtless
arise that In certain communities
organized clubs for dancing will be
formed. If any auch club should
hold a dance In any building not
belonging to the organisation, such
a building becomes a public dance
nan ana it woald make " no dir.
ferenee whether or not the dance
u a private or public gathering.1
The law applies only to dance
nans outside organised municipal!'
tlea, as those within cities or towns
are controlled by city ordinances.
1700 ATTEND THE
MUNSEY FUNERAL
fAaocUM rmj Uaad Wirt.)
NEW YORK: Dec. 24HIh
government nfrlclala n.n. - .
business and professional men and
mpmorra or society mingled today
with type setters, printers and
news hova at the fnnap.1 inmliM.
In the Cathedral of Ht. John the
uivine ior rrang a. Munsey, news
nsner and mimln. MiHii.h
died Tuesday.
Mr. Munsey's nearest relative, a
sister, Mrs. John Hyde of Ht. Pe
tersburg. Fla.. did nnl arrlva In
time for the funeral. She Is older
man ner orotner and because of
her advanced mm mhm v - - ...
of hit Illness at Mr. Munsey'a own
rvqufPi.
Approximately 1700 persons at
tended the aervlpea ,rwl,,.i.1 h.-
Illshop William T. Manning, lit
nccordance with the expressed
wishes of Mr. Munsey, the rile
were simple and there was no ser-
Pion.
To A-tilaJvt
Mlrs Mildred Long, of Ihls eltv.
left this morning for Ashland to
spend the holidays visiting with
relatives ana Irienas.
BROTHER RABBIS
DECLARE DR. WISE
GUILTY OF HERESY
. .
(Aaoratal Pras burt Win.) m
SPRINGFIELD, Mass., Dec.
24. Rabbi Louis Silver, chief
rabbi ot thla city, who has
Just returned Jrom a confer- 4
ence ot orthodox rabbis ot the
United 8tates In New York,
aald today that the recent 4
statement of Rabbi S. Wise
of New York waa discussed
and declared heretical and
that a statement to that ef-
feet would be sent to Zionist
organization with a request
that Rabbi Wise be removed
from the chairmanship of the
35.000,000 fund campaign. Ran-
bl Wise haa stated the belief
that Jeaua was an actual per-
aon. not a myth, and that the
Jewa must follow bis teach-
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Telephone Exchange Com
pleted Installation - of
; Telegraph Printer to
' Speed Messages.
The .Pacific Telephone A' Tele
phone corn parry has Just completed
the installation of Printer Tele
graph Service In Ita Rosebnrg ex
change for the sending and receiv
ing of telegrams between Roseburg
and Portland. The Printer equip
ment la of the very latest design,
and waa approved only after yeara
of research and laboratory tests. It
la now In service throughout a 24-
hour period and Is able to handle
a large number of telegrams with
greater apeed and a greater degree
of accuracy.
The outward' appearance of this
apparatua reaemblea a typewriter
mounted on a aland. The ineaaagea
are sent by operating a keyboard
aimlhtrto that of a typewriter" t
true copy of all message betng ob
tained at the sending end. This al
lows a perfect check to be made on
the original message. A the keys
are depressed certain electrical 1m
pulses are set up In both Printer
units at the aendlng end and the
distance end, which In turn acru
ate certain mechanical features of
the units and deliver a printed mes
sage at both points.
The cost of Installng the Printer
Telegraph Service in Roseburg
was aproxlmatelr 110000. Simi
lar telegraph equipment , waa In
stalled in Portland a few months
ago for the transmittal and recelv.
Ing of telegram for 8eattle, San
Francisco and all other points
using the 'Printer Telegraph Ser
vice.
There are only -two of these
complicated but efficient Instru
ments In the stale of Oregon, one
In Portland and the, other In Rose
burg. Other offices In 4h state
will be provided with the equip
ment as soon as posalhle.
Owing to the obviously compli
cated mechanism the matter of In
stallation requires much time and
engineers have been busily engag
ed at the local office getting the
printer In operation. It la now,
however. In full use and has proven
a great aavlng factor In handling
the tremendous volume of Christ-
ma telegraph business.
II
Today's meeting of the Rotary
club was a lively one and the com
mittee In charge of the Christmas
tree put over some fine attints that
brought roars and roars of laughter
from the members. Foster Butner,
Oscar Berrle, Jlmmle Ooodtnan and
L. J. Barnes 'did their stuff" In
way that brought much cheer to
the hearts of every Rotarian. Each
member received a "valuable" gift
befitting his particular profession
taken from a neatly decorated tree
In the banquet hall. There waa a
lot of good singing and the boys
were rarin to go for a good time.
The grand prise, a , fine gold
watch offered by President Booth
to the member who bad best car
ried out the principles of Rotary for
the past year was voted to Charley
McElhlnny, me clubs song leailer.
Thp members were loud In their
praise of Ihe services rendered by
Charlie during his long term and
he was the clubs unanimous choice
for the beautiful gift. Dexter Rice
made a short talk in which he elah
o rated on the fine service rendered
by the lucky recipient of the
watch.
As a climax to the noon hour fes
tivities, Henry Booth, Oscar Berrle,
Foster Butner and Jim floodman
were welcomed Into the newspaper
profession by Bill Bates who pre
sented them with an appropriate
Insignia befKtlng their new profes
sion, along with printed Instruc
tions as to Ihetr official dutlea.
The boys all had a Wonderfut
time and. the spirit of real Rotary
waa there la abundant quantities.
STATE AFFilli
Fail
Washington Preparing , for
Three-Day Observance;
Carols to Be Sung. j
TREE AT WHITE HOUSS
Imposing Ceremony Held in
Basilica of St. Peter's :
at Rome When Holy ' !
Door Is Closed. J!-1
(AaocUtad Pras Immi Win.)
WASHINGTON, Dee. t4. Ths
spirit of Chris Una engulfed Wash- .
lngton today, submerging even fro- '
portaqt affair of state, as Santa ;
Clans, aided by grownups and chil
dren, made last minute prepara
tions to be king for a day.-
with ooagreea already . In ad
journment nntll after New Tear',
the wheels of govern meat begam .
Blowing down today for aa shnoat
complete holiday atop of . three)
days. Although the shutdown doeal
not become effective until this
close of the days work, several
cabinet members slipped oat ' of
town to spend Christmas with their
famines, and hundreds of employes -also
left their post.
president Cnolldge, busy at his .
desk, left th White House prepar
ation ror tomorrow to Mr. Cool
Idee and their son, John, who- la
home from college. Nothing elab
orate Is planned, aa they expect to
snend the day la the seel anion ef
the executive mansion and tn have
to house guests. There will he a
White House Christmas reee. how-
and decorated . today, and tonight
the President and Mrs. Coolldga
expect to take part la a Christmas
Ere ceremonv at a community tree
plant! south of the treasury. '
Ceolidsea te Hear Carets.
The President, at six o'clock
Wll press a button lighting the
tree, and ha and Mrs. Coolidge ex
pect to remain for the singing of
several Christmas carols. Later In
the evening, the choir of First Con.
greratlonal Church which thev at
tend, will call at th White House
to sing carols, among them "Bella
of Christmas. " composed by Dr.
Tasnn Noble Pierce, the pastor, and
dedicated to Mrs. Coolidge.
The dav before Christmas pro- '
gram of Mrs. Coolidge, called alao
for her ettendsnre at a oartv for
noor children at a theater under
Ihe auspices of Ihe Central Union
MI'slon. . -
The tree laden with gifts fof, fhs
youngsters had been placed oa the
stare and she agreed to lend
hand In distributing presents. Tee.
terday she took nart In a! Blrrla
Claus party at Children' hospital.
Ce-emony At St. Peter1. - -
ROME. Dec. ?4. Pope Pine". "XI.
plrturesnuelv clsd In pontlflclal
robes of rich medlclal design and
surrounded bv ecclestlcal dignitar
ies, today performed the ceremony
of closing Ihe holy door of the
basilica of St. Peter's, the mam
moth mother church of Catholic
ism. The ceremony officially
brought to a close the year of pen
itence and pardon specifically
marked on the Catholic calendar
once everv nuarter of a century.
Th holy door had remained open
since a ytrr ago today, when the
pope waa the central figure Ih
similar opening ceremonv. Sine
that time more than l.OOO.OOO Cath
olic plIeHtna from everv coreer of
the world had crossed the sill and
kissed the door posts of that so
cred aperture aa a . sign of devotion
and humility. Most of them like
wise klsaed the celebrated fisher. .
man's ring on the right hand of
the supreme ,splritual leader and
received medals commemorative of ,
the holv year from Ihe pontiff
own hands. . , ,
Cardinal Haves of New York was
a prominent figure among the car
dinals at the ceremony, while th
group of bishop In the procession
Included Blshon Lllll of Kansaa
Cltv, bishop Hobsn of Scranton,
Bishop Drumm of Dea Moines, and
Bishop Ijiwler. of Lead, 8. D. .
Several thousands of pilgrims, to.
get her with multitudes of Romans,
men occupying high positions of
"late and members of the histnrla
Roman aristocracy, composed the ,
T.0OO persons who filled the great '
baalllca today to bear wltneea to
the time honored ceremony. ,
Nature Smile On West. .
RAN FRANCISCO. Dec. It-.
Chrlstms In the west Is expected
to be In keening with the sntrit of
the dv. calm, peaceful and bright.
The TTnlled State weather bureau .
said the sun Is expected to shine
all over the western land with tha
exrrptlon of the northernmost
roast country, where a bit of a '
storm Is brewing. The disturbance
apnea rs to be a local one however.
From Ihe coast to bevond the
plateaus, clear, cool weather la the
order, with the temperature hover
-v :
SANTA II0L1AGE
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