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Newspaper Page TextSchool Books Tossed Aside by WEATHER FORECAST Oregon: Generally cloudy tonight and Saturday; no change in tem perature. Itoseburg and vicinity: Partly cloudy tonight and Saturday; not much change in temperature. VOL XX NO 264 OF ROSEBURG Editorials on the Day's News i By FRANK JENKINS HERE Is a pointed, perhaps an impertinent, question: What stories are you reading first in the papers this week? You OUGHT, of course, to be reading first about President Hoov er's child welfare conference at V.ishington, and what Germany is going to do about her reparations payments, going from that to the state of business throughout the world. But if you are a NORMAL, aver age person, your eye seeks first the love-nest story involving the Port land capitalist and his mistress stenographer. SO don't blame the newspapers TOO MUCH when they print news of this sort. If they didn't, somebody would broadcast it over the radio, and if it weren't broad cast over the radio it would pass from mouth to mouth by the gos sip route. People are bound Jo hear about such things. What Is more, they are bound to hear ALL THE' CAN. SO It is now, In these- modern days, and pessimists tell us 'that we are getting low and cheap in our tastes; that the world Is de teriorating as to its moral fiber and is bound to end up In a bad mess. Before believing that, remember Tleopatra. Cleopatra was really a rather remarkable woman, with a pood brain. But all the world re members about her is the Mark Anthony scandal. So, you see, the scandal habit Is a pretty old one, ALL of which doesn't excuse Bowles and Miss Loucks. They ought to be ashamed of themselves, and now that they have been caught and are facing punishment they probably ARE ashamed. Other recreant husbands should take a lesson from the fate o Bowles and mend the error of their ways, but the chances are they won't. The man who iB fool enough to play with that kind ol fire is usually fool enough to think that he can get away with it. BUT enough of scandal. Let's turn to the more serious side of life. Here is a hopeful headline: - Pence Hopes Enhanced. 26 Chi nese Generals Pledge Support to Nanking Government." That Is hopeful because if China would quit fighting and settle down to business and go to creating wealth Instead of destroying it the outlook for better conditions in the world would be better. IN' the current number of one of the big weekly magazines. Sam uel Crowther tells us that after : years of fighting Mexico Is calm ing down and turning her thoughts to making a living by peaceful methods. Why is that Important to us? inen! It Is Important because Mexico BUYS GOODS from us. The more prosperous Mexico is the more goods she can buy. And the more goods she buys the bet ter it Is for us. And don't forget this: Mexico CAN'T he prosperous while she is fighting. HERE Is another Item of world news, not so hopeful: "Mill tary drill required of all Italians above the age of 18." Why are they drilling? Be cause Mussolini wants them to be ready to fight whenever HE 1 READY. This writer makes no preten sions to infallibility, and' so may be utterly wrong, but In his opin ion Mussolini Is an exceedingly (Continued on page 4 ) ( K31 U II M T M bl M II H El kJ K AMI !l5JUKS!ZZWiarV J-G' I VH ITS fcNS vox Foul 7 Gi L4 I kA. REVIEW STEP-FATHER 0FGIRL0F11 E. M. Crockett, 67 Years of Age, Defendant in Revolting Case in Court Here. One of the most sordid and re volting cases to be heard in the circuit court in Rosehurg in many years came to trial this morning wnen Ellsworth M. Crockett. 67. of Myrtle Creek, was brought be fore the court on a statutory charge Involving the 11-year-old daughter of his wife, Mary Crock ett, 30. The child, born out of wedlock to the mother and Grock ett's nephew, prior to the marriage to the defendant, according to testi mony brought before 4he court, testified to relations assumed by her step-father, which she claimed existed over a considerable period. Her testimony concerned immoral acts in the nature of Improper fondling and caresses and attempt ed criminal acts. The mother, on the witness stanu, told of the com plaints made by the daughter, lead ing to the charge brought against the defendant. Criminality Denied Crockett.' brought to the stand in his own defense, denied any crim 'ti'l ct. although he confessed to Improper conduct with the step daughter and recounted unnatural acts. The family, according to his sti'dementB, resided In a small three-room1 home, In which all used one bedroom, with foul' (rf tho seven children, the girl and three younger hoys, occupying one bed. Witnesses were brought by the defense to show Hint the girl, who Continued on page . Story 1 $200,000 FIRE HITS DENVER FEED MILL DENVER, Colo., Nov. 21 Fire swept through the Hungarian feed mill here early today, causing an unesthnated amount of damage to 300,000 bushels of wheat stored In hitti.iitifr officers of tlie con cern, one of the largest properties Ol me late .1. IV Mullen, eswmaieu the total damage, including that to the mill structure, would ap proach 5200.000. Oddities Gleaned From Day's News ABORIGINAL FIRST AID GIVES DOCTOR SURPRISE ! SYDNEY. Australia. Nov. 21 : The bush lore of an elderly abor iginal woman, whom his parents employed as a cook, saved the life of 20-months-old Jimmy Bowcott. here. The baby was playing near a clump of blackberry bushes when a deadly trapdoor spider bit hint, injecting its poison into his foot and clinging there till It was kill ed. The black conk cut a piece off his foot, rubbed In some tribal herbs, and when the doctor arriv ed expecting to find the child eith er dead or beyond aid. he found the bush lore of the native woman had been successful. COURT DECREES MUFFLER ON BARNYARD SYMPHONY JERSEY CITY. N. .1.. Nov. 21 Vice Chancellor Fallon doesn't know how to keep roosters from sounding off but he expects John Wehster to find out. The chancery court granted an Injunction against Webster yester day on the complaint of a neigh bor that the roosters had kept him awake and made an invalid of him The vice chancellor instructed Webster to muffle them between the hours of 10 p. m. and 7-30 a. m. "How will I keep the roosters quiet?" nsked Webster. "I don't know." Mr. Fallon re plied, "that is up to you." HANDICAPPED CHILD GETS SPECIAL BILL OF RIGHTS WASHINGTON. Nov. 21 The handicapped child, maimed, deaf, or blind, was given a special bill of rights at one of the child con ference sessions. Included In the 1 f t u-f: The right to as vigorous a body as medical skill can Bivc. The rich! to uperiM education by those who understand. The riKht to grow up In a world that does not set him apart. The rieht to identical privileges and Identical responsibilities with other children. The right to comradeship, love, work and play. FACES CHARGE Ex-Pupils Might be Welcome Douglas County Tax Ratio Kept At62PerCent Douglas county's tax ratio has been fixed at 62 per cent, the same as for the past three years, according to word received here today from Salem, where the state tax commission has announced the establishing of the valuation ratios. This ratio Is the per cent of the assessed valuation as compared with the cash valuation of prop erty, and is used as a basis for the calculation of the tax to be paid by public utilities. Several chances were made by the commission this year, Lincoln county having received a cut of 6 points, while decreases of from one to three per cent were made in several counties. The state tax commission fixes the rate of tax to be applied to public utilities, and places all assessments on a cash valuation. They first secure the relation be tween the actual and the assessed valuation of all classes of proper ty in a county, and then apply this per cent to the physical valuation of, utility properties. For example: A public utility having property in Douglas county valued at one mil lion dollars, would be assessed by the tax commission, under the ra tion applied to Douglas countv, at S(i20.UH0, and would pay its tax up on such valuation. T The anuunl meeting of the Doug las County Taxpayers' league will be held in Rosehurg Saturday. No vember 20, at 10 a. m., for the purpose of making suggestions for changes In the county budget for 11131. lien Nichols, of Kiddle, president of the league, has up pointed commi.ees to talie the various budget items under con sideration and to bring n report at t'lle meeting. These committees are to meet Wednesday, November 26, at 2 p. m., at the Douglas Ab stract company office, where they wiil formulate their reports and prepare them for the annual meet ing Saturday. The committees are investigating schools, county agent's office, health unit, county offices nnd roads and highways, in order to prepare their recommen dations. The legislative commit tee has several matters concern ing proposed legislation to bring before te meeting. Committees have been named by the president as follows: Roads and bridges C. O. Gar rett, Olcndalo: John Alexander, Chile; Arthur Marsh, l.ookingglass. Sundry Items C. E. Moyer, Rosehurg; Geo. Bacon, Looking glass; M. B. Green. Itoseburg. County offices-E. G. Klngwell. rtoseburg; L. E. Thompson. I mp qua; S. D. Evans, Host burg. School district-- It. K. Clark, Oakland; .1. A. IVim. Canyonville; A. ti. Clark. Glendale. Legislative Fred Golf. Melrose; I). N. Busenbark, Melrose; ('. II. Bailey. Dlxonville. Publicity C. II. Bailey, n.xon ville; C. L. Chennwelh, Oakland; Mark Tisdale. Sutherlin. Municipal--A. F. Stearns. Oak land: II. I', luce. Myrtle Creek: B. W. Strong. Rosehurg. Price List C. E. Banning. Rose burg; Victor Phipps. Dlllard; G. W. Burt, Rosehurg. KIANGSI PROVINCE WRESTED FROM REDS vAvu-ivr! Vnv 21 Natlonal- j 1st Rovprnmpnt military hpadnuar tprs today claimed me caiiun- m Klan. Klanesl province, from red forces which bail held It for several wppks. Nationalist antibamllt forres werp said to have entpred tho city November IS. The red forces sup posedly withdrew toward the south. i No mention was made nt me I faie of fourteen Catholic mission aries captured In Klan by the reds ! held for $2(io.nno ransom. ! PUSHES BARROW 173 MILES TO PAY BET M"-ldtH ffm 1w4 Wire) CHICAGO, Nov. 21 Albert Crockett, Neero republican leader of Peoria, has trundled a whl barrow of coal to Chicago 173 miles. The reason was his confi dence that Mrs. McCormfck would I be elected senator. His elapsed time was 74 hours. ftJ? THE DOUGLAS COUNTY DAILY ROSEBURG. OREGON. FRIDAY. NOVEMBER 21. 1930. 12TH0UGHTIN T Los Angeles Officers Also Discover Narcotics and Get Information as to An Arsenal. (Associated Press Leased Wire) LOS1 ANGELES, Cal., Nov. 21. Police claimed today they had broken up a gang of alleged kid napers, responsible for threats re cently made against several promi nent Los Angeles citizens. The an nouncement came after the arrest of 12 men and a womau in a series of raids conducted by Edward Chitwood, head of the narcotic squad, last night. Although members of the sus pected gang, allegedly organized in East St. Louts of volunteers from Chicago and New York were held on charges of violation of the state narcotic act, Chitwood said he had information from the under world they plotted the kindapings and actually carried out two of them. Chitwood said the prisoners or ganized the plot to kidnap Harry Chandler, publisher of the Los An geles Times, which recently was revealed by police after the pub lisher had been placed under guard. No attempt was made to carry out threats against Chandler. Two Pay Ransom Investigators said two wealthy citizeiis had been kidnaped and had paid ransom, but did not make reports because of threats against their lives. The suspects, tuken In raids on isolated hideouts, will be paraded before victims of holdups today in an effort to obtain further identi: fication. Police said narcotics were found in the apartments raided. They said they had information tho gang members held regular meetings and maintained an arsen al for use in crimes plotted. The cache was not discovered. Fingerprints and descriptions of the prisoners were dispatched to Chicago, New York and Kansas City authorities for possible iden tification. . Huy ('hrlilmn Seats HIGHWAY WORKER'S ARM DISLOCATED Frank Trueman, of Camas Val ley, suffered a badly dislocated left arm yesterday while working In the woods on Camas mountain, when a large log struck his arm. He was working for the state high way commission at the time and was brought to Roseburg for medi cal aid. liny ChrJitmsi SmI . CITY SHOCKED BY KILLING OF WOMAN MELHOCRNE, Australia, Nov. 21. The brutiil murder of 25-year-old Mary Dean, who was beaten! and strangled near her suburban home, shoeked the city today. i Miss Dean, regarded as one of the most popular young women in Melbourne, had gone to a theatre! with some friends last night. She left them and went home alone. Her body, with the skull fractured and one of her stockings bound about her neck, was discovered In a lane near her home. H rhrlom Sml "PAPA'S CLUB" NEW BOSTONIAN IDEA ( Anwo1itM Prcii Iawd Wire) WASHINGTON. Nov. 21 A Ttos tonian "Papa's club" was cited pridefully today by a male delegate . attending Dr. Louise Stanley's ! fsmlly section of the current child ; conference. j He said the husband of a Vassar alumnus educated In eugenics ; started the club by remarking too! much attention was given to the ' education of mothers and better papas were needed. Other hus- bands concurred. j The "Papa's club" made the dfs-! covery.. he reported, that fathers. belnK more objective, need a dif- ferent form of parental education than mothers STOLEN AUTO AND OCCUPANT NABBED A car belonging to K. K. Knight, of Myrtle Point, stolen from this city late yesterday evening, was recovered last night at Medford and the driver taken Into custody. Sheriff V. T. Jaekson left for Med ford this morntng to brine the al leged thief, who In reported to be a young transient, back to Rose hurl. The officers werp not in formed of the name of the prisoner. to Needy Children Noiv. Why SPECTRE OF DEBT DRIVES Aged Sisters, Failing to Raise Coin on $240,000 Worth of Property, Perish in Bay. , (Associated Prem tinned Wire) LOS ANC.ELES, Nov. 21. The cold waters of the Pacific ocean, washing ashore in Santa Monica bay the bodies of two elderly sis ters, today had uncovered what au thorities term one of the strangest suicide pacts ever recorded hero. Tho body of n third sister Is being sought. Yesterday the bodies of Ada Mc Keon, a widow (i5 years of age, and Abba Miller, 63, a spinster, were found. Abnut. the same time Ralph Miller, 72-year-old Holly woody artist, prominent In his profession, received a S.:.' I'i forming him his three sisters plan ned miiclile. Heading In newspapers of the strange ca.se, he sen! a' friend, A. Dow, to the K. A-telle. Cal., mortuary where the bodies had been taken nnd Identification was made. Miller said the third sister was Jessie Miller. fiO. 1 Goaded By Debt Miller, who lives wllh his fam ily in Hollywood, gave the letter to tho police. It was self-explanatory. "Pear Ralph: Take a good grip on your courage, dnnr. nnd try to think that what will hnvo happened when you receive this Is for the : best. ' "It is useless to try to hold out. any longer we have como to the end. We owe $l,32f and have no other way to pay H and nothing to meet expenses nnd live on and we cannot get work or sell any thing to carry on. "We had hoped to die naturnlly and have our ashes sent bnck to Mrs. Hazard and she would take them to Fairmont cemetery. (Cin cinnati), but that, in not to be and now we are going to try to get far enough out so the sen will tuko cam of us. "Everything Inside (he bonne Is yours and while it will not bring in anv monev (we have tried that) i It Is vouis to sell or use or do ns yni please with, wllh the exception of a few articles wo have marked for certain people. "You will find deeds to four lots Continued on Page 6, Story 3 FIVE KILNS TAKEN" BY $75,000 BLAZE ( AmoHntc! Pre." T.pniwit Wire) NEW WKSTMIXISTKR II. C.., Nnv. 21 I'lvo ilrv kllriH lit Bloo (Icl, SlowRrl nnd WpIsIi'r mill nt Ilurnnliv. near hrr 'pi-p (iPHtrny pd by fin IhpI nit-lit Willi a loss pstlninlp.l nl STK.nno. TIip mill llsplf was navpil by Vanrnnvpr ami nnrnnhv rirp do- liarlmpiils. Hidnpv Smith, mill nuinanpr. uni.l n'humnm: opnra tions would Itp romniPni-n.l ImmP dialplv. Loss is partly rovir.'d by inpuriincp. MRS. HOOVER GUEST OF GIRL SCOUTS f AiMioriBtwl PrrM tn"l WfrO NFW YORK. Nov. 21 The first ladv of the hind enme In New York tnditv to ft tend a "pariv clven In her honor by the girl fCOUtS. Mr. Herbel Hoover, honotnrv nresldent of the trlrl scout will lie enest n t a dinner tonli'ht at ibe Hotel Rtltmore which will mark ih Innufrunitlon of the h1 coet federation of Greater New Yoili. THREATENED GRAPP. MEN SEE NO FOE Aarwlftlfl Prow Tsawf1 WW RAN rnNfISfO. Nov 21 - Police official of bftv dWvlcl cltteq nid tndnv nntnld form. nnn?f lug director of (he fit 1 1 for tfa Vinev''1!st', n-foelntlon. had not been able to irive (hem any Informal Ion on the whereabouts. atlvMin nr reported movement of A1 Canone. Tblcnrn canrster trfPfiHv reported (n Cnl'fomia. The pnlic" learned Conn bad re ro( ved t b ren 1 1 f rnm person S'l loscd to be Canno'H lieutenants, tn pon portion with n'r. n of tb1 Tall forn ti srane ernwer trt mar ket frntt concent rates In Illinois an eliehf-re. Th fan? leafier nald to have nbtertrrt to ninrkeMne of the irt-n enncenirpteo nn tbe gronnd tbev tnnrt Into wine. tbi9 tnter- -h hl market for Illicit alcoholic h?verases. THE Survey Shows Business Improves, Manufacturers' Head Announces (Awootalod PreM I.rnwMl Virc NEW YORK. Nov. 21 A sur vey in IS states has convinced the National Association of Manufac turers that business conditions are on the mend. Discussing the survey, John R. Edgerton. president of the assicla tion, told the New York state chamber of commerce last nluht that industrialists and business men generally were unanimous In, the belief that the nation was1 "only just now taking a breathing! spell in the tremendous strides it has made as Its own pace." i Tho stales surveyed were Call-j forn la, Colorado, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky. Massachusetts. Michi gan, Missouri. New York, Ohio,' Oklahoma. Rhode Island, Utah. Wnshiuglon. New Jersey, Pennsyl vania, Connecticut and Georgia, Twelve states reported Improve ments, two reported a stationary status and four reported a decline ol which one was in the drought nna, another in an exclusively mining region, nnd a third in an exclusively lumber section. Regarding unemployment, twelvo stales showed n "fairly encourag ing situation," M were optimistic of Improvement in (he late winter or early spring, one anticipated no change, and three, which were In agricultural, mining or lumber re gions, thought, the situation un favorable. Industries on the upswing, Mr, Tho annual iThnnlisglvIng day union church service is to ho held Thursday morning. November 27, at 1 0 : H0 o'clock, In the Maptlst church, according to announcement made this morning by the Hose- burs Ministerial union. Each year1 the churches assicialed In the union; conduct a joint Thanksgiving wor-i ship period In one of the churches! of the group. Rev. Alexander Mulr-: den, paHlor of the Presbyterian church. Is to be t ho Hpeaker at Thursday's meeting. All residents of Rosehurg and the Rurrottndltig community are timed by tho union to join in the service. The program is announced as follows: 1 lyntn by the congregation. Invocation, Dr. C. A. Edwards. Scripture reading, Rev. Perry Smith. Hymn by the congrcgalon. Anthem, "Makn A Joyful Nolso." Simper, by (he choir, Prayer, Rev. .1. Frank Cunnlnij- ham. Offering. Vocal solo, "Praise lite Lord, O My Soul," Holden. Mrs. Charles A. Brand. Sermon, "(living Thanks," Rev. Alexander Muirden. Hymn by the congregation. Benediction, Rev. .1. It. I'enhall. ROOSEVELT TO RUN AS WET, COX THINKS f An-iat-l 1'r.m T.0.1M-!! Win-) NKW YORK. Nov. 21 The New York World today quoted James M. Cox, democratic presi dentlal nominee In lt20. as saying be believed the democratic nation al platform In PU2 would con In In a plank calling for repeal of the eighteenth amendment and the re turn to fctate liquor control. It sum) he believed Gov. Roo.-.e- velt of .V v York. Ills running mate on tbe ;i:m ticket, would be nomi nated by the democrats for presi dent in tv on tho Issues of water i power, utility i fKiiliil loit, tinetn J ployment and the working out ol ;a scfenlillc 'arlfr to , place tbe, I country on a sound economic basis, j I CHEVROLET PLANS I j MILLION NEW CARS i Plans of the Cbevrnlet company .call for the const rud ion of one toll lion cats duritm IW.i I . accord , ling to Hans T. linnHcii, local deal ! er, w bo returned yesterday from , Cortland, where he a I tended a winter conference nl dealers, '"oni- pany representative, were present and reported tltat a study of cur rent conditions nnd a survey of fu ; tare need Indicates n Kood market for one m!!lion or more cars dur ing the coming year. Mr. Hansen ' reports. The report Mated that fu '. (lie first 1 months of IftO Chevro let dealers sold 1.1 nn.Onfi used , cats, an all time record, and that: used nnd new car stocks are un-j usually low, so that dealers nrn much het'er prepared for tbe lato winter and cprlng business. CHURCHES TD UnilTE If' iim SERVICE Dill THIMIIG Not Try to Establish Contact? 1 8 N x 1 ; f lM If a.? it JOHN E. EDGERTON Edgerton listed as steel, textiles, public utilities, shoes, paper, build lug, beet sugar, stock yards, num erous specialties railroads In some sections, automobiles aiul allied lines, and mining In parts. (AumipinlfJ Prriwi Lcimcil Wln) 1 SAIjKM, Ore., Nov. 21. Range cal tie men In Oregon favor pro posed legislation that will permit, the grading and marking of meats according to tho "truth in incuts" plan sponsored by O. M. Plummer, secrelary of the Pacific Interna tional Livestock exposition and member of the national meat hoard, says Dr. W. H. Lylle, Htalo veleriuarlan. "Thorn Is a complaint by many of the range breeders who raise only well-bred beef animals lhat I hey do not realize, tho true worth of their product because I hey are forced to compete with dairy cow heel' lhat Is sold In many shops," Lytic said. lie said lhat Oregon Slate col lege has conducted tho educational campaign for the Instruction of housewives ill the selection of men Is. White this has done some thing toward Insuring a more Just return lo Ibe producer, Dr. Lytle said, the fact that most, meats are ordered by telephone causes much dairy cow meal to reach the con sumer's table unless lop prices art! paid. "It Is planned to enact legisla tion," he said, "that will optionally permll those slaughterers of mcnt who choose to employ a board-approved veterinarian to health In sped the meat and si amp It, and alos grade and stamp It so lhat the quality will be shown." n-itf Chrlnmn - - LIQUOR VALUED AT MILLION SEIZED MweHutril Vrcn t.raw.l Wlf) HOSTON, Nov. 21. -Liquor val ued at a million dollars, one of the larcrd seizures In (he history of prohibition enforcement, was In the bands of government ngents today. This estimate of the value or i at ones of two liquor laden barges was given at Ibe office tif the eastern division commander of the .-oast' isuard. The harder and n litir were cap tun ? bv tlie cnatt r'.ard patrol o'f the Maine coast Wednesday and brought to Morton. Nineteen men. tin' rrwn of the 'ui and barret. it .en in'n !, iody. Oo eminent agents who made a prelim I nary examination of tho chi-iroe said if all the containers and canes lhat appeared lo contain contraband did In fart, the seizure would probablv be the bigirest ever made on the Atlantic coat. KILLS TEACHER THEN ATTEMPTS SUICIDE It TM. V . Nov 21 Miss Kllzahcth Itcflnot. 21. l-Yenoh tear her In tho Math high Hehool, wa Rhot and killed curly today. Lawrence tlulmey. 2. was taken to a hospital with a bullet wound under the heart which police said wait ftrlf Inflicted. His condition was critical. Sheriff Frank nartlctt ahl ho believed jealouny canned the nbootlng!. WEATHER YESTERDAY Highest temperature yesterday 49 lowest temperature lust night 38 Precipitation last 24 hours 0 Precip. since first of month '1.30 Relative humidity 5 p. m. (';) 77 VOL. XXIXNO. 195 OF THE EVENING NEWS rnnnrp ELEVENMORE i 1 INSTITUTIONS ; ; GLOSEJOORS Despite Failures in Five , States, Reserve Chief Asserts Situation Basically O. K. Ily the Associated Press Eleven hanks In five stales of the bouiIi unU lower middle west fulled to open for uumIiiuss today, continuing the succession of fail ures of the hist week. Hanks In Kimllsh, Leavenworth, Corydon und C'orydon Junction, nil small communities in southern In diana, were taken over by tl(p state bankiiiK department on the heels of the failure yesterday of two bunks at New Albany, Ind..' across the Ohio river from Louis ville. Hanks nt Paris, Tenn., Doniphan and JOdiua, Mo., at Creatwood, Louisville suburb, and Mtidison ville, Ky. At. Ashevllle, N. C, and a neKi'o bank in Nashville, Tenn.. were the olbers to close. Echo of Louisville Crash ' Closlim "f the six Indiana banks was attributed to the recent failure, of a group of Louisville banks. Tho closings in Kentucky today brought the number there to fifteen in a week, seven in Louisville and two In its suburbs. The Ashevllle clos ing was tho ninth in North Carolina in two days. The Missouri clos ing was blamed to heavy with dra'nls. , tiovernnr Iiorlon of Tennesso1 nledKed a "full and complete In vestigation of all atnto government departments" as a result of atnto financial difficulties which follow ed tho naming of a receivership for Cantlnued on pago 6, Story 4 DRY ACT'S FATHER NOW URGES CHANGE (Aiwirtntfri Pres. I.cwwd Wire) ' OOLU.MIU1S. Ohio, Nov. 21 C. C. Crabbe. father of Ohio's dry laws und former attorney general of Ohio, today nnnounced he fnvor od a modification of the Crahbo act to permit tho sale of light! wines and beer. Crahbo said the enforcement oC the present Btiingent prohibition law in Ohlnn was "not satisfac tory" und .that the people of tho state had not respected the statuto. The ronner nltorney .general raid the law was filed to promote) n -e temperance nnd that It need ed l,i he modiried to suit the ma jority of (lie people of t!:6 stnto. liny Cliil.hn.i S.si. PORTLANDER HURT WHEN AUTO UPSETS Kred Grllftth, of 712 Everett street, Portland, was injured short ly before noon today, when his car skidded off Ibe road nnd turned over near Camp View, a mile north of KoHebiirg. Mr. Griffith was cut about the, face and head, but not aeriously hurt. The cur was con siderably damaged. The injured man was brought to Uoaehurg, where bin injuries wero treated. CHICKEN THIEF'S CACKLE FAILS TO DECEIVE OFFICER KVANSTON'. III., Nov. 21. I'olicemau Oscar S w a n s o n claims to be a "cackllstic" ex perl by which he means he can tell as much about a hen by her cackle us a ballistic expert can about a gun. The opportunity came to him to cake a practical demonstra tion lasi night when Fred lltt mer telephoned the police that he wanted them to do something about the strange noises he was bearing In his barn. Swan.ton got ibe ease and there was cackling uh he and Dlttmer en tered the barn. "Those." said IMttmer, "are my light Ilrahmas." "Light lira h mas, nothing," said the expert. "They might be Itbode Island Iteds. If you raised that kind, and they might be Ituff Orpinglons if the pitch was a llttlo higher, but since you have none of thefie the cackling must be coming from something else.' With which remark he switch ed on tho light and disclosed, he reported, that the cackler was Albert Took, 15. who said he had just dropped In for a chicken.