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The Farm Conference Labored Two Days in Roseburg and Brought Forth a Ripe Watermelon. A Little Longer Session Might Have Given Us Strawberries. WEATHER Highest temperature yesterday 60 Lowest temperature last nip! it 48 Preelpltutlou for 24 hour 82 I'reciji. since first of month 2.23 Precip. from Sept. 1, 193G 23.12 Excess since Sept. 1, 19115 45 Occasional Rain; Mild. STALEMATED Rut Roseburg may yet build that desired trunk line newer and disposal plant. Where there's a will there's a way, and the pro ject looks like the "must" type. The NEWSHEVIEW will keep you posted. THE DOUGLAS COUNTY DAILY OU XXXVIII NO. 254 OF ROSEBURG REVIEW ROSEBURG. OREGON. FRIDAY. FEBRUARY 21. 1936. VOL. XXVI NO. 174 OF THE EVENING NEWS IMI I- - T EM mm BRASSAGE Editorials on the Day's News Dy FRANK JENKINS VYKRIC Is an Interesting state- nient, culled from the news: "Since April 7, 10.13, when modi ffratlon went Into effect, the fed ernl government and the states have collected more than $1,225, 000,000 In liquor taxes and license fees." That Is a lot of money. Z-iO.MPETENT authorities tell us that at least 20 per cent of the price the consumer pays for li quor goes to the federal and state governments In the form, of taxes. If that Is true. It means that In the two and three-quurter years since prohibition was modified the people of the United States have Slient about FIVE IM-LION dollars for liquor. That Is at the rate of nearly two billion dollars n year. IF WE would all cut out liquor, and turn over to the government the money we have been spending for It, we could pny off our pres ent staggering national debt In about 18 years assuming, of course, that no more was added to the present debt total. IN THE calendar years of 1931 and 1935, the federal govern, ment collected (833,066,159 In taxes on alcoholic' beverages." Thai ' is at the rate of considerably more than 400 million dollars a year. Your grandfather can remember when the TOTAL cost of running the federal government was only about 400 million dollars a year. Now 400 million dollars is only a drop in the bucket. llfHY IS the cost or federal gov eminent going up? Here Is one reason: On June 30, 1928, at the end of the Coolldge administration, the number of persons on the payroll (Continued on page 4.') WAGNER ACT CASE PORTLAND. Feb. 21 (AP) The first Oregon case under the Wagner labor act resulted in a de cision in favor of the textile un ion. Harry M. Kenin. trial examin er in Oregon, said todav. Tie recommemlf d the Oregon Worsted comnany of Portland cease nnd desist Interfering with employes, re-emplov the union president. Sdnev Girard, nnd pay his wages at the rate of M4.GO a week since the date of his dis charge, Nov. 21. 1935.' Kenin upheld the union's conten tion that the company is engaged in interstate, commerce, that it showed "favoritism" in Its treat ment or member 'of the emplo'v ers' minimi council and that it dis charged (ilrard for the "sole reos on" that he "Joined and assisted" the union. The case ninv be enrried to the supreme con-. It wn intimated by A. K. Ttosenberg, attorney for the worsted company. Confederate Veteran, 96, Awaits 18th Visit of Stork at His Home NEW MORN, N. C, Feb. 21. AP) Oeorge Hughes, who be came a father at 91, now In hoping to pet a longevity record for his family. The old Confederate veteran, at whoso home another heir Is ex pected In Mnv, In 96 now. hut hnrdly allow It. He cuts wood, tends a garden and does any num ber of chores about the house. To set a new family record he said be would have to out-do his grandmother. Kalle Tillman, who lived to be 110. The nonagenarian's reclne for a ripe old age? It's an old-faBhion-ed copy book maxim: "Hard work, temperate bablts and no dissipation." Hushes married his present wire In 1933, a 28-year-old woman who T Downpour Brings Warmer Temperature; Columbia Gorge Again Battles With Deep Snow. For the second consecutive day Roseburg this morning was the warmest spot in .Oregon. The mini mum temperature last night was 50 degrees three degrees higher than any other reporting station. Eugene and Medford each reported 47 degrees. The rainstorm which started last night brought .82 of an Inch of pre cipitation prior to the 5 a. m. read ing at the local weather bureau station, with indications that rain fall today would bring the total for the 24-hour period to one inch or more. PORTLAND, Ore., Feb. 21. (AP) Rain and above freezing temperatures returned to Portland today and washed away the ice and snow which fringed the streets for two weeks. Edward L. Wells, government meteorologist, predicted that occa sional rains would continue In western Oregon tonight and tomor row, while more snow would visit portions of eastern Oregon. Southeast storm warnings were displayed along the coast from Eu reka, Calif., to Aberdeen, Wash., and northeast warnings ion the northern Washington coast. The heavy rains were general in the Willamette valley and as far south as Roseburg. A blinding snowBtorm in the Columbia gorge blocked the high way again today for the second time this winter. Tapioca snow and sleet rolled down the high banks and covered the road. Traf fic was routed over the Bridge of the Gods and the North Bank high way. Trucker Has Close Call An inland motor freight truck driven by Roy Garrett slipped from the slick and half-hidden road near Llndsey creek hetween Hood River and Cascade locks, rolled ovef three times and burned to a frazzle. The driver miraculously escaped. Trainmen and state highway road engineers said the storm was even worse than last week's snow deluge which blocked the roads. The Columbia River highway Is blocked indefinitely, it was an nounced. The roads filled with snow as fast as it could be plowed off. The snow pellets rolled down" the high, steep banks and submerg ed the highway and railroad tracks. Five Inches of new snow was on the ground at The Dalles today and more was fulling. The tem- fContlnued on page 6 ! RALPH R. LEONARD OUT FOR SHERIFF Ralph R. Leonard, local insur ance agent, has announced himself as a candidate for the republican nomination for the office of sher iff at the primary election Mny 15. Mr. Leonard is well known in Douelas county where he has made his home for the past four and a half years. v He resided in Portland for 1G years Prior to coming to Roseburg. He has been encaged In the in surance business for the past 10 years. Mr. Leonard Is a member of the Masonic lndee nnd American Le gion post at Roseburg. gave birth to a son the following venr. The boy was named Franklin Delano noosevelt Hughes. Hughes' paternity at so advanced an age attracted wide attention, but Its authenticity was verified by several physicians and an account of the case was printed In the Journal of the American Medical association. Hughes was born In Leoelr county January 1, 1R40. He was first married In 1R72. His first wire bore him 18 children. !!c fought through tour years or the Civil war without a scratch. The small pension he receives from the state government Is his onlv Income. More than three score years separate his eldest son from his youngest. The former is 63, the latter 14 months. EU RAINS HIT WESTERN OREGON AREA F. R. Would Extend Civil Service To All Postmasters WASHINGTON, Feb. 21. (AP) President Roosevelt said today he hoped there would be legislation placing all postmas ters under the civil service. While not specifying action at this session, the president said he expects to continue confer ences on the subject. He remarked that he advocat ed such a proposition as fur back as 1913. First, second and third class postmasters do not come under the civil service now. As various emergency agen cies of the government become permanent, Mr. Roosevelt said he expected their employes to be covered by civil service reg ulations. The president did not desig nate which agencies he had in mind. Victor H. Metcalf Held Two Portfolios Under Late Theodore Roosevelt. OAKLAND, Calif.. Feb. 21 (AP) Victor H. MetcaH. twice a cabi net member In the Theodore Roose velt administration, died last night at the age of 82. only six weeks after the death of his wife, Emily. He cherished an intimate friend ship with the late president which. 32 years ago, ripened into his ap pointment as secretary of labor and commerce when those cabinet posts were one. Two yearB later, in 1906, he. was named secretary of the nnvy and held this office un til 1908. , Born In Utica,,New York, Met calf was graduated from Yale uni versity In 1876 with the degree of bachelor of laws. He moved to Oakland in 1879. He continued his legal career 20 years, then was elected to t lie house of representa tives in 1S99 from the third Cali fornia congressional district. Twice reelected, he resigned In 1904 to accept appointment as sec retary of labor and commerce. On quitting Washington, Metcalf returned here and became affiliat ed with the Alameda County Title Insurance company. He succeeded to the organizations presidency in 1930, shortly after which he retir ed. Metcalf is susvived by a son. William Howard, and two sisters. T HI BUSY PERIOD BAKER, Feb. 21 (AP) A wild period of fire fighting featur ing battles against flames slapping at two residences and a refrigerat or truck loaded with merchandise was experienced by Raker firemen between 7 o'clock Thursday night and 6 o'clock this morning when they responded to four calls. - A unlnue accident Involving a Utah-California truck lines ma chine caed the first fire this morning. The truck, operated by Bert Cassldv, skidded on an Icy curve, struck an electric light pole nnd crashed against a house. Fumes from the exhaust pipe caus ed the gnsoltne tank to explode. The flames damaged the house and practically demolished tho front of the truck. While firemen were fighting the blare, a state-owned house a few hlocks nway caught tire. The names destroyed practically all or the contents and damaged every room in the house. The tlremen were cn'leii to extinguish two min or blazes Thursday night. THREE ASPIRANTS FOR OFFICES FILE SALEM, Feb. 21 (AP) W. A. Johnson of Grants Pass riled with the secretary of state today his declaration or candidacy for state senator from Josephine coun ty. Johnson, a republican., served .'n the lower house of the legisla ture at the last session. S. M. Nosier, Coqullle, filed tor the republican nomination for state representative from Coos county. , Willis West or Astoria, democrat, riled ror reelection as district at torney of Clatsop county for a sec ond term. TAX PROGRAM i S00NT0TAKE! DEFINITE FORM Draft Deferred Until Next Week, Roosevelt Says; . Congress Wants No Higher Levies. WASHINGTON, Feb. 21 (AP) - President Roosevelt said today (he tux . bill to finance the new farm program would be formulated finally after his return next week from his home in Hyde Park, N. V He added that conferences with the heads of government spending agencies would continue through April. A billion dollar cancellation in authorized borrowing has been pro jected by the president, but he has given no intimation of what may be accomplished in the1 way of curtailing direct expenditures. I Legislators hoping and praying that President Roosevelt will make the tax bill as small as posslble.iii this campaign year took comfort in optimistic notes struck by con gressional tax advisers. Not in a rise of $38,626,12(1 in ordinary internal revenue collec tions last month as compared with January, 1935, the advisers guve figures to show that with a furth er upswing in business the pres ent tax rat es would pour much more money into the treasury than it ever received In peak prosperity years. Welcome Figures Given One congressional tax report said that present levies, applied to earnings approximating those of 1929, would produce $6,7G5,000,000 annually.-- Total .revenue receipts' recently have been running at the rate of about $4,000,000,000 a year, almost bb much as the receipts of 1929, when the tax structure was different. ' These figures were welcome to' congress members who have been arguing that sizeable new tax lev ies are not necessary, despite the deficit, relief demands, congres sional passage of the bonus, and the wiping out of AAA's processing taxes by the supreme court. De3)ite the gain in ordinary In ternal revenues, the shutting off of processing taxes led to a net drop of $10,600,000 In January, 1936, as compared to the previous January. Most legislators expect Mr. Roosevelt to recommend taxes, perhaps totalling $500,000,000, to succeed the processing levies and to support the new farm program expected to pass the house this hveek. But many are hopeful that (Continued on page 6) CAPITOL PLAN FEE SET AT 6 PER CENT PORTLAND, Feb. 21 (AP) The Oregon canltol reconstruction commission voted to pay a six per cent architectural fee on the new $3,200,000 structure. It was decided at yesterday's meeting here to hold $300,000 of the available funds in reserve for unforeseen expenses which might arise later. i PWA officials told the commis sion it must show speed or lone the grant of federal funds to aid In the construction. '. The commission members said the program was going ahead as rapidly as possible and dates would be announced soon for the nation wide contest to select an architec ture for the new statehouse. It an tmt-of-state architect wins the Job, he will receive four per cent and must associate himself with an Oregon architect who will receive two per cent. The next five ranking architects In the project will receive cash prizes of $1500 each. T. H. Banfield said today he was not present when appointed to the commission's executive committee and that he would not consent to serve on it. He submitted his resig nation to Chairman J. A. McLean of Kugene. BOWMAN AbJUDGED CHAMPION COWBOY TUCSON, Ariz., Feb. 21. (AP) The Rodeo Association of Amer ica recognized Everett Bowman, Fort Thomas, Ariz., as the grand champion of cowboys today, and gave him a $500 cash award. Bowman also received checks of $100 each as champion calf roper and steer wrestler. Pete Knight, Denver, selected as second grand champion cowboy, was awarded $loo. Knight, in ad dition, received $100 as 'champion bronc rider. CRASH BLOCKADE? s : & & 'Cinch,' Connelly Asserts o o ft GOING TO SHOW 'EM PHOENIX, Ariz., Feb. 21. ( A P) "One Eye" Connelly, who boasts of being the world's foremost hobo and "gate crash er," will test the Los Angeles bum blockade some time today. Connelly, who, is headed for the Santa Anita handicap, and is "In a hurry," poop-poohed sug gestions he might not crash the blockade thrown up by IjOs An geles police to keep hoboes out of California. "It's going to be a cinch, a push over," Connelly said. "I've crashed tougher gates than those leading to California." Exhibiting his life member ship card in the Hoboes of America, Connelly headed for the Arizona-California border. He said he probubly would cross -at Yuma. TUX STATEMENTS ' BEING RECEIVED Douglas Property Owners Called On for Slightly Increased Amounts. Property owners in Douglas county are tills week receiving their tnx statements from the tnx collection department of the she riffs office. The statements In most cases call for slightly larger puyments than those of last year. There is a particularly notice able Increase In the city of Rose burg,. where the levy la approxi mately three and a half mills high- er than last year. For the county as a whole there Is a one mill increase in the com bined state and county levy. Last year the Btate and county levy was 15.5 mills and this year 1G.5 mills. The Roseburg city levy is In creased from 17.9 to 20 mills, due to demands of Increased bond prin cipal and Interest payments, while the levy of school district No. 4, In cluding . Roseburg and Immediate vicinity, Ms increased from .18.3 mills to 1S.6 mills. The city's Increase In taxes Is also partially due to a decrease in valuation from $4,430,750 last year to $4,297,510 this year, making an increase In levy necessary to rnlHO the money required. MRS. W. H. LYNCH DIES OF GUNSHOT PORTLAND, Feb. 21 (AP) Mrs. Catherine Lynch. GO, wife of W. H. Lynch, district engineer of the federal bureau of roads, died at hnr home last night from an aii parently self-inflicted bullet wound in the head, Deputy Coroner Eur I Shea said today. Lynch said he entered the bed room about midnight and found his wife dead, the coroner related. Ill health was the only reason ascrib ed. ARSON CHARGED IN MARSHFIELD FIRE MARSHFIELD, Ore.. Feb. 21 (AP) Damage estimated by the owners at $ 15,000 was caused to day when fire swept through the Prosper savmill and retail lumber yard on Marshflcld's water front. Fire Chler P. J. Shepherd said the blaze wus of incendiary origin. The loss was only partly covered by Insurance. DRUNKEN DRIVER SERVES TIME HERE Thomas E. Dardis of Rnedsport was brought to Roseburg last night to serve a sentence of 30 dnys in jail following conviction In the Keedsnort tiistire court on a chaiee of drunken driving. He was nlso sentenced to pay a fine of $25. FROM THE HEADLINES -By the Deacon- Miss Vivian Denton, of Angeliis temple, has sued Almee Mcl'herson, whose mid-name is Scruple. Miss Denton, ft seems, was publicity di rector, for Angelus temple and her erstwhile protector. Now whether she failed to make the f ron t pa ge and t h re w M rs. Afmee into a rage, or If she was saury and just naturally bud and made the whole force at An gel lis mad, is a thing not explained in the papers to date; but. It seems, she aroused the spirit of hate. She says that a quarrel with Almee arose; Almee pushed -her down stairs and bloodied her nose and called her vile names; and then she wns fired; but she got the publicity for which she was hired. DAIRY PLANT WRECKING LI TO DYNAMITE Olympia Police Chief Has Several Good Leads and Says He Looks . For Results. OLYMPIA. Feb. 21. (AP) Dy namite caused the mysterious ex plosions which yesterday wrecked two dairy plants here, Detective Hay Hays and Max Mrohs, exph sive expert, said today. Five persons narrowly escaped possible death or serious injury. Frank Andrews, a longshoremun, suffered a severe cut on his bund. Two blasts demolished the Sani tary dairy in down-town Olympia and ' badly damuged the Olympia Milk Producers association plant. a cooperative, several blocks re moved from the business center. Hays and Moans concluded that ordinury dynamite was used in the Sanitary plant blasts and Mrohs estimated 75 pounds were uBed. The sides of the building were bulged out and the roof dropped In to the plant. , A fire was exting uished quickly. Two men were bndly shaken by the second blast after they had Investigated tho first explosion. Warning Saves Lives Hays said he believed the first explosion, of a minor nuture, wus intended as a warning to occu pants of apartments over the rear section of the plant. Little dam age resulted to the brick apart ment structure, but two persons, Warned' by ; Andrews,. after . . the first blast, were thrown to tho ground outside the building when the second charge exploded. The concrete building housing the producers association with stood the terrific explosion there, but machinery and equipment was badly damaged and 450 windows were broken In the neurby Olympia Knitting mills building. Police Chief John M. Walker suid he expected some definite de velopments today as a result of "several good leads." Owners of tho wrecked businesses were at a Iohs for any explanation of the vundallsm. .IF. Mrs. Almina Frances Bellows, 87. well known pioneer resident of Douglas county, died at her home in Roseburg last night. She was born ut Mandon, Mass.. Feb. 16. 1S49, and was married to Andrew J. He lows at Blackstone, Mass., April ifi, QSfiS. In 1871 she and her husband came by train from Iowa to San Francisco, and from there to Roseburg via the overland stage mule. Mr. I 'el lows passed away on December 2.1. 1928. Mrs. Hollows was u member of the Daughters of American Revolution and of the Women's Relief Corps, and a life long member of the Presbyterian church . She is survived by a daughter and two sons, Mrs. George M Hi-own, Roseburg; Alva A. Del lows nnd Roy E. Bellows, all of I touching, besides several grand children. The body has been removed lo the Douglas Funeral home and funeral services will be held in the Presbyterian church Sunday after noon at three o'clock, liev. W. C. l-'aiifcltc officiating. Interment will be In the I. O. O. F. cemetery. Ar rangements are In charge of the Douglas Funeral home. EX-OREGON MAN FACES FIRE CHARGE 8ACHAMENTO, Feb. 21 (AP) The governor's office Issued papers today for the return of Er nest A. Keyser from San Diego to Lane county, Oregon, where he is charged wiih "burning with Intent to injure." The requisition papers charge Keyser purchased a house and lot in Kprliigripld, Ore., and after his wife left him, J unuary (i, he set fire to the house because the own er refused to return a down pay ment of $i5i), BIG ICICLE BREAKS MAN S SHOULDER WILIim, Wash.. Feb. 21 (AP) Carl F. Schaerer had a broken shoulder bladr today because of an Icicle. He said the Icicle, weigh I tin close to 100 pounds, fell on him from a trestle ut the Grand Coulee dam workings. Woman Toiling as Man Loses Job as Wind Bares Head BOSTON. Feb. 21. (AP) A gust of wind blew off a Boston und Maine railroad snow shovel er's cap today and disclosed the worker was a woman. Her long hair, released when the cap blew off, gave away her disguise. Dressed as a man, the uniden tified woman had worked with a crew of several shovelers for three days, the railroad an nounced, and might still have been employed at 40 cents an hour if her sex had not been re vealed. The foreman of the gang In which the woman worked dis charged her, officials said, as soon as her sex was rev eu led. It is against the railroad's pol icy to employ women for such work. AGfD Pi'S DEATH Fatal Beating and Burning Occur in Lodging House in Los Angeles. LOS ANOELES, Feb. 21 (AP) A 25-year old chauffeur, Fred Steltler. whs hooked on suspicion of murder today In connection with the double slaying of Carl B. Imr hour. (10, nnd his wife, Dorothea, til. Detectives who arrested Stett ler had checked the Barbour room ing house rcglBler to find a per son with the technical knowledKe to perpetrate a. "murder-by-tho-clock." ( ; . ' Tire elderly couple wns-bfoit'gnon-ed to deal It and tholr bodies plac ed on a bad, which the slayer set on fh-e early yestnrday bv a "ti':,e n'ork" mechanism connected with an i-lcclrlo licit er. lk-tectlve Lieutenant Lloyd Pat tern ald Btet'lur formeily lived at Hie Harbour '.io:ise and otiy o:' bis charred personal cards, with his new address, was found In the couple's effects. Thd dr tecttve said Steltler ha I been reported tinkering with eloc- ileal devices In much of his apare time. When the chauffeur, who works part time, was arrested at his homff late last night, Patton said be was found In possession of an electric solderliiK Iron and wire similar to that used in construc tion of the arson machine which fired the Harbour bedroom. Sletllor maintained under titles- tlonlnK that he bad not been near the Harbour home Wednesday rilKht and had last seen the couple, with whom he had a close nriiimln tnnrp. a week aKo. "The rase Isn't solved yet, but 11 looks like we re making some progress," Detective Patton de clared. PRISON QUIZ SHOWS AMAZING SITUATION JOMET, III., Feb. 21. (AP) Warden Hoy Host of the Colorado state prison, a member of the com mlttce invited to study prison con ditlons after the slaying of Hlch aid loeb by a fellow convict here on Jan. 28, said today that testi mony of inmates pictured "condi tions that were nothing less thun astounding." Among the disclosures reported made by convicts to investigating committee members wnro that convicts played poker for large stakes in Ihelr cells, that money was smuggled to Inmates and was used to corrupt guards, that liquor was manufactured and cir culated freely, that narcotics wore obtainable nnd that favored weal thy inmates were permitted to wear white shirts and flannel trousers fnstend of prison garb. Sound Amplifying via Skin to be Deafness Help, Physicist Predicts IOWA CITY, Iowa, Feb. 21 (AP) Prof. George W. Stewnrt. bend of the University of Iowa physics department, predicted to day that science would develop a treatment for deafness in which the skin of the hack or abdomen will be made to serve as "ears." Haslng his prediction on 'recent developments In sound amplifica tion and tho fact that totally deaf Parsons sou Id "feel" the rhylhm of m utile, the physicist said, "by amplifying sound and Increasing the area of stimulation on the hu man body, something better than stone- deafness should he realized by persons whose ears now are totally useless," . "With our present methods of sound amplification." he said, "it is possible to magnify sound to HOUSE VOTES F E Consumer Protection, Aid in Soil Conservation, Old Income Parity Are Included. . V WASHINGTON, Feb. 21. (AP)' ' The house today wrote a strong consumer-prqtection amendment In to the new farm bill and pushed the measure ahead toward pnssago tonight. The amendment was proposed by Representative McCormack (D., Mass.). It would direct the secre tary of agriculture to work toward a pre-war "parity" Income for tho farmer without discouraging pro duction to a point below the 1920 29 average domestic consumption. Accepted by Chairman Jones (D Tex.) of the agricultural commit tee, the consumer proviso wna along the lines of the Wagner amendment defeated by a wido margin In the senate. After McCormack had explained the interests ot his Industrial area In protection of the consumer. Jones told the house the amend ment was acceptable since It In cluded the 1909-14 "parity" objec tive for farm income. This would be attained by seeking to reestah llsh the ratio ot that period be. tween the net Income of the farm er and non-farmer. The amendment was adopted on a voice vote. Protests Heard Hcfore the house met, represen tatives of several organizations headed by-the"peoplft'slobby "were-" given a formal "protest" audience by Mnjorlty Leader Hankhead ot Alabama and - Minority Leader Snell of New York. They complained that the bill. nlrondy passed In the senate, was being put through without any hearings. Republicans on tho floor have voiced Bimilar com plaints. Annthor variation from the sen ate bill quickly approved was a committee amendment to permit (Continued on page 6) Drain-ReedsportJ Road Blocked by 1 Slide at Tunnel The Umpqua highway between Drain and Reed sport was blocked this afternoon by a slide at the east entrance to the Elk creek tun nel at Hancock mountain accord ing to word received at the divi sion office of the state highway de partment here. Heavy rain last night and this morning loosened approximately 1,500 to 2,000 yards of rock and dirt .which completely covered the highway, It was re ported. A power shovel was on the way to the scene early this afternoon and highway crews reported that they hoped to have the road open to one-way traffic by 6 p. m. today. Several small slides are reported at various points along the road. RIOTS PLACE SPAIN UNDER MARTIAL LAW MADUID, Feb. 21. Martial law spread through Spain today against, revived radical rioting In which nt least eight persons were kill ed, churches and rightist centers raided and the red flag of com munism raised at Isoluted points. overcome practically nny amount of deafness. Physiological limits exist, however, because of the fact that with ton great amplification a sensation of pain la produced in the ear. This means that If the nerson Is too deaf the ears cannot he used and the scientist must turn elsewhere. "A new and unexplored field." Professor Stewart said, "lies In at tempts to transmit electrically am plified sounds to large areas of skin such as the back or abdomen. . "I realize that it Is a long way from the feeling of musical rhythm to the perception of the spoken v ord through the skin, hut it does not Beein to me to be an Impossi ble distance. Learning to detect word difference through the skin, of course, would call for an entire ly new field ot perception.' , FOR BATCH 0 I
