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BMmmmm The Weather-, portion, rain or snow east portion, light vari able winds. Priday-i-Max.. 46; min.. 3S; river, 8.4. rising;, rainfall, .05; atmosphere, cloudy; wind, south. EIGHiT PAGES TODAY Only sixteen shopping days until Chrlstina3. In all the Christmas excitement - do not overlook your table supply you can find many ada la this paper that -will help you buy food farlesa. SEVENTY-FOURTH YEAR SALEM, OREGONSATURDAY MORNING. DECEMBER 6, 1924 PRICE FIVE CEin3 tSETJATE ASKED : 1 0 IflB I BOARD CHARGE Excessive Allowances For Amortization of War Time Industries Reported by Committee EHEW I T.1ILLI0US OF DOLLARS ARE, HELD INVOLVED Pacific Coast Plant One of cases in question; Sl, 600,000 Allowed i Washington; Dec. 5. - Re ! view by the internal revenue bu reau of cases Involving sums ! amounting perhaps to millions of dollars granted wartime Indus tries for amortization upon theip conversion into privately operated plants, -will be asked in resolutions to be presented to the senate soon ty the special Committee investi ' 'fating the bureau. The committee, decided today to .task a review of one case involving a shipping concern on the Pacific xoast, and Chairman Cousins said "tother cases where excessive al lowances ere believed to have neen granted for amortization would be taken up by the commit tee. " - !; ; M iilionsj of dollars were allowed yvartime concerns for amortization but the sciope of the review to be Asked will not be determined un til this phase of the committee's fcivestigation has been completed. In the particular case already de cided upon, Mr, Couzens said the - committee) had learned that the Shipping concern had been allowed 800,000 -by the shipping board, and a like; amount later by the in eternal revenue bureau for amorti zation. Investigation also disclos ed, he asserted, that the bureau vmade its grant with 'knowledge of similar action taken by the r shipping board. Resolutions ask , ing reviews of the cases will be, ''presented! for action by the senate. i,Many cases raanot be reopened .be-" cause of technicalities in -the law, however, and Mr. Couzens said no general review of these cases was contemplated. sTowiiPs i MIDDLE WEST wTrain Schedule Disarranged; Wire Communication Is ;- 1 Demoralized A f '.Tp : . : ; CIUCAGO. Dec. Zi (By , The f Associated Press) The middle -iwest tonight was recovering,1, from its first severe storm ot the win dier, the? rain and snow seriously .disarranging' train schedules in the northwest by interrupting wire Communications . and doing consi derable damage in Kausas. Mis souri, parts of Nebraska lowa. , j.. ,':v Rain. and snow in Kansas Nebraska demoralized wire and and com- munications but were pronounced f great benefit to the winter wheat crop. In Iowa train sched ules which had- been disrupted by the damage to wire communica tions by sleet and snow were about ormal j "but : telephone facilities still were hampered. Mill weather had succeeded the severe brand. 5 ir In Nebraska, wire facilities of . the Associated Press were so bad ly crippled for a time that it was necessary to resort to radio broad casting to reach some newspapers. mm Details of Shooting by Young Woman Not rully Known; Rumors Current : . BELGRADE, Jugo-Slavla, Dec. 5. (By; Associated Press.) iHenry Dayton of the American .consular; staff here, who was shot 'yesterday by a young woman, Anna Ousuopaitais, while they 1 were engaged in conversation at fthe official's home was still in a jcritical condition tonight. One of uhe bullets which entered the Vice Vonsul's; neck has been extracted. fMany rumors are current concern- ting the circumstances surrounding the shooting; The details of the affair are not yet fully known but the inquest Is expected to Teveal jfthem. One report is that the vice consul told the young woman that their friendship must cease. The woman drew a revolver and fired . and then committed suicide by cutties the arteries in her fore- . firms. J . A ; f .: STILL ! I. : ri Miss Bollman Resigns r As Private Secretary; Delzell Her Successor Resignation of Miss Celia Boll man, private secretary to Gover nor Walter M. Pierce, was accept ed Friday morning by the execu tive, who immediately appointed W. A. Delzell, of Klamath Falls, secretary of the j state board of control as her successor. ' At a meeting! of the board of control later in the day. Col. Carle Abrams, secretary of the' budget commission, was named secretary of the board of control to succeed Mr, Delzell. It ; is held doubtful If anyone will be named to succeed Col. Abrams, for the work of the budget commission is nearly com pleted and will be finished by the first of the year under his direc tion, when the commission is dis continued. ! f The resignation of Miss Boll man follows action brought in the circuit court by Mrs. Alice Bozell; who charges v the late secretary with a statuary offense. She is alleged to have occupied a hotel room at Centralis, Wash., with the plaintiff's husband, Fred Bozell. The complaint stated the numbers STRIKE VOTE RESULT TODAy Engineers and Firemen of SPTake Ballot; Outcome? Still in ; Doubt -M SAN FRANCISCO. Dec. 5. Re sults of the strike vote taken by engineers andj firemen of the Southern Pacific company's system are to be-made here tomorrow, it was announced; tonight 'by L. G. Griffing, grand, chief engineer of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, and D. B. Robertson, president of the. Brotherhood of Railroad Firemen and Enginemen, Canvas , of the, ballots was ex pected to be completed tonight but was delayed because a number of points in ..Texas andl Arizoaaliad, not been heard from, K was stated. Dissatisfaction with pay increas es granted by the railroad labor board to the men under their ju risdiction was .given as the cause for the strike :' balloting. Accord ing to Mr. Robertson, the brother hood executives decided to Ignore the bureau's granting increases on the ground that . the findings on which the ruling was based were not reached as a common agree ment between the carriers and em ployes affected, i IS RUMORED EXT IKS BEG f i Cherrians to I Hold J Annual Election of Officers on r Tuesday Night "The king lis dead! Long live the king." i ; This will be the Cherrian cry next Tuesday night when the booster organization meets at the Chamber of Commerce rooms to select a King Bing to lead the group through 1925. Al. N. Pierce, manager of the 'Marion hotel, is the present King Bing. Nominations are made from the floor and no tickets are officially placed in the field. The little bird that tattles is active again and is whispering the name of J. C. Perry as the next King Bing. As far as can be learned no oth er names are being mentioned as possible candidates for the posi tion. Mr. Perry was president of the Chamber of Commerce for two terms and is a prominent business man. .- .;.' Bobbie Oregon Wonder Dog, Now Permanently Located in Home Here Famous 61lTCTton CaniM Uvw.ia Own House on North Com mercial ; May Appear in .More Moving Pictures i Bobbie, the wonder dog of Ore gon, has moved; to Salem from Silverton. Bobbie has come to make his permanent abode at 445 North Commercial, , bringing with him not only his growing popu larity and notoriety, but his priv ate castle as well. .This castle is a gift to Bobbie from J. W. . Mc Fadden, a Portland contractor. It is a perfect reproduction of a modern bungalow in miniature. There are glass windows with lace curtains, a real chimney, front steps, and a stained door with a glass" door knob. On February 5, 1923, Bobbie blazed his name permanently in the hall of famous canines by completing a i journey from Wol cott, Indiana, to Silverton, Oregon, a distance of almost 3000 miles, on foot and alone. His master, of . the rooms said to have been occupied by a "Mr. and Mrs.. F. M. Bowman" on two different dates. This complaint is suppll mentary to another suit. In which Mrs. Bozell made Miss Bollman a defendant in a $10,000 heart balm case. ! This case was non-suited. Upon the resignation of Ward A. -Irvine, private secretary to Governor Pierce prior to last May, Miss Bollman, who had been chief stenographer in the executive's of fice since January 1, 1923, suc ceeded Mr. Irvine. She came to Salem with Governor Pierce from La Grande when he became gover nor. , Prior to that time she had been A is stenographer for several years, including one session of the legislature. Mr. Delzell became secretary of the board of control early in May, coming from Klamath Falls where he located from Oklahoma In 1905. Prior to his appointment to the secretarial position he was en gage in farming and private bus iness. From 1913 until 1921 he was postmaster.. Efffli ill FRANCE MEET Endeavor to Lay Basis for Friendly Discussion of Big 'Problems I PARIS, Dec. 5. -(By The As sociated Press).- The basis for the better discussion of big pend ing problems was laid today dur ing a conference between .Austin Chamberlain, the British, secretary of state for foreign affairs and M. Herrlot the French premier. -' In cidentally the conference' disposed of some minor1 questions between Great Britain and France. They avoided . however, -. any painful subjects such as interal lied debts as far as could be learn ed tonight.. ... v -jrf;, ; -""It was the first meeting between the statesmen. M. Herriot later In seeing Mr. Chamberlain off for Role to attend the sessions of the council of the league of nations, agreed to continue the conversa tion n the train when Mr. Cham berlain is returning to England. The French premier proposed to go to London later if necessary. Mr. Chamberlain personally pre pared the following statement for the French and English newspaper men who met him here: "We ministers and politicians work our hardest to confirm and fortify the bonds of friendship which unite our two countries by the memories of common glory, common suffering and common in terest. Lend us your powerful aid. Do not emphasize the differ ences which may arise from time to time between the best of friends Be rather interpreters of our two nations, one to the other. Let the British press make it its duty to explain the French view point. Let the press of France, on its side make it its motto to explain the British viewpoint to its com patriots. Make yourselves, on either side of the channel, defen ders of that entente cordlale which must always. unite France and Great Britain. You will thus help us effectively.' -' Verdict of First Degree Murder Ends Hough Trial BEDFORD,' Iowa, Dec. 5. A verdict of guilty ot murder in the first degree was returned by the jury tonight in the trial of . Carl Hough, charged with slaying Lil lian McKenney, 18, of Herrick; S. D. The Jury recommended Hough be sentenced to life imprisonment. . The prisoner evinced little emo tion as the verdict was read. It became known tonight that saws were found in Hough's cell this afternoon and it is believed that plans were made for the ac cused man to escape. O. F. Brazier, lost the dog while touring in Indiana with his fam ily, and was forced to return to his home in Silverton without having - recovered ' him. Exactly six months later Bobbie turned up in Silverton, hungry, foot-sore, al most unable to travel, but very happy. The tale of his exploit spread rapidly, and soon letters from friends who had fed him along the way began to pour Into Bobbie's - mail box, and at last count he was some 200 letters be hind in his correspondence. Bobbie has already acted before the camera, and one production has been completed. Mr. Brazier Is in communication with Holly wood producers and may, upon the expiration of his present con tract, take the dog to California to star in pictures there. IIUD ENTERS CELL. IY DIE THERE Promoter of Two Million Dollar Oil Swindle Arrives at State Prison te Serve Sentence DOCTORS SAY K0RETZ WILL DIE IN FEW YEARS Frenzied Financier 1 Sarcastic . and Cynical in Manner; Health Broken i STATEVILLE, 111., Dec. 6. (By The Associated Press.) Leo Koretz, money wizard who engi neered the 12,000,000 Bayano Oil bubble, came to the end of his fi nancial rainbow at 915 o'clock tonight when he entered the old state prison here to begin serving a sentence of from one to 10 years for three varieties of swindling. The man who . for years made money so fast that lie offended friends and relatives by refusing to accept their offerings found no pots of gold at the end of his rain bow. . Broken In health, shabby in ap pearance, almost penniless, and cynical -and sarcastic in nis com ment, the man who 'massed $2, 000,000 by accepting with appar ent reluctance the, money of his friends and relatives to be "in vested," in a phantom oil project, which he did not even own, went through the portals of the grey prison here tonight with little hope of emerging alive. He is suffering from diabetes and doctors have said that it is doubtful if he will live more than' a few years at the longest. 'Koretz, once worth millions, en tered the prison tonight with f 15 in frayed dollar bills, a can partly filled with tobacco, a set of ear muffs- and bx f throat lozea-4- ges and a shabby sulfas his only belongings. These were taken from him bm soon as he passed through the Iron gate of the prison. The promoter was brought here from Chicago to begin his sen tence by automobile accompanied by several deputies, all heavily armed. The. trip, however, was uneventful. He . presented little of the ap pearance of the natty wizard of finance when he entered the peni tentiary. He was unshaven and wore . the same clothes in which be was brought to Chicago from Halifax 10 days ago. His feelings also had apparently-changed con siderably. He was no longer affable to the newspaper men but addressed them sarcastically and told them that they had given him a "bad break." He had no statement to make as he was hurried from his automobile into the penitentiary. iil'SRlFSLL IS BEtOWpORMAL .:;. t ' November Has Total of 7.98 : Inches With Three Kill ing Frosts Though there were nearly 8 inches of rain In November and a heavy rainfall ' from July 1 to December 1, the city is short 3.98 inches of the normal amount for the first 11 months of 1924. The rainfall up to December 1 was 28.5 inches, while the average, over a period 6f 25 years, is 38.19 inches. Of the amount lacking to bring the total to normal, 2.38 In ches of rain have' fallen since; the first of the month. ' November had a precipitation of T.98 inches according to the re port of C. E. Oliver, cooperative weather observer. The greatest amount la any one day was 1.61 inches, on December 7. Sixteen days showed at least .01 inches of precipitation, 18 days were cloudy, 11' were clear and only one partly cloudy. ' There were three killing . frosts', on 1 November 16, 17, and 18. ' 1 The maximum' temperature was 59 degrees, on November 2, 20 and 22, with a minimum of 29 de grees on November: 27, 28, 29 and 30. The greatest-daily range was 24 degrees, on November 16. t On November -1 the river stood at 8.9 feet and rose' nearly four feet the following- day. The max imum fepth was reached on Nov ember 3, when it stood at . 16. 8 feet, dropping .3 foot the next day. From that time the river fell until it stood at 4.6 . feet on November 15. when it again began to rise, touching the 17.1 foot mark on November 23. By the end of the month the river fell to the 4.7 foot mark. Last night the official report placed the river at 8.4' feet land rising; due to the recent rains. pHINAMAN LOOSES S3000 IN OLD BOX TRICK VARIATION Desire to Exchange Paper Money for Gold Result in Losa of Large Hum j VANCOUVER, B. C. Defc 5. Lira Chaw- Jem's preference for gold resulted in two men robbing him , of $3000 here today. 1 Two men entered the store and offered to sell Llm $3000 worth of twenty dollar gold pieces. Lira counted out the amount in paper money and placed It In an enve lope, while the men stacked the gold on the counter. After "one of the men placed the envelope in bis pocket he changed his mind about the sale and handed It back to the Chinese. The other man scooped up the gold and covered Llm- with a revolver when the Chinese became suspicious. After the men escaped Lim found the envelope contained worthless paper. " Vi H - "PI 1 1 T pic of Edward L. Wells, . Y Meteorologist j Edward L. Wells, meterologist of the United States Weather bu reau at Portland, is to be the speaker for the Chamber of Com merce luncheon Monday noon. His talk 'will be a timely one to bus iness men for it deals with "Cli mate and Business." In his youth, according to the Chamber of : Commerce bulletin, Wells was interested in weather, as he was born In North Dakota, the home of blizzards and torna dles, hail storms and droughts. He Is a fellow of. the American Meter ological society, a trustee of Wil lamette university, a member of the Methodist church and a GAR. EXCLUSION ACT HELD DISASTER tcslatioa. AgainsLJaaaa: ese lopic ot f-ormer : Japan Ambassador ATLANTA, Ga., Dec. 5. ( By Associated Press) "The Japan ese exclusion act was an interna toinal disaster of the first magni tude; a disaster to American di plomacy in the Far East; a disas ter to religion and effective work of crur 'American churches In Ja pan,' 'Cyrus R. Woods, former United States ambassador to Ja pan, said in a letter sent to the federal council of churches in ses sion here tonight. "The exclusion act also was brought to the atten tion of the council by Dr. A. K. Reischauer. fTokio, representing the national 1 Christian council of Japan; who recommended the ap pointment of a "high commission" composed of "representative Am ericans and Japanese" to work out a readjustment of the present sit uation. "That which now needs to be done is follow the suggestion of Secretary Hughes," said Mr. Woods. "He asked that Japan be placed on the quota basis. This would admit only 146 immigrants annually until "July, 192.7 This amount lis negligible and I arrf sure in the enforcement of such a provision America will have the loyal cooperation of the Japanese government." BIKlBBLflS KILLED I ESCAPE Police Chief May Die When Wounded in Running Gun , Fight With 'Bandit SEATTLE, Dec. 5. Lionel Ed ward Grow, 28, son of one of Utah's notable families and great grandson t of the builder of the Mormon temple, was shot and kill ed after he attempted - to escape with $15,000 in cash from th Kent National Bank at Kent, near here, today. Mrs. Virginia Grow, - his widow identified her, 'husband, In the Kent morgue. She said she mar ried him in New York in 1920 and had left him in Seattle a few weeks ago when he threatened to become a highwayman. Fred Grant, chief of police of Kent, who was shot twice when Grow ran into an ambuscade of, armed citizens outside the' bank, was believed to have only a slight chance to recover from his in juries. SHIP LOCATED NEW YORK, Dec. 5. A wire less message from the coast guard cutter Zenra announced itvhad lo cated the four-masted schooner Bluebird, with 16 men aboard, and was towing it to Norfolk, waa picked up here tonight by the' in dependent wireless telegraph corporation. WEATHER PROPHET . TALKS ON HiI'M - : - I - . - French Journalist To Cross Unexplored Central Africa in Automobile That Doesn't Use Gasoline' Hi m Edmond Tranln, Paris Journalist, .(above at right) is already on his ;way pn a motor trip that will take iliim through an unexplored part Government Closes F i r s t Section of Evidence in Forbes Case CHICAGO, Dec. 5. - (By The Associated Press) The chief witness and the chief documents In the government's conspiracy case against Col. Charles R. For bes, former director of the -veterans bureau and John W. Thomp son, St. Louis contractor, closed the first section of the govern ment's evidence in the Forbes Thompson trial today. Elias H. Mortimer, one of the alleged mem bers of the conspiracy to allot war veterans hospitals to favored con tractors and divide the profits and now the principal witness for the government, finished his testimony by identifying a 115,000 demand note ' he had signed to Thompson Of this Mortimer testified he gave Forbes $5,000. The government makes no char ge that the conspiracy ever result ed in the division of any profits, and has presented yet only the $15,000 note and Mortimer's testi mony to show that Forbes receiv ed money from the contractors as "advances." James W. Black, partner of John W. Thompson, also of St. (Con tinned on page 6) KaOlfSES PLACED OiJ DOCKET Supreme Court Will Hear Arguments Upon Nine Cases Next Week . Three of the nine cases to be argued before the supreme court next week are appealed cases from Marion or Polk counties, accord ing1 to the calendar completed yes terday by Arthur Benson clerk of the supreme court. ' These cases are those of state vs Brown, of Polk county, involving the unlaw ful possession of a still;Eastman vs Heisley, relative to certain property rights near Silverton and Rasmussen vs Rasmussen, the final outcome of a Marion county divorce suit involving the custody of a child. "''- : Cases on the calendar and th dates of each are as follows: Dec ember 9, state vs Long; state vs Bnftke and state vs Brown. December 10 State vs He Quan Chan; state vs Buoy and state vs Gilson. December 11 Eastman vs Heis ley; .Rasmussen vs Rasmussen, and State Bank of Rainier vs C&CT company. HOHTKR IS CHIEF iTISS County Nurse Finds Tubercular Child Attending SchcjTamily in Poverty Conditions in 3 fission Bottom District Almost Unbelievable; Rags Provided as Bed for Four Youngsters; T j An 8-year old child in an ad vanced stage of tuberculocls at school; - squalor little associated with any other location outside the slum section of a large city these were some of the things that Mrs. Lydia King, . county health nurse, found on a recent call to a family Irving in the Mis sion bottom distrlct.1 An x-ray of the child was taken yesterday and the youngster placed under med ical care. In order to reach another fam ily Mrs. King was forced to wade through water over her shoe-tops until she reached the door. In side she found conditions that are hardly-believable. , Two rooms, the windows boarded up and the only means ' of ' illumination : in daytime the door. There was no furniture and a bedspring support j of Central 'Africa. . j The auto, pro- I pelled by a mixture of palm oil, I arachtde and naptha, will be In-" dependent Of eas-Jlllingr Btations. J W. E. Crews, Corporation Commissioner, Suspicious of "Ford of Canada" Request, that the United States district attorney's office in Port land investigate and prosecute the Empire State company, which is seeking to sell "bankers shares In the Ford Motor company ' of Canada, Ltd., has been made by W. ' E. Crews, state corporation commissioner, wno is suspicious that owners of Ford automobile are victimized in- a clever stock selling campaign. 1. The company Jias received ' no permit to sell stock in Oregon, he said. It the Investigation con firms the suspicion, of the depart? ment, the company will "be prosec uted for using the mails with an intent -. to defraud. The concern in question has its headquarters in New York. ' Suspicion wair1sTrecie3r"at the scheme when it became known that the local Ford representativ es nor the banks were aware that any such financial project had been instigated by Mr. Ford. Until the postal inspectors have reported there will be no informa tion given regarding the case. United States Attorney Coke, of Portland, said yesterday. According to the prospectus re ceived by Ford owners, ap rivllege to share in profits must be exer cized before December ' 1 3. ' "In vestors who in 1904 took advan tage of" the opportunity to invest $100 and upwards in Ford of Canada are profiting today, In cluding dividends, $32,800 for every $100 invested. One hun dred dollars today in Ford o Canada should then be worth more than $15,000." Secretary of Agriculture 111; Taken to Hospital CHICAGO, Dec. 5.-(By the A. P.) Howard M. "Gore, secretary of agriculture, and governor-elect of West Virginia, was taken to a hospital here today suffering from an : attack of bronchitis. Doctors at St. Luke's hospital where he is a. patient, said that his condition is not serious and that he probably will be able to leave the institu tion' in a few days. The secretary came to Chicago to attend the International Live Stock exposition and yesterday ac companied President Coolldge to the show, i ; " MAN ARRESTED D. M. Griffith, said to be wanted in Monmouth on a charge of pass ing forged checks, 'was arrested late f last night in a local rooming house by Officers Olsen and James." He is now held - in the city Jail awaiting Instructions from Monmouth. The checks pass ed" are said to have been for about $10. : I -. '-, ed on blocks of j wood, -covered with rags, was the sleeping place of the parents. Four youngsters slept on a pile of . rags in another corner. . When asked how the children studied at home, Mrs. King was informed that while supper was being prepared the children read by the light of an old oil lamp, which was extinguished after the meal was completed. ' By a vote of the county, the proposed county health measure was defeated at the general elec tion, though Salem, which has little need for work 'of this kind, stamped its approval upon the measure. Since November 4 there have been several calls for a nurse and strange to say, these came from 'sections whicb voted the heaviest against the county health measure. ; ., STOCK SCHEME TO BE PROBED SCHOOL OFFSET TIESlLiCE 0FC0UOTY hit Saving of nearly $1 BCD in . Marion . Government for M925 Wiped Out ky Cily Educational System , TAX DELINQUENCY EXCEPTIONALLY LOW Deputy Wrightraan Ccrr.p!I:j Table Showing Standir on October 5 Cost of operating Marion county government for 1925 will be ap proximately $1500 lower than tli3 amoant needed this year, but ttii balance will be more .than offset by the increase in the cost of the Salem public schools, according to members of the budget commit tee. ' . - . ' . . " The committee working on the Marion county budget met yes terday and found that more da tailed work will be necessary Tie fore the final tabulation Is 'com pleted and the figures made pub lic. The bOdget committee is us ing every possible means within its power to bring about a reduc tion of taxes and are not taklr advantage of the 6 per cent limi tation plan, as they found that costs for the coming year' wi'.l be lower than they were for tfcia year. V : V Interest Debt Due The second " Installment of t-a Marion county road , kond3, amounting to $85,000, must ta taken care of this year by the tax levy board. The interest on tor i i which is $42,075, will be pa!l cut of the cash balance on tani: As yet the state tax conrr. bas bn unable to give .i county an estimate of the county tax. Thia will be announced later, but In the meanwhile it is i:: : eiMa-Jpr.-ths levy tear a to i mlt. a complete report nntil t 3 tax: commission furn'sies t : county with las allotted smoait. Work on tabulating- the rigires Is progressing rapidly and a ccn plete Teport will !be annourcci within a short' time. Members' of the county budget committee in clude members of the county court J. A. Baker and F. B.- Jones cl Salem and J, W. Mayo of Stay; ton. ' Wbile the budget committee ia fOim tinned en pr T) Governor Small Injured in Automobile Accident KANKAKEE, 111., Dec. 5 (Ey Associated Press) Governor Len Small' was injured, his son, Le&lla, suffered a broken collar bone ri other Injuries and two other ra bri bers of the governor's party were reported slightly injured when the automobile in which they "were returning to the governor's 'hone here turned over at'Pontiac, 111. Governor Small suffered severe" cuts and bruises about the head, and a : badly lacerated ear. FRIDAY INWASHmGTOII President Coolldge returned from Chicago. Debate continued in the senate on Muscle Shoals. The house , considered the in terior 'department appropriation bill. The civil service commission re ported decrease In the number of civil service employees. . . Secretary Hoover withdrew his support of pending legislation tor federal radio control. - Federal prohibition forces. Com missioner Haynes reported, made 68,161 arrests in the last fiscal year. The Mai Daugherty case. In volving the power of congress to compel the production of books, was argued before the Barren 3 court. The senate committee investi gating the internal revenue bur eau decided some excessive al lowances for amortization were given war time industries. High School Classes to Seek Football lienors The last echo of the football season is being heard at Saleir high school with teams practising, for the inter-class series whkh are to -'be --played; next week. T!. juniors and sophomores will tan gle Tuesday and the winner cf this ;event Will meet the . z:.r team, Friday. .