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- n f Weather forecast: Unsettled with light local Tains; moderate temperature; moderate to fresh southerly winds on the coast. ."Max imum temperature -yesterday, 65, minimum 62. river 8.8, Tainfall .07, atmosphere part cloudy, -wind southeast. . Mi - ft " - ' -. ,- ... .. . . . t - I ., Mussolini by edict has abolished public speeches as a waste of time. We trust the Senate will take some sort of action about this. It looks like a personal affront. SEVENTY-SEVENTH YEAR wawA SALEM, OREGON THURSDAY MORNING. NOVEMBER 17, 1927 FflEFJGH TARIFF .g RATES AGREE! t.m nnniiipinrmi i u i rnuv aiuidflLLi 'STRAWBERRIES TO Bl? ALL SOLD 1927 CROP IMMENSE IN- CREASE OVER LAST YEAR Y5 Outlook for Stability of Industry ' Good; Use New Way of Packing The Slogan editor , found ' one -I man in toe straw Perry industry Revision Decreed By Gov-Iyesterla3r wno dld not refa8e t0 had. - That man was Robert C. ernment At Paris, Effeo ; tive Hextl)jday Paulus of the'Paulus Bros. Pack ing j company.! He said the Ettersburg type of strawberries, in cans, are about all sold, and that the last case wJ111fAPH QftMP II ! PIRMQ HIT likely go to the consuming mar year The Barreled Berries He said the barreled berries hare been selling fast, ' though some of thenr-at low prices; that some ot the" dealers, rearing . a further sag in 'the markets, on ac count of the big supply, "took a licking;" that -is sold their sup- PiBISL -Naw. IS. API A de-1 P"es, or pari oi mem, at ow pnc- cree revising; Freneh tariff rates wan cwi. mjxa inus MAV.tn.11w tnHMii made iOUH.; TDC 'SUDDIT WSS ncta was oromnlxated today to be- or luia oiricwwai rnm aff attire next Mondav. rjend- QQ barrels of 450 pounds each. - - m w w I A k a mm Inr nerotiatlons of trade aeree- against aoum su.vuu- oarreis last ment between the United States Jrv Bnt the berries In stronger and Prance. ' I nanas, jn carreis, were not oump- m.'a- wM-. V. ea. na nas be recovery Ae-rlsed Schedules Strike at American Manufacturers of - Light Motors, Importers of Hose, Cotton w r , . port ' pToducts to Prance . were from the extremely Mr. . Paulus believes low- prices. all the f est CMfJGE LIKELY FIRST Of YEAR AUDIT OF SAND PIRACY CLOSED Heads of All Other. Depart ments Will Be Chosen f Again, Belief :; i WILLING- TO RUN Engineer, Pi re Chief, Sanitary In spector, Streets Commissioner , - and Police Matron Thought ..Unopposed , - ' , fTB? Ut the barreled berries will be Mid r".:".r- rj:.;..v.rr.r7::: thus making a wide distribution. v n-. which will be good if or the con Importer, of cotton andhoisery f"tfmn4fcf tha ,3!" i .v. -.t. . 1; I- Another .Advantace. vr"-lirr - -MC Paulus said thatunot much ,..Fv lTeot more than aS.OOO barrels of our With tnepromulgatianor the .trtwberrles ' are still left unsold, decree, the French government de- Another .thing", he thinks, will help liTfrred another note t& the Amer- tne congnmer demand for the IS 28 lean embassy The object, of this cpop u De the pQttiag ct.lh: note waa to Inform the American barrellng rrles Into round tins gOTerwnent t, dff', holding about fire gallons each been issued establUhing minimum to m tn0 freee,-hole in:fountaln tariff on the list otmerican - ar- freezerr throughout the -country, ticles agreed npon by the French ThJg wll, gWe a conTenleat wayU and American experta. H soft drink people to handle the The note raised no new - auea-lfrozen berries. serreT Uke fresh tlon. It was said in French official berries, and they will be able to circles, but simply expressed the take a much greater tonnage of -hope that now that the tariff rates them.', throughout the eountrr. In - to which the United States objec- thiB way,' the berries can be car ted had been reduced, the rates rjed Jn thehr fresh state lor a long ml-ht be lowered on ertaro French time. Mr. ' Paulus believes that. Lj'es, eridenUy referring to the while some packers In : barrels 5ertax. imposed at Washing- hare lost money, a few in large 'iUwinr:;! negotiauona oyer ganjB this yeafall the berries will the tariff. r rj: j be sold before the next crop comes No Reply Aaked ! C , ; on. . y . H.i ."-y ' The note la . not considered byr. - Future of Berries : 4 , . the Freneh as reeuirlngafi answer. , Mr. Paulas thinks the future ef - The way in which the new rates our strawberry Industry la good, affeet the manufacturers of light an mat there will hare to be new n,Atftr .f. In th classification of Plunge- ni me aaem awincx oi tractors. , Under the" old system, heep up wilh the cannery and bar- tractors under 1.0 oe pounds, were classed as agricultural machinery utTSZnO WORD FRQM.AVIAT0RS Under the new schedule almost the entire tractor-"except the aeatTva.2rJtjil1' Airmen BelieTedBtIH Along with indications that the personnel of practically : .all city offices will be unchanged after the city council" election meeting six weeks hence is the opinion ex pressed by a majority of the coun- cilmen that City Attorney Wil liams will not be chosen foir'anoth- er term. ' . -:Vj! ' Opposition to the city attorney which has been preralent to some extent erer since his election two years ago la gaining ground . in new quarters, and it. is extremely vnlikely that he will secure enough rotes to keep the post. The oppo sition is based on alleged failure properly to protect the city's In terest and to prosecute rigorously offenders against city ordinances. Others Jfot Opposed . "City Engineer . Hugh; 1 Rogers. Fire Chief Harry Hutton. Sanitary Inspector Batty Cooper,- Street Commissioner Walter-S. Low, Po lice Matron Myra L. Shank all hare signified their - Intention to stand' for re-electeion, and no op position to any of them has been openly expressed. It Is - understood that Mayor Uresley will re-appoint Frank A. Minto as chief of police, with the consent -of the council. This is the only " department head that the mayor appoints. . - - "City Election, in May All other city officers' are" elec ted by the people. One aldermen from each of the seren wards. and thtoffices ofmayorcity .Te-I"-' J?? corderand city treasurer; wiU bet"; AndJude peterH: m. .i i r uart of Salem,1 - , . : up ' for election maries. (Ooati an pf'- t) and wheels," as one importer puts it, is classified as motlre or trana- mlssioa parts, which wui nare to ray the regular minimum tariff on Way to India LONDON, ' Not. 16. (AP) on automobiles.' which, la 45 per L ht eloaked th fortunes f aaat sari ensl 1 A swsa I rl . - . J -jI . cent ad ralorem. - : Traeto Importers . Hit Negotiations to tire relief to two British airmen on their way I to India in a nonstop flight. I Nn nrd vU 'TOmItM ail daT tractor importers are aireaay himit nf th nrorreaa of Cantaln sight, for with the daty three or U, Macintosh and Bert Hinck-4 4 four times what It was, it is re- ier who set out yesterday from garded as unlikely that tney wni airdrome at UpaTon to hreak be able to conunue win w ttl distance record now held by ness. - Ithe Americans. Clarence Chamber- nvaannnal value ot American! im and Charles A. Lerine. exports to France of articles that I rh only news from the fliers in - the monoplane . . v 'Princess Xenla was that they had been sighted passing orer Mansion air drome - at Kent, England, 1Z0 n.. af.Wfn nnfn f - .SFFiMS A S!S I J If b.LI yesterday. the lack of news as good news In WI1XAXIETTE PACUIjTT, ASDI the belief that any accident to the trwfjrrfr TicTTTRESTED C 1 fliers would be reported quicxiy. 90 mil as in brnir. abserrers cal Try outs Set for January Ifl; Co-eoiated that, the "Princess Xenia muaieate - With TlBirersltles Imust hare been well oyer Asia to En Route v J night unless forced down. " "-iO-tla a pageV tj i i ' ' ".- - DEBATERS TOUR I' in the May prl- STATE COMMANDER SICK RESULTS WILL RE REPORTED TO LAXB-. BOARDS. SOON Meeting of Oregon and Washing- ton Officials Called Here ; Next Tuesday - NEGRO FIGHTER DIES SUDDENLY TIGER PLOWEBS" PASSES AWAT AFTER OPERATION Boxer of Atlanta, Georgia, ror merly - Held Sliddleweight World Championship Audit of the books of .the ser- eral land and grarel companies operating in the state , of Oregon to determine the amount of sand they hare taken front the Colum bia and - Willamette -i rirers, has been completed and the report of the accountants ill be consld ered at a meeting of the state land boards of Oregon and Washington to be held in Salem next Tuesday. The audit was. ordered after it was reported to the land boards that the sand and grarel compan ies had taken large amounts of sand from the Columbia rirer, f or which they had , paid neither . the states of Oregon nor Washington any royalty.'-', ... .. . The sand and grarel operators admitted that, they had taken sand from the Columbia rirer. but said they were ignorant of any . law wntcn compelled tnem to pay a royalty ' on-. that ; product. The royalty on grarel taken from nar lgable streams in the state of Ore gon .has been fixed by the state land board at 10 cents per cubic yard. -.;:v;. . ';-..' -s Any amount of royalty that may be demanded by the land boards of Oregon and Washington on sand taken from the Columbia ; rirer will be dlrided equally between the two states. ' The royalty to be demanded from the sand and grarel operators will v be : deter mined after the report of the auditors " is receirea- ana con sidered. - . - CHAMPOEG DAY" PLAN Schools of State to . Observe on on May 2, Howard Announces - Schools of the state of Oregon will abserre May 2, known as Champoeg Day, according to an nouncement made at the offices of C. A, Howard, state superin tendent of schools. . r The idea of obeerring the day orlginate'd.with Mr. Howard, "who requested a eommittee from ' the Oregon historical society to tlx an appropriate date. The committee waa composed of Mrs. L L. Pat terson, wife of Gorernor Patter son; Miss Cornelia Marrin. state NEW ORE, Nor. 16. (AP). "Tiger" Flowers, the taciturn ne gro "priylng deacon, who former ly ruled the middleweight boxing ranks, died shortly after 8 p. m.. tonight in a prlrate hospital here following on a comparatlrely min or operation. . ' The -Atlanta. Ga., batUer sub mitted to an operation for remor al of a growth abore his right eye at S e'clock -this afternoon. Al though he came out of the ether In "fair" "condition, ? he suffered ; a sinking spell soon afterward and was rushed hack to the operating room, where he failed to rally. Flowers, a deacon in a church at ' Atlanta. Ga., where he made hi home, wore the famous "Ti ger bathrobe that has appeared In rings all -orer the country when he walked to. the operating room this j afternoon. .'. After a few breaths of ether he murmured his last words: : ' ; ? "It I should die before I wake. X pray the Lord my soul to take. The man who lost his title to Flowers Harry Qreb died In a hospital at Atlantic City In Octo ber, 1926, under almost the same circumstances. Flowers was bea ten for the title in Chicago by Mickey. Walker on December 3 of the same year. The negro battler, one of the busiest of the present day fight ers, won 19 contests this year and seemed due for another chance at hie old title due to legal measures planned at Madison Square Gar den today to secure a match with Mickey Walker. f Flowers fought twice last week, gaining a draw with Maxle Rosenbloom in Detroit Korember 9 before knocking out Leo Gates, hearyweight . In four rounds here last Saturday. flowers, sz years old, is sur- rired by a widow and one child. THEATER CHANGE LOOMS Rumors Rife as to Result of Geo. B. Guthrie's Visit Oregon American Leale Bead Taken to veterans Jtospitai. . PORTLAND. Not. It. (AP) George E. Lore of Eugene, state commander of the American Le gion, was taken' to the veterans hospital today following an appen dicitis attack. He will submit to an operation tomorrow morning. He was first stricken with appen dicitis recently in New York when returning with Ben Dorris. Eu gene, from the American Legion conrention in Paris. Lore was confined in a. New Torkj hospital for a short time but postponed the operation until he reached Port land. They arrtred here today. Arcy of Salem. It was suggested that February- 14; the date of Oregon's 'ad mission to the union be observed. but this waa rejected because of its close proximity to " Lincoln's and Washington's birthdays. - SCHOOL STRIKE ALL OFF Pupils Return to Classes Held By Long Skirted Teacher NEWPORT. Ore.. Vat." 1 (AP) Strike of high school stu-piiKh'i i CapitoL dents In protest against the new principal, Mrs. TV E. Halleck, be cause she was a woman who wore skirts to her ankles collapsed to day. The entire body of strikers returned to classes after being out two weeks. : The students will be required to make up the lost' time In studies. : Mrs. Halleck recently succeeded . a" male principal who had dleL. t There is much speculation con cerning the manner in which Geo. tGrGuthrfe WRt conduct hia-thea- ters in. Salem, since the' working agreement .be had with, the West Coast Theaters, Inc., was dissolved by mutual consent a few days ago. There Are sererar rumors aa to who will assist in the management of rhe Elsinore, Oregon and-Grand theaters, .owned by Mr. Guthrie, otherthan Mr. Mclntyre. : There hare been rumors for several days that there may be ef fected some . kind of working agreement between all the four down town . theaters.- including Nothing definite could he learned : concerning this last nlghL ", -" One rumor has it that there Is to be a working .agreement, in buying and distribution of pictures and attractions. This is being done ; in - a number ; of cities throughout the country, to the ad vantage of the theater going pub-. He, saving overhead, and prevent ing duplications. . -. - - IfRflVEBTS OrJCOllERGIAL STREET TALKED LIVELY LEGHORN OUTWITS DEATH Merchants . and Property Owners Plan To Brighten Up Street, Buildings ASSOCIATION-ORGANIZED Llgfiting System Rivaling That On Portland's Great White Way Proposed; Will Build, Re- " model Fronts Fear of losing the center of business activity to streets farther east on . State street prompted a large number of Commercial street merchants and property owners to meet and . organise .un der the . name" of the Commer cial Street Improvement 'Assoclsi- tion.- : . J. C. Perry, proprietor of the Perry drug store, was elected pres ident, and M. S. Lamport, an at torney with offices in the United States National Bank building, was named secretary-treasurer. I Consider Proposals An executive committee com posed of prominent business men will be chosen by President Perry to air . grievances of Commercial street merchants, and suggestions for Improvement of conditions.: j There was talk' of establishing a i lighting system on , the street Which would approximate that on Broadway in Portland. Another suggestion was to light up the long marquee between Court and Che- meketa. . , :.; : ".v - Euildings Planned i ImproTements of business fronts by remodeling them or building entirely new structures, . window display lighting, and extension of marquees the whole length of the thoroughfare were other proposals discussed. - i The executive committee : will take these ' various suggestions, consider them carefully and report back to the organization:, those which the members consider prac ticable. A special, meeting will be held next week for this purpose. The organisation also will func tion to sponsor civic improvement of the entire city, and promises to throw support to every worth while enterprise. - ? WHITE HEX ROOSTS OX DOWX- TOWX BUILDINGS Posses Kald Unsuccessfully TOiHe Someone Lacks Chicken . - Dinner . - A white leghorn hen escaped being beheaded by breaking away from its captors in the rear of the Peoples Market on North Liberty street - - yesterday morning, flew precipitously the ; length of the counter in front Of half a dozen customers and out a front window to freedom. - ;., Alighting on the ; marquee in front of the chamber of commerce, the fowl" maintained Its safety throughput the day despite efforts to capture it. "Talk about your wild China pheasants, they have nothing on this bird," a clerk of the market declared last night Another hen, a black one, had also make its getaway and found re fuge in some nearby subterranean passage, it was indicated. After attracting occasional at tention throughout the day the fu gitive hen was sighted, late In the afternoon, from the office of the justice of the peace. An unsuc cessful . raid was organized from there. B. W. Macy, who has his office adjoining that of Brazier Small, justice of the peace, went to the street and tried his luck at attracting the bird, all the while being watched by an Interested audience from the window of the J. P. office. After a short time he returned, . however, ; empty handed and discouraged. . : "Brazier." he recommended to his office neighbor as a last sort, "we ought to get some wheat, soak it in that confiscated moon shine and then throw It out the window here. rMaybe after ' the hen ate that we could catch her." The moonshine to which , he re ferred was a small quantity taken by officers of the law and kept in the safe of the justice of the peace. The liquor was left in the however. ' - -v;;-- , . . i . As nightfall came the hen, still victorious, was seen rounding the Corner of the marquee, aboye the sidewalk In front of the Hartman Jewelry store. She was expected to find a roosting place overlook ing State street for the night, and be ready again to take up her quest for freedom today,.: . OPERATION ; EXPLAINED I IS! BRITISH POLICY .MIERICl All Hope of Agreement Willi U. S. Gone, Cecil Tells House of Lords SECRETS COME TO LIGHT Veteran English Statesman ES plains Reasons for Resigning: as Delegate to League of Na tions Meet - 'f Dr. George R. Vehrs Takes Stand In Own Defense DIVORCE STRIKES SNAG Charges Against Italian Husband ! M, Fall Down in Rome THINGS ARE COMMENCE' TO POP! j i With the appointment of a Joint PIE COMEDIANS OUTDONE faculty-trustee eommittee in sup port of the venture, the eontwen- gtor oerk Lays Down Barrage of tal-European tour oi Delicatessen- Goods university debate team is ?racuc- - iJtTmZm 7r . tln i dlsoatched NEW TORK. Nor. lrf(AP) tSls week to a number of notable (When Samuel Schaer. delicatessen VT. nnii between Oregon clerk, was hsld up by two armed Maine. Deflniu ' contracts men he went the movie comedians -.v f h.m BrtablT will who lay down pie barrages one Mt., "-itA Hfre next sum- better and then some. j -He started in with pie, but Debating relations will be re- when his supply gave out he sumsd with rnlverslty of West moved on to pate ce role gras Virginia, University of Wyoming, . H??i ardlneiv W"1" Wheatoil eollige, Lswrenee, col- hd hoUed hams. The robbers legTosnTtr ttaJrVrsity, and Mich- poluted pistols when they entered, igln Agrtcultursl collegs. The lo- ?u:MfcwwJSL,,l!?-;!i.etl211 cal . school -ha Jnet . these mstuu-i auai?. . o am in east rears -on the local i unjppm unu ua uorVr - j . land ecrambled for the. door, Stif. f. litiiMM fin the tsnta- Bcfcaer chased the men Into the 'Mt rrnivsrsirr of - Shef-1 street, volleying- away with an ; iveritr Cf It. Andrews, Unlver- na sssisUng police, ran one of the tity.of Xbrde;3, TJnlversUy of Pi' .down; u fare his name as ana vJjiTnn7 vuy"u. tlon I t to . Have Lasted Two and Half Hours I - jj4iaai, SiHS SI till uV"i I 1 "X?!ZQll ricti0 "fl, REPORT ANOTHER QUAKE V,f the team have been jet by - , CqscIi John O, 111 m Januarxl,., . . lfi. aeh e-,n3Idate .will be, re- Disturbance Reported Quired 10 prepare a SO minute ar--sruaiant and a 14 minute rebuttal ;ct ln written form ten days WASHINGTON. Nov. 1 AP) befors tas trr-ont. A committee I A very severe" earthquake was at three will iudre the written ar-Ireeordad on i the seismorraph ; at - Enents, au4 committee of five Qeergetawn. university today at jr:.riisst lit eci eUta officials :23 p. m., Director Tondorf said will iadrs tha cral crmmenta. the disturbance lasted more than " TJ-e facultyrtrustee cemmittee M hours, pn4 that its greatest r'-rts of n. P. nishoB. Dr.. B. l. I intensity ?u reached at lili p f .Tt:tjf r-resljet Carl Grezs 8Ed that Its location waa prob- 1) pr. Dean Frank 1L. Ericksoa. ably more i-an B.ooo mites irom 9-i i--aa Rcy JlewiU, WAghisgtea,; i BRIDGEPORT. Conn.. Nor. 16 (AP)- Ch a r g e s of infidelity brought by . the Duchess Mary Elsie Moore "Torlonla. against her Jiusband, Duke Marino Torlonla of Rome, were countered in superior court -here today by testimony de signed to show that under Italian law the acts alleged do not assume the legal significance they hare under American law. I "Duchess Torlonla, formerly dale Moore of Greenwich, took the stand in her own behalf today and told of her discovery that her husband was maintaining ' im proper relationships ; with Maria Lorenslno of Rome, how she visit ed Miss Lorenslno to ' learn of actual conditions, attempted to trail her husband, and of how he knocked her down with a heavy mahogany chair after an altercation. She left the duke, she - said. after this episode, which resulted from her husband's knowledge that-she had been following him. HAIR PLANTED IN SCALP Operation Performed- in United - States for First Time NEW YORK. Nov. 16 (AP) Christian Askhaven, a ; ScSnda- navian known to beauty cultuiists as the wizard of Oslo, was engaged today in sewing a thatch of hair onto a bald spot In the scalp of Miss Peggie Tudor, : victim of a beauty parlor . accident. It .was said to be the first time this oper ation has been performed in this country, , s By Askhaven's invention, to which he said he had devoted 18 years, each separate . hair of the new: thatch is set into .the scalp mounted " in a; minute gold ting. He said the hair would "behave as well-as natural hair and would last 2,000 years, whether needed that long or not. WEDDING COSTLY AFFAIR Splendor of Itoynl Marriage ; ; . Rivalled, Pittsburgh Dr. George R. Vehrs of this city took the witness stand in his own defense yesterday afternoon in the 110,000 law suit " being brought against him by Mrs. Lyda King. county health nurse, who claims that he performed an - unauthor ised operation upon her. Over frequent objection hr Os car Hayter, Mrs. King's attorney, who insisted that the testlmonv had absolutely nothing to. do with the case. Vehrs told the Jury In detail the naturt of the opera tion in question. Numerous charts and pictures were used in the ex planation. , ' - The' point in Issue at the trial. wnicn began - yesterday morning and will probably end sometime today, is whether or not the oper ation was contracted for . - and agreed to by Mrs. King. . Testi mony as given by Dr. Vehrs short ly before the court adjourned yes- ieraay tended to show that Mrs. King had placed herself in his hands to perform whatever opera tion proved to be necessary, and the operation'.that was performed was performed with h . r.iii knowledge, understanding and ap- provat..-,..- . '-'-a.v-w1-This was denied by testimony given by Mrs. Klnar earlier in t day. ,- , ...... . , BLIZZARD SWEEPS PAST States of Michigan and Wisconsin itecover. Prom Storm -CHICAGO. Nov. tit t Michigan and Wisconsin covering today from the destruc- utb eifecu oi the middle west's first winter storm as tha hiizon swept eastward over Lake Huron. subjected during the .past 48 hours to a dual attack by snow and wind, the unner Great . T.a.kea states were digging their way back to normalcy. Shipping still hes itated to venture out upon the subsiding lake Superior which the past two days was lashed by a40 mire gale, and had driven all ves sels into; land locked refuges. , The temneratnre hotererf trnnnd the freezin'r mrlr ln'th PM,a district with intermittent but light flurries of snow. - At Snnerior Wis., traffic w being- resumed after all available snpw plows had been pressed Into service to clear the streets, Iroa wood, Mich-, In the upper peain- nla reeion. had ; ra-est.ihlfHhd contact with the outside world. DIRECTOR BUYS STORE LONDON. Nov. 1. (AP) Refusal of the British government to admit the 'principle of matha matical parity in navy strength with the United States, "bangs, bolts and bars the door" against erica on naval armaments. Vis count Cecil declared dramatically in the house of the lords today. In a speech baring the secrets of the three power naval confer ence which broke down at Geneva last summer the veteran ' states man explained his recent resigna tion as British delegate to the League of Nations. His explana tion Included a severe attack on the whole attitude of the British government toward d 1 s a r m a ment. Expresses Discouragement His gaunt Lincolnesque figure stooped and his shoulders droop ing like those -of a tired man, Vis count Cecil told the lords he re turned from Geneva "exhausted and discouraged." He declared the unyielding attitude of American delegates to the three power con ference on some questions, such as the right to put eight Inch gusts on any cruiser, was entirely wrong: but that It also seemed madness to allow the negotiations to breai up on such a point. . Viscount Cecil declared that he was repeatedly put In the positlom Of having to defend in league com mittees propositions which . seem ed Indefensible to him. He said the impression was produced at Gen eva that the British government's desire for the success of the die-, armament commission was luke warm. ."'- . . . Own Admiralty Hostile Admiralty representatives scarce ly concealed their Indifference, tt not. their hostility, to the vhols proceeding, said the viscount, add ing that he waa sure that this was not the attitude of the entire cab inet. " Lord Cecil's speech brought an other elder statesman, the Earl, of Balfour, to his feet. He spoke on. behalf of the government. "I-regard the Geneva confer ence,: he said, ."as interrupted not ended. Nothing will make mis believe that the two 'branches e- the English-speaking race are in capable either of .. understanding each other or coming to a com An aawnaMianr aTli 4 n faAC 4 m rA Identical, our traditions are large ly the same." . i Spech Wltheld Before Viscount Cecil's attack on th government was one which he ta.1 with held at the premier's request at the time of his resignation wu the . culmination of a long series of clashes with his cabinet collea- (CcDtlnaad on pas 9) COMPLETE TOLL RUNS ABOUT Z: ;' . I " s MOST OF BLAST VICTIMS ATZ 4 FOUND AND IDENTITIES Most of Wrecked Pittsburgh Cla; Pot Plant Explored and Bodies Recovered , PITTSBURGH. Nor. 16. CAP) The most sumptuous wedding in the history of Pittsburgh", rivalling the splendor of royal marriages, today united Sarah . Cordelia Mel lon, daughter of R. B. Mellon, fi nancier and Alau ; Mages Bcalfe, scion--of a wealthy Pittsburgh family. The bride la the niece of secretary of treasury, A. W, Mel Itsn. who came here from Washing ton for the event. Manager, of Business Here r" Branches Out at.Medford Simon Dtrecor, - proprietor of Director's Department Store in Sa lem, . yesterday ' bought . another tore at Medford. A short time ago, he bought a hardware store in that city. . . The store he took over there yesterday is a gents' furnUhing goods store. , PITTSBURGH, Nov. ,16 -(AP) The final death toll in the nortii. side district gas tank exploelea. probably will not mount muti beyond SO, officials declared to night. after another day of inten sive ; search had failed to revel any additional bodies. - Virtually every section of te plant of the PltUburgh Clay Tct company, wrecked when a hug gas tank of the Equitable Gas company . let go Monday, was thoroughly explosed today, it wb announced, without increasing tl - number of fatalities. Company of ficials said that -although 25 cT their employes still were listed a, misalnz. thev believed all wer safe at their homes .or unidenti fied in hospitals. - Twentv six bodies were -either at tbe morgue or at the homes cZ relatives. All but two of tr,e. had been identified. - Reconstruction work vent steadily forward, today in t ? fi c tion' devastated by tr.e blast. forts to compute the property c were unavailing but that it t run Into ralllions of C'.'.-.rs I known. -.Robert D. Eondy. r - - the esistern area, Katie: 2 : Crosa, ennouncpd ti3 or"-1" '.' throush the Pitttbur was providing f : ' : - - - r. for approximately 5 the devastated r. . . pared, to .begia i r. bilitation to V. .. i ; need.