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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. .
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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:
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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.