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t V aus Q ASSOCIATED PRESS -.-rv :? - sv, s-j-:- - - : Tie) Statesman presents ' eonrefaeaaive dally.- review of kw of state.1 Vw rnd world through complete A aorta ted Frees service. SEVENTY-EIGHTH YEAR nffiAlol ntlirt to TnUon Cjv unlay by Special Legis- lauve uroup tax Relief Body Wlil Recom 7mend Enactment of Stat V ite, It States PORTLAND. Ore.. Deer. 22 (AP) The property tax reUet commission, authorised by the last legislature to Investigate the tax situation In Oregon, and to make recommendations t o the January session of the legislature, decided today that an income tax Is the solution to the state tax puzzle. By a majority of flTe votes, the commission today adopted a res olution recommending "enactment by the legislature of an income tax on Individual Incomes at rates and property tax offsets which will produce approximately $1,000,000 te net revenue, to the end that -taxation on tangible property may be reduced." The recommendation was adopt . ed over strenuous opposition by representatives of the state grange and the greater Oregon asso rt elation. f Chairman Carktn . , Does Not Cast Tote . Those voting to have the legis lature enact an income tax with offset were Lawrence H. T. Harris, H. D. Norton, C. E. Ingalls, E. E Brodie. Sam Thompson, A. C, Spencer, J. B. Coleman and J. H Booth. Voting against the resolution were A. R. Shumway, L. E. Smith and C. C. Chapman. John H. Car- kin did not vote. In the role of concilliator. Car- kin, chairman of the commission, sought to bring about harmony and a unity of opinion In the way of a compromise. He pointed out the danger of going to the legisla ture with the commission divided into sentiment, an attitude which might wreck all of the taxation program which the committee has been laboring on tor two years. Grange To Refrain . ,j, From Proposal This Tear. The state grange has agreed net to submit an income tax proposal to the legislature,' and Shumway, representing that organisation, In dicated the grange was willing to (Turn to Page J, Please.) SHIR T1X LEW TOTAL INCREASED The tax levy for the year 1929. Including the' elementary school tax of $2,244,644.38 is $7,893.- 247, as against $7,710,104.20 for the year 1928, according to an nouncement made by the state tax commission here Saturday. The increase of the tax levy for the year 1929, as compared with that for the. year 1928. is $183, 142.8t. The total amount of revenue to be raised for state purposes for the year 1929 within the six per cent limitation amendment Is $2,- 427,804.77. The amount to be raised for state purposes by mill age taxes outside of the six per cent limitation amendment is $3, 220,777.87. Virtually all of the money raised outside of the six per cent limitation Is required for the operation of the Institutions of higher learning. The elemen tary public school tax of , two mills, which la fixed by law and is outside of the six per cent lim itation amendment, will raise f 2 244.844.2f. f Total requirements for the year izs, witnm tne six per cent urn- I. . 1 1 . m - uiuoa amendment, are ,,- 1712.9$, while the requirements outside of the six per cent limita- tlon amendment are $3,220.- 777.87. 'The deficit at the end of " the year 1928 was estimated at , $2,518,377.78. Available revenue ' from all sources for 19 2 9,. within the six "per cent limitation, was estimated at $4,695,833.73. with a deficit at the end of the year, 1929 estimated at S2,438,0.92. Cattle Rustlers With Trucks MISSION! FAIR OFlEVjf Showlmpr ov BEND, Ore Dec. 22. -(AP) Operating with tracks equipped with miniature - derricks, cattle 1 rustlers aro lnflictipg heavy loss es on central Oregon stockmen. In formation obtained here from widely scattered districts of the mid-state group of counties, indi cate the thieves aro particularly active this winter. 1 ' The 'rustlers, using modern methods of transportation in pen etrating to tne center of cattle rapge lands, aro said to be espe- ally active In Lake county. . ' On the Chewaucan range, one of the large cattle raising commun ities of - the ' northwest, stockmen have been forced to pat on extra riders to snard against the rust lers. These guards are using horses and automobiles In protecting the big herds. 1 . ' . - ?Nb!- Gikla Gray, Polish liuniierant girl, who rose to Broadway heights a, "queen of shimmy,' vloroosly den lee h Ja to wed her manager, c. D. Kreppa, Gtlda Is suing her husband, Gil Boag. for dlvorce, and he, in turn, has nam ed Krepps in his reply. The dan' err declare she will not marry soon because she la "devoted to her art." SEEK CHANGE III STATUTE: Request Less Stringent Rules Against Subjects Dis cussed at Trial PORTLAND. Dec. 22. (AP) District attorneys of Oregon, in annual meeting here today adopt ed a resolution to the effect that. when the defendant in a criminal action refuses to testify In trial of the case in court, the' district I at-' tprney should be permitted , to comment upon . that action. In resolutions the prosecutors also adopted the plan of the Ore gon Bar association, asking the governor to act upon suggestions from the bar association when it is necessary to make appointments to fill vacancies In the supreme or circuit courts. The prosecutors also favored the establishment of an Inter mediate peaal Institution, and fa vored more stringent laws in pro secuting "bad check" cases, ask tng that Justices of the peace be riven jurisdiction in such, cases. Another resolution asSed that the federal prohibition commis sioner discontinue the practice of Issuing permits for the sale of "wine tonics." The sheriffs of Oregon con eluded their annual session today, Indorsing the resolutions of the district attorneys, and assuring the county prosecutors of coopera tion In law enforcement. The sheriffs adopted a resolu tion asking that the salaries of sheriffs be fixed according to classification of counties, the min Imam salary to.be $2,400 an anally. - ' Proprietor Shot By Official Who Seeks Convicts WIN, Texas, Dec. 2 1. ( AP J George Helmer,. rooming 'house proprietor here. wss shot to death tonight by John Northcutt, a spe cial Texas ranger, when - North cutt started - to search Helmet's place for. four men. who had es caped the city Jail. Officer T. O.v Henderson said Northcutt ihot Helmer when Hel mer resisted the special ranger's at tern ot to search the house. The men fled the jail after having cut a bole in its roor. Equi and Derricks ue The motorized rustlers operate at night. .With their trucks they strike Into the heart of the cattle country, kill some ct the choice steers, removed the head and feet, and using a hoist evidently similar to that, used on garage wrecking cars, load the butchered animals into their trucks and make off. . Present activity of rustlers is at tributed to tne high price of beer, A good animal will bring $100, making a. night's work profitable even though only one - steer Is stolen, r ; ..: ..: , -.. j In nearly all cases the rustlers operate on large ranches where thousands of head of cattle are scattered over Isolated range country. .. It Is suspected that the beef are hauled long distances to market, perhaps in some Instances, being tsken -out of the state. ' ; Marry ' 4 " , V ', ' ? v " ' Szt'ri' '' - ; '? 4 "'- -' z PROSECUTORS pped edTechmq ER FETED President of Nation Suggests "Friend of. Humanity' as His Title S. GOOd Will Delegate Asks to -Dispense With Police Protection RIO JANEIRO. Dec. 22. (AP) Showered with additional man Ifestations of friendship by Bra zlliann for th United States. Her bert Hoover todav had the most strenuous morning, afternoon and evening of his whole South Amer- lean tour. He seemed to enjoy Tnr mini.tA f th Tonnd of offl- ELABORATELY cial and unofficial receptions andJP1 ot the country greetings. ' The most impressive scenes of the day were furnished when he appeared at a special joint session or congress and at an allied meet- In of the supreme court in mid - afternoon. To these events an elaborate state dinner in the ban- quet room of the presidential pal- ace tonight furnished a climax with another scene of splendor, Sixtv Mile Drive tw. aw a-hom nwan tlmaa Hf TTnnvpr tnnV a ride of sixty miles In an automo-1 thronah mountains and valleys h ,iu, :..im-Mi . in,hn t n nnn.w. U ecuiywi aaa j uvuiv ih VkellaliaA alnrl llal1 al FAMinttnn ' fftT V" ea vew e jr- imiMn rnlnnf it th Amir. lean embassy. ii tho .tart of th antomoblle ride the president-elect made a magnificent gesture by dismissing the secret serrice guard with a declaTVflon tbat he needed no pro- tecUon from Brasilians. Every- where that he waa scheduled to appear, huge crowds waited pa tiently to see and cheer him and he answered every salutation with waves, bows and smiles. The Hoovers late In the evening went to the presidential palace (Turn to Page 2, Please.) TOLD BV OFFICER "Prf f s Rf ATn. who ated under the name of Meyer in Pnatiin xAtt wftji arrested there I September 12 and then released after reetorfng to an elderly worn- an 12400 which h had obtained in connection with his clairvoy- ant activities, it was reported in Salem Saturday by L. J. Mathews, Bannock county deputy sheriff STEVENS era who is in Salem to 'take Stevens, I J. E. Sanderson had notified po or Meyer, back to Pocatello in I lice that -the man had hoarded the case he Is not released following I a habeas corpus hearing here Monday. Over 20 Pocatello residents had!" the prisoner, filed complaints charging the for-l tune teller with obtaining money under false pretenses up to the time that Mathews started on. the trip to Salem, he stated. In ad-1 dltlon to the complaint from Wis consin, another from Pine Grove. Pa., .involving a licit alleged j transaction, arrived lust before I Mathews started. Th. oiAiranvant AMntM in Po - catello for about a month, said Mathews. The amounts mentioned I in the 20 complaints varied from! S25 ' to 11200. nearly "aU sums I said to have been entrusted to j Stevens for Investment. I Ktvfna w. arrMtAd in Ral ml after he had been here only two I dava. when Insnector Lon Olson I Af the local nollee dnartmeatl ldenUfled him as the subject of -al" to be robbery, after It was MimiUr .out mi t h Ttnnnk I found that Miss Preher. as trea. county officials. Father Arrested For Chastising Child Too Much oiMViim - wk a t a v. uuiaa, iaa., uec. n. rj i A n,,f.b?ihd T0Wl EPPrlyrhere Saturday In preparation for preclpiUted by a series of whip- ln Christmas season, to the tol pings received by two year old Uowlng conples: Paul B. Snook, in George E. Clawson, father of "f bliYr?vted'v!?!.d th.S vuu u - noma. When ! arrested on a warrant I charglng him wltn beating and burning the child; Clawson admit-1 ted he had whipped Dorothy as al corrective measure but denied hoi had burned her. The burns on I her face were received when she I fell against a stove, "he declared Welfare officers said the burns! had evidently been made by a hot poker. 3 Bandits Meet Death Trying to Rob Poker Game NEW YORK, Dec. 23. Sunday! (AP) Three of fire men who! Attempted to hold up a card game la a private home near Prospect Park, Brooklyn, . were shot to death today by one of the players. Another ot the players was killed when- ho : Jumped from a second story window.- -. The fourth man was wounded i n the arm and captured: the fifth man escaped.- --- 3 Ml Ho Favor Saays Us; No Salem, Oregon, Sunday Morning, December B8,19tS Possibility of Second Epi demic Foreseen' on Basis of Past Figures WASHINGTON, Dec. 22. (AP) The possibility of a second and m rwA savara nra a a 4 1n flnavtea lowing the present outbreak, was discussed today -by public health officials who began considering plans for studying the situation at first hand with a view of pre venting such an occurrence While their program for this was not completed, federal au thorities indicated they would seek to add, to their knowledge of th disease through both labora torT nd studies. These studies would be carried on by Po"c neaim oiucers in several represenUtive areas in various I "The percentage of cases In the United States for the. week end- ling December 15," It was said. "was as great as It was at the peak of the epidemic of 1920." 1 At the same time they noted that the most severe epidemic of recent years, that of 1918, came Mil two waves, the first mild and the second one of severe cases j While they saw no reason for pub- I He alarm they said the second lwTe waj "always to be consld- I ered. in? "uol ?naer comwaorauon ?Wnd- ! th ?Pe tnA ,n formation gained would prove helpful In combating a second I I WeiV6. I w-v a ax m . 9 xaia coueciea oy ieaerai ana IaAealth. futhltle!.f?d b.y " demlc in the United States const!- f lULlUCUCa VUtVltHtU MTMiaUld A UC em , te iJ""nd t this and other in- on me -unjeci. TAKEN BY OFFICERS I William Hoyt McMurray Ar rested Attempting to Flee . - Scene of Crime PARIS. nL, Dec. 11. (AFTA negro who officers said gave the MB SUSPECT S oter-lanie name and answered the de scriptlon of the man sought in carmi, iu., in connection witn the lyins ofIiss Anna Preher, 7, a school teacher of Carmi, was arreniea nere i iouy, The negro, who gave his name as William Hoyt McMurray, was arrested as he stepped from a northbound train here. Conductor train at a station near Oarml. Officers were on their way here tonight from Carmi to iden- The negro said he was from Terre Haute. Ind.. and that he was his way to St. Louis. He had SS7 and a pint of alcohol in his possession when arrested. CARMI. 111., Dec. 22. (AP) A negro ex-con vlct was the object of widespread search tonight In Ithe slaying of Miss Anna Preher, I middle aged school teacher, whose body with Its head .nearly severed. w round in ner noma yesteraay The negro. Hoyt "Mack" Mc- Murray. 28 years old, was a b!l- boy and porter In a hotel, and the authorities began a search for him after it was learned he was missing and a bloodstained coat was touna in nis nome. The motive of the crime was be- surer of the White county teach ers Institute, had collected $84, which was missing when her body was found. - Five Couples Arm For Yuletide Vow r. .'i..n K , hm.- a w wtv, rt, route S. Salem, and" Nora Manan Lange, 1157 North Com Imarolal mtt' Thntrta. A TTV athorn. 25. of ValseU. and Doro- thy Fay Fisher, 19. of ValseU; Melvln E. Moen, 21. and Mildred McDonald. 18, both of Valsets; Jesse Harold Payton, 21 and Gertrude Potter, 18,' also of Val seta. Thekol Lights Ruins Display at , Pen Head's Home Thieves .sometime Satur day took a double risk when they rat out two strings of colored electric lights on' the: beautifully illuminated hol ly tree in the dooryard of the tome ot Henry. W. Mey ers, state prison superinten dent, at ' 249 i N. , Summer street. The theft ruined the display, which was inspired by - tho Salem Ad club's Christmas outdoor illumina tion project. " Mr.'Meyers has offered a reward of 250 for informa tion leading to the arrest of the' thieves. . V ' Fear Shell Awe99- T tiiHi i Feared im nnnnun nnmr Latest Marvel of Science Floods Stomach With Brilliant Light Eight Photographs Combined Equal Size of Ordinary Postage Stamp OSSINING. N. Y., Dec. 22. (AP) Demonstration of a "gas tro-camera" which takes pictures of the stomach from the Inside was made before 100 physicians and surgeons at Sing Sing prison tonight with a convict at the lab oratory. One of the doctors who ait- ranred the demonstration said that the invention was expected to be of great aid In the study and treatment of cancer and stom ach disorders. The camera Is the invention of Franz Gerard of Vienna, Austria! Dr. Lawrence Cremln, a specialist ot Ossinging, was In charge of the demonstration. ' Alexander Vol if10' 40-year-old prisoner from ttroosijo oerTins reuwuce ui u era. He was selected because he recently had beep operated on for a gastric ulcer and the doctors wished to see how the wounds had healed. Tiny Camera Is Fixed Within Tube The apparatus used consists of a rubber tube about zb incnes long and about five-eighths of an inch in diameter. About two In ches from the end of the hollow tube, which is shoved down the tnroat. is a email cynnaer-snapea camera two Inches long ana about half an Inch in diameter, equipped with tiny lens and tiny films. Just above the camera a short- section of the tube Is perforated and through it at this point Inclosed in quartz glass, runs a fine wire. This wire, when the camera is operated, lights up like the wire in an ordinary electric limp but more brilliantly Just above the perforated part of j the rubber tube, is another camera of the same type and size as ithe bottom one. When the plunger la pressed the wire flares, a flood . light illuminates the stomach "and- the picture is snapped. c The tube Is then with drawn through the throat, There are eight films in 'each camera which, combined, would not be larger than a postage stamp.. With the one "shot" 16 Arf. a . ,, , , nin.. Th film. nlmi manv nM for Inanortlnn I """" " . I ri ... . ,.., I ed. it was said, that if they ever .iiv.i wm ... , h h .tthn Hifit tv. vo Atm mmiA i. - J Aitnu .. ,11 . A I it was believed wtfUld have no ill effect on the patient. 10 KID1PEIIS ME rmrifin n t kv innln Pottlti ud Andrew Can - nellano were convicted bv a Jury early thls morning of kidnaping miiv JRanfarl unnl wka aaro for ransom. Tony Cappellano, An- drev'i aonv waa aconltted. The tnrv flTd tha nnnlahment of Pet- tltl and Cappellano at 25 years . I each in tho sUte penitentiary. The Jury returned Its verdict at Ifter it w'asTocke up to .CQult " L r .Z i much balloting, reports being that others' were convicted without Cappellano was found guilty on CHICAGO. Dec. 22. CAP) I Under a sinister elond of threat- ening hlackhand letters the Ra- nleri kidnaping trtal drew to a close today with the state de- manding death for two of the three defendants. I Slxteen-vear-old Tonv Cannel - lano was Ignored virtually in the closlne araument of Assistant SUte' Attorney Samuel Hoffman who turned his entire verbal bat- tenr ""on Ancelo Petltti. saloon owner, and Tony's father, Andrew Cappellano. - . J Of these two ho laid the blame for the kidnaping of ten-year-old Billy Ranlert and his being held captive on the Cappellano farm ice r near Bourbonnals, 111., while de- mn r the Salvation Army advls mands for $60,000 were made on orT board, will be chairman of the Italian contractor. : Tony's onlyl117 tor members of the corps and connection with the case, accord-1 ing to the testimony, was In obey ing his. father's command to . act as a personal guard for the kid' naped lad. -; , . Holiday Leniency Tahnfi at Priznri8 en -annulled, the i engage- No Christmas pardons or pa- roles will be granted to convicts in the Oregon state penitentiary, I ii, .wh moicaiea jsaiuraay. uov-i finor rsiiereon siaiea mat no did i ring after the annulment. The girl not Intend to follow out the cutald tho police. Unless he produces Kuan vietaiem m some states of granting .wholesale len- jency at.UDnetma time, . - . ' - - - I Al and Successor Confer 1 . . ' J. " - I x Governor-elect Franklin D. K. nlmtiL tit ivenr Yarlr. ininiml execartlve budget and other i hnmn in Km Vnrir Ctv Do Your Bit And Salvation Army WiH Top Fund Quota nftArJ Wii CIinr Acenrorl nf n"''" Success; Workers Ready .for Christmas UST one more day for giving J And such a little way to go to complete the Salvation Army's good will Christmas fund that the complete sue cess ot the drive is vir tually assured by Monday .night. Captain Earl M. William:;, corps commander of the Army in ISalem, reported Saturday night a I total collected to date of 1 " , . . . v. A lflB, ulu l "c suuu, honest, whole-souled giving in Sa lem n Mondy thf.1 drlTt wiU But there will be no casualties be cause the goal is exceeded. Every day new demands are appearing new cases of want and privation are discovered. There will be vital need for every penny of the $1500 and for as much more as may be available, Captain Williams and his work ers are overjoyed at the splendid response Salem has made to the Salvation Army's appeal through the Statesman. With the com plete success of the Christmas fund assured these good folk are setting about final preparations for a great Christmas In the home 1 - . aa iwnere unnstmas win oe most ineeoea "We hope to get started send- 'u tne- ooxos oy 10 o'ciock jaonoax, me captain Baia, as of them go far Into the country. "Each box Will COnUln poU a . v a. : j iil wet appies, wem cannwi mna. mtr. iruit, canned tomatoes, "' r or ""T cake' ceIery and 'The supplies will not only be sufficient for a Chrlstmaa dinner iLy, , i T r. his corps of helpers has ben giv- ing Itself unreservedly to this ex tra load ot work ror the last mree weeas ana leeis inai an are "red ana snouia oe permiuea io enjoy Christmas in his or her own nome- mere wii no no meet- ugs and no work or any kind for members of the corps on phrist mas day. On Thursday evening the corps Christmas program will bo held in the hall. E. Cooke Patton will entertain the children with his magic and sleight-of-hand as in Previous years. A girl's chorus of or 30 voices from the Girl Re- serves wui lurnisn several vocal numbers. Dr. B. F. Pound, chair. meir lamiues. ment May Be Retained OAKLAND, Cal.. Dec 22. ( API Even thonrh 'a. marrl, v w w waauta. the Oaklani) nnlfea, rnlat tiut In orderlne John Sherhnnm is tn rreturn a rinr whteh he mV r' the , efsfwhlle brtde. Helen Sher- bourne. The youth demanded thei tne ring, valued at $150, In three dava. Rhrhonr win fae i a charge of petty theft, police said. Roosevelt. left, and Governor Alfred La th-w mnfiw am ka Aw all- administrative duties at the Roose. Monday Good Will Fund Belated Christmas shoppers in Salem Saturday did not for get the Salvation Army. Their contributions, in Army kettles set a record for any one day of the Christmas season. Collec tions for the day brought the fund within $67.08 of the min imum goal set, , The "score' Saturday night was: Previously Reported ,f 1204.68 Street Kettles, Satur ' i day ....... 83.26 Mrs. E. C Hawkins. . -l.OO Salem Grange No. 17. JHO Erleue E. Speck. .... . 10.00 E. R. Mason. S.OO Employes, OreT Pulp ' & Paper Co 14.88 Employe of P. E. P. . Co. office . 12.75 L. E. Barrick ff.OO J. L. Ingrey 8.00 Total to Date f 1432.02 LONDON, Dec. 22. (AP) A brief dispatch from New Delhi, India tonight announcing that the Afghan government had consented to the evacuation of British and Indian women by air from Kabul revived disquietude concerning the actual situation in the capital of Afghanistan. All previous dispatches had re presented the staff of the British legation as safe and not especial ly anxious, which seemed to agree with the Afghan official reports reaching London that the rebels had been driven from the capital toward tho north. While a. dispatch from Phesha war today said that renewed fight ing had occurred at Kabul again it was said that the rebels had been repelled. The Delhi dispatch did not say that women and chil dren actually were to leave the city tomorrow, but the inference is that they will do so because, al though King Amanullah was said to hive been victorious in the first encounters, It Is known that the region between Dakka and Jalalabad is dominated by the rebels. in coin CAUSE FOR ALARM Christmas Observancein Salem Churches Provides Many El The. Tuletide and the true Christmas spirit will be fittingly observed In Salem churches in a series of programs, plays and con certs, most of - which will be riven today, buseveral of which will be given -Christmas eve, the Natal day Itself, or even later in the week. ; Among the churches which have planned more elaborate programs for tho happiness ot members and friends and at the holiday time "frlends' Includes -- the whole world are the First Presbyterian. church with Its concert: the Knight . Memorial congregational, where a Christmas play 'will - be given In tho evening and a Chrlst maa cantata i presented In - I he morning; the ' First Methodist Episcopal,' which has planned - a Chrlstmaa 'pageant; the -First Eranrellcal with a cantata: St.! Joseph's Catholic with several pro.) eiku ui Hum:,"' ni, f iiiinuL.. usi Paul with hourly mats climaxed. i v in? a tii n , - . ,v Unsettled ..today; P ahle . rains f - Slowly HsfaiE temperature. - Max. temper at are Saturday 30;Iin.SO; River -0.ar Foggy North wind.' . - -- v. PRICE FIVE CENTS THIS STATE IS Oregon Prohibition Laws Praised by F. A. Hazel tine, Special Agent . Enforcement on Par With : That Against Other Crimes, He"Asserts PORTLAND, Dec. 22. (AP) F.' A. Hazeltine, special govern ment operative in the prohibition department. Is authority for tho statement that the prohibition law Is enforced in Oregon as well a the laws against gambling and other crimes. This was his conclusion, ex pressed here today, after a tour of western and central Oregon7 counties. Hazeltine said Oregon has the best set of prohibition laws of any tate in the union; that It ranks with Idaho and Kan sas for the strength of the pop ular support given f the law, and that enforcement here is "out standingly effective' Dealers' Fines Run As High as 82,000 Hazeltine made the trip la to nectlon with his special work of looking up convinced violators of the state prohibition law with a view to assessing against them re vere penalties under old revenue statutes. In some cases, he said, fines as high as $2,000 are being assessed for failure to pay dealer's taxes. The character of local enforce ment officials in the state is good, Hazeltine said. Only in three in stances could sheriffs be suspected of neglect or lack of Interest in the prohibition law. "If bootleggers in Oregon aro making any money," Hazeltine -said, "the investigation of tbelr financial standing with a view to. collecting these revenue penalties does not show it." Idaho, Kansas Only Possible Exceptions "The people of this state." ho continued, "are for prohibition en forcement to a greater degree tbaa any state I have visited unless it be Idaho and -Kansas. Oregon lias the best set of prohibition laws 61 any state in the union. . "Especially, effective la the law providing for state prohibition agents designed to do under-cover where local officers are too well known to get evidence. I trust that the coming legislature will increase the appropriation ($50. 000) to $75,000 so as to permit of a greater number of agents, who in turn will produce more revenue for enforcement and at the aaina time relievo the handful of federal prohibition agents of the neee. sity of giving any aid to local of ficers in ordinary bootlegging cases, and leave them free te do the work .for which they are In tended. This work is to handle too larger cases of conspiracy, a bare men ts, diversion of industrial alcohol, smuggling and manofHc-' ture. Yankee Custom Of Community Tree Imitated BERLIN. Dec. 22. f API Christmas eve will find the An lean custom of setting up a. turn munity tree adopted In many Gor man cities and towns for the fln-t. time. This Is especially' true of Ba varia. The city of Munich will pat up a decorated eommuhirv - tree on Lenbach place in the hoart of the artists' colony. Other Ba varian localities embarking on tho experiment of a community tra include MIttenwalk. center of .the German'vlolin industry; Garmlch Partea and Berchtesgaden, which Is famous for its winter sports navd Saine baths. In many towns lllnmtnat4 trees will be placed at raita-aod stations to cheer passengers tmm peued by duty to travel on night regarded in Germany as the sacred. ams in tho midnight mass; tho Pint Baptist church with specs!! meslc and sermon. The American Lutheran church where Christmas carols will fee. -ture the Sundsy night service, the Calvary Baptist, with specisl hoJL day music; First Christian and its annual program; : the First Con-' gregatlqna cantata Sunday eveav ing; Leslie Memorial where a pa geant of four biblical scenes win be given; csrol singing at Jason Lee Memolal church., , '-' ' " Programs f or these churches as well as for those others that have prepared entertainments, and . the day and time at. which tbey will be given follow: American Lutheran Christmas program at the 'Am erican Lutheran will be - held to night, beginning at .7:20 o'clock. Christmas day service wm be held at 11 o'clock, when the. Ret. P. W. Erlksen will prosjeh nnan . i ua ajikui mvodwav. (Torn to Page T.aPleaseJ DRIEST OF ALL SAYS OFFICIAL aDoraterrogr I: 1 tTf: . :