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Newspaper Page Textf t vTaVtW om. pa. .a K mum ral&egfeter S TEACHERS "fI INCOME TAX ' e..,N TdDAY'H MORNING REGISTER fjv Per Cont of Derived 'bcvoiuio For' Education, i s Plan Advanced l)CI Dill UN OtUIUl 1, RAINEY IS SPEAKER - ..ldi,nii 1 1. v 'J 1 1 r, lrfMrriiiti i; liM,! ----- .. .--I I.V AmjMM'ImI 1,1,1 ,U IWi""" . ,1...... ffkl fVllll'lMtll III "I" " In Many Kintvu( . in. Th. AwMirlel.d I'r.aa) POHTLANI), Or Dm. 29. i Ituunin lux irom wnien no iulllw url r"r "lui'mlnii ""- siai. , .AI hVrr. A l'UIIIIIIIIIO win i-nii. ... nh tut uruiiKv unu iiiniir wBp.wlil iimnnllinll'inn wlilrh fna. !,; U ravleliill HI draft u I. Ill In .. Hii.il nn the Imllot lit the Nu- ,mlr flrrllon. Th. llirolnn iuk wan inn rimy nne rfrtnl sellout iuiim.. iimiimi uy Ilia n.. mi Ihu.bIiiI Inn In i-. nil, the eiiiwrl of the nnnodu we. The itrfi-aled recnniiiieiidii. ami were for n severaiine mi, n ui on I lie ilnalruclloti of minimi ffVf; (III I" IH' " ,,. in" am from which were to In lltcfd In mt Irrnilili'lbln at'ijnnl lino, i"1 anine I'linae of n luxury U 01 winm iii i" " placed III Hie t urrviit mhoul ItAllM'r rtinilint lu-jmri I, limner lUlimy of Hid 1,'iilvnr. M of Oregon wnl olio nf ihnnn ifpotpd to adopting tho report if lit Iwlilmlvp rmniiiltlre nn a pro pi m for ni'llim. C, C. Chnpmiin. editor of the Onion Volcr. tolil tho trm-hern mt an nnmy n( their program Toutd only have to lake, lu text u4 drive ihriiimli It nil Hi mini oMIm and rhurloln h wnnla lo, H n io wide ope n for crltlrinni.' Many I'roicMii niroio An rldninlo of prolenln fnllnwril Mr. Chapinen'n .peei'li. several alia Hi" I learheri should not ijlow eonia one from I ho outnldo ,. ...... - In hiiiI l.ll IIihiii IiiiUI In audit tlwlr own nffalrn or to dlr uia lha mini they wro io uha on matters In whlrli they Tra iirtninrlly Inlvrnsinil. (inn of thorn who Bunko In fnvor of tlio kroma Inn wan A. ('. ilnniplon. npfiinirnijf nt of Antnrln ncliunla (HO lliallllinr Of .till) inttlalntlvn rommlttiiti mid tlio toxtliuok uniii mtnlun. Mm. Hiianiinn llninun Curtrr. rotiniy antivrlnlvnilunt of Jni-kann Munty, wnn vlintMtt vice prnaldniil tt iho naaiiilntliin In niii'i'mut In-. J. 8. Uiut-ra. iirenlilont of Mini- mouth Htoln Nnniinl wlinol. who ill autniimllcnlly aun-iT.I to Ihr odlco of prnlili-nl. -'. A. Illco. idlnK aliprlitliiidiml of nt'lioula of Cortland, mid J. O. Mel jiukIiIIii of Corvallla worn ulcotnd lo nm-rird Ibrmwlvna nn nmliilierH of tlio trcuilvn voiiimlltvo. 'nn. if i 1 1 , ' iniirr ""K'lli; I nun 'lolllllll tutu. I'liiln imnl.jily IHTIil III WIIIiIh. V...i..r.li.y wi.,.,. , ,.;,, .. .Mnxlliiliiii l.in,iii,n,ii. u : iniii 'muni. :ii win. i ,....' KlMKf nt r.tnr, l .i iinr.lirti' fl'll. Ill lUlUfllli mill I I.. i.. i... AlllllVI'IMily of n,.,,,, ' 'iillliln iiiHi.rvi..l ii . I If vim nf lilinlioin, ,.,,.,..... Wllll ll IllKllt llU, ,y ,,,, . .. . lo for Thmailay ..v.-aalaags. l.-i..ol,l Hi ll. ,,,, liiumiatio,,. .,1((t. HIMn im,ib , ,, ,,)rm l,"r uoy,' work by Wulti'r. .UK ,'"ln..1.,!.tt ."','!'"'!'," '"'"Mu.nl,..,. ..... iv.iiii,,,,,,,, .. K , 1 "" " l:..K.n, V. M ' A.. mi I runu KIhtIiiu t. .ull, i"iiki'r ! muiii.il IHMIII to HI, 'iX. I "Kl- . Alnliuwki nk ltv. Now llruce Vfar'a lilllll liiitiiiii..! r..- ftH.1 mother. ' u,V" lnl"r f Ml ..... " . m, I ii urriiai.i.l i'ur.p ft. I'uirciiP Jin. ihurKu liorc. tllfllllH-t v.;.Al.';.-f.' '." !""" " Kin. Tfiiip vuUiH rliuiiif.Ml IV f iiurrv i-iir .ir r ""Ml, J j.K I. ii In it Mi'iinta ri'lurti in Iilki- In luy IllOUIIi a-ulla- ,y ,),., h of wiirnint limy- 8. tlT- by it aen- SETTLEWIENT PLftNS EUGENE, LANE COUNTY, OREGON.-TUKSDAVrEegMBgy 2, 192S NUMBER 70 Aibilration Foature Is Not Wanted I3y Workors In Waj',0 Asreetnent F Unions Declare Stand Same Now as Before ALL OFFERS DISCUSSED Clvilllnn nf I'nrt liullnK (;roup l Olio Mi'iiMiui nxM'l Ity Clmlriiuili or CnnfiTciii n to Clllltllll Wiijich illy Tli. Amiocliitril tvcri) NIIVV YOHK, liii'. 2'j. The Joint POnf.Tenco of lllllinru liml oiicriilnrii ;iIJmiriidl at inlilnlithl without n i'lnir on u nhin nf ncttlcnii'nt ot llm unlhnu-itt. Htrlki. A .1 Juii rn iii.-nt wim laki'ii until ono p. 111. tomorrow, when illHciiHHlor.i: will bi' ri'HUmcfl on vurtoilH iiIuiih of "ttl fin iibiiilttoil to the con- f.-renro. WARM RAINS THREATEN EUROPE WITH FLOODS ni'Miitciis )!' i,ivi:s I,OST IN ToitiiA stiu:i;ts WEST PLANS ADVERTISING RAIMtOAim AND nyT:i.s TO nitiNtj toiuirts iir.ur. (tlr Tha Aaaoclalad Praaa) 8EATTI.K. Wnah.. Iec. !. Ail- nimnirnt of nlnna for lulvertlalnif by lha I'nrlflc Count unllndly to ob- Ull) tourlatn vn. rmiortnil liorn to- Dlxht. Thuan Dlnnn aro -Mondiiy lie- fora ft rnnfprcnrA In Hnn Krtinclaro rpraiiiitino; rnmiliuiiltlra from Clnailn to Mnxlro. Tho itilmtano of tha project In that on lolnlnn' Ihn mnvnlllnllt n nmmunlty ahull at anlilo for the roaat na n whola 1 h nnr rent of Itri Idvarll.ln mnn.u mil In llm f II II il Ihu. crented rnllromla. Nteninahlp comnnnica. hotaln mid renorta ahnil tonirlhute llaloxntea frnm Ihn Ilirinr nOrlhwent Innliiiln Hiii-tnn I. Pey- tOn. HnilllHtin nM.4 l.l.l Urlillnnmll inn Hlirnlil I'mm Unsiiiln lln Ihn "mmlttpo avolvlnic tlio iilnnn wero Harry t'lmiiillor. Ixi Anmilen. am' I'Blll flllnl... a., t.' I ..l..n. '"I'i niin . ruiii-ini u, in"- PrMlilcnt ,,f ,n Riililliern Tlll'lflC tallBHy. wild fli,..r. fUllllil . ' ' IH'llKO In IM:iiih iioi'nn y '"UH(y Mi.Ikoi a,!,,,,,,,,! y (nx ... ..,,,, inrcunK. Til .lll UN lo Ik, xtiM)ilil lo K. I, ... ..... riinri. IMko R, llin.(n l.rttlKt :irty ,nitt.Ml '"""' iHM-;ilr. ttf( Mituini-VB win mill iiKuliiHt city in- v.ilv fiu mrip .f Utifl. I'hko g. Wlilrlty. w.iMir.l M( Himrlnii k. nr- tnnii itn.f. men lio'il iiMiffrciicQ at KUKdlC hotel. 1'iiko 6, Mnn il vorco (Irt-ri'.'s KintitcU In v.rculi limit. Van 8. laiiiii- ouiMy mill onwm rrw iuhip iiti.i.-r cfiitnt ruction nt 'II K rlllKC, i-jiki z. Mill nt OiikrtdKf mny IiikKiII ii xjiJipniFfit In uprlnc. lwtv 2. Ohl ft-rry ill lhiiTlliurr ilinertcd wtitii hrluicv cum cm Into 'K' S. (Mn cito fiit'tot-y rximitnlon i1Ini-ukhii(1 nt rlmmhr iT I'mutni'ivc lunrh ron nt HurrlMlitirK. I'ltKi- 3. Itivir rurri-iii nmy iI.iiiiiikp iroior IV nt IIiirrlMliurK, 1m uplnlon. I'ltKi 3. Chili nt Vnrni'll lin.i mcrtlntr and hntilH ChrlHtiiuiM imriy. I'iiko 2. ColtiiKo (iinvi prnlm'tl ly Kriuik .linkiitN, fdltnr of the Morn I UK lii't-tiiT, in ixlilrt'Hfl Itt-fore com- IIIITi'ltll ('lull. I fl t 2. I'lpi'K for overflow will ht Joined with old dm I n pi pen to tiikt ciirt of flood wjitor at Cuttnffv drove. I'iiko 3. ,4-L'h hold ttw't'tltiK to dcrldo on prlftt of Inillftlii. 'i. Htutloit i-iiniplftfd fur kuh nt ror- tier of Ht-vi'tith nnd .M In, 3. Aildlllnntil ni'WH notoH n nil portion uli. i'aK'n 1! mid 3. SHirtM Mutch ItPtWfcii luiKdon nnd John- hoii In ho hold nt OnkrldKu to- tilK'ht. 1'ukc fl. rioNi K'iMM-M look ct I fur In baukot- Imll IciiKiif. 1'nKO 6. Chnuiplou I'hpwi nnd checkor plny- rr to npponr nt Alhnny. PnKo 6 .Mnin wn'Htlorii In tonlKht'R moot rondy for hnrd ko. Tngo 6. I'utfo lUy Tli Aaiini'lnl''f Prom) NKW VftKK. I ice. -Till! nln of Bf-tth-inpiU of the unthrnclte Ntrlkc propoHod tonight by Alvun Miirkh-. chuirmnn of thi Joint wuko ronferenco, witrt opoHrd by the mine worKom on tho ground Una It con tained an iirhltrntlon fciituro. Tho mine m Hinted tlicy wero nn much oppoM to iirhitratlon todny uh they wore four months nsro nnd will continue thrlr opponition. All the vnrloiift pence plans of fered nlnco the jriispennlou bejjun September I wero placed before tho Joint conference nnd dlcuwalon on them continued tonight. Contract to lv Continue. The prlnclpiil polntn In the. Mnrkle plnn were: The contrnct and worklni; conditions which woro opernilvo up to the time of calling the ittrtko tdmll bo continued for one yenr. Creutlon of n fnct-flndlng- com munion, conslHting of three operat or . three nilners nnd three impnr tiul cltl.onM, repreHentlng tho pub lic, the lulter to be selected by tho nroHldent of the l nlted suites Adoption of tho principle of col lective Imrtrnlnlnff "reMtinc upon rinnon nnd not nndurnnce. I'rovlslon that the nwurd of the nnthriiclto con I strike cointnlsalon nnd KUbnequent iiKreemontfl bo rutlfled nnd continued until Sop tetnber. 1 tSB;' Bilbject to renewal every 10 years thereafter. ImcHtlittillnn Wnntcil Selection of n firm of reputable certified accountants with author ity to InvoHtisiite nnd report promptly on every phano of the in dustry. Tills committee of ntno Hhall meet nn a whole to rench nn nirreeiuent ni to wuroh nnd pos- lble chnniios In the contract. The nubile renronentntlves shall not be entitled to vote unless tho operators and mlnerB fall lo agree, unen ntilorliv vote shall rule. Should tho committee be delayed i rivhur ralea throuirh unforo.seon t'lrcumMancofi until after September I In any year, there shall bo no lockout or strike. Any decision rendered nftorwnrd shall be retro active it of September l. IVojiJtt AlKiiiddiihiK iluiiM'H and .MiK'h ImmiiKo JtcKirUul I'roin OvvrfluwiiiK JUvcm illy TUn AHRDflntcfl Vrtiun) ' PAItlH, inc. 2'J. The year 102! may still bo reinembored In history iih ihu "gruat flood year" In central and western Kuropo, if tho wurm winds which have swept tho high Inndn und caused rapid melting Of the hiiowh do not give place lo colder ulrs soon. Already there hnvo been many Uvea lost In Jtou rnanla and IJunKary, while vast Htctlons of Fruncn, Ilidglum, Switz erland, Gerinuny, Austria und Czocho-Hlovaklu, aro Inundatod, The weuther predlctlonn point to continued warmth and heavy rains. The moHt alarming condition! ure reported from central Kurope. Torda(Thorenburg), Kuumanla, bus been swept by a torrent of over flowing waters that smashed houscH by the score. Itod Ica Hoat In HtrcctH lreet reportn from Torda tell of tho Iohs of hundreds of liven along the Kouinaninn frontier, with the waterH sweeping bodies and debris through the streots. In the liekPH district of Hungary more than 100,000 acres aro col ored with water und the situatio.i is growing worse. Hetween Vesis toe and Oknny, tho huge masonr lams are threatening to give wuy and the whole population lias turn ed out in an effort to avoid dis aster. Icci iTunin In Klvcr An ice jam has added to the Koriousnesx of the situation in the I holsH river, near Tlsza Dada. and sappers have been hurried to the cene with dynamite to blast it and allow the water to escapo. The river Kajo likewise has overflowed its banks nnd is menacing the en- tiro iforou district. At Cluj, Transylvania, 60 houses nnd factories have been, destroyed by tne torrents. " hroughout Helghim there are serious floods. Tho riverside quar ters of many towns are submerged inn people are abandoning their houses. Navigation ha been In terrupted on the Mouse. POLITICS DENIED IN PERSHING'S REMOVAL AN.VOlr.VCKMKNI' MAI1K BY STATU DKI'AHTMENT (.'onriilfiiro KxproKwd Tliat Work Will lln Completed at Later JJuto hy (Joiierul Vlrn Diinini:1!! lMnnt fliv Tim Aamirliitril I'rr.a) l oh AN'OKI.KS. Dec. 9. One ninn wna probably family binned when fire enrly today utltted tho plant of Iho Hurat Snnli IJoor com- paiiy to tne extern ui i-j.""" n ce. SMOKE COVERS MOUNTAIN MOIXT McKINLEY EXVEL- OPKI) BY VOIX'AXIC VAPOIfc (Ity Tli AflHOtlaleil Irfr) VASIIINUTON, imc, 2!. For mal unnounceinent at the state de partment today that General Tershlng would leave Arica shortly for the United Ktutes.was coupled with the emphatic statement that his trip had no political or diplo mat! en 1 significance In connection with the difficulties which have confronted hlrn in his task us neutral head Of the Tacna-Arica plebiscitary commission. General Pershing has been suf fering from his teeth for some time and pain has affected his face, of ficials expluined, but no comment could be obtained from them with respect to the development of high blood pressure which has given his physician considerable concern. Department officials character ized as absolutely untrue a sugges tion that he would return to com plete his work with the commis sion, which was created under President Coolldge's arbitral award in the dispute between Chile and Peru over possession of the pro vinces. An official spokesman for the president declared today that he had no intention of withdraw ing' as arbitrator of the dispute, that the arbitration was proceeding and that so far as he was aware, it would continue. MERGER HELD PROBABLE TWO NEW YORK BANKS MAY JOIX INTERESTS ny Tlio AitHoclated FraM) AXCllOUAGE. Alaska, Dec. 29, A large volume of smoke and steam was plainly seen hero today issuing rrom .Mount AicKiniey, iuu miles north of hero nnd the highest penk on this continent. Reports wero received that smoke has en veloped the far sldo of the moun tain. Tho vapor seemed to come from the peak with little force behind It. drifting slowly nway northeast. A sharp earthquake, was felt here last Tuesday. McK.nley is o.aou reet nign. Tho next loftiest peak of North America Is Mount St. Elins, 18, 01!4. St. Ellas Is 300 miles east of hero. (Hy The Asnoclated Pre) NEW YOHK, Dec. 29. Through a maze of categorical and qualified denials, Wail Street today came to the conclusion that an eventual merger of the Chase National and Mechanics and Metals National banks might materialize but that the possibility of a consolidation embracing several other banks with total resources of more than a bil lion dollars was unlikely. Executives of four large banks which had been mentioned in the merger reports, the National Park, Chemical National, Central Union Trust company and Chatham and Phoenix Bank and Trust company, flatly denied their institutions were considering any sort oc consouaa- tion. Officials of the Mechanics and Metals National bank asserted that no definite negotiations were un der way at this time, but admitted that merger offers had been broached from time to time several larger institutions. DRUG STORES ROBBED TUIKP SPURNS MONEY BUT TAKES 1AIIEGOIUO EINSTEIN THEORY BE New Experiments Indicate Drifting of Ether With Motion of Earth T 615 T, Science Association Hears Results of Work LIGHT WAVES STUDIED Agricultural College Head Tells of Advances Which Have Made the American Desert Into a Garden VAN FLEET SILENT ON CONTENTS OF LETTERS UAltDING'S tOnilESPONDENCE MAY NEVEIt BE KNOWN Documents IHanppoar Prior Being Shipped to Marlon Kii)H Editorial to ZOOLOGIST ATTACKS THEOLOGY TEACHING COURT HALTS STATUTE VIOLATION IN WHEELEU CHARGES Illy The Aasoclated Frcaii) VOUTLANI), Ore., Doe. 29. Two robbers who held up tho Har riiiKton phnrmnry early tonight escaped with $70 In cash. R. C. Harrington, proprietor ot the store, was nlono when the men entered. A robber who entered tho Oregon drug store refused the purse of M. Nnniba, proprietor, who offerod It to him. nnd paid no nttentlon to tho cash register. He took a small bottle nf pnregorlc. (By The Annaclatccl rreaa) WASHINGTON. Deo. 29. The prosecution of Senator Burton K. Wheeler of Montana by the de partment of Justice was halted abruptly today In the District of Columb.a supreme court. The ind.ctment returnea nere against the senator alleging an oil land conspiracy was dismissed on the ground that It fniled to charge a violation of the federal statutes. Previously Mr. Wheeler had been acquitted' by a Jury in his own stato of the charges brought against him there. Unless an appeal Is taken in the ease here the decision todny ends the- prosecutions started in 1924 while Senator Wheeler was con diinttni? the sensational investiga tion of the administration of the department of Justice under Attor ney General Harry M. Daugherty. PRISONER GIVEN PAROLE tt. mv t rn hi,' Ql'lltKI) OF MICIIKOItl) MAN MRnti'nflTl nn It.ti.l Bftekelhvnint. a ,.'!. ,.i ...n,,!,,!!,. C. Wl.n ..- .."i . .i".. I'nCO nil n (linn irlllltt. 111 H 'Ornery i-hame. wnn unruled lo hla ather veMinMinw iiu fii-nni .indue 0. u ti. '. ..:: j ' . . i, hlch tin. itniitit twill nui ii m his Ilnftnclnl nrlann !.,. li..lf nllimtinr bn. Kinnlnir Ituvl Mnu uilimi tin will "io ciinigo of bin minors garage I'nlnn rreoki on Iho C'riilor Inkn niKiiwity, mum mnko n monthly re Pwt of hN nnnt nnd turn ovor 0 tho court nil Ills financial Mini 'una, oilier than ninoiintH for lire injury living exponnun. RACING " DRIVER WEDS ARNRY OI,lll'll:lil I'NITI'.I) WITH IIUMlA IIIUIH N '. Illy Tho AaanMalfil Proaa) SAN DIKOO, Cnl.i Dnf. 2- Wrnoy Uldflold, niitomolillo driver, lny iirilcii'Ptl nt tlio ronrl house 5"fo a lleonno to marry lliild" ""iilen of Ilnvorly Illlln, Till. Ho J"' Ids ngo nn 47 nnd hor ugo wnn "'V?,n U yearn, Oltlrinld nnil Mm, nrndon were JnfMed n few minutes Inter liy jllee nt tho pnnrtlloimo. Old Held "I'I frlomln that It wan tlio third m"fNnir f0P onnii, Hnnn aflor the ceremony limy 'or TlJunnn rnoo track, wliorn they of "ill ConHnlMlrtol by many frlonds wio noted rce driver. COOPER DIALECT UPHELD PltESEXT SI-ANtl HKMKVKD SHOUT 1,IVEI Illy Tim A..orlatwl Prf." fllU'AIIH. Pec. 29. Hit" of nunlnt dlnleit as expressed by chiiriiclers in .lames Feillmore ('miller's "Leather Slni-king Tules. will be nllve when "' your old mnn." nnd olhcr' current bits of slang lire denil nnd burled. So il,..-lnred Dr. Louise I'ounil of the I niveialty nf Nebriiskn. and edllor of Ani.'ll.'lin Speech. 0 speiikei' inila.v ' Hi" nnnunl meet lllg of the llinilern laliKUllKO lisso elatlnll of I'hli-IIK-o. Iilalei'l, she decl.ireil, Is de Ml - ernln speech while slang is triinslnnl in slunilnid 'Kp; ..,..i i", unci' archil It' but llvlinr extil'1's.Hinns ko but Sho still for "gel. hnw be you" ror now : OUIU " professor mill "used lo co ,0'.' I nine Ainerii-n " ...,,. ta K ;;., Kn"d'v,.,;.n;; i-cip h. be r ? Ill"l"" ' a rcr'1?,';; evelnpil.ent of Ai"lc ," Blcatest romiinc I" "'" 'vor'"' MORE TIMEJS GRANTED KliAMATIt MEN WOIIKINU u.i Al'l ''' " Illy The Aaawlnleil Vreaa) wijiitire0,:;""- ffiiT,;;1;!!;..!.)"--;;,-'-,; sJt .raws jruTrrir-" i ... couniy Jn"' lllniiiiilli s H"""". KI.A.XIATI I' ALLS Wf. no Ice BldlllllK 7, ' t night Ktat.mil. '''r,,,'l' sullen sn.dh nf t yet ,.. iilslancn sniiui pnnils n er Has not tlio cliy. . ! "..i.uuii tu rreeze I'""' "! ',' ' 'h'lnko or Lake yet iieeu ",..',,,,.11, lake or Las over Ui-por h In wth k (ho (h Ewniinn. .1'"' ", Yniweon 2 monie cr ',,'- cioudles sky, and U ttl"v0 BAMMING THE FLOOD (Br The Aasoclated Praia) KANSAS CITY. Mo.. Uen. 20. Observations extending over five years at the Mount Wilson observ atory in California have led to con clusions that may modify the fam- uuh Einstein ineory 01 relativity. Dr. Dayton C. Miller, professor of physics at the Case school of applied science and president of the American Physical society, described the experiments before the general session of the Ameri can Association for the Advance ment of Science annual convention here today. They indicate, he said, that ether drifts with the earth at the rate of approximately ten Kilometers per second. Two Assumptions Needed To account for his observations Dr. Miller declared it was neces sary to make two ' assumptions: Frst, tbat there is a constant mo tion of the solar system with a ve locity of 200 kilometers per second or more toward the middle of the constellation of Dragon; second, that, In effect, the earth drags the ether. Einstein, Dr. Miller said, based some elements of his theory on ether drifts experiments In 1S87 at the Case school of applied science in Cleveland by Professor Michel son and the late Professor Ed ward W. Morley of Western Re serve university, which produced a negative result. The experiments which sought to reveal whether the motion of the earth through space affected the velocity of light, was renewed by Dr. Miller at the Mount Wilson observatory. "The general acceptance of the Ihonrv tlint lltrht- rnnsistR nf n bywave action in a lumlniferous : I ether," Dr. Miller explained, "made - - - I it necessary;;to determine the es- a -j-i- i Isenlial properties of the ether, AU I IUN I which would enable It to transmit light and to account for tne optical phenomena in general. Theories Are Fundamental "The ether was at first pre sumed to fill all space, even that occupied by material bodies and yet to allow all bodies to move through it with apparent freedom. The Question of whether the ether Is carried alone by tne eartn's motion has been considered from the early days of the (light) wave theory. Theories of the ether are Intimately associated with theories of the structure of matter and these are among the most funda mental in the whole domain ot physical science." The "great American desert ' has become a garden under appli cation of agricultural ana mecnan ical science. Dr. P. D. Farrell said in a paper which he read here to nieht at a Joint meeting of the American Association for the Ad vancement of Science and the Sig ma XI honorary scientific frater- ! nity. Dr. Farrell, wno succeeaea ur. William M. Jardlne as president of the Kansas State Agricultural college quoted a passage from the Edinburgh Keview ot laa. ao scrlbing the "desert" in which Kansas ana weorasita are now located. Settlement Boliovca lmpossioio "There." the Review says, "lies the desert except In a few spots on the borders of the rivers, in capable, probably forever, ot fixed settlement. So complete is the character of its aridity that the great rivers the Platte, -Arkansas onH win nrnnrlP drv ud altogeth er on the olains In summer. The Minn crn WAS brought about through researcn in iieia ana mum .mi evninrntlon In every country an,ii nt useful nlants have nrnduced new faotB, new plants and new machines," Dr. Farrell i MiriiAaii iinve heen eagerly taken up by the people having the spirit of the pioneer and their use lias neen irumuu RADIO GETS ASSISTANCE LEAK IN POWER MNE WIMi BE REPAIRED ,nv Tha Aaaoctatod Prasa) sji.rM. Ore.. Dec, 29. That .A ilirfannca nf OreiTOn may OX' pect consideration at the hands of the state was established today when it was announced that the public aervlco commission will order the Skamania Light and Power company to repair leaks In Its lines in tne vicinity ui Locks. Tho faulty Insulation is said to have causod much Interfer ence with radio reception in that i.nniiiv. Thn comnlaint was filed h Ktiw. the Portland Orogonlnn station, togothor with a large num ber of radio owner. . iiu...v. defects nre said to have been found In the lino by W. R. Cornell, radio interference inspector. VACCINATION ORDERED SMALLPOX INVESTIGATION IS MADE AT BEND v BKND, Ore. Dee. 29. All pupils of Hend schools must bo vaccinated before they will bo admitted to school January 4, following the holiday vacation. This was tho order Issued today by Dr. J. H. Rosenborg of I'rlnevlllc, who Is a member of tho stato board of health and who came horo to mako an In vestigation of a numbor of light cases of smallpox. (Tly The Aaaoclatea Frnaa) MARION, Ohio, Deo. 29. Con tents of tho letters declared by George S. Van Fleet, editorial writer of the Marlon Star, to be missing from the files of the late Warren G-. Harding, may never be known. Mr. VanFleet, tho only living person who knows the contents of the missing letters declined to night to reveal what they con tained and said his only comment would be the editorial which was published today revealing that -the letters were missing. The letters, Mr. VanFleet declared in his edi torial disappeared before they were boxed preparatory to ship ment to Marion and what they contnined or who took ' them ho would not d.vulge. Mrs. Harding brought five boxes eontpinlng letters to Marion, Mr. VnnFleet said, and these were locked In the Marlon Star building until such time ns thev could be disposed of bv her. Many of these letters, all lin'mpnrtant. were de stroyed bv Mrs. Harding and the remainder wn bnxes wh'ch she Ihnueht m eht be of nubile mtereBt were turned over to the Harding Memorial association. The mntorltv nf the letters de- pfroved. Mr. VanFleet declared. In hlQ e,l Inr'ftl were irom cranss, Inb seekers, beggars and personal frien,l nnd letters which may have been m'sennstrued by other then those for whom they were in- ,anla,l Thrniiirlinut nr wotk or sorunK end preparing 'he letters for tne fnrnflpn Mm. Hnrainir mm mi-. VanFleet that "she wanted to Just An wtint Wnrren wamea anno. She referred. Mr. VanFleet said, to the d spos tlon of tne letters. Religious Doctrines Held Irreconcilable With Mod ern Science " :. Osburn Declares Evolution. Proven to Be Law USEFUL' TRAITS GROW: Examination of Fossil Remains Left by Ancient Ufo Said to Give New Light on Theory of Darwin PHYSICIAN IS INDICTED DR. SWEENEY TO PACE TRIAL AT MEDFORD in. Thn Aasoclated Press) MFDFORD. Ore.. Dec. 29. Dr. Charles T. Sweeney, a prominent local physician, in a secret true bill i-ettirnerl Inst Wednesday, was in- dictedefor oerjurv. The indictment -mniin mihlic todav. arises out of testimony given by Dr. Sweeney at the trial nf Omer W. Mumhy. con-. vlcted a month ago of manslaughter for the alleged beating to deatn . oi his wife last soring.. It Is asserted that Dr. Sweeney testified he was In full attendance pt the nost mortem examination, when -three etlien wltnessen"ti fled he was there but five minutes. A teleohone conversation Dr. Sweeney testified he had with Dr. F. G. Swedenborg of Ashland, whose wife was a member of the tunv. lsn lso involved in the Indict. ment. Dr. Sweeney testified that when he called Dr. Swedenborg to nsk him to testifv at the trial, ha did not know Mrs. Swedenborg was a juror. He admitted that the telephone message was sent from the office nf Murphv's sttornev. An affidavit made by Dr. Sweeney in elso attacked. The phvsician Is at liberty on (2000 bonds. COL. C00LIDGE SITS UP USE OF LEGS LOST BY FATHER OF PRESIDENT -- (By The Associated Press) PLYMOUTH. Vt.. Dec. 29. Colonel John C. Cooltdge, the presi dent's father, was "very, very com fortable," his physicians reported late today, colonel cooiidge sai up in his wheeled chair for half an bnur and was apparently not fatigued by tho exertion. But he had lost the use of his legs through faulty circulation and his pnysi- nlnn. Dr. Albert W. uram o Brldgewater. said the prospects of his ever regaining the use ot his legs was remote. The defective circulation, xjv. Cram explained, has prevented the nroDer amount of blood from renemnfir tne nerves in tne parin ol fected. and the result is "a sort nf tinrnlvnis." The ailment IB not to do aiinw uted to the "heart blocs" from whinh thn colonel has suffered and which caused his serious illness ..uaml WeeWfl SCO. The POOr CilCU lotion. Dr. Cram said, is due rath er to old age, lowered vitality and other causes not readily analyzed. WHEAT PRICES HIGHER Q PRINCIPLES FOUND ' By The AMocfated FrM) NEW HAVEN. Conn.. Dec. 29. t Two new principles in evolution toaay were announced by Henry Fairfield Osborn, research profes sor of zoology at Columbia uni- - verslty, coupled with the assertion that traditional theology and mod- . ern science are lrreconcillable and thftr "AVa-.llltli.fi hna tnlran i ta nlnnA . beside the law of gravitation." Dr. Osborn is president of the ooard . of trustees of the American Mu seum of Natural History. Tne principles were , developed logy. unDroiten Klse Shown - , The first proves that evolution ' works through an -unbroken rise in new and useful characteristics ( in animals and plants from gen- -eration to generation, not as Dar win thought by chance variations. -The second shows . that, these characteristics "from the begin ning" take a line directed toward -their future fitness and not as Devrles thought by sudden changes In structure. ; Paleontology deals with the in terpretation of the fossil remains of life. America leads all nations ' in this science, he said. ' Dr. Osborn spoke at the dedica tion of Yale's new Peabody Mu . seum of Natural History. Professor Osborn alBo for the first time formulated into what he . termed five, "laws"' the Ideas of evolution which he : claimed are- , generally accepted by scientists as explanations of tne way new spe cies come Into existence. He .sum marized them as -follows:- ' First, the principle whereby nvnrvt animal . fit' Itself to new modes of life by modifying its dwn BtlUUtlUD (UIU (.V,bl",. Bin mmi these modifications are not Inher ited, as supposed' by- Lamarck. They do mark out the future course of evolution so that each animal helns to shape -the destiny of Its race. Second the principle Of develop ment of special organs through use, the degeneration or - organs through disuse and - maintaining balance through unchanged functions. Development! is Humea Third, the nrlnclnle of hurrying forward of characters in develop ment and evolution and of slowlrjf down ofl characters, according to juvenile or - adult needs in the Struggle lor existence, no inua-r trated this principle by explain ing that a colt is born wnn nmoa nearly as long as Its parents' be cause It must- Immediately follow its parent if attacked oy an enemy. Fourth, the principle of indiv idual and racial struggles for ex istence and the survival of the fit test. Fifth, the Lamarck -Darwin principle of divergence of branches in racial history, amplified by his , own principle of "adoptive radia-1 tion," by which under stimulating conditions a specie may split up Into several species, some living in trees, others on the ground. . t ' NEW PEAK REACHED ON BOARD OF TRADE - (By The Associated Preia) CHICAGO, 111., Deo. 29. Wheat prices soared to a new high level for the 'season on the board of trade today after reports that flour prices had been boosted past the tin n Vio rrdl mnrU. During the late trading a spirited flirht between longs and shorts de- rt nrleen wore shipped about at a maa rate wnn in rum, soaring to new high peaks during the last minutes ot trading. Late trading alo developed strength In the corn market. Wheat went up 1 8-4o to 6140, May closing at $1.83, showing the greatest gain. Corn showed a rise of 3 l-8c to 4 l-8c, and oats were also up slightly at the end of tho day. Bnhy Is Smothered (By Tho Associated Press) SEATTLE, Deo. 29. Patricia .Tenn Lewis, seven months old, was smotherod to donth hero In the night, by bedclothlng In which she had been tucked to be warm nnd comfortable. A orotner i yonrs old found the body growing cold when ho went to soo If his lit tle sister was all right. Albany Experiences Colli .fl,. AnanHntAil Press) ALBANY, re., Doc. 29. This neetlnn of tho Willametto vnlloy i,iu mnrnlnii nxneriencod the cold est wenther of the year. Tho of ficial thermometer registoreu. . degrees nbovo zero, the . lowest point touched In 1926. . DIVISIONS ARE JOINED HIGHWAY PROGRAM CCR - TAILED IN STATE .: (By The Aasoclated Press) SALEM, Ore.. Deo. 29. Effective January 1, on account of curtail ment of the new construction pro gram of the state highway depart ment, the southern Oregon 'vision will be discontinued and Klamatn. and Lake counties in "u ' solidated with the division front The Dalles to Bend. Jackson and Josephine counties will be ,jJon "i i -,,.! oMth the southwestern Oregon division under the super vision of W. B. Chandler, whose Zd,uarters will be transfer from Marsnuuiu ' . . Under this new arrangement, the north boundary of Chandler s divi sion wlU be the Douglas county line on the coast highway and osebunra; on the Pacific highway. District Engineer J. S. sawyer s territory, with headquarters In Salem, will bo extended corres pondingly south to the Coo Douglas county lino. mh.r , The change reduces p8,"""1"" of divisions In the state from .si " a lenri. to the reslgna- :? . . t r r Kelly, who has been d0s?r.cftep tlon in lata. RANCHER IS WOUNDED REVOLVER DROPS ON FENDEll AND I uis""1""'" . ; (By Th Aaaooiated Preaa) HerTA.kenD,8?,raVaSr o 'the ?ro,nla buVwound. .u-talned la.j yesterday afternoon when a 8 revolver dropped out of nis nip pocket a. -ewes Siting out of M. automobile. The weapon hit on the running bonrd and discharged, Ine bullei striklng Aiken In the 1. P and ranging upwards,, lodging n .i. ehot. His sorcam for help hrought aid from a nearby rancn. and he was rushed to thhi city for .medical. aid, ... . I V v-.,.cT"i,i5.v.