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MEDFORD, OPvEGOX, TUESDAY, FEDRUAlvY 1, 1921
NO. 2G7.
i w mi i 1 t j m i a r-a . m vi n u i w t
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John Maynard Keynes, British
Representative at Peace
Conference Ridicules Agree
ment Reached at Paris
Poker Methods Termed Out
rageous. Germany to Refuse
BEREIN, Fob. 1 Dr. Walter
Simons the German foreign mill-
later will tell the relchstag at Its
Besslon this afternoon, the Boer-
sen Zoltung states, that Germany
4 cannot subscribe to the allied
reparation demands on the ground
that they are not possible of fill-
flllment.
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LONDON, Feb. 1. It will be Impos
sible for Germany to pay the repara
tion debt fixed by the supreme allied
council at Paris last week, says Pro
fessor John Maynard Keynes, principal
representative of the British treasury
at the Versailles peace cflnfernce. He
niBues that Germany, to have surplus
exports worth 200,000,000 pounds ster
ling, must have total exports worth at
least 700,000,000. Twelve per cent of
this amount would be 84,000,000
pounds sterling, and therefore, he says
that with 700,000,000 of exports yearly
ngalnBt '500,000,000 in imports she
could Just pay a fixed sum of 116,000,
000 plus 84,000,00, making a total of
200,000,000.
"That is to say" he continues, "trade
on this vast scale, would be required to
pay the minimum annuity of 100,000,
000 plus the export percentage. If the
Paris proposals are more than wind
they mean a complete re-organlzatlon
of the channels of international trade.
If anything remotely like them should
really be intended to happen, the re
action on British trudo and industry
would be incalculable. It Is an outrage
that the allied leaders should have
dealt with each other by using the
methods of a poker party."
Madness Says Germany
HAMBURG, Jan. 31. It is not im
probable that Foreign Minister Simons
will reply to the reparation demands
decided upon at Pails last week by re
signing from the German government,
says the Berlin correspondent of the
Fremdenblatt of this city.
BERLIN, Feb. 1. Germans regard
the reparation terms decided upon by
the supreme allied council in Paris last
week as fantastic and Impossible o
execution, and it is the general opinion
the government cannot agree to them.
The cabinet which received the text of
the allied note yesterday, was in exec
utive session until late last night and
the note was not released for publica
tion until too lnte for editorial com
ment. "Madness," is the term relchstag
leaders used in discussing the repara
tion conditions. Foreign Minister
Simons declared the terniB would
"produce chaos, not only in Germany,
but throughout central Europe, as the
bankruptcy of Germany would nlso
bankrupt part of Germany's war cred
itors, among them is France.
"It is preatly to be deplored," he
continued, "that the great American
nation was only a bystander during
the negotiations concerning repara
tions at Paris. The settlement of this
question determines the fate of the
world's economics and of world cul
ture." Ilorbert Guttmann of the Dresdener
bank, said "the reparations figures are
absurd, and the tax levy on exports Is
absolutely beyond understanding. The
(Continued on Page Six)
HARDING ASKS PRESIDENT
SPECIAL SESSION OF
WASHINGTON. Feb. 1. A re
quest from President-elect Harding
that a special session of tho new son
ate be called for March 4 to confirm
cabinet and other appointments by the
Incoming executive, was conveyed to
day to President Wilson.
Such a session is customary when
there is a change of administrations,
and It usually lasts only a week at the
most.
Nearly a score of new senators were
elected last November and in ordtr
fur them to be here by March 4 the
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REPARATION
'.Bill Is Introduced
to Repeal All Dry
Statutes in Oregon
SALEM,. Ore., Feb. 1. For the
avowed purpose of clarifying the
enforcement of the prohibition
act in Oregon, Representative
McFarland has introduced a bill
calling for the reeal of all the
state prohibition statutes.
This would automatically bring
the state under tho provisions of
the Volstead federal prohibition
act, it is said.
A poll of both houses taken be-
fore the Introduction of the bill
t is said to have mustered sufflc-
lent votes for passage In the sen-
ate with only five votes lacking
in the house, nn obstacle which it
is claimed, will be overcome.
GROSS DEFICIT IS
NOW $737,011
PORTLAND, Feb. 1. Earl C. Bro
naugh, former Judge of the circuit
court, was appointed trustee of Morris
Brothers, Inc., bankrupt bond house
by A. M. Cannon, referee in bank
ruptcy today.
Liquidation of the assets of the cor
poration will begin at once, the referee
said, but is certain to take more than
a year, as creditors have until Decem
ber 27, 1921, in which to file their
claims. - ,
Bond for the trustee was fixed at
$100,000 and a resolution was passed
by the creditors at a meeting in the
federal building empowering Bronaugh
to dispose of all personal property of
the bankrupt company.
Pnforr.n fnnnmi onl,l ihnf flli-pMinn
of affairs would be transferred from)
W. D. Whitcomb, temporary receiver
to Trustee Bronaugh as soon as the
trustee's bond is filed.
Appointment of Bronaugh followed
his election at a creditors' meeting
Saturday.
Attorneys for Receiver . Whitconib
filed in federal court a statement
showing the bond house had gross
assets totalling $2,429,996 and llabll
Ities of $3,1GG,977, leaving a gross defi
clt of $737,011.
LA.
FEAR VIOLENCE,
LOS ANGELES. Feb. 1. A special
squad of deputy sheriffs guarded the
entrance to tho county jail today with
others held in reserve after Floyd L.
Can and Arthur W, Can, cousins, who
confessed to tho kidnnping of Mry.
Gladys Witherell, had been loeKed up
following- their plea of guilty in the
superior court.
Hints of "bad fouling" In the Holly
wood district, where Mrs. "Witherell
lives, caused the sheriff to direct that
every precaution be taken against pos
sible mob violence.
The Carrs entered 'their plea about
thirteen hours after Mrs. Withcell
was rescued from the ranch hoiuie
near Corona, Riverside county, where
they had kept her prisoner since last
Tuesday night.
It had been planned to take them
from town Inst night had they been
sentenced, but the defendants asked
that they be given time to present
"mitigating evidence," in the hope of
reducing the sentence.
Tomorrow was set for passing sen
tence and the public defender, actini
as counsel for tho prisoners said they
desired to set forth that Mrs. With
erell had not been harmed In any way.
liberty Bonds.
NEW YORK, Feb. 1. Liberty
bonds closed: 3Vi's J97.90; first 4's
$87.20; second 4'h $85.70; first 4Vi's
$86.70; second 4 'a $85.70; third
44s $89.06: fourth 44 'b $86.00; Vic
tory Z'b $97.18; Victory 4's $97.20.
WILSON TO CALL
SENATE FOR MARCH 4
call for the special session would
have to go out ten days or more In ad
vance of that date. After the pres
ent session ends, tho new senate
would meet and the new members Ire
sworn in. The senate then would
be ready to act upon Mr. Harding's
nominations.
The call for the special session of
the new congress will be Issued by
Mr. Harding after his inauguration.
It is expected that this session will be
gin either late in March or early in
April.
PORTLAND PORT
BILL IS PASSED
IN THE SENATE
Important Bill Goes Through
Upper Chamber After Day's
Debate Bill for Sale of
Flax Plant at Penitentiary Is
Passed.
SALEM, Ore., Feb. 1. Port of
Portland bills passed the himiii; .late
yesterday after a day of confervni.es,
compromises and debates.
Little or no opposition is anticipated
to their passage in the iower house.
The principal feature of the llialr.
port bill is that it increases the mem
bership from seven to nine and that
.Max 11. Houser is eliminated from
the commission and three new men.
Thomas H. Mahoney, William L.
Thompson and Harry L. Corbett are
udded. .
In, tho group of bills, the commis
sion has the authority- to acquire
Swan Island without reference to Un
people,' but it cannot acquire Mo-rkf
bottom or Guild's lake and fill these
lowlands with spoils from dreilKliiM
without the approval of the voters.
Also the bills call for an appropria
tion of $250,000 for tho Improvement
of north Portland harbor, which shall
"proceed with nil duo diligence an.l
speed."
SALEM, Ore., Feb. 1. T. 11. Hand
ley, state corporation commissioner,
was upheld by the supreme court to
day in an original proceeding in man
damus against him hy the Superior
Oil and Kefinlng Syndicate, a Texas
concern, the opinion holding with
Hand ley in his refusal to Issue a per
mit to the company to sell stock in
Oregon.
Handley declined to act upon the
application on grounds that it did not
coi'no under his jurisdiction, but that
tho business proposed to bo done by
the plaintiff would constitute a trust
business and consequently should be
under the jurisdiction of the superin
tendent of banks.
Sell Flax Plant.
SALEM, Ore., Feb. 1. The senate
today passed a house bill empowering
tho board of control to sell tho ma
chinery of tho flax plant at the state
penitentiary and turn the money into
tho general fund.
A bill making Inheritances taxable
through tho property may have been
transferred by a descendant within
two years prior to his death, passed
the senate. Tho purpose is to prevent
escnping the inheritance tax by the
transfer of property in contemplation
of death.
SALEM, Ore., Feb. 1. Tho senate
passed Senator Bell's bill changing the
personnel of the emergency board. It
provides for a board of seven mem
bers to be composed of the chairmen
of tho ways nnd means committees
and five members to bo chosen in
joint session before the adjournment
of tho session. J
Senator Bell snld that its purpose
was to keep the power to appropriate
money In tho hands of tho legisla
ture. Democrats to Pass
Bitch on Japanese
" ! Tangle to Harding
WASHINOTON, Feb. 1. State
department officials indicated to-
day that the solution of the ques-
tion growing out of the enactment
of the California anti-alien land
law would he left to the Harding
administration.
Officials snld the present ncgo-
tiations between the American
and Japanese governments were
designed to effect a permanent
settlement of a question which
had been open for nearly thirty
years and that a final settlement
probably would require consider-
able more time than was left to
the Wilson administration.
Conversations between Ambus-
sadors Sliidelmra and Morris,
which were concluded last week
with the submission of their re-
ports and recommendations to
their governments might have to
be reopened, it was indicated,
after the respective governments
had studied the agreement arriv-
ed nt.
METAL AIRPLANE FALLS
TWO AVIATORS HURT
EL PASO, Tex., Feb. 1. An nll
metal alrplano making a flight from
Hollywood, Cal., to Mexico City was
demolished and American Aviators
Thompson and Williams wore Injured
not fatally, when flic machine crash
ed to earth nfter the engine stopped
nenr Han Luis I'otosl, according to
advices received toduy by the 101 Paso
Herald.
Mr. Kingdon Gould Is
Sued for $500,000 by
Heart-Broken Matron
: NEW YORK, Feb. 1 Kxistenco
of a J500.000 suit in which King-
don Gould, youngest son of
George Jay Gould, is charged
with breach of promise to marry
Mrs. Richard Ilium of Arkvllle,
N. Y.j was disclosed today in a
report of supplementary proceed-
Itigs ill the supremo court here.
Mr. Gould denied statements by
Mrs. Blum who asserted ho cm-
ployed detectives to gather evl-
donee on which she obtained a
divorce in June 1917. They pre-
vlously had agreed, she snid, to
marry when she was free and
were on friondly terms mil II his
' marriage to Miss Annunziutn
i;Lucci in July 1317.
She further charged that he of-
fered 10,000 to setllo the case ,
after the suit! was filed several
months ago, and that she refused.
' The court directed both sides
to submit all papers in tho case
next Saturday.
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FARIVIER FORGET
TO SELL UNDER
FEDERALSYSTEM
George Mansfield, in Meeting
at Nat, Points Out Necessity
of Organization Even Fed
eral Reserve of no Assis
tance to Farmers'.
In preparation for their member
ship drive, whiciiH'gins riext Monday
and will thoroughly cover tho entire
county, the Jackson County Farm bu
reau hold a meeting yesterday evening
at tht- Natatorium. The meeting was
first addressed by George h. Gray, an
organization man of the National
; Farm Bureau. Mr. Gray Is a man of
pleasing personality and made the ne
cessity of a strong national organiza
tion for the farmer very plain. He
wont into tho entire matter of farm
organization and impressed every one
with the great need of farmers or
ganization in order to meet on equal
terms the organized efforts of 'other
members of society.
George A. Mansfield, tho president
of the Oregon Statu Farm Huroau,
also addressed the meeting nt length.
He charged that no adequate arrange
ment Is in force to finance tho l'Hriner,
that farmers had no influence In mat
ters of finance, transportation, mar
keting or legislation, and cited nu
merous instances In proof, Ho quot
ed the head of tho Federal Heserve
board as saying that the Federal Re
serve banks were not organized in a
way to servo the farmer as they could
only make through member banks
short time loans. "Tho FedernI lie-,
serve banks," the speaker said, "would
discount farmer irtiper, while the
farmer was producing, but would not
discount paper of a farmer to hold his
wheat or wool, although they financed
in that way grain dealers and other
big operators, who were admittedly
engaged in speculation," He said this
was the settled policy of tho Federal
Ueserve banks, and that It amounted
to forcing the farmer to sell, no mat
ter what the condition of the market.
Mr. Mansfield also discussed at
length the wool situation, and explain
ed that although wool was worth less
than 20 cents per pound, woolen mills
were using in cases as high as GO per
cent cheap, shoddy In manufacturing
and this shoddy displaces American
wool and breaks the market. This
shoddy goods Is sold on the American
market at the price of high clas.
goods. "Our people ho said, "are
clothed 1" shoddy made from dirty
F.uropean rags, while our wool can
not be sold."
The same injustices wero pointed
out along other lines in all of which
he said. "Neither tho farmer or the
ordinary citizen, tho consumer, has a
voice."
Ho closed with a strong appeal to
everybody to support the Farm Bu
reau, whether they were engaged In
farming or not.
SNOW AT SISSON i
SIX FEE! DEEP
ASHLAND, Ore., Feb. 1. Southern
Pacific trainmen coming into Ash
land from the south, state that snow
storms have been raging in northern
California for several days. At Hlssnn
they said, the snow was six feet deep.
The railroad track has been kept clear
with a rotary plow which had not
been needed for this purposo for
many years previously In this section.
FRANCIS WILL
BE RETURNED
10 PORTUGAL
Strange Recluse Charged With
Robbery Adjudged Unbal
anced by Sanity Commis
sion Released in Custody
of Relatives and Friends.
That Manuel Francis, the well-to-do
Portuguese ranch laborer of Yreka
who was arrested in his chicken coop
home on Siskiyou heights recently for
stealing food from homes, Is demented,
was decided by a board consisting of
Drs. PIckell und Malmgren and County
Judge Cardnor at Jacksonville yester
day. After this finding was reached
County Prosecutor Moore agreed to
turn Francis over into custody of his
cousin, M. C. SantoB, for whom the de
mented man worked on his leased
ranch between Yreka and Ager, and M.
Alvos, tho owner of tho ranch, upon
their agreeing to pay for all tho food
Francis had stolen, and the costs in
tho case, and to sond hlin back to
Portugal, his native land. However,
Prosecutor Moore still keeps a bur
glary charge against Francis as a guar
antee of his good behavior, until ho Is
sent away. Suntos and Alves departed
with Francis for Yreka this morning
after having paid for his thofls and the
court costs. They expect to havo him
started on tho way back to Portugal
within a week.
It Is a strange case that or this In
dustrious young man who arrived In
this country eight years ago and had
been located In the Yreka section the
past five years, during which his sav
ings amounted to ?::!i:ir, on deposit In
Yreku banks.
it dovei'oped nt yesterday's sanity
hearing that Francis' mind had been
affected ever Blnce a sorlous attack of
I the flu which ho had suffered sovornl
years ago at Klamath Falls. In addi
tion his head was hurt by a fall from
a train since that time. Last summer
while working in a fluid nt his cousin's
runch he broke the handles off of two
pitchforks and used them as clulm to
bat Btones around, lie was admonish
ed then that ho must pay more atten
tion to work or ho would bo naked to
leavo. A short tlmo later it was found
that Francis had hung his hand grip
on tho limb of a tree and had disap
peared, since which time nothing was
ever heard from him again until his
arrest n week ago Sunday In Medford.
ills Portuguese friends In Siskiyou
county themselves went almost crazy
with delight when they learned that
ho was alive, as they had keenly felt
the suspicion that had been cast upon
them by the Siskiyou county author
ities who thought Tor a long tlmo that
Francis had been murdered for his
money.
Chicago Policeman
Robbed of Auto, Gun
.... and $18Ain Cash
.. CHICAGO, Feb. 1 Fred School
a policeman off duty and In plain
clothes, was kidnaped, robbed of
his automobile,' gun and $18 by
two highwaymen last night. When
they Raw his star they gave him a
beating and threw him, blindfold-
cd from the machine he said.
CHICAGO, Feb. 1. Half a doz-
en robbers held up the Kenwood
Trust and Savings bank on tho
south side today and escaped with
a sum which bank officials estl-
mated at $.'10,000.
TACOMA, Feb. 1. Arthur Rust
20 years old son of W. II. Hust,
one of the wealthiest men In the
northwest, was kldnuped here to-
day by a lone man and forced at
the point of a revolver to write a
note to his father for $25,000 ran-
som money,
Moore Shade, Kelly
AURORA, III., Feb. 1. Pal Moore,
Memphis bantamweight, and Jimmy
Kelly of Chicago, boxed ten fast
rounds here Inst night. Moore had a
shade, newspaper men decided as he
landed more blows, but Kelly caught
blm with a hard left to the chin In
the third round that sent him reeling.!
Wiiroh Itediu'cd.
1RONWOOD, Mich., Feb. 1. A 15
per cent reduction ln-wages was an
nounced by K. V. Jlnpklnii, range
manager of tho Ogleby-Norton mines.
A four-day week will also go Into ef
fect. Other mines on the Ongeblc
range will operate one shift.
Innocent Woman Dies
Prison After Serving
a 42-Year Sentence
RAI.F.IC.U, N. C. Feb. 1.
Sarah Wysknff. 70 years old, is
dead today in the state p'rlson
after forty-two years Imprison-
nient, during which she five times
declined a pardon, after a death-
bed confession had exonerated her
of tho charge for which sho was
sentenced. ,
, Forty-two years ago sho entered
tho state prison to serve a life
sentence, as tho convicted accotu-
pllce in the murder of her bus-
band In the mountains of North
Carolina. Tho convicted prlnci-
pal, a negro, was hanged. Three
years ago from the mountains
enme word that a death-bed con-
fession had absolved tho woman.
Sl F. POLICE SAVE
YEGGil from
LYNCHING PARTY
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 1. Police
man John Trainor was shot and ser
iously wounded early today by two of
three men whom the officer was at
tempting to question. Hurry Smith,
one of tho trio, was captured by Police
man Powers, who was with Trainor
when he was shot, after tho officers
had fired a volley of shots at the men.
The others escaped.
A crowd of residents attempted to
take Smith and lynch him, officers re
ported, but Policeman Powers succeed
ed ill holding him until a posse of
police took him away.
The policemen noticed tho three
men standing near an automobile in
the residence section and started
across tho street to question them.
Two of the men opened fire, they said.
Trainor was shot twice but was able
to fire at tho fleeing mon. Powers also
tlrod and Smith surrendered nftor run
ning a short distance.
Smith denied knowledge of his com
panions' names and also denlod that
ho hud any part in tho shooting or
theft of tho nutomobllo thoy wero us
ing which tho officers said was stolen.
Police reported tho finding of a shot
gun In tho automobile. Smith suld he
had ngrecd to help tho othar two men
move some whisky when tho shooting
occurred.
SUGAR FALLS TO
NEW LOW RECORD
NEW YORK, Feb. 1. Arbuckle
Druthers today quoted fine granulated
sugar at seven cents a pound, a re
duction of a quarter cent. Tho fede
ral sugar refining company later an
nounced a price of 0.85 eonts a pound,
tho lowoHt flguro reached in more
than two years.
NE WYORK, Feb. 1. Fine grnnnlat-!
ed sugar was quoted at 74 conts a
pound by several largo refiners In the
locul market today. This price repre
sents a decrease of quarter cent and is
tho lowest price quoted for two years.
STANFORD BASKETBALL
TEAM IS UNDEFEATED
STANFORD UNIVERSITY, Cal.,
Feb. ?. Stunford's varsity basketball
toum which to dale has not neon de
feated, plays its noxt games against
tho University of Washington.
On Fohruary 7 and 8 tho Stanford
men play Washington two games hore
and on Fobruary 18 and 19 meet the
northerners again nt Seattlo.
RECEIVER ASKED FOR FRIAR ROCK, AUGUST
BELMONT'S 150,000 SUBURBAN CHAMPION
NEW YORK, Feb. 1. Argument In
a suit for ownership of the noted thor
oughbred stallion, Friar Hock, In which
appointment of a receiver for the horse
was asked, was on tho supreme court
calendar here today.
The suit was filed by John E. Mad
den, owner of a breeding establish
ment at Lexington, Ky., against John
K. Rossotor of Santa Rosa, Cal. It Is
ould to bo tho first action of its kind
Instituted In this state.
Mr. Madden, who paid August Bel
mont (50,000 for Frlur Hock ufter he
NEW DRIVE
ON SOVIETS
PROCLAIMED
Formal Application to France,
Great Britain and U. S. A. to
Recognize Russian Consti
tuent Assembly as Existing
Government -of Russia
Kerensky Factor in Move.
PARIS, Feb. 1. Formal application
is about to be made to Great Britain
France and tile United States to recog
nize tho Russian constituent assembly
as the present do jure or rightful exist
ing government of Russia. The Rus
sian constituent assembly has Just
been created at a meeting hero of all
the Russian elements opposed to Bol
shevism, for tho purpose of sinking all
differences of opinion nnd presenting
a united front against bolshevlsm.
President Avskonticff, a member of
the former Koronsky cabinet, presid
ing officor of the conforenoe held here,
will call in a few days on Premier
llriand of France and present the ap
plication for recognition.
Alexander Koronsky, head of the
former Russian government has gone
to London where ho will make a sim
ilar request of the British government.
Boris A. Bnkhmeteff, Russian am
bassador at Washington, is understood
to have been requested to present the
application to the United States.
Precedent Involved
The precedent invoked will be the
recognition by tho allies of the Serbian
government set up on the island ot
Corfu during tho war while Serbia was
completely occupied by the control
powers.
Thirty-three of the .members of tho
Russian constituent assembly created
here were elected in Russia' In the
latter part of 1917 by popular vote.
Theso elections wore held under bol
shevik rule and the bolshevik! failed to
obtain more than forty per cent ot the
seats. Lonine, tho soviet premier, dis
solved the assembly January 18, 1918,
when his followers were placed in the
minority. ,,.,
Four Terms Stated
A majority of tho members loft Rus
sia but many were put In jail. Those
succeeding In escaping re-grouped In
Paris and formed the "Russian constit
uent assembly," which adopted resolu
tions containing these provisions:
1 A declaration of the principle of
tho liberty of tho Russian people in
opposition to bolshevik rule.
2 Refusal to recognize any and all
treaties, including commercial agree
ments, entered upon with the bolshe
vlkl as one of tho parties. (This would
ontall repudiation of the agreement be
tween tho bolshovlkl nnd Washington
B. Vandorllp by which an American,
syndicate headed by Vauderlip was
granted large concessions la Siberia.)
. . 3 The assembly Is against armed
intervention in Russian affairs. It
favors commercial relations between
individuals In Russia and other coun
tries but not with the bolshevik gov
ernment and also favors lifting of the
blockade.
4 The assembly Is against dismem
berment of Russia and the secession
from Russia ot any ot Its former pro
vinces. In connection with the fourth clause
the constituent assembly asserted an
expression of "profound gratitude" to
tho United States for the stand It has ,
taken on the foregoing question and
referred especially to the note of Sec
retary ot State Colby August 10, 1920
in which ho said the United States was
opposed to any dismemberment of
Russia.
A permanent executive committee
was appointed to draw up resolutions
to present to the allied governments.
This committee includes the socialist,
Cossack and free Russian parties who
fContlnued on Page Six)
had won the Brooklyn and suburban
handicaps In 1916 as a three year old,
declared he subsequently sold a halt
Interest In the horse to Mr. Rosseter
'under conditions by which the latter
failed to abide. ,
The Kentucklan requested a peremp
tory writ ot mandamus calling upon
Rosseter to return tho horse from Cali
fornia to Kentucky for breeding pur
poses as stipulated In a contract Friar
Rock, Madden asserted, was to stand
In California In 1919-20 and then be
shipped to Kentucky for twq seasons,