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MEDPOUD, OUEC.ON', WEDNESDAY, MARCH 1, 1922
NO. 201
CALL MABEL
200 Klamath Workers
Strike Against 9 Hr.
Day, Box Factories
U.S.NAVY IS
Pass Bonus Measure
Yank's Star Pitcher Honeymooning
YAP TREATY
Without Cash Items
Present Program
M
Predictions
Fair.
fV i
01AD
TASK AGAIN
Film Acress to Be Questioned
By District Attorney As Soon
As Health Permits 'French
George' Called Into Consul
tation By Movie Actress, On
CarpetQuestion Dopers.
LOH ANORLRH, Mar. I. Further
ajUMnlonin of at alleged drug pod
Uer and boodrggera a la their
rtowledlfo of th murder of William
rwmuhd Taylor, film director.
month mo km planned tr today by
tb polio and tho district attorney'
off...
Their arrest wm wild to have been
the rull of quarrel brtwwn on of
them, luy 1-ynvlt. , who aald ho
wm a m filter, and their house i
keeper, Mr. John Hupp, known also,
.sots-rdlng to tho polk, a Mr. May
Lynch, ana said by them to bo an
Tt)M other gave tliolr name. ajt--
arid occupation a William Kai. J,
laborer: George Calvert, tt, go titter;
Waller Klrby. SI, proprrty man at
Motion picture otudlo; John llerkey.
16, sheet mu worksr. ond Marry
Amorohelm. or .Arohtim, J 7, chauf
feur. Th" polb'O al4 lira. ItapP had de
clared Klrby ond Calvert had nad
pen threat utfalnl Taylor, on tho
jt round h h4 "Injured their bual
neon." which she declared wo dlo-
in, conirahftod drug. uon.
toj tho police aho had noeuoea one oi
tho men of having killed Taylor ana
l.o bod her nover to -mention
that ognln" Hha aUo m reK.rtt .
to bava told her Iandla4y, Mr. hllih
Hplttor tho day after wtorder that
he ' Knew who hilled Taylor."
Tbo palieo prArtlialiy confirmed r
norm that a wltnena all4 by them
Trenchy tleorgo." aummoned before t
the Qlxtrlrt attorneyi wao a reputaWo
teo. hrr of tho rrench langunao who
hod been rnllod Into eonauttailott hy
Mabel Normond. film ntrea. when
ohe wanted an Inocrlption In French
engrail on ft rlgarette cooo. It wna
not elated, however, another que
Uonlng of MIo . Norma n4, who
one of tho loot peroona to oeo Taylor I
olive, woo planned. Hho In at All
dena, a auburb, recovertn from In
noenaa and a norvoua breakdown fol
lowing a fainting upell at lha Taylor
rviitTl, "
LOH AS0EI.E3, March 1. Mra.
Way Itupp today made a detailed
pworn atutement to the police of bor
Vrlon of the murder, n month ago,
nf William tomond Taylor, noted
fllia director.
' Mra. ItupD'a atatcinoDt definitely
assorted that Rodney Calvert, one of
alt toon In custody, said In her pre-
one that ti would (boot Taylor it
the latter .carried out a purported
threat to report th sain to him of
synthetic liquor under tbo guise ot,
bonded good.
' , A larg force of detective waa put
to work checking up tho various an
gle of th caa and It waa stated at
police headiuarter that the story
bad atood preliminary Investigation.
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Coffee Urn Completes
Destruction of City
WICHITA FALLS, Tokm. Mar. 1
rinv starting from a ga Jet under a
oofo um In a restaurant at South
Flood today practically destroyed all
that waa left of the town from a din-
natron conflagration auroral month
alto,,
i
WKF.n, Cal., Mar. 1. Announcement
from the offices of th Weed Lumber
company here today said that a 100 per
cent crow waa at work In tho com
pany's various plant and that all
planta were operating at capacity.
GIRL BANDIT KEEPS
BAY WHILE
BVRACVflK, N. Y., Mar. 1 A girl
taudtt armed with a repeating rine
add a revolver and accompanied by a
maii equally well armed, raided a store
in the vlllago of Cumlllu near Syra
cuse early today, and In tho resident
Hectlon of Syracime engaged In a run
ning, battle with the police which end
ed lr. the arrest of the girl and the
e ncart of her comrade. ...
: The girl said she was MyUlo Dates,
4
KLAMATH FAI.LH, Ore., Mar.
1. -lkK factory workore to the
uumhor of more than 200 were on
strike today In protest against
tho proposed ulna hour day to b"4
put Into effect toddy liy tb own-
or, A yet no domand hn boon
mode for higher wage,
Ten day ago the mill owner 4
announced that beginning today 4
4 Ihnlr plant would be pin Ml
4 Dint hour basis, tho aamo wage
to be aid a have been ld for
4 eight bum,
4 Tho plants affected aro the (UK
4 I.nk and Kwuimit Ilox facturte
4 and the Hblpplngxton plant.
Reopening of Dail Eireain Is
Marked By Stormy Session
-De Valera Resents State
ment That Questions Pro
pounded to Embarrass.
LU IlLIN, March I. (By tbo Aa
aocatod I'roaa.) When the Doll Klr
oann raaaottitil4 thU forenoon for
tho 004-oud day'a mooting, the mini-
ww p,n to a'n.wor more i
3 queatlona. tho majority of
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nu ?u .
tho toll. dUrd wore propounded
-for tlxi , purpHM of propoianda,
.agalnat tbo treaty.
bam1 Interjected Eamonn De
Valora. i n .:. i
. Tor the fppooonta of the treaty
to no tbo toll aa meana of harraae-
lag ua will not bo toleratod," Orlf
flib continued 1 .
Tho member of tho covernmcnt
wore tin -n to We that the trvaty
wa carried out, Orlffllh declared,
and although they were under ohll-
j gallon 4o keep tbo toll In operation
until election the. preoont official
would not anawor to tho toll for the
dotal'a of their admlnlittratton. Tbo
cabinet of tho Dail waa working with
the provlalonal cabinet, he reiterated-
No official baa boon diamlaoed on
account of hit politlca, Orlffllh added,
but no paid official waa entitled to
uao hla poaltlnn agalnat the govern
mnnl. i He aald the toll cabinet had
I mooned the Ilolfaat boycott and the
cabinet had revoked It.
The greater part of the ocaaloo waa
occupied with the anwermt of .
tlona which tho cabinet minister
'assorted were propounded for tho nur
poen of hsckling and barraosing the
loader of the treaty party. .
Ooorge Gavin iMiffr. minister of
foreign affairs, In answering que-
tion Justified the work ot hla de
partment. He said th agent abroad
under tho foregoing department
were responsible to the toll. There
waa no Intnution of propaganda
against Great Hrltaln a long a the
Urltlsh obaervnd the compact, he add
ed. Kamonn J. Duggnn, minister ot
homo affairs, dwelt on the police ar
rangements ordered by tho provis
ional government. Answering a ques
tion he aald lome member of tbo old
royal Irish constabulary had been
Invited by the provisional government
to act on tho commlsalou which was
engaged in drawing up a scheme of
orgaultatlon for the police. Tbo war
record of those men ui satisfactory,
ho added. .
Dr. Koo and Wlf Sail
NEW YORK. Mar. 1. Dr. Welling
ton Koo, Chiueao delegate to tho arma
ment conference and Mrs. Koo were
nassenirora on the Homeric sailing to
j day for Chnrbourg and Southampton.
POLICE AT
PAL MAKES ESCAPE
22. According to tho story of Ernest
Monica, taxi driver, the girl and the
ica .,i j-i. .,i ii
man entered his car in the center or
t yrncuse ana ordered him to drive to
Camlllus. AtCamUlus Uonjnmtu Hart.'
grocer, waa .hot nnd seriously wound-
Returning to Syracuse the taxi was!
trapped by nevon patrolmen. Firing
. i . ... . . . ...
irora nor nil ana pistol me gin cov
ered hnr connndn'a eacana film rof..ed
CIS fill
10 GRIFFITH
to give the man b name.
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A DEAD HALI
Cutting of Fuel Apropriation
From $12,000,000 to $6,
282,685 Forces Entire Fleet
to Drop Anchor All Crafts
Ordered to Remain Where
They Are By Denby.
WA8HM0TON, March 1 Tb
Amnricun navy wt virtually brought
to anchor today by action of the
turns appropriation commute by
culilnic tho requested appropriation
for tiary fuel from 1 1.000, 000 to
H.2k:.S.
Plan were Immediately made by
tho navy department to atop all
steaming of wanihlpa. tho craft to
remain whom thny aro until addition
ul fund aro mado avallablo through
tranafer.
I Tho altuatlon In tho naty with r-
to hM "Iiou ror
had held out boiwa that additional
fund would bo forthcoming In the
deficloney Mil. The action of the
comuiltteo in cutting tho fnot Horn
in half, however, deotroyod thU hope
and offklaU said tbo only roconrae
wa to atop oil vooaol.
The nary department In an effort
to conaenre already depleted aupplloa
bod rwrtrlrted. atearaing In the At
lantic fleet to actlvitiet nocasart In
"o with Urgot practice man-
VroiA Joint manouror.
betwoen the Atlantic and Pacific
w-o abandoned rocontlv bo-
"n f06011' -
" oim
Capitol ahlpa at preeent hare an
allowance nr -foot-' for five dayi'
teaming a month, while deetroyer
are he'd down to eight hour' ateam
ing out of every thirty days.
.Nary official! aaaert ihla la the
abaolute limit of fuel conaumntloa
permissible If : tho ships and their
crow are to he kept In any way ef
ficient.. : . a.
Secretary tonliy la said to he de
termined not to permit the depart
ment to Incur any additional deficien
cy unlnoa a grave emergency demand
ed such action in the navy. .
Appropriation Cut
WASHINGTON, March 1. A de
ficiency appropriation of 1 108. S 15,
:B7, approximately 7,ROO,000 less
than the amount requested by va
rious departments, 1 recommended
In a bill reported today by the house
approprlatlona committee. The larg
est Item carried In the measure Is
3.93,U2 for the veterans' bureau.
The committee did not provide
$12,000,000 sought by the shipping
board for completion of vesoel un
der construction.
Included In the reduction from es
timates ICO. 198. 831 requested tor
the naval establishment. The com
mittee did not provide any direct ap
propriation for tbo naval establish
ment lu tho bill, ut explained In the
report that transfer ot fund had
been authorlted to take care ot press
ing requirements.
A request from the labor depart
ment tor 1 100,000 for the employ
ment service waa not allowed, while
the $1,180,000 aought for adminis
tration of th maternity bill during
the remainder of the fiscal year was
cut to $570,000.
The bill carries $5,000,000 for the
Initial payment to the Republic of
Colombia under tho treaty of 1911
negotiated to settle the controversy
over the Panama canal.
The measure Is the second deflcien
cy hill forth current fiscal year, one
earning approximately $105,000,000
having been passed last December.
4 P.M. FRIDAY:
CHICAGO, Mar. lw Harvey , W.
Church, condemned to die. for tho
murder of two automobile salesmen
here, and In a state of semi-coma as
,ho ult ot, tt'ltd starvation to
iieui mw aoiii", win m nsoiroa oi
BROUGH
CHURCH TO HANG
r"! . ,k. X...
Cnar,,g w, ha( annoUnced.
Daybreak In tho customary time for
executions, but owing to Church's'
condlt on. atay will mean
to him, tho sheriff believed.
ornoon mmn wiii be
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juiy i ' . uvvivioi
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- , , ,,,.,- -, -An. ..i.l, " ... . ' ' . .
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rirmrniy is an tnai can Biny tne exe-
cution.
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Si
Ron laat wodt. on tho IVardwalk at Atlantlr; City, Wnlto Hoyt, atar
pitcher of tlio Now York Amort can loagno baoobaJI club, and hla brldo.
LOVINGCUPGIVEN
John T. Dougail. chairman of the
Member Forum of the Chamber of
Commerce of Portland, waa the princi
pal apeaker at the one hundredth con
aocutlve forum of tho Medford cham
ber of commerce which waa held at the
Hotel Medford thla noon.
U!fore beginning hla addresa Mr.
Dougail waa presented with a beantiful
allver loving cup lnicrtbed with theee
worda: "rrcoented to the Portland
Chamber of Comroejro by tne citizen
of Medford lu appreotatlon of th Hyal
npport accorded j . aouthern . Orecon
community problome and porttcularly
la making arailable to all peonk the
beautlea of Crater J-ake." The preaemi
' tattoo ceremony was conducted by Den
Sheldon, president of : the Medford I
friM mKr rtf riim mnrmsi - . . ;
Mr. Shi'ldon al.o. made abort
t . t. .....
spoecn in wnicn ne aei lortn tne com-1
muuity aplrit of good fellowship and
friendship harbored by the people of
tho city of Medford for the city of
Portland.
Mr. Dougail started his speech with
K v - V f
Mist Louis Lovely
a strong sprinkling of humor pointing
out several things in our city in a hu
morons light. One of these waa a
sign over a candy store which stated
"Headquarters for Christmas Candy."
Mr. Dougail remarked that the man
owning the store i slightly ahead of
the gamo.
His suggestion was that "Pep with
out purpose was piffle," but that the
thing for a community to do was to
develop pep and put it to some pur
pose. He spoke or international trade
relations and stated that the northwest
could build and provide for one ot the
irrAAt Aalntlo iintlnna Iwivsitiil iha tn.
ciflc if the different communities
would develop a spirit
of efficient co-
operation. On behalf ot the Members
Forum of 3766 membera Mr. Dougail
Pledged
whnle-hnai ted frln,lhl and
POMDCOFC.
AT 100TH FORUM
4M
i r
t thn citv of MnHfrvrrt niitno ,arSC8t ever ftlled for foreign hlp.to announcement today by Dr. Ernest
support
speech was not longthy but carried
- -
ucn a noto ot cniuusiasm as nas
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ru:,v M. nni.ir. ,iHa1I1U8land' viscount Lascelles were be-
"y a"er-';' ginning their honeymoon in seclusion
5;,," Weston Park today, announcement
. w'10 Wn8 Was mado that in resnonsn to mnv ro.
nn n tne nee s maae a ow
I . . . . i . . . -
i rent n it. wan Tinsnv nersusnen nv Mr
JO"g" na tTOBiaem ouemon 10 Bay.
(Continued on paje eight,)
KANSAS CITY IS
AS
KANSAS C1TT. Mar. 1. The heavy
enow and high wind storm which viait
ed practically the entire area of Kan-
saa, . Missouri, Oklahoma, ' northern
Arkansas and the Texas panhandle,
bad passed today leaving In its wake
temperatures near tero.
While no point reported over 8 or 9
Inchea of snow, lance drifts were being
encountered In cuts and paaaea that
seriously delayed all train. In Kan-
aaa,. the, .great,-wheat belt benelttsA,
lauueoiiurablya - ;. ,r s 1fTV-!..,
' v vvqia riTV, . ' V- T.
-
RouthweatiJacod
continuance- xoaay
I ot the snowstorm that ha reached the
! proportion of a billiard In many eo-,
1
Itloasv. Added to a high Wind, low tern-1
matures generally aidded in making
ih. ,ki- .i
'" "' - "" bhb
experienced in recent year, accord lng
m
BOUND
MERCURY DROPS
i"er oworTrm. luinsos, urns- been criUciied to the Jury by plain
homa, Missouri, northern Arkansa tiffs counsel, who aald her testimony
and Texas are bearing the brunt ot the in which she belittled Mrs. Witkin
storm. I nlng. '"would redound to her ever-
I lasting shame."
DENVER, Mar. 1 Tho entire Rocky ' Mary s"ve her mother a khw and
Mountain region today was emerging "LV "Seon- 0Ur ,rl9h
. ,vi m . . , sense of humor.
from the grip of a wave of below nor-. Mary. rounwl pictured flIra mag.
mal temperature that haa held way'natM .warming around with lots of
ince Monday. Last night the mer- money for an actreea with Miss Plck-
cury ranged from 26 degree below ford's standing, and maintained that
zero at Mile City, Mont., to 12 degrees his client did not need to hire an
above at Grand Junction. Colo, on the lt ,ucb Mra- Witklnnlng to get
western Bide of the divide. i her Income Increased. ,.. .
The forecast for the entire region l'MrB- ,W.llk'nn!'" utTV Z
. . . ... ... ' scene of "City Halt Park Crowded
generally fair with rising tempera- wlth mov,e magnate(l sweat,nR do,inr9
tures. With tho mercury at 7 below from every pore." was camouflage.
xero, a new low mark for March 1 waa With the exception of two Or threo of
recorded in Denver.
A $225,000 BLAZE
LOS ANGELES. Mar
1. Fir
thought to have originated from the ex -
plosion of an oil stove this morning
practically destroyed three business
establishments in the Hollywood dis
trict here, entailing a loss estimated
at $225,000.
Iowa Represented
Princess Wedding
By Carload Geese
DUBUQUE, la.. Mar. 1 Thq state
of Iowa was represented at the wed
ding ot Princess Mary of England to
Viscount Lascolles.
Princess Mary ate Iowa fow, as did
every guest at the wedding feast, for
lw3 cfB ot m.111''ed turkeys, geese
u"u " went east w aeaooard for
shipment to England several week
ago. ,
u" v,uul " luo auie
H1H 11.
ment by the Dubuque concern.
LONDON, Mar. l.-(By Associated
Press.) , Whilo Princess Mary and her
, . - -
VAilantv'a ...
.V.H., B V. ( U Ulll. 1.11 M 1 1 1 1 1 II V . 1
Westminster Abbev would ho rni.arw!
. - .
I by the combined Abbey and Chanel
,h ,nMw.A "
jroyal choirs two weeks hence,
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4 WASHINGTON, Mar. 1. A 4
4 apodal aub-comruitteo to work 4
4 out a aoldler bonua plan which 4
4 would not entail any heavy draft 4
4 on the fedoral treasury within 4
4 the nxt two year waa appoint! 4
4 today by majority members of the 4
4 way and means committee. 4
4 Th aub-conunittee will meet 4
4 later In the day and Chairman 4
4 Fonltw-y said lha plan probably 4
4 would be compUiUsl within two or 4
4 tbrxj days and Immediately rv 4
4 portAd out. The majority mem- 4
4 ber ciimo to no docbiion no to 4
4 detail but it u the general 4
4 under Uniting that In tho mea- 4
4 ur to bo drafted the cash fea- 4
4 ture If retained would be made so 4
4 much leoa attractive than the 4
4 other feature that there would be 4
4 amall demand for 1L 4
4 4
TELLS MOTHER
TO CUfJEARS
'Show Your Irish Sense of
m no
nuuiui. Huiiiuuiiiiea mini
I WASHINGTON. Mar. 1. Futile ef-
Star When Mother Shows ",rU,, tcl; nndmenu nd re.
, irrvationa to the Tap treaty were rc
Sinne nf Toirc llnriae Tiro 'wed today In the aenata with the
af iiaj wa VUI taV VHUVf I II V
in Court Trial.
NEW-. YORK. Mar. 1. Mary Pick
ford and her husband, Douglas Fair
banks, and her mother. Mra. Char
lotte Plckford. heard the completion
C argument by owwael toaay ifl.;the
,ult brought agalnat tho ecreeo acv
"'' Mr.. Cora C-m llktnhlng for
iivi.vuu, Aira niunniunx-comeaav
the money r la dueher. fqr vr getting
Mary a big salary Increase,
; . Mlae Plckford says It is noCso,.
mere remains pending oniy tne
.J"4 ,t.ry Wft tr1 r!"
cessed for lunch.
twm( xhft MMion enaed , she8 nlu,
tho big fellows, most of the offers to
Miss Plckford would be like aekins
Sarah Bernhardt to do a Cakewalk, bo
said. . . . .....
Hd held that In lt Adolf Zukor
was not giving Mary the money she
wanted and that better contracts
could have been offered by only two
other producer then In the bUHlneno.
These, he added, could have been pro
cured for Mary only through Mrs.
Witklnning. Ho said Mury and her
mother camo to Mrs. Wltklnnlug and
, a!'.ed her R,d-
Mary and her husband were a little
rcHtlesa during the long arguments.
McCLOlD, Cal.. Mar. 1. Approxl
mately 700 employes of the McCloud
River Lumber company here were at
work today despite the fact the new
wage and work day schedule went Into
effect today it was announced by F. II.
Lambert, general manager of the company.
AMERICAN
DRY
ITALY, JUGO-SLAVIA ATD WAY STATIONS
WESTERV1LLE, O.." Mar. 1. The
American Temperance Workers will
invade foreign countries this year In
lu prouiouiou. sccorums
H. Cherrington, general secretary of
the world league against alcoholism.
Dr. John Wolley of Paris, 111., for
nearly half a century an outstanding
figure iu temperance work and at one
time a candidate for president of the
prohibition ticket, la starting today on
a six months tour that will take him
- 8wiUerIttnd;, and
n i. T. . .. .- i n - r i m
II CllltUU I 111 1 1 . IL I 1 1HI III.IIIVK. Ill r 111
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land. Sweden. DenmarV nnd Iceland.
L.7. Z .."lu
He will make a survey of prohibition
(conditions )n those oountrlos and will
PASSED, BIG
FIGHT OPENS
Jap Pact Ratified Without Res
ervations, 6722 Senator
Watson of Georgia Opens
Attack On Four Power
Treaty Claims Measure Is
Not Constitutional.
WASHINGTON, Mar. lThe Tap
treaty vraa ratified without reserva
tions or amendment today by the
oenate. The vote for ratification wa
67 to 'J.
Senator Lodge, republican ' leader,
immediately after action on tho Tap
treaty, culled up the four-power Pa
cific pact. ,
Leading tho attack for the "lrre
concllablee," Senator Watoon, demo
crat, Georgia, declared the senate had
no eonatltuttonal authority to ratify
the treaty and thua moJte the United
States an aooeaaory afer the fact of
Japan' spoliations In the Pacific Th
treaty, he said, contained a dosen
seeds of war and had as tta purpose
merely a plan to open the way by "an
(international cable company," owned
by big interests.
administration leader presenting a
solid front against every proposed
change or qualification and ahowing v
little disposition to reply at length to 1
the continued assaults of the "lrre
concllablee." ;
More than enough vote to ratify
were declared by the leader to be as
surred. Tbey felt equally certain In
that they continue to command a ma-
JoKy:BInt aU
amendnwais-. and"
reservation, i Jrt. these ctrrunatanvvw
tbeydeclred they aw no Toaooa .to
indulge In further, argument r, the;
triw.
-.Under a iunaatmou consent agreeM
ment, a final, vote on ratification, tsj
to bj taken not later than, & p. m. tort
morrow, and some senator .predicted:
that it night be reached, todaso w ..t i
-i-.!'., 1 ' . 1 1 ! .! :,.-,
NEW TORK.. March 1.- Alfred E.
Lindsay, accused of swindling socioty
women out ot nearly $1,000,000 in
fake stock deals, today confessed that ,
many of the charges against htm '
were true, according to Richard Mur
phy,' aseistant district attorney.
Lindsay, ,a stock broker,, was ar- '
rested lent night at Overbrook, Pa.,'
oh an Indictment charging grand tar
cony and brought to Now York by de
tectives. . , . .' i
, He declared, however, according to
Mr. Murphy, that the amounts ho Is '
alleged to have received were grossly ,
exaggerated.
Trilby the Fat Lady
Weighs 400 at Death
CHICAGO, Mar. 1. Mrs. Oeorge A.
Kenna, known In circus sideshow for
years as "Trilby, the fat lady," died
here yesterday. 8he quit tho circus
16 years ago and made her home in
Chicago. She weighed 400 pounds
when she died and while with the cir
cus her weight is said to have exceed
ed 500 pounds. A casket one yard
wide and six feet three inches long
is being constructed for the body.
deliver a series of talks in wihch pro
hibition in the United State will he
hold as an example. ,
Rev. David Ostlund of Minneapolis,
who is representing; the world leaguo
In the Scandinavian countries, espec
ially In Sweden, will assist the direc
tors ot Eb thou la who aro seeking to
bring about prohibition in that coun
try. William E. (Pussyfoot) Johnson,
now making a tour of the United
States will go to England about tbo
middle of June and on July 21 will sa1
for Now Zealand after which he will go
to Australia about September 1. About
October 1 ho will return to New Zos
lund for a prohibition campaign thote,
SLICKER LINDSAY
CONFESSES GRAFT
.AID