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MEDFORD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1924
NO. 283
Medford
RUNE
ffiFUSESTO
QUIT POST
In Public Statement U. S. At
torney General Defies Critics
and Denies All Allegations
r Declares His Record Is Clean
4 Willing for Probe of Any
Kind.
WAUHINUTON, Feb. 20. (By
the Associated Press.) President
Coolldge was advised today by
Senator Lodge of Massachusetts,
the republican senate leader, thai
there- is a growing sentiment In
the republican senate organization
In favor of the retirement of At
torney General Daugherty.
Whether the advice of 'the sen
ate leaders would be followed was
not immediately apparent.
White House officials became In
creasingly reticent and refused to
dlscusss In any way reports that
Mr. Daugherty's resignation would
be requested.
After Mr. Daugherty had pub
licly defied his critics In a formal
statement Mr. Lodge and Senator
Pepper, republican, Pennsylvania,
went to the White House and talk
ed over the whole subject with
the president.
WASHINGTON. Feb. 20. Attorney
General Daugherty hus reaffirmed to
President Coolldge his determination
not to resign under fire.
He visited the White House this
morning,- talked over the situation
with the chiof executive and returned
to the department of justice to dictate
a statement affirming his decision to
, stay In office -...,;. .. v
It was insisted by those close to the
attorney general that he and the
president had found themselves In
complete accord. .. - . -v
White House officials were silent
They would not affirm or deny that
the question of Mr. Daugherty's re
tirement had been discussed at the
conference.
The visit of the attorney general to
the executive offices had revived
belief among those who have attacked
him in the senate that his retirement
was imminent.
It was even Indicated that some oi
those demanding his resignation were
withholding for the present any re
newal of the fight in confidence that
it would be unnecessary.
In his statement the attorney gen
eral denied the charges made In the
senate yestoruiiy by ainalor Wheeler,
democrat, Montana, concerning his ad
ministration of the department of Jus
tice. He said he welcomed the oppor
tunity to meet any churge "against my
administration" which might be in
volved in the senate resolution order
ing an investigation.
Sen. Wheeler Misinformed
" 'I have read the speech of Senator
Wheeler delivered in the senate yes
terday." the statement said. "He
makes certain charges against me in
my official capacity as attorney gen
eral of the United States.
"These charges are made in general
terms. I deny each and all of them,
specifically and generally. '
"I know the facts and they have at
all times been available to the sena
tor, yet neither the senator, nor any
one for him has asked me or the
department of Justice in reference to
i the charges made.
"He has been misled and at the
proper time the truth In regard to all
these matters will be given to the
public.
"These charges were all exploited
before the Judiciary committee of the
house last winter in the impeachment
proceedings against me and after a
(Continued on Page Eight)
REFRIGERATOR CAR FULL
BOOZE IS
OF
DENVER, Cplo.i Feb. 20. Police
late last night reported the arrival
here of a refrigerator car filled with
bonded liquor. A heavy guard was
placed around the car which will be
turned over to federal prohibition
agents. "
Police said the car had been shipped
, from "some point In California," to an
unnamed consignee in Cleveland, Ohio,
billed as "non-intoxicating wine." They
believed the car contained at least
1000 cases of bonded liquor, and esti
mated the value at approximately
$200,000. ' ' "
Officers declared the., discovery was
the result of several days' watching
for liquor shipments.- -Two other cars,
they assert, have been shipped through
Harry Sinclair Back;
Refuses io Comment
On Oil Situation
NEW YORK, Feb. 20. Harry
I- F. Sinclair, returning .from Eur-
ope on the President Harding
today said he had no comment to
make on the Teapot Dome ln-
quiry as he was unfamiliar with
developments that had occurred
since he left the country.
Mr. Sinclair declined to discuss
the question of the possible re-
turn of the Teapot lease held by
the Mammoth Oil company.
OF WINTFR
IS
N.Y.
NEW YORK, Feb. 20. Rain and
sleet today turned the night's snowfall
Into slush that made brooks of streets
and sidewalks and impeded elevated
and surface car traffic.
It was the winter's most serious
storm. Four hundred snowplows and
1400 men were clearing the streets-
today. Passenger trains were delayer!
somewhat.
sweeplng
A severe
blizzard was
WORST
STORM
RAGING
upstate New York today. Nearly a ciueu to niam-ani -... .- -.-.-foot
of snow had fallen before noon- ment's policy and not Increase the air
and in many places a heavy wind piled
it high In drifts.
Buffalo was burled under the heav-1
iest snowfall of the season. Main
highways were impassable in many ,
places because of high drifts.
Several smajl communities in wes-
tern New York and northern Pennsyl-
vania were reported practically iso-
lated. . '
Telegraph companies were hard hit
e.W.hr",dW".J..d down the principles for solving
Financial-houses found their wires
seriously restricted and communica
tion with the south and west was
difficult.
One death attributed to the storm
was reported here.
BUTTE, Mont., Feb. 20. Thirteen
Kalnttr In tYlt OrPn f Fulls Miction Of
the state was the coldest in Montana
at 8 o'clock this morning. Brilliant
sunshine flooded the city, giving no
hint of any further drop tonight.
TORONTO. Ont.. Feb. 20.-THe '
worst blizzard in years, was sweeping
over Ontario today. Incoming trains
were several hours late.
PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 20. Rain
'nllowed the heaviest snowstorm of
the winter, left this city struggling to
duy In slush which made many thor
oughfares impassable.
BECKLEY, W. Va., Feb. 20. One
death and property damage estimated
at more than Jl 00.000 resulted from
i sleet storm which swept over Ra
leigh and adjacent counties.
CLEVELAND, O., Feb. 20. A sleet
storm, sweeping over northern Ohio,
had Cleveland In its grip today and
was blamed for injuries to twelve per
sons, either In falls or slippery walks
or being struck by automobiles whose
drivers had lost control of their curs.
The Daily
Bank Robbery
LOS ANOELES, Feb. 20. Bank
bandits resumed their work at noon
todnv here. Two banks were robbed.
The Security Trust and Savings bank
branch at West Adams 'and Hnlldale
,n -nhht1 of J1000 bv three men
who thrust a note demanding the!
money through a teller's window, held
up two employes, then fled m a car.
Shortly aftcrwnrd the Merchants' Na
tional bank branch was held up and
two police officers wounded in a pis
tol encounter with the holdup men.
SEIZED IN DENVER
Denver recently. A rum ring, national
in its scope has been shipping through
this - city for many months, It is
claimed, and shipments In carload lots
are not unusual.
SAN FRANCISCO. Feb. 20. Seizure
of a carload of non-beverage wine by
Denver prohibition authorities today
was uncalled for, the prohibition en
forcement headquarters for California
said here today. The wine was ship
ped for sacramental purposes from the
Ileaulieu Vineyand company or sanj
Francisco to Us agents In Cleveland
under proper authorization of the fed
eral enforcement headquarters here,
and should have been allowed to pro
ceed to its destination without ques
tion, It was asserted.
BIBLE PLEA
NEARLY ENDS
. LABOR GOV'T
Under Secretary of Air in Labor
Cabinet Hooted When He
Opposes Increase ' in Air
Force On Christian Grounds
Speakers' Action Only
Prevents Immediate Defeat.
LONDON, Fe 20. (By the Asso
elated Press.) The labor government
escaped almost certain defeat in the
house ot commons last night only
through refusal by the speaker to ac
cept a motion for closure after debate
on the government's air policy in
which the teachings of the New Tes
tament were Invoked by one side ant.
rpimdlated bv Its opponents.
Sneaking on a motion by Sir Samuel
Hoare. formor air minister, demanding
a strong air force, William Leach, un-
der secretary for air and noted paflo-
1st announced the government had do-
force now. At this some of the labor-
ites shouted "shame! . Mr. Leach ae-
murred at the doctrine that to prepare
. , iallrn nance
lw ' .rn
and said If peace was wanted, peace
must De prepureu mi.
needed, he said, were new excavations
t0 rajse the lid from the sarcophagus
'of the new testlment in which 2000
. ,., nfnPmBr had
the problem OI nationui ubihii, uu.
' ntnrii,ntitoiv . nnhndv nowadays ac
cepted those views.
-Major Goheral J. E. B. Secly, liberal,
and Rear Admiral N. F. Sueter, conser
vative, were among Leach's opponents
In the debate, the former .exclaiming:
"If the empire Is to be defended by
sermons on the mount God help them.
The conservatives and many of the
in,-!,, were manifestly uneasy at
tJje a(r umler gecretary-8 attitude and
Sir Samuel Hoarse J
closure me unw ' "
seemed unavoidable. The speaker,
however, ruled the discussion was too
important to be curtailed.
Labor's Hands Tied
LONDON, Feb. 20. (By the Asso
ciated Press.) There Is likelihood of
the immediate resumption of negotia
tions between employers and striking
dock workers With a favorable pros
pect of a settlement, says a press as
Bociatlon statement revealing that
secret meeting of employers has been
Cilled for this afternoon. The Anglo
American business community is in
dlenant over the holding up -of 6000
bass of mall from the United States n
Plymouth, resulting In the American
consulate being besieged by protests,
The Plymouth consulate -Informed
Consul General Skinner today that
the consulate's mail had not been
moved from the tenders at the steam-
Blrlp docks, the uostoffice taking the
position that the bags were not yet In
its custody and therefore disclaiming
responsibility. . As soon as the malls
are placed on the docks, the postoffice
will rush them to London, it was stat
ed.
Business men believe they are los
ing thousands of pounds of orders
from America and this seems verified
, in part by the material drop in con
i811!nte invoices to America.
Passenger sailings on the big steam
ship lines have not been affected as
jet by the nation-wide strike of dock
workers. The liner Olympic left on
schedule time today with about 6000
bags of mail and other prospective
sailings to the United States and Can
ada seemed assured. Sir Earae How
ard, new British ambassador, was on
beard the Olympic.
The government apparently is in
quandary as it wishes to observe ab
solute neutrality. Undoubtedly If or
ders were given to land the mails un
der conditions regarded as infringing
on the rights of the strikers, it would
Immediately stir up a hornets' nest
among the government's own support
ers.
Difficulty also attends handling pro
fiteering and distribution of food held
up by the strike. Another government
would probably avail itself of the
emergency powers act of 1920 under
which it could take drastic action, us
ing the police and soldiers, If neces
sary, to safeguard the delivery of food
The labor party, howover, is trying to
repeal this act
The most important development
yesterday was the decision of the
council of,the trade union 'congress to
give wholehearted support to the
strikers.
Girl's Faith in Bullet-Proof
Powders Her Face
n?'is v ft ssM -x Ml,,
I jf Mil
In the presence of ponce uulcliua
from several states. Leo Krause
demonstrated his latest bullet
proof vest. In a test in New York
City the inventor permitted three
ot the ofllclulB to tire simultane
GOT A THIRD OF
CHICAGO, Feb. 20. A secret code
used by contrai'tors'.. agents in com
municating with fb'imer Director
Forbes of the voteruns' bureau was to
bo brought to the attention ot the
federal grand jury Investigating the
Forbes administration today.
Merle L. Sweet, private secretnry to
Forbes during tlio latter's' term in tho
bureau, was . expected io. roilow nis
wife on the witneHS Bland to tell of
the code and its method of operation.
Mrs. Sweet. -who was cxumlned for
several hours yestorduy regarding tho
details of an official inspection tour
to the Pacific coust in 1922. was ex-
uected to resume her story today.
According to the testimony, of Kilos
H. Mortimer, who acted as Washing-
firms in negotiations for veterans'
bureau contracts, he was furnished a
copy ot a secret code by Forbes' sec
retary ill June. 1922, when he was ne
gotiating with Forbes and his staff
for three hospital contracture, a.,.,.
tlmcr's testimony was given before
'before the senate committee .wiiu.ii
spent nine months investigating the
administration of Forbes.
Tho three hospitals under consiuo-
ration wore at St. uiouu, mm...,
Ltvermore, Cal., and American Lako,
Wash. According to Mortimer's Btory
noroement was rcacnea
under
which the work was to be -equua.i.,
divided." between two firms which he
represented. Tho profits, which, It
was estimated would reacn iu,uv..
were to be split three ways, -mo -
malning third going w
Forbes. Thompson and umca i i..-
cago and St. Louis, and Huney a.."
Mnn nf Tacomtt. were named by
Mortimer as the two firms which wore
parties to tho ugrccnient. doui .-
l"""""" " u the
,1a MrMIi thn-HL'LTUi ITUHD. "
Prior to tnis ooiinuui.u,. -
no li,ll-Ml I hUr JtH VftW
fim. nn omiiloyo and later
member of the firm of Hurley and
Ht.iunn
Moro than $4,000,000 in nospnu..
buildings was involved in me uBi-
ment," according to Mortimers
mony.
Oregon News
in Brief
rai.f.M. Ore.. Feb. 20. The Ore-
iron Growers uo-operauve
announced today that It win uiscon-
iiniiiltn froHh fru t department as u
selling and shipping agency on April
instead of waiting until January i.
when the present contracts with grow
ers expire. .
Ttnhert n. McNnry. manager oi !"'
department, will sever his connection
wlih tho association at tnat time.
The move Is made In conformity
with th association's newly adopted
nolirv of retrenchment in overhcud
expenses.
SALEM. Ore.. Feb. 20. Alexander
B. Kobertson of Condon, this morn-
tne filed his petition for tho acmO'
..mil nomination for state senator
from Sherman. Wheeler ana iimiam
counties with tho secretary of state.
Jf. Y. Dry Conference Called
ALBANY, N. Y Feb. 20. Several
score of municipal officials and law
enforcement officers of New York
state will be here tonight for a prohi
bition conference called by Governor
Smith at the reauost of federal prohl
bltlon Director Palmero Canfield. The
governor is expected to place some of
the responsibility for enforcement of
nrnhlhitlon laws on officials of the
counties along the Canadian border
CLAIMS FORBES
FIRM S PROFITS
Vest So Great She
as Policeman Fires Pistol
ously wuh S8 anil ib cuilure re
volvors. The bullets flattened!
against the vest. Then Miss1
Estt-ella Welntraub served as a
turget. as shown by the photo
graph.
UP
OIL
STOCK SALE
WASHINGTON. Feb. 20. Sonator
ElkiiiH, repuhlicun. West Virginia, -il
today that he had purchased stock of
the Sinclair Consolidated OH company
He added he was perfectly willing
to go before the senate oil committee
and tell nil about It.
His statement revealed that ho Is
tho sonator whose name appears on
the records of tho Benkard brokerage
firm, presented to tho committee yes-
torday. '' i
The Witst Virginia senator visited
the committee room today during tho
t examination of Harry Payne Whitney
t Dut was not hoar(i. Members said If
i he were cliuea jt wouid be in an open
sosslon.
I i purchased the Sinclair stock
without any knowledge with respect
to the oil leases," Senator lSlklns said
SENATOR ElUS
HIGHER
,n I in a Rtntement. I bough
. 0( nethlehem Steel and
other stock
' than I did of oil stock.
I am perfectly willing to go before
the committee If they desire and tell
them nil about these transactions.
There Is no law against buying nnd
solling stock. Many of my purchases
were made solely on my own initiative
or on advice of my brokors.
If you stop buying and soiling this
country will have to stop. This whole
thing Is a political drive by the demo
crats, but they will get the worst of It
before It ends.
Already William O. McAdoO has
been mentioned prominently as has
the late Franklin K. Lane and others."
Daily Report on
the Crime Wave
ST. PETEKSnunO. Fill., Feb, 20.
P..nr.Dl,.n t 1, n I fit , nf Ilia
father and mother hore last night
and his two sisters In Decatur; Oa a
year ago, was made here this after -
noon bv Frank McDowell,
to Chli'f of Polled CoHlitk and Detec
tive John Trotter.
ST. PETERSBURG, Flit., Feb. 20!
Frank McDowcl, 18, was arrested fol
lowing the finding of his father and
mother, Mr. and Mrs. J. M. McDowel,
who had been shot to death as they
lay in bed.
Young McDowell, who called the po-
lice, said he had been struck In the
head and rendered unconscious. When
he became conscious he said ho found
his Barents dead. The police found
a pistol which the youth admitted was
his property. ,
The 'police say that McDowell related
how bis two sisters had been burned
to death at their home In a Georgia
town a year ago, the mattresses on
which they were sleeping being sat
urated with kerosene and then fired.
PHILO, 111., Fob. 20. The bodies ot
Joseph Whistle, 48, his wife and their
18-year-old daughter were found in the
Whistle home four miles southeast of
here early today. The body of Louis
11 111! Lf. , HI, mill n 1,1, IV. 1111 Ul Iltllll'l
iE nnj I II.. -
... .... . . .
in., ana Drotner or mrs. wnistie, was
found a short distance away. Near
his body was found a rifle with which,
the police believe, all were slain by
Kuntz.
Clinrge Dry AgvntH With Murder
OOl.D BEACH, Ore., Feb. 20.
Upon warrant Issued by Judge Wood,
State Prohibition Otflcors Paul Mum
power nnd E. A. Neal were arrested
today In Coqullla and held on charges
of murder In tho first degree In con
nection with the fatal shooting of
fjiwrenro Hare near Brookings
Thursday.
Owners of Marion
Star Sue Vanderlip
$600,000 Damages
NEW YORK, Feb. 20. (By
Associated Press.) Roy D. Moore
and LouIb H. Brush, Joint own-
ers of the Marlon, Ohio, Star,
filed suit today in federal court
against Frank A. Vanderlip, re-
tired banker, for $600,000 dam-
ages, alleging slander and libel
as the result of the - banker's
utterances in an address at
Ossinlng on February 12.
Three separate causes of ac-
tion asking $200,000 damages
each wore cited in tho papers
served on Mr. Vanderlip. The
action was mken, according to
the papers, on account of Mr.
Vanderllp's alleged statements In t
which he "implicated the sale of
the Marion Star in the oil scan-
dal."
OF
L
HELD. R0SE6URG
HOSEBURC1, Ore., Fob. 20. Mrs.
Lena Jones, mother and alleged kid
naper of; Anna Pauline Hansen, 8-year-old
Tortland girl, was arrested
here this morning by Deputy Sheriffs
A. C. Schlrmor and J. C. Talley, of
Multnomah county, and was taken by
automobile back to Portland. Tho
little girl was turned over to her
grandfather, fiptaln William Hansen
of thu Portland fire department, in
whose cuBtody the child was ptuced
several years ago by court order.
Mrs. Jones, it is claimed, seized the
little girl yesterday when the child
was on her Way from the home of her
grandparents to the Sellwood school.
Mrs. Jones and her sister, Mrs. Nora
Nolan placed the girl in a car belong
ing to Emll Olscn, an old acquain
1 tance, and drove to Kalem, where Mrs.
I Jones procured tickets by automobile
'stage for herself and tho child to San
l-'mnelHco. They rodo to
Roseburg
where the stage stopped for the night
and were traced by Sheriff Btarmer
who guarded the hotel until the arri
val of the Portland deuutles this mor-
nlnir Mm. Jnnos was nlaced under
; arrest as she entered the lobby of tho
hotel this morning and offered slight
resistance. Captain Hansen, who ac
companied the officers, took chnrge of
his granddaughter.
According to Mr. Olsen, who also
came to Koseburg with the doputy
shoriffs, he has heen-ucqualnted with
j Mrs. Johob and Mrs. Nulan for a num-
ber D( years.
"Yesterday morning they called me
and asked me to drive them to Salem"
he said. "I met them at Eleventh and
, Hawthorne, and Mra. Jones told me
she was going to tuke nor daughter
with her. She had a paper signed by
Judge Outcns, which said that nho
might have custody of the girl. We
went to Sellwood and when Anna
came along Mrs. Jones got out and
asked her if she wanted to go for a
ride. She said she did not but Mrs.
Jones put her Into tho car. She cried
a. little but by Jhe time we reached
the service station where I filled up
the car with gas she was all right. I
took them to Salem nnd loft Mrs.
Jones and the girl there and then
drove Mrs. Nolan back to Portland."
Olson, went to a motion picture
"now ana wnon i. ieii V'
' e reuu ',' . 7 ,, .
'
the sheriff's office and gave such in
formation as ho possessed and volun
teered the use of his car. A telephone
message was sent to Shorlff Starmer
who succeeded in locating the woman
within a short time, nnd kept her
guarded until the Portland deputies
arrived shortly before daylight, with
a warrant for Mrs. Jonos' nrrest on a
kidnaping charge. Mrs. Jones and
Mrs. Nolan are Jointly accused and
bail Is fixed at J5000.
Mrs. Jones was the formor wife of
Wllllam ilansen. Jr., and when she
una her husband were divorced the
custody of the child, then only seven
months old, went to tho paternal
grandparents.
KIDNAPPER
PORTLAND
JAPAN PUTS CHRISTIANITY ON PAR WITH
THE NATIVE RELIGION IN GREAT REVIVAL
TOKIO, Feb. 20. (By the Asso
elated Press) The influence ot Chris
, I . ... I ...... I , 1 .. a
, UUIllty UUU.I lll iwnuim, me III jui'
, .0.i,A.i . nrii with thnt
of Shlntolsm and Buddhism In the
program of an unprecedented series
of religious conferences which began
today,
Tho, conferences wore called by
Premier Klyoura to enlist the aid of
religious leaders In an effort to raise
popular morale from the depression
Into which tho earthquake last Sep
tember plunged It.
The premier, seeking to Improve
the condition ot national thought,
summoned the chiefs of the principal
oirl Buddhist temples, Shinto shrines and
Christian churches to consult regard-
ID HOUSE
TO
BACK AGENT
Fidelity Company Cancels G.
L. Cleaver's Surety Bond
May Compel Oregon -Dry
Agent to Resign No Rea
son for Action Given By
Company Governor Pierce
Is Away.
SALEV. Ore., Feb. 20. The Fidel
ity and Deposit company ot Maryland
today filed notice with the secretary
of state that It lias withdrawn Its
suretyship from George L. Cleaver,
Btata prohibition director.
Cleaver's bond with the Fidelity and .
DepjBlt company, is for $5000.
The cancellation is to oe effective
In 30 days.
Notice of the cancellation or tne
bond came from Clnrence D, Porter,
ot Portland, attorney in faot for the
bond company In Oregon. The bond
was underwritten April 3, 1923 in the
som of $5000 as required b,y the legis
lative act, that sum being the total
amount of the bond required of the pro
hibition commissioner. Under the ,
terms of the contract the surey com
pany has the right to terminate the
suretyship by giving notice of its In
tention to do so and notice of thirty
days is required, : . ' '
The act requires that the: commlB- i
sloner shall give a bond ot $6000 and -each
ot his agents and Inspectors
bonds ot $2000 each. Four bonds ot
agents and Inspectors are on tile with
the secretary of state, each for $2000, .
These are: J. S. Culbortson, under-
written by the Fidelity and Deposit
company ot Maryland, the same com
pany that furnished Cleaver's bond;
Walter G. Smith, underwritten by W.
D. Qulnn, and F. T. Parker of Multno
mah county: Asa C. Smith, underwrlt- .
ten by Johnson S. Smith and A. M.
Dalrymple; and William McMllls, un-.
terwrltten by C. H. Martin and J.
Stuok of Multnomah county. .
' , May Force Him Out -Informal
legal opinion here is that
the cancellation of Cleaver's bond
might operate to force him out of of
fice. The thirty days' grace Is In
tended, apparently, to give him oppor
tunity to get another bond. If he can
not do bo he would, under the law, he
disqualified to serve as prohibition
commissioner and in that case It
doubtless would be incumbent upon
the governor to declare the office va
cant Further legal opinion Is that an of
ficer giving bonds Is not liable under
the bond for mere error ot Judgment.
Malicious Intent Is believed to be nec
essary. . However malicious Intent Is
not necessarily III will on the part of
the official and seeming errors of
judgment might be of such nature that
they would be construed by the courts
as maliciousness.
' No notice has .been tiled by the
surety 'company ot the cancellation ot
Culbortson's bond.
Asa C. Smith, the other agent men
tioned, Is a son of Johnson S. Smith,
one of the underwriters of his bond
and former warden of the state peni
tentiary. Governor Pierce was absent from
the of Ifce today and could not be reach
ed to ascertain his Intentions relative
to Cleaver. . Ward A. Irvine, who Is
still acting as his secretary, though
his resignation was Intended to become
effective February 15, said he knew
nothing about the case.
No reason for the cancellation of
the bond was given by the company.
- . Ing remedies for the situation. k 'The
- ' Buddhist session wus held this morn
ing; the Shinto session this afternoon
and the Christian meeting will be
hold tomorrow morning.
REFUSES
Such conferences have no parallel
in Japanese history They were con
sidered necessary owing to the de
cline In the national spl.'lt resulting
from the catastrophe which the coun
try suffered. The premier, In ad
dresses directed to the throe meetings,
emphasized the spiritual havoo
wrought by the earthquake, recalling
that the emperor found It necessary
last November to Issue a rescript
warning his people not to deviate from
their patriotism and their faith in '
Japan's future,
V