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Medford Mail Tribune
1 The Weather
Prediction Generally fitlr
I Minimum cteiiluy HV..t
Minimum today 41.5
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Maximum i 74
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FOURTEEN PAGES TODAY
MEDFORD, OREfiOX, FRIDAY. NKPTlvNIRKIi IS, 192.1
NO. 154
O GO
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SOION FAILS
TO SHOW UP
AT
Senator Stanfield Absent When
Hearing On Drunk Charge
Is Called $50 Bail For
feitedState Ready to Pre
fer Other Charges Con
tinuance of -Trial Not. Re
quested. BA.KKR, Ore., Sept. IK. (A. P.)
United slates Senator Hohert N.
Stanfield failed tit appear in, the
Baker police court at the time, set
for trial at ten ' o'clock today of a
charge of resisting an officer filed
against him following his arrest Sun
day evening In u local cafe.
Bail of $50 was declined forfeited
by City Judge J. R. Smurthwaitu on
motion of Frank C. McColloch, city
attorney.
The charge of resisting an officer
was the only one filed, hut McCol
locli said other charges had tieen pre-
pared and would have been presented
if the defendant had appeared.
It was reported earlier in the week
that Stanfield's attorneys would ask
for a continuance of the case to Octo
ber 1, but this was nqt done. The
case is now ended, said court at
taches. Less than a dozen persons
were in the court room when the case
was brought up;
A city policeman Sunday about 6
p. m. arrested Stanfield, whom he
charged with being drunk and dis
orderly in the cafe. City Attorney
McColloch, after an Investigation de
cided to press the cnse on the charge
only of resisting, an officer.
.Inmcs Hi NichulK of . NtT'huIs, '-ITttl-lock
and Donald, attorneys for Sen
ator Stanfield, Immediately prior to
the calling of the case of the city
of Baker against Stanfield, on a
complaint . of resisting an officer,
stated In open court to Judge Smur-
thwaite:
"It now appears that Senator
Stanfield is charged with the of
fense only of violating a city ordi
nance In resisting a peace officer.
The senator will not appear to de
fend that charge and you are there
fore at liberty to treat his ball as
forfeited and the case closed."
Wire Report on
the Pear Market
NEW YORK, Sept. IS. (U. S. Bu
reau of Markets.) Pears Receipts:
8 California, fi New York, 7 Oregon,
2 Washington. Receipts equivalent to
16 New York by boat.
Pear market slightly weaker In
California and slightly stronger in
northwest.
Oregon Bartletta, 6 cars Extras,
I3.G0 to $5.55; lop $3.70, average $4.63;
fancy, $3.30 to $3.75; tops $2 to $2.85,
overage $3.33; Howells, one car, fancy
$3.30 to $3.05; average $3.51.,
1 CHICAGO, Sept. 18. (U. S. Bureau
of Markets.) Pears Receipts: 3 Cab
1 Ho rni (i, 1 Illinois, 3 New York. 1 Ore
gon, 13 Washington. Receipts equiva
lent to 3 Michigan by boat.
' Oregon Bartletts, 520 boxes, $3.60
to $4; mostly around $3.90.
PORTLAND, Sept. 18. Three cars
of Oregon bartlett pears brought as
high as $6 n box on the New York
auction mnrkef Wednesday. Ordi
nary grades ranged from $3. AO to
$4.75 with poorer grades as low as $2.
Oregon Imrtletts averaged better
than $3.50 on the Boston market.
Wall Street Report
NKW YORK, Sept. 18. The clos
ing wns strong. With a further rise
in call money to five per. cent. United
States Steel imrt other leaders showed
a tendency to lag but high priced
specialties were buoyant. Kelsey
Wheel spurted up nine points and
gains of four to six and a half points
were registered by DuPont. Shattuck
Stores and Brooklyn Kdlson hefore
trading closed at 2 : 30, Sales ap
proximated 1 ,600.000 shares. -
HEARING
DRY AGENTS SICK AND
RESULT OF SAMPLING
CLEVELAND, Sept. 18. P.)
Periods of blindness and seFlous
stomach disorders among the federal
agents here are attributed tn their
samnlingootleg liquor to obmn evi-
denre. ST agents In this district
Aently sufefred from partial blindness ;
and stomach disorders sufficiently
Riffians Crack Shots;
Shoot Over 20 Airmen
Flying 100 Miles Hr.
SPOKANK, Sept. 18. Colonel
Churl ea Sweeney, one of the
American fliers of the La Fayette
eHcnrtrllle fighting for the
French In Morocco in a letter to
his sister says: "The Riffians
are excellent infantrymen anil
first class shots. You may Judge
when I tell you that they have
already shot out of airplanes
from 500 to 1000 feet up and
going fit ih SO to 100 miles an
hour, over twenty French avlu-
ators."
L
EO BY
Genl. Mulcahy, Former Head
of Irish Free State Army
Is Rotten Egged By Irish
Staters On Landing in New
York City.
NKW YORK, Sept. IS. (A. 1.)
Having been welcomed to, the United
States by a mob of Irish republican
sympathizers who hurled rotten eggs,
tomatoes and sticks, Ceneinl Richard
Mulchay, former commander of the
.Irish free slate army, and four com
i panions are here on their way to the
I inter-parliamentary union nt Wash
ington, I The general and his party ' were
attacked by surprise last night when
'they disembarked from the liner
President Roosevelt at llnboken, N.
I.I. Punched in the face and kicked
oh lie legs .uiucnny w;in it i mum
knocked from his feet before he left
'the gang plank.
J A crowd of more than 100 persons,
mostly women, scattered the friendly
welcoming party with shouts of
"black and tans!" The dock police
were powerless. Several eggs and to-
inuiutH iiil l lie Ki'iitfiui. uiie ui ma
party was gashed above the eye with
a stick, and others were severely
pummeled.
Banners Inscribed: "Mulcahy, mur
derer," "Mulcahy, perjurer." and
"Mulcahy, traitor," were flaunted
everywhere. One banner bore the In-
Iscription: "Oeorge Washington and
Kamon DeValeru," "Benedict Arnold
and Mulcahy."
I Another said: "If Emmett had not
.been executed In 18ti0, Mulcahy
I would have executed blm in 1913.".
A woman pinned a union Jack on
.the general's coat lapel. A riot call
I finally brought police reserves. The
I visitors were rushed to a taxicab and
spirited across the river to New York.
I Three men and two women were ar
rested. When arraigned In Hoboken today
I all the prisoners were discharged ex
cept one, who was held In $200 bail
for the grand jury on a charge of
assault and battery.
In suspending sentence on four of
tho defendants, Recorder Carsten
said they had acted disgracefully
ad that Ireland and not Hoboken
was the place for them to settle
their troubles.
Passing of the Early
Pioneer .
PORTLAND, Ore., Sept. 18 Fran
cis P. Talf, Oregon pioneer and veter
an of the Civil war and Indian wars,
died here yesterday nged 86. In 1801)
Talf walked across the plain to Ore
gon, driving a herd of sheep connect
ed with a pioneer wagon train. Two
years later he enlisted In the Army
but Instead of being sent to fight the
confederates he was sent to fight the
Indians. After the war he engaged
in mining In California. Later he
took up a homestead at Pleasant
Home, near Portland, remaining
there since, except for a short time
spent on a farm in Coos county.
Whew! Some Speed.
MITCHELL FIELD, NEW YORK,
Sept IS. (A. P.) A new unofficial
world's speed record was established
todaywhen Lieutenant Alton! J.
Williams, navy nviator, . flew at the
rate of 302.3 miles an hour.
AS.
jserlous to. send them to the hospital
jfor trentnwgt. '
Drinking liquor at the place It Is
sold Is a necessary preliminary, agents
said, so as not to annssuspicion of
re-lthe aelleF'wlien the agent auks lor a
bottle to take away.
The Uittle of
jllquor is used In court.
Rl
GENERA
IS ATTACK
NEW YORK M08
TOMORROW
BIG DAY AT
COUNTY FAIR
Snappy Race Program and
Special Features Largest
Crowd of . Week Expected
Saturday Auto Wrecked in
5-Miie Race Yesterday
Driver Has Lucky Escape.
Tomorrow's Program.
Auto race G laps. '
Running race mile dash.
Motorcycle side car race with
passengur
Hurdle jump over auto Me-
Clea've's trained horses.
Auto iiug race 3 laps.
Running race -i m'llo dash.'
Motorcycle race.
Rending race McOleave's
trained horses.
Ribbon jump McCleave's
trained horses.
Auto race 5 laps.
Running race mile dash.
Three. sets high junipers Mc-,
leave's trained horses.
Rack up auto race.
McCleave's trained horses.
7:30 p. ni. Vaudeville show
In front of . grand , stand by
Geo. Andrews & company.
-Dancing at pavilion.
Show In merchants' building.
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Hotly contested tauto races with
neck and neck finishes featured yes
terdays program ut the fair . as they
did tho day before. In the first event
of five lups, W. H. "Moose" Mulrhend
driving. HIh un Doitge Special, No. 1
look first place, Chick Hawk finished
a few feet behind and Joe Myers
third. Dusty Rhoades was in fourth
place and was entering the third lap
when his steering- gear broke, his
car left the track on the southwest
turn and headed for the stalls where
the race horses are kept. As It went
over the hank: the rear end flipped
high In the air, Rhoades Jumped
lightly from the swiftly moving ma
chine and landed running. He was
unhurt. The front end of the car was
badly damaged. "Tuffy" King wns
forced out in the first lap when a
connecting rod became disconnected
from the cranshaft and punched a
hole In one side of the crankcase of
Walker's Essex special. The time for
the first event was 5. mln. 16 sec.
Hawk lost his goggles In this event
when a rock thrown by Mulrhead's
car knocked them off.
In the second auto race there were
only three starters but the race was
one of the most interesting of the fair
so far. Side by side, Muirhead uml
Hawk fought It out for first place
from start to finish. Hawk finished
first with Mulrhead's radiator warm
ing the tailpiece of his car. The two
drivers roared doggedly around the
track with dirt flying on the turn
from the stnrt of the race until the
nlsh and the crowd showed enthusi
asm and appreciation of their driving
with cheers. Myers took third place,
finishing a few seconds behind the
leaders. The time was 5 mln. 23 3-5
seconds.
In tho three lap bug race Elliott
won again, Joe Meyers was second,
with Rhoades third. The fire depart
ment bug was not entered yesterday
but.lt Is Intended to enter It in the
remaining hug races this afternoon
and tomorrow.
Gardner Gould again won the back
up race with Ray Crawford second
and Clare Spiers third. Spiers driv
ing . Pennington's Battery Shop Ford
was In the lead when he received a
setback hy jumping the track and go
ing over the bank on the northeast
turn.
Novel Motorcycles Race
A motorcycle race of three laps In
which the riders stopped at the end
of the first lap, removed their leg
gings and were required to stop, find
their own leggings and don them
again for the third lap was an amus
ing event. Five riders were entered
and when the last had left his puttees
all ten pieces of leg wear were rolled
into one and, deposited' where the
Sc'ramllng riders could get at them.
The resulting confusion was quickly
straightened out by the men ns they
stopped however as the winner, Clyde
Peart, finished the 3 3-8 miles In 4
mln. 26 sec, Including two stops and
the legging hunt. Ed Sttinwood fin
ished a few feet behind Peart and
Doc Owlngs took third place.
A five lap race with a change of
riders each lap was won by Ed Stan
wood, Clyde Peart second and Doc
Owlngs third. Time: 6 mln, 43 hoc.
A special motorcycle event, a relay
race was added to the program,
teams comp(-d of the following rid-1
ers finishing In the order given: First, 1
Carr and Owlngs, second, Stanwood
and Scott: third, Coggins and Hodson.
Running Harm Speedy
Runnlnir rare remiltii um n fal
lows: O
Three-eighths mile dnsh: Short-Cut
feyst. Camel Back second, and ReV-
(Continual oo Fo Elfht)
u$l ,000,000 Legs" Are Hepiacea
As U. S:Girl Stars at Paris Casino
Pf j ,
Claire Luce, American iluneer, late of Broadway, has supplant"-
ed La Mistingnette, whffse legs' arc supposed to be insured for;
$1,000,000 as the star at the Casino de Paris, and now is wearing!
istinguctte's famous, feather costume, f
PIERCE TO
SHOWHANO
Salem Capital-Journal De
mands That Governor Make
Public Report On State
Prison Matter Presented
to District Attorney Carson
for Action-
SAI.EM, Ore,, Sept. IS. Tho Cnpl-
tal Journal today laid beforo Dis
trict Attorney John Carson a de
mand for an investigation of con
ditions now and prior to the Mur-
ray-W'lllos-Kclly escape from the
state penitentiary, by tho Marion
county grand jury.
The demand came as n result of
Governor Pierce's failure to make
public tho report of his spocinl 'com
mittee that investigated the break,
to carry out the recommenda
tions .supposed to have been con
tained In that report which Is known
to recommend the removal of War
den' A. M. Dnlrymple.
Whether or not the matter would
he laid before tho grand jury and,
if so, at what time. District Attorney
Carson was unprepared to say defi
nitely this afternoon. The press of
business on. Ills office due to tile
Murray, Wtllos and Kelly trials and
other crlnilnul prosecutions coming
up 'in tho October term of the cir
cuit, court opening October 0, will
probably mnke it impossible to call
the new grand Jury Into session until
later In October, the district attor
ney Intimated.
In view of the wide powers of the
grand Jury, und the practlco of
grand Juries here to Inquire into the
conditions at some one of the state
Institutions at least once a year, the
Capital Journal nsked . that .the re
quested investlgntlon bo all-embracing
In its scope and aimed at deter
mining not only the causes contrib
uting to the Murruy-W'lllus-Kclly
break, hi also the truth or falsity
of various charges that have been
hurled at the prison administration
since the scope.
' Included in the Items lo wlilcli the
request asks that special attention
he given by the grnnn Jury arl the
following:
, The discipline existing among the
prisoners and the liberties granted
them.
An Inquiry Into the personnel of Ihe
gu.rd force with pnrliiflnr '.atten
tion to the physical fitness of individ
uals 0id the morale of the organiza
tion as a whole.
InvcstlguthO of tho organization
(Continued on Page Light)
pifg
JAPANESE DIET
LOSS $1,000,000
BURNED
DOWN
The governor's letter says In part: 0n the advantage was decidedly with
I "Oregon is very nnxious to have the Olendale schoolboy.
TOKIO, Sept. 18. (A. P.) Fire at the government commence work on Nip an(j Tuck Rioe.
8:30 this morning destroyed the diet "'Is project at once. Tho wnter ls The gallery, which had started out
buildings, two-story wooden structures "ll'H"1r ,n " "l,',;hcl wfJ Df- Hunter and Von Elm, grad-
, , t acres but await its magic touch to tial y dropped away when word was
which housed tho legislative branches Mng rorth al)umllinl cropB to foed paei au'out that Ciandler Egan w"
of the Japanese government. Several a hungry world. , The government having a fast and furious time of it
persons were iniurcd. Tho loss Is has the money and tho credit, and 'with young Thompson. Dy the time
estimated at $1,000,000. I"'6 expenditure required on this pro- the two reached the 13th tee. Egan
Many valuable documents were lost 'ject is smnll indeed when compared was one up, a huge crowd follow
when a government library in one of with the many millions being Bpent Ing. The tricky 13th green found both
the buildings was burned. A big on other glguntlc projects of far lilayers within ten feet of the cup.
modern building is under construction Hc"8 vnlue to our republic. Thompson having a side llllf putt and
to supplant the buildings burned to- " appears to mo that it is your Egan one directly up hill. '
day, but as It will not bo ready for duty, ns the head of your depart-' Thompson was away and putting
occupancy for several yearn, It is ment and my duty as governor of delicately four feet above the line to
understood a temporary structure will the stnto to devise methods by which allow for the break arfa the ball
replace those destroyed.
A lighted cigarette or Incendiarism
is thought responsible for the blaze.
The buildings burned Ilka tinder,
flames leaping 100 feet in the air.
The Japanese Times issued nn extra
edition telling of tho fire, while h parks
poured on the roof of Its plnnt. Every
fireman In Toklo was out. fighting the
blaze. Soldiers joined wffh gendarmes
in surrounding the vicinity.
Occupants of nearby hullulngs
moved their furnishings, expecting a
conflagration. However, heavy winds
which had been blowing for the past
week died down Just before the fire
broke out and this prevented n spread
of the blaze, which might have wiped
out Tokio.
Tiio diet was destroyed once before
by I'lro. It wns rebuilt 31 years ngo.
Tilden Still Supreme;
Beats Richards and
mm . i i a
MeetS JOhnSOn Again
FOltKST HIUJ. X. Y.. Sept.
18. (A. P.) William T. Til-
den. seeking bis sixth straight
tennis crown, conquered Incotit
itlchurds today In the semi- i
! finals of the national chain-
plonshlp tournament, ti-8, 0-4,
0-4. 0-1, thus advancing to the
title round, where' tomorrow
ho will face his old" rival, John-
4 ston. who put out ftlchnrd Nor-
4- lis Williams today, 7-5, 11-3, 0-.
KLAMATH FALLS, Ore., Sept. IS.
A lone outlaw who curly Inst night
broko Into tho snl of Cefer llrothors.
building contractors, nnd obtained f20
In cash, later nt night apiwared In a
house In the underworld, according to
the police, where he boasted of the
"Job" he had Just pulled.
le was allowed to remain In the
house while the two women liitnsteniAr(nur rnnn Iyl 'h" a great c-
left It furgin hour. I'pnn returning, lastrnphe hangs over the world.
I hoy missed several sultcwes and
large quantity of wearing.Tnipiirel. In-
Icliidlng a mass of expensive Ungate,
I The police are still looking for lie
boastful robber. '
Gets a Husband By
Correspondence, But
He Isn't Right Color
VAXCOllVKR, n. C. Soiit. 18.
Miss Kiiimy Kumler arrived
from Briurorest, Saak., to marry
a man she had corriHiinded with
but never seen. She was met
by Amos Jacksun,' a negro. After
4 some iierHiiaxion she consented
to accompany him to the court- !
house to set u llceuse. but the
renistrar refused to (tram a II-
cense. The Klrl is redirnlng to
Hriarcrest.
PIERCE URGES
TO
BUILD PROJECT
Governor Answers Letter of
Elwood Meads, Commis
sioner of Reclamation
Evades Question of State
Aid Sees Drift to Country.
SALKM. Ore.. Sent. 1 S Oovernor
NINI
Pierce makes no definite promise to i "'"'h- -ICIwuod
Meade, commissioner of the' Tomorrow. VonElm will play the
federal reclamation service, that the winner of the Tutum-llunter match
state will aid In coloninlng the Vale anl1 Thompson will take on the
project, in a letter t(' Meade made winner of the Hrown-Dolph setto.
public today. He says, however, that
Prank Dolp. sensational Portland
ho will usk the 1927 leKlsltiture for a youngster, who downed the state
law completely reorganizing tho tec- "'Hateur champion, A. Bullock Webster
lamatlon system In this state. As far of Hollywood, and topped this off by
as state aid ill settling the Vale pro- '?kln,f rfmBr champion, Jack
Ject Is concerned, the governor says Neville, Los Angeles, (Into camp, con
only that at least two sessions of tho Jlned on his scintillating way today
legislature will pass hefore the gov- by defeating r rands Brown, Hawaiian
eminent can complete the project and Mluml veteran and an Internationally
that because of over-congestion In Known P layer, three and one. Dolp,
tho-cities people will loglenllv 'no """ uuung wiiB-uncwiiry anour
back to the laud, which shoilld, he cy, appears to be pointed straight
believes, Insure settlement of tho.fo'.th lami'lonhlp. ! y -
nroee, Tne o'ner youthful prodigy of the
' ' I tournament, Harold Thompson, who
The governor's letter Is in reply u0ast8 of a , ,g yea t'
to one of August 12 from Meade in 8tuff )nt0 n,B ,mtu ,, anIlroa,ne((
which the commissioner Indicated tmt more tnan mtt(le for th t
that guarantee of Btate aid tn settle- hot nHvnnlnn. ,,.j t... ki.
lent would be required befote the
.government goes ahead.
those ends may no accomplished and
a healthful, prosperous American
community be established where now
there are a few struggling settlers
on n project which we fear Is doom-
ed to ride tho flnunclal rocks of dis -
aster. .
"I would call your attention to
tho fact that Oregon, under the
present law pussed by congress has
until such time as you are ready to
turn on tho water1 nt tho Vulo pro -
ject to work out Its plans to the
satisfaction, of youn department for,
settlement and financing. Having'
full faith nnd credit In tho state of
Oregon, ns 1 know you have, you are
, surely authorized under the law to
commence construction at once upon',', uui,cu
Jie necessary ditches to convey this
wnter from the Warm Springs reser
voir to the lunds awaiting irriga
tion. "It will require three years or
more for tho government to finish
this construction, during which time
' . """
iwlco In regular session, ample time
lor i ne enactment ot sucn legislation, As tho eight survivors teed off the
ns may be necessary to meet the re-!Kaerles had a difficult time In pick
qulrements of your department. 1 ing a favorite. All four matches
shall recommend to tho next regular brought Into action Ihe crenm of the
session of the Oregon legislature Pacific coast. - v
passage of a bill for the reconsiruc- The national champion of more
Hon of the entire irrigation plan In than a score years ugo, H. Chandler
0reln. At ,. ,,., of nu de -
yelonmen" the settlers must have'
a certain amount of credit, hut an
over-uhundunre of credit Is often a
'Continued nn Pr llehM
CONAN DOYLE SEES
(A. P.)
hy tho spirit
Everyone I wnrned
world tliroufth the medium ot Rlr
ru- miiiur nnya tiv hub uwn r-(inl. enasiening iii lost inree years.,
reiving messages fn.fli the spirit. Wr Arthur announces England wilt
world for the Inst three years tn
tl w effect nnd that lately they have
become pressing. Ho saya suffering
EuhNIIN
BY H. S. BOY
TWO DOWN
Local Golf Star. Loses Close
Struggle to Glendale, Cali
fornia, School Boy, Two and
One VonElm Puts Out
Hunter and Makes Way to
Semi-Finals.
OKI. MONTH, Cnl., Rept. 18. (A.
I.) t'huiidler Kifau, .vutoran Kolfer
from Medfonl, Ore., went down to
defeat todity nt the hands of Harold
Thompson, Glendale. Cal., high school
youngster, to the tune of two ami
one In the third round of the an
nual California amateur tfolf tour
nument here.
Cleortte VonRIm of I.os Angeles
eliminated Dr. Paul Hunter of Pasa
dena, four and two.
Egan's defeat leaves "Chuck" Hun
ter of Taronu and Frank Dolnh
of Portland to uphold the honors
of the Pacific northwest.
At the fifteenth hole Francis Brown
of Hawaii was one down on Dolph.
while Hunter and Frank Tutum of
,M Angeles Were all even at the
shot advantages scored hv Ma rivni
tlle old-time national champion. H.
, Chandler Kgan. Prom the 13th hole
me cup rur a uirute.
Egan putted, but he wns off line and
ws down In four and the match was
m,""rH
Tne 'onB Hth was halved In par,
, ""hough Thompson had to approach
dead from 40 yards away to get hlfl
nlr- ' mm went to Thompson
,wnen,nB anK a luioot nutt after a
beautiful approach from the rough 30
yards from the green, Egan missed
," !"" ' " leuaui us inai
""oi'Peu uy inompson, ana was one
oik i " ".' .
.t".,pm,ve.rl' p1l,e(,,t?lr l.ee s".ot"
the 16th and neither
I "i,' Be I. ,'i , " .IP"
f" , , ch'''" w,f ne,iead .t0th?
The end came whon Thompson won
the 200-yard 17th.
DEL MONTE, Cal., Sept. (A.
P.) Southern California and the Pa
cific nnrlhw.nl worn nhnul Avon nn nu
th8 tMr(l round mat(,n play got under
way in the annual California amateur
go,f 0urnam(.nt here today.
Egnn of Medfo:d. Ore'., started off
with Harold Thompson, the high
school youngster of Qlendnle,
Southern California's pride, (leorge
Continued on Pare mhn
DISASTERS AHEAD
ami ilonlructlnn whloh will renult nra
tn be taken nn a chnntenlng for the
1 e villi of today.
I Tho nnlura n th a I tvtnanill n on.
tnstrophe Is so, vague that Sir Arthur
Is unnble to specify It but he saya
rsipe from the catastrophe more
lightly Ih-yi almost ony other na
Hon. Why, he doea not lay,