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MEDiFOED- Mail Tribune' The Weather Prediction Knlii Maximum csuiduy ft I Minimum today -15.5 PicclpUalion ill) Wea.ther Year Ago Maximum ...ft Mlntriiurii 42 Dlly Twentieth Tew. STwklT FiftTfourth Jl. MEDFORD, OKKCIOX. Tl'ICSDA V, DKCKMIiKR 1. l!t!."i XO. 21(5 EUROPEAN COVEWAWT OF PEAC SIGNED CONCLAVE IN LONDON IS A mm Envoys of Germany, France and England Enter Hall Arm-in-Arm As Movie Cam . eras Grind Out Reel of - Peace On Earth, Good Will to Man. LONDON, Dec. 1, (A. I5.) Ger many and her principal antagonists In tlio world war signed tlio Locarno" treaty and collateral pacts guarantee ii:., peace In Europe and submlsliin to arbitration of any disputes that may arise between them regarding their frontiers. Tho contrast between the signing of this momentous pact and the peace treaty of Versailles six years ago was marked In two respects. Today there was none of the mag nificence and glamor surrounding tho Versailles signing. The ceremony, which lasted only an hour, was not able for Its extreme simplicity. And this time the Germans came of their own free will. They signed gladly with smiling faces, In striking contrast to that other occasion when the delegates of the reich appended "?.r...."?"- nun nrunu im leKisLd uiu a iiiixiiirn t of fear and anger, Today's ceremony was carried put in a spirit of optimism which was luillo.l nu i,ui'iiil,r n,ll .... ...... ..r i.i.n.Vn ii,mi,,! ii,;,, - - , v... ...,.v o-i-ikn , Enter Arm In Arm. csnieras a i,i, TkZJ nJi,,. (S.iieras and a blaze of KlelB lights, mtoJrtnZinnJXS; "1rtU"' 8' ""30 Vtoimi in the Wtlior. "No plan should he consid niier Hriand of nance and horelgn . . ' ered," ho said, "that rests upon any Secretary Chamberlain entered the " . .,.,.. .,,,. other basis than hnlnlni? ach rii.irln famous golden reception room or the ' foreign o f ca arm in arm. convers nir and smiling A fior htn, eu, .1,0 .ii .o nr After them came the delegates of Italy. Belgium. Poland and Czecho slovakia, followed by Premier Bald win nnd all his ciililnot. The latter ranged themselves along the back of the room to wltnoss the crowning success of the efforts of their govern ment. delegates had ' Immediately the -..i . . - .. .... . .. , imcii iiieir places ai uie large uiiiie in mo onier m wn cn nicy sac at , Locarno, the British foreign secroUirj without r'sing began an addrnss of i i. i ...1.1..1. i. . .. ... welcome In French to the plenipoten tiaries speaking in the name of the king. 1Mb words fell in an Imprcssivo silence. In a very brief speech he told the I'oielgn statesmen of the gratification fell over their presence ut the cere mony and expressed tho king's dis appointment that his mother's dealh had made rearrangement of the pro gram necessary. Chancellor Luther, who followed, expressed his country's pleasure at the conclusion of tlio pact. After him ill the remnlnlng delegates, I ... ...... came voicing similar sentiments and speak ing according to tradtlon In the alpha betical order In which the countries fall and In the French language. Sign Pact at 11:25. A few moments were taken up by 'the foreign office's legal adviser, Sir Cecil -Hurst, in formalities and the s'ning began at t:'X. The treaty was first handed to Chancellor Luther and then to For ,emn Minister Stresenmnn. Foreign Minister Van Dcrvcldo of Belgium. Premier Briand of France and Pre mier Baldwin ol' Great Britain. All of-these used ordinary pens, but For eign Secretary Chamberlain took up a gild quill to add bis name. Signer Schlalola far Italy, Count Skrzynskl for Poland and Dr. Bonos i for Czecho-Slovakla completed the KiKimturea, ftiMnnH on HRff Flv HIGH SCHOOL BOYS STRIKE AT FOREST GROVE OVER FOOTBAll RULING VO ft KST (ll'.OVH. Ore.. Dec. 1 fllie hundred students of tho Forest (irnve high school were biick lit their studies this morning following a walkout yesterday morning In rr test ngalnst the susponsien of students who were said i have at tended the Forest llrove-lndciien-denee football game after being ordered to remain away. The return m m-hiinl followed In terviews wilh the members of tbe senooi liosrii in wnn-n ikiiiiu im-m-liers romlsod that the twenty-sever suspended students 9uld return to school, without loss of credits, and that tin. Ineident would "b forgotten." Deaf Mute Swore at Wife on Fingers , She Asks Divorce CIllCAtiO,' Dec. 1. (A. 1".) Her deaf inulo huHlmnd sworo at her on his fingers, charged S .Mrs. Alice I'riUiin, also u deaf ) inute. in her suit for separate maintenance, she also nllcged (that nnother woman, using finger sign language in lieu of ! words, caused her husband to desert -her. KAISER GIVEN E FORTUNE I Former Emperor, Gets Over 7 nnn rnn : ru c-nm $7,000,000 in Cash rrom . .1 PrUSSia FOUr PalaCeS and i Large Tracts of Land Settlement of Civil Suit. in BERLIN. Dec. 1. (A. 1'.) Former Emperor William la to receive from the Prussian slate a noodlv amount of hls ho(Jint;a which were sequestered when the monarchy fell and William - went into exile in Holland. It has been decided by tho Prussian ..f fn.n.. U i.,tll """""'J ul "'" lu .the cliilmn of the cx-Kalsor for rostor- iillon llV L'ivlllL' ..11.... a.i.ii,.,. i.i... 7 1 r.11 mm "Kricultural lands, three palaces in ..,. . . ,,,' ., . "ll,s01"u.a, fllrniture'nntl gardens, 1 !,e,r "'sioucui luiuiiuie-uuu b m., the crown Jewels' and works of art: the Hohenzollern library, the former I , ., . ,.... ,,. lands and forests and house property ln Berlin and Potsdam and tho reve- nue from the crown estates will be retained bv tho Prussian state. v The Prussian ministry, of finance estimates that the cash to be given wniinm lu nmiivniont in the value of )mttml ls e1q"lvale"t !"ll,.e .?' ..... t ine lanii anil lorescs aim uouse iiiuii- f-rtv now rpvpitinir In the state. . , .. - eriy now revelling 10 ine iie. - - ff " , , or(ior tl, ' ' ",,ch has been going Bl"'. "-"""n """-" """ " " on for some time. Tho former cm- peror has won most of the actions brought by hlin for rcstoralion of property and Trussla thought it wise f nke BgrecmoDt on the present basis. Wall Street Report NEW VOUK. Doc. j (4 p.) Stock prices gntnerril Htrenstli s - ... trading progressed intomuN s mm set. I5ar v lrri'guiarliy uisappcareu wnvu nool oncratlons were rcsuinod In number of rails nnd specliillios. Peak prices for a year or more HUG BY GOVERNMEN , . hut uiniiiuL iiGiuiuin ill iinj nitjiii. ui were altained by heeling . n.r Lake 0,HBatloIli or wUoll tllx dellnquen Ki le eommnn mid Preferred. ( Iichh- ceg wUlln tho dstr(.t Hre , Krealer penke ami Ohio preferred. Atlantic )iro))ort,on , tax delinquencies In Coast Line, New Haven and Western ,,1B collnty ollt,ie t10 district, the I'aelfie. - (commission should have authority to Nash motors soared 14 points. gU,,,ant t, district board of dlrec Anicrienn.ean exteniled its giiln to tors am ta,e complete charge of the 714. woolwnrth. McCrory stoics "M" business affairs or the district. Sound anil-Sloss Shefleld Steel sold seven business management Is the need of points higher anil Federal Mining most Irrigation districts. Tho direc- and smelting preferred six. The clos 111 gwas strong. American Can nnd Wordworth mounted ten points: United Drug ,. i i ii.... t.. r....w unlniB "' "', "". ' '." , '. ' ' "'" u X"Z Z k.V-.. n rt M'n rn er. Tola I wt U's intif'-d 1. S00. 000 nhiiros. apprnxi ii i. .i i ii., i,,.i.,,.i. i. A . , , . mission sell it to young men trained were forbidden to attend the foot- ,,y tho 0rPKOn Agricultural cnllegn. ball gamo wcro behind In their amortize tho sale under a 30-year studies nnd home study was hoW as basis. You would then make a dairy ,. .. .u.i,. renter of each Irrigation district and necessary. The game was Thanks- wh(j giving day nnd upon the return to school Monday morning the 27 wero ,j0,tH . ordered home and wero told not to wlfori A,fi of Grants Pass, presl return to school until they were ac- ,ont of (ho Oregon reclamation con ronipnnled ifll their parents. 'gress. announced members of the At noon yesterday a "pop- rally .committee for refinancing plans for was held at the school and was st- rrRatlon nroJets In the state to pre tended by a majority of the su- ponded dents. SofTool officials protested and at once a meeting was hold among the students and 100 voted to leave school. CHANGE IN IRRIGATION IS PROPOSED W. Lair Thompson, Portland Attorney Tells Oregon Con gress How to Solve Water Problems Take Irrigation Out of Politics and Take Ad vantage of Bancroft Act. SALEM, Ore., Dec. 1. The irriga. tion problem is a financial, not a political one, W. Lair Thompson, at torney of Portland, told members of tho Oregon Drainage association anil of the Oregon Irrigation congress in the drainage district meeting held here today, attended by irrigationists """ recianiationists from every part Cf the state. "If the, several men who will become candidates for governor would join in a pieiigo to appoint a non-partisan committee to study the district prob lem anil suggest treatment and thus bar the matter from politics, thoy would he really solving their state," lie declared. , - lie said that one prospective candl- dat0 fo,r Kovornor, not mentionin-? bis unei: w; "conluctod Thy .nlmmVtSw i..v.,o,.i.i .,.. ,i.u... .. single qualification for the Important function." stating that this report Is t i. .1.- 1 i r - 11.1 to be made the basis for a political attacK upon irrigation development. "I refer to (his." stated Thomp son, "as an Illustration' of how not' to do it." ; - - Thompson asserted in his address the irrigation slluallon in the state that contcniplatoB lumping them to- to work nut Its own salvation Bancroft Idea Favored. He suggested that In the Bancroft bomllnir act mav he f.niiiil the iropm of a theory for helping Irrigation dls- trlcts by assessing land proportionate to the value received from the water, lHe then suggested that the state create a revolving fund to take up delinquent tax certificates, "Then we will have this situation," ha atl,l "flt-at a Wnnnrnt nuoaua.nnl -. .t.pt .'.,...,..,v nooniom mnkini. rivol i.h,.r- ,.i( D0ni. - " " ur.u,...,v tract of land according to bene! second, a fund at Jiand to take ,,M,.i ,,, , benefits; up delinquencies as they occur so that no land owner can shirk his share of the improvement debt and add the minion 10 inoso wno aro paying uioir assessments would further romove I ho frrlKu- tion problem from the realm of poli ties and into tho hiiRiiier-n world by creiitiiiK a coiumisnion flnaloRiis to the Htato hiKtiwuy QmniiK8iou and invent It with broad powers. "No district would be organized 'wunout iHHaiiK; mis commission, it RUm nave me power 10 reject in- inrinr in nil u tatiintr mir uiu in ritia ,-,, ,", i,. - --- - .r . mt been deadly In the past. The com I mission should have complete charge of the proponed revolving fund. When tors are UHiially cood men with nnifill experieneo in larne financial matterB. Get O. A. C. to Help. Finally, f ho Hove tho Htato of Ore twnn gtan tunll nTrriril In rnullxn timrn r,i ., i.,m., i .i, .,i-i. tiiral college. More scientific fanners nnd fewer electricians and engineers would be 'noil for figriculture and agriculture Is the greatest lasting re source of the state. I am not thinking of the graduates of O. A. C. who are the sons of owners of farm lands: I um thinking of the young men' who should be running dairies, but for latk of means aro driven Into something that promises quick salaries. They wind up in tho cities, Instead of on the farm, "When tho slate acquires title to lands In an Irrigation district under the plan above outlined, let the com- ent a bill to the next legislature to include W. Ilr Thomion, Portland; Perc4 Cupiier, Salem: Ivan Oaken, eastern Oregon: Whltney L. Boise, Portland, nnd 8,-im II. Brown, fiervnis. French Suffrage Union President r , Will Tour U. S. to Aid Cause Mmc. Bnmichvicp, Tcccatly appointed president of the' I'rrneli Suffrage Union, la coming to the United State shortly in the inter ests of the cause in her country and study women's activities in this eountrv. ' t Iks prepare "matergusom TO FIGHT JOHN Ottoman Republic Reported Ready, to Seize Oil Lands Moment League of Nations Decides Against Her Army Well Equipped for Fray, IjOXDON. 1. (A. I. ) A re port that the TurkH re UetormliU'd ( lo invade Irak nnd forcibly ejfet the Kritifdi If tho League of Xntions does hot Kive them mi acceptable, verdict In the .MokuI boundary dlHputo in tlio crystaliwitlon of rumors lonjr current, but Hh prociHe form (fives it an alarming aspect. Whitu tho ri-port lacks nffleial ImektnK, Turkey's complete diver-1 Kenec with Omit Itritaln rKtirdlnif the Mosul boundary uucHtion wns made ho clear at (ieneva and elnc wherc that the dinner of a rupluro has lotiK heon recoKnizeil in Lon don. Kroni tiitio to time thorn havo been reports of Turkish troops moving toward .MohuI. AMhotiKh these have not always been capable- of HiibHtun tlattun, nmny pcrstum believe there must be Home fire whnro thorn Is ho much smoke nnd Hint Mlin Anpnrn Koverntnent biiH been tt lmi time In making prepnratlonH for the worm evriitiiality. Tho , report current In lmdon wns tn tho erfwet Hint if tho Ianue of Nations nhoulri flclde nffiiinst the Turks In the disputo with t Irani Itritaln, the ot toman fon-eH would Invade rnk and hcIko Mount. Tin Turks nre wild to huve a well-eiiiip-pnd nrniy ttt i tli" Inik frontier and the TurltHi forces nre sold to be well prrparffl nud In iMmnnHnj(tii of ample storcH nnd fiiniininitlon. The Noted Dead HA.V KIlANCIWf), Ore. (A.IM Phillip K. iordon, formerly K'Miernl nwent of the KuiiHet route of the Southern I'aelfie eompany, in ili'fid at hln home at f'arrncl. Iln Ih ntirvlv od by hlH father. fie no nil JjHVld Htewart fi-rdfm, I. H. A., retired. WtiRhliiKton, IJ, C, by hi 'widow, two Honx and n dnuirhter. One of Cor-, don'a lterii Mm. Hhelby M. Tutlle of Medford, (ire., and John Htewarl (Jordon of Tueoma in a Hon. (Oi plain and Mm. Tuttle of T-iMe Ruck, have left for Cnrrnel w4iere they will nll'nd the funeral.) FORMOSUL if m NEAR COLLAPSE LEAVES CAPITAL Woman Governor, Worn Out By Worry, Leaves for Old Home Highway Situation Grows Serious Director Refuses to Resign. ACSTIX. Texan, lee, I. (A. 1'.) ( Inveriiot- ,M ii In in A. I-Y I ffi-Hon left ,u:Jiu today on n northbound train, presumably K"Jiik to her old home at Temple. Her Ii ukIhk m I . Jiuiich K. KiTKUSon, Maid IiIh wife'H heulth WHH not mo Kood and that she needed rcMpile fiom the coiiHtiitii iiiinoyjince of newspii permen and oUiith. Al'KTIN. TexiiH. Dec. 1 ( A, P.) The TextiM hiKhwiiy Kltuatlnu aKilu forced lo the front todiiy with the ini liouiicement I iuit the highway le piirtmcnt Ih uiiiible to pay preHsln bills, while other niatleis iiKitntliiK Hie ciiplinl laKKC't for the moment. oUidieiH toliillinf; teilM of thoUH nndH of (lolhii-H raiuiot be -paid until Hie governor ajipolniK at least one highway comitiisslonnr. H. IUtfene Smith, secretary of the cum mission. sitid. This leu vcm pistil ecu huudied roml laborers without their pny while many oilier employes have been com pelled to puss up t he pm-( 'lirlstmaH pay day fur'thc present. I'eHiKM.'iHou of Knink V, Ianlwiin and J"f Murkeil from the. cominlH ston fotloiviiiK fll;cloHiircK by Hie a't tot ney K'-nenil's unit nK'ilnst the A tnerlcan lioad company, left t)ie commtssioii with only one member, John II. Itlckett. nr.. of S:m Antonio. The coin mission therefore ran Hoi function. KOUT UtiliTH, Texas. Dee. I, t A. P.) ' Anion (i. nrler, cbairuiMn of the hoard of Hi rectors of the Texas Tcchnnlogicn f-ollege whose reslcna Hon as reiirted Monday by (lover nor Mil lam A. l'ei uson. will not ac cede to hi- rcitiett, be unooiincrd In it letter to her nnd in a HtHtnuient tu l he public here -today. The leltcr ind si h lenient deny nil t he charges made by the governor ntid declare lhal this Is an effort on Hie part of the Fergusons to divert - tilienllon from the highway disclosures. I n a syitemenl addroHscd to Un people of the stale Oilier H-iys: "It t'onieM with poor grace to its seit 1 lut i now for the first Hme '(iuv ernor .Din has learitt-d of certain things which tie now proceeds to de no um wit h smug unction as con tinry to good morals. "I BJiy '(lovernor Jim' with no pur- (Continued on page three) Ezra Meeker, Only 95, Goes to Washington To Lobby for Trail 4 WAKMlNiT iX. Ie-. 1. (A. 1'.) Kzra .Meeker. ir, (Htkmii Trail mIkihmm-, h vvv (ii axk cftiiKresH hi nuthnti.o fifty rent pieces ((tinttHMiiOL atliij tlio 7 Mb I 4 aiinlversuiy of the nmreh of pioneerH over I bin route. Mr. Meeker proponed tn Itep- ri'Heutut ivo Howard, deinoTiit. Nehraska. that pmceedH from the mile of thesr piece- ho used in markiuK and improvlnn tliin trull which leads I'r St. Lcuin lo tlie Oregon cotiHt. Miami Nearly Drowned Out By Cloudburst Men Transact Business in , Bathing Suits . and Women Swim to the Beauty Shops. MIA MT, Flu.. Dec. 1. (A.T) Miami today wan drying itself out after one of the most thorough Wet- . ilm,-M It has ever known. I Italiifnll exceoillnc' fmirteen Inehea fell here In a period of twelve hours., - !"ijtif-h -of-'-ii- A 'rtinnliiu? -- in vm-HitIel( 'uti-eimiM in Hie prjneipul HtrenlH of the cUI. " Khif-ler hi reel, l lift main Hior louKhfare. was likened to a ImlhhiK jboiiiity promenade, Hlthouh many' 'who wore not benutieK ndnpled bath- Iiik kiiHm an the most feasible el')HiiiiK under the circumstances. Husinoss appointmentH were kept by staid buninoKHmen in bathinf? Buits, who plnnKd their way throui;h four feet of water to meet the latest neoker after oppurtu ul ilea from tho hinter land. I Policemen,' not to bo outdone, en torod Into tho Hplrlt. by donntnff aea Hldo hablllmentR mid iiHsumin traf fic ponlH to Kally wavo tho amateur Venetlana on. Fair Hhoppera nlso arrayed In bath Iiib Kuits spluttered their way about the Htreet. wadint; from Htoro to Btore. Many motor eara were, atraniled about the streetH an the raKhif; watera Htnlled eimlneH, DamiiKn In Miami will run into thousands of dollars, it wa HeKtlmaled last nlht allhouKh re I porta from tho outlying dlstriclH wero not enmplrte, I TiiroiiKhout the buHlnean portion of tho city the water flooded over the eurhitiKH nnd awept Into the ernund floors of ntorea nnd other bulldliiKH. Many eKlnhlfHhmenlH wero forced lo el oho for the day. RAISE 5 MILLION t.Hlt'Ar.O, Dec. 1.- (fly the Asso ciated Press. ) A five million dollar itgrlcultiinil credit for Iowa to aid In marketing their record breaking corn crop was subscribed today at it meet ing of owa and Illinois bankers, bus inessmen and finance leaders with Hecretary Jardlnu of the department of agriculture. Two In termed lain credit banks to be located ut Des Moines and Kurt Dodge Willi a capital stoi'k of JriO.niui each, were organ ised at the conference and tho aloclc subscribed for. AS RESULT OF NK WYcHIK. in-c. 1 . ( A . P.) The slaying of (leorgc ,sye, lit, was the climax of a "children's hoore parly,' JHmI rii-t Attorney Mcflechan said to day. In announcing that Nye'a chum, (lot tion Ptrie, had coufcHsed tho kill ing. IMrln walkcil Into a Itronx police station 'shortly after midnight nnd surrendered himself as the slayer of Nyn, whose body waa found in a bed room in Pirle's home by the hitler's 1 0-year-old sister, Margaret, plrle was arrested on a charge of homicide after he had made a confeiutlsoak nt the pleading of Violet HchmiuT, u friend of tho victim. "Tell to truthHordon." she beg ged and Plrle to the district attor ney how he had smashed his friend's MMDS FORGE BUSINESS INTO OH 5 KILLED IN i FLORIDA BY ! HIGH WIS Many Lives Lost and Property' Damage of Nearly $3,000,--000 Suffered Along Florida Coast Tampa Hardest Kit Fires Add to Reign "of Terror. ' JAt'KHONVIM.K, l'"la.. Dee. 1. (A. P.) Five Uvea lost, property damttKC estimated at almost $3,000, 000 mid ono of the worat tieups in wire communication ever known in Klorlda waa ca lined by hlRh ivlnd'i nnd driving raina in the last 24. hours. r v The wind at tinia reached hurri cane proportion- and the . rain,, van ho heavy at some places, as In MlairiC that tho atreeta wero HtandlnK, Jn water and people donned balhinx HllilH, - Four persons were killed near , Tampa where a house on , Da via. Island collapsed and the .total dam-,,' nun In Tampa Itself waa eatlmatf: ut almost $1,000,000. : Eighteen prrt hoiih wcro injured In the uoHapaetof a houae on Davis island. ir t Public utllitiea were stranded and nil wire communication except Chat' of tho rallroadH wua lost, aouth vol Tampa.' a' nepro ' work'nian- 'Vf&t killed by riyimc debris. - ."JI.-'L- Kanned by n htsh 'wind, flrV Urdke out in the )itln section of Tamptt nnd the larse jilant of t1ie: "eaft Coast Kertlllzer company wan de atroyed. Fifteen freight eara ' neur the plant were burned. -t ' The storm awept both the east arid west coHHt, hut inland points re ported no damage. . .. , .( The center of tho storm Is aouth, . HoutheaHt of Tampa. . , t Trees, shrubbery, eloctrlc light and telephone wires wero down in the reHidontial section of Tampa, Whjlo downtown, signs, FinokeatuckR and wooiien awniiiKs woro blown down, Tho utllitiea companies hore . issued warnlnga that the atreeta are not safe, due to fallen power lines'.- lt 1 1 roads urn without' fires,' of ficials report, and trains to this city aro delayed. . ' . ' Itepnrta rroni Wost Pulni Beaoh sold: 'The entire Florida east coast r was whipped by a Btrong north- ' easterly gnle. A stretch. of neean ( boulevard near the Inlet to Lake Worth, nine miles north of ' West Palm Uracil was beln$ undermined by waves and volun-! tenia rushed tn the seen with Ings. tree stumps and stakes, to ' try to savo the road." ' No damage to local craft Was re- ported and no distress signals, had . been received up until 9:30 aVIduk. Thn city was drenched with rain, but no damage was done. , , Franklin ICilcrs Sold. . ,-t NKW YORK. Flnven letters by Ilenjamln FrankllrT. Including nnd do.' nouncing his country for "hypocrisy. In tho Hbivo trndo,' have brought 12900 ut auction. Christmas Opening Tonlflht. Tho (JhrlHtniHH openinR and unvolling of tlio windows will, bn hold InnlKlil at 7 o'clock rogard 4 lens of tho weather. i , , , i CHILDS BOOZE PARTY akiill with an axe. had rnhbed hla ' pmkela of ITi.fii) nud had taken a girl I' ho tho movies a few hours later, , "I Just got the notion to kill hltn." the district attorney quoted -Plrle as saying. All of tho principals- tn tho case aro minors, Including a half dos en young girls who had been to par Ilea with tho men. i. ( "Aside from tho murder phasd'of this ease," said Mr McUeehan, "It gives me an Insight Into the Investor the young pcoplo of this city. Tlcy nre hi yon d parental control. Young girts go around without sclenting their company; they take taxi rides with j men with whom they aro only slightly j acquainted and they associate with ' those who carry flasks. This oss fa certanly a sad commontary UpOlJ home life."