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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
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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,;,, - -
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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
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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
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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'
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"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.
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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,.
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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."