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Newspaper Page Text0 rr Am Medf m Tribune 3Weaikr Yeasts MiixiiiMim aa Minimum 28 Pmlli'fjnn Cloudy, roln Mnjjmtiu yesterday 47 Jdifmum 24.5 0llj Tumtl.Ui Tu. ! rUtTlourtli Tim. . MEDFORD, OKKGOX. MONDAY, DKCIvM liKi; 14," l!)i: 0. 227 OEB'l K. FALLS IS CLOSED UP All Schools, Churches, Movies, Dances and Public Gather ings Closed By Health Au ' thorities in Effort to Stop Spread of Spinal Meningitis Epidemic. KLAIl.MATIl FALLS. Ore., tJcc. 14. Decision to close down nil public schools, movies, churches, pool halls, dunces und public meetings of every description during tho present spinal meninKiti.s r;ihlemit! was reached shortly nt'ter noon today after a con ference between Dr. (1. H. .S'.owsom, county henlth officer and Klamath Falls physicians. ' It wuh practically the unanimous decision of the medical men that tho situation is serious and that the pre caution of putting the lid on all pub lic gatherings should he taken as a means of preventing a widespread sweep of the dread malady. Dr. Newsom telegraphed the slate board of health Immediately follow ing the conference asking for permis sion to place a ban on all public gatherings and expected to receive telegraphic authority by three o'clock this afternoon. Thus far during the ten-day epi demic five cases have been reported with other suspicious cases said to be under observation. The proposed city-wide, quarantine will also cause postponement of tho scheduled boxing match Thursday night In which Willie Keeler of Kel logg, Idaho, and Jack JvlcGreer - of lnllas, Texas, wcro to have been featured in the ltl-round main event. Up until two o'clock' this afternoon .lucj-e,.. had .. beem .no l'ut'ther-iatifcllt ion from the disease.''' '' "' KLAMATH FALLS, Ore., Dec. 14. If another citso of spinal meningitis breaks out in Klamath. Palls during I he next 24 hours all public schools, churches, theaters and other public meeting places will be closed indef initely, according to announcement last night by Dr. G. -N'ewsoin, county health officer. This decision followed the reporting of another case last night nt the Sacred Heart academy, where one of the little girls was found to be afflict ed with the disease. The entire acad emy was immediately placed under strict quarantine. The city council will hold special session this afternoon with the county court, county health unit nntl local physicians, at which time a proposal will bo made" for the city and county to appropriate sufficient funds for the Immediate construction of an isola tion hospital. Such a hospital would be built on the unit system and the first building would be rushed to. com pletion within the week, according to Health Officer N'ewsoin. Although but five cases of the malady had been rnported up to this morning, health officials nre showing grave concern, as nearly all the pa- tents live in widely separated sections of the city, and one, a hopiesteader. who died Inst week, lived 30 miles froirt hero. School authorities this morning re ported the rnnks of pupils badly de pleted as many parents are refusing In permit their children to attend school until there is a break In the epidemic. Jack Eakln Resigns. SALEM, Pre.. Dec. 14 Carl. C. Dontighy, young Portland lawyer, will become examiner for the stoAo corp oration department on January 1. Corporation Commissioner V. E. Crews said today. Ho will succeed Jack Eakin, who resigns to become vice-president of tho Northwest Trust cninpnny, Snrtland. Queen Mother Very III TUlilN. Italy Dec. 14. (A. P.) Queen Mother Marghnritn is suffering fro mnn nttnek of grippe with fever and Professor Qulrlco, physician to j Yharrat, Moslem bandit leader. Forty the royal house has arrived here hur- .men hnve been detailed to liehend M. rledly from Rome. DeJouvennl French high cnmmls The queen mother eelehrnted her Bluer In Syria. Hessan has written of 74th birthday on November 20. .his Intentions to a newspaper. 3UZZARDS RAGE OVER 1U.C1PS, AIR IM HALTED C1I1CAC.O, Dec. 14. (A. P.) Dliz zards and snow storms virtually stop ped the air mall In the Rocky moun 9 in district nnd railroads brought out their snow plows In Colorado and Wyoming today while colder weather oversprend sections of tho mlddle-'.southwest drizzling rain Troze on u'0Ht. - " wires and poles for fifty miles east, Snow drifts In some western towns northeast nnd northwest of lOingps piled up several feet In the streets. At City, Interrupting communication and Laramie, Wyo the snowfall was re- (glazing tho streets, ported as tin lncte, Cheyenne hnd Ten degrees above zero lis apre fourteen Inches, and Denver five dieted Tor Wisconsin. The northwest Inches. Tho temperature dropped to ;ereninlly had unusually cold weather. Lady Ghost Appears in S. England Again , But Hair Is Bobbed LONDON'. Dec. 14-(A. P.) Humors Jhat a celebrated lady ghost has re-upurured, this time with bobbed hair, nre attract- ing wide nttention in the south of England. The famous apparition pro- sumohly has appeared for more r than, two centuries to succeeding generations in the same family. Her long flowing hair and white robe were outstanding marks of Identification so folks who had made iter acquaintance said, This lady in while is reported ! to have stopped off at a bob slfcop before materializing. MORA SEARS WIUS A WAGER. BY LONG HIKE Boston Society Bachelor, 40 Years Old, Walks From Providence to Boston in 1 1 , .... ... tlOUrS anil WINS VVatJtJI Made in Pans a Year Ago. rtOSTOX, Maw., Dee. 14. (A. P.) Miss Hlnora. Sears, Boston society leader; tennis player and nil around athlete, today completed a walk from Providence to her home in Boston to win a wager. She covered tho 4 4 miles In n little over eleven hours, al though the tlmo limit set by the terms of the wager was fifteen hours, BOSTON, Mass.. Dec. 14. (A.P.) Mbs Kleanor Scnrs,r noted society sporfswo'mnn, was nitemptlng to walk 44 miles in fifteen hours today to win a bet. She left Providence. H. I., nt 1 a. .. nnd her early progress gave her high hopes of being able to reach her home in exclusive Beacon street, Bos ton, within the stipulated period. The amount of thejivager was with held, but Miss Sears said she made It year ego in Paris, with Howard Stur- gis of Providence. Miss Senrs. Boston nnd New York social leader, "good fellow," and ath lete extraordinary, for 20 yenrs has kept her name among the leaders In almost every line of amateur sport. She has been a finalist In both the women s singles and mixed .aounies national tennis tournaments. Vntil she sold her stables and shot her favorite horses that no one else might own them her performers were consistent blue rlbhon winners. She is an excellent swimmer, can handlo a yacht, shoot with rifle or revolver, skate nnd was the first American wo man to fly overwater. In 1 ft 1 2 sho bet $200 she could walk the' 110 miles between Burlln- game nnd Del Monte, .Calif.. In S.'i hours. She hiked over the stretch In I 32 hours flat. I Miss Sears, who is forty years of t nge is a mcmnor or one oi toe iimesi i iiiiiiiilt-s ill luisiini. fi-i nm iiiiiij- mint 1st 2. she has been reported engnged to Harold Vnnderbilt, but to date she has remained Boston's "society bach elor girl." Fnrclgll Money. PARIS. Dec. 14 (A.P.) The pound sterling renehed a high record before the official bourse opened to day, at 134.10 francs. 'The dollar was quoted nt 27.63 francs. This, however, was not a record, as the mark of 28.13 francs was established In March, 1024. All Going the Same Way. RRATTLB The tug Roosevelt, his. lorlc nretlc exploration ship used by Robert Kdwin Peary when he discov ered the north pole In 10011, sailed for Miami, Fla., with three barges in tow. A Compliment for Frenchmen. BKIItl'T Take It from llessnn MIDDLE-WEST zero In Leadvflle nnd was expected to full to five degrees below zero In northeastern Iowa tonight. . The storm extended generally over nrihernand eastern Nebraska und the western DnkoUis while In the pis n PANIC OVER CASK CRISIS With Franc Falling to New Low Levels, French People Convert Money Into Prop ertyNew Tax Plan Is Doomed Establishment of Dictatorship Gains Favor. PAP.1S Dec. II. (A. P.) The fi nance committee of the chamber of deputies today voted, 1 4 to .O to re turn' all of Flnanco Minister Loti cheur's fiscnl measures to the gov ernment. , The action of the committee In re turning the bills is tnlamount to a disavowal of tho finance minister. Tho cabinet Is meeting tomorrow morning to consider the situation. M. Loueheur's resignation in the mean- j time, Is thought extremely likely. PARIS, Dec. 14. (A. P.) France's ol' something like a panic, which Is wns heightened by the series of I sharp drops in the valuo of the franc nJlc.lnr, '.narfket- , . ...u . ini i il ouiuc uunoi vcio, signs are multiplying that the political system is falling more nnd more Into discredit These signs, however, they aver, are lost on parliament, which continues the slow and even tenor of its way, oblivious to the movements for the "sacred union" committee of public financial safety and the like, which are more and more drawing the nttention of the general public im- patient and nlarmed nt the continued I postponement of a solution of the v financial crisis. . The franc, now, stands at -a -.lower tevei tnun it ever has reached before , and every Frenchman who is in pos session of any quantity of them is hastening to convert the money into something tangible, houses, diamonds and even raw gold and platinum. Minister of Finance Loueheur's seven bills with which he hopes to bridge the financial situation, seem ingly are disliked by everybody. This dislike is beginning to find outward 'h''Tr','i 7.7 .- ' "' . Tj i i sonne, assembled In solemn conclave, bound themselves to withhold pay ment, of nil taxes should M. Loueheur's bills be adopted. Politics Prevent Settlement. Meanwhile, all attempts to speed up a solution of the situation, be it good, bad or indifferent, is being hampered by political considerations, indeed, it is charged that the root of the whole evil is that which is purely a financial crisis has dominated politics, j An advisory committee to pass upon all financial plans, announcement oi .which was .made at the time of the formation of the new llrland ministry, i and which made nn excellent Impres sion, has vanished and nothing more is heard or it. One thing seems certain, that. M. Loueheur's principal bill the revenue hill which Is in the hands of the finnnf, committee of the chamber, will not pass as it Stands. Conse quently It is helleved either M. Lon clieur will withdraw from the ministry nnd that there will be a fresh set of proposals, or the bill will be remodeled by the finance committee or M. Lou clieur himself. In either casepolitical observers opine, more importance will he attached to political considerations than to views of the financial experts. Crisis Is at Hand. The present week Is likely to prove n momentous one In French political history. extraordinary fhnnges In the manner in which Franco has been governed I'or the Inst 55 years nre regarded as Imminent by the preBs of all political shades. Tho public, anxiety Is being fnunett by extremely daring articles In the newspnperj. Some of these -demand and others plead for changes In the governmental regime, ranging from tho establish ment of a dictatorship or "committee of public safety," to the .more consti tutional proposal that parliament sit in secret while the financial bills are being discussed and voted. The Paris Midi, one of France's foremost noonday pnpera of which Finance Minister Iiucheflr is reported to have acquired the ruling interests some months ago, In a leading article today oaks for the creation of a min istry of national union and the ap pointment of a committee in whlchJ an classes ot me nation wouio ne represented as eminent technical ex Jierts. r ti Willi IfUn won committee would collaborate1 i lie with the flannce minister In framing nclnl decrees These decrees would become effective without rati fications by parliament which, how ever, would be allowed to discuss them later in secret sessions. Dictatorship Demanded. Le Matin In an article virtually i amounting to a proclamation to ,thC irrencn nation, ami i-. insransigeant. ask for tje dissolution of parliament and the establishment of a dictator- I shin by a committee of pttbiic safety. I The general solution proposed by the more moderateOdement Is to have lm and Mother Come From Europe fh "Make Up" With Heiress Wife Attempts at a reconciliation with Ins wife, the foriner-Millicent Rogers, daughter of the Standard Oil multi-millionaire, are lieine; made by Count Snlin-Hongstraetnn of Austria, now in Now York with his mother, Dowager Countess Salm (right). The Salms were -eparated in Europe soon after their runaway marriage. ''hey are the parents of a child. WMNCH SALE TRADE OF GAF alley Max GoDauor, owner of the Candy company, Saturday close.il a deal whereby lie becomes the owner ot one of the largest irrigated bottom land farms-in .luckson county. This ranch js tho old Stanley farm located at the town limits of Kngle Point, anil now owned by George Barker, banker of Butte Falls. One hundred anil forty-five acres is in alfalfa and meadow nnd is under a deeded state water rights from Little llutte; the balance of the ranch is Irrigated from Kagle Point Irrigation project. The ranch Is well located with building site surrounded by a beautiful Incus, grove, untl has one of the largest and finest barns In the county. In the deal two Eugene npnrtmcnt houses, together with tile Shasta cafe, Medford, were part of the consilient Ion, which was In the neighborhood of $50,000. Wnlter II. I.everotte. local realtor, handled the transfer. Casualties of the Air Service l-'ttKHXO, Calif,. Dec. 14. fleoi-KC Orey of Taft, and Cecil It. fierow are in a Taft hospital suffering from In juries received when an airplane which Orey wns piloting crashed l-'ii) fet to tho ground. Orey's six yenr old daiiRhter suffered a fractured el bow hut was saved from more se rious Injury hy her father who shield ed her with his body. HOOD RIVER TO GET EXPERIMENTAL FARM 8AI-I3.M. Ore., Pee. 1 4. ThrnUKh the nttorney peneral's nfflee n least-J nns lieen executed hetwoen lined River county nnd the Cahlweil ifunhnm Investment company where by the county Is to nciiulrn n trurt nt land on the outskirts of Hood River for an experimental farm -. to ' he operated by Oregon Agricultural col- 's-e. ' The legislature of 1!)2B appropriat ed $12,000 nnnually for the . mainten ance nf tho farm, hut no pnrt4 this money can he used for purchase of utroumlK or 'buildings. nie land Is valued nt 125.221), and the county did not hnve the money to pay for It without Incurring Oi Indebtedness In excess of Iho $.1000 allowed by the constitution. To get around this dif ficulty tho nttorney general's 'office mndcthe arrangement for a lease agreement wheby tho' county will appropriate a payment ench year for flv years, and at the rnd that period ttie county will acquire title. ' t Tnnirt'gitis to WIiIsimt. LONDON .Memliers of Iho house. prone to whisper thnt n speaker Vi a hnlly old fool, or some such, mut be careful now. Amplifiers hnvo been initnllcd. - WOLVES Decisions of U. S. Supreme Court WASHINGTON, Dec. 14.- Charlotte Anita Whitney, nf violating the California -(A. P.) onvlcted criminal syndicalism law and whose appeal some "00 years before Columbus' re reuently 'was --dismissed .by the. su- nowned 'vAynee but - ninny scientists"' lirenie courl, today was urantod a re--'are skeptical of the find, heni'lntf. ' I' Uncovered recently under n lime ' kiln here, Dr. C. .f. Sarle. former WASHINGTON. Dee. 14. (A. P.) , The fulled states lost In the su-, 1 prenie court In Its effort to prevent I American holders of tlennnn treas- .. l.ui y notes rrotn sausiyini; ineir ciiiwns out of funds of the c.ermnn Rovern- ment, seized custodian. by the alien property rhe Noted Dead I'illl.AIJKIJ'lllA. Dee. H. .Major General Harry I., lingers,' retired,, General Tershlng's thief iiuartermns- tor In the American 'Expeditionary forces, died In his npnrtment here late Sunday night, It became known toriiiv. ,. had been ill for a long ti,,,.. ' ilcncral Uogers suffered from hen dlscase and came here several months ngo for alment hy spec- ialfsls. Mo lived In seclusion because nf hla serious condition, (Jeneral Rogers a few mnntha ago filed eertain ehm-aes with the iwur department n gainst Major (Jeneral William 11. Hart, his successor in the nrmy, The eharges, u is unner- stood were withdrawn a short time later. C.enernl Rogers was horn In Wash- Ington nnd sow servhe with General I'uiiHton in Mexico In 1DM and With Cenentl I'eiMhlng In Mexico in IDlfi. Wall Street Report NKf YORK, Dec. 14. ( Ily the Associated I'ress) Kpcctilalors for the advance regained control of the price. nioveient In today's murket despite sporadic waves of hear aell iuig and jiroflt taking. Thero was heavy ncctiniulatlon of railroad shares, Ilnek Island being hid up over three points while Chosnpoakn and ohl". Ht. Louis Houlbwestern, Chluigo nnd Northwestern, IJrle com mon andr Peoria and ICastern were elevated to .new )ilgh levels for tho year. ,.' Heiiorls of roi'ord-breaklnff holl nay trade stimulated demand for tho merchandising .issues, s. t. Kresgo standing nut with ti gain of 15 points. The closing was strong, HaleB apprriximnted 1,1100,000 sliares. . a llnhlt Is Tim Stiiin NKW VOItK. Lnrene Lynch, drlv cr for n grain firm, has had his first day off in fifty yenrs, lie observed It by lounging around his employer's slnble. Valentino Aided Ily Army. ISO.MK. The fasclstl have prevtl. ed a boycott proposed agnlnst Valen tino films because of Itudy's Intention tit l.ni,.mn a iWIv.ki nl if... fnl...! ffl ' '"" 'J""'" Titntes. .Militia In tho theaters per mitted no noise but applause. WAM.A WAI.t.A Mayor Hen F. Hill say nn exhibition of the "ChrtrloN toni 'last ngihi. Nm mnr for Walla Willi" lie nfif keil. A dare hall proprietor Is going nhend with pinna for nn. announced exhibition next week despite tho mayor. Portland Judge Says Hip Pockets May Be Searched M M M 4 4 ! I'OUTLANU. Ore.. IVr. l-l. (A. 1'.) UulKiriK hip pnrkotH H mny ho invpHtiKiiKMl hy nruhlbi- tlim oflVl;ilw. official namMlon was nivpn toilay by Tuitrd States Disirli-t .luduo It. S. ltean ti wai-fh hip pockois if iluy look KUKploinUS. "Tho rotiHiitut inn tluos not prohibit all search hut only suoh J I n.aroh as may bo unroaminahlo," ! doolarod tho jutltfo In tleciriiiig a motion In tho cn.so of iho I'nitoil 4 States ani I list Jo Witoil anil Alv!n Lund is, fi'hn ' demanded lhat certain testimony he thrown out because the hip pocket t J Kearch of Landis had been made in an unconstitutional manner. S AMERICA IN 775 Arizona Professor Finds Im plements Which Indicate America Was Discovered 700 Years Before Columbus Landed Scientific Opinion niviHoH UiviULU. Tl'CHON'. Ariz, Dee. 14. (A.P.) A disconnected stnry in Latin nnd lle- brew inscriptions on leaden crosses nnd Implements of war, said to date bach to the eighth or ninth century, may telt of a discovery of America prof essor of peoloy n t the Un i ver slty of Arizona-and director nf the excavation work, asserts taht the rel ics may shed new llht on the enrly history of America. Dr. Parle hns constructed r theory that a Kroup of Romnn Jews lunded In America about 77 5 n. m.. joined Iwllh natives of the southwest either by alliance or by conquest, nnd estab lished a Kinptiom mat nisi npproxi- ! mtilnlif inn wnneu iitlinn Vin nnllipnu on. (,,,....., t. Mv,,,r,. I ; " ' ' ' ' "" ; '"' voihhi ami overinrew me iniinn MKBSK IEWS MED IN i hi. ni in nn inn won pjgiiteen games. Inst five nnd tied eovery however, from various sections ,nl.,,p, Th,H vea. nI.my WM ,h of the nation enmo ritihlors opinions frst lenl)) to 01.rk Nalt.e rm 19..4 I from nrchneologists nnd scientists ns champion, defeating them L'S tii 0 The i to the validity nf the find. I West Point tenm was defeated hv i Two University nf Arizona tfof-sy. ve 28 ,0 7 , nU(,ky rtlnei anil ' fors Indicnted concurrence with I!won from the nnvy In their hig game ' Rnrle's views lis to the nnllqully of the 10 , 3 S relics, according to their stntements , ..cptnn McEwnn Is a member of nubile Inst night. Dr. Myron th1 nntlonnl rules committee," M.il- With the announcement nf the dip -""""". "'';" '" ui. ur.:.me..,nKy .11- , ' " ' i i "r """ "" "'- ' "" " "closely re semblert that In use nbnu t I II A. U. Professor Frank Fowler, head of the university of rlaslc languaKcs Is reported to have trsnslated the In scriptions on the crosses nnd other roji,-n which tell of being cnrlred out to sen and nf discovering a new Innd. A dynnsty of kings Is referred to be- ginning with Tbeodorus nnd Including neven Isrnels. A number nf the relics were said to have borne Instrlptions dealing principally with wnrand hat- ,IR' the only tlmo he could get all the members of both committees to nl- Disabled War Veterans nri. t I The meeting wns a complete sur- Gtven Free Licenses nrBp to tudenta nnd members of the fnculty who thought the selection I of a coach would he held over until nfter tho hnlidnys because of examln rOIlTLANIl, Ore, Dec. ll.-fA. P.) utmns. All dlsnliled war veternns who nrn , . . , entitled to government compensation I after Mny 2R, l!i2li, will ho Issued fne hunting and fishing ticenscB in Ore gon, the Htnto gntne conitnlsslon de cided today at its regular meeting, ; .InmcM TnvlH llcslgns. . WAHIIINflTON, nee. 14. (A,.I.) -.lames tl. Davis, director general of railroads presented his resignation I to president Coolldgo today, having completed his work of winding up the arfairs of the office, " HOUSE APPROVES INCOME TAX CUTS OLD SURTAX RATE IS CUT IN HALF WAHHIXfJTfif;, T)e 14. (A. P.) Tie house today approved the normal and surtax Income rates contained In the new. tax bill. Reduction!!) surtax rntcs from n maximum of forty to a maximum of twenty per cent was approved after a threo hour fight. rb normal Income t0tes wero. accepted without' chal lenge. An amendment by Representative Halney, mocrrit, Illinois, to make h maximum surtnx rate twenty-five ll!f cent wns rejected Iflfl to 117 Tnolher by Repinntntlvo Latluar- 0RE60N CETS M'EWAN OF WEST POINI Military Academy Football Mentor Engaged to Coach at University of Oregon for, Five Years Comes With Excellent Record of Victo ries Decision Rushed. KI'f!KN13. Ore., John J. MeKwan, the I'nlted States for the last three Dec. 14. Paplain football coach at Military neadeiuy years will be the new ranch at Ori'Knn. After a lenmby discussion this mornlm; attended by the combined athletic committees nnd executive council Captain Mr lOwnn was chosen from a list of more than inn mentors nil over the I'nlteil States who were considered for the post, It was nnnouneed by lyarl On thnnk. executive secretary of the university, nnd Walter Malcolm, chairman of the nthletlc committee and executive council and president of tho student body. 'Captain MeKwan will be on the enmpus next year, but he will poach football only," said Viritll D. Karl, di rector of athletics, who recomniendd MeKwan. 'Me is nt present at Porto ,HI,, ftnd 11 wm a for him to wind up his nffuh-H, nut ho W,M " "ere for Hllrinff li'nctiee. Can- tllin MeKwan will hnve to resign from the army. I "While nt the nrmy Hehool Captain Muluvnn made nn envlable-reeonl. In tho Kfnio with the navy, the Mr one for the cnuets, a scoreless (In resulted and the nrmy won the Heooml 10 to 3," Mr. Onthnnk declared. "We gnvo 'lIrr a five years' contntct. Ft l nnr fu ture poliey to iut nthletlcB on a firm , hnKltf'ntl w ir irnlna to tflyo pptnln MeKwuii every, onporttmlly to m:ike good," ' ', t, ,,,,.. - rtefore. hecom1nff' hemi"' enneh !rt 1A2J.. Captain McFIwnn wni nuRlHtniK for four years to Major Duly, now ad visory coach ni Ilfirvard; Captain MeKwan Btnrted hlH enreer in l!Ul as , a player on the University nf Minne sota team. In ID 12. 1013 nnd 11)14 he played at West Point. He was In the World wnr from 1H15 to UH8. return Inp in 1 f ) 1 0 to become assistant to Major Daly. As soon as Mnjor Dnly was trans- forred to Hiirvard ' . . MclSwnn was ap- .pointed couch unaer nts leadership the nrmy hns i ,. remnrked In discussing the mer- Its of the new conch. "I feel certain mat tne student body wi heartily npj' nrove our eh o ire ' ' 1 llecnuse this Is examination week, the regular procedure of first having tho athletic committee sift through the names of prospective conches and select one to go to the executive coun-' cltl nnd then hnve the cnnncll finally vote .on him. and employ him. if sat isfactory to that hody, wns done nwny with 'nnd Instead the athletic nnd ex ecutive bodies met together. The meeting wns cnlled early this morn ing. Malcolm exnlnlned ns' that wns' NEW YOniv Dec. 14 (A. P.) Oiptnln ,Iohn ,1. McKwnn has been head football conch nt West Point for the Inst threo yenrs, during which his elevens have, twice beaten nnd once tied Iheir historic rival, tho Nnvnl nendemy. MrRwim gnlned famo lis' a cadet, plnylng with the nrmy lenms nt llll.l, 1014, lOlfi nnd 11)10. during which four year period the , West (Continued on Pago Klght.) din. soclnllst of New York, to make It thirty per cent was defeated over whelmingly. The new rates ar ono nnd one-hnlf per cent on tho first $4000 ot taxable Income, three per cent on tho next f400ii nnd G per cent on the remain: der instead of 2.4 nnd 6 per cent re spectively ns In tho present law. The house nlsn approved without discus slon tho section of tho hill providing thnt the limit of Income on which the 2fi per cent deduction for "earned In come" applies shall he IncrenaeU from 910,000 lo 120,000. (Continued on Pago Eight.) O O.