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Medforb Man, Tr.ibttnf. Weather Year Ago Maximum .. 42 Minimum 2a Rilljr Twenty-third YeiBTN O MEDFORD, OREGON'. "WEDNESDAY. DKCKMHKK . lD-'S No. 270. The Weather FortNitst Fair, but with local Unt. Continued cold. Lowest, about iM. Highest yesterday a 83 Inmost ll Us niortiin 20 Precipitation Trace Today INTERVENE By Arthur Brisbane ' MH I II P T Mose Cafi Cluck. ) U YIUllL Free Young Women. . rrr.niiinr- Champion Boy and Girl. I1 lNvL Bolivia Kills a Few- ; 10 I KUmluL (Copyright. 1928, by Star Co.) KAl'KLOK ISLAND, Cia., ih-c n.-inaiiivrc-.t parts dir. fcroiil thin-is, arc iinpoi"limt. ! At Harvard it is the astronomi- j cal instrument that reveals Hi."": new variable stars. At Holly-1 wood, it is the variable star that eau reveal ltl.'i new emotions. In Wall Street it is the broker j wno knows when to "to in audi when to j;o out. Down here on this east eoast of tieor-iiii on Howard (.'ot'fiii's shoot in"; preserve, the import-, . r , . ant person is Mose, who ean nun tate the cluck of a wild turkey, , , Mose, colored, thinks lie is S . years old. Isn t sure. 1 here IS no uncertainty about his ability to imitate wild turkeys. He , . ... ... -i, puts liis tinkers on either side of his nose, while hiding ill the ii ii i i,,ir ' bushes, clucks, and wild turkey ,'ollblers walk up to be shot. hi i -i i i. in..l.m. "1 always imitate the turkey hen," says 5lo.se, "because of the two, the gobbler is the more foolish." It is that way with men, as OVed ill history Of Cleopatra , i, i- . id other ladies. pr and Tl .ZVT! C..,n, iiiiuc .(uiiiis ' l'liirliniil Mari'i'rv Slinri). Nan- , . '. i- t i United states in the affairs of ey Samuel and Amelia t'"ek-oth(,r Ani(.ri(.an nations was hart, are here, to debate with ! brought up by Senor Yrlsoyrn. ., . . Mr. Hoover explained that inter- AllieriCllll college girls. vention by the l ulled Slates had The Uritisli and .American 'not been undertaken with the de . , .., - . , siKn of protcetiliK American eco- yirls will argue from viewpoints nomi(, lllt01.slSi bllt waa fol. te ns fur apart as the moon and guardinc the lives of Am?rican rarth. Krom their cradles they j,'"lzon' h,. views. . T iiave been thinking oli lilies fat-1 re sident Yrisoyen was tmder- , stood tiien to ha e referred lo J'l,,''l l!. ,i il,.,,- n.n.n.. I b t v.ililli Iiik ' ' " ' , I speeches and llr. Hoover was said "ead, tvas found besldo the curb cess Adelaide and the Htillsh been too IllUCll llllllipcreu, '.llto have ri.p,P(1 lhat Ml Cooirt,o of a south side street. For many: freighter Hanipholm wore In col liave bossed women too much, j had been obliged to proceed as ho hours ho was marked on the cor-' llslon in KiikHsIi Hay shortly after Ml I,-,,,. "a" ,on-: ".' V!T ot. tl!" ci,tuI"- oners records as tho victim of ai H a- . today. , ,l, ,iv t.w.lr ! loii - activities ill Chicago included l , 1. !,:. I ,..,1 jliugniK nic L'irl in the I'nited States. TI...1..M1 Ct-uiHiluil n Kim tli Da. iiviiimi '- ..."- --- .ins itiiiiuiic solely on a cum ui kota girl, who won the female hc circumstances involved. Mr. . . j Hoover did not reply when I'resi cliallipiOllship, IS 1( years Ol(l.jdont yrllsoycn expressed tills be- bloude, strong, weighs V-''lef. pounds, ' feet U inches tall, drinks plenty of milk, no tea or coffee, and expects to be a teacher. . The boy champion is William Tobias of Michigan. 15 years old, weight 1:10 pounds, " feet ' Ii inches tall, likes boxing, ad mires Pcmpsey. Also drinks lots of milk. Milk dealers, please notice this in your adver tisements, k " From a live stuj-y, and ninny other points of view, these are fine American children. Hut somewhere in America, there is a little baby shivering in its mother's arms, delicate, Willi a thin little body, a big head, wide anxious eyes, thai some day 'will do things that the healthiest boy and girl will never do. Write that down for your comfort, if you have u child that isn't so robust. raraiiiiayaiis in a raid acrosi Molivia"ts border lill 2."i lloliv- lans. nu- in the battle of Kort l l,:n 1.ui Hoqiicron Iiiians kill 100 Paraguayans, who do t lie best they can and kill 20 more Ho livians. llollvla celebrated on Smi lay :tnd "Paraguay Is preparing lo meet the situation." that is to say prypsring to kill more llollvlans. That llollvlans used iilrpl tims In their attack should Interest our peo pic at Washington, some of whom think the airplane Is still a iov. Parnguar -lecuses the Uolivlaqd of using American 'au to pur chase fighting tna-.er;" " (Continued on Pace Four.) ! I .Argentine Newspaper Quotes, Hoover As Saying Inter vention in Americas By U. S. Has Ceased Pre vious Action to Protect American Citizens. V. S. s. ITAll. leo. 1!". (!') I'icsidcnt-olcct Hoover wfll i:o direct lu Florida from Itio do ! jlin,.lv Tho decision ot Mr. Hoover wan 'unuoumeu tuuay as the I,'. S. H. ,., hm towlird ltlo Ja. noiro, Tho now plan necessitates ' cancel hit inn of Iho proposed visit " OomlnRO. Havana and .Mexico, which never had been definitely aminucd and depended j u"'on developments. j I ih.-k.nos aihks. Wee. is. m a Kpoea, a newspaper which s BCIM.r.lIly rcf,:inWa !1B a 8Uukes- llnan for President Yrixoyon, said 'today that Ilcriiert Hoover in con- .,.,,, wm, tho Al.Bl,nm. ,.,.,. Iitent told hlin thai in the future: 'the roiled States government' ,, 4 ,.,.,', ,.. ..: toriiiitionul affairs of other coun-' tries, that It would respect their j sovereignly ami would recognize j their rights tu manage llu'ir own i problems. j resilient Yrigoyen was quoted as sayinr. that lie helieved that Mr. Hoover was not in accord .., ,,, , , . . ,..,,.,.., ,...i with tile ideas of l'resident Cool !lde - .r .said that the Tho nuWspape xul ject of intervention liy tli views of intervention expressed i i i ,1 .. ., , rnii,i. i i, ' L.T,,e """cr .mi9 ."",t. 1',;C8!dl',.lt lilifoyen next aeciareu inai believed that Mr. Hoover ." ''". vm" M.e.ueas ot rres.- ',dcnt CoomiK-. lrlguypi, anueu that Mr. Hoover hail answered adopted .'.,.',.. .., I lie piijiei men iuoieil .tir, jiiio- ver as mylny lliat the American people were opposed to tho policy of intervention and lhat ho' was in a pos'tlon to statu emphatically He concluded by saylllK tliat In (lie future there would be no In terventton by the I'nited Stutes Government In the internal .affairs of other countries; that their sov ereignty would be respected and that their r'ahta to manage their own problems would be reeou nlzed; SELF IN T CIIK A;t). Dec I!'. I1'I Thomas' I'agnl. traffic pollceiiian. was pea-. ticing the fascinating art known ntitck on the draw.' I lie was getting pretty good, r rom a posture of aioohtte mm- his hand to his holster, whin forlh' the weapon and bluze away. it ceased lo be a mailer of seconds: ; II became a matter of split er- onds. ; It got so that Officer Pagnl s finger would curl uround the trlg- TOO QUICK ON nRAW mm H'GH; i Ur rv'"n " the weapon was leap- ern firegon may lia0 plenly h,.,' H.or time to do n of their imllet whm well r.n it. wv Wmir, I.- ....... I It got so fnst. In fact, thut Of- fleer Pagnl pulled the trigger be-, fore the gun wa out of the bol- stcr: which explains why ho was In the hospital today with a bullet In his thigh. . To( Travel. ! NEW VOKK. Dec. 19. iP Veronica Wolonin. aged 8. and her Mster, Anna. 5, have com from Voland all alone to Join their 'ather In Youngstown. O. whom they have not sen since they twer Infanlfl. Their mother 1b ead. PRESIDENT OPENS AIR FETING Pre6ident Coolidge and his secretary, Everett Sanders, at the opening session of the international conference on commercial aero nautics In Washington. Below: Secretary Whiting greeting Orvllls Wright, pioneer In aviation. RACKETEER S MURDERED BY Clyde Healy 'Taken for Ride' Sold 100 Barrels of; Water As Moonshine -Police Search fir Chauf feur, Bart Riley. CHICAGO. Dec. .111. UV.) Two times 'Clyde Healy escaped asaua- slnatlon. yesterday ho didn't. Ilia body, three bullctH In tho '"vampiie" motor. St. WJicn careful examination was made last ,,., ,.,,, ,,..,.. , ,leay, whofo rathe,. Wi, 0 W(.i w,iHeian on tho south ... . . ,.,,,. hu.d hern "taken for a ride" In bis own car. which waa found several blocks away. Search was started for his chauffeur, Burt i;icy. Police said an unsiieeossf u'l at- lempt lo kill Healy was made some lime uko by the Masters Kans of Mom Moines to whom po- Ii.-o were lold, Healy sold 100 bar- rd or water which wan supposed to be moonshine. Another at- alnst his lll'o was made Iiik the .-lavlnir of a west side tailor, who trafficked In liquor as a side line. A theory that Healy was con nected Willi a I'troll -Chicago drug and liquor smuggling ring was under investigation. ' I f'HICAflO. Die. lit iff) Uoinb (ers who heretoforu nlwuyK lmvo I kept- out frf siht, etimo into the , open lust nlKlit ami hlew up Hie junk shop of Kudmun und Doppelt jon Keavtit street, j Instead of throwini; the "plne lapple' and then driving away nn I sen. these hotnlM'i'H ntered tho 'shop and overpowered a pperjal n.. .-. . ' . CHICAGO GANG - nun tne can money market still one ol the men held his victims sll(wlng no signs of the expected nway wiih a gun. the other placed stringency, stock prices moved un it bomb In the emter of the ptace waru Jn jniU-RKKivo fashion today and lighted the fuso. HH niyitK orderH were generously "del out of hern after WO tllHlii billed over n wi,l., llul of lea vc on bomber said to the two men. nicy urn. iik- oiasi nuiwu several hundred dollars damage, ' i-.omc 01 .Mono-i jvu-nouo. m, r partnciv. was bombed wn.r. He said he had been threatened for failure to Join junk dealers ns-oclation. .stutrs (I;h-ii. t lioginning lomorrow night. Thursday. Friday and Salur- day all Medford stores will remain open unt I 8:30. so that every shopper In south- Christmas KbopiiliiK. T.w fin itnnil.t- the TnitiorltV ) ' "'e storey will c'osc at p. m. Kveryonc Is urged 'o do their shopping on the three nights that the stores " oi"-n. The Medford mcr- iT cnarus neueve mat ine ouy 4 Ing public will be glad to co-operate and do their hop- f ping this week, thorehy glv- Ing the clerks and store man- ! agements an opportunity to enjoy Christ mm eve. MKDFOHO MERCHANTS' ASSOCIATION. 4 Ml l 1 P i Id SHIPS CRASH ! ENGLISH BAY IN THICK FOG ! .Canadian Pacific Steamer Princess Adelaide Hits Freighter Transfer Pas sengers to Princess Royal Ship in No Danger. .VNCOUVKK, . (J., Doe, ,!.- 1 hi1) In onn of the densest foKK this j year tho Canadian raclflo. Railway ! company's coastwise steamer I'lin- The Princess Adelaide bound for i Victoria and Seattle with passen- ireis. was ,l.,nie.l I,..,. ..nl.. room beiK reported flooded. Im- medlu.ely . after the crash the llaiunhol.n launched lif ts and l0l,l the Adelaides passengers were lalcr taken from the steamer by the Princess Hoyal of tho Canadian Pacific fleet, which ns In tho vicinity and hrotiKht "'"' back to Vancouver, " '" first reported lhat the Adelaide has been beached, but "as denied. Two Canadian ''arlflc rullway tuita were slandlnK 1,10 vessel shortly after tho col- IihIuii und It was said she waa not 111 immoilinte (lunger. The Hainp. """" aiso susiamed damage. ' STOCKS IVE UP IN ENTIRE LIST .!.. w i u kk. Dec 19. flr copper, motor accessory, steel, au- lomoblle. merchandising, fnrin Im. pigment 1(1res and specialties. At njlMt lwo KHIlf,M ,nuVcd Up 2 to 5 point, with a sprinkling of .,. ,,.,;. s to 3ti ,,,, Many of Ihe high priced spec ialties became highly buoyant In ihe In.i 1 r u. A I up lO'.i polnl:'. while llndlo : ternat'onal Nickel. Philadelphia Co., and Ilussla Insurance forged ahead 10 to 1 points. The clos- Ing was sti proxlmaled K Ton 100.000 shares. BOND IS A KAN IllSHNAftniNO. Cal., Dec. 19. P Kred J. Hmlth. Hon of tho noted song writer. Carrlo Jacob - Hond. died of a gunshot wound through the head, "self Inflicted. with suicidal Intent." a coroner' I Jur: found here. Hmlth body was 4 1 found In hlv Lake Arrowhead cab 4jln ftr prolonged absence from 4 1 hU Hollywood home had caused a search to be made for him. PnilHPII uiKinc 0AAMT0 DMn iiiiii vitii vviivi i.A .uuum i.i i 1 1 ii 1 1 J I UUUI1UIU 1MMLU VJIIIjlllU IH1U Hi nn ai CMnrnrrn! Airu yrvinn -.tiiM i r u rm rnrrn lvrvu v ta . i OFFICE TERM: Clean Slate for Incoming Administration Assess-1 ment Ordinances Passed Great Amount of lm- provement Work Noted By Carkin. 1 The dlHnRreenhle iok i-xinthiB j laxt nUtht wiiM much preferable t' ihi fn it of ilviiKu Kiiioke In th' city ! emmell eliarnher oeeaHloned by .Mayor O. it. Alenderfer ha v Iiik pifjenlel a box of elKUt lo the eouneilnien and other eity off trials present, whleh (Ihe eltcai H bely ing I heir fine and expensive looks eontatned the 'worst colbetlon of smells 'ever put In tobaeeo eon talners. I Despite this handicap the eouii , ell, at this Its last meetinn. worked I rapidly and late In cleaning tip all pending elty matters, so as to leave a elrau slale for .the new mayor and epiinell when they come into offlep on January 7. J Included In this work of clean- Inu up odds and ends of municipal ufialiH was the passage of 3ft ordi nances spreading the assessments j for all paving and gravellm? witrk done on as many streets the past year; ordinances relating to indi vidual property settlements and other pending matters. Also "much routine business was transacted. When the cigars, so-called, pre sented by the mayor. In commem oration of Its being his last council meeting hctor leaving offbv, had been going for twenty minutes the most of the spectators rushed out for fresh a I r, a nd I "It y A 1 1 or ney John II. Uurktn shed his coat lu desperately xeeUIng relief, but the co u lie I linen sat rooted in their cushioned chairs, unuhlo to move and still puffing nway In pretense of enjoying the smokes. lncldentully, during the passage of the many ordinances relating to ppreadlng the assessment s on the paved and gruveled streets, City Attorney Catkin remarked that d u rl ng the f ou r years of M iiy or AlenderfeT's admlnlMtrutlon more reul ami costly Improvement work had been done In the elty slncn the tf)'eut.j4ioujti of Improvements done, undnr the administration of Mayor Cunnoii In the boom days, w h ich had hereto f o re held tho record, and that this fact hud gen erally been overlooked because the many improvementa done under the Alenderfer administration:) were scattered over a larger urea duo to the growth of tho elty. The greatest single Improvement In the pust four years wiih the establishment of the mlllluii dol lar water system. This side issue statement by the city attorney threatened for a time to bring out other laudatory comments on feats of tho present admlnlsrutton und was only avoid ed thru" the count! tmen realizing In time that such remarks might nrliig torth another box of cigars from "Ills Honor." Among tho new business, trans acted last night was deciding that the change, of administrations will take place Wednesday night, Janu ary 2. with both tho old and new mayors and the old anil new city councils present; the decision that on that night bids will be received for the construction of the new flro station, and also that the ao,ooo In bonds for the construc tion of that station und for the purchase of the new fire equip ment will be advertised that night. Hlds will ulso be received thai night for the establishing of the new lighting system for tho Hlxth street, which cost for the lighting district will be met by the issu ance of elty warrants, ' that the diMtrlct claims It has buyers for. The newspaper reportem present at me council meeting last night were not offered uny cigars by the mayor. OF WASH I X'f ITf I V I lee. . I 'I IPi. ln-jric l'n American confei-onie "eclal committee on the Ilollvlan- I'uraguayan dispute met today to oriMHier means of rccomrlllng tho two nations. It was expeetfd thai uhoutd tho committee 1 able at once to agree upon 11 plan of action, a plenary session would be called for lato afternoon to ratify lt proposal. The Bolivian minister and the Paraguayan delegate to the arbi tration conference ut tended the special committee meeting In the expectation that their presence would bo required by the con ferees. I'AKIH, Dec. IK. iA) Foreign Mlnlster Ilrland of France, who In president or the League of Nations council, and 8lr Eric lirutnmond, secretary general of the league, reached an agreement today that peace meaauree In the western hemisphere had removed the ne cessity for calling a apcclul sesiflon of the league council. "FOSSIL MOsSS-sH Full History of Evolution Represented in Specimens Natives of Section Primitive Location of Find Kept Scientists. Secret By IIIOliKKLKY. Cal.. Dec. 111. ll') - Two I'nlverslty of Calltoruia scientists wero preparing today for classily.ng a ton of fossils found In a hitherto unexplored New Mexican earlhbed. said to have specimens from every geo logic age from 7.1. 0(10. ouu years ago. up lo 7.000.0U0 years ago and so valuable to science lhat Iho discoverers refused to reveal Its location. The scienlists are Prof. C. 1. Camp, curator of amphibians and reptiles and V. 1.. Yahdorhoof. museum collector. They said their discovery was made in a section of the state so remote that the natlvoH thresh llieir grain with hand flu l-t and grind their own flour. Schools are 7-' miles apart. and the residents seldom speak ungiish. i.eepiy rebgious. tho people sain (he scientists, casti gate themselves wilh whips and wear cactus lu their sandals by way of penance for their sins. lu ill 8 thinly-peopled upland. Ibe Cutiforuiii expedition found u district where the great cnntl-j ncntal divide had shoved up. and exposed to view many old) slrala, revealing fossilized remains I of animals which died millions of! years ago. "These strata contain the fos-j sllizcd bones of animals from most i YVIXK Texas Dec l'l OPl of the Important mas ot Ihe past. 1 T, ,.,v ,.eH01.ts weT0 co8C(l"here to s;arting with the permlan period ,illy ,, ,.,. o( ,.Ui?,0ns and Iran, more than 75.000.000 years ago, HicMH .,. n(,,t ror law violations and continuing lo tho eoiupara-1 ,. fr (,eilonlng following tho lively recent inloreno period, clns- g0ateHt ,;,;, u lawlessness this Ing perhaps 7.00(1 ooo years ago. tuTbulunl il-lioum town has known, said Ihe report. Issued by the sol- T,e allogod violations Include llq entlsts yesterday. uor, gambling, narcotics and auto Tlrst Itcptll -s. uhoft Inws. The repoit added that In one Attracted ! the commotion bed reprasen atlvo of tho triasslu which a privuta letitl betwoen rum period, tho first ago of reptiles runners and liljackets arouaed hero were to be found remains of Iho mis week, federal and slato officers rcpl.lcs, whluh . bexim ..ruplacliiK dosconried un tho town In force last ihe amphibian Inha-bltanlH of tho niK,t and proceeded to a HWlft and earth as tho swamps turned to bOslnesallko cloanllp. dry land. In another stratum, While the fodurul dry agents, cits representative ot tho erotuceous tonis and narcotic Inspectors and period when (ho reptiles had over- Dyer act Investigators sought vlo run tho earth were found fossils lutors of national laws, Texas rung of dinosaurs, crocodiles, etc., later , ers enforced Ihe state gaming laws ages, tho paleceno w here prlmi- by raiding and closln.j II alleged live mnmmals swarmed over tho Kumbllng resorts. Three of the ca lami, and tho mioeeno, when tho slnoa wore said to bo exclusive cs prltnltlve horse, the rhinoceros tabllshmunts wllh no limit on bot ond tiio other more recent specl- j ting. mens had appeared also wero rep- Tho raids cuinu with such start roseniod. lliifs suddenness that all the town's "All Ihe slrala represent a full resorts wore caught l surp'tse history of evolution." tho scion- and officers wero handicapped for lists' report concludes. a tlmn with handling prisoners la The California men said they i wholesalo lots, would, reveal Iho location of thoi Tho eoncertod drive waa precipi "foBsll mine." when they had col- luted by the kidnaping last wook looted all the specimens needed of I'. C. Ilurclinni, locul cafe owner, for their work. Until that tlmo. by ram runners seeking revenge on they Intend to keep It secret from hi jackers for the confiscation of a curious public which might In - terofero with their collections. T ID SECL MANILA. Dec, 1 p. fPj Tra lied constantly by newspapermen seek ing lo establish his Identity. Kiigene ('Nelll, American playwrlghl. to day found In Manila but llltle of the rest and seclusion he has been seeking since his recent arrival In the Orient. O'Neill, who arrived here from Shanghai yesterday under an as sumed name, was positively lilen- 10 ti go I hi O'Neill. t If led today through his passport, and correspondence and notebooks bearing his name. Choosing to remain aboard the learner Co hi en ty, which brought him here, O'Neill spent a sleep less night last night, duo to the heat and the nolo Incidental to the loading of cargo. Ho looked haggard thlg morning. n i St '-'resents o r Sets Twins n Seven Years, (.'. liobey here, bringing the fr total number of children In i the family to fourteen. ' We mls-ed the unlucky , number, anyway." liobey said j philosophically today. j "Doing well." was the re. port on the mother and the 4 fr twins a bov and girl to be n0,nt"i i,n,i ron-1; s a nee.- t Jtoth the mother and father arc members of large fami- ! i lies. .Mrs. liobey. formerly j j M'.st Anna Barbara .Mldle- j t4- coff of Italthnore li one of ; ' is children and her husband i 4 one of IS. . . . Hijacking Feud Precipitates Campaign Against Law lessness in Wink, Texas Thirty Resorts Closed Prisoners Arrested By i Wholesale. , a $600,000 cargo of liquor being brocjlit In from Hie Mexican bor der, llurcliam, nllnsoil lender nT the hljuckeis, was found yester day nflor n 36-hnur senreh In which 100 men participated. Ho had been left lu die. in an Isolated water trough In the semi-desert, but managed to escape bis fastenings. Ho had wandered two days without food or water. AUOAIil) VilE I!. H. H. FAL CON, OFF Itl.OCK ISLAND, It. I... ( Hy way of tho Rlock Island coast guard rnd!o stution). Dec. IS. (A) Tho auhmarlno S-4, ': which ' remained down by tho stern In 56 feet of water when an attempt to raise her with new ' lifting hooks wus mado last night,; was brought to tho surfuco at :47 a. m. today. The craft had been deliberately sunk without a crew' at 8:21 Monday morning. Although orflcers last night nn- nounced that a third pontoon would be used to float the 23 I -foot ' hulk, .soon after daybreak they entered tho forward torpedo load ing hatch, which was high and dry out of the water and passed through other compartments to t he motor room. This compart ment was found flooded, but from tho control room, which was dry, the water In tho motor compart ment was blown out. The submarine was mink by flooding tho ballast tank In the engine room only and how the motor room took water was not Immediately determined. Two pos sible causes for the accident were suggested. A leak In a wall of the compartment or a leaking gas ket on the door separating- the engine room from tho motor room In the steam. ' UNDERWAY FOR OIL BOOM SUBMERSIBLE HOISTED WITH LIFT! HOOKS HAUL ID E Rothstein Papers Give Tip for Largest Seizure $5,000,000 Consignment Intercpted En Route From France Center Interna tional Drug Ring Believed to Exist in Europe. NEW VOKK, Dec. 13. tY) duo ton of narcotirs valued at $r,oon. non was in the hands of special treasury department agent a today as the largest and latent prize along the trail of Illicit drug trade picked up among the papers of the lato Arnold Kothsteln, slain gam bler. The seizure was made last night at tho pier of the French liner Rochambeau when tho agents In tercepted five picking cases con signed to Philadelphia. Connection between tho consign ment, which Is regarded as the, largest seizure ever made, and tho Itothstein case was made through the link of Joseph VTngei who is under a smuggling charge growing out of developments In the Hoth steln case. Charles II. Tuttle, United States attorney, said agents working on the case here and in Philadelphia hud I ear i led that tho five, packing c.i.ius wore iniemieU tor uiiimaiu delivery to a man named Klein which Is one of the aliases used by Unger. At the tlmo Unger was arrested at Buffalo while enrouto to Chicago two trunks containing narcotics valued at 12,000,000 were seized In New York. Tho federal grand Jury which is Investigating the connection of Rothstein with an International narcotic smuggling syndicate- will be given the facts In the latcot seizure, hhUI Mr. Tuttle. ' . y -'Inig' llul';"- V " "This fiolssuro und tho one mudo Iho other day shows tho existence of a big International drug ring with headquarters in Franco or Switzerland." the federal attorney aald. "Wo will ondeuvor, through tho grand Jury, to establish tho Identity of the persons who manu facture and attempt to smuggle tho drugs Into tho country. Indict them and endeavor to securo their extrudltlun and bring them to Jus tice in this country or, If that t not possible, ondeuvor lo bring them to Justice abroad under tho provisions of our treaty." Mr. Tuttle said tho five cases, which aro four feet square und three feet high, were sent from Somewhoro hi France and that the consignment papers wero made out with fake names and blind ad dresses ut both ends. Four of the cases wero opened by federal agentH and found to bo filled with opium, cocalno and morphine. MILL BARS AND TACOMA. Wash., Dec. HI. lA) Hawing their way through steel bars lo the strains of hymns being sung by prisoners and guards dur ing morning devotional exernlses In tho prison chapel, two prisoners one of them saving u llfo term for murder, escaped from .MrNtli Island federal pentlcptlui-y ubottt II o'clock this morning. The prisoners who staged tlm daring escepo aro Jense n. Wat kins. 25, a lifer, und Alvlu Hodges, serving a sentence of a year for violation of tho national motor vehicle act. The two fugitives apparently made yfrnd their escape from tho Island. Shortly after tho escape was discovered, a rowboat owned by a rancher on tho island waa rt ported missing. Will Rogers Says NEW YORK. Dec. 19. I saw the picture of tho Taru RuayHn and Rollvlan army. Tex Rlckard used to bo down In those two countries. Why don't they let him put on that fight for them? I saw a hockey gume he put on here Sunday night, and war la kinder offem Inate after It. He would build a grandstand, ' charge admis sion, and the peanut and hot do? privileges would put even the losers on velvet. Let the winner meet Peru In Jie semi finals, and that winner meet Dempsey In the finals. Yours. WILL ROGERS. BY AGENTS PRISONERS SEVER