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O c The Weather Forecast Ilaln; colder tonight. - TemiHTHture above freezing. Highest yeslerttay Invest thU morning 52 Medford 1 Tmbui1 e Weather .Year Ago Minimum te WLAIL Diily Twenty-third Tef Wtrfcly Fifty -uevMith Year iToSylil BUYER I B Arthur Brisbane j Bears, Beware. Wasted Values. Millions Die, What of It? (Copyright. 11128, by Btr C. Like ii man half heartodly swearing off, in the mornm), the world is trying to give up war. And this country, which never started a war against Kti rrsjip, is expected to do most of the reforming. It's like asking Moody and Sankey to sign the pledge first, or entreating the l!ev. Dr. Straton not to believe in Darwin. The individual must solve his own problems, with the use of will power. "The heart know oth his own bitterness." Kneli of us knows what is wrong with him, and what he ought to do. Few of us do it. Nations know what they ought to do. None of them do it. Ku rone nnirht to ston fighting, and can't. We ought to mind our own business, and can't. J For American prosperity, the! outlook is good. Prosperity J demands net ion and the upend-1 ing of money, lots of money. This present prosperity is based: on the pouring o'lt of a hundred ', billions, in the war. I Herbert Hoover is ruining in.' He. will get action and will spend money, wisely. Business will boom. J The pessimists and the bears ; have days of sorrow ahead. - l flirent are the values that so to waste. When the .Spaniards brought hricks of silver down from the iimuent Cerro tie l'as- co mine on bamas, they tossed usitle the copper taken out. It ivas not worth transportation. It's worth millions now. In sutrar mills the problem was to x' r'ul of the ''bagasse," irfmnd up eane, from whleh snjiar had been taken. Xow ex cellunt buildinj; material is made of that waste stuff and Hawaii is starting to make pa per of it. ' The prentest of all waste goes on inside the human brain, of which 000 one-thousandths remain idle and unused, even in w'll uianaced brains. Millions of brains do not work at all, only remember and repeat, nev er create. lint that will chnnpp.", Con sider what ants and other in seets accomplish, having been hero many million years ahead of us. We are only 12,000 yearn from the late stone age, which is the most encnuranini' fact in history, (live men ten lo fifty million morr years, with deep ening eonvoluations, and in herited knowledge, and see what they will tin. A mud wasp, as Fabre shows, is born knowing how to perform a most delicate surgical opera tion, difficult for a skilled man. New born human babies, 50,(100,000 years hence, will know more of mathematics than Xewtiin knew when he died more of music than lleethoven and Hack combined.' It Is prcillcIetUhnu'J.aOn.oOO will tlln In Kuima.prnvlmT thin winter, uhont hall t" population. Famine and cold will. kill the greater num ber, ftfohanunedan fanatics, con tinning their !naKKacre. for the Klory of Allah, will kill the other". Kanxu la 1 111111 mile north of Shanghai, and when asked why so little la done for the miserable peo ple of Kansu, ShanKhal answers, "They are so far away." ' No wonder they seem far away to JN. What we do not. actually sec disturbs ns little. Kamlne China, yery mild sympathy? earthquake rtnstroyini' all lite on the planet (Continued on Page Tour). GUILTY OFi Judge Rules Purchaser Vio lates Law if Transporta tion Factor of Agreement ; New York Broker Is! Fined Decision Hailed. As Important Step. PHILADELPHIA, Pa., Dee. 27. ; (P) Allied E. NorriH, New York broker, was today fined $2000 on '. u charge of conspiracy to 'violate' the federal prohibition law In the ' transportation of liquor. i The fine was imposed by fed eral Judge Wlllia"! !!. Kirkpattick, . who ruled that the purchaser of : liquor in sallly of violating the iuw u transput wuiun enters nuo i the agreement T0 decision was re sard oil as highly important by the local fed oral authorkies as t lie defendant raised the question that under the eighteenth amendment and the Vol stead act it was no crime to ch a kg li'iuor Morris was indicted with Joel D. i Keiper of Philadelphia, so-called' "society bootleji-;er," who is serv-! ins IS months In the federal peni tentiary for violating the prohibi tion law. WASHINGTON. I)"-. 27, --fp The decision of Kederul JudK Klrl; put rk'U in Philadelphia, thnt a purel asei' of illesn 1 liquor is guilty of vbtlatini; the prohibition law wherf transpurtiithui liters Into the sale was huilerl by IVuhi hllion Commissioner Do ran .today as an important step toward pre venting bootlegging. in the majority of cases such liquor lias to he transported he said, "ami the involving ol the pur chaser in the law violation will do inuch toward prevent!.:.;; such pur-! chases." tp yjx CHICAGO, Doc. ni'isuns were killed earlv todav ivhMi. . M.. Hi... tt-iiln Hlrliolr fill automobile at a grade crossing in Oak l'ark. j . The automobile, carrying seven ' iinsHengvrs, had stopped as one , tra n sped by, and then hail gone (.ahead, directly Into the path of the other. The dead were: Heni-v t) 1 s e n, (driver), l'.erwyn. 111. Mrs. Henry Olsen. fin Ivor olsen. Airs, llalvor Olsen. Their son, A r n o 1 d, 7, and daughter, Virginia, 1 I. Another son, Howard, 4, was taken to a hospital, possibly fa tally injured. The bodies of tlro.se killed were mangled, the train stiik.ng the touring car squarely in the center. One boy was decapitated. The warning bell had started to ring, witnesses said, as the Olsen car started across the tracks, and other machines had 'mopped to await the passing of i the train. I A charge of crim'nal negll f gence was placed against Joseph jr.ohatry, 47, flagman at the cros ! ing. ttohiury refused to make ja statement, but admitted, police jmld. be failed to lower the cmss inK sates. T SPARE WAS11INGTON, Dec I'". (711 . The American government Is not . disposed to spare Dwlght W. Mor- I row from his services as ambassa- j dor t- Mexift - that he mlht ; rve on the special committee to ul with the r. -piuiitliins problem. Although the selection of Amer- lean expert!, fi't" O't wink was left to the Hilled and (lei n. an govern- merits w hen tills government ns - senled to unofficial mirtlelpnti..n by Americans. Hwnwi'y Kelb took the position today that Mi. Morrow would not be one of those chosen. He said tr. Morrow would return to his post In .Mexico City ns soon as bis duties here In wit-1 nectlon with the I'nn-Amerli an conference i.n iii-bltrntM.n and con ciliation is completed. ! oDWIGHT 1RR0WI1 HIGHWAYS COMMAr-jpER B?RD AND PARTY IN life" 01 mM.x Comm. Hlchcrd Fi. Byrd (center) autographing pictures at Wellington, N. Z., prior to calling to Duns-Jin on the whaler, C. A. Larsen, to join other members of the expedition for the voyago to th j Antarctic. Igloo, the dog in the center, is Commander Byrd's mascot. FLU DEATHS ON E ENDED DEC. 11 'iMaladv Fatal to 710 in 58 HitipR Pnrtlflnrl Rpnnrts' Nine-Seattle High With 15 Pneumonia Also On Increase. WASHINGTON, Dec-. 117. -- P) Kil'lv-.-ii'llt cltlt imlav i(.n.,i-t..,l t..l "... , , ., from influenza occurred duriiiK the week ended lJeeemlujv L'li. 'J'lit' figures compared With 47 ii death.- from influenza in li- cities iluilim the previous week, ('Hies reporting on influenza '" C"r the week ended Ue i-or inc-luileif : , Portland, Or.!., il; Salt Lake City,1 j 4: Kan Di.f,'o, X; Hun Frunrifi'o, il: : loakluml, C'ul., 7; Keuttle. 1.".; Hpo- ' i iiane, 11; Tai-onia, W'asli.,' 3. i j Jn til? Main.' cities tluire were ! l.L'Tl deaths from pneumuniu dur i intf the wuek ended Decern ln;r -'2. j , Cilie.s reported for tlln pruvioli j j week m h o w e d a total of 1,-JII7 deaths. j The weekly deaths of both in fluenza ami pneumonia, 7S citle? reported to the bureau, has in- i creased as follows: j For the week ended November 3: Influenza, til; pneumonia, vember 1 , influenza, 7S ; At)- pneu-j niuiiiii, iiftr; .Msvi'iiiiK'i' i i, Jiuui CM2U. 'J 1 pneumonia, iiX7; No vein -. "miuenza, ion; pneumonia, ' ' 1J,'(',,ni1"'" 1 i f ni luenzn. a us ; pneumonia, KT.3; and December s infhienwi, l'!t 1 ; pneumonia. l.uO'i GO ABOUT FREELY AS ANXIETY PAST LONDON, Dec. 27. (A) It was officially stated at 3 o'clock this afternoon that there was no chang-? in King C.eurffe's condition. The younger members of the royal family are moving about more freely now that there is de creased anxiety regarding the king's Illness. '1 tie kind's son- msikfng WEEK plans for as much hunting as pos- today by Itobert Wnrraek, Hiip'ln Kible. The Prince of Wales has ' tendent of the lighthouses. The decided to make bis K-nton drove j Harten-ltower company, of Uoise., farm in NottiiiKhain bis hunting was lowest of three bidders. All headquarters until February. He! bids will be forwarded to Wash will hunt with the lielvoir hounds ington where award will he made. 1 roii i vision IbiHset on Saturday. The Duke of Gloucester plans to hunt with the (udiii hounds from Queniborough tomorrow. ' 1 The Duke and Duchess of York arrived at Naseby Hall, their hunt tiiu box in tbv Pytchley country, last night and the duke will -bunt wllh the Pytchley bounds. O OPEN TO AUTOS POHTLAXD, file., Ili-c. The Columbia Itiver highway was I cleared of several Ini-hi'. i,r ul,iMh j by county snow equipment and wasl reported safe for travel today by ihe Oregon . Htnte Motor nssocln - . tion. i Twelve Inches of new snow at c.overmnent Camp made chains' Imperative on the loop hlghu ny, I ,,pPn to Kwlm. 1 The highway to the south was ciPr a fr ),rnbrook, Ca.i., ,v,ere the tourist Is advlell to nui i on ebalns until renehlug Iteddinf 1 Northern routes arc open. 1 MEDFORD, OUKliON. Tlll'ltSDAY, DKCIvMH&U i ' Cow Trees Give Paltable Milk and Chewing Gum C1MCAC.O, Dec. ' 2 7. -WIV- i "Milk from contented trees." ; might well be a sIokuii In , Ouatemala. Samuel .1. llecord. wood technologist on the staff of 4 (he Kield museum, has re- I 1 11 rnrwl f nun (Vnl r;i 1 A m erica ! bringing n simple of miik . . ! anil wood from the dilute minn cow tree. The milk is palatable and t tastes and looks nun h like 4 cow's milk. Kecord said a ' dairy" of the cow trees fc would be practical. He added, 4 4 however, that the tree might 4 4 be used more profitably in 4 4 the manufacture, of chewing 4 num. 4' VOLSTEAD SEES NO GREAT HELP IN PRIZE PLAN ST. PAfU Minn., Dec. 27 -m- Andrew J. Volstead said today that ; ne wan noi parucuiariy iinpiesseu by the Mills plan to make pVohi - bition effective. "Major Mills (winner of the Du - rant uoo prize for u program of prohibition enforcement) Ls entitled tt, lt Bood deal of credit for noli proposing a reorganizing' f ihe service," said ;dr. Volstead, author ; Qf the federal enforcement act. "The prohibition forces have been organized almost to death. It has been the bane of the service almost front the verv start." Mr. Volstead, .now leieal advisor Others Injuied included the dep of the northwest prohibition en-ul.v, A. Chavez, H. Sanchez Fraus lorcement district, said the probl-jtro, stui.e treasurer; .lose Almeida, bition bureau already is operating ! nd Mniiuel Ulvero AlhT. tiloiiK the same lines or "Mopping (0 dispiilch said that Fosendo the source" outlined by Major Mills. I Oovnl was arrested and clahn- "Major Mills' suggestions along 'd that four armed men forced other lines do nt imprecs me aslhim to burn the bridge supports, particularly new. The prohibition Another report was that the b u r e a u has been doinn nearly everything suggested by him in his plan." I'OHTI.AND, Ore.. Dec. Ii". (A') Did for 1 -I revolving beacons and one code beacon to light the Port- , laml-Seattle airway were received Butterfly's Heart Is More Efficient Than Human Orean NKW YOHK, Dec. 27. UP The heart of a butterfly Is i v twice as efficient as (hut of a man In at least one respect, a Man's I ; . Man's heart beats In only cllon. 1'rof, ,l.hn II. of Miii-tuioiith colli-ifc 4 j T'llihcy, Is under arrest 111 t'lneln to the A nicricun so- j nitti In a bank robbery InvestlKa- ty of zooloplsls today that j he bad been able to observe : Ml lloran lit tile time he was ab I the hearts of .'ertain butter- ! dueled. n.-eorilinK to Troup's testl Vl flies and niW.worm moths limny at the hearing. beating In both direct lon. ! V This m-rloiHc r.-vi-TKH I i.f heart le-nts. he said, was dl- f covered by .Marcello Malplghl l w oo lived fnt.' H'.2H to llliia. j but Ills nill"in eitient w as dlnredlted by tinny eminent ohm rvcra and lapsed Into ob- llvlon. P '. (lerould's obser- vatlons were described by him us corroborating and ex- tending this forgotten dlscov- ery. s NEW ZEALAND rim mm UUIU1LU UUiUUL CAUSES WRECK; MfVIPAM TDAIM! iiiLftiunn niniii Two Trainmen Killed and Many Passengers Injured Arrested Man ClaimS rr he hlmseir imrrwly cscaiiedj ! death when a bomb was tossed Forced' By Armed Men to'ii, him " bo1fore ttu,i X 3 ipiMiiary election last April. Burn Supporters. A") MKXU'II 1'ITV, De Dispati-lli'K fruni rhiiiuuhuu Htalc inn n ii il .lilt iui-ii vi u mm. ii ii i hi (iovenior Alarcello t;aravuo of tins ( Istatti ol Chihubahua ami a number jot others were, injured when a ! train was wrecked. The locomo- live pluiwud Into an nhyf when it pawed over a hritlye I at .which hurt . ij'M we the wupporlH eakened h" a fire. jduct Uh own investlKatlon, and one portion, V. It, LurhuKO of Ooveruor C'antveo, f.ent'ial Johuh ' that takes time." WhiHlow, Ariz., a Santa Fo nttor- Ferreira," chief of military opura- ; The attorney paused at rt wln-iney, waa hurt HHrloiialy. He Bill' tlgiiH In the statu and ahotit 100 dnw and Ku.ed toward tho Chi- fered an Injury to hlfl hip. A hair otlu'i- pnnnlnenL cltizeiiH were re- ditto river, Huid to contain morn j dozen otherH who received atten- turmr.if from the opening m ii.e Kansas City, Mexico and Oriente railroud link connect inn Chlhua- ineles onto IliM forehead, hua and ojlnata on Sunday when j "Why do wo have more bom li the wreck occurred, i liim's In ChlraKO than other cities? Those killed-' were Francisco Rudrfffueznn, fireman, and Manuel t'aiuUa, u trainman. ! Governor ('maveo suffered a i lacerated face and his condition !was not regarded as serious. Fran - ' cisco Cordero, iretdent of the Chihuahua stale supreme court, was reported today to be in a erfti- - cal condition from injuries sum- i tallied In the wreck. Uborio Seljas, i assistant superintend cut of Hit; I railroad, was given Immediate at- tentlon at the scene of the wreck ! when it was found necessary to ' amputate the toes on both his feet. wreck was the result of an net of a madman. He was stated to have told railroad officials that he was cold and started a fire under the bridge to keep warm and when the bridge eaiOhl Hie, he let it burn. HELD IN LARCENYj .. . . . i l.AN'CA.sTi;il. Pa.. Dec. Ill .(Pt I Hlta Doran, blomb- who became a J j brunette, was In thef county Jail I . today on charge- of larceny grow- Inu out of Ih.. nl.fliiellioi niol i-oli. ' u, yy ,f "'j'H 'n-oup, state high- wuy patrolman, last Ocluber. Write police said ihe young wom- 'an wuh known also as Airs. Hose ; l-i wis and .Mi W illaid Cole. Nhe J told Assistant District- Attorney Mueller that she would plead not i guilty when her case comes in (rial and ItiHlxted that she Is the wife i..f Wlllard Cole, who with Kdwarri linn, ode and' Touliey were with 1 ..."' Doran was a blonde for 1 nwrtv. hIiiIi. ti-r.otterM miiIiI tint mIki ! Is mm- a bninetle. Hhe chan0d the color of her hair, they iiuoted her as saying, as n disguise, ' .Miss Ooran was iiuesllon iiueslloned by P.altlmore detectives In connection with the slaying of Thomas Hevell in llaltlmore last October and two other holdups In that city the same n.'ght. HAI.K.VI. Hlte purchased for erection of new IMO.giiO telephouo buiidititf hem, WITH BLACK HAIR 1FRES1DENT FINDS 27. 1!)'S. REVENUE FROM i I WORK I Chicago State's Attorney Analyzes Situation Citi zens Must Show Cour , age Much Spent for 1 Protection, Is Assertion. llv Allen Ii. hali-yniplt'. Associated I'revs Staft Wrlier. , fllll'AGO. Dec. '-t. (TiJohn i A. swanson. a six feet two giant, 'whose 200 pounds seem cramped ; in the office of the stale s attor ney, which he assumed this month put Chicago crime under the mi- , !ci'os.npe today, analysed lis causes and prescribed his remedy. "Don't look for miracles," t-uld the man who was swept Into oi lice as the voters' protest against j i am pa nt crime. "CiUzeiiH them- j selves must show some of the J backbone and courage which they j expect of mo and my assistants." j He spoke of the bombings that I have desi royed thousands of dol- j lars worth of Chicago property; ; he talked of slayiuus, of hoodlum j ; rule, of gangsters and gunmen; j and he picket! each felony apart, 'seeking Its basic cause. ; The statu s attorney strode ner- 'vuiiHly about the small office In the criminal conns building, lit: Niiol.-n d: i it 1 j l ) 1 ii i-lv ol 1 in in bin irs. ' i The "Iminenstt revenue collect- ,cd by organized crime" Is, in the, (stale's attorney's opinion, the prin-( clpa I obstacle in Chicago tti law : i enforcement. i Takes Time. j ,y KlCUl HOll I C Ol HUH IIIIIIU'IIW collected from liquor law vio- Hatorn, rueKteerH, commercial vice : ksidcrs and nanihlers, and Ih apent for protection," ho said. 'tho pa- troiman of a heat Im 'fixed.' The utate'rt attorney a office niunt eon - secreln of jiast crimen than the river Seine. He pushed his Hpee 111 is a pecul'ar psych oIok.W thin . hoiublng. Why we of Chicago! seem to suffer more troin tiU 1 form of terrorism I, do not know, "Dynamite Is . not hard to ob- 'tain. Vorkern have no great dll' - ficulty In sneaking sticks f mm John where they are employed, j said Muokie. "It waH tho finest Ami it run be' bought without ujfeut of locomotive engineering I great deal of red tape. ' "We hope to shut off the houico;wuh unhurt of dynamite to the racketeers and j blackhanders. l'p to December first, 103 bombs were thrown In Chlcano this year, I More than fiiio persons huve been slain In the city since Juno - ary I.' Ah to tho reason for lheja speed estimated at HO miles nn wholesale homicide, Hlale'H At- hour, and thlH fact, II whh lielleved, torney Kwanson, who was born, J saved the locomotive from piling reared and has lived his entire lug Into the ditch. The locomotive life here, balked In explanation, j and the baggage earn were over '"(live me time," ho parried. "1 the loose rail before it waa tosned have been In office a comparl-1 nnlde, Hendlng Ilia following aloep lively few days and I will be able ern onto the tiea. Seven earn lpfl to tell you more about that later, The new holder of the prose cutor's office Is G4 years old. IIm resigned as Judwc of Cook county circuit court to make the race for state's attorney, at the request of United Slates Henator Denecn and other lenders of the faction In- tent on defeating the ticket of .Mayor Thompson und State's At- l torney llobert K. Crowe. WILD TURKEYS IN T SAPKDO INLAND, (la., Dev. Ii?. iA'f Ha Hying forth in wide som brero, . breecheR and hili boots, President C'ollde this morning banned three pheasants and two , wild turkeys In bis first shooting cxpcdhlon of his mid. winter va- cation on tne spacious esiaie or i his host, Howard K. Coffin, j Plans for today' shouting were! hurriedly made when a bright Ktin i dispelled (be chill salty breeze of the pres rve. The president, ac companied by Colonel Osmun La trobe, his military aide; Alfred W, Jo lien of lirunvwick; IMwnrd Va rey, a relative of Mr, Coffin, and Colonel Htnrllug of the secret nerv- Ice, proceeded from Mr. Coffin's estate on Hnpetn Island to tile wen stocked preserves on I.lttle Hapcln, sepii.led from Ihe Island proper hy one of many water lanes, Kor two and a half, hours .Mr. Coolldgp and Colonel Kterllng, the only members of thy party to do any shooting, stood at the edge 'of a broad, flat marsh, while gume heaters scurried through the near by woods mid frightened tho birds Into tho air. ' Will Rogers Says: N'KW YORK. ),c. 07. Mr. Hoover bus changed his mind unci is going In Wiisli inglon In break the news to the office seekers, instead of having thcui come down to Florida and him have 10 feed them. Thai will knock those two railroads on) of the big gest business they would have had all year. A presi-ilent-eleei 's popularity is the shortest lived of any public man. II only lasts lill he picks his cabinet. Say, ibis police commissioner has rounded up so many crooks and put 'cm in :jail that it 's interfering with the theatre alleiidance. Yours, WILL KOtiKHS. L SANTA FE LINE ;e j j ' nf EnClinPPr Prfi- ; UUHICbb Ul CiiyMlOCI TIC vents Catastrophe Near San Bernardino Seven Cars Leave Track Tarn pering Is Charged. SAX llKUNAHIJIXO, Cnl Dec. mind - I . Hf ' i OU )ll TOIIICU of Angeles, piloting the "Missionary," . famous Hanta Ke overland train, lu credited with nvertlmr a hoi-Iouh dlsaHter when the "MiHttionurv " WUH derailed at HeHtieria. Hfi miloH . - novlh ot Ue.ro early todav. Ontv ; tion of phyaielanH Included MrB. K. I. Mnekie, wilu of the usHishuit general manager of thu road. The "AIlsHfonary" waa ChtciiKn hound from IjOH Angeles. AsslHtant (! n oral Manager Mu,.kle, rldltiK i hlH prlvata ear - t,w (h h m wire, declared n itnr Hie wreck that Loiik'h coolness In the !imei coney had prevented a catnH- jtrophe. "He brought the I ruin to j a, dead fltop In fllteon ear lengths," have ever aeen." Macklo hlmKolf Hits Loose Rait The "MlHHlotiury Htruck a loose rail a milo and a half north of H.espnila at 1 a. m. Dropping down from Cajoii Haas Into the Mo- j have desert, the tiuln had attained die trurk, Ihrnn of them iiIiiii.'Iiik down u 20-fnoL inlinnkiMtnt. Two ot (ho bIhoiici'h turned over In the d(tch. 'Charges thnt wreidiers hud tnin pered with the rlKht of wuy wore made liy Santa Ke nfriclalH Hhnrtly ufler the wreck, and a report that two crowbars and n wrench had been stolen tVom tile Santa Vo too 1iiisc nt Ilesperlu wns made to Hlieiitf HIii'U of Han llenmrdlno jcounly. K. K. Knrley, n aherltf s deputy nt Vlctorvllle, nml one of the ilist to reach -tho wreck, re ported he hnd round spikes, ap parently pulled front tho ties for the leiiKth or a mil, In the ditch hy the side of the rlitht of way. Officials asserted also (hut tin aiiKle I Iron had been unbolted anil re moved rim (he track. V.h PAHO, Tex.. Dec. L'7. MV Kour polleeinen were killed and IMl other persons were wounded lint night In Mexico City when Captain Vtlll.tll., llevnti i,t .III. l..vle..t. rmy entrenched himself In n house mid kept up a steady fire against it large force of officers sent to arrest him, says a dlsimtch to the newspaper Kl Continental. Cupaln lleymi, whom tho police say Is mentally unbalanced, bnrrl- caoen nimseir in tne nomo ot Bin- Jor Meraphlo Knnchex of Han Miguel street und fought of every, attempt in uisioogo mm. Among me wounded weto several policemen and two young women. Captain Iteynu, was dually subdued. LOOSE m WRECK No. 277. ROOSEVELT TELLS HOW ; SUB FOILED 'Crank' Inventor Solved Problem of Mine Barrage Electrical Contact 'An tannae' Type Effective Ten Million Dollars Asked for Invention. NF.W YORK, Dec. 27. (P) The j New York Times today quotes j Governor-elect Kranklin D. Roose j volt ns revealing how a crank lir- ventor during the world war solved the problem of laying an effective I mine barrage nKUinst German sub ; marines. ; Mr. Uoosevelt. who was assistant j secretary of the navy during the I war, made his disclosure in an in j for mh I address before the J'ough j keepsle, N. Y .. post of the Amerl ; can Legion. j A problem that America and the ! allies were vainly seeking to solve, ! saitl Mr. Roosevelt, was of explod ing mines by electrical contact with a hostile vessel. The older type of mine was ineffective hh It was impossible to place them close i re ctive barrier without heavy sens I causing them to knock against ! ' "i pi "Kur a Iihik: time," he said, "there was a lot of investigation to find some way to connect the mines by cable, or some other link, and construct the barrage bo that any submarine hittluff any po sition of this barrier would find itself in grief. Nobody seemed to be able to hit upon tho right thing." One day early In 1918, he said, a man of the typical "crank 'Inven tor" typo walked Into his office with an Invention and insisted upon showing his model. Intricate Attulv . . , "lit! presented nn intrlyato (tffalr with n lot oi netn. which waH but the Kline thing many other people had suggeated for putting over the mouth of a harbor to enclose flub inarlueH. 1 waH about to coat the whole thing nsidti when he potflted to models of mi new attached to the nets. I asked him what they were, and then he 'told me he had a practical plun for exploding the mine by electrical contact If a. vessel touched any part of the en- ' tu" machinery.". Ml". Hoosevelt said ha called In Admiral Ida r In who at first was skeptical but Inter was won over lo the Idea. Out of the Inventor's plan wan created the "antennae" typo of mine barrage which was laid from KtiKlund to Norway and which was effective In protecting many convoys of American troops and sank at least two submarines. The Inventor, whose - name he withheld, wanted (10,60(1,000 fur bis Invention, said Mr. Roosevelt, but he understood he finally re ceived $11111,(1110. INST E I'OHTLAXD, Ore., Dec. 27. (P) -Warning to the legislature thut the 2-mlll eleniontaiy school tax should not he removed until some other definite perinnnent Income for school support Is provided was contained In'a report by the legis lative committee to the Oregon Htnte Teachers' association today. Authority to establish kindergar tens In public school dlstrlctu of the first class should be conferred upon school boards, and In second and third class districts legal vot ers should decide, the committee advised. Property qualifications for voters 111 all elections pertaining to union high schools, and provision for nny part of a district to withdraw when dcHljed woro other suggestions. Miss Julia A. Spoonur of Port-, land was advanced today to tho of fice of president, succeeding H. K. Inlow ot Portland. . PORTLAND, Ore., Deo 27. IP) Bodies of "nil Chinese who died In Oregon In the nast 10 years were , Hi,lntied from here today on tho steamer Kentucky for Hon Kof it, j whunco they will be sent for burial near groves of ancestors. , A purse of several thousand 'dol- , mrs wns raised uy tile cninesa he- nnvolent society to cover the cost of exhuming the bodies from a lo cal cemetery aud transportation to China. , ':
