'.MEBFORB
Weather Year Ago
Highest year ago tixlit)- -t'J
IjowcM )t'ur ago UmIu)' ii3
l'urr-as Fair, but villi Iuh t-louil
mid mt iuiukhw nuu uetuiin-
day. 0
IliKlimt jrofiterday U si
l4mtHt tliW iiiiiriiliiK' 27
Dily Twfoty-thlfd Tr
Wckljr Fifty-wvMith War
MEDFORD, OHM ION. Tl7i:si).V. JAXfAJtY S. VJXi.
X. 288.
The Weather
Mail Trie
Today ROSEBURG
""""" Bru""" ftin nnMno
Foolish Repelling.
;ho Drives Fat Oxen.
All Records Broken.
Science and Religion
(Copyright. 1928, by Btar Co.)
lllMf..ill till 1,'IIV U LillllLitKL !
1 tion of automobile i-oiiipiuiii-sj
to ivpri the Anierieuu inva- j
""That ...ohms General Motors.!
increasing shipments to nil Ku
dope, with big assembly plants
It means also Henry Ford's
"Ford Limited" ;J5,00O,00U Eu
ropean company, promising to
build JOO.OOO Ford cars a year
in Kngliind alone and ri:,'ht
away.
Omit liritain will nut find it
easy to "repel" that invasion.
Yon can't beat champions with
cripples, no mat lee how many
x-ripples you assemble. Ameri
'can manufacturers will show
liritain how to use ltritisli la
bor and material!- profitably,
liritain should be grateful in
stead of talking "invasion."
.Scientists sav the "misuse "I
leisure by the masses
y '
!
iiijikr iMi'fssjiry tin1 urciiti'Mi ol'j
n sptM'inl uitvrrnm;
ul mivcrniiitf rliisK, tlial
will etmiprl lilt musses 1m Wtifk
more isintcst I y, use ilirir li isiirt'
more inlellitrcnH y.
Ii is ii IHllr too M)on t juili
tlic iiiiisscs ;nt(l 1ln'ir "misuse
nf leisure." Tliev Imveii't iiiiu-h a m .-iii. TPris,- whi,i,
' Iran la- intppurt.',! li.l taxation'.'
leisure now. I util reeeully ciii. t Jusik-a c'ukIiuw'h niiiniun
tliev lliilll't llltve IIIIV, exeept 'luuus a .statute cna.ti-d ill 1HLT,
I anil declsrt'H it Is ku i-lcitr it iifi'ds
Oil Stllltlltys. ! no Intcrpri'tatlun. This in uvhlrtl
Those tlillt reilllv misuse lei- i that """' Iniurpuratlmi. ity or
' . luwiv uf tills r-Ualo shall havu thu
SUI'f Mill, opportunity lire not ilglu tu aprtiniatu real prnperty.
-k.tus. poor miiKalwiiuM!lve.vl..vi....'-!.8ne,,l. "' "."f.
f ' - . tho protjlu at said city ur tuwn.
ill tlieif own way, but till' tiell IiuIuiIIik; real jiruiicrty, lur an
that lutve power, nuil liiek in
ti'llij:eiiee or ambition' to niuko
L'ootl use of it..
l)i- lOllirtii. of Xew York's
.'llii.. il Cnlliiii. i-liool Slivs Other , uplnluns liamli-d .luv.nl "l-KyHI.AXD. O.. Jan. 8. W'
I'll HUM I llliuill nuoi. J,d.v " j to,ilv i,K.i,,.,. I Ocatli, ur fiieiluin ami a imw
those Illllt tetleh etllies to ellil- . j'-K-u-im,. Ti,0 tuinpanv v.- '-''un-o aaitvU Arthur llirry. I.'i
1. . , l..:':.. '.. , ! Simthprn l.-,-.,n T k ....'..,. nv ! '' " CWlvlcted uf
0f j
II 1111 S 1U11I11 l.lltj il Ulll Ul
sill.
1 tie tetiener, ni.is
loti mod doctor. 'slioiiUl
t,-, .in
I'unvicl himself of sin.
lust how convicting yourself
of sin would help your pupils is
not dear. Alu-lard was u rooU
Icjiclicr, but otherwise iiuprr-fct-t.
Mure important than a sense
of sin, is knowledge of evolu
tion, including the fut that
children, if normal, all pass
through a Mute of savagery,
even of animalism.
f
Kmotions appear in human
' babies, in the same order as in
the uuimul ranks; first fear,
then anger, then joulousy. The
Apache's cruelly is born in
them, and the Arab's pilfering
..,. nvlu eliililren I n
I1VM.MI -
he angels, forgets his own ehjld
hood
Dr. Johnson did not like the
sayiu-r, "Who rules o'er free
men mtiht himself be free' He
said. "You iniv'ht ns well say,
'who drives fat oxen, must him
seU he fat.''
A teacher weds, knowledge,
and common sense kindness.
When this was written Sunday
f "veiling, the nmiy monoplane. Ques
Y Hu Mark had alnnml n'nclted
hours of cnttUnuou: fllnht. surpass
ing hy many hours all records for
all kinds of muclitnca liyhlcr than
uir iiniiitlcd.
-
Tlmf Is an honor to our army,
our Hlrplane and engine lnanutHC
.urprs, and It Is ImiHirtant to future
llylni; for various reasons.
One difficulty q ocesn flight has
heon "the groat w right tif cnoiw;li
KtiKoiinc to make tho distance.
Mnrlbcrgh; shortly after his re
turn, ttild this, writer, "The seit
slhle route to Kuropc Is via ihe
Aurcs, wilh a stop there to take
on fuel, starting out with a lighter
load."
The Question Mark proves that
no stop is necessary. One. or bcv-
eral planes, could fly up from thejhsve hfn done and then w
Azores, takina fuel to trans - Atlan -
tie filer.
.
(Continued on Page
I Hir DUiNUO
VAUD
Supreme Court Opinion
SayS State's CitieS VOt-
ing Bonds to Establish
Airports Within Rights
Salem To Go Ahead With
Plans Statute Quoted.
I S.W.K.M, Ore. .Inn. 8. M'l Tim
j clly ul' ItuMoljurw. ii ml nil olluT
lill.-s In llli- llml havi' vi.leil
! lunula fiiv the c-KlulillKhiiiclU "f iill"-
I IMM-tS, Vm- Wltllill llU'lr right ill
mi iIuIiik. nri-iu-Hliii; lu mi uiiiii(in
ul" tin- HUpiviiK' court liamli'il ilown
tuiluy. Tlu- npllilun was wrlllcn
liy Ciller .limtlic t'oslunv anil
lltTtllns Juilci' J. V. lllltnilt'JIl in
llif case or I.. K. .McCllntuck. ai
pi'llanl, awiiiiMl 111.- cily of Uosf-bui-B.
Tin' clly v.ili-d ?;5.0M0
ImiiclK fur lit.- ptll'lHisu
The tity ul' Salt-in. which votctl
Sjh.ouO fur the same purpose wus j
particularly Interested in tht ease.
1 and iis :i result of (tic opinion will )
now go ahead with (hp acquisition
I of property fur the establishment
uf fin airport.
N'n iilii-wtinn of I !n- l.-tralllV uf
uu. ,.,TiiIM, waH involved in the
!t:,sr - "nlv ''i "r ,n
plo
Ming riiiiiitiii.'Ki was in.'
wed was the I'tht
ns'.ruet and inatn
al the cXp'-llNf uf
This uucstioii was
lu o hi-ads: l-'ii st.
ried hy tin neces
tu construct and
of the city tu ci
lain an airport
the taxpayers,
adniitud under
in the cit anlht
sary leyislii t ion
uwn an airp.irl at tin
111,' taxpayer-'.' an,! v.m
Mi
mil.
j aviation field ur park, ..." f
I At some length the opinion
lioitls thai "an alrpurt owned hy 1
the clly as a community, mid not j
of any par! leu la r intlividualH i
therein," and that it is therefore I
a puhllc enterprise. j
Other opinions handed down t
Southern Oregon Truck company.
- , . .
.lefr'n.tnnt un.l M...-I..., A an.,u"u,"b itun.n, ..it ...j ...
cuinnsnr, nppfllant, ami A. c .
ni,,,(,i, ...: .. 1
la uts; M u It noma h county: suit to
j lorRcJuse lien. Justice J
' Judge Hewitt affirmed.
.-sman.
mm
jj
r
DIES EARLY TODAY
NKW YOi: K, Jan
(&) Hen-
Jnmin X. Duke, tobacco manuf:
c -
tui-er. died at hfs residence at :
Kast Sitth si reel, early this morn
lng after a lengthy illness.
-Mr. Duko wus In his 7 1th year,
Funeral arrangements have not j ing sixty letters from a mail box!
been uonipleletl, but burial will bef the Ohio cit'es telephone com
Thursduy in Durham, X. C, wliciv , pany. ctintainlni,- $loou In checks.
he maintained an esiate. j jjo caMnd one of the checks, but'
.Several months ago newspapers ,p.m ltJ d the ot hers antl toltl
' reported that the capitalist and
nhfiiilh,r.nlt ...,,ft I
to his in II I ion -dollar mansion at
the corner of JOth street and Kifth !, oniinitim nt to jail, Hcnlenco was
avenue by tht! Infirmities of nge . jfmposed, ho b Ftn to complain of
in lUl'i and again In 1JH7 ho hidl headaches antl when Miss Nun
been seriously 111 with a nervous gesser learned of It she arranged
disorder. an X-ray examination which re-
Mr. Duke'n bcnefaetioiiH Includ-1 vealcd the ultscess.
etl large gifts to Trinity college, j The operation was performed
now Duke university nt Durham.) a week "fc'o. The boy was to have
and to Cuilford college. His home j lin n sentenced today, but Judge
here Is furnished with choice art; Junes agreed to defer the sen
treasures. itnT to await the outcome of the
BE FAMfe
I'OUT U'UKTII. Texas, Jan.
--t' .l.'iines U. Huberts, 15. inayMlss ami the charue will
die because he fulled to tell his gotten.
niomer or injuries ho received
In n high school football game.
tearing she would order him to i
give up the spurt.
James, for whom more than
:'0 men hnvr offered their -blond, I
was hurl two months ugo. Ab-J
scesf CM ami piieumoiiiu resullnd j
and (oduy he lay In a hosplluD
with oVnih Imminent. I
The boy'ii mother ff-ar that his
failure tu tell her he was hurt
will coct h I in his life. "f James
i o i me tb-t he hid
heon
nur. hc wild, somothlnff could
.aurciy couia nave raved hla life.'.
"Ut Jamen falltd to Inform her
fof his Inhtrles until he hecaiue
'acrloualy ill. ,
HOW THE QUESTION MARK RECEIVED FUEL
'1 -.H
, . H
.Tho army endurance refueling test airplarv
ihroucn a ro3e from anotner amp
Death, Or Freedom and;
New .Chance Await.. 15 -
Year-Old Criminal
Brain Abscess Believed
Crime Cause.-
"""i""'! n.iu tuuaj k m.
rccuvcry from tin operntlun lor
removal of tin abscess from his
Imiln. iM i fu. mctl In un rffon tu
eorrvcl his tciui.ntl.w to crime.
I Willi llu .miry of un urik-r liy
j Fcderul Judge
deferring cxt eu
j of one year n
larmy training
l'il,:rul .Iu1k 1'unl .lulu-s today
ullon of :i .i'ntcin:u
ut th.i Wnllngton
my inilnlni; h. Ih.oI for robbine
Mho new I'lil:.,.lhhi poi-toffle...
llie Bovernili.-lll enters Into
je-MM-rinienl wlleiel.y It Is l."He.l
, t!ie luil cun be cured and net
jarlKlit.
i Allhur w-lll l.i- Klv.-n the onpor -
jUir.ity. If he r.-.-uver. tu return
tu his hu.nc and If he does r,!"
cover. lie ,,1 bo w,, ,e ..
jassisiaut district atlorney, who
! urged that tho operation be pcr-
I formed.
j Took Lcltcrs.
She became interested in the
i.-jimu when the bov admitted lull
.Miss Nungesser that he knew uf !
1 (, i.,fM. llii.ni. After
i Mm
! his trial two weeks imo
..v ii. ..i.i if the vu.ith dies.
Mtellliiclll.
he will he nienly n il'uil iinx
,.ner. If he lives and falli again
inlo erlme when llheiateil he
will he neat to WaFhlnnlun to
rrvn IiIm wllttnie on the eonclu-
llic uliwt-eHH ha. I no ln
un III henilMor. inn u
himself freed of the in -
elinatiun to do wrung the opera -
f-.llun will be considered ti sue -
le for -
SIMPS DRY FORCES
ARREST EIGHTY-EIGHT
HEAD SURGERY BRITISH BELIEVE ICRACKEN IS;
iMAY CURE "BAD COMPLETE CURE HEAD OF FARM
nnuif Trimninw nnnr t-tr iiun rimimiAr nnnn
U U IL lAIML P.II'U VIIIJL LI II J u lllil 1 L VI 'LI ii Ml 'L UMIIUI
Dui imumui ouil rui miNUjLAunHSXUL duui
i !
1 I mil section, and confirming the
HAI.KM, Die., Jan. ?) The f,f(, w,.nt,.n(.0 of Kred Palm, "plnt
eeniber report of f.corge Alex--0f.ttn- nr,.r, hio rii-Ht person to
under, stale prohibition
coniinis-
fdomr. fhows 8 arrests
hy ope-
ratlvcs of the department during
the mouth. Pinca were Imposed
jn a total of $725. A total of
373) gallons of mush and S6nv:nnd their niece, Theima oriven. .
vniinnn of llouor wern destroved.
The officer mixed 12 stills and
coufUcuted throe autotnobilea.
artcr hopping off at Los Anoelcs
Tense Solicitude of Gate j. e. Judy, Vice-President,
Crowd Disappears BuI-'e, p. Hopper -Secretary
letins Report No Change
Satisfaction and Optk
mism Prevails at Palace.'
J -ON DON, Jan. i. W) The j
British public today accepted the
complete recovery of Kins George!,
as a foregone conclusion. Tho
tense solicitude which formerly
characterized the crowds around
of I Hick Ingham palace
has disappeared.
.Last nfght'rt bulletin suitl;
"The king hud
,1....
Tu.rc ,3 u ,.hllIm,. , rcpul.t ,
Ill8 ll1KjPM, v- ,:mlitlOI,. Th i.om
,,,,. ..., (,,,..1 im
,..,..,..
,, ,.v..i. .(... 1 r...- n. i.,...rh 1
,(f , ,,,, , , won, ,.,,
...,.,,... ,,,,, .., .,,.. ., ,1...
kM(,.s ,.umlmo waM ,,,!(,..,
tolTi ,,i lncam ,,-,lt ,lc ,vai( hol,.
Uk uw n wa t.x1(!t.lcl,
(od.y lmt (1) ,h, ,on? (.)mb (u ,
I con vulenrencc 11 statu which has,
!,,,,, ,llM. .-eched there inmlul
mnml nU),n )o d,,hn,.,
iinirovetiicnt would he recorded.
A , IIk,,, ,h Kctlm,
and the king maintains
hi length It was felt that doctors
would not be dissatisfied.
The return to the Issuance of
only one bulletin n day us at
Christmas time was taken as tut
indication of the doctor a confi
dence. II was understood Ui.it King
Ccorgc's condition n in u c h
abuiil the same this morning.
This condition of affairs was
regard etl with satisfaction nt. the
1 P hi.ee ami a feeling of optimism
was prevalent
j That the klng'n condition was
J not tluiuged was considered us a
definite indication that his iimjcsty
i was not on the down grudge but
i continued on the up grade.
EP1
LADY BOOTLEGGER
A committee was appolnP'd by
DAXHI.Vf;, Mich.. Jan. 8- fV) D" tlb-ectors yestrdny lo take ac
fluvernor Tretl V. ireen today j lion totvartls thj collection of h
Imliealctl that cxecullvtr clemeney j niimlM'r of heavy ilbtH, which will
niiiv l.i. (-v1..it,,., I,. Mit Ktlaibt lircfscd.
, juo Mii r. first woman to be
, .,.(.,i to life Imprisonment In
.MjrliKn umier the habitual crlui -
: i,,.. Siw, WI1H convicted of
four ll'10-r law violations.
"No one expects her to serve,
life term," (iovernor flreen whl.
"She must, however. my n rea
ronablf? penalty for h offenses.''
His comment followed n "'
elh-ion yesterday by the state su
urcnin i-iiurt. niiholdinir tho crllii-
llnal rude and lis habitual crliul-
be sentenced
under the uet.
Thrwj llc lu I'lrr.
D KT 1 1 1 I T. A u n K . V, A lien
( Donne. 68. hl wife, Annie. 5.
were burned to death In a fire
that Oentroyed a garage btilldlnBlof tho Atlas company, dealers In
'at Hazel Park today.
s i
is chown reccivind itc first supply of aar .na 1
Jfnuary 1.
lYi
Parker Continues Man
agershipCapitalize for
$50,000.
.1. H MacCraekeu of the Kthn
Valley precinct, lun: acl.ve ln the
,M,ulirv -liidiistrv and the huvs' and
girls' cluh work of Jackson county,
I was elected president of the board
j of (11 rectors of the reorganized
! Kurm Co-Opcnntive KxchaiiH'. 11 1 "
meeting held yesterday, afternoon.
, J. K. Judy of the (irlffin creek
. district was named vice-president,
I antl K. II. Hopper was limited sec
retary and treusiirer. I 'lay I). I'tir
Kcr, general manager contlnui;s lu
; that position, his present contract
! not expiring until next June. He
has been I nstru mental in the re
organization, tinder which the en
terprlbc s now functioning.
I'ormal filing of the artfclcM of
lucorporatiuu was made, fin- cap
italization Is fur fri".M,o.
The old hoard of directors, uf
ticm, lino inc new uoarti, roni"w"i
j of John, Henry Krcnch of Kaglc
I Point, John A. Anderson, muster
of the Ontral Point tirane, K. T.
Xewbry of the Talent ilistrlct, mid
MacCrut'ken mid Judy, look ;tip
I heir labors.
The minutes of Ihe reorguniiiu-
t Ui it mid idocUhtddcrs' iiicetliig held
last Snlurdiiy, were approved.
I Ut ilities XiM'lled,
111 the policies to be atlupled fur
Ihe coming year, the need of se
curing heller facilities for the bun
dling of poultry and poultry prod
ucts was fUrcsfetl, and the poultry
ralxcrs urcd to cooperate.
Tht pxtahllrdlineiil uf u branch
uf the Pacific Poultry asuclalhin Is
am ting t luv early poslbl lilies, be
cause of the eslalillslimenl of a
new ruling of ihe Sunt hern pa
cific that cgs ami poullry run be
shipped from this city in less th in
nl'Nid lotK to Portland. This gl vei
Ti
Ib'y Miullei'cin a speeily oul-
and lu lht future will prevent
tiiuuluiiuu of storiiKc im.
j I'mlcr the new order, the Kurm
Co-Operative KxchmiKc early ntari-
ed to enlarge Us field D. J. Ua-
i null, head tf the iioultrv denmi -
ment, visited the Klamath Kalla
dlstrbrt, to look over the poultry
situatlon there, and eumpele with
California concerns for some of the
t'Kti and chicken business of that
region.
A curloud of hogs, collected un
der a pooling plan by thft Kx-
ctiange, were mspaicheu
Poitlnnd market today.
Ho.
! School It unit,
I I'OlITS.Mol "I'll. Ohio Jan. K.
f) The second big fire In four
days today destroyed tho Cnion
street school building at a loss of
$1.15.000. Friday flames eauned
a $200,000 Iohm lo the Kresgc 5
and 19 rant store and the store
womon'a wearing apparel.
IRON MEN f-
? I in ir,ii-
IN R H
; I VI 'II UVIIkW
By FLIGHT 1
Medical Board Labels Ques
tion Mark Crew Physi
cally Qualified, to Hop Off
On New Flight Motors
Not So Fortunate
Motor Dead,
-Left
hi )S AXt.KLKH. Jan. N . !
Tht- triumph uf man nvt-r his m- j
tuis wiiH histury tntlny. l-"ivu irtni
nn-ii 'f I hi' air. who yontciihiy j
laniicd Miillitutly "till phyHli'iilly
I'll, after 1 hutir.s antl ) mln- !
ntH nf cunt iniifil viKil In tin it 1 r !
luWl hci'H lahHlctl liy ii mcd leu I !
inspection hoard as "physically i
iiialiflcd" to hop off immediately
un itnothrr endurance flight. n
ihe other hand, the motors uf the
Army's "ouesilon .Mark" which
hud hack led under l lie si ruin
when their masters were keen to
drive un tint) on, were waitiiiK 'tn
ufltcial tlliiMHOHis uf (heir ailments
lhat forced the ending of the rec
ord -smash Iiik endurance flip III.
"Hnrd work In the air seems
lu am-ee with Major furl Spatz,"
reported tin examining aiiny sur-
kcmiis uf the condition of I he
cnmmfiiHllim officer of the ..early
week-Ion aerial Kud. I he uu-J
ditious of faptutn Ira Kak.-r. I
chief pilots and St-i Keant llo' ji lum, whose o in h e r prosceiihnn
Hone, uieehiinie tf the "Ciuesiluii ; arch for nearly futir decades has
Mark" were descrlhed as "excel- yuwned across the orchestra pit
lent" with the exception of slight upon a KlltleriiiK "dlHiuond horse
fatisue, whit h would he oxpt"led. Hhoe." will echo to opera for tho
T run hie DtcrllHtl, I last lime January 2i.
.lust what happened uhourd tho J
oucNtiou Mark, forelnm U to de-
'sccml was descrlhed In casual
Kiiauo hy the aviators after they
I reached' the uroi'iid. "As I left
(he controls "I 1 o'clock In the
'nrternoou," said ijuesadn. "P- When the ntlllorluin was dedl
italn Knker Umk the wheel . a ml eateil in J eoeinher, . 1 KS!. the oo
Itlie left molor went dead. Wc i cuslnn was of Ktiffieient nittloiuil
i.smit . eurHiil., H.OUO, out o) the I cunsiMueneo to brims President
catwalk, hut his weiR'H ns loo, Harrison and V'lco-president I.tnl
heavy in the iinslable eontlllloh I. Morton on from WushliiKton.
!nf the oiiesiiun .Mark. We knew They had heen nomlnutcd In thn
I hen that the flight was over. W
Idrnpped Hie pas within two o
I'li'Tu iiilnutes after wo hud taken
It."
I "That was not the first flight
'trouble. Saturday night wc
:tlmughl It was all over. AH three
engines lost their power. That
was fouled sparkplugs, We were
all nsidy to and tho fllKlit. lull
f niilly we denned that up. Hut
it was worse than spark plug
; l rouble this time. It looked like.
vales. Shortly after one o'clock
the right motor began to weaken,
then we knew the flight was
about to cud."
I "Our lust two ref tidings were
'on two engines," said Cu plain
Knker mid wo knew wo were
through. The left engine had
gone dead. We were at an altl
tinle of .iiuu feet, hut wo tliopix'd
. ir.ii. . .... ,1... t i W'n ntr -
;H0 feet oil the turn. W 0 H'B
tialled llooe to get back. OH
Iwo itiglncs we couldn't keep ot"'
altitude, and got ready lu land.
The right engine Iipkhii to show
trouble similar to 1bo left mid
(Continued on Page Hlxl
L
TAKEN BY FLU
f ClOlil. Colo., Jan. 8. ! Thn
hermit dticttir of Juniper, a small
mountain settlement near here,
j who spurned automobiles, hook
' keeping, modern suryery, operal
; lng rooms and hills, Is dead'.
Kor a ipiaiier of a conlury or
more. Dr. II. A. Arhonast has mtn
stored to the Ills of eowhri.vH and
; homesteaders In this sparsely set
itled section of Ihe slate. Mis sad
I die horse carried him lo Ihe bed-
side of his pallents and he never
j I'iit I ii telephone Installed In the
I lonely cabin lu (he hills that
1 his office and home.
I The aged physician. Si years old
iii-ii in- lie u, iii'ii'i niion; n i iiiiih
tor his services and lived I'rorn Ihe
lice will offerings of bis puttculH.
A side of "huwg," a quarter of
beef, a couple or hUHhchi of pota
toes or flour, or hay or grain for
Mm horse made up tho offerings In
Koncral.
Dr. Arhngast died of 'Mucn.a.
, Oh Thursday u hiiow plow wIM
force a trail seven miles tliruuich
deep hiiow to the doctor'H cabin,
where he will he hurled. The heno
ricatlcH of the old physician's char
ity who are left in HiIh section will
have to depend upon .liorseH to
convey them to the Mineral.
Dr. Arhogasl was graduated from
Ohio Medical eollegu at Cincinnati
In IKKlt ami later studied tn far Is
and Merlin. Ho In survived by his
divorced wife and a aun who live
iu Deuvor.
HERMIT DOCTOR
OF OLD S
on Neck
, 'elings So j
Vi ' Gir Sues
?
Jan. S
i:i:i.hsi:riu!. Wi..,
II. H .Ills,
flic L'lHillir.l.
slic h.-ul ti wt'ur a plut-imi
arumiil lnr mrk whii-ii rnl:
"1 n in imt a U"utl t fiiz' n."
iluiiiiK m-Iimu1 hours. Kvi-In
Jiit-kMin. 1 a pn i1 at tho
kt-Hi-y s huol w k is hrlng-
iiiK H'Mni fur daiiuiKi'M uf
C'O.OUO nK:iuist lu'i' teaclu-r,
Kflilii'lli Sr. inn.
Thi Kill Halms slip was
foivfil t wear lh' placard
ilui-iiiK si-huul huurK fur a
misil I ami that htr feeltnK
win lunl tu tin extent uf
El
10 ECHO OPERA
E
Chicacjo Auditorium Finale
January 26
G t II n ft fl
U J U II U U ;
nn pL Plnco
U(JUl d UnOScM lOr UlUbC
Artist Prankster Suffers
Turn of Joke.
rMrArJO Ja, .
ri""miN "''I tK
- in.i Tin?
tlie Amlilo-
"Komeo and Juliet" will he the
final opera on which the heavy
FAMOUS STAG
FOR LAST 1
Ian-:ntt"d fire curtain will descend, Just
tin "Ittunen and Julkd' vus chosen
1 to open the theater to opera 3U
years ugo.
unfinished structure the yeur he
fore, (iovernors from many slate
ami officials from Canada also
were present when the theater,
which the vice-president called
"the greatest building lu Amer
ica," was formally opened.
I'iiUI Was Juliet.
Atlelina Putt I, grcutcst Miprano
of her day. sang Juliet in the
(iounod opera that December night.
A "Kig. Havelli" was Itomeo. The
conductor was liomuiildo Saplo,
who now inn in tains a' studio In
Now York. Tho opera was suns
in Itnlluii.
Tho performance January 16.
wliidiitK.up the last st-Hson In which
the Chicago Civic Opera company
will use the Auditorium, will have
Kdllh Mason as Juliet. Charles
Hack ell as Itomeo and lilorglo I'o
Hetic us cotiduetor. Kormtchl, De-
ii,... I. ...i i ii '
rrore. I'aviosku and Cotrvull nro
some uf the other names In the
csi, "
Thn l!U'!i-30 season of the f'hi
ciigo I'lvic tipera company will lie
given in the company's new thea
ter, now under construction.
ClIICAtiO, Jan. 8. (! Th role
uf Dr. Iimtulu in "The Harber uf
Seville'' Is, as everyone knows, nut
lu Im sneezed at, even by such nu
artist mm Desire Defrere of the Chi
cago Civic Opera company,
A great Joker, M. Defrere, It
was he who poured water In Kd
ouurtl foulevull's ilk hat lu the
cafe scene of "Da ISobenio," caus
ing Coulrt-ull to get wet, thru the
stnite directions said nothing of liny
such business. The prank, which
was sldcsplllifng to DefVcro, was u
w-hhIiuiii to Couticull.
npt'i'ii Is not an enterprise much
Inclined lowiird ftailfshness, but as
fouirctill 4'xplninetl, even opera of
fers UVeilUes Of revenge Upon prac
tical pokers. It was only with
( 'out rent I's explanation today thai
opera-goers learned why Defrere
went through an epidemic of
sneezing during n special perforin-1
unco oi i in- j.aroer 01 Seville
Satunlay night.
The finale of the. .second acl
fhitls Dr. Hmtolo (pli.ye.l hy De
frere) standing unlet amid general
tuiiiiilt until rhiHlly l'lgaro lightly
HcklcM his nox( with a featjier.
Clinroniti Itlmiiil was playing Klg
r. He agreed with Coutn-ull that
the set no offered n clumee to turn
I he laities on Defrere. Thus. In-
1 M..,..i ..r .ul... t i.. - ili
. iiFiiih it tniiiin,, r ikhi ii
hi-ld a handful of pepper under
Dr. IlartohVs nose, nnd IVfrere.
who used to love jokes, finished
the scene In a paroxysm of sneeJS
liiK and eoiiKhing without precedent
iln the long and dignified history
tif grand opera.
Dough Mlvr Victim
POUTLAND. Ore.. Jan. 8. Pi
Ills elolhlng caught In an eleotrlr
dtMigh mixer, Antlro lltijlnoff, 50,
mm ""-iii'd In the nmehlnery at
tho White Palace Ilakeiy, :07
Kourth street, loduy, llojlnoff.
proprietor of the bakery, wus re
ported In a critical condition at a
hospital.
Uosehurg New Medical Arte
building will bo erected hum In
lnimuduto future.
mm a nn'n
LAST RUES
T
Body of Tex Rickard Ar
rived New York Today
Wife Near Collapse
Dempsey Floral Gift
Covers $15,000 Casket
Madison Square Closed.
XKW VoltK, Jan. .S. lN--The
train hrarhiK th" bouy uf Tex IUH;.
aid frum Miami Reach, where the
career uf the world-fauum ypurts
' promoter end"d Sunday, reached
J Pennsylvania ulaliun today at IMil'u
I a. in.
! Thousatulrt jamiiied the Mathm.
j hut only friends antl new.spaper-
men, numherliiK more than l'ui.
pertunied to enter the ap-
i,,,,mt;htf' 'i"
Must uf Hie nietnhers uf the
,,,,"nI ,,f directors of Madison
,,,,,. :,.,... 1...1 i...
'.lohnH. llauiinond. now itetiuK khii-
lral ninnuKor, wen. present to ar-
range transfer of the body as well,
us to meet Mrs. IMckard and Jack
Dempsey.
Mrs. Itlckanl was near a stale
of collapse. The body uf the pro
moter encased In a $ I ft, nun hronr.c
casket and covered with an im
mense Moral gift of Dempsey, while
carnations with "My Pal" traced
In red flowers, was taken to funer
al parlors prior to being laid in
slate Inter at Madison Square Oar
den. Deniiscy Affected.
Dempsey, much affected hy the
scenes, and disinclined to talk at
any length, nevertheless made It
clear he had not made any de
cision about retirement from lha
ring, declared he had nu intention
of trying to fill Klckard's shoe
at the garden, and explained hi
Interest lu promotion of the Shar-key-Htrihllng
fight at Miami Hench.
"When n - folhw ,Hko HickHf.l
dies,, it takes the ydge off every
thing," said Dempsey, "Ho wus
my pal," 1 '
The forrattr champion Indicated
he would have no definite state
ment about his future ring plans
or other aoltylLJeH until he leave
New York or returns to Kloridu.
At 10:30 tomorrow moaning tint
Dublin will be permitted to pay
Its last respects to the grealeht
promoter the boxing game has ever
known. Services are to be held
at 1:30 p. m. Durial,-at 2 p. in..
Is to he In the cemetery where the
promoter's first wife and daughter
He.
U'fl Millions.
IvdlniHlt-H as to the extent of the
promoter's personal fortune varied
from 11.000.000 to $0,000,000 Less
than n year ago Hlckard himself
estimated It nt around $2,500,000,
nearly half of It lif cash.
Ah a mark of respect, the gar
den was ordered closed tonight mid
tomorrow night. This forced post
ponement of a hockey game be
tween the New York Hangers and
I.es Canadlens of MM real, set fur
this evening, and of an amateur
boxing show, scheduled for tomor
row night.
"My plans now are only Tor Hie
Immediate fill tire," said Dempsey.
"I hIimII try to carry out Tcx'
ideas as well us I can.
"Wo were Interested In ( many
things together and these are the
tines I want done as TcX' Would
have hail them dune. :
"Heforo I decide anything attutil
my personal pluns I am going
back to Miami I teach to help with
the Hlrlbllrig-Nharkey. right.
"I agreed to fight again for Tex, ,
but everything Is su scrambled
now that I don't know what I will
tht until 1 sit down and think it
all oul. t
"I am not interested in taking
Tox'h place lu Madlsun Nquim
Harden. No one could do that
ami myself perhaps least uf all.
"My part In helping wtlh the
.liii in i Hcacli nKhl will only be hi
behalf of Mrs. Klekmd ami I.e.
ciinsn know what Tex wanted
done."
No Ounlcn lnterot
DcinpHcy explained his part in
the coining fight at Miami Jlench
hiiH nothing to do with tho Madi
son Hquuro Card en corporation.
Ho Mtiltl lit- ami Klckiirtl were
heavily, Interested in the dug nuck
where the bout Is to take place
mid fur that reason he feels he
should carry out tho promoter's
wishes.
Umlcf no consideration. Demp
sey said, would he referee the
bout.
While he did not actually com
mit himself. DcinpHcy gave the '
Impression ho had Vlgued a con
tract with liickard for one fjgiu
this year. When asked about thK
ho dltl not make a denial, but
made it clear he has neliher un
noun cod isor decided on a relln
tueiit. ,
It was disclosed hy Arthur I'.
Drlseoll, aHorney who U expected
to bundle Mrs. Itlekard's affairs,
that the promoter made a will lusl
March which Is In the hands of a
Now York Trust company.
8ulem Valley Motor Cu. .will
erect $15,000 now building for
DeUuto agency.
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