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Newspaper Page TextThe Weather Me DPOED Weather .Yew "HER r furecnst Partly cloudy, mid not much change iu temperature. HUrlMMi yesterday 51 Ixmcrtt this morning to C a. in... Jifl Highest year ago today. .Lowest year ago today fully Tifftrtj-llilrd Tr. MEDFORD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY. FEBRUARY 20, No. 331. Z O T o TodayliWOULD FJJLLOW HARDY By Arthur Brisbane Add $2,000,000 From J. D. R. Warning the Coroner. Shooting the Reporter. Interesting Crime Age. (Copyright, By King Keature Syndicate, Inc.) if men nre welcomed in j heaven in proportion to their deeds on eurtli, there will be a spocitil committee of welcome j to meet John I). Rockefeller ; when lie arrives. May it be f0 . l .years hcuoc. Yeterday President Angcll j of Yule announced a gift of! $2,000,000 i'vom Jlv. Kockcfel- lor for expansion of Yale's medical del'artiuent, the build- .... . mg Ot a laljoratory, eic. Mr. Rockefeller is the only mail that has givejj away IIUX Jp!?DS' OF MILLIONS OK JJOULAHS. . Since the people do not know cuonyh to use tlir unlimited resources for their own wel fare, they are fortunate in hav ing intelligent hicn that collect lumdrcds of millions and spend them usefully for education, lo.'ultli, scientific research, com batting disease, etc. In Chicago, Coroner HiQide son wants to know who the gentlemen "-nero tlia? stood seven gangsters with their faces to the wall, "frisked"' tlfcin, then killed them all by liiaeliine gun fire. Tlic coroner is warned that if he continue his I lie I less ef forts to convict the guilly, he 'i)! b bufuped ,of J.' V.icn Chicago gangsters say it, they mean iU o f 'JTJie hPle Billy MeGlory, of New Yorkdivckeeper and well informed, long-ago said to two young New York Sun report '$s: 'You boys ought to gel a ironing uorse aim uugg uiiWOrk f-iu.r church. lie spoke spend Hie ul?eioons on thoOiften several times weekly over , v- . jthe Angolus Temple radio station, road anionlt the roadlioiise. Not .tlllk(lll lo lht. youn(s fkM or th0 .' Week that von wouldn't get .church. giving Ihinutlinrly advloo 0 .... .. 1 IL (,.Lp mi'Uvc Interest a couple ol hundred dollars tor not seeing what you might, O At Laredo, Texas, Hurry AVil lians, newflmper reporter, 21 years old, is shot dead for Pac ing tilings that border sraiw- ... O . , , .V rs Ulil noi want mm to see. ITe UllCW too much abo"t smuggling vhisVy, drugs, Chi- nef and other laborers across lev- anu otner lauorers across w . , . .,, ., WlM noruer, aim win wine no more rcorts. O . . i Texas bankers pv i" q ,1, :i genuine oush to anybody thtit-1 kills a bank robber. o v Several havS'bt'en aeeused ol killing and colleelijg rewards ; on giOlenicn that wtg! Owt : robbers at all, others are no-! eused of "framing"' would-be burglars, arranging with them; (5 rob a bank and killing them in the process. A sure and lawful'' way oC'ctling money. It is not likely that the re-j w ards will be given up, for 1 lie ; Texas bankers SiO they pay. It makes bandits mieomfort-; A tible to know that anybody who shoots a hole through them will I get $501)0, and Texas lank rob-' beries have diminished. You enter, press n button In a j dark room and llpht floods 11,0 iu4ijn. We are used to that miracle. lQ this one is new. An airplane approaches dark landtn-; field, sounds u loud siren. Sound wuvrs acting on the mechanical feunrd or robot. Immediately turn on thu llchta. flooding the field and makes landing safe. And no huninn he- i !ng pluys any part except I pilot ! C ur,inal vieo. protect of the Sa with his siren. jered Conpre ratlon of Il(t,s. who , w ,.r".; TliO, .t.i-i,.caiha8 been prnvrly 111. took n turn Th? n,Ls? I1!1 ulMor tho worse today and his rcla- P U ! , ' Tiirtit iiirtrri will planes In the air. Then there will be no need of refueling in fllphf. no need of a plane coming down. t land that Dorhaos. is not far awi . i (Continued on I'aje Tour).. DARKEST AID 1 AYS AIM Persecution of Jurist Charged at. Train Last Evening-OGave Judge $50 Month for Four Years in Church Service Made Many Converts in Vancouver Legal Difficulties No Handicap in Church Work 200,000 Members Now May Hold Revivals at Medford, Ashland During Summer itcconimend iiniicachiiiejit SACRAMENTO. iCnl., Feb. 20. lft) A resolution recom- 1 1 mending tho impeachment of Judge Carlos i-i. iianty nrfi,is trouble, 1 will do all I can 4 misdemeanors iu office will jt0 help him. If ho needed my ho presented In tho lower i lloll, j woui follow him to the house of the legislature today olmH llf the piu.ln tu India or by the0iuvest!';ating -commit- ll0 darkest Africa. He is a good tee. according to Walter J. !ld man and 9 do not want him I-l'Oo. 0 ? I persecuted with as liltk reason Uinnlnious adoption, of the , tfl(n.0 )( ut tho ln.oscnl tlm0. resolution rcOnninciH Ing the v M McPherson, accompanied impeachment of Hardy cnmoon ,,, b hcr lnanascr Qf ns a surprise movo by the v 1 ,,uirc., Dn Jon aol)c, all conimlttce last night waldron, did not Aimc., Scmple McPI ersou, , fi - tQ tWQ . ihe Impeachment is lum-ly ;n" wmlnBly was elad to talk. based was speedil)'-? siiulll Sueecas 111 Vnneouver from Portland for Sacramento 'Now, what would you like to as the resolution was QjelliK ; have mo say?" she said upon i drawn. . td.AAAAA4.AA4.4.44 4, (liy Krnest JtoMel.) .. ...... ... 11 1., f.iT :iperi0' iIuuku liuius iwiuj v- . I. 4'T.iii, fi-oiii A inpn Hemn e? - - -- - M,-lJliersi,n lor aiu-scu ickiii f,-r-ices while on the bench. Is inno cent of all wrollKdoilis". said Mrs. lel'her?on. durim; u train atop iu Ashland last lllsht while en route from Vuneouver, 15. C. to Jicr . h'jadniiurters. In l.os Anselcs. hue uenieu sue nan ueeu hum-; l Angeles, now threatened wlth.toriuni nu u. ra, . people was crowded every night, '.mpefthment proccjdInKs as ;v,th hlllldreds atIlIBnIur out in tho rerlilt of tho tccontunco ot al(oa Clin;llnIln ari ,vni, snow sev-j moneu to sncranieiuo 10 icsuiy iu;n revival moetiiigd wero Ig'lng Impeachmeiit proceedings against 1 )n n,011l- n ia neeillesn to say JuriKe Hardy, whom "he churac-1 tllllt j lul( niay converts they lerized as a well meaning man ,.ulm, ,, lo ttf uuar or tho penl whom she had known for years. Iu.nts" In big groups. It brought Sho declared she saw nothing j,,,,, joy 1o Sce they had accepted wrong In presenting the check frt,0 i0rd." what she claimed was for cvco'-i thing else but legal services four 0p.iiO. said Mrs. MePherson. .lud.-n llardv WO active ittntli" and also took nc acllve Interest in Hoy Scout work In which hcr church was also interested. ;nvo Judge S.1B .Month "l'or all this work." she said. "I cavn Judge Hardy Sf.O per month, covering a period of four years. .Vow, -Oiat is wrong with that? I have alwavs irivcn offerings to havo men Ati have sioken over tho hurch radio or spujtcn boforo V - oiigiO'atlon. 1 gave Wll the William ,c,.nl..,,3 ,....... .... uffcrin,. when ho spoke for us several years ago liavi :.,,0eived similar offcrii.O. "Can toyou io) ' iero is fHllIIH vl; niUIIK. CU, 11,11, .,,1P. Mcpherson, given the that check was ju.tgo lone a f tor my, 'trouble' had been definietly set-j j lf ,11 wp br ;' "- l''es rcmlcred cr, dunng that lime. tho . hock wWid certainly have Ji' - en give,, u, hm, befo.-o. it merely a. matter conr-urnlm: c, lurch ----.j.--s-.-o.-rT7r : GivesGBenediction n jC " 'iff tr - s Cardinal Pietro Gasparri tlves were B.niimoned to bin bed- side. The cardinal is h'S years old- Cardlual GaHparri, tho papal see- : f''r? "' '" .nmiii, nrmuniK me i pope s best - iTrlfhei text special benediction. I AFRICA 10 by Evangel-st in Interview . I work, and It Ik wholly Out o place lo bring tho trunsuction Into -court. "it !H not Justice for the Judge ' she continued In an unc.xclted. cnlin 71lco, "and while, it It wholly lullKhtlns on 1,10 depot plutform, but hefoie the reporters found op- n.ti-t mill v to answer her CUOStioU, I she told of the successful revival e told of the etiuccuHfui revival i meetings yho had been holding in . 11 f lni- nn llllJ-i-t ni.uui - w .1 t.i. ,.li n Killll . ...... . jcrui iiiciics uw-ii vn 111c hiu ' They must have liked my Her niunx In Vancouver." sho euld, "as Ihere was siot a nittot that pcnplo were not in lino waltlnK to get In. The newspapers of 1 Vancouver were kind to nio-and ;9rtve - ..,W( jjolunms-..of. favura'blo. ,,ij,.ity in regard to' tho pood "ijut what Obout your troub) down south';" she nuS asked by one of hcr interviewers. 'My trouble? You mean Judge Hardy's trouble," Kherepllcd. "Does the fait ot your con-ncoli'o-i wllhCXho judgo Hardy sit uation detract from the Interest you havo In your work?" sho was usked. q No Jli4HlicMtl "Wbv should It haudlOip my work. the replied. "I liuvu POached regardles of wnat nap pens, and will continue, even If 1 go to hell, and the first thing 1 would do when 1 got thero would bo to start a revival meet ing and then I would oven con vert tho ilnvll. I nave prencnen fur 8 years and vOil nntl! 1 am through wit! th tho world. t Is no struln o,r one to do tho work, especially when you graph which had been placed in see the penitents coming. tn tin their cell. Walz Kinoked one ti: allar In hundreds, all anxious to : arette arter another and was smn!; serve the Lord." O ' ing as Q.: was led down from hlr, i, , v,,,, i ih,'u.ll to the chair, lie was visited , i think there would bo" around! "minim ,,,e,i,ovs rnrn,i in nlli pnrlH of thu world in Kngland, in v;irioiit aiictions of Kuropo, In Canada, and cfpeeiatly in Ibo United Stains, -tvhoro wo now havo liiryo churrbes in all the bitf j'istern contors, nueb an (JhieaKo. 1pti-cit. Cleveland and others. K has only been 11 months Blnco we havo taken in the branch churchcy, thus swelUnt; our mem bcrBbtp, having entered tho field of interdenominational work' shoj replied. Askn Vboiit TCadio J MiH. McPlioron was anxious to learn bow tho radio station of Anyelus temple was heard in southern Oregon, nndaid It was 'i on tin :i.ir tlireoULitmM weekly on the niPits of SinOy. Thurs-j duy and TVhday, with intor:tins proKiuni of music und proaclilntf. t-he was interested in tho work her brunch church has been doing in Ashland, and at flrnt mletool: the two reporters, who met in thoi orruior along nrr drawing room.! for members of hcr chunh. fih3 wont out.-ide to wo if any mem- her of hcr Ashlund flock wcroi prp-ent. but found only two amain -,'irK Hurricttc and K 1 c a n o r cj lit?-'. dauKhters mm. A. O.i Hewn, watting to W et her. ' Tbry were not members of he.Lf Ing her after she had Hiiffered rnurcn. but (riKKicd in girJlfh gleo, .. . w - -"" iltlle nanus. wiylng "Hello, dearies, as sho greeted them. Th" rtiim Biuyu uiicK Ulio ioo'-u ut Almee in secmlnir awe until a,r elderly woman, wblto haired and bent, took the two youngster by tho hand and led them away. Mrs. Mcf'hcr.on was unxlous to purchase the evening papers nnd.! ieannlng over tho front pages, hcr (Contlnuei on Pae Eight.) MEXICAN Two viewt of the wrecked train of FjjctKler.t Pcrtss Gil ,;f Mexico. Dynamito wrecked a culvert juit before the train approached, and (the locomotive ?.nd several cars were ditched. One man wai killed but the Mexican execute was unhurt. T!ie outrage occurred oa the day Oursgon'a tijycr wan execute.1. ELECTRIC CHAIRlFIVE KILLED IN SOCCEEDS ROPEiOVERTURIrNGWAY" FQRPARK FOR'TWO. BOYS! . ... - ... UOOK UOUIliy, III.. CWUULUO i , Anthony G re ceo Chyles tyalz for Slaying Officer Latter Says He Might Do It Again. CHICAGO, 111., Feb? 1!0. (A'y The execution of twu youths in tliulr .'li.cuis,-e l;; .tuijuy. Imvoihiced .mo electric enair to t;ooic county I us the- h'Jral death' devicu suDniaiit- ln;r linnpllib. Anthony Oreccoo mid Charles Wnlz died wltliin 10 minutes xt each other shortly after ndnignt for tlm murder of Patrolman -Arthur ICsnu during a drug store hold up last full. Tl;e executions were carried out witli precision mid wero completed within lie minutes after tirecco, the first to die, Innfe been led into tho dealh chamber, blindfolded, by iwu guards. Croeco, who wuh 311, was silent throughout thu proceedings, but W'uIk, a year younger, turned to one of the guards ns lie walked to ward the chair anr mumbled: "Never mind: I'm all right." As he was strapped in the cltair ilc wliispercd: "tJood-bye, folks." "W'alz, who manifested an air of bravado throughout the trial mid after his convlctin. mainlnined yn i. , . vu.i. !. imiu 11,1 niito nu ii,,-nn,:,i lie u t$vi it, l sleep nnd leave a enll for 2:01o H contlnuojaml Greceo played cards with ln of their Kunrds during Uio cveniWi; and listened to a portable phono- . ,,, tiltl(,r nn,j brother late in 'jjio afternoon. Might Do It Again Asked If ho wero sorry for the mnrder. Walz replied: O might dn It again. Ho would hin.','il me If 1 didn't get him." Grvcco was n,oro runiorsefui. While talking to his parents an I other relatives, he remarked: "I'm sorry: I'd never do It j t)K"'- gll 1,,,,-ed outside tho county jail during thu evening, irfie to Uie zero weather. r Absent Treatment9 Failed As Cure of Hog Cholera, Claim 4- 4 CHICAGO. Feb. 20. UV) Absent treatment oh a means of curing hog cholera is beforo the circuit court for Investigation. f Mrs. Miirv A. T-rtf nf Ilriilf. XVi( wantfl t)e (0irt to en. JoIn Mra KHr.abeth Curter, a chlcuiro payeholosint, from collecting ?1500 in notes, glv- cn nv tfrH, A.e f0r "abHent trealinent." ! The treatment. MrM. I.cO ! fiaid. wa Huccorffiil in cur I a nervou breakdown. It prov- ; - - ; - - fier pot dog became 111. A team of horses, fretting Iroin T uaiucaii auit.-n, hi noil uuiier the long distance thought treatment, the court was told. "'it ulQtlio thought treatment Mrs. Uirter was able to pro- s. uarlor was able to pro- Tide (ailed to keep tho hogs ullvo lifter they got the cliol- era. Mm. 'o averred. ' PRESIDENT ESCAPES !a O ILLINOIS TRAIN I.. , , IViaiiy IMJUrCU WllUn DI UKUib VFish Plate" Ditches! Coaches 1200 Men EnJ Route to Mines on Train Doctgrs Hurried to SceneJ PfOKlA. 111., 1'cb. 20. (p)-At fensr "Mvi: ' meii: a ru Itnuwii' to'.liiive been killed and a dtnsnn nthera In jured so Herlously Ihcy may die when rouroeoaehcH of an H ear cur train of the Peoria Terminal railway overturned and caii-;lit on Tire today near liollis, III., Iu mlleu south of here. a Tho train was carrying 1200 miners to the Crescent coal mines. 15 'iillcs south of here, and about 'M of tho 200 miners iu tho four overturned conches were Injured. Hall and mine olllelalH nttrlbiil'ed tho wi.-cl; tn n broken "fish plate," I ho Iron bar Jidnlng the ends of two rails. Three- of tho dend were Identified linmedlutel.P. They nre Cecil Walter, official ot the miners' mi Ion; George Jones ani George Wil kinson, nil of Peoria. Ambulances, doctors and nurses were sent to lie sceno and the first Injured wero brought here in autiniobl!s , , purS()I1K nv11K ucai. lh0 Kccn of t,e- uecldent. FEDERAL BODY TO MEET HERE 'OltTI.AND, Oro.i'eb. 2n. iP ! liu.'Uijdiiito)v ffilliiwiiiir din ki. pion of the inters! Wo eoinmcrf:e ,. I coiniuisMlot) hero .XTTireh thu body will meet in Medford for a hearing on Ibo mrt,,;i alleged violation of thn ftTTiith Kectiou of ils regulall'fti by tho Southern Pa cific railroad. The WefHeni Ore gon Traffic iiHHoctatlon, formed Ihrco wocliH ago, liml equeated that the hearing be held in houUi ern Oregon. Tho truftle UHboclation deelareK tho Houthern Pacific: ha violated Hcction ot the interstate com- mcrco coinniiByioiin ruins which ia det-lgned to previa a rhurgo for a charge ot more trrfm 100 pur cent In 'Oena of the lung haul rutc. Tho Interstate coinmerrcQ'om nilcsionO "1 bo ad;cd to fmcu the railroad to comply with the regt: II Ion and reduce the short haul rate which l. now claimed to he in excess of ii70 per cent on Home commodities. The 'A'cKtcrn Or"on TruO': n coclalion rcpicuml-j It citlcH of tho wcf-tern section of the atnte. Oregon Weather Onmiraily Houdy tonight and in - my mm in i-in;im- i northwent. wiirmcr In cunt mid ccn-' ,rnl imrlions tonight. Fresh south TteTiy W1I1U3, j ItF.EDLKY.' Calif.. Keb. 20 VP) llalph llolln, 10, was burned to ;eutn ny explosion of gasoline. Officials mid ho lighted a match while trying to pour gasoline Into ino family automohllo from nn 4-Upon bucket. Jlo was tho son iif . Mr and Mrs. Nolsou Bolln. ON SUORT HAUL 1 1 ASSASSINS lilt PAVES W ROXY ANN I. . . . . . , LI0I1S UIUU TrOJCCl TOr IVIU- nicipal Park On Promon tory Given Aid by Reso lutionForest Service Is Also Aiding Plan. Another important step looking , fovwar-t to 'coiivert-iuir Hoxy Ann peak Into a municipal park at ;mm tlmtt In thu futui-c, was taken by the cily cuuneil la.-t night at tho ret ui-Nt ut the ljluna club, which has been wording to this end fotsomo tlmu past, a rcolu tlon was itdoplcd asking the coun ty court to petition tho govern ment to withdraw all needed land on tho peak and Hh approach from entry. IiiiiHmuch as the Uons club Home Mine ago ncuuired posscHHlnn of a tract of i!00 acres of bind situated In what Is called a key posit Ini for tho establishment of the lirouoMed war It. and will donato It to the city which Homo time ago ' filed on hind covering the peak i of ?:oxy Ann, when the other layl is. willidriiwii from entr'Q In uc- cordunce with thu resolutlonf of the city council nnd county court. litis ' would leuvo the sltuntloit clear for tho critabltshment of Huxy Ann park, whenovor tho city lis financially able to carry out the , project. Tho cont of the land the city has filed on will be nboTit $:trao, when the ( puiliase8 It from tho gov ernnii-nti Tho Crnlor Niitionnl KoresL Korvbjo Is also cooperating to eventually bring thu proponed I park Into existence. I irfist night'; resolution. Ahlcb j wns piesenleil (y U. (J. Tyreo, Oio-esldent of tho Lions club, nldud by KrncHt Scott, past rujHldent of the ehth. reads in part us follows: 'at, wherr-iw, the city of ltd foi'i eonleiJipIitOs building a park on lloxy Ann Peak east of Med rord: and WliereaM, thu J.btns club of Mod ford ban aciiulrt'iViL tract of land 101 i ,;" ntoinliig acres and proposes to donate- said tract to the city of Medford for park and recreational purpfir-cH provided thu city will aculro other necessary lands: and Whereas, the city has been granted a filing on tho laud cover Ing the peak of subl Itoxy Anu lilllln ii ml iu ihl.-mtu Pn..ii..ul. all goVi')-nnieiiW;inds jn the vicin ity, nnd In order to nccotnpIlHh ; this v.lthdiawal It Is nuceHhary for the county court of Jackson coun-j ly, OrejTon to sign u petition for i ojch withdrawal addrcHstjd to the I Hceretarj- of thu Interior; 0 Now, therefore, bo it rcpolved: i That tho county court of Juck son county, Oregon, bo and hereby Is reriucHted to sign amLforward the following pcLltion, in Qjpllcate, to thu Vnlted .States Land offlcu at Kusebtirg. Oregon:, "To tho Honorable, the Heoro tnry of the Interior: 'Tho county 0urt of Jackson county, Htalo of Oregon, respect fully petitions thin the following land belonging to the federal gov ernment be withdrawn from entry I f ( kinds- ni.-rc Ih t-iven n. do m-r t tin nf llm In ml Ti occupied, non-iulnrrnl and Is valu able chli-fly for park and recrea tional piirpo.es. "The city ot Medford propones to build a park on said lands and Improve the saino for such pur pose. Tho nature of theso Im provements will bo Imilur to other like projects. iCoutiuucd on rags Elgut.2 MAYi HOLD GREAT PIT SESSION I0 BELCHING EXTRA DAYS! LAVA FIRE Consideration of Tax On In tangibles Is Deferred to Thursday on Request of Carkin Confers With i 'Tarm Bloc," Grange and; 3 Others. ! SALKM, Oru.. Fob. Uii-ljVi- I PrtiKpuuts for mljnun.montXjf tho Icnisluturo by the end of tho weak Mtiok 011 a UubioiiN huo (IiIh innru M11K with tho notion i Koprosonta itlvo C'ar'o rhtitrnuiii of tho prop jorty roliol' tax t'ominisninn. in aHk that coiiKUU'iation (bo boiiso Jul the coimnisHion's bill lnvylns a Max upon IntaiiKlblos ho put ovor It., 'ri,......! , O CarUln inndc tho roauost, which was honnrod, follow hit? n c:on!'or oiK'o hotwoon himnolf and other roprosontativcH of Ibo tax relief comnilHslim and Governor ratter Hon with0 reprosentnttvoK of tho "(arm blue" in tho house, Hlato la bop orKitnizutfonK.0tlio Kiano anil others interested in tho enactment of an income tux measure. TI10 "fnrm bloc, headed in this Instance by HepreHontutivb T. (i. (Continued on Pago Kinbt.) FATHER DORIS S 1 BAN KTIANCIHCO, Fob. 20. (P) With hundrt;u q( ; dues Xj3 tho myr3turjxus disappearance or four year old Ijoi-Ih Virginia Kmith last Krlday leading nowhere, pollco to day concentrated their efforts on learning tho whereabouts of her father, Ulytrscs 10. Hmfdb last seen In Now York. Meanwhile rewards for capture and conviction of tho kidnaper increased to $tilW0. Working on the theory that Smith, divorced from Ibo mother of tho iniKHlug Doris might havo kidnaped hr police here wired New York authorities to al?f In tho Dm li Smith.. Murphy. search. Officials at Pocntello, Idaho, wero also asked to look for Kmlth, who has n sister living in that city. J'ollco thero quoted hcr as suylng she had hoard nothing of her brothor slnco ho shipped for HHglrnn und Ireland on tho steam ship 1 'i an k 1! r before Chrlslmas. Authorities Inclined to tho bo llcf that the child was unharmed. This wits strengthened by a letter received hy her mother anil step father. Mr. and Mrs. lOdwurd J. Murphj'. A scrawl on the envel ope, signed "K. K." gave tho omin ous warning: "This Is tho last time I'll tell you phe's nil right." Police ran down dozens of clues, but without advancing solution of the mystery. A Ilcrkeley barber's .xclied report that ho had Just cut tho missing child's hah was in vestigated, hut when detectives found the child, they learned sho was tho daughter of tho man who accompanied her, POLICE SEEKING VIRGINIA MNti Kilauea Swings Into Activity Early "today Founds ot Flame Play About Hale maumau Pit May Con tinue Several Days Crowds View Upheaval. ! IIIU), Uawali, Feb. JO. (!') j Kilauea, world's largest active I volcano, begao erupting early Yo day. Fire broiro out at 4:50 a. 'ni., i two largo fountains of flame play 1 1:0 continuously east and west -5u I (o Sou feet high in the Hnleainu : nm pit, which is 1 S00 feet across. During tho next two hours uctiv- Ity. increased, scores of fountains spreading in long cracks across tho pltOottom. Throngs hastened from tho Vulcan House and from ' Hilo to view tho oruption, tho bent Hpeetaclo since Jfl'i-l as tho flumes lighted the early morning sky. 1'rofesnor Thomas A. Agger. voleanobOiHt, "td that the erup tion was "according to Hoyle." Jlo oxplalned that riie lava pool was -SOU by 1500 feut in extent, with cracks J0u fcot long. Tho activ ity was must intense at the north end, where fountains of fire leaped 1!5 feet upward. Jaeger bcUovcd that eonyldcr- ablo lava would bo thrown before tho oruption ceancd, which might not bo for seVeral days. Tho dem oiibt ration was not wholly unex pected, eartluiuakes und uva lanches within the pit havo oc curred recently. The watchman at tho Volcan Mouse observatory first observed the eruption and with a bugle summoned crowds to the pit. A : full moon aided tho volt-mm ' In Plight ing tho Kilauea area for tho crowds which came afoot and by automobile. A lunar rainbow adud , to' tho'werril biiauiV of tlVo" fiery spectuole. I'our thousand feet nbovii, the sea at Mllo, the glow cast by the. plnylng fountains was magnificent. Mnunu Loa, towering inoro tlian' J 8,000 fcot above tho sea, was Illu minated by tho flames which poured from Its side . -o HAVE MEMORIAL FOR i SALKM, Ore, rob. 20. Briggs and Carkin, both of Jack son county, introduced a momorlul to tho houso Tuesday afterliobn momorlalizlnff congress to provide finunehil assistunoo in rofinanclng construotcd feasablu irrigation projects on tho sumo basis ns the U. H. roolamatlon projects. These projcci uro In direct competition In amounts not to oxcood their economic valuo as determined by surveys mado by fodoral agencies, sayH thu memorial. o "It would bo guod Koverninent to loan federal funds without In terest to relieve 'armors on exist ing meritorious Irrigation district farms who aro pioneering develop ment," says tho memorial. Will Roger. Say: NEW YOUK, Keb. 120. How do wo stfiml all this uncertainty ? Here is is only 11 duys till iftuuguratioii time and wo don't know wlmt Sir. Hoover is going to do, and wo don't know what 5Ir. Coolidsc in going to do. Lin d bcrgh iu , tho only ono of our three prominent men who is not ushiimcd to havo it known in advunce what he is going to do. Mr. Hoover ought to out of courtesy to its mem bers, announce his cabinet lit once, for just lots of "tiinc a cabinet atlmuts more atten tion betwecu the time they aro announced und the time they take seats thun they ever do ufterwards. Yours. WILL ItOGERS.