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MEDFORD. OREGON, MONDAY, APRIL ir, 1929.
No. 24.
The Weather
Forecast Cloudy, with rain to
ntetit and Tuesday.
Highest yesterday ..... &3.
Ijowcki this morntnjc 42
24 hrs. precipitation to ft a. m... .43
AIL
Today
By Arthur Brisbane
When Smallpox Starts.
A Homeless Satan.
War Costs Money. N
Happiness Offsets Gin.
- (Copyright by King Feature
Syndicate, Inc.)
Those who don't believe in
vacillation, please heed.
' The 'Anchor liner Tnscan'ui
arrived in Liverpool from Bom
bay with one sailor sick.. He
had smallpox.
, Thirty passengers on the boat
with him have developed, the
disease thus far. Five' of them
are dead. .The sailor had not
been vaceinated.Tho other vic
tims bad not been vaccinated
for many years. ". ,
Vaccination may be all that"
its enemies call it, but it does
prevent smallpox.
Without it hundreds of thou
sands would die of the horrible
disease in the United States
every year.
i
Poor China, torn by revolu
tion, shows efficiency in certain
directions. " '
: In Canton the execution of
undesirable radicals has been
carried out so extensively as to
make machine guns necessary
for the killings. One thousand
were court martialed and shot
within a week.
M '
Fundamentalists' will read
with indignant amazement that
of 500 Protestant clergymen,
officially questioned, 47 per
cent of them did not believe in
hell;' (SO per ' eent.r.tliink the
devil exists, but don't believe
he inhabits a burning pit, amus
ing himself by burning human
beings through all eternity.
Worse yet, the next group of
elergymen will be less fund?,
mental than preachers of today.
Of 200 divinity students only
12 deny the theory of evolu
tion. In the conflict of science and
theology in Christendom, so
ably discussed by President
White of Cornell, science seems
to be winning.
A religious controversy starts
in the number of letters sent
to the White House and State
Department requesting that no
United States ambassador be
sent to the' new Catholic tem
poral state at Vatican City.
The Vatican, which seeks no
useless - controversies, denies
mat me pope oiierca any oojec-
lion to a proposed visit to Je
rusalem by the British arch
bishop of Canterbury. So far
as the Vatican is concerned,
anybody may go to Jerusalem
that can pay carfare.
A financial fight going on,
quietly, between the radio and
the big telephone company, is
watched closely by Wall Street
Usually big financiers avoid
fights, the little fellows have
; money enough for all. Put, if
telephoning can be done with
out the expense of wires, the ra
dio people want to know it.
n
- The allies, dividing their orig
inal Versailles bill by five, agree
to let (iermany pay $24,000,,
000,000 and call it square.
That's just 24 times the
amount that Bismarck made the
French pay after the war of
1870.
Ciermanycould settle for ten
billions cash down, instead oi"
paying twenty-four, billions
over a long period..
J Bnt payments are in gold.
And the world has not ten bil
lion dollars' worth nf that
metal.
Mr. WhaJcn, the virtuous po-
FARM!
CONGRESS
'-CONVENED
Special Session Opened for
Relief Consideration and
Tariff Revision Republi-
. can Strength Greater
Farm Board With Re
volving Fund Is Planned
; in Bill.
. WASHINGTON, April IB. 'IP)
The now farm bill druftcd by Iho
house ngrlculture committee with
the view of setting furth. a basic
agricultural relief program for
the Hoover . administration, was
introduced In the house today and
immediately referred biu-k to that
commlllee by Speaker Longworth
for the formality of official ap
proval. WASHINGTON, April 15. (VP)
Faced with the task of solving two
fundamental American problems, a j
Hiwcltil session of the Hat conKiess
met today nt the call of President
Hoover to begin work on bills to.
aid agriculture and to revise the i
tariff law.
It was a new congress, but It was
predominated by old faces and iu
political makeup was much more
strongly Republican than that of
the congress which went out of of
fice on March 4. The Hoover land
slide of last November had swept
out of office many Democrats and
carried in many Republicans to
take. their places.
A farm relief bill was ready for
house consideration when the noon
hour ushered In the session. Minus
the equalization fee of the McNary
Haugen bill, which was so distaste
ful to the Coolidge administration,
it. would create a farm board, with
a revolving fund of $500,000,000
ot handle the sm-plutt -question. In
a few days a tariff bill will ne
ready for presentation.
. Organize ToIny.
Today's session was largely for
the purpose of organization. The
senate, however, with Vice-President
Curtis already installed as
presiding officer, was ready for Its
legislative functions. The re-election
of Nicholas Longworth as
speaker of the house was merely
a routine matter.
After this it was just a question
of calling the rolls, Installing the
spaker and other officers, appoint
ing committees to notify the presi
dent that congress was ready for
business, swearing in new mem
bers, adopting resolutions of re
gret at the death of members who
had passed since the last session,
and adjournment.
President' Hoover will send his
recommendations for legislation to
congress tomorrow. He decided nt
the last minute today, however, to
submit a number of nominations
for confirmation, Including that of
former Vice-President Dawes to be
ambassador to Great Britain.
Klght women had seats' In Iho
house when It met, nnd for the
first time in many years, a negro,
Oscar DePriest of Chicago, was
assigned a place.
MOVE ON REBEL
AT
JUAREZ. Chihuahua. Mexico,
Aplrl 15. (JP) Federal forces be
gun repairing railroad tracks In the
direction of Pulpito Pass today fol
lowing the announcement of Gen
eral Juan A. Almazan, division
commander of government forces
in Chihuahua, that he planned to
move against rebels at that point.
The tracks were damaged by the
rebels when they evacuated that
point.
General ' Almazan and his E000
tioopg arrived from Chihuahua City
late yesterday.
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DECLARED FALSE
BY MRS. SIELAFF
SACRA M K.N TO, A .-.! : 5. (A)
"Miss X" who pnped as having
been at the Carmel cottage during
the disappearance of Almee Hem
plv Mcl'herson, was named today
bv Mm. Lorraine Wiseman-SMaff
ax having fteen MIiw Rachel Wells
of San Francisco and "evry line"
of the aifidaviis made hy Miss
Wells ana nerself regarding the
Ciirmei evtsoae "were false she
stated.
WHERE HERRICK FUNERAL WAS
Trinity Kpiscnpnl Cathedral in CIovWuihI. Ohio, wlicro funeral
T. llcrrlck, VniUcl States AnilMiKsiitlot tt l'niiuf
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Yankees Touted As Favor
' ites to Repeat Rival
Managers Predict Tight
Race
Watinnal ! MflllP
Claimants Close Match.
By PAUL R. MICKELSON
Associated Press Sports Writer
CHICAGO, 111., April 15. (JP)
With the Yankee menace still cast
ing its bulky shadow across the
pennant horizon and chilling inter
est, the American league tomorrow
launches what promises to be just
another one-sided championship
race.
Three years straight and six
times in eight years have Babe
Ruth and his Yankee mates blasted
their way to the championship.
American league officials and rival
club owners and managers, who ad
mit they and the box office re
ceipts are a bit weary of this pro
longed Yanke domination, dispute
the "experts" by predicting a tight
race fionv the first clarion call of
"play ball" tomorrow to the last
game In October.
The pTece resistance of tomor
row's four-game menu will be the
clash between Philadelphia and
Washington at the capital. Presi
dent Herbert Hoover is expected
to start hostilities by throwing the
first ball.
Walte Hoyt of the Yankees has
been chosen for mound duly
against the Boston Red Sox at New
York. Charlie Ruffing or jock
Russell are the probable starting
pitchers for Boston, liaseball Com
missioner IC M. Iandis and another
baseliall hungry crowd will watch
that conflict.
Detroit's starting lineup nnd
pitcher were somewhat of u mys
tery. The Tigers open their cam
paign at Cleveland. Joe Shaute Is
expected to draw Cleveland's Inl
tinl mound assignment. '
The White Sox-ltrowns opener nt
St. Louis may he a mound, duel be
tween Alphonse Thomas und Hnm
Gray of St. Louis.
NEW YOUK, April 15. (IP)
The National league starts a fight
tomorrow that won't -he decided
one way or another for six month:
or so. Some critics contend that
the 1029 pennant won't bo clinch
ed definitely much before the
closing day of the, Beason, Octo
ber 6.
In a league os well-balanced as
the National, experts forecast the
eventual result only at their own
risk. Most of them have con
tented themselves with staling
that four clubs the New York
Giants, Chicago Cubs, Ht. Louis
Cardinals and Pittsburg Pirates
are the outstanding contenders, so
closely matched that no one of
them can he selected as a favorite.
Th's quartet Is almost unanimously
picked to tnko the first four
places.
LA.
LOS AXOBLrCS, April IS. (IP)
A girl bandit, armed with a pis
tol, shoved a note rending "give
me money in big bills," to the
teller at a branch of the Citizens'
National bank here today, accept
ed $2000 with a smile, and walked
out. She made her escape on foot.
PENNAN
V
MAJOR LEAGUES
OPENS
TUESDAY
ReeH Renigs on
Jackass Charge
Against Solons
ST. LOUIS, April 15. VP)
Arriving in St. Louis to attend
fr a testimonial dinner in his !
honor today, former Senator
4 James A. Reed declared that
he was "treated outraKeously
4 by the press" at a Jefferson
4 banquet in Knnsns City, at 4,
v wiiicn ne spoKe. v
"It has been a lonit time
4 since I have had any cause to
fr complain- about the press." l
it me Aiissourinn snui. "nut 1 f
wns lotcd last nlnht as say-
congress are Jackasses. Now,
I said nothing like that. I
4 said no -law makes ,o. thlnK
right or wrong." loiter hi the" 4
speech I said that nlmply be-
cause severnl hundred Jack-.
4 asses were in favor of a thing, fr
does not make it right.
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ALLIES DEMAND
PARIS. Anrll 15. UP). Dr.
DEFER
ANSWER
FORREPARATION
HJalmer Schacht, German spokes-, by hit-and-run drivers, and 14 oth
man. faced representatives ot thorB were injured In central Callfor
creditors of his country today and nla alone. As a result of the series
apparently deferred temporarily n of tragedies an 18-year-old Petalu-
.posltlvo answer of yes or no to
their bill for dnmages incurred with murder, while nuinnriues oi
In the world war. several counties sought the drivers
After n closed plenary 1 session 1 responsible for the death or serious
of the experts committee on repn-l Injury of victims,
rations, lasting an hour and ten Among thoso Injured were Rob
minutes, during which .Dr. Bchai ht ""t Newton Lynch, vice-president or
had the floor a great part of the tlio San Francisco chamber of com
time, the exports ndjourned until mcrce, whose ankle was broken
11 a .m. tomorrow. The only, when his car reached a Redwood
actual decision arrived at was not City grade crossing simultaneously
to publish the figures contained j with a train.
in the allies' bill at present.
This time, it was believed, Dr.
Schacht nnd his conferee might
use In an attempt by private
conversations . with the creditor
nation delegates to scale down
the annuities and total figures
still further. There wns nothing!
toduy to indicate what these totals
might be, but when they were
handed to Oermany Friday a
present elnlms value of between
J10.000. 000,000 nnd $12,000,000.
000 and an eventual value of
around flit. 000, 000, 000 was under
stood. COOS BAY LOGGERS
RFT RfinT IN PAYi''''.r""rc,,,..,.
ULI UUU0I 111 'ill bullet, several of whk
MAItSlIFIELD, Ore., April 15.
W The Coos Bay Lumber Co., to
duy unnounced a ten per cent In
crease In pay to all employes In Us
logging department.
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A PROCLAMATION
O
Whereas,' Ihirt.v-tliree slntcg, iiiclmlinir OreKOii, nrc roc
nciiizinn the week nXpril 14 to 20 an '-'He Kind to Ani
mill Week," niifl
Whereas, mich a humane movement in of liitrh purpose,
pt'iieroiiH impulse ami a fine influence in our community,
therefore
lie it resolvetl, that the citizens of Medford accept the
kindly purpose of thii?,eck in its Immune spirit, mid he
kind and penile to nil animals.' , - '
A. .W. I'IPKS, Mayor.
HELD TODAY
sorvk - os vtro hvhl today for Myron
Hit-Run Drivers, Grade
Crossings, Wet Pave
ments and Booze Cause
Tragedies Portland Boy
' Admits Slaughter.
PORTLAND, Ore., April i5.(A)
Gale I'Y Delashmitt, 27, surren
dered to police today after he had
been sought since Saturday night
on a charge of driving the automo
bile which ran down and killed
Mrs. W. M. Poole at a west side In
tersection. Police said Delashm.it admitted
driving the automobile.
J'SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., April 15.
(IP) A riot of careening cars, crash
ing glass and screams of victims,
lilt-run drivers conspired with grade
crossings and wet pavements to
lake a toll of 111 dead and 28 In
jured in Pacific coast automobile
accidents during the week end. Ten
more are expected to die. John
Barleycorn added his quota of trag
edy and reports of fatalities con
tinued to swell the number of dead
and Injured.
Five wore killed, three of them
, ma youth was Jailed there charged
IE
FIRED AT RUM CRAFT
HITS HOMES ASHORE
MIAMI, Fin., AJrll 1 B. (IP) Const
gunrdsmen who Inst night pursued
a fleeing rum crnft up the Miami
river and startled Riverside resi
dents with a machine gun barrage,
faced a prospective Inquiry todny
hy Commander It.- L. Jack ot the
i United Stale coast guard base at
r "tracer"
hlch struck
buildings ashoro and a houseboat
moored at the river's edge, the
crew or the liquor laden rum boat
abandoned the cratt.-which was
captured by the coast guardsmen
and given in charge of United
Ailcs custom otricals.
SIXTEEN DEAD
WEEK-END CAR
ACCIDENT TOLL
LAST RITES
FO NV
TO FRANCE
Funeral Services for Myron
T- Herrick Held in Cleve
landSimplicity Marked
Few Flowers Family
Request Lindberg Seat
ed With French Repre
sentative. CLEVELAND, Ohio, April 15.
(IP) America bid a sad rnrewell to
duy lo Its distinguished ami be
loved ambassador to France, Myron
T. llorrlck.
With an Impressive ceremony In
Trinity Episcopal cathedral, the
rinal rites were said, marking the
ciuse of the career I hut led M r.
Herrick from Ohio farm hoy to one
or the highest posts of trust ill his
country's service.
Draped with flags of many na
tions, the chancel nf the cathedral,
with ila tall lighted candles, cast
a somber light upon tho casket.
Atop the unopened casket was a
black satin pillow bearing the med
al of the Legion of Honor. At the
foot was a large sliver psulm. Both
decorations were .expressions of
tribute rrom France to the ambas
sador that it looked upon as an
adopted son.
The Bolemully 01' the service was
heightened by its simplicity. There
was no sermon, and except tor the
.wreaths from President Hoover,
j Myers Y. Cooper, governor of Ohio,
land Secretary of State Stlmson, at
jtlie request of the family there
I were no flowers.
! Seuled In the front, facing the
casket, were the relatives, the am
bassadors son, Parmoly Herrick,
Mrs. Pnnnely Horrlclt, their boh
Parmoly Herrick, Jr., antl O, R,
Harrlck,j.ug$d .brother, of. the am.
bassador.
Nearby were sealed Col. Charles
A. Lindbergh and Count le Sar
tiges, as official representative of
franco.
Others close to the mourners'
pew were Postmaster, General Wal
ter F. Brown, representing Presi
dent Hoover; William R. Castle, Jr.,
of the department of slate; iliivld
S. Ingnlls, assistant secretary of
the navy; Governor Cooper and his
staff; Major General Dennis R. No
lan nnd Lieutenant Colonel Hurry
Harley of the U. S. army.
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FOR AIR LIGHTS
Work will start at once on tho
construction of power lines to
the Bites for 35 airway beacon
lights, between Delta, California,
and Drain, Oregon, on the Med
ford dlvitdon of the coaat nlrwuy
by Atom, accord Ins tu tin an
nouncement made today, followinK
a vlHlt hero Suturdoy und .Hunduy
nt n ri noKinllMlIn onol.
neer of the department of "com-'
morco. Ho was in conference'
I with California-Oregon Power
company officials, and it Is un
derstood a tentative agreement
was reached. Miller left Sunday
night for llolso, Idaho.
The beacon lights' are, for tho
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ELECTRIC
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most part, located in Isolated areas. tnB point that MctUord is duo for a
ahd their installation and the pre-jean year, and that a new roach
llminnry work thereto, will entail will have a "hard spot." The "spot"
an cstlmnled expenditure of close w ,e softened ror him somewhat
to $250,00(1. as spring football practice, under
Until the beacon IIkMs are in-1 the dire V inn nf Ouach .Callison,
stalled, there will be no night
flying, originally achcduled to
begin June 1.
Tho work of eroding the 60-foot
towers and building of power
lines lo them, is expected to tuks
six weeks or two months, under
tho most fnvorable conditions. The
beacon lights are ot tho circulat
ing typo and are set at an angle
of two degrees.
The 36 beacon lights aro located
In tho territory served by the
California-Oregon Pojyer company
and t hut company will furnish tho
power for tho lights.
Owens Hails From
Pure Water City
Jnmes H. Owen, a lumber-
man of Modford, arrived at
the Portland yesterday. When
Mr. Owen comes to Portland
, he always signs the hotel
register as being trom "Pure
' Water, Oregon." Portland
Oregonlnn.
Photograi Pest
Drives Rockefeller
From Church Door
LAKEWOOD. N. J.. April
15. iP) A dozen camera-
v men prevented the attend-
nnce of John JD. Rockefeller,
Sr., at church yeterduy. The
Hev. Marshall Hewell, puHtor
of the First ttuptlst church,
announced indignantly today
f that he would ak for a po-
lice detail next week to keep
f photographers off the church
property.
Cameramen were grouped
about the church steps and
lawn when Rockefeller's ait-
tomobile arrived. The aged
millionaire looked once from
tho window of bis limousine
nnd ordered tho chuuffeur
to return Jo the estate.
There was a rush for au
tomobiles by tho photog
raphers and a half hour's
chase about town followed
with Rockefeller making a
vain attempt to get Into an
other church.
NEVERS COACH
Stanford Men Say Former
Fullback Would Be Inter
estedBlanks Also Sent
tO Jack EvanS Spring
Practice Started.
Alumni of Leiand Stanford uni
versity in this city have started a
movement lor the hiring of Ernie
Nevers, former fullback star ot
their alma mater, as coach ol' Med
ford high Bchool athletic teams, to
fill the vacancy cuused by the res
ignation of .Piuilc Callison td be
freshman coacl-ut the University
of Oregon. . ,
Saturday, Perry O. Cradford, the
vice-president aud general mana
ger of the California Oregon Power
company, advised Superintendent
of Schools K. H. Hedrick that
Nevers would be interested," and
an application blank was mailed
to him. Similar word was, also re
ceived from other Stanford gradu
ates of this section.
In response to a requeBt from
local Bchool authorities- to the Uni
versity of California, that a man
be recommended for coach from
that school, the name of Jack Ev
ans, coast conference football game
ufficlal and former University of
California player, was submitted.
Evans has been assisting In the
coaching of the Golden Roar
squads. An application blank was
also sent to Evans.
' Nevers, for three or four seasons,
was the mainstay ot the Cardinal
football team. After graduation he
was a pitcher for the St. Louis
Amorlcan league team and played
professional football. Local Infor
mation Is to the effect that he Is
In a mood for high school coach
ing. He Is now a pitcher with th)
Mission team of the Coast league.
Murreli Imkcp, former Univer
sity of Oregon linesman, who has
been assisting Coach John J. Mc
Ewnn, is also montloned for the
local berth and, Is said to have (Hod
his application.
Elect Tenchert
The annual election of lonchora
for the schools will tnlio place to
morrow evening nt tho regular
mnn,inir of the school board. The
sulection of a coach will be do-
ferred to a later date.
Over a score of applications are
on file for the local coaching posi
tion and all will be given considera
tion. Mnny of tho applicants stress
started last week, with 19 husky
candidates r.-i suits, 11 of the lot
members of :ast season's second j
team, which saw a lot of action. j
Superintendent Hedrick said to-1
day anent the required coaching,
qualifications of the local school: I
"Wo aro looking for a man who
can establish a physical education
course that will take In every pupil
from the primary grades to the
high school, ns well as coach foot
ball and basketball." ' -
The Ornnts Pass Courier Satur
day printed the following regarding
Nevers: ,
"Is Ernie Nnvors, star backfleld
man at Stanford university, a tew
years ago, to be coach or football
at Medford high school this year?
This question agitated local sport
followers here today following re
ceipt of, word that Nevers had giv
en out information to a former
Stanford man that he had been of
fered the place. Prink Callison,
conch (or the past few seasons, has
left Medford to coach the Univer
sity of Oregon freshmen. If this
report Is true, It means, that Med
ford Is probably trying to retain
the stale football championship de
spite the loss of Callison and a
large portion ot the team, as Ncv.
era Is certain to have a big draw
ing power to the school,"
Mill
URGING
MEDFORD
HIGH
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DIES AFTER
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Rattle for Favor of Ken
tucky Society M atron
Fatal for Cleveland Man
ufacturerOil Promoter'
Held On Homicide Charge
Trio Had Attended Gia
Party. . :
NEW YORK, April 15. yPW-j
Rivalry for the favor of' a Ken-
j lucky society matron was revealed
today ns preliminary to a scuffle .
i on fashionable park avenue, which
i was followed by the death ot Ar-?
thttr Morgan smith, rich Cleveland
manufacturer and the arrest ofb
Semuel K. Hell, oil promoter, on;
a charge of homicide. -
Hell was arrested after police;
learned he nnd engaged In a scuf-1
tie with Smith as they were leav-,
lng a party In the apartment of
Hotel Marguery nt 2:30 Friday;
morning. Mrs. Sihuette Is the;
widow of. Harry 8. Hnrkness.
sportsman, who left ner ,.-;,
000 Inherited from his father, ay
standard oil magnate. !
The scuffle, witnesses said, waSj
the outcome of air' argument
whether Smith ' or Bell Bhould
accompany Mrs. Tlobert L. Brown, i
I .,f Ijivlnirlan. Kv.: to the Hotels
Plaza, where she was JytoK.i
I She was confined to a hotel In (
I the custody of a policewoman as
a material witness. t
. .. Skull Fracturea. -Smith,
who was secretary nnd.
! treasurer of the . gas macninery t
company of Cleveland, died In the :
f lumi tin, v. m j, ,
An autopsy disclosed a fracture
of the. skull, which the medical,
.examiner, said , was , the cause of ,
n.,.1 nn.nl.. liVmntf nffprnrion.
aeam. . - , . , - ,
.. After Bell and Mrs. Brown no,a
been' driven away from the en- ,
trance or th Marguery, leavings
Smith lying where he- fell, a taxi
cab driver helped him to his feet.
He wandered - a short . distance
down the. street where he was
nrresiea ana iu.:.cu u, un .
charge of Intoxication. He was
released under a suspended sen- ,
tonce when arraigned In magis
trate's court' and returned to hl
hotel, where he died In convul
sions a few hours later. '
t Bell was arrested Saturday,
night nnd after being questioned
by Police Commissioner Whalen
and detectives of the homicide
squad was arraigned yesterday.
His attorney entered a plea of
not guilty for him and he was
ordered held without ball for ap
pearance in homicide court tomor
row. .
Walter Beinecker an Insurance
man, and h! wife, who were
guests at the party, told police
Smith had paid considerable at
tention to Mrs. Brown during tho
evening and had several drinks.
i a i n i at 1 1 1 ati i rr 1 1
AUA1N5 1 HAolT UtAL
MATIYBVILLE, Cal., April 15.
(IP) Northern California bankers
warned fruit growers against too
hnsty signing of crop contracts In
view of short crops and possible
higher prices, Cuused hy frost.
Will Rogers Says:
BOSTON', Mass.,. April 15.
Today is a historic day.
Mr. Hoover, all during his
career, bad men almost lay
down their lives to aid him
in carrying out some good
That all ends
today. ' Con
gress meets,
and his 'faith
in human na-
ture will
start waning
before sun-
down, lie will find no tinge
of Red Cross on that hill. Six
hundred gathered there from
all over the country, just
waiting for somebody to sug
gest something worth while,
and then show him what hap
pens to it. I can hear Mr.
Coolidjje laughing to himself
away over in Northampton
and saying, "Well, 1' glad I
didn't try to relieve 'em."
. Yours, ' , . . :, j
WILL ROf.EKS.
VA
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