Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, June 15, 1929, Image 1

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    Medfgrd Mail Tribune
Vj The Weather
Temperature!
Highest yesterday 8!
ImvtM, Uib uwuiiJiig ... &tf
2-1 hour prccipiuitltm to 5 ft. in. .03
Forecast ltuln Ionia-lit. followed
by clearing Suilriiiy. Cooler (o
nlcht. Difly Twwity-fourth Yew.
yerily Kifty-fith Yr.
MEDFORD. OUlXiOX, SATURDAY. JUNE 15, 1029.
No. 8;!.
Today CARAVANOF RUSH PLAN
.WILL RACE AROUND THE WORLD
ws to King
By Arthur Brisbane
AD CLUB IN FOR FARM
HEROS DF
JUL1AETTA
A Peace Plan.
Strange Fish.
Father's Day.
Mr. Simpson's Step
CITY TODAY AID BOARD
FARM AID
SIGNED BY
PRESIDENT
.FARM LADS
B pit
t (Copyright by King Features
Syndicate. Inc.)
Jtamsay MncDonaUl, soon
coming here, may suggest that
the British ' empire and th"
United States establish freedom
of the Kens hy dividing the
earth between them. .
: The Tnited States would
take charge of the western
hemisphere and (treat Britain
take charge of the rest. ,
-
That would suit us as regards
; this western hemisphere. We
Jive here, don't want anything
,'onr neighbors have, don't want
.anybody to interfere with tliem,
don't intend to allow it and
don't want anybody to inler
TSere with us.
; If Britain will keep peace
' , in the rest of the world'we- shall
be much obliged.
Plenty of submarines and
heavy bombing planes to meet
anybody that comes with hos-
tile intention, swift planes able
, S to fly the ocean, long distance
submarines warning all nations
"Strike at us, and we shall
strike you where you live, and
j you will never forget us."
i That, with all due respect to
( , 'pacifists, is the program for
i this country.
" ' I K :i:.. i:, (..
I J. NCIl'IU 11.1U CAlll'lllllUll, ll'll
y Dr. Beebe, finds in the sea
lift" Nonsuch Island, Bermuda,
U fish that, projecting from its
head, has two stalks longer
than, its body, with an eye at
the end of each stalk. It is as
though you had two bamboo
fishing poles projecting from
your forehead, with an eye at
the end of each fishing pole.
These fish can look three
ways at once backward, for
vard, sidewise.
"Marvelous proof of evolu
tion," scientists call it. BIT
"WHY?
What could amuse little Cain
and Abel more than to watch
fish with eyes at the end of
stalks, swimming in the brook,
Jin the Garden of Eden!
Tomorrow is "Father's day."
You are invited to "give dad a
necktie." "Give dad a box of
cigarettes" or anything else he
needs..
One gift the average "dad"
rould appreciate, and it would
cost nothing, pay a little at
tention to what dad says, be
tween this and next father's
day.
If children could be persuad
ed that "dad" hasn't spent all
(Continued on Paca Four)
i I ilim't wt why more farmer
flin l Jump Into grand ory. Hi
suh- illel mi' lln rnmn art
NlMrl. I iwknn May'll he' Ji-t
lLe Tilde Tnm'i ( nliltl." It'll
pi-turn i ic l yttr uu' foul as ognln.j
Twelve Members of Port
land Unit Arrive in Big
Cabin Planes Guests of
Chamber- at Lunch
Buicks Bring Visitors tp
City From Airport
Speeches Made.
As members of tho first nir car
avan ever attempted by u Pacific
cuaMt organization, 12 representa
tives of the i 'i: t In ml Advertislm.'
lul) arrived in two cabin plane
here horlly before noun today,
were guests of the chumber of
commerce ut a luncheon ut tlie
Hotel Medford ami left early tills
afternoon for Oakland, Calif., to
attend the annual convention' of
the. Association of the Pacific
Coast Advertising clubs for five
days next week.
The caravan, under the direc
tion of William I'. Merry, left
1'ortland at y o'clock this morn
ing, following ceremonies sur
rounding the departure of the
ships, including a farewell speech
by .Mayor Ltuker, posing for news
paper, commercial and motion pic
ture cameras, and the presenta
tion of roses to be presented
to the mayor of Oakland, with
the best wishes of 1'ortland.
The caravan was made up of W.
Hayeck, S. J. Callahan, Carl Kleebl
Charles Kegula, Charles Stidd.
Judge Fred Stadter, II. H. ltobln-
son, Anne Ivell and' Marian Van
Heoyoe. The m e m hers were
brought to the Hotel Medford
through the courtesy of the Hcher
er Motor company, furnishing a
fleet of new Uuick automobiles.
The visitors were officially wel
comed to Medford at the airport
by .Carl Hwlgart. president of the
Medford chamber of commerce,
and by C. T. Baker, executive
secretary.
Following an address of wel
come by James Stevens, well
known Medford singer who until
a short time ago was located In
Portland, the luncheon meeting
at the hotel was turned over to
Mr. Merry, culling on Medford
and Portland men for short re
marks. Discuss Airport.
Medford's new airport, under
construction north of the city,
was the main topic of discussion,
and was an example used why
Medford would be wise In consid
ering the establishment of an ad
vertising club, making possible a
more concerted effort to adver
tise to the general public ( what
the city has in its establishment.
This point was stressed by Mr.
Merry, who . told of the benefits
derived from the Portland club,
and wan also dwelt upon nt short
length by Miss Ajine Keil, execu
tive secretary of the club.
Ted Haker. apparently well
known to members of the cara
van, described the new airport
to the visitors and extended to
them an invitation to attend the
dedicatory ceremonies to he held
hereupon lts( completion. The in
vitation was' nccepted and It is
likely a delegation of ad club
members will be present when
the dedication Is held. Due to
lack of time, long speeches were
not made, and meeting was ad
journed at 1 clock. However,
interesting remarks were made
by C. K. Cates. F. K. Callahan
of Portland and II. H. Ttobinson.
second vice-piesidentof the port
land club.
The Portland visitors came to
Medford in two West Const planes.
one a 12-passcnger Hach plane
and the other n four-passenger
Hyun ship, (iasollne for the trip
is being furnished by the Asso
ciated (HI company. Medford was
the only Oregon stop and Corning.
Calif.. Is the only other stop, be
fore the caravan reaches Its desti
nation, where the visitors, like In
Medford. will he transported to
hotels through the courtesy of thej
Uuick agency. I
Lieutenant C. F. Pond of the
United Htates nir field at Vancou
ver, escorted the caravan for a
short distance this side of Pnr-j
land, but returned to his head
quarters, not accompanying thi'
two rahin planes when they nr-i
rived In Medford. II. V. Inigh
lln. C. It. St end and Kenneth
Householder of Portland are nlso
members of the raravnn and nro
piloting the two" big ship.
A general disappointment to
members of the n;r Jaunt was the
Inability of brnnrn Tantieme.
Portland Hose Festival fiieen, to
accompany the rie'egfitlon. A!
j though she wfi t r-pared to fly.
she was advised by physician
i not to make the trip because of
j In.ibl'ily to withstand the r'Kors
) of high altitude, resulting In that
pw nUmt known ns "nir sick
ness." with whbh one nr two
member nf the carnvan wre nn
fortrmMelv nf flbtd when they
arrived at Medfoi d.
(Cobtloued 00 Pagt 8U
President Will Move Rap
idly in Selection of Eight
.Men to Administer New
Law Will Draw Salaries
of $12,000 Candidate
List Scanned By Hoover
for Chairman.
Hy daim li. West
(Associated Press Staff Writer)
WASHINGTON, ). a, June 1 &.
President I luover plans to
move as rapidly hh possible in se
lecting the eight men who will ad
minister the new farm relief law
as members of the farm board,
the most important independent
agency of the federal government
established In more than adecade.
This board, the members of
which will draw cabinet officer
salaries of $ 1 2.000 annually anil
have at their command a revolv
ing fund of SGOU.uuo.OOO, is to
have an authority and standing in
agriculture comparable to that of
the intersetate commerce commis
sion in transportation and the fed
eral reverse oard in finance.
A formidable- list of candidates
already has been presented to the
president and he is believed to
have about made up his mind who
Is to he the chairman.
The two men standing foremost
in the general endorsements are
James C. Stone of Lexington, Ky.,
president of the Hurley Tobacco
Co-operative association, and Carl
Williams of Oklahoma.
Others whose names have been
mentioned more or less promi
nently In connection with the
board of membership Include D.
O. Moser of Texas, a cotton co
operative official; B. L. Corey of
Ssarsdale, N. V., who also has had
large experience in co-operative
organizations; former Representa
tive Black of Texas, and Wrilllam
II. Marshall of Fort Lauderdale,
Fin. .
There has been speculation ns
to whether Mr. Hoover Would of
fer a place on the bonrd to Frank
O, Lowden, former governor of
Illinois, nnd a Candida to for the
republican presidential nomination
against Mr. Hoover.
There has also been some talk
that a place might be offered to
William M. Jardine, former secre
tary of agriculture,- who resigned
from the cabinet late In the
Coolidge administration.
RAM FRANCISCO, June 15. (P)
A taxlcah driver, who made a mys
terious trip from the waterfront
to a Francisco street apartment
with a "dead rlnKer" for William
j. Tall man as a passenger, today
entered the constantly shifting pic
ture In the police se a r c h for the
missing radio man, wanted In Ios
Angeles In connection with the
slaying of Mrs. Virginia Tatty.
The driver, police said, Is Theo
dore Oluhinny, and the trip was
made a few hours lifter Tullman
disappeared from the liner Ad
miral Itenson on the night of June
5th.
After 10 days' investigation, the
police have come to the" conclusion
that two men aboard the steamer
known how Tall man escaped.
"And we are going to find out
who they are If it takes all sum
mer," Captain of Detectives Dun
can Mathemm announced.
SAN FRANCISCO, June U,. UP)
The weather outlook for the
week beginning June 10, was an
nounced hero today hy the United
Slates weather bureau ns follows:
Ffir western states: The wea
ther will be generally fair in Cali
fornia and Nevada and generally
cloudy, wllh otcasional rnlns else
where In the far west during the
coming week. Temperatures will
be normal.
Mr. McO.rtiilck Nisc.
I CHICAfiO, June 1ft Mi Mrs.
K:herino IVxter McCormirk to
diy nt her content in circuit rourt
! to be appointed gole conservator of
Ithe person of her husband. Stanley
H. Mccormick, incompetent heir vt
TAXICAB DRIVER
ENTERS PICTURE
TALLIN CASE
' Associated Prtsx I'IhiIh
Traveling In opposite directions, two New Yorkers, Charles Olsen
(left) and Raffaele Maulllarl, will vie for a new record In circum
navigating the globe by regular transportation facilities.
BRIDE LEFT BY
FRENCH FLIER
GOING TQ PARIS
Mrs. Jean Assolant Show;
Girl Wife of Five Days,
Elated at News of Safe
Landing Refused to Be
Plane Stowaway.
NEW YORK, June 1 li. (P)
Mrs. Jean Assolant, tho ' bride of
five days whom, the pilot of the
Yellow Uird left on the beach at
Old Orchard, Me., was preparing
today to sail for Paris to rejoin
her husband.
The 21!-yar-old wife, who was
Pauline Parker, a Now York
chorus girl, expressed her joy and
relief at'the- newH the fliers had
landed safely in Spain. .
"I am ho relieved and huppy
that 1 can't think of anything to
say. I didn't sleep a wink all last
night," she said. 'I was con
stantly thinking of my husband
and his cumpanluns and trying to
follow them in my imagination
across the Atlantic. All night long
I fancied I could hear the Yellow
HIrd's motor roaring."
Mrs. Assolant said someone had
suggested that she stow away In
the plane, but added she would
not have thought of Much u thing
as It would huve endangered the
lives of the crew.
.She said the number "13" ap
parently was lucky for both of
mem, and pointed out that In ad
dition to the fact that the plane
took off on the thirteenth day of
the month, there were 1 3 letters
In her name and they were mar
ried 13 days after their meeting.
She said their brief courtship
had been carried on with the aid
of Krench-Kngllsh dictionaries and
gestures, as she does not under
stand French und Assolunt's Kng
llsh vocabulary consists of three
ph ruses, "show me", "shut up"
and "U. K.
DEATH BY COW'S TAIL
,
TOPEKA, Kaa., June 15. ()
A scheme to prevent Horhv'b tall
rrom HwftrhiiiR hftn in the face a
he milked the cow resulted In the
death today of Bonnie Trent, PI
year-old farm hoy.
He was ilruKKeil to Ills death
after he had attached the cow's
tall to his wriat.
Baseball Scores
National.
R.
8
Brooklyn
Cincinnati 7 1'.
McWeeny, Moms, Morrison
Picinlch: May, Rixey, Ash
Sukeforth.
0 i
and j
A me rl 7i ii.
H.
4
7
Cleveland 0
Philadelphia 1
Hudlin and Mvati: K;irnh:iv
nnd Cochrane. (Called In fifth on'
(Called In fifth on
account of rain.)
It. If.
Detroit
New Voi k
Sorrell ii nd Shea;
mm h. Moore, Henry
Oil key.
a 15 o
2 8 0
'Ipgras. Hei-
Sherid and
H4 if .;
2 j ft 2
H Louis
Itfiwton
j j 2 2
Itlaehoider and Pchang;
Hayne, M. Hi.Mon nn-l
H ray.
It U "sell
Perry, Morris.
(12 innlngN.)
II. H. 1:
Chicago fi n a
Wa-dilncton 1 f,
W;ih Hnd I lei g; Liska, Ui own
and Huel, Tate,
SEEKING SLAYER
PRETTY COED
AT OHIO STATE
Mutilated Body of Theora
Hix Found On Rifle Range
After 'Date' With Un
knownFind Evidence of
Terrific Struggle.
COLUMHPS, Ohio, Jifne 15. P)
Marion T. Myers, employe of the
state department of (Agriculture,
and Professor James H. Snook of
the Ohio Btuto University school
of veterinary medicine, were held
on formal charges of investigation
by Columbus police today after
they had been questioned in con
nection with the hammer killing
Thursday night of Theora K. Hix,
Ohio State co-ed.
COLUMBUS, Ohio, Juno JR. (P)
Theora Hix, 24, pretty post-grudu-ate
student at Ohio State univer
sity whose mutilated body was
found on -a rifle rango and Iden
tified last night by school com
panions who had known her as a
quiet, studious co-ed, was the sub
ject of intense police Investigation
today as search was made for an
unknown person with whom she
had a "'date" on the night of hur
death. ,
Two boys found the body yester
day when they went to the rifle
range to practice. The head had
bee,n punntnred 17 times. The
throat und body bore deep gashes.
Seven hours later Alice and Be
atrice liuslne, sisters who roomed
with the girl near the university
hospital, identified the body
through personal effects after no
tifying police of her absence. The
features were unrecognizable.
Police learned that the girl had
gone to the hospital Thursday night
to Inquire about part-time employ
ment there to defray expenses ut
the school of medicine during the
summer semester. At 7:45 o'clock
she left, telling Hertha Dillon,
switchboard operator, that she had
to keep an engagement and that
she would return before 10 o'clock.
sl,e f"Ml to reappear at the
hospital or her home, but It was
n"1 until late yesterday that alarm
wan felt for her safety, the girl's
! roommates believing she had spent
the night with friends.
So' i With Man.
Their surprise that she had men
tioned a "date" started authorities
on a' line of investigation which
revealed that several times she hail
recently been seen with a man
about 40 years old. driving wllh
him in a small automobile. Her
campus friends In amazement said
she never had shown. Interest In
university social life, and that she
never, to their knowledge, had
made "dates" with the few men
she knew. They said site was sec-
and!retfve, that little wan known of
j her. and that so far as they had
burned she had no confidante.
i They knew little more than that
H her home was In Bradentown, Fla.,
'they said.
! Whether she met the man men
tioned f o iol ii wuh not known.
()f f u.,a)H nf,w W(.rp unr,.rtRn that
Ithe assault was committed at the
I deertcd rifle range, but they de
i '-lared the girl made a terrific nt
' tempt t save herself. A wrlst
, wiitch stopped at I ' o'clock, the
hour nIic was due nt the hospital.
I I'm If cp ft;,jd It was broken during
I (lie Struggle.
As they net out wllh Coroner
' -'"ph .Murphy to solve the siay-
1 they fouglit, first of nil, they
iHshl. to reconcile the conflict which
'hey haw between Miss HI' uni-
i vemity life nnd her statements nt
jthe hosprnl. 1 hey hoped lo leurn
the Identity of her friend through
.mother wontnn. they Mid.
Coroner Murphy returned a ver-
diet rf murder and culled uu ln-
quest today.
Stroke of Pen Places Meas
ure On StatutesCon
gressional Group Wit
nesses Ceremony 'Well
Signed Bill' Says Sena:
tor McNary, Who Is Given
Pen Used By Hoover.
WASllIN'UTON. June 15. (,?)
Simultaneous with 1'realdetit Hoo
ver's signature of tho debenture
less farm bill today, Henator Mor
ris, repuhiloa.il, Nebraska, an
nounced he would offer the export
proposition as an amendment to
I he. tariff bill and thereby revive
the move In congress for this plun
of controlling crop surpluses.
WASHINGTON. June 1 5. A")
President Hoover with a stroke of
the pen today placed In effect the
new farm relief policies which his
administration had drawn to alle
viate the ills of agriculture.
Climaxing months of campalgn-
i Ing, pre-iuaugu ration activities.
and congressional controversy, the
president with ceremony appropri
ate to such an event, wrote his
name across the farm measure and
thereby placed it upon the stat
ute hooks.
The signature was affixed In the
presence of a group of congress
ional leaders, which Included Vice
President Curtis, Speaker Isong
worth , Secretary Hyde of the de
partment of agriculture, and a
n u m be r of fa r m leu d era of the
house and senate.
The president and tho congres
sional leaders wore bathed In pho
tographic floodlights us the chief
executive: wrote his name on the
measure.
"This Is n well signed bill," ob
served Senator McNury, Republi
can, Oregon, a moniher of the fam
ous MoNury-Httiigen team, adding
that the president hud gone
through tho motions three times.
Mr. Hoover used tvo pens In nt
t u c h 1 n g his signature, writing
"Herbert" with one and "Hoover"
with the other. He hnnded one
pen to Henator McNary and tho
other to Representative Haugen,
chairman of the senate and houso
agricultural commlttoos, respec
tively. It was exactly 12:08 when the
hill was signed, 4
The new farm law embodies an
authorization for an appropriation
of IGoo. 000,0(10 to he used by the
federal farm board in an effort to
solvo tho surplus crop situation
through a series of stabilization
corporations and commodity coun
cils. The farm board will consist of
n)no (members, eight to he ap
pointed by the president, while the
secretary of agriculture will make
the ninth. Speculation already has
beon going tho rounds over whom
the chief executive will select, and
a number of names have been
mentioned for the posts.
GHASTLY FIND
BELIEVED PARI
E
LOS ANCKLHH, June 15. (VP)
A woman's leg, severed at the
knee, was found by J. K. Van
Wing on his ranch near Puente,
who reported the discovery to the
sheriff's office early today.
Deputy Hherlff A. L. Hutchison,
who received the report, said the
limb, from ull appearances, had
! been lying In nn exposed position
for He vera 1 months. Hutchison
added that Van Wing said he hud
'noticed the leg In a walnut grove
a week ago, but thought It to be
t hat of an animal. Tho severed
member will be held by the bx-nl
town coroner pending nrrivul of a
detail of deputies who will start
for the ranch luter todiiy.
Hutchison said nn examination
will be made to determine If the
! limb belonged to the torso found
jsome months ago In the Los An
! geles river bed neur Co nipt on.
j Tbre weeks ufter finding of the
I torso, a skull was uncovered some
J dint a nee uwy and both were iden
' titled as belonging lo the body of
Mrs. Laura Hello Sutton, missing
' Artesln wfetiian. Dr. Frank P.
i West lake, n retired phyteinn. Is
! h' Id in the county Jail on the
charge of murder of Mrs. Sutton.
;Arms and legs of the torso were
' never found.
4
I Oregon Wewllirr.
1 Oregon: liulns today and to
I night clearing Hominy cooler In
the Interior tonight. Hlrong smith
shifting to we&t winds, with
uul. . ....
IN TORSO CRIM
i JE.V
k ( t;i
pi-fc-i.ittjva 1 .... atiyMi
Charles G. Dawes
xvixnsoii. Kiik . .in m 1.1.
I'liiliM- tin' lolly luwi'i-H of Wlml-
snr castle I ii-niTa I t'liurli-s II.,
luvn liuwt'il to Kitli; lii'iirKti tn-1
ilny liml tiri'scnti'il' tits nvilt'iititlls
3
as ni'W Aiiii'l li'iin aiuliassniliir t . . -
(li.Mit llritiiln. Tho rei-rpll.m fur. .,,,.,, ... .
Hi., A.nml.aii l.y his majesty 1 LIAKTTA. Mali... June IS.
iiipliil a htii f Iialr hour and Wl Two farmer lads, who ailinlt
riassetl without unusual hielilent. tetl that they were "ucured stiff"
Tho former vlee-presUlent was ttlld thl,n nm wlly wt,r0 Mh v.
ileromiianieil to the urn-lent seat ,
of ro'alty bv Mrs. Dawes. Ruy H h"M today they trucked
Atherton. em'bussy counselor, and " K"ng of desperadoes to their
Arthur Henderson, secretary for "Jungle" ufter several thousand
foreign arfairs in tho MaeUonald uossemen. including deputy sher
cabinet. lie wore a top hut and Qf (m,ee Rkllwa lndtan
conventional morning gurb. Uvnodsmeo and farmer
A mi
K LLED ON
WA
Winner of Indianapolis Race:"".-, oiM to the
Di uik.n ' porudoos. tho two boya ran away
ies Instantly When Car,ttllli lt WM, vorili h0U1. betore
, ... thelr Identlltaa wera learned. They
CraCKS UP On AltOOna admitted that tlmy were "Beared
- stiff." '
'Track Cliff WOOdbUrVl Utllpd from hta home at Oro
' .. flno, Klnne Identified four. of the
Probably Fatally Injured a
icguii uawij muuyicu in
Accident.
ALTOONA SPEKDWAY. Tipton.
Pa., June 15. P) Ray Keech.
winner of tho Indianapolis automo
bile rare, was killed on the wood
bowl hero today whon his car
Ray Keech
cracked up on the east turn as the
racing cars passed the 100-mile
mark In a scheduled 200-mile event.
Clin' Woodbury, another well-known
racer, wus probably fatally hurt.
Keech was killed instantly. Ills
body was mangled. His skull was
fractured, Ihe bones In his chest
broken und his loft leg crushed off.
Doctors at Mercy hospital where
Woodbury was taken said they did
not expect him to live. Woodbury
suffered a possible fracture of the?
skull und probable in tenia I inju
ries. Keetch was leading tho field
when t h e snmsiiup occurred.
A bou I four machines were In
volved. Ono car shot toward the
rail, wrecking It. Others piled Into
the wreckage, and ihe wood track
caught fire. Utter confusion
reigned on the field as emergency
hospital doctors sought to get to
the scene. Keech was traveling
at a pace of about l-'o miles an
hour when the accident came.
WASiHNC.TOV PA UK. Chicago.
June ir,. p Windy City, a fhl
cago owned horse, won the .$.'iO.O"0
American derby nt a mile snd a
quarter lot. ay Nalshapur Bee-
oil 4 uuti AMc.au ib UU.
SUA '.V-W
Trackers of Idaho Bandits
'Scared Stiff When Men
Found Asleep in Woods
Officers Led to Lair By
Boys Who Flee From
Spotlight of Small Town
Hero Worship.
ly ready to admit that their quarry
had eluded them.
Kwurd Alexander, 14, and Ram
Rryun, 1 6, working on a tip of
a farmer who had sold two of
the highwaymen a quart of milk,
found Ucorgo Norman and George
Livingston, members of a gang
who abducted VV. B. Kinne, lieu
tenant governor of Idaho, and two
other men ufter shooting and mis
treating one of them.
Norman and Livingston, ex
hausted ufter a ' day and a night
of skulking through country pa
trolled by enraged citizens, were
asleep when the boys spied them,!
The lads gave the alarm and fhe
men were urrested. Within a few
hours Talbot Reynolds, Frank
Lune und Kngos tiupysland, other
members of the tfumt. were
)ey ttUmnted to rescue the offi
cial. Norman, snld by officers to
be the leader, was picked up by
the quartet after they had tied
Klnne and the other two men to
trees.
Livingston, only 19 years old,
appeared reudy to cry when ar
rested, and after a few minutes
of questioning, officers said, made
a Cull confession. His companions,
however, at first refused to talk,
but later all signed confessions.
Liners Collide.
PLYMOUTH. Kng., Juno 15.
(A1) The United Btates liner Amer
ican Ranker and the Cunarder
Carmanla, both from New York,
collided In Cawsand bay today.'
Only slight damage was caused,
to either vessel and both pro
ceeded. '
Will Rogers Says:
BEVERLY HILLS, Cat.,
June 15. They say a bab
bnon if he gets liin hand into
a hole in a pumpkin will fill
up lux llKt
and then not
know how to
Kvt li in hand
out. Instead
of emptying
hix liaml he
leaves it in
there until the pumpkin rots.
That has always struck the
world ns beinu the limit as
an example of attacking a
problem from the hardest
possible alible, and it took
our eonress to beat it. For
over three months they have
had their hands in the pump
kin and had a fist full of die
bent lire and all they had to
do was to vote ou it, which
they didn't do till Friday.
The fir.it hour that they
met Inst April they could
have had their answer, "Do
you favor u subsidy of any
nature to agriculture T" The
answer would have been
overwhelmintily "No," and
they would have had their
fist oi, t empty right where it
is now.
So endeth the parable of
the liabboun.
Yours for research,
WILL ROGERS.
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