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edford Mail Tribune Pillr Twntjr-fourth Tw. HMlly Hrty-citfbUi Ytkt. MUDFORD, 01IKOON".: SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 21. 1!)2). N. 2-1 0. M Today All PUBLIC By Arthur Brlabin. ' ' 0(0,01 11)11 I Clemenceau. f$1 ,000,000 at Poker. Labor, Capital and Peace All Is Comparative. ' (Copyright by King Feature! Syndicate, Inc.) Yesterday Clemenceau was dying. Doctor said nothing! could save him. j The old man, who said, "I do not detest men, hut 1 do I not like them either," would have heen president of France, after" the war, 11 for his hos-I tilily to the church. i .s he lay, beyond hope, sic- cording to his doctor, the worn- 1 i, . 1111 taking care ot Inni, was a V. ' . ,ler of Chanty, it nurse to whom he is much attached. Voltaire, like Clemenceau in thought, would trust only one .11 ... . . 1 ' . I mini to look niter his business ; affairs mid liny works of art for him, and that man was a Calholit! pries. Vollnirc a n d Olonipnco.m liiivo boon called at heists, but neither was an atheist, although both refused to accept any one of the " revealed' 1 religions that tho masses of men have ac cepted. M Clemenceau rendered service 1o 'his countrv such as no man has rendered in a hundred ! years. France will do bim jus tice, and ask no quest tons about his religion. y Historians of the ., future, studying our civilization, ex ploring the fancy writing of "star reporters,' will discover Profesional gamblers and criminals in New York, -engaged in a game of cards, involv ing close upon a million dollars in one night. One of the gam blers lost and, refused to pay nhout $.100,000, and was mur dered. They will read also the guesses of some reporters that witnesses will not tell what they know because the 'Minder world" tells them to keep their mouths shut or say thincs that mean nothing. t An interesting picture of our twentieth century civilization. Those historians of the future will be interested also in to day's Chicago courts. Six tcaptains and 20 other policemen arc on trial in the "shu machine graft case' In another Chicago court room a police lieutenant and members of his squad are accused of murdering Octavius Oranady, a negro politician. ' President Hoover receives from employers of labor, great industrialists, a pledge to avoid discharge of employes as far as possible, and to avoid reduc tion in wages AHKOIXtKI-Y. Tho President auks the labor un Ioiih, for the time beliiii, iiutll iiioh UTlly lias been put firmly oil Its M. to watio no labor flKhts for hlKlirr 'wr,eH, except mirh m have already Kturtert. It Id a Rood propram. Ijilior and rapllnl should adopt It, nt least un til wP know just what. If anything. Is Die matter. .. A Indy slmia "One who lias a lot nf bonk stork nnd wants t o know where she Is really at." VTioro she In "at" depends on what slock she linn, nnd who runs ilie hnnk. Another person who may have heen "In the market" writes: "All so-called prosierlly Is a Joke. Jus He is a thini! of Ihe past." It Is not itiitn so had. Some see only their own mlsforl lines. fienrge tlleisteln nf Itilff.ilo tells of a man, aged id, leaving the of Ice nf a doctor who told hlih lie ,td cancer, snylne. "Just think of It. horrible: canrer at 0." A passerby rebuked him. "What ftre you complaining; of. friend? I (Continued on Vnge Three) vvunrv will RUSHED States, Counties, Cities and Nation to Co-operate- to Thwart Unemployment Federal Aid Assured Hearty Response Given President's Plan. I Washington. Nov. 23. ir) j i'miinj! that thp fedcnii Kov- eminent will exert Itself to the 1 f utmost within its own province of 1 puMjc ,vol.ks ,,.vliilWnl Hoovo, today asked ihe coventors of the ' forty-eiht states ,m- their coop- cr'"inn um lh!U nf numUipai am county officials to iho Klme end. ,. ,.. Tho chief executive said ono of tho largest factors that could ho brought to bi'ar fur tho absorption 'of any unemployment which might result from 'present disturbed conditions" was that of "the ener getic yet printout .pursuit of pub lic works by the federal govern ment and state, municipal and county authorities." lie ashed for a canvass of the state, municipal and county pro grams for the next six months and tho next year, and announced he j was request! tit? Secretary Ijimonu 01 ine commerce department to take in hand the detailed meas ures of cooperation with you whien may arise iri this matter." The telegram sent to each of the governors said: "With view to giving strength to the present economic situation and providing- for the. absorption of any unemployment which might result fi'om present disturbed con ditions, I have n.sk ed for collective action, of industry- in the ex pan" sion of construction activities anil in ftlnhHizntion of wages. As 1 have publicly stated, one of tho largest factors that can be brought to bear Is that of the energetic yet prudent pursuit of public works by the federal government and the state municipal and county author ities. "The federal government will exert Itself to the utmost within its own province and 1 should like to feel that I gave the coopera tion of yourself and the munici pal county and other local offic ials In the same direction. It would he helpful if road, street, public building and other construc tion of this typo could be speeded up and adjusted in such fashion its to further employment. "I would also appreciate It if your officials would canvass the state, municipal and county pro grams and give me such informa tion as you can as to tho volume of expenditure that can he arrang ed for tho next twelve months an. I for the next si months and in form me thereof. am asking Secretary Jjimont of the department of commerce to take in hand the detailed meas ures of cooperation with you which may arise In this matter." (inventor Phillips, of Arizona, pledged his support even before the president sent his telegram, lie, said his state expansion program already had begun. "The present psychological hys teria due to the slump in stocks has 'not effected business here," he telegraphed. "The outlook !s bright for n prosperous winter In this state." Mayor Ma.'key, of Philndclphli. telegraphed last Monday thai municipal Improvements In that city would he vigorously pushed and thar within the next eighteen months the city would spend ap proximately $63,000,000 for munic ipal projects. Kven before that John M. Me Honald, commissioner of public works for Mt. Paul, telegraphed thnt his city had adopted a UK. f(oo,no(i schedule oT public develop ment projectf, many of which now are under way, and thi.t the bal ance would be expedited ns much as possible this winter, i t. Handall, presitlent of ihe St. Paul association of comniereo. informed tho president that be -.ides the public works program there was a private building pro cram for next year totalling SiC- K. I. Carpenter of Minneapolis, president of the National I-umber Manufacturers' asnoelation. Issued a statement todt.y to the lumber industry sugvestlni full coopera tion with tho movement undertak en by the government to aitMnin present leveln of industrial and commercial nctivltles. "In behalf of the lumber man ufacturing industry." the state ment unid. "I have assured th president thnt nil of Its fn IHties will he nvailablo to nhl In carryinu' out jmch I'onstrucllvo program fr the stimulation of building and other business nctlvltien may develop from the serU of confer onces which he l now hnldlnc nnd from tho surveys which he ! hav ing Instituted thrnuch the depart ment of comment with the aid of the I'nited Hinted chamber of mm merce. HOOVER CALLS LEADERS 1 -I i President Hoover Is calling a group of the nation's leaders to meet with federal officials to stimu late business activity. He has sought the counsel of Owen'D. Youno (above, left), chairman of the board of the General Electric company, and Thomas Lamont (above, right) of J. P. Morgan & Co. Becretarlea Mellon, Davis and Hyde (below, lett to right) will represent the treasury, labor and agrl, culture departments and Chairman Legge (below, r ght), the farm board. RUIVI CAR ISSUE AMAZON GIVEN OUTLINE PLANS! TO HIGH COURT LONG TERM FOR FOR RETURN OF FOR DECISi Dcalers ! Ask Protection, When Confiscated Auto Seized By Dry Aides Wot Paid For In Full Two Million Autoes Seized Yearly. WASHINGTON, Nov. 23. (IP) The government urged the su preme court today to decide a prohibition riucstlon of prime Inl- j poitance lo automobile mnnuiar-; turers, and agents, nnd It Is like- I i: weighing 230 pounds, and t possible turning over of surface ly the highest tribunal will rule ; possessed of Herculean strength, j rights lo government lands to the on how seized .automobiles nut i had confessed that she strangled ! states within which they lie, or conipletelv paid for are to b ! her common lnw husband, Wllm-r Balil at Its first meeting today dealt Willi. 1 T. . Kitselman. Inst June 30. with and recessed tint 11 Monday. .The issue Is whether the gov-J his own belt at Wyoming, 111., and; James II. f larfield. chairman of ernment should prececd against j then carried the body to a lonely "i1" commission, announced that such machines under the probl-iroad where she burned It beyond "il .Monday be would present an bltlon law. which would give those ' holding a lien on any machine an opportunity to protect their in- lerests, or undnr the Internal rev- entio laws, when Hen holders of a , machine order forfaited would be ,,,,.,1,1.. .,, uncover anything. ! The controversy reached the su- pfeme court In a case' from west-1 vnnh fai-ollna brought bv the Jtlehbour Motor company when a . Ford coupe It was st lllng on de ferred payments was seized by a federal prohibition officer foi Iransi nrting liquor. The govern ment decided to ask the forfeiture of the machine under the iliti rn-.l revenue laws on the ground I', was being used to defr.-liid the government of revenue, nnd the Inw.-r federal courts sustained Hie position. Pointing out that nutoniobllei of n value of more than .min,Uao are seized annually for tllb 't transportation nf Hior, the nm- paiiy. In holmir r the amomonm' industry, Insisted thnt -those hold ing liens on the seiz-d miichi"-s should hnvo a chance undor the pnihlldtlnn law to protect theii interests. It m.vntained thaiwheu the charge Is illegal transporta tion, the prosecution has no die-ci'-tion nnd must proceed under the prohibition law. The envernment mntrd In th memornndtmr filwl today that ai decision by the supreme touvi desired boranse the Issue pnsem - od wan constantly nrlslnH In Hie onforcpmont of prohibHinn. 1 ' SAX KliANCIKCO, Nov. 2. hVi The fire situation In Han Ma - leo county early today was re-' i.orled scrions. but under control!'""""'" prneuce as three blhxes. ono of which laid the const town of Montnra In ashes yesterday, burned with h ss fury with additional tr-mpM from the Sjin Krniicisco. presidio aug menting the hundred ( fighters on i he lines. NKU lOltlv, Nov. ?3. The; scimologii al luboiaiory nt I'ord ' ham univ.'rslly npoiieti tod.iy that' iwo light earthfiuaks, ono nt 7 : r, ( and tho.o'her at 7:33 o'clock, were recorded nlcht. Tho dtnrh- hm eg wi re apparently 3.2fi miles , from New York. ! ' .. i SLAYING LOVER Foo Lady P,eads Giunty To Choking Common Law j Mate to Death With Own ' Belt Only Sorrow For; Her Father. o I . Ki: WAN III-:, III.. Nov. 23. (fly-- 1 Laura Weaver, 21-year old con I fessed torch murderess, pleaded charge today, and was. sentenced "' He,v, 2'' V" ' the state pen itentiary nt Jollet. Mlm Wllll , , - , recognition. Kitselman wns flfl y-! two years old. Sho declared the man hnd been cruel to her, and the only regret in the slaying was tho sorrow she brought to her father, n wealthy retired farmer. ; The girl sobbed today as Judge' Joseph K. Dnlley of the Hlorlt i county circuit court passed sen-' fence. She. will be taken to prison .ionoay an. I will le euullile lol parole in 1 . years. DR. BOLCOM i The resignation of Dr. Kmlly V I ll'dcom. county health unit phy ;sfoian for the past year, and sub I mined to tho county court, some ; I weeks ago. becomes offoctlvo on j Uef ember 1. It wan announced ye.- erduy. Tho place will be filled by Ir r. White, w ho is now the ( I'ockefcllcr health Institute, rj j , (.iviiu, n, ructions nnd tnUUvs courses. It Is oxpeeted Dr. White j will assume tho office at the ox- phatlon of Ir. ltdcom term. Ir. White rumci highly recim mended, and has engaged In active Ir. Ilolcom, during her stay in the offiro has won many friends by her thoroughness, and In re tiring expressed high appreciation of the aid. support, nnd co-oper ation t'-ndered by Ji.r kson ciutnty peoplo Interested In county health work. !r. Ilolcom has no definite Im- mediate plans for the future. - SAN Kit ANN'lHCO. OP) As nn oxporim nt. Tulare county will d Ignate north and south roads bv numliori, east nnd west l.idH hy I't'-rs, and Intersecting roads by names of flowers. RISIGNS HEALTH ONII POSITION TO CONFER ON BUSINESS Amoclatetl i'resf Photo PUBLIC LANDS State Asked To Take Sur- six' i face Rights HIICUIS Western Area Oregon Aide Sees New Reclama tion Act Estimate Fund Involved. ; . WASHINGTON, Nov.. 23. (P) Tho commission on conservation and administration of the public domain, appointed hy President Hoover to formulate a policy for estimated budget ns a basis for . congressional appropriation nnd t would assign committees to study i the various phases of the prob lem. j A -suggestion that the federal . government finance the building of dams and the stales take over fm-tlier reclamation development was discussed by the commission. i 1 " commissioners from Oregon contended that giving tho public Innds to ttiu slates would require a new reclamation net in that the i'den.1 government would not have ''authority to construct reclamation projects on state property. II. o. llursum of New Mexico said the objerts of tho eommls ion If nttaim-fl wfiuld lirlng lm , medlnle profit to his state of Vl'um.uiim nnnualiy. one of tho commissioners. Ft. ; K. Tiffjiny, nf Olymida, Wash., re- porhnl that he had resigned ns t;ito hydraulic engineer of his, state and canto to Washington as ! private citizen boon use of opposl-! lion Ut the Cfnferenco by the gov 'ernor.of Washinglon. The riucfttlons Itno which the coinmisslnn will inmilre wore out -1 Mnud by President Hoover nt the White House, and by Secretary WiOnir, and Chairman James II. r field nt tho corn mi t tee's torn - .rary hoadiiuartes In tho interior d partment. An individual picture of the public lands problem In each fi tho eleven stales concerned was ir'sentod by its commissioner. j C.IIANTM PASS. Ore., Nov. 23 M'lKoar was felt h"so today for 'the safety df ranch fumllles along , the Itoguo Uiver hetwenn Tlndall Hill nnd (inld lit in h. where a for est flro with n lo-milo front w j reported sweeping down tho nnr rw valley toward Oold lleach, j Telephone communications were seered when tluflro crosserl the , highway burning down more than ; a mllf of telephone poles. Ilanch- v'ro preparing to evacuale 1 their homos, a-aoiding to last re ! port. Hundreds of fire fighters wero being mobilized ami sent 1ntn"reo to about 1 7, M. Mi. u 1,4, accord the stricken area, which Is SO log to a tentative osttmatn mado SKATTLL. Nov. J3. (TV-Sent -lie defontfd Vancouver In nn over time period gnme, 2 to 1 hero lift night to lake first place In the Pacific const hot-key league. ALL SILENTIFIRST act 0FDEATH FOR IN RUMPUS! ON MEWAN Neither University Head Or i Football Coach Will Talk Eugene Alumni Starts Petition Agreed Some: body Talked Too Fast. . POUTlANa Ore., Nov. 23. (V) Tho ".McKwun-llall .affair" ah the reainailo,'i of t'aptain John J. .McKwun as head footbull eoaeh of the rniversity of Oregon has come to be known here, stood more or less "up in' the ttlr" tonight Tho "affair" was Ihe foremost nf every spoilsman's ,.k.,.- topic of ...i.... . . w v t 7 7i , "rl"o normal income u rates of wlanil thuslv: Captain' MeHwan has inform.'.! n. wspapers anil Iho Associated Vress ibal he has resigned, ef fee live upon the expiration nf his present contract, which has nn other year to run. President Arnold llennett Ilnll of Uio Tnlversity of Oregon has received no official no'tico ot the coach's intention to resiK-tr. '. President Hall, naturally, has nothing to say regnrdlng the mnt ter and McEwnn less. Aslted for a statement - shortly hefnre tho start of tho Oregon llawnil game here today. MclOwan told newspaper men: "I have noth ing to say. My statement has j ...'CO lll DIIMncil. In the meantimo n petition has been circulated nt Kilgeno asking that McKwan ho retained nn conch under a contrnct tho terms of which are as good as the pres ent. . . Alumlil officials here were silent regarding the mailer. . 'ilth-s1it.ro were n greed that tHW",'.'. Also William 1); Wilson, mailer was given premature pub- llcity. , One. sporU , -writer eom niented as follows:. ' ".Much better had the affair I heen kept silent for tho present at least It was expected hero that Ihe entire mntter will bo threshed out lo tho satisfaction of oil concerned when tho university administra tion takes action as regards a coach at tho end of Ihe present ftotball season. Meanwhile McEwnn continues to handle the reins of the Oregon I learn in Ihe same fashion as In the past. Ho started hack to Ku- gene tonight with tho team fnl lowing a dinner In honor ot tho Oregon and Hawaii elevens. SPEED UP NOOSE Fl SAN PUANCISCO, Nov. 23. A) The desire of Oeorgo Costello, eondoninei slnyer, to hasten his death by nn unsuccessful suicide attempt on the ove of. hift execu tion was gratified In part by At torney (leneral IT. H. Webb, Webb ruled that Cosiolla must hung on December 13, 'the dale set for his exticullon by (inventor C. C Voting, Insleail of January 3, when Louts Ijijiius, Involved with him In the slaying of an Oak land hank teller during b robbery, will mount the gallows. COLD SPELL 001 IN DIXIE PASSE ATLANTA. Nov. 23. (!'). -Slightly warmer R'mpontlurcs were In prospect for tho south tomorrow, following ' a cold wave which brought mnw( (co and sleet to a number of states In Dixie. Weather forecast received hero today na Id generally higher tem pera t u res wore due Sunday, al though several states, especially those n long Iho Atlantic soaboari, were duo lo get colder woathlr to night and before daybreak Sun day. 11 Light deaths, six In Arkansas, where nnow fell and unseusonal cold prevailed for savsral day. Mid two In Virginia, where, near freezing temifccrulurcH were report ed today, wore attributed to the. cold, HALKM, Ore., Nov. 23. OV) Ov-r $'J,00i,(mmi in Additional revenue will bo collected hy the mate of Oregon in 1 1311 as a rnsuk of the ono cent per gallon increase In gasoline nnd distillate tuxes, bring ing tho t ot al receipts from this by .Serretnry nf State Hal K. Hnsu. After J.'.nuaty 1 next this tax will be four cents A gallon on gasoline a Oil 3 '1 cents on l ImI illalo. The new rate H ihe first change since tho liieronso In 1!3. . I IS TAX SLASH Present To Taxpayers At; Christmas Time Sure Vare's Seat Also To Be Settled While Prohibition and Tariff Wait. WASHINGTON. Nov. 13. I ni'oiue tux reduction $ I tiu.uno, 000 worth gets the first attention of congresH when it convenes in regular session a week from .Mon day. This Christmas present to foil - cnil liixpnyers seems destined to' he -given- about Christmas- time wil h I he leaders of hoi h parties in both tho house anil senate pledged to its enactment The ! "''VH -'"' '" "", ""'lfr- l""" "" nmi.erous oilier con- ll oversial problems. - I Aside from the iiroitoKnl to nIhmIi j bolh individual and corporation ! laxpayis by one p em. 1'resl- nan nor ils. ii i 1110 proKi-am no will Hiiliiult to the first regular session of congress in his administration. However, Iho unsettled ' tariff legislation coming over from tho extra session prnmlses to demand attention from some time to eomo. ItenrKiinl'atinn of tho prohibition service nnd ,its trnnsfer to tho i department of justice from - tho treaairy is oxpeeted to be . rec ommended by tho chief executive. While the house Is busy slnr: lnt tho appropriation hills nn) uoiMnit the tax reduction resolu tion under way, tho senate will tnko up the three-year old dispute over tbe.rlKht of William 8. Vure senaton-eloct from Pennsylvania, to a seat. '; ' -. Vare's rich! was challcnKcd first 'by the special senate committee Inquired Into his three cor- Jire primary eampalKii and ru- j. fumed expenditures of more than Ihe Democratic opponent, contest ed Vare's election on the charge of fraud. The sub committee In quiring Into that contest will re port next week. Vnro has been denied the oath of bfflce. Hy previous agreement, tha Vara case will be taken up at tho out set nf the 'session. Lines have heen fairly well drawn in the sen ale during the three years of ills pute and an early decision Is ap-. parently in Bight. It nppears unlikely, however, that tho senate will be able to dls- ( Po of morn than the Varo case nnrt the tax reduction resolution before tho Christmas holiday after which It will resume tho tariff wrangle. LONDON. Nov. 23. (P) Tho grenter part of Kngland for the second successive week-end to night was nwept by high winds accompanied by rain, hall nnd lightning in many places. Tho south' was chiefly affected and a 7il-mllo nn hour wind drove the storm Into Kolkstone ho that the streets looked like miniature riv ers, Klonds continued In Wales nnd .10 if Uvoh were endangered hy t rush of water into the Olanamman colliery. Tho miners made their way out through the air shafts after fighting for their lives In tho swirling waters many foot un derground. RESCUED BY AIR KDMONTON, Alta.. Nov. .23. Pf A radio message from Korl Itesolutlou satd Andy 'rtiickshank. chief pilot of the relief expedition bringing Col. ('. D. H. McAlplno Ami his aerial prospecting party back to civilization. Irft today to rejoin his parly at Kort Itolianco. WASHINGTON. Nov. 23. (Ay) 'fho National (lengrnphic society today announced It hnd granted an addition, ,1 fl'-VOiM) to Command er Hlchard K. Ilyrd. for his Ant arctic expedition. Tho Rociety al ready had granted S25.IHIO. 8T. JOHNS, Nf., Nov. 23. fP) Kye-wlinesH descriptions of thn devastation wrought hy tho tldnl wave which struck thn coast of Itu r I ii peninsula after the earthquake last Monday spurred relief workers today In their effort to rench the Hlrlcken flshliiR village. Tho list of known dead wn3 placed nt 2;' In an official report hy Revenue Inspector Defl. who took charg" of rectio work nnd arrived hero with tho fh'Ht group of survivors. I nofficial estimates jf Iho dead wero between 3tf nnd t'l. . SiAIR PROSPECTORS www wwm w w mn mmm w w E ! M. Clemenceau, War Time ; Premier and Statesman Passes at Age of 88 Years Gen. Pershing Pays High Tribute To Courageous Leader. 1'AltlH. Nov. 24. ll') The stout heart of (leorges Clemenceau, - i Tiger of France, ceased beating at 2:l.r tills morning. The wartime' premier was Mi years old. The sharp tongue of the C.i-and.-Old Man of France was silenced forever. 'His predominating qual- ! as au.hor. journa.u.. and state. mr.n always ha. heen the display of fighting spirit nnd he died as lie lived fighting until his lasi , breath. t ills grandson, Dr. .lnciUcntnir. who had watched In tho death chamber during ii.u last hours with rithcr members of tho family, atpe ped from the little house in Hun Franklin into the court yurd nnd nnnounoed tdlthe waiting reporters nt 2:30 n. m.: "Grandfather has Just died." Madame' Jacquemalrei daughter ot Olomenceau,- his son .Michel, and his close friend Dr. Iiubry, were present when "Father Victory' met defeat nt last-In Iho struggle which he hnd wagefl, for severtl day--with' lndnmtnatablo 'courage despite terrific pain from uremia. The last Illness began on Thurs day. It found bim barely recov ered from a serious heart nttnek last month which was followed by 'the strain of Armistice day. Doc- tors gav injecjiona to hnUter up the "heart against the terrific strain placed on It and administered mor phine, to relievo ih&, pain. Poison- , ing spread gradually through his system nnd the physicians early abandoned nil hope of saving the life of their patient. -He wan un conncloua muoh of the time. Tho tnat WAfila thut thn , Tlftll pronounced In the final lucid spell nt 10:90 last night wns nn expres sion of satisfaction. "My work Ik finished," ho told Dr. Lauhry. : It to the book which he undertook; to write nfter the death of Marsha t Koch in reply, to one edited hy lio' " ed to have been inspired by the) Into marshal. - Correction of tho pletod only last week. ( PARIS, Nov.' - 23. (P Sun day) Oleorgea Clemenceau, Wt , time premier died at 2:15 a. nt. (9:15 p. m. E. S. T.) Dr. Lnubry, one of 'the chief physicians of the Tiger, hnd ar rived nt the house ten minutes before in response to n hurried summons. ' His hasty arrival gave rise to reports 'that tho old states man was already dead. ' The 88-year-old statesman died without recovering consciousness. Ho had heen In an absolute coma slnco l ,p. m. yesterday. Km tho past K4 hourtt ho had only hnd brief periods of lucidity. Dr. Ltiubry was Just In time to enable histoid friend to dio la his armsi Matin mo Jacqpcmnlro nnd Mic hel Clemenceau. daughter and son of "Tho Tiger" wero nt.tho bedside. Dr. Jncnuemnire, grandson of tho former premier, announced tho denth to newspaper men nnd other awaiting the fatal Issue nt 2:30 a. m. He said "grandfather i has Just died." WAHHINOTOX, Nov. 23. (P) Mourning the death of his friend, r.enornl John J, Pershing wild tonight ho regarded fleorgea Clo nieticeiyj ns the outstanding world war figure among tho Krench people. The commander of American forces In Trance during tho war mild: "Tho death of M. Oeorges Clo mciKcau fills mo with grief. Those of us who knew him ns prlmo minister the last year of the war. recognised In him the very per sonification of the fine courago nnd patriotism of tho Krench people. i "Ho Inevitably Inspired hN friends with- udmlrntlnn nnd re spect for his miperb minUties of mind nnd spirit. I rcgurd hla llitt Ulllf" IIIIIU11H, Ul HI Will uiiu' among his peoples. My InHt visit with him wns on Armistice day two weeks ngo. i neepiy mo-urn his passing." Recietary Btlmnon expressed his regret at the word of Clemenceau's death. He said: "I nm deeply grieved to henr of the death of M. Clemenceau, former prime minister of Franco and a most courageous leader of the time of the greatest crisis ot our ago." Tlie Wrntlipr Oregon: "Fair Sunday nnd Mon day, but with morning valley fog western portions; no chnnge in temperature; gentle variable winds on Ihe roast, FRANC