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Newspaper Page TextAIETRIBUNj The Weather M MEDFORD Temperature Highest yesterday 3 Ixiwvst tills moi-ulng 31) To 5 p. in. yo-itcrduy Truce To 3 a. ni. this morning- "I"! I - m ' Forecast: I'lisoU'cd toulght and Friday. Collier tonight. Bdlt TmijIj-otiIi Twr. MEDFORD. OREGON". THURSDAY, DECEMBER 151. 1929. No. 270. Today . By Arthur Briabua Mellon Knows How. Suggestion, Offered Humbly. v Foolish Dream, Wise 1 4 Man. When We're in the Court Copyright King Features Synd. Ino. On Monday, in this prosper ous country, there was a "turn over" of one billion, eight hun dred million-dollars in tax pay incuts and treasury financing alone. Not a ripple on the sur face of the financial waters. Interest rates didn't t?o up. "Call money," the kind used or Wall Street speculation, re mained at 6 per cent, with unorganized lenders, "on the outside," offering to lend at 4 per cent. ;" ! f. Secretary Mellon knows how to handle big finance smooth ly. ' To him a billion dollars is ONLY a billion dollars. Per haps that's because he has a billion or so of his own. A mother with a baby han dles other babies easily. . Job was wise, enough not to answer the Lord when speak ing "out of the whirlwind," and a newspaper man should be wise enough not to offer sug gestions to rulers of high fin ance. Nevertheless, this suggestion is offered to President Hoover aiid to Secretary. Mellon. Isn't the nation paying off bonded indebtedness. with 'un necessary speed?'' i.:V '.. . Secretary ; Melton.; has done rinarvels in reducing ,,,tlic Jia tional debt 'by billion's'; during ur period of.,.cx'ccsH.i1ve.,iii,os-i pcrity. ;,;'.."''. Would it liptjbc iwoi'th while, to hold down on bond retire ments by iiicomj ,tax now, let ting payments from foreign countries, IF aiid WHEN, they pay us, retire' no)he''"rif 'the bonds? They got the money. Gigantically heavy income taxes such as the nation now pays is had for business and general prosperity. No gather ing of $100,000,000 will change the fact that excessive taxes discourage initiative and Inflate congressional spendings. . . After all, this generation did not start the war, and didn't lend the thousands of millions .(i) Europe.. . Why make the liv ing pay the whole load it) a Lurry f. (Continued on Page Bight) TPJ H.ilnl It rrrrmhln' l I'lrk np nur nmniiiT an' run on In 111.; lMnm(. MiHifcwimc r of miiiic iwn hitxkln' i-hnmplon aflrr Imil. In' at all Hie oiImt niuan. hot-lnl, i-iimlnal an' pollili-al. Uiat have aclornrri lu piwrn frr month? I kin m niir wtmicn would wnnl lo hr rnwm'lpalrd. hat hr tl-r InoUt on lookln' amanrlpalwl if what ell mr. j Copyright John F. Dill Co.) FRUIT SALE BROUGHT N $6,127,640 Rogue Valley Shipments Ag gregated 4071 Cars $5,516,280 of Total in Pears $611,360 Apples Report of Traffic Assn. Shows Shipments By Va riety On Pears. Fruit shipments from the Rogue River valley for the 1929 season totalled In value $6,127,640, ac cording to a report filed today with the Rogue River Traffic as sociation. Of this sum, $611,360 I was for apples and $5,516,280 for pears. ' The pear shipments by varieties were; . - Cars. Cannery Burtletts 610 Packed Bartletts 65 Howells 101 Bosch 727 D'AnJous :. 1.873 Cornice 223 Winter Xelis 416 Assorted 21 The Traffic committee was in structed to request that in making out its -schedule for hauling Med ford district fruit over the Atturas cut-off next year, arrangementsbe made by the Southern Pacific so the fruit shipments would not be delayed at Klamath Falls, and '.n Nevada. . . Miiialiy Coming: James Mulcahy, traffic manager of the Southern Pacific,' is sched uled for a visit to this section early In January, when he will discuss with shippers and growers mutual questions. ' ' Rawles Moore, counsel for- the Truffle asbuolntion,'.' reported : that lie. had j received! a: (Unrest of the refrigerator rate case.; but had not Jet 'digested It himself; but as soon as. he did ho would file a report, Mr.. Moore tnu Idthe digest seemed to' bo.oiupjlatd.; 'And. .'(ull ptlfig--uiCiS, v Counso Iqorgi uJhqi-re port ed, on, .tho. 'fle4 vcflfchavg"of(tha Ciliforala40i;rgofi Power icompany rate .for nftckina house machinery.. (i'nW Hbsence of David Rosen- nergti'Jari; coe, iuiQrint imoosr' . AKsp9fatlon members! engaged in a . round-tiible dlscusvion v( -the mectiug of the-, Fruit g r.0-w e r-s league, and .the iffs,-'- ands and whyfors of the Detroit Rose cam paign.. Tile , Wlntor Pear commiti' tee was praised, for Its work.1 Chi cago .and', Cleveland; were Informal ly, .discussed . an markets 'which could bo broadened for pear con sumption. The shippers agreed with the g ro we rs, in the p re m ise that inasmuch as more pears are being produced, more consumers are a necessity. Determined that the outside air is better than that she breathes Inside the women's ward of the county jail, where she Is held for the robbery of an Ashland service station last week, Mrs. Pauline Ple 81k, 28, yesterday afternoon made an attempted break for freedom. She had planned the break care fully and under ordinary conditions would have met with Biiccess. ' The woman dressed herself in clothes for street wear early In the day and also put on her over shoes, explaining to the jail ma tron, Mrs. Joe Daniels, that she felt a little cold. At 4:30 Mrs. Daniels was unable to find Pauline In her room and thought for a moment she had made another escape, follow ing her first last Thursday night. She had carefully hidden horsell behind the steel cell In the room in surh a way that her presence could not be detected. She thought she would be able to run from her hiding place when her absence was noted, but her hiding place was discovered by Deputy! Sheriff Paid Jennings before she had an oppor tunity to place her plan in oiiera llon. When she was discovered she was mad and declared the matron would not co-operate with her In any of her plans. Her vexation nearly caused her to tear her hair as she talked nervously to her keepers after she wag found. As a result of her attempt yes terday all of her clothes were re moved from her room with the ex ception of those which she wears, and appearances are better now than ever that she will spend the Christmas holidays in Jail. St. Helens. The Army and Navy store moved new location at 150 Strand opposite Demlng drug store. UN MAKES SECOND BREAK FREEDOM JAPANESE NAVAL DELEGATES TO 1 Wra , WHEN SHIP p c ir- Members of the Japanese delegation to the naval disarmament dent Hoover In Washington before FLOOD HER I rn,,n cno Uinhoct Lane COUnty Sees Highest Water in Throp Ypar5 VVdiei III I Mice ICdia Willamette Two Feet Over Danger Mark-McKenzie Akn fYn Rnmnano HISU Ull nctlllHdye. ' '.- 1 " ' EUGENE, Ore., Dec. 19. : Two northbound sttiges, one a Yelloway bus and-the other a Southern Pacific motor coach, slid off- the' Pacific ' highway into a shallow ditch a short.dlstance south1 of Goshen last night. The highway was a foot beneath the level of the flood waters and the drivcVs ' word proceeding i with only the parallel rence Hues and occasional lighten: flares ttrlcefcp them on the road. t '" V"ate'r 'came up, ljutf) the bottgni. of'1 fh'fi 'rttaiTOH nnrl nlisinH, wni'p stopped bjj the muddy water. No injuries to passengers anu no prop ertylamage resulted; -: "I ; . no. - " 1 -klWj i:N K; ,orfj...,'no(v ii'.ffl Kugcne' and Lane 'county were, to day 1 experiencing tho wort flon-J troublf in ithrec, yc;rs njj, the.AVU lampttn rivor touchf-a the, J .5-foot mark. fyo and, a half feet ovjr .tho dhngir mark, , Heavy,. rains , com bined with melting annw , in tha mnuntaiiiH wrought the damage. Between Eugeno anil HprlngfielJ and between ICugene jmd Junction City the Pacific highway was three feet under water. The West Springfield district was the hardest hit and property damage there will run into thoit mindH of dollars. Farmers in lo.v river bottoms will ulso suffer heav ily from the washing out of soil and crops. The Drain - Ree-.lsport, highway was blocked by slides. The Mr Kenzle highway wus olosed for, the season by snow In' the high pawi-H and by sliden nonr the Ieaburg water plant. Tho Willamette high was all but impassable. The Iong Tom river bottom and the Ami zone dictrict were huge lakes. Mi'Kenzic Hampages. The .McKenzie river, too. was on a rampage, piling up 1P.000 cu'r1c feet of water per hour past the city's new water plant at l-eabu g. The normal flow Is 1500 feet per hour. . . Two schools In Eugene have be'jn dismissed on account of water In their basements. Hundreds of basements in residences are mil of water. The weather bureau here pre dicted today that the flood hfta reached Its crest and will subside at once unless more" rain fell In the mountains. The forecast to day predicted rain. CM t A NTH PARH. Ore., Dec. 19. (P It is extremely fngxy here to day, with nin having fallen throughout the night. Weather l warm. LA GRAND.:, Ore. Dec. 19. iPt More than three in chert of snow fell here yesterday and last night. Milder temperature prevailed to day. Motorists wer warned about using chains In the nlue mountain:. ROSKRLRO, Ore.. Dec. 19. Wt A break In tho stormy weather that has prevallerf'ir the past two weeks was forecast by the weather hurenu today. Low hanging fog. coupled with a rising barometer and shifting wind dtrpctlon. Indi cated thHt the severe weather had passed. CAMP KEARNEY HELD BEST BALLOON BASE WASHINGTON, Dec. 19. (P Supporting a recommendation by Secretary ' Adams, the general board of the navy. In a report made public today by the house naval cpmmltteo, udvncnled Tamp Kear ney, California, as tha site for the Pacific coast naval airship base. I NEAR EUGENE UNDER proceeding to London for' the opening of the conference in January. L HIT BY STIMSON WASHINGTON, Dec. 19 (JP) Secretary Stimson asserted today ill a formal statement "Uiat It was the "deliberate intention" of an editorial published In the Washing ton Post "to attempt to make trou- hie among ino American ueiegaies Itotho London naval conference and the members of the president s cab- lncti to discredit our government ZZlVTo thTCVefSrsad ., was "needless to say that Amoricans look with some uneasiness upon the proposition that the size and rela- t)vo strengtn 0f the United States navy are to be determined by a K lltlcal bargain with other power." DRY AGENT'S AIDE; BEATEN IN JAIL " - COKttfl-! D'AENEJ, ' Idaho, Deo. 19. (P) William - Harrons, miner, testified 'today Jn tlip '.(illan rum tropHpiracyj trial," that Shorlff It, K. Weniger of Shoshone county al lowed Mm to bo beaten up in jail because lie, aided federal dry aKcnts at M.ullan'. : , - , , liai reus ' said he IiourIiI Honor flora several , .fointHM at, Mulllan, then told Prohibition Oriicma Ham Webb and .JuIUub JoIiiihoii, who made several arrests. Their pris oners woro placed in the county Jail. Then, said Barrons, ho was arrested on an assault charKe and Wenigcr permitted the other prls oners to assault him for "squcal Ing." DURING NIGHT FLIGHT KOOMIS. CiU., Doc. 19. (p) The skill of a vetoran air mail pilot was credited today with having prevented serious Injury In the crash near here last night of a Hoeing piano. carrying two ptiKsen gers and L'5 sacks of westbound mall. The plane, flying from Reno to Onklaud with the transcontinental air mail, struck a hillside a short distance east of Loom is while Its pilot, Kay Little, one of the oldest mall filers In the west, was flying ( low In an attempt to follow the lighted airway. ' ORKCION CITV. Sophia Ko clnlek. 28, atd to be mentally de ranged, pscuped from a hospital at Gladstone. , Stage Beauty Disappeared After Marriage to Colored Physician IX)H ANOKUiS, Cal., Dec. 19.--fl'l The mysterious disappearance two years ago of Helen Ioo Worth ing, former New York stage beauty, was believed solved today In an' exclusive story in the Kxamlner re porting the alleged separation of Miss Worthing from her husband, Dr. Kugene C. Nelson, Ivjh Angeles physician. Dr. Nelson would not admit that he was a negro, but said he was "colored." The revelallon that the girl. noted for her charm, had wedded , a non-Caucasian, came simultane ously with news of (heir separa tion and reKirls that Miss Worth I Ing hnd consulted Rn attorney Willi i tho view of obtaining a divorce, Ihe Kxamlner said. Miss Worthing and Dr. Nelson were married In Juno, 1927, In Ti juana, Mexico, records revealed. They came Immediately In I An geles and for a time resided In an exclusive district In Hollywood. In recent months, however, thay have been living In the Los Angeles col ored section, where Miss- Worth VISIT HOOVER 1 r I r ' Associated Pr Photo conference will confer with Presi SUCCUMBS AS RESULT Pioneer Medf ord Dentist Taken Early Today After ' Short Illness Funeral ; Sunday In Practice Here Thirty Years. - Dr; George LouJh Bundy, well known pioneer dentist of nuuthern Oregon, died this morning at the Sacred I leiitt hospital, where he had been 'ft pn'tlcnt a week follow ing a. stroke of paralvsla. He had spent the past 30 years In Med ford In 'continuous dental practice and riled 'uU the' ago of Ot years. Fu - HftRrnooit ut:di. f Dr. ttundy was of pioneer par ents, his rather orosshig the pliiin's by team In 1 KB1 'ttnd; hW hibther Wj' IxGd nnd 'we're 'married nftpr'ibelr' arrival Jn Oregon. '"Dr. Bundy. um be wum rainlllnt'Iy known', 'wits born In Benton ,: county, ' Oregon,' March, ISSK. In' 1 KUC 1 h 'tdok itv his chosen profession and after a short period - of practice In' Han Prunclsco and another In 'KUgenee Oregon, hb 'whh persuaded "by DK' J. M. Keene who was convinced- 6f his extraordinary ability, to locate and practice in Medfurd, and was for many yoars in partnership practice with Dr. Kcene after lo cating hero, and at one time served on the dental examining board. lie was married In Lane county in 1S80, to Miss Kdlth Parker wiio survives. Besides his . wife, he leaves two children, Parker nnd Dorrla Bundy and a niece. Hilda i Bundy who has made her home with the family. Also yne brother, John Bundy and one nephew, Carey Bumly, both of Medford. Kunernl Hcrvlces will he held at rho f'onger chapel at 2:30 Kundny. Kev. Win. B. Hamilton will offlcl Mte and Kdna Isaacs will ronder two solos. Hervlres at the grave In Medford cemetery will be con due KM by the local Klka lodge. Dr. Bundy was also a member of the Woodmen of the World. REPRIEVE FOR SNOOK EXTENDED TO JAN. 31 COI.l'MBi:H. Ohio, Dee. lit. P The state supreme court today continued the stay of execution of Dr. Janies H. Hnonk. convicted sluyer of Theora Mix. until Janu ary 31. Dr. Snook whs scheduled to be executed at Ohio peniten tliiry some time tomorrow. ing Is sulci to have boon practically In seclusion. , Records show. Dr. Nelson was graduated'' from Moharry Medical college, a school for negroes. In Nashville, Tenn.. on April 25. 1911. cjuestloned by tho Examiner, Dr. Nelson dodged questions concern ing I Is raoo In order "lo protect my wife." "I am what I am. It can't hurl me much," he said. "Tho racial question had nothing to do with this separation," ho con tinued. "It was simply mat she was Jealous. I believe sho would like a reconciliation. 1 sny It with out egotism, but I believe she has a tremendous affection for me." Miss Worthing mot tho man she afterward married in April. 1927. An Intruder heat her brutally at nlglil In her homo, and Dr. Nelson chanced to be called. He rtressd her Injuries and continued to call. "She rame to know my true worth and we were married In Ti juana," Dr. Nelson said. Mlsa Worthing could not be lo cated for questioning. EO BUNDY S1R0KE hK OA O Pilot Boats Rescue All On Board S. S. Fort Victoria 'After Bow of Outward Bound Vessel Tears Gap ing Hole in Port Side Passengers Praise Offi cers and Crew. . NHW YORK, Dec. 19. Rescued when their ship was ram med and sunk at, tho fog-hidden entrance of New York bay, 25i passengers of the Furness-Bermud i steamship Kort Vletorla were saf-a ashore today. Including the crew, 415 persons were saved without bwa of Ilfo or injury. The Fort Victoria was rammed amidships by the Clyde liner Al gonquin at 4 p. m. yesterday as the Bermuda-bound ship stopped off Ambrose lightship to drop her pilot. The Algonquin was outward-1 bound for Miami and Galveston j with 189 passengers. i The rllot boats, H.indy Hook nnd Xew Yorker, the first vessels to respond to tho 8 0S s'gnals of the two ships, picked up the life boat of the Fort Victoria with her passengers and most of her crow of 163. Captain A. R. Francis and 12 of his crew remained aboard the Fort Victoria until she sank at 7:30 p. m. They were rescued by one of tho tugs which wore trying to keep her afloat. Passengers lost all bnggago with the sinking of the ship. Held by Foif. Tho Algonquin, with her bows stove In. but not dangerously dam aged, nnchorod nenr the scene of tho collision to wait for tho fog to thin beforo returning to her plm today. Her passengers remained aboard. Despite tho thick fog which hud hung over the harbor all week, tho Foi. .Victoria ; uttJMlmnrMn schedule at 11 ni in.. 'With her rbg siren, sounding, she crept down tho bay., at reuU'oed speed feeling hei' way, ,..;,', " .yitnoiit'wiirnlnir. tho blHrk 'bo ifi LbcAlBonquIn rlovq tile foir li lift Kl(tli.'a, InroUKh tho plates ot the rort Vletorla Juat forward'of iimld tinlpa,, leurlng'a gaping holo In hei' port'sido.' "" The ilp rapldiy-iioveloperl n"llt as !w.iter, poured Into' her forward hold and' flooded tho flro nnd on- irlno rooms, stopping tho genort fors. ''A'n' emergency dynamoWas Ktartod to furnish powor for, the rudlo and a few lluhts. SUinils Ily. CantMn J. W. Mackenzie ofJJio Algomiuln. ascertaining that his ship was In no danger, stood by Joining his H O 8 calls to those of tho Kort Victoria, Passengers, upon landing, said there "was no panic or confusion, although many were badly fright ened when ordored lo don llfo-prs servers and go to their boat sta tions. Tho Fort Victoria carried lU boat.-, but ono was stovo In by tho crnsh. Tho passengers pralsod tho con, duct ot tho officers and crew, suy Ing they appeared to know Just what to do and went about tho task of bandonlng ship cnlmly. The rule of women and children first was strictly observed In filling the boats. After the passengers and crew were off, the Algonquin was lash ed to one sldo of the Kort Victoria nnd four salvage tugs to the other, in an effort to tow her to a dry- dock or Into shallow water, but tho stricken vessel continued to list to sturboard and finally went down. Bho was yalued at It,. 500.000. The lobby of the. Hotel McAlplli headquarters of the rescued pas sengers, was the scene of many happy family reunions today, . 1 PROPERTY IN K. F. KLAMATH KAMJt. Ore., Dec. 18. OP) Purchase by the Coll-fornla-Oregnn Power company of a large Main street building, for merly occupied by the First Na tlnnal bank and a building adja cent was announced yesterday. The two buildings will bo converted Into it large company office. ALLEGED TORTURE MOl'NTA N VI I0V. Ark.. Dec III. (P) The Jury deliberating the fain of lour men charged with mm -derlng Connie Franklin, farm la bnrer, had not reached a verdict late today. It received tho cafe late laat night. Big Legacy Meat, Merry Christmas for Jobless Man POKTI.ANf). Ore.. Iec. 19. iP) A man who until ho wus Leo Lcuimrd. 3ii. I'ortlaiul cabinet mulu-r, wa.s enruutc lo Detroit, .Mich., today to 4 claim n half million dollars ! bequeathed him by a wealthy undo. Leonard, a Jobless labnrer. f read In u l'ol'tlund newspaper last week that the Detroit firm of lawyers was .Hooking fr e a man named Leonard. The 4 cabinet maker said he wns 4 eating dinner In n minor ih- h tnuram bore when n waiter I told him of u search for a "Leo l.eunard." ! Leonard salil he would pre- 4 sent himNelt to tho Detroit 4 attorneys and endeavor to gel f tho money before Christmas 4 to enable blm to befriend 4 S persons who aided him. 4 EAST AREA Blinding Blizzards Sweep Mid-West Sub-Zero Tem peratures Discomfort Comes to Country From Canada to Dixie Christ mas Shopping Hampered More Cold Coming. - tt. 1 CHICAGO, Dec. IB. (P) Chi cago's storm dead had reached a total ot 20 iotlay. Ten (lied yesterday and 10 more wore victims ot heart attacks, traf fic ' accldonts, or wero froaon- to dflttt;-i , ttio - blttee- snowstorm. Twq,o( the , day's (lend wort) klllod by trains, as they tugged along (ho rlglt ot,,.way,'; bewildered ' by" the wlrwig,.foow.'""' ' .'""" !l:u,;',', """'Uy' tlio Awwolalcd limit) ''' Old, King, Cold i broadcast' over a'l nuttomvmo; network today, "i1' ,"" 'I If many receiving, sets whistled, it was tho1 wind;' 'Wind -thnt raced' at express' train- speed 'nornss the prairies and ilnabed the' lakes to fui'yi.'..ty'ub-Mira, sero imd nenr sero tenipcr'u.turoH reached" from1', Can'-1' aillt to Dixie and from the' Hookies to Now Kngland. If the' broadcast was tragic It was tho dozon or moro doaths caused by gules, Ice and low temporatures. Winter becamo a magician who dipped his hand Into Medicine Hat. whero weather breeds, and drew forth nearly every kind calculated to cause discomfort, disorder and distress. Blinding blizzards, sweep ing across tho midwest abend ot a train of under-zoro cold; 'snows coating tho cities' streots with tho traffic hazard, of Ice; sleet, , snow und gules overt much of the 4jo-, minion of Canufle,; and isnow,! even In New Orleans, which' had not seen It for yours. Dlxlo Shivers' ; Dlxia felt the cold especially, for It came on thf heels of unusually warm weather. Kentucky, ' Ten nessee nnd Georgia watched mor curles drop to tho twenties. . Ontario, the eastern stutes ,and New Knglund counted the cost ot a crust of Ico that levelled many miles of communication lines and scrambled transportation. New York and Boston among eastern cities wallowed In Tog. Tho southwest was so cold that stockmen had a problem In pro viding shelter for their cattlo. In Texns a hunter froze to death when pitched Into an Icy stream. Hub-zero readings were so num erous that they hud to bo In the minus twenties to earn a place In the news. Haeo, Mont., crackled in a teinpernturo of 3d degrees below zero. Wllllslon, N. D was only two degrees less frigid, and Devil's Luke in the samo stuto was 12 degrees In tho rod. Christmas trade over a wide nreu was serluutdy Interrupted. In many middle west cities, Including Chicago, .Milwaukee tha Twin Cities, Detroit, Ht. Louis and Chi cago. The general forecast for today was without cheer, auguring clear ing sklrK but continued and for the middle west and portions of tho east moro severe cold. TEMPORARY TAGS EOR AUTOS READY FRIDAY HAI.KM. Ore.. Dee. IP. W) To morrow In thn tlHtn n whltjh cuun ty Hherlff In Ore on will tn-K'n Itwulnff tPinpornry nutomoblle II vnp. The charge will he S3 cp n in, Thin will hn mi nuthurtly from the ieorrtnry of ntnin to tide ovrr th nmh period for new llr-enffcii, and tm never boon dune before. KING COLD REIGNS IN NFERENCE ON HOOVER RESENTED Friend of President Denies Discussing Sugar Tariff With Executive Lobby Probers Told Imputations Against Hoover Improper, Unfair Gave No Direc tions. WASHINGTON. Dec. !).(?) Edwin P. Shattuck. lawyer tiiend of President Hoover, told the sen- . ate lobby committee today ho had . not discussed the tariff with the president. "I have had no directions from Mr. Hoover about the sugar tariff". Shattuck suid, "nor have 1 discuss ed it with the president. 1 have discussed the sugar tariff and tho proposed scale with Mr. Newton (secretary to Hoover)."1 . Just a few moments before Sen ator Walsh, Democrat, Montana, had asked the witness If he hail ' talked with the president beforo accepting a job offered by Lakiu. - "I told him I was employed by the Cuban sugar interests to try to work out some plan tbut would bo full- to ull," Hhattuck answorcd. "Why did you toll .him at 'all ' about your employment?" Ife wus ( usked. ' "I saw him na I usually do." ' Shattuck wild, "I usually cult on him when In the vicinity." . . i Long Friendship Shattuck said his friendship with Hoover hod been "llko any other : friendship," adding that thoy had hnd a good deal of public work to gether and a large amount ot charity work. . . ... . - Senator Robinson, - Kopubllcan. ; Indiana, asked why Shattuck was employed "chiefly'.', because of bis frlendshln with Hoover.- ' "I nuke no claim to be tin ad viser of Mr. Hoover." hesuld.--"I hnvo -1n the past . 1 0 years doncv r'nf pfdflhal 'Work'tfor-'MW-ilfoovoH1 I 'reaeni' the im'plloaMpu tuU ',aip:iil) liioi Mit"t-fti.Ai'f plmiMil loiri! friend. i .i.l.. .' ,i f .....i. .r...t ...J,,' i'rJH 'IP stfcW Imputation should bo received .'Ina liy tho1 committee. My relations .. 'y. wlfH Mr. HooVer hiiVb"becn"vryl I'",ftV' 'pleasant.' I .,,.,ii..i Son I iin';irti.i l!'l( n " 'T'mako no claim other than , . 'that"! hope tU have'lll8:frlcnslllp,' 'V "' " he added. ! ; ft ' Mn'MnviPl '.'HI ! "Do' 'you; think It's ftth' to have ' ., . Mr.' nnbvor's' name- bundled1 Uhoui ,-' lll.U" Id this testimony?'), Senator Boft'iw ' 'ml Vf so'n Usked.i ' ' ' . "I certulnly do ' iot," - ho -said, , "and I can't make It strong enough." " ' ' t Shattcuk said tho "Inferences" from sotrio of tho testimony about -his relations with Hoover . woro " "Improper." .' "Aro any of tho facts untrue?" Senator Hlalne, Republican, Wis consin, asked. "! have not discussed the sugar tariff with Mr. Hoover. I havo discussed it With Mr. Newton," ' ShattucK answered. ilie suid , he- had discussed the. i, )r;!'. slidlog kfle proposal with Newton. (1 . ; (Continued on Page Six) Will Rogers Says: BEVERLY HlHiS, Cal, Dec, 1!). Socri'tury Stiiiinon and the Japanese Iihvb doii; ferrt'tl on tbeir tlemanils t the (li-sarinaiuent cbiifrolcc. Tliat'g like two jurymen Kottinu; t o - (tetlier a n d aKreeinK o n lhir vonlict liefiire the court even opens. We mustn't, lie too,: Jifli'tl nil tliat. poop iniNKiiiriotf (lis-, triet Httontey at ' liitredo, Texns, wlm wanted to arrqsj. ('alien, add almost enilsed na war. Maylic ltd was only following- tlte usual district at torney's methods, tryinK-4-t attract euoUith attention to become, g-ovpi'iior. tt' f tinny about that office,. 1ut', in every statu In the. union it's the same. There should be a ellipse in every district At torney's contract - "This office does not netN essiirily entitle you to (tov ernorship ambitious. Keep your mind oil your own job. " " 1 ' Yours, WILL ROGERS. ?.In''(iiiiH '.''