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MANY THRILLS !N 'GOLD SEAL FOLK MYSTERY DRAMA BANQUET GUESTS 'THE T 3TH CHAIR' OF MANAGEMENT The tl(? of 'the mystery' rnlking play, "The Thirteenth ' Chair," which began a three da)V engage ment at the Rlalto theatre yester ilay, with. the usual accompanying short subjecU, sounds (millions and seemed uvpieHage a good story of wienlness if (he ..movie, fans,, but those wlnj have never seen or. heard of the famous stage play of the same, name, ntir seen the screen veiRion, did not expect lo see. such an excellent drama of baffling mys leilousness, and so excellently sr firayed.by guch. u notable cast of stage and , film actors. , , The' element of surprise, Btrange neRS of double murder plot, spook! ness and dramatic episodes border ing at times on the. supernatural, provide all the thrills any healthy or morbid person could want, and, together with the lack ot.any horse play, ntake "Thirteenth Chair".. at least in the opinion. of. thin reylew er, the best .mystery .. picture, eyer seen in Medford, .and exceptionally fine entertainment.,. ... . .Fantastic camera effects, strange artistic lighting, novel technique, pood dialogue with excellent speak ing voices and acting greatly aid . in making It so.., ... .,. , : .. ' The.Rctlori of the styry'la a.l.lnld Jn one room in tho govemor-geq-fi-ral's house at Calcutta; with .tli.o niysteiiousncss .'of old India con liasling with the mysteries , of nu.d orn apiritiiaiism. and . Incidentally spirit rapping, table lilting and some other tricks or mediums are exposed in the working out of ibis ramatic in,le. While Conrad Nugel unci the pretty l-ella llyams arc billed as the stars of "The Thirteenth t'halr" and play up to their usual high standard, they sceiti merely inci dental to the story as the romantic leads, and It Is Margaret, Wycherly in the role of medium and Bda l.iiKoso, the llugariau nclor, as the Indian inspector of the secret po lice in Calcutta, both of whom cre ated these respective parts in the si age play, who fairly walk away with the acting honors, especially the former. Such superb acting and speaking is seldom seen or hoard on sfago or screen as characterizes Miss Wycherly'a work In "The Thir teenth Chair." Her humor, pathos, delightful lilsh brogue and repress ed natural methods inuka her stand nut conspicuously over the rest of this conspicuous enst, especially In the grim battle of wits between the medium and the police inspec-. tor to save her daughter from, the charge of murder. It Is the most dramatic of the many (I ram tic epi sodes in this tnlking play. . Other inerestlng roles are player by Herbert Holmes, Ilelene Millard, .lohiiyayUlspu,; , SttfUuro;-. ..lonesv. Mary Ppritfn, Moon Carroll, Oretch- en Holland, Charles Quartet'innlne, Clarence Oeldert and frank Leigh. n. A. K. .. After fatally chokini; her husband, Sam Osgood, today hy twisting bis collar, lllnncho Osgood,. 2", nccom imnied .the . body . to .n . hospital, where she Was arrested. She told police ' that her hus band had forced her to a life on the street, following their marrlago seven years ago, and that n beat ing at his hands early, today, be cause sue bad not , made enough money, proved too much for her nnd she retaljated. A black 'eye and bruises ., and scratches on her body bore witness to thet beating. The 'woman said she had no in tention of killing her hushnmH but A had sought merely to protect her self. ., , . . rtefiinninR , m , t:30 ('hrlstni'is Kve. I hi ChrtmijiKa. rurol, "O jluly Night, XviU bb .HUh'rf nt Sacrfil llcni't chinch, followed hy "Stlont NiKht." ..... Promptly nt 12:00, high ninsa will lK'Rin., ,th choir , flhik'liiK Stowarl'a .maiw In . honor of St. Anthony. At" the nffe'rtory the "Ailcntp FidolOH" will ho xunif, with Kopruno hjjIo it ml chorus. Hccpjslfnal hymn. "Thp. h 0i; ilny of a Kinff," sopninn polo. The i jiersonnt'l of tho choir In: Soprani Aim. John J. Wilkinson, .Mis. Jtupi'H MaiMox, MiH ltcrtille .Miksoht': nlsto. Mrs. Homo Slnffler; tonor, Wm. Stewart ; Imikk, Kay nionil MikHche. Orsnniwi nnd dl- '.V Ktriklnjr feature in (lie -pnrijh church is te niunifer'. mvne ,v( Chi'tHt'n hli.th, teprodnced in mini ature. , t The puMIc l cordially. Inxited to nttend the midnight maxH, , other inasMOs on t'hrlftms day will he oclehruted nt R and .10;3l a. m. " ; flaming comb burns Tresses from head roUTLAND, Orr:,' Dec. t2 . Men. A. Atlamn, 0. wa rrcoverlnn In a hospital tndiiy front") htn n nhout her head nnd fate miffervd when a coniti with whlcn rfie vn conthiyc her hnlr raucht fire. All her hair was hurned from her hitd. i 4 . . She vhs tnndln in rfnnt nf :n open flie whvn the comb Ignited. Members of; the ,G01d' Seai chili, an organliatlott composed" Wall employes ,o( the Gold Seal cream ery, were most loyally entertained with a banqut at their club moms Saturday .evening by. S. A. Kroschell.-. Wives o. the members were honored guests und. compliments are due the men for the. delicious eats prepared entirely by. them, j K. fV. .ifldridge, president of the i organization proved an able master j or ceremonies. With, pleasing, re marks he intrqduced the . mnin Bpeaker of the evening, Dr. Jewett B. J3ray. Bray,, following his, Uu jinarous stories, told, the greatest jstoryi of all time, the miraculous (coming of the. Great .Master, who (went about doing good,. a leader In every worth-while movement for mankind. , The speaker also point ed out how .It ' is. possible for or ganizations to carry out some of j these great principles and living fine i.ui;isuims spirit in tneir lives throughout, the year. There weie, I several mother short-talks by speak-1 rs Introduced, among them Mr. and ! Mvu.' K, C; jEldridge. of Portland, b'IDDlB HUU IUI CUUI UL , ... I JIU' ridge. Each speaker stressed the fine spirit of co operation practiced by flie icreaiiiery management anil lha .club. . - . , . .N.i) ! Christinas spirit seems com plete without the tree, gilts, greet ings and last,, but not least, Santa Clans, and who could more fitting ly Impersonate (his character on this occasion than the host, Mr. Kroscliell. A lot of fun wns en- ijoyed when the valued (?) gifts were recived. After the ilisiril.u jtioii of these Mr., Kroschell stroke of the many kindnesses practiced by- all mankind and thanked the club for its loyalty, and coropera (ion in .making the business, a sig nal success .and. IhaC, its. accept ance of his fiospilality would con tribute very materially to his own merry Christmas. , in the closing remarks made by Mr. Elridge he made special men tion and thanked the .chairmen of the various committees, among them Fred Powell, who. acted as head chef; another was. the, pleas ing und harmonious decorations nr ranged by .Nenl Newlan;. last but by no means least,, what dinner is complete without the most, tasty of all drinks, n cup of delicious cof fee prepared by Hirer Weed, with S. and W. coffe donated by that company..- . ,. :. : ,. Approximately 75 guests enjoyed the bounteous Christmas feast. Little Tommy Kroschell enliven ed the evening with his skepticism and seemed to think his dad had connived with the rest to put some thing, over on him. . Daily Meteorological Report , , December 23, 1929 ..forecasts' ";;' ' " .Medforti and vicinity! I'liscttled and probably rain tonight and Tues day. Moderate temperature., , Oregon:., Unsettled, with rain In west; probably rain qr. snow in the east portion tonlglit and Tuesday. Moderate temperature, - ' i . . . Kj " S c Local Cat. ' ?L.' .. . p a?" p ".- I I Temperature (I Jogs,) .... 40 X9 Highest (Last 12 hrs.).. 2 V 40 Lowest (Lash 12 hrs.).. M S6 Rel. humidity (Pet.) 90 !IU Precipitation., (inches).. .00 T. State of weather. Cloudy Cloudy Lowest temperature this morn ing, .'It! degrees. Total precipitation since Sept. 1, 11)29, 7.32 inches. Temperatures a year ago today: Highest, 44; lowest, 10. - Sunset today, 4:44 .p. m. Sunrise Tuesday, 7:37 a. m. Sunset Tuesdayi 4:45 p. m. Observations Taken -at 5 A. '120M Meridian Time M. CITY. ' rav Itaker City -34 30 P. Cdy. Hlsmarck 14 2 Clear Boise 32 211 llaln Denver 32 24 Clear DeB Moines lfi 4 Clear Fresno 32 3S Foggy Helena 42 24 Cloudy Los Angeles ... "2 !2 Clear .Mar.bfleld S2 411 Cloudy Phoenix 02 32 Clear Portland 60 4S Haln Iteil Illuff 00 40 Clear Hosebuig (s If, Itnln Snlt Ijike City . 3S 24 P. Cdy. San Francisco.. fiO 4S Clear Santa Ke 32 10 Clear Seattle 4S 44 Cloudy Walla Walla .. . 42 34 P. Cdy. Whmlpeg 2 Cloudy W. J. HUTCHISON, Meteorologist. , Bebe Daniels Star "Rio Rita" Talkie lit he Dnnit-lw prpvis herself po por of one of the miund utTiien'r tnoHti i hnrminK flnuint; voices In "Kio Illta" the nll-tnlkinR. nll-mu ieal radio picture nt the Fox Ciitterlan theatre four days, start inir fhriFtmas day. The show in an elahmnte version, much of It In technicolor, of ihp Ziefetd KtaRe hit. .tohn Itoles plays nppnHltc Miss Diiniels and the larMe simi porting r.isi Includes llert Vheer Koheit WnnUey, Ioroth' I-ee, Ion Alvaradn, Negro Holds Love of White WifejCONSDLiDATiDN $ nAiihfiAhp nnnrn! ,iri:rii : n hhilhuhuo umuj ilcleuT.ee WorUilug. furtiver Xew .1 oi-k ncttt'stk und J)i". UiiRehe Nelson, Iaih AiujvI., pliyslolbn. . fiovo heron after a leniioi-ai-y rift nntl disclosure thnt. lie had negro blood in Ills veins. - v . ..; Dance Ordinance 'as Adopted in 1919 Which Will Be Enforced Ordinance No.. O.:!.. regjilating I that puch other person may obtuin public dnnces within ihe-city of admission to', auoh ..Umce; lial or .Medford and reqiilrlng a license 1"" ,"t;mlUf l "Tl" X'"'ltt v violation of this arllc!u. therefor, rends as follows; . : Soction 7 Ng intoxicated por fiectlon 1 The, term "pulMc! Hon Hhall be peTmlued in . any dance" is hereby defined, for jjio ! premises where a, public dnncu is purpose of this ordinance, to helheing held during the prosross any dance which shall he held or nf-any .dunce. Doistcrous conduct conducted "for compenszitlon, paid j anu proranlty nnG disorderly con directly or Indirectly lo the owner,: ,iU(.i ; uf any jnl ahall he pro propriulor, manaticr. or, operator t hereof. Section H It shall be unlawful j for any person to hold any publle, dance, as defined in this tiriil naiice, witiiout first. obtaining a li cense therefor from the vecrirder of, the city of .Medford, ,. T,he li eense,.fee shnll,, Hi. one dollar for each pulH' dance, or the applicant may take out a 'licence (or, a pe riod of three months ,nnd pay a license fee therefor of' five dollars. The license shall in nfc easebe traiisferalde! ' ' r ?' Section 3 No public' dance, as defined- In .this ordinance shall, he held .within the city of .Medford without there beinff, provldedi for said puldic' dance -at "least - one matron . of ifood, moj'uj character, who shall', i)c,hp)plptei:t.hy the ffiayor and shall receive, u.com pcnsutlnn for her services for each public dance, the . sum of $2.Tti up to 1 o'clock,, midninliu and fifty cenjs additional -for every Imur, thereafter, said, compensa tion to -he paid hy the manage ment of syid public datica. -Said ijiatrpn shull he, clotid .,wlth po lice powers. y ' Section 4 V?o' person, shnll serve, have ojv dj'inls innjC"intoxi - c.'iiinK iniuor in- or iioout -me premises where said' public dance is conducted. Section & No person shnll hold or participate In any public dnncej as defined In this , ordinance on Sunday. Section A It shall be unlawful to permit or suffer, nny, person to attend or. take part In nny dunce or remain In '-such , dance hall, If such person Is under 18 years of age, unless such person is In company .of at, least one -.of his or her parents or legal guar dian., It - shall 1 he. tinTawful for any person to mae nny misrep resentation or false statepient as to the age of- himself 'br herself, or any. other person, for the purpose nf obtaining the admission, of such person as to whose age such state ment or representation Is made to any dance , hall, or tJio( permission for such person to'rcmnlh therein In violation of this ordinance, and1 it shall be unlawful for any per-' son to represent himself or her self to be a pnrerit or Jegal guar dian of nny other person in order ASKED TO ALTER WASIIINOTOX, Dee.' 23. Hope that Jtho federal farm, board will repudiate . agreements . for handling grain reported to have been reached at n recent confer ence between Alexander Igge, its chairman, and severnl grai.i operators. Including .Julius If. Karnes, head of President Hoover' business advisory council, was ex presd today in a letter to Leggo from Chairman Carnwny of the senate loiiby committee. "I truly hope, the bonrd' will repudiate your agreements and the place and time In which you saw fit to announce them,' Caraway wrote. "It must do so, if It wih to retain tho confidence of, not only tho farmer but all those who earnestly sought , by legislation some means ot relieving' the dH- tressed condition of aKrlcullui uepiymg to n .iene,r irom tne 1 arm ooaru cnuirman, a nraway or fercd him nn opportunity to ap pear before the , lobby committee to explain the conference. ),eugo had written .Caraxyiy nn explana tion of tho farm board's policy in advancing money to, coopcl-ai vc farm nrganimtlons. i.,,,. ti..l.. r'n...... ATHKXM. Tenn.-d'Vi Twenty- n ynr. n Wnlter flmhrle Inst His wntrh In a flelil here, nn.l'hl. son rharles recovered It this fall. It wns snl.l to he In pretty Root! shape, at tJx.U, ' ' n " fi t- Aslnrln, . Pomciir flnur man llfi.rl.lrinc stnrte.l l.y rlllstiury. Astoria FltHir mills. her .llllKhlllul. heroine reconciled Associated Press Dispatch.' ' hibiled in dance hulls nnd hnll- ways -leading thereto where a piddiu ditnci is htMuic held. No dance of a gross in vulvar char acter .shall be permitted and no person shiil) be Mirmltted to con duct himself Jn a ktohs 01 vulvar manner at said public dance. The matron shall have lull pow er, to decide what is proper or permissible at said public dance nnd on her notify ins the person In charge, of a dunce that im proper conduct is being indulged, then such person , shall at once cause t such improper conduct , to be stopped. .If he fails to do so he matron shnll at once report the same to the chief of police or the policeman on duty und said chief ,-of. police, or policumun on duty shall, proceed as provided in soctitn fi of this .ordinance. Section 8 It shall bo the duty of the Chief of J'olice or the po llceman on duty upon complaint of said -matron to-forthwith sus pend any license nnd cause uny public. dance being held to he dis continued, or terminated, and the place where, the same is being held to be vacated when any vto latlon of the provisions of this. or J - (linunce shall not be nt-once cor teetcd, uppir notice by himto the perpons in, charge to correct th,e same. If at, any time any-. license shall be : suspended no pther li cense, shall he .Issued to such per- laon within ji period of one month unn inenomy on consent ot me city council. - Section 10 Any person ...vlolat ling, nny of the provisions, of this , ordinance shall, upon conviction thereof, be. punished by a fine of - ! .not less than $10 .nor more than $100, or by Imprisonment In the city jail not less than five days nor more than !10 dnys, or by both such fine and Imprisonment. Passed by the city council this 1st day of April, lit Mi, nnd signed by me Jn open session In authenti cation of Its pnssage. Jhls 1st day of April, 1919. , t C. E. GATES, Mayor. ' Approved by me this 1st day of April, 191!). . C, K. OATKS, .Mayor, ' Aftest:, . , M., U. ALITOR I), ' t . City Hecorder. FOR YULE CHEER F MIXCT, Mo., Dec. 2' fr7 WnlH of genuine anguish are coming in from the Ozark hlls In the wake of the sudden cold snap of the las' four dnys. Kor many, all the Joy hns been taken out of (be Clirlrt- t mas season. To make a long story short, this Christmas will he letnemberod 'is "tho year when the mash froze," , Manufacturers of the Illicit bev erage,, so the report Is, had Just "hid nut' 'their mixtures nf sugar, corn und yeast, or whatever the Ingredients may be, when the mer cury .skidded dlxzlly to r.ero or thereabouts. Thousands of gallons nf mah have been "killed" by freeing nnd the majority of the makers "plumb ruined,'' to use their own expres sion. . .. Ashland, Kandv Kitchen wilt n hl)lt nt homfl on oberlln streM ' Casey's Compound for Rheumatism and Neuritis Restores Minister's Wife Mm. W. M. Itca or 7.1 Kasl 2Kih 81. i 1'orl l.in.l, Oregon, surfereil two rjeurs irum neiiriiis; ennm not rnise "rm"-,"' ,,cr .'""i"1'' ,('M lhan 2 ,"'" ,,f Cnwy a ( nmnnund complete- ty r.'st.i..Mi ner; t yenrs ninco IUKIHK sume ii nl no return of the disease. Casey's Cnmpnunil not only stops nn eicesa nf nrlc aclil from form Iiir hut nl.ls In Ita removal, purlfy IliK the hliH.il. tl.&O per bottle at .Inrmln W'oo.ls' 'Iruit siorp nml lending ilrncKlnlH In Aslilanil, BY I. C. C. PROGRAM WASHIXtlTON. Deo Consolidation of steiim railroads Into nineteen competiiiR units that ,sln ' required to empower th? would radically reshajie the na-j commission to carry out its con Uon's transportation map wan out i soliirtition scheme. .Senator Kess of lined by- the Interstate commerce j Ohio, the author of a compulsory commission today in . Its lom; consolidation bill now before the awaited unification pioKiam drawn senate interstate coiumerca , com at the direction of coiiKiess. ; mitteo. planned an early confer Five of these, systems would .bo In the east outside of New Kuk land. two would, he In New Kuk land, three in the Houth and. the othor nine. in the west. The Pennsylvania, the tialtlmnrc & Ohio,, the Chesapeake and Ohio, the New . Vork Central and thu Wahash would ho the key systems In the west. In Jow Kngland, thu Host on and Ma(no. unit the. New Haven wquld be the . dominant roads, while in the south the At lantic Coast line. th Sou t hern nnd the Illinois Central would head the j major systems.. ... . ....'( Other key lines would. I.e'.th I MEWS "W' 1; -pift-U M. M. Sftt . J'-' is ' , ; . , r i FREE 10S.&H. STAMPS Given at . the Premium Statibn (Jreut Norihern-Northern Pacific rtyMem, the t'hicaifo, Milwaukee,) St. fuil and Pacific, the UurliiiK ton, the I'nion Pacific, the Sou'h-j ern Pacific, the Santa Fe, the MI- Kourl Pucllie, the Rock Islund anil the Chicago & Northwestern. ' j, . Immediately brought to the atj t lention of coiiKresH, the plan wum ' iwsailed from t tie Hetnocratlo side j of the senate for Us failure to provide through traux-continen'nl lines connecting the Pacific and Atlantic coasts. The question was also raised at . Ihe capitol whether additional lek- i nce with .members of the com mission to determine their wish-s on legislation. Senator "Watson, of Indiana, the .Republican leader nnd a formi r chairman of the Interstate- com merce committee, expressed the conviction thai the additional' leg islation would he required and hrt proposed .that congress take it up early next year. . Ml'NICll (P This clly'H fiiHt skyHurauer. a 13-storv ttiiildlliB. la . nenring completion. 11 will hotiH the terhnlml wrviemi of the immlelpnllly. TOMORROW Will Be -; . .i..-. ! i,- 5-- " " . . --"r IlED LETTER I DAY AT DOU BLE COME TOMORROW iEPARTNIEITW Medford's Leading Drug Store-rSince 1894 CRISIS ENGULFS FOHT WORTH,- Texas, Dee. 23. .i j UP Because Pilot (jonrge Cainp- iii-Httv Uec i,;p,Ar..,1.;lell I"" a lonely Navajo Indian SO iii.iu-i.v ", ..i. ft). nillea south ot Carthage, N. M., In lempuiarily weutherliiK the Btorm tvwh wllh the ouli(jB wuri(1 ho la of Hie past week over the gov-. a,)0,.tnK u 8iivor bracelet, eminent' financial urogram and, (.'lying over the lava beds (Icoree the loo.ooo.iiiii) loan negotiation..' ,,,,,, ,0110lv h0U1!B 1)elow ,lu the finance mlnlMer found .lis- ,,,.,, a. bundle nf imwaiuner ' HiitlHfaetlon with the ndmlnlsini- overbonrd, with a meaiingo I'm- a Hon uf the Rolen' . finances too Wilto (Ihe If th nmiMn. u-...-.. ..... great to wilhHtand and tendered hU resignation today. .Prof, Poplu nliiu resigned, lib. action growing Hpt'cinlly out of ..' conlinential circular ne wro.ei circular he early this week t.. the gov... nn.en.s of the .llfferon. t.e mm states In- timutlng that the Udell would b unable to. meet its year-end obll- gallons. While the circular was withdrawn this wus not dune ho- fore It. . caused , widespread alarm K... I ........... The cabinet,, thus enters th Christmas holidays, which hull been intended ns a period 'of quiet l'' preparation for the league con- THE STORE . 'i-,v.), . ..jr. . :. Mn , .' !'-v..)t:,.. vi . ''i ' ' '. Given Throughout Our Big Store, including : the Bargain Basement Low Pf iees Featured on All Holiday . . , . . - . ... Gift Merchandise and Apparel la PAGB THREW fere nee, with the pivotal financial ministry In a chaotic cunUttin' and with only r.n .luttMim.t. appointee conducting affairs. Ir. I'au Mol dcuhauei:. minister of economics In he present cabinet, wus uidi'iiui; cd finance minister ad interhn. . ! SILVER BRACELET FOR. ! KIND HEARTED PILOT celved. They weru. antl (iec.run dropiied other bundles. An Indian rode Into Albii(ii..riiir. anil asne.1 for the "man who flicn.' Thn ..... i.,.i, , to Umrga wh ff, f , , , , ..... . I t ' dt " ' t ' 0 I OIQS Wll6C5AW;G ' . I VAPORUC! mi km i IE'M'K.7, , i . mm ml m wm- wm mm- mm- m b ;