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,
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Local Cat. ' ?L.'
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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.
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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'
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M. M.
Sftt
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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
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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
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The cabinet,, thus enters th
Christmas holidays, which hull
been intended ns a period 'of quiet l''
preparation for the league con-
THE
STORE
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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.'
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