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M Mail Tribtame Temperature Forecast: Vnsottlod tonight uml Wednesday. Little cliangu In lomiKTUtare. EDFORD The Weather Highest yesterday 1! lowest this moininir !t7 Precipitation; 'I'o 5 p. ni. yeMcrday IH To ."i . in. this morning . .un Da1t; Tirtatrrourth Yeir. ftctklr Piriy-tlKbttt Yew, M EDFORD. OliMiOX. Tl'liSDA V, DK( 'KM 1!KU - I. 1 !'!. Xo. :to. Wila t key to Grace Table on Christmas Day 'Mrs.'' Added to Title of Queen of Tennis Mr. Coolidge Says No. Full Bootleg Supplies. Good News for Gamblers. Mukden, Moscow Make Up. ASIMXCTOX. Dec. 1M. iPi President Hoover will out his favorite fowl wild tur key again .on Christmas day. Knowing Mi'- Hoover's taste for this bird. Lawrence Hich ey. uiie of the president's scc ivt.mles, went into the Yir viilM Woods o'e.' the Week Today DRY CONFAB By Arthur Brirtana D V U 0 flf D YULE MOOD iPREVALENT IN CAPITAL I Ul IIUU! Ll AND eml and snot iwu tine spe Copyright King Features Synd. Inc. Former l'residi'iit Coolidsrc decides tlnit lie will not be a candidate for I'niled States Senator. And this time no body will u.sk whether lie menus it. In his ease, laiifrnusje is not made to conceal thought. If ex-President (Joolidjre runs i'or office again, and probably lie will, it will he for an office bigger than a senatorship. Happy Mr. Coolidge. He got out in time to dodge the Wall Street crash, lie left the peo ple rolling over and over in money, prosperity, higher wages and lower cost of living. If times get worse, and it "like a Democrat," there will come it few brief words from New Kugland, and in will go Mr. Coolidge again, elected by the people FOR THE SKCONI) ti.mi:. liootlcggcrs announce plenty of liquor to supply holiday de mands, . "good qualMy, prices reasonable." The "excellent, uncut stuff" comes from Mi ami, Florida, and Europe. "(food" Scotch whiskey costs $85 for U bottles. Uye !)( a dozen. Sherry and port $o" a dozen. Champagne $101) a dozen. Absinthe, worst of all drinks, next tn American sure-death bootleg whiskey, is scarce this year. Kxeellent Christmas news for liootlcggcrs and professional gamblers is the plan of New York state to spend millions of Jublic money making Saratoga Springs "a great health re sort." It will be healthy for profes Honal gamblers and bootleg gers, less healthy for the fools that patronize them. It is amusing to see an intel ligcnl state gaily spending pub lic money to increase property rabies and business profits for criminals. That is n sample of America's "superior civilization." New York stale is proceed ing also with the building of a prison which will hold '-'OUO criminals mid cost $1L',I)0(I,()00. The mi t ion and the individual states seen; to have plenty of (Continued on pnpe four.) Sonietldit' cIm that'll alia tncl, ed on the tuiwniHT in the "public relation rtert." nn' how many of il- know what the darn thtnjc are rer? I don't know n nothln' bet ter'n a woman if yon nam to nH-nd money when It'll how. (Copyright John K DilJe Co.) 1 I I ! Senator Harris Called to White House After De mand for Removal Judge McCormick From Law Commission Relations Declared Cordial By Solon After Conference. WASHINGTON', Hoc. 21. (fit Kciuitors liorah of Idaho uii X orris or Nebraska joined UMliiy in an attack on the pro hibition enforcement situa tion. The Ida lion n expressed tlie opinion Hint the dry law would "never Iw enforced with the present personnel from top to bottom. charged with pul ling tlio Volstead art Into ef fect . V A SH 1 N ( i T O N , Dec. 2 4. OP) Senator Borah, of Idaho, a leader among the Republican drys said toilay that with the present per sonnel nothing would be accom plished in improving law enforce ment. WASHINGTON. Dec. 24. iPl President Hoover conferred today with Senator Harris, of Georgia, who lias demanded the removal from the law enforcement commis sion of Federal Judge Paul P. Mc Curnftck. ' The Georgian, a leader among those who had expressed dissatis faction with the procedure of the commission, said that he had been called to the White House by Mr. Hoover. He would make no com ment on the nature of the discus sion. Senator Harris objected to state ments Judge McCormick made in Los Angeles about prohibition en forcement. McCormick suid that search of private dwellings with out, wn remits whs an outstanding evil. Harris contended that Mc Cormfck's utterances would en courage alw breakers. After his return to the capital, Harris' said he had a long talk with the president and that their relations before and after the con ference were as cordial as they always have been been. Harris said ho would seek early action on his resolution to direct tlie law enforcement commission to present a preliminary report to congress on prohibition unless a report is offered voluntarily. Commenting on a statement at Lynchburg. Vn., last night by Senator Carter Glass, of Virginia, who expressed some disagreement with the Georgia senator over his demand that Judge McCormick be removed as a member of the com mission, Harris said he was "sure Senator Glass did not- mean his statement to be a defense of those who opposed the prohibition en forcement law. but I am afraid it was accepted that way." SALKM. Ore., Dec. :4. tP) Su preme court ' decisions handed down today included one Jackson'! county case: A I Hopkins et a I, appellants, aitatnst Seiiool Histrlet No. tio suit to restrain erection of playshe:d. Opinion by Justice Mcltride. Judge C. M. Thomas affirmed. This is the case of the Soda Spring school playshed. over w liich a controversy raged two years ago. A wing of the school patrons headed by Hopkins, houkIh to enjoin the sehool board from com plrtinc a playshed at the school. When I'khI action was heicun the fdayshed whs half completed. A temporary injunction, halted , the work. After considerable leal skir mish itiR . Jude Thomas, then on the local circuit court heneli. ills solved the. Injunction, held that the construction of the playshed was within the rtithts of the school board, and ruled that Hopkins, et al pay the eosts. An appeal was taken to the supreme court. The playshed was estimated to eost about t J"Mi. It wn never finshed, and probably never will be. .Most of t he Soda. Spring .school rhllrlren fire no w transport ed dally to Ashland, m RT PKI luuuai ui iiuluu SnnA .SPRINRSIBANDITESGAPES SCHOOL BOARD ! prelne court ' decisions handed j Oregon Weather ; COLl'MIU'S. Ohio. Dec. 2.--Ai Oregon: I'noettled. probably oc- j The state wiipreme court. In a casfonnl rains in west portion to-j decision late today, refused hII Hie night and Wednesday, warmer in j motions of lr. .lumen, A. SniKik. who northeast portion tonight. 1 resh ) must go to his deHth In the f-!ec-to utrnn southwest winds on the! trie chair January 31 for the tnur ront. ider of Thcora Hit felllllMl II lui Ml MJniwM IM&T i &GHb t filiMo Wr'feMi 2vtx UUf,LI 9 Mis CllllMl, groom s Helen Wills became tlie biidc of Frederick' S. Moody, jr., Sim Kranctsco hond siilcsiiuin, nt n iiiiel Vtcddhig In SI. Clement's Berkeley, Oil... At the right, the young couple leaving the chinch, while the oilier picture shows crowd watching the hrldc and leave after the ceremony. Inset. Hev. L. II. Miller who offlcl-ated. Associated Press I'hotn. HAS PRICELESS L i Austrian Faces Bleak Christ mas Though Brain Holds Key to Millions Afraid to Ask Patent On Fuel i Process. .. NEW YOKK, Dec. M. (P) 1 Penniless, far from home, -and unable to speak a word of Kng lish. Hemic h Weber. Austrian chemist and engineer, moped about the home of relatives at Coney Island today, facing u bleak Christ mas. In his brain he has a $1. MliO.oiH) secret, in his pockets not h penny. hocked In the brain of Weber is a Her ret a formula which, he and his former friends say. might be worth millions and revolution ize the coal Industry. I iut today neither Weber and his former friends were gcttlnx any benefit of it because the chemist, afraid his precious for mula would be stolen from him. has refused to reveal it to any one oi to have it patenti'd. He wants' to sell it outright, for $1.0(10.000. The Lehiph Valley Navigation and Coal company. Uosenthal said, had witnessed a test, but before making any arrangements with Webf r and his friends, the firm insisted that the process he pat ented. TEXAS OFFICIAL XOHAIJCS, Ariz,, Dee. JM. OP) Sheriff H. J. Patterson antiounod today that he had begun an Inten sive search for u man whom t lie releaser! from custody today and later identified from a police pho tograph as Kred Iturke. wanted in Chicago as the suspected leader of the St. Valentine' day massacr there hist I'Vbriia ry. Sheriff Patterson said he arret ed two men last night who were driving a large sedan bearing Cali fornia llt ense plates. A (Ufck che'-'k showed that one of the n1-n was wanted on a rum runninu char jr. and he ns held, but the other wa released. The man freed Patter son now believes to be Burke. CANCEL MILITARY BALL TO RESPECT PATTERSON HA I. KM. Or-.. Dec I't. 'Pi Salem reserve officers of the (i -son National Ounrd announced Tuesday afternoon I hat plans for the military ball io have been held her- on the night of licccmher in honor of ijovernor Patterson and .Major f ieneral ieorge A. White have been luncellcd. Military officers from all parts of the Mate hall li ll lnvit l. SNOOK MUST DIE IN CHOIR JANUARY 31ST CM FORMULA T CIIICACO. Dec. 21. (P) Simla C litllH CIUIICIIC'O I. Il rlSi IllHHWill il III- j day over deep fluids nf tsnow that whitened the middle and northwest. : jlOven in the liiriwr eilies the soot ! and crime had not dispelled the white, flaky covei-tni; spread by the i heavy snows of the past week. ' However, overcast skies were , predicted for tonight with possi bilities of either rain or snow but il will be colder analn tomorrow, ; the weather bureau promises. LOS ANGELES WANTS I .OS AXGKI.HS. Dec 24. Ifl'l I If there Is a Santa flaim. soiilhrril California's millions would appre ciate if If he could pull a few buckets of Water out of Ills fainou sack of ift. I'robably nothlnc would be more Welcome in HUH lUlin m aum-m".-. where Old Kim; Sol is KettlliK cold shouler. than a wood old fashioned downpour for the t'hrl.: mas holidays, which this year threaten to be the driest, atnus-j phcrlcally. In 30 years. : BAR TOTEFITnTJPHELD' BY DECISION OF COP MONTOOMKliV.. Ala.. lee. :M. ! (i( -An opinion by Attorney ; Iceneral Charlie C. MeCall has up-; ! held the leKalMy of the derision of j the state Democratic executive committee to bar as candidates' from the l!i:io parly primary Ih'ej who failed to support the Denio- ........ . i l i.. I .. I , mine , ..wv ... pc-rmiL mem to parucipaie u 1 oters. t The Mini m irations determined upon by the commit tee delude I as candidates Senator .1. THioina- Heflin, who seeliM re-election and I Hugh A. Locke, entrant in the I 1 in e for governor. Rocket Planes at 5,000 Miles Per Hour Visicned by German NT.W YORK. Dec. 2 4. Pi The d-ty of JoiMi-p-isseriKer airpl'ines p:opetb d by rockets al IWhmi mile. an hoiii was vl"ioncd today by j I'rit, von op'!. Ocriimit auto man I ufacturer and authority on rocket ' planes. 1 Vim Opel, who flew a rockei j propelled plane In lei tn any last October a dis!-iuie of a mile In V' secfiiids. said lie txpet-lcd to kit (the .".iMMi-uiiIe an hour aii plane In operation within tho next gcm-ia-1 tion and p"!- dbl within t.P- next ! decide. I The 3't-ypAr-old inventor arrived fnon (iertnany yesleiday on the ' lilief t'ldUllibllS liccnmpanffd by I bis tiiidi' of two months. She also .is a licensed pilot and circled above her hUfband In another , plane w hen he conducted Inj- , rocket 1etK ; Von Ope is manager of the I Adam Opel i;oiupany, mamifactur . ers of automobiles, and has driven j a rocket -propel leil car at more Mhati two miles n minute. He said he no longer u as In lore: id In ! expei intent ing with motor ear if ; high speetiw i nn only be attained i in the air. j SlriCM hi fllfflll of ImmI rti.d.l.ur since his flight of I he said, he has fo und a lliuid LEAVE CELL IF HEALTH BROKEN District Attorney Will Not Oppose Release if Medics : Say Magnate in Danger ' of Collapse Theaters! Sold is Report. 1-OS A.XCKLKS, ('a!.. Dec. (ifl) District Attorney Huron Kills will- appoint three physicians to-I day to examine Alexander Pan -1 lager, vaudeville magnate convict- j ed of assaulting Kunice Prlngle, co-ed dancer, and report the con-j d lion of his health to Supci ior , Judge . Charles Kricke Thursday, at the hearing of the multi-mil-1 lionalre'a petition for release on 1 hond. 1 Kit Is sain yeslerday he would j not oppose Pantnges' petition If the tr.o of disinterested doctors 1 said the map was In danger of j death or permanently Impaired health because of his incitrcern-; t Ion. I'antages filed the petition.: together with the affidavits of e plu niedica I experts slat ing the j showman had suffered a series of heart attacks and might die any moment if not given hospila I j treatment. Pun luges Is a wait hig 111 1 out - j come nf his appeal from a one j to fifty-year penitentiary sentence! and asks to he released until a !'' clslon has Ii.t n made. Iist week he was stricken with a heart at-1 (ar k which, the physicians said. necessitated keeping nn Ice puck j on his chest for hours, Dining a brief excursion to hit; home under guard recently, Pan- tnges signed pfipers, which it l.- undeiHloorl coiiHiuriinated the sale of most of his t heaters for 1 finft.limj. ; lleppner. New pole line of standard construction insta lied by Pacific Power and Light company mi city's main ntr-et. chemical, three limes more power ful (bun nitroglycerine, which will m.ikc rocket pliim-ii practical. In Itis previous tests he fin-d a pow der form of explosive and ha found that the liquid not only re duces the Hoick of the successive explosions but CHII be lonlrollcd III the same manner as one controls a motor car. He doclined to di-close the two ( Ii' inif ,t Is used in th" mixture, lie vi. d one if the gieale-t dlft bull le. in working with it i-,111.1! its ignf llon point fs fiOiHl demies, but he btliiied this could be handled suc--ifiillv lii labor atory experi ments he said a speed of more ibm 3'iou tnib-s an hour h:id been attained. He 1-4 hiivtnu a to ket plane loilll in tlertnany which be plans to burl across t he Hnglish runnel, pi oh it'ly In tlie summer of 1 :;. He exieeti to present to t he na vy d' part in en t at NV iishltigton ht tnn of tneventlng forced airplane landings, fly use of - perpendicular rockets attached to a plane t tail, he said the plane can be made lo drop almost vertically with Its nosi in the nlr and bind In a small nrm. H NHtd he believed rockets w n u Id replace catapaults for launchlnif plnneti from sh I pn. I ! DENUNCIATION F MUSSOLINI Accusation of Mixing in .Politics Declared Untrue Catholic ' Press Badly Treated, Is Assertion Be fore Cardinals. VATICAN C1TV, Dec. 24. (fl Poe Plus told -to cardinals as sembled to present Christ mas greet lugs to him today that the fascist ko vein men t was unjustly accusing the "Catholic action" or ganization of mixing in politics. He also declared the government was unduly hard 011 the Catholic press which was endeavoring to expound his conception of the ful fillment of the Latcran treaties. Departing from the benign tone used In his last two encyclicals, the pontiff launched Into the old cont rovcrsy with Mussolini's gov ernment wit ho ut mincing words. He declared the accusation thill Catholic action was mixing In poli tics was 'a thing exactly contrary to truth." and later said that the Catholic press was "badly uml un justly treated. " The I .at era 11 treaties, the pope Insist imI, "affirmed and recognized t hat this I tnm remains always (Hit- (tome, our diocese, ours in all 1 hat which is most 1 11 ti male and dead in our sentiments." He ib-pored recent fascist publl catlons "which we have shown no reverence or rega rd for us publlcat Ions which we might say weru issued a ml Intended to con fuse Intelligence and consciences." l'Ol(TI-Al. Ore.. Dec. JI .(!( j -Tlie Telegram said today the In : depi tideiit Itc publican league 11 ml 1 At tot ney Harry l. (iross, coin till t (leetnan, sent 11 telegraphic protest , tu Senator Not t in In Witshlngtoti. j I). ('.. today asking that un expla nation of the ipiallflcatloiis of John ! Hi.y, Pnrtlatid, as I'liltivl States tnaishal or Oregon, he iiiaile. Tlie telcgnun was signed by lljorli .lol.misson. president of the league, and Hross. i (.Jtioting the li-teglain the tiews- paper slated: "Wo eaineslly so ! licit your examination of the miall ifiiutioiiK or John Hay as l ulled .Stales marshal ot HiIk district. His long atlilhition In a doubtful ru i pacjtv with a local power company i and his record as political boss of 1 this country for many years pres 'agcM tut Injection of power machine j politics Into it federal office. " no Ppi;ii ToMonitow h In accordance with custom, Iheie will lie no tsiMie of the .Mail Tribune t o m o r r ow, chiiMiiias Day. in order that employee. may observe tho 4 day wltii friends and la milieu. 4 t 4 MUMMAIAUAI A' uu 1 n u riL u RECORD CLOUDY IS LEAGUE VIEW! IIV'IH. One of the bird weighs I'll pounds, the other 1 !). Both will be rousted In the White Home kitchen and will grace tin- presidential dining table Wednesday even in tr. The president had wild tur key for Thanksgiving, being presented with k gobbler by Postmaster Mooney of Wash ington. LOST PILOT Chairman Borah of Foreign Relations Committee, Ap peals to Russia for Aid in Locating Ben Eielson Huge Icebreakers to Crash Way Through Frozen Waste. WASHINGTON, Dec. 24.-fl) A direct request tn the Soviet Kov ernment for aid in. KesouliiK lien Hlelson, Amerlcun aviator, lost for six weeks on the ice off the coa-'t of Siberia, has been mude by Chair man Ho mh of the. senate foreign rclutJons committee. Uy Hols'rt S. IMckcns, Associated Press Staff Writer, W AS1I1 NCiTON, Dec. 2 4 . (A) The American government has ap pealed unofficially but directly 10 the Soviet government of Itusslu. to rescue twit American avfhtors. Meut. Hen Kietson and Earl nor land, who disappeared off the bleak Siberian const six weeks ago whllo flying to the Icebound fur ship, the "Nanuk.M The Soviet, whose Icebreaker smashed their way through the Arctic lee to rescue member of the crew of the "Italia" two yearn ago. In one of the thrilling chapters if t he heroic hi At ory of t he North -laud, Wiik asked by Secretary "Wil bur, through the Soviet news ftgei. cy, to send rescue parties from two ships It has In the vicinity. The Interior department heart, whose net Ion followed un urgent appeal from Vllhjalmar Stefansson, fa moo Arctic explorer, also In- 'structed tiovernor Parks of Alaska to appeal directly to the Icebreak ers "Upke" and "Stravropol," the two ships In the vicinity whero Klclson and his mechanic were lni; seen. Voice o Objection. The state depart men t. Informed of the proposal to appeal directly to tho two ships, made no objec tion nor did It make a decision on the message, sent direct ly t.) Moscow, idnce Secretary Wilbur did not submit t for a ruling. In his appeal to Secretary Wil bur, Stefansson said hops for res cue from the. Amorican side of tho llerln straits was dim. KtefansKon pointed out that wh'-p the Italia crashed with Nohllc and his crew, the Italian govern men: mieeessfully requested Itusstan aid Kielsou and I tor land are now down within actual Itussian terri tory, Stefansson said, "and the So viet govei nine iiUundotthtedly wouh; ma Ice similar efforts if similarly approached." Secretary Wilbur today received t he following telegram from Stef ansson: "I am sure I speak for all the friends of Kiclxon md P'Tlaiid in thanking you for your prompt ac tions." Hl'ENOS AlliKS. Dee. '.hV) - An attempt was made to assas sinate 1 'resident Yrlgo.ven r Ar gentina here today. Three shots were fired at him, but he was not hurt. One of his party was Injured. The man was immediately exe ciiled. The attempt occurred close io the presldent'i- own house. The president's chauffeur was killed anil the police commissioner of (he city seriously wounded be fore the assassin wa shot hy one of the president's bodyguards. Kind reports mild that only one man was Injured. Machinery of Government Halts for Observance of Christmas White House Joins With Humble Homes in Final Preparations Hoover to Light Commu nity Tree Tonight. WASHINGTON, Dec. 21. (A') The glad spirit which comes each year with Holly wreaths, sprigs of evergreen and btindic-iadcn. Mil cheerful pedestrians toilay pervad ed the national capital as its resi dents, official and unofficial, en tered heartily Into their obser vance of Christmas. The vast machinery nf the gov ernment was at rest. In the Wnlte llouso and tn thousands of homes where humbler folk live, the day was given over to lust-minute- pre parations for the happy celebra tion of the morrow. With a son home for the 'holi days, .President Hoover cancelled practically all engagements. In cluding the regular cabinet meet ing and conference with Washing ton newspapermen, In order that ho might he free to spend as much of the day aa possible with M rs. Hoover and the boy. Departments Closed At his order the departments of . the government were closed and thousands of federal workers given an opportunity to complete Uirlr shopplug and otherwise make ready for Christmas day. Mer chants were prepared for the sea son's largest throng of customers and the police department, re membering a traffic jam, that lied up the downtown section for more than an hour last Christmas Eve, assumed the almost Impossible task of keeping hundreds of uuto mohlloH in the congested shopping district. Huge wreaths of holly were hun in every . window of 1 tho White House, festooned, with the crimson ot Christmas while dozens of bright-hued polnsetts added to tho gay color scheme of the execu- ' live mansion. There were two Christmas, trees, one, a monster, spruce In tho Want room and an other, smaller, in the president's apartments uvs tali's. To Kx change (lifts Around the latter, the three members of the Hoover . family who are In tlie city Mr. and Mrs. . Hoover and their son Alan will gather tomorrow together with 11 few close friends and exchange Chrlstmus presents. Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Hoover, Jr., and their two small children, were unable to come to Washington for the hull- . day and will spend It at their homo. In California. Just as yesterday, Mrs. Hoover helped dispense Chrlstmus pack ages to the city's needy childrun, today arrangements were ipade for the first lady to assist In the dis tribution of huge baskets of food, each containing enough for six people. This was under the aus pice of the Salvation Army and 6un baskets awaited distribution. Tonight, President Hoover will participate In u community Christ mas celebration tn Sherman square a short distance from tho White llousu. He wilt press a button lighting a huge Christmas tree. Will Rogers Says: BKVKHI.Y II1U-S, ('ul.. lire. 24. Poor Di'iiiomits, I lcivo, 'fin. J Kin' it's L-misc siiiiii' lire so diiiiitil Now tliey hit (lyiii(f In snuv up 1111 isHiu hv trjiiii; to ilisiTi'dil Mr. I louver, lie eanse s o 111 0 I o li h y i s t wrote II let ter siiyinv lie Idiew IVesitlent Hoover's sec ritnr.v. mill tlnit tin" seere 1 11 ry wns very pintiiil to ( 'it. linn siiniir in liis 'coffeti iit Die nHii'iiiiiii, uml tlnit 1 view of tliis iliisliinlly lt. Mr. Hoover sliouM roiillyv lie. ini)enelied. ' Thru they' 4yrm. der why tlieV don't prf iiy. w lie re. Adiiiinil Ilyrd lins flown over lioth polls, hut he luis yet to experieiiee reiil (lis eoml'ort, Wnit till he iitlends 11 Washington dinner in full reiir admiral retfitliii with everything m Ids shoulder but the pole.s. Yours. . .;. ' VIM ROOKliS.""