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Medford Mail Tribune Second Section Six Pages Second Section Six Pages Ptllr Twity-fourth Tur, fTMtl nny-elgblh Tur. MEDFORD, OBEGOX, FRIDAY, DECEMBER "27, 192!). No. 277. WARNING BY F AN HOT DEBATE Note to President Dou mergue in 1926 Against Premature Evacuation of Rhineland Read in Cham ber of Deputies Briand Reproaches Reader in Bitter Remarks. PARIS, Del. 27. P) Secret warning by the lute Marshal Focli utruinst premature evacuation oi" the Rhineland was revealed in the French chamber of deputies today and precipitated a parliamentary storm. Aristide Briand, foreign minls expressed amazement that he had known nothing of the docu ment. The marshal's warning was made in a note to President Doumergue and Premier Poincare in October, 1926. M. Briand reproached M. Kelbel. fnrmrr nnder-sccretnry of stat? for tho liberated regions, for reading the note. He said it created u "sorry situation." Marshal Koch. letter said that Germany , dnily was becoming a more populous and stronger "van quished nation which wishes re venge." Might is Kiglit. "Guided by a temperament dlf-. ferent from ours, for her might j right." he wrote. "She remains redoubtable neighbor and peace 1 will be maintained only by th J risk she runs in revenge." t The letter declared that th' Uhtneland occupation guaranteed France's security, but added that when the French troops return . their territory France would find herself in an exceptionally grave situation. ' The letter continued to explain that lis the French ramy was be ing erorganlzed and the fronf.ei defended, the time of the evacua tion provided for in the treaty of Versaillies must not be advanced. Hiiniul Indignant. Foreign Minister Briand, Indig nant nt the Interjection of thf.j secret document into the debate, said to M. Reibel: "You wished to defend tho mem ory of Foeh. "He was a great sol- dier. The minister of foreign af fairs who was his chief and with whom' he worked fourt times a week knows nothing of document he drafted. H learns it here when you pull out of your pocket a docu ment concerning national defense.' The foreign minister added tlw.t he did not know how Reibel ob- j to crush China In the Manehurirm warfare. Foreign Minister Inland then renewed u demand that Franklin Bouillon overthrow the cabinet If he were dissatisfied with the ie cent Hague ncgltiations. SPOKAN E MAN RESIGNS FROM .iBIN Farmers In the Medford district are now turning their euttlo on pastures of Winter blue grass, the newly developed forage crop in this section. Due to the exception ally dry fall the starting of this grass was somewhat delayed, hut since the welcome rains which have fallen during the past throe weeks the appearance of the win ter blue grass district has changed from fall to spring color and many herds can he seen grazing on the different ranches. At the llaniey & Hoover ranch they are grazing two' head of live stock per acre and the cattle are thriving exceptionally well, with no other feed. DOG LICENSE BRINGS : $5400 LANE COUNTY talnei the- paper and he didn't know what would become of it. The Foeh letter was produced (Hiring a short skirmish t between M. Frenklin-Bou'illon and M. Bri and, when the former said tint the Locarno pact had been signed by Briand for fear of a Russo German alliance which, he 'said, nevertheless had been accomplish ed and had Enabled Soviet Hiissi.i KL'GKNK. Ore. (vP) Enforce ment of the d og I icense la w In Lane county has brought In $5400 this year. A total of 2388 dogs have been lugged as compared to 1234 in 28. Oregon Weather Fair tonight and Saturday but with valley fogs west portion; not much change. In temperature. Gen tle variable winds. Johnston B. Campbell to Re turn to Law Practice ' Had Backing of Farm In terestsSuccessor From Northwest G. 0. P. faivd with a number of candidates from the northwestern quarter of the country whose claims for tho t'ainphell vacancy, will be pressed, though time has not yet allowed these to develop. The political balance on the commission Is ex pected to require that tho new ap pointee, whoever he Is, be aligned with the Republican urty. . TEST TRAIN RETURNS TO LEVEL TRACKAGE TALKIES TEACH PHILADELPHIA E roue ROOKIES WASHINGTON, Dec. 27.- I T) Johnston .B. Campbell, member of the Interstate commerce commis sion since 1921, has tendered his resignation to President Hoover, and will retire from office as soon as a successor has been selected. Commissioner Campbell, whose residence is in Spokane, Wash., will return to tho practice of law. He was selected for tho commis sion service during the Harding administration, having been par ticularly Indorsed by farm organi zations of the country during the more active period of controversy over rail rates on agricultural commodities. Classified as a republican, his official term on the commission had two years to run before expi ration. In view of the general attempt to make the commission's mem bership territorial, ft. is expected that President Hoover will bo WA UK MR, Ore, (P) The South ern Pacific test train, under the direction of Prof. Harry Uubeu Wucnlg of the Purdue, university, conducting tests for tho American Railway association has returned from brake testing operations In the Siskiyou mountain area, near Ashland, and has resumed tests on the level nrea near here. Public Safety Director Sees j Wnlnn t( ETilmo in Tpoininnl vaiuc vi i iiiiio ill 1 1 a y Police and Firemen Record of Criminals Will Be Made. Turkeys Too Friendly CIU ANTS PASS, Ore. ) After j all the troublo the stale game, com j mission has taken to HtocU Oregon : with wild turkeys, several of the I birds, yearning for the comforts of I civilization, have taken up their abode with . the domesticated fowls of a G rn n t s Pa ss rn n ch y it rl . By John M. Mariyn. United Press Staff Correspondent. PHILADULPHIA. (UP) Complete equipment for producing talking motion pictures will be in stalled in tho Philadelphia police training school, it was announced by Director of Public Safety lem Hi' I B. Schofleld. The decision to install the 'ip- paratus was reached after a con ference between Schofleld and C. D. Otterson, divisional manager of Klectrical Research Products, Inc., when Instruction of police rookies was discussed. Tho director, who recently ob tained conviction of a' highwayman through Introduction of tho prison er's "talkie" confession, believes talking films will be of great valtio In both police and firemen's train ing schools and plans to have the apparatus Installed by January 15. "Films will be taken which will show the recruits the best methods of handling prisoners, how to ren der first aid, proper handling of firearms, the bst means of attack or retreat under gun flro and a thorough course of modern poller methods," the director announced. "In the school for the embryo fire men tho talking film will greatly assist in instruction of the use of extension ladders, nonicn una other fire-fighting apparatus. "Tho equipment is portable and may bo moved from place to place with little effort. This will make It poslble to use he same ma chines in Instruction of. pollco nnJ firemen, and if the occasion pre sents Itself, can be taken Into a court room to be used in present ing evidence. It also Is tho inten tion of the department of public safety to use, thin equipment to make a permanent record of eveiy criminal arrested In the tity." OREGON GEOLOGIST TO RETURN EARLY IN YEAR KL'GENK, Ore. &) Dr. Kdwiu T. Hodge, professor of ocunumh' geology at tho I'niversity of Ore gon, who has spent (he past hull year In geological research In Africa, is expected ba-k on tin campus some time early this year, according to u letter received her from him by Dr. Wurren ). Smith, head of the department. LANE COUNTY'S LEVY REDUCED FIVE MILLS Kl.'GENK. Ore. Taxpayers of Lane county will huve their 1130 levy cut approximately five mills this year. 1ahI year the levy was 27.3 mills while tin budget presented taxpayers this year provides for ,n levy of mills. . ;. Invention of a crude oil ujtgiiio for motor cars has been ivporie.l to the department of ooninierrc. sensational bef ore coats and inventory complete close-out of all dresses. STARTS SATURDAY MORNING Now comes the ; 'S Every Dress in our Stock Must Go Values up to $39.75 Street, afternoon and evening dresses, dance frocks, ensembles and one-piece gowns. All must go now at this ridiculously low price ten dollars. None Reserved None Held Back Be Here at 8:30 Saturday Morning .. We never carry over a single garment from one season to the next, and this is the last, chance to buy winter garments.' All Sales Cash No Approvals Every Goat In Stock to Go at HALF PRICE m Many months left to wear Winter Coats. We do not have many left in stock but every sport and dress coat must go now. Saturday Specials in All Departments--Pre-Inventory Bargains Pre Inventory I iMIgai ml Convenient III Monthly jll ODDS and ENDS Cut TO THE BONE AT Only a Few Bargains Listed in This Ad SEE THEM IN OUR WINDOWS! Sale Begins Saturday W have grouped odds and Midi f furniture in on big lot and OUT THE PRICES TO THE BONE in order to make room for hew merchan dise. Yott . will find hundreds of bargains , . , these prices will give you an idea of the values We are offering. Look at These Drastic Reductions! Davenport and Chair and Rocker Mahogany Frame I ! Regular $156.00 Value $99.00 $24.00 Tea Wagon $12.95 I Walnut Library Table, $29.75 Val going at $16.50 j EES $36.50 Ivory Bed Now $22.40 Ivory Chiffonier, $36.50 Value $22.40 Ivory Dressing Table, $24.50 Value $15.95 RADIO TABLES $28.00 Values, Now $14.95 . $19.00 Values, Now S12.40 Vanity Dresser, $39.00 Value, $24.40 Extension Table, 5 Chairs and Carver, $89.00 value, now . $59 SALE BEGINS TOMORROW MORNING AT 8 O'CLOCK
