IL TRIBUNj
Temperature
Medford
Ma
The Weather
Highest yi-sterdny 3"i
l,mct (hU morning
Precipitation:
To 5 p. in. yesterday 00
To ft ii. in. t 111 morning "0
ForetuM: Clouily tonight ami Sun
day. Xot much change. In tern
lei'Hluie.
Dtltf Tvwtr-f oortb Tcv.
MEDFORD. OREGON. SATURDAY. PKOKMliKU 2. 1929.
No. 27S.
DRY PATROL
MUST FACE
TRIAL
Fatal Shooting of Eugene
Downey Leads to Second
Degree Manslaughter
Charge Against Three
Coast Guardsmen in Buf
faloFour Rum Runners
Drown in Detroit.
BUFFALO, N. Y.. Dec. 28. (fl
The three const guardsmen in- j
volvod In the fatal shooting of
Kugene F. Downey, Jr., Chiist-
n.'kJ night, were found guilty by :
Judge W. Staudart of reckless
shooting of firearms at an In- i
quest of Downey's death in city
court today. j
Judge Ktnndart announced at
the conclusion of the inn, nest he
would allow the trio until Tues
day to arrange for bail under, sec
ond degree manslaughter charges
The judge, after hearing a sten
ographic record of statements of
the t h re e men r en d in court by
District Attorney Guy 11. Moore,
said he would issue the informa
tion upon which the manslaughter
charges nre based at once, but Bald
he would not sign the warrants
until Tuesday.
DETROIT. Dec. 28. (P) Four '
members of three rum running
boats were believed to have been :
drowned last night in the Detroit
river, into which they plunged to j
escape ' arrest by customs border '
JURY
patrolmen. Two other members Two petitions hnve been in eir
of the crew were rescued from culation, and nre- said to contain
the river by the Inspectors who' the names of 30 stockholders, our
also seized the smuggler's boats ' 0f tt total of more than 400. Sev-
with a cargo of liquor valued nt
more thnn $30,000.
; The seizure was made about
350 feet off Wyandote-.The .ofUr
corn had stopped the tlVroe boats
timing from the Canadian shore.
Ah they drew alongside the four
men jumped Into the river and of J. II. MacCrncken of Ashlam..
struck out for n fourth boat. This J J. H. French of Eagle Point. John
craft, according to the officers was Anderson of Central Point, and At
capsized by the combined efforts torney O. C. Hoggs of this city.
if the four men to climb aboard, t president of the board. Justin
The two original occupants of the: Judy of Griffin creek, another ni
lourth boat were taken aboard rector, Is not included. .
Ihe customs patrol boat. The present directors and Ro's
i have been In chargo since Novem
BUFFALO, N. Y Dec. 23 &) !
nival Detroit and Buffalo liquor , Clay D. Parker was ousted as man-1 niwuult wlUl intent to kin. Mrs. 'mny be useful to ihe Joint coin
running gangs were declared by aRor. Under the provisions of hUjDonoVan nnd A. K. Johnson will ! mittee proposed to be created bv
federal agents today to be en-
gnged in a war to the death for'nry 1. and was in j chargo of th-?
control of the Ontario lltiuor out- Thanksgiving turkey pool,
put. ,-' K.penv Cut.
C. M. Cramer, special invest i- The management reports it cut
gator of the treasury department, j the monthly expense In half, nnl
has been nssigned here to look showed a smnll profit for thf
Into the situntion, which nlreudy : month of November. It also gM--has
resulted in the murder of one nered enough funds from tin
Detroit liquor smuggler and the Chrlstma.1 turkey pool to pay fur
disappearance of three others. the expenses of both pools. Xev-
The war started with the de- ertheless, there were rumblings of
srvnt upon the Ontario ports of
UrJdgeburg, Port Colborne and
Fort Erie of a gang of Detroit
smugglers who proceeded, with of
fers of higher wages, to lure away
some of the Buffalo gangs best
tquor traffickers.
NEW YEAR'S EVE MUSIC
FROM FRANCE ENGLAND
NEW YORK. Dec. 28
(UP)-
Programs from ParU and London
will be combined with those from
Hollywood, Chicago and New York
as a New Year's eve treat by the
fio stations associated with the
Columbia' Broadcasting system.
Wnrnc K1t l n twt ronddc
rate nn imlllo feller to mm so
iinilv. hut com In' tounrd) yon In
J ow to lllfmlly
transform Mm. Ml to If
iltntf khnrt woii'I lx IImw,m wnM
lJifo Hurt. wIiph nskrd In attend j
II il Inner rcr aKP iMnin-y. mm
nliuiwl so!d his farm ymicrtlA),
Anniversary of
Woodrow Wilson
Birth Is Marked
WASHINGTON. Dec. 23.
iP) Presktent Hoover remem
bered that today was the
seventy-third anniversary of
the birth of Woodrow Wilson.
In tribute to the memory
of the late president there re
poses on the tomb of Mr.
Wilson in the Washington
cathedral a wreath of white
carnations hearing the. per
sonal curd of Mr. and Mrs.
lerbert Hoover. It was
placed .there early In the day
by Colonel C a m p b e I I B.
1 lodges t military aide of the
president. ...... :
Internal Politics and Irrecon
cilable Enemies of Co
operative Idea Annual
Meeting Set for January
10 at 2 P.M.
Circulation of petitions the Jn.t
few days, asking four of the five .
directors of the Farmers Exchange 1
Co-OperUtive to rtwig-n. was at-
trlhuted today, by co-opernttvu j
lenders In this section, "to internal i
politic?, and an attack inspired by j
foes of cooperative movements; in
any shape or form." j
era I of the signers this morning
nsked that their names be with
drawn, and others promised th'y
would, reconsider their action by
"looking over the figures since In
change in management.'
The petitions nk the resignation
her, 1st when a storm broke and
contract, he remains until Jnnu-
dissatisfaction, and tfie petitions
were again circulated.
Friends of the co-operntlve nd
mlt that its affairs were tangled.
and that it will take time ?'
straighten them out. They
that progress towards this end has
been made, and thnt "the farmers
need the co-operative nnd the co
operative needs the furmers."
The annual meeting of the co
operative has been set for Janu
ary 10, nt the Hotel Med ford, at H
(o'clock in the afternoon.
N'KW YORK. Dec. 8. (A The
Woodrow Wilson peace prize for
1929. amounting to $25,000 hit
been awarded to the League of
Nations for "ten years of service in
the cause of world peace."
Announcement of the decision of
the Woodrow Wilson Foundation
to make this year's award to the
league wns published today, the
seventy-third anniversary of
Woodrow Wilson's birthday.
Hlr Kric Drummond, permanent
secret nry nf the league, hns ac
cepted tho award tentatively. Final
acceptance rests with the council
of the league, which meets In
January.
Newton D. Baker of Clcvelanl.
secretary of war In the Wilson
cabinet and president of the foun
dation, said In announcing the
award:
"The "money is expected to Ik
applied by the League of Nations
to erect n suitable memorial to Mr.
Wilson In the now building to be
erected by the league nt (lencvn."
This Is th fourth award to be
j maflf. h foundation, which
W(ls organised In 1921.
Cilcndalc- Construction of.
wirnanic irnratje oinoimR nrin
completion. '
FOES OF CO-OP U , QS&&
BACK PETITION! rf 3?P
move is miLy-k
l.OFN.AWARDED;
WM PtAUt
PRIZE $25,000
FIND ARSENAL
I i I ? l?V&Pcf.
Search for Fred Burke, alias Fred Dane, alleQed gangster, killer
arsenal picture above In his home at Sc. Joseph, Micmgan. Burke was
of Charles Skelly, St. Joseph policeman.
AL GUNMAN
FACING CHARGE!
INTENT TO KILL!
Donovan Hearing Set for
TodaV Wife and John-
,
S0n Held for Further QUIZ
Tortured Man Remains
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!m I LMiinl rjArl
III nUbJJIldl DCU -1
.
Jack Donovan, arrested curly
yesterday morning following n pun
battle with the police and a hold- ;
up at the. Hex Cafe, was to be I
given a preliminary Hearing Ibis j
, !
on charges ot robbery while ai med
wflil II till IILTl'llllH U'Pnlinil. IlIlH llf I
be held for further investigation
in connection with the torturing
of i'fit Bohan, Junk dealer on Plum
street.
Bohan Is still a nut lent at the
ncrea nenii nospuai ano nis icb
is said to he in a bad condition.
where it had been burned with an '
open flame In an effort to make
him tell where he had supposedly j I.
hidden money. j
Donovan is accused of holding -up
A. C. JLawrencc of Sacrnmenlo !
in the cafe, taking a 5 bill from
him, nnd then going out in the
street to engage in n gun duel with
police Officer William Peck, who
fired three times at Donovan and
received five shots in return. None
of the shots found its target.
Phone ItcKrt Hit
A report this morning thnt the
telephone company could have
been of material help In notlfyina
the police earlier of the condition
of Bohan wns discredited this fore
noon by Manager H. B. Hammond
of thV Home Telephone company.
He declared that operators nii
aide to ascertain whether tele
phone connections hnve been cut
onlv bv attemnttnff to call the nf-
fectcd parties. J-.ven If the dis
connection of the Bohan phone
had been reported, he said, .he
company would have been in no
position to notify the polico to
investigate, ns during a -recent
storm over 150 disconnections
were repented and to have each of
ficially Investigated would have
taken the members of a national
guard unit.
Chief of Police McCredlo today
could see no reason why the tele
phone company could hnve been
i jirwMfiH in - in rfjioiium mmiP- i
thing of which they had no oppor- '
tunily to gain any knowledge. 1
A piece jf papor found In Dnno
van's possession yesterday gave
rise to the theory thnt Bohan may
have been assfttilted before. Writ
ten legibly, the paper gave all
Bohan's earthly possession to Mr.
and Mrs. Donovan, and declared
th writer was sound in mind and
body. The signature, however, !
wns Illegible a ml resembled a !
scrnwl out of Qvhir-h the name,
"Hi'hnn" could hardly he deciph
er od. Officers think Bohan signed
It under force. It was dated Octo
ber 8.
Football Scores
SECOND PERIOD
Stanford. 14; Army, 13.
Klndrvil Hplrlt.
P.OHTOX. (P,--Cnlvln Cftolidge
hns written .expresslnt the hoj e
that JMalroIm K. Nichols. Boston's
, rpunn mayor, win enjoy pi'Iiik
out of office as much a ho hai.
AND LOOT IN FUGITIVE'S HOME
ENFORCEMENT
GROUP READY
REPORT NEEDS
Washington, Dec. 28.-(p)-;
I prcimrert U8 conclusions, on admin-!
flatruticm, reorganization anil relief
to the courts "In resanl to certain ;
i; of the most urgont questions of law i
enforcement.- i
A brief. statement was issued to-x
I .... . .. ... . .... 1
any irom me neauciuariers ot ine
commission, which hus been under
fire for several days from senato
rial circles, where whore n report
was demanded forthwith.
"The chairman of the national
commission on law observance and '
enforcement stated to the press to- j
""." """mi
. aum in isirai ion, reorKanizaiion ana
relief to the courts In r3Ka;d to
certnlll of the mosl rgem ,..
llntio' nf low nr I'im-hviii1 ii-til, .Ii
j congress to consider legislation to
.strengthen law enforcement," the
statement said.
I "The commission hnnen In cn-nn-
nA n-ttu iin .m.. '-
congress when It is appointed
.
T NAME
ENVOY 10 GERMANY
WASHINGTON. Dec. 2S. (yp,
The n:ime of a new American am-, county Jail hospital,
hassador to Oermany has been sub- ( Five physician appointed by
milled to the Berlin government ! District Attorney Huron Fills to
vvilh the rcustomarv query as to j exnmino Pantages us to hlH phy
whether he would be acceptable. slcal condition, agreed that tne
It was said today in official clr- I showman's heart trouble is not of
cles that the man chosen was nol'nn acute nature All agreed th'.t
among those who hod been mej- ,
tloned in speculation mer a sue- I
cessor to Jacob (lould Hchurman.
whose resignation was announcer,
Peiping Skull Most Important
Discovery In Man's Evolution
Shown To Group of Scientists
By Jam cm J, Ho wo. f
Asnclntcd Press Correspondent, j
PF.IPINO. China, Dec 2H. Ai ,
The skull of the new "Peking man"
recently discovered by a Chine- w'
geologist working in quarrlen near
Peiping, was shown publicly lodny'
for the first time j
at & special mr't -
Ins of the !-. ,
locicil Hurvcy -jf !
China. I
The fkull, di-t
entintx here tv, 1
In the mom cnni !
Iilete finil lif II-1
klml In hl'toiy.
and they Klnt to
the fact that the ''
entire brain ci.
U Intact, which'
is not in. cifo
In the Plltdnw-i
man and other
near-dtiwn m o n
discoveries '
Prnf. Amndcus William cimtiai.
'chief pnteontoloKlHt of the Chine-..;
Geological Purvey, has expresm d ,
; belef that the skull Is tho nearest ',
approach to the so-called missing j"" l"x',n " "'""
link that h,. yet been unearth 1. levered. Indicating that It wan
whHe Boy chapman Andrev.s.i' of a man living prior to
tr.A ,r,i-r k. t.--f...Ai ihrtSthe discovery of tools nnd fir.
opinion that the discovery Is th'1
most Important In the whole, of
human evolution. Mr. Andre
had nothing to do with the d
covery nor the explorations whW'ii
hnve been carried on by the ui-
AtHial4t t'ictis I'hoto
r.d b;nk robber, revealed the
identified following the staying
'
PANTAGES WILL
. ...
IREIIN IN JAIL
DESPITE ILLS
Trouble Exaggerated, Is Be
lief of Judge Physicians
Find Heart Attacks Not of!
Serious - Nature Worry
"Worst Foe. m---
l.OS AXOBI.Iia. Dec. 28. (P)
Alexander Pantaces, multi-mlllion-nlre
theater man, facing from ono
to 50 years in the penitentiary on
conviction for a criminal attack on
Kunice 1'rlnKle, 17-ycar-old danc-
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under bond, pending his appeal
from sentence.
Hii parlor Judge Charles FrlcUo
yesterday denied a motion for the
showman's release, and indicated
that hedoes not believe that Pan
tages' confinement Is endangering
his life. V Judge Frlcke suld M
believed from the testimony of j
physicians that Puntngeis stiff era
more from "orison iiMVchnsis" than
from pathological cause and that
I he exaggerates his troubles.
In bis ruling, however, Judpe
Frlcke decreed that Pnntngr-s may
! be removed to the General hos
pital for treatment of his ills o'
( If it l preferred, may remain In
: the county. Jail and there be at
tended by his own physicians and
nurses.. HInce suffering a heart
attack several days ago, the lhei--!
ter man has been confined In tho
I 'ant aires' condition shows deterlo
ration, but expressed the belief
that worry Is his worst physical
foe.
vey with fur .s from the Jtoeko-
feller foundation.
Hclenttsls here estimate that th
skull (s more than a million yenm
old. This conclusion Is drawn from!
the geolrmicnl surroundings In
which tho skull was uneartheti.
The skull is In a splendid stnto
of preservation nnd. ns shown .o-
day, was Mill imbedded In it pa'.'t
nf a block of travertine In which
it was found.
ur. uavison nines., n proressrj
of anatomy at the HockefelUr,
Foundation hospital, handled tloi
vkull f. though It wern the moit
delicate piece of chlnawnre. , H j
pl.iccd it on a table while '.ho J
spectators cagrrly craned their
n-cks, I
Dr. Blark called particular at-
tontlon to the viu!t of tho skull
''rm- -t marsive orown rmges io
tn cllwt and tho whole right
t,1(le tnc "tu'l supported, when
found, in a relatively soft ma-
rlx whlc" has since been removed.
n "' Wnn found deep In ft
ret ve. Nearby were many
olhpr -nne. chiefly animals, bur
Many of the hones found wr
those of hyenas, nnd from this
It was deduced by some of the
ffclentlM that men and anlm-m
might nil hnve lived In Ihe same
cave.
AN
0
F
COP TRAP
Racketeers Shoot It Out
With Chicago Police
When Caught in Extortion
.Attempt One Officer Is
Wounded in Fray $10,
000 Demanded of Union
Leader Or Life.
CHICAOO, Dec. 28. (A1 Threo
racketeers, hunting easy money
with shotguns nnd revolvers, were
trapped by police last night and
died resisting arrest.
The racketeers had gone to the
offices of President Michael Pow
ers of tho Tire Workers' and
Vulc;nizers' u.n I o n, demanding
SlO.ftno or Powers life
Powers called upon police for
protection. Officers were conceal
ed at tho union headquarters when
tho racketeers arrived. Five min
utes Inter a polico ambulance drove
mi 1o take one pollcemnn. slight
ly wounded, to the hospital, and
three bodies to the morgue. (
The dead:
William (Dinky) Qnan, with a
police record dating to 1 !20. ' '
V)!linm Wilson, alias Walker,
called "the silver-plated gangster,"
the first victim of ganster machine
guns In Chicago and with a police
record dating to 1015. A silver
plate In his skull, necessitated bv
r. bullet wound, gave him his so
briquet. John Ttynn, Identified by detec
tives ns a hijacker and beer-run-,
nor -nnd member of "Bed'i Bol
ton's West Side gnng, .
Tho Injured pollcemnn was De
tective Buy Doherty. He was shot
in the hand. . - '
t'o Ktnrrt Baltic.
It was Doherty, concealed In a
rear room, - who1--precipitated th
shooting. The extortionists had
entered Powers' office, Qunn in
the lend, stumping nlong with the
aid of a cane. He had not recov
ered from a bullet wound in the
leg suffered several weeks ago.
Poweis stood behind a grated
opening sometimes used as a pay
ing toller's window.
"Well, have you got the- ten
grand ?" Qunn snarled.
Powers played for timo, but
Qunn wanted action.
"If you haven't the money, get
ready for a ride," Qunn sa'd.
"We've taken many nnother man.
as you probably know."
Behind Qunn stood Wilson nnd
Ilynn, the couple using a sawed
off shotgun and nn automatic pis
tol. At this moment Detective Do
herty tried to open the door slight
ly to be able to hear what was
going on The door squeaked and
the three racketeers whirled.
"Copper!" cried Wilson, and
onened fire. It was thin shot that
wounded Doherty.
Di-UM-tlvoN Open Vivo.
The detective brought his rlgnt
hand up and hi own pistol began
blazing. Sergeant Patrick O'Con
nell nnd Detective William Jlrynes
opened fire through the grated
window.
Wilson, wounded, threw down
his weapon, which was empty, at d i
cried cut: I
"fllvc a guy a break!"
His companions, however, kept :
on filing, sealing tho death war-1
rant of all three.
Ho well was the polico tron set,
that there was no means of osiap
for the racketeers. They werol
cornered nt one -dde- tt tho room,
facing n cross-fire of polico bul-
lets. F,ven had they been able to 1
shoot their way out, other officer"
were stationed outside, front and'
rear. I
Powers said threats against his
life had been made for the past'
week. Yesterday he waa given
tho "final warning." j
The union headquarters, whor.3!
tho shooting took place, is on
Sacramento boulevard, just off
Madison street.
I'nlou Money AUrnct.
Union leader have recognixod
for several months that efforts
were being made by rackoteera to
"muscle In" nnd take control. The
holdlngH of Chicago labor unions
run Inlo the millions of dollars,
police pointed out, and this wealth
has fnsclnnted gangster who of
late have found mnii profit in
their regular rackets and In liquor
pcridllnK. Hevernl conference have
been held by union loaders to pln.i
a concerted defense aKftlnst t'io
gangster threat.
ON GERMAN WAR DEBT
BI'.RUN. Dec. 2. (A -Negotiations
between the Herman gov
ernment nnd Kdwin C Wilson of
the American enbfissy In Paris
looking toward a direct settlement
of (lerimtn reparation payments to
the United Mtates were concluded
today.
Triple Slaying
Axotntrtt I'rita I'hoto
Walter Crabtrce, 30. Is held at
Romney, W. Va.. charged with
shooting three men to death. The
victims included a justice ot the'
peace and county Jailer.
TO SCAN SITES
L
Medford Council Will Dis
cuss Expert Services in
Location Proposed Civic
Center and Other Public
Structures.
The outlook that tho long talked
of. civic- center group' plan for
Medford, favored by some of tho
service clubs and by. city officials,
will come to a head soon. The
city of fiito vf to-- hnve- '-been,
looking over the national field
for u .competent group plun en
gineer, experienced In such work,
to come to Medford at u reason
able price and make a survey for
the proposed civic center, have dis
covered just the man they want.
.Mayor A. W. Pipes stated today
thnt this man, a weir known east
ern expert, who has made a num
ber of such municipal surveys,
would prove a ten strike acquisi
tion, should Medford he "able to
get him. lie Is willing to. come
for an exceptionally low price, due
to the fact ho Is coming to the
const on another Job of, a smllar
nature, which would fit right In
with n Medford visit, and hence
he would come for little more than
his' expenses. The matter, will
probably Imj taken up by the city
council at Its next meeting. . .
Itcconiim-iid Kites,
This survey will be . one hy
which the engineer would recom
mend sites for nil public and
semi-public buildings to he erected
In the future, and possibly Include
severnl of tho present public
buildings. Among tho new build
inga to 1e erected within the next
year or so thut could be included
In such n survoy of n group plan
are the new court house and the
(Jreater Medford club community
building, nnd among tho present
structures thnt could be Included
In such n plan are the federal
building nnd public library build
ing. However, the visiting expert will
morely recommend sites for thej
grouping of the proposed new pub-1
lie buildings of the future, and
then It will he up to the hornet
folks to tnke uctlon on such a'
civic center grouping.
DEAfiTSTRIKES:
L
NAIJCM. Ore.. Dec. 28. (JV)
Death Jtriklng twice between sun
set nnd dawn had left Saturday
hut one surviving member of a
pioneer family which has figured
prominently since ISM in tho his
tory nf western Oregon.
K. Cooke Pntton, born In Halem
GO years ago last August, died Fri
day evening while attending a
community celebration at Hubbard
and the shock attendant upon news
of his passing caused the death of
Mrs. J. D. McCuIy at her home In
Hood River Saturday morning. .
They were brother and sister of
Hal D. Pntton, Patem city council
man, former state senator and last
of tlin Pntton family, who : left
Salem Saturday morning for Hood
Rtvcr to bring the body of his sis
ter here for Interment In the fam
ily vault. Arrangements nrfl doing
forward for n single funeral, for
both, with f o'clock Monday after
noon tentatively set ns the time.
CIVIC SURVEYOR
DINGS
DMA
BLOW
AM
FAMLY
TURNER
10
BE LEADER
Dallas Superintendent Will
Become President Ore
gon Teachers' Assn. at.
Final Session Dr. Hall :,
Discusses Responsibility
of Teacher Class Sup
plants Home.
POHTLAN'D. Dec. 2fi. (P U.
R. Turner, superintendent of city
schools at Dallas, Ore., and vice
president or the Oregon State
Teachers' association, will assume
the presidency of the grou;? nt the
final session of the nnnuul con
vention late today. Turner will
succeed Miss Julia A. Spooner of
Portland, In accordance with the
succession of office practiced by
tlie association.
The Increasing responsibility of
the teacher Was discussed today hy
Dr. Arnold Bennett Hall, president
of tho University of Oregon, at a
luncheon of University of Oregon
alumni under auspices of the
tenchera' association. The under
class work now being given at
the university was commended a
a means of familiarizing future
teachers with the problems they
will encounter. .
The importance of the work of
a dean of women in handling prob
lems of the high school and col-
lege girl was discussed by Dean
Kate W. Jameson of Oregon State
college, i . .
School Supplants Home.
The public school will have t
fill the directing role formerly
taken - by the home if modern
youth Is to be kept from disaster.
Mm. J. L. Richards of the Creston
Parent-Teacher associaton, said to
day. , , .' '
"With current changes tho old
dependable Influence of the home
is gone,".-hs-said. "The. .wqiit-now,,
being done by the deans In tho
dlrectldn of youth Is more, im
portant than any study of Cicero
or trigonometry. Ability to meet
life and live with people Is fat
more important. , t.
Inter-school athletic contests fo
girls nre falling Into disfavor be-.
cause of antagonism created he
tween districts, Miss Ruth Glas
gow, head of the physical educa
tion department of Oregon State
rollcgo, said. - Inter-class activi
ties are replacing them, she snld.
It was announced nt the morn
ing session of the association end
ed today, that resolutions calling
for a revised course of study, lim
iting elementary school to six
years, with six years' secondary
school; wiser expenditure of school
funds, nnd support of schools by
Income rather than property taxes,
were to he voted upon at the clos
ing session nf the convention Into
today.
Will Rogers Says:
HKVBRLY IIU.LS, Cul.,
Dec. 28. When we honor
Mr. Byrtl and all his liproos
on their return, don't muff
this hiiby. He didn't pilot
1111 aeroplane, he made no
scientifiu research, but he
did the fin
est job of
n e w 8 p a-
per reporting
done dur
ing our
Two
years with one little hunch
of men doing the dame thing
practically every day. Yet
he made It interesting. Some
of our finest writers couldn't
even make the war interest
ing. This Russell Owen took
nn old Malnmute dog having
imps nnd we thought it was
a birtlr in our own family.
Ife wrote about a seagull
down there, and we were
more interested in it than we
were in a senate investiga
tion. Don't just give the lit
tle 'hoy a great big hand, this
to Mr. Ochs of tho New York
Times, "give the kid a big
raise." That fellow could
write on the tariff and make,
you read it. Incidentally, if
you don't know it, -he was
the best writer on aviation
in the world before he ever
heard of the South Polc
Yours,
,--: wilt; -Rogers. '"