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The Weather Q
Forecast: Tonight nnd Sunday
cloudy or fancy. .No clmngo III
tr-inficrnture.
MEDFORD-1
Temperature
Highest yesterday ... 39
lowest this morning- Utf
I'l-et-lpltntloti
To 5 p. in. yesterday 01
To ! ii. in. Hslay (M
Twenty-Fifth Year
MEDFORD, OliKOON. SATURDAY, 1K'KMIKK i. 1):S0
Xo. 2')7
Rail Chief's Son
Finds Romance in
a Chain Grocery
ROCKNE'S MEN GO AGAINST THE WALLS OF TROY
! St. Nicholas Day
Observed Where
Bones Entombed
4 l
NAVY GUNS
IK PENN
TEAM 26-0
nn mi ro a& n
jSEEK CAUSE
r r --1 Mis
: i 1
111 II III II II 1 1 1 I
:
Middies Forge Ahead in
Final Half Colgate De
feats New York 'IT 7 to
6 in Chanty Clash Car
negie Beats W. & J. 26-0
COWSiaisr, J-os Angeles,
Dep. tl. P) Xotro Dame
outplayed Southern California
throughout lite first half of
their unuual football gTimo to
liny, leading at the Intermis
sion by a score of 13 (o .
FRAN K LI N Fl HI..D. Ph iladel
phia, Dec. C. (JP) A powerful navy
eleven that failed to take advan
tage of its opportunities until the
second half tore a Pennsylvania
team apart in the final two quar
tern today to win 2tf to 0, before a
crowd of CO. 000. Navy scored a
pair of touchdowns in both the
third and fourth quarters and held
Penn helpless throughout. It was
Navy's final prep for the Army
buttle next Saturday.
Colgate 7; . Y. V. 6
YANKKK STADIUM, New York,
Deo. 6. (IP) Colgate pulled out a
one-point victory today over New
York university, 7 to 6, In a char
ity game before 0,000 spectators
today. New York scored a touch
down In the last minute of play
nfter a 7-yard drive but Tanguay's
try for the extra point with a place
kick was blocked by Orsi, star
Colgate end, who had tallied for
the Maroon In the first period on a
pass from Hart.
The point kicked for Colgate by
Len Mncaluso, fullback, decided
the game.
Carnegie 26; V. & J. 0
PITTSBURGH, Dec. 6. (P) A
throe touchdown rampage Jn the
flnul period carried Curnegie Tech.
to a 26 to 0 football rout over
Washington and Jefferson in their
battle here today for the benefit of
the unemployed. Tech got its
other touchdown In the . second
quarter.
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STEEPLE CHASE PRIZE
CtllASKL-AXDH DOWNS, Tenn.,
Dee. 6. VP) Alligator, owned by
Mrs. M K. Btevenson of Ro.slyn,
Now York, won the Grasslands
International steeple chase over a
four and a half mile couive this
afternoon.
Rally Yarn, owned by Mrs. W.
P. Stewart of Unlonvlllc, Pa., was
second and Maltland, the entry of
II. Niblnck of Chicago, third. The
time of the winner was 11 min
utes, five seconds.
4
1'VxnLETON. Dec. An
other patch In the county Jail wall
here is necessary. Officers hast
night discovered a hole the size
of a man's body., started th.ough
the wall. One prisoner Is under
suspicion of the attempted break.
Digging parties have been held in
these walls In times past, records
show.
Abe Martin
COMING-
"Some new fsngled rm device,
it alius comin' along to increase:
the farmer'i overhead," complain-j
ed Jake Bentley, today at he priced,
a wheat grinder, tver notice how
toft tnapt tear out when hard times,
show up?
m
(P) There's more romnnco V
behind a grocery store eoun- 4 !
4 ter than In railroading for !
Jack Shoup, son of Paul :
Khonp, president of the South- J
4 ern Pacific railway. J
I Young shoup, graduate of 8
Stanford and Columbia uni
fr vcrsitieti 14 a clerk In a chain
4 grocery More in San Fran-
Cisco. And he likes it. What's
more, his father approves. 4
Guests at Alleged Immoral
Entertainment Battle Po
lice Women Dancers
Also Held.
HOLLYWOOD, Cal., Dee. 6. (P)
After a terrific battle between
150 police officers and at least 500
men attending, an alleged immoral
entertainment here .early today,
more than 400 men and four women
were arrested and herded into Hoi- j
lywood and Los Angeles jails. "j
Vnprfliiiv An1 rrtfii-fila nlni'raa '
were lodged against those jailed.
The entertainment took place in
the loft of a storage building,
where improper dances are alleged
to have taken place.
When 14 officers of the vic
squad attempted to place perform
ers and members of (he audience k
under arrest a pitched battle re
Milted and every available officer
in four divisions was culled to the
scene. Several persons were injured
In the' fighting that followed, In
which bottle were hurled and
used as clubs.
The women arrested, charged
with performing the dances, ex
plained their clothing was torn
from tnem 1y Intoxicated specta
tors, when they were booked on
immoral dancing charges.
Police said liquor was in evi
dence and Bumbling games were
in progress when tlio raid was
made that resulted in the fight and
wholesale arrests.
PITTSBURGH, Pa.. Dec. 6. P)
The cashier of the Allegheny Val
ley Trust Co. at Verona, a suburb,
was shot and killed today by a ban
dit who attempted to hold up the
bank.
The cashier. A. R. McFarland, 35,
was fired upon through the window
of his cage when lie refused to
hand out money on the demand of
the bandit. Me was killed instantly.
CHICAGO. 111.. Dec. C Five
robbers obtained loot estimated ut
between $40,000 and $50,000 in a
holdup of the State Hank of Clear
ing on the southwest side today.
400 ARRESTED
ATHOLLYWOOD
VICE CARNIVAL
Oregon Farms Purchased
By Newcomers; Dairy and
Other Industries Expand
A reeent Oregon State Chamber
of Commerce bulletin carries an
optimistic note a follows:
Consider I'ur "!ifornla man who
In November bought a $31,500
farm near Scio In Linn county;
another ont-of-ptate- man who
houfcht a fine $3j,000 farm near
Ashland, the family from Knglanrt of fancy apples to KmHand. Coon
that bought a farm at Candy, and coiintj'sencllng Its first cor of fine
the Arizona party refusing $25110 1 lettuce to oimddo markets,
profit for his new Clatsop rounty The expanding dniry Industry!
f'trm. writing: "I'm selling every- The Klamath County Dairymen'.
thing here, coming to Oregon to , nsoociatlon that opened Its cream
buy land for it will soon double In i ery on November 14. 1H29, 'A'ith
value." In all. 140 nc' families j three men and one truck new etn
In November making Oregon their r ploys 12 men and R trucks nnd
home, investing 4xo,?oo. does a $12.ooo monthly business
Two big sawmills announced In j and growing fast. At Odell In
Novgyibcr for I.ikevlew. The 120,- Ilnnd9:lver valley the new Meliow
oofMoot t'nrtciood millO" em-jfilow cheese factory has started
p:0 60 mn: t.ie DeArmond mill ! operations and dairying In that
to cover a l.i-acre tract both Iji-j fort lie O alley xhould soon be a
dT construction and to go full.l.irge Inrome producer. The new
blast nest spring. 1. umber busl-! Jso.OOO Lower Columbia Coopera
ness almost normal there. 90 cars live creamery at Clatskanle, flniKl
shipped the rlrst 20 days of No-im the wet. win ear" for lis grow
vember. Ing cow population. The Mount
Orchard and tru -k crops break-, An.T.'l creamery, that made less
Ine all records. Forty carloads of than I (ion pounds of butler In
cabbage and cauliflower shipped 1925. will close 1930 having made
eat from Rainier and ?.Ofie,noo 1,0011. neo pound,
pounds f cucumbers from 200( Hlavlon's cooierative crinnery
seres at Scappoose that 1 J'"ir age, buys adjoining property and nddl
were In brush: Jon acres eontnn t- i-n will IP lHlli mon to handle
-d for n. xt year: employment for, its expanding hulners. Twenty-
.'.iO people. Klamath county sh.n-
piny I"" csrs of fancy spuds to,Wn further Increase the volume (
ifornla against laau cars In ,
j&WM baker, r bfrt IV i garrctt W
Standing on the threshold of another mythical national football championship, the boys from Notre
Oame who have ridden over some of the best In the country, will wind up the season In a game with South
ern California at Los Angeles next Saturday. Schwartz, hero of the Army game, and Metiger oi Notre Oame
and Arbelblde and Baker, Trojan
AID FUNDS FOR!
Thirty Million Approved by
Hous'e Agriculture Com
mittee Senators Fa
vored More.
WASHF.NXyrON, I)PC. 0. -tv W
Tho houo attrlcuKural commlltoe 1
Lu.,..y ii I'i'i u ici s,n iu,
t30.000.000 seed, feed and fertilizer
loan to farmers in drought areas,
The vote was 11 to 7.
The committee first rejected by
12 to 0, the resolution of Repre- ,
senlative Aswoli; democrat, I.oulsl-j
ana, making tho fund $00,000,000.
The larurer amount was unani-
COMPROMISE IN BORAH FAVORS 1HIGHWAY FUNDS
nnniiPMT amta nnnM mmmii v' ii au 1
m -m unru r . uvv h vv.y
LI1UUUIII I 1 1 1 Ul I Ul UI1 II IUUIII 1 1 Mill IIULUIIW
imoualy approved yesterday by the! WASHINGTON, Doc. 0 (P) Tho
senate agriculture committee. The house appropriations committee
I administration-set figure was $23.-! today reduced from $150,000,000
; 000.000. and Representative Ketch-; to $1 10,000.000- the emergency
I urn, republican. Michigan, proposed construction fund bill recommenti
jthe compromise. led by the administration.
I Aswell. ranking democratic com- Tho $1 10,000,000 was allocated
mitteo member, reserved the right
; tn Hie a minority report and ask
!tho house for $00,000,000.
ENGINEERS WILL FEED
Sl'PISniOH, Wis., Dec. 6. (ZD
Many birds in the sparsely settled
north woods country will be In '
luck this winter.
Locomotive engineers, at the
request of the county flnh and
game league have agreed to carry
along grain In sacks and scatter
it along the right of way.
Hood liiver harvesting 4000 cars
of applet; new cannery and cider
plan using every apple; $40,000
weekly payroll for local folkH.
Kogue Klver valley Shipping 4H00
cars of pears and nnples. an in
onuae of 1000 over ;S29. Malheur
county's first shipment of 10 cars
five new rnemVis recHlv added
of annual pack of fruits nnd veL-e.
laMe going o many market f.
warriors, are among teams great wri
BOOSTING TAX
Two Per Cent Increase and
Discontinuance of One
Per Cent Reduction Advo
cated. WAS11INRTON. ' Dec.'"' . W) A
two nc'r cenl ineraiao on Iticmiie
taxes, in addition to discontinuing
the un0 IW1. ecnt r0(1U(.Uon of the
cuncnt year. wa advocated by
senator Uoiah, republican, Idaho.
Borah told newspapermen lie
thought the two per cent Increase
would bo necessary in view of the
inipondlncr deficit nnd reports It
will exceed 5180,000,000.
" follows:
For public roads $80,000,000.
For rivers and harbors $22,000,
000. t For flood control $3,000,000.
Forest roads $3,000,000.
National parks $1,600,000.
CONSIDER FATE OF
SOVIET ENGINEERS
MOSCOW, Dec. 6
tip. Th .
viet court cxtraordin
iry which!
has been fitting tn trial of eight
soviet engineers" charged with con
spiracy to overthrow the Moscow
Oovermnent. adjourned at noon
today to consider their sentences.
T)u-r has been no question of
guilt involved ln the trial. The
eight defendants admitted the
conspiracy in all Its detail. De
spite this the government con
structed a thorough case' against
1 th,em, broadcasting their guilt to
j the Husslan world by radio and
i motion picture.
AL
SAN KIEANCISCO, Dec. H.fA'i
-Thc- I. S. weather bureau an
nounced today the outlook for tin
Week lieflnnlnu December 1
lullow:,
Par wcetcrn slates: Pnlr. but 1 "airs nnil Klilnupcil liieir cliill
wlth occasional logs In California I uhler. Helen. rorced to flee.
n,l itto i, loin,... i- n ,-i i ,-r.' bey later released her unharmed
In Oregon, Washing. o and l.l"h,
with oecslnnnl rains west of the
Cascade mountains nml local '
shows or rains to the eastward
Nor uta I t f m pe ra t u res.
SOLD TO BOX FACTORY
y:flNKIt CltKKK. Ore,. Dec.
6.-ifSpe.jil) Mr. T'milin. con
nected with the Tombn box fac
tory in jydford. leeently P" :
,i ..Q
ion Nn
I Ti. known us ;
the ItnMer timber tract
tip I
i per MKoer ripi'H, i lie rn ' 1 1-1
l"r Wagner creek . The Hk
IbotSu-.s mil begin bigulnu K off
prlng.
aa'j4:tiirv( '
wn win uc seen in mi game.
ITO AID JOBLESS
State Commission Would
.
Divert Half Million foriHtan,py A!yerfl WrtH l"p;mrini '"jtlmt offered for Thanksgiving
( . .
'Work On County and
Market Roads.
". -SAL'RM," Oie., Dec. "fl.- (P If a
legal way can be found In which
the move can be made It is prob
able that the state highway com-
mission will divert from its fundH
about (500.000 for the improve
ment of county and market roads
In cooperation with county courts
as a measure of relief from unem
ployment. 'This was favored at a confer
ence yesterday of (.overnor Nor
blad, Chairman 11. P.- Van Dozer
of the highway commission and
State iJtbor Commissioner- C II.
(Irani who eom'tituted themselves
as a state employment commission.
Another conference will be called
early next week when the offic
ials Mill receive ml vice from J .
M. Devers, attorney for the high'
way commission, as to what legal
leeway the commission has
HALT LAKH CITY, Dec. 6. (Pi
u
f!am Frank. 66, an auctioneer of
Mt'nih:, Tenn., was slain In his
h"U! room here early today nd,WJIM H,m HUffertnii from a beat-
romieii or jeweiry ana money
amounting to about $"t,000.
Frank was bound with a towel
11(1 gagged with one of his own
sleeking. He wna completely dls
robed and had been struck over
the ear with a beer bottle.
Tfie receiver was off the tele
phone but the hook wiih tied down
with a woman's stocking. Tho
floor was littered with cigaret
bulls, which Investigating officers
saifl were colored with lipstick.
DAKAVKTTK. Ind.
Der
-t-Three gunmen planning to rob
the Htof-kwcll Htatc bank, near
hern Invaded tin- home of its
! caMhier, Oscar MaTnllton, Inle last
I niubt. tied Hamilton and bis wife
'.'hlcag,,. ! liKIM.r.M. IH-C. 6. (D While
Another daughter, Mary. 13, es-Wnlcc, stench nomlw, catcalls nnd
eaped through u. window w-n shs'shouts of denunciation were used
heard the excitement, and spread, by (lerman fascists to piovlde a
the alarm.
incf men i o give pet lorniancen m
day under heavy police protection.
Joseph Ooehttebi, Reichstag !p-M'-rger
of Weyerhaeuser Tlmb?r " uty. Merlin fascist ch'ef and rlght
impiny holding with Ilia pi I hand man of Adolf Hitler, led the
Harbor Milling company's that will :
put the lumber industry of the
h'lTtMjr d'fltiict on a more stabb? ,
jt mo ruirn'iii i'io; ing, was tirae-
((cully a inured bv n recent run-
i ference In Tacoma,
Dunuo'fviu;
MURDERERS
-'
, , , . . (
Coroner s Jury Returns ver-i
-i-i i, i i ri-lM
uici Mixer siiori uenuera-;
tion State Shows Vic-1
tim Not in Suicidal Mood
On Day of Death. i
PORTLAND. Ore.. Dec. ti (P)
Without u glance at each other,
Nelson t Howies, Tertland mil
lionaire, and lrma Loucks Paris,
bis former secretary, today stood
in circuit court and were arraigned
nn first degree murder charges In
cunnct'llon with the death of Mrs.
l.enne Howies who was stabbed to
death Nov. 12. Preliminary hear
ing was waived and the case will
go to the grand Jury next week.
:lu"
j room today
word.
a nd
exchanged no
I I'OIITI.AXI). Ore.. D.T. G- (JPt
j Named as murderern by a cor
j oner's jury and faced by formal
i murder charges hy the state, Nel
son Howies. 34. Portland mil
lionaire, and hl former secretary,
lrma C, Loui'ks, 2S. generally
Known as Airs. lrma i-.nuc.ts I 'iinw,
COuay llWallCtl l ie next move Ol
i ne law.
rue i wo are accused oi n'
Unife murder of M r. I.eone C
liowles, 311, In Mrs. Taris' apart
ment November 1 2. Moth have
admitted, police said, they wero
present In the apartment, at the
lime, but contended Mrs. Howies
stabbed hci'Mclf.
Meanwhile District Attorney
j ,
",'n1,",!"'n"1 wo.ek-
lll'M'IIL I lit l-IIHC III VIC K Hill"
The Jury whic h heard the three -
M.I.V l""H ....I...........
little more than three hours and
J returned a v e r d I c t " that Mrs.
Howies died from a knife wound
inflicted "with murderous Intent
either by lrma fl, l.oucks, by Nel
son C. Howies, or both."
Throughout the Inquest the de
fense attempted to show Airs.
Howies' death was suicide, but
the prosecution presented testi
mony to show Mrs, Howies had
been In a happy frame of mind
until a short time before the
tragedy. Hlate's
witnesses said
she was aware of the alleged intl
mate relationship between Howies
and his former necretary, but that
she was neither despondent nor
bitter. Police said she had gone
to Airs, ' Paris' apartment to dis
cuss ibis alleged relationship and
while there she received the fatal
knife ihrunt
Doctor Changed Story.
Murder charges were placed
against Howled and Airs. Paris
Keven days after the tragedy when
Dr. Paul It. Cooper, called to at
tend Mrs. Howies after the stab
bing, allegedly iold police his
i.tory to thorn was false In some
vital respects. He made a com
plete statement of the easn, po
lice said, but when be took the
stand at the Inquest he repudiated
bis statement nnd a.ssertcd his first
story was true.
Mrs. II. W. Howard, said to be
n principal state's witness, was
not called because it waw said she
nK
bv an unidentified man last
Tuesday night. Tho man allegedly
Ihreatened her with death If she
Iold what she knew of the ease.
The defense did not call either
Mrs, Tal's or Howies to the stand.
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JANTZEN WILL BUILD
OSWEGO LAKE PLACE
PORTLAND, Ore., Dec. fl. (P
An Island estate upon which will
be constructed n 24 room mansion,
j will be developed In Osweuo Inke,
i by Jantzen, secretary of the
jjnntzen Knitting mills, at a cost
of about $410,001).
i
Indignant Germans Riot
At Showingf of War Film
Mice Add To Confusion
I tumultuous reception for the Amer
Ican-mnde movie of Krlch Mario
Itemaniue'n novel "All Quiet ion
the -Went ern Front.".
successful wnn the reception
W theater lights last night were
turned off, while police emptied
the house, and later performances
jg).vere suspended. The management
denion-'tiaibm from
front seat
In the theater balcony, on of a
Inrae bloc of sent which thn fns-
cl-its had purchased The police.
repoc( ing h In parliamentary Im
munity, did not arrest him.
1
HARl. Italy. Dec. ti. iTV
Hi. Nicholas' day, forerunner
of ChriMtnias. was duly com- ;
inemnrated here today by old '
and young, the celebration 1 I
centering around the church ,
where the saint's bones are !
! supposed 1 ii be entombed. 1
v I'l-NUMM ni'iiiK ine iiairon or ?i
all young folks St. Nicholas :
Is supposed Itt exert his cels-
nai innucVes n behair r
"n-iimiiM. n.iiM.it.
ni tnnoi.....
ti.444t4t
TO BE SHIPPED
Local Co-Op Announces
Pool Receipts Will Start
Dec. 10 Prices Quoted
27 to 18 Cents.
The Farmers KxehanRe Co-operative
announced today that It
1
Htart receiving for the
chi-twImiiH tnt-lnw imnl fm entttprn
lniiHimns iuiKpy pool rot eastern
sh nment December 10. and end
1 0, nnd end
December 1 3.
The Christmas pool prices will
be hh follows:
No. 1 young toms, 12 pounds
and up, 27c per pound.
No, 1 hens, 25c per pound.
Old toms, $21c per pound.
All No. 2 grades, 18c per pound.
The advance price Is lower thnn
I k. I ...I .. lUI. .. l...i UI..I . U ..
iiiiub nils ymi, UUL IIIUII
ne pnc. tor Thanksgiving mt
, 5 "i! ' ., , h, ,, ...
celved from tho Thanksgiving pool
In eastern markets this year, but It
is expected early next week. f
The Christmas shipment will be
made In boxes, instead of barrel,
at the request of tho eastern re
ceivers, who claim turkeys shipped
i In barrels, as has long been the
rule hereabouts, is apt to cause the
birds to become sweaty and not
arrive In prime condition.
Growers of the valley have re
sponded heartily to tho Farmers
ffi.nmtfiilliM nml It la a v nnot ml ttin
, , ni ... .
If sufficient turkeys are loft In
the valley after the holidays, it Is
planned to make a mid-January
pool shipment.
.4
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FIRE ATM
AiLKM. Ore., Dec. 6. yp One
of the niost disastrous fires in the
recent history of the city occurred
hero early this morning when the
Dsrmer warehouse, a three-story
concrete structure on North 1,1 b
orty street, was completely de
stroyed, together with its contents.
Loss, tt is believed, will run close
to th half million mark, with In
surance negligible.
IU YlulUn
IN REICHSTAG BATTLE!
ItlCItLIN, Dec. 6. (VP) Chancel
lor Itruenlng today obtniued n,
xmashlng vote of confidence, a
nationalist and communlHt motion
tn revoke hbt emergency finan
cial decree being defeated 2n to
ft It .
Tho vote came after T hours
ceaseless speeches In the Itelch
stag. Hiirroiinfled by a bodyguard of
brown shirts, he awaited that part
of the film where (lerman volun
teers are hovn In hysterics during
i bombardment. Shouts of deri
sion broke from the fimclst nuclei,
spread throughout the audience
and the storm of protest began In
earnest.
"Out .lews," "a dirty film, made
In America," nnd other denuncia
tions wero mingled with "Down
with the government." as the fas
cist, let loose hundreds of white
mice which they had brought ln
boxes. The stench homlwi were
thrown Into the audience and thor
ough confusion ensued.
Women rcrenmed am their es
corts were Inveigled Into fist fights
which the police, hopelessly out
numbered by tho demonstrators,
were powerless to prevent.
TWO CARLOADS
HOLIDAY TURKS
UtMiniYH5l
ill ifSMs-i nil in n
i&i i ii i i hi inn
If! Dtlli U V
Poisonecf Fog, Slowly Lifts
Menace From Meuse Val
Icy Scientists Begin
Study Phenomena Dis
card Theory War Origin,
NI-:V YORK. Dv. 0. (?) Dr.
i .lames A. Tobey, New York ati-
thnr of a treatise on plagues, nil
vanccd the theory today that a
j milky log over the Mpuho valley
in Relium caused fi-f deaths there
i with the aid of no acnt other
' than 111 health.
PA IMS, Doc. (!. JP) I)up lo
Ntrnnue ntnmspherlc conditions,
unusual horp. It wum HtiU nn dark
um nt niKlH ut 9 a.m. thi morning.
.niU'PSELS. HelKium, Dec. 6.
(JPi Slowly as it had come, the
suffocating pall of poisoned fop
which has choked the life out of
more than three score dwellers in
the Meuse valley, began to' dis
appear this morning as the sun
bored through the mit.
If it had gone, however. It had
taken with it the secret of Us
mysterious menace. Doctors in
1 . ,..
. rtozen villages were too busy an
L .. , ...
swerlng frantic calls to confer with
the authorities seeking an answer
to the riddle. They knew only that
as the fog rolled In the victims
coughed, choked and died.
Xo moro deaths were reported
today, and us the reports came in
from stricken districts It began to
appear as though this terror had
parsed.- Government medical au
thorities were on the ground to
begin their investigation and thy
had all . the. cooperation, they
needed. .
Peasants Panicked.
I ine simple ioik wno neci wetr
village homes in panic or remain--d
inside behind Jacked doors, .
coihd not he reassured, however,
nnd persisted In the conviction that,
this death fog had come In waves
of poisoned gas whose origin they
did not attempt to explain.
Various theories were advanced
to account for the visitation, which
it was feared would assume much
wider proportions. One of tho
most striking was that of Profes
sor J. II. fl. Haldnne. eminent Brit
ish scientist, who said it wo
"something like the 'black death
the mysterious plague which rav
aged western Europe in the four
teenth century, laying low one
third of thn population.
Abandon War Theory.
Scientists practically abandoned
the theory that poison bases, ema
nating from buried German am
munition dumps. wa the came of
the deaths, which were regarded
as spread over too wide an area
for such to be the case.
The ministry of health under
took a searching" medical and ju- -dlclal
Inquiry and while awaiting
its result hefore making an of
ficial statement,, announced the
medical experts making prelimin
ary Investigations supposed the
deaths to he due to the Intensely1'
cold, wet fog which has lain over,
the area since Vedneday.
"It docM not seem like an ordin
ary winter fog, but lies In streaks,"
the newspaper. People, Mid of tho
mist. "One moment you are walk
ing in ordinary daylight and then
suddenly you find yourself against
what looks like an impenetrable
wall. In which the dim shapes of
(Continued en Pq 6. Story 1)
Will
ROGERS
HOLLYWOOD, Cat.. D.v. G.'
You can't beat matrimony
for unconscious iiunior. Today's
liijrli lijihts: Some woman , mar
ried licr fifth naval officer.
One more naval disarmament
conference and slic will liave M
slart marrying a few civilians.
We will have to cliaiiKV the
name of our navy from "I'ncle '
Sam's navy" to "Mrs. Jones'
husbands." Then get this ont: "
"Mrs. Saruh BiikIcv, clerk of
Yiiinn i:oimty court, wire me
immediately the name of the
woman I married there last,
week. 0. If. Weed."
Don't want to bran but don't
yon wish -on was here in the
nice warm sunshino watching
Knute's boys act out t
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