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Forecast: Tonight cloudy and
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Twenty-Fifth Year
MEDFORD, 0RKC0X. Tl'KSDAY. PKCEMHUli
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No. 274.
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By Arthur Brisbane '
Borah, Not Pacified.
Strawberries by Airplane.
Trouble for Republicans.
The Python's Six Roosters
Copyright King Feature! 8ynd Inc.
' WASHINGTON, D. C, Dee.
?2. In Washington, where this
is written, Senator Rorah lms
just demanded n special ses
sion of Congress after Mnr.cn 4,
for "legitimate reasons."
He was not pacified by the
shelving of the League Court.
Apparently he does not share
the opinion of big business that
"the country is safer after Con
gress goes home."
Strawberries were delivered
in New York yesterday, picked
in Florida 1 1 hours earlier.
Dudley Keed flew in with 432
pints.
5 Fruit picked ripe in Florida,
California- and on the Gulf
Coast, will soon be distributed
nil over the I'nited States
thrrough the air on the day it
is picked. Refrigeration will
not be necessary, the pilot go
ing up high enough for refrig
eration. .
The fact that Robert II. Lu
cas, director of the Republican
national committee, did all he
could, which was not much, to
prevent tlic fWlcction of Sena-1
tor Norris, has started fire
works. . '
Some senators think that an
important official of the Re
publican party should not spend
money trying to defeat a Re
publican .candidate.
Mr. Lucas says that Norris
should have been kept. out, and
suggests that the Republican
party should put him out, now
that he is overwhelmingly
elected.
Senator Norris, you must
know, docs his own thinking,
nnd even suggests that the
people whose taxes built the
Muscle Shoals power plant,
should own the plant instead of
turning it over to private pow
er companies.
Senator Nye finds that the
Republican national ,cominittec
guaranteed a bank loan made
by Lucas to pay for a literary
campaign against Senator Nor
ris. Respectable Republicanism
will find it hard to explain that
treacherous slush fund.
Senator Cutting of New Mex
ico, Republican, calls it "polit
ical thuggery."
Inhabitants of the New York
and other zoological gardens
will have a .cheerful Christmas.
oThc New York python. 23 feet
(Continued on Page Four)
Abe Martin
While the fool killer hain't com.
plainln' we ell know hie buiineae
hain't what it should be. "Rem.
brandte are rare an' ecarce, but
they hain't got nothin' on thie,"
tald Tell Binkley, at he clipped a
newspaper picture of a Democrat
takin' office.
FURORE IN
G.O.PINKS
INCREASES
Chairman Wood Backs Lu
cas in Fight On Norris
Independent a Demagogue
Is Assertion Brookhart
Takes Hand in Fracas.
WASHINGTON. Doc. 23.(P
Senator Norris of Nebraska chal
lenge! the Republicanism of Pres
ident Hoover today in fighting
bark at the efforts to drive him
from the party.
"I was fighting for the Hepub
Henn party when Mr. Hoover him
Helf was a resident and voter of
Oreat ltrliuln," NoitIh said. ' The
Republican party belongs to tho
rank and file. Mr. Wood and Mr.
I,ucas, even though backed up by
Mr. Hoover do not constitute the
Republican party.
"Mr. Hoover is liable to be a
Democrat any day. When he came
to this country from Jront Brit
ain he was a, Democrat, accepting
office as a Democrat. He re
mained a Democrat until the Re
publicans came in power and whenj
he accepted office under the He-j
publicans he automatically be
came a Republican.
'I have never found fault with,
that. I concede his right to change
his political affiliation every tlme(
he changes office if he wants to.
hut I haven't found It necessary;
myself. As long ns I hold public
position. I'm going to vote and;
work for things I believe to bej
fn the best interest of my country t
and oppose those which are not,
regardless of parties."
.WASHINGTON. Dec. 23. (P) '
The republican controversy over
whether the party should repudiate
"men like Senator Norris" flamed
anew today.
After talking about the situa
tion to President Hoover, Chair
man. Wood, ot (he "republican con
gressional campaign commltteo de
nounced the independent Norris a
"a consummate demagogue." He
announced Intention to back to the
limit the stand taken against Norris
by Robert H. Lucas, executive di
rector of the republican national
committee.
Wood Ls the first of the adminis
tration regulars In congress to
speak out. The issue now seems
placed before President Hoover,
but he has said nothing.
Brookhart Takes Hand.
Meanwhile, the republican intle-
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CHICAGO, Dec. 23. (P) A ban
gar and IS airpluneH were destroy
ed by fire at the Pal-Waukee air
port northwest of Chicago today.
Three other hangars were not
threatened by tho flames spread
quickly fn the north hangar and
practically nothing of value was
left. Airport officials estimated the
loss nt $2m.(00.
Three of the planes that burned
belonged to the Hul-Waukee corpo
ration, the others were privately
owned. All were single-motored.
The fire was believed to have start
ed In a boiler room as the retmlt,
of some accident to the heating sys
teni.
The Pal-Waukee field is nt
Wheeling, about 20 miles north
west of Chicago.
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DESTROYED
HANGAR BLAZE
Death Claims C has. Harris
Author of After the Ball
And Other Famed Ballads
Ni:V VOItK, Dec. 23. (1
Char!"s K. Harris, who entranced
the r.ac'on under the spell of
"Aftrr the Hall," In dead.
The song puhllehcr died nt.his
home yesterday after an lllneea of
three weeks, lie was 65 years old.
Surviving are the widow, the for
mer Cora l.chrherg of Owenslmro. '
Ky., and two daughters, Mrs. Klch
ard Well of fhlc.igo nnd Mis Mil
dred Harris.
As a mogul of "Tin Pan alley"
he created a fortune from the pub
lishing business in late years. but
wrote no nong comoarable to hlfi
xarl-er effort. j
Muf-lc charm'-d him as a Ixiy.
At 10, he wrote his first ball.l.l.j
"Can Hearts So Soon Forget," ln-
plre,t t,y his firt love affair. Then
followed "Thou Art Kver in My
Tauushts" nnd "If I Were Chief
Christmas Ties
Taken By Thief
Are Unmourned
EVANSTON. ' 111.. Dec. 2S.
(tP) Somebody got Into tho
home of Krnost F. Bergmann
and stole all of the Christmas
presents Mrs. Bergmann
bought for her husband.
Later both of them told the
police about it, with Mrs.
Bergmann doing the talking.
4 . "Let's see," she began as
she started to list the stolen
articles, "there was a leather
bag, a set of golf clubs, a
S dozen handkerchiefs, some
! clothing, a dozen ties and . . '
"Never mind the ties," In-
terrupted Bergmann.
FLIER DELAYED
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Christmas in Medford Re
sult of Crack-Up in Land
ing Yesterday On Tour of
States.
A week's delay In Medford Is tho
sentence, which will probably be
given me iiunuruuiu mm. viuiui i
landing her "honeymoon" model
Blackburn Blackbird plane with
the wheels pointing In the wrong
direction nt the Medford airport
yesterday afternoon, it was an
nounced today. And It Isn't going
to be a painful sentence, judging
from the contagious smile the
famous little avlatrlx from merry
Knglond was wearing this morning
as she examined the damaged
wings of the plane at. the airfield.
The delay of course is disgusting-
to one with other plans for
Christmas day, but the Honorable
Mrs. Bruce Is still smiling, just as
she was yesterday afternoon, when
she -climbed- out of-- her "wrecked
craft.
Going to South America
Local aviators estimate that It
will take a week or 10 days to get
the plane in readiness to continue
its tour of the United States.
After touring this country, Mrs.
Bruce plans to continue to South
America, later crossing the Atlan
tic by boat to Europe, where she
will again set up her plane and
continue her trip to England.
Captain 8. S. Chadderton, avia
tion department head for the Stan
dard Oil company of California,
is arranging her United States
itinerary and ono of the company's
fastest plunes is escorting the
avlatrlx down the coast to San
Francisco.
If Mrs. Bruce completes the
journey she has planned, and one j
look at the gleam of determination
In her blue-gray eyes Is proof that
she will If the fates are willing,
she will be the first woman to
have made a solo flight around
the world. Her plane ls ono of
the smallest built In Europe. Two
persons can sit In It, if they sit
very close, that's' why it's called
"honeymoon'' model.
' Flew Pcrslnn Gulf
She has flown the plune in solo
flight from London to Tokyo, over
the. Persian gulf, where she landed
In a manner similar to that wit
nessed by the group awaiting her
arrival at the Medford airport yes
terday. She has flown over the
Jungles and the Yellow sea nnd
will fly again ab soon as her plane
Is ready to go.
On arrival In Tokyo, she ha-d
flown In excess of 17,000 miles.
Although Mhe Is the wife of the
Honorable Victor Bruce of ling
land nnd the grand daughter of
Lady Katherlne nnd tho Honorable
Arthur Peter. Mrs. Bruce Isn't all
English, her mother is of Amer
ican descent, tho daughter of
Alonzo Williams, who played a
pmmlnent part In Civil, war his
tory. of 'Police," his first efforts to be
published.
"After the Tttill' was horn In
a sweethearts' quarrel which Mr.
Harrln witnessed In a Chicago
dance hall. This Is the way he
saw it:
After the hall Is over.
After the break of dawn;
After the dancers leaving.
After the stars are gone;
Many a heart is aching.
If you could read them all:
Many the hopes that have van- 1
iKhed. j
After the hall. j
Jame Aldrlrh lbby sang It ,
first at the Hijou iheatir In chl-i
cat-o. It was a hit and orders'
eamo so fast Mr. Harris had toj
borrow funds to print It. As late'
as Q2li, the lyric was selling at '
:,,ftfia copies a year.
HERE FOR WEEK k.A M
m ship jmsmi
When She Was In Japan
... . i
"Ml- fainm
Mrs. Vlrtnr liriu-o. lilltl-li llWulili, uho arrived in M-lrl-(l -ti-rrtny
from I'm Hand nnd sntTir-u nn nrt-iili-nl o lnr plimc in
lamliiiu- nn Hip liu'iil llhporl. Is shown Ih-Iiic crroUNl ly Kelefll
Kiiku, .lnpun's Irailin-; avitilrix. hen she nrrivetl nc Tokyo nn her
trip nrounil the wmiri.
CARKIN
AGAIN
IS
ON TAX GROUP
Medford Expert Given Four
Year Term On State Com-
"mission By Board
Control.
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SALEM. Ore., Dec. 23. (P)
JqKn H. Carkin of Medford was
today reappointed by tho state
board of control as a member of
the state tax commission. The ap
pointment Is for four years, 'dating
from January 1.
Carkin, ns a member of tho 1920
legislature, and chairman of an
Interim committee on taxation
during tho previous two years, was
instrumental In the enactment of
tho State's new lax laws at the
session two years ago. One of
these acts was' tho creation of a
full-time state tax commission, ap
pointive ' by the board of control,
nnd Carkin, Karl L. Fisher and
Charles V. Clalloway were selected
as the members. Carkln's division
of the work during the Inst two
years has been the administration
of the intangibles nnd excise nets.
The former was declared unconsti
tutional by the supremo court a
few months ago.
WOULD IDENTIFY
POItTLAND, Ore.. Doc. 23. (P)
The prupoHiil to mark Imported
lumber ho ax to Indicate tho coun
try of origin will he dtacuHHed at n
meeting in the bureau of cuHtoniK
office In Wn.shlnKton, I). C, Jan.
13, the collector of customR here
waH adviHed today.
II. A. Hayward. RsfdHtant Ron
eral counsel nt WanhlnKlon, vrote
the cuHtomR office here to ndvle
Importer of lumber of the hear
ing. "The department ha received
numerouH complaints." the letter
wild, "from American lumber man
ufacturing IntereHtH to tile effect
that the long established practice
of the bureau of not requiring the
marking of lumber, on the ground
that It Is a raw material. In not
In accordance with the law.
HI' DA PAST. Dec. 2?,. (,V Word
came across the flu man lan, fron
tier today that King Carol nnd his
divorced wlf. Queen Helen, hnv
reached a crisis fn their domestic
affairs and reports are circulating
that King Alexander of .Iitgo Skivfa
had pnstixincil hn fntcded visit, to
APPOINTED N
his royal brntltcrfn-law on a hint poetofflco yesterday when lfi.Ouo,
from I lie dowager, Queen Marie, j Oflfi pieces of first class mull were
Marie, the report runs, fenrs that ; received, I'nstmaster Arthur C.
her son tnlrht h driven to despair Lender said tiwtny.
by any further Interference in his Tho previous record ,f 111, 000,
nffnlrs fiom outside. oon was i-sie hllKhed in I92S.
AMOcmtrd I'trnn ,.. l
WINTER
SPORTS
PAR
LM
SAYS SOLINSKY
Dangerous to Attempt Entry
Sriow I s.W ar n -
inci
Cars Sunday Stuck
in Drifts.
Stories published under Meilforci
date lines in yontcrday's Portland
newKpnpewH, aent out by a locnl
corrot pondont, and ulsn published
In a local publication about a crowd
of whiter sports lovers having en
joyed winter activities nt Crater
Lake national parq on Sunday,
wore totally untrue, according to
K. C. Solliisky, superintendent of
the park, who returned Inst night
from having spent yesterday at the
park.
Instead, only four cars reached
Anna Spring camp Sunday from
both tho Medford and Klnmuth en
trances, und these curs were of the
flivver variety. It is Impossible for
larKC curs to get through the foot
or more of snow on the one-way
road, although the Medford en
trance road is a little eaaler to ne
gotiate than the Klamath entrance
roud, according to the superintend
ent. Quito a number of ears tried It
Sunday hut gave It up lifter going
Into the park a distance nnd then
turned into the deeper snow ut the
side of tho rontl In un effort to
lurn around to return. They be
came stalled and had to be dug out
with shovels. There was evidence
of this ot vnrlous places between
tho Medloid entrance and Anna
Spring cump.
Discourage Travel
The Cralor national park man
agement has done everything pos
sible to discourage travel by auto,
or otherwise. Into the park because
of tho danger, nnd for some lime
past has had warnings posted
along the Crnler Lake highway
from Medford and on tho other
side of Fort Klumallt and other
points. Still this did not deter a
number of Medford and other cars
from trying to muke Iho trip Into
the park Sunday.
Superintendent Solliisky, who Is
an experienced snow traveler him
self, encountered much difficulty
yeslerdny In getting from tho Med
ford entrance to Anna Spring enntp.
He reiMirts that there is on the
average nbotit two feet of snow at
Anna Spring camp, and that the
mow grows deeper between the lat
ter place anil the rim. where there
is nn nvernge depth of four feet
willi drirts at limes of six feet or
more.. Between government rump
nml tho rltn Ihere ore also big drifts
hero und Ihere.
Ono more snow full tit the park
will end the possibility of gelling
into tho pnrk with cots Ibis winter,
the supetlntendent says, und in the
meantime It Is dangerous to at
tempt the trip, he warns Medford
and Kluiunth motorists.
PIIKWOO, Iter. UP) All rec
ords were broken in tho Chicago
F
AVAILABLE
10
State's Portion Emergency
Eighty Million From Gov
ernment Will Be $1,320,
287 Over Half Going
Directly to Labor.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 23. (ZD
President Hoover said today the
total expenditure by the federal
government during the calendar
year liUtl for public works would
total $724,000,000.
Tho president has Informed the
various executive- departments that
the policy of iho federal govern
ment Is that wages on contracts let
by tho government shall be held
up to tho standard existing In the
districls where tho work Is done.
The president suid that when de
pression had first struck he bud
been instrumental in Hecuring an
agreement between Industry and la
bor that guaranteed as far as pos
sible no reduction in wuges. In
view of this, he sold, the federal
government has necessarily requir
ed contractors to maintain wage
scales at their pre-tlepresslon lev
els. There have been some difficul
ties with minor contractors be suld,
hut these have been adjusted.
Tho estimated total for fedoral
aid to highways for tho calendar
year 1931 was set by Mr. Hoover at
$2!,l22,50(; public buildings, $173,
8ii!l; rivers und harbors, $159,857,
000; ship construction, . $129,920,
000; aircraft and air navigation,
$30,882,000; miscellaneous, $97,1107,
000.
His statement said the $742,058,
000 compares "with tho rate ot
about $75,000,000 per annum prior
to the depression."
WASHINGTON,' Dec. 23. (P)
State highway departments wore
notified today that their respective
portions ot the $80,000,000 en.sr
gency highway construction nppro
pHntion' nrer nvnllublo'lrmrlotllatnlyr
The federal aid money is to be
officially apportioned todny hy Sec
retary llydo.
The action Will make ull of tho
$80,000,000 available to the states
lor use In matching their regular
federal aid apportionments, Includ
ing those for tho fiscal year 1932.
Capt. C. D. CurtlKs, chief of the
control of the bureau ot public
roads, pointed out that to tho ex
tent Unit states have pluns ready
lor work, the appropriation would
moan nearly double that amount,
or $100,000,000 ot the new highway
construction.
Big Share to Labor
He estimated moro than halt ot
the money would go directly to la
bor and that a large portion would
go to labor Indirectly.
The government, under the plnn
contemplated in the legislation,
urlll x.'i. tl,a r,.ll n...n,... lt
wiij viiv lull (1IIIUIII11 Ul HID
! Construct Inn lllllu nt tlm ililai nn
work dona to September 1, within
the limits of the appropriation.
Captain Curllss snid un Informal
stirvoy Indicated the states have
enough work projected to absorb
nil of the emergency appropriation
together with a like amount nt the
Hie regular federal aid npprollon
mentH. The apportionments, to tho stutes
Include Hie following; California,
$3,108,23.'!;- Idaho, $1,008,035; till
mils, $3,400,11(1; Montana, $1.071,.
930; Novada, $!,049,G38; Now York,
$4,050,500; Oregon, $1,320,287;
Pennsylvania, $3,612,943; Washing
Inn, $1,270,933.
AO
II!
OREGON
Santa Claus An Unknown
In His Own Home Town Is
Revelation From Turkey
Ity Prlwllla Itlng
(Associated Press Staff Writer)
SMVItNA, Turkey, Dec. 23. (JF)
Santa Claus Is virtually unknown
In his own home town.
ft was here Santa, or St. Nicho
las, whoso name Is different In
nearly every Christ lun country
though his spirit is the sunie In
all, probably was born, and It ls
ccrtiiin ho wfts bishop hen, .v
Yet by only a handful of Ameri
cans and other Christian foreign
ers In Smyrna Is St. Nick honored
on Dec. 2fi. To hundreds of thou
sands of Moslems that day brings
no more hope nnd no moro Joy
lhan any other.
Just outside Smyrna, In tho he
dragged little village of Dembre,
ne the ruins of St. Nicholas
church. There, too, ore the ruins
of the faint's marble tomb where
he was buried in Sfi2 A. D. Thou
sands of Chrlxtlnn made pilgrim
nttes to the tomb until Italian mer
chants, 70 years after St. Nicho
las' denth, carried his bndy away
to Italy.
To the Moslem peasants, the
name of St. Nicholas means noth
ing, but they are suro tho tomb
wiih that of a holy person. They
still tie bits of rag on the fallen
stones In the hope of fulfillment of
their henrls' wishes.
When this little village of
Radio . oling
to Soften Heart
of Film Actress
NEW YORK, Dec. 2a. uV)
The Daily News today says
Morton Downey is duin a
John Allien . over the radio
In an effort to reconcile Von
! st a nee Bennett and her for-
mer husband, I'hilUp Plant.
Downey's song "My Yesler
6 days With You," was written
by Plant, the news says, and
passed on to the tenor with
the hope Miss Bennett would
4 Interpret between the notes.
Plant has postponed a hunt
f in; trip to Africa, says the
paper, to await results.
MIhs Bennett divorced the
millionaire in Paris In 100.
4 Downey Is the husband of
her sister. Barbara.
IS THREATENED
Alleged Demented Wood
Cutter Demands $500
From Institution in Letter
Placed in Jail.
KAL10M. Ore., Dec. 23. (P)
ThreatH by mail to blow up the
I3ank of Blayton unleHH $r00 wan
delivered to him through the post
office nt Sublimity, nnd nn at
tempt to cah a cheek for $30
have led to tho arrest ot J. W.
HtanTord, a woodcutter of about
5.r and behoved by officers to he
demented.
Stanford was arrested when ho
appeared In the bank and nought
to ennh a chock on the Ktmt Na
tlonal bank of Buffalo, Wyoming,
bearing hi own Hlsnaturo nnd the
notntlon that the chock waa writ
ten In payment for a home. , . .
?rh. threat"lUer- "Wft .-irecelved
by tho bank on Decembor IS, ac
companied by a note from Stnn-
fnrd miylng that ho had rouna
tho letter nnd wan forwarding It;
The letter paid:
. "Send mo fivhunert doler or I
will blow It of the erth. Don't
think 1 won t for I wll or I wll
do wora. '
"You enn send it to Slim by
mnl ut Sublimity hy 18 of thin
month o we com and got It."
Tho threat wbh signed "Mr.
Slim, Sublimity, Ore.." and the
note trnnHmitting It wan signed In
tho same hnndwrltlng with the
namo of Stanford.
FIENDISH DEATH
FOR 1
HIIANOHAI, Dee. 23. ) De
tails of the death of Catholic mis
sionary, Kather Marcus, at trio
hands of Chinese communist bands
In mountainous southeast Ilupoh
provinco havo been received here.
Communists seized him at tho
mission station, and stripped and
bent him unmercifully.
Then they blinded him with lime
and led him a short distnnce from
the station with a rope tied around
his neck with which they slowly
strangled him. lie was burled
without a coffin.
Dembre, now crumbling and Ill
kept, was the great Myra of an
tiquity, St. Paul visited It. Beyond
the village, carved In stone, are the
tombs of early Christians, Turk
ish goats scamper through the
falling ruins now.
TO tho few Americans nnd other
Christian families living In this
corner of Asia Minor, Christmas
brings to life many legends of
Kantu Claus. It was in nnd about
Smyrna the fabulous miracles and
generntis deeds ' that made St.
Nicholas tho Incarnation of the
Christmas spirit of giving are said
to have taken place.
Once, It Is related, ho dropped
three bags of gold stealthily at
night Into the homo of a nobleman
whose three lovely dnughtors could
find nn husbands becnuse they had
no dowries. Thus he became the
patron saint of spinsters.
lie Is the patron saint of pawn
brokers, too, for having converted
a blasphemous pawnbroker of
Calabria who smashed the saints'
Image because Its presence had
fill UmI to keep out robbers. When
St. Nick reformed the robbers as
well ns the pawnbroker, tho rob
bers adopted him also.
He Is credited with restoring to
Hfo three schoolboys of Myra who
had been murdered, thus becom
ing the beloved patron nf school
children throughout Christendom.
raoN
BANK
WITH uYNAMIE
SAT DANCE
IS
AT J'VILLE
Commercial Club Answers
Charge of Sheriff That
Saturday Affairs Shame
fulBars Not Down for
'Whoopee' Is Warning.
Answering charges voiced yes
terday by Sheriff Ralph JennlngH
in cuiinection with the Saturday
nifcht dances at Jacksonville. th
Jacksonville Commercial club sub
mitted to the Mail Tribune today a
reply In which it ' Is pointed out
that conditions are not as bad na
thoy were painted.
Tho letter is aa follows:
Several of the old mines near
Jacksonville have been reopened.
The hills are full of prospectors.
They're diggin' gold ag'ln! Every
body's got a touch of tho fever.
And now comes Sheriff Jennings,
as quoted in Monday's Mail Tri
bune, characte rising the Jackson
ville dances as "shameful," "dis
graceful." "drunken," etc., ab lib.,
and a home-grown reformer chimes
in with the picturesque terms, "hell
hole' and "hurdy-gurdy."'
Whoopee! Can It be that "the
daw of old, the days of gold, the
days of are coming back
again? , ,
It seems to be too good to be
true. And It Isn't true, according
to the Jacksonville Commercial
club and the . city dads and the
dancers themselves.
As one expressed It, "There's per
haps plenty of gold yet In the hills
near town, but an to these wild,
woolly dance orgies, that's just
pure: bunk. Somebody's broadcast
ing on the wrong wave length."'
Councilman Dunnlngton, .who
started the teapot-tempest by re
questing the use of the old county
Jail for Jacksonville prisoners, just
chickloa and admits .that ho felt
properly squashed when the sheriff
told him "the city council men
(Continued on Pso Story 2)
WATER POWER
AIDES OUSTED
BY
WASHINGTON, Deo. ii.ilP)
Solkillor Charles A. Ruwell and
Chief Accountant Frank V. King
of the federal power commission
today were removed from office
In the first executive order of
Ohnlrmnn Bmlth.
The action was taken under the
terms of the water power act pro
viding for reorganization of the
commission, which granted the In
coming commissioners power to
appoint or reappoint officials of
the commlwilon.
The notification followed a re
cent opinion of the attorney-general
that the new commission could
refuse to reappoint officials.
Hhortly before the chairman act
ed, Frank Bonner, executive ,
secretary of the commission and a '
storm center for some months, re
signed. feflLL
ROGERS
p.$gys:
lll RBANK, Cul., Dec. 23.
A ri(lit Lrnnd new seimtor from
North Carolina, named Cnm
Morrison; jumped up before ho
hud been in the place lonp
enough to talk over prices and
dclivcricH for his ChristmnH
stuff with other senators. They
have nn unwritten law there
that a new member is not al
lowed to say an.vthiiiR when he
first (jets in, and another writ-
ten law that whatever he says
aftt-rivnrds is not to amount to
anything. Another senator was
deu-MiueiiiK a great friend of
Morrison's, from his own state,
and Morrison defended him.
He didn't know denouncing
was a senator's sole life work;
he took it seriously.
ORDERLY
CHAIRMAN
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