Medford Mail Tribune
Twenty-Kfth .Year ' ' '
MEDFORD, ORKOOX, SUNDAY, DECEMBER 28. 10:10.
No. 278.
Today
By Arthur Brisbane
Restless Russia.
Names of Yesteryears.
Dogs Hate Wolves.
Ireland? Yes. U. S. A?
No.
Copyright King Features Synd., Inc.
Russia's fjovernment, restless
nml nnergetic as the sea, in
vents a new court for factories
called "The Friendship Court."
Each factory will have its
icourt, with workers for judge
nnd jury. No fines or impris
onment, but other "discipline"
will correct workers guilty of
drunkenness, "loafinc" or care
lessness, dangerous to them
selves and others.
Under the czars, all Kussinns
from moujiks to grand dukes,
every rouble, every foot of land
in Russia, belonged to the czar.
Stalin wants it understood
that everything now belongs to
vAhe Soviet, and a workman who
injures himself is injuring gov
ernment property;
News that Howard Gould's
former wife, who was Kather
ine Clemnions, is dead, will in
terest the old with long memo
ries. When Victoria was on
the, throne, John L. Sullivan
champion of the world, Jay
Gould refusing interviews, and
William O'Brien in jail at Tul
lnmoro, Kathcrino Clemmons, a
. beautiful young girl With long
yellow hair, brought letters to
London from Charles A. Dana
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"Buffalo Hill," with long
hair on his shoulders, ad
mired hcr-: greatly r. as-well ho
' might. Howard Gould married
f her and she built an imitation
Killnrney castle on Long Island
overlooking the water.
Now she is gone to find out
what happened to Victoria, Sid
livau, Jay Gould, Buffalo Bill
nnd others gone before.
We are such things as dreams
are made of, but it' is an inter
esting dream while it lasts.
And perhaps waking up is even
more interesting.
Dogs hate foxes and wolves
because they are closely relat
ed, and, with human beings, it
is the same. Chinese bandits
t have released 14 missionaries,
nuns and priests, without ran
som. They killed two priests
that were Chinese,
India's UOO.OOO.OOO inhabi
tants cannot combine to drive
out the British because Hindus
and .Moh.'ynmedans hate the
nnd M 'lmmmedans hate Brit
inns, but hate each other more
is a queer hatred, as Montes
quieu pointed out long ago in
his "Spirit of Laws." Hindus
hate Mohammedans because
they eat cows, and Mohamme
dans hate Hindus because they
eat pigs.
They murder each other
while the British eat both co'.vs
and pigs, and rule them all.
The Shannon river power plant
works admirably In Ireland. The
first stage ot development provides
a peak load of 48.000 kilowatts, an
nnnual output of 153,000,000 units.
Foreign experts thought It would
take three yearn to develop con
sumption for no much power, it is
all used now 15 months after the
beginning ol operation.
American high finonce will he
amazed to learn that the Irish gov
ernment developed nnd owns the
power of the Shannon river,
In running Its power plant
successfully, and, needless to say,
selling power for much less than
i. .. i tho I'nltorl Kin ton
II tomb m i
Why Is it impossible ior me
rmre,i mates eovernment to man-
nite any f ltH own properties, for
inMum-e, Muscle Hiinnisr is u
because our government Is too
Inefficient and dishonest, or be
cause our able corporation minds
control the government?
Yesterday afternoon, at IJoloma,
In Portuguese (iuinea, fourteen
Italian seaplanes lay on the water
close together
Soon twelve of the fourteen will
.
(Continued on Tage Seven)
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OlHlL HULL! i a? ?vi v,
jOF FORES! BAkJ
LAND URGED 1
Gov. N orb I ad to Recom
mend National Reserves
Be Turned Back For Sale
Or Lease to Provide Rev
enue Message-to Ask
Auto Crash 'Liability.
SALEM, Dec. 27. (fl) Oover
nor Norblnd, in his message to the
1931 legislature, will recommend
the fltute nenuiro all national for
est landH In Oregon, ho said today,
lie would recommend such lands
later he sold or leased to provide
additional state revenue.
The governor said he would
recommend the legislature np
prove a resolution urging congress
to release 546,000 acres of land
in the Siuslaw national forest to
the state of Oregon. j
Home action to iix financial re
sponsibility in connection with au
tomobile accidents also will be 1
recommended in the message.
Other recommendations will in
clude a flro survey of all state in
stitutions; surety bond for all state
officials handling state funds;
passage of a law mnking homicide
justifiable in cases where a bank
or other financial institution is be
ing robbed.
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DOHENY DEBUT
V
HIT BYJRRIS
Extravagance Near Bread
Line, Should Give Pause
'To What's Wrong With
Our Prosperity' Hunger
Stalks Near High Society
Doings.
WASHIXOTOX. Deo. 27. Pi
The debut ho re last night of Mi.
Melon Iam Ka met . Do h c r t y v a s ,
condom noil today hy Senator N or
ris, of Nebraska as "extravagant
nnd wasteful, particularly In view
of the fact that iho people across
the street were hungry."
The Xehraskan referred to o
Urea d line which was served J n
the same block In which the elab
orate party was given hy Henry
L.. Doherty, president of the Cities
Service corporation for the daugh
ter of his wife by an earlier mar
riage. "I haven't a thing against Mr.
Doherty." said Mi. Xorrls, "and
I nm glad the daughter had such
a fine party, hut I think she could
have had Just as much fun on less
money. Money was scattered away
extravagantly und wasteful!)' while
the people across the street wore
hungry. It Is time for thinking
men and women to think what is
wrong with our prosperity when
such a situation prevails."
10 PAY BUSINESS
WASHINGTON. Dec. 27. MV
The Mellon proposul to allow In
come tax reduction on corporation
charltlex hut been laid aside by
the house ways and means com
mit too.
Chairman Hawloy said today j
there wat no plan pending for
consideration of tho proposal.
s ho u Id the treasury press it.i
we would give It a hearing out;
of courtesy; but what the com-j
mittcp would do after that nol
i-no knows," he said.
Hawloy K.iid he would call for!
committee consideration next
month a mil to ronuce innomion
l ,i urntilil
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imiwnire of another manure
to pay Sl'.fiOo.Mna of war claims;
to enemy aliens. The tailor would
reimburse claimants to patents
seized nnd sold to tho chemi' a I
foundation. I
Nl'.rt YORK. Dec. 27. OFi
Mary McCormlc. Chicago civic
opera star, evadod question shout
her reported engagement to Prince
Serge' M'Dvanf. recently estranged i
nur,an.i .i ima as
I sailed for Kurope today on th
MQNE
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Olyniplc
PRESIDENT SIGNS RELIEF BILLS
iWsww .
President Hoover signing the unemployment and drought relief
bill calling for a total of $161,000,000 to provide work for the lob
less and teed and fertilizer lor farmers ot the drought area. The'unenv
ployment measure creates a fund ot $116,000,000 lor new obs on
federal Improvements throughout the nation. The $45,000,000 carried
in the drought bill is for loans to farmers.
STHWER ACTSH931 WILL SEE
FOR CURB UPON SLOW RECOVERY
WHEAT IMPORTSFOR BUSINESS
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Oregon Solons Favors Ear
ly Increase In Tariff Duty
To Block European Grain
Flooding Market Legget
Defends Co-Ops.
WASHINGTON, Doc. 27. (P
Defending its operations in the
cotton and grain: futures murkots,
the farm hoard today wrote Chair
man . MeNary 'of the -senate 'agri
culture eommlUeev'thoy were nec
essary to prevent . largo financial
losses nnd to avoid "seriously dis
turbnlg" market conditions.
The leter was a reply to cong
ressional criticism of the hoard
for allowing Its agents to dealj
in futures and laid the ground -j
work for defending the hoard
against attacks which may come
after congress reconvenes.
Meanwhile Senator Steiwer, Ore
gon, Hepublloan, advocated a high
er tariff on wheat, rather than
Imposition of a temporary em
bargo ns suKgewted by Chairman
Jegge of tho hoard.
"It is absolutely essential that
adequate steps be taken at once 1
to exclude imports of wheat," j
Steiwer wild, "because of the farm;
hoard has pegged, the price and
if tho foreign market goes down
to a point where they can Import
over the duty we would bo buying J
Canndlan wheat at the pegged
price." '
Steiwer said he feared an em
bargo on wheat would disturb
our foreign relations nnd ho saw;
no reason why the tariff onmmis-j
nlon should require much time toj
Investigate the adequacy of the,
present 4 2 cent t a ri f f . I
The farm board letter to Mc-;
Nary said the wheat and cotton'
marketing associations had Wen
forced to use the futures markets'
because of the system which hud
been set up hy private opera torn
"The cooperative marketing as
sociations in wheat and cotton
are agencies set up hy farmers to
market their products in compe
tition with private merchants." It
is said. "In order to compete for
business on oven terms, these
ronperatives must he In position
to give the same ser.ieos and en
joy the same advantas as a pri
vate merchant.
OF DEATH PLUNGE
PORTLAND, Dec. 27. UV) A
woman identified by Coroner Marl
Smith ss Mrs. Craig Baker, about
25, 145a Must Republican street.
Seattle, killed herself by lenplng
from an eight floor hotel room
here tonight.
The woman registered ns Mrs.
C. Heck, Chehalis. Wash. When a
bellboy showed her to her room
she asked how far It wan to the
ground. The bellboy reported to
the manager who went to the
room. lie found the window open.
The body was lying on the court
roof six stories below.
A noie left In the room said she
had been HI for A longtime ami
hml given up hope of regaining
her health.
SALKM. Ore.. Dec. 27. , '
f'arl K'riimslrky. 4 0. u trusty ntj
tho Oregon "tnte penitentiary.
(aped today. " I
Krutnsicky wa0 received h-re(
in July to serve a term of .U'n.
years for larceny by bailee. 1
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Depression Now In Final
Stages Declares Trade
' Expert End of Coming
Year to See 'Decided Im
provement' Says Bush.
NEW YORK, Dc. 27, ()
Irving T. Rush believes the busi
ness depression has at last about
reached rock bottom.
Mr. Bush, who is president, of
the Bush Terminal company . oT
New York, director of Bush House,
Ltd., of London, und an authority
on shipping and foreign trade,
feels "we are passing through the
final house-cleaning after our re
cent speculative debauch."
In a year-end statement to the
Associated Press he said "Funda
mental business conditions are
! down to bed rock. Early In De
cember It was apparent there
would be a final spasm in Iho se
curity market, followed by a pe
riod of stagnation in security deal
ings and values. Periods of depres
sion seldom last longer than two
' or two and a half years. Half of
this period Is nlrcady behind us.'
Although he described trade
with Kussin, India and China as
"crippled," and world trade gen
erally as "out of Joint," Mr. Bush
said ho expected "slowly improv
ing conditions in 1931, and a de
cided improvement hy the end of
the new year."
25 LYNCHEDVALL
XKW YORK, Dec. 27. Ai The
year l!t3i) has seen 2.1 lynchings as
compared with twelve in the
National Association for the Ad
vancement of Colored People said
today In an annual summary.
Twenty-four of the victims were
negroes, the association said. All
occurred in the south.
PLAN CURB UPON
El LIAR
WASHINGTON, Dec. 27, (JP)
Recommendations for legislation
to punish Individuals or groups for
circulating "false and malicious'
rumors which lend to runs on
banks are to be submitted to the
house by the special committee in
vestigating communism.
Chairman Pish said today he ex
pected to call a meeting soon after
congress reconvenes "to consider
tho jiropAKsnda spread by. commu
nists to undermine public confi
dence in banks and causo runs und
failures."
MARHIIKIKLD, Dec. 27. IP
Ole Hanson of Seattle and George
Cook of Portland, arrested Mon
day with truck containing 2 li
cases of Canadian liquor, were
arraigned before the federal com
(TTilssloner yesterday after W I Ilia m
Walsh, district attorney, ttlrned
their case over to the federal nu
thoritjes.
WAYCROSS. Ga., Dec. 27 (At
Jim I'arker, condemned slayer of
his tmby, who fled the Ware coun
ty Jail with four other prisoners,
was recaptured neur here today.
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BOND VOTE
School: .B.oard Calls New
. School Program Election
For January 15, To Clear
Slight Irregularity r- New
Action Not To Delay
Work.
Owing to what the city schools'
attorneys point out as insufficient
notice given in tho call for the
recent bond tMoetlon, it will be
necessary to re-submit the JtMlft.Ono
issue which the voters passed on
December lliih by n seven to one;
vote to another selection or risk
a possibility of having It declared
invalid later.
The Oregon statute requires 15
days notice to le given in advance
of such an election. The Medford
election was hold on December
6lh and the first published notice
railing for the election was print
ed on Decern tier 1st. Tho uprcm
court, however, has ruled that
neither the day on which the not
ice is first published nor the day,
on which the election Is to be held
can 1e counted in this Ui-day per
iod. According to this Ruling the
notice given would he onry M in
stead of 1 ft days.
Attorneys Ok C. Hoggs and Clus
Newbury, who have been engaged
by the school board to prepare the
bond Issue for sale, discovered and
called nttentiori to the Irregular
ity.1 Although more or less of a
technicality, they hold that H
would be sufficient to cloud the
bond issue nnd possibly Invalidate
it. Both joined yesterday in rec
ommending that tho issue he re
submitted to tho voters at another
election.
Dr. R. E. Clreen, chairman,
promptly -called the board Into
session and an order was m(te for
a second etectlon to he held on
January l&th. K. 11. lied rick, city
school superintendent, stated, ' "I
sincerely ' regret that this 'nmfittr
must be brought up again after
the voters have so decisively ex
pressed themselves On it. It will
not delay tho letting of contracts,
however, nor the time of begin
ning construction. We are going
full speed ahead with these things,
building plans ore .expected to he
completed for lioth the new Wash
I Ington and the high school by
j January 12th. Contracts for construction-
will he lot immediately
I afterward."
POMES
UPON TREE IN
Oregon Congressman Greets
Arrival of Grandchild
With Supply of 'Baby
Dolls' at Christmas.
WASHINGTON. Dec. 27. fP)
A dozen baby dulls smile and wink
and sleep on a Christmas tree in
the home of Representative. Daw
ley of Oregon, reflecting n Christ
tide arrival in their family. -
A second grand child was born
In Baltimore on December 21. She
is Anna Kathryn llawley, daugh
ter of Kenneth K. llawley, nn elec
trical engineer.
Tho chairman of the house ways
tnd means committee explained
Unit this was a "real baby doll
Christmas." One of tho dolls was
sent by relatives, Mrs. Hawley
bought one and he bought the
other 10.
The representative surmised
that sooner or later the bisque ba
bies would find their way to the
real new ones.
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HALKM, Dec. 27. W C. H.
Gram, state labor commissioner,
announced today 2f!l 3 men have
registered for emergency employ
ment. The registrations are from
19 eotintle.s outside of Multnomah.
The registration showed 6345
persons were dependent on the
men seeking employment.
Tit Weather j
Oregon: Fair and cold Kundayi
nnd .Mond.iy but with valley fogi;
moderate east nnd southeast winds
'offshore. '
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HAWLEY'SHOME
111 In Honolulu
J'fli ' . I
Associated Pitas Photo
Janet Gaynor, film actress, Is con
valescing In Honolulu from an oper
at Ion for appondlcitis.
YULE PARTY IS
STAMPEDED BY
ST.
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Iowa Official Acting as
Santa Claus Ignited, and
Burns as Mob Swirls for
Exits Baby Dies In
Home Blaze.
BURLINGTON, Iowa, Dec. 27.
(JPt IBuvey C. Jaeger, commis
sioner of public safely, was prob-
ably fatally burned nnd scores of
men. women and children Injured
tonight at a stampede causod by
a blaze of unknown origin at IJa
gles hall, where more than 1200
had gathered for the annual
Christmas party.
I"- Jaeger wiim playti.tf the nart of
Santa Claus. -
A small Imitation brick house
. had been erected in one corner of
I the hall. Jaeger had gono into tho
( house nnd emerged a moment
later, his clothes in flames,
j Shouts of "flro" were heard In
every part of the hall. There was
ja stampede for exits and those in
charge failed to quiet the guests.
! Jaeger, a 'noment later, found
himself In the midst of a surging
mob and It was some timo before
he could bo given aid. He was
badly burned.
Many others had slight burns
nnd Injuries,
RAINIER, Ore., Dec. 27.
Junior. 3-yeai-old son of Mr. and
Mrs. Hay Jennlson, of Kern 11111,
was burned to death yesterday
when tho family homo caught fire.
The child had been left alone in
the houso while his mother was
doing some chore. The fire was
not noticed until tho house was a
mass of flnmes. Mrs. Jennlson was
burned nbnut tho hands and face
while trying to reach tho boy.
PLAN DEDICATION
HARDING STATUE
MARION, Ohln, )ac. 27.
Th llnrdlnK Momorliil nHnoriiillon
will nioet npxt woek to formulato
plnns fur a (Icllintlon of tho tomb
of tho Into nrenlilrnt, Wurron CI.
llnr.lliiK. and Mm. Hurtling, Ifoko
Itonlthin, ni'croliiry of tho nno
r'lution, flnlil todny.
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NE,
SUES EOR LIBEL
CHICAGO. Dee. 27. (A1) J.
Charlcn Oratiata, brother of Congressman-elect
I'eter C. Grans t a,
obtained a wurrant today for the
arrest of Representative. Stanley
II. Kuns. defeated Democratic can
didate. He charged criminal libel.
The ntleged libel wuh mado in a
printed statement. Crannta charg
ed, which appeared December 5
and which was alleged to have
linked him with Al Capone.
PORTLAND, Ore., Dec. 27.
(IV Two programs reminiscent of
Oregon pioneer days will bo pre
sented at the public nudltorium
here Monday, the closing day of
the Covered Wagon centennial
celebration. The programs are
sponsored by the Old Oregon
Trail association.
PORTLAND. Dee. 27. (TP) A
street car motormnn was Injured
seriously ami four firemen re
ceived minor Injuries today when
the fire engine wns struck by the
street car on an Intersection.
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AFIR
4 FUEDISTSJOFFRE OF
RAID JAIL
10 GEI FOE
Brothers Seek Prisoners
Charged With Killing
Father Sheriff and
Wife Wounded In Repuls
ing Tennesseans Holy
Gibson No More.
iSALEM, Ind. Dec. 27. (P)
One man was killed nnd three of
ficers wero wounded In a gun bat
tle here tonight when four broth
ers stormed the Washington coun
ty jail in an effort to solzo two
prisoners who wero being held in
connection with the foud slaying
of their father two weeks ago.
Holy Gibson, one of tho broth
ers. was killed In an exchange of
shots with Town Marshal Elmer
Gerald, and Gerald was probably
fatally wounded. Sheriff Milton
Tinkle and bis wife, a deputy,
were wounded but their injuries
were not serious.
The brothers went to the Jail
and demanded the keys to the cell
in which Pleas Spurlock, 45, nnd
his brother, John Spurlock, 40,
were held in connection with the
fatal shooting of Patton Gibson,
father of the four men, on Decern
bor 14.
Holy Gibson stood guard at the
entrance while tho three brothers
entered the jail quarters to de
mand tho keys. Tho officer re
fused nnd an exchange ot shots
followed.
Meanwhile Holy Gibson and
Marshal Gerald wore fighting it
out on the jail steps. A bullet from
the marshal's gun killed Gibson
instantly but Gerald suffered se
rious wounds.
An alarm was sounded and the
city, fire department and 200 citi
zens responded. Search was started
for the three brothers and shortly
afterwnrd they were reported sur
rounded in a lumber yard.
The names of Holy Gibson's
three brothers were not learned
. Officers said the slaying was an
outgrowth of a foud that has been
smoldering for a number of years
since tho two families lived In
Tennessee.
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HEART TALK OF
TEXAS COUPLE
Minister's Son Held For
Killing of Sweetheart Af
ter Failure to Adjust
Troubles Uncle of Girl
Files Charge.
POHT 'ARTHUR, Texas, Dec
1!7. (P) A charge of murder was
filed tonight against Robert L.
Williams, University of Texas
sophomore, In connection with the
death thU nfternnon of Miss Eliz
abeth Johnson, 10. Tho charge
was filed with Justico of the
Peace T. 'A. Hutler ,by Assistant
County Attorney H. T. McWhortor
on a complaint filed hy Andrew
Johnson, uncle of the dead girl.
The girl's body was found in nn
automobile after Williams, her
former fiancee, returned from
conference wllh a m.nfster over
their affairs of the heart.
Williams told officers ho and
Miss Johnson had parked his auto
mobile In front of tho home of the
Reverend Glenn Klynn, pnstor of
the Houlh Methodist church, and
he went In to talk with the min
Ister about differences that had
come between him and Miss John
son.
When ho returned to the auto
mobile he said he found Mtss
Johnson dead, a bullet from
sawed-off rifle having penetrated
her breast. Williams told Invest
igator tho gun was his.
Williams father, the Rev. R. W.
Williams of Austin, was Mr. Flynn's
Immediate predecessor as pastor of
the south church.
WINNIPEG, Dec. 27. (V)
Wheat slumped to K0 cents a hush
el an all tlmo low at the open
ing of today's brief session of tho
grain exchange. Offerings were
meager and entry of investment
buyers soon sent prices back to
higher levels.
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WINNIPEG, Dec. 27. (JP) So
lution of the western Cnnada
farmer's economic problem must
be sought on thu basis of next
year's grain crop. W. J. Ward.
president of United Farmers of
Manitoba, believes.
BEFOREMURDER
MARNE AT
LIFE'S END
Famous Great War General
Fails to Rally From Am
putation Operation Week
Ago British Industry
King to Last Reward. ,
TARIS. Deo. 27. (Ph-Marshal
Joffre, iho gallant old soldier who.
turni-d back the Germans In tho
first battle of the Mnrne, lay be
tweon life and death tonlRht In
tho hospital whore.hlfl left- leg was
unipuluteU last Saturday.
UanKtone developing In tho ad
vanced stages of arteritis made the
amputation imperative, his doctors
said, but tho operation was not so
successful as they hoped and the
latest bulletins on the patient's
condition were gloomy. It looked
as though the general were going
to loso his greatest battle. -
It was Madame Joffre, adhering
to her husband's policy since his
illness began, who withheld news
of the marshal's gravo illness since
la::t Friday when he was taken to
the hospital of 8t. Jean de Dieu.
lie went there December 19 and
the amputation was permormed
the noxt day. The leg was taken
oft above tho kneo to arrest the
progress of the infection.
Hut there was danger of Infec
tion In tho other leg also and the
doctors Bald they had tentatively
decided to perform a second oper
ation today. In a consultation, '
howover,' it became obvious that
the old soldier he Is nearly 79
could not possibly stand it.
Immediately after it . became
known that the . marshal was
gravely ill rumors flew about the
city which loves this man whose
soldiers called him -"papa'! Joffre.
Ho was believed for a time to bo
at his chateau In , Louveclnnes,
near Versailles. Then there was a
report his right leg had been am
putated. HlB doctors set these
things right In a .definite an
nouncement describing . -the - pa--tent's
condition as "grave, with a '
pulse ot IS and a temperature ot
102.2 degrees. . , -
Arteritis Is an Inflamdllon of the
arteries which often develops gan
grene. It first struok the marshal
last summer but he always denied
reports of his Illness, on one oc
casion going so far as to appear at '
a publlo function In hhu honor
when he was tco sick to be abroad.
LONDON, Do. 27. () Lord
Melchett, giant pf British industry
and finance and the son of a Jew
ish Immigrant to Great Britain,
died In London today after a long
Illness with phlebitis which gave
rise to general blood poisoning.
By his death at 62 England has
lost a brilliant genius of modern
Industrial organization at a time
when the country Is looking for
ward to such leaders to help bring'
about Its ecnomlu salvation.
A leader of rare quality, both in
politics and in business. Lord Mel-
chett's Interest were world wide,
lie was Immensely wealthy but
after'one trip to the United States
remarked he felt like a pauper In
comparison with the multi-millionaires
of that country. .
Lord Melchett, who rose to
prominence as Sir Alfred Mond,
was a big man physically and was
big In Ideas In politics and bus!-'
ness and of wide vision In social
problems, particularly In the rela
tions of employers nnd workers,
lie was an ardent Zionist,
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Mil ELTON, Wash., Deo. 27. UP)
In the largest liquor haul ever
mado In southwest Washington,
two complete stills and more than
230,000 worth of alcohol and sup
plies were confiscated by federal
agents who conducted a spectacu
lar raid at llammersley Inlet near
here today. ' i - ; .
Tho distillery, which Is the big
gest ever found in this section, was
located in a barn on the Gust
Nelson place. Three men who gave
the names of Pearson, Nelson and
Ncllson already were arrested and
taken to Tacoma late today by the
arresting officers.
when a quantity of the confis
cated materials had been saved
for evidence the rawing officers
wrecked the premises. Bye wit
nesses declared that the floor of
the building was knee deep with
scattered sugar, wheat, other grain
and the dumped mash.
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HA!(KM, Ore., Dec. 27. P) The
two-year sentence to the state pen
itentiary imposed upon Wilson
Kogcrs of Portland was Saturday
commuted by Governor Norblad to
16 month und Rogers was parol
ed. Rogers l to receive medical
treatment. He und"went a surg
loul operation a few months ago.
The paroled prl-ju-.-r returned to
Portland.
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