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MKPFORP MATL TRIKITXR, MKITFOKT), "OKWiOV. Vl.'fDAY. FKI5IM' M V !.
PAfllO SEVEN
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DAYS
OF SENATE
TO BE TEST
New Session Facing Uncer
tainty In Party Control-
One Vote Margin
Control Action On Issues
G. 0. P. Rebels Feared.
Ily Kirkc Simpson.
' WASHINGTON. (I) Aa the
count iiimlrt .today, 48 rupublleuns,
17 democrats and one farmf?r-labor-Ito
ari entitled tu answer "here"
when Vice-President Ourti? pound."
Ills Kavet to start the first Cull roll
eull of the senate in the seventy
second congress. t
Kxaetly when that will be is un
eeriatn. Which party will control
' la doubtful, despite an apparent
republican absolute majority of
; blue uf the senate tod.iy. l.oruli
t and N'orris and enaiur l,a l-'ulletu-
of Wisconsin, father of the prcs.-ni
; Senator LaKolleiie. voted with the
; republtcans to effect the change ol
parly power.
The senate ''-will convene In the
( seventy-second coniivrt with un
(even more narrow margin.' If there
. is io be a ileinocratlc attempt to i
j take control, an aftirniutLvo move
to that end must be made. i
What M lull I Happen.
A resolution propositi); to name j
; a democratic president pro tern-1
j pore to suceet ; St-.i.ttor Moes ol
New Hampshire, present repuhli- j
can holder of the post. Is the prob-1
able method that would bo fol
lowed. To be successful, it miirti
Uo supported by at least two nun
deiuorruts. -,
llepubliean irrt'Kulur.s in the sen
ate have voted in the pa.t to Kive j
li "n imponaiu c-ommmee cnuirman-
lYiaylship to a democrat despite repub-
Ucan control. That was in the ,
sixty-eiuluh enni-ess. i
Then Senator Cummins was the j
republican candidate for chairman
of the interstate commerce com -i
miltee. Senator Smith of South
Carolina his democratic rival. Sen-1
ator Couzens of Michigan was the!
candidate uf u group of republican i
irregulars. i
I.oiir UeadlotU. i
There was u deadlock . for a '
month. Kinally, un the thirty- j
second ballot. Smith achieved the
necessary majority of .senator. vut- i
inff and was elected. Senators !
Urookhart, Iowa, and La Toilette,!
Wisconsin, of the 'republican side. I
ind Senator Shlpistead, .Minnesota. :
OPERA STAR AMONG VACATIONISTS IN SOUTH
one. mai iiiKiKm ri-ow un un- arniKi'-labur, I'Oxt vutivt for smith,
puiwi- of the vk-e-Dlesldeiit to .-t-nutor Xon is.. .NVI.niaka. rc-puli-
vote to break a tie. llean. anil several other repuhlican 1
There may be only -lli democrats irresulars. with Senator Jones,
for the next year. Coventor Loni Washington, of the republican reK- I
of Louisiana, seliator-cleet, luw for-j !,. voted for Senator Couzens.'
mally communieated his liunnw , ,,, kinij Smith's eleetion possible I
not to take his seat until his state I Th,.,.L. another senalur on the '
term expires in ri-puhllcan Mr whu will s:i In the'
Or there nils-'hl lie I further out-: n,,w nnil hlls ., mik j administration. It as lied, 37 dent
break of republican irreBUlai lty j ground of parly Irresul.irily even j oerats. a: republicans and two In
sufficient to shift the balance the;,,,, organizational Issues. Me i.s : dependent.
other way. jSchalt, the blind senator from Min-; In that congress, as in the sev
IjisI ItcoiKaiilatlDit In mm. ' I esota. ; enty-fir.st. about to pass into his
There has lieen no political re- Many lireirnlitis in I1MT.
organization of the senate since the! ' Sehall was u member of the
spcial session of the tiiith congress house, politically classed as a pio
lll May. mill. That followed the j Sressive. when the war consres.
-ect onrt of IMS in whkh the re-1 the sixty-fifth, was organized in a
publicans won a senate majority oT. special .session in April. l'.iJT.
two. 1 There were I'll' republicans. 2ti;t
Asa continuing body, the senate ' democrats, eicht progressives or
Un no orBaliizatlon session at 1 1H' ' ut lii r scattcrinc and six
I V- If V It &i ' m 1
As
BANK FAILURES r i
'SPUR CONGRESS Uji
in u NT mm i ; a-
;IU MUM I UUnLUVj1
th(! coiii'I'k stiKKcstioiiH overCHino
M, baupi-ey, and he reached ail
umeemcnt with the professor,
I'lider this agreement, supervis
ed by lite court, tin professor con
tillmled $Jo and the father Jf'0
toward u liiud which was given to
the tamlly of a poor man injured
on Christmas day. The profeflsor.
in aildlticu, formally admitted tu
tui.itintifi ( (he court that ho had erred lu dls-
legislation ( illuaioiiiug the hoy.
mil as prac-;
and en I'
ll ii inquiry
r a re.-olu-whb-h
pi o
fur a -om -
te survey of
national and
ieral reserve
I II It i II i; riVS
ns. ,ind l'eu-
t)
Clash Between Advocates of
Unit Proponents and Chain
Advocates Will Add Interest.
bills
WASIilNCTi
! by bank fa lun
I members (.f cm
f
.N. K.V SpurrtMl
s in recent mniillis,
mri'-s expect lu lay
ible, S'lialo.'
le!- (Iliiss of
X-iuia is the
lirman of ibis
''unmitlee.
i'"iut iiniie or
s iinif lietinir
pending in the
bill introduced bv Kep
Itet'dy. renuliiii an.
would authorise national
to e.-tablNli or acquire
limits f tlie
i-rvo districts.
I'd by Kepr
uly
aire;
A
riw'llt;itv
.Maine
banks to
branches within tin
respective federal v
A measure spun-!
Ilclgiiiii Kahi?H irov
l:m;ssi:i.rt, Feb. . Tho i
ItelKian Savings bank, u Htato
institut lou. Is prospering in tho
financial crisis. Its deposits which ;
totaled SV.,imm).000 In 1H20 , tn- :
ereascil in 10 to 1180,000.000 ;
and in 1'.i.1o to the record figure of !
.'Oii.o.HMini). ;
Mi.'
ntative Strom:. republi
ouudworU Kansas. U ibsiuib'd tu prohibit
at this session Br,inp nr chain banking,
tor the morit hu-j . lill introduced by lEeprcseuta
purtant banking nVe ( ! o 1 1 s bnronuh. democrat, of
legislation since; M-n-vlund. would i-estricl chain ami
b r a n c h banUiii. Uepre.-entative
McKad den's measure would a lit h- j nia I Ism
How to End
RHEUMATISM
the Federal lic
werve act.
The clash be
tween t h e unit
bank proponents '
a n d ill
or chain bank i such bank
orlze the comptroller of the cur-j rheumatic a
rencv to examine each federal re-1 of t hese danw
serve bank, and every member. "ut
New Medicine Drive llheuiiiatiu
'oloti from Joints j
ami Miwli's.
EASES PAIN FIRST DAY ;
I'oisoiw iii the blood settling In
the Joints and muscles caue rlicu- j
Vou cannot get ri ol ;
oiiy till every traco
rons poisons Is driven j j
of your .-.wtem. That's why r:t.
g'oup.bank and affiliated corporation of , . . .. J V.i!. X '..'mnir-irv
ba 11 li such bank. i 7 3 ' .
....v-t.,v,v, i - I What vou need l.s IlU-MA. tlio
ses to preelpi- UUUKIS Ut- "Wnis uuuut i . , ..... .i;,,!, fln
tate a battle in! SANTA CLAtJb ARUUMtlNT , ,iviM. sUimilv bhoU. Hld
uie new cciig- , , ,,,, ni i .iu exiiels Uiiuugn tbe natural cnan ,
iy"- ;. tiels of elimination the dangerous ppr
, couris nave ucauy iiuiwh " poisons that cause rheumatic mls
" " ift'iai invesugation into tne exist
snc'mtrd 'j
riioto
ciico of Santa t'laus.
Galli C ;rci. opera star (center), is shown liera nr r?-.l r,l Mir.:.n Bench, Fla., before starting a
concert tour. At tc :t is M's. Frederick Johnson r.nd right, Mrs. Thomzs Wells Durant, prominent New
York society women, who Dre spending winter months ct Palm Ccach.
opening of each new congress asjWnen the house convened
. U the case with the house. ! The Minne.-ota member was the
There wax a substantial repub-. (rttt ppeuker recognized by the
lie an majority in the house of the ,.erk of the hou.-e. presiding until
(ifith congre.-s; mid no irregulars m , o r g a n i zation was neeompllshed.
IlK senate ao classified. When thej Sehall ured "that progressive
senate convened, .May 2. Senator democrat Champ Clark" of Mid
Lodge, republican, and up to that; WUr! for re-clectb n as xpenker.
day, minority leader, offered a res-1 un inuulry by the clerk, he fnr
olutlon to establish formally re-1 mally nominated Clark, although
publican control of the senate. It guying he had nut risen to do so
named Senator Cummins of Iowa, )ut to e x p I art n lilt vote on the
republican, a pre.uiilcnt pro t(;fti-' peakcrship.
pore. I Clark Klecllon CIom'.
tory. the republicans relied rar
legis-lative power on a house ma
jority of 11 votes. The democrats
relied .imilur1y on a senate major
ity of eight votes over all in the
sixty-fifth congref-rs.
iiut never before have both
houses been faced simultaneously
vacancies . u un a one vote party margin at
carload of Oil gallcus of alcohol by dicmentH lor
U. '. Moon, federal prohibition. MiUit s.liit t()
Itrown is leporied to have said
he was transporting; the alcohol
from San Francisco to Seattle for
two dollars a gallon.
tile
lav
killing of K. I!,
e be. n a leader
here.
ress.
j The house haiiktlii; nnd
;eomniiitee, which lia. been makiu
, an exhaustive study of g r o u p. j . An angry father, Jean Dauprey.
.chain and branch banking, hopes' sued a professor for $IKI because.
,to complete the gathering f in-j he charged, the professor hud dis
; formation at this se don ;ind may i illusioned Dauprcy's sou about the
'ma kit rceomnieiulations for the' existence of Santa Clans,
new c if n g r e s s. Representative
I .on is T. McFaddeu of Pennsyl
vania heads this committee.
. sub-eomniitiee of the senate
Just as the courtH were face to
face with the problem of selling a
value on a child's faith in "I'alher
Christmas." the holiday spirit nnd ir'ft do
No lon waiting for your suf
fering to stop. Itl'-.MA eases pain
the first day and is the one vheu-inatL-m
remedy guaranteed to free
uuiNcles and joints from all pain
ful stiffness, swelling and lameness.
Jarmiii & Woods have ho much
confidence in lit' -MA that ay
want every rheumatic in town to
trv it and guarantee money-oacK
not end rheumatism.
they will be in the 7'Jnd congress.
Never before has a congress as
a whole been -shallowed from the
start, with such utter doubt as to
what its voting line-up may be on
every issue.
LOAN
NCREASE
COUVAI.I.IS, Dro.. Feb
A spo-'lal grand jury
ordered by Circuit JuUi;i
Skip worth to invotigate
ci iiii.- conditions
6. UlN
session.
;. f.
igate reputed
Corvallis, lias
will
hiHiii'geiits Caused Shift,
Senator Martin of Virginia, dem
ocratic leader, countered with an
amendment proposing to substitute
the name of Senator PiUtnan of
Nevada, dejnoerai. The only roll,
eall vote of the reorganization came
-on that amendment.
It wan defeated,' A & to 47. with
six senators absent and paired. Two
Clark was elected, 'J 1 7 to :Mi."
for Mann of 1 1 thiols, republican,
nominated, by 1. en root, Wisconsin.
I. enroot received two votes. Gillctt
iff Massachusetts two. and two
members .did . not vote.
The senate has had even cIo.-er
party balances to contend with
than it will know in the seventy-
second congress, in the forty-sev-
leadors of the republican insurgent I enth eonirres. tlie iarfietd-Arthur
"...and crush your wife
for this woman?
I CKIF.D AT MY SON
FOR VETS MAY
MEET SUCCESS
completed its imiuiry and
report, to the court .Monday.
The tiutuiry star led nearly a
month ago follow inn the convic
tion of I Sill Henderson, confessed
bootle-ru'cr, on manslaughter ;"-
WASHINGTON. Feb. fi. (Vl
Chairman Maw ley announced to
day final consideration of bills to
provide cash on veterans certifi
cates would lie g:v
Tuesday by
means com-
,t.
the house ways anil
m it tee.
"I believe the committees will
act promptly," he said.
Republican leaders privately ex
pressed anticipation of a favorable
report on a bill to increase loans
on the compensation certificates,
similar to a proposal advanced by
Owen D. Young, chairman of the
board of fleneral Kleetrfe. This
proposal, Young estimated, would
cost some $3uu,ono,u00 to $5Ui,
OOU.OIMl. It generally wan declared among
republican spokesmen that the
3, ino.OOa.niHi full payment plan
was out of the picture.
WHAT?
Another
Majestic?
YES!
PEOPLE OF COAST
... I farhrr's
men stnry nf
how Am sun
tlimhed ftinl's hill anil Imw
he finally found salvation in
tht liishrs of a rawhide whip
' l' isn-.N, my son "I shook
1 y wilh rajje. "You've
;ot to make a decision right
now. If vou take hack vour
wife, we'll pray to forget.
Hut if vou take tin's woman,
then vou out of my
home, iiiv business out of
inv life!"
Nenl's face sank paled
then hardened with grim
7. tk l.ititirrt'in thf
TRI E STORY Hattit ..r
Th lolltmiafl nrift ttw itif Mitch
inur n HI R lOM Maifin will
fee hrntdet! (hit nioafh in ih Ti ft
Aloi Unor Mhieh rti t iK air
rich hirin nigtit it 9 fiVUtek H.aittra
1 mt , S u'clnck Ctmrtl font.
MV ION'S SIN
THff FAM11A TllOt
MY MAO AMBITION
r mot r.Htitii!i(i MonriN
Tht Mirck 1IIJ RTfikV nnw
fnfT it nmw and rtadtng m advene
nu, mtnt ol tht hor will ht frcatlr
IHCTCl.
decision. Slowly he walked
toward me slowly, desper
ately he spoke "I take "
Did Neal take back Faith
finest wife man ever had?
Or did he burn her pure,
sweet love his father's
devotion his own self
respect, career and happi
ness in the fires of this
unholy passion? Head for
yourself MY SON'S SIN a
father's own true storv of
hnw his son climbed fool's
hill and how he finally found
salvation in the lashes of a
rawhide whip.
Read MY SON'S SIN and
nearly a score of other
astounding real-life stories,
including titles such as
"Ruled by the Dead" and
"Strange Rivals" all in
March TRI E STORY MAtiA
.INK. Your copy get it
read it TODAY I
i'Mii.Ai)i;i.i'iii.. i'ii.. i:(i'i
I I'liwliloiit W. V. Alti'i'liury "f llir
! I'duiHylviinia lt:ilhnml roinpany,
who returnuil tinl.'iy from a
month' trip to. tho Purine coii.sl
1 Haiti that he round that tho icnili
Kcnoritlly have at heart, "a dei'li
admiration'' for I'roHfili-nl llnoyor
"for all thut ho Iuih heon ondeay.
orlnff to do in tho way of Imiirov-
Ing 'tho trado and liu.iinoHK culidl-j
tioim of the nation." i
THIRTEEN REBELS
HANKOW, China. 1-Vb. (i. -iVi-
Thirteen convieted comin u n i s I h
and one Kill bandit were executed
here today an the authorities con
tinued their cainpaiKn against tin
reds. Communist uttaehs upon YanK
sv river Khlppint; huvu rontlnued
for a ftreteh of 3ia mi If oIouk the
ft i a m a hove llankoiv. Tho redx
have uf'd ritbw. trench niortaif
and field puns In action iigninst
pafing craft.
MODEL 22
Improved Tubes
Walnut Cabinet
Shearton Model
Aconstio Control
Static Modifiar
Acoustic Control !
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Here for Spring!
SHOES FOR WOMEN
XT
AAAAA to EEE Sizes 1 to 12
Yes! They're here for Spring the
newest Enna Jet tick creations in
every conceivable size and width.
No matter how hard it is to find
a fit, you'll have no trouble with
our ENNA JETTICK spring crea
tions. ' ,
STMTrL
DEPARTMENT SToRE
, . C. A. MEEKER, Manager r .
Never Before Has Your
Dollar Bought More Than Now
Never before hnvc shoppers been offered a finer opportunity to i
SAVE! You'll find it to your advantage to SHOP TOMORROW at
the M. M. Store New spring- stocks arc arriving every day.
Aprons
CUT FREE
Select any design from our 25c
prints tomorrow and we will cut
your apron free.
Spring
Cambric Prints
25
a Yard
Spring' Fabrics
Are Here!
For thor.e who sew at home we
have colorful fabrics at low prices
and remember, we have McCall
Printed Patterns.
Special Sale
Silk Dressfes
A small compact cabinet, beau
tiful in design, containing the
8-tubc Superhetrodyne with all
latest improvements.'
$
102
50
OFFICER HALTS
Complete
Easy Terms
EES!
William liiown n hftiiK hld In
th county Jail tirr" todny on n '
triiriHportntion of liquor rhHrno.
li:ivilH Im'cii stopped in the Siski 1 i
mn npiiuiMiiiu litt niuhf with ;i ,
PALMER
Music House
"We Soil Happiness"
See Pages 6 and 8
We are closing out exactly 33 spring frocks smart
styles and patterns. There are broken sizes in this
lot and the values run to $19.95, Be sure to look over
this lot of dresses when you shop here tomorrow.
$5.95
Broken Sizes
33 of Them on Sale
SPRING
Final Close Out
of Winter
COATS
A number of winter coats which
were Included In our regular winter
showing of coats will be offered In
our basement tomorrow for
$7.50
BE SURE TO SEE THEM
Spring Patterns
in Cambric Prints
15c a yard
Now They're Here!
Spring Patterns In
SHOES
Kid punch-pattern pumps, reptile
trimmed with covered military
htels. Exceptional values at
$2.98
Smart sport i xfords in calf, trim
med wilh tan. These oxfords have
crepe soles. A real spring value.
$2.98
Bargain Shoe Table
One table Is piled high with close
out shoe bargains. The values
range to 95.85.
Your
choice
$1.98
COATS
A glorious array of spring coats 1
the newest materials Including
barket weaves, tweeds, and polo
cloths and soma are daintily trim
med with fur others delightfully
plain. Th price range, frpm
$14.75
. , . . to . .
$35.00
Spring Blouses
New soring . blouses,' white and
plain colors All sixes.
$1.95
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We Give TAem?