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Twenty-Seventh Year
MEDFOUD, OREGON, TUESDAY, MAY 3, 1932.
No. 36.
L TRIBUNE
Comment
on the
Day's News
By FRANK JENKINS.
.TJSSIA, on May Day, gathers her
' great armies together and re
views them and TALKS PEACE.
Japan, you will remember, talked
peace, and praised peace, and signed
peace treaties and then, when ahe
wanted something In Manchuria, she
went to war.
It lan't what the nations SAY that
count. It's what they DO.
ROBERT W. RUHL, editor of The
Mall Tribune, whose travel
sketches when he Is away from home
are perhaps the beat writing being
done In Oregon, tells of meeting a
aour-faced Individual the other day
while crossing San Francisco bay
past the great concentration of the
Pacific fleet now under way there.
Thla individual, pointing . to the
fleet, remarked:
"That'a where our tax money goee;
a billion dollara floating right there."
TRUE enough. And at this exact
moment we don't need that bil
lion dollara- worth of warships any
more than you and I need a battery
of W-lnch rifles.
But If trouble came
Well, If trouble came swiftly, as
It came In Manchuria, the billion
dollar Pacific fleet would come in
mighty handy.
THIS WRITER abhors war; regards
It as probably the greatest ot
all calamities. But aa long aa war
remains an ever-present possibility
in this world, aa it la now, we shall
have to keep reasonably prepared
to defend ourselves, even If It does
cost a lot of money.
AN AIRPLANE, falling out of con
trol out of the sky, crashed Into
South Michigan , avenue. In the
crowded city of Chicago, the other
day. The pilot and hla passenger
were killed instantly.
Their last act In life waa to wave
frantically at pedestrians on the
etreet, warning them out of the way.
That Is to Bay, facing certain death,
they atlll thought of SAVING
OTHERS' LIVES.
Men REALLY ARE MEN still, in
spite of all the cynics say, aren't
they?
FLYING an airplane, in spite of
all the progress toward greater
safety that has been made, remains
a romunMc and adventurous busi
ness. Working high up on a tele
phone or electrlo light pole la leas
glamorous, more humdrum.
But over in the Klamath country
vr two men were working
on a high pole, one above the other.
Suddenly without warning the
safety belt that held the one on
ton of the pole broke.
In the apllt second of time that
remained to him. the thought crossed
hi mind that If he fell upon the
man below he might possibly aave
himself, but would undoubtedly send
the other man to his death.
A. A
THAT split second was enough for
him to make his decision. With
his spurs still fast to the pole, he
kicked out violently, throwing his
body clear of his fellow worker below
and falling to the ground.
They picked him up. bruised and
broken and unconscious, and rushed
him to the hospital. His first words,
when he recovered consciousness,
were these:
"Did I clear Ed'"
H
EROISM. you see. Isn't the ex
clusive property of any partlcu-
lar kind of men. That
humble
worker on the pole, when the sud
den emergency came, waa Just as
much a hero as any aviator or any
soldier that ever lived or died.
JOHN KELLY, Washington corres
pondent of the Portland Ore
gonlan, makes thla interesting state
ment In a dispatch to hla news
paper: "Por every dollar that Oregon Ms
been paying In taxes to the federal
government, It haa received In return
SIX DOLLARS In federal expendi
tures.
That la to aay. for every dollar
we pay in taxes to the federal gov
ernment. the federal government
nave back six dollais to us for the
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Oregon eat her.
Unsettled tonight and Wednesday;
nmhahiv ahowers: moderate temper
ature; moderate west and northwest
winds offshore.
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Perching In Paris
PARIS. May 3. (API General John
IN OPPOSITION TO
RETURNOF BOOZE
No Room in Nation for Two
Systems Declares Letter
From Bishop's Board to
General Conference
ATLANTIC CITY. N. J.. May 3.
(AP) The board of bishops of the
Methodist Episcopal church In their
Episcopal letter to the general con
ference met the movement for the
return of liquor control to the states
with a declaration in favor of na
tional prohibition.
There la no room In our national
household for two antagonistic sys
tems, one legalizing the liquor traf
fic, the other outlawing It," the
Episcopal message said. "As a church
we can follow no course except the
one that will reduce the consump
tion of beverage alcohol to the mini
mum. We are convinced that na
tional prohibition Is that method."
Militarism Opposed
The letter also sounded opposition
to militarism and unjust war, a plea
for a Christian standard In Industry
and a receptive spirit toward unifi
cation with other kindred denomina
tions. '
The prohibition pronouncement
said in part:
"Prohibition .has proven itself em
barrassing in certain regions, where
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INTERMENTS NOW
BEING ACCEPTED
Rapid progress Is being made In the
plana for the development of Siskiyou
Memorial Park and lntermenta will
now be accepted.
Driveways are now under construc
tion and Siskiyou Memorial Park la
taking form, promising to become one
of southern Oregon's show places.
Contracts will be let within the
next few daya for the erection of
artistic English (rug brick) entrance,
eighty feet wide, which will support
giant wrought Iron, hand made, orna
mental gates having a span of 30
feet, also the graveling of the 40-foot
main entrance drive. Southern Ore
gon labor will be employed in thla
work and home firms will bid for
contracts.
Much thought haa been given to
the beautlflcatton of the property and
only those shrubs and treea will be
used which will thrive best and give
the most pleasing results. Flowers
will bloom here In abundance due to
the perpetual care fund, according to
P. H. Westfeldt, developer.
Li
NEW YORK, May 3. (AP) Verne
L. Reynolda of New York and J. W.
Aiken of Boston are the Socialist
Labor party'a candidates for president
and vice-president.
They were nominated at the na
tional convention of the party here
yesterday. Reynolda, an advertising
man. said:
We are standing on the verge of
revolution. When that historic
occurrence la over we shall witness
the Socialists' commonwealth of
emancipated labor."
WON F,
FOR SCHOOL CHILDREN
SALEM, Ore., Msy 3. (AP) Vac
cination for all children In their first
vesr against smallpox, examination
of children In high schools as well as
In grades at least once a year, proper
diets aa recommended by medical
rtleticiana. and all activities for child
health be under competent medical
supervision, were among Vie more
important recommendations approv
ed by the child conference In session
hre today.
Doukhobors
Duds on
VICTORIA. B. C. May S. (AP)
The dominion government came to
the aid of British Columbia today
In an attempt to make the Doukho
bors keep their clothes on.
vrti4 h rtma at rnrums. .;n
Itch powder and arrested 118 men and
women official or province and do-
minion aald they would settle the
Doukhobor problem once and for all.
The members of the sect must wear
lothes send fielr children to school
ind observe all otner lawa or go to
She's Chief Justice
SSI; Ms,
v -at- 4k t
-y w a y?
Attociated Pre Photo
The symbol of law and order at
Vastar college la Marlon Little, a
Junior of Newburyport, Mass. She
a the newly elected chief justice of
the college supreme court. Her
gavel carries power and she can
even recommend expulsion or sus
pension OF CITY FOR DAY;
II
In all of the crty business houses
today as well as the municipal offices,
students from the senior and Junior
high schoola are filling the positions.
and learning the actual operations
of the various concerns.
City officials were keeping their
understudies busy this forenoon.
Fred Scheffel, city superintendent,
took J. L. Campbell on a survey of
the city sewers, and was also assisted
by him with reports being filed for
tonight s city council meeting.
"Mayor" Warren Liggett will pre
side at the council meeting with BUI
Wilson, Rudolph Prohreich, Floyd
Herron, Harold Williams, Clifford
Ayres, Lucten Smith, Herbert Lusk
and W held on Blddle, acting as coun-
ctlmen. .
Ben Dietrich, city building inapec
tor from the Junior high school, stud-
led over the building code this morn
lng, in order to assist Prank Rogers
of the city staff In figuring out some
problems.
Although no Important matters
came before the police today, Melvln
Kohn kept in the shadow of Chief
Clatoua McCredie, to be on hand for
any unusual cases. George Slagle ac
companied Traffic Officer Prescott
about Medford today watching for
violators of the city traffic ordinances
"All of hla decisions have been
Just", Judge Olenn O. Taylor of Jus
tice court said today, referring to
petite Robert Rlndt who presided In
hla place.
Others busy throughout the city
today were: Harvey Fields, health of
ficer, Nevln Cope, fire chiefr Ed Val
uer, city attorney; Danny Hull, city
recorder; Raymond Etttnger, city
treasurer; Wallace Ludwig, super in-
tendent of the water department; Jim
Henry, president of the chamber of
commerce: Tim White, secreatry of
the chamebr of commerce; Olaf Sev
erson. city school superintendent, and
Ted Llndley, principal of Junior blgh
school.
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BASEBALL
RESULTS
National.
P.. H.
Boston 0 10
Philadelphia 4 10
Selbold, Zachary, Donohue and
Hargrave; Benge, Nichols and Mc
Curdy, V. Davis.
R. H.
Brooklyn 11 18
New York - 1 7
Phelps. Moore. Hoyt. Qulnn and
Lopez: Fltzalmmon. Mooney, Mitch
ell, Olbson and Hogan.
R. H.
Chicago 1 8 13 0
Pittsburgh . 6 13 1
Smith and Hartnett; Swift, Spen
cer, Brame and Brenzel.
American.
R. H. E
Philadelphia 6 11 0
Boston . .......... 1 4 0
Earnshaw and Cochrane; MacPay
den. Donohue and Tate.
Must Keep
or Go to Jail
r .W f
I directora and a aaleaman for the com
Notified that another nude parade pany. up until December. 131, con
was planned, provincial officials sumed all of the morning session of
warned the federal department of the Polk county circuit court trying
Justice It might be necessary to arrest the cane of O. P. Coshow. Robinson's
as many aa 500, and that the pro- successor aa president of the com
vince'a prisons could not hold them. pany.
At Ottawa, a plan to nerd the
i Doukhobora Into a compound was
under consideration.
Meanwhile authorities aolved the
problem of where to hold the trlele
of the 118 prisoners, many of whom
still have no clothea on. Attorney
r. n. r,., kv.....
Captain Lancaster Admits
Writing Notes to Self and
Mrs. Jessie Keith-Miller
to Remove Suspicion
MIAMI, ria.. May 3 (AP) Cap
tain W. N. Lancaster. British filer,
waa In Jail today charged with first
degree murder In the shooting of
Haden Clarke, writer and fiance of
Mrs. Jessie Keith-Miller, woman
aviator. Authorities said Lancaster
haa confessed to forging two sui
cide notes.
The flier was detained yesterday
on a warrant sworn to by State At
torney N. Vernon Hawthorne, who
said he probably would go before
the Dade county grand Jury today
to seek an Indictment. Hawthorne
haa exonerated Mrs. Keith-Miller, In
whose home the two men were gueate
at the time of the shooting April
21. He aaid she would be called as
a grand Jury witness.
Admits Writing Notes.
Hawthorne, who described the re
lation of the trio before the shoot
ing as forming a "love triangle,"
said Lancaster confessed. In the face
of atatements by a handwriting ex
pert, that he wrote the two notes,
addressed to himself and Mrs. Keith
Miller, but denied killing the writer.
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TO
T
FOR MARAUDING
Four youths of this city, ranging
In years from 16 to 10, appeared be
fore Circuit Judge H. D. Norton this
morning and two were remanded to
the Juvenile court and two will ap
pear tomorrow morning in circuit
court for final disposition of their
cases. Olen Hanscom and Clifford
Clark, ach IB years old, will ap
pear before the circuit court and
Wlllard Benford and Fred White, 16
and 17 years old, will appear In Ju
venlle court.
The four youths are accused of en
tering local business places and
houses and stealing various articles.
When the court asked If anyone
present cared to speak a word In be
half of any of the boys, J. W. Jacobs,
g:xcer, arose and said he had known
Hanscom for many years and always
found him "honest and honorable."
Jacobs said; "If leniency Is granted I
promise to take a personal Interest
in him and do w.hat I can." Jacoba
blamed the present trouble "on run
ning around nights."
The court said that at the time of
sentence tomorrow he would hear
relatives and friends of the accused,
and that he had already listened to
pleas in their behalf from teachers
and parents,
Lloyd Foster, of the Elk Creek dls
sesston of mash and will be scntenc
trlct, entered a plea of guilty to pos
tenced In the morning. He was
arrested In Portland last Saturday
where he fled a month ago.
CALIFQRNIAYOTE
SAN MfANCISCO, May 3. (AP)
California Democracy, torn asunder
by the Gamer-Roosevelt-Smith figftt
for control of the delegation to the
national convention, sought surcease
of Internal strife In the presidential
primary today ' while Republicans
united in a "confidence" vote for
President Hoover.
Having mustered the greatest reg
istered strength In the state's his
tory, Democratic factions brought
their campaigns to a close with a
whirlwind finish of bitter wrangling
over party control.
Challenges of veracity and sincer
ity and charges of misrepresentation
and political treachery were hurled
to the last.
GOT BIG RAKEOFF
DALLAS, May 8. (AP) Direct and
cross examination of Oeorge Robin
son, temporary president of the Em
pire Holding compsny during the
daya of Its preliminary organisation
and later a member of the board of
upon hi resignation aa temporary
president of the company, Robinson
testllied. he became a member of the
1 board of directora and during the
, year 131 operated aa a atock esleaman,
mostly In Jackson county. He aald
that he sold spproilmately ansooo
-v.. . - , -' "
SHORT SELLER AND EXCHANGE H
J. $ I f i s If V, 1 v I
1 ',-A YC j
Matthew C. Brush (standing left), subpoenaed New York stock trader, shaking hands with Richard
Whitney, president of the New York stock exchange, alter the latter testified In the aenate banking com
mittee's Investigation of short selling In Wall street. Brush, a prominent market operator, testified that at
one time he had a short Interest of approximately 123,000 shares.
AIDE ON YACHT
TO
NORFOLK. Va., May 3. (AP)
John Hughes Curtis waa expected to
leave today on board the yacht Mar
con for another cruise In connection
with his work aa negotiator In the
Undbergn kidnaping case.
The trip, Mr. Curtis said, was orig
inally planned for yesterday, but un
favorable weather caused the cruise
to be postponed.
Mr. Curtis -was expected to be ac
companied today by Lieutenant Geo.
L, Richard, naval air pilot, and Ed
win B. Bruce of Elmira, N. Y., both
of whom have taken an active part
in the work of the Norfolk interme
diary.
Results of his last trip and the
status of the negotiators at present
have been kept secret by Mr. Curtis
and his associates, Read Admiral H.
Burrage, retired, and the Very Rev.
H. Dobson-Peacock.
The Vlrginlan-Pilot said today it
learned from an authoritative source
that Col. Charles A. Lindbergh is ac
companying Mr. Curtis aboard the
yacht In the efforts to recover his
Infant aon.
Mr. Bruce, when asked If Lindbergh
had been aboard the M arson, said: "I
will not say that he has or that he
has not."
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A demurrer was filed late yester
day by Earl H. Fehl, alleging lnauf
flency of cvldenre to warrant action
in the suit of Nledrrmeyer. Inc., for
collection of a $14,000 mortgage. The
Pacific-Record Herald, Mrs. Electa
Fehl .and the Eagle Point Irrigation
district are named co-defendanta In
this action. The Nledermeyer mort
gage takes precedence over the Pan
libel suit Judgment for 115.000
against Fehl and his pujxr.
Notice of appeal to the state su
preme court will be filed within a
couple of days by Fchl's counsel In
the Parr Itbel action. Only a small
cost bond will be required of Fehl
In this legal step. Attorney E. C.
Kelly aays, and not a $30,000 surety,
a reported.
TAXPAYERS STAGE
FINAL DAY'S RUSH
Tax collections yesterday approxi
mated 112.000, all the payments being
from small property owners, farms
and orchards. It was one ot the
heaviest days of the taxpsylng pe
riod, which closes next Thursday,
May 8.
Jndlratlona today were that the
payment would iquil Mondsys
msrk. Tsx payment to date are
slightly more than half of last year.
The two final days are expected to
see a rush.
OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla.. ay 3
(API A woman waa ahot dead to
day as she fled from a drug store ie
had held up.
The storekeeper, J. If. Jackson, aald
he shot her a site hurried from his
I nlace with about 810 of his monev.
MAY HOLD CLUES
TO LOCAL BLAZE
HOOD RIVER, Ore., May 8. (AP)
Definite evidence of attempted In
cendiarism furnished state police and
the fire marshal's office today with
clues that they hope will lead to
futr.her Information concerning a
number of incendiary warehouse and
packing house fires In Oregon re
cently. Two unidentified men escaped at
midnight Monday when a watchman
surprised them attempting to fire the
Apple Growers' association ware
house. A bundle of dry lath which
the men. had prepared to light the
fire was left by the fleeing arsonists.
Several allots were fired at the men
but none took effect.
Armed guards havo been placed at
all warehouses and packing plants.
The Van Horn warehouses were de
stroyed by fire last week with loss
of more than $100,000. Similar fires
have caused madage In Eugene,
Medford, Salem and Klamath Falls.
PULP ILL FIRE
PORT ALFRED, Que., May 8. ( AP)
One thousand men continued to
day to fight the great fire which li
sending their hopes for employment
after long Idleness up in smoke.
The blaze roared through the 250,
000 corda of pulp wood of the Port
Alfred Paper company, shooting
flames 125 feet hlg,'i. The tongues
of ftro were visible US miles away.
Six hundred thousand gallons of
water from 30 pumps poured Into the
fire with little effect. The fire, which
started last Saturday, already has
consumed much of the pulpwood
stored near the mill.
The fire came Just at a time when
Vie mill was about to reopen and
provide employment for virtually ev
ery able-bodied man in the district.
LITTLE GIRL LOST
LOS ANGELES. May 3. (AP) Two
hundred men were recruited today
to search the deep brush of the Te-
hachapi mountains near Quail Hprlng
Inn for a three-year-old girl, Ce
cella Mitchell, who waa lost while
picking wild flowera with two older
girls.
The hunt wss Intensified as a run
day passed without any trace of the
child and the fear developed ane
might have fallen victim to an In
Jury on a Bleep alope of the moun
tains or have been attacked by rat-
tlesnakea.
Pulitzer Prize Awarded
Comedy "Of Thee I Sing"
NEW YORK, May 8 (AP) That
staid and decorua company, the Pu
litzer prize plays of other years, was
invaded today by a rollicking new.
comer. "Of T.lee I Sing." whose
barbed mlnatreley Is aimed at the
foibles of Amerlran politic.
It authors. George A. Kaufman.
Morrle Ryaklnd and Ira Oershwein.
were among the 18 Individuals and
one newspaper designated for the
1033 Pulltwr awarda for ouUiand
Ing achievement In the fields of
drams, Journallim, literature, an and
aiualc.
This tg tha first (1m a musical
J AT HEARING
4aoc!utcd J'reas I'aoto
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LIBERTY DASHED
BY
CHICAGO, May S. (AP) "Scar
face Al" Capone will be taken tonight
to the federal penitentiary at Atlanta,
Oa to serve his eleven vear sentence
for violating the Income tax laws.
CHICAGO, May 3. ( AP) The last
obstacle to prevent the removal of
"Scarfaca Al" Capone to a federal
penitentiary waa removed today when
the United States circuit court ot ap
peals vacated a writ of aupersedeas
which had held the big gangster In
the county jail while he appealed his
conviction for evading Income taxea.
The appellate court vacated ita writ
after It had received a certified copy
of the United mates supreme court's
decision yesterday refusing to review
Cftpone'a case. '
A mittimus ordering Capone to
prison waa then made out and It waa
expected that he would be atarted for
Loavenworth, Kans., within 34 houra.
Marshal H. C. W. Laubephelmer
kept hla plans for the prison trip
secret, saying he wanted no crowds or
interference.
Capone, giving up hope at last,
packed his belongings soon after
arising at the county Jail. .
FOR MACDONALD
LONDON. Eng.. May ' 8. (AP)
Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald
will undergo a second operation on
his eyes Thursday afternoon, It was
decided after a consultation of his
physicians today.
Thursday's operation will be upon
his right eye. to prevent a threat to
his sight from glaucoma, the dis
ease which was the cause of the for
mer operation on his left eye four
months ago.
He will preside over tomorrow's
cabinet meeting, see King Oeorge In
t'.e afternoon and enter a nursing
home In London's west end tomorrow
evening to prepare for the operation
next day. .
BMMflD
FOR FALSE ENTRIES
SALEM. Ore.. May 3. (AP) J, O.
Dixon, raahler of the Scott Mill
state bank which waa turned over
to the state banking department by
directora last Friday, la out on ball
today facing charges of making false
entry in the books of the bank. He
appeared b re the Justice court vol
untsrlly following the tiling ot crim
inal Information against him. His
batl waa set at 81800.
comedy haa been chosen and In an
nouncing the sward the trustees of
Columbia university aald:
"Thla award may seem unuaual.
but the play la unusual. Not only
la It coherent and well knit enoufth
to be classed aa a play, aside from
the muntc, but It Is a biting and true
satire of American politic and the
public attitude toward them."
Other prlM winners were:
The Indianapolis News 3800 gold
medal for the most dlsltnerested and
meritorious public service by an
American newspaper during the year.
jOonUoued, pa Page PU).
TAKES WHACK AT
'atman Asserts Secretary
Mills Would Get Millions
by Revaluation Father's
Estate Defense Voiced
WASHINGTON, May 3. (AP) The
house waya and meana committee to
day closed all hearlnga on cash pay
ment of the soldiers' bonus and will
meet behind closed doors Thursday to
begin consideration of the 13,000,
000,000 new money plan.
WASHINGTON, May 3. (AP) Tha
bonus hearing waa converted today
Into a dispute over whether Secretary
Mills had Influenced the lncorpora-.
tlon of the provision In the tax bill
under which the secretary of the
treasury would profit by revaluation
of his father's estate.
Representative Patman (D, Tea.) a
leading advocate of full payment of
the bonus, charged before the waya
and means committee that the secre
tary would get millions and aald the
action would amount to an "Inside
burglary of the treasury."
Democrats and republicans on the
committee came alike to the defense
of Mills.
Iefense Voiced
Acting Chairman Crisp aaid the
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Distribution of sample ballot for
the May primary waa atarted yester
day by the clerk's office and are now
available for voters to atudy and pon
der. The first copleB were distrib
uted at a candidates' meeting at Tal
ent, oniy Republican ballots were
available, but the Democratic ballot
will be on tap within 38 houra. Some
of the audience and candldatee prea
ent regarded thla circumstance aa
another well known "sinister plot" of
those parte. , . . .
Preparation of the poll boofSa tor
the 88 precinct of the county will :
be finished by the end ot the week '
with 17,303 voters the largest num-
ber in the history of the county
listed. e-
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PORTLAND, Ore., iray 3. (AP)
Negotiations for selection of a mu
nicipal market site here, which cul
minated in indictments agalnat May
or George L. Baker, three other city
officials, and the president of the
company which owned the site se
lected, were described In circuit court
here today aa the proacutlon opened
It case against the five men.
Mayor Baker and Commissioners
John M. Mann and Earl Riley wera
Indicted on charges of malfeasance
and negligence In office, accused of
having paid 8300,000 too much when
they agreed to buy the 81,409,868
site. C. Lee Wilson, president of
the company owning the site, and
v. Laurgaarn, city engineer, wera
indicted aa accessories.
DUPUR .
. Dufur Oarage repainted
recently.
WILL-
ROGERS
'says:
SANTA MONICA, Cal., May
2. Well, about all you can see
in the papers is Honolulu. The
whole thing just proves that
the islands haven't got any use
for the navy and the mainland.
Course, I guess I am all wet,
but I never have seen any rea
son why us or any other nation
should hold under subjection of
any kind any islands or country
outside of our own. We gay we
have to have it to protect the
Pacific. Why don't we have to
havo the Azores to protect the
Atlantic!
We are going to get into a
war some day either over Hono
lulu or the Philippines. Let's all
como home and let every nation
ride its own surf board, play
its own cukaleles and commit
their devilment on their own
rare.
Yours for remaining on the
home grounds,
United States,