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Newspaper Page TextTEnFORD MATE TRTBTUiTE, TTEDFORD, OREGON", -WEDNESDAY, irXY 2?, 1933. MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE "EwyOM In Sauthirn omoc ft ltd Utt Hill Trlbunt" DtUy txpt BitunUj Publtibed by hfEDPOBD PHINTINO CO. lS.3T.lt N. Ftl 8t DOBEBT W. HUUL, Editor As loilptodot Ntnptpw Enursd m -wood elu nutter st Mtdford, Oregon, under Act or Muea s, ist. BUBSCKIPT10N BATES m MallIn Adtane DJi-, on reir 00 Dillr. ill Buotha 1-T6 Dill, oot Booth .80 Rt Ctnltr. la AfranM Medford. AsbUnd, JiekuDTlUt. Centra) Point. Pboenii, TaJlot, Uold Hill and od uiKDwaya. Dally, ont fear 98-00 Pally, ill month! S-2& Dailr. od month .80 AU ttrmi, cub In adtinca. Official paper of the City of Medford, OrrieUl paper of iackion County. MEMBKH Q9 TUB A8S0C1ATED PRESS fiaxlTlrtt Pull Ltaaed Wire 8 write The auoeltled Pres. U eielmhely anlltled U the um for publication of ail oewi dltpatcbf credited to It or otnervite utunta in wu wtm ftnrf aim ta the local newi nubllibed herein. AU rtfhtj for publication of epedal dlipttdm btrttn ara auo rescnea. MEMBEH OP UNITED PHES8 MEMBEH 0? AUDIT BUBEAD OF CIRCULATIONS Adtertltlnt KfpreMaUthee K. C. MOUENSEN k COMPANT Otflcee Id Htm York, Chlcuo, Detroit. San rranelaco, Loe Ancelea, Seattle, Portland. Ye Smudge Pot By Arthur Perry, ' The winter-like spring continues and to retarding the growth of every thing, but the weeds. . - A Girls' Archery club ha bten lormed, and the organisation wiu h. hnnt.lnip unarrowa with bowa and arrows. Archery strengthens the muaclea of the neck ana snoumo. Improvea the posture and enables Its addicts to oft-tlmea hit what they art aiming at, but so does a mop. 1 m l.A-l h. T.Rock. G-Hlll 1 .Bm1ar tnumeri Man. He will raise some watermelons, and an occasional roar again mis jer. . . The Wig Aahpole boy has made the 1st month of his career In fine shape, and has been labelled Charles Wilbur Aahpole. Wlglet will probably grow up to be a uemocnn, anu nu. . ... NOT A BAD IDEA. (Chlco (CaL) Enterprise) The Lenora Simpson, Olenn . county trial will not be held else where, change of venue having ' been denied. The' shocking fea " ture of the case Is that an aggres sive woman, was kicked where kicks are usually administered by ' an unsubmissive man. a . A cltljsen returned from Portland Tues., and said a man asked him about the fishing. Instead of the local pogrom. ' " I noticed Its editor writing on a u . limn .t th. m-etlnsr and smok ing what looked auspiciously like a power .company cigar, iv., News) Again the 'subsldlaed press' la discovered behind a stink bomb. Oregon la again threatened with a special session of the legislature, and endurance contests where giddy mem bers of both sexes, walk for daya around a dance hall. Instead of down a paved highway. . Of all the world'a agitators, and including the Rev. Bob Bhuler of Los Angeles, Tom Mooney. Preparedness Day bomb terrorist, who for 15 years or more, haa been cooped up In Ban Quentln. Calif., prison and escaped the noose when a former president grew aentlmental and loved everybody, Including Europe, Is the moat Inter esting. Despite the fact that it Is he the guards lock up In a cell every afternoon at 4 :30 o'clock. Mr. Mooney, at all opportunities, Insists, "It la California who atands convloted, and la paying the price of guilt." As California nulaance, the Rev. Shuler la running Mr. Mooney a close sec ond, and Heaven help the commu nity that la afflicted with one of his numerous Imitators. At one atage of the rebellion here last winter, prac tically everybody, either came over on the Mayflower or waa a former private secretary to the Rev. Shuler. , . Oordon Rice, while plowing for the Dooleys last week, was accidentally kicked between the handles. (Pslsley Items) Cruel and unusual. Four new autos and a enow-whlte bulldog have been purchased by the valley proletariat, bo far this month. "HIGH SCHOOL ORATORS PAIL" (Coos Bay Times) Some who have been out of school 40 yeara, do the same. . ... MCSTACIIM AND EVENTS. (Cincinnati Times) The most celebrated of contempo rary mustaches Is, of course. Hitler's. That extraordinary adornment has been compared to many things under the sun, most aptly to a cluster of bumblebees, settled on a pouting lip. It Is still somewhat of a mystery to the non-German world that lta wearer haa managed to overcome so obvious a handicap. Perhaps It Is taken as a aymbol of a brasker and more businesslike generation. To' gether with Hitler's unruly black hair. It has given a new type of dictato rial vlsnge to the world. For our part, we prefer Mussolini's type clean-shaven and bald aa the Alps. ... Her new shoes shrank, or her foot grew bigger, to she nearly died with her boots on. ... There la still a shortage of money. The poor are showing some Improve ment, but the rich ara not getting any richer. Yeu really will ouy land at your own pnoa at the Land Auction Sale. Be read. It Can't I TNDER the title "'What the taste of raw meat does," the Grants Pass Courier bitterly belabors Roseburg and Doug las county for trying to secure the Tiller-Trail cut-off highway. Such action is characterized as base ingratitude, and evi dence of carnivorous tastes. The Courier warns Roseburg not to become cannibalistic! We doubt if the warning will do much good. The Tiller Trail cut-off would reduce the distance from Medford to Rose burg by about 10 miles, would have but one mountain grade instead of two, and would also give Roseburg a direct route to Crater Lake, and the Dalles-California highway, 59 miles shorter than the present one. . It is not likely that Roseburg will drop this proposal, merely because Grants Pass was a loyal friend, several years ago, and worked hard to give its northern neighbor the National Soldiers Home. e e .. e e WE DONT blame Grant Pass for its opposition. The Tiller-Trail cut-off would reduce tourist travel to Grants Pass, and every community wants all the tourist travel it can get. But expressing that opposition in the romantic form of "noblesse oblige" we regard as rather futile. The plain truth is, when the chord of self interest is struck, communities are both carnivorous and cannibalistic. Unlike some individuals, in their personal relations, they quickly adopt the doctrine of "dog eat dog." a candidate for the Soldiers Home site and couldn't have been, its espousal of Roseburg cost it nothing. For Roseburg to drop the Tiller-Trail highway, would cost it a great deal. THE Courier further contends thnjt Roseburg doesn't wish Mftrlfnrrl In ltnnw thnt. if ia wnrlfino fnr Thin nnt-nff fnr this city would not want to "cut herself out" of the Crater Lake and Eastern Oregon tourist travel. The Mail Tribune can't speak officially for Medford, but as far as this paper is concerned, we wants, but favor Roseburg getting it. The new highway will shorten the distance from this city to Roseburg and Portland,, cut out grades, and facilitate trans portation from the north to and from Crater Lake. What Medford may lose in opinion be more than compensated for, by the INCREASED TRAVEL to that great scenic wonder. In other words, whatever makes the lake more accessible they come from, this paper regards as all to the good. Medford will get its share of the increase Medford should crpect or want. IT IS folly to try to turn the hands of the clock of progress back. Of course if Medford eould have the only highway to Crater Lake, that would be very nice for Medford. But it can't be done. And likewise Grants Pass' effort to prevent the Tillor-Trail cut-off "can't be done", simply because progress, and the betterment of transportation, demands it. Grants Pass has its Redwood road is constructed will still have the old Pacific Highway. In fact nothing can'prevent Grants Pass from being the hub, and enjoying the cream, of tourist travel in Southern Oregon, for nature has given it that position. We think that should satisfy At any rate we think it should Soldiers Home or no Soldiors get its rightful share. The Portland Papers m ONE of the most striking features of the so-called "war" in .Turtle Ann nmint.v haa hoon Mia infthilitv nf nntaiHai fn understand it. For the rank and file this is tion has been so EXTRAORDINARY j so out of harmony with what the average person might expect in this day and age, that foreign wonderment eould scarcely be surprising. But for NEWSPAPERS papers, with their tremendous facilities for gathering infor mation, and what SHOULD BE their professional interest in getting a true picture of conditions elsewhere in the state. NOT TO UNDERSTAND IT, and to persist in that misunder standing, is simply one of those things, that to this pAper at least, can't be explained. Take the Portland Journal for know the Journal has been given tunity to form an accurate opinion from those facts. But its comment upon the verdict in the Banks case, shows clearly it has little or no conception of the situation here as It is, or as it has existed. For the Journal complacently in Jackson county is. coming to why in "splendid Jackson county' groups of citizens should have taken up the cudgels against each other. It implies there must be something seriously wrong with this splendid citizenry, that could not have solved its problems in a spirit of cooperation and in an orderlv way. And now "Ar there to b lUtrki und counter-attack, and wholesale charges, arreete on the allghttrt pretexts eltlsena of all kinds)1" ARRESTS ON THE SLIGHTEST PRETEXT!.. CITIZENS OF ALL KINDS V9 Is arresting men for breaking ballots, arresting them on the SLIGHTEST pretext! Is arrest ing men for murder and complicity in murder, arresting citizens of ALL KINDS! The Journal piously rhapsodizes further; "Jackson la one of the leading counties of Oregon, wealthy In natural resources, rich in historical splendor, and endowed with a cltlrenry of the highest order. Cannot that great county settle Its disputes In amicable deliberation nd In accordance with lofty standards, and thus proceed to lta cherished destiny In a spirit of common co-operation and good will toward men? "That program would be better for Jackson county, for It good name and for Its citizens." What! Settle arson, violence and the destruction of -the franchise of its citizens, in AMICABLE DELIBERATION; settle threats of armed revolution, and cold blooded and wanton murder, by singing songs about will toward men ! TO LISTEN to the Journal one .TaVsnn Anlinrv a a a famili fuss, only caused by its citizens in an orderly manner, refusing Sermon on the Mount Be Done Moreover Grants Pass was not not only know what Roseburg Crater Lake travel, will in our increases travel to Crater Lake, to motorists, regardless of where in travel, and that is all that Highway, and even if this new our Josephine county neighbor. allay its resentment at Roseburg Home, for trying merely to not surprising. The local situa particularly metropolitan news example. Now we happen to the facts, has had every oppor inquires when this "civil war an endtM It can't understand : into a court house and burning common cooperation and good might suppose this trouble in m a rnnl se aa aVii'MIi nrilivirtal refusing to settle their problems to obey the laws and read the THE deplorable situation which the Journal so deplores, WAS FORCED UPON THE COMMUNITY BY ONE MAN, and a group of unscrupulous politicians and outlaws he gathered about bim. The only criticism that can be made against this community is NOT that at last it rose in self defense, but that it DIDN'T RISE IN SELF DEFENSE LONG BEFORE IT DID. Jackson county IS one of the leading counties and one of the best counties in the state, but it was as definitely threatened with destruction, as if some armed barbaric horde had suddenly rushed over the Siskiyous, to kill and burn and outrage. Would the Journal under such circumstances inquire why the citizens here didn't read their Bibles, and let the invading vandals have their wayt Why the Journal and other Portland papers can't get this through their heads, we repeat is and for months has been a complete mystery to the present writer. The only explanation we can see, is for some mysterious reason (perhaps political) they won't WANT TO I Personal Health Service. By William Signed letters pertaining to personal health and byglena, not to disease, diagnosis or treatment, will be answered by Dr. Brady If stamped, tell addressed envelope la enclosed. Letters should be Brief and written In ink Owing to the large number of utters received only a few can be answereo here. No reply ran tie mads to queries not conforming to Instruction. Address Dr. William Brady In care of The Mali Tribune. MENTAL POWER AND NERVE ENERGY. A nervous correspondent protests the teaching that nervous energy. nerve or mental power, nerve force Isn't, and that consequently there can be no strain 01 mind or nerves, no mental 01 nervous exhaus tion, or nervous breakdown. The o o r r e s pondent says I contradict myself when I as sert that "to the best of our knowledge the f u n c t lonlng of the brain, mind or nerves Involves so little expenditure of energy, so lit tle metabolism, aa to be practically negligible In that respect." That, says the nervous one, Is tantamount to admitting that there Is a little nervous energy. The correspondent hastens to assure me that he or she ("nervous" Individuals are fond or equivocal form of signature, such as Ft. Roe, rather than Richard or Rosie Roe) Is not as highly educated as I am. hence cannot speak with au thority .... This Is not a question of authority, that li. opinion. It la a question of fact. Any textbook of phylo!oy will enable you to speak with as much authority as any other human being has. There Is no contradiction In the facts Z have given, as the corres pondent quotes them.. Where there Is life, some energy Is being expended some combustion Is going on. No function occurs without the expendi ture of energy. Not "nerve energy" or "brain power." Just energy Iden tical with the energy you expend In lifting a finger or swinging a leg or eating your dinner or running a race or yelling at the umpire or playing the tuba or writing home for money. Every beat of the heart, every breath you draw, is at the expense of energy. The digestion of a soft boiled egg Is effected by the expenditure of some energy. The working out of a prob lem or the concocting of a plot or the addition of a column of figures Involves the expenditure of the same energy, and numerous scientific meas Editors in Comment on Verdict in Banks Case Banks Gets '1,1 fe." The Lane county Jury ought to be commended for Its faithful discharge of duty. It aat through three weeks of pulling and htfullng In the hearing of testimony and the making of pleas by the attorneys, and kept clear heads, so that after adequate delib eration It was able to agree on a very sensible verdict. Mrs. Banks was ac quitted. That seems satisfactory, ac cording to the evidence, for at the worst she was but a tool of her hus band's. Banks himself Is convicted of second degree murder, which car ries life imprisonment. That pen alty, while severe, seems adequate. There were those who clamored for his life "an eye for an eye." While the shooting may have .been pre meditated, the crime was In large measure a "political" crime and not Just personal homicide, hence the ex treme penalty was not Justified. The defense built up Its case on the theory of persecution. The facts were the reverse. Banks was. if any thing, the persecutor. He was the assailant. It did not matter if he took men wholly innocent, like Judge Norton; he pilloried them in his news paper, abused them without mercy. Anyone who crossed hts path was made a victim of vituperation and contumely. Banks terrorised the county, and was the instigator rather than the victim of persecution. Why did he do It? Perhaps 'K was to satisfy his ego. He wanted to dom inate the scene. He wanted to run affairs. He liked to have people take orders from htm. Also, he was in financial distress; and the more he could throw up a amoke screen and frlffhten the courts, the leas likely was he to have Judgments entered against him for his debts. He was notorious for his non-payment of obligations. He operated like a spec ulator, and when the odds went against him he was a poor sport In kicking through. , Banks fumed around about restor ing law and order tn Jackson county. As it is. there will be a chance for wounds to heal and peaos to he re stored. Ufa In Medford has been agony for months, although a fine class of cttBena reside there. Now the com mon effort should be to forget and foregtvo and to reconstruct, with this tragedy aa a warning against Intem perate feud Una. Salem Statesman. Brady, M.D. urements have shown that so-called brain work, prolonged concentration on study, uses up so little energy that It Is scarcely appreciable. The energy the body gains from the as similation of the food in half a peanut will run the brain for hours at high tension. So It is plumb silly to Imagine that anybody can really suffer from nerve or mental exhaustion or breakdown from "overwork" or "overstudy" or "business responsibilities" or "do mestlc cares" or "worry" or anything like that. Not as long as there U enough energy left to lift a finger or put one foot before the other. There are Just two classes of peo- nl whn lirwit "nervou breakdown.' crooks and fools. The crooks have ft because It Is a grand little scheme to dodge responsibility or punish ment when they find they are at the end of their tether. The 'fools have It because they don't know any bet ter, and their quack doctors know they don't. QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS. Buckwheat Pancakes. Is buckwheat flour sold In its natu ral state or Is It toasted? Is It very nourishing or heavy food? I am told It contains much Iron and phospho rus. Miss L. H. O. Answer It Is sold In Its natural state. Buckwheat flour Is leas nour ishing than plain white wheat flour. It contains less Iron and less phos phorus than whole wheat flour or graham flour or even plain white flour. Perhaps people imagine buck wheat Is heavy because even the lightest yeast-ralsed buckwheat pan cakes go down so easily. Qo 'long and don't tantalize a hungry man, Warning to Fattlsh Husbands. I know you are kind about telling us matronly readers how to reduce, but why not prescribe some such treatment as this for fat husbands? Mrs. A. G. Answer Mrs. G. incloses a news Item, of a poor fellow who testified In a divorce suit that his wife's nag ging had reduced him from 180 to less than her own weight, which, sad to relate, was 105. This Is surely a warning to somebody or other. (Copyright. 1933, John P. Dllle Co.) Justice Easily Recognized In Banks Verdict. There was wisdom and Justice in the results of the trial of Mr. and Mrs. L. A. Banks for the murder of the Medford constable. There would have been a deplorable discussion of legal merits had the Eugene Jury brought verdicts contrary to the ones It did. Mrs. Banks, It is safe to say. hardly could have been convicted and sent to prison for what would have been only a supposition. She participated In the act without real malice or in tent. She was a wife, but the battle was her husband's battle. Banks, strange a man as he la. hunt the killer's heart, and It would be far fetched If It were said he actually did recognl the ultimate outcome of the Medford distress In murder. True, he acted with some premeditation of resistance but not of murder. Every possible ounce of justice apparently has been Included in the Eugene verdict. Medford has been poisoned by a perverted newspaper and perverted politics. The Banks case, all but the customary routine of appeal, has pass ed. Let us trust Medford will view It as a closed event, and that task of readjusting civic life will begin at once Klamath Palls Herald. Llewellyn Banks. Medford ex-edltor. waa extremely fortunate In the ver dict returned against him by the Eu gene Jury. That the Jury was ap parently convinced of lack of pre meditation in the slaying of Preacott Is either a matter for which the de fense counsel should bs compliment ed or the Jurors scored. Astoria As-torlan-Budget. The Banks Verdict. After 33 hours' deliberation, the Jury in the Banks case at Eugene found the former Medford publisher and agitator guilty of second degree murder, w'.ilch oalls for a life prison sentence and acquitted his wife, about as fair a verdict as could be devised and fully Justifying the long hours devoted to' the task. The distinction between first and second degree murder la this stste Is that one calls for hanging, the other for life Imprisonment. No body seriously expected Mr. Banks would be doomed to the gallows. WUh rare exceptions this Isn't done any more in Oregon. However, the distinction between Insanity and second degree murder la noa particularly Important except to Mi. Banks, who will go to prison and not to the saylum. Probably he would rather have it that way. Be sldes, it Is not certain that Mr. Banka la insane In the LEGAL aense that be could not distinguish between right and wrong.1 He must possess that . much aocountablUty. But the important thing la that he be confin ed And this will be done In the one case 'just ss it would have been In the other. Altogether, It la a fortunate wind up of one of the most dangeroua sit uations that haa ever arisen in Ore gon. A brilliant man got bold of a newspaper, and taking advantage of a distressing economic situation, used his mad genius to sll but start a revolution in one of the finest com munities in this state. There wlU be the usual appeal to the supreme court, but there can hardly be a re verssl of the olrcult court finding in so clesr a case, so ths Banka matter la in the position of a decapitated snake that wiggles its tall for a time before It is finally stilled. Yeara will be required to repair all the damage done In Jackson county, however. Baker Democrat-Herald. Communications Editorials Commended. To the Editor: Jiut a word of commendation for the editorials In your paper last night. Tour slimming up and giving credit where credit was due was fine and In the last "Forget It" you wrote with ftn Inspired hand. It Is won derful, and it Is going in my scrap book. God bless you and your paper. We have read it over twenty years. MRS. W. M. BARBER, Ashland, Oregon, May 33. Who Was the Martyr? To the Editor; Who was the martyr in this recent crisis which Jackson county has un fortunately witnessed? Waa it Llew ellyn A. Banks or George J. Prea cott? Mr. Banks has been painted by his attorneys as a persecuted, hounded man, one who In trying to do. what was right, suffered untold agonies such as those of the Messiah. In Mr. Banks' opinion, it was the right thing for him to do when he created so many hard working men out of their rightly earned wages,, when he at tacked the Chamber of Commerce or this city, the Bar association, busi ness concerns, and Individual citizens. The fruit packers cf Medford have also received their share of criticism, while at the time the remarks were being made, Mr. Banks waa operating a plant which sent out fruit with the quality and pack far below standard. This haa done a great deal of damage to the marketing of Rogue River val ley's leading commodities, apples and pears. Uninformed people began to think that Mr. Banks was right when they heard only one side of the question; It was at this time that citizens be gan to resent Che false remarks of this man and set out to protect their own Interests. Then Mr. Banks began to cry "persecution," and "a break down of law and order," Finally, as a climax, he felt Justified in shoot ing down in cold blood an officer of the law who was fulfilling his duty. Do you, the citizens of Jackson county, think that the life of this man can in any way be compared with that of the Messiah? George J. Preacott, who was loved and respected, has given his life in sacrifice. He has gone from us; has not been here to protect his good name and character against the evil and false sayings. It Is up to us to hold high, the standards of Mr. Pres cott, our martyred officer. We do not sympathize with Mr. Banks. Why should we? All of our sympathy should be for the wife and family of Mr. Preacott, who have been left to mourn the loss of a loved one; his life being snatched away at the hands of a man, who through failure caused by himself, became a selfish, cruel. vicious law violator. The people of Jackson county know and resent the Injustice that has been placed upon them by defense attorneys when they said that Jack son county was to blame for this cold blooded crime. Didn't Mr. Banks at tack every good cause in Jackson county? Didn't he stir up all man ner of trouble In this peaceful com munity? It seems that the people of this county are an exceptionally good class In that they put up with, such goings-on as long as they did, think ing that the turmoil would calm down and no further trouble would arise." However, we may rejoice In the victory that the state has won, and through this victory has proven that the laws of our land atill hold, and are being backed by loyal citizens. We should praise the success of Attorney Moody in his clean fight for Justice. ana congratulate the Jury upon the decision rendered by them. (Signed) 100 AMERICAN CITIZEN. (Name on Pile) Irish Luck Had Bit Of Bad Luck On Regatta Eve "Irish LUCk." sneeri. Itttl. nn.fcn.-H racer, piloted by Harold Grey and Joe juryer. naraiy lived up to Its name last Sundsv at th. Snuth.n, nMMn Boat club'a regatta when Old Man lougn luck amashed the drive shart In th. sneedv Jnhnunn A.. Unrmm mA tor. Many southern Oregon boat en- inusiasi were pinning their hopes on the fleet little boat and the acci dent Waa a biff diSRDnnlntTn.nt .a them. "The accident .wu . w-v -..,,-. i one." Joe Merer said nuttMi w. hsd driven the motor pretty hard In practice runs nd it wu Just a bit Of hsrd lUCk tht the h-.lr fc.nn..- Just before the Sunday races. We have uaea ryrou luoncation in this motor and are convinced that the actual break would have occurred earlier had we not tilled thi. .vr.ll.nf luh-i- cation procesa. We do not hesitate to recommend Pyroll to all who purchase Johnson Sea Horse outboard motore.'' Mr. Meyer promised that "Irish T.lirk " with h. nrtfftn ,1 inun. mn. K tor. would be In trim for the next southern Oregon boat meet. Real eetat. or uxurasoa. Leave It ; i to Jonea, Phone 794. I NEW YORK DAY BY DAY By O. O. Mclntyre NEW YORK. May 34. No writing team of the generation haa attained the robust popularity In New Yoric 01 me wiHiTO Charles and Kathleen. Or to intimates ''See- gee" and "Katie." Although mucn of their Uvea are siwnt in their California haci enda, every spring brings them to town. y" 1 There are few -more positive rfS personalities, and r " they are the only . " married couple I O. O. Mclntyre ever heard who can argue furl ousy with each other without rancor. Rich, traveled and ialented, they are spinning with an uivonlcattng love of life. But their rwarmest friends are those of their walk-up flat days. a --- dtH nu been so over- ovmij shBdowed by family fame aa Coarlle. His brother. Fran, wun a tragically brief, waa one of America a foremost novelists. Kathleen, his wife, had deservedly won greatness when he wsa known mostly as "Kath leen'a husband." Yet from contented obscurity he gave the world such masterpieces aa "Bread," "Brass," hla more recent beat seller, "Zest," and too many others to mention. And took a rightful place In the Norrls triad. In this emi nently reversible movement, he re mained appeallngly humble. When he talks of the NorrUes, it la' only of It happened today. The wide flanged brandy glass noiaing goldfish went flooey In a collision and the captives landed on the car pet In a sudden drench. The dogs Innlrorf nn wlt.h nfllita restraint WhUO the entire household tried to retrieve them In amusing hops. While an other bowl waa being secured, the fish had access to a completely filled bath tub. But they continued to swirl In tiny space. Like other poor fish un appreclative of freedom when they have It I The passing of William Courtenay removed the handsomest leading man of the period In which he reigned. He was beglsmoured with especial ro mance, for It waa while playing with Virginia Harned. later his wife, that I wrote my flrat dramatic criticism aa a stop-gap for the regular critic untrussed by a night of gallant aortle over the Rhine. After the play I saw Courtenay and Miss Harned having "a bird and a cold bottle In the Havltn dining room In Cincinnati. I dropped Into a chair at a near table, hoping for chance to Bay I enjoyed the play and mention In casual off hand I was a local critic. But my nerve wilted. So I munched what I called In those days "a cut of apple pie." And It was 20 cents, for good ness sake I Few professions offer 'such tasty bullion cubes of life as newspaper Ing. It was during that era I met the author of "Billy Baxter'a Let ters" written aa an ad for an aperi ent water by I'm not certain of the Initials W. J. Kuntze, Jr. They were the Ingenious hsggadahs of a high flyer's next mornings, rich In slang and Julcey with regreta. He seemed living the see-saw life about which he wrote and stands out as supremest of all wordllngs. I heard a lady lsat evening describe her husband's occasional and uncon trollable fits of anger wherein he holds his breath In the manner of a nursing child. Several times his face changed from red to auch violent pur ple she culbutted to her knees to Im plore forgiveness. The unemotional Verne Porter, listening In. observed: "Why don't you dish him In the kisser with a crock of Ice water? That will cure the sap." I can get tangled up with more uncouth people. Mr. Porter, Incidentally, had blos somed In dove-grey ftannel8 with a four-in-hand of Imperial purple and a 'kerchief to match, plus canary glovea with thick black stltchlngs. His cane was entirely of clear amber and I walked with him unashamed from his lower Fifth avenue office to the Plaza fountain. After all, I have nothing to lose. New York's unemployed Chinese are tn acutest dtstreee ever known. Few could save during aalarled days, because of demands of war and ths flood stricken across the seas. I heard of a discharged Chinese valet who had not eaten for 48 houra. Hla voice was a whisper. Chinese will seldom beg. Chinatown's only beggar was a half blind character who ahuffled along, chop-chop, and waa known as "Old Horse and Wagon." Poet card: "A flneer-nolnte. in. cated you for me at the theater the oirmi nignt. where did you set that sneer?" That waa a piece of cookie under my upper Hp. (Copyright, 1933. McNaught Syndi cate, Inc.) V 1 Ver. 1 The Cloven Leaf Dairy Products Market 109 West Main MILK Per Gal. 20c Flight o Time (Sle-1'ord and. Jackson Count) History from the Plies of The stall Tribune ol 20 and 10 Vern Ago.) TEN YKARS AGO TODAY May 24, 1923. (It waa Thursday) Indiana minister, who married a couple In their bathing suits la ab solved of all blame. Dr. J. J. Emmens, who haa been fu riously 111, Is recovering rspldly and will aoon bo out again. Two women drivers collide at Main and Central avenue, causing great excitement, and difficulty In finding a policeman. Local militia In' need of men to keep Its etatua. Water waa turned Into the new city reservoir at 8:58 this morning. George W. Cermack, the dlacoverer of the KlonUke. dies poor In Seattle, after spending millions. TWENTY YEARS AGO TODAY May 24, 1913. -(It Was Saturday) Ashland starts war on auto speeder, and Joyriders. "The Great Unknown." a fascinat ing atory of the Canadian wilda at the Page. Probably the wisest team of mulea In the world belong to A. K. Ware, secretary of the Commercial club. Mr. Ware advertised In last eventng'a Mall Tribune that he wished to sell the team and thla morning the pair were no where to be found. Rather than be rudely bartered for filthy coin, the canny mules, after reading that they were no longer wanted, packed their belongings and ambled for the woods. Mr. Ware is now ad vertising for their return and hopes that the ad will reach their eyes and work upon their sympathies. Luther McCarthy killed In fight with Arthur Pelkey at Calgary, Can. The kaiser of Germany's only dau ghter la married to the "Ernest of Cumberland. 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