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AIL TR s 3UNE The Weather Forecast! Occasional rein tonight tntl Wednesday. Little change in tem perature. Highest yesterday -,. , m lowest this morning S.I Witch the TRIBUNE'S CLASSIFIED AOS . , . Lots of food bargain, that m n jenulne savings. EDFORD Twenty-eiehth Year MEDFORD. OREGON, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 26, 1933. No. 236. M M By TALL MALI.ON (Copyright, 1933. by Paul Mallon.) Involvements. WASHINGTON, Dec. 2e Most peo ple could not understand why such an astute lad lea' man aa Mr, Roose velt became Involved in the feminine fracas at Montevideo. The answer to that la Miss Dols Stevens. All who know about wom en's rights know her. She la a leader in the National Women's party and went to the Pan-American confer ence as a member of the Inter-American commission of women. One of the things Mlaa Stevens wanta most right now la equality for women under civil and nationality laws. Apparently she got tired of waiting for them here and went to Montevideo to get them all at once When a treaty for equal civil and nal tonality laws was proposed at the conference, Mlaa etevens was given credit among her friends here for putting over a fast one. Stitches. Mr. Roosevelt wriggled out of the embarrassment, but not without some bad moments. He had taken a stitch In time by sending to the conference aa an of ficial American delegate the f'rst woman ever to occupy such a posi tion. Dr. Sophontsba Breckinridge, a feminine brain trustee from the Un. Tersity of Chicago. State department officials boldly whispered that the appointment was "political" when It was made, but they aid not realize how political It was until Miss Stevens' proposition burst like a firecracker under the nose of State Secretary Hull. On orders from Mr. Roosevelt, the secretary of state and Mlaa Breck'n- ridge tried to laugh off the resolu tion and forget It. They found Miss Stevens had worked up such strength for it, they could not. They wired the White House for Instructions. Mrs. Roosevelt. Whether Mrs. Roosevelt played any part In the ultimate solution of the problem Will probably never bs known. Openly she took no par: In fact one women's organization went to the White House and aaked her specifically to uae her Influence for the Stevens treaty, and sne aeennea As a reason she cited her general rule never to participate In political matters. At the White House, however, a simple common sense solution was worked out. It was agreed the International conference could take no action about civil rights because It deals with In ternational problems only. Tnai tuled out the crux of the Stevena treaty. To mitigate that blow, It was explained that Hull, Attorney-General Cummlngs and Miss Perkins were working on that question here now. Also helpful was the decision to let the conference adopt a women's na tionality resolution. It does not m-an much. Authorities believe It will af fect no more than ten cases out of a generation. It will apply or.ly to American women who marry foreign royalty and whom children are wrn on foreign soil. It specifies the chil dren shall have a right to determine their own nationality. Results. The ultimate result of the etevens treaty foray therefore Is a little more than nothing. The authorities here attribute all the trouble to the fact that Miss Stevens got a little ahead of the feminist parade In which Mr. Roose velt also Is marching. You may rest assured that this administration will ultimately advo cate any equal rights that are lyln'r around loose, but It will do It in Its own way. That Is. unless Miss Stevens lights some more firecrackers In unexpected places. Scheme. Real tears are being shed In high places because the house ways an.l means committee refused to adopt the Roosevelt Ideas on liquor taxw. It is not so much the liquor that hurts, but the rejection of a theory that Mr. Roosevelt felt might be ftp piled some day to other taxes. A soeclflc proposition waa to elim inate duplicate taxation on liquor bv having the federal government collect all taxes and refund the staa their share. If that had been adopt ed, the Idea was to lead up gradually to a system whereby the federal gov ernment would do the same thing with all excise taxes. It would have worked Just as well en tobacco and gasoline and even tually It might also have been ap plied to income taxes. The ways and means committee suspected as much. Consressmen do not like the idea hecauae It savors of Infringement on states rights. Senators feel even more strongly on that subject. They sre raxy about the federal government taxing oyer any state functions. The administration, however. Is not going to give up. It may put ovnr the scheme in the end. but the fu tUTe is not as bright and rosy it once looked. Note Trcasurv Secretary Morgenthau and hie subordlnatee hav, adopted a p-t'.-:ev of eatir at their The. (Continued on Page Pwo) CONGRESS WON'T PUSH CASH BONUS IS BELIEF WASHINGTON. Dec. 3. (AP) Representative Patman (D, Texaa) laid today he did not believe con- gress would force cash payment or Tinclestad. president M Pacific Luth the bonus at the coming session if eran college, is In a erloi condition thst would interfere with the pres.-' today following an operation lot atmaes district two. comprising coun dent's monetary pre pun. ruptured appendix. tie south of Una 1 wetter Oregon COLDER WEATHER HALTS FLOODS IN Ten-Day Siege Believed at End As Major Streams Stop Rise Four Lives Lost in Christmas Slide (By the Associated Press.) Snow, light In the west and heavy In the east, swirled today over almost ail except the southernmost parts of the United States. Through the Ohio valley and along the Atlantic seaboard It was driven by northeast winds. It struck Port land, Maine, in the form of a bitter northeast blizzard. New York lay under five Inches of snow after less than four hours at its fall. Chicago had 6.3 Inches. Elsewhere it ranged from one to four Inches and weather forecasters believed It would continue unabated through tonight and tomorrow. PORTLAND, Dec. 28. (&) Cold weather today nad stemmed the tide of furious flooas which for ten days raged from the banks of Paclf.c northwest streams. All major rivers were falling. In significant creeks which had been transformed Into raging torrents, were assuming more normal prop ?r tlons. Several hundred families, made homeless by the yellow, debris-laden waters throughout the northwest, were being cared for by the Red Cross and other relief agencies as re habilitation work went forward In the Afflicted areas. In many sections of Oregon, Wash ington and Idaho, snow or cold, drln rling rsin replsced the terrific down pours and the unseasonably warm weather of the past two weeks con ditions which brought on the unpre cedented floods. PORTLAND, Dec. 26. ( An Ore gon Christmas day tragedy, In whicn four persons lost their lives in mua and rocks hurled down a canyon by flood waters, was added today to tne long Pacific northwest flood toll of the past 10 days. Those who were killed when a nat ural dam gave way at Clatskan'e, Ore., wrecking a farm home, were: MUo Allen, 50, and his three son, George, 30, Robert, 12, and Donald, 7 Three Rescued. ' v Mrs. Allen and two other sons, ! Eldon, 17, and Cliford, 8, were pul'ell out of the wreckage by men who rushed to the scene. The mother's condition was critical today. She related that while they were all caught In the tangled mass, both her husband and George talked with! her for some time, encouraging her1 despite their Injuries. Finally they1 told her calmly that they could Ulk no longer. "The timbers are weighing us down snd the water 1 nesr our heads," she quoted them as saying. Shortly she heard them no more. Couer d'Alene Rages. Hundreds of workmen spent Christ mas day attempting to hold bsck the waters of Lake Couer d'Alene. The water was 12.55 feet above normal, or higher than during the great flood of 1894, in which great property dam age occurred. Twenty thousand sandbaga were thrown up In the city park to pro tect the city's most exclusive resi dential region. To the southwest, residents of Wal lace. Kellogg. Kingston. Evansvll.e, Rose Lake and other towns today were beginning the task of rehabilitation after a week or the worst floods in history, with the losses set at several millions of dollars. TOLL OF FRENCH PARIS. Dm. 2fl.(AP) Known fa talities In Saturday night's railroad disaster reached 109 today with the death of three more victims. Of the total number killed, only three persona remained unidentified at noon: they were two women and man. Meanwhile an Investigation waa pressed Into the worst train wreck In France a history. The exact total of deaths may never be known. Remains shapeless beyond Identification as human bod lea were gathered together today In nameless caskets. APPLE SHIPMENTS FAR ABOVE 1932 Fruit shipments from the Rogue River valley to dat total 1972 cars ot pears and 91 cars of applea. ThU is approximately three times the num ber of cars of applea that were ship ped out last year. Peara are being shipped at the rate of from 1 to 25 cara per wee. county Horticulturist Lyle P. Wil cox said today: "The pear market la looking better." and "the export situ ation la being whipped around Into shape." He further stated, "The French situation is being adjusted." TACOMA. Dec. 2. AP Dr. O. A. SHOT FARMER TO Brltton D. Young (left), 21-year-old Western Reserve university student, explained he "had to shoot" Carl Meteling, truck farmer, "to protect" his companion, Miss Ruth Belter (right), student at Florence Mather college, when they were parked on a road near Cleveland. Young said Meteling attempted to molest Miss Belter. (Associatd Press Photos WEATHER AND ACCIDENTS TAKE HEAVY YULE TOLL NEW YORK, Dec. 26. (AP) The worst storm of the year struck New York City today and brought 10.3 inches of snow in the little more than seven hours. The storm disrupted train and bus schedules, kept airplanes in their hangars, delayed ships, caused a minor collision between two ferry boats In the Hudson river and made walking hazardous. (By the Associated Press.) Yulctide and over-the-week-end holiday accidents and the weather combined to cause a heavy loss of life in the United States, a survey revealed today. More than 180 deaths were reported, most of them due to motor car m s- BRUTAL MURDER OF BOY CONFESSED BY MECHANIC COLUMBIA, S. O., Dec. 26. (API Sheriff T. A. Helse announced today that Robert H. wiles, 49, alleged kill er of 15-year old Herbert H. Harris, Jr., "was hired, to kidnap htm' for the purpose of 'ransoming or killing the boy. COLUMBIA, S. C Dec. 26. Robert H. Wiles, 49, a Jobless me chanic, allegedly confessed today he felled 15-year-old Herbert H. Har;is, Jr., with an Iron bar and rained blows upon the prone boy until he ceased to struggle. Police said Wiles attempted killing the boy Saturday In a deserted farm house near Columbia. They said he then drove back to Columbia, shook ARCHBISHOP'S SLAYERS DETERMINED BY DRAWING NEW YORK, Dec. 28. (AP) Im pelled by burning passion for restora tion of the old republic of Armenia, rebel Irreconcllables of the alleged revolutionary order of Tashnag drew lots to select the killers of Arch bishop Leon Touraln, the police said today. Striking silently and from behind, the archbishop's assassins struck him down Sunday as he paced up the aisle of the Holy Cross Armenian church clad in the full vestments of his of fice and leading the church proces sional. Police, who had five men under BY GAS EXPLOSION Entering a room filled with gsa fumes and lighting a match, BUI Straus, Sams Valley rancher, caued an explosion last week-end wli'oh brought him severe burns of tV arms, face and neck and threatened to destroy the dairy building and bams at the farm near Gold Hill. Palling to realize upon entering the building that the gas stove was par ttally turned on, enabling gas to es cape and fill he room housing the heating atove. Straus struck t'.e match. An immediate explosion oc curred, with flimea shooting upward and burning him painfully. Ream ing what had happened, he tried to reach the stove and turn off the gas. In so doing he received moro injuries, but was sble to prevent 1- dltlonal explosions and save the D-irn and other building adjoining the m ix shed. REAM PORTLAND. Ore. Dec. 29 (UP) The census bureau today announced appointment of four Oregon super visors for the new business census. says a Washington, D. C . dlspstch to the Journal. Mrs. A E rteames of Medford sup- 'PROTECT' COED haps. No section of the country escaped. Among the dead were a blind wom an and her infant daughter, fatally burned during a Christmas celebra tion in their home at Battle Creek. Mich. In Cleveland a man perlsned in a fall while trying to lower a Christmas tree from a second stvy window. Two spinster sisters were found, apparently starved to death, in Roch ester, N. Y., Christmas eve. r At least 85 of the motor car deaths occurred In the mid-west. The south counted 40 dead in accidents. Penn sylvania had 12 dead In motor acci dents on Christmas day alone. All other sections of the country sdded to the totals. hands with the boy's father wished him a merry Christmas. and The killing first was attributed ti a aeslre for revenge against the elder Harris, but the Investigation -so far today failed to establish any mot.ve. John Martin Rushton, a former meat cutter for a grocery chain, man aged by the boy's father, was held at the state penitentiary for examlna tlon. Ho denied all knowledge of the crime. Three men exploring the old house Christmas day came upon the body In the front room, beneath the bloody :emnants of a mattress. Several heavy blows over the temples had battered In the skull. arrest today after combing the Arme nian quarters of the city, said the killers apparently hoped to bring their protests against soviet politics more strongly to the fore by writing them In blood of the cleric. Members of the church are now characterizing the slain prelate, head of the Armenian Apostolic church In North and South America, aa a martyr. Pour men were arrested shortly after the assassination and a blood stained shirt led police to a fifth man yesterday, although they expressed the belief he was not directly con nected with the act. F Shortly after the fatal auto and train collision of Sunday morning near Albany another accident occurred at Tangent Involving two local pe pie. Glen Fabrlck, and sister, Cath erine Ingle, of Ashland, who were re ported in Improved conditions today. Fabrlck and sister were motoring north to Vancouver. Wash., to spena the holidays with their slater, Mrs. J. A. Sly, when their car collided with an auto driven by H. A. McKeen of Tangent. A third car, driven by Paul R. Btath of Portland, also col lided with the Mr-Keen auto. Mrs. Ingle received a broken now and an injured right knee, and Mr. Fabrlck severe facial cuts In the accident. Their mother, Mrs. Fabrlck. and daughter, Jeanne of this city, who had preceded them to Portland, were noti fied immediately. Mrs. Ingle was brought back to Medford with her mother last night and Mr. Fabrlrk. who waa taken on to Portland ar rived here by train this morning. Mrs. Ingle continued to Ashland this afternoon, where a more thorough examination was being made to de termine frared internal injuries. The Fabrlck car waa totally wrecked. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Spsur of M?d ford are the parents of a son weighing even pounds nine ounces, born De cember Si at tbe Saaed Heart aos piui. MONETARY POLICY CHRISTMAS TRADE RULES UNCHANGED No Indication Given By President of Step Toward Perfecting Gold Under standing Among Nations By WILLIAM L. BEAI.K, Jr. (Associated Press Staff Writer) WASHINGTON, Dec. 39. (AP) President Roosevelt's monetary pro gram entered the last week of 1033 today without official Indications of any immediate new step toward an International gold understanding similar to that reached on silver. The first price for domestic gold set by the government after the Chrlstmaa holiday was S34.08 an ounce, the sixth successive repetition of this figure. This RPO quotation was 2.70 above the first price posted two months ago and 113.31) above gold'a mint value. Budget Message Polished. While the monetary program pro gressed apparently unchanged, the president and hla financial advisors were devoting Increased attention to polishing the budget message which goea to congress next week, the day after Mr. Roosevelt aubmlta hla own report on the atate of the union. These preparatlona were pushed at time when the federal deficit crept close to the btlllon-dollar mark in latest treasury figures dated only ten days from the end of the calendar year and the first six months or tne flscsl period. It stood at $963,518,000 as compared with 1.588.132.000 a year ago, Receipts Increased. Increased receipts, due chiefly to new taxes, accounted for a436.000.000 of this a924.000.000 difference be tween last year's deficit and the present one. The administration break-down or the outgo allotted 1,410.803,000 to or dinary operating expendlturea ana 979.825,000 to emergency ones, or which $532,733,000 for the RFC con stituted the largest single Item. Sinking fund operatlona also repre sented a big difference between the position of the treasury at thla time and a year ago. During the present fiscal year the government haa put $17,287,000 In the alnklng fund as against a corresponding allotment last year of $418,784,000. President Roosevelt set aside to day and tomorrow for the completion of his budget program for the new government year upon which he will focus principal attention or tne ap proaching session of congress. FOR TARDY GIFTS Old Santa Claus was In bad yester day In a lot of Medford homes . . . And it was no fault of hla, Postmas ter W. J. Warner apologized today for the Jolly old fellow, opening a door of the mailing room to reveal evidence of the fact. Tardy mailing from all corners of the globe Interfered with St. Nick's arrival and there were a lot of dis appointed boys and girls as well as over-worked poet office employes as a result. The post office was crammed last night and today with packages, which should have arrived Saturday to make their destinations for Christ mas. Their contents ranged from Christmas turkeys, which may and may not be edible later; to toys for the children. The packages for one route (and there are nine) filled a block of the Immense room half way to the celling this morning as hurrying employes continued with their work. Trains coming Into Medford yesterday and today were loaded with Christmas mail, more than 200 stacks of It cov ered the post office floor this morn ing. When the post office staff left late Saturday night, however, all mall received had been distributed, but they found anxious boys and girls In many homes, who insisted tney should have packages. They arrived today (all the same as a last years bird nest to little folks, who had kept faith In Santa Clauai. This Is espe cially true of rural mall, Postmaster Warner stated, for it requires an extra 24 hours for delivery In most cases. Sufficient help to care for the com plete mall load was placed on the Job at the post office, but the mall didn't arrive because a lot or folks wslted until the last minute to start it on the way. Yesterday IS pouches of mall ar rived, while the usual Monday de livery brings Into Medford but four. To help solve this problem in fu ture years, Mr. Warner urged all re DON'T BLAME NICK cipients in extending hanks for late j MIAMI, Fla., Dec. 26. (AP) Ob packages to remind the senders that j nerving her 29th birthday In the skies they arrived after Christmas. It Frsnces Marsalts today completed her might not be the polite thing to do, he added, but It would do much to ward solving the worst mailing abuse now existing. Through constant ef fort the post office staff haa educat ed the public to pack gifts properly, he explained, and very few packagea were damaged In transit thla year. It la hoped that In future yeara the peo ple may become equally educated to the need ot eil msillo ON HIGHER LEVEL Survey Shows Decided In crease Over Last Year 25 to 30 Per Cent Boost Reported by One Concern A definite increase In business, in dicative of a substantial uptrend in conditions for 1934, Just five days away, was reported by Med ford mer chants today, when they were Inter viewed by the chamber of commerce regarding results of Christmas buying here. Department stores, groceries, hard ware concerns, specialty and Jewelry shops were Included In the unofficial survey and the response received irom all revealed a substantial increase over last year's total. One Had Heavy Boost One merchant estimated the In crease for his firm at between 26 and 30 per cent. Others stated that they had not yet computed any figures, but were sure that they had realized one of the best sales periods since the depression descended Crowds surging through the streets Saturday night, the last hour for Christmas buying, brought back memories of the days of 1928 and 1929 in Medford. which waa late in realizing the depression. (rants Pass Also The same tendency waa noted in the city of Grants Pass, a visitor closely allied with business condl ttons there, Informed the chamber of commerce here today. While purchases by Individuals were not Urge for the most part this year, they were plentiful and spread over a much wider area, than during the two preceding years. This fact, I me reliant also Interpreted today as a sign of Improved times. More people were buying and more money was circulating from pocket to pocket by a continuous circuit, frequently bro ken, which always means the horn of plenty may be filled again. While no official survey had been made, all persons interiewed were of the opinion that Medford and Jack son county as a whole experienced a much merrier Christmas In 1933 and are Justified In expecting much more In the way of financial Independence In the year 1934. 8AN FRANCISCO, Dec. 26.-r-(AP) Confirming reports of rising business from many quarters, the federal re serve bank of San Francisco reported today the bank's elaborate statistical studies of Pacific slope activities showed a gain In the aggregate for November. The November rise followed a mod erate two-months recession, In the wake of the preceding strong revival, that got under way In April, Mm ON E ALBANY, Ore., Dec. 26. Joseph Mayer, 67; hla wife, 62, of Lebanon, and their daughter, Mrs. Chsrles O. BUyeu, 45, of Enterprise, were killed, and Mrs. Bltyeu's daughter, Mary Joan, University of Oregon student, was seriously Injured at 11:04 a. m. Sunday when an auto driven by Mayer was atruck by a south-bound Southern Pacific passenger train at the city limits here. The car was shoved more than 600 feet before En gineer Tom Luster could stop the train. Miss BUyeu is In the Albany Gen eral hospital with a broken hip and other severe Injuries. The bodies of the other victims are In the local morgue. Three eye-witnesses, F. O. Dannals, Arthur Grengrlch and James Shep hard, said the car was being driven toward Lebanon on the Santlam high way and that Mayer apparently did not see or hear the approaching train for he drove on the tracks at almost the same instant the train reached the crossing. The driver and his pas sengers had no chance to save them selves, so sudden was the impact. Miss Frances Sparrow, daughter of Mrs. Alex, Sparrow of this city, was returning from Portland to Medford on the train, when it crashed Into the car at Albany, she stated upon arrival here Sunday. She did not witness the crash, but the details of the tragedy, which followed. The train waa held up in trie northern city for some time as a result. UN FLIERS OP SIXTH DAY alxth day aloft with Helen Rlchey In their attempt to establish a women a refueling endurance flight record. The fliers entered their seventh day above the ground at 1 :03 p. m., with clear weather prevailing, but with winds slightly choppy. If everything goea well, the women will equal the present record of eight day,, four hours and six minutes at 4.09 p. m. Thursday Roosevelt Mail Shows Interest Taken by Citizens WASHINGTON. Dec. 2 (J (AP) President Roosevelt noted with in terest today a summary showing the receipt of 1.620,000 letters and parcels and 20.000 telegrams since his inauguration March 4. This volume of correspondence between the people and the White House was regarded by the presi dent aa indicating a renewed In terest on the part of citizens in Rovernment. RE LISTED Carl Walden of 1715 North River side avenue and Don Turpln, also of Medford, were each fined $10 In city court thla morning when they en tered guilty pleas to reckless driving charges proffered by city officers. The arrests were the outgrowth of a series of automobile accidents In this sec tion over the Christmas holidays. Walden was arrested when his car struck that belonging to Maude Ab bott of 525 Albert street. The Abbott car was parked at 304 Ashland ave nue. Witnesses listed were Ernest Newtown and Charles S telle. Turpln was arrested early this morning by city police, for driving In a reckless manner. Harvey Stevena of Central Point reported to city officers that his car j tore down about 24 feet of fence by the Jacksonville road when a rear t wheel broke on the auto at 2:15 a. m. Sunday, Concerning a minor col lision at the corner of Main and Oaa dale on Sunday, Frank M. Howard filed an accident report with the city police. The C. J. Semon car was In volved In the crash. An accident occurred Saturday afternoon at 3 o'clock on the road en route to Rand Ranger station, where a CCO camp Is located, was reported to city police in Medford this morn ing. William Dayton of the CCO dis trict headquarters was driving one of the cars, and a Mr. Robinson of Gal Ice, another. The report showed that the truck was unable to avoid striking the other car one a one-way dirt road, At the Intersection of the Valley View and Hlllcrest roads Sunday at 12:30 a. m., the automobiles driven by H. B. Janes of the Palmer Electric house end William S. Rose of lid North Front street collided. Janes report filed with city police states that Rose did not have the right-of-way. At 6:20 p. m., on Chrlstmaa day, J. Fitzgerald's automobile was slightly damaged when attempting to park on South Central street. Edward A. Moon was driving the other car. which attempted to park in the same place. Neva Mesaal and Raymond Wyatt were named as witnesses In the reports placed on file with the city officers. Reports were also filed concerning the crash at 4:45 Christmas morning, south Riverside avenue near Ninth street, between the cars driven by Oscar Dizney and P. W. Foster of 235 South Ivy street. GET FIRST SURVEY The county court, acting aa an old age pension board, today held Its first session for consideration of old age pension applications. In the neighborhood of 29 appli cations have been filed to date. Owing to the fact that moat of the applicants have failed to answer all the question,, most of these will have to be returned. Many of the most vital queries have not been answered. All the question, on the blanks must be answered "yea" or "no," and full data furnished as to the length of residence In thla state and country. ine county court requesta that all questions on the blank be filled out In order to avoid delay and to have a complete record aa required under tne taw. Close to 000 applications have been sent out, and of thla number few have been returned. It was first estl. mated that 11)00 appllcattona would be made and that half that number were eligible. The old age pension law requires that all property owned by the appll cant be transferred to the county, as reimbursement for a pension, and that no kin, such aa a son, or un married daughter or othera legally responsible are able to provide the relief, and that the applicant have no other source of Income. Several local applications will have to be transferred to other counties of the atete. In one received today, the applicant had lived 15 years In Josephine county and a year In this county. His application will be for warded to Josephine county. FARLEY SHOULD QUIT ONE JOB SAYS N0RR1S WASHINGTON. Dec. 3. (API Senator Norrla (It., Neb ) asld today James A. Parley should not serve postmaster general In President Roosevelt's cabinet and remain chair man of the Democratic national com mittee. He declined to aay whether he had suggested to rarley that ha resign from on position, or tlM adwf. APPLICATIONSFOR OLDAGEPENSIONS REWARDS KISSER OF ALLEYS AUNT Brother-in-Law Tells of Ten der Episode Rumor of Suit Settlement Heard As Trial Is Resumed LOS ANGELES, Dec. 26. (AP) Margaret Keith, who In her life shielded herself from other persons, particularly men, ones wrote out a check for 300 when P. M. Woods, her brother-in-law, kissed her and gave it to him he said today In discussing the eccentricities of the wealthy re cluse whose will to her 1500,000 estate Is being contested. Woods disclosed the incident casu ally when testifying in the trial and later elaborated upon it during a court recess. "As far as I know tills was the only time Margaret ever was kissed by a man," Woods related. "She continu ously went veiled and I was the only man she ever saw and much of the time she kept the veil down on me. Gave Her Kiss "But one day when she was living at the Ambassador Hotel for a week while she was having four teeth, pulled my wife, Lily an. and I went into her apartment tu bid her good bye. We were going on a trip to Europe. "My wife had Just kissed her and as she reclined on a couch I leaned over and kissed her right on the mouth. Instead of being mad, as I half expected, ahe smiled all over. She got right up, went to a writing table nearby and wrote me a check for 300. "'Here' she said, "take thla and buy yourself something nloe in Paris.' ' Claim Mind Unsound A brother, David Keith and a sister, Mrs. Etta, Eskrldge, and Mary Towle, a niece and sister of Albert C. Allen, Jr., to whom Miss Keith gave most of her property, brought the contest, claiming she was of unsound mind. She was the granddaughter of David Keith, multl-mllllonaire Utah miner. During cross-examination woods was asked what he did with some ' money he had deposited according to Miss Keith's instructions. After haggling between attorneys, counsel for the contestants claiming it was Irrelevant because the question had nothing to do with the matter of Miss Keith's sanity, Woods replied that he did so many things and spent so much money for "that craey woman" that hs could not recall de tails. Although reports were current that a settlement might be reached out of court, attorneys said there was no Immediate prospect for such an agreement. E E PORTLAND, Ore.. Oec. 2t. (AP) W. L. Folsom of Pilot Rock, TJmatllla county, was today en route to Santa Monica, Cal., to return hla missing daughter, Dorothy Folsom. 31, a, stu dent nurse, who disappeared from Portland Dec. 16. The girl dropped from alght here after ahe and another nurse had at tended a theater. Santa Monica po lice reported yesterday ahe and Law rence Morgan, also aought In the dta- appearance ca, , had been detained In the Callforn.a city. Morgan was linked with the esse after police here were told he snd Mlsa Polsom may have eloped. The girl Is well known to students of University of Oregon where she. waa enrolled during the 1031-33 term. WILL ROGER? 'gnut SANTA MONICA, Cal., Deo. 25. Well, there, is lots more good cheer this Christmas than ast (or the lust three) and it not all out of bottles either. It'i in the heart, in the confidence and in the renewed hope of everybody. Course there is an awful lotx of folks that are not working, but they have never been the ones that's complained. Fear has never como from the fellow with no job, or no food. He has stood it wonderful. I doubt if a parallel will be found where millions hung on with such a continued hope and pa tience as in this country, but I believe even the most down and out, while ho might not have seen a turkey Christmas day, he can see one in the future.