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MEUFORD, OREGON, TUESDAY, JANUARY 9, 1934.
No. 217.
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(By Paul Mallon)
(Copyright, 1934. by Paul Mallon)
Billions
WASHINGTON, Jan. 9. Thl
amount Of money Mr. Roosevelt la
going to borrow In the next six
months la ten tlmea greater than the
number of minutes elapsing since
the birth of Christ.
It la nearly' twice aa much as there
la In the United States.
Only by such comparisons Is It pos
sible to estimate how much ten bil
lion dollars la. Since the birth of
Christ. 1933 years have elapsed, 705,
S45 days, 16,932.080 hours and 1,015,
984.800 minutes (not counting extra
days for leap year).
- . The amount of money in clrcula
1 tion Is $5,700,000,000. (Federal Re
serve Bank).
Loopholes
The president's task Is not Impos
sible, although It certainly la gigan
tic. He can get more than two billions
In profit for the treasury by cutting
the gold reserve behind the dollar
fifty per cent. (Monetary gold stocks
amount to around 94.300.000,000).
Of tho ten billion total, four bil
lions are refunding operations on
money already borrowed. He will
have little trouble renewing that
amount, although he will undoubted
ly be compelled to offer a higher In
terest rate.
So if he devalues all he really
needs to get la four billions fresh
new money. He can cut down that
necessity by falling to apend all that
he now contemplates.
Cost
The interest rate he has been pay
ing for short term paper alnce Octo
ber 11 tells a little inside story.
On that date he was able to bor
row 60 or 90 day money at 12-100s
of 1 per cent, an unusually low
d figure.
Since then the occasional (virtual
ly weekly) rate has run tho scale (in
one hundredths of one per cent) as
follows: 13, 22, 24, 40, 43, 43, 60, 74,
73. 62.
You will notice the last figures
show him paying five times aa much
for short term paper as he did Octo
ber 11.
Meaning
There are two sides to that story.
One class of financial experts will
tell you that the proximity of a
nation to bankruptcy can be meas
ured by what it pays for short term
paper.
The other aide says the condition
of the money market has more to do
with the rate than the credit stand
ing of the borrower. They seem to
be more nearly right.
Either side will agree that even the
topmost figures cited above are very
low rates. Over nearly any long term
period they will average much high
er. You will nottoe also that the
rate dropped for the last three weeks,
but the last figure came before the
budget message was given out.
v The rates are so low because the
banks are filled to the brim with
cash and there Is no place for the
bankers to put It, except In short
term governn.ents.
Now that the budget la out the
ra te is sum to climb. The extent
of its climb will be very interesting
to watch. '
Resignation .
You can score another run for the
senate stock market investigators on
the resignation of Earle Baillle from
the treasury department.
The Investigators seci-ctly dug up
Ballllea complete record in connec
. tion with the organization of Invest
ment trusts which have failed aa well
ss with Peruvian bonds. They plan
ned to make a holy show of it in
the senate when Treasury Secretary
Morgenthau'a nomination came up
for discussion.
Baillle announced his resignation
before the sharpshooters had a
V chance to get at him.
Banging
General Johnson was banging his
fist away at a table during a code
hearing one day, when he was amaz
ed to see two men Jump up in the
back of the room and start storm
ing and banging as much or more.
The general did not know who
they were, but he was so taken back
by the display that he shouted to
one of them:
"Well if you know so much about
it. suppose we put you en the advis
ory board."
Someone shouted: "Put Schllnk
(the second riotous talker) on too."
The grneral agreed.
Weeks passed and the general fail
ed to make good, but within the last
few days he named the first banger,
Leon Henderson of the Russell Sage
Foundation as assistant administrator
for consumers. The second one was
Fred Schllnk of the consumers' re
search organization.
Johnson does not hold the con
sumers crowd in much esteem. He
Is constantly taking pot shots at
them. He thinks they do nothing
except object. He was aiming at
tliem when he Ivmed executive order
No. 53 which stated:
"The advisory boards are not here
sin-ply to make a record No
group here, whether industrial, con
sumers' or labor, ctn be pcrm.tted to
dominate ."
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STAVISKY KILLED
TO SAVE H1GHUP!
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Police Attacked Over Square
Mile Area Around Cham
ber of Deputies News
paper Foments Outbreak
PARIS, Jan. 9. (AP) Royalists,
swinging canes as weapons, attacked
police repeatedly today for over a
square mile area around the cham
ber of deputies in a demonstration
against the government because of
the alleged suicide of Serge Stavisky,
pawnshop bond operator.
The Royalist newspaper Action
Francalse had called for a popular
demonstration, asserting StaviBky had
not died by his own hand but had
been shot down by police in order
to keep him from testifying as to
what he knew of speculations which
cost the public 940,000,000.
Lamp posts were broken from their
foundations and strewn across the
streets, blocking traffic; iron grills
were torn from the trees which they
protected.
The police, massed in the Place
Bourbon held their ground, taking
Including women, whom they loaded
into busses and carried to police sta
tions after which they were released.
Earlier In the day all streets lead
ing to the chamber were blocked off
by massed patrol wagons.
The socialist newspaper Populaire
and the communist Humanlte were
other newspapers attacking the pol-
I ice version.
Mack LUlard was reappointed pro
moter for Medford ring events at the
annual meeting of the boxing com
m Is Ion last night and the sport czars
went on record to the effect that
hereafter promoters will not be urged
or required to give a "cut" on gate
receipts to any person or organiza
tion. It was stated that past experience
had shown but little profit for pro
moters, and sometimes a loss. It was
felt that the promoter who takes the
good with the bad should have an
opportunity to recoup on feature
cards without having to split with
someone else.
E. C. (Jerry) Jerome was named
chairman for the ensuing year. Other
members of the commission are Larry
Schade, P. C. Blgham, Dr. A. F. W.
Kresse, examining physician and J. F.
Fllegel, secretary.
WIFE SAYS HUSBAND
ACTED LIKE CAVEMAN
CHICAGO, Jan. 9. (UP) Mrs.
Elizabeth Thomas sued for a divorce
from Eugene Thomas today for the
i following reasons:
Her husband, she said, squandered
$100,000 of his own, misappropriated
$150,000 of hers, drank four pints of
I liquor a day, sluuged her with a
i blackjack and twisted her arm until
I it broke In three places.
J Mrs. Thomas did not appear In
i court because, her attorney said, she
was afraid Thomas would be present.
P0RT0RF0RD MAN
KILLED BY BULL
PORT ORFORD, Ore.. Jan. 0. (UP)
Charles Forty was dead today after
being gored to death by a bull just
as he was about to enter a rowboat
and row to safety. s His body was
found on the river shore two hours
later by a neighbor.
LIQUOR IMPORTS BY
MAIL ARE FORBIDDEN
WASHINGTON, Jan. 9. (AP) Im
ports of liquor by mall were banned
today by an order of W. W. Howes,
assistant postmaster general.
Shipments received were ordered
returned to points of origin abroad.
Cigarette Prices
Are Advanced By
Leading Maker
NEW YORK, Jan. ft. (AP) The
wholesale price of popular brands
of eigaretts waa adranccd 80 cents
a thousand to $6 0 a thousand by
leading manufacturers today.
It was understood in the trade
that the Jump was due to Increas
ed com incident to the NRA code
and various processing taxes.
The action of retailers in view
of the rue in wholesale prices mas
not announced, but It a expect
ed In the trade that -store prices
would be lilted In line with the
nT .-?ie1nle
Prehistoric Man's
Skeleton Dug Up
In Benton County
KEN NE WICK, Wash., Jan. 9
(AP) Burled in 85 feet of gravel
and rock, perhaps for centuries,
what may be the skeleton of
prehistoric man was blasted out
by a Benton county gravel crusher
crew last week.
The skeleton was unharmed by
the blast, and was taken to Pros
ser. Over six feet all and with
huge snow-white bones Intact, It
bore vertebrae the sire of a man's
(1st. Front teeth as large aa most
men's molars were In the skull,
which had been crushed in on one
side, giving rise to the belief the
man may have died when the root
af a cave gave way.
LOCAL RESIDENT,
KILLED IN AUTO
PORTLAND, Jan. 9. (UP) Sleep -Ign
at the wheel resulted in three
traffic deaths in the northwest over
the week-end.
Al C. Panzer, 45. Spokane magazine
publisher and one-time business man
ager for the Medford Dally News,
slumbered as he drove along the
winding Wallace highway near Lake
Couer d'Alene In Idaho. The car
crashed into a ditch, killing him In?"
stantly.
A companion, Mrs. Delbert Hale.1
Coeur d'Alene. was uninjured. They
had been drinking beer, it was satf.j
Ludlow W. Esses, 21, sailor on the
airplane carrier Saratoga, and pretty
Miss Gladys Gunn, 16, Montesano, his
companion, both were killed when
Esses fell asleep while approaching
the New London bridge near Aber-1
deen. The car crashed through the
railing. Esses, son of L. J. Esses log
ging contractor, was returning from a
dance.
Al Panzer, who was manager of the
Medford Dally News for a few months,
under the editorship of Llewellyn A.
Banks, about four years ago, came
here from Klamath Falls, where he
waa an automobile salesman.
Panzer spent some time as manager
for Banks during his campaign for
clectjon to the United States senate.
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IN INCREASE ON
. TRUCKS , AUTOS
SALEM, Jan. 9. W The atat of
Oregon led all other state in ratio
of Increase in trucks registered during
1933, a national survey received by
the secretary of state today showed,
and was second In private automobile
increases, and second for the com
bined total of vehicles listed. In gas
oline sold, Oregon rated eleventh, the
survey revealed.
The survey, covering 40 states,
showed that in these divisions of the
United States a total of 23,000.000
automobiles and trucks had been
registered and consumed more than
fifteen and a quarter billion gallons
of gasoline. The national decrease in
registration under last year was from
IV to 2 per cent and the decrease
In gasoline consumption was about
2 per cent.
The past year waa the fourth con
secutive year In which vehicle regis
tration had decreased, while gasoline
consumption has decreased the past
two years only.
In private vehicle registrations the
past year, Oregon was second, with a
ratio of Increase of 39.09 on Its total
of 238.488 cars. New Mexico wan first
with 63.29. Georgia was third with
53.29. The national figure showed
a decrease of 196, while Colorado
showed the greatest decrease of 14 07
per cent.
In other vehicles Oregon led with
an Increase of 6631 per cent. New
Mexico was second with 42.13. and
South Dakota lowest with a decrease
of 17.90. The national decrease waa
122. The combined totals revealed
New Mexico 60 91 Increase. Oregon
second with 32 30 on its 277.169 li
censed vehicles, and Oeorgla third
with 15 21. Colorado was lowest with
a 14 05 decerase. The national de
crease was 190.
CCC YOUTHS LEAVE
Nine CCC men. who came to Ore
ion several months ago from Illinois,
have obtained positions in their home
towns, and left by trsln last even
ing for that atat.
They Included LeRoy larle. Ray
mond Psge. R6ert J. Flanaean and
Maurice L":vdv of Chieo. and Bovd
W A!n. Virgil Huddieaton. Leo
Rrry. Fred Jemeil and Harold Ward
,of Decatur.
PAY REDUCTION IS
1
Restoration of One-Third of
Cut Expected July 1 if
Congress Willing Living
Costs Are Considered
WASHINGTON, Jan. 9. (AP)
President Roosevelt today by execu
tive order continued the 15 per cent
reduction of pay of federal employees
for another six months.
In his budget message, the presi
dent asked that the authority to cut
be changed from 15 t- 10 per cent,
thus congress willing assuring res
toration of one-third of the pay cut
beginning July 1, the start of the
fiscal year.
The president acted today upon the
findings of the department of labor
on the local cost of living, as pro
vided by law.
Living Cost Lower
Two sets of findings were given.
The first, based on the cost of liv
ing for families of wage earners and
lower salaries workers In 32 cities,
showed the average cost of living for
this group In the last half of .1923
was 21.1 below the average of the
base period of December, 1927, to
June. 1928.
The second set of findings, based
on a special at ud y of the cost of
living of government employee in
Washington, showed, a decline in the
cost of living during the past three
months of 14.6 per cent.
Continue Scale
"In view of the above," said a
White House atatement, "and be
cause the law provides for index fig
ures covering all parts of the coun
try, It Is necessary to continue the
present scale until June 30, 1934."
The first cut In pay for the gov
ernment workers will have been In
effect one year on July 1.
All government officers and em
ployes have had a 15 per cent-cut
in pay during this period.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 9. (AP)
Lewis Douglas, director of the bud
get, made clear today he Intends to
remain in his present office despite
rVmors that budgetary differences
with President Roosevelt and a re
cent curtailment of his authorities
might cause him to resign.
The budget director told newsmen
he plana 'to "remain on the Job as
long as I can render service."
The president yesterday trimmed
powers only recently handed to Doug
las for checking on emergency ex
penditures. CHICAGO, Jan. 9. (AP) Regular
shipments of milk Into Chicago by
airplane were started today as the
fourth day of the city's milk block
ade brought an acut shortage to
the metropolis.
BURLINGTON, Wis.. Jsn. 9. (AP)
Striking farmers held up a Soo line
milk train south of here today and
dumped seven carloads of milk Into
a ditch.
Several hundred men were in the
crowd of pickets which stopped the
train by piling ties and other ob
structions on rails at a Junction of
the Soo line and Milwaukee railroad.
LOS ANOELES, Jan. 9. (AP)
Hope for an amicable settlement of
differences between dairy employes
and milk plants were dimmed today
as tension grew over the shooting of
an asserted organizer of a Santa Ana
dairy. The victim, Lawrence Palmer.
31, was ahot In the hands and legs
aa he left a ranch.
FUNDS ALLOTTED
PORTLAND, Jan. 9 (AP) Allot
ment of 910.000 of civil works money
for improvement of the Klamath
Falla airport was announced today by
Lieut. Bssll B. Smith, department of
commerce, aeronautics division air
port engineer.
Paul D. Sullivan, assistant engineer,
said the allotment will provide em
ployment Tor 83 men for 30 days In
grading runways and surfacing the
field with crushed rock. .
Supplementing the CWA allotment.
$1500 worth of material has been do
nated by residents of Klamath Falla,
Sullivan said.
The airport and property Is valued
at $40,000.
Flu In Japan
TOKYO. Jan. 9. (AP) Two cabi
net members and the commander-in-chief
of the Japanese navy's combin
ed fleet today Joined War Minister
fladeo Arakl among thou suffering
from influenra in an epidemic whim
i newspapers estimate Is causing ninety
deaUu dalljr.
TO FEED CHICAGO GUARDIAN CANNOT
Vallee's Wife
In Action
SINGER HINTS HE
TELL A FEW
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LOS ANGELES, Jan. 9. An ar
ray of startling charges embracing In
fidelity, vicious temper, vile language,
character assassination plots and nig
gardly financial settlements were
heaped upon Rudy Vallee today by
his actress-wife, the former Fay Webb,
in a suit for separate maintenance.
The brewing marital storm between
the popular young entertainer and
the daughter of the police chief of
Santa Monica, Cal., about which
warning signals have been flying
lately, broke in the form of a 31-
page complaint, which was sealed by
court order for a time after being
filed in the superior court here yes
terday. At Vallee's own insistence, the seals
were broken and the charges became
public. After he had read them, the
curly-headed alnger, actor and or
chestra leader, a recent arrival In
Hollywood to make a motion picture.
dropped a hint that an antl-cllmax
to this initial sensation was in tne
offing.
"I will be very glad to classify snd
answer certain paragraphs technical
ly." he said. "I hope I never have
to do this. I have no particular
desire to blast the girl. But certainly
I will have to defend myself and bring
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DRAWS LEADERS
Eighty-three lender, of Jackson and
Josephine countv last evening at
tended the opening of the four-day
dramatic Institute being conducted
In the court house auditorium by Mr.
and Mrs. Jack Stuart Knapp, member.
of the National Playground and
Recreational association of New York.
under the supervision of Mrs. Mabel
C. Mack. Jackson county home dem
onstration agent.
Two sessions dally, from 8:30 to 7
and from 8 to 10 will be held each
day.
At the close of the Institute, an
other county-wide dramatics play
contest will be held, Mrs. Mack stated.
to be finished before February 28.
Last year Jackson county won the
state contest.
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SALEM, Ore., Jan. (AP) A
guardian of an Insane person may
not change beneficiaries In a life in
surance policy of the Insane peraon
in favor of himself as against children
of the insured, the Oregon supreme
court held In an opinion handed down
today reversing the Marlon county
circuit court.
The case waa originally brought by
the Catlforna Western S'e.tea Life In
surance company against Effa L.
Marsters, guardian of her aon, Ed
ward Raymond Marsters, deceased, and
the children helra of the deceased
The children appealed to the supreme
court resulting In reversal of the de
cree of Judge Y. O. Lewelllng, which
awarded the $2000 Insurance to the
mother, as guardian.
ON NEXT STEPS
SEATTLE, Jan. 9 (AP) Prince
Alexis Mdlvanl reached Seattle by
automobile and went to a leading
hotel rhortly before noon today. He
declined to reveal his plans and it
was announced ha was wearied by
the drive from Chehalls, halfway be
tween Seattle and Portland.
Soon after the arrival of the
prince at the Olympic hotel, Paul H.
McClelland, general passenger agent
in Seattle of the N. Y. K. line, was
summoned to the hotel. McClelland
yesterday received an inquiry from
the American Express ccmpany In
Portland In behalf of an unnamed
client in regard to passage on the
liner Hlkaw Mam, which sails from
Heattle for Yokohama at 4 p. m., to
morrow. fc rprt Wheat.
PORTLAND, OTe., Jan. 9. ( AP)
The emergency export corporation
egain today remained out of the msr-
jket for soft white wheat for forrlgn
'shipment. The lajt pri. quoted Frl
Way, was 75 cents a bushel,
Hurls Bitter
for Separate
akwsu xOi fl
Mrs. Rtidr Vallee, whose separation
his faults as including, among orner
language and stinginess. (Associated
CWA Job Slavery
Says Worker In
Suit For $110,000
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 9. (UP)
George T, Baker, unemployed, ap
plied for rollef. He was given a
Civil Works administration Job,
handling a pick and shovel.
Today Baker filed suit against
the CWA committee here, asking
H0. 000 from each member, a total
of ai 10.000. He charged that he
was forced Into involuntary servi
tude in violation of his constitu
tional rights.
He asked, in addition to the
1110,00, that:
The court assure him that he
will not be enslaved involuntarily
In the future.
Two hundred members of the Civil
ian Conservation corps at Carberry
camp were entertained last night
with moving pictures presented by
John Cribble and Ernest Rostel, rep
resenting the .Forest Service and
Crater Lake national park.
"What Price Fire." an educational
film allowing a western forest before
and after a fire started by a careless
smoker, was followed by Interesting
pictures of Crater Lake In a winter
setting. Scenes from tho ski races
at Fort Klamath were also included.
Another feature of the program waa
Lee Port's sketch of the esrly his
tory of Jacksonville and the days
when miners In that locality could
afford to trade a pound of gold for
a pound of aalt. Mr. Port Is located
at the Star ranger station.
COSHOW TO PAY
PORTLAND, Jan. 9 (AP) A Judg.
ment in favor of the Empire Holding
corporation against Oliver P. Coshow,
former Justice of the Oregon supreme
court, was ordered In circuit court
here Monday after the court had dis
missed the defense of Coshow In ac
tion brought by Empire Holding and
Its receiver to collect on a 20.000
promissory note executed in Novem
ber, 1030, in payment for corporation
stock.
It was expected that after further
testimony today the amount of the
Judgment would be established.
The corporation admitted Coshow
paid 92000 tn Interest. Coshow has
Instated, however, that several other
sums should be credited to him, In
eluding 13000 commission for the pur.
chase of his stock, and IB 100 for sal
ary.
Crah Is f atal.
OREGON CITY. Ore,. Jan. 9 (AP)
Leo Shaver, 35. Mnalta warehouse
operator, waa killed near Clalrmont
todiiv when hla automobile collided
with a truck driven by Qua Johnson
of Clalrmont Shavers neck 1
broken and bis cheat crushed.
Charges
Maintenance
suit agn(nt the singer (Inset) lists
things, inntiriuy, nnd temper, vue
Press photo.)
LOS ANGELES. Jan. 9. (AP)
While Inquisitorial forces were mar
shalled today. Major Jutes E. Hanlqua,
oounty CWA director, replying to
charges of gross mismanagement and
waste of funds, said recent reorgani
zation have put the work here on
an efficient basis.
The director admitted the charges,
made by John B. Elliott, local Demo
cratic leader, had "a background in
fact," but said that "at the present
time we are functioning 100 per cent."
Major Hanlque assumed charge of the
CWA organization here somewhat
more than a week ago.
Elliott, reiterating assertions that
men were sent to work without toots,
fleets of trucks rented and allowed
to stand Idle and Jobs passed out
on the basts of political preference,
said hundreds came to hla office with
In the past 24 hours with further In
formation.
WIFE AND SELF
ROSELLE PARK, N. J Jan. 9.
( AP) Edward F. Smith, 81. retired
business man of Altadena, Cal., today
shot and killed his wife, Nellie, and
fatally wounded himself.
The shooting occurred In the
Smith's bedroom In the home of Mr.
snd Mrs. Herbert Wells, about 7:20
a. m. Mrs. Wells, who was sleeping on
the third floor, hurried downstairs,
after hearing shots and found her
sister lying on the bed. a bullet hole
above her right ear. Smith was lying
on the floor, He had shot himself
through the head. Removed to St.
Eltrabeth's hospital, he died at 10
o'clock.
EX-POSTAL HEAD
NEW YORK, Jan. 9 (AP) Former
Postmaster Oeneral Walter Drown to
day declared that no official corres
pondence from his files had been de
stroyed prior to his leaving office
last March.
WASHINGTON. Jan. 9. (AP) -Senate
Investigators received teat!
mony today that the postmaster
general In the Hoover administration,
Walter 8. Brown of Ohio, had
awarded some airmail contracts with
out competitive bidding, although he
lacked authority, and that portions
of hla correspondence had been de
stroyed Just before he left office.
(mhiilnnr Pinna Falls
CHILDRESS. Tex., Jan. 9. (AP)
The "ambulance" plane of a Man
gum, Okla., physician, fell in flames
14 miles northwest of here today,
killing ths pilot, Paul Powell, 20. and
a Texas farm couple, Mr. ana Mrs
Bruce Smith.
HERE
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Chairman of State Board
Sets Friday or Saturday
All Interested Urged to
Attend at Court House
Word was received this morning
by the Chamber of Commerce from
O. Harlan, chairman of the Ore
gon Milk Control board, that a hear
ing on the milk situation will be
held here either next Friday or Sat
urday.
Definite date will be set by the
commission In a day or so and the
meeting will be held In the audito
rium of the court house. The board
desires that all parties Interested la
the producing and distributing of
milk In the Rogue River valley at
tend. To Show Figures.
At the meeting It la expected that
figures will be made available on
the cost of producing and distribut
ing milk and cream. The commis
sion Is very emphatic that auch ma
terial must be In written form In
order that It can be used for future
Investigation and consideration.
Farmers who keep accounts ahould
make up a statement showing every
Item of cost. Producer-distributors
should do the same. Regular dia-
trlbutora and creameries should have
their figures segregated to show their
costs In handling milk. Retail stores
are also asked to be present with
their records of the cost of handling
milk and cream.
No Lawyers Needed.
The commission has asked the
chsmber of commerce to announce
that It doca not expoct those at
tending to go to the expense of hiring
lawyers to represent them, unlesa
they so desire, as It la not Its Inten
tion to put anyone to additional ex
pense In all probability, the board at the
meeting will announce the limits st
the milk shed.
Civic groups such aa women's clubs,
parent teachers' associations, and ser
vice clubs and any organised body of
persons are asked to attend, but
those who speak must represent a
certain group. This also must be In
writing.
All Under Law.
An excerpt from Mr. Harlan's letter
states, "your people probably know
they are under the law now, whether
they have a license or not, and If
any one Is cutting prices, etc., we
shall first hear the complaint and
settle the trouble. Any person hav
ing Information on any auch altua
tlon should be ready to give us that
material immediately upon arrival
so we can call In the Interested
parties and clear up the difficulty
before starting the general meeting."
Definite announcement of the tlm
of the meeting will be glvn Imme
diately further word Is received from
the commission.
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Noted Dead
DAVENPORT, la., Jan. 9. (&)
Miss Alice French, author, who wrote
many novels under the pen name of
Octave Thanet, died at her horns
today after a long illness. She would
have been B4 in March.
WILL
ROGERS
Pigys:
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif..
Jan. 8. Poor old France and
Japan arc about in the same
fix. Franco don't know wheth
er it would bo better to jump
on Germany and lick 'em while
they can, or "will I nit here
and wait till they arc ready
to pounce on met"
Japan is on the same spot.
They feci they can lick Russia
now, or will she wait until
Russia is able to come and
pounce on them!
This thing of living in an
ambitions nation is not what
it's cracked up to be. We are
certainly glad Mr. Roosevelt
announced we had about all
tho country we wanted. In
fact, he supucsts that if we
could got a decent offer he
woubj let some of it go. '
Yours,
2r