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Medford Mail Tribune
WINNER
Pulitzer Award
FOR 1934
Twenty-niuth Year
MEDFORD, OREGON, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 11, 193-1.
No. 224.
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By PAIL MALLOX
(Copyright, 1(131, hjf raul Mallon)
WASHINGTON, Dec. 11. The se
cret of diplomacy la NOT to say what
you mean but to let the other
fellow know wnat
you mean with
out eaylng It.
What our am
bassador at large,
Norman Davis,
meant without
aylng It. In hla
speech at London
lt -week, was
that this govern
ment Is prepared
to enter a naval
race In the Pa
cific whenever Ja
pan tries to build up beyond the
five-to-three relationship between
our navy and hers. The speech wasi
In effect an Indirect ultimatum.
J
aXi
Paul AlalloD .
MANY LEAP INTO
RIVER 10 ESCAPE
Girl Edits Paper
In Row With Huey
Lansing, Michigan, Hostelry
Funeral Pyre for Over 20!
Guests in Early Morning
Solons Among Victims
LANSING, Mich., Doc. 11. (A'
Captain Laurence Lyon of the
Michigan state police said this
afternoon that "there must be
between 20 and 50 bodies burled
In the ruins" of the Kerns hotel,
which burned this morning, lie
said 109 or the 1110 persons reg
istered had been accounted for,
and that searchers probably can
not start digging In the ruins
until tomorrow.
Lansing, Mich., Dec. 11. , AP)
Smouldering ruins ol the Kerna hotel
Spokesmen for the International and the icy waters of the Grand river
branch of the New Deal made euro today hid the fate of an undetermin
that everyone understood It that way. jed number of guests, as police an-
Before Davis had finished speaking j nounccd that only half of the ap
FX
in London, the proper lnterpreation
was passed around in official stage
whispers here.
What they were secretly aiming at
was the meeting of the privy council
In Toklo. That council Is a group of
elder statesmen, some ti nice accu
rately described ns old mossbacks who
advise the emperor. They were Just
getttni; ready to advise him about
naval policy.
No one had any hope that the?c
old boys would recommend a change
In Japanese policy. But It was
thought that strong words might
might have some moderating effect
on them. That is the only reason
Davis spoke.
Mr". Davis told the Japanese the
same thing In private many times
at London. Tlvy wouldn't believe
him. Also, 'they seem to have an
idea that our congress will revolt one
of these days against big navy ex
penditures. While Mr. Davis delivered the
speech, he was not the sole author
of it. Secretary Hull really Inspired
it. The state department spent three
days working on it. So many mcs
fianes were sent back and forth that
you might say accurately that the
speech was drafted on the cable lines.
proximately 200 persons lodged there
when fire brdke out this morning
had been accounted for.
Chief of Police Alfred Scvinnur Aatd staff who reinnrl in nm t sn
that the appalling number of unac-1 asserted censorship placed over the
Publication of The Reveille, Lou
si ana State university newspaper,
vas resumed after a tenfporary sus
pension with Miss Grace Williamson
(above) of New Orleans as editor
and manager to succeed Jesse H.
Cutrer and other members of the
Head of Federal Agents Tells
Crime Conference Gangs
ters Are 'Vermin of Worst
Type' Needs Outlined
Dollar Bill Sent
President To Test
Country's Honesty
WASHINGTON, Dee. 11. (AP)
A one dollar bill pinned to a post
rsrd has been received , at the
White House, The card read:
"If you receive the dollar that
has been pinned to the card then
confidence In God has been re
stored and love of money Is vanishing."
A contributing reason for the
speech was the fact that our officials
were worried about current Japanese
propaganda in this country. Ambas
sador Saito's recent speech here, the
articles published here tinder the
name of former Premier Salto of Ja
pan and the general propaganda out
of Toklo made it appear that Japan's
security wan menaced by the Ameri
can and British navies.
The propacamla apparently fooled
two United States senators into issu
ing comments regarding a compro
mise with the Japanese.
Mr. Davis sought to explain that
what Japan wanted would give lv;r
superiority rather than equality in
the Far East
counted for indicated a "heavy loss of
life," although there were only 12
known dead and many of the missing
guests were expected to be found sale.
The list of identified dead included
the names ol five legislators, who
were here for a special session of the
legislature.
Known dead:
Hep. T. Henry Howie tt, Gregory.
Hep. Vern Voorhecs. Albion.
Rep. Charles D. Parker, Otlsvllle.
Rep. Donald E. Slas, Midland.
Rep. John W. Good wine, Marlette.
David Monroe, assistant manager of
the hotel.
1. Wiahneff, Los Angeles.
R. S. McFarland, Dayton, D., sales
man. Five unidentified persons, Includ
ing one woman, about 65 years old.
Missing and feared dead:
State Senator John Lcidlein, Sagi
naw. The Injured In St. Lawrence hospital:
publication by Senator Huey P.
Long. (Associated Press Photo)
POLICE
By RICHARD REX DELL
WASHINGTON, Deo. 11. ) Elli.l
Ination of "political pressure" was
described today by J. Edgar Hoover,
head of the department of Justice'r j
bureau of Investigation, as a necos- j
slty if gangs are to be permanently j
exterminated.
Addressing the attorney genenfa ;
crime conference, the man who di
rected the federal warfare against
Dillinger. Pretty Boy Floyd, Baty 1
Face Nelson and others termed gang
sters, "vermin of the worst type."
F. R. Calls for Attack.
The conference heard Hoover aftor
President Roosevelt last night called
for a double-barreled attack on law
lessness In what was described as the
greatest campaign of its kind In '.he
country's history.
' "Until political pressure is doom
ed," Hoover said, "and until tlu-:e
arrives a continual state of coopera
tion between all arms of law enforce
ment, we must regard the eradication
of gangs like that of Dilllnger, Floyd.
Bailey and others as transitory phavM
of & condition which can change over
night."
He said they began as "petty thieves,
bootleggers, hangers-on of crime,"
and none was a superman.
Not Heroes.
They killed from ambush," he add-
( Continued on Page Eight)
-'LOS ANGELES CAR
STRIKE IN OFFING
TORTLAND, Ore., Dec. 11, (AP)
Lost words gasped out on their death
beds by victims of poison drinks
formed the basis of formal charges of
ma nslau enter faced today by two
Portland druggists. '
Solomon Miller and Irving Schwartz.
Rep. Maurice E. Post, Kent county, druzelst. were arraigned In munlcl- LOS ANGELES. Cal., Dec. 11. (AP)
Dr. F. Thiedes. Grand Rapids., pRi court iste yesterday on charges of j Federal mediators strove today to
Involuntary manslaughter ana meir
bnil set at JlO.OOO each.
Clarence Smith, Cold water.
A. Bosmer, Grand Rapids.
Fred Van Dyne, Owosso.
Thomas Sl.crall. Cto.
Lloyd Keck, Lan&lng.
C. H. Thompson. Grand Rapids.
William Jacob., Rutherford, N. J
Frank Sochla. Lansing.
Harris Sllverbcrg. Detroit.
M. S. Nolan, Battle Creek.
threatened strike of 1600
Three other i trainmen of the Pacific Electric ays
druggists were held as material wit-! tem. serving 150.000 commuters dally
nepses on bail of $2500 each. w ""s'-'
I nBH m.n- tnnmiea will tell no Demands that the mediation board
tales, but the Dodies of 4a victims lie instruct company officials to meet the
i mute evidence of the deadlines of ; " hw Wl ui
the denatured alcohol which spread
a wave of agony and death through
! Portland. Another victim was in dire
Their escape cut off by the flames, condition and several more remained
many guests Jumped from upper win- critical.
dows, some to the street, others into on their deathbeds some of the
the Grand river at the rear of the ; victims told of buying the "dehorn"
hotel. aa it Is called, from Miller's drug store
Five Drowned !ftnd from Schwartz, store clerk, police
Five of the dead were drowned. Five j charged,
others died of injuries buffered in i Many of the drink victims were
All authorities here still look at
the whole situation as a diplomatic
dispute rather than a martial one.
They are not very excited about It.
A complete explanation of the
laughter In Russia may be a long
time coming. Those on the Inside
of Russian affairs here say that the
red government discovered recently
quite a serious secret movement in
stituted by a foreign gnngster cle
ment.
leaping to the street. Fleeing wait- ! habitual partakers of regular dena
re.ises told of stumbling over the body i tured alcohol, but the large quantl
of David Monroe, assistant hotel j ties of wood alcohol and formalde
manager"who apparently died of suf- ' hyde reputedly used without warning
focatlon or injuries. as denaturanta were blamed for the
An Incomplete list of injured in deaths. The stuff "pickled" the vlc
liospttals stood at '11. tlms' stomachs, frequently caused
Hotel records, Including the register blindness and paralyzed their entire
apparently were destroyed. Police and bodies, autopsy physicians declared,
firemen, however, said they believed ! "We're not through with the tnves
the hotel ruins, still blazing and too j tlgatlon yet," said Captain Jnck Kce
hot to permit Investigation, contain- 'pan M the Portland police detective
eri nmbablv '20 hodle.i and that nos-i hnrpnii. "That's the reason for the
Thev liken the execution technique; . .mn.r. - m,v rirmv nH In tii fnrm nf thr rharcvt at nrwwnt." he
to the method employed by the jus-; rlvcr added. Indicating more serious
tlec department hero In the Dllllriger i f l, 1)reaa last charges might follow for some of
case and to similar political Pngs Aw t0 th0M hM
oy central r.uruFia,. 1 ' ' . n ' the special legislative session, when
insist that the plotters were not Bus-, brokl)Sollti Rbout 8,30 , m
"Vf'that is the true story. It reprc-1 nd hln a few minutes the flames
the growth in popularity o. i were raging through much of the
prlmltlvo political methods through-' building. ' ,
out continental Europe. The Repub. Screaming men and women their
Ucsns here may be thankful that Is escape cut off. Jumped fromlndos
the Democrats hve not tried yet. ; to the street or Into the Orand river.
which flows at the rear of the bulld-
The jugoslvin-Huniii wn "" -lag.
higher wages were reiterated last
night by D. A. MacKcnzle, Interna
tlonal vice-president of the Brother
hood of Railway Trainmen. Other
wise the union threatened to with
draw a strike postponement order.
MneKenzle said if a strike Is or
dered, the zero hour will not be an
nounced in advance.
E
FIXING OF PRICES
WASHINOTOK. Deo. 11 VP) Wist
Coast lumbermen attacked prlc Mx
lng provisions of the lumber code as
"Impracticable and unworkable," at
a public hearing before NRA tod.iy.
and demanded their abolition.
H. w. Bunker of San Prancls-.o
representing the lumbermen's fixed
price repeal association, asserted price
filing had added to the Industry,
financial distress which, he said, tar
antedated NRA. He declared the in
dustry had been over-developed far
beyond the consumptive demand (ca
veats. "The quack remedies for any over
developed Industrie." he said, "are
price filing, production control and
birth control.'-
J.C.
AN freed
K A KIDNAP BY
REEINGJMICIj
Ellensburg Resident Located
On Ranch Near Sunnyside
Boy With Convict Is
Credited With Sparing Life:
Banker Is Caught
In 'Crusoe' Hideout
RAMMED BY LINER
ORANTS PASS. Dec. 11. (SpU
ur. j. c. smith. 78, for 30 years a
prominent O rants Pass physician and
public office holder, died at the Jose
phine general hosptal at 9 p. m. Sat-
rday of Illness that followed a major
operation lour weeks ago.
Funeral services have been arrang
ed for 3 p. m. Tuesday at the Hall
funeral home with Rev. H. H. Mitch
ell of St. Luke's Episcopal church of
ficiating. Interment will be In the
Odd Fellows' enmetory, . .
Surviving are three daughters: Mrs
P. P. Proctor and Mrs. 8. C. Kellett
of Grants Pass and Mrs. P. A. Schall
horn of fr.cramento; five grandchil
drenPeter and George Proctor and
Harry and Josephine Truss of Grants
Pass, and Pauline Schallhorn of Sac
ramento. There, Is also a slster-ln-law,
Mrs. T. B. Cornell of Grants
Pass.
Coming to Grants Pass with his
family 30 years ago. Dr. Smith wr
mayor of this city for two terms, 1007
and 1908 In 1909 he was elected
representative to the legislature from
this county. He served In that office
for two terms, 1909 and 1911. then
was' elected state senator from his
county In 1013, He served three terms
in that office, ending In 1025, and re
tired from political life.
Since that, he has been county
health orricer, hiving held the orflce
for several years and holding it at the
time of death.
SUNNY SIDE, Wash., Dec. 11. (AP)
Clarence Farrell, Ellensburg theater
man, kidnaped late Sunday night by
two men after a Jail delivery, was lo
cated at the ranch of Mr. and Mrs.
George A. Wasson near here today.
He was injured, but how seriously i
was not immediately known. j
Details of the Incidents following
Farrell's kidnaping came to light af
ter his captors left Wasson's ranch
today In Wasson's car.
The ranch couple made their way
to Sunnyside to get medical aid for
Farrell.
Stopited at Wreck
Wasson said that on his way to
The Dalles, Ore., he was stopped Sun
day night by Farrell's captors, who
stood by the wreck of Farrell's car at
the Klickitat county line.
At gun point they made him turn
around and take them back to his
ranch, where they remained all day
yesterday.
The kidnapers were Martin Hogan.
an Ellensburg county Jail prisoner.
who was released by an armed accom
plice, Identified as Ernest Wallace.
Car Found Monday
Farrell's sbandoned car was found
yesterday. A trail of blood extended
AO yards down the road and then
disappeared, those who found the car
said.
The men, after leaving the JIT.
came upon Farrell driving away from
the theater and commandeered his
car.
Deputy Sheriff Gust Llndeman had
previously been forced by a man he
Identified as Wallace to release no
gan.
DISABLED VETS
Announcement today stated a
meeting of the Disabled American
SAN FRANCISCO, Dee. 11. (AP ! Veterans of the World War will be
The coastal liner Ruth Alexander,
bound In from Seattle, rammed the
ferry boat Callstoga In the bay here
today, but no one apparently was In
jured
held this evening at the armory, at
8 o'clock.
A district conference, held at Port
land Dec. 7 and 8, was attended by
j Deputy Chief of Staff A. E. Salle, and
CHRISTMAS MAIL BURNS
IN RAILROAD MAIL CAR
(Continued from Page Five)
... j t Irnrtrlr HTlT Of 0ir bOVS Off
their feet. Their private diplomatic
dispatches Indicated that Britain.
France and Italy brought tremendous
private diplomatic pressure on both
involved nations. They were confi
dent at the outset that the "blb
three" would keep matters from got
tln Into a general European conflict
The cause of the crisis was that the
simple fact that Jugoslavia has been
giving Its border citizens a free hand
in maltreating Hungarians because
the assnwln of the Juueoslav king Is
supposed to have been trained on
Hungarian sou.
.h "hie three" s'.e
ii. o o , , j,,. . .rimlnls-
lnlo that sltuntlon was pri" " 3. jran -
the oaelfvlnK a. lions of the European or f ,h, NrtA wrnt the NRA s
(ta'cjmen speak louder than
warlike words. He
RICHMOND. Calif., Dec. II. (AP)
About 300 sacks of Christmas mall
were destroyed by fire In a Union
Pacific mall car here last night.
The mall was chiefly from San
Five of e known dead drowned . Francisco and Oakland and the ear
ttrlbutlon there and at points east.
The ferry was towed back to Its 1 Commander Carold J. Parker, of the
slln listing badly and offlclala report- local chanter of D. A. v.. who an.
led It waa "taking water fast." It was'nounce that W. O. Drummond. stnte
bound for Vallejo and was rammed , executive committeeman, will be
aa It pulled out from the ferry build- present at tonight's meeting In Med
Ing. ! ford.
The prow of the Alexander wasj a. Committeeman Drummond will
badly damaged, harbor officials said. 1 nKUM important business, members
but no leak apparently was devel- ,re u:a M Dr.Mnt.
Gen. Johnson Says NRA
Now Dead as the Dodo
TENNESSEE RAMSEY EKWALL TO SUPPORT
DIES IN GOLD HILL PENSION IM CONGRESS
,. ... .,. 1... (h. reaches the floor of the United State,
in Medford for the last ten months, h0UM r.pr.nUv, congress-
P""f "T.k" v w m'n William A. Ekw.ll of Portl.nd
morning at the home of a grandson . T0W (or ,t
in cold Hill, where she had etayed t , r,,,,,.,,,, m,e ,,,
three weeks prior to her death. Statement last nl.ht t lloc ner,n.
Mr,. Ramsey w.a born In Oeorgla,,,, , Tnvnwni ,. mUng Tl
new congressman urged those who
favor the Townsend plan to write
their views to the nreildent.
M. Graves, both of Gold Hill. ! . '
runeral services will he conducted ' .
at Perl Funeral Home Wednesday V
afternoon at 4 o'clock. Interment will
be In the Medford I. O. O. F. ceme
tery.
SCANTY WAGE LOSES
SOA? FIRM'S EAGLE
PORTLAND, Dec. 1 1 f APi If the
Townsend old age penaion plan
Bv HI'MtV .ASIOY !itlll on good terms with President
NEW TOrtK. Dec. 11. (AP) A ( Roosevelt. He said he had a three-
pped conp'.e of the brickbat. General H'.igh m) hlye
The specific trouble would seem
o be that the NRA what there Is
left of It "Is not giving proper aid
in the needed sources."
In 1851. and first came to Medford to
make her home last March. B
rspable Chairman Kennedy of the
wsy today irom t-ieiin, .-,..,"
looked up from his scnoiari)
labors In a department itore. auio- j uenerai j.nnson agreed thst ousi
for
' . ..... l.r.nhlni: conies of to po"
SEC flies to Boston every' , wrute as a young lieutenant
to see his big family mine chl.drenl ! ( cav,lrv ,Q mak. the rcmarks:
He will move them here after two , tm pA l4 dfd M th. ioiv.
recover from lline.se.. br,aue he wll '! h;cf) ls n0. only drad. but extinct
be here a long time. deader than any doomsll "
I Nor need the NRA expect anv help
frcm the general. lor he will not
I return to the fold.
No, absolutely not
The hottest subject cf discussm
at the NRA rlfi.t now Is the uncoded
tobsceo Industry. Certain aroused
NRA-ers want to Impose a ccx:e car
rvlng a 35 cents an hour minimum
The compnl'' s it. l,ei en's
ness Is Improving, but that Is a sea
sonal Increase, he said, and not due
to NRA.
As for how Jong he would give
NRA to linger on. he and:
"I don't ftIK It any time. Congress
can Improve It, and the basic prin
ciples upon which I founded it I 20'i cents an hour, whereas the mini
should not be allowed to die "
D:-s he attribute the decline to
Donald It. Rlchberg. the presidents
recoverv co-ordlnator?
, itt niKik.'' asKea tne utaerai
it, a-Wiy it -.J jo tv if dty a
he exclaimed.
when the sub ect was oroacneo.
urn greatly rel
ved to be sway frn
SAI EM. Dec. 11. (API Plans for
PORTLAND. Dec. 114' Becai se an Insugursl ball for Oovernor-elect
worker was reputedly psld on!) .Charles H. Msrtln, scheduled for
Jsniisry 14. were expected to De
mum scaie is 40 cents, the blue ee'c called off shortly when It waa learn
of the NRA has been ordered with- ed the new executive was not too re.
drawn from the Luckel Kir at Cake receptive to the proposal. Reports
fVMp compsnv of Portland. Cod-1 are he believed the time not pro-
j it.ioritiea sa d the compsrA hxc pitious to holding an elaborate in-
Pets ia.-6l se.exai wmea, 'augural,
LIBERATION ENDED
BY FIRMREFUSAL
Governor Authorizes State
ment Will Take No Action
During Remainder of
Term Ending January 14
Hit two-year "Robinson Crusoe'
existence ended, Nicholas A.
Schwall (above) pleaded guilty in
Chicago to chargea of embezzling
$57,000 from a bank for which ha
worked In Wllmette, Chicago sub
urb. Ha waa captured In a back
woods area near Conovar, Wla
(Associated Press Photo)
FRIDAY 10 HONOR
H.
SALEM, Dec. 11. (AP) The mov
for the Immediate pardon or commu
tation of L. A. Banks. Medford pub
lisher serving a life term fur murder,
wns a closed issue today.
Governor Julius L. Meier late yes
terday indirectly authorized the state
ment he would take no action during
hla term aa executive, which termi
nates January 14. He was reported
;aa stating the situation would remain
as It is aa far as he waa concerned.
.Move Protested
The decision of flfce governor came
after several days marked by urgent
requests for the pardon followed by
vigorous protests from citizens and
state offlclala against any clemency
1 for the prisoner who waa convicted of
shooting Officer George Prescctt as
climax to the Jackson county "civil
war," in 1033.
Constable Cleorgo Prescott who waa
killed March 16, 1033, waa shot when
he attempted to servo a warrant for
arrest upon Banks, who was leader of
the so-called "Clood Government
league' In Kfcdferd. The ahootlns
followed the ballot tftefta in the elec
tion of the county sheriff. Banks was
one of the defendants Indicted for
the crime.
Hrother-ln-Laiv llusy
Late last week Charles P. Moran,
brother-in-law of Banks, was found
to be in Oregon working hard to ob-
ELLENSBURO, Dec. 11. (AP) Just
before he left Sunnyside this morn
ing to return to Ellensburg, Clarence
Farrell, kidnaped hei m told
a representative of the Evening Rec
ord that the second man In the kid
naping was not Ernest Wallace, as
officers have believed, but a 18-year-old
boy.
He said the boy, whnee name he
did not learn, saved hla life several
time by dlwmndlng M1ln Hnfrnn
the convict released In the Jallbrcak
here, from killing him.
Hogan and the boy left the George
WRMon ranch at 8 o'clock last night.
Farrell said. They were driven to a
point' near Prosser by Mrs. Wasson
Before leaving the ranch they told
Farrell and the Wassons that If they
made a move to send out an alarm
before 8 o'clock this morning they
would return and kill them. The
remained quiet all night, Farrell said.
Farrell says that he had to plead
repeatedly not to be killed.
NAZIS RELEASE
nnt 1 rt.nftwlrf ti.n'lv annotnt-
ed superintendent of Crater Lake
Nntlonal nark, will bo honored guest
at a chamber of commerce forum
luncheon Friday, December 14, It
was announced by chamber of com
merce offlclala today. The meeting
will bo held at the Hotel Medford
at U. noon, and Lee Bishop will
art aa toaatmaster.
Mr. Canfleld has Just returned
from a conference of auperlntende.its
and national park officials In Wash
ington, D. C, and will be able to
liifonii tliuee present of any pians
which the government may have for
further development of Crater Lake
National park.
It la expected that a large turn
out of Jackson county citizens will
attend the luncheon. "Jackson county
benefits to tho tune of thousands of
dollars annually aa the result ot
enter Lake National nark." stated
B. E. Harder, president of the Jack
son County Chamber of. Commerce
this morning, "and we want Mr. Can-
field to know that we appreciate this
business and that we are behind him
and hla staff 100 per cent." he con
tinued.
ThoM who axnect to attend the
luncheon are aaked to communicate
with the Chamber of Commerce Im
mediately, so that the hotel authori
ties may know how many to expect.
Ladles are especially Invited to attend.
BERLIN, Dec. II. (AP) Tour
months of Imprisonment ended today
for Isohel Lillian Steele of Holly
wood, Cal., who waa released from
police headquarters and taken to
Hamburg by a police matron. She
will sail for home tomorrow.
She had promised German author!,
tlea she would tslk to no one about
the case aa long at. she Is on Ger
man aoll and ahe maintained It.
"They will bring me back to prison
If I tell you anything." ahe replied
as she walked up and down the rail
road platform, a violin case In one
hand. "I feel well and I am not
sorry to leave Germany under the
circumstances. I will never, never
return."
Arrangements for Miss Steele's ex
pulsion were completed last week.
She hsd been held on "serious
ehsrges."
The charges were reported unof
ficially to Involve suspicion of espion
age.
(Continued on Page Eight)
VIEWS ARE ASKED
WASHINGTON, Dec. 11. API
President Roosevelt haa asked Rob
ert Fechner, director of the Civilian
Conservation Corps, to prepare an
outline of his Ideas regarding con- .
Unuaiice of wis recovery unit be
yond next March.
At the White House Fechner re
ported an "Intense Interest" in the
CCO throughout the country and
supgpated the present corps of 863.-
000 men could bo doubled If suf
ficient funds were available.
NORWAY 10 CHI
DUTIES ON FRUIT
WASHINOTON, Dec. 11. (API
The department of commerce was
notified today the Norwegian Import
duty on apples and pears will be
reduced from ,72 crown to .38 crown
per net kilo on Jsnuary 1. The crown
at par Is worth approximately 45 31
cents in United Statea money.
Seasonal reduction Is being made
one month earlier than customary,
due to the unsatisfactory crop of
domestic apples, the department aald.
The department also waa notified
that the free Import quota restric
tion on lumber will be removed
January 1.
Birth Dionne Quintuplets
Is Likened to Fairy Tale
lly TOM IIAGr.SnlTII
NEW YORK, Dec. 11. (AP) The
birth of the Dionne qulntuplrta.
says the man who brought them
Ir.to the world, was "modorn tstry
tale with a medical flavor."
All that Dr. Allan Itoy Dafoe could
ssy as each baby arrived waa "gosh."
The obscure country doctor, who
achieved fame for his successful fight
to keep the five little sisters alive,
stood before an enthralled audience
of 3000 In Carnegie hall last night
and told In simple language the
story of the famous qulnluplcta.
r.rly In the mornlnn of last May
3a he answered a hurrv call to the
Idioom bomt, he (elated. od Jouad
the house In confusion, with no
preparation for a confinement "ex
cept a tea kettle boiling on the
stove."
I was astonished lo find two
bsbles hsd already been born, and
a third waa arriving. Two neighbors
were acting as mldwlvea and doing
excellent work. The father had dls-
appesred. I scrubbed up In the best
way available and lcok over the
situation."
Ha told how the last two bsbles
were born with an "angel's tell," or
caul covering them.
Ho aald he had been aleepy from
a previous obstetrical ease that night
and the whole Incident appeared to
ba "luuea. and dreamlike,'
BYWATER SUFFERS
GRANTS PASS. Dec. 11. (Spl.t
Suffering from a nervoua breakdown.
Dr. Edward N. Bywater waa placed
under hospital care Monday, being
taken north on the Monday morning
train to Salem.
Dr. Bywater arrived here from Port,
land accompanied by attendants Sat
urday night. Hla condition grew
worse, however, and so physlclsns' ex.
amlnatlon waa ordered Sunday.
Stress of recent political campaigns
and business activities led to the
breakdown, It was believed.
SANTA MONICA, Cal., Dec.
10. Notre Dnine popped in
here find atiirted henviiir 55
ynrd passes and GO ynrd kicks.
Wait till tlic Irish Free State)
hours she has a guy named
Shakespeare playing with those
Irish.
Notre Dnme lost their tfreat
coach and their great president,
hut Father O'llarn nnd Klmer
I.nyden are worthy successors.
Wnit one more year and they
will he ri'.'ht at the top again.
A ureat school and a great
spirit.
The war news today mostly
concerns Italy nnd France.
That's one thing about Euro
pean arguments. Tho trouble
is never between the two na
tions most concerned. It's al
ways nmong those who want t
make it their business.