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Medford Mail TrifIjne The Weather Forecast: Cluudy with rain tonislii and Tuesday; moderate temperature. Temperature Richest yeterday .. M Lowest this morning 3a WINNER Pulitzer Award FOR 1934 Tweuty-nintb Year MEDFORD, OREGON, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 1935 No. 275. WOMEN IN GOVERNMENT IS bikes rasff Ellli I I I I ITALY DISPATCHES HANSEN GIRL DIES JSt, BRUNO'S COUNSEL By Paul Mallon (Copyright, 1935, bv Paul Mallon.) WASHINGTON. Feb- 11. The sen ate would be less anxious to find out how President Roosevelt proposes to apend his 94,800,000.000 if It knew what a time he baa been having trylnji to find out himself. The world Is not supposed to know it, but the original report presented to the President by Mr. Ickes called for a mere trifle of nine billion (count them) dollars. His laut unpublished re PAUL MALL ON sort, which reached Mr. Roosevelt's freak ten days ago, called for four billion, three for projects on which the PWA already has received appli cations and one billion to be spent under the national resources board report. Mr. Iclccs projects are those he considers socially useful, He would conduct them through a ccn , trallzed Washington bureau to pre vent graft. Mr. Hopkins has a different Idea. Re first suggested seven billions and now has cut It to four billions, but he wants to spend it where the xm- employed arc. He wants the right to buy materials and lands, to build schools, dig ditches He does not care so much about socially useful proj ects. He wants to glv money to states' and cities and furnish em ployment. Also, he wants to run the social security program ' hand-In-glove with the other under a de centralized bureau in Washington. The difference is that Ickes thinks mostly of building useful projects Hopkins thinks mostly of the Jobless. Ickes Is a centrallr-er. Hopkins a de centralizes I No wonder both said they did not know what was going to be done In their testimony before congressional committees. Just to make It more difficult, a third different recommendation Is supposed to have been made by Treaj. tiry Secretary Morgenthau. He does not like the spending Ideas of either Mr. Ickes or Mr. Hopkins. He would create a larger building unit In his treasury department under Admiral Peoples. Only federal projects would be built, postoffices. public build ings, darns and the like. Secretary Porklns Inclines toward the Hopkins scheme, except that pert of It where Hopkins wants to take over her social security program. All Mr. Roosevelt as to do Is to decide who Is right. He will do It In the usual way. by throwing all these eggs Into his cookery, stirring them Into an omelet and then slicing It up, giving Ickes, Hopkins and per haps even Morgenthau a piece. A significant turn of the cconoml; worm has been -noted Inside the se curities exchange commission. Within the last few weeks there has been a marked Increase In applications for new financing from substantial busi ness Interest. Everyone knows that when real re covery begins It will first show Itself an unidentified woman In a black in this field -a general desire of Plymouth coupe earning 1934 Call business to bet new money and ex- j torn.. license plates, which, when pand. Up to now new financing ap. checked, proved to have beer, '.sued Snoatloru i have come mainly from to a vacant lot In Marysvllle. Callfor .iurnifiv mining cnmDaniea. dls I nla. ' in. ri estate enterprises and reorganization committees. These are , special interests which do not reflect any general sums of life. I ""i"" ' ' Now applications are coming from I dler. of Yreka. who had trailed the power companies, steel, rsw mater:.! ! Plymouth, at a high rate of speed, industries snd foreign sources. 5o j without knowing who were Its occu ... .u. I,. r,nt. cr.me In sufficient pants, without catching them. . numbers to i any general excite-j ment. but within the next few weeks tou are Ukcly to see figures out which cii be highly encouraging, The master dealers have worked out a sir new Idea about using this new relief fund to drain rome of the stag- rant pools of money lying around in hanks and elsewhere nowadays. They have put up to i-rcsiaem Roosevelt a plan whereby the gov- rnment would sell to private In- restore bonds on ee'.f.Uquida'.lng projects. It would probably be done by the Reconstruction Finance cor - . . t.,,.- fii.. poration. An open o..r. w back would be made d? tne corpora- tlon so ss to keep the bonds liquid and 'attractive. It has been tried on a small sca.e. The RFC has sold about 150.000 000 worth of state and city bonds taken In by the Public Works administra tion, and sold them Ior more thsn the government paid. The exict profit was S931.196. You are likely to see this prize IC.ca Included when the President's pro gram Is announced -r- ftre f-an m-ew t.e v in that trate statement f:om beM- Tthe- ivnator Glass, denvln r hid I m the IPib sn rrsn-iKo rreparco h ft nmrt to i:iht acajn.t ' n day parade bomblnr. tlie new bsntc::-ii b.V. T:ie :.Tl m" t ai:v.;n. -'.rat. j . er.tios hfl'-r lv--rt ..i- .1'.: ami APPOINTMENTS IS Letter To Linn County Dem. Chairman Says Appoint ive Power Will Not Be Farmed Out To Anyone. SALEM, Feb. II. (AP) The house today passed the budgetary control bill by a vote of 53 to 3. 8ALEM, Feb: 11-. (AP) Governor Charles H. Martin today declared his Independence of any and til dictation by party organizations or other groups In the matter of ap pointments coming under the au- i thorlty of the executive office. The declaration was contained in a letter to George Flnley, chair man of the Linn county demo cratic central committee. In which Governor Martin denied that he had authorized the committee or any one else to use his name In con nection with the call for a meet Ing In Albany tomorrow to en dorse a candidate for appointment to the office of county Judge of Linn county, left vacant by the recent death of Judge D. O. Wood worth. Clrrular Stirs Wrath A printed postcard circulated among Linn county precinct com mitteemen brought down the wrath of the governor. It read: "By request of Governor Charles Martin a meeting of the Linn coun ty Democratic central committee is called for Tuesday, February 12. 1935, at 1:30 p. m.. In the circuit court room; Albany, to select a nom inee for the office of county Judge Please attend In person or send a good Democrat from your own pre cinct." "I am not aware of having made any such request of you In our conference the other day and I can not permit Information to be broad cast that I am permitting any or ganization, political or otherwise, to dictate my action In appointments to office In Oregon, Judgeships es pecially," Governor Martin wrote Plnley. Keeping Open Mind , "I told you that I was keeping an open mind on the question of se lecting a county Judge for Linn county and that the action of your organization would be considered along with other recommendations. That la far from what your call for (Continued on Pag rwo) r t1 POLICE WARNED Alvln Karpls. who recently succeed ed to "public enemy number one." was believed sighted near Yreka, Cal.. early yesterday morning, travelling fast In this direction, accompanied b7 Karpls was recognized at Sacramen to and at Redding, California, and worn was reimi '' 7 :0 p. m. Sunday morning, state 1 police from this city, city officers , from Ashland, and other peace offi cers rushed to tne Kiamstn junction to stop the car if It should appear. i and a systematic search was made be- , tween there and the California line of : all camping places, tourist cabins. j and other possible nidlng places I without disclosing a single trace ol .. .uB..... ' ' ,,'" ,!"" " " nlnt- Kltn , police that the Karpls car. If such It toe lnWntlon of protesting dlplomatl- was. never arrived at the Oregon line. 1J to the Unlttd statra ,noul(1 tne . probably turning off thl main high- , c, prore ,M . tecn , publlclly lmty mn're ln n,ortn"n c;"for- stunt. At that time the admiralty i nin California authorities nave.t a... one Yi" . . ...... ; - - - - part of the state, and are working on : the case today. HONEY FAILS AGAIN TO GET COURT WASHINGTON. Feb. 11 (APi Thomas J- Mocr.ry ?aud npaln today I to obtain a supreme court review of his ronvlrtlon for participating , In recently refusing to pass on tlie conviction of the 51-er old oi.'. . rt. t3.e f o'.jit sftjfl he had not isuAtrd a.l hi nats in the state j :ou'a Edna Murray (right), 34, who escaped from Missouri state prison in 1931 has been Indicted in the St. Paul kidnaping of Bremer and was reported held while authorities linked Mrs. Vinlta Stacey (left) as an other fugitive in the case. (Associated Press Photos) FEWER IB. CASES I The death rate from tuberculosis In Jackson county was reduced from nine in 1933, to four In 1934, accord ing to the annual report of the Jack eon county health unit. This was a reduction of 55 per cent. Sixteen new cases of tuberculosis were re ported In 1934. In 1933, there wcrs 25. Tuberculin testing of school chil dren was carried out In Rogue River. Phoenix, Talent, Gold Hill, Prospect and Rogue River, resulting In tae discovery of seven new cases and several borderline cases. Nurses mule 548 fields vlBits to famines in regard to tuberculosis control, Of this num ber, 197 were to poat-sanitarlum ewes. Deaths due to childbirth showed a marked Increase, the report further states. In the county schools the health ofricer examined 2.099 children and made 2,513 dental examinations There were 46 Infant and pre -school clinics held, with 474 children regli tered. The care of the indigent sick was a heavy load last year. In this work there were 1,470 office culls, 2,107 home visits and 6,560 visits to hos pitals and institutions. In the control of contagious dis eases, 669 field visits were made by the health officer and 216 diagnostic visits made. A total of 386 children were Immunised against diphtheria and 207 smallpox vaccinations given One of the outstanding accomplish ments of the year was the establish ment of the county board of health, which placed the entire county ex cept Medford, under the Jackson county health department. The board consists of Eugene Thorndlke, chair man. Miss Mildred Carlton, Dr. A. P. W. Kresse and Dr. C. H Paske. The ex-offldo members are Com mission nr Ralph S. Billings of Ashland, Super intendent of Schools C. R. Bowman and Mayor Thornton Wiley of Ash land. SETH PARKER SOS LBE HONOLULU, Tea. 11. (AP) Rescue j was virtually In sight today for the j crew of the schooner Scth Parker. which was apparently out of distress 1 again this morning despite its 'SOS " ! of Sunday evening. The British cruiser Australia, carry- j x,,. Brlu,h cruiser Australia, carry. . t1(. ..,.. of olmicester. third son , of Klng pori!e 0 0re,t Britain, was expe.tfd t0 reach the adventure ship most momentarily. Meanwnlle London dispatches Indi- citfti .ne Brm,h admiralty was care- ; fully Investigating the can ior ncip ,1UV 11,4 v " w v"v ( nowever. SPANISH CLASS WILL MEET THIS EVENING Tne additional free Spsnish cl us recently announced for Wednesday.! has been charmed to Monday even - hui. according to announcement to- !iv r-ltv shol fcuoerlntendent C 11 'smith otis'.ifieatinna to- the na have bc-n modified to reoulre only a Tne banner,' class will contln io m.etia ur-o;.,rr on Tue-I.v. nd r.i Vk, Pernor J. C i Hunter uuuuctor E CLEAR DUST LEFT By FALLING WALL Dust from the collapse of the et wall of Mann's department store and the West wall of the Scott Davis building adjoining, covered the sto'k of the Mann store, forcing the clos ing of the store for further business until Wednesday, according to Jonn Moffatt, manager. Carpenters were frantically work ing today, trussing the walls of the Scott Davis building, formerly occu pled by the Hutchison Mercantile company, part of the walls and mot of which collapsed late Saturday night as a direct result, according '.o oficlels, of excavation work betng done on a basement to the bulldlnft. Carpenters went to work Sunday morning, working ail day and last night to get buttresses In place, and to throw a temporary wall across the opening made in the east wall of Mann's store by the collapse of the west wall of the Davis building. The wall adjoining the alley on the north side of the Hutchison and Swem buildings will be removed as a safety measure, according to Mr. Davis, who said it was Impossible to estimate the damage at the-present time. The wall between the Mann and Hutchison buildings was to oe removed anyway. Frank Rogers, city building inspec tor, announced today that those in charge of the work had believed the building safe, but he declined to make any further statement. COLLAR MANAGEMENT WASHINGTON, Feb. 11. (AP) Official assurance was given to busi ness today by Secretary Morgenthau that the 2.000.000,ooo staoui7niion fund would be used to manage the value of the doltar abroad whenever necessary. Morgenthau'a statement, the first ever made regarding uses of the huge fund, was prompted by apparent ner vousness In business, circles over the forthcoming supreme court decision In the gold cases. Luck of Medford Miner Told by Bank President .,Thfre., .0d ln tncm thnr hills', 1 . ..,. , A ,t lt . remsrltK, Jud Hlteon to him- M,f 5tood , ,trMt corn,r j . u,,rrt .nrt toward the . norIon bond which lay the Slkl- I, A(Mr a momtnt or tw0 of further reflection he took a hitch In his belt, slthCTe, up his lew belongings and J - of meU ,,,. t) made fortunr, Ior ,0mc , wr.krotn,. That was i r , about 10 or 12 wees it Jud.fl torv . Jud 'a story reads like a fairy tale, but It is true Ben E- Harder, presl- dent of First Nations! bank. Medford, I vouches for lt and told It Saturday j Mr. Harder waa In Portland to attend an executive committee meeting of Oregon Bankers' association. i 'There Is no fl:tlon In this story," Mr. Harder told me. "I know, be- 'cause I not only saw the gold, but weighed It snd have credited Jud's j occount with the cosh received from j the mint. I "Jud csme Into my bsnk about t''0 ' month aso carrying a suitcase. I asked him what he hsd and he told me to wilt snd see. Opening It, gold I had e-.er teen. We weighed h-'t h had and . totaled Ju,t two". w. gave h: h re.pt an, ,.,er (O-ppM Ult metal to the mint. Jud V HEAVY FORCE TO OF CRASH INJURY . i SUMS QUELL ETHIOPIANS Quarter Million Men Called To Colors As Fresh At tacks Of Blacks Reported On Somaliland Line. (Copyright, 1935. by Associated Press.) ROME, Feb. 11. Italy called one j quarter million men to the colors to day and started thousands of soldiers off to Africa as fresh hostilities were reported on the frontier between Ital ian Somaliland and Ethiopia. A government spokesman said the whole military class of 1911 had bcn called out, and It Is known the class numbers more than 225.000 men. An official communique announced two divisions numbering 8,000 men each had also been mobilized. The call to service was Issued, said the government, "for measures or a precautionary nature " Reports from Naples early this afternoon indicated several thousand troops already have sailed from there. The date of the mobilization order indicates that it was Issued shortly after word had been received of the most recent Ethiopian attack on an Italian frontier post along the Ethi opia -Italian border in the vicinity of Asdub. A government spokesman disclosed this morning that official quarters knew of the latest border hostilities ten days ago, although the commu nique making them public was issued only last night. ERSVICTI NORMAL. 111., Feb. 11. (AP) Mary McElroy, daughter of Henry F. McElroy, city manager of Kan sas City, was taken from a Chicago bus here at 11 o'clock this morning for questioning by police after her disappearance from Kansas City. Miss McElroy was traveling alone She readily admitted her Identity. The reason for her leaving .her home unannounced last night, he said, was nervousness over the pun ishment meted out to the three men convicted of kidnaping her from her home In May, 1933. The girl appeared tired and nerv ous. She told police that she had not eaten since before sho left home. EARL ISAACS DISPOSES OF STORE IN ASHL The Isaacs department store in Ashland has recently been sold, ac cording to announcement, to Charles Fortmiller, manager of Ponncy's store In that city since 1927, and W. J. Daugherty. also formerly employed by Penney's. Earl Isaacs, owner of the store for the past 14 years, will retire and commute between his home in Ash land snd his summer home at Lke o" the Woods. Mr. Dlngess of Chlco. Cal.. has been ordered to Ashland to fill the vacancy left by Fortmiller. at the Penney establishment. disappeared and we forgot about It .u hi. m,.,- r.me hiu-k. This was 1 deposited to his credit and once more th, m,ttr slipped from our minds, ' "Early this past week Jud ambled j Into my office again earning that I same old suitcase. It was heavy. He placed it on top a table and started opening lt. I thought perhaps he had had a little luck and again in quired what he had. "Wait and see,' Jud told me. I did. but was hardly prepared for what -.e took out. First he withdrew a Jar and my eyes fairly bulged out of their sockets as l Deneia tne precious meim i he displayed. It waa more pure quartz gold and when he had unisnea re moving the contents of that old suit case and we had weighed it there was Just 12.500 worth. 'That made a total of 110,500 lo: Jint a little more thsn two months or call it three If you wsnt to that he hsd psssed In the fllsklyous. Not bad pay for thst length of time, 1 should ssy Jud, aecorllng to Mr. Harder, hsd made us find accidentally while roaming the hills. He lost no time in helstsklng his claim and filing on It and Marge vein of qu.ru wonderfully rich , and wM.-h. Mr. Harder b-llevr. will ho.d P ae.l By Uon B. Bsketcl. In I The Oicgonlaa. "... j Formal Hearing Slated Wed nesday Morning Sister And Brother Out Of Hos pital Soon Says Physician June Hansen, 13, died at the Com- munlty hospital at 1 :30 Sunday morn- ing as a result of Injuries sustained j when the car being driven by ner j mother, Mrs. C. A. Hansen of Oak j Grove, was rammed from the rear, on J West Main street, by a machine as- sertedly driven by Rosier P Carroll. ! local service station employe, at 10:30 ; Saturday night. A coroner's Inquest j has been called for 10 o'clock Wed- nesday morning, at which a dozen , wltneees will be heard, according to I District Attorney George Codding. Besides the fatally Injured girl, who suffered severe shock, Internal in juries and a broken back, the Hansen auto was occupied by Mrs. Hansen, her father-in-law, Ben Hansen; her daughter Dorothy, 17, and her oon Clarence. 10. Dorothy and Clarence are still In the hospital, but their physician, Dr. E. R. Durno, said to? day they will be able to leave soon. Carroll was removed from the hos pital to his home yesterday, where he Is in bed suffering from shock, bruises and a cut Up. His physician. Dr. A. F. W. Kresse. stated emphat ically, as did, Dr. Durno. that there was no evidence that Carroll had been drinking. Dr. Kresse said that Oai loll Is suffering severe nervous strain, occasioned by the death of June Han sen. No explanation of the accident was given today by Carroll, or his attor ney, Charles Reames. The latter de scribed the accident as "terribly un fortunate, but unavoidable." No charges have been filed against Carroll and possibility of legal notion Is said by officials to rest upon 'the findings of the inquest. Scores of people visited the scene of the crash yesterday on West Main street tnear Quince, where two trees were knocked flat, and flour and other groceries in the Hansen machine were scattered over the front lawns of several residences. The Impact of the machines, which completely de molished both, was heard by residents within a radius of several blocks. The deplorable accident of Satur day night again forcibly emphasizes the need for stricter adherence to traffic and speed laws. Public safety deipands Immediate action ln putting an end to excessive speed on public streets and enforcing other essentlsl traffic regulations. To this end, I will appoint a group of representative cltlrens to act as traffic deputies so that violations of driving rules may be reported. Lack of finances makes It Imposlsble for thla city to maintain a staff of traffic officials ln numbers sufficient to meet the present need, and a group of qualified, public-spirited cltlrana will be asked to assist in the task of rrJlng costly accidents. I further urge the cltlnena of this city to Interest themselves In traffic conditions of this city: to do their part In the strict enforcement of speed snd traffic laws In the interest of public safety. OEOROE PORTER. Mayor of Medford. FRUIT SALES JOB HOOD RIVER, Ore., Feb. II. (AP) Harold M. Dexter, for many years secretary of the Hood River traffic as I noriatlon. and representative of Mid- Columbia fruit snippers on many ra clfic northwest organizations, has announced his resignation from the salts department of the Apple Grow ers' Association, a post he has held for 12 years. The reniKnatlon of Dexter, who was associated with fruit sales or KanhMion at Walla Walla before coming to Hood River, la effective March 1. He has not announced fu ture plans. SERA OPERATIONS TO HALT OVER TUESDAY project, tomorrow. In observ.nc. of Lincoln', blr.hd.y nd it was .- noun.ed the iocs. srnA off.ee Aould arfe be closed .11 day. MAYOR TO NAME CITIZENS TO AID TRAFFIC OFFICER Mayor Rutherford B. tronet (above) of San Diego, Cal., wat convicted by a Jury of a hit-run charge In that city. (Associated Press Photo) E TOPBKA, Feb. 1 1 . yri Major Charles A. Shepard today won his six-year fight against the charge thU h.' murdered his wife. Zenana, to clear the way for hla romance with a blonde stenographer, when a Jury ln federal district court hero acquitted him after 18 hours and 18 minutes' deliberation. "The verdict Is right and Just," the 83-year-old retired army surgeon ai'd a, minute before his third wife, Mrs. Alice Watt Shepard, rushed forward to clasp him ln nor arms. There was scattered applause ln the courtroom as J. A Stngg. foremen, who yesterday reported the Jury ln hopeless deadlock, handed the verdict to tho court. Bailiffs quickly brought order. Shepard quickly walked across '.lie courtroom to thank the Jury. "I so want t thank them all. too." Mrs. Shepard aald, "but our attorney, Mr. O. L. Kajey. thinks It would be superfluous." Her daughter, Mrs. Burr Cooper of Denver, wept. The first ballot takon by the Jury when It went out Saturday night was eight to four for acquittal, lt waa learned All day yesterday the Jury stood at ten to two on official bal lots, although Stagg Indicated to the court yesterdoy that It w.a 11 to oiw. The verdict was reached at 3:15 a. m today, after Jury had debated most of the night and gone to Its hotel room. T OVER LAST YEAR SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. II. (AP) The StrBssburger Index of Pac ific coast business activity atood at 78 2 per cent of the 1030 aver nge for the week ended February 2. Thla was up 1 point from tho pre ceding week, and 2'2 points from a year ago. Oalns In bsnk debits. carload Inge, lumber and crude oil produc tion helped lift the Index. There were declines In oil refining and electric power output. Hnrry Sack, member of tho Strasa burgcr tt Co., and originator of the coast Index, said the Increases In check payment Indicate "the Im provement during the week was general throughout the district, and not confined to any particular sec tion." 4 WILL CLOSE TUESDAY In observance of Lincoln'! birthday tomorrow. Tuesday, February 13. the three banks In Medford. the Fedenl building, the county courthouse, tt,e city hall and the state liquor atore will be closed. STATE INCOME TAX AIDE HERE MAR. 4-5 D. Scsrbroltth of Salem, state in come tax representative, is expecved to arrive In Medford. March 4 and f. It was announced today from the county assessor's office. Those wish ing to make Income tax report at that time may do so t the assessor'! office In the courthouse PAWNKE. Okla, Feb. 11. (API Th state Indicated today It would ""mining prpeetu. ). n the trial of the lll.vr, -o.d Mcrs. jidre, .on for .he murder of John Oorre.l t Tulsa. UP AS ANJNSIDE JOB Nurse Betty Gow And Dead Butler Whateley, Accused Of Complicity Ladder Declared To Be 'Plant.' FLEM1NQTON, N. J., Feb. 11 (API Chief Defense Counsel Edward J. Rellly concluded his aummatlon In the defense of Bruno Richard Haupt mann at 4 .32 p. m. today, and court adjourned a few minutes later. ny Willluiu A. Kinney (Copyright, 1935, by Associated Press) FI.EMINGTON, N. J.. Feb. 11. Re verting to an original contention of an "inside Job." counsel for Bruno Richard Hnuptmartn today accused Betty Oow and the late Ollle Whate ley of complicity ln the kidnaping and murder of Bnby Charles A. Lind bergh, Jr. Pleading to save Hauptmann from the electric chair as the perpetrator of the crime. Edward J., Rellly of Brooklyn, chief of the defense staff, declared: "Colonel Lindbergh was stabbed ln the back by those who worked for him." , Betty Oow Named In this connection he flung out the name of Betty Oow, the baby's nursemaid, and charged she was the I only person aside from the Lindberghs wno anew cne oaoy was to oe in Hopewell on the night of the crime: and of Whateley, the butler now dead who he said had charge of the dog which failed to bark when the baby was taken. , The booming attorney charged the kidnap ladder was a "plant" and that the baby waa not taken from Its nur- aery through the window. (Continued on Page Ten) FEDERAL JUDGE 8AN FRANCISCO, Feb. 11. (VP) Notables of all sections of San Fran Cisco's Judicial and civil life will pay honor to the late Judge Prank H. Kerrigan at his funeral services to morrow morning. Kerrigan, federal Judge for the northern California district, died Sat urday after a heart attack suffered two weeks ago from what doctors said was overwork. The Judge, born 66 years ago in Contra Costa county, served In atat court from 1893 to 1924, from Jus tice of the peace to the state supreme court He was appointed federal Judge by the late President CooTldgt in 1024. - IN BRIEF VISIT HOME A. Moore Hlmllton. one of Jackson county's representatlvea In the stta legislature, spent Sunday here with hla family, the visit being his first since convening of the session. Mr. Hamilton report better prospects of action ln the legislature as tha time limit draws near. He was, howevor. not overly ssngulne that the work of the lawmakers would be concluded within the regular time allotted. WILL ROGERS 'iilVt' SANTA MONICA, Cal., Feb. 9. Well, sir, I pick up my pa ppni and fintl that today is tho i!dth anniversary of the found ing of the Boy Scouts. Course, I will be a day late with my con gratulations, but it is such n wonderful thing that yon can compliment it every day and then not be giving it half cred it. Badcu-l'owcll, an English man, conceived and carried out the idea. What a monument to man that is. Thin year I think their inter national convention is held in Washington, D. C and you will sec the pick of the kids of the world assembled there. It's the only purely democratic thing I know of, no iiccidcnt of birth, no pull, no nothing but just merit and manhood ft r ffj ( (T-f f Z' w 1 Cojjuaucd pa 3U
