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PAGE FOUR MEDFORDvHWTEIBUNE HErrao ! ftonlhrrn Orego Bifll Cb Hall Trtban." DM Eirrpl Saturday. PubiUhtd by MEDFORD PHINTINO CO. M-IT.lt Kortb Ftr St. Pbon U ROBERT W. Rl'HU Bltor ERNEST R 0 M.ST HAP, Unnitr. Am Indpndnt Nwpapr. rttared Mcond-eliat minor at M4 ford. Or on, uodtr Act of March I. 1111. SUaS'.'RItTION RATKS j Mat) 1 - Advance: gailj' and flundiy ona yttr ... .11.00 My and Sunday all month... 1. 10 Diiiy and Sunday thraa month!. l0 Dally and Sunday ona monib... .Tl Mr Carrlar In Advanca Madfor.l Ah land. Central Pnlnt. Jarkionvlll. Gold Hill, Roma Rlvar. Phoaali. TaUnt. and en motor routai: Dally and Sunday ona yaar $1.00 Dally and Sunday on month... .Tl All lirmi caih In advanca. Official Pr f tha ( ttf of Mrdford. Official I'aprr of Jfirkaon I'ounty. MF.MHRR OP TIIK ASfOCI ATI'.D PRL'BS RM-cJunc Full Lenaed Wlra Herlre Tha Atfaociaiad Pre Ik ctulval antltlvd to tha ua for publication of all nowa dtspatchaa eraditd to tl or othar wlaa cradllad to thla pa par. and alao to tha local newa robllahed haraln. All tifhta for publication of apaeial dlapatehaa haraln ara alao raaarvod. MEMBER UP L'NITBD PHEH8 MEUUER OF AUDIT ni'RKAU OF CIRCULATIONS Advartlalna; Raprarantattvea WEtT-HOLMDAY COMPANY. INC. Offleaa In Naw York. Chlraaj-X Datroll, Bin Pranrlaco, Lo Ansalaa BaatUa. Portland. Bt. Loan. Atlanta Vancouver. Ye Smudge Pot By Arthur Perry. With only three days left In 1939, many citizens are as full of resolutions as a convention of Jackson county Granges. A 21 Op o u n d professional wrestler and strong man of Ne Jersey, poked out his chest so far he couldn't get It back. This should be a warning to Premier Mussolini of Italy, and Oregon candidates for something in the aprlng. AN OLD SOCIAL ALUM (N.Y. Hersld-Trtbune) "Many members of imbwilM and Ugations find that 111mm prevents them from extending parties given by their colleagues, ven though on the day before and on the da; after the; are ' as well as ueual. Even such at tractions a champagne, vodka and caviar, recently provided tor tuesU at the Russian em busy party, did not prevent dip lomats absences due to various afflictions that amounted to an epidemic" "What could ba worse than a cold bath before breakfast?" asks a noted health columnist. We guess a cold bath without any breakfast. A fight looms in the Demo cratic party of Oregon. It is not definitely known what they will fight about, but the op ponents will be each other. . . The Russians are retreating before the Finnish troops, "In good order," and making better time and more mileage, thnn If they were hl-tailing It for home in disorder. It is some thing to travel 20 miles a day through 10 feet snow. WHAT'S OOINO ON IIERHI (This Pap") "Baby In the park Is dressed from head to toe In knitted garments that are warm end oolorful clothing that will be kept by many mothers as some thing by which to remember them long after they are mar ried and knitting clothes for their own off-sprlng." The esteemed Salem States man announces It will not em-! ploy ridicule Ickes, while arlm PosLiSHeir a)sY?iti. line nun, nil ins SlUluinjTS, T .f 1. i il . ... in . and speaking out of turn. This i , ln tact again, at the present writing (for nothing is the "soft answer" style of j is more uncertain than politics, and the most uncer lnrC.w.v ."or111 Priori its its future) and other things being at Mr. ickes. about like it turns all equal; we would prefer to see a capable, sound away a life insurance agent. and conservative Democrat in the pilot house of our ..i.:.. ii. c .. ii. . .. ... I ; I. u ; ... . i. : . i Lorenzo Dow Fry of Phoenix Is reported on the warpath. Yes terday we said he was 71 years old. This was wrong. He is 77 years old. OIIITIART . "An honest comment on his life tn a newspaper Is herd to make We do not want to any en unkind thing about him. He put nothing Into the world and he got nothing out. His hoarded wealth brought him an esrly grate, and he could take none of It with him. He was J''ZVJ: i him nothing: nclrtiborly wiih no one; trusted no one; got all he could get end kept sll he got" (round by E.R.T. In Idaho paper). BIG POWER CONSUMER SEEN FOR BONNEVILLE Portland. Dec. 28. (r Vir tual assurance another ;T3 TZJVZ I t large firm was expressed I contra with a today by Bonneville Adminis- genius, a revolutionary genius, a political genius, or tn,R.veralid rhe'Cuniden,ified!"y OTHER SORT OF GENIUS, but a plain level. firm would use almost as much heailetl, common sense and exceedingly PKALT1- nyofAmcrawWcrsT-neTa I CMj a(1ministl'atol' wno the necessity of CON- contract iT" week "for liXsoo ! SOLIDATIN'G the advance positions the Roosevelt kilowatts of firm power. leadership has provided, BEFORE any further ad os uau Tribuu wanTad. . vance or experimentation is ATTEMPTED. A Third Term for F. D. R.? AN OLD subscriber and friend, asks what we think of a third term for President Roosevelt. Well we don't think much of it Conditions may change, of course, before con vention time comes around, but at this writing we would say a third term for F. D. R. would be bad for him, bad for his party, and bad for the country. THAT'S not because we have any deep reverence for the anti-third term tradition; nor any fear WHATEVER of a Roosevelt dictatorship, (the Amer ican people have, at any given time, a perfect right to elect any candidate for President, third termer, fourth termer or first termer, they may wish). But because, we believe President Roosevelt has done his job, a very excellent one, and is neither fitted by temperament nor character for the job that will confront this country, for the next four years. IN FACT at this stage of the game, we are strong for a capable Conservative to sit in the White House, from 1941 to 1945, and we don't mean neces sarily a Republican. He might be Secretary Hull or "Cactus Jack" Garner, or our own General Martin, but he wouldn't be President Roosevelt, or any of his starry-eyed New Dealers, who have also done their jobs and are also entitled to enjoy a well earned rest for the next quadrennian. This attitude, far from being any reaction against, or betrayal of, the New Deal, is quite the reverse. It proceeds, in fact, from a desire to see the ESSENTIAL PRINCIPLES of the New Deal pre served, and incorporated into the living flesh of our political economy, instead of being further extended, and in all likelihood, cut out, by the revulsion of feeling that would follow ANOTHER period of REVOLUTION. TOR that is what has REALLY happened in this country the last seven years. There has been a social and economic revolution earned on, under the courageous leadership and skillful political general ship of Franklin Delano Roosevelt. No force nor bloodshed connected with it, its true, but it has been a revolution nevertheless, a peaceful and yet a most far-reaching one. In these seven years, the country has probably advanced more rapidly in these two directions, so cial and economic, than in any 70 years preceeding, and in this columns judgment generally in the right direction. But that's the point, it is because of that RAPID advancement in that SHORT time that we want a different type of person in the White House, because we are oonvinced that if elected for a third term, President Roosevelt could no more give the country, a period of rest, stabilization and reconstruc tion, than, well than a Teal duck could behave like a Klamath Falls pelican! It JUST ISN'T IN HIM. He must change things and change them fast, or do nothing, and he would NEVER do nothing! So-o-o, if President Roosevelt were returned to the White House for the third term it would be, both for him and for the country, a major disaster. For what the country ABOVE EVERYTHING ELSE needs during the next four years it would be unable to HAVE! Isn 7 Partisanship QF COURSE the rebuttal to the above will be, that this is merely a slick rationalization of the de sire to see the Democrats kicked kicked out and the Republicans put in, but that is certainly not the case, as far as this department is concerned. In fact while the present writer has always been a Republican, and is still registered as one, we don't believe anyone who has read this column at all consistently, will deny that we have no illusions re garding the "Grand Old Party", and for at least half acainst Secy, j a dozen years have been pretty thoroughly "RE litting they do OUSTED" with it! 1,1 !"uue IUI ule nexl 4 For then we would things, (one) an absence of partisan hostility to the main purposes of the Roosevelt program, and. (Two) An ability at the White House to steer clear of control by the Big Business interests of the country, which a small, but well-organized minority, of the Republican party is ALWAYS working for. CO THERE is certainly no partisanship in our op- position to a third term for President Roosevelt. 11 Proceeds solely from the uooseeu is as certain to go down in history as the Father of the New Deal, as our First President went down in history as the Father of his Country. He is not the person BEST qualified to administer it, just ! as often the inventor of person to put it on the market and sell it. e e N; WHAT thi" country is einK t0 nml Ilir VCai'S, as We SCC it. IS not all i MEDFORD MAIL ye'S man a KepilDllCan. feel more certain of two belief that while President a machine is not the best the next inventive TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, Personal Health Service By William Signed letters pertaining to personal beaitb and byglene, not to disease diagnosis or treatment, will be answered by Dr. Brady If stamped self- addressed envelope Is enclosed. Letters owing to tbe large number of letters received only a few can be answered. No reply can be made to queries not eonformlng to Instructions. Address Or. William Brady, tea El Camlno. Beverly Hllle. Calif. RELIEF Allergy is a hypersensitive- ness to one or more proteins. Proteins are animal or vege table nitrogen compounds, such as egg albu- a men, pollen. Various symp toms are pro d u c e d when the particular protein or pro teins to which th. Inli.fli.Bl fajJr I happens to be i if,'.. .A hypersensitive f i-Yi . I gain entrance E TvFVI into the blood through some route other. than normal digestion. For In stance in hay fever the excit ing pollen enter through the mucous membrane of the nose or throat, or perhaps in some cases through the mucous mem brane lining the eyelids. A puncture, scratch or raw sur face may permit the protein to enter through the skin. Stom ach or intestinal ulcer may per mit undigested protein to enter the blood. In many cases of allergy the exciting protein Is inhaled, as in house dust, cat hair, horse dander, mohair from upholstery, down or feather dust from pillows. Asthma is commonly allergic but only spasmodic asthma, which occurs in seizues of dif ficult breathing, with intervals between attacks when there are no signs or symptoms to be elicited by careful examination Constant or chronic wheezing and shortness of breath, popu- larly called "asthma" is not of this nature but rather due to other lung, bronchial or heart trouble Besides hay fever and spas modic asthma, other allergic conditions which affect a con siderable portion of the popu lation are hyperesthetic rhinitis. sudden stuffing up of the nasal passages with Incessant sneez ing and watery oozing from the nose this is the real explana tion for a great many so-called "colds" which develop within a few moments after some fancied exposure to cold or draft. These allergic coryzas clear up as abruptly and inexplicably as they begin, as a rule, and the misguided victims really believe they have aborted or warded off the attack by taking prompt precautions to get out of the draft or put on more clothing or some such absurd fussing. Chronic or recurring eczema is frequently an allergic re action. Acute urticaria (hives) and recurring urticaria are near ly always allergic. Angioneu rotic edema (giant hives) is al The Capi lital Parade By Joseph Alsop and Robert Kintner Released by Tbe North American Newspaper Alliance, Ino. Washington, Dec. 28. Few presidential cou.. nave been so aptly managed as the appoint ment of Myron C. Taylor as special peace ambassador to the Vatican. It was the sort of move, neatly combining ingenuity, ef fectiveness and surprise, in which the president most de lights. Some day, perhaps, it will produce tangible results. One can only hope so. Meanwhile, certain circum stances of the Taylor appoint ment have great present inter est. Its history is rather simple. The president has greatly ad mired the Pope ever since their lunch together at Hyde Park, during the Popes visit to this country. Not very long after the war began, he began to wish for closer cooperation between our government and the Vatican in the interest of world peace. He conceived the plan of sending a special envoy to the Holy See, and proceeded to test H out. The testing was done through Archbishop Francis J. Spellmsn. of New York, who hss Inherited Card inal Mundeleln's position as the White House confidant In the Cath olic hierarchy. Tbe Vatican's gen sral asa'nt was obtslned, and every detail of the project was carefully work.nit out. down to the selection of a protestant for ths new am bassadorial place. Christmas week-end was chosen ss the perfect time to snnounct the plan, end, In order to soothe sectarian susplcKin. It was decided further. eetsMlsli'.ng permanent dip to send nieaaajes to a prtestsnt j I.Mnsrte relntlor n'h the Vatican snd a Jemieh Irsder simultaneous:) ' and reoeivinj t nuncio tn Washin- OREGON, THURSDAY. Brady. M O. should be brief and written In Ink TOR ALLERGY lergic at least in some cases. and responds favorably to rem edies which prevent or relieve allergic reaction. That's all I know about al lergy maybe a little more than I know, but whether it is all so or not, I believe the relief I shall now tell you about can do no harm in any event, if you wish to try it and see. I suggest that you take ten grains of potassium chloride (please note that is chloride, not chlorate) dissolved in a glass of water, three times a day, for several days or a week. If you feel no definite relief from the remedy in a week, it is a failure in your case. A good many sufferers from one or an other allergic condition have experienced marked relief from the first few doses. If you get any relief from it, there is no objection to re peated use of the medicine as often as occasion arises. Just one more word before we forget please drop me a line, even a postcard will do, and tell me how this remedy works if you try it. I'll ap preciate your co-operation no end. QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS. Calrlum. In his book on Sinus Infection Dr. L. V. Ullmann says that calcium taken at the same meal or the same time as orange Juice or grapefruit Is precipitated and not utilized by the patient. If this la true would It not be well to warn your readers, so that they may derive more benefit when they take calcium? F. L. F. Answer There la little scientific support for that theory. If your diet Includes sufficient milk and milk products, cheese, peas, beans, plain wheat, eggs, raw cabbage, carrot, tumlp. lettuce or other greens, no need to worry about the citrus fruit Juice you may enjoy at the same meal. Benighted People. Members of board of health and board of education here agitating for compulsory vaccination that Is. they propose to exclude unvacclnated children from school, then prosecute parents who fall to send their chil dren to school. Pleaso give me the benefit of your opinion. Mrs. C. N. Answei Personally I like to be protected by vaccination, and I ad vise any one who asks my advice to have the same protection. We who are so protected have nothing to fear from anyone who is not so pro tected. Therefore there Is no Justi fication ln an Intelligent commun ity for working that old dodge In an attempt to force vaccination on some persons who do not want It. (Protected by John F. Dllle Co.) Ed. Note: Persons wishing to communicate with 'Dr. Brady should send letter direct to Dr. William Brady, M. D- 268 El Camplno. Beverly Hills, Calif. with the meAaage to th pope. The message to the pope wm transmitted through Archbishop Speliman, and, as soon a the re action could be checked, the Arch bishop had another long conference with the president. They were both pleased, not unnturally. at the move's enthusiastic reception. Specifically, the move preetages Joint action for peace by pope and president. If and when the time comes. The possibility of Joint action was, of course, discussed during the pre liminary arrangements. As no other men ln the world csn speak for pesce with equal authority, the fact that this was the president's pri mary objective Is of no mean Im portance. In most things the president does. however, there are also secondary and sometimes tertiary objectives. In this Instance, the president has gone far to counteract the extreme Isolationist sentiment prevslent among the millions of Irish Roman Catholics. Now that the president has setually Joined hands with the Vatican, his foreign policy will hard ly be so open to attack by men like Father Charles S coughlln. Slmultsneously, the president hss greatly strengthened his connection with the church's liberal wing. Like other great and powerful Institu tions, the Catholic church In Amer ica ts not wholly at one with Itself at least on non-eccleelsstlcsl ques tions. Politically speaking the church hss a conservative wing, represented by William Cardinal O'Connell, Denis Cardlnsl Dougherty end msny other powerful prelstes It slso hss a liberal wing, once led by Cardinal Mundeleln and now by Archbishop Speliman. who Is expect ed to be named a cardinal In the near futxire. A connection has always existed I fnuren uni,. In the last two or between the Whtte House snd the yrtrK . ,,,;, cloM con tact has been maintained, aomewhst surprisingly, throush certain lead ings new dealers of Catholic origin The connection has now . achieved a sort of semi-official status. Par ticularly striking is the ro'e of Arch bishop stpelltnen. who once served the pope in Rome as a confidential assistant and Is known ss his per sonal appointee. It obviously sug- ; gests papal spproral of the ltberal I church groupa relations with the j whit House I The president might here gone DECEMBER 23, 1939. ton. Tbe possibility wss discussed In the negotiations leading up to the Taylor appointment. But most American prelates ara mild demons which has been tha name for churchmen advocating a measure of local Independence of the Vatican ever since the Galileans and the ultra-montanlsta had their great struggle over the liberties of the French church. Reception of a nuncio means that a foreign cardinal residing In Wash ington would enjoy the first au thority In the American church. This fact, as much as the fear of political repercussions smong sntl Csthollcs, Influenced the president to make a temporary arrangement. Temporary though It Is. the ar rangement la a significant sign of the times. Cynics will say that It Is another symptom of the presi dent's longing to play peace-maker. But, when the heads of the worlds most powerful nation and most pow erful spiritual Institution unite ln the cause of human decency, sen sible men will be pleased. At the National Capitol With John W. Kelly (Continued from Page One.) formed a valuable service. It spurred a reluctant justice de partment into an investigation of misuse of passports by Com munist leaders; it will probably, before it concludes, cause the deportation of many undesirable aliens by the immigration ser vice. It was the committee which disclosed that the Com munist party ln America (de spite American - born officers), was taking its orders from the Comintern at Moscow, and the Comintern is Stalin. According to the sworn state ment of Earl Browder, there are 4,000 Communists in Oregon and Washington; 6,000 in Cali fornia. The committee has in formation showing the personal and financial support of several well-known movie stars in aid ing the "party line" and that these stars (two are among the ten leading box-office attrac tions), are either party members or "fellow travelers." Cinema patrons are due for. a shock when and if the committee uses this material. ... IN the Pacific- Northwest states the Dies committee has several leads which will be eye-openers to the general public, provided the tips sre authentic, and also provided that the committee camps for a few daya on Puget Sound. Part of the Information hinted deals with sab otage and. In lesser degree, with political activity of party members and "fellow travelers." Borne attention . will be devoted to nazl groups, for ln earlier hear ings the committee listened to test imony dealing with Hitler followers In the two states. ... THERE Is less llkllhood of the LnFollette Civil Liberties com mittee Including the northwest ln Its probe when It nnlshes with California. The committee has never displayed Interest ln rough tactics of organized labor, ss It speclsllzes In unfslr practices of employers. This committee will not concern Itself with the "goon squads" which terrorized employers and workers. destroyed property and threatened farmers. rOREST service Is Justly proud of A a gadget Invented by the Port land office, which detects Iron. steel or other metal Imbedded In timber. In the days when the I.w.w. were rampant In the woods of the northwest, a favorite trick was to drive a spike Into a log. Eventuslly the log resched a mill and when tbe saw encountered the spike there waa trouble, not the least being the damage to the saw. The forestry gadget would have been ln great demand ln those stir ring times of sabotage. The device Is being used ln the New England states where the "hur ricane timber" Is being milled. The big wind forced pieces of metal Into trees. t eiIO organised some of the em- V ployee In the cafeterias In gov- BUY TOP -PAY BOTTOM PRICE IOOK into this! amazing taste and quality com- bitted with low cost! Cobhs Creek is tasty.,, mild, to let you get the flavor... full 90-proof whisky, smooth and sound as a prize apple. Look at the price... try Cobbs Geek . . . and you'll see that our volume gives you real value! Tmll 90 ftff. XV, strtigh uhitkj four yejrt clj. M"c ,n.,fht trAijsy Ihrt jttrt ld. 75"", iistilltd $rtm nntirM ipirut. Continental Diiulling Corp, Philadelphia, Ps. ernment buildings ln th national capital and has applied the "checkoff- system (from the paycheck Is deducted ths union dues.) Just to show no partiality, ui. agency operating the cafeterias Is making a check-off on the pay of the non-union workers and Is giv ing this money to chsrlty. Non union workers ars protesting sgalnst giving 111 year to charity with out their consent or being able to specify tbe charity. They accuse the agency of trying to force them to join the CIO union. By Frame Jenxins THE three-day Christmas hoi- iday brings sudden death to approximately 600 people in America. (Five hundred ninety three is the estimate of the As sociated Press as these words are written on Tuesday morn ing). Sixty-eight died on the Pa cific coast 47 in California, five in Oregon and 16 in Wash ington. WE devote a lot of thought to prevention of hazards in industry. The HAZARDS OF LEISURE are also a menace. I AST year's Christmas over " most of the east and the middle west (where snow is ex pected) was a green one. This year ice and snow were tne rule. There was little difference in the death rate. The condition of the road matters relatively little. It is the CONDITION OF THE DRIVER that counts. In The ' Day's ..- News - WE think of today's accidental i meeting of Rogue River Sports rionrh fntal ne 0ttin frni. mpn Protective association to- ically worse. Perhaps NEWS GATHERING METHODS are I merely improving, so that we hear of accidents our grandpar ents didn't hear about. It is probable that people have ALWAYS found ways of killing themselves on holidays. SENATOR Norris, of Nebras ka, aged 78, says he will positively retire when his pres ent term ends in 1943 when he will be past 80. He an nounced his retirement once be fore, but was renominated and re-elected in spite of himself, without a campaign. This time, he says, he will flatly refuse. LIE probably means it. People who disagree sharply with many of Senator Norris' views respect his sincerity and believe mm wnen ne speaKS. He has been in congress 37 years. Insincere demagogues by the dozens GET INTO congress, but NONE STAY THAT LONG. Sincerity IS worth while. CENATOR Norris (with a few others, including the elder LaFollette) voted against Amer ican entry into the war in 1917, and was denounced as a traitor. We know better now. Moral: Never form judgments of peo ple when you are all worked up in your mind. Likes Ice Cream New Castle, Pa. (U.PJ Mr. and Mrs. Wyatt have a pet "ice cream coon." The pet, a reccoon. is fond of ice cream, candy and cake, frequently washing the de licacies down with milk shakes. First Since 1919 Rowley, Mass. (U.R) For the first time in 20 years there has been a holdup in this town of 1.500 persons. A bandit robbed a filling station proprietor of $29. England, Wales, Scotland, Denmark and the Netherlands show the lowest death rates per iuu.uiiu of population from homicide. GRADE WHISKY good, full FULL PINT 1.55 niU QUART 80c 1X3M mm Flight 0 Time Medford and Jackson County History from tbe flies of the Mall Tribune 10 and to years ago. TEN YEARS AGO TODAY December 28. 1921 (It was Friday ) City police engage in gun duel with J. F. Donovan and wife, and another man, charged with torturing aged junk dealer, to make him reveal hiding place of money, and robbing cafe patron at point of gun. Trio are placed under arrest after gun play on South Central ave nue. Civic industry dinner planned for January 8. Pre-inventory sales start in local stores. Directors of Farmers Co-operative Exchange are asked to resign in petition. Civic fuss over dance hall matron and dance hall super vision rages. High school athlete age llmtt is set at 20 years by state as sociation. TWENTY YEARS AGO TODAY December 28, 1939. (It was Sunday) Wave of deaths from poison liquors, starts nation-wide round up of bootleggers. Arrests made of poison booze vendors and makers. Seeley V. Hall leaves for Oak land, Calif., where on New Year's Day he will be married to Miss Vera Olmstead, formerly of this city. Mail-Tribune to broadcast re. port of Oregon-Harvard game on New Year's Day. Poultry show to open Jan uary 5, and end January 8. Big crowd to attend mass night. Ye Poets Comer New Year Thoughts 'Tis a glorious New Year's morning That breaks upon our view. The past behind has vanished All things come forth anew; New opportunities face us : To spread Christ's fame abroad, To turn the soul sin sickened Back to the throne of God. To help the fallen outcast Crushed down by power of sin To rise in faith triumphant And n hettpr life heffin. To help the haughty bigot j Clothed in selfishness and pride Feel a closer touch with others Washed clean by Calvary's tide. To forget our stress of duty In the greater call of love, To strive to live more closely To our Master gone above; To help the careless mortals Life's stream is bearing down To adopt a zeal and purpose And strive for a victor s crown. 'Till we stand before the Judg ment, Life's journey all complete. There we'll meet our risen Saviour At the blood washed Mercy Seat And shall hear His voice com mending The help our hands have given To help His lost and wandering ones Back on the road to Heaven. Henry Clarance Scott Gallup. Search. Houston, Tex. OP) Houston police are hunting Mr. X. They don't know his name, so here's the way they filed theft charges against him: "State of Texas versus one white man, occupant of car Texas license No. 39402, plum colored sedan; man five feet nine inches, 30 years old, black hair, dark complexion, brown suit and hat; to be point ed out by Henderson Riley (the victim)."