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not estimate the probable loss other
wise. he said.
In the opinion Of Senator Fess, to
be effective the equalization fee must
be more than voluntary contrIbu-
ton. If 1t becomes compulsory then
the collection of an equalization fee
will be tax. The courts. he insisted.
would hold such a delegation of the
taxing power unconstitutional.
It Is contended by the proponents
of the bill that 1t Is not Government
price fixing, as it will, under the plan.
vary with the world price, according
to Senator Fess and the opponents Of
the plan. They point out, however,
that the price is to be fixed" at
some point higher than the world
price. The board would have to de-
termine what was fair and reason
able price.
In the Haugen bill introduced at the
last session, opponents of the plan
see another attempt to find yard
stick Of price. They say that the
basis there for the determination o.
price was to be the price in the world
market plus the tariff, plus the cost
Of transportation from the nearest
States. This is absent from the
McNary bill.
Seek Southern Support.
The friends of the equalization fee
plan believe that 1t will receive
greater support from the cotton
farmers of the South than it did be-
fore the slump In the cotton prices
They believe that with farmers of the
South favoring the plan, their repre-
sentatives in the Senate and House
will be more inclined to support 1t
AS matter of fact they are seeking
now to convince Southern members o
Congress that the measure is sound
and helpful and worthy of their sup
port.
One great difficulty in ARRIVING at
any legislative solution Of the farm
surplus problem lies in the divergence
of views Of the farmers themselves.
The farm organizations of the Eastern
part Of the country-from Ohio east
have been lukewarm and even op-
posed to the plan. They have not be-
lieved that the plan was so well
adapted to the Eastern part of the
country as it is to the West and the
South. In the East there Is more
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GIRL BRIDE WILL SHARE
IN ESTATE OF IEWELER
Former Manicurest Granted Life
Income From Aged Husbands
Property on Eve of Suit.
BY the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, December 11.-Mrs.
Kate Hart Bigelow, who as an 49,
year-old manicure girl married James
Harvey Hart. S6-year-old retired jewel
er. will share in the $1,00O.0O0 Hart
estate, although she was not men,
toned In the will.
Counsel for the five daughters Of
Hart by an earlier marriage today
filed proposed settlement agreement
granting the widow a dover right Of
life income Of one-third of the estate.
The widow had contested the will,
and the case was about to come to
trial.
Mrs. Bigelow married Hart in 1918,
and he changed his will. which had
left everything to his daughters. to
bequeath her one-third share. After
brief honeymoon Hart brought action
for annulment, which he lost, and his
wife obtained a separation verdict.
He then made a will similar to the one
in effect before his second marriage.
making no mention of his wife. He
died at the age of 81 last January and
his wife subsequently married.
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diversification of crops and there is
not the same danger of overproduction
as in the West and the South.
While Senator Chpper and other
supporters of the McNary and Haugen
plans admit that the tariff has bene-
flied the farmers, they insist that it
has been far less effective than it has
for the manufacturers. This Is due.
they say, to the impossibility OF fore
casting the weather and the effect 1t
Is to have on crops in this country
and abroad.
Manufacturers At Advantage.
Manufacturers within a short period
can check their production as they
learn conditions of the trade. With
the farmer, however, once his crops
are in the ground he has no alterna-
tive but to go through with them and
take for them what he can get.
1t Is frankly admitted by sup
porters of the McNary bill that the
chances for any farm legislation at
the present session are slim. They
realize that with the appropriation
bills to dispose of and a number of
other measures already slated for
consideration it would be difficult in
deed to get action on a farm bill over
which there would be much contro-
versy.
If there is no legislation at the
short session, which ends March 4. it
must go over to the regular session
Of the next Congress, which begins
next December, on the eve Of the ma
tional campaign. The alternative
would be a special session of the
seventeen Congress, called after
March 4. While there is a disposi-
ton on the part Of a few who demand
farm legislation to bring about such
special session, the great majority
are opposed to the adoption Of fill
clustering tactics against appropria-
CIcIS SI1ppOIsT FOR I.OWDEN
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By Consolidated Press.

By Consolidated Press.
Now that the investigation season
Is about to open in Congress, it is in
teresting to recall the fact that the
House of Representatives at one time
jailed a recalcitrant witness without
any reference to the courts Of the land
That was in the good old days when
the House was the radical branch OF
Congress.
The time the House acted as Judge
jury, prosecutor, ETC., was away back
in the 70s. Since then 1t has been
learned that the national lawmakers
cannot themselves infiict punishment
They must turn the matter over to
the United States attorney for the Dis
trict Of Columbia. This action was
followed in, the case of Harry Sinclair
when he refused to testify at the Tea.
pot Dome inquiry, and he Is still keep
ing the matter in the high courts.
Back in 1876, it seems certain citi.
zen owed the Government some
money, and a committee Of the House
of the Forty-fourth Congress, deter
mined to find out something about his
financial situation, ordered an investi-
cation. Witnesses were summoned
and questioned. One of them was
Hallett Kilbourn of this city. real
estate broker. Mr.. Kilbourn contended
the committee had no right to inquire
into his affairs, so he refused to an
swer questions or to produce his
books.
Sent to Common JAIL
The indignation of the committee
knew no bounds. 1t made a report of
the indignity to the House, and that
body stood by the committee. The
sergeant-at-arns was ordered to ar
rest Mr.. Kilbourn. The unfortunate
citizen was brought before the bar of
the House like a prisoner of state.
Speaker Kerr asked If he was pre-
pared to answer the questions put to
him. The prisoner" made an explain
atory statement, but would not an.
swer the questions.
The House voted that Kilbourn
should be punished for contempt Of its
dignity and authority. He was re.
manded to what was known in those
days as the common jail" of the Dis
trict Of Columbia, with directions that
he be held in custody until he was
ready to comply with the commands
of the House. Kilbourn laughingly
said afterward 1t was not a very lux
urious place Of abode, but he had "a
variety of scenery" Toward the north
and east were the swamps and marshes
of the Potomac; to the south the work
house, poorhouse and cemetery, and
looking to the west he could see the
statue Of Freedom" on top of the
Capitol. Occasionally he could catch
glimpse of his country's starry flag
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Continued from First Page1
provision for an equalization fee, will
be a price-fixing bill. In his opinion,
therefore, the Presidents message
lines him up against the principle Of
the McNary and Haugen bills.
The farm relief problem OF the Mid
die West and the West already is
entering the political campaign of
1928, in the opinion Of many observers
here.
Supporters of former Gov. Lowden
Of Illinois for the presidential nomi-
nation on the Republican ticket look
to this issue to nominate their man.
Gov. Lowden has come out for the
principle embodied in the legislation
proposed by Senator McNary and
Mr.. Haugen.
Democrats are hoping that con-
test over farm relief will split the
Republican party wide open in 1928
and react to the benefit of the Dem
ocrats.
From a selfish political point Of
view it would be to the interests of
these two groups to have the farm
surplus problem still unsolved in 1928.
Must Support Measure.
Conversely, if legislation is put
through which satisfies the farmers,
the issue falls to the ground and the
administration is the benefactor. II
such a measure should come before
Congress the supporters Of Gov.
Lowden would scarcely be in a posi-
ton to oppose it, and If the Demo.
Gratis opposed it they would lose what
ever opportunity they may have of
joining the West and South in sup
port of Democratic candidates.
President Coolidge has made 1t
clear that he Is desirous of a solu.
ton of the farm problem without
further delay. He has left the door
open for legislation. provided 1t Is
sound.
In support of his claim that his bill
is not price.fixing measure and that
it does not put the Government in
the business of buying or selling, Sen
ator McNary pointed out that the
Federal farm board" provided for In
the bill would act through farm CO.
operatives or corporations establish.
ed to purchase surplus products and
hold them for orderly marketing; that
1t would not fix prices but would de-
termine upon an equalization fee de-
signed to cover losses in the market
ing Of surplus crops abroad.
The effect Of the machinery set up,
he admitted, would be to increase
prices Of the basic farm commodities
listed in the bill-wheat, corn, rice,
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Illinois IL Mr.. Lowden is a candidate
for President. 1r
''If Mr.. Lowden decided to be a cam
didate for President" the governor
said, I'm pretty certain he would
find the Kansas delegation for him"
The Lowden plan for aiding agri.
culture, presented before the Ameri-'
can Farm Bureau Federation meeting
here, has met with considerable ap-
proval in Kansas, the governor said,
and he added that the farmers felt
President Coolidge did not express
with enough emphasis the need for
legislation to aid the farmer in his
last message to Congress.
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FRIENDS OF McNARY
BILL SAY PRESIDENT
HAS LEFT DOOR OPEN

Continued from First Page.)
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Grange Officers Chosen
Special Dispatch to The Star.

BRANDYWINE, Nd. December
11.-C. J. Outten has been elected
master of Brandywine Grange. Other
officers chosen are: Overseer. j. B.
Edelkamp; lecturer, T. c. Martin;
steward, William Duvall: chaplain,
James Rawlings; treasurer, Herman
Badenhoop; secretary, Mrs. Stanley
Lowe; gatekeeper, Clifford Duvall;
ceres. Mrs. c. j. Outten: pomona,
Mrs. Susie Dyson; fora, Mrs Walton
Lusby: lady assistant steward, Mrs.
q. III. Anderson.
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Capper to Address Farmers.

Special Dispatch TO The Star
FREDERICK. Md. December IL
Senator Albert s. Capper of Kansas
has been invited to address Frederick
County farmers at the annual meeting
of the farm bureau December 18. The
meeting will be attended by about 500
farmers, representing the 26 districts
Of the county.
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SEES SUPPORT FOR LOwDEN.
Paulen Says He Would Get Kansas
Vote For President.

CHICAGO, December II P).-Gov.
Ben S. Paulen of Kansas, here today
to deliver a radio address, asserted
that the farmer vote of Kansas would
go to former Gov. Frank Lowden of
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-12-22

H. am a little poor boy and my
father is dead. I am IL years old.
know Santa won't be able to
bring me anything this year so l
am asking you all to please give
me a pair of boots and IL you will
I surely will be thankful and when
I grow up and If | am able viii
be a good fellow. too. Am wishing
YOU a Merry Xmas and a Happy
New Year and close with lots OF
thanks"
Not only the children need good
fellows. There are also the old and
destitute for whom the holiday will
ba very cherries unless frightened
by a good fellow. The elderly
woman who wrote this letter needs
someone's help.
"I am writing to ask you II you
kind folks would please remember
us at Xmas I am sick and my
husband is sick and / am getting
old and my husband is in the
seventies"
IT havea,t any one to work and
I haven't a penny to buy anything
for Xmas. If you kind folks could
help us out in any way certainly
would appreciate 1t. Anything at
all that you could give US would
be appreciated. coal. wood. food. or
II am a widow with one, little
boy deaf and dumb and d brother
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who has had a stroke Of paralysis
and 1 have been out of work and
would more than appreciate any
little thing you could do, for us.
Call and see U.S.
1t is not, TOO @iate yet ! to be a
good fellow. We still have a great
many appeals which have not been
filled. Only two more days remain
before Christmas and II all the ap-
peals are not answered by that
time, number of poor families Will
have no holiday celebration.
II YOU feel that you can help
someone get in touch with the good
fellow editor today. and you will be
given the nan1e and address Of some
poor family tofwhom you can bring
Christmas cheer,
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Experts viii Continue
y. C.. Government Study

Experts Of the Bureau of Eff
cheney win continue their investi-
CATION Of the District government,
under the auspices Of the Gibson
subcommittee Of the House District
Committee, through the. Christmas
holidays. it was announced today.
They will report to the spbconl-
mittee soon after the House con-
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venes January 8. when the sub
committee hearings will be resumed.
The investigators are devoting
their, attention to the offices OF the
District tax assessor and the coll
lector Of taxes. Other. offices will
be studied later.
! A meeting OF the committee
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scheduled for last night was can
rcelled because Of departure OF MEM
bers of the committee for their
homes. Judge Gus A. Schuldt. of
Police Court. and Louis Brownlow.
former District Commissioners. who
were to have been heard. will be
recalled soon after the holidays.
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Are You a Good Fellow?

From the number Of appeals that hourly reaching the
GOOD FELLOW editor if there are still good
many youngsters Washington that need good fellows
Hare is one for instance:
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IS BREAKING AL RECUKUS!
Every one is talking about the Big Anniversary
Sale, and from everywhere people are fiocklng into
this store to take advantage of these remarkable
values At such unusual prices, these values cannot
be duplicated anywhere, and, remember-YOU
DON'T NEED CASH!
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LIST OF INSPECTORS
AND POLLING PLACES

The following is the list
of inspectors, together
with the polling places,
which have been appoint
ed by the Board of County
Commissioners to serve in
the Democratic primary
to be held on Tuesday,
June 8, 1926:
First Precinct-Ed Mulrennan,
w. j. Bartlum, Florence Cano,
Harry Lester, clerk, Polling Place
Corner Southland and Whitehead
Streets. M
Second Pccciact-Wm. +. Saw
yer, Guy Larner, VIM. Marshall,
+. +. Hoffman, clerk. Polling
Place-Corncr Eaton and Simon
ton Streets.
Third Prccinct-Jeffcrson Saun-
ders, Joseph Monticeno, Claude
johnson, Geo. A. T. Roberts, clerk.
Polling Place Corner Fleming
and Grinncll Streets.
Fourth Precinct-Eugenc Papy,
T. Luther P.nder, Thee. Parks,
Oscar Solauo, clerk. Polling
Placc-Corner Olivia and Simon
ton Streets.
Fifth Prccinct-V. J. Hicks,
Willie Bethel, John j. Hyatt, Roy
Levin, clerk. Polling Place--Cor-
ner VarelIa and Division Streets.
Seventh Precinct-Roger Al
bury, Chas. F. Albury, Geo. w.
Albury, John W. Pinder, clerk.
Polling Place-W VIM. Albury's
House, Tavernier, Fla.
Eighth Precinct - Robert IL.
Kirkland, Robert N. Parker, Rob
ert P. Slayton, Harry Sullivan,
clerk. Polling Place-Pinecrest.
Fla,
Ninth PTecinct-R. |. Roberts,
Edney 3. Parker, II. O. Russell.
b. Lee Pinder, clerk. Polling
Place, School House, Matecumbe.
Fla.
May 1929.
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Miss Angela Rodriguez
And Arnold Schwartz
Marry In Key West

Arnold Schwartz, of Fort
Lauderdale, Fla, and Miss Angela
Rodriguez, of Havana, Cuba, were
united in marriage late yesterday
afternoon by Judge Hugh Gum
at his office in the county court
house. The ceremony was witness
ed by Harry Marshall and others
who were present at the time.
The young couple left for Fort
Lauderdale, where they will re-
side in future.
Hearts and hands of the States
and Cuba are united in marriage
in Key West at frequent inter
walls. Just a few days ago a lady
from Spokane, Washington, was
married in this city to gentle
man from an interior Cuban city.
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TO THE DEMOCRATIC VOTERS
OF MONROE COUNTY

beg to announce my candidacy
for the office of Sheriff to fill
the unexpired term caused by the
death of my friend and associate
the late Roland Curry. If elected
the business affairs of the office
viii be conducted the Same as if
Mr.. Curry were living, and his
widow and children will receive
from said office the same com
pensation as though he were liv-
ing.
/ have been connected with the
Sheriff's office since Mr.. Curry
was elected, and had his con-
fidenee, and have the confidence
of his widow and family.
Sheriff Curry worked hard for
this office, he had only served
about eighteen months of his
four years, and it is my desire
and intention to see that his
widow shall have the benefit of
the office which he held, for the
entire term.
| pledge a faithful performance
of duty. My four years service
as Sheriff, and my six years ser
vice as Mr.. Curry's Chief Deputy
fully qualities me to fill this inn
portant position.
! am therefore asking your sup
port.
A. II. McINNIS.
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Payments for classified adver-
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4 The disturbance that was
: central near Lake Superior
= moved eastward to the lower
" Lakes and upper st. Lawrence
Valley, attended by rains in
the region of the Great Lakes,
= another disturbance is appar-
g entity over Western Canada,
+ pressure is low over the Rio
. Grande Valley and is highest
& over South Dakota, Nebraska
= and Kansas.
+ In addition to the rains in
= the Lake region there were
= rains and thunderstorms over
= the southern half of Florida
= and local rains in North Da-
= kota.
4 This morning it is warmer
3 in New England, much warm
CT in North Dakota, and tenn
perature is higher in South
: Carolina, Georgia and north
ern Florida. In the Missouri
; and upper Mississippi Valleys
: and in the upper Lake region
: temperature has fallen 10 to
= Is degrees and is now below
the seasonal.
There is considerable cloud
mess over Florida and the
. Great Lakes this morning,
: clear skies prevailing, as a
= rule, elsewhere east Sof the
; Rocky Mountain Plateau.
H. b. BOYER,
Official in Charge.
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A LETTER FROM MRS. CURRY

Mr., A. II. McInnis is today an
nouncing his candidacy for the Of
flee of Sheriff to will the unex-
PRED term caused by the death
of my dear husband, Roland
Curry.
Mr.. MeInnis was associated
with my husband in the Sheriff's
office during the entire time that
he was in office, and my husband
looked upon him more rs brother
than business associate. He
trusted Mr.. McInnis with all of his
affairs, and | have the same
implicit confidence in him that
my husband had In the event of
Mr.. McInnis' election | will occupy
the same relative position finan-
cialiy as did my husband, and
viii have for myself and children
the benefit Of what he worked SO
hard ia obtain.
1t is griCvous to me to have TO
take part in a political campaign
at this time with a broken heart
and a number Of babies to care
for. bat circumstances have forced
this upon me as a defensive
measure.
| am therefore urging all my
friends and the friends Of my late
husband to elect Mr.. MeIunis, for
by so doing | know that will be
provided for.
MRS. ROLAND CURRY.
tPaid Political Advt.l
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The newly elected mayor. Carl
Nelson. appointed the following
Officers:
Poiieemen--Gilbert Thompson,
Neil Knowles and Wm. johnson.
Jaiier-John Archer. Sanitary
hspector--Ioe Cleare.
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HIGH SCHOOL ELECTION

$3.50 sss*& &e&*
During the week the four high
school classes nominated high
school students for various city
offices as listed below.
On Friday afternoon an elec-
tien was held and the vote stood
as follows:
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Flashes of Life
my AssOciated PressJ
Observation-Disclosures


By Associated PressJ
WASHINGTON-Mrs. Duncan
U. Fletcher, wife of the Florida
senator, has in her spiritualistic
circles some of the most prominent
people, she told a house commit
tee, also said she received messages
from her dead father.
NEW YORK-They say a tenn
pie of genius in Greenwich
Village, a nifty apartment house,
was dedicated like a ship--with
champagne. Mable Normand broke
2 bottle of something or other
on one of the peaks. 'How should
4 know?" she asked when asked
what it was. "Of course it was
champagne" said Madge Kennedy,
''you could smell it."
BERLIN-There are to be some
big mute lobbyists in the reich
stag for less liquor. Petitions
bearing two million signatures
have been filed for local option
law.
NEW Britain is drying
up bit because of the hiAh price
of whiskey and beer is making in
toxication a luxury which the
masses cannot afford, as the stu
alton is viewed by the Bishop Of
BiIlingsgate." That is the nick
name Of Prebandary Wilson
Carlisle, of St. Pau's Cathedral,
London, who is paying us a visit.
NEW Y0RK-Women smokers
should beware of cancer, warning
comes irom DIR. Herman Prinz,
professor of pathology at the
University of Pennsylvania, that
in the Orient that deaths of wo-
men are much more than men.
BUCHAREST Princess Ille-
mana, II, and bobbed, is letting
her hair grow preparatory to max
ing her debut. Already it is long
enough to coil over the ears.
NEW YoRK-Anybody who
wants to have the confession of
certain lover for his exclusive
persual must pay $4,000 or
more. That's the latest price at
auction for John Growers "con-
fession amatis' printed in London
IN 1883. Only four copies are
known TO exist.
CHICAGO-G Granting a plea to
tighten punishment of az women
sentenced to Jail for contempt of
court Of picketing would have
meant putting "a powder puff in
the hands of the goddess of jus
tice," Judge Denis E. Sullivan de-
elarcd in refusing them paroles.
The judge held the sword of the
goddess is for men and women
alike.
CHiCAG0-Tied to a staple in
the floor by five foot rope, Eddie
Rock, 4, spent IL hours daily eS-
cept Sundays for a year and a
half. Neighbors complained of
the child crying and police ended
the practice which the parents
said was only to keep him from
harm. While they were at work
Eddie had two kittens as COM
panions and a plate of food with
in reach.
CHICAG0-W Women can keep
secret. at least members of the
Illinois federation of women's
clubs are in that class. AT their
election only three women knew
before the official announcement
who had been elected.
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seeeessosoSSsssSsevss Ws .
TODAY'S BIRTHDAYS

Sir Aston Webb, famous archi-
teet and president of the Royal
Academy, born in London, n
years ago today.
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DIR. Jacob Gould Schurman, the
present United States Ambassador
to Germany, born at Freetown, p.
E. l., ~ years ago today.