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"iHp'1 "X VtMtWtMilWHl , Medford Mail Tribune SECOND EDITION WEATHER Mnv. r.l, Mln. .12, Hunt. 41). llnlnrnTI last night, .1HJ Pally- HUUt Yimr oriv-KtrHl Vnnr M13DKOUI), ORKCJON, SATURDAY, .MARCH 1G, 1932. Noo. 307. k Willi I IB TELL I CONDITIONS TOLD AS THEY ARE William M. Colvln, President of the Statement of Facts (or Use In o( This Section by the Ily William M. Colvli:. I'rnnliluiil Med find Ooiniucrehil flub. Toll tluini Hint Medford Imm between 10,000 mid 11,000 InluililtmitH, ami Hint Km rato of liii'ritiiMH dtirliiK tln IiihI run. HUM lll'l'lllld wan MCCOtlll In tlio 1'llllcil Btudm. Toll Ilium that It hi an Amurlrn.ii illy, an whown by lt iukUut of viitvm, Hint nut of 1000 enrolled for tliu city olwtloii only f0 wmn of foiolgn lilrlli, anil only two of nil of tlii' voters did not wrllo tliolr naiiiitM mi the leglstcr Toll thorn Hint Medford Iiiih more iiillim of linrd Htirfncod invid HtrcntH tliHn any other city of I in hIxo In the clvlltmd wnild; tluil It linn I" 27 mil h of such wlrnolH. TkII 111 (Mil (lint tho (II) him it gravity wntrti nyliu Hint cost IKiO.000, mid that tlio wutur In pun', noft mnuntalu wntor, brought n distune of 22 mlb's by underground pipe; and Hint tlio cincrnonry rwmrvolr linn n rapacity of -,11011.00(1 hiiIIoiih. Tull Ilium Unit our Hewers have rout SSI l.iiftl.SI, thoro being 2.2t miles of hi wi i malm. Toll tliuui dial no ulty In Oregon ran nhow ii bettor Mil of health than Medford for Hid yisir 101 1; llml the total iiiiiolliiwnt In tlio four public miIiooIn mid (inn hli;h imhnnl Ih ovur 1000 children, mid that mIiilmi the opening In Hiiplmubur, 101 1, :iol ono of thmu schools Iiiih boon uIobo for any Imutth of time whatever on account or contsxloux illwiio, Hiicb iih muiniw, iiumihIi'ii. smallpox, diphtheria, urnrlul favor, typhoid fever, etc., Imciiu thoru.hino not been any of thorn) dlseHHoa prevalent In tho city during (i Id tluto. Toll tlii'in that the record of tlio woii'tary of utato'ii officii for 1011 nIiowm that only Portland urn! Huliiin, of all tho cities of tho state, huvu n nruutor number of roKlnWircd nuloiiiobllim In mo, .Medford buliiK Hilrd Tull thmn that tho ehnrnclor of our rltuonshlp In iiuoMotlud; that among tho vochil clubs of tho city tho Unlvnmlty uluh Ih ouo of tho most promi nent II iiioiubornhlp representing i; rami Urn of 10 dlfforout uulvortiltloH mid I'olll'MI'H. 'Oil tliom that Medford city IioiiiIh uioni'M'd I'O'M havo coufldniico In tho futtiro of tho city. Ti-ll them that Moitfonl In a scll kovitiiihI city; that tho tax levy for Mote, hcIiimiI, enmity oiiil illy pui-Hh aKitroKntoH a total of only -S.& iiiIIIm for tho yiiHr 1011. ImpriHW upon tliolr nilinU tho fact that a lnvy of "JS 5 tn II Ih U loMir than tho levy In any othor city oiitHldo of I'ortlmid In wobt iu Ori'Kon, oxcopt tho city of Albany, which also hnn 2K.r iiiIIIh. Tho fol lowlnc In from tho official remim: AhIiIhikI I0.fi iiiIIIh Central Point au mills (Irantrt I'iihh .17 iiiIIIh ltoMKhuri; '. :t2.ri iiiIIIh Kalom :il!.(S mlllu And altor havliii; told thoiit all of thoHo factH, thou nay to them that Mmlford Ih In tho center of !toi;uo Itlvor valloy, JacKhou tonnly, nouthcrn OroKOti, and that a poiMiu Iiiih but ouo life to live, and why not upend It under tho i;tmlal Hit len of Hokuo ltlver valley? TIiIh valley Ih ouo of tho Imtdlui; applo and pear couutrlcn of tho world. It tool; tho MWuopntuUoH prly.o on appleii pt (ho Hpokane Apple hIiow, 1000; mid Hh ciowors worn awarded tho title of "Applo KIiirm of tho World." In 1010. It took flmt prlxo In a carload exhibit at Vancouver, li. C, and again In 1011, with a lllio exhibit at Hpohmio It took find prlxo. No count) lu tho United StnWm Iiiih a larKor urea devoted to pnaiH, mid no country lu tho world ovor pro duced peaiH of a morn excellent iuallly. Tho valley la Hholtorod from every liiclomiiut wind by tho niountnliiH vshich Murrouud It, and when all tho country mint of tho itocky .mountalnx Ih Miiilttou by bllxardH, naturo lieio hi in her ualmmtt mood, and hprliii;-HKe weather prevails. At no tlmo (InrliiK tho piiHl winter wiih tho mercury at Medford below 120V& deKreeH above zero. It wiih 1 7 '4 above at l,on Angola. Tho aveniKo rainfall for V. yearn, iih tultou from tho Kovornuuiut roconlM, Ih 'J7.1!l Iul-Iioh, Thuro havo boon but 1 ii Inchon of hiiow In tho ground about flvo houra. 'llio Medford Commercial (dub Ih an liiuludOH all tho llvo ImihIuokh iiiuii or tho community. It will vouch for tho truthfulnoHti of every Htittouiout contained In HiIh article, for ouuh Ih con firmed by tho rcconlH. Tell your frlendH to buy tlcketn directly to Medford, mid from thence It will bo cany to travel out and aeo tho nmt of tho Htnto, and that ir thoy want further Information to write to (ho Medford Commercial club MANY DROWNED WHEN SHIPS CRASH LONDON, March HI. PubhuiiKuiH on I ho Htctiinur Oueiuiii, which col liilcd with (ho (luniuiii Hark IMhiiiiii n IT Haul I to i mi ii unrly today any thai between J'irtuon and twenty inirwiiiH won) diowniiil wlit'ii tho Oneanu'H lit'o- lllllll (!ll).si,C(l, Pauaiuu Hill PicNcnted. WAH1UNHTON, I). O., March 10. Tho l'aniuuit canal hill iih ondorawl by tho bourn) comniltteo on lutorBtato commorco wiih proHoutud to tho Iioiiho today by CouKroHfliuau Adums, chulr niaijN of tlio commlttoo, Tho hill flxoH it maximum rata ot J 1.5 per ton In toll nitou and do nouiiccH railroad owuorHhlp of utuuni Hhlp llnoH. H uIho oatlmntoH tho coat of oporatliu; tho canal will bo from ?4,000(ooo to ?n,ooo,ooo yonrly. YOUR FRIENDS E4 Mcdfoitl Commercial Cltili Prepares Offscttlnn Persistant Knocklnn Other Cities of State. -A mill 27 01 i.uli i of water find ready wilo at a proinlum, bitcmiKO KiiKinio .10.7 mills Mamhflolil ' -J 10 mills Albany -S.'. mllla tho valley thin winter, and It laid on Oiokoii corporation; Itu uiembertihlp TEDDY TD STUMP T NKW YOKIv, olim-li 1(1.- Colonel K,flOhoilL nilinitlcil toiluy that lie probably would enter iiorsonully tlio I'ihl for tho republican prcsidenti.il noiuiuiitlou, HpenkiiiK throughout (ho uottulry, lie uont'orrcil today with his eiiinpninn milliliter, Scuutor Dixon of Montiiuu und other Mipportorx, Auuouueetuout was made by Sena tor Dixon thai Ormbby Mollitrr would KO to WiiHliiiiKtoii Ktuto iiiinuiiliately in old of. Colonel HoohuvoH'h iiniiili duoy. Hoy Kldnappcil. ailANCHIAl, Mnvch 1(1. llandltH today kldniippud tho mm of BIiiiuk Kun Piih, lnultl-mllllonuli'o, Thoy Hont tho father u noto domiuullug 1100,000 raiiBom, throatonliiK to kill tho hoy If tholr domauda woro not compiled with. WRIT CA PEELP J' - 1 'ABB STUATON N MEXICO CITY GROWS WORSE Alarmed by Steady Growth of Senti ment Aualnst All Foreigners Amer icans ami Germans Band Toncthcr to Defend Themselves. Rebel Forco of 2000 Men Arc En camped Within Five Mi'cs of City May Attack Soon. MKXIt'O (TIT. March l(J--Alarui-cd by (he ulently urowth of Kontiiuent iih'iiiiiHt all foreigner, Aiiicricuu mid (Ictuiiiu nmiilcntw of Mexico City thm uioruuii; banded hero and arc pre pared i defend iIii'IiinuIvum tipiiiiHt a threatened oiilbivuk. An utiti-Americiiu dmnouHtrntion oci urrcd at Tampieo iinil u Himilar iiutbrcak ' expeud'd here, l'rertident Kraiu im'o I. Mnduro Iiiih tdaHoil troops to Tampieo to ronton; ord-r the re. A rebel force of apparently il,000' men tudav in encamped within five miles of the city. The u'IioIk arc not expected to iiltack tho capital until the are reinfoicod by tho nrrivnl of Uciieral I'uiicim! Orozco and his men. It'adcr In Kcciici1. Kli I'ASO, TexiiK, March 10Cnp turvd by rebel near Santa Itoalia, Friday Allium, chief of Muff of Gon eral KraiiciHoo Villa's fedcnil nrmv was Mint to dentil by direct orders from (leniirnl l'nseuul Om.co, com-mauiler-iii-chief of the revolutionary forei.i, nccordiiiK to advices received here today from Cuidad Chihuahua. (leiiernl Orozco pIhiih u himilar fate for any othor federal uuthority who may full into tho handx of the robolx. Major A'dnnit U the fiixt federal officer to ho executed Muco Orozcu'H pnn lamatitui wiih b-stied. JOHN ROGERS 10 E RAN FHANC1BCO, March 10. .lohn Koj;er.N, convicted for (lie mur der of Heiijainin (loodinan, u jewelry snloMiinn, for (ho purpose of rubbery, wiih Hcnleueed hero toduy by .IiiiIko W'ilhon of the hiiiMrior court to bo hunted. Tho date of tho execution will bo set later. Hoodiumi wiik niutdorcd for his diamond m a cellar near tho Bur ba ry coant. His body was found in a gutter uiuleV n pilo of deeuyod grnpos. PARADKNA, Cal.. March 10. Henry V. WllkltiHou of ColutubtiR, O., ngod about .10, wiih found dead In an alloy lu South Pasadena today with a bulletholn in bin tomplo. A revolver was lylni; bealdo tho body, four chmnborH empty. Tho police be llovo It Ih a ciiho of Hulclde. &IAHDAH0 OIL STOCK JOHN P M5CHBQUl HAN RIM mujyyllm 1907 &1 jjrCnja.' Stock or tho old Standard Oil Compnny Iiiir ndvnuccd to $000 u shnre, tho holiest price at which It over sold la its history. When tho United Stntca Supremo Court Inst May ordered tho dissolution of tho company lta outstanding leeurltles hud n market valuiitlou nmountlug to JSSS.OHJOO, representing a clear gutu tu vnluo sluoo tho dissolution ot bout $221,000,000. Stockholders In tho groat corporation, who now hold thirty-four shares lu as many dlKercnt companies wbcro they boforo hold ono, aro making bitter complaints tluit dividends arc being deelnred on stocks ot tho subsidiary com panies and millions In now stock nru being Issued without duo notlco to thorn, resulting lu sovoro losses to luvostors. So far as tho Investing public U concerned It Is completely In tho dark as to the assets uud tho earning power ot tho many companies, tho otllcors ot which retrain from making public such Information. In tho caso ot tho Standard Oil Company majority control was vested lu a small group of mon, Including, In tho respeetlvo order ot tholr holding, Johu D, Rockefeller, Uenry W(. Ii'Iuglor, John D. Archbold, WHUaui Uockefollor and 27HUNGRYMEN GRAB EATS AND ARE CONTENT After a Session Tonight on Haymar ket Square Near Hotel Hash the Men Will Depart for San Fran cisco. Crowd Is Well Satisfied With Treat ment in Medford and Will Make no Trouble. Tweiity-hovcn nipiiibem of the I. V. W., tho iiilvuneo inmrd of u hinnll iinny en route from Kcnlllo to San Diep), nrrived in Mmlford hint niht by freight from Porthuid. They were housed in the oily jail and tliH noon wore Kiveu n men! ut the expense of Hie KociuliM party and the restaurant keepers of tho oUy. TIhk vveiiiun will be an open nir mcetiin: with I. W. W. npeeeho.s on llayinarkel Silimre, Following t!-- NCHbiou the Hpciiker, with the rest of tho bund, will take freight cur nc cointnodutioiiK toward the .south. It in not the intention to remain in Med ford more than twenty-four bourn and all haute will be nmde to Sun I)iej;o, where a iimnMer Kiilherins: of the clan in scheduled. A representative of the Mail Tri bune attended mi informal session of the order nt Smith'H hall this morn ing. The important Iuimiios on the calendar wiih wuy and mcmt.s of c ourini; u noontide nifal. When the socialist party iigrctil to provide or to find pnividorn for the dinner there wits emit joy in the crond. "We have been treated till rihl in thin city," Hnid one leuder. "It wusn't exactly oomfortnblo Mecpi'viSin .the jail lnt nipht for it wn Mucoid Hint Wi' nii;lit jttit as well lmve benn out doors. This .dinner ut n rcMnuruut milker n hit, hotili." Tho same man told how the party had huddled together on the top of one box car und had ridden thus for miles. "Wo went rijilil through Salem, nil together in a hunch on the top of Hie car und maybe we didn't maka ine people Iook. ii was rainim; n cold nun und we nearly froze, but there wo sat like a crowd of sheep in u snow storm." According to the members of the order hero the mlvauco ncnt Lone Wolf, who blew through Medford somo time ago, has been a busy mini since lie departed from this place. "He has been ut Vnnoouver, Aber deen and Senttle, where we have had red hot meetings and now ho hu1 gone south to Sim Diego. The Lowch Wolf travels fast." Among the men aro A number who seem to bo wel 1 educated. Thoy were all well wahed up this noon mid did not look like tho "hobo" de scription often gien them. At some of the rcstiuirnuts thoy helped carry in wood, etc., to help earn their food. There seems no reason for the rnb lio to fear nnv depredations from this crowd us thev aro well satisfied with the treatment given them here UT REM! PRICE WIUUIAM ROCKEFCltR- M 0 THUNDER OE BUNS AND WITH FLAG FLOATING BRAVELY MAINE SINKS TO HER REST One Last Cheer Rings Out From Fleet as the Decks of Twisted Metal. Covevred With Roses, Goes Down, and the Last Cannon Boom ed Farewell as Flag Sank Beneath the Waves. HAVANA, Cuba, March 10. Ac eoiupanied by American wxrahiiw and the entire Cuban navy, the hulk of tho famous battleship Mnine wn towed out this afternoon into Florida straits, nine miles from Havana, and her flag flouting bnivelv from tho masthead, was sunk (o tlio bottom of the sea itmid it thunder of guns from her convoys. One Inst cheer rang out from tho whole fleet ns the nms of twisted metal, itu decks covered with roof, went down and tho last cannon boomed farewell us the flog sunk beneath the waves. In honor of the dead who perished when the explosion which wrecked the Maine sounded the firM call Cuban liberty nil busiiiv'-'S was mis IHMided here todny. The eovenunc.t MERR SK PLEDGES BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION IF ELECTED V. E. Merrick todny filed his de claration for county judge subject to the republican primaries in April. .Ie is opposed by George W. Dunn of Ashland. Mr. Merrick -stands upon an excel lent plntfonn. His announcement pledges him if elected, to stnnd" for the bonding of the couutv and to be gin the construction of a scientific THINK ELOPERS Acting on u strong duo that Mrs. A. W. Macl'hersou und A. B. Rice, the fnnn hand with whom she is snid to have eloped, ore running u bourd iug house nt Oakland, Cal., Constable August Singler bus telegraphed the chief of police at that city to muke the nrrest. Word of the arrest nnd identification is expected this even ing. Mrs. Macl'herson, wife of a Grif fin ereok fnnner left her home on dan 24, taking her two children with GOVERNMENT TAKES A HAND IN COAL STRIKE LONDON, March Hi. The cabinet considered today us n means of set tling the great strike u draft of a minimum bill prepured by Clmncellor Lloyd George. By the terms of this the operators would bo forced to grant the principal demands of the striking miners. MYSTIFIES INVESTORS buildiugM were closed und from every flagsUiff in the business section f the city entwined American and Cub an Hags, crepe bound, spread to the breeze. Kvory Cuban soldier nnd thousands of citizens wore bunds of crepe. Previous to (he departure of the battleships and the wreck thousands of Cubans visited the eity hall where the bonos of 50 victims of the Mnine lav in a long row of coffins. Just bo fore Uie fleet'M sailing the caskets were put aboard th oruisr North Carolina, which accompanied tly jrnine to sen, nd when the Inst vest ige of the famous lighting vessel had Mink beueuth the waves, started north with the remains of her sailors bound for (heir finnl resting place in Arlington cemetery. system of iennaueiit roads. He fur ther stnte- that he believes .1,300,- 000 not' too much for this puriiose, but that a dollar's value must be had for evory dollar spent. He will op losc ingreasinjr the county's warrant indebtedness nnd will endeavor to re duce the sume. He nlso states that ho will nRsurao full responsibility for a business administration of every couutv office. ARE AT OAKLAND her. The fnnn hand, Rice, disap peared nt the sumo time. Several clues to the cotiplo's whereabouts lmve developed but nothing definite was learned until today when infor mation said to be authentic came to Constublo Singler. A mid on a lone cabin near Butte 'Fulls wns ono of the features of the husband's search for his wife and children. Mr. MacPherson has offered n re wnrd of .100 for the capture nnd it looks as if Singler hud pulled it down. LITTLE GIANT STUMPS HARD BISMARCIv, X. D., March 10. -Scuator Lu Follotto announced todny that ho will contiuuo on tho stump here until the last tuinuto of tho pri mury fight which is expected to end on Tuesdny with a record vote. John Bass, with n thromr of Roose velt speakers is following Lu Foi lelto's vonle. Bass predicted today that Roosevelt would surely curry tho state. Borah for President BOISK, Idaho, Mnroh 10. A boom for Senator William K. Borah Tor president wns lnunched hero toduy by frionds of tho Idaho junior sonator. Tho organization of the Idaho pro gressive) republican Borah leuguo will bo the first step in a campaigu which it is proposed to wugo in his behalf. l'nstor Found (iullty. PlTTSUUltG, Ia., March 16. Rov McFarluud, aged sixty yoars, pastor of n Prosbytorlun mission at Greon vlllo, Tonn., was found guilty horo this nttoruoou of performing a crim inal oporatton which resulted lit tho douth of his formor secretary Mlaa Elslo Coo. Miss Coo, a Pittsburg girl, died January C last, WASHINGTON, March 1(5. Tho liouso today consldored tho oxolso tax bill proposed by tho democrats as moans of supply $53,000,000 los.t through pussago ot tho froo sugur bill. Roprcsoututlvo Underwood ot Alabama will domund a vote on tho moasuro Monday, HUNDRED IN NOW ON TRAIL OF ALLEN GANG All Telegraph and Telephone Wires Are Cut in Southern Section of State Raiders Believed to Be Strongly Intrenched. Meeting Between Government and Bandits is Certain to Mean Great Loss of Life. -T The death toil of the mur derous raid of the Allen gang of outlaws todny stnnds nt five. It is likely to be increas ed nt nny moment. The dead: Judge Thornton Mnssio; Commonwcnlth Attorney William Foster; Sheriff Lew Webb; Betty Ay res, nged thir teen, child witness for bandit Floyd Align; Mrs. Sidney Al len, wifo of Sidney Allen, leader in the outlaw gang. IIILLSVILLK, Vn., M"nrch 16. Sidney Allen, lender of the Allen clan of outlaws todny escaped from tho posse which effected his capture yes terday in his mountain home. News of the escape wns brought by n mountaineer who was sent by the posse to warn the nuthonties here to be on the lookout for the notorious bandit leader. IIILLSVILLK, Vn., March 10. Forty detectives from Richmond, aid ed by halt.hMHiri;dcpu4JEi)ffiw nnd a dozen feudists nt daybreak to dny again took up the chase for tho Allen gang of outlaws whoso raid on the Hillsville court house and its se quel has resulted in death to five per sons. Juror Fowler, who was struck by a stnvy bullet is not expected to live through the day. His death will bring the death list up to six. All telegraph and telephono wires lending to tho towns and villages in the southern section of Virginia have been cut by tho outlaw clan, and tho raiders, sixteen strong, nro believed this morning to be strongly entrench ed in a mountain pass, awaiting tho coming of tho posses. The outlaws are plentifully supplied with ammu nition, luiving dashed across the North Carolina border to Mount Airy Thursday night, raided a hardware store and rubbed back to their stronghold in tho Blue Ridgo moun tains. Ixss of IJfo Certain. The meeting between tho govern ment nnd the bandits is certain to mean great loss of life. Threo inter nal revenue officers who are familiar with evory trail in tho Blue Ridj,o mountains arrived hero toduy mid left on mountain ponies to guide tho searchers in tho hunt. "My wifo died liko n good wifo should," was tho only comment Sid noy Allen, the outlaw leader, had tu muko today on tho death of Mrs. Al len. She lost her lifo in a pitched bnttlo with a posse at their mountain homo while helping dofeud hor out law husband. Allen luul oxpected tho posso and was strongly barricaded in his home. As fust us tho women of tho family could reloud rifles he kept hlnssiiig away at the posses of doteo tives nnd deputy sheriffs. Following a short lull a. posso stormed tho house Mrs. Allen was lying doud in a corner with a loaded riflo in her bunds. Hjr husband lay groaning in (ho comer bleeding profusoly from a guiibhot wound. Taken When Wounded. "You got mo because I was too badly wounded to man my gun," ho told tho lender of the posso. Tho outlaw leader asked if ho had killed or wounded uny of tho posso nnd oxpressed regret whoa told that all had escaped. Hillsvillo today still expects tho outlaw clan to return and storm Uio jail in mi effort to rosotto Sidney und Floyd Allen. A guard of mountain shnrpshootora surround the structure and any attempt to effect a oaptnro will meet with stubborn resistance. " I1IHMHII"'I HI Striker Shoot, HAIIUU, Muss., March 1C Sbolu today woro oxchuugo botwon strikers nt tho Burro wool combing plant and officers. Six officers woro Injured ami flvo men woro arrowed. tUo Pratt estate. Mfc Ms ! " , 2J