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MEDFORD. OREHON, TIIUItSDiVY, MAY 14, 1925
NO. AG
Love, Honor and Be
Gay Is Promise of
Movie Star Gropm
Qualifications of
Voters in Friday's
School Site Election
FLEET
Chance to Be "A Regular Boy"
Looms in Life of Jackie Coogdn
uu
CONVICTS IN
RUM
-V
WILD DASH
STEAL AUTO
Tanko and Hall, Who Escaped,
From San Quentin, Dash
Through Sacramento With
4, Posse in Pursuit Knock
Man On Head, Steal Car,
Wreck It, Steal Second Car.
SACRAMENTO, Cal., May 14.
Two men who wrecked a stolen
automobile here this morning are
believed ,to be Joe Tanko and Floyd
Hall, escaped murderers from San
Quentin prison. All peace off leers
In this city have been ordered out
to hunt thorn down.
t - The nutomobile was stolen early
today from n fanner and his wife
near Auburn. It was wrecked in
front of the Sacramento county hos
pital on the southern edge of this
t-ll-v-
Two men, one with a rifle, held
off would-be pursuers and disappear-1
ed on foot in the direction of Oukj
Park, a suburb. j
They were last seen at 43rd
street and Fourth ovenuo In the!
same locality . where the bandits dis-J
appeared , three weeks ago after;
shooting C'lydu Nunn, a member of ;
the police force' who was pursuing 1
them after they had stolen a car!
and kidnaped Its driver.
One woman, seeing tho men with '
a rifle this morning, became hys
terical, Bystanders who saw the
. .h ,..,,i i . Vr-nk,.
men declared they resembled Tanko,
and Hall, escad convicts.
f. .u . T - Vi , ' .,, i.
ter they had wrecked, their stolen
automobile, the bandits, who had
run through the county, hospital and
state fairgrounds nearby, -came upon
Henry Hansen In front of bis home,
linnitA.i him 'M " t l, 'h eml ihrew-
him Into the back of his automobile
and started In the machine toward
Stockton on tno upper stocmon ruau
wlth a posse in close put sun.
Tno kidnapers later tnrew an
sen out of his automobile and con- Th0 ccremony wns 8C, for 4:30 'm.a.ny ' tnf, rum running channels
tlnued-townrd Stockton, leaving the O.clock thlft aeiemoon. The official- off t.he Atll!? coa,8,t, ,b? the coaRt
upper Stocktrtn road and taking to ing clergyman selected wns the Rev. Kuar.d' Prohibition off dais are con
the lower Bto. kton. a highway which Cornelius Woelfkln, pastor of tho V"1"8 themselves with land smug
lies west of tho first road taken. Pa,.k Avenue Baptist church, where gli?? " "ie prhmni PfArmanf
The stolen automobile in which the bride's father has taught a bible A8.l.Fro,5Lb'l'?..?I1.,0l,,!-t
the bandits first entered Sacramento
was taken from Mr. and Mrs. Paul
Therault at their homo east of Au-
burn. Pointing a rifle at thorn one
of the men said:
"Wo are Tanko and HalJ."
Tho bandit then tied tho couplo
In their bed and departed In the
Thorlault automobile. It later Oe-
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vcloped that Hansen had been eject- world. She Is 21 years old. David ra,sed tho lce of nuora obUnBble
ed from bis automobile in the heart Milton is 26 years of age and recently from ,he ,,nown wet 8IK)t8
of Sacramento .and the bandits had was admitted to the bar. He is w-e 1-, Beef that the bootleKgerBi once
disappeared, but Hansen did not to-do hut not extremely wealthy. The checke(1 gufficentiy to make hazard
know which direction they took. IC"UP' hav0 been c,""' trienis since oug gny attempt to smuKRie quor to
Meunwhllo, a posse was en routo childhood. American shores, will return to the
toward Stockton. They will sail for I ranee on Sun- practlce of redistilling industrial alco-
Shortlv after noon Hansen's auto-
mobile was -found in a down town
alley,- not more than two blocks
from tho. police station. At about the!
same time tho police department re-
ceived word that another nutonio-
bile had been stolen a half block
from police headquarters. j
Al'RUHN, Cal., May 14. Two men1
who said they were Joe Tanko and
Floyd Hall, sought for weeks as
escaped murderers from San Qucn-
tin prison, thrust rifles In the faces
of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Thorault.
e"chers, three miles cast of here lhe cffect that the North Holly The defendants were Mike Sogura,
and drove off ln the Therault auto- 4, St0 committee would apply for j-yank Carolla and Felix Sanpeltro.
mobile. ' 1 an Injunction In case tho P. & K. 1
Therault found the supposed con- site should win, are absolutely . gAN PEDRO, Cal., May 14. Two
vlcts In his woodshed oarly this untrue. . steamers estimated to be of approxl-
morning whon a dog barked per- If tho P. & E. site should win mteiy 0000 -tons burden each drop
slstently. Uoth men pointed rifles the committee and every other pe(I anrhr 0ff the north end of San
at him when he opened the door of North Holly advocato will bo (a Catanna inland about forty miles at
the shed and then marched him squarely behind the board to 8Ca from tnl port toafty.
Into, the house. 1 bulla the best high school pos- ( lookouts who reported their arri-
Tm Tanko and this Is Hall," said sible. VERN MARSHALL. val from tne nortn piac(((i them tenta-one-
of the men. Ho read news- Sec. Treas. of Holly St. Site tlvely In the category of rum runners,
papers containing accounts of the Committee. come to Join the southern California
.nnuflo' fwlfrnnt'irna nnil nuked hOW
the neighbors regarded their activl
ties. .
The Thcraults were then bound to
their bed. when Mrs. Therault com-
plaincd that she was being bound so ea i-ress., An unusuauy ...ir uU
tlghtly as to cut off blood clrcula- vanco In the price of wheat today ac-
,u .mm h . was companied indications of export busl-
m..,'. 1
-ThkvE better 'than having a rope
(Contlnowd on Put 8lx 1
HANGMAN'S NOOSE
LOS ANGELES. May 14. "Steal
ing the hangman's stuff." Is what
attaches of the state corporation de
partment here think of tho promoter
who yesterday applied for s permit t
sell slock In a "spinal rejuvenating
device. The distinguishing fealure of
the new healln-giving apparatus Is a
EL PASO, Texas, Mny 14.
With the aid of nn interpreter,
Bert Lytell and Clnire Windsor,
movio actors, today were joined
In marriage by a Mexican jndKe
In the presldoncla room of the
city hall at Juarez, just across
the Hlo Grande river from here.
.Manuel Reachl, husband of
Agnes AyreB, translated the 4
words of the native judge.
"I'll take your word for what
ho said," Lytell told Reachl as
the ceremony concluded, "but I
think he meant love, honor and
be gay," and then turned to be-
stow a kiss upon Mrs. Lytell.
The party leaves today for
Mexico City, whore the Lytolls
-will spend their honeymoon.
RICH HEIRESS
IS MARRIED TO
GIRLHOOD PAL
M irn Ahkii. D nnl nt illrtM Da.
UHoo Muuy nuiitciciici uc-
COmeS Bride Of. DaVid Mil-
ton, Childhood Friend
nl... u f
Only Members Of Family At-
Jend Police On Guard.
with pervious prices of $6 to $!. Two
cutters are reported as unable to cope
NEW YORK, May 14. Miss Abby with six rum ships off southern Call
Rockefollor. heiress to probably tho fornia.
largest family fortune In the world,
" ...a... v. ..
f Dnvi(, M'errlwotncI. MiUon,
young lawyer with a modest income.
th"c homo )f npr Mr and
Airs. John D. Rockcfullcr, Jr.
NEW YORK. May 14. A squad of
.,..' ...'. . -
. . . - ! . . -;-' I
,i. "...,..i
crowds at tne marrBe of Mr . Rocko
folicl..8 eldest child and only daugh-
ter, Abhy Rockefeller, 'to David Merrl-
wether Milton.'
class for years. I
Only ff"'t''
were Invited to tho - ceremony itself.
but the guest list for the reception
I numbered 1200. Tho bride's 8 S-year-
Oia granniamer is exuecu-u io see me .
wedding.
Abhy Rockefeller Is heir apparent
... , .
to tne greatest lamny toriune in ine
u"y- '"" -yM-rw.",... . " -'"
nor ma. a una no servants ... accum
I"y the ncwlyweds.
f. .
tiOlly Of. LtOnWllttee
.
Promises lO Abide
By Voters Decision
4, T the Editor:
. Anv rurn0"8 floating around to
rlilnigo Wheat fim-s I'p.
CHICAGO, May 14. (By Assoclat-
ness of liberal amount. - Wheat for
May delivery rose to S1.S8 In the final
seven cents a bushel.
IS LATEST STUNT
A
E
noose hung from- the ceiling. Into
this the patient inserts his neck then
voluntarily takes his feet off th
floor. The resultant stretching of the
spine, accompanied a vibratory
movement produced by turning two
! nnnoies. is sum ny toe promo.-rs u
j be of untold value In flesh reducing
1 treatments.
SETS-SAIL
FORMIC
12 of 16 Vessels Blockaded
Off New York, Put to Sea
and Head for the Pacific,
Authorities Claim Liquor
Prices Rise in East, Fall in
West.
NEW YORK. May H (Hy the As
sociated Press.)-;Twelve of the 16
rum vessels that nave been anchored
on rum row tinder the surveillance of
the blockading coast guard, have put
to sea, officers of the CG-17 patrol
boat reported today when they put In
at Sttiton Island. Two steamships and
two schooners are the only liquor ships
left, they reported.
The price of liquor is going up in
! New York and going down in Call
Ifornla. The reason is the dry navy's
blockade of the east coast rum row.
Many of the ships unable to do busl
. . .... ..
ness nere nave sauea ror tne racmc
tuusi, wiiHiB cusiumern are repuneu
t0 be bringing loads ashore regularly
mates place the value of whisky landed
In and around Ban Diego within the
"asl ,s "ours at more than 2IM),uihi.
As a result the bottom has fnllen out
of the gin market In California.
! Scotch Is reported to be selling for
$4 a quart in Los Angeles, compared
, laB " tmu aepanen were
heavily laden and annarenUv had
All the ships that departed were
failed to dispose of any of their car-
"es- me coast guard omcers sara.
Th. remaining ships they asserted,
are making no effort to keep In touch
; with their shore customers and appar-
en"y ha,ve settled down to 8, ganw ot
out-waiting the blockaders.
'Ronorta'nf h"hnttle bet
Reports "of a' battle between rum-
runners and the coast guard In the
narrows were denied today. .
WASHINGTON, May 34. (By the
Associated Press.) With blockading
" ' ?IY.. . m iZJTi .JjT!.j.!.i
dry agents are concentrated on the
Canadian border prepared to break up
any surprise moves from the land
uotlegge
. , ., , . ,h
rum fleet has had a noticeable effect
In the opinion of Mr. Jones. It has
ii ma vuiiiiuii ui mi. iiuiirai i
0j- lh v.. m
hoi for sale as a beverage, was ex
pressed here today by the assistant
commissioner, who said this would
bring poisonous concoctions back on
the bootleg market.
To combat such a move highly
trained men will be needed, he said.
SEATTLE, May 14. On the conten
tion that liquor killed her husband.
Mrs. J. A. Karterman, widow of a
Cle Elum Jeweler, gained a verdict
against-, three men for 110,000 In
EHensburg today, reimrted the Seattle
Times. She said he drank the liquor
. ,!,
whiskey row, as Santa Catallna Island
Is not a port of call for ocean going
craft. -
WASHINGTON, May 14. (By the
Associated Press.) The coast guard's
activities in concentrating off rum
row was characterized as "futile and
n waste of money," In a statement to
day by w. H. atayton. head of the
(Amendment.
"In the revolutionary days," he said,
"the entire British navy was sent to
these coasts to stop smuggling. The
Immediate result of this action was
the making of real sailors out of the
American smugglers. History repeats
itself. The vigilance of the coast
guard wil make skillful seamen out of
the rum runners. The so called sue
censful bottling up of rum row Is noth
ing les sthan a farce."
Want Jloscborff Man.
ffALEM. Ore., May 14. A rftqulnl
tion has been received hy Governor
Pierce from Governor Richardson of
California for th extradition of rred
Fonrd who in under arrent at Rone
hunr and who f" wanted in San
Francisco nn a chfirfre of embezzle
: " i1T?m "WW .
The boy who .earns more money than any other in the world
may yet have a chance to be "a regular boy." It is reported in
Hollywood that Jackie Coognn, at the conclusion of his present mil
lion dollar contract, will be given a vacatiqn from the films by his
parents so that Ms growth in his formative years will be natural.
Jackie is seen above in characteristic screen pose. He is also shown
, beinp; a regular boy to the extent of playing nurse to his new baby
brother. " At left are Mr. and" Mrs. Cooffan.
PIERGE- FAVORS DEATH SUMMONS
ANNUAL REVIEW H.RIDER HAGGARD
ARMISTICE DAY FAMOUS AUTHOR
Oregon Governor Replies to
President's Inquiry Regard
ing Military Review On An
niversary of Great War
Victory-
SALEM. Ore., May 14. "I am In no
sense militaristic," said Governor
Pierce today, when Informed of plans
for a national defense muBter on
Armistice day. "I bolieve in arbitra
tion. However, we should be able
fully to defend our homes and Amor
lean Institutions. I favor an annual
review on Armistice day of our ability
to defend our country."
WASHINGTON, May 14. A con
certed movement was In progress to
day to have state executives place he-
fore President Coolidgo their views
regarding ,the proposed "national de
fense muster" on Armistice day.
The president, before reaching; n
decision on the plan drawn by a com
mittee of resorve officers and sub-
.mltted by the war department, desires
to know the altitude of the governors.
With a view to expediting the matter,
appeals for prompt consideration wore
peing sent to state capitals hy the
reserve, national guard and veterans'
organizations.
Daily Report on
the Crime Wave
PORTLAND. Ore., May 14. Tim
othy Curttn, 18, a soila clerk, was fthot
fn the Hhoulder and Lewis David Hon,
17, was arrested charged with the
shooting early tndfty. Curtln wan a
member of a group of employes of a
Broadway restaurant, three youths
and three frh-ls, who had been out on
a party, and entered a rooming house
conducted by Davidson's mother.
Davidson, according to the police
fired at Curtln when lhe latter cursed
Mrs. Vera Davidson when she protest
ed against noise the' party was mak
ing. Young Davidson interposed and
In a dlspate the shots were fired, the
police reported. Curtin's wound Is
not acrioun.
I Not at Present, 8ays Baldwin.
LONDON. May 14. (By the Assn
elated Press.) The British govern
ment will not at present ttke the
Initiative in calling a world disarms
ment conference. Premier Stanley
Haldwin told the houne of commons
today tn rnply to a member a question
Author. of 'She' and Other Ad
venturous Romances Passes
Away in London After Long
Illness Was Famous Also
. As Agricultural Expert.
LONDON. May 14. (A. P.) Sir
H. Hlder Haggard, the author, died
here today.
Sir Henry Hlder Hnggnrd was
born at Unulenhani, Norfolk, JunOj
22. I860. Iflh engaged In govern-'
mont serviro In South Africa and ,
while a young man became cele- j
hrated as a writer of romances and
tales of ndvonture with African,
backgrounds.
From 1892 to 1924. scarcely a year
passed without the publication of a
novel by him.
Sir Rider Haggard, who had been .
ill for four months, and recently:
wnen his conuition became serious
he was taken to a private hospital
in London, whore he died. Although
he achievod a world reputation as a
maker of fiction, it was known to
but few that the real work-of -flit
H. Ridor Haggard wns In tho field
of practical agriculture, In which he
gained the highest reputation anions
experts.
The "Daily"
. Bank Robbery
CAMBRlDfH-;, Mass., May 14. (By
the Associated Press. ) Two messen
gers bearing a payroll of $20.0!t0 from
the First National bank of Boston to
the plant of Iever Brothers company,
in Cambridge, were held up today at'
the enlrancp to the plant by nix mask
ed men and robbed of two leather
bags containing tho money.
3 Reported Killed in
Pennsylvania Wreck
TERRE HAUTE, Ind., May 14.
Three persons are reported killed and
several Iniured In a collision between
Pennsylvania railroad passenger train
No, 6, eastbound, and a freight train
near Martinsville, III., 1? miles west
Those reported killed were Dan
Those reoprted killed were Dan
Walsh and George H. Muench. both
engineers, and William Zimmerman,
fireman. Two of the engines pulling
the passenger train and six coaches
were derailed.
For the benefit of the voters
for the school election to bo held
tomorrow. May 15th. We desire r
to state that every person who
f has been a resident of School DIs-
trlct No. 4!), for n period of over
thirty (30) days. Immediately
preceding the election and who
Is over twenty-one (21) years of
age and is either a native born
or naturalized citizen of tho
l.'nlted States, and who has been
n citizen of the slate of Oregon
for n period of more than six
months immediately preceding
this election, Is a qualified elec-
tor nt said school election and'
may voto nt the said election
whether registered or tint, by sat-
isfylng tho election bnnrd that
thny are qualified as electors.
Signed OUS NEUTtmtV.
E. E. KEl.LV.
OVER RIFFK
.
All But Two Blockhouses Re
lieved and Region Cleared
of Enemy, Leaving, Dead
and Guns Behind Stiff Re
sistance Is Admitted. . ' ..
RABAT, French Morocco, May 14
(A. I).) Abd-El-Krim's Rlffian
invaders were severely punished hy
the Frehch yostorday in a series of
operations which relieved all but
two of tho surrounded outposts and
established tho French on. tho W
bano heights,
Tho Riffians wore completely
cleared out of this region, leaving
a great number of dead on the field.
The French captured large quantities
of arms and ammunition, Including,
they say, many mnusora and French
rifles taken by tho Germans at Mnu
beuge. One of the French blockhouso gar
risons still stirroujidod and holding
off the Rifflnns, Is tho Aoulay post,
where only a dozen native troopers
are still uble to handle the guns out
of a garrison of fifty men and two
French officers.
The French mot the stlftest Bort
of resistance In their forward move
ment and there was much hard
fighting but the Rlbano hoights were
attained and positions established
there, The French losses are not
stated.
An, official French communique,
issued today, states the flying col
umn under General Colombnt con
tinues today clearing up the neigh
borhood of Rlhnno. "Our lossos In
action wore light.
"In tho center of tho front column
Froydenberg's column met stubborn
resistance In Its progress westward
and fought a shnrp action ' ngulnst
tho enemy which wns well entronch
ed and composed, of best elements
of the Rlffinns.
"The enemy's losses were very
heavy, more than eighty being left
dead on the battlefield, whllo arms,
ammunition and prisoners were cap
tured. "in Colonel Oambay's sector In tho
west (hero Is nothing to report."
ASHLAND CAR THIEF
GETS 5 YEAR PENALTY
PORTLAND. Oro., Mny 14. Kert
ornl JuilRO Bonn (odny Imported the
mftxlmum Hentonro of Nve yearn In
prUon upon J." IlHrrlH and Oncar V.
Allan, ronvlntcd of nutoinohlle thoft.
A Joint Indictment dincRCd them with
fltnallnff a c;ir In Chlno, Cal., and
drlvlni? to Ahlnnrt, Oro. A Boparnlo
Imllclnvnt charfftid HurrlH with driv
ing a atol.'n car from Portland to
Roddlng.
10 SEPARATE BUI
NKW YORK, May 14; Richard
tlarthelmess, motion picture star and
his actress wife, Mary Hay, have
agreed to separato but only because
their professional careers require that
they work In "-different cities, It is
stated.
Mlns Hay, who In private life Is
Mary Hay Caldwell, du ugh ter of
Colonel Frank Merrill Caldwell. U. S.
A., will leave soon for Kngland to
dance for mlsfc balls. Mr. Itartbel
mess will remain In New York mak
ing pictures,
FRENCH REM
A BIG VICfORY
E
BOMBSHELL
Ex-Senator Burton Asks That
Arms Convention Be Di
vorced From League of Na
tions Stand Causes Sen
sation,' But President Cool
idge Explains Drastic Action
GENEVA, Mny 11. (!Jy tho Asso
ciated Press.) The American dnlegu
tlon to the league of nnttons lntor
natlonnl conference for the control of
traffic in arms and munitions today
officially presented nn nmendment t
divorce the anna convention from the
longue of nations.
Tho presentation of tho amendment
although expected fn many quarters,
caused somothlng of a sensation.
The convention which it is proposed
to amend, provides that a central In
tornattonnl office ahull be established
hy the council of the league of nnttons
for the collection and publication of
documents of all kinds rotating to
traffic In arms.
The amendment offered hy Ropre-.
smitativo Theodore Burton, head of
tho American delegation, provldeH for
a central office, but omits the spocifi
cation that it bo appointed hy the
loagueR council.
It differs nlso from the conference
convention by saying that a certain
mini be r of states to bo determined
later shall nominate representatives
'to the central office, and these repre
sentatives shall determine its organi
zation and functions, including the
method of electing their successors.
The. Burton amendment will be dls
cussed later. - . ;
WASHINGTON, May 14. (By the
Associated PrcBB.) The amendment
introduced today by Theodore Burton,.,
chairman of the 'American dologatlon
to the Geneva arms traffic conference
Is Intended merely to divorce the in
ternational office proposed in the
draft convention now under considera
tion from control by the league of
nations.
It was snld at the state department
that It in no way was intended to
separato tho present conference from
league supervision.
GENEVA, May 14. (By the Asso
ciated Press.) America's Interost in
the Panama canal Is expected to figure
today in discussions before the leugue
of nations international conference for
the control of trafNe la arms and
munitions of whether thore should ho
International control of arms in ship
ment. Such examination during ship
ment Is authorized In tho proposed
convention, and although the American
delegates did not express any opinion ,
today they are understood to opposn
extenslvo right of search involving
continuous examinations of cargoes.
The British delegates submitted an
Amendment mainly intended to give .
Oreat Britain tho right to examine an
ships suspected of carrying arms
dustlned In hor colonies and authorlz- -..
ing penalties for Illegal shipments. .
The Japanese delegation vigorously. v.
coinbatted this proposal as a sorlous
Impediment to free navigation and
facility of transit. . , ; -
Airplane Flies 90
Miles An Hour With
Cull Apple Fuel
SPOKANE, May 14. Itnlng an
nlcohol-bnHO Fuel mado from cull 4
appIoR and potatoes, an nirplnne
was flown from (his city to Wal-
lace, Idaho, a distance ot 00 mllea.
In an hour today, a telegram from
Lieutenant N. B. Mamer, United
Rtntna reserve corns, announced.
The fuel is tho Invontlon of K II.
Records of this city and Is being
manufactured here.- Lieutenant
Mamer carried a passenger and
roportod that while the fuel con- '
sumption was lowored, nn in-
crease In Bpeod was noted. '
I
WON'T GET DIVORCE
A statement issued by Miss Hay
Hijys that neither party will snolt h
divorce and their two-y oar-old
daughter will remain with Mr. Har
thelmess while the mother is abroad,
after that spending six months a a
time with each parent.
From Hollywood comes news that
Bert Lytell and Clair Windsor, screen
stars, will he married at Juarez today.
Mr. L-ytcll was divorced last October
from Kvelyn Vaughn. Miss Virilism
whose real name Is Ola Kronk, was
formerly the wife of William Holes.