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Newspaper Page Text9 fMBII EDFORD The Weather Xo Prediction Holiday Weather Year Ago Maximum 8ft Minimum 41 e o M MAm UNE Cmil Tmtlth Year. Wkly nftrthlrd Iwr. . MEDFORD, ORgrrOX- SATURDAY. MAY HO.' 1925 NO. (.0 STRtCTEMFORGEMENT;PAESiPENrS:PLEA , . . i . i ,.i i I,, i , MORE LOCAL LESS FEDERAL V C Too Many Laws Hamper Jus tice, Says President in Day Divorce and Prohibition Law Laxity Is Cited Arctic Explorers Will Carry Red Ribbon For Eskimo Flappers IU1 d"r Memorial WASHINGTON. Mav 30. (A. P.) diloctric fans, bolts of red ribbon and necklaces tor V feminine adornment will be three of the "essential" items in the cargoes of the ships Bowdoln and reary this sum mer when they take the Mue- Millan expedition into the nrc- tic ceglons. The red ribbon and necklaces have been listed among tho l closely restricted necessary sup- plies, tho National Geographic society, one of the sponsors of AddreSS lthe expedition explained today, ife Wj ioc(ai NATION AND HONOR A because they will say "looK 4 pleasant" to the Eskimo women 4 when tho photographers pose them. WASHINGTON, May CO. (Fly As sociated Press.) Appealing for more vigilant enforcement of law on the part of states and locui governments and for a "universal observance of the constitution" by the American public. President Coolldare in a me morial day address today at Arlington? cemetery declared " thut "what we need is not more federal government but better local government." "We are not a lawless people.' said the president, "but we are too fre quently -a careless ono. The multl . pliclty of laws, the vat-led possibility of appeals, the disposition of techni cality in proceed ure, the delays and consequent expense of litigation which inevitably Inure to the advan tage of wealth and specialized ability all these have been recounted as reproaches to us. . ....... , "It is strange that such, laxities should persist in a time like the pres ent, which is marked by a determined upward movement in behalf of scinl welfare. But they; do exist. They demonstrate a need for better, prompter, less irksome and expensive administration 'of the laws; for urn CHARGE BRIBERY TO EX-GOVERNOR OF WASHINGTON . F. Hart Released On $3000 Bonds Alleged Bribe Was Sought in Settlement of De funct Bank's Affairs Early Trial Is Expected. TACOMA," May . 30.rFo'rmer Oov- formity of proceedure:) for more, uo. ernor Louis Hart of Washington curate delimitation of state and fed- state is at liberty today under $3000 eral authority" ... - bail. Hart Was arrestedin Olympia Coolldge made only passing yesterday eevning charged with solic- rference to nrOhlbltion and did not Hng a bribe from Guy E. Kelly and apply his observations directly to any particular situation. Declaring that "when the local' government unit evades its responsibility, it Is started in the vicious way to dlnregardvof law and laxity of living," he continued. "The police force which Is admlnis ' tered on the assumption that the vio lation of some UnCs may be Ignored has started toward demoralization. The community which approves such Forbes P. Haskell, Jr., out of the trust fund created from the assets of the de funct Scandinavian-American bank of Tacoma. He was arrested, two hours after Prosecuting 'Attorney Selden had sworn out a warrant before Judge fV. O. Chapman in superior court here. The offense charged against Hart is a felony and is punishable by a max imum fine of $500 or ten years in the No mini- .iIu(...,.i ia i,iT, !intrrMa state penitentiary or both, There is no use difcuis- n,u 18 "reaw ocu H V1"" , i ne wurmni was imueu , m mc concessions. ing the fact that as a nation our atti tude toward the prevention and pun Ishment of crime needs more serious attention. The conclusion is inescap able that luxity of administration re acts upon .public opinion, causing cynicism and loss of confidence in both law and Its enforcement and thereforb in its observance. The fail ure of local government has a de moralizing effect In every direction. "There are vital issues, In which tho nation greatly needs a revival of Interest and concern. It Is senseless to boast of our liberty when we find that to so. shocking an extent it is hands of Sheriff Thomas Desmond, who notified Sheriff Charles Jackson of Thurston" county that he held the warrant for Hart's arrest and request ed him to locate the ex-governor Immediately. The former chief executive was ar rested by the Thurston sheriff and with his attorney. Hartce Clclland. posted a surety bond of $3000 to gain his re lease on ball. The defpndnnt will he arraigned be fore Judge Govnor Team early next week .according to Prosecutor Seldon yYio is ready to proceed with tho trial i;v' in . j oi me case iiiimeuiuLtriy. IT. TJrPJJw....n,J w V ,h ' ' The Information accuses -Iart of -"violating his official duty; that he did unlawfully, feloniously and direct- lyask from Ouy K. Kelly arid Forbes 1 rlaskeil, jr., mat me ypay nun It Is time to -take warning that neith er the liberties wepriae nor the sys tem under which we claim them are safe while such conditions exist. "We shall not correct admitted and grave defects if we hesitate to recog nize them. We must be frank with ourselves. We ought to be our own harshest critics. Wo can ufford to be, for in spite of everything we still . have a balance of prosperity, of gen eral welfare, of secure freedom, and oi ilk"'"" h. . ifilort hv the Pierce rountv court . A- R. Veterans Head Annual Memorial Day Parade At torney Neff Delivers Ad dress Official Washington Pays Tribute at Arlington National Cemetery. Un certain sum of money from the assets of the Scandinavian-American- bank of Tacoma." I ' I TACOMA, May 30. (By Associated ) Press.) Early trial of former Gover nor Louis F. Hart, arrested yesterday evening In Olympia on an information assurance ui it"i',p , U1 ,..,, ,,.,, i.he system of liberty. " makes the lar- - gest promise to the freedom and de velopment or tno inaivinuai. Preservation is worth all the effort and oil the sacrifice that it may cost. "It can not bo denied that that present tendency Is not in harmony (Continued on Page fli superior court here early next week i,a and given an opportunity to enter a ort 'plea, Mr. Selden said. v e are reauy 10 prucecu i n ii Immediately with the case," contin ued the prosecutor, "and will attempt to get it before tho court as soon- as possible." ; RICH GIRL'S ROMANCE WITH WORKER IN FATHERS MUNITION PLANT FADES NEW YORK, May 30. (A. P.) The romance of Mrs. Alicia Dupont Olendennlng. 22, heiress to the Dtf"- nolnt millions, and Harold Sanford Blue (ihd Gray Lines Thinning, but Scenes Like These Are Still Familiar With flags flying throughout the city Memorial Day was celebrated under a' ctoudy sky and mild tem perature by Mcdford this forenoon with tho usual patriotic street pa rade and exercises at tho Bear Creek bridge, immediately followed by tho exorcises proper of tho duy In the city park. The G. A, R. and W. It. O. enjoyed luncheon together at the armory and then went to the cemetery at 3:00 p. m 'where .further exercises were conducted and the graves of dead ' soldiers were decorated. The program in the city park was called to order by W. Lyman, of the local G. A. IX., post . In tho presence of ai large assemblage congregated around the -leg-draped - band stand. opening with the -audience singing "America," led by the D; O. K. Iv. band. After the Invocation by Rev. D. J- Howe and singing by the American Legion post- quarter, R,. E.. McElhoso, commandes-of th'e iocal legion post read' Lincoln's . Gettysburg address, and the dedication of flower-bedeck. ed vacant chairs in memory of the soldier and W. - R. C. dead took place. ' The speaker of the day was Por ter 4. Neff, whose eloquent address was filled with patriotic sentiment for the soldier dead of all wars and for the living. From tho heroic deeds of 'the past was drawn lessons by the speaker, to be followed today and in the ftHure for the welfare of tho United States and Its people. Following this address the 'D. O. K. K. band played the "Star Spangled Banner," and Rev! Mr. King deliver ed the benediction. . The parade this 'forenoon moved over the lino of -march from the city park to the Bear creek . bridge and back, with H. S. Dcuel, world war veteran, as marshal. At -the . Bear - creek bridge, while the procession halted a sextette of girls sang the hymn, "Nearer My God to Thee,1, followed by the fir ing of a salute by a snuad of Com pany A. local National Guard unit. In memory of. the soldiers and sail ors who lost their lives In "wars. Flowers were Btrewn by three, small girls upon the waters of Bear creek. More flowers were then strewn on tho water by the members of the Women's Relief Corps as they slowly passed by the railing 'Of tho bridge. The blowing of taps' by several memeers of the American Legion drum eorps concluded the ceremony at the bridge, As always In the Memorial day parade of recent years, the mere handful of local G. A. R. veterans left shared honors with their closely nil led organization, the . Women's Relief corns along: the line of march, through tlio fag decorated street. The parade waB witnessed by many citizens scat' tered along the route, and as the old soldiers of the civil war, the middle. aged veterans of the Spanish-American war and the husky young veterans of the late world war marched along with their allied auxiliaries and fra ternal and civil bodies, with flags flying and floral decorations to dirge nitiBic by the D. O. K. K. band, the many spectators tingled with emotion and there were tears In many an eye Two new features of todny's M mor'al day parade, in comparison with such parades of prev.ous yean here, were the first appearance of the American Legion post drum corps In their natty sky blue uniforms, and of the women's auxiliary of the Spanish American Waf Veterans" post. The G. A. R. post had 19 old vet erans marching, and seven other members of the post riding In cars, as they were too feeble to march. The order of parade was as follows: Marshal and D. O. K. K. band. May or and City Council, O. A. R.. Woman's Relief Corps. Daughters of Veterans, Spanish War eVterans. Auxiliary of Spanish War Veterans, Auxiliary or Salva tion Army. Red Cross. Boy Scouts. Girl Reserves, Civic Organizations. Fraternal Orders, General Public, and Co. A., National Guard T7r- : . Ml 1 Thief Steals Radium; Expect Him to . Be At Hospital Shortly EARLY NEWS 4 NEW YORK, Slny 30. (A. i P.) Hospitals woru on the j lookout today for tho men seeking treatment for burns because of the theft of JL'0.000 1 wifrth of radium In a holdup, j John tlilliano, a city e!niIoye, was carrying the radium in b 1 Months of Waiting Justified, Says Nansen Relief Plans Held Premature MacMii lan to Search for Amundsen On His Trip. AVIATOR DIES lead box wrapped in brown paper out of the homo of Dr. ! Isaac Levin, when he was ' felled by a blow on the head. VI is assailant grabbed the pack- age and made off with two 4 companions In a waiting taxi. Tho pollco expressed confl- 4 donee that the radium would prove the undoing of the thieves f because ot$ its powerful rays. which, have fatally burned many scientists experimenting with it NEW VOHK. May 30. (A. P:) Months of waiting are Justified before considering an expedition for the re lief of the Amundsen-Ellsworth polar fliers, in the opinion of Dr. Krltjof Nansen, noted Arctic explorer. Flurlln ( dispatches show that Dr. Nansen Is .umong those who belle vo talk of a jrellof expedition is pru mature now, only a little more than a week after I Amundsen's departure from Spitsber gen. I Commander MacMIIlan, however, reiterates that if no word la heard from Amundsen and his five compan ions within three weeks when Mac Mlllan's all-American expedition leaves for the Arctic 'he will devote himself to a search for the missing explorers. Last night Commander MarMllIan ex- ' ' pressed the opinion that Amundsen NaVal FlyGr und his comrades would not be able to go on foot and by folding boat from Hpart Pailc Hlirinn Plinht the pole to Cape Columbia as planned, ncdiirdiib uuimu rnyiii n tn0 event their plHnes coum nol .used for. the return. .At this season, the ALOFT, MOVIE IS STAR AV Richard Barthelmess Alive By Pluck of Heart Fa Tragedy. There arc only a few of tlicm left veterans ot itiie Blue and tlic Cray. But scenes like this are being enacted all over the coun try today. Above is seen a veteran, the last of his little company, visiting the grave of his pal. . Above, at right, is n familiar picture, the youngster whose prize possession ;s a "sojer suit like grand pa's," and grandpa himself, full of tales about the war. And below vc have grandpa, in this case blind, playing his familiar role of story-teller mid historian to the younger generation. OE PAOLO WINS AUTO CLASSIC BEFORE T 45.000 Greatest Throng That Ever Bejield a Sporting Event in 'America, Cheers Victor at Annual Indianapolis Race Benny Hill Second; i; SPEEDWAY, ' INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. May SO. (A. P.) Peter DePaolo, E RENCH HAGGLE QUOTE HISTORY WAR Records Show America Paid Too Much in 1775 Bel- "WASHINGTON, May 3p!'ByW. sociated Press.) The n)uck of Lieu tenant Teneyck Dew Veeder, navai aviator. In bringing his plane and Passenger safely to earth yesterday after he had been selzod with u heart attack which rendered him uncon scious as tho machine came to rest, is regard od as heroic by his flying companions here. Lleutonant Voedcr collapsed in his seat as the plane, carrying Richard Barthelmess, niovio actor, halted at the end of the flight from Norfolk to Anacustla, near her. He died soon afterward. Barthclmoss, , a bit shaken, upon realization of the tragedy . which might have taken his own life and which produced a grearbr sensation than i ny movie thriller of hl career, declai 3d Veeder hud American ex plorer declared, the Polar sea Is q Tvwwlntr rtiti uj nf lvntaiv .with ft l',rh ftiiiiHrwr 'nt iff nil mi nnnno-h tn fttt t n ribbon tj puch : a boat as .carried, by Amundsen in his plane. He recalled that Peary, when leliv In gon thtf voyago' which culminated In his. discovery of the pole, remarked that if he did not return by the end of May, lie would never come back. MOSCOW, May 30. (By Associat ed Press.) Another appeal was to day sent by the commissariat of posts and telegraphs to Russian l trading posts, fishing stations, naval depots and wireless stations in the Arctic to maintain a vigilant outlook for ' the Amundsen north pole expedition, or for word of Us whereabouts. - r r In the belief that Amundsen carried wireless ' equipment all of Russia s northern rudlo stations sent inquiries asking what .wave lenwth and kllo- 'glvcn Ihe fluent . watt power he used. . When Informed - exhlb tlon of pfuck and courugo , lithe expedition wus without radio, the have ever seen.". ' stations indicated little hope of locat- H was convinced, he said, that tho .ing him, pilot was stricken before he landed. 1 Tho appeal sent by the commis- Vieder knew that, he "had a pas- Jsnriat'of posts and telegraphs at the sender ueninu mm anu mm no una 10 request or ine jvssociaiea bring the plane in," the actor said.- Lieutenant Johnstone, who accom panied Veeder In another plane, de clared his companion "Just came In on his nerve, that's all.' . , As the ulrplane neared . Anacostlu Murman Barthelmess said, Veeder . nosed kestan toward the ground. It came Press and tho Rosta News Agency was so wide spread that responses announcing alertness wero .-received from . such distant stations as Vladivostok; Petro- povlosk, , Kamchatka, points on tho coast and even from Tur- Security Pact With many Near Approval. giUm Latest POWer tO Act .perfect landing but the engine con- I llniirwl riinnlnir Thn nolnp iinnlra tn Qgf Veeder and when there was no reply, he touched him. The pilot's head had fallen back ' ,y , and Barthelmess roallzed that he was 111. Ho summoned aid but the flier died while naval hospital physicians j were trying to revive him. Death was ascribed to a heart attack but the aviator's heart continued to beat after he had stopped breathing, doctors (said. . I Lieutenant Veeder wan a mm of Commodore K. E. Veeder, retired and WASHINGTON, May 30. (A. P.) youthful racing star and nephew Of The war debt discussion has been turn- tho famous Ralph DePalma, won the ed back to 1776. when America bor 500 mile automobile race at the rowed from France to provide one of motor sjeedway today before a crowd the two latest. developments, estimated at 145.000, the greatest) Senator Borah, chaii man of the sen . . i. i ...it n onri. ntn frtfo It'ri rflntlnn'n nnmniltlpn In a B . ..... .. . . . . m wiib n Miinlni iivlnlnr nf lh nlmMi'via. leiier nas necmreo ino treasury ui- - - flcial records nrove that America not tlon squadron of the navy scouting ing event In America,' BePaolo won in a hnlr-ralsing fin ish with Benny Hill, relief pilot for omy nn nm naggio over mo amount Dave Lewis, breaking all records for of- France's loan, but In paying the the event. DePaolo won $37,800 as debt Included $2B0.0H0 too much. . first prize and cash prises for cap-1 The other development Is that Bel- turlng the most laps, and prizes ? ' ' , ' offered Jy nccewory firms. fleet, assigned to now at Norfolk. battleship Texas, AnniiiT pi m nc MU14UI I ULLIi UL ' RHUBARB THEFT KANHAS CITT, Mo., May 29. Max noe, former postal employe, was acquitted today .on a charge of Hteallnfc nine' alalka of rhubarb from the United Btatca mulls. The Jury wa out neventoon mlnutoH. The vnlue of the rhubarb wa estlmuted at 25 cunls. With ten laps to go DePaolo was lending: Lewis car by about two miles- at 475 miles, with Hhaefer third and Hnrtx fourth. The lime is llkely to be the next power to fund Its loans from the united Slates. Sen ator lmrah, in a letter to the Ijondon Observer, made public here, answered a letter by the author, of a biography of IJcaumarchals oucstlonlnK the sena was 4:41:34:80. an avornKe of 101.21 tor's statement thnt America ha over- mil ra per hour. It ,wns the fastest 45 miles ever driven on the course, PROBING INTERIOR OF ATOM TO SOLVE LIGHT SECRETS FROM DISTANT PLANETS When the World war Troke out, Olendennlnfr left Dartmouth college t,,(tion Drum Corps. D. A. K, to .work in tne uupont munition iac- I lories at Wilmington, Del., where he , met Alicia Dupont, stepdaughter of i..,ionnln,. mn of a rural nostman, Alfred I. K. Dupont. In 1920. after Who was a Rhodes scnolar, wnen iney neing urauuuieu irum iuNi. . married, has ended. Olendennlnfr went to England as a WASHINGTON; May 30 (Bv the The granting of a writ of habeas Rhodes scholar in Oxford and on ship- Associated Press.) The nat!on's Me- corpus nt Bridgeport. Conn., yester- hoard he again met Miss Dupont who n,orial day tribute to the men antf dav giving Mrs. Olendennlng custody was going abroad to study music. women who died In its service cent- of her two yer old son. was the firt Two years Inter. .lune.;!H. 1 !22. with cred today in WasllinKm, with Presl- lntlninlh'n lo other than ' Intimate Ihe npprovul nf bnlh families they . trlends of a martial disagreement. jwcre married at St. Paul's, London. (Continued on Pa BU) paid her loan from France, which was tieirnl Inled thrntish Itnniimarchnls. Tho daring DePaolo wits back In Th0 ,Gnntor clle lh8 records to show the lead at 450 miles with Benny tnat the inn was entered with this Hill, driving for Lewis, thundering notation: "Overpaid by tho United along Jn secon place a lan behind, 'state 1 ,42lt.787 liveres." " Shacfcr was third and Hartz fourth. Admitting that there was a delay In The time was 4:20:20:87, an aver- final settlement, Mr. Borah declared age of 101.32 miles nn hour. De- this was due to the failure or Inability Paolo raptured the lead when Lewis of tleaumnrchais to render san account known physicist, told an audience here stopped at the pits on the 430th on which congress could act. . . , last night. mile for gas and oil and Hill ro- Rcnjamin Frnnklln, In 1779 and With the aid of a discovery made Ueved him. 1 1782. he asserted, wrote repeatedly to In electronic research some ten years DePaolo's time was 4:06:33:47, an Paris In an effort to get nn account- ago, Dr. Mllllkan explained, he and average ,of 101.13 miles an hour. He ing. and added that nowhere was there an associate. I. 8. Bowen. have been finished with a lead of about half any evidence that this country has able to predict within the past year LOS AXOELES, Col., May 30. I "By . finding whether theae riidia Probing the Infinitesimal Interior of I '" exist In the light that comes to . ,. ... ,,, iiis Crom the stars we now can gain an atom In Pasadena may solve tlie i,r,.,i- h, Partition, ox. secrots of huge stars shining billions nf miles away, Dr. Robert A. Millikan, Noble prize winner and internationally a lap, a mile nnd Hill. . Ph'il Shaefer a quarter over sought trt dispute the amount or re finished third. , pudiote the debt - Statesman Improve LONDON. May 30. (Ry Associated Press.) There was gradual Improve. Lieut today in the condition of former Vice President Thomas R. Mjirshnll vhn is confined In his hotel room here with a cold and nervous exhaustion. precisely the type of light waves which would he eml'ted by u'.oma which had been stripped of their whole Wheat Drops...- - outor group of so-called valenence ( WINNIPF.O, Man., Mny 30 Wheat electrons. .... plunged nine cents a bushel on the "We -have then found experiment Winnipeg grain exchange todayally' he added"'" spec'al sources of going to 1.82 for the May de- nKht set up tn the Norman llrldge livery, which Tuesday mounted to laboratory in PanadcJia, precisely all 2. the fourth tlm since the World these types gf radiations, hundreds in war nnd the fuuith time this year, number. luting In these stars and compare them with Conditions existing In our artiti clal sources. We can tell within cer tainty) for example, whether the atoms which give rise to a certain type? of radiation Hhat Is. 8 given set of spectral lines) have had one or two or three or five or six or seven of their outer electrons 'tripped off from them by extreme temperature condi tions." ' All of these laboratory researches Into the mysterious birth of light rays from atoms, Tff. Mllllkan went on to say, Btrlke at the very heart of what Is nerhaps the most fundamental problem of tho phvslcnl world, namely the nature of radiation Itself, atl how It that energy enn be protected thro'":h snace from an atom In the iHUn lo another atom in our earth.