Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, September 05, 1925, Image 1

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Newspaper Page Text1 o ) 0 The WeathA Prediction Ccni'mlly cloudy 1 Maximum yesuniluy nS Minimum rWluy SO.S Pi-pclpitailnn .'...Tnico , Minimum &4 edford MM, Tribune Weather Ytr Ago Maximum - 3 Minimum 54 Dill; Twentieth Tew. eyeekl? KifQ-.fourtb Yew. . MEDFORD, ORECiOX. HATl'RDAY. SEPTEMBER . in-Jii XO. 143 ASSAILED FOR KILLING M AVIATORS I OFFICER FLAYS U. S. AIR POLICY Col- Wm. Mitchell Charges Air Service Tragedies to Crim inal Negligence of U. S. Navy and War Departments Men Sacrificed to Politics Arrest Is Expected. BAN ANTON'.A, Tex;,- Sept. 5 (A p.) Predicting Hint ne will be Itlaced under military un-est by Mon day because of what he said, Colonel William Mitchell, air officer of the eighth corps area, and deposed nnsist . ant chief of the air service, today is sued a statement denouncing the war department and the navy department in connection with the disaster which befell the Shenandoah and the loss of the senplane PX-SI No. 1 on an at tempted hop to Honolulu. The . statement was issued after "mature deliberation and after a suf ficient lime has elapsed since the ter rible accidents to find out what hap pprxwl." to quote from the statement. "These accidents ore the dlreci re sult u. uicunipeiency. criminal negli gence and almost treasonable adminis tration of the national dofense by the war and navy departments," he wrote. Charging that . both ihe war and navy departments have gone to the utmost lengths to keep down the de. vulonmcnt -of ' nvmtlon and -to. main tain aeronautics as a part of Ihe two departments. Colonel Mitchell said that all aviation policies are directed by non-flying offloers "who know nothing about flj'ing and that lives of airmen ale heing used merely, as pawns In their hnnds." Colonel Mitchell said: "The. airmen themselves are bluff ed and bulldozed so that they dare not tell the truth, knowing tull well they will be deprived of their future careers, sent to the most out-of-the-way places to prevent their telling the truth, and deprived of all chances for advancement unless they subscribe to the dictates of their non-flying bu reaucratic superiors." - Colonel Mitchell asserted that "the conduct of the war nnd navy depart ments has been so disgusting In the last few years as to make any self respecting officer ashamed of the cloth he wears." Colonel Mitchell declared that the determination of' the members of the flying service to place the issue "squarely up to congress and the peo , pie, dntes from the killing of Lieu tenant I'eorson and Captain Skeel In the dilapidated racing nlrplunes dur ing last October's air meet." This was caused, he soys, "by an arrangement between the army nnd the navy that the navy should take the races one year and that the army should take them the next year, here by equalizing propaganda, for the air services." . Parade of Jfnvy. The recent mnneuvers of the fleet In the Pacific are declnred to have been nothing more than a "parade of our navy," reported to have cost from 60 million to 80 million dollars, which demonstrated the futility of surfnee vessels. He declares that In war the fleet steaming to the Philippines would have been constantly beset by submarines and that "If any vessels survived the submarine attacks, cross ed the ocean nnd came within hun dreds of miles of the hostile coast, they would be sent to the. bottom forthwith, by airplanes." Regarding the Hawaiian senplane flight the colonel declnred: "Next, to get publicity and mnke n noise about what It Is doing with air craft, this so-called Hawaiian flight was arranged for. Even If it had been mode successfully to Honolulu, It would hove meant little, either com mercially or strategically, compared to what a flight to Europe or Asia would. Three airplanes were built to participate in it. These showed noth ing novel in design and were untried for this kind of work. One never got nwny from the Pacific and one flew rrvintlnne rm Pr Fllrhr EX KAISER S SUMMER PALACE AND ART TREASURES TO BE SOLD AT AUCTION T.ONPON. Sept. R (A. P. The Pally Express says that the art treas ures of the famous palnce on the Island of Corfu, owned By William HohenioUern when he was emperor of oermany, are to be sold nt auc tion by the Greek government, which acquired the property durlj tho war. Oregon Japanese Can Own Buildings, But Not the Land SAI.EM. Ore., Sept. fi. J.ip- 4 nnese residents of Oregon may 4 own business or residence build- lugs In this state, but not Ihe land on which they stand. They may. however, lease such land. This Is the opinion of the at lorney 'general's off Ice, based on the Oregon law and a treaty between the lnlted Slates and Japan. The opinion was nsked ! by District Attorney field of Cons county. Hedding- WATER CUT OFF BY BLAST, FIRE SWEEPS LA. CITY 9 City Blocks Leveled in Shreveport, Louisiana When Fire Follows Wrecking of City Water Mains Bucket Brigade Checks Flames. SHREVEPORT, La., Sept.. 0. (A. P.) Nine city blocks, embracing more thnn 250 dwellings In which lived more than 1000 persons, were leveled here lust night and early today by a fire-which -broke out shortly, , fitter, some mighty force had wrecked the city water mains In three places. Property loss was estimated early today at upwards of $1100,000 exclu sive of losses . by public utilities. Three blocks of the fire-swept area were occupied by homes of moder ately well-to-do persons, while the re maining six blocks, which extended up to the business district, housed poorer persons and negrues., Six persons were injured, two seri ously. The fire originated In the bathroom of the home of O. Childress, a barber. land whipped by the heaviest night winds in mnny years, quickly got be yond control. Hundreds of persons formed bucket brigades In an effort to stem the rush ing tide of flames. For five hours, however, the city was left virtually at the mercy of the fire, until finally the breaks In the mains were repaired. , The fire started in a house owned by a former fire department chief and across the street from n fire stntion. The brenks in the mains remained unexplained early today. One theory was that they were caused hy dyna mite used in nearby construction work. Mayor L. E. Thomas called a citi zens' meeting to plan relief measures for the homeless. The Cotton Belt and tho Texas & Pacific railroads rushed carloads of water to the scene nnd lent great aid while private water concerns distrib uting well water rushed their supplies and city sprinkling wagons, tilled at Red river, kept running to and from the scene of the conflagration. City officials did not venture to fix responsibility for the break in the water main. "Oh Clod, let It rain," one womnn cried frantically ns she sat In Ihe street nnd witnessed the destruction of her home nnd the homes of her neighbors. Sobbing women carrying children In their nrms, hurried nwny from the pnth of the flnmes. At 1 1 o'clock tho wind chnnged lis course, veering from n northerly direction to southwest'. 1 At one plnce, three men wrapped In gunnysncks to protect them from the heat, fought against fierce odds and won. From a hillside a thdusand specta tors stood Idly watching. As the fury of the flames died down groups of homeless gathered around what property they hud snatched from their homes nnd began their all-night vigil. Hero and there fnmllies discussed their loss. Occasionally the sobs of a (Continued on Page Three) The articles' to lie sold Include hundreds of pictures, statues and Intimate relics 9( the ex-knisor nnd his family as well ns the late Em press Elisabeth of Austria; who built and furnished the palace. The sale will, begin late this iiion and will last several weeks. JONES WINS GOLF HUE Amateur Champion, Playing Flawless Golf, Overwhelms Fellow Townsman '8 Up Match Close for First' Nine But Youngster Breaks Under Strain Loser Hugs Winner OAK MONT, Pn., Sept. 6. 'A. T) Bobby Jones, the invincible golfer from Atlanta, retained his national amateur crown here this afternoon when he overwhelmed the young Wntts Ounn, also a resident of the Georgia city. The match finished on the 29th green when Bobby put down a pretty putt for a par four. He was eight up, with seven holes to go. The young Ounn, inexperienced in tournament play, survived the classy field, going into the final after three days of exceptional golf when he shot under par for two score holes. Ounn, the pupil, was no match for Bobby, the master. He played the first nine holes under par, as did Hobby, holding the champion even at the turn, but coming home he lost four holes, giving Jones the four ad vantage. ' On tho first nine this afternoon, Ounn played In flnshes he would Up to .the "'80) -"he- h$ld' Robhy tf four up. Then ho' n'ent to pieces, for Jones, displaying' the form that made him Champion, wont after his young friend with some of the finest shots ever witnessed on tho diffi cult Oakmont course. As Bobby won the 2Uth with a pretty putt. Ounn whose hall was in a trap, rushed toward his friend and embraced him. As the runner-up, the youngster was given a great hand. Then began the victorious march to the eighteenth green, where Bobby, the peerless amateur, was given the trophy em-j blematlc of the championship he so ably defended. I . And Ounn,- not to be forgotten for' the wonderful battles he waged dur-j ing the week of gruelling golf, stood beside the king of the amateurs toj receive nis reward as me nations second best amateur. Four t'p at Turn OAKMONT, Pa., Sept. 6. (A. P.) Bobby Jones of Atlanta was well on his way to his second successive na tional amateur championship today when he led Watts Ounn, his youthful fellow cltl7.cn by four up at the end of the morning round of eighteen holes. Jones shot a seventy, two under par, to gain his ndvantage, Ounn holding him sqinre at the turn, aided materially by an eagle three at the fourth. Both shot better than par for the first nine, Bohby having a 36 and Ounn 85. Par Is 37. After the turn Ounn gained a hole advantage at the tenth when Bobby mised a putt of ten feet nfter chip ping from the rough. They halved the eleventh and twelfth, hut on the short thirteenth the chnmpion squar ed the match .with a par three ns Ounn had trouble In coming out of a deep trap, A birdie added another for Phhy at the fourteenth, his second dropping 20 feet from the pin to he followed by a sensational putt. He picked up the fifteenth when his opponent honked across n road Into rough and had to whoot over the trees. The shot landed In a trap. ' At the home green Jones took his lead of four because Ounn acnln wan dered In the deep traps with a hook, missed the pit and finally reached the green in four. Jones ployed the hole In par. . OAKMONT. Pn.. Sept. f. (A. P nohhv Jnne. the champion, nnd Watts Ounn, both sons of the same cltv. Atlanta, met here today for the national amateur golf chomnlonshlp with a gallery of a thousand watch Imr the play, ft was Jones onnortu nltv to accomplish a feat credited to only four other men. Including Jerry Traver and If. Chandler Egan. win srn ai of th nern of the national title two years in succession, Both expressed confidence an they went to the tee. Thev hove been In Feperable since nrrlvlnir here more lhan a week ago, and the sentiment In the match ha aroused on Interest seldom seen In golf. Ounn Is 1ft year old. the same nge that Bohby honsted when he nlmed at hi first -rhnmplonshin on th n. mnnt country Club house In 1019 when he was defented for the title by Davy Herron, ATT. A XT A. On., Pent. R fA. P.I There'll not be much hnl work done (ftntlnueden Page three.) SECOND Til Bob io.Stay, Says -JU. ... ., v ' - , , The hob is here to stay, and never will be discarded by gMif says Mile. Hc.lene Lombard, Parisiennc, who- is given credit for innovating the "shingle. She sees the bob as a symbol of the. emancipation of her sex. : ,. CITY BY TACOM A, Sept. 5. Polar LnPlant marshal of Kntonvtlle, Wash.-, is dend and W illiam Charles who killed him, j(.h(lrl ,,, , ,mve )ppn ,ntoxlcntBlli is in a dying condition at the county ' hospital, as the result of a shooting attempted to evade nrrest. Charles at Katonvllle yesterday afternoun. Lai fired and LaPlant, although mortally Plant died at an Katonvllle hospital wounded, grappled with him. obtuin at 5 o'clock tblsmornlngandChaiicti ed his revolver and fired a bullet Into was brough, there. Charles' head. A bullet is lodged at the base of A charge of first degree murder his brain.'" Physicians do ' not .expect i wan filed against Charles In Justice him to live. MID-WEST HEAT CHICAOO, Hept, B. (A. P.) Cool ing breezes .from tho Canadian north west today were forecast as a van guard of rain, which will bring sur cease within a day or so from tho scorching heat in the middle west, lower bike region and the southwest. A'forctnsto of the bfng-awaltcd showers has come to parts of North Dakota, Iowa and Wisconsin, hut else where record high temperatures havu brought deaths, drought, damage and suffering. More thnn a month of aridity was broken when a quarter Inch of rain fell Jn Kargo, X. I. Jnmestown, N. D also wuk visited by three welcome showers. - High winds and hall accompanied the downpour In Orlnnell, Iowa, caus ing property damage of 40,000. Hut elsewhere In these stricken areas temperatures above the normal broke seasonal records. Most of Iowa, except parts touched by storms, was a seething furnace. Sheldon experienced 106 for seven hours 'yesterday. Pes Moines' highest was 9?, with one serious proptratlon, and others of a minor nature there and elsewhere In tho ,state. Kllght showers in Pes Moines only Increased the humidity. Hchuols were dismissed yesterday in Omahu because of 100-degree heat. AkmimsIii Kills Hlliwlf. ATHENS, Sept. 6. (A, I'.) An at tempt to assasHlnale M. Kllasen, gov ernor of the Hank of Athens was made today by a youth named Mou rn o, who, when his attempt failed, committed suicide. Jackie Coogati Is (irnwn t'p, RAN FItANCIHCO, Sept. G. Jackie Coogan's days as a Juvenile screen star are numbe"'d. I Wearing his first pair of long trous ers. Jackie brreeed Into town today with his father. "Shingle" Creator FATALLY WOUNDED T I The encounter between Marshal La ! Plant and Charles occurred when (court here today. National, At Pittsburg re. ri. e. St. Louis , Oil 2 Pittsburg 0 14 2 I Malls. Plckerman. Pvcr nnd O'Far- rell; Meadows, Sheehan, Morrisoh and Smith. i . At Philadelphia U. If. E. New York ...14 17 0 Philadelphia : 10 14 2 Itarnes, Dean, Knight and .Snyder; Carlson, Decatur, Couch and Wilson. At Chicago n. H. E. Cincinnati - , 0 0 1 Chicago- n 10 0 Mays and Hnrgrave; Kaufman and liartnett. At rioston Flint game: It, H. E. Brooklyn 6 13 1 Postun 3 fl 0 Vance nnd Peberry ; Oenewlch, Kamp and Olhson. Second game: li. H. E. Brooklyn 3 10 1 Itoston 4 9 1 Grimes at ul Taylor; Smith and O'Xeil. American. NEW YORK; Sept. 5. (A, P.) linbe Kuth, penitent Ynnkee star, con tinued under the bad graces of Man ager Miller Muggins today. The Bam bino was at the Yankees' club house before today's game with tho Athlet ics, but Hugglns again postponed a meeting with his suspended bad, boy. The Athletics had an altered line up. Red Holt, $2r,ooo recruit from the Jersey City International league club, replacing Jim Poole at first base." Poole," n Portland recruit, had been substituting all season for the Injured Joe Huuser. At New York U. It. E. Philadelphia ! n 0 1 New York 8 10 0 Rommel, Baumgartncr, Walberg and Cnchrnne; Hoyt and Bengoiigh. At Cleveland R. H. E. Detroit 0 12 4 Cleveland 4 9 2 Shauie and P. Howell. At Washington R. . II, K. Boston ...j ..... Wnshttftton Wlngflcld und lilschnff Ballou and Scvereld, Kucl. fl ft 2 7 ' 10 1 Hellther, ! BASEBALL SCORES I ; 500 Klansmen Put Wreath On Grave Theodore Roosevelt NEW YORK. Sept. 5. (A. P.) KuKlux Klansmen placed a f n wreath on the grave of Theudore Roosevelt at Oyster Ray last n night with ceremonies attended by about 6I0 persons. It was n luarned today. H A personal representative of fr 4V Hiram W. Evans, grand wizard of the klan, was said to have placed the wreath on the grave, 4 in the absence of the grand wlss- n ard, who was ill. 4 Pressed in white robes and red 4 4 cupes of the klan "guard of 4 honor," klansmen stood about 4 4 the late president's grave during the quiet services, which includ- 4 ed prayers. One Colored Man Killed, An other Shot Bv Nearo Who PI7P Wrnnfl Girl in Effort aeues wiung urn in cnuu in Rat Rancnm I ilfMIM ,, IU UCl ndll&UMI LIMHIcaa . r-..Ui Saves Millionaire s Daughter ' """ " " WOrcLAlll, N. .1.. Slspt. .5.-A. .rl ... J v r r P.) Btood stains on the front seat of the automobile in which Mary Daly, six year old daughter of Dave Daly, well-to-do hardware' dealer. was held by the kidnaper who car ried her away yesterday noon, have given rise to the belief that tho child no longer Is alive. MONTCLAlIt, N. J., Sept. 5. (A. P.) Posses today Intensified their searches for n little white girl kid naped hy a negro who presumably killed another negro In order to get an automobile for the abduction. Apparently having planned to kid nap the niece of a wealthy banker, the fugitive seems to have found that he 'abducted the wrong girl. The kidnaping plot police believe, was aimed against Joseph A. Power, vicepresldent of tho New York Trust company, whoso seven yenr old niece, Dorothy Coates, was visiting him. Instend the negro grabbed Mary Daly," six yenr old daughter of David 8. Daly, hardware merchant, near the Power home yesterday afternoon. Poce t first suspecte., Raymond Pierce, a negro chauffeur, who had borrowed the car which the ab ductor used, but IMeree's body was found hiHt nlxht In a culvert with a bullet hole In the head. Tho as sumption is that ho was killed by the kidnaper in order to get tho car. Last nlKht Mrs. Dower wob called on the telephone by a man who de manded J4000 for tho return of her niece, but her nioco was safo In bed at the time. Mnry Daly and Dorothy Pontes look very much alike. Aiiei in. R..iu...ir ...... Mory he sped nwny. John Bamlin. the Mower chnuffeur irnve chase. After ten miles Hnndln crowded tho fiiKltlve enr toward the curb and tho negro fired, hltihiR Bnndln in the head. Ho was taken to a hospital. Fourth Vessel Victim of Fog. 8KATTLE, Hept. S. (A. P.) The fourth vessel In such a pllKht In nine dnys on I'uitct Hound nnd adjacent waters, the French steamer Hnlnt I'nul wns ntitn nnd dry in tno nnrnnr nt Anncortes, BO miles north of here, at low tide today. All tho groundings were attrluted to fog'. Women ArrcHlod for Smoking. JAMBHTOWN, N. D. Two women hnve heen fined $5 for smoking on the street. No perfect lady does so, snys the chief of police. POSSES SEARCH FHGM0 KIDNAPPED GI ALIEN ORDERED DEPORTED FROM LOS LOH ANOni.nR, Sept. B. (A, r.) Joe Pnnns must leave tho United Stales and go homo If Immigration! " authorities can determine whore that is. Ho hns been ordered deported an undeHlrnhle nllen hut In Ihe eleven years thnt hnve elnpsed since he emigrated from Poland, thnt renin try, hns ceased to be Russian nnd Its boundaries hnve been so Ihnr- oughly overhuuled that It 1W dlffl- STILL HOPE 10 RESCUE IDE PN-9 Leader of Navy Searching Party Reports "Reason to Hope for Recovery Today" 18 Destroyers Rushed to Scene From Antipodes Scout Planes Join in Seach WANHINTON, Sept. 5. (A. P.) i Captain Stanford E. Moses, com manding the Hawaiian flight project, reported to the navy department today that an analysis of the situa tion "gives reason to hope for the recovery today" of Commander Rod gers and the missing seaplane PN 9 No. I. HONOLULU, Sept. Q. (A. P.) The work of wresting from the stubborn silent tropical sea its prec ious secret of the whereabouts of the missing senplane. PN-9 No. 1. was underway today . with renewed mtenHity. KiKlueon destroyers were rushinR """ 1110 m-ene by hrenklng awfly from lhe fleot llBlIu.hmet. retuminK ' from 0,0 Antipodes. Kl.om , eaat ,he Bir,,,, carrier ' Lnnsley, with n eurgo of scout plane's i,our,i, cun to th vicinity Iwhcre search, was helnK cnrrled on I for the mlHsttiK plane . which was n -victim rff fuel shortage While on uo.iv.ntop light tromSan PrantriHeo. l0. HonoIulu ; five duya " ag6i ;Ji; destroyers nnd aircraft aboard the Lnnglcy wiil augment the forces "l u,r ,WI " ,,uvo In search of tho plane, the lnut word from which In cluded this laconic messago: "We will crack If we have to land In this rough weather with no power." With the pntrol baso nt Lehalna abandoned a, new base for airplanes will he put In operation on- the western-most Island, on the archipel ago, tho Kaul. The spot, which is Inhabited hy but few contains a number of coves which may provide new senrchlng grounds for those In '"est of the missing blrdmen nn their plane. '..;- . Daily Report on the Crime. Wave COM'MBITH. Ohio, Sept. 6.r(A. n t.i.1111. t - nn ..1 , had filled with water and lighted a fire under It at her hpme today. Hev eral hours later the hUHband discov ered ihe rhlld dead. , . Wall Street Report NHJW YORK, Sept. 6.-Desplt tho nnnrnnnh nf n flinhlo tiAIMat whinh , U8Ualy occatlon for a Yeadjilstment of speculative accounts and b rostrlc- tlon of new commitments, Stock prices made aubstantlal progress on the U gl(l8 ln t0(lBy'g bret ,e8,on ot th6 market. - 1 . Group movements were afcaln in evidence with the motors, foods, ship ping and local tractions making tho best showing. Seasoned dividend paying Issues were also well bought with United States Steel common under steady accumulation In apiai- ent anticipation of a favorable tonnage statement next week. Plerce-Arrow common anil Doilno , nrotheris common led the advance In the motors, being taken In large blocks. Huying of the rails cantered in the St. Paul, Wheeling and Lake Brie, Texas and Pacific, and Pittsburg and West Virginia Issues. The closing was strong. Total sales approximated 0(10.000 shares. 'IF 1, cult to know whether h ought to ho shipped hack to Poland, Russia, "'I"""""1' ",mo ' h;r cou,n,.ry' , Meanwhile his attorney yostordny mo(, application for a writ of ha- bens corpus, pointing out thnt PnnnH has heen awaiting deportation in tho county lull since Inst April, and sug. gestlng thnt It would only be fnlf to nllow him his freedom until a country can be found for him. The caso will be heard next Thursday,"