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Tribune The Weather No prediction bct-aiifeC of holiday.' Weather Year Also Maximum M Minimum 54 Dally Twratlsta Ten. Herktj tifti -fourth Vnf. MRDFORD, ORFAiON, MONDAY, SKPTKM 15 10 1 7, ml NO. 144 Medforb Mail VN up, E Commander of Flight Project , to Honolulu Says. He Has Virtually Given Up All Hope Search . Continues With Unabated Energy Rescue Rumors All Collapse- SAN FRANCISCO, V'l'- 7. (A. r.) An announcement (hat ho had "virtu ally given up hupo" thut the crew of the loHt lN- No. 1, flugplano of the Hun I'Vanclaco-to-iluwali flight would bo found ullve waa made hero today by Captain Stanford K. Moaca, U. S. N. commander uf tho flight project. "Wo have about given up hopea of rescuing tho crew," Captain Mosea said. "Wo now have elevdn dcatroyera coaling at Honolulu fur tho purpose uf engaging In a thorough survey uf the waters where the PN-9 No. 1 came down. Wo have done ull that could be done." Captain Moaes said there would bo no let-down, however, in the navy'a search for the bodies of the FINDING CREW AV seaplane's crew and tho wreckage of where M. Viviani had been confined Mrs. Woodrow Wilson attended tile tho craft. I for two years suffering from a opening session. Mrs. Wilson already A radio message was sent to Cap- general breakdown. Tho end camo has been tho object of sympathetic tain E. S. Jackson, commanding the peacefully. , tributes to herself and the late Pros airplane carrier Langley, today by. The former premier colfnpsed while Ident Wilson In the Geneva papers. Captain Moses to continue the search pleading a case In court June 8, "His widow," says Journal De Ge in a final effort to locato some evl- HIM. 'und was said at that time to nova, "can today contemplate tho donee of' the seaplane's raglo ondlng. bo worn out with work and grief Leaguo of Nations and receive tho Captain Moses expressed the. opin- ion that Commander John Rodgers, who piloted the . ill-fated seaplane, traveled loo fast on the projected ' non-stop flight to Honolulu and con sumed his gasolino resolve- supplies. Prior to the time tho seaplane drop ped from sight on the .uftornoon ot "Tuesday, September-. 1, .Commander j Rodgers wos believed to have Been hunting for tho guard sMir, Aroos took, on station ,1800 mileH from Sun Francisco. A storm had come up and thu seaplane was circling around in un attempt to locate the ' Aroostook In expectation of affecting a landing alongside that vessel. Tho last mes sage from Rodgers Indicated that Ills position was 25 miles north and west of tho Aroostook. The seaplane was last seen on Tuesday afternoon, when it passed to the north of the U. 81 8. Farragut, on tho 1600 mile station. Plane Probably Went I'nder. If tho airplane hit the ocean In its . forced descent without tho mo tors running, Captain Moses suld the shock of the landing undoubt edly carried tho craft under the surface, In which event the crew probably, met dcuth within a few iuinute8. "Tlio storm encotinlcrod by tho merely a rain squall, " Captain Mosea continued "It's only effect on the flagplane'wus to causo It to lose Its bearings I "The PH-I which was to have been (ho third ship 111 the flight wlll bo held here for repeated tests In the expectation thut we may re- reive permission to make tho test flight to Hawaii In her. I bclievo thaf theso teats will be ' continued until ..... ,...i,i,n uu oit.i fi,t It will l, only a matter of time unlll naval airplanes are making tho trip to Honolulu." HONOLULU. Sept; 7 fA.'P.) Com bined searching operations of sub marines, turgor fighting craft and nlr plnhcs continued with grim determi nation today after nearly a week of fruitless but nondespalrlng effort to find Commander. John Rodgers and Ills four men who fulled because of a fuel shortage In. ail attorn pt to fly from San Francisco to Honolulu. The men aro missing on the seuplune PN-0 No. 1. ' - Holies lhat have- been raised from time to time through tho receipt of encouraging reports such as the sup- iosed sighting of signal flares or the seolng of something tliat'at a distance resembled a drifting seaplane, have spurred tho searchers on this und tho stubborn fighting spirit of the navy. But nlways so fur the hopes have been blighted, and each new searching operation that' followed re ceipt of encouraging nows has yielded (Continued on Page Two) 2 PEN ARRESTED AT OREGON CITY SALKM. Ore. Sept. : 7. Ora Mo Konalp ami K. C. Hhelton. trusties w ho escaped fro mtW penitentiary June 18 were captured at Oregon City luat nlKht by Chief of Police Warren of that city and haV been returned hero. Tho two men were taken Into I cuiitody an the ylcft tho house of Mc Kenzle's brother, and the convict, McKemle. wan armed with a .revolv er that he had taken from his broth 5 French Aviators j Missing 48 Hours After Ocean Flight PAKIS, Sept. 7. (A. P.) The aviatora, La Porte and Priol and their three mechanicians have been hilaaing 48 hours since their dlaappearanco in tho seupiano trials from Coralca to 81. Ha- phuel, on the suutlieastcrn cuaat of l-'ranco. Rene Viviani, GreatCSt French . Orator of Generation, Sue- ... ... ClimDS tO LOng IllneSS i . , . . ... rremier ai UUlUreSK Ul Well Frequent U. S. Visitor. EX-PREMIER OF FfilCE PASSES AWAY IN PARIS PAULS. Kept. 7. (A. P.) Former Tno flliBS f lnc fifty odd nations Premier ltene Viviani died tills participating In the assembly, the morning. Death occurred at 8:58 sixth gathering, bedecked the build a. m. In the Mnlmalson sanitarium, ings of Geneva. over mo ueaiu ui ms n-ue. Rene: Viviani Sketch of Career. Rene Viviani, ex-preinlei' of Franco internationally famous lawyer and Btatesnion, was the most .re- "owneu oi ine puouc men kicii u the French nation by her young col- onles In Africa. Born November 8. l3 In the thriving little village of si,u IJel Abbes. In tho Interior of Algeria-wlilch was llself born of the brilliant French conquest Vtv. cnmB Known u.ioubi. veers "f M political life us a man who embodied In their truest sellso tho principles of liberty, equality ,im' fraternity upon which tho Fronch republic, was founded Destined by his pious mother to the cloth of tho Roman Catholic church, Vlvlanl's tusto for oratory and love of debato estranged him from the secular Influence In early manhood and doclded his choice of the law us a profession. He was graduated from the Unl? versity of Paris and immediately stop, yeung Bob McDonogh the speed began the practice of law In Algiers, boy from tho west coast, this atter but It was not long before his am- noon won the annual autumn autonio idtions required a wider field. Ho bile race classic on the Altoona speed overcame many obstubles to ostab; way. -His official tinio was two hours llsh tilmself In Paris, and many more six minutes flfty-1'otir seconds. Two u.,rna r,v,,r, Lnm,. i,o v.. il.nrc tiiiiiiltcB later. Harry Ilartz flashed yet his rise was meteoric and ho i took hgh runk ut tho bar and nn enviable nlcho in politics. His advanced views on social arid religious questions naturally drew him definitely Into the socialist move- ment just then beginning to grow rapidly In France. Ho . saw the needs of the laboring and low salu - rled classes; ho fought with them for a readjustment of their social (Continued on pnge six.) t er'a Iioupa. The ifco men rlnlin to have covered conHidornblo terrltodry nlnre leaving tho prlwin. mid pur of the time wuit npent In WimhhiKton. McKenitio wan received from I'olk county for a Htiitutory crime nnd. Hhelton frftm I,no county for lurceny. Warden Uulrymple ild ull prlvtlcKcs would e taken na' from tho two and Ror time credit taken away from them. , U. S. CHID FOB LEAGUE OPPOSITION Premier of France at Opening of League Council, Says U. S Stood at Cradle of League Then Refused to Participate Mrs; Woodrow Wilson Attends Session. GENEVA, Sept. 7. (A. P.) The pfiiivni'ntlnn uf nil tiitc.-lintlonal COM- ference for reduction of armament when the council of tho League of Na- ti08 deems that a satisfactory coma- tlon has boon established from the polnt ot vjew ot MCUrlty recom- 'mended today by Premier Palnleve of France at the opening of the meeting of the leaguo assembly. t He instated that no project for co operation In the maintenance of peace would be effective unless based on the League of Nations. homage of millions of men.1 Feminist participation in the league's activities Is emphasized by tho presence of tho Duchess of Atholl as a member of tho British delegation. M. Painlovo In his address Bpoko of tho United Statos.- ' 'On the other side of the Atlantic," he '.saldv-J'thov. is -a-great, democracy which 'stood" n't 'tho cradle 'of the leaguo but which, has not aocepted any official participation in It. It de sires to serve tho cause of iea.ce In its own way. But tho Ideal by which the fatherland of Washington and Lin coln is actuated Is so humane and ap proaches so. closely to your own. that the league and America are impelled by force of circumstances to co-oper ate freely for tho good of humanity." Ho emphuslr.cd that the permanent court of International justice "the principle of whloh apparently Is np- proved by President Coolldge" has . its existence separato from tho league land then remarked that the United States had taken part in all the j league's humanitarian work, while numerous Americans have given me league tho benefit of their exception al capacity In difficult missions. He predicted that such points of contact would increase in the future. At tho opening of Ills address, the speaker alluded to the presence among tile spectators of Mrs. Wood row Wilson and paid tribute to tho memory of tho late American, who piHycu a. grcui pari, in me of the leaguo. This reference evoked an outburst of applause. Tho cloctlon of Senator Dandurand of Canada, as president of the asscm- bly, marked this afternoon's session. r- " WINS, ALTOONA ALTOONA, Pa., Scut. 7 (A.P.) I Driving 2DU miles at the terriffic pace of 118 miles an hour, without a single across the line, taking second placp His time WB two hours, eight minutes '"" seconiis. The veteran fcarl Cooper, who gave the monster gathorlng of racing fans a sample of high speed during tho final "fly miles of the grind, was third, 2u seconds bohlnd Hartz. , Death Toll of the Automobile MARKLfK!B!D, Oro.. Hept. 7. J. IJ. Kweet of Han don was InHtantly kill ed and Hherlff B. P. BIllUKten of Coo8 county seriously hurt when tho auto mobile In which they were rldlnv went over tho grade a mile north of Arlxona Inn In t'urry county, early thla mornlnjr, B. O. Iliiicher waa Mllphlly hurt. Kweet la father-in-law of Kllingacn. BMIntrarn turned out to pnna the car of Tom Hentt, and looao gravel cauaod It to g'J over. HATAVIA, IV V. Bept. 7 (A.P.) Three person! were killed and one In jured today when a westbound New York Central PasnanKsr train struck an automobile at a grade croiinftig near Godfrey'! Pond five miles east of here. Ambiiious Like Ganrw Walska, wife orHarold JtcCortoicK, "hnrveater king," Hope Hampton has a consuming desire to achieve success as a singer. Despite failure that attended her first efforts in a light opera in New York two years ago, she will try again this winter i Miss Hampton has appeared frequently in motion pictures. lie. husband, Jules Brulatour, is a multi-millionaire. LABOR LEADER ASSAILS Wm. Green, Successor to Sam uel Gompers, Gives Labor Day Speech in Detroit Communism and Big Busi ness Tyranny Rapped. DETROIT. Mich.. Sept. 7. (A. P.) Assailing "autocracy In li.dua.try and communism na ulllea In a com mon purpoao uf undormlnlnK organ ized tabor in America," William Green, prosldcnt of the American Federation of Labor, declared In a Labor Day address hero that labor imiHt stand firm in rcHlatliiK the ef forts of both. , ( The determination of Home em ployers. Mr.. (Ireeh said, to ussumo tho position of ' dictators to their employees wum kci'vIhk only to uo cclcrato tho organized labor iiiovc ment. Particularly, .he saw tlila to bo truo in Detroit where ho regnrdiMl the" need of further organization C labor, however, as still great. 1 "In this great bee hive of indua try, employers of ltibor'huvo aKaumod a position of dictatorship," ho said l"Thcy dictate tho tcrma of employ ment, tho wages paid, the number of hours which a laborer muM. work and tho conditions under which be muat labor. Ity tlila proieaa, they fix. as thomrh bv royal decree, tlin living condition of their workers This state "of affalra should not exist In thla enlightened period of the world's history. Tho rigbta of the workora should bo rorogniwd."- No opposition will prevent labor ing men and women from organis ing. Mr. flrncn said, uddlng: "The need for organlwitinn and co-onoratlon Is keenly felt and the workers are determined to join with their fellow men In their efforts to raise their RtamWria of living. The heart a and mlndH of men are being aroused. The individual worker realises how weak und fechln Is his position."- . Organized labor Is also determined. Mr. Green said, to oust conimuninni as a destructive force within Its ranks. "In view fif the fnct that the com muniste have challenged and are chal longing the hosts of urgunlxed Itihor.' he said, "and by every means at their disposal are seeking to secure HUpretiy control of the trado union movement of America, wo, the loyal members and officers of the organized labor tAvement,- will strike back and strike hard. Wo will not cease our effort until communism and-the communis' tic philosophy and those who roprft' sent It are driven from the ranks, of organized labor." AND AUTOCRATS STORMY PETREL OF AIR SERVICE AWAiTS ARRESr Colonel Mitchell Fishes for Tarpon As Congratulations Pour in On His Attack 0n1p.,HvinB confessed ut ho kid- , , Army and Navy Air Policies . Wants Court Martial. SAN ANTONIO, TexaB. Sept. 7. (A.P.) Colonol Wlliam A. Mitchell coniplacoutly fishcil for tarpon off Port .Aransas, Terns, uililln hla InlnsM slatement In crlt the country. - . v rionos anu sup - 11, .nn. nron iif. ncer and formnrns fleer and rnrmnr as- porters 01 inn oikii- sistant chief or tho army air service 1 m un wiiij un .0 ,.,. Tho,.0 Wero bullet holes in rams of support and eon-1 hnr ,, , , not.K. Noo, ,,d he led It XTl" al!cedn '.riB ,h0 "' "" lhe C"r ln H,C"ed umlatlon nf alleged n'iHHtunl 101.nlng. Too frightened poured tolegram Kiululntlon Into Hcathlng don potenco and ncgligonrc In tho conduct fif army and navy aviation. No official coiuniunlcntlon from Washington had boon received It was said at his quarters. t , At Swampncntt, ('resident t'onllilgo mado no comment, hut II was Indicated lie would 'In avn tho matter to war do- parlmcnt officials, supporting thorn In any net they might sen fit. to tnko. Hero.. Colonel MltchcD'a linmedlnle superior, Major (lonnrul Ernost Hinds, roniniundor of lhe nlKht corps area, declined to comment after ha had read ins air nii..ci n niaicun.-iti in mo km.u- dny papers. ' Prior lo reading the stfitnmnnt of In diet men I of tho army "Mil navy depart ment, fur "ncotipptonrv and crhniom negligence," result lug In I ho HhenBn d'iah and Pud He flight rilsaslnrs. Ma jor (lennnil Hinds said hn ennecle'l nn dlspciplinary action unless Colonel Mitchell had none much, further than hereto foro. That Colonel Mitchell through!, hn gnnn nbriut tlin limit., was tnarle plain in Ills statement upon Issuing his charges Haturday that he oxpeclnd to (A. P.) President t'oollilgo Is going he under arrest by Monday. bark to Washington later In the .week Hn staled Hint hn would welcmnn assured by his physicians I tin I lie Is nrrnst and trial by court martini If in better physical condition than at from his trial he could develop facts any other tlmo stm-o entering 'lhe lo sling tho conscience of Ihn Atner. While House. lean people so thsl thoy would foroo' Eleven weeks of rest and reorea correctinn of tho gross rlefncts In tho tlon hero appear to havo put hltn In management of tlio air service , excellent shape for the winter grind In -I " . " '' ' ' tho capital. Mr. Coolldgo weighs 161 : Miss Mnrjorle Wsiiers. who has pounds and while he Is a bit heavier been vIsMlug Mrs. Henry Currier, left than when he was vice president, he Inst night for herhorne In Han Jose, has not gained much wolght during Calif. . 9 the summer. 4 Sailors Killed By Explosion On U. S. Destroyer Noa SHANGHAI, Sept. 7. (A. P.) The destroyer Noa. United States navy, reported by radio tonight thut four men of her crew' had f been killed In un explosion. The destroyer was returning to Shanghai from the ('hllsun r I islands, following the refloating 4 r of tho wrecked Chinese steamer Fel-Chlllg. r The Nou anchored tonight In tho lower Whungpoo near Woo- "f r sung und will como up tho river to Shanghai at duybreuk. KILLING GIRL Ex-Inmate of Insane Asylum and Son of New York Law yer, Admits He Murdered BOY CONFESSES KIDNAPPING 'n i j i'ii A -rv,: head, and a possible fractured skull: Little GIN and Killed iaXIHarold Todd. 24, of Grants Pass is Driver. MONTCLAin. N. J.. Sept. 7. (A.i. P.) Stolidly Indifferent, to the net of law that has closed nliotit him as the result of two murders und a . ,. . .'. . ..r K.nnapmB. uv.. ... nu - a New York lawyer, and confessed slayer, waa arraigned hero today on a formal chargo ot kidnaping six - year-old Mary Daly from near her ' . home Friday.. .; v Then ho was InHen lo Cedar Grove and nrralKiied on a charge of mui luu""". four, whose automobile, ho used n kidnaping the glrL Tho prisoner flitl not enter a plea un either of tho chaiges. Noel Is lator to bo nr. rulgned in West Putorson for the murder . of the girl; and for utrodoua assault and Intent ! to kill John San- din, a chauffeur, who .ursued the kidnaper In another uulomol. lo In an, attempt.; to rosc uo tho girl. Noel was removed from the Mont- clalr police headquarters to the Kssex county Jail. Tho auihorltios ox- olaincd that tho removal waa a mat- tor of routine and not prompted by....... ,n -tt-rurt nn.itinns. Th rat- J nny thnm otjM- I A naped - and murdered six-year-old MaW d... ,.arnon noc. uf .Now..Yol'k.,';W,'L.n'i.'".; merly a college student and Inmate ot nn insane asylum, was hold In Jail today.. Tho motive for the klU.,.l; was insom. out w oy me . "' - is not clear. ' Part of the confession Is withheld by Hie authorities. Noel confessed that ho also shot . .. I !?',.,.. j,k- .i,..f dsn, of what ho " " ther .fieur who ZZZ&6m " " Siln 'STJK rj.-;- 'rr a .ruckriver agemcnt of the air ! ''' . ' 'u"", ,h"1 " " '"! 'he ICIamath freight llne. Vhlch service issued SBt-1I,Hrd. ,i with tin of boast- "i"""1 by hi. father, the office urdav was re- Grinning and with n tliw of Boast of on Z discontinued hi. service, to r u I 1111 dump of bushes on Pro, kness to. engage In I " '' , Tod ,mU. e. Noel whcli he ha Had loo no p. . .I"" 11, 1 put two bullets Into ij,! "wel ijc1, '""'' , , . ...,...,1 I The ,,n"y W"" lyi" T h t hands wore crossed on her , "r a ;,, she was left stand- u... I.... ...n.'nlnw H-rin ri- EniflDCU mg wnno no oacKcu ujr ... many snots, no bhhi, o .. . . post. Then ho dragged the body Into the underbrush. o I Noel escaped Juno 28 from the Kssex county Insane asylum at overbrook. where ho had been con- 1 fined at tho rciiuest of his parents, February 2:1. He was believed havo suffered a mental breakdown, from over study. For a short time bo had been a student, at Harvard but hail left by request of tho unl- . versity nuinoruies. PRESIDENT IN EXCELLENT HEALTH PLANS RETURN TO WHITE HOUSE BWAMPHCOTT, Mars., Sept. T. SPEED CAR SKIDS, ONE DEAD, 3 HURT Miss Herma Hause of Grants Pass Dies As Result of 1n juries Received Early Sun day Morning Near Gold Hill Driver of Car May Not , .. i... Hi. , Recover Local Girl Hurt. Henna Hazel House, 17, of Grants Pubb Is doud and throo otliors , are, seriously Injured as a result of an auto accident 2 o'clock Sunday morn ing a sliort distance thla ''side ' of Gold Hill. -1 ! Audrey Eggers, 20, of Grants Pass, lios in the bacrcd Heart hospital In a critical condition because of a fractured skull; Miss Gwendolyn Mll lage. 111., ot Medford, Is at the Community hospital suffering . from lacerations and contusions, about vie I In a Iwo.ii.til tit that fllu nlltrhtlV improved from painful injuries. . , According to Btate Trarilo umcer C. P.' Talent, who was called, to the nana . . I lh n .... I H n n . ahArllu nftAt . . occurr,d. the car. a large uuiCK roadster, was completely wrecked, having traveled several hun- "-ed feet after having hit a curve, a' what il Is believed, was.-art eJt- .c8,ve ral0 of .peed. i . ; U. At the Mma of tn9 accident the party of four wero bound for. grants '. Pas" from Modford. Egger having mB "? " : ,to,tak8 ,MlM , lage, who was Just beginning a two I week's vacation from her duties at , 0)(y otorncy.B oftlcei wner. Bho , oml)ioyo1 n. ft Btonogrirpher, -;Lu v ner, .parents' homo In- Oranlw. Pass, , H u ,vno enloioyed . eonjeotlon.ry shop In lhat cliy. ,wti eriJU,0(li lt ls .ttdi by Etgen and ToJd tQ accompany thenl t0 thlg c,,y. Agc01.d, to wnee, tmokl! tn() Cllr hR ft Bnluiu dUch on the r,ght me u( t)0 curvJi and ,n hl ef(orW KggBrBi who was drlvlngi ,wunB o,. mf , a d,uh on tRe ,eft , There conlmonced to skld ror ovproxl. ,.,,. , ,.. t, ,, . .overal ,lmeB throwing the oocu- )(lntl! out whe found a short ,, ,u.i was on Ita side faclnr the1 ouooslte I dlroction from what It had been Mli"5.ull, who dlM Ot . , nl t h hucmm. uat hrk X"f Zl o rlTnt "hose home is given a. 1 Angeles, Jones. d.d;' J,', Mn DoNke o( aran(i pM . w,h 'whom she had been allying. .Her molhw Her 'tm thla morning to Grants Paa.. for burial. -. ,i. . Eggers, according to the latest report, has not improved and If only better, but Is not What i, re. """I!""- I"""""' Todd, the owner f tho death car. recently droyer.lt o mm KanBa-i , . 1 Tn0 district attorney's office r Is Investigating the accident and it mW ... ... " u... . . .i....i.. charge 1 of manslaughter . . -ing, Tu.e of ShiaHegllR 3ed' n the deatn'o " ,., BggoTl be- negllgence which Miss Hause. . ,;L ZZZZZi - J - Hlat0 Traff0 offCOI. c p, Talent; MIks Kilerlv Abandon Hwlna. 1 tAi-f, unio n Vjtj, Dept. 1. (A, r.l nnrtnuiA Kdnrin ha rti.finlii.lv., yhm. dni,,i .1,. inna of o nnnd tiami.t tD ,Wnl lne English channel this rear Rnd , panning to leave for Nv Tork next Haturday. . . , 1 irn0 continued bad weather'. Vlln ' tne temperature of the channel water dnwn to 65 degrees Fahrenheit waa responsible for the American swm- 1 mer e decision. ;(i .He confined his cxerclae'i'ta UjdYt walks from which he seems. to gcVa maximum of benefit. As a rule he gets at least nlno hours sleep a nlftht and frequently takes a nap It) lh af ternoon. V' , I- I 1-..T' III1 Nt only has tho president beep ait Joying unusually good health,, hut Mrs. Coolldgo has ' been benefitted considerably by her stay here, Hlte does much more hiking than the o res ident and frequently covert tlvv hithts or more a day. --.