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Newspaper Page Texto o Co o i MEDFORD IBUNE The Weather Weather Year Ago Maximum tt4 Minimum loiluy . f.7 l'rvt iiiailuii . IU Prediction (.eiiernfly cloudy MiitUiiiiiii yeSiertlny H Minimum 4ri0i Dilly Tw-nttHh Vrut. ffcVt-bljf HP) fuurU. Veur. . MEDFORD, OKKOOX, MONDAY, KKPTKM 1SKR H, Wl'S no. inn STANFIELB'S ARREST iS . CRITICIZED Junior Senator Released From Baker Jail On Bond, Charged With Being Drunk and Dis orderly Officer Claims U. S. Senator Hit Him in Op posing His Arrest. BAKT:il, Or., Kepi. 14. Opinion, in HaUer is divided iixlay as a result, of the arrest iif Senator Robert S'. .Siinifi'-hi in ti local eaifng place lust night hy S. W. Kdens, mi'iiilicr of the city police force. I-Yieiids of l ho son niiir hold iho arrest was an outrage, Riiuio ji lli'K a frami-up hy Si a n Hold's onoiuios. City officials take the view that the arrest was merely a routino ma l tor ami should be dis iliOBoii of as any similar cane. Police promptly denied tin charge of fratne- UJ). "I shall handle this case ex actly as I would handle it if it involved any m her man," said Krank Met ilhnli, eity attorney, today. "1 shall examine wit nesses and determine whether the fai-ts warrant a com plaint. 1 f a complaint iH drawn it will allege disorderly conduct only." Uate has not heen set for a trial, (is Senator Stanfield has already left Senator llobl. X. Stanfield. for Hoise, Idaho, where a hearing of the senate public lands committee of whk'h Stanfield is chairman. Is scheduled. Onto of lite trial, if the ease is pressed, will be 'fixed to suit the convenience of the senator Me (.'ollneh staled loilny. The. arrest oc curred at it p. m. Sunday. Stanfield Was struck in the face by the officer ami on the side of the head by the officer's gun. He was not seriously injured. He was taken to the police station on foot. A big crowd gath ered and friends put up $50 bail. A charge of drunk and disorderly, np pears on the police blotter today but It was indicated this will ho changed to a charge of disorderly conduct only. Officer Kdens alleged that Stan field resisted arrest ami called him vile names, and that the blows struck were justified. He called on bystand ers for assistance, lie Insisted Stan field was Intoxicated. Stanfield was wtid to have been dining with two women when the officer entered. Kdens said lie did not know the sena tor, never having seen him before. No further action In the case Is expected today, though It is indicated that Sianfields friends believe he was unjustly urrested and will fight the charge if one Is brought. KAKF.R. Ore., Sept. 14. Robert N. Stanfield, junlon United States senator from Oregon, was arrested on u chargo of being drunk and disor derly at a cafe hero Inst night hy City rolicemun F. V. IMons. Stan field was released on $30 bail, but no time for his hearing was set. (Continued on pnge stx.l :'.1V "-v.; ::': l...j KANSAS SHERIFF'S SLAYER KILLED . BY II AI-TI'S. Okln.. Sept. 14. (A. P.) Pherlff J. I-. KnRllMh of Jakon county, nnnnunred today that n man killed Inst Thtlrnday In a (tun fiuht with offleera on n Mate hlithwoy nenr here, had hoen virtually Identified as Clyde CI. Coen, slayer of the sheriff of Thnmns county nt Colliy. Kao . and of an officer at North Vlntt, Neb. NORTH IM-TT. Nell.. P't. 11. Clyde C. Coen. I.elleved tn he ope of the men killed at Altiift. Okla.. In a Bun finht with officers., has n aught for several daya as the .oni- French Tennis Star Is Called Home to Serve in the Army FORK ST HILLS, L. L, Sept. 4 13. (Rene I-aOiste. 19 year old f Davis cup star, received a onhle- Brum from the French military authorities today ordering him bark to France for compulsory military training. He was or- ilered to sail Wednesday. 4 10 FLY PLANE Commander of PN-9 Eager to Finish Air Trip As Planned Fully Recovered From Effects of Disaster Jollies 1 the Newspaper Men. no.OLlLl", Sept. 14. (A. P.) Commander John Rodgers today told something of tho sensation of being alive, drifting at sea, while picking up messages telling that agreement had been reached by searching of ficials that ho had died when his seaplane, the l'N-9 No. 1 struck the water after being forced dowu by lack of gasoline. Commander Rodders today had re covered his old springy stride, an indication that ho was returning to his former alert, dynamic, physical condition. He twitted newspapermen about their enterprise in covering the flight of the PN-U No. J. 'You newspapermen are all right." said Captain John. "111 give you credit. You are on the job and 1 like a fellow who is on the job. You made H good job of consigning me and my crew to the deep and then you made a fin' job of it when you resurrected .rue."-. . : ' "How does it feel to be 'dead'" and (hen come to life again?" the com mander was asked. j "It's a wonderful sensation," he replied. "There's one advantage of being 'dead, you soon learn what the world thinks of you. If what was said when you were 'dead' is favorable, then It's a pleasure to re turn to life. ! "While we were out there sailing along, we often heard how our plane had dropped to the bottom of the ocean. Vo picked up messages of condolence; we heard bitter words tossed about; we heard suggestions as to how the 'accident could have been prevented.' We heard very clearly the radio expressions and ex planations of how our plane plunged downward the moment we landed. So we decided that those who had not seen us go down knew more nbont it than we did and then we resigned ourselves to the Inevitable for the time-being. "Having no way to answer back, we didn't. We just came back." Turning to the future and his plans to finish the flight by flying his plane from the island of Kauai to Honolulu, thus completing tho air cruise, Commander Rodgers said : "The plane is not damaged. We took some of the fabric from one of tlio wings in order to rig up a sail and we used some woodwork as fuel when distilling water, but aside from this the ship is in perfect condition. "Whether 1 will finish the flight or not depends upon conditions, but if I have my way about it, I'll fin ish It." "How are you fooling?" "Oh. all right Just fine 1 ninko a bee-line for tho hospital when I get away from you fellows," he said, addressing the reporters. "Over nt the hospital they have a valid, or nt least n plausible ex cuse for keeping you out," he added, chuckling heartily. Com mo n der Rodgers, when refer ring to plans for the future did not Indicate that hrT was aware of tho issuance of orders directing that he return to the mainland aboard tho 1. S. S. CallfnYnin. He said he knew of no definite arrangements for li is retu rn. "Rut I want to get hack as quickly os possible,' he said. pnnlon of Raymond L. Nolte in the slaying of Edward Clark, North IMatt policeman, a few weeks ago. Clark was phot when he attempted to question two men Just outside North Piatt. Tho name pair killed Sheriff Hnm Trait nt Colby, Kns., a few hours later. Nolte was arrested , at Tttcumcarl. N. M., nnd returned; here, being sent to the state peniten tiary at Lincoln for safekeeping. He has signed n conf-dop naming Coen lift the slajR'r of the officer. He said It fivnt around tlcury. Okla.. that he lea Coen, - ROGERS WANTS ON TO HONOLULU I i Where Fourteen Fliers Were Hurled to Death AVrivkilsf of lite forward section of iIm V. S. S. Klirimmlmih, which K in vo In n storm over Avn. lien Hi. ., cuiTyiiiK fourteen, Including its t oimtinmlcr, Ijieitlcnnnt loiiitinmiicr .uchnry Lulisuownc, to ADMIRAL FIRES BROADSIDE AT STORMY PETREL Mitchell Declared Crazy Or Suffering From Delusions of : Grandeur Unified Air Ser vice Condemned As Bolshe vism Propoganda. WASHINGTON, Sept. 14. (A. V.) With the brond question of the nation's air defense organization to be turned over to a special hoard of inquiry the apecif .0 charges made , by Colonel Wil liam Mitchell, for mer assistant a r m y air e h I e f ugainst the navy's air administration, have drawn a ver bal broadside from Rear Admiral Wil liam A. MoffettJ the navy air chief.' Replying cute- gorlcuiiy to the UTTMrrrFTT. rhnmps of Cninnei Mitchell respecting the Shenandoah and the fliirht nf the PN-9 No. 1. which he quoted without mention- lower east side and stole $8C.r7 re Ing the author's name ond of other cpfpls of week-end traftic which critics of the navy nir administra- were being transferred to n hank. tion. Rear Admiral Moffett denied them with Huch emphatic chnractcrl-j stations as "unqualifiedly false," "ab-! HOlutely fa 1 8 v," and "unscrupulous self-seekers," nnd "vultures' j "The most charitable way to re gard these charges Is that their au thor is of unsound mind nnd is suf fering from delusions of grandeur," Admiral Moffett declared. The navy air chief's statement, ' following on tho heels of the action P.) Edward W. lmliler, OreKttn ii Ity President CoolidKe in tnrnliif; over neer. who crossed the. plninH in IKT2 to n special commission the broad f3. and after whom the town of Inth (luesllon of air defense policy is taken ler in the Grande Hondo valley was tn Indicate that the admiral regards named, died at his homo nt Adren Colonel Mitchell's specific charges wald Htntion Saturday, nged 82. against tho navy nir administration' He came to Oregon with his hrnth ns still to bo dealt with. 1 " Jesse, first settling In Lane county. That these charges, as well as Later he moved to Dufur and thence those against the nrmv nir ndmlnls- he Clrande Konde valley, when trallon will he considered as fur- 'hat district was first developed, ther matter to he dealt with by the' A"er residing there ninny years he commission which will meet with moved to Corvallls. and fourteen the president at the White House y'" HK" 'e '''"-Hand. Kunernl next Thursday. Is regarded by most ervlces will be held here Tuesday af orn. ers as unlikely. What course 'noon and the body will he sendt to the administration cIoch propose to M"iervllle for Interment. take with regard to them may notl be definitely disclosed, however, be fore that time. llullif vism Clinrgt'il. Asserting that the proponents of a unified air 'service were using the! "revolutionary methods, of the com- munists," Admiral Mnffntt declared In his statement that charges from that quarter have done more to "re- turd aviation nnd hamper national defense than could have heen Hccom- pllshcii y any other means." He warned mat me example or military officers' "making n. political .,,. I over -the heads nf ennirresa tn the people might be the opening of a wedge for military dlctatorHhlp In the United States." , Taking cognizance nlso of the eon- tentlon of Colonel Mitchell that Ihe "dilapidated condition" of Ihelr rac Ing planes caused the death of rfwo nrmv officer, entered In the Dnvlon rit..i,.r A.i,i,M,i ir. fett asserted that it was ke duty "of n high ranking army nvlntor who was present" nt the racing meet Wire Report on the Pear Market NEW. VOKK. Sept. 14. ( U. S. IUlre:ill of i:lrkels.) 27 ciirs Califor nia: 1 l.laho: 3 Colorado: 3 Dela ware; 21 New York: 11 Orphan: 11 Washington; 29 New York hy boat, market KliKhlly utronser. OreKuii hni'lletlH 111(15 iioxea extra larse 14 to ST.; few low as $3. 90. Small to medium $3. tin to 4.20; average $3.90; fancy IntKo J3.35 n 3.H0; medium to J3.K0 to 4.25; avernue J4.02; chulce, small to large $3.35 to 4.30; nveraeo $3.!I2. CIIIPAOO, Kept. 14. I'ears: 2G ears California; 4 Illinois; !) New York: Itl OreKon; 1 1 Washington; 4 Michigan l.v boat; IIIT-cars on track: Oregon hartlelts 2fiH0 Imxes, $2.(10 to 4. .10; mostly 3.40 to 3.DU. SAN KRANV1SCO, Sept. 1 4 ( Fed eral State Market News Service.) Apples, boxes California gravenstelns $2.fnfr3; C grade $l.7&ff 2.2ft; Alex- anders $2.2ftfii 2.f.0. earmaius fancy 2. .Loose $lfi'1.50; Washington Jona thans fancy $ 2 . H 0 (f i 2 . 7 6 ; Oregon gravenstelns $2.75 Hr 8.25. Pears: Bartletts $3(fi 3.25; No. 2, $22.60 box. Lake county best $3.25 (ft 3. 2 ft, sixty pound lug. Daily Report on the Crime Wave NEW YORK, Sept. 14. (A. I.) While scores of passersby scurried l"" cover before the menacing guns, fv e' toilny held up a Yellow Taxlcah company machine In the The robbers escaped in an nutomo bile. Passing of the Early Pioneer PORTLAND. On Sept. 14. (A. The Noted Dead NRW YORK, Kept. 14. (A. P.) Max I'nin, noted lawyer, organizer with Vice President Charles (I. IJawes of tho Central Trust company of Illinois and founder of tho University of Notre Dame school of Journalism, "led today lit his homo here from n heart attack, lie was sixty yenrH old. nosKHUUO, Ore., Sept. 14. Ilev. U- T. Hummervllle, nged about HII " "' a pioneer preacher of the aieinonim limn men yesiernny III me .home of his daughter, Mrs. W. H. "'hdier. of this city. Rev. Runimer- vllle '" " "'" Ilelfnsl. Ireland, n'vlng to Canada when sixteen years r "' laKln ul nl" h"me In the Ln""' ""'e1 y,,nra ' 'h naturnllzed nt tho age of 21. lie was the lust member of the cluss of 7H of the school of theology. North western university, twelve - gradual es of that class having preceded him to the great beyond. ' . CHURCHES SAY OUTCOME OF ORY Federal Council, After Exhaus LAW DOUBTFUL tive Investigation, Declares. Th; work llf (i,i i)lir,i wni mimie- , . ment that of the m-e.-lul board of Prohibition s Facing Su-m. m. a,Hni I'roHidat 1 1 miiiiDn in .inivn t iini'oit ii i v intn i ho tirPfTIP Tp5t Public Oninion ' . . . . HaS UnanCieCl 5inCe Law Was Passed. " WASHINGTON, Kept. 14. A belief that prohibition in the United States is facing a supreme test, with the final outcome In doubt was expressed lust night in a report compiled uTter months of investigation by the re search and educational department of the federal council of churches. "No one can, say with positlveness what the ultimate outcome of this test will be," said the report. "$o cock sure optimism is warranted, nor Is pessimism or 'defeatism' Justified by the facts. Much seems to depend upon the development of public opinion ln tho near future." An "unfavorable and disquieting" tmu, p!ipe ll)20 tn ,u, Hl(ca, conH0 quences of prohibit tun was seen by the Investigators In statistics gathered from many source, but the report de clared no available statistical duta could he accepted as conclusive nnd pointed nut that the wholesome ef fects of prohibition nre registered In inconspicuous ways which cannot he l''" the honrd that It does not reduced to a statistical tabulation. wiH" tn estrict In any way the testi Many of the claims made by those 1 nwny Colonel Mitchell may he asked on both sides of tho controversy Klve and that the board itself will were discarded ns virtually worthless. hp ""-V ,,,)(1y with Pwer to con Publicity material circulated with ft ,lul ,ht Hr,," of l,H ,iiry Into the view to influencing public opinion was hargeH Colonel Mitchell has made, declared to have been based largely The Hhenandoah board will sit nt on questionable data. .Uikehurst. N. J.. but no date has been Prohibition publicity has suffered much," said the report, "from care less and unwarranted Inferences. Much of Ihe publicity given out by the prohibition unit in the treasury department has been of this unfortu nate kind. On the other hand, much .... unjust and misleading propaganda has neen put out for the purpose oi diitcrcdltlng prohibition. the report declared there could be lit- He doubt as to tho mood of the conn- try when prohibition was adopted, but that since that time various elements , tio.l .r.n.mi.W .... .. . n 1 1 .... I ...I tl... uilnii M,,n .in n ui,i... I,,.. i h decisive. it was said mat thore i, , i v S: nZJZ , . . the country has accepted with H. ll- investigation was reserved for future dlHelosiire, but (he sect Ion of the re port made public tonight contained two pets of figures. One summarized the responses (o (I questionnaire sent out to members of the national conference of social work, a. majority of whom reported that conditions in the homes of the poor had Improved In various way un der prohibition, that children's delin quency wan decreasing, nnd that liquor wus lens accessible than form erly to minors, but that drinking ':S,!i::!Jn:rl:! fneral reHpect for law had dec-rensen, The other tabulation related to In-! tempernnco as n factor In dependency ami was summarlxed In the report as showing that nlthnugh Ihere was "a uhn ..Irnli" In nmh ..n.,..a ..I...,,. Ifllfl there his been "very decided nnd fairly consistent Increases since thai (Conflnucd on pago six ) Alma Rubens Will Marry Sheik Star And Leave Screen I.OH ANtlKI.KS. Ni'l'l. 14. Rieartlo Cortez ami Alma Itu- 4 bens, film actor and uctress, announced here today that they would wed May 15. 19211. Miss HulieiiH said that she would re- lire front the screen after the I marriage. Secretary Wilbur Names Rear, Admiral Jones to Head Na - iii t i iL val Court to Look Into the .Shenandoah Disaster Col- Mitchell Will Testify WASHINGTON, Sept. 14. (A. A court, of Inquiry to investigate the Shenandoah disaster with Rear Ad miral Hilary P. Jones, chief of the navy's general hoard as Us president. was appointed today hy Secretary Will. nr. At the time Mr. Wilbur was an- notinciug the personnel of the Shen- andoah hoard, tne war department made plans to have Colonel William Mitchell, chief figure in tho whole controversy, available as an expert witness for the president's special hoard when that body begins its in- tltiliy. '"V"'1 uOi.jf.-U Wlon-n. lr I .,..,, U .he Hiii.nriti. ,,..,. The announcement of the person nel of the board to Investigate Ihe Shenandoah crash came on the heels of a denouncement of navy critics by Ilenr Admiral Moffett. chief of the navy bureau of aeronautics. Those who will serve with Admiral Jones In conducting the inquiry are Captain Krank Clarke, aide to the assistant secretary; Captain Lewis B. McBiide of the navy construction corps; Commander John H. Towers, Lieutenant Commander Ralph. C. Peijnoyer, Captain I'uul Foley, direc tor of the experimental laboratory nt Ilellevue, B. C, and Lieutenant Com mander H. M. IMeree. Captain Foley will ho judge advo cate of the court, and Lieutenant Commander iMerco will be his ad viser. It woh explained nt the war de partment that neither disciplinary proceedings which have been initial ed ngnlnsl Colonel Mitchell nor his official duties as chief of air service In the eighth corps area would be permitted to Interfere with his np pea ranee before the special hoard. T h e w at d e pn r t m e n t will make It hi-i wr n coiiwoing. Admlrul Jones Is senior member of the general board and formerly was commander In chief of the fleet. Com mander Towers Is a naval aviator with 12 yearn experience and wnn com mander of Iho tranH-Allantlc flight eutcn - itmlo Iii' flin nnvv In 1 ft I It ( ' i . innnvtr ,a miV11, .., ll v until iiiiti tl iinnn'i -uiiiii-iiii i-iiwi.. He wn athe naval inspector o ft he dlti- K"',L' I-h Angeles, while It was under I Ponrtrurtlon In Oern.nny and he h, v. ed nlso in Knglnnd during the con struction of the H-3S ami the ZK-2. Lieutenant Commander IPerce Is a i llKhter'-thnn -K r pilot and regarded .is IIHfl I'llKHiy ill nil Mill mini inu ""M'1'"" " Although he had nrevlously an- "! !' he saw no reason why hearing should not be open to the t '11" " " '.' . "-lll'J FLY THAN WASlllNOTON. Sent. 14. "(A. P.) Commander John !lndgern of the; - No. l, appo.n,ed .. ch.,rl r.r ihn Hi i mil ii .n orimn nt hH. fid- . ; , .l. vl"l Secretary Wilbur today that Ills personal jiren'ri'iice is 10 remain un sen duty with airplanes. Commander KodgerH added, now- ever, that he would accept the posl- lr- ,n thv opinion of the ecr- ""V. "ny services will be more valu- uble In the department." Tho message wan sent by Itudgera Hill COURT APPOINTED 10 PROBE TRAGDY COMMANDER ROGERS WOULD RATHER ; ALLOWS S. P. 4 MILLION LANDS Judge Wolverton Hands Down Important Decision in 0. and C. Land Grant Cases Railroad Given Half of Its Demand Claim Land Now Worth at Least 30 Million. PortTI.ANn. Ore.. Sp)(. 1 -I. ITnU od Staii'H Dl.ili-lct J udK Wolvt rlon lodny olio wed tho Southern Va rifle niilroml J-1 .07 7.-1 TH.fir. In thu flniil or ponntinK or ni ..m ort-Kon and ran- fforniii milruiid land grunt ouhph. The snu.iH.rn vm-mv had nsui f,ir 8.u,,o l$K,oini.inH) wliilo iho government con- td-i $1.2110.000. Decision hk to whether an nppeal Hhall ue taken rentH with the rompany'H legal do piirtincni in San Kranclnen, Tho accounting wuit involved 100 .separate law huUh that were rolled into tho onu luought under the pro visions or t he Chamherl&in-FeiTlH art. imssedjty congress in 11)16. H is stated hy Southern I'aclflo attorneys that the lands recovered hy Hie government from tho old Oregon and California land grants are now worth nt h-jiHt $30,000,000, chiefly front the tlmher on them. The dis trict known as the O. and O. grant in composed of two granfn from the government to aid In the hulldlng of the Oregon nnd California railroad: the Kast Side grant made In IK (IB and the West Side grant, made in 1870. The lands were given to the old railroad company with two covenants that they should 'be sold only to ''iui Heme ami mat they Oouw ho J"'1'1 "" ln trnirti. of 16tf nor en each. jj' t?'yt'LVn'i'n(ift.,Biipiii!i Iio Hie Sttuthern Pacific secured the a went on the theory that It ' ''! nR 11 " (lt without regarrt to the isnenantn. Vr yrara It Hold these lands, nnd tho government took" no action until some ten yearn ago. In time the railroad took these lands off the market. The government brought suit to compel the company to forfeit the lands back to the fed eral government upon the' grounds that tho railroad company -'had bro ken the covenants in the original grant. " " , In 1915 tho United State supreme, court held that the lands coiild not be forfeited without the railroad company receiving $2. B0 an acre for till the lands that were In the original grants, Including those It had sold. The court suggested that congress amend the original act ho ns to have the government take back the lands nnd at the same time give the rail road company $2.50 an ucre to which it was entitled. Acting upon' , this suggestion, the Chamberlnin-Ferris act was passed which provided that the government would take back all. the lands left, but pay the railroad $2.60 an acre for nil the lands that were In the grant, hut charge against this gross Hum all the- money the company had received In connection with the sale of lands to settlers and others. Congress also provided In thin hill that a suit should be brought in fed eral courts to determine the amount to be paid. . There were no many various Items entering Into the settle ment, (hat the ncounting suit wan held necessary Independent of all other suits connected with the grant.. Nearly all the questions ,of fact were agreed upon by the attorneys before the accounting Hull Was start ed here In June, 192-1. Toduy'a decision not only nettled Ihe amount to be paid the company H"t determined the legal conclu- on many mooted points in con !.Mnn with monevs nnld out and ' received. Judge Wolverton found that there should be 3.727.KKU.04 ucrns In the O. nnd C. land grant, for which $!l,3l 9, 724. KG gross should be allow ed. But he churged the company with $ri,242,24H.&o, which mnde the cash award to Ihe Southern Pacific com pany of $4,077, 47.3fi. ' The government some time ago net aside 11.000.000 cash to he paid on this suit when decided. Provision of . . . , - TAKE WILBUR'S JOB I hv radio frm Honolulu. It conx'eyert the thanks of the crew of the PN-9 no. . and hi. wpprk...- lor "iho honor attached to mv selection i,. a. assistant chief of he '" in nnisiiiH puiinu w nodegra' . message Secretary Wilbur wild he would make no comment m this lime as to whether any change In plans wns contemplated. It was the neral Impression, however, that I the Commander would be duly In- stalled In hhnew poat. ' (Continued on pave six ) . o o 'T