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Newspaper Page Text,v oo edford Mail Tribune Ifk'ilMlon rii.trfllti.1 " Maximum yesterday an ( Minimum toting .. :i2 I-Tcvtpluwluii 01 i Weather eYear Ago Maximum .... 48 Minimum n 'A' Dally Twnrtlttk Tuf. We.T mtlj lomlh Tt. MEDFORP, OHKCIOX. TUKSDAV. XOVKMKKU 10. 1!l!.' NO. 190 Husband Fined $5 for Kissing Wife President Asks 1 COURT What They Got Out of War, Business to Stop 11 A. M. Tomorrow In Own Motor Car M A APOLOGY PRPNP.H TO IS DEMANDED F Mussolini Declares Defiling of Italian Flags at Belgrade - Must Bring, Satisfaction Anti-Italian Feeling in Jugo-Slavia Growing De clare Mussolini Plots Fiction UOiMB, Nov. 10. (A. P.) Tlio Hal lun government lias asked 'rilting satisfaction" from the Jugoslavian government for Sunday's antl-liallan demonstration and the defiling or de Htruction of Italian flags in various oitlos of tho Sorb. Croat and Slovene Rtate. Announcement to thin effect was mado today in an official com in unique. HOME. Nov. 10. (A. P.) The fas rlstl have obeyed Mussolini's orders that no reprisals be taken for the pint to assassinate him, says IVltnpero. ex treme fascist organ, but nothing could atop them In the ovent of another attempt from staging a St. Bartholo mew's night to destroy all the enemies of fascism. . The paper urges ro-ostablisliinont of capital punishment and Its Infliction upon Tito Zanihonl and "the other traitors" implicated in the plot against the premier. IIHUiRADK. Jugoslavia, Nov. in.- (A. P.) The Jugoslavian authorities are taking every precaution to pre-: vent further anti-Italian demonstra tions such hb those which .occurred throughout the country Sunday. A great mass meeting called for Thurs-' day at Agram has been forbidden. 1 Foreign Minister Nlnchltclil was .received by. the .king after an latjctv view yesterday 'with the Italian . min ister, Uonnrni Itodroro, who pmteHtrd against the burning of Italian Hags during demonstrations ill l.nilmch, Bpalnto, Agram and Helgnido. The foreign minister faced Inter pellations In the Skupstlnn (national assembly) today on the subject of the fascist treatment of - the .lugo-Slav minority population in Trieste, which caused Sunday's outbreaks. The fas-; cisli arc alleged to have attacked the ,lit.-;o-Slaviun consulate in Trieste and also. -the officers of tho Slovenian newspaper Kdinost, which had char acterized Italian accounts of plots against the life of Premier Mussolini as pure inventions. i SEVERE EARTHQUAKE I NKW YOKK. Nov. 10. f A. P.) One ' of Dm most severe, earthquakes F the year whs recorded today on tho sois lmvjraph at Pordham university. Tho exact distance of tho disturbance could nut ho given, hut exports of the j university wild it centered more' than Mmm miles from Now York. The first tremors were recorded at ii;2! A. M., and the maximum disturb mice was reached at 10:05 o'clock, continuing ut Us height for twenty minutes. The whole shock lasted for more ) than an hour, being still in progress it hen the seismograph record was removed. . I Another Assassination Declared Thwarted I W SLAVS VIKNNA, Nov. 10. (A. P.--A cMiumunlst attempt . to asnassinutc King Ferdinand of Houmanta bus been thwarted. j Lying In wait at a country inn fm( the king' to return from hunting, a , band of communists was captured 1y( ft poliee- iincr repulsing . gendarmes wllh revolvers and hand grenades yesterday. Advices describe the af fair as one- soldier and one gen darme won rid cd. Goblin's Defense Closes. NO!IIEHV!IjIj1, Ind., Nov. 10. (A. V ) The defense in tho murder trial of U. C. Stephenson, Karl (lentry and Karl Klcnck rested at 11: A. M. today. SUES PRODUCER $42,500 FOR PLAYING IN SECOND RAT I .OH ANOKI.KH. Nov. 1. Miss !e Jlutly. ploywriBht. is sulmr Thomas Wllkw. producer, for MZ.300 because he bought a play of her under me stipulation that It was to le produced In a "first class Tlty," and he pronuc MII.W.M'KKI':, Nov. III. Al 4 hill SclltlllK anil wll'c, Dorothy. 4 WITO filled $' KIHl COSlS f'T I kissing in a parked automobile. 4 Scholia maintaiiutl a man could kiss his wife when ho pleased, 4but the liati-oliuan and JuUgo hud different views. BY COMMITTEE ALSO ALCOHOL Reduction in Tax Bill Con tinued By House Committee No Tax for Legitimate Theatres. Favored Cigar . Tax Pared Down. WASHINGTON. Nov. 10. A. I.) Itedurliun uf the uutoinoblle tuxes and repeal of many of tho oxclsp h-vics whh voted today by Hie house ways and means committee. I.' tide r a provision approved by (ho committee which is writing n new tux bill, automobile pleasuro curs would be taxed ut three per rent instead of five per icent and 1 1 1 1 levy on iiutonioblle trucks wukj ens, tires und accessories would bo Wijicd out. The tlix on nil grades of. cigars was reduced and the levy on alcohol was cut in half. Other taxes, -which the committee would repeal are 'those on Jewelry,' camera lenses, photograph films nnd ldttteAi-". ftroiifiiis - 7i nd --ammunition, smokers articles, coin operating ma chines, works of art and inah jongg sets. No i.hangc was made in the taxes on admissions und dues, although tho committee voted to except legiti mate theatres housing the spoken drama from the ud mission tax it (he treasury deems It advisable. The following occupational taxes, whi'h apply on proprietors, were repealed: UroKers. Including pawn brokers ship and custom house brokers," bil liard roo m s und bowling alleys, shooting galleries, riding ucudemles, automobile for hire, tobacco manu facturers and yachts and motorboats. It was also agreed to reduce from $:! to $1 the annual tax on physie iitns who dispense narcotics and to i ut from rl .cents lo 25 cents the t:ix on ' i';irli 'deed or conveyance uiiiouulltig to J.'iOO. The total amount of revenue which the government would Irre as a result of I hp changes wmnd amount to slightly more than $1 'Kl.UiMt.aoo an nually. Chairman lieen wild, and would wipe from the statute virtually every sorallcri nuisance tax. Many of the levies which the com mittee voted to repeal yielded less revenue annually than It cost the gov ernment to collect UiXCH, na id Chair man Crecn. In reducing the alcoholic tax the committee would cut the rate of SS.L'O a proof gallon to $I.iI a gallon effective as of January 1, J!27, and to $1.10 u gallon effective Junuary 1, i a 2. The cuts ordered In the tuxes on cigars follows: , Small sizes from J 1 .50 to 75c a thoUi-and: clans A from $4 to 2:30 class H from to -I. Co; class C from !( to 7: class D from klg to 110.50 class K from $15 to 13.50. It is estimated this would take SlL-.ooo.oun annually from the lux burden on the Industry. ARE STILL AT LARGE WAI.I.A WAI.I.A. WhsIi.. Nov. I AllhoiiKh two clnys snil a half have eliipsnil sineo the sensational escape of Frank Holmes. Ward Daniels and hrncst HrowninK from the state penl lenllary early Hunday niornlim. and Hoards aided hy deputy shoriffs have combed the entire vicinity, nono of the trio had lieon captured up to 1 o ciock tins aitornoon. CITY, LOS ANGELES rd It Iom Anyeles. A" 1 1 ken wild that in his opinion I.os Angcleii is a find, class HuKhpRt n"m.mM ftnd moll0ni.llu director, testified that I-on Angoles de jcldedly ls)ot a frint class city, at least iso rar as plays are concernea. . 1 MOT mm I I1LI1UII I U START DRIVE TOMORROW Gigantic Encircling Movement, Designed to Crush Uprising in Syria French Aviators Bomb Insurgents Ob servers Doubt Success of Move With 30,000 Troops. I'AKIS, Nov. 10. (A. T.) The French troops in Syria will take the offensive against tho rebels tomor row, LaUibcrlc's correspondent de clares. A great encircling movement was under way today, while two regi ments of cavalry were directly press ing the forces of the bandit chief, Bakri. who recently was proclaimed 'president of tho Syrian republic.' I'Yeneh aviators were bombing tho insurgents within plain sight of Da mascus. LONDON', Nov. 10. (A. P.) Ad lillonal light has been thrown on the situation in Syria, whero the French are faced with an Insurrection of tribesmen, by receipts hero of an un censored letter from an American ar riving in Haifa from the troubled region. ' On October 31, ho .writes, there were 30,000 Armenian refugees in Beirut. cVowded into an "unspeak able" camp, and refugees were arriv ing from Damascus at the rate or 4000 daily. Tho refugees were shel lei-cd in houses constructed of oil tins und the crowding was terrible, a many ua nine people living in a single small room cooking, eating, -stooping In ihis tiny o.uarloi , . The, iutnitary rra,pgement were lotiilly Inadequate and water scarce. Many-of the refugees were, ill with no medicine und tho children were pale and sickly. The writer confirms pre viously published statement! that no British or Americans had been killed up to that time. "The situation Is getting very seri ous," the letter continues. "The French will have to bring in a much larger force before they can conquer the bandits nnd Druses (tribesmen;) The Druses have' caused troublo cvor since tho world was peopled and tho French cannot conquer them with 30.000 men, which is all they have there now. They need several times that number." Mrs. Valentino Refuses to Be a Domestic Wife N-RW YOKK. Nov. 10. (A. I'.) Mrs. Winifred Iludnut Valentino lias no Intention of dropping her career lo become a home-loving, domestic Wife, as demanded in tho "iltlniatum of her liusbandt Hudolph Valentino. She made this indisputably clear today on her arrival on the Levia than from a visit to Paris. Wall Street Report NKW YORK. Nov. 10. (A. -P.) All rocordH for volume in the history of llie New York stork exchnnpp were broken In today's dramatic collapse of thrcu to 7 points in prices when 3,330,000 shares changed hands. NKW YORK, Nov. 10. (A. P.) Stuck prices collapsed with startling MinldcsnncHS loduy. The selling, which embraced practically all groups of stocks was undoubtedly Inspired by speculative' fears that the raising of Uio Bunion fodorul reserve rediscount rate yosterday would bo followed by simitar act Urn by tho New York re mtvc institution, which would have a tendency to restrict credit facilities and thereby rostrain speculative oper ations for the advance in the stock market. The market opened one to four points lower in reflection of this ner vousness and then milled moderately. The recovery was not very convincing however, und shortly after mid -day bear trudcrs launched a savage attack against the general list In the short space of one hour a score or inoro of recent speculative favorites were car rier! down five to nearly ten points. .Motors were the hardest hit. Chrys ler was hammered down 21 points; IhJl'ont IK and United States f.'ast I tori Pipe. Hudson Motors. Mack Trucks. General Klcclrlc. (lenerHl .Motoi'K, United Cigar Htorns and I'nil ( Mtatcs Kteol common sank 4 lo 10 points. NKW YlftK. Nov. 10. (A. I'.) A dramatic collapse In stock prices look place on the New York stock exchange shortly after mid-day when a flood of selling ordors was .hurled at recent sireeulative favorites, more than a dozen Issues being carried down five to nearly 30 points. Chrysler Motors fell 274 points. Dul'ont 18 V4 and United States Cast Iron Pipe and Hudson Motor about IV each before the eod of the third hour. ' Fill: - 7t4 y m5 tEBntR t v , 1 American Legion nskcil its ninuhrrs .1 question, "What did you get out of the war?" and offered prizes for lirst answers. Rev. Ralph Stoody, St. Jolinslwrg, Vt., won prize, the title of his essay being, "The war humanized me." Other awards went to: Dana K. Hcbncr, Hot Springs, S. Dak.: "I have more tolerance, patience and sympathy for my fellow man." Kilmus K. Joyncr, I.ouisburg, N. C.: "I was made to appreciate the Messings of American citixen lilp." Mrs. Lnura (J. Stcgmnn (nurse), Wcstfichl, N. Y.: "Dare" 1 not face, life courageously and cheerfully remembering the courage und self-forgctfulness of the disabled?" DEFENSE CLOSES MTTLUTOX, Colo., Nov. 1 0. (A P.) The defense testimony of wit- 1 nesses for Dr. Harold Klmcr Blazer Knglewood. Colo., physician charged with tho murder who Is of bis daughter Hazel, tho 34-ycar-old "child woman," who never grew from Infancy, was brought to a close short- ly before noon today when hewls Mowry, chief counsel fur the uccused man, saidbriefly: 'The defense roHtH." , Dr. Howell T. Pershing, ticnvei al ienist, was the last witncHS summoned hy tho defense. He testified that in his opinion the country doctor was Insane on the day be was found in the H Inzer home in a stupor, lying be side the lifeless body of his first born. Pershing, a. cousin of General John J. Pershing, said that Jtlaznr was suf fering from melancholia on the day the homicide wan committed. "The letter Hlazer wrote, directing the disposition of his and bis daugh ter's hndlcH, alone are enough to Indi cate to me that he was suffering from severe mental disorder," Pershing de clared. Tho court room was less crowded today than yesterday. The sensation seekers apparently had their fill and did not care to listen to the highly technical testimony of alienists, called by both defeiiHe and prosecution. Pershing remained unshaken In his declaration that Illazer wan "not re sponsible for his acts." durlmr the period Immediately preceding mid fol lowing the slnylng of the imbecile girl on February a-l, 1!I2 5. Ills tes timony was the last -offered by the defense. Street Car Company Asks Auto Owners Not to Give Lifts OMAHA, Noli., Nov. Ill (A. P.) The Omaha Klrcol Hallway company is appealing in news. paper ad.vertlsements to aiitomo- bilo owners not to offer lifts to persons awaiting trams on street corners. 4 "Picking up prospective street ear patrons by courteous Hiitomo- hlln drivers reduces the opnrat- lug Income ' of the street ear company and that allceta the 4 netesssrr rale of faro." tho com pany's ad. headed "unfair etimpe- tition." assorted. 1. P. IHiiil.lo Track lo Ogden. OMAHA. N"li.. Nov. 10. (A. P.) Double tracking of the knion Pa cific railroad from CouAVll muffs. Iowa, to Ogden. I'tah. will bo com pleted at a cost of 2.r,00.0i by 8ep tC'MT 1. 1926 under terms of a hulidlnff urogram announced by that railroad today. IN MURDER OF SOULLESS GIRL K it CAPITAL LEVY IN I'AKIS, Nov. 10. (A. P.) A capital !(. ,lnonM.n,l nD a IT. nM nonl nn 'securities, was tlcfciitnd today In tho j finance committoo of tlio chamber of deputies which is studying Prenilor Palnlevo's plan for financial restoru I tlon of tho Kronen treasury. This was considered u heavy reverse for tile government. Tho failure of M. Palnlove to In clude real estato and lanfted property, confining the levy to securities alone, arrayed tlio dnputloa representing towns nnd cities against lilm. Fol lowing tlio -vote he decided that It was necessary to consult President Douinerue and neenrdingiy left tho chamber Tor the Uiysuo palace. PARIS, Nov. 10. (A. P.) KffortH to effect a compromise between the conflicting elements in the Palnlevn majority fa II oil this morning and the block of tlio left Is now thought to Im disrupted bnyonrt despair. A; cabinet meeting has hcen called for & P. M. to consider the situation. Tho socialist loader, ISItnn, demand ed, a voto In tho finance committee of the chamber nf deputies on tlio aocinlist proposal for a capital levy. Tho committee rejected the propo sal by 1G to 12. upon which M. Ilium declared the loft bloc was dead. He said ho would bring tlio question up in the chamber of deputies and oblige the various groups to assume their responsibilities bci'oro the country. Despite I ho defeat In the chamber cnmmlttnn It was declared this even ing that the government would carry on. feeling thai the decision must rent with parliament. Tlio cabinet meeting lonight at the Hlyscc palace under tho chairmanship or President Douniergiie dneldcd that tho premier ami M. Ilonnet. minister or the budget, should go before tho finnncn comhiitlee of tlio ohamlinl' a.'tnln tomorrow nil minimi In a Trash error! to rind some way out of the prosoul deadlock. Death Toll of ; the Automobile PORT-hANI), Om., Nov. 10. '(A. IM Oncislon lo hold InnucHl over 'tho death of Mrs. Kt hoi (hilt, who diet) yesterday of Injuries received when she was crushed between her hus hand's automobile and a runaway one, was reached today by lr. Karl timlth, county coroner. Yesterday (', I'. Mchnwcll, whose car ran away from tho curb, a block and a half away, and struck the woman, appeared In municipal court and paid a $5 fine for having de fective brakes. U..n.(...l tn.t Vlrni.U utt. messed the fine, aaid that no inonlli.nl had been made of her sorlous injury, ; I : Even "At Can't Eacap. CAIRO Kgypt Nov 10 (A P ) If Is understood' that the miinimy of Tut-A.lkh Amen will be subjected to an X ray examination tomorrow. FRANCE BEATEN GOVT MAY FAIL 4 WASHINGTON. Nov. 10. (A. I'.l A coHaution of Kovoriiinoii- till, IndiiKtrlul. commercial and bUHlnenH nctivitica for 11 hriof Bimco at 11 o'clock tomorrow in olisurviiiico of Armistice (lay wna rocommmiilnd to the country to- tiny by President CoolidKe. Tlio iiresident favors liom ono to two minutus. Dr. Millikan of CalifOmia .Tech. Announces Discovery nf Rau Strnnnpr Than Ultra 01 Kay Monger man Ulird T and of Ten Million Volt Variety. MADISOM. Wis.. Nov. 10. (A. P.) -Science has established the exist ence or rays. stroiiKer than uitra-x- ays. and 1000 times greator in fro- qiicncy. with liiuisatU.il tho same at all times of the day or night and or ten million, volt variety. They were partly descril.eil by Dr. It. A. Mllll- kan of the Califoi nia Institute of Teh- uology to the convention of the Na- tlonal Academy of Sciences here, lie has -studied them since the World war, beginning where (lermnn kcIcu tisla quit, and making various tests. Tho rays, unnamed, urn due lo atoms passing over to other atoms, with the sun having no effect on the n-ction, ho Kuld,.They uppcar through, out .spare. hitnilu.nl the earth from all directions at all Mines and have extraordinary observing power. Mloctroscopea, taken aloft in bal loonH, on mountain tops and immers ed in mountain hikes were used In making : tests whereby certain fa,itora wore eliminated and tlio existence, of the rays determined, lie said. Willi Dr. Mllllkan'M utterances as tho first thrill before It, tlio tonvon t mi today speculated on possible re sults In the light of scientific discov ery that might accrue to the world from the. address of Professor A. A. Mlchaolson of tlio Univorslly of Chi cago on "The Velocity of Light." Professor Mlchaelson on similar oc casions In Die pust haa made new and startling statements in the field f lr.it, .n. llr. liileiiflf.fi It! fllHillMri bis' recent experiments at Mount Wilson . o determine tho vclta-lty of light to tile highcHt degree of accuracy. Tho scientist was expected to explain-the intrleato details of the In genious device hy whieli lie measured the speed of light traveling Z'Z miles and back to lis source. In recent tests he used an eight sided mirror re volving at a speed of r,.1l) revolutions per second. An are light. Intrinsical ly as bright aa sunlight was flashed on the mirror and reflected to on other mirror on u mountain Iwetily two miles away. , IMPATIENT PAIN! MR MAKING Will SAN KRANCIHCO. Nov. 10. fA. I'.l Dr. Kilward Sladlliorr, physician at l.aiio Memorial hospital here, was shot four times hy John Waisll. a patient, who daslierl out of the hos pital after the shooting aiirl was cap tured. Attendants expressed the be lief that the man was unbalanced. They said Dr. Hladthr.rr probahl.vi! would recover. Walsh told the pollec that the physicians ill, the hospital hail been treating lilm for several months fur a broken arm and "It was sllll numb," He said he had expended SCIENCE FINDS A NEW RAY WHICH BEATS THEMALL the savings or three years In having ' cease mailing and writing revolu Ihe nun lieuhMl anil Unit he was des. Unitary pamphlets dealing w Ith tho In- pernio.' Ho made it will, he said, lie- 'lunallilng Ills r alnlng property lo "a little girl In Modesto." 1'hysleliins at the hospital aaid lliat Walsh had been Impatient at the slow progress or the arm treatment, but that the arm was mondlng as fast as. could be expected. Tl DKNVKIl. Colo., Nov. HI. -The,.. f dying nnd a way can be found to hoard of directors of a Denver church ! tako sunn action legally.. I has ofrielally voted 111 firvor of a I Tho directors voted on tho quostlon ."warm hloed execution" for Harney at the request of Haughey. who lies natwhoy. prominent attorney and I In a local hospital fighting ftr his lite. politician, who la.uflWlng from aj Haughey la 67 years o! age and was malignant disease, proffled Hnughewan independent candidate for mayor l found to be Incurable an dealrousof Denver at the last election. OBJECTS TO TESTIMONY Prosecution in Court Martial Tries to Exclude Testimony Supporting Mitchell Mem ber of Court Objects Air Captain Declares No Tac tical Units On Pacific Coast WASHINGTON, Nov. 10. The gov- Iernment'a air policies both at home and in fnr-oft American possessions were assailed today tn defense testl- mony beforo tho Mltcholl court mar tial, captain Robert pm. ot the air (service, called to support Colonel Mitchell's charge ot noar treasonable ' alaro(tard of national Intareata In aviation, declared he had in his pos session a letter written by the Amer ican miulstor at Guatemala tn 1923. warning of a scheme "by alien Inter ests." to establish a foothold in Cen tral America, noar the Panama canal. The minister, the witness aaid, un successfully urged the Washington government to establish an air mail ...ulna tn fVntrnl America. .,, ... ' iit.r . J- h,trt i.mnorarilv at . . . , , ., . ... .;UD..,trtn 'easi, ay u,.jecllull ul ... ... Captain omys aise quocnii i ieugui from the aviation report presented !n 192S by tno lssuer ooara oi u.jr officers, containing recommendations for air defense of the Philippines and Hawaii which tho witness said had been approved by tlio secretary of war but never carried into effect. This report, he said, described the u- ' nation In the air service as "unfortu n u t n und nrltlenl , ' OlijeiHl6ns"An!- Objected at?' So many objections wore Interposed by tlio prosecution that Colonel Blaff ton Wlnshlp. law member of tho court reminded Colonel ' Sherman Moreland, the prosecutor, of his pre- . hn t,n ,n,ilri M.lt nh. ootu-to testimony Intended to prove , ...... u ... , 'i,,i Mlmhnll'a tho truth of Colonol Mttoneii f charges if it was ffered In extenuation or mitigation. Colonel Moreland said ho must con tinue to object on the ground that tho evidence being offered was "in competent,' irrelovunt and not ob tained from the best sources." Captain Oldys then told tho court that while ho was stationed in Hawaii there wero so many forced landings ann aupiane ma c "'" "llrBV 1"""" snonslhlo for tho loss of tholr craft. Whon tho captain said there wore no tactical air units on the Pacific coast, Major General Ilowze,' presi dent of the court, asked: ltockwell Field Flayed "Has Rockwell field been aban doned ?" "There Is a depot there." ' ' "Any flying personnel." , "(inly a dozen officers. . They teat machines turned out of tlio depot." Tho witness said ' lie had recom- mended thai avlalora be transferred lo the Pacific coast butthe general staff did not approve the recommen dation. Ijeneral llowzo asked him If ho thought the general slaff ought to bo guided by bis recommendations. - - "As I he general slaff Is at present constituted, I do, sir," Captain Oldys replied. Then Hiigailier Conoial lowing K. Booth asked Captain Oldys how hu would organize the genera! staff. "The same as Colonel Mitchell," tile captain said. , . PREFERS JAIL TO STOPPING LETTERS l.ost AMiKM'X Nov. la. AA offer f etcmenry conditioned on her offer stipulation of niarlrago was rejected In federal court by Kdltli Mabel Leasing,. charged wltti misuse of tlio malls, ami site was sentenced lo two years and two days' Imprisonment, "t cannot change my entire llfo to escape going to prison." tho woman sobbed. "My writings arc my life itself."