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O O EBFORD MABC TRIBUNE The Weather . Pmllrtlon 1'iiM'llli'd Mailtmitii ycKU'nlay 50.5 Minimum lodujr 41.5 Precipitation 01 Weather Year A to Maximum 51 Minimum 31 Mir Twentieth Teu. ITAt riWy foortt tut. MEDFORD, OKKaON, WKDXKKDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 192.-) NO. 20(J M ATSEA, ONLY 1 LIFE LOST Clyde Steamer, En Route to Florida From New York, Burns Off Atlantic City Heroism of Crew Saves Hundreds From Death Ship Makes Breakwater. LKWKS, Del.. Nov. 18. (A. .) Ono Ufo wua lost in the raco will) death by tho blazing Clydo liner Lcmipo off tho Delaware capes early today. All tho rcmulndoi of her pas sengers anil crew, numbering ilfi7, woro safely accounted for. Of these about nlno passengers and crow mem bers suffered exposure and burns ahd were tuken to" tho Bcobo hospital bore. The man who lost his life was identified a Robert Leverton. about sixty years old, believed to be of Willlmausctt, Mass, ile became panic stricken as flames burst through a deck while passengers were being taken off the burning ship and Jump ed overboard. Ho was not missed by the ship's officers, but his body was picked up in Delaware bay by u fish erman hours after all hands, had been landed here. Thrilling Rescues Told LKWKS, Del., Nov. IS. (A. 1 Tales of heroic rescues by Captain Irving Steele, of tho Lowes coast guard as the Clydo liner Lonapc, u muss of flames, drifted helplessly fti ' sldo Delaware breakwater, were re lated this morning by David W. Mor ris, Lew oh agent of the Clyde line. Captain Steele, In tho Lewes coast guard patrol boat No. lt was the first to reach the side of tho Ill-fated vessel after a vagrant . breezo,., had .jiguln fanned to fury the flames which ap parently had been conquered as the liner swept, into the breakwater from her thirty mile race. Tho Lcnauo had reached tho breakwater smoking, but apparently n winner In the battle. As she hove to, she swung parallel with the wind, which swept a scorch ing draft from end to end and the decks leaped Into flames. The Lonape's lifeboats were drop ped over the sides as rapidly as tho davits could bo operated. Captain Steele gathered hix in tow and rushed them to the pilot boat Philadelphia. Meanwhile, passengers who had not been able to reach tho boats were dangling from the ends of ropes over the sides us close to. the water as possible to escape tho scorching heat. C-plain Steele drove his craft undo, the blazing sides of the liner and picked many of the struggling passengers from mld-alr. Those who had dropped into tho water were lift ed over the sides of the patrol bonis. When all had been rescued he tuok in tow tho remaining life boats In the waler and placed his charges aboard the Philadelphia, standing off hh a hospital ship away from the flames. Captain Steele then cruised about the ship of flume to make certain that none had been overlooked. l.KWKH. Nov. 18. (A. P.) At lrn.lt person lost Ills llfo In tho liurnlnR of the Lcimpc. Lato this inornlliK a fisherman picked up a body off l.mvcs which was later identified as Unit of Itoliort Lcvcrton. HIb cout bore tbo label of a Holyoko, Mass., tailor. NEW YORK, NOV. 18. (A.I.) Kollowlne tho safe removal of pns riengers, tho Lenape was scuttled In side the Delaware breakwater, the riyde lino announced today. Officials here estimated tho damage to cargo and vessel at $3,000,000. l.KWRS. Del.. Nov. 18. (My the Associated Press.) After winning :i race with death, 368 passengers mid crew who spent a horrowlng night nt sea aboard the blazing Clyde liner Len ape worn safely landed here ut duy brctik today and cared for by the townspeople. All persons aboard tho ship, which left New York yesterday for Jack sonville, were believed safely account ed for. More than a dozen persons were In jured and nlno of them were taken Tnntlniieri nn par n!x. POPE-URGES CATHOUC WASHINGTON. Nov.lX. ( A. P.) Catholic women In America were urg ed by ln pc Plus to resist "Indecent" fashions In women' dress In a mes sage to the convention of the national eminell of Catholic women. The message read last night hy Jtlshop Joseph Sehrembs. of Cleveland declared that Christian women who drew ImmodeMtly "dishonor the name of Christian." Proper reidPtanre w. such fashions. It paid, la somet linen Shelby, Montana On Its Feet Again; 1st National Will Open . HIIKLMY., Mont., Nov. 18. 4 Shelby is on tho ruad to ro- eovery. The town which paid for tho staging of the Demp soy-Ciibbons heavyweight churn- plonshlp fight with tho closing uf all its banks Is nt UiHt coming buck.' Jay Larson, stato 4 superintendent uf banks, an- 4 4 nounced that a reorganization 4 4 of tho First State bank of 4 Shelby had been effected and 4 4 that it will resumo business at 4 4 once. 4 SUPPORFS STORY Dr Wm. Mason and Wife Re x fuse to Be Shaken in Testi mony That Former Judge Advocate Tried to Change Widow's Testimony. WASHINGTON, Nov. 18. (A. P.) .Mrs. George W. Steele Jr., testified today before the Shenandoah court of Inquiry that Mrs. Margaret Lans downe "understood fully", that the stutcnicnt sent her by Captain Paul Foley of the court was merely a mem orandum of suggestions and not a direct statement of the testimony she was to give on the witness stand. It was Mrs. Steele who took to Mrs. l.aiisdowne the memorandum which has become a basis for charges that Captain Foley, as Judge' advocuto of tho court, Hought to induce the widow df -the Shenandoah's captain' to give faiwo testimony. "I distinctly told her that It was nlTrirpd nnlv for hni fluttfutunrn In lirn- . ,, ... . paring her own statement for the; court," she testified, "that It was in the way of suggestion that she could fill out." Mrs. Steele, the wife of the com mandant of the Lakehurst naval alp station, stated that when Mrs. l.ans downe read the memorandum she showed "not the slightest anger." , The witness iilao said that what was in the memorandum was what she had understood Mrs. Iansdowne to say she wanted to testify. The first witness today was Mrs. Gladys .1. Klein, wife of Commander Jacob Klein of the takehurat air sta tion, who testified that she heard Mrs. I.ansdowne talking over the tele phone about the Shenandoah's western trip on the day after tho wreck and heard her say: "llo was not sent: ho went." Wilbur's Aide Called. Mrs. Klein said this occurred during a visit' to Mrs. LunHilowne's home. Captain W. Ft. Gherardi. naval aide to Secretary Wilbur, also culled whllo she was thorc, she said, and sho heard Mrs. I-unsdowne say to him: "I did not say It; my husband never criti cised the nuvy department and the wecrctury of the navy, und why should I?" The Interview between Captain Foley and Mrs. Iansdnwnc was des cribed at length by Dr. William B. Mason, her uncle, who confirmed that he told Mrs. lansdowne not to tell Captain Foley "a damned tiling." Ile said Foley Impressed upon Mrs. Umsdowne that the court was friendly to her and that she would he under oath and should tell the truth. The witness added that when Foley asked Mrs. I.ansdowno to "rehearse" what she would say to the court, she replied that she preferred not to. He got the Impression from "Foley's manner." he said, that the captain had called for the purpose of at least hav ing Mrs. Lansdownc. "modify" her testimony. A Navy Requirement. Dr. Mason said he was not aware that navy regulations required Cap tain T'olcy. as Judge udvocato, to In terview witnesses. "I thought CaplHln Foley was a member of the court and I thought he was bringing unduo Influence to make Mrs. I.ansdowne tell him what she was going to say," he testified. (Continued on phva l.l WOMEN IN BE lacking In the very dure where It la most to he expected -4 hrit Ian schds. II cadi! of th one schools. It said, sometimes complain that If they Insist on mod est fashions the mother will withdraw their daughlcrx. "Christian modesty In drown moot he taught at any price," the message added. "Indeed. It In fce verQname of humanity that It la necessary to fiilt for denry in dress," WIDOW S UNCLE OFFOlFYACTiON MITCHELL BACKED UP BY XPERT j Major Kennedy, in Charge at McCook Field, Supports Air Charge That Calcium Chlo ride Had Destructive Effect On Radiators of Shenan doah Ship Over Weight. WASHINGTON, NOV. 18. (A.P.) Shadows of the navy's Shenandoah court of Inquiry overcast the Mitchell couri'nartial today when Representa tive Frank R. Held, counsel for Col onel Mitchell, asked that the court martial call to the attention of Presi dent Coolidgo tho Bhonandoah court's "high handed procedure." Tho court martial was Informed that Major Frank M. Kennedy, or dered to testify before it today, had been subpoenaed also by tho navy court, and had been threatened with contempt proceedings if he did not re spond to the navy's command. Major Kennedy refused to accept the. navy subpoena and was ordered by the army tribunal to hold himself available -for tostimony before it. Anto Heihon, the German Zeppelin expert, testified'boforo the court mar tial that reduction In tho number of automatic valves on tho Shenandoah from eighteen to eight, rcducod the safety of tho dirigible from 100 per cent to zero. In his opinion, I-Ielnen -said, the American crew 'did not tako suffi cient instructions from German ex perts. - Major Kennedy, who has charge of lighter-than-air activities at McCook field, Dayton, Ohio, was 'called as tho second witness. He was questioned about many tochnical details of avia tion. The mujor also related hlB exper ience as an American inspector at the Zeppelin plant during the construc tion of the Los Angoles. He supported Colonel Mitcholl's charge that the uso of calcium chloride as a non freezing solution in tho radiators of tho Hhcnandoah'a motors had a de structive effect on tho dirigible's framework. Ho testified also that the Shenandoah was over weight. Captain Charles Clark, lighter-than-alr expert from Langloy field, Virgin ia, formerly assigned to tho Lakehurst nfr station, said lt was his belief, that when tho Shenandoah broke away from Its mooring mast at the Jersey station it strained "its wholo struc ture." He agreed with Major Kenedy that tho Shenandoah was "overweight," and with Helnen regarding tho reduc tion of valves. Captain Clark said tho Los Ange les was equipped with only two para chutes and theso wero used for drop ping messagos not for saving person nel. Under cross examination ho said ho had heard that parachutes were not carried hy navy dirigibles because they interfered with tho freedom of move ment of the crew In tho ship and be cause, slnco tho alrshlpr, fall more rap id! ylhan men In parachutes, a dirigi ble would fall upon those who at tempted to Jump. Lieutenant Colonel John A. Page low, commandant of Scott field. Ill inois, another llghtcr-than-alr expert, testified that If a dirigible made a rapid ascent and failed to properly valve its gaa It would "break up." 'Do you believe airships should car ry parachutes?" 'Absolutely. The only reason we don't Is that we can't get them." ' , EAST SHORT, BUT PRICE NOT HIGH CHICAGO, III.. Nov. 18. (A.P.) There la a crop shortage of almost 60 per cent In Thanksgiving turkeys hut prlcca will ho only a few cents a pound higher than last year, commls aion men aalrl today. In this territory, a turkey will coat nround G8 cents a pound at the corner grocery store Ihla year, about five ccnta higher then last year. In the northwestern at a tea of Mln neaota. the Dakotaa. Montana and Wyoming, which ralae ahout one fourth of the country' aupply. unfa vorable weather killed moat of the early hatched birds; and that acctfon la about forty per cent ahort of laat year. The central went, which marketa moat f the Christmas turkeys, has the nearest to a normal '(op, but Is atlll much below laat year. Slightly KlHMkhig to Perry. , HAHTKORD, Conn Percy Rocke feller has taken out tl.OQMlOO earth quake Insurance on his proporty at Greenwich uecaupg.. of recent alight shocks. President Likes Cookery of Girl 13 Leonu BaluVjn,; 13, Girl Scout in Kast Montpelicr, Vt., troop, ! who with 19 other gilrU prepared and served a turkcv dinner at the White House i has President Coolidge's word for it that she is RED GRANGE IS A $120,000, YEAR Florida Real Estate Firm Of fers Illinois Gridiron Star Huge Sum to Act As Sales manMovie Job Is Also Tendered. CIMCAnO. Nov. U.-tA. P.) liar old "Red" Orange can be a movie actor or newspaper writer If ho winhoH. but the thought of htm a a a profcHKlonal football player 1h repug nant to unlvcralty orficlulK. athletic dlroctora and even to his father. Kidding H. Yotit. athletic director of thf University of Michigan la tho latent to udd hia bit to tho whirlwind of opinion, atat omenta nnd denlala that have centered about .the star, whoHo enllego grid career ends Satur day. v "I'll lie glad to hco Orange do any thing else except play profeaHlonal football," says Yost, for twenty-five years a noted developer of football stars. "I don't think he'd he much of a huccchs aa (a profoHsionat. I'd rather hoc hi in go Into (ho movlcM, or write, than turn professional." ' Ho, too, thinka hyle Orange, Red's father, u deputy sheriff of Whoa ton. 111., suburb of Chicago. Tho father would rather see his son accept Homo of the other offers made to him, the la teat of which would make him a Florida real estate salesman ut an annual salary of $120,000. To the denials Orange has mado to university officials regarding sior ica that he had signed contracts, the football star has added 'another to his rather. Tho father says his son tells him ho hus novcr signed any contract. Wall Street Report NKW . YOIIK. Nov. 18. (A. P.) Another rduu-) colliipxc In Hlock prlccH took idfice In todiiy'K market with Helling iiKnin Inspired by Tcili-h of u further IlKlitulllnir of money rutCH und a rcHUlltint reHlrletlon of crcdltH Hvitll iiblo for mock nifii'ket puriioHen. lOfforlH to roMtore Hpeouliillvc confi dence on the lonir Hide hy hlddlhtf up Home of tho motor xtoekx two to five polntH were quickly ubandoned. when u glKHiitlc flood of offering" iippcured converted theflc curly ffainM Into Icihhch of five to I 7 '4 polntH. JJcclMrallon nt fifty tier cent (dock dividend . on Mark Truck common: the declnion of the I'hryHlcr illreclorH to Hpllt up the Htoek on ti four for one haHlH end lowering of the renewal rale on call money lo 4 per cent failed to idem the HellhiK movement which reached Ita ftrealcKl Inlennlty In the iarly afternoon. I'hryaler, which advanced from 2t lu 2U!'4. fell lm k to I ! 5 . HuflHrin rlropperl from 104 to !l?y. ind Mack Truck Jrom 220 to 210. ('Kited HtatCH Hleel common Hold down to 12. American ran to 244. Onnnral Kleeli lc to 202 and Uencrul Motora lo 12H4. . X MirKenxlil IUnhI t'loHPfl. . UKNU Ore., Nov. U. Tho .Me Kenzle highway, cloHHlng the ('aac-ado aumnilt nt the Uelknap Crater lava field, la cloaed for the winter. OFFERED Mjg?ij5tiiiiMni-iiiiiiri 1 1 fyN ' sJ E SAIJSM,-. Ore., Jfov.- 18. Governor Tierce today issued tho following annual Thanksgiving proclamation: "The custom In America of annually , setting aside one day in which to render thanks to God for his manifold blessings was begun by our pilgrim forotathers over three hundred years ago. The custom was soon adopted by othor colonies and since the foundation of the United States of America the day has been regularly observed by nearly every stato in the union. "It Is well for us as a self-governing people to bo reminded that our nation was founded by God-fearing men and women who believed the Holy Hlble to be the inestimable gift of God to man and who wrought its precepts into tho very foundation of our gov ernment. "Thanksgiving day has grown to be a day of home-comings and family reunions when the children again gather around the hearthstone and renew the bonds of love and affection for the old home. Upon tho continued purity and sanctity of the American homo depends tho future sufoty of our nation. It is from theso homes that the citizens of tomorrow must come. Let us, therefore, keep up the old custom of rendering thanks to Al mighty God for his many blosBlngs bestowed during the past yoar nnd fervently pray thnt ho may keep Amrelca true to 4hn Ideals of Its founders. As our nhlldren gather nround the festal board let us again impress upon them the lessons of simple faith in uod as was taught by our good forofnthers so many years ago. May this day ho for us all as a peoplo a hqmc-coming hack to the old Idoais of American llfo. "Now therefore, I, Walter M. Pierce, governor of tho state of Oregon, do hereby dosignalo Thursday, November 2i, ln2r, rs Thanksgiving day and earnestly enjoin upon our citizens that on this day they lay aside their ordinary .activities and, asKcmhling theniHelvcs in their uhurI places of worship, render thanks to Almighty God for the bounties he has bestowed on our fuvored hind nnd to us as u people." POSTOFFICE SAFE IN da, ore., IMYTON. Ore.. Nov. IK. Thn wife In tho May ton post uf flee jvim blown early this morning, It was announced ley Hheilff Manning who Is Investigate lug. There was but a- small amount of cash In the safe and It Is believed the loot wilt not exceed $4. fit), Nn stamps or money orders were taken. ,AIY l,ONKS II Kit .fl.WIXK woitx on i.Hiii; 1ti:ir DKNVHR. Colo.. Nov. 18. (A. P.) Mrs. Genevieve H. Hehrond of 1.8 Park avemio, New York city, today report ed to pollco the loss of Jewels valued at $r,2,70(i. Mrs. Ilehrend nald she kept the Jewels In belt worn under hor cloth ing and first missed them when she reached a physician's office whore she went late yesterday In a taxlcab. BLOWN California Co Eds Barred From Debate On Family Matters HKMKEI.HY, Cul.. Nov. 18. (A. 1.) Tho aerliis of dulmtos between women atudentH of the University of California and Stanford unlverHlly on tho theme: "Resolved that tho family is 4V unnecessary to tho progross of civilization," vcoh culled off to- day by President W. W. Camp- boll of the University of Culifor- nfa on the ground that ho did 4 not consider the subject a fit one for tho fair debaters. The California girls were to have maintained tho afflrmatlvo sldo of tho question. Wide Powers Given to Fascist Leader and Approved By Cabinet Authority of King Curtailed Italians Abroad Are Threatened. ROME, Nov. IS. (A. P.) Italians abroad who commit liny act leading to disturbances In Italy, damaging tho prestige of the Italian nation will be subjected to loss of citizenship under a proposed law Introduced In the chamber of deputies today. i ROMU, Nov. IS. (A. P.) ' Wide powers aro given the premier of Italy in a bill which has been approVod by tho cnhlnot and la shortly to bo pro denied for parliamentary enactment. .,TlVJ..Jueauur,Q. makes the. -.premier roHpuiiHllilo to tho king for tho con duct of tho government but specifies that no iiuoHtlon can be Included In tho agenda of 'either tbo snnato or tho chamber of deputies "without his approval. Tho plot agahmt Premier Mussolini Is recalled In urllcle nlno which pro vides severe penalties not only for attempts on the llfo of the premier, but against "wboever with words el ections," offends him. Tho uVticle follows: "Whoever commits un act against tho llfo, Integrity or liberty or tho premier Is punished with Imprison ment from ten lo twenly years and If he succeeds lu tho attempt with llfo Imprisonment. "Whoevei with words und acts of fends the premier Is punished with Imprisonment from Hix to twonty months and fined from 500 to 3000 llro.", JIMMY DIXON OUT OF STANFORD GAME HI'iltK KLICV, Cul.. Nov. IB (A.P.) Tho Htiiflcmt Imily of th UnlvorMlty of California whh rrcovprliiR today from tho wliiiok which follow ort Coach Andy Hmlth'rt announcenxmt ihut Jimmy Dixon, trlpln threat. half-1m:k of tho Boar foot ha 11 rlovon would not mart In tho California-Stanford pmo next Kuturduy been u ho of InJurtrH, Paul I'crrtn of Kodl, who haa Kuhntlluted for Dixon utl soaHun, will ho In at loft half. Coach Smith announced that Dixon had auffcrrd an Injury to tho hip enrlfor In tho neaaon hut had con tinued lo play. Kfiiaw IHh AtftMl HIO. Ql'KBKC. Tho dlarovrry of u hody In a Ruino filled canon hatt rcvnRlMl that a ho, ii aw followed thn h until: t rut Ik of her Ion-fat hera alone for yoai'H until hor peaceful death from hoart fail u ro at the ago "f 100. Thn .laiMinmci Spirit. I NICW YOftK Having roslKned as senior major of artillery in Japan, Toku.lo Kiiknha has been peeling potatoes and doing oilier menial thlPKH In the Waldorf for fourteen months. Now he's going homo to America n l.c Japanese hotels, WASHINGTON, Nov. 18. (A. P.J After several years study tho pub lic health service has produced a vaccine leading It to believe - that protection may be afforded human brings against Jtocky mountain spot ted fever. The vaccine, slill undergoing tests, was produced at tho (Mist of throe lives, Assistant Huixeon McCllntock who dlod In Montana, and Labora tory AHMlntants William K. Gottlngor LAWS TIGHTEN DICTATORSHIP By MUSSOLINI linn Tim rrurn innnikir in nnnnnorn ANIHlMtVtKVALUINtlol'.KUUUIitU BOY ADMITS HE FOUGHT WITH PAPA Young Rhinelander Testifies His Father Forcibly Re moved Him From Dusky Bride Back in 1922 De clares Color, of Wife Never Aroused His Suspicions. WHITE PLAINS, L. I., Nov. 18. (A. P.) Leonard Kip Rhlnolandor today admitted that his futhor had forcibly removed him from the soci ety of Allco Beatrice Jones, his negro wife. In 1922, two years beforo their marriage. His admission came In the course of cross examination when Lee Par sons Davis, counsel for Mrs. Rhine lander In her husband's annulment suit, read a seventeen page letter written by the wealthy youth in April 1922. The missive was written from the Canal Zone while young Rhine lander was on a long tour at his father's orders. One paragraph said: "Learning in your letter that I needn't worry any longer, I set my heart at rest and will carry me on, no matter how long the fight lasts." "What fight wero you having?" asked Mr. Davis. "Being separated" answered Rhine-lander. "Forcibly separatod by your father?" "Yes." "You meant by tho fight you re ferred to in your letter that you were going to fight to marry her when you were 21?'.' "I had visions of It," Rhinelander responded. Again turning to tho question of whether .Leonard bad any. susplcioiu . that his wlfo hud negro blood before ho married hor, Duvls asked; "What color was Alice's body?" Young Rhinelander, stammering and blushing, snld that her arms were no darker than those of women he had seen In , Havana. Davis thon asked: ' "Her color coupled with your hav ing mot her father did not arouso any suspicion?" .... "No." OPPOSES MOVE TO WITHDRAW AID HALHM. Ore., Nov. 18. A protest agalnat the movement to withdraw federal uld from the Mated in con struction of roads In mado by Gov ernor Pierre In a night lottor to Harvey M. Toy of California, vlco proaldent of the Woatorn Hoada as Hoclatlon. Tho proleat In In reply to an Inquiry from Mr. Toy as lo th , Oregon Kovornor'a attitude on tho ciunatlon. "Half of OroKfin'M territory, now In federal roNorvcs, contributes llttlo or nothing to atalo taxes," says the governor. "Hlmple Justice demands federal ahUIn roturn Tor road con struction which enhuncos tho value of government lands. The future de velopment of Oregon domands con tinued road building. The federal government should boar Us Just sharo of tho coat." Tho movement lo have federal uld withdrawn is said to have had Its origin in eastern slates. 3 Honk 1 1 In Hospital. KKATTI.K, Nov. J 8. (A, P.) Vltji every regular except CJoorgo OuttormHon, iiarterhack and K(f , horl Hrlx, left guard, In tliclr places, tho University of Washington foot ball team was training today for game horu with Oregon Thanksgiv ing day. Hrlx and (li'ttormsen are being treated for injuries rocclved In last naiuruay s game wnn uauiornia. AT M COST OF THREE LIVES and George Cowan. These . men, termed by Hurgoon General Cum mlng as martyrs lo silence, con tracted the disease whllo making laboratiy studies, and filed. Sometimes willed tick fever, the malady occurs principally In cer tain northwestern states and has an exceedingly high fatality i'te. If tho vaccine proves successful, health officials declare, It will mark a big mop forward In provenUUvo I nuil ok y. , t' ' 'f