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o o O O o Medford Mml Teibune The Weather 0 Prediction fitnerally cloudy Maximum yt-su-ruiiy 'IN .Minimum today .. 47 Weather Year Afo Minimum A3 Minimum .....'40 Ml; Twentieth Tmi. Wik)T rtftT-lourth Tin . FOURTEEN EAGES TODAY MEDFORU, OREGON1, FRIDAY, 1)K( K.MiVKlt 4. 1 )2. NO. 219 O O o TORNADO IN SOUTH KILLS AND MAIMS Two Killed and Scores Injured When Cyclone Sweeps Over Mississippi and Kentucky Hundreds Left Homeless and Destitute Red Cross Rushes Aid. YAZOO CITY, MisH.. Dec. 4. (A. P.) Two negro women were killed and between 20 and 30 persons in jured when a tornado dipped into the city from the northwest today, blow ing down fifty homes and causing a property loss estimated at more thun n quarter of a million dollars. A largo number of residences were badly damaged while telephone and telegraph communication was de stroyed for several hours. The situa tion was aggravated by a deluge of rain that flooded the streets. JACKSON. Miss., Dec. 4. (A. P.) Two persons were killed, more than a score Injured and from fifty to one ; hundred families made homeless by a j tornudo ut Yazoo City today, accord Jng to a message received by state headquarters of the Red Cross by .Mrs. R. O. Thornton, representative at Yazoo City. The tornado swept Into the city from the northwest, blowing down houses and buildings. KUTTAWA, Ky., Dec. 4. (A. P.) A wind storm of tornado proportions struck Lyons county this morning blowing down several homes, unroot ing numerous buildings and uproot ing trees and lelephone and telegraph lines. No one was injured insofar as Is known. Damage amounted to sev eral thousand dollars. MILE JUDGE WHO FALLS DEAD WELL KNOWN HERE RRATTLR, Dec. 4. (A. P.) Thom flK lturke, who Ueil suddenly loduy.in New York City whr judge of probate court in this (King) county from 1870 lo 1880. nnd thief justice of the hu- preine court of VuHhlngton Territory in 1888 und 1889. lie w:ik early nnd extensively Interested in real estnle here und wns n factor in the building of the flreat Northern from PuKet Sound to St. Paul. He was born in t.'llnton county. New York, December 22, 1848, and was frrnduated from an academy at Ypsllantl, Mich., In 1870. He was a student in the literary and law departments of the University of .MichlKun from 1870 to 1872. lie left a sister. Mrs. Delia Scheble of Med ford, Ore. He married Caroline K. Mctlilvra, Seattle, In 1879. j Mrs. Scheble Is well known in Med ford and has lived for many years in the Griffin Creek district occupying 4-ith her husband what is known as the D. B. Soils place. Judge Burke is also well known in this part of Oregon, particularly among the older hi1 i tiers. Daily Report on the Crime Wave SALEM. Ore., Dec. 4. Ahout f 1 50 In cash nnd checks amounting to sev eral hundred dollars more were stolen from the Willamette university vault In the secretary's office last nlKht. The door of the vault was forced with n crowbar that was found In the building this moaning. Of the money taken $38 belonged to a student. After opening the safe, the strong box wns smashed open, apparently with a heavy instrument. Officers believe experts committed the burglary. AU1ANY, Ore., Dec. 4. John SchwlndU 15-year-old Jordan boy who fatally wounded his father early In November In a family fracas at the Jordan farm, was freed last night by the Linn county grand Jury In session here. A not-true bill was reiortd by the Jnry after investlgatln-t the dinrge nf first degree ntnrdef filed against the hid. 6-Yr.-Old Magician Loses Reputation By Way X-Ray Machine I.OS ANOEI.ES, Hoe. 4. (A. P.) Sammy Cohen.- 6, was a 4 magician, lie swallowed things uml caused them to appear In surprising places. He found yesterday that the gear wheel of an alarm clock does not lend it. 4 self to being swallowed without a struggle, and when a 200.000 volt X-ray machine, physician 4 and a staff of nurses hud removed the wheel, Sammy was no longer a magician in the sight of his playmates.. ! FIRE IN MINE Tl Between 35 and 45 Miners Face Death in Gold Mine at Nederland, Colorado Fear Suffocation Before Rescue Can Be Made. NEDERLAND, Colo.. Dec. 4V (A. P.) Between 23 and 45 nriners who were Imprisoned- In the Fa!rview Mining company's gold, . silver and lead mine near here early today, still were held behind a wall of smoke and fire at noon today while rescue workers battled to extinguish the lire and penetrate the mine. The fire originated In the compres sor room from which fresh air Is forced into , the mine, reports said, I and spread quickly to the wooden structures around the portal and to the timbering at the mouthy of the I mine. .' - - - i . ' . One miner, William Bryant, was burned severely when he attempted j to dash through the flames to the im-1 ptisoned men. The mine was filled with choking smoke and mine offi. clals expressed the fear that the en- j tombed men might be suffocated. I Fire-fighting equipment and rescue I paraphernalia has been brought to the scene from Denver. Boulder and half I a score of surrounding mining camps. The entire populace of this little min ing camp gathered nt the portal,! ready to offer any assistance possible. I The Boulder fire department ar rived at the mine late this forenoon and donned smoke masks to enter the workings in an effort to extinguish the flames. The Nederland telephone operator said her Information wns that no gas explosion preceded the fire nnd that mine company officials believed the miners were safe. The state coal mine Inspectors' de partment at Denver dispatched rescue workers from Boulder and Denver. Every able-bodied man in the little Wwn of Nederland went to the mouth of the mine to offer assistance. Prac tically every man In the town Is con nected with the mining Industry and a number of volunteers are experi enced in mine rescue work. Wall Street Report NEW YORK. Dee. 4. (By the As sociated Press) Rising prices and expansion ot activity today expressed the stock market's relief over the removal of credit uncertainties and its satisfaction with the latest busi ness developments including the opti mistic review of general conditions by Secretary Mellon. An Initial Jump of two points In united States Steel was regarded as a signal for the opening of con structive efforts elsewhere which carried many popular issues to new high levels 'for the year. tlnlns of four to seven points In eluded Nash Motors, Postum Cereal, Sloss Sheffield steel and Shulte. The closing was firm. United States Steel extended Its rise to three points, touching If'foro the market encountered the customary week-end profit-taking. Amerlcnn Can fell back five points from Its early high, but recessions elsewhere wreo' comparatively narrow. Total sales approximated 2.200,000 shares. OF- John Schwlndt Inflicted the ratal wound while his father was severely beating Joe Schwlndt Jr., November 4. Evidence gathered from the Jordan district suoweu mat tne eitier Schwlndt was a man of violent temper and frequently beat his children. At one time he was hailed into court for beating bis wife. WORKERS RESCUE STARTS Miami Rears r . x Aid i - : - . '" 'TIT The city of Miami, Flondu, is carrying through one of the most pretentious building1 programs the country has ever witnessed. Building permits to' extent of $10,183,419.00 were issued by the city for the, month of October. This, amount was exceeded by only five cities in the U. S. The view above resembles that of the Battery, N. Y, In foreground is newly made lund on Biscayne Bay, which will become a park. The skyscrapers in the -background are some of the new ones under con struction. ; , US. LINE-UPS; SALEM ARRIVES TONIGHT The starting line-up for the Mcd- ford high school football same, for the championship of western Oregon, with Salem, was announced this morning as follows, ' Center, Hughes; guards, Noff and Jackson; tackles, Morgan and Hub bard; ends1. iSlnglev . nnd Sanders; quarterback, ilelTidt; "halfbacks Con rad and Moorcs;' fullback, Senn. Substitutes: Quarterback, Dunn: fullback, Arcnor; nniioacK. ivnins, guard, Ball; tackle, Zeek; Ends, Kel ley and Greene. Tie starting line-up of the Salem team, as contained in a dispatch from Salem this morning Is as fol lows: SALEM, Ore., pec. 4. fclgnteen Snlem h hri snhnnl fnnlhnll nlnversi " - - left Salem at 11:23 this morning for Bedford, where they 'piny tomorrow afternoon. The tentative starting lineup as announced this morning by Coach Huntington Is: ' Temple and Adams, ends; Blaco and J. Draper, tackles; Jackson and Querie, guards; H. Lyons, eenter; R. Drager, quart.er; Kelly and Noeske, halves; Lnng, full. J. Drager, star punter and tackle for Salem, who wns injured on Thanksgiving, is expected to be back in the line-up for the game. The game will start at two o'clock sharp, with prospects of generally cloudy weather and a fiiBt field. The officials will be Manerud, Oregon, referee; BHsff, Oregon, umpire; Cra mer, Grants Pass, head linesman: The local team will present Its full strength to start the game, nnd last evening went through a fast signal practice. The Salem coach Is Hollis Hun tington, former Oregon star, and ex local coach. Prince Callison heads the Medford squad. The victor will have a logical claim to the cham pionship of kestern Oregon, as the Portland tltlcholders have refused offers of post-season games with both teams. The Salem team Is heavy, and has won ail or Its main contests by small scores Tito Inml. r, .... 1 but believed to v. rnatni The Salem team will nprlv. at 7-n' thi. .,, u. ..lLl, workm.t .i,. . Scoyoc field. ' The nrlces foe tho- . .!.."rJ';es. f,or contest are nomission, ,Sc; grandstand The Inru-ofll m.,.-. i.. . tended a athletic event in southern Si;11"1-' '" c.ir .'.in k .i,u. . i . . . tars will be admitted to the park at 12:30 p. m. , The hif.h -t. ..... i. , . ..uxviua will I1U1U an assembly rally and street serp.tlne "o uuui noon. Beauty Doctor Spoils ANNOUNCES dents inn' J, , , 8no1 "'''" Carnegie endowment for interna- known bankers and hop growers of to execute last June, has at last bocn day hy the third district court of ap- ni.t,..' ,, nc , , ""P"8' 2Sc:l tlonal peace, lo which lie had this part of Oregon, died aboard tho executed for killing a watchman, penl. which granted Llndsley's cOun- P . . 1 "arked come from his home In Seattle. steuMnhlp President Monroe in the When tho warden discovered his over- sel a writ pf certiorari, returnable next tno rence, anil charged an extra The 10etng was attended hy rc. ' i,iis ,.,.,,iin i,. lnforma. 'Kht there was furthor delay by IbriiI January tt. Tho editor's ball was icu ui ZUC. I Her Husband's BeautV 2li'00 I"'"nrt ' """ " eaUt'j valued at more than $1000, from the I. i . .. HAM.in oi nt ..-.v.t.i.r.a. uhc. mr. All. icen nans, a ueauly siieciallst. was charged by the district attorney's office with throwing a cup of caustic chemical In the face of her estranged husband, Elmer Mart., a Harts is In a hospital suffering front burns about the face and Mrs. Hsrti Is In the county Jail In lieu of ir,nnn bonds. . . Skyline That Resembles Newjtork's A ' Wi , X ' .. '.' DRY ATTACK ON PRESIDENT IS CAUSE OF SPLIT Clarence True Wilson Leads in Break From Dry Committee Responsible -tor Attack On Coplidge pother Leading f. n il - rt 'MtiniA DryS Condemn ' Precipitate AdiOn. , ' WASHINGTON. Dec! 4.-A. P,- m .1 DiRUDproval by some memhera of the united committee for prohibition en- forcenu-nt of its uttnek on the nd- . m nist ration's enforcement nnllfv has i - - caused a spill in the , committee ranks. After a healed discussion ofv the matter with Clinton N. Howard of Rochester, y.. chairman of the committee, whose nddrcss attacking the administration's policy was sent to President Coolldge ' yesterday as renresentlmr the views of the com- mittee Clarence True Wilson, execu- five secretary of the Methodist board of temperance, prohibition nnd pub lic morals, Ihst night resigned from the committee. Mr. Wilson also de clared that the use of the name of his hoard in connection with the committee was unauthorized. His action was followed lly the withdrawal from the committee meeting hv. Oliver w. Stewart ot lndlnnnpolls. president of the flying squadron and vice-chairman of the united committee km win; c u.n- witiuie, ot 1.10 iiiierimuonui unu'i of flood Templars, also left the mpennir due n nnr lie owl nnr wish "' to stand neninit sucn nn attack on the administration. . ' . Judge Drops Dead While Speaking for it D international reace - - NEW YORK. Dec. 4. (A. P.l Judge Thomas Durke. former justice or the supremo court or 'ha state of Washington, dropped i ' . . . ttlloI,lexv wh' he 4i ju .,! . .u nnt.n t ...... r,(.,11n Bn...n.n,- A ' "u"u. 01 o.ciu.j t i Nlchoias' Murray Butler ot Co. i imnhla "'vorl.y, and others of It l'ron''once. Judge Utirlto was making nn 1 appeal for Justice In behair of the ' i'. ' ,M ,i. i, ...j j,. j.illl.Ht; u..i.i..a n i.vil ..in bum- t denly coilnpscd. - Butter Robbers Busy. 8A.NDY, Ore., Dec. 4. Hobbcrs last I mem vi eninui j. ovLum.ua t.., nna.i.i E. T. Mass. A lock was broken on Ih. ,nn, t. irliclr hneU.rf In tho nn.ui v.ei.i.iu.. , lu mm.... door and the butter loaded aboard. tlRUSBBLB.-Senator. Desprut pro - poses that each llelgtsn Workman shall ni,n.,.ii. hn nn iimir' lohnr a u....!. to help pay the Interest on n,$IBO,ono,. nnn in.n whii h Itelulnm la rinAtins in vew York. LEAGUE INVITES UNITED STATES TO OfiNEVA. Dor. 4. (A. P. The disarmament council of the League of. Nations today voted to Invite the Lnlted Slates and soviet llussln to 1 ecomo members of the special com- rnlsslon which Is to be created to prepare for an international confer- ence for the reduction of armaments, Another gesture towurd the United RhAns was made when the economic ... . . .. . .. . .. , .Unt ! committee nf me league vuica umi ,le international economic- confer- I ence proposed hv France should not be limited to members of the league, but should he. truly world-wide In !-l This means that the United participate ' . WASHINOTON. Deo. 4. (A. P.) 1'it'Hldent Coolidge will defer con- sinenumn m un invuiuiuii iu. i(.nn membership on . the special ... , rnmimsHimi 10 wnru dul miuiin iui ( tne reduction nnd limitation of arm - i nmcnts, extended today by the dis- armament council of the League of .Nations, until .the text of the pro- posal hns been received. The exeoutivo is anxious to make plain American sympathy with every reasonable proposal for reduction of armaments, but recognizes tnat mere may be ciiriicuities in tne . way oi American participation in the work of the special commission. The Noted Dead IIVIJI3 PA UK, Vt., Dec. 4 (A. P.I former I'nlted Slates Senator Carroll S. Page, a prominent figure In Vermont's political history, is den'rt at his home here in his 82nd yean stric ken with parafysls on Noveniber 24 um, the end camo ft8t Senator Page who was governor .... - . . ...nn or )1)H mme rrom i?t:iu 10 ins, re- ... . .,,.,, ,.., untitles nt tho nx- I ' '"" ' ' . , "! ",??. V.,.7 7.. .....I- .. ... v.. nrt In 1922 after serving two terms and part of the unexpired term of tho late Senator proctor. Senator Page made a visit to this i ' vnin-y in ni, mm imu some property Interests here. I He Is a brother of Dr. V. C. Page IN RUSSIA of this city, now In Los Angeles, compelled to desert KnttlnRilonn be and an uncle of Mrs. C. A. Knight, cause visitors overran the place and lie wns also an old friend of Mr. annoyed him so thnt he could nut and Mrs. T. A. Waterman of this city. BA.KM. 0re 4. C. A. Mc ... ..... . .....il., lis. Initios tti.f.fiwl nv ... . .. . uon received here today ny IJUIS ZlZTZ lZ MZoghlln was on a trip around tho world to ro- cu,,rMB' ,. ,,, iiineM l'.irller "11 . , ," , , , i, , 7 teiiorts received from Honolulu ln- ., . . .. . . .- In,, rnuli, In health and enjoying the trip. News ' bis death was cabled from Penung, I Straits settlement. Ho left on the I voyage fnilii Man Fi h'ranclsco Octobor 24 ',;1"iIJnT""n "r,e";"pnt th ndo, end en. o National bank and of the ( npltal Ice and Cold Storage . D..i, , -"l"y " ""'em. He was born lien nenr Toronto, Cnnada, ts years ago. and wns a of Toronto university. b.h.iuuio ' ''"8 ANOKI.ES.-A large warohouse elflPPetl with elaborately designed warning slKnuls. tran rinnfa n.wi in. torlor tolctraph systems, was ralded'sald to he predomlnently turkey In'ramento. The turklien weighs more h officers who confiscated a nna flnvnr. but of mure dollcnta and finer than a chicken and less than a turkey gallons of mush and moonshine llnuor. Pawn Broker Buys Own Suit From Yegg Who Robbed Home 44 4 4 4 4 S.U'UAMKNTO, Cat., Doi 4. 4 4 (A. 1) The pleasure of buy- 4 4 tug bis own suit of clothes from 4 4 a burglar who had ransacked 4 4 his home earlier in the evening, 4 4 bidongH to Sam Feingold, a local 4 4 pawn broker. 4 4 Kutiy last evening tt prowler 4 4 broke a window at Felngnld s 4 4 home, entered and matin away 4 4 wltli a new suit and n .45 auto- 4 4 malic pistol. 4 4 An hour later the burglar 4 4 walked into Feingold's pawn 4 4 show, laid the suit on the conn- 4 4 ler and offered it for sale. After 4 4 some bickering Keingold bid $10 4 4 for the suit, not recognizing it 4 4 as liis own. Keingold is looking 4 4 for him today. 4 4 4 PROHI LEADER APPEALS TO POPE FOR CIVIL AID Clinton W. Howard, Head of ... I n' Ury Committee, ASkS rOPe PillS tO Give WlOre SUPPOrt to American Prohis-Refers to Ku Klux Klan. ,, n.,, ...... ...... An appeal to Pope Plus XI for moral (,.p.) The suit -for annulment ot support of "civil authority" in the marriage brought by the: wealthy iplted Slates .was 'made public today young Leonard Rip Rhinelander ' ' ... .1.. .against his part negro wife, Alice Ilea- b' l'nl,"i Committee for Hrohl- tl.1(,e JonC8 wcm ,0 ,he jury Bnorl,y billon Enforcement, made up of a before noon today. ' ' number of .Catholic and Protestant Out of the mass of testimony, much reform organizations. of it conflicting, taken i during ths in n letter to the Vatican the chnll'- throe weeks of trial.' the Jurymen .. ' .... m........ man 01 uie commiltee, i. unron i. Howard, referred both to prohibition nnd to the Ku Klux Klan. He said ;'"i""""i yn Ni. jurj i.nu- the appeal had been "authorized ings on these fluestlons will be base, and approved" by the committee, Justl a 'I"0,, . I " " which yesterday sent to the White JenV " Ln ;.e v House a .- - f?. tXl peiiNiiij? to i reHtuent looikiko tor . . povipivp,! nnt unRHpd unon hv th-s bettor prohibition enforcement The gulav terra of Westchester K-tter nddresried to ope Plus county supreme court. - ' rarQtt mere nan neen ninny evi- dences of the pontiff's appreciation ... . . ..' . 11 or anierii'fin men nam , Mr. Howard continued that "as a friend of Catholics." he desired to cnll attentlini to the attitude of "so many catholics" toward prohibition, I This nttitttde, tie said, "has created a great deal of opposition to the Catholic church, and did much to ' cnll into existence the Ku Klux Man. ' REPORTED BETTER . ;,,,,, Subbbx, England, Dec. 7 ,' ' ' a ' 77 " , Rl,ln4B 81 7Wl! , ....j.. . ...nv m ma iisui aguiust , Jy "IBII,""II: mum- .in,ini i,,,w .!.... ' ,.. .. sw I'nnncn a iau iiiKiiL. ins . ,. "uu..n nuiiuun. , ,1'' turtles was nt the bedside a n,K"1 nnu ''ora u"""' physician to lhe k(n(? wag , ,ttl;ndlllK.0 ,, niornlnir Kipling's Illness Is putting Murwash on the map In a manner that wilt doubtless be oblcctlnnnhln lo the writer, ns no settled here Uecause this unfashionable suction of Sussex Is little frequented by tourists. He wns work. Oversight Is Remedied McALKSTICH, Okla. Johnny Wash - Ii.;tnn not.rri whn n nrrLn ttMll 'HIM I 1 11 IT H ww.......... GOBBLER TO BE SHOWN AT POULTRY SHOW lK8 MOINHS, Iowa. Dec. 4. (A. P.) The l,.t0t style In barnyard fowls. le "trken." produced by the union n o ,.runv i7,.hhiar nmi n ehifkan "... t . ' ' I win oe snown at ine (Hiuuiy snow: - r here next week when ten specimens .today when shown the Des Moines win no exniuiteii. Koy i.et k, real estate promoter ann I breeder ol the new poultry hyhred. believes that next November It will J,e. the turken's turn to crow at 70 to 80 cents a Hound. The turitnn'i ment t tnxltire. ' RHINE ANDER JURY CAN'T GEf VERDICT Still Out at 5 o'clock, Judge Threatens to Lock Up White Plains Jury for Night Questions Asked Regarding Testimony of Woman Re porter. WHITE PLAINS. N. Y.. Dec 4. (A. P.) Justice Murseluiustir at 5 o'clock today announced that if the Jury which is deliberating on the testi mony In the trial of Leonard Kl) Hhinelimder's suit for annulment of Ills tuurriage to Alice Beatrice Jones, New Hochelle mulutto, has not reached a verdict by I) o'clock he will have the jury locked up for the night. "WHITE PLAINS, N. V.. Dee. 4. (A. P.) The Khinclnnder Jury nt I 3:55 o'clock filed into the court room nnd requested enllghteivment on the testimony of Rhinelander regarding nn Interview which he gave to Bar- bam Keynolds. u newspaper woman. I The jury remained in the Jury box tnr nearly ten minutes while Justice Morschauser went throuah the court XuTVwa" and the Jury returned to the Jury room. Justice Morschmmpr told the jury thut ho would aond In the testi mony as soon n ho could find it. f WI4ITR PLAINS. N. V.. Dec. 4. ivnro rhn wrl hv .liiaHna Mnia khn n .ni "' w" " " flni1 nnswors. toseven . qusstlons. The Jury's decision on the seventh noint ullon hich it must oos is of point upon wmcn u. mum pass is ot the arpnlest Inillol tnnce In the nut-' come of the case. This point Is; "Did the plaintiff cohabit with the defendant after he had obtained full knowledge that the defendant was of colored blood?" 1( the Jury ninkes decision favorable to Hbinelander on the first six points but answers "yes" tno seventh question, the whole ,cnse win no upset. The other six questions were: "At the time of the marriage nf the parties wan the defendant colored and of colored blood?" s , ' ''Did the defendant hofore the mar riage by silence conceal . from the plaintiff the fact that she wns of col ored blood?" - . "Did the defendunt before the mar? rlnge represent to the pluintiff that she was not of colored blood?". "Did the defendant practice said concealment or make paid represent tlon with the Intent thereby , to in- (iu' ee tho plaintiff lo marry her M "Wim the nlnintlf hv nald aoncenl- ment or ny snin representation or ny nni n iniiutefi io ma IT v 'ine iiereiin- ' nnt 7" . ' . if the plaintiff had known that defendant was or colored hlood would h h mrrled her?" ' I . EUREKA,-CAL., EDITOR IS ORDERED RELEASED SACRAMENTO. Oil., Dec. 4. (A. P.) Release nt Alfred Llndsley, Kurrka editor now serving a one- . thousnnd day Jail sentence for con iKn.nt or curt wns nrile.ari hero In fixed at tSSOO. 8 A NT A CRUZ, Cal., Dec. 4. (A. P.) Turkhens have been produced here for five years by E. T. Bpencer and .nlH In nnullrv mnrbola Silencer snlri dispatch reporting production ot ny- brd 10utry. Bpencer mated Rhode ... h '"nd chickens and bronte turkeys and exhibited the product nt farm i bureau fairs and the state fair at Sac- land reseniWes neither.