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MEDFORD. ORKUOX. THURSDAY, MARCH W'S.
A
No. 3K2.
foday
Only Odds and Ends
The Busy Bonds
Our 350,000 Criminals
Peasants Would Rule
By Arthur Brisbane
(Copyright, 1927, by New York
' Eienlnc Journal, Inc.)
O
i Not much, except odds and ;
' ends of news, when this was 1
written, late yesterday after-
? noon. The fatal tracks of the j
oil bonds led in new directions i
:'.rtie name of an important!
jndije was dragged in. He says !
'Tio one sent him any bonds. i
Senator lWah, the great pu
rifier, got $'i00 more yesterday, i
to help pay back the gold that
Mr. Sinclair handed over. The
Republican party must be puri
fied, says liornh. Theodore
Roosevelt, 2nd, sent; $100 to
help purify.
' It is doubtful, however,
whether all the perfumes of
Arabia, or two Anna Held milk
baths could purify the worried
old party.
Being found out is a terrible
thing. Kverybody knows that
bulb big parties take all the
campaign funds they can get.
The Republicans get the bigger
gifts because their chances are
usually better, and their mem
ory for- kind words and deeds
is better.
It is certain that neither Will
Hays nor any of the big Re
publicans knew where the Sin
clair bonds came from. The oil
1 scandal had not started when
if. the bonds were contributed
f Sinclair had offered a bun
dle of bonds to the. Democrat ic
donkey to wipe out campaign
debts, that intelligent animal
would have taken them gladly.
However, the' elephant got
caught, the donkey did not, so
the donkey feels virtuous.
Speaking of slush funds,
bribes, etc., you should read the
book written by Judge Kava
naugh of Chicago, after thirty
three years on the bench. Three
hundred fifty thousand individ
uals make their living, partly
or entirely, by crime in our hap
py country he says. Last year,
tliey contributed 12,000 mur
ders to the nation's news items.
Public Indifference is to blame,
sajB the Judge. Each country Bets
j as much crime as Its Indlfferesee
deserves. Judge Kavanaugh favors
line of the whip, because, "No
crime leader retains the respect of
his ?ang after lie has winced unrior
the lash. The moron and racketeer
fear the cat-o'-nine-talls more, than
prison. Our 350,000 criminals steil
yearly enough to build the Panama
canal."
They steal more than that. And
pililUC KUIlliJiiug ui late uuitia, am- j
oilier torni oi crime, leganzeu uy
grafting politicians, takes from the
public each year enough to build
e tho Panama canal three times!
More trouble in distressed Ru
mania. The peasants want to rule,
and the socialists hack them, Here
we have no peasant populntton, al
though not all of us know It. Once,
the late George .1. Gould, on a tour
of Inspection over the Missouri Pa
cific, took his family with him
The mayor, chamber of commerce
and civic organizations of a small
city came to the private car, ask
in)for a better railroad station.
One of Ciould's chirrmlng daugh
, tors. In white dress, ne noun and
"white kid shoes, said, "It's very
nice of those peasants to come
r"own and see papajsn't It?"
' have some i.Wllons of farm
ers that would like to run tblB
country, partly, but they don't
know how to go about It. N'o real
organliatlon, for one thins. Next
fall they will gel wonderful prom
ises and then think It over four
more years.
Tho soclnll87iath.l executive
committee met to discuss . social-
1st national platform and solemnly
decided that republicans and demo -
.e,... -,n. nllrehl.
.. .
Harsh words, but, luckily, ..many I
Rood republicans and democrats do !
not know what an oligarchy is.
Corrupt cnriMiration oligarchies f Mn"1 heard by .!. Swnnimn nenr
rule the republic, nav the BoelaIi,he K'lmondHon jdace. whirr:
itn. It U Just a two-party cap!-1"0 miien ""iftant.
Mallstlc machine. Nevertheletm, oil The body was firm sen hy Hep
ir no oil, bondH or no bondn. one P"rt nnti chambers when they
or the other half of the republcan- '"" in iKht of th dnm, ne.tr
. - , . - m I which the On-en-Oreftcn lmtiun
(Contlouvd on Pact Four) rnilrond also has it tracks. Though
FIND -
SICIDE NOIREFT BY
Q DADutD Qun nfDQ
II. IJnlllM IV ilMUUI IJMi)
ALL BLAME FOR DEED
0
"There Was No Stealing," Says Note, "and No One but
Myself Was Responsible for Administration of Bank
Enough Cash and Property to Pay Everyone in j
Full" Poor Judgment Shown Demonstrated Unfitness j
for Task Could Stand Constant Worry No Longer j
Gun Found Beside Body Tells Tragic' End of Well ;
Known Citizen.
George W. Flarker, miss 1 n g j
president and cashier of the Pine
r, t, , , .. it . it !
Bell Finnic of ltutte Kails, who UIh-
appeared Monday afternoon. wa j
found this mttrnliiK at nine o'clock j
nn tin hanks of tlx Dewing mill )
pond, on the outskirts of ltutte j
Kails, a m-lf-lnflicted hullet wound ,
through the head being the cause j
of death. V. M. Chambers, head-
Ins a searching party found the 1
hotly. The death weapon, a .32
calibre automatic revolver was .
found ut his side. A farewell note I
in his coat Indicated that he had
been suffering from Intense worry
over banking matters, )ut bank ;
examiners have thus fur found the
Institution to be in good condition.
Although the note, which was
written ih a steady hand, suggest- '
ed that affairs at the bank were In
a very poor condition, Bank Ex-
aminer It. Jj Orem of Klamath j
Kails, who is now in charge, said
this forenoon that the financial
condition of the bank Is in good j
shape and that investments, which '
could bo questioned, had been i
made by Barker for his personal
Recount.
The note, which was wrltton In
a small memorandum book found
among a few papers in 'the breast
pocket of the coat. Is as follows:
My wire, llsizi-l Marker.
mill daughter. Klennore. who
apia-ar as directors or the
1'inv Belt Hanking company,
liave never hail anything
whatever to tio as dircctoi's
The hank was run emiivly by
me at all 'times. ticrliiidc
l-'nHlcnhoi-g. assistant eashler,
was c-lcrk only anil linil no
voice In Its management.
"If there Is any blame at- '
tnehed to the niniiagciiicnt 111
any way, it is all mine. There
has been no -stealing at any
time anil there Is plenty of
pi-oH'i-ty ami other assets to
pay all the depositors In full.
The mistakes in judgment
show that 1 am not the man
for the plac-e.
"My heart's love to wife
anil little ones. Tills worry Is
killing me unit I harilly know
what I am writing. Do 'not
bliime Hazel or Kloanoro with
anything, as they know abso
lutely nothing about it.
(Signed) "fiKO. W. HAKKKIl
"March 19, 1(1:18."
Coroner li. W. Conger, who
rushed to the scene this morning,
was today considering the advisa
bility of holding an inquest. The
Inquest would be held only to de
termine reason. why II a r k e r
should take his own life when
there were no apparent reasons.
Party Finds Hody
The bmly was found by five men,
all of Ltutte Falls, Horace Geppert
Hod Maker. Dave Hummel, Liverett
Abbott and W. M. Chambers, 'as
they were beginning a search,
whit-It was to have taken them
over five lles the other side of
the dam. The dam is less than
300 yards from the main part of
the town, hut because of brush and
steep Inclines, can not be readily
I seen from the top of the bank.
which is over n hundred feet high
Uarker hnd apparently sat down
on top of the dam, which has not
been in use for eight years, and
discharged the revolver against
the right timple, killing him In
stantly. The hullet. w'hen It
emerged., pierced a hole through
the brim of Barker's felt hat,
which was lying about three feet
from the body. The head was
slumped agulnst a large log, and
the hands were lying outstretched
ami the feet were crossed.
The discovery of the body was
mnde largely through on accident
land a hunch In the mind of W. M.
"ambers, a member of the
rchlng party The par y hn.'(
1p'unn,e'' ln, ,KO ""i0'"0"1" '"
''"' " "' " "eek.
hut hambers led the party d.,n
!n ntMn trnil to the dnm. nftr
i which the five men planned to ro
jthru the timber and rench the
plateau where Monday e SilnR n
BODY. OF
trnins make regular trips a short I
distance above, "the huily had nut j
been seen by train crews.
t.'mrit.s ration and Frank
Smallwoori, both of liutte Kails.
dec In re they heard a shot fired ut
& o'clock Moiutay evening In the
region of the .old ilam, hut said
due to cchoeK It sounded us If It
came from a more southerly dlrec-
tion. The shot heard hy Swanson
uhout the same time Mondny Is
not believed to have come from
Barker's gun. In which there were
still seven shells when It was un-
loaded at the death scene thjs
morning.
If a hunch, which was held by
Shorty Miles, was 'followed thru
it Ih possible that the body would
have been found yesterday. Miles
was visiting at the Charles I'atton
home Tuesday night and heard a
coyote bark and yelp on the hill
side, immediately above tho dam.
lie told a Butte Falls resident to
investigate the,, region in the
neighborhood of the burking, due
to the fact, that coyotes , are not
; heard as a rule so close to the j
town. .
i The body might have been found
j Tuesday If u bloodhound, which
hail been put on Barker's trail,
'had been given its way. The dog.
which vt Riven the ncent from
the point where Uarker' car was
abandoned les.i than n mile from
the di in, started to come down
toward the dam, hut the searchers
thought that the dog was going
hack to the car and the search was
ended, uh far us the dog was con
cerned. Flank Still Closed
Hank Kxnminer Orem will he in
charge of the bunk until the arri
val of William II. ilarker. Sr.,
Marker's father, from l'hoenlx,
Ariz., und It is probable that the
accounts In the bank will then be
moved to some Med ford financial
j institution.
I A statement was made as fol
j lows last evening by II. O. Voget,
j stutc bank examiner who was In
charge of the Butte Falls examl
j nation:
"We are continuing our In
I vestlgntiou of the nl'fatrs of
j the IMne Belt Banking com
I pany of ltutte Fulls and are
taking an Inventory of its as
sets and liabilities to ascertain
as far as possible the actual
condition of the closed Insti
tution, being somewhat handi
capped by the absence of
George W. Murker, who alone
nppeurs to be familiar with the
loans and Investments shown
on the hooks.
"Thei-t have been no fur
ther tevelopments," continues
the stutement, "relative to the
management of the bunk,
which would seem to Justify
Mr. Barker's unusual action
a nd d isa ppeara nee. We are
confident that Mr. Barker. Sr.,
who Is to arrive from Thoenix,
Ariz., Saturday will lend his
nsM.stance and cooperate with
us In every way possible to
protect the Interests of the de
positors und to bring uhout a
speedy settlement of tho
entire situation as fur ns Its
financial aspects are con
cerned. The department will
fruln from proceeding vTTh
the liquidation as Is custom
ary in ordinary Insolvencies
until W. II. Barker has had nn
opportunity to acquaint him
self with the existing condi
tions. In the meantime, there
is no cause for undue nnxfety
or alarm over the rQnlm of
the bank, and to the credit of
the community. It must be
said that Its citizens are re
maining calm."
A visit to Butte Falls this fore-
'noon by a Mail Tribune reporter!
revealed that practically Ihe entire I
population of the town was at the
dnm or on the nesrby hillside. A
visit into the closed bank Indicated
that Barker was a sportsman and
hunter. Th(f wore two rifles
and fishing tackm In a back room
and niioliier revnlvtr va found In
the office part of t.le hank
Shocked and Mystified
The death of Mr. Uarker came
as a shock to many friends and
(Continued on Pag Six)
HOPE THAT FATHER MAY GO FREE
vkw? ? A 4
h-ilv.- i: '!3!
With John Wesley Faison, 81, going on trial at' Richmond, Va.,
for the second time on a charge of murdering Mrs. Elsie Holt
Snipes, inset, 28-year-old divorcee, his wife and five children have
been hoping for the freeing of daddy. The children, left to right:
Louise, 11; Florence, 9; Nedawniss, 7; John Wesley, Jr., 3, and
James Uarlton,
G 6 ve rn m e.n t Physician
Agrees With Falls Doc -
tors That ex-Secretary
of Treasury Is in No Con
dition to Leave for
Washington.
W A CM 1 VflTn ITnwil, IBfi
-iteports from governnx-nt ' ph-
FALL NOT ABLE "0IA1N0J0E,"
TO STAND TRIAL; CHICAGO BOSS
ON APRIL 2ND IS SHOT DOWN
sldans who examined Albert It. ' car lias ended the crowded lite or
Fall agree with reports made . by ! Diamond Joe Ksposlto, 55, whoso
his personal physician that the ! meteoric career began as n day
former secretary is unable to ' lahorer in Brooklyn and ended as
come to Washington for his trial:" Chicago political boss,
on April 2 I Fitly shotgun slu-is were
The reimrt of two nhvslrians "red into Diamond .loo's body last
who made- the examination ut the
request of Owen
A I If a Pnnipronn
J. Roberts and
. .
in nn extremely feeblo condition.
The government prosecutors In
dicated that the affidavits which
Fall's motion to continue his trial
to a later date, were to tho effect
that the former secretary's heart
and lungs are in very weakened
condition und say that neither
his physical or mental condition
on trial at this time. m.i.nnoi.,lood( known UH ,hc ..ol(1
The prosecutors accepted tho i ,)In(M,v ninoteenih," but now a pari
report of their medical repre-1 of (ne n;, ward
sentatlves as Indicating that ihoj Kj,,',,, rirHt Vamo. into proml
court woulB grant continuance l .,,.nr-a nu tw,uti,,.i in,i.,. in mu
the case insofar
mo iormer interior secretary.
They will insist, however, they
said, thnt Sinclair he placed, on
t-jjal April 2.
WAfiinvr.TMV in,.U nt tltr.
There is to be no effort at this!
time by the siate Teapot Dome
con.nmiee 10 oo.ain tne
mony of Albert It. Fall, who has
stated that he Is ready to answer
all questions ttOi may be put l
him in connection with the mat -
htm invoiven Vi me r uii-aincinir
Al conspiracy case.
Both Chairman Xyo
and Sen-
ator Wal.'th,
of Montana, who nave
been directing the affairs of thii(lnte for re-election 111 the April
committee, thought tho formei . ,,rj,n:irt .ft w(,on ho was slain.
Interior secretary's reply to the Police Relieved warhire over llq
reqtiest of tho committee as to , UOr was tho cause of his death,
his readiness to testify losod thej . 4-
matter for tho time being at least.
"I think that this disposes of
the matter we had In hand,"
said Senator-Walsh. A mllnr
view was -Wressed hv rnator
Nye, but It may be thnt tho quo-
tlon will be taken up at nn excu -
live mooting of the entire com-
mittop Inter.
;i:iimv to si:n ii.i.kt
of (.i.nu its to tiik r.
FrtANKFOHT-ON-.MAIN.
,MI
many. March 22. (Pi The Itho-
onKMftton f n m n n n v llv nn.
nounred that It had ncroptod
Invitation from the Aim'cati
.Motorics Aviation iluli t snd
;nn oxnoditlon of rrorman gliders
, to Amorba.
The oxnoditlon will start Into ;
In April to Introduce glider fly- j
In gtn ihe 1'nllod States, to Install,
a pilots' school, nnd to lemon-1
str.no various types of
gilders.
German
o
:
ij'l
;-Pj8tci'ftu8 Lea der-in -the
1 Bloody Nineteenth Ward
is Victim of Gunmen
Shot in Back on Return
From Political Gathering.
; CHICAGO, Mar. 22. dang
I land's three-way combination of
! atli-i5iw. gunmen and a motor
night as he was 'returning from a
1 ""T1'"? U1 ""UI, l ""' ,7 ' '
which he was affiliated the l-nit-
Ull 11'
Thompson group.
I He was shot from behind. As he
I lay dying, a man pumped an extra
j into his hack. Then they fled In
, 1 an automobile.
Yesterday Jno hnd been warned
I over the telephone lo "et out of
j town or get killed."
i Less than a month ngo, Philip
LenneLtt, who married Mrs. Kspo-
it ffc' t'"ifl,a('uallv his nower extet ded until
secretTirv I ,u V. uPu
iumi h.n ho haoima . ri....ii,iniu
for warf committeeman on Senator
. ifeneen's slate and after a bitter
fight won the election. . Ho was the
' 1 ' ituiitKiiKu 111 int.
to win against the Thninpson-Liin
ii faction.
I Soon alter began the trail
! bloodshed that reached to his own
doortt,ep iaHt nim Bm, whi(.h e
,0 hia war(J U)e Bnhrn,IPt of xh(i
' bloody nineteenth."
! Th H mniinnpH unfit i?m hnrt
been killed, but Diamond
.loe
emerged unscathed.
He had become the republican t
warn comniiltppniitii nitd u-nu n run.
Death Toll of
the Automobile
' 1
1 qrn-Tii nt-vn r...i 4,.-
(,.,-Charles F. Casey," a'l . of Port-
land. Ore.,
studem nt Notre
Dame university hi-r. was klllid
Instantly last nUht when nn auto-
nw.t.iin i .i.it. i .11
i.. iii.i. .!.,. ., .i.. . ...
I .i .,. , . . .
! i-iiiii-b. i uri-e inner si:ilifllis in..
i-...,.-. i i
' . . - "' -'-
; nor lniurles. None of Ihe nreu-
,.nio ,.f ii, ,..i...- ui
i .
8ande Reinstated
I IMI.THltlllK -i-iM-l-nrt
S.mdo. noted Jockey, wa relnstat-'
oil by the Matylnnd Jockey club
this afternoon. Hands was hnrrod
from the tiirf laul f ill fnr i. ll,.i-,.rl
rough rldiu-3 in tho 1'lmllco
1 turity.
, FALL
o
a mfw pni inv 1
n mlii I uliui ;
1 (WfflN FflPi
Ml UIIUUVI1 I Ull
; UQUORTORCES
Governor Patterson Explains . fm"k
His Removal of L M.;t ,i""8 i,nrt '""
Kletzing Ntf Dry Work-
ers on Commission Basis
Are to Be Retained.
KI'C;i:.K.. Ore., March 22. (A'J j
(lovernoi- I. !,. I'alterson, in ai
lung (listant-o tMtnvcrsatltm with '
tile (iuarit, bus i-unfii'med the. re-j
miivul of Lewis M. KlelxiiiK of I
ttlii Nlitlnnul Ulw lOufulveiilent j
league, as an officer with au
thority under I lie limine or the.
slate !'"hihilitn force.
in lliis cotuieeliiMi (lovernoi
l uiteison ma.le ills flisi aline-' phinf nf Dnlicn Mnne nanth
uieiit of a new prohibition pulii-y
I wiiieh be bus been following sinci;
the first of the year.
I "t usketl KleuInK to turn in
j his stale limine." saitl the ttov
lerniir. "let'ausi; he was worklilK
on a eommlssion basis. I have
askeil all oilier enfiiret-nient offi
cers working on the commission
linsls to siiri-entlei- their state
ituthoiily.
"There has been no 'trouble'
with Mr. Kletzins. l am simply
following in bis rase and In ull
others like it a new policy I lnitl
down the first of the year. No
more state officers on the com
mission or part time basis. All
slate enforcement will he under
the stale prohibition commissioner
directly."
The Kovernor pointed out that
bis new pulley is tllreclly In line
wiih a recent ilcr.hmttlon by the
fVnll-huloon It-iiKUo In Oregon de
lnj,liig,.i'iaWneu ip liquor lw en-
i
lorcciiient and coming out flatly knife as she flung herself to
aguinst any system whereby en-j ward him, and stabbed him ln the
forcement officers would have a 1 neck.
pecuniary interest In the con vie-1 Hluko fell, tho blood streaming
lion of the offenders. from the wound.
The governor declared that his i The courtroom was In a turmoil
action in the Kletxlng case should!1" 11 moment ami Charllo C. Mc
be understood clearly as entirely I CH. Htuto attonvoy-genorul, who
in line with the best thought of
the leaders In the prohibition
movement and not In any degree
a weakening of his policies on
enforcement.
The governor mnde his state-
j ment
to the CI uard following
many Inquiries from leading drys
in Lane county on the story Tues
day ln tho (luard that Kletzing
had ' "turned in his badge," the
governor at that time having de
clined to comment on the situa
tion " other than that ho and
Kletzing had agreed on this plan
ufter u conference.
In Eugene there were Intima
tions of emphatic protests to tho
governor on Kletzlng's removal.
Kletzing, who lives In .Portland,
could not bo reached for a state
ment, but many of his friends
here were almost incredulous that
he hnd been removed.
Tho governor said ho was very
glad tfi make a full statement of
the situation in order to clear
away tho ap parent misunder
standing as to why ho had taken
the action.
"Thero Is nothing to prevent
Mr. Kletzing continuing to func
tion as a deputy under local
authorization," ho mi Id. "That Is
n ailr 10 ninl locally.
will not continue the
matter to lie decided locally.
commissions on liquor enforce
ment."
MOTHER OIES AT
BEVERLY HILLS
LOS ANGKLKH, MarcbJ2 Mi
Mrs. Charlotte I'lckford, mother
of Mary Plekford. famous screen
star, died shortly before midnight
last night. Hho hnd been suffer
ing a lingering Illness for some
time.
Mnry Ti kford was at tho bed-
1 side f h.-r mother at tho latter't'
Beverly Hills home when she
",'""1' , , ,A '""'"0",
'
roinrtcil to hnvo been the cause
of bor dentil.
Hho wns 115 years
old.
Mr. I'irK nit-ii. whose name fnr-
.Mrs. I'lc-k r.tr.l
incrly wiim Chnrk.lte Hmtlh. Is sur-
vlvoil l,v nor flnil.htprfr Mnru nm
. '
lilli.". HfHl son .lurk
u hu iiIho '
nn 1 n ninirnnrvn
hnsO.on eminence in motion iilo-l"""
. .... .
uire nnu vauoi-vi le work. A!l
!it,.r n,i i. i. ,n.i,..
', Tho ninth r in'i.i..j. i.....
.known actross was born In To -
root,, i-n,t . u.,t.i., i hi.
and was marrlod there to John i
Smith, of that i itv. when she wns '
I!) years old. All of her three I
hilii,oo u,.-. i,..i-n in n. .
(u-.nndlnn city.
Juck ,, joU0 allf0 wer, ut
S
bnMER
Copco Authorized
to IssuO$l,500,000
Preferred Stock
!
SAN' FRANCISCO. March
i 22. lPl The California, Ore-
Ktui Power company was nu-
thot-tzed by the Slate Hall-
' road commission yestenlay
to issue unci sell l.T.OII.OOO
6 per cent pre-
to financo addl- .
betterments. ;
T
MAN
URY ATTACKED
IN OPEN COUR
aS ReSUlt Of Attack in'01 waU'r "'Uienu, testified at
the inquest over St. Francis dam
Alabama Courtroom byivi ctlms today that tho destroyod
. ;St. I-'rancis dam, the Barrett dam
Two women Relatives
near San Pleeo. tho Hollywood
of Girl.
COLUMBIANA, Ala., Mar. 22.
(P) II. F. Blake, Calera ehlef of
police, was fired at and then stab
bed by two women In circuit court
here today Just after he had been
acquitted of tho murder of their
relative, Miss Louise Montenharo.
Mrs. Mabel Montenharo, mother
of the girl, fired n pistol from a
distance of about five feet as Blake
was being congratulated by his
friends. The shot went wild. Miss
Cecil Tubbs, an aunt of tho girl,
leiid ut the police chief, drawing
had personally prosecuted Blake,
fainted from tho excitement. Phy
sicians said they could net tell
from their frlsl examination wheth
er Blake's wound would be fatal.
He had toppled Into the Jury box!
from which tho men who freed him
were slowly filing out. They as
sisted In picking him up and carry
ing him to a hospital,
Mr. MeCall quickly recovered j
himself and ordered tho two worn-1
en taken Into custody.. Both were(
frantic from the strain of the trial j
and their deed, and Mrs. Montea-
baro fought hyterlcally with court
officers liefore she was subdued,
rihe still tried to get to Blake as
the bailiffs overpowered her.
Officers said tho women hnd ob
tained tho weapons fr-om tho box
in which Miss Montoabaro's cloth
ing was kopt during tho trial. Tho
pistol used In today's shooting was
one of those used by tho state, In
expert testimony regarding the
manner of the girl's death.
About 30 persons wore In the
courtroom at the time.
Louise Montenharo, a sewing ma
chine saleswoman, was shot to
death on tho nlglit of last Novem
ber 14, shortly ufter Blako and
W. D. Farmer, another Calera po-
j llceman had arrested her on the
; Montgomery highway for speeding
and while they had momentarily
left the car to examine a bottle
which they said she had flung
from the machine when they hall-
! (1 hnr
Bhike's trial had lasted a little
over two weeks and the case had
gone to the Jury last night. Tho
verdict was reurned shortly after
court was convened today.
Farmer was Indicted with BInke
and his trial Is pending.
Miss Montohcaro was 24 years
old. Olter mother Is 45 years old
and Miss Tubbs Is 43.
Mrs. Montenharo, ftss Tubhs
and A. II. Tubbs, brother of Miss
Tubbs, were placed In the Shelby
county Jail here on charges of as
Ha nit with Intent to murder.
Tubbs, although not participating
In the attack on Chief Blake, was
arrested with the women. Wit
nesses fillip however, he attempted
restrain his
sister when she
stabbed lllake.
Ncnnliir l-Vrris I'ni-luinKCil
WASHINGTON. Mill'. 22. (P)
Keniitor Ferris of Mlrhlgiin. who Is
. Ill here, hnd j. "fair night, and his
genernl conirrTlon is unchanged."
! his physlclnn's hulii-tin snld this
mjtnlnir. He has neon ill since
Hiuflnliiy with bronrhlul nneunii.- I
nin.
mother's homo when she
i nt hn, Ka.I .
side. Mrs. I'I'kford imssod away
.peacefully in her sleep, dentil
'om,n " '"" th,,t " w""
, hnrdly nercoptllile. She hail been
confined to her home fnr tho past
several months.
Mr"- Pl'kfonl, genernlly known
only as lbs mother of her tal-
ientod children, had considerable
stago experience hsrsclf. I
Dl RUILT
N ROTTEN
B A S E . i:: L A I ivl
Dam Engineer Admits Base
of St. Francis Dam Was
Built on Schist and That
Water Could Have Seeped
Through It, Weakening
Structure and Causing
Collapse." " "
I.os ANOJJUW.eallf.. March
22. ()) If. A. VanN'ormnji. os-
jslslant engineer of the J,os An-
dam overlooking the film colony
and the Arroyo 'Heco dam near
Pasadena, are all of similar type.
VanNormun described it as the
"monolith" type and said that it
was based on recognized engineer
ing principles.
Subjected to a searching cross
examination by Depifty District
Attorney K. J. Dennlson, VanNor
mun admitted that the sides of
the ill-fated St. Francis structure
were built on schist,, known to
the layman as "rotten rock." .
Pressed for a definition of
"schist," VnnXorman at first saltl
it was "very hard slate."
"Ih It. nnt. .culled intttn rnitlt
1 't-iiMinuii united,
. "Well, the layman might call it
that'- was tho witness' reply. -
Then Dennlson asked: "Is It
not possible Hint water would
seep through tho schist and cause
It to hocomo spongy and weak?"
VanNoriuan replied: "Such a
thing Is possible, but I'll say it
Isn't so In this case."
n A (1 SRHfllll OF
Vl III Vl VVIIVVL W!
IRRIGATION IS
LAUNCHED HERE
As a result of ft growing demand
for syHtomutlc Btudy of orchard
particularly regardlttg Irrigation ax
it rotated to both the production
,aiul murket'phnnen of the Industry,
directors of the Krult Growers'
league decided at a recent meeting
to start an Irrigation school here
In connection with the O. A. C, "ex
tension service, at ojice.
l'rofessor C. h. Long, specialist
on soils and drainage and Profes
sor F, K. 1'rice, well known hortl
culturallst, will head the course of
study and demonstration work
which will be. curried on in I'tve
different orchurds ln the vallcy
each of which will he typical of the
vurlous kinds of Boll to be taken
Into consideration ln planning and
care oi crops.
The experimentation and demon
stration work Included in the
school will extend over a period of
from five to six yeors, during which
time many new methods In orchard
admJnlstration are expected to be
developed. Tho orchards ln which
demonstrations will be conducted
are those belifuglng to Leonnrd
Carpenter, Frank Upton, C. S. New
hall, Paul Scher amC. C. Cato.
T
HANG APRIL 27
RAN QURNT1.V, Cal., Mnr. 52.
(A) William Kdward Klckman, son.
toncod to death fur the kidnaping
nnd slnylng of twelve-yenr-old
Marian Parker In lns Angeles, will
not hang nn April 27, the date sot
for his execution. Sun Quentln
prison authorities were informed
hY n" suprei court toilny that
hearing nn his appeal could not be
reached hy that time.
Should the supreme court affirm
Hickman's conviction by the supe
rior court n I -os Angeles, th lat
ter court would then be compelled
to set another dale for the hang
ing. Hickman was not told this morn
ing of tho postponement hut was
expected to ha told during the day.
The appeal was filed by Hickman's
attorneys wnn tne supreme curt
In I-oa Angeles on March lo.