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Newspaper Page TextMebfobdMail Tribune; D lly TwDty -third Yrtf Piftr-ciitb r 3 MEDFORD, OREGON, SUNDAY, APRIL 8. 1928. No. 17. Today By Arthur Briiban A Rubber Crisis. Noble Typewriter. Longing for Solitude. The Whipping Post. 4 (Copyright, 1927, by New York T Evening Journl. Inc.) Agitation in tV rubber busi ness. One tireitt rubber win puny, iiltliough it lias plenty of money, passes its preferred stoek dividend waiting to see what will turn up. The British abandon the attempt to monop olize rubber and prices will drop, f The rubber companies mijiht find a way to distribute tires more cheaply. If it costs as much proportionately to sell automobiles as it docs to sell tires a $700 ear would cost ifl, 500. General Motors, willing to Cry anything ami usually suc ceediug; niay turn up as an au tomobile tire manufacturer. Mercedes OleiU swam the Strait of Gibraltar on Wednes day, from Spain to Africa, 27 miles. The lady is a typist and that's the interesting part of it. You marvel that a wom an leading a sedentary life should be so athletic. Type writing develops nervous en ergy. And dealing with dull or ill-tempered employers de velops mental determination. That explains it. Many old people long to re tire from the world and escape observation. Tnlylnv Tmi-nvil ille lnyt. irnmleruil away from his family to be alonv". James, Swinnerton has paint ed an old Indian on the western desert, retiring into a cave as he felt death impending, with ust strength enough left to Mock the mouth with a stone, "i and keeping out coyotes, wish ing to die alone. In Vermont an old woman dies, having lived a recluse for more than 30 years. A strange desire. He gave promises solitude sufficiently complete to suit anybody. And it will come. Judge Buffington of the Fed eral Circuit Court of Appeals recommends the whipping post for criminals. The whip fright- tens the. criminals, usually phy sical cowards, and a lashing would cause a gang leader1 to lose casle with his class, as Judge Knvnnagh, of Chicago, snys. ' The important question is . would the whipping, encourag ing and setting an example of brutality, breed more crime? If the whipping post comes into fti'iicral use, it should be a meohunicnl whipping post, de livering blows of definite, le :iilly established strength. Vn der our grafting system, a small fee would make the heating mild, failure to pay would be well punished. In the "Judgment of God" trials !n the Middle Ages there was much cheating. An Influential bishop, lor instance, was sentenced to prove his Innocence and morality K.. u.alLIti? hnrnfnnt on red hot plough shares. The plough shares were painted red, not heatd. That cleared the bishop, nobly vindi cated. The talented Russians have some queer ideas. Including ideas of hu mor. The story about an Armen ian shooting Trotzky was an April fool joke. The U-arned writer of "The Gold en HojLh" tells of Russian peas ants ill the spring time seizing their iriest. rolling him over and O over plant (1 llie milU iiemj fields to increase me crops, ing-to the patient preacher, and of th reek church, lion I oojeci. it her. vou live on our crops, 1 l.ittl W so h us to make them better." (I Ltloued ob Pac 'our) uipji Ainu I HUM fllUL . - OF LEGION iFcil Gf85 10 VISIT M ' National Commander Spaf ford to Arrive By Plane I Today State Command-1 er Also Here for Confer- ence Banquet In Eve-: ning. Modtord Post No. 15 will be sig nally honored today when local. egionuaires will pluy host to their national executive. Ciimmunder Kdword E. Spafford of New York. Commander Spaflord will arrive liere tills afternoon by airplane from Reno, New, which city he : is vlHlilim today and will be tend- j ered a public reception at the Mcdford uirport. All local citizens are invited to gather at the grand-stand immedi utely after his arrival, and to hear a short address by the noted vis itor. PIiiiib are being- made to have the fire siren blow one hour before his plane is to land at the local airport. Due to the fact that his visit lulls on Kaster Sunday there will be no celebration of any j kind, merely an lnloimul reception to be followed in the evening by . alt American Legion dinner at the Hotel Medford. In the afternoon ' Commander Spafford will confer I with local and state Legion of ficials and will also be taken on an automobile trip' over the val ley, according to present plans. Leglon representatives from Ore-: goii aim aiuorniu win arrive nere tomorrow to join with Medford ' Post in eieetlnc their national ; commander who will continue his flight by air to Portland the fol hpwln day All Medford merchants and busi ness bouses are requested to dis play their American flags all day tpday In honor of National Com mander Kdw K. Spufford of the American Legion who will be a guont of .MeUlbfd Post No. IB. Htate Commander George i-ive of tile Americun Legion was the principal speaker at a special Le. glon luncheon given in his honor Saturday noon. About 25 members of the post executive committee and convention commission gath ered In the private rill room of the Hotel Medford and discussed the coming .Medford convention as well as today's reception to Nat ional Commander Spafford. In addressing the meeting Com munder Ixive spoke of the stale wide interest which has already been shown in the Medford con vention, and predicted the greatest attendance in state history. The speaker lias just completed a tour i of me state utiring wnicn ne an-1 dressed fifty-five meetings with an , attendance of over 15.000 World war veterans and he stated that everywhere he found plans already being made to come to the Med ford conference In August. At each meeting Commander Love told his hearers of tne uig ceieoraiion which is being pianneo ay met- ford t'ost anu ins remarks met with a ready response everywhere. The state commander congratu lated the local post on the splendid I showing made in the recent mem bershlp contest and stated that the Medford record Is being talked of all over the state. He also complimented Medford Post on the excellent civic and community welfare work which has been ac complished during the past year. In reviewing state department activities Commander Love said thut the Oregon membership for the first three months of 1928 Is already greater than the entire total for last year. The fine show ing made by Medford helped mater- i lally in establishing this record, ac-1 cording to the speaker. Vic MacKenzie, national commit-1 teeman for Oregon, stated that his i . f c.,nm n.n.,1.1 l.n n-all uuum di i " represented nt the Medford con .,nl.lln.. n.yA thai tin UuA frMnl tho I same spirit shown throughout the "f th n- f-hiwo na atnte. Kert Hates of Roseburg bIbo ,ln"'11 interxrholustlc tournament, made a few remarks upon the eon-1 T1 Pme w ewM-miaity dn vention and concratulated Medford : tnnv from Mart to flnfoh. both in wlnnine Hip recent contest I team playing rnutious banket- from I'miinua Host. Kpp v n . r in rman of t ie re- atternoon and the dinner at 6; 30 p. m. Big Legion Meet Monday Another big meeting of the American Legion Is scheduled for Monday night at the Armory and plans are under way to Increase the Beating, capacity, to take care of lhrt large attendance which is expected. Over ISO World war vbib" attended the last meeting and a larger number Is anticipated for next Monday's session. Keports on the recent member- ! ship contest and the state conven- tion w ill be heard and plans made j for a big celebration to enmmem : orate the recent Medford Post vic tory over Kosehurgi The preBent membership of Medford Post Is centTon " to Sto ii'lllrf champions to a long1"1-"""; -ould reach Seattle bythls nlln)l)or S7,ISfi, or g,.T CaCM?0r4Mil' The Kentucky Cam-1 -''" "" ce plans for today's program and plons scored only Jour field goals, enr?"" "l't 6n ''"'i.. AnKT"' . Newpoit, It. I had the only urged a UocaT legionnaires to be I l.t took advantage of Canton's "hor'l1 aJ " "'dn'Kht . would ,ect record of all the cltlea. Th on hand it the Zr field in the ft to score seven points from 1 '" "" o'clock fn ix cars were stolen and 36 6:16 and It Is hojied to bring this"on flight, winning from Nauga- l Conn., 29 to 28 In the final luonunueu on rin dij O Visiting Legion Officials u" fp Oratorical Calm Before Bat-, tie Call for Watchers Issued to Insure Right to Vote Both Factions ; High Confident. CHICAGO, April 7.- 17P All tonight faster Sunday armistice i, , ,u t.i . .w i mi s", n'", lhc I,lB Herthas in 11,1 now Hottest and most aenmon-i lous nrlniarv caiuoalun while the : party cannoneers Ullcal bnttlefront Hlomr the no- I treated to tho, home line trenches to dig in for the buttle of ballots Tuesday. rh n,--,i,-in-,i ..,,, ,,,,ii., ,vni, ! ! National Commander State Commander I E. E.-Spafford George Love PU Pa ' Mill C ,1 aML Ml IIIIIMII unibHuu ruLLo mm. ivorunu Tn nr niunnrn nnnT rnn a in lUDtbiMutu rum run urn BY THOUSANDS EXPRESS LINE muffled and the active campaign j 'n the state of Oregon, and will of ull factions was ended except,; " ln0 onl' !ndlng place north for last minute political sniping. f K"n Francisco. This an , . , , ) nouncement was mndo yesterday but on Its heels came the new(o (hu MM ,,,., ,,y w. K. army that will referee next ffues- j carpenter, superintendent ot the day s fight. In Chlcugo alone I American ltailway Express Com thls army numbered nearly 30.000 j ,)nny llt s,ln irrnnciHco, and O. li ned besides 16,000 precincts offl- Campbell, route agent at Eugene, cinis included Ti.000 policemen. wno spent yesterday here making H.t'OO watchers and challengersi pjrelinilnary uirangements for the uf vci ious factions and 3.000 In-1 estalillshment of the local post, dependent watchers, representing; h. h. Hniltli. superintendent of noii-pi'litlcal civic, organizations tnH ,ivision will be here from attempting to insure freedom of Portland during the week to round expression at the polls. out th plans. County .lodge Edmund K. .In- )n v,,,w or fnct ,)mt the rei ki, in charge of election ma-1 transcontinental air express Is In i-hlnery today Issued the call for t, extreme infancy, having been liter that I reports bad been circulated attempts were to be made to I'U'i through thousands of fictitious j votes. From the factional camps cm- limited the usual confident pre- j dictions of victory. Among th j most sanguine nf the statements was one from Colonel l-'rank In Snth twl,.0 llPnl0(, (l B(,,lt ln I nUe(, ,,,, KOnat(, ,)(.0,lllse nr onlrllHiti'.-ns to his primary cam lalgn two years ago by public ; service corporations. He said the majority senatorial nomination Tuesday over Thomas Glenn would lie greater-than the 10,000 ma jority lie received in the Novem ber 1 f 2 G election. r IH CHAMPIONS rilK'AfiO. April 7. (P) Ash land. K. tnniKht wiiri the hlRh I wqhool baj-ketbrtU championship . - -fen . Utiilo ri ef n f ,.' Canton. 111.. 15 tn 10, In the final ' wl,h Anhhmd maintaining k i " ". iur-ea tlie free throw line. in winning, the Ashland team get! what Is said to be a tournament record, not being guilty of a single ' foul. It was n great game of clean guarding on the part of the south erners. Captain Kills -Johnson led his team males to victory, directing the nlay on both the defense anj offense, HIb Buccess at the free throw line with four free throws was Instrumental In turning the tide In favor of the Kentucky champions. Third place In the tournament went to (irand Forks. X. . D., by win over Vienna. On.. 27 to 2n ln the p.iy-off for third place. Wheeling. W. Va.. look fhn connnl. game. In State Designated By Amorir-nn Railwnu FX - HlllBllbdll nauway . Cvtoncinn nf preSS in tXltJIIblUII UI i- 4 i o Transcontinental berVICe April 15. Modford will be made one b officlul pu:nts on the trans- continental air express route which now reaches from lloston, i ... , ... ...in " B"n """' u"u '"" bo extended as far us Seattle on ...M . r .I.J, 1 I IJn.n.,nl Aii 1J- '""' "" are the only two points chosen i tho American ltailway Express comimny only last September 1 ioca officials are elated over the" fact thnt Medford has been sing led out as one of the, Important ,)0ntH in the extension from San nnncisco to seatue. nno me only other point in Oregon be-j Fine roriiana. Thnt the cholco of Medford as thn only point in Bouthrrn Ore Knn, will mean thmiNumls of dol lars a ytar nridpd to the local payroll and will materially help every industry In thp valley, was tho comment made by Huperinlen dent Carpenter, yesterday. The nir express will supple ment tho railroad service offered liy the American Hallway KxpresN company, and will handle all gen eral exprpHH where expedience is the factor. Shipments up to Ifi.OOO In value. Including money and Jewelry, may be sent by plane, flu wnll nu wpnrincr nitunt'ol m p r- I cant lie commodities, sporting tcnods, retailers supplies, machine parts, moving picture films and perishables, when packed accord ing to express 'regulations. I The new points to be added to the air express route April 1 5 will include. Medford, Portland. Tacoma. and Seattle. Seoley Hall, head of the Pacific Air Trans port which is to be used by the American Hallway Kxpress com pany in their new project, in ex plaining the new service said that express placed on the planes at Medford nt nine o clock in the the morning. Illustrating thet "'""f W"h Wh'rh 'XprC"a "h'P ments can be sent. Aviator Get! Pott WASU1XOTO.V, April 7 lF) Major L. It. Bourne, Jr., "aviator, who ilew a marine transport air plane to Nicaragua several months ago, h.is been ordered from Quan- Hr-n Vn tn .nmmnn-l nf ,l,n nl.u. j va'tlon squadron at tho naval air station at San Diego. Pope Interested In Fllqht nnVII.- At.rO tltn Tl.n .tnnn Interest which Pone Plus has! shown In tho forthcoming nolar i flight of Ceneral I 'mlierlo Nnliile I was again showed today when No - hll received nn Fnlnr iFift frnm Portland, Other City the pontiff, thn wlft being a Bmalllty had been playing. The hroth- statue of Our Lady of Iretto, theler. Kenneth. 8 years old, was r- 'natron saint of all Italian aviators, HOOVER IN LEAD WITH D ELEG ATES Overcome Lowden Last Week Favorite Sons' Hope for Dark Horse j Stiff Fight In Two States Unrestricted Votes to j Decide Nomination. WASHINGTON. April 7 (P) j The political cross-winds of April j are sweeping nway some of the - clouds that have made It dltticult to Size UP the trend Of the Presl- dentiul campulgn but cnndldatesi.il, ,., ,. , .. , , . . . i j are too unstable for accurate June forecasts. Rennior .MCMiiy, auuioi- 01 me, Convention dcleenie,. r l,inBVndinu senate measure, those clicosen at such a clip that a iol- Illclan to . u lify a . expe?- must have a head for figures a well as know s. moth g about can? naln ir.Ev . ,h,f, ,.,hi Jl of the republicans who will hold credentials at Kansas City nine! U-n,lia liam ni,1 7R f l. n I 'delegates to the Houston ronven-'tlon I Hon two weeks later remain lull be ; fneto,- add 1 10, ! the uncertainty of the days akend. '.. 8 " "lnllll among repub- tion feo. llcnn contenders, Hoover bf out , fassago of the pendine legis- 1 al,e'", w,tl ' Instructed!, aildllature measure with the equnli- I claimed delegates. I.owden, In the ! icati-n fee is confidently predicted loal ul"" "lla ,veeh' lm" an oven ! by ,;s sponsors. Furthermore. ' 10. CurtlH M. and Norrls Id with Senator McNary announced lifter I tho preference of 80 in doubt Of the democrats, Smltty is far to the front with 1811 Instructed and claimed convention votus. Reed fOf Missouri had 36 and George or ! Geort-in linn win. 'iv in Genera lv. it Is a.it-p..,l thn, l.,.. ting upsets Hoover Willi go into ','" " ""-"""'S " u ine i ..'"at .n.-itTK4iLKa una iiiat-ine .New York governor will ho In, tho same i position nt Houston. ! Wllfttlmi- U(llw.f will n..lnM U I , - - .un,T.i mi sircngin to oo nominated, t nm will toll. Hnlh TInnv,- im.l a,in. i..., uiemseivoB liued "i.v a.tinst , 'v,he field." Some of-the commerce- sec retary's supporters saw they see victory In sight; others, more cnnlious, are making ho clninis, but are hopeful. There Is the same division of sentiment in the Smith camp. As for their rivals, most of Ibem are lolng on the theory that both are far awuy from the nomination and will never make I the irrnde They foresee n domnnd for n com. promise candidate or an opportun ity for a "dark horse'! and are making preparations to take nd- uiiiuku ,,i ii, iy aucn orenss. i ,,-1 ...... . ' imever is nominateit at Kan sas City must muster a majority 545 while at Houston, 733 votes two-thirds will he needed. For the moment, the republicans have their eyes on tho approach ing Ohio and Indiana primaries where Hoover is facing stiff fights, and in Massachusetts. News York - and Pennsylvania. The Hoover' managers are seeking to strorith- en the secretary's hand in the bay state prlmnries April 24.' the same nay, voting In Ohio will tell con clusively the effect of Senator Will Is1 ,in, ' On nil sides there Is a tendenev lo feel that the unlnstriicted dele Kates from New York.; Pennsyl vania nnd Massachusetts may have the deciding say In the Kansas Cltv convention and campaign plans are being laid nccordiimly In both the Hoover and anti-Ifoover camps. sieal1auto no longer easy CHICAGO. April 7. Steal-In--; an automobile and "gelling away with It." Is becoming hauler every year, according to C. A. Vane of the National Auto Deal ers' association tn discussing the result of a survey of automobile thefts In 28 American cities. A total of 95.0S3 cars were stolen in the 28 cities last year, hut of this number 87,180, or 81.7 Per- per- Thlrty- 36 re covered. Detroit led I1,a Hut nt etltciB In ! hntli Mm t.ii..,l.. , and the number recovered. The figures were 12,330 stolen nnd 1100 recovered. SAN FIIANCI.SCO, April 7. M) The McCormlek lumber schooner Walllngford, which aHked lor help inst night while en route to flan Pedro from San Francisco, was brought back to San Francisco this I nrtnrnoon by tugs. Tho Wnlllng I ford Inst lis rudder. , I.ONO VI i:V. Wash. Anrll 7. i IA1 Hubert Miller, in . of Kninmn. ! was drowned in thn r,,i,i,i.i. riv.. Hate ymtor.lny when he nnd his I lirol hep fell l.nm n . H ...ut-u isuscltniod by Kalama flrsmen. FARM 1 TAXBILLS PER PLEXI N G : McNary Confers With Pres- ident, Who Threatens An- other Veto Has Practic- al Angle Auto and Busi- i ness Chiefs Oppose Mel-, Ion Reduction Plan. I'i WASHINGTON. April 7. OT -oMdcnt Cuolklge and farm lead- era in congress apparently are lt)ll ut odds on farm relief u ml ! ,li,ll n .1,-nirinnl riinfcrcilce iaimuv uenv-,-ii lilt, I'I (IIIU LUIl Kill UI 1UIIUIIUV, ut mo '. ' . .,J, i. ii,., i.h n. i ho to the. White House believe ("nother veto Inevitable If the I controversial equalization fee Is! retained in the legislation. Huwever. tho, w,.r some who believer .Mr. (Volldge would give his approval to most of the other ut-i.i-iutiinu rf Iha iiumllnir lnirlulll - und, It he returned, nnolhef .McNnry-HaUKen bill, he would do - 0 wm ie-pass the suggestion that it be ised without thn enuallza- the White House parley that he was "standing pat" on the hill's provisions. . What luck he had In his conversation with the presi dent about the lull wns not re vealed. Earlier. Mr. Coolldgo conferred also- with Secretary Hoover but , wi1Pther the controversial farm problem was t lie subject of this discussion was not revealed. The legislation has broken in- . 11,.0.,.,inVi.ntiim nnllticiil row ... . . . .. . with two rctpubllcan presidential 1 candidates standing directly opr toyed tn tk. . ndm!ltriitlon- on tlio citun ligation fee Frank Low den of Illinois and Senator Wat son of Indiana. Friends of tile president be lieve lie cannot go behind the ruling of Attorney General Sar gent last year that tho equaliza tion fee is unconstitutional. The modified McNnry-Ilaugcn bill now before both the senate and bouse still would resort to i 'his r as an alternative propo sition for raising funds by tax on committees to tnnrket the sur plus which might develop for any commodity. WASHINGTON, April 7. (IP) The administration tax roudc tion program presented to the senate this week by Secretnry Mellon " Is ln for some severe knocks next week by tho repre sentatives of business and the automobile Industry but the repub lican senate finance committee was confident today of holding Its position for flic Mellon plan. Public healings were to have been opened Monday but both the aiitomohllc people who asked to he heard, and the - chamber of conimoive of the United Blates, which will present its case, hove petltloned for hearings later In the week and the public meetings of the committee may not get un der wny until Tuesday tir Wednes day. Meanwhile Chairman Hmoot of tho commlttco who is In charge of tlie republican majority on the committee, announced today thnt the previous decision for a twelve I per cent corporation tax was only j tentative. He Indicated strongly ' that nn nttcmpt may he mndo lat er to make this rate per cent. The corporation tax Is one of the main points of contention in the bill. The bouse voted to slash this rate from 1 3 'i per cent to 1 1 -4 per cent. Mr. Mellon snld this was loo much. He favored 12 per cent nnd In Its first ncllon the committee tentatively accept ed this Cigure but now Henatnr Hmoot nppenrs tn be ready tn boost It up to 1214 per cent be- iii.s., in owier prospecuvo rcnuc- Mons. SOLDIER HELD AS, RAN FRANCISCO, April 7. (IF) lroy llrusmer, a soldier at tho Presidio, was arrested today on complaint of a young married wo- j man "'at he had attempted to at- tuck her late last night The woman with her clothes torn reported the alleged attack at army headquarters. Hhe said she had ac cepted o lift in an Biitnmoblle driven by the soldier and that when she repulsed him ho attempt ed to Ihrow her In the bay. Our prediction of the hottest summer ever is based on the fact that all summers are thut hot, 4 INSURANCE ANAT1QNT0 UPON FLYER WORSHIP AT HALTS Bremen Ready for Atlantic as Weather Clears Irish Free State Asks Family! Be Protected Lady Avk ator Announces Overseas Try. HALDONNKl,, April 7 (JP) On j a mere matter of Colonel James . C. Fiumuuiice's life Insurance, , scorned to hang tonight the ehnneuu fm- n tiiltiwiff ..llhr Intel- . .,77. i man-Irish crew on n non stop flight ' America attempt. The weather was auspicious for " beginning early today, ut, '" ' jrabla atternoon "d iiinlitfull it appeared that the insurance matter, an entirely new hitch In their plans, mi;ht pre vent taking off if there should be a turn for the better. Lloyd's will not open for busi ness following upon the Easter hol idays until Monday morning and until then it did not look tonight as if Colonel Fltzmaurice would find anyone willing to help him keep his promise to the Irish free state government to provide for the future of bis wife and child be fore attempting the flight. One race track "bookie" offered to help and was willing to give a policy "worth 2,000 pounds for 400 pounds, but even he withdrew bis offer after mature consideration, explaining that it looked as It he were laying odds ot 2,000 to 400 against the success of the flight and he did not like to do that where humun life wan Involved. What effect the Impatience of the two Germans, ilaron Von Huen efeld und Captain Hermann Koeht, will have on Fltzmaurice In the event better woathor does prevail before , Monday morning was the siifijecl or discussion-among 'his friends, some of whom pointed out that his daring amounted almost to recklessness at times and that he might hold himself released from his prnmiso In the event weather conditions cleared. In the event a hop off should be decided on, everything Is ready the plane needs but to be trund led from the hangar, and onto the runway. lis tanks are filled and mechanics have gone over It thor oughly. Another angle to the flight de velcpode today when It was learn ed that llaron Iluenefcld expects (150,000 lor the exclusive story of the flight. This amount is con siderably more than the highest ot the numerous offers which he has received from American news paper syndicates. All of thesa he has steatiily refused to consider, and one, an offer of only 15,000, he failed to answer. HKKIJ.V. April 7. (JF) Franllcn Thea Kasche. nermanv's famed avlatrix. today said that she still intends to make a trans-Atlantic ; flight and expects to reach Amer 1 lea by the latter part of April I nl lha nm-lv ln rt iott She declined, however, to divulge any plans. Fraullon Knsche lias arrived hero from an exhibition flight Montlay, her first In tier many Blnce her return from the United States. The Associated Press learns from a reliable source that the German avlatrix has ordered the construction of a plnne for a non stop trnns-Atlnnllc flight from a Detroit firm. -t WITH FIRE ENGINE 8TON1NOTON, Conn.. April 7. it tPi Hteslili.nlM : nf Ihlu tnwn ,hoUKht lcy wcre witnessing the , fltn,n of . movl Pom,i ,,!,. when a fire engine driven by a j man clad only In pnjnmas roared inruugn um central streets pur sued by half a dozen uniformed men on motorcycles. They thot differently however, when, as the fire engine slowed to a halt In heavy traffic, one of the uniform ed men Jumped from his machine onto the fire engine, climbed up In the driver's sent and clasped handcuffs on the driver. It dovoloped that the pajama clnd driver was an Inmate of a state Insnne asylum nt Norwich and , hnd run off with tho hos pital's fire truck. IUvct nt l'lood Htugn I.ITTLK, ROCK, Ark.. April 7. UP) Far nbove flood stage at several points and overfowlng bottom lands, the upper White river In Arkansas had vlrtunlly reached Its crest todny nnd was expected to start falling, while smaller streams throughout the stale were sweeping out of their banks. HOP EASTERTIDE i ' Thousands of Visitors To Capitol, Now Bright With Flowers Religious Ser vices to Be Impressive Cloudy Skies for Middle West. WASHINGTON1, April 7. (JP) Official Washington has completed Its plans for a quiet Kaster but horticultural Washington has flam ed out in a' riotous mass of color to delight the 35,000 visitors here for the holiday. , Thousands ot visitors and many officials will gatner ln the churches for the religious rituals. President Coolidge plans to attend the first Congregational church to bear Its pastor, the Hev. Jason Noble Pierce. He probably will be ac companied only by Mr. and Mm. Prank W. Stearns of lloston, White House guests, as Mrs. Coolidge will spend her Easter at the bedside of her mother, Mrs. Letnira Good hue, at Northampton, Mass. The first religious services will take place with the sunrise on the slopes of the great ampltheater of Walter Reed hospital where the gleaming white ot nurses' uniforms will form a "living cross" at the outdoor service which has become the regular opening ot Kaster wor ship In Washington. Almost every hour of the - re maining day will sue and hear special services In the - city's churches. '. Vlelng with the churches will be the unusually brilliant floral dis play ot Washington's many parks. Around the great half circle oi Potomac basin .the 2,000 Japanese cherry trees were heavy with bursting blossomB and the wide vistas of the water-surrounded parks were flanked by: masses ot flowering forHythia, purple, pink and white Japanese magnolias and lavendar Japonicas. Along the river proper the long straight rows of willows were com ing Into full leaf. CHICAGO. April 7. (VP) Rough going tomorrow for Kaster bunnies and boulevard paraders. Colder, cloudy skies, some snow and more rain, said predictions for the cent ral west. The heavy mantle of snow that Isolated more than sixty Nebraska cities was dropped today on Iowa from six to ten Inches In depth. Gentle rains thoroughly soaked other parts ot the middle west, turning to snow toward evening as reports wero received of for est tires In the east. Induced by the hot dry weather. Near freezing temperatures and strong northwest winds were ex pected to add to the discomfort ot the Kaster procession. . , eearIFSerty HER MOTIVE OF PLOT AGAINST 300 FOtlKK, Ark.. April 7. A) Dread of the poorhoiiae was be lieved to have driven seventy-year old Mrs. Nancy Linn to attempt the extermination ot 300 people, the Inhabitants of this lumber camp. When virtually all of the camp's Inhabitants, men, women, and chil dren, were taken III with symptoms ot severe poisoning, the commun ity well was plumbed. There, over a pound of poison was found nnd investigation revealed that Mrs. Lynn had purchased a quan tity of poison a' short time ago, officers said. Today Mrs. Lynn with her brother, Morris, faced charges of assault with Intent to kill. Valuable timber holdings had been left Mrs. Lynn's children by their father and these had ' been sold to operators who owned the camp at which the poisoning took place. Mrs. Lynn, her children said, had tried to prevent the sale ot the timber, holding to the Idea that once her children had re ceived their money she would be left penniless and a charge on the community. ; J Authorities, reconstructing the case, held to the theory that by exterminating the lumbermen and their famHIes, Mrs. Lynn believed cutting of the timber would be averted and her safety from pov erty Insured. The poisoned were all believed today to have an even chance to recover. Children were the worst sufferers. , Secretary of State Sam Koier, en route (o Sacramento, Cel., spent last night ln the city, and will re sume nil Journey by auto today,