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O Medford Mail Trirttnfi Dlly Twenty-third Ytar ftVtklj Kifty-auth Yer MEDFORD, OK KnOX, .SUNDAY, APRIL 22, 1928. No. 31 1 i . 1 " TA UJII lIMC ! By Arthur Brubam HHI T I IHH i P Superstition and Fear. Prayers From Wall Street A Four Billion Unit. Don t Weep for Ford? (Copyright, 1927, by New York Evening Journal, Inc.) Kc.iiuwins the violent faith- i ,,,akc shocks in Southeaster,, J'.ulana, many of the peasants 1 went insane. Nuei, insanity is caused l,y a combination ot ciirthumike in this conntrv or a hit; fi,evlil;e that in Chicago, brings on a frenzy of lehuilil ini;, and a boom in real estate. We do not know much and are not free from superstition ltllt we kllOW CIIOUll not to jj ' ,.1,,. nn,.il. ,: , t crazy when, the earth slips and, Miakes a little. With a few exceptions, like the Lisbon earthquake, .super stitious fear has always been the worst part of a quake. Sup t erstition lias believed that the Lord was shaking the earth in anger. We know that Old Earth is only settling into' her final shape, meaning hariu 'body. , to 1,0- 'ravers reaching henven in imusunl numbers today will start from Wall Street. This Saturday is "catching up day." The Kxehiinge will close, permitting tired clerks to catch up, and get a little rest. The' brokers arc almost tired of making profits. f It was a hopeful day for the bears, the first in a long time. The rosdis'count was raised, making it a little more expensive to borrow money for speculating; i , First stocks went down, then up, then down again, closing lower. But, a word to the wise bear, if you muttered "time at length makes all things even" and sold short, look out for 31 mula v morning. 1 lie Dull is an unuurnt child, and still has pyrotechnics store. in Which is liiggest. oC our fi- iiutwMil .riui.l - (lint., .l-.t-.- .P iidiui.il girfilis 111 tnest tl.is oi billion dollar units? Oeneral Motors, with 17,400,. 000 shares, shows a total value above three billions. American Telephone and Tel egraph company, however, seems to hold the champion ship. At the end oE 1!)7 the total assets of the company and assoeiatctl companies, at booh cost, with all intangible assets excluded wore three bil lion, four hundred anil, sixty seven thousand dollars. At the nmrket value, instead , , , ,, , , , Of book value, the 1 elephonc and Telegraph company would be worth four billions. You will observe that, in per sistent enterprise and courag eous spending, the giant cor porations make their own gov ernment seem small. The I'nitcd States shudders at the thought of spending throe quarters of a billion, spread over several years, to make t h e Mississippi safe. American Telephone and Tele graph will spend two billions in the next five years for new construction. The Telephone Company can af ford more than twice the amount that the government can afford. Congratulations to W. s. Oifford. head ot the Telephone Company. He mi-:ht tell our government how he does it. Changing his type of car Is an expensive Job tor Henry Ford, with tens of millions to spend on new machinery and a gigantic revenue suddenly cut off. Hut the Ford Company's report shows that if you have tears to shod for Henry Ford you may save them for an-j other day. (Continued on Page Four) .1111 HI If " , . HOP i EPOCHAL tf i p rULL I Dream of Ages Realized By p,ight Qv j f w ,rf r v, , ! and Practicability Proven j Detajs M e a g e f Disaster Near. NKW YOIIK. April 21.. 1 he words "no foxes seen" in a I radiogram from Captain George 11. Wilkins to Dr. Islah lluwman. director uf the American Geo- Kruplilcul society of .New Yol k. brought toiluy the information lhu, wilkins had discovered no ! land In his flight ovt-r the north ( I pole, rieforu flying over the nolo ! from l'olnt Harrow to Hpltsbcr- ucn, Wilklns sent to Dr. Huwman the code which he would report whether ho discovered land and if he did. Its extent and location. A black in the distance was to rotor to mountainous land, while a blue fox in the distance would denote flat land. The estimated number of siiuare miles would , be denoted. in the message above"; (so many) foxes." blac kor blue' according to the terrain. I I he radiogram .Mr. Llowman re ceived sulci: "Traversed course outlined. One stop account bud weather. Arrived twenty and half hours flying time. l-'ivo days from Burrow. No foxes seen.' NKW YOKK, April 21. (P) A dream of .the ages a northwest passage across the world has hoenbeen brought nearer practical achievement through the pioneer ing 8f Captain George II. Wilklns who toduy completed a 2100-mlle flight across 'the Arctic region, Villijamur Stefansson, veteran Arc tic explorer, said tonight. The flight ot Captain Wilkins the first airplane journey from America to Kurope over tho polar area was over a course that will shorten by hundreds of miles the distnnces between continents, Stcf ansson pointed ou.t Ho pictured the .North Pole as the new cross roads of the world when air enravnns of the future will meet In their journeys from continent to continent. While Stefansson voiced meat praise for the latest achievement ot Wilklns and his pilot. Hen Kiel Hon, he declared Wilkins' work pre liminary to the flight was or tar more Importance to the develop- ment of nil- transnortation in the Arctic region. Whether Wilklns was able to mlake any land observations dur- lag his five duy stop en route from Point Harrow. Alaska. Spllzbcrgcn. SlelanKsbn iiKliciitot! , that there wore numerous landing places in the polur region, a theory disputed by Raold Amundsen nnd Commander Richard K. Ilyrd, who havo flown over the Arctic area. In support of Wilklns' belief (hat landiiv; places existed about every five miles in the Arctic Stefansson told of three forced landings thnt Wilkins and Klelson mode far north of l'olnt Harrow f a your ugo. Kuch time the luud ! ing- was made without injury to tho occupants of the plane and when n wing was damaged on the lust forced -descent WUUins and Klelson dismantled their plane and made of It an emergency equip ment with which they struck back to civilization, meanwhile living on wild (lame. Flying conditions In the Arctic generally are far mote favorable Mhan those over the north Atlantic. steransson said, and air travelers in the event of a forced landing i have an obviously greater chance j of Kltrvlvfnir Stefansson summarized Wilklns' I work: "Ho has at last achieved tho northwest passage that the Klizabcthans dreamed of tho short j route to India." . Captain Wilklns was second in j command ot Stelnnsson's Arctic expedition In 1!131S. Referring to! his five year adventure in the I Asiatic with Wilklns, Stefansson u..n..tn.i .1.- i i mi.... Itlnont" In the Arctic. Hr Indicated , in the section of the Arctic tin-1 explored there is not room for ! minor ehaimcn in the code. '. land the nlze of Cuba or Labia- The rliaii'4eH to the fod were i dor. He added notliln hut deep relatively unimportant, consisting i sea had been found" by his ex-; principally of nlleratlonH in the ! pedition In the area where the ! wording fo a few of the rules to "lost continent" wan Bupposud to ' make them easier of lnterpreta I lie- . j tion- rnPL-vutfL-v n t. i To nrevpnt a ti,n Pl.ver from I COPhNHAGKN. Denmark, April - tapping the ball and catching it . -l tl Another conqut-it. of the i ,yveral time In Hiictession thus .North Polar regions was recorded . keeping the ball out of plav, it i today when Captain George II. Wll- ; was voted that on a jump ball I kins announced to the Cnpenhairen I the same plaver mav not tap the . -M.w.w-,. . nn.i. -iim,,! hi rPii- j bcrgen of himself and Carl II. Kiel- son. 1 ney new over the roof of the world from Point Harrow, Alaska. Onl two brier wlr-less messaKes j the ball from ilay. Such a nlsyer the orricers searched the home of was Killed with an axe on the (Jo reach Hockawnv It Is now rWii!ou?U: Hi V- ?!' r.Ve,aJ I '" nldorod as withhold- -John Klieinwin. where they r-i-.n- i Klamath reservation ner the necessary to leave the main hub that cilklns. like hoehl and ritz-jln the ball as soon ns the offlc-O'1 rl"'ti"K Honor. Iiolh Kolens town or lleattv. wav at flarilmldl. follow the so- HI-.6 .?"J , Bremen, had a , l;ds decide he Is maklnu no ap- an'l Sherman were lined $::.-,(! to ! The case will be i..se,-,rd l,v calied Foley creek road to Molilcr IT r "I ' i'. "nl "f,"rt 10 "m ,,IP lm" ln,n "y ' l''"""""1"" charts. When j Korrest K. I JttlefMd, assistant, and then return to Kockaway by the er end of their epocal ad- play. Ofllrlals then will de, -is,. Sherman appeared at the Kolens i ntte.i ,,.t... ..:.. .. i,e,.u, ' ' venture For some reason, as I yet unexplained. Wilkins was oh (Continued on Page Four, AUTO MAGNATE 4 fl-pw But tVv"iiUI 1 First I'hoto of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Ford on tlielr arrival In England, Bl01'e 'he auto uiBKnatc is supervising Improvements in his plants mora ami on mo continent, nicy leaving ship. GRAND JURY TO MARCH TOLL OF PROBE THREATS AUT0.-13 DEAD ASTOR!ATRIALAND m HURT Murder Case Witnesses In-Reckless Driving and Care- timidated Says Prosecu-' tion State Witness Who! Forgot Boasts Bitter! Fight to Save Girl Slay-! er. i j ! ASTORIA, Ore.. April 21. (P) . A grand jury Investigation ot charges that stale witnesses in ! the murder eusn nf flem-nn H Him. ,.,, n, .,..,. youthful wif( here Feliruary 23, j wore being Intimldiitcd by threats m .inuM.n iui!-iii:t-, ns u L'liuiiiii VII ; i,.,iv Ilv p i. i.,f.wel.r Hi-. trlct atlorney, in a motion bo filed nsklng postponement of tho trial The motion also charged that Arthur Wtiston, state witness, who Monday failed to remember Import ant bits of evidence, had publicly remarked alter testifying: "They can't get anything out of me." A bitter legal fight Is anticipated Monday morning when the motion will be argued before Judge Ceor.Je It. Kugley .of Hlllsboro. who Fri day declared a mistrial and dis missed the jury when a charge of prejudice was Hung at one Juror by counsel for the defense. TALL CENTERS ON BASKETBALL TEAM CURBED BY RULEi NKW YORK. April 21. (VP) be- j i'llng that the regulations of the game needed no drastic revisions! .1,,. 41... i ..I too ended a two-dav OHUm he.-,, i toninht after adnptfiiu only a few nan and catch it twice In cession. sue- The serond nhaso of stalling covered was that Involvlnj- the , elnselv sriiurde.1 nlni-i,. vo i. i...i.it.. : the ball held. Tis a Ion. boulevard that h., no snaiklnir nl-ir no spai king place. VISITS ENGLAND are shown at Southampton alter lessness Chief Causes of 2361 Accidents In Month itfost of Injured Reside In Portland. , SAI.10M, Ore., April 21. fyi) Twenty-one persons were killed ,,,, 3!1;! nJm.(,,, , auUmut. bll(, ,icc,dei Oregon durin.-; ,,,-,,,.1, ,lP m.,,.,.!, ., .. port by T. A. Itaffety, chief stale truffle Inspector. Nine of the j llcats and 2."iS InlMrle currod in I'orlhind. .'"" --"in mini in lurm w.m I'm colllRion of one motor vehicle i ......in,-., m-iir iii-iiik i i - I niilents of this kind, resulting in '313 Injuries and 13 deaths. I Most or the mishaps were due to carelessness. 7ss being attributed ; to this cause. Ninety-four were I caused by excessive speed. 127 bv mm inn llivilllK 1111! Ill 11 v . ! by curs passing on ti:i: side i ot rouu, 4 by drunkenness, 131 by skidding. 211 by cutting cor ners and HO by reckless driving. , ........i i r.?.l., ,i . i . . - .i nii'iii iiiiucis iiiiuicii ,.:ii.i.v.i, nun i.-i-n cuuccieil ItlUdllUlCU III I $111,118.01. i ir r- i i ft rl UNI" li N h I LflllL ! nLLU UUI OI, Y.MIMA, Wu., April 21. (Pi - Suddenly dronplnn 75 feet lo the itnund a plane piloted by Orvllle Kelsey of Portland, lit on Its back 1 and was demollHhcd hore Iat to- i... i I duv but without Ki-i lmiK infurv lit i T he pilot or his two paHHiMiricrn. nn hu i UN (rtl I t?f )V . IHI pnre Sprfn.-r and IiIh eitrht year old mm .lack, all of whom wore iiMniiy injnrfu. . K';Uey aItemptinK to hind " - "i..iti'ia nil inn i m lieu the plane dropped without warn ing, overturning Just before It hit the ground. The aviator was un able to explain the accident. MAUKIfPIKI.I), Ore. Am I) 21.- lA'i Because be aroused ausnli Ions of n prohibition S'uad which was mbllnir lliu Iw.m.. ..r i L-..i..n. j nouse ne asked an officer If he . l,D? ""ere ne cotun nnd Kolens 'a. h, w.nl.H , l,n.n. " , ... " ' k i. k . i. j ,"'o"" , which he had Just purchased. PRIMARIES !MIMAIII m nrrii n muuk.w vvi-k I I I ILL. Illll ' UIUMII UIHUULM m ui i wu REAL TEST! Presidential Timber GroorrJ i For Vote In California, Ohio and Indiana Smith j Concentrates on Golden: State. j WASUI.NtlTOX, April 21. With conflicting claims of the strength they will be able to show at the national conventions hi June, the various presidential can - ""' "i"ci, uoiu - . , by Secretary of Stato Kozer. The republican and democratic, aro "'l"' -develop..d and refused to ( w,drawal, sworn to before a not presslug their campaigns for dele- unl" hu chewed on a pUio nry in Wusblngton. D. C, was re gates with eves tut ucd to throe!"'1"'" ,,e wu" u'u "' old. ceiyed by telegraph. imiiniinni ,i,u ....i t. . . Then be begun to eat. He , cut 1 he notice canio In time for tho impo lant state primaries just hls lcotll ull ,,, mme wtllM1 j secretary to eliminate Rinnott's ahead in Ohio, Indiana and Cul-1 ,o was a year old ha began to I ""'"e from the certification of can Iforniu. j j dioiv cigars and shortly after Militates which waa tonK'ht mailed While admittedly none of tlie ' tlutt puff on them, not Inhaling i Secretary Kozer to the county tlnnn in i..i... ..... c u luiiLiuniiu lum, .... the voteaettlns ability ot Herbert 'T? '""'"T" ",lu" v0 :IB"" ' .. ,,, , ' ed in his stopping eutlng. Aside Hoover will bo shown in Ohio trom smoking ho has one cigar Tuesday and in Indiana two woeks every night he Is u norwinl and Inter. Sandwiched In bolween, on healthy child. Ho will ..bo four May 1, the democratic primaries "cxt "lonth. ; i -..nrn..t . ..i.i i ii " hen tho school health depart- In California will give a lino on lcl,t lcm.Qa o , tuull(,c0 tho strength of tlovernor Smith j craving today. Dr. Ira V. Hrown wiio is In u three-cornered contest made urrungeme nts to' examlno there will. Senators Heed and the youngster .Monday tin mi ef-Walsh- foi-t to solve the enlgnva. The Hepubllian convention gets "I have known miiy youne under way ut Kansas City seven sters who smoked," Jjr. Hrown lYi-uns uoiu i ucsiiiiy. i wo woeK8 inter ono juno is tho Ucnio- erats assemble at Houston. Tu dale rS:t ltvpubllcan dologntcB hovo been selected. :IS moru than tho majority of Ho neeiled for u nom ination. Democratic delegates chos- nn Miiiu f'i.. ...! J.l ...Itt. vj.. ....... in, i, (Tim jittiiii 1:101) mni'n tlmn thnt immltni. sury for a two-thirds nominating majority. On the facu of delegates uctuiilly deslgnaled, Hoover holds a lead union;; the Republican asplmnts, with 233 Instructed for him or gen erally conceded to him. Lowjcn, the runnnr-up bus 175 on the sumo basis. Managers for each are claiming more tluui lluiic totals from among the 112 delegates whose preference lias not been pub licly disclosed. As for Smith ho Is far In tho lcatl among the Democrats with I 3111 or sixty more than ho polled I on the first ballot lit Madison' Square Carden In 1H21. Three op ponents, Iteed. t'.eorgo nnd Hitch cock havo eighty sure votes amoiwr them with Ihe doslinatlon of til delegates a mutter of argu ment. Adherents of both Hoover nnd Smith Insist their candidates will j show the strength In convention to i be llllinltlMted bill In the Inuf few ) ua. S ie llllVO liei'll CVKICllCeS Ot la stiffening of Ihe onnositlon to iiitiiu mi me inn iii men- local I foes who say there will be a t'tirhi to a finish. As to Hoover, candidates In the field ngalnst him aro putting up a fight that Is 'towing In intens- Ity and scope. In some Instances ney 111 VU CI I CCIOII COI11 IHlUIlfltlS IO head him off In his nuost for delu gates. Hupporters of Iiwden, par-' liciilurly are milking rlnlms of the growing strength of the former mi i.. i ...i i.... I ,"""" """' lemon i i ue woiiu uiai iney not only will i SIIH1 llOOVCr Pill Wl l llllt 1..0W I den over at ansas ('Ity. K In iiiumiiu, iioiiier in linen 11 I , ;a.uinst henator unison who bus ...,, ,. , , , , nrsi vice presii Uv hiu who ls.frl.;n(Hy with " ,u" gr..tecl with tho,(lont MrH. Kl both Low and IweH. It'8 a!'111 rosentn.ont by Chincne wtorf third v "wlnner-takeall" proposition In that primary, as whoever carries the stato will (iet the entire dele-1 uutlon or 33 on the curly convcii- ,"-,u " ". ' thm hallots. I and other southern cities while IlavinK just cleared the way fori'"" "ankow native press Is nd- ,, support at Houston or the " ". , . "lom ",wa "cIcRatlmis. , h,m "l 8 """Porters are contending 1 1 1 ci i- iip win ms tin kouu uh in. ,a.r win no an koo uH in. ,,e t' infl In tHlifomla oven Senators Heed of Missouri and J alsh of Montana. A setback, they concede would slow up their candidate but they (refuse to admit that It would prove ! ii stumbling block in his nomlna 1 tion. Foes of Smith, however, believe if he Is given a trouncing in Cal ifornia they will be ahlo at lions I ton to rally the opposition needed to prevent his nomination. To that i end they are making every effort I to turn him back In tho first prl- mary contest in ihe west. Vary- ing predictions come out of Call ' fornla. I'Ol.TI.ANI). Ore.. April 21. Orvllle Davis, Klamath Indian. will ko on trial Monday In federal i district .Miot here on cbiirin-s or first decree murder. Davis Is iii i uKPd of hnvlnir killed l-ew-' r.-nce W.gu.-r. a young .fellow- iriWm.,. ..n i n-.n Meier, nf Alamnih Fulls, will de-1 fend Davis. About twenty In- i . .. i "'"'is irom me reservation have been called as witnesses. UPDV HFAITHViOimnui I 0 TLI1I IIL.nL.llll Seattle Baby Teethed On An Old Pipe, and Refuses To Eat When Denied Tobacco Eats Every Night. a Cigar SKATTI.K, April St. (fl) Anj ardent cigar smoker before ho has reached his fourth blrtbduy, FrcU-j die ltlgKs. Seattle youngster, has Istarled a warm controversy nuions local doctors. , " '" ""o"' ! l'KK- -'l'''"l that when Fred, die was a Many hu was weak uml the smoke. Kfforts to maku h m isuld, "but 1 never knew ono to start as young as 1; ruddle. Thcro , boforo the ,,,-imai-y election that is a cell change going on in tho , tno renm,., number of ballots may youngster which gives him a Ue distributed to tho election craving for tobucco. There aro boards In amplo time before eloc cases on record whero sick folks : tion day. have benefitted from smoklnsl Over 210,000 voters pamphlets but they ure exceedingly rare, containing campaign statements of i"iicmiu wni-n u inuiisiiiiii are harmed. I havo hud boys four and older smoking and usually It is their only short- j coming." ADDED TO CIVIL SHE IN CIA SUA. NOHAf, China, April 21. (!') To lhu horrors ot l'ainlnu ill tho once smiling province of Shantung bus now been udded the' scourge of bitter warl'aru between I nationalists ,and northern armies with Its center steadily advancing! on Tallinn, pupuluils cupllul of lbo province. i Although' nuthorltlvo reports concerning tho progress of tho nationalist drive toward l'cklns are lacking, numerous dispatches from both Chinese and foreign sources In Khunghul Indicate that tho nationalists are contlnulni;; tlielr udvunce along tho Tientsin Pnkim- t-niiumi. The nationalists assort n,i ih..i.. r.. i . .. . . . " """ ""uuiiui-u unci ISO- hiteil Tulnfil, 35 miles south of ThIiiiih and tho full of tho for. iner rity uppviifH imnifnent, tho north went wlllidruwitiir toward i.ui .... .. Chinenu dut litrlnir that . . ' . '," " -.i oi japuneso - V 0 Na"klnB government haSj i on iiitni'ito i'on- nl Japuneita sul general n strong nmiiMtt "Kalnst the sending of Japanese 1 iroopH to Khanutng and It Is un dertood that the Japanese have sent a special f-ourler to Nanking' to explain their action. FAMINE TERRORS Iln, MoMlnnvlllc, social and recrea tion; Kunice Maurer, TiRard, hai.k.m. ore., April 21 (A1) I PntleKlon. The hkhway between -Tillamook l.ills C. Itlco of Portland, and Itocknway has been closed . "tt field secretary, resigned to by the state hicburnv mmmuin because or construction operations between llBllbaldl nnd llarvlew, II was nunouur ed nt ilm .rrle... nr the state hlKhwny commission her i,.,i.... It win reoulre considerable lime to complete the. construction oner- l.!.L... ' ii'iinn im.i vn oier- '""" "isnway commission cm- 1'loyces said. ; -QIMMMTC A 1 linmiAW Accepts Claims Justice Berth 272 Republicans and 81 Democrats In .State Official Phamplet Ready Early In May. ; i. "''''..., uio., .April zi. I SAI.KM, . . -. 1.1 '"',olls "" f " VBiiuilliilt' iur IL'UUIH- i.l lnti. I.. 1 ; nmiiou in nie iiepubllcun party j or to ngress man lrom the second , S m-rnm uhib.v "l "1B suite. Slnnott's action Is duo to his linv. Ing been appointed by the presi dent to the office or Justice of the court of claims, a life position. The certiflclution inndo today by the socrotary of state contains tho names of 272 Republican and 81 Democrats who are aspiring for the various offices for which nomina tions are to bo made ut the pri mary election May 18. The nnmos and information In the certification will be arranged by the county clerks. The county clerks are required to havo their llilllntu nrftilnil In an rfl,.ln.,t iln. neputiitcan candidates and over 80.000 Democratic namnlilnlH will bo urlnteil ami iiinllerl hv llin uoe. rotary ot state. W'hother statements appear In the pamphlets Is optional with the candidate. Statements received from 91 Republicans and nine Dem ocratic candidates, fees covering them total $4116. Keen received for the filing of 'candidacies ag gregated Jti335. Postal charges Tor tho mailing or tho pamphlets will total over J1,000. . Under tho law It Is necessary fur tho stato to edit, print and dis tribute the pumphlnts not less than eight days before the elec tion, and it Is believed the work will he completed not later than May C or 7. STATE C. E. NAMES ITS- C 0 UNCELLOR TIIK UALhUH, Ore, April 21. (I1) Dutmld NelHon of Portland wuh tonight elected president of tho Oregon Stuto Chfintlan Kn deavor union In umuutl ronvention here. The enions wilt end to morrow. Oihur officers are: JunifH Hendet'Hon, rorttund, flrnt vice prcHldunt; lionuld Hum- econd vice jiresl- V.rfli Itil.lilo Ktnn. am-.i.. ' i,..m..,i .'. JjKloreno Funk, Portland, uhhIhI- unt secretary; J.yd!a Krey, l'ort- Innd, treasurer- Julia Jacob Kunz- 1(.r, j.ortd. ' executive advisor; Ilev. Wllllw u jly(!,.Mi ,. onlI ltcv. chil,-lv K. i,lirflu.y Ash- an,. pastor-councellor. Among ,he flttnt.n superintend- , . u j . Hilda .Marie Chambers, Eugene, Intermediate department; Kloyd Oilman, I'ortland, Jacob Kanzler, Portland, citizenship; Mina Lu cille JlaplnKtun, Joeburtf, edu cation; Mth. T. O. Kickardson Portland, efficiency; Claudo V. J'evey, Helix, evanKellsm; Miss I'Ollta Youns. J'ortland, Intro duetlon; Jnmcs Henderson, I'ort land, lookout extension; Miss Ves ta Orrlck, Kugene, missionary Celesta Klelnselut, Ucnd prayer meetiiiKS; .lohejihlno liothman, f'orvullK publicity; Jleulah Mart- day to enter educational work In New York. No successor has been na mcd. More than -l'i delegates from all sections of Oregon attended today's session. Tho officers will be Inducted Into ofrico tomorrow. Next j-nr'n convention' clfy was not named today. SAN FItANl'ISCO, April 21. W The first effort recorded to reserve a sleeper on an air mall plane, was reported by the Boeing Transport today. J ii n nil in i n inn i if i i UMINU1UMUT W FLAIRS APfllHTTAI nuliul 1 1 nL rtmi Jury Believed Oil Baron Vic . tim of Circumstances and Sum Invilved Too Small Juror Expects to Be Blamed, But Did His Duty Mrs. Fall Cheered. WASHINGTON, April 21. W ; Seated in his homo in north went Washington, Kenneth Carter, JiS-yeur-otd railroad agent, totd today the story of how he and eleven other jurors two hours earlier had acquitted Harry b Sinclair of the charge ot con spiracy to defraud the government in the Teapot Dome oil lease. "We believe that Sinclair was a victim of circumstances," he said. "Although the government -counsel made a good Impression they did not prove that Sinclair conspired with Fall to lease tho property. Jf Kail had wanted to sell tho lease it seems to me that ho would have gf no after ut least two million dollars and would not have accepted $233,000 as he could have gotten more." This was described by Carter as the key to the not guilty ver dict by the jury which was kept under confinement at tho court house for eleven days and ten nights. Ho plainly showed the strain of. his experience which ho regarded as the greatest respon sibility of his life. "Of course wo will get blamed for tho vordlct," he said with n sigh. "People don't realize that all we could consider was this -particular charge and only tho evidence produced at the . trial. Because Sinclair has been pictured in all sorts of lights during the last six yeurs didn't mean that wo could take that Into consideration. We had to stick to the evidence. " "I will Bay this!" Carter de clared, striking his fist on tho arm of ..his chair "JhU Jury cer tainly realized Uts "responsibility and tried to do Its duty. , Wo Went into tho caso with as open minds as any twelve men could have. Of course wo had read of the caso casually in the newspapers and nobody but an Imbecllo hadn't. But I don't believe any of tho jury had, and I know I hadn't, given tho caso any particular at tention until wo were summoned on the Jury. "I don't bellevo Sinclair waft guilty of the charge. I don't be llevo ho agreed to pay Fall any thing before ho got the lease. It may bo that after Sinclair did got tho lease Kali got some money from him by the argument that ho had favored Sinclair with tho lease, "I mean that, suppose I did something fort somebody and then later came afn'jnd and asked for a loan or a gift on tho plea thnt I had dono a service for him. It he should givo mo tho ' money, you couldn't say that ho wus guilty of conspiracy. "I havo got to get re-acqualnt-ed with my family,' ho declared as he picked up his three-year-old daughter who had been hang ing onto his knees. "I don't want another experience like this. Just tell the people that we did our best as American citizens." KL, PASO, Texas, April 21. & Mrs. Albert Fall, wife of the former secretory of the Interior, believes the case against her hua band will be dismissed since his former co-defendant, Harry F. Hlnelolr has been acquitted of charges to defraud tho govern ment. "That certainly Is fine," com mented Mrs. Fall whon told of tho verdict of the Jury In Dlstrlot of Columbia supreme court. Intending to leave here last Friday to visit Mr. Fall In Cali fornia. Mrs. Fall boarded a train but then changed her mind and got off before train time, saylnv she did not feel equal to the trip. "I thought I would wait for the .Sinclair verdict," she said nt the time. 1 TO D0DGEPR!S0N Kl, RENO, Okla., April 21. fPl F.lwln F. Allen, prisoner In tho county jail here, admitted today thnt a "confession" which he mado recently to the slaylngs of Rever end F.dward Wheeler Hall and Mrs. Kleanor Mills in New Jer sey, was untrue, and that he had made the statement In an effort to escape serving a sentence In the Oklahoma state penitentiary. "I would rather stand trial for tho Halls-Mills murders than an hack to the penitentiary at Mc. Alester." he said In a signed state ment made public today by pub lic officials later today. r it ifr o o e
