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Medford Mail Trirttnfi
Dlly Twenty-third Ytar
ftVtklj Kifty-auth Yer
MEDFORD, OK KnOX, .SUNDAY, APRIL 22, 1928.
No. 31
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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)
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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
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But tVv"iiUI
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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. ,
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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
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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.
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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.
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