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The Weather
PrvdU-tloit Fnlr mml warmer.
M
EDFORD MAIL TRIBtTNF
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Weather Year Ago
'JVUkiiuum ycsieitlay 76
Minimum Unlay. 3tt
Maximum hi
.Minimum 42
0lly Twtnty.thtrd Year
TdiylpRCHESTRA ! j m
n i DCOTno iSPEAKER AT G.N.
2 Wars, Oil and Asiatic.
He Worked With Ford.
Mr. Hughes On Monroe.
To Protect Husbands.
i (Copyright. 1927. by New York
Evening Journal. Inc.)
yilolm 1). RockcTellur, Jr., in
Md Robert W. Stewart, liuiul
Standurd Oil of Imliiinu, to
I'l'sijfn. Stewart, his friends siiy,
won't rcsitin nnd "Wull street"
says, "'War is coming in Stand-
-aril Oil ranks."
Unless the Huekefeller family
lias changed, that war will be
like un express train meeting a
small automobile at a crossing,
"When an irresistible force
mcet.s an immovable obstacle"
the immovable obstacle is apt
. . '
to 111OV0, if the irresistible force
happens to be the combined re-j
sources of tlie Kocketellers and I
their friends '
j
. . I
Jtj little war, starting between I
China and Japan, may become
big war. You never can tell
what will happen when a light
ed match is dropped in a for
est. ' Knotigh has happened al
I ready to show the difference
between Japan and China. The
iFrench have a saying, "Comme
on baarait la Chine," 'Like
j beating China." According to
the French, beating China is
the easiest thing in the world.
Japan did it easily the tlas
time. Millions of Chinese did
not even know the war hud be
i gun.
!
However, Chinese arc brave,
uud fighting ciH'h other, north
ifighting south, they, have learn
ed things they did not know
before.
"Let him not boast that put
teth his armor on."
"In the early days," not long
ngo, two men stood shoulder to
shoulder at the work bench of
n little shop in Detroit. One of
(hem with a keen, thin face,
"was always thinking." That
was Henry Ford. The other,
David Cray, died rcernlly in
Hanla Itarbara, leaving a for
tune of millions that will be in
creased two or three million
dollars, thanks to a recent in
come tax decision.
Henry Kord Murks on, start
ing in the luitomohilo business
u uvt'i nain. with n new car.
V It!
4
inning n new, mtrc powerful
rnetor, workuiif for new ideas
tiiat will mean millions for a
few, good wages for many.
Fortunate -were many, elose
to Ford "in the old days." For
tunate arc all that think as they
work.
( 'harles Kvaus Hughes ren
ders public service in his lee
ture, "Our Kelations to the
Western Heniiphere." Mr.
Hughes shows enemies of the
Monroe Doctrine that they are"
t neniies of this country and this
continent. . The Panama canal
nnd aviation make tliut dns
trine, "essentially, defensive,
tlireatening none, a safeguard
ftcii which no responsible
American ouKl be rash enough
to attempt to dispense' i
Vienna's "League for the Pro
tection of Men" seeks to protect
them against desiRiiim; wives.
The lea line writes to Charlie
Chaplin, "Austria i a hell fur Hub
bands," and invites him to come
and tell about America.
Mr. Chaplin, who has had rough
experiences, coulri tell thtf jirotefted
husbands, "You ain't seen nothine
until you explore Hollywood." O
Schopenhauer, in hts Studies In ;
Ptjssimfsm, says women are enga-it-j
ed tn a conspiracy "to make every!
man support some one woman all
(of her lire." i
That, fortunately. Is true. And I
that wise conspiracy has gradually
(Continued on rage Tour)
d o n m! CELEBRATION
rnooLO un
Herbert A. Weidoeft Dies As ;
Result of Auto Crash On
Klamath Highway Yester
day Internal Injuries !
Prove Fatal Death Ex-
i i o w i I
ijeuieu omce r-naay wignt f
Herbert A. Weidoeft, noted mu
sician find ni'phl'Nf I'll Ifiwlor -i1rlvr
i known in Pacific cuu.st cities, died
; ut inc. t'uniinunity liosiiiuu ut
slllund thl afternoon at 1:30
' 'cl,Tk' "s t,K' ,'0!'uU uf an "utu
'accident on the Klnmaih Kalls-
'Ashland highway near rinehurst,
Friday morrane, when he sus-
l"ln,'u lllri'1' t"'usen ribs and a
liunctured lunK. His condition j
became critical yemerday even- J
lug, and hist night his death
wa hourly expected. He rallied
Iho last effort, before the end. I delegations from otiier citloa of the
.Mrs. Weidoeft and members of 1 state took purt in the parade,
the orchestra were at his bedside j Visitors were taken on t.-'ps to
all last night und today. They mills, industrial plants and timber
are stunned nnd grief stricken j areas, und there were other pro
by the tragedy. gram features today. Including
Ijitwrcnce Abbott, a member of , departure of the first trninload of
the orchestra, who was riding j Klamath products over the Oreat
, with Weidoeft ut the time of the .Northern, u May day fete on the
-
Herbert
Weidoeft.
crash, is suffering from shock,
and according to reports from
the hospital today, is still
yeini-foma condition, and
to give any account of the acci
dent. It is the theory that AVel-
docft. who was driving, dozed at'
I he steering wheel, nnd that tho
car struck soft dirt at the edgn
of the highway, causing it to
swerve. j
Herbert Weidoeft formed his or
chestra seven years ago, and won j
recognition In San Kranciseo nnd
Los Angeles, where he had u large
following. He was best known
for his phonograph recording of
popular airs. Kor the past three
years he had made a tour of trie
coast cities by auto, making new
friends. Recently ho completed
an extended engagement in Se
attle, Wash., and ho appeared In
this city three evenings the past
week, in concert and at. a dance,
which drew n record attendance.
A return engagement scheduled
for last evening, was cancelled,
when his condition took a turn
for the' worse.
Weidoeft was well known In
this citv nnd valley, and many
phone calls were received by this
office from unxious friends thiH
morning, regarding his condition.
Sorrow for his passing and sym
pathy for his wife and orchestra
mates were freely expressed when
news of his passing reached this
city today.
Xo funeral arrangements have
been made, but it Is expected that
his body will bo shipped to San
Francisco tomorrow, where fu
neral services will be held.
ANDY PAYNE LEADS
IN BUNION RACE
..l.l un. wo,.,. .,
UUIslo nu-K nl irl.'Sie. 1111 ij -.
paeeo ine .rans-conun Miiai ..
racers inru uiu i.. nines 1 1 0111
Fremont to the Toth control here
today in 3:17:11. ' Umek stands
sixth In the cross-country grind
with an elapsed time of 50V':7:11
for -i 52.6 miles. Cmek's trainers
aided police in clcariiiK a path for
the Italian ace thru the t)inini(j
tbut crowded ubuut tb control
x tn tion.
John Salo. Passaic. N. J . sus
tained his gt on iMM-mui place by
finishing second in 9:32:10. His
elapsed time. 4 7 : 2 A :05. rMlui d
the leail of Andy Payne, Oklahotna.
who assumed lli race leadership
yejiierday with the withdrawal of
Peter Guzuzzl of England.
t
!
Local Merchant Represents1
Medford at Final Day ot'
Klamath Celebration -
Captain Applegate Drives j
Gold Spike and Queen Is!
Crowned.
ni.'i.n.i ill I'
(Jre., May
,2,i:r
ingiiiK u Culorful cji-
1 max lo the ceU'bratlun v'kumint;
j the udvont of the tiHt Nortlu'in
; railway into the Klamath UhhIii,
southern Ori'Kon- toil ay atagt'U a
movlntf paKeant on the streets
here, depiftliiK imluairii's .aiul
! other activities of the region.
1 L'mlt r a brilliant sun.shine, with
j a light breeze whipping the flags
iand bunting which overhung the
j slroetH, the railroad celebration uu-
! rude moved through lanes of. spec-!
! tutors who had come from far and
wide.
The Portland chamber of com-
nierce. represented by nearly 100
member, who arrived here yes-
lerday nflernoon on the first pas-
courthouse lawn by the high school,
band concerts and athletic events.
President Kalph Iludd of tlu
jwreai .-surwicrn. responding to lor-
mai welcome yesterday arternoon,
extended by Itruce Dennis, Klam
ath Kalis editor and publisher, re
ferred to the fact that the com
pletion of the line to Klamath
Falls was the realization of plans
made by the late James J. Hill,:
empire builder of the Northwest, !
in litOS. He said that tho resources'
of the Klamath basin justified the!
enterprise, und urged continued I
I cooperation between railroad and ;
community. Ho referred brief ly j
to the proposed merger of the Hill:
lines and thanked Oregon for its
support of that proposal ,
Governor 1. L. Patterson con
gra: u tat ed K lama t h Fa I Is on Its
development and predicted that the'
city would become the second in
size in the state. j
President Uudd crowned Queen j
Margaret, who christened the train,!
and Captain O. C. Applegate, pio
neer, drove the golden spike. The
exercises were held from tho plat
form of the private car which had
been used by James J. Hill.
Other speakers yesterday were:
ill il:ri i,,ll "nun. pi fsiueni ui lie i un
Yffjal,l'e 'land chambir of commerce; Frank
irvuie, roriinuu; .ronn Aianu, Aieo
ford ; A. J. Yoyo, Klamath Falls;
Walter W. May. Portland; L. C.
Oilman, vice president of the Great
Northern, Sea 1 1 1 e ; Mayor J . K .
Thornton, Ashland: Frank Light.
Lake view : H. A. f tooth, Kllgene;
A. C. Mnrsters, Huseburg; H. H.
Corey, public service commission
er: Otto Tretton. Kan Francisco;
William Hnnley, LSurns, and llalph
Hamilton, I tend.
Mr. Iludd left last night for
Texas, wher ehe will take part in
the opening of a new lino by n
subsidiary of tho liurllnton road.
Baseball Scores
American.
N 10W VOHK, May 12. uP)
llabe Iluth hK his eighth home
run of the season In tho sixth In
ninij of the New York-Detroit gnme
here todny. Lll Stoner was pitch
ing for the Tigers and the bases
were empty.
n
Cleveland 3
Philadelphia 1
Miller nnd L. Sewell;
Powers and Heed.
It
St.. Louis 2
Itoston 15
Stewart. Coffman, Beck,
H.
8
Orwoll.
II.
j..
1 1 4
16 0
Manlon
and Schatig; KuhsoM and llerry.
II. H. K.
Chicago 0 12 1
Washington .'. 6 10 1
Thomas nnd IJerg. Cruuse; Zach
arv, Marbcrry. Uurke and Tate.
II. H. K.
Detroit 7 12 4
New York 8 10 2
Carroll. Stoner and Woodall. Co
vrb'skle, Johnson, Shealy and Gr.ib
owski. National.
It. II. i:.
.262
4 6 1
Malone and
NVw Y(J1.k
; (.lf(.a(,n
; lf.nu, ,! Hogall
Confutes. I
n. ji. k.I
I'hililelphla 1 i 1
Cinc innati . - 8 3 1
Miller. Wllloughl.y and Schulte:
Kolp and Margrave.
n.
4
MfiM.LIfn
Pittsburgh 5 12 3! 1 1 1 . iay i.ft) a
Clark. McW-eny and Harraves; ' 'w,luti"n I,,M,-e tno hft"" " ,
Hill and Hmlih. record as opposing a third presi-
t Identlal term was Introduced today j
Pnclfir in- Hall (iatne.
K'iHKHT fJHOVK. Ore., May 12
Pacific university defeated
the Willamette university baseball
team. 7 to 2 here yiorrtny In
looaely-playcd same.
MEDFORD, Ok'KOOX,
JAPANESE STUDY AIR DEFENSE
3 :vty
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I ' i - fi'-: 3 - 11 S- . ,3 t, t.
; Three officers, high in the flying branches of the Japanese armyi
and navy, iiave been conferring with engineers of the U. S. army'
air service at Wright Field, Dayton, 0., for ideas on the perfection
of the Japanese air service. Left to right, above, are, Lieutenant
J. Zoshino, Japanese navy flyer; Captain K. K. Aldrin, of the army
air corps; Commander K. Magoshi, third ranking officer in the Jap
anese navy flying service; and, inset, Captain J. Qkr..!., aaronUcal
engineer of the Japanese army. Below is a view of one of tho army
Condors in flight at Wright Field, a bombing plane of the type in
spected by the Japanese.
FORD AIRPLANE JAPAN FAVORS
rMHrSTWmCIIF WITHIN
Ainiwoi ii urn im uao pdicic
rtiniVluli III LLLU, m IVHIt OM0I0
i i
Airplane in Regular Freight
Service to Buffalo, N. Y..;
Crashes in Detroit j
Pilot and Mechanic In-j
stantly Killed Investiga-j
tion Made.
I KT R O I T, May 12. (P Tw o
pilots of the Ford Motor company
were killed today when their tri-
motored transport plane crashed
and caught fire soon after taking
off from the Ford airport at
a. in.
The mqn killed were William '
Munn and K. K. Parker, both of
Detroit.
The pilots were on their first!
regular run to JIuffalo, N. Y., on a
freight route. j
Kdward G. Hamilton, chief of op-;
orations of the Ford air line serv-:
ice. said the accident occurred
when Munn. who was at the con-
trolM. forced Hie i.lune off tho
ground without HUfflclent flying:
Meed. ,
Soon after rising the big airship '
stulled. slid off on one wing and :
sunk to the ground near the .lichl-!
q gun Central rullroail tracks, close
1 ' au l,"l l -,ne plane was!
wreeKen anil ooin men are lielleveil
to have died almost instantly
Munn formerly was h test pilot
for the lless Aircraft company
of Wyandotte, a suburb, l'lirker nant, but ns an Indepcnilent niovu
formerly resided at Denver. Colo, by u member of the league, ileslr
lloth were ni.irrled and both, only 1 nlln to explain her position. Ibis be-
r.n, 1.. I.. II.., In. .1.... , 1.1.1
' " . "
" - " i niieiii ion w iiaisoc cr lo v jiiiim: , ii I- l
The plane, an nll-nieinl alrsblp ncse integilty and territorial hide
carried a load of freight. Wlieu ; pendi'licc.
It crashed a broken wing puni-j Japanese who favored such a line !
Hired the gasoline tank, nnd the 'of action believe that It would ho
ruei was Ignited. ;n,e "bin thing to do. and worthy!
The fatalities were the first In-n( ihe Jauanese nat Ion which would '
volvlng one of the Fold trl-mn- have nothili.t In fear finin a league j
ti.red plants and It was the thud Investigation desiring only to place
serious airplane accident in
the
vlelnpy of the I'ord airport.
AFRAID OF CAL
I by Hept-esenlative Cellar, demucrat
New York, who said in a statement
, that his action was prompted by
, the "failure of the incumbent of
.the White Houie to Mate unequlv-
ccally hlu position.''
SATI'IJDAY, MAY .12.
""5p. Bib till IN
KLAMATH
4 ,
Nippon Officials Reported in
Favor of Submitting thc,If,
Shantung Controversy to
Geneva General Feng
Joins Nationalists.
TIKNTS1N. China, May 12.--(P
-Cavalry forces of General Kong
Yu-llMang, now allied with the na
tionalists, are continuing the south
ern drive on Peking, occupying
I'ehchow n the Sliuntung-Chih bor-
der last night.
lt"lmis were received today Hint
' H'tvanco uaius oi mo souin-
i uiiii:m mt vi.- iyu iicu mumao in uiu
; province ui i.iijiiii ummi aim i nai
: lite inorlhern commander of (he
eastern district has begun a with
drawal to Muchaiig, '6o miles south
of Tientsin.
It Is staled that Feng Yn-Hshtug.
after the occupation of Telichow.
appointed a committee on political
aftalrs for Hie war zone of Tientsin
in anticipation of occupying Tleii -
tsin itself shortly.-
fiHS'KVA, .May 12 M .lapan
Unn f firlals are conniik.1 lnn lh nil
vlsalilllly nr IiuvIiik .lapan hei'KcIf
sulinilt tho KhnutuuK illHpute In Ihn
I. cn-iile of Nations, the AsKocliited
I'ichh whs Informed today from H
reliable Hource.
Should the Tokyo government
adopt tlilH cinirsc It would not be
oniclally taken iih a consequence
of the national st lirntest to tlie
leaKUe. which luis no Judicial stand,
, ing under the terms of the cove
'ohl .iM iaii lias nil ..I , . I
all her cards upon Hie (able. If!
Japan decides to take the In It In
: live at Geneva. It Is understood
j f hat It will be based on the ground
itlial she seeks only lo help 1 lie j
Chinese people." ;
Chineso nationalists In Geneva j
i said today that It was a m eal dis-,
Mppoinlment to the Chinese mil Ion-j
iillsls. both of Kmopc and China.;
that the Cnited Slates had not of-,
i fered her friendly effort for media-1
lion of Hie dispute Imiween the (
Japanese nnd th Chinese, and that (
Nanking turned lo (he lefiyie when j
lonvineefl lhat the I'nltcd Slates'
I would not act. 1
It was epl.u.'dzed also lhat Ihe '
nationalisls are Jubilant because
the kn:ue considered the Nanking
protest H-saititft .1 pan's actlvltfepi In
Shantung serious enoimh to com-
niuiiicatn tn the foinull and In give
'to the world through the press.
1!2S.
HI Q RAMn
u. un u
v nin i iit in i
.. . .VR -'.II h n
Local Boys Take Crowd By ,
p. r.mmlllBBi
StOrm and Committee
ii
Votes Special Honorable
I
Mention-50 Carloads of j
Lumber Sent Out Over
the New G. N. Line.-
KLAMATH KA1.LS, Ore.. May
. (A1 Spi'ctacular ilemonslra-
ttnii uf its wi'Ieume lo tile tireat
I Nuiihern railway was given by
j Klamath 1'all.s today in a parade
stretching over I hive miles along
t I... ..ilv'u rik.itc I !.. II.. Iin,l.,nln,l
I flouts, comedy features and Indus- I
' trial displays provided a wide va- t
j riety that ias enjoyed by the thou- '
sani$ of persons that lined the
roiito.
' Perfect weather with a stimu
lating breeze and colorful decora
tions gave a pleasing setting for
the event,
.Marking the start of trans
continental service over the lino
which was formally opened by tho
rail celebration, the first train load
of Klamath products fifty car-
loads of lumber left hero over I
the Great Northern today fur the !
east.
Today's events culminated the
j fete which began yesterday with
i christening of the first passenger
j train and other ceremonies. Tho
j Portland chamber of- commerce
(delegation of ion, thru a cummit
jtee headed by Horace 10. Thomas,
t adopted a resolution congrntnlal
j lug Klamath Falls on the addition
of another railroad to tho trans
i portatlun facilities. ' and thanking
the city for its hospitality.
I Tho new rail line extends the
tireat Northern directly from Spo
tknnc to Klamath Falls, the Oreat
I Northern using the tracks of the
j Spokane. Portland and Seattle
ijotnily owned with tho Northern
Pacini:, as faa- as Jtend, Ore., and
'from there to Klamath Falls over
n line nitoui nmr or which is new
nii1 Iho ri'st 'iiHeir jointly "With tho
Southern Pacific.
The Medfih-d high school band
with bright red cape uniforms was
one of the big hits of tho parade.
The boys were applauded all along
the line of march.
The committee f judges on pa
rade features gave honbrable men
tion in its prize awards to the
ord high srhoul band.
NKW VOIiK. May
1 9 (7PJ
i-jthan Allen Weinberg, arch Im-
M,i,.,. r many aliases, must go
to tho penitentiary.
I lo U-iim sen I n hp hi! f ii
lnde-
t-rniinntf ti'i m nf llir.'i. imintlm
li tin. .. v.miiu r.,i i,. ii .1.
tornrv for .In men P Itrnun of th
m okeraire firm of Gilbert nnd Kl -
, holt W(IH nnt u nu,ml,pr
, r the New York bar.
j n testified he was a graduate
!r Hamilton college, citntnn. X.
v.. and had been admitted toi
'the bnr in flenrgla, Illlnoia and
! Washington, . C.
i His latest appearance In public
I liefuro his trial wan at the unof-
ii.iiii ri?. .'inioii lii uiu (iipiiu'ii
: ftlers when they passed through
ARCH-IMPOSTER
I MUST SERVE TERM
IN PENITENTIARY
i New York on their wiiv to Wash- ' .. ,' ,
'ton two week, ago today. Weln-! I'""'" officers were dispatched
;ii"ig In a uniform crashed tho) to I'aeolmu. a Han l'crnando val
i police lines and escorted the filers town near here, with limtruc
:to their train iih "Caiitaln Slan-.Hons to urresl r.mnia Huff, the
li v Wviiiim." in tirriinLFinir it re-
j ,.,. 'president Harding for
Princess Fail ma of AfKhsnlstun
Other n a m es ho bus taken a1
various times have la-en "Or. Wy
forI
man." tned fr-n legal expert
NnK,., fMm Hip
nt the time
of Rudolph Valentino's funeral;
Unite d States consul for Morocco,
special representative In the Unit
ed States for the Hepubllc of Sal-
v ii d o r, Lieutenant Commander
Kthan Allen Weinberg;
geuei nl for Kurnaiihi and
consul
I.ieu -
tenant Uoyale Kt. Cyr.
When Dr. Ixoenzo t ime to this
country, Weinberg got himself
up polo ted secretary, only to lose
his position when exposed by
Senator Hoyal H. Co Poland.
Forest Fire in Umatilla
PKNiJLKTON, Ore.. May 12. (A)
The first fire In the Umatilla
national forest was reported yes
terday to the forestiy office here
Twelve acres of cut-over timber
laud were burned at a point on the
TucHiion river 20 miles aoiKhwest
of Ouytoii, Wash.
Tramp Found Dead
PKNHLKTON. Ore., May 12. (Ay)
- William l llhird, Itlnemnt laltpr
er In his early '70s, was found dead
yesteidi In a barn on a ranch near
ireppuer. 'Ihe body was hanKlnt
bv a rope to a rafter. It Is be
lieved he has a widow and aon In
Tennessee.
Restrain Wat
From Shuttin'
the Hopkins
: 'i jt
t
! BAI.K.M. Ore.. May I2.--(JI
Following u aflldavit filed
j in circuit cuurt today by A. K.
t'lark, attorney for the water
i users, stating lliat his clients 4
were threatened with rnina-
4 Hon of all crops as the result
of the water company's action
in shutting otf the water,
i Judge 1.. II. .Me.Muhun today 1
! issued an order restraining 1
the Public Water company 1
! from shutting off tho water
fl,,m "'e lands and premises
M. R Hnnley and other
Jackson county residents In-
voived in suit wim tu0 aid
water compuny.
4 4 4
L
E
YOUTH ADMITS
SLAYING G1R
FOR REVENG
nonth Rennrfpri As a Sui-thiKh
r
nirip Prnvp5 to Have Been
UlUt TlUVtb IU ncivc DCCll
Murder James Hooven
in Los Angeles Confesses
to Shocking Indiana
Crime.
LOS A NO KLICS, May J2. (?) -James
Hooven, 27, , alias James
William Huff serving a six months
senteneo for petty theft, today told
Jailer Frank Dowar that hist con
science was "driving me crazy,"
and confessed to the slnylng of 17-year-old
lUilh Little of Summit
ville, Indiana, and an 18-year-old
married youth, James Leo Carroll
of Los Angeles,
Hooven last month attempted
suicide in his Jail cell.
Tho coroner's record of , tho
death of Carroll was found wrlt-
ten down us "either suicidal or ac
cidental.'.'. , .. , . . ... . i . .
Hooven "In the story related to
Dowar and Deputy Sheriff Itudolph
Vejar, said that ho had been en
gaged to Jtlanche Little, un older
sister of tho slain girl, shortly after
his discharge from the army In
1919. He said that his fiancoe
had '.'rolled" him for all the. mon
ey he had, about $1500, und then
fled with another man. I nablo
to exact vengeanco from her
said- that he had decided on a
plan involving tho younger sister.
Ho said:
"I decided to kill tho kid, and
here's how I done it. One night
I inndu some quail soup and in
vited her to have some. In the
bowl I poured for her I dropped
a good shot uf two kinds of poison."
(Named.)
"Then I watched her die."
Jn confessing to the slaying of
Cnrroll, Hooven mild that ho be.
came, well acquainted with tho
happy youiiK married cotiplo "cs
poelally tho wife." lie mail:
"TIiIiikh Heemed to no wrong after
a while and I found that young
Carroll can-led qulto u lot of tn
nci'. lli. ro wiinn l any Hi-nav
1 In him IiuvIiik 'ill thai ilouuh which
h
DUKIIll IUIICII BU 1 Ut'l-llllMl l.l
him llku I hurt Ituth. Thin
fklll
wim In l-ri und the kill died Dc
ct'inhiT of lhat year."
In tho ii'CordM of the coroner's
office Ih Die following notation:
"Juiiii-h Leo CiiitoII. Died o-
comber 2, 11125, under mysterious
circumstances. Autopsy ordered
and man found to have died h
a result of ucld poisoning. Inquest
verdict brought 111 of either sul-
'
el
Idal or accidental means."
confessed mall H Wire, ana 11 nei
for further Investigation. Sho
said to be Carroll's sister.
A N DF.KHON, hid., May 12. (P)
Authorities here today were cheek
ing the conression or jumes Wil
liam Huff, ulslas James Hooven,
In jail at Los Anneles. that he was
responsible fur the death by pols-!
oiilng of Ituth Little, It. In 1919.
Miss Little was his slstcr-ln-hiw
nveo at me nome i ner e -
enH Summltvllle. Hooven and
his wife also lived ut the Little
home. ,
When Ir. John Stephens attend
ed ltulh Little In her fatal Illness
he dlaKtiocd her ailment as acute
Indluestion, and It whs given as th't
cause of her death.
It Is said that a few days after
tho girl's death Hooven disappear
ed wltlfc nn automobile owned by
another man and drove to I ji Fay
ette, Hid., where he was arrested.
He was charged with theft of the
automobile und w us sentenced to
the Indiana reformatory. Ills wife,
formerly Illiinche Little, obtained
u divorce.
Sheriff Frank' Daniels, who Is as
sisting In the Investigation, has
wired ihe sheriff of Los Angeles to
question Hooven about the death
of his five-months-old child.
COQUILLK. One Coos county
farmer sold $ifi00 worth of JJent
uratis lust year.
I
No. 51.
HOOVER IS
MELLON S
1ST CHOICE
Secy, of Treasury Advises
Pennsylvania Delegation
to Go to Convention Unin
structed, But Declares
Hoover Comes Nearest to
Ideal at the Present Time
PHILADELPHIA. Muy 12. (P
Recommending that they hold
themselves unpledged and uncom
mitted to any particular presiden
tial candidate, Secretary of the
Treasury Mellon this afternoon
tidd the Pennsylvania republican
national delegates that Herbert
! Hoover, "seems to come closest to
the standards that we set fur this
office."
I Mnm-nfai-v Motion
made this
Htatomcnl ut tno CUUCUK
uu.KlltP8 at which ho wn
of the
legates at which he was selected
chairman of the delegation. Ills
statement was as follows:
"I thank you for the honor you
have done me In selecting me as
your chairman. It is a very real
honor for oura Is a very real re
sponsibility. "The man selected by the repub
lican convention as the nominee uf
our party will In all human proba
bility be the next president of the
United States.
"At Kansas City, therefore, wo
will not bo merely nominating a
candidate but selecting a president.
"Under tho leadership of Presi
dent Coolidgo the record of tho
republican party has been such as
to entitle it to tho confidence uf
tho nation.
"It enjoys that confidence. The
people unquestionably give us a
new grant of ppwer If they are
satisfied that the policies, princi
ples and wise administrative prac
tices which have . given economy
and efficiency In government and
brought prosperity and content
ment to the puoplo aro to be con-,
tlnued. ' ' 1 .
"Our p In t f orm must f u rn ish h
definite pledge that they will. JJut
inoro Important than the platform
is the nominee. lls views, char
acter and recocd must be such as.
to furnish a guarantee that repub
lican principles will be uph m.
that no backward steps will bo
taken and that the policies so sue-
nQicessfu)ly inaugurated and followed
by our great president will bo cu rled
forward.
"We hear much talk of tho '
various candidates and of their
policies. Among them all Mr
Hoover seems t-i come closest to
the standard that wo sot for this
high office.
"lletween now and tho conven
tion, however, I recommend that
wo hold ourselves unpledged uud
uncommitted to any particular
cnndlduto no that when we meet In
cuuuuif in jvunHas uuy uecore tho
convention we will havo tho fullest
liberty of choice to do iih la bent
for I'eniiHylviuila and tho nation."
After tho caucua yocrclary Mel
lon wa uBkcd If ho would permit
tho Penimylvanla delegation to
voto for him for the prcHldentliil
nomination and he replied that ha
wu not a candidate.
DARROW FAILS
TO GET VERDICT
JKFFEHSON. Ohio Alav 1 '1.
is fpj Clarence Dorrow, noted crim
inal lawyer, who wanted to win
a case in his f homo county of
Astabula before he deserts tho
court room, toduy had the pros
pect of attempting; It all over
again next month. . . ,
Durrow made his first court
uppeurunce in this county In 20
years to head the defense of
I,Iinil,H r - - rt w.rrpn
, charged with attempting to bribe
jHh(.r)rf j l Kmlth of Trumbull
county. . Tho Jury was dlncharge
last night after Jl hours of do-:
liberation had failed to result in
a verdict and the case wan set' or'
retrial next month. '
Fifty years ago, Dnrrow rtp-"
pearod In his first Ashtabula '
county case , to defend a man
charged with stealing a act of
harness. He lost If. Ilecentlv '
he expressed a desire to win a
cast in his home territory and
after last night's discharged Jurv
announced he would return to
continue Munsene'a defense - nt
the re-trlal.
Brabtll Appeals
SAMCM, Ore., May 12. (P)
Transcript of appeal has been filed
In the state nupiemo court by Oar
en co HruKell of Portland, who was
convicted In the Portland vice case
and sentenced to five years In the
penitentiary.
Brazell is now out under bonds.
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