The Weather
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I in iraiperatutv.
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Weather Year Ago
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Di 11 v Twenty-third TrU
MEDPORD, ORKCiOX. SATURDAY, MAY JCi,
No. a").
AI
TodayflND MO
Pocu Mr Fnrril . i
kU0Jf 111 I I Wl
Br,Fi AWMnorM ;
The Cat Will Mew. f f UIIUuLM
When the Blade Falls. . -
Copyright, 1927, by New York I
KveplDK Journal. Inc.)
. At Chester, Pit., Henry Ford
valkert seven miles, then run :i '
lOO.ynrd race n-juinst a 111:111
half his age.
That proves extraordinarily
Rood condition in a man past
CO. Hnt if Ford had an em
ploye as important to him as
he is to the industrial welfare
of the I'niled States, he would
not allow that employe, to do
anv 100-vard dashing. He would
kay, "Each year that you live
! von lose vour heart efficiency i
I'naeeustoined strain is danger
ous, lie sensihle." j
. And that is what 112,000 men,
fo whom Henry Ford pays good
wages, would like to say to
Henry Ford. For their comfort
it is said here.
A flerman automobile, pro
pelled by explosives, attained
Hi nvo scciiiiiis ii njiccu :u
miles an hour. Serious German
scientists predict this "rocket"
principle, applied to aeroplanes,
will mean a llerlin to N'cw York
flight in five hours.
This sounds "impossible"
those without imagination.
speed of a thousand miles an !
, t nii,ym..illl,'lu''IM ll'om King's l!ay
nun Kilt :..r,.. U1......1W
by controlling the driving force
of Midi explosives. An airplane
thus driven would neijd HO
wiiiRs to keep it up, only small
winprs or a parachute to be re
leased in time for the landing.
Let Hercules tlo what he may,
the eat will mew and dog will
have his day.
You may add to that Shakes
perean statement, let the fed
eral reserve do what it may,
Ihe speculator will gamble and
lamb will have his day.
"Call money," with which
men gamble in stocks, is firm at
G per cent. It was i per cent
a little, while ago. .Still the
lninbs gamble. Stocks went up
ilL'ilin VesterilllV. lJrokci'S. Cheer- ;
ed hy promised rcstorntion of
Ihe five-hour tlay, sent. out. the
nsiuil notices that don't menu
nnythini. Cheerfulness reigned.
Afiitation fiainst public exc
eiilions is started in Franco.
"When n man is to 'he puillo
tined in Paris, crowds pot her
liclore diiyliKht on the "Haee ;
de la Roquette" where the cuil
lotine stands 100 yards from
the entrance to the dark prison.
A crowd of women, men nnd
hovs shout and linmh, as the
sun rises and some hated crimi
nal is hronoht out.
And when the blade falls and
the head drops into the basket,
ninny rusfl to dip their hand
kerchiefs in the blood "for
luck." Not exactly a "civiliz-
intr influence."
i -
Dr. John D. Wntson, a "behavior
1st psychologist," If you know what
that Is, says a "rorondlllonlng
plant" should be established to put
damaged minds In order.
Human minds, like worn automo
biles and wnshlnic machines, could
be renovated and the mind turned j mountains Is iseo meters high.
In any direction desired. An the Italia was making her
i way to the North Pole on Wednes
Itehnvlorlst psychologists perhaps day after leaving Kings Hay ut 4:4a
do not realize that Hie human mind !he had to buck a southwest wind,
ts an old product, dating hark I, starting h-r return flight from the
throul: 1.000.000 years or numsn i
life, and 50.uoo.vnu previous years
of animal life.
Yon cannot chance t.it onelent
mechanism very easily. Hut you
can Rive a fair chance to such mind
as a man may have, with educa
tion, diet, exercise and sleep.
Farmers In 0 l.lttle Karoo and
other nart. nl Cane Piorlnce are
riNlurbed hy the worst drought In
South AfrK-a s recorded history,
A No rain has fallen in four yoars
fertile lands turn to deserts, farm
.
(Contlnuail on Pag Four)
LtAUS N
1 MCH
Noted Explorer, at Request
of Italian Govt. Starts Ex
pedition to Hunt for Genl.
Mobile and Missing Di-
ricjible CreW No Word
of Italia in 36 Hours.
OSLO, Jluy iG. Uuold I
Amundsen, vi'ternii explorer who j
discovered Uic .South role anil J
cuniiiuniou of tlencral L'lulii'rtu i
Nulillr. on the Hl'JII fllKllI of the
Norse over the Noiih I'nle, will ,
assist In urrniiKini: an exiiedilinu .
being prepareil hy the Niuwenian
Ktiverninenc lo search for (he dirilt-
11. le Italia. Captain Otto Vvcrdruii.
mother mild Arctic explorer und j
luring the past twenty yours, also
will help arruiiRC the Hoaruh for
the liiiN.sirfK iliripihlo.
Decision of the government to
ask the aid of Amundsen and
Vverdrup followed the receipt of a
request hy the Italian minister in
(Oslo lo the Norwegian government
i for assistance.
ArivieeH late today from King's
i Hay stated Unit no word had heen
heard from fJeneral Nohiln.
liKltl.lN. May 211. (f)
DIs-
the j
,... ,. ..., . hu!(.. ,.,
Cilia (II Milano, has .steam up hut
that a northwesterly pale was pil
ing lee floes from the Arctic ocean
Unto the hay making the. vessel's,
t.ll to search lor tne nana
iremely dangerous. '
The advices said that watchers i
at Klnc s hay were anxiously lis-
lenlnK for the Italia late today hut I
without result. The lierlln pa ,noes "ul 'aces tree ot
are generally speculating as to'whl"k"'rH "voi-nl weeks old. C. C.
how loiiK tile Italia would he nhle ''y'"" footsore and dos-tlred hun
to remain aloft as a free balloon ion 'l''rhists shuffle their weary
lll.,.,,l I,..,- ninlois i,.lilnL- nnil ;
also whether she would he likely j
to drift towards Siberia or towards
Vadsoe. .Norway. The closest watch
is beine maintained for any wire
less signals from the ship.
. The Italian embassy had no
news but was Inclined to feel that
the press viewed General Noblle's
position loo pessimistically, declar
ing that the ltalla's fuel could last
ninety hours and that it wiim too
early for apprehension.
OSLO. Norway. .May 2f. Wl The
Norwegian government tonight or
dered the lee ship Hobby, renown
ed for many years in polar voyag-
Ing. to sail northward tomorrow ,
Il'oul llomsoe ami neip searcn lor ;
ihe dirigible Italia. ;
i
(Copyrighted. H'2. by the Assn-1
l illlcd I'ress.) ,
KINO'S HAY, Spllzbeigen. Mayitnnee in 2:4!l:2li.
20. l?') (11 a. in.) Fearful f or j The elapsed times of the two
the safety of the dirigible Italia, ; leaders for 3390.1 miles from Los
now out of Spit.hergen on herAngeles were: Payne 5GK:30:,13;
North l'ole flight more than TSlSalo 6K4:5-:0S.
hours, the crew of the base hip , Allan Currier. Rogue River Ore.,
Citta ill Milano, hunkered coal all covered yesterday's lap to I'assaic
morning in preparation for sailing in 4:56:45. His elapsed time was
I"' h ' """""'i "'r"h.l,,-1 ,
he ready to start by night and
probably would proceed eastward
around South ('ape, Spluberg n.
The wireless operators of the
Citta di Milano continued cease
less efforts to get in touch with
the Italia, hut were unable to mtik
any cnutai'l. The airship has .1 j I'oanoers were somewhat uneasy;
reserve radio with an nrrumula-1 1,1 whether Pyle would he able!
tor which can be used even though '"' ",,nl the $4S,r.l)0 In prizes:
the motors are not operating, and h" Promised. pyle himself
this fact has served to make the declared that this sum was on de-i
airships long silence Incompnhen-! nos," a Nw York honk. Ills as
slide to the crew of the base ship. !"ciates admitted, however, that -
Taking int.. consideration the!1'10. l"''"ter had lost about $60.
state of the weather and the coo-', ""' " 'h" venture and that con- ;
llnnln" winds str.int- bell, f was
felt today that the Italia has made
for the Siberian coast, finding fur-
ther I'fforia to reach HIwIhtb n
frtiltli'HK
i,t,luM
CoIIIhIoii Is I-Vii ml.
One KUgKe.i(i(n gdvjinced was
that the ship mlh: Mtve CL.ilfd
with a hlh mountain In northern
Kpiulic-rK'-n during her flight fotith-w-iri
through the fuw. One of tln-yc
vlo Thursday at 2:20 n. m
he had to Ituck nfotithwf-t wind.
When who chanced to nn eaaierly
course the wind veered to the
northwest.
It neemed probahlo that the olr-
I ship's :re5s had been silenei d
l,v the enbl. The cnndola In Which
lhr apparatus Is situated Is small
1 nA " mu' haT' '" , n a tr,Kia
I'e durin, the flight under the
rivalling condition. It was very
I cold herr all night. A northerly
win. blew and all the mo.inialn
j
' (Continued on I'aga Four)
Boy Bandit Returns
to Get Account He
Missed First Time
1-OS AXCKI.KS. May IV,.
A "Minlllnn hoy hanilit." who
4- has Kta;:M a dozen holdups
during the last few nfKhts.
last nlKht hack-tracked to re-
vis.t ihe si-ene of one of his ! j
former holdups.
The 14-year-ohl hoy enter-
eil a telegraph office he had
held up the nlitht hefor and
iteinaniled the difference he- !
J tween the amount of rash he !
! received and the amount re.
ported hy newspapers. "Get
'em up" said Ihe hoy as he .
! entered accordini; to Allien
Wodhouse, in ehnrijc of the :
. offiee. "I see hy the papers
1 not l(io here last nulht.
I eame haek to it, t Ihe hal- .
anee. I only cm (SO last '
I nluht." 4
j He tool; $15 In the money
I drawer and left roninrkluc:
"I'm sllll ., short." 1
I
10 FINISH AT
Allan Currier, Hopelessly
Behind Is One of the
Husky 55 to, Finish the
Pavement Pounding Shuf
fle in Madison Square,
New York. - .
1'ASKAIC. N. J.. May 211.
""' lllst nf 3na " I
) "' COSHHIC to .New 1(11
1,lls cveninc and end their trans- j
ontinental foot race with a twen
ty mile jog in Madison Sqiiuare
(larden tonight.
Of the original company of 201)
who started from Los Angeles on
March 4. only 55 remain. Home
where along the 3U0 miles of road
lie the wrecked hopes of the rest.
Nothing short of a serious acci
dent can prevent Andrew rnyne.
Claremore. Okla., youth, from
carrying off first prize of $25.0lin.
With something less than forty
miles to go. I'ayne leads his near
est competitor. John S.tln. 1'assalc
Finn, hy more than sixteen hours.
Kalo cut deeply Into the tlklaho
iii.in n icuii on jcsiernays Zi.l nine
lap from .Suffern to I'assaic whose
residents turned out en mi&se to
Krcc, nieir fellow townsman. .Salo.
leading the Held, covered Hie rtlx.'
! ' 'thV.' i .i , . . .
! 5:30 this afternoon, travel 12 miles
Neehawken and then ferry
across the Hudson lo New York ,
and thence to the Uurden. i
Although all question of n strike '
In the ranks appears to have been ;
dissipated, many of the pavement- i
...i- ...ce na.i passen into tne
control of K. y. Ounn, Chicago
contractor.
I'd, II. .i ....... .-...1 u- , . .....
I fc ' "w wm inai
lMt I'"' innncy would hv piiKt In
llu- flrsi tvn flnlHht-m on the night
of Mity 2! whon the piomotor will
HtaKe a l'4-hour fuutruco at the
Carden.
KANSAS f'lTY, Mo.. May 2".
I Wl MIhs Mary Hickman, sister of I
i William Kdward Hickman, under ;
sentence of death for the murder I
' nf lfnrlnn Park.. In t yva
was held today for Inrestl.at'on by
Mice who ssld she had admitted
obtaining clothlna from department !
stores tinder false pretenses.
An examination of her mentality
la asked hy Chr.rlet Kdward,
former chief of nollcs and friend
oI the Hickman family.
LOCAL RUNNER
GARDEN TODAY
iHICKMAN'S SISTER i
! NOW IN TROUBLE
!
Missing in the Far North
'
lsS ki-r iL
i ffWfp- i
mm few' 'm
, -)
above ore shown General Nobile and the dirigible Italia,
missing since yesterday mornlne," "somewhere" in the Arctic
Circle north of SpiUbergen. Amundsen has been named leader
of an expedition to go in searcn
AI Wilson, Stunt Flyer for
Metro Goldwyn, Drops in
Hollywood and Ties Up
Traffic Injuries Not Be
lieved Serious.
IfOIJ.YWOOI), Cnl., May 20.
iA') When the propeller fell oil
his airplane Al Wilson, stunt flier
and former Canadian army avia
tor, leaped with his parachute from '
a height of 4200 fed and descended
In the midst of traffic on Holly
wood boulevard. His disabled plane,
crashed In the garden of Frank II.
Spearman, the novelist, and was
wrecked. i
Wilson was rushed to the hos
pital, where physicians said he had
dlslocaled his right aim and
wrenched his back. j
Wilson said: "I tried lo keep
Ihe ship in control, and level her
out, but she went Into a nose dive.
I was In a fng bank and couldn't t
see where I was going, to land, so
I had tn Jump and I did."
Traffic and business In the en
tire Hollywood section were p.ir.il
yzed for half an hour. The I'lier.
danillnu like a fly from Hie web
of his big silk pannhulc. came
swinging out of tile tog bans and
descended usin the traffic at a busy
Intersection. i
Wilson told police officers thai
he was flying at about 4.no feel
wllh eight other lanes In baitle
formation for a moilon picture for
the Metro-floldwyn studios when
the plane's propeller flew off.
India lu-ats Holland.
AM.TKI!HAM. May 2 '.TV-India-
field hockey team won the'
Olympic ' ltaroilon'bli today by,
defeating Holland, 3 to V. j
of an expedition ta
MOVIE FLYER POSTAL EMES OH
DfflPSWn.:
i in nr.nmiTr, RVFNRH . N
in rwmunuiL
oi m --i
WASIIIN'dTOS, May 2. (P)
Moth house nnd senalo completed
extensive action today on the pos
tal rates bill by adopting the con
ference repot t on Hie measure
which now goes to the president.
Tudor the conference agreement,
1020 rales on second class matter,
ihe so-called "newspaper rates,"
would be required for the first four
zones, and. modified l'J20 rales In
Hie remaining four .ones. The
lenale lulled In Its proposal lo cut
third class rati a from 1 Vj lo cents
to 1 cent; but Chairman Moses of
the posial cnir.niitloe told the sen
ate relief had been afforded third
class mail users aa;regatiiig $10,
r.on.ono. The conference bill also failed to
relain Ihe senate proimsal, urged
by MrKi'Uar. democrat, Tennessee,
abolishing the service cliarge In
parcel (Hist rales. The Tennessee
senator informed the senate he
would renew his effort to eliminate
this charge at the next session of
congress.
Ft
WASHINGTON, May 2f,. -uV)
A il'tcrmliwl fi.;ht to prevent hcI
joiirmiuMit of conrenn on Tiiomlay
lU'Vflopi.Mt today In Inn m-nate and
notion nn (he Mention wu hlo:k"d
for thf day liy Hr-nator lflKllot,
repul)linin, of VII:-tocln,
Senator llinnn Jolinnon of Call
fori) fa led off with a vehement pto
tffl nmiiiif-i any adjournment nut II
ennclnunt of hln Moulder Canyon
dam hill and other W-cinIutton
whi'h lio ft.thl wiib neernfiary In
f. nulille Int'-reM. orrl of Ni
hrnka Joined Johnaoii in hid protest.
mm CARDS WIN THE flNF RANniT
SIGNS GOOD
ROAD BILL1
i
$150,000,000 Will Be Avail-!
ahle for Federal Aid toi
States for Highway Con-
struction $75,000,000
Available This Year Tax
Reduction Plan 0. K.
WASIIIXllTON, May 21!. (!)
I'reHlilent C'oolidKe sinned today n
hill iitillHiiiiug the npproprtatlon
of $lfi0,0"u,0l0 ror redeinl aid lo
stales for road eons! ruction. Hall'
of the amouiil. J7ri.ooo.000. will he
available this year mid the remain
der nexi year.
Tho hill provides that Hid stales
shall contribute to ait eual extent
with the federal government toward
actual const met ion.
The hill also curries mi nddt
llonnl $7,111111,111111 for forest roads
and trails construction.
WAHMINliTON, May 2l. (ff)
President t'oolide signed today it
bill carrylns $75,000,1100 for federal
aid lo slates lor road construction.
WAHIIINdTON, Ma- 28. (P
A rivers and harbors bill aulhoriz
in IS.5OO.il00 In he expended on
navigation improvement projects In
various sections of tlie country was
approved today hy the house rivers
and harbors committee.
Projects in tho measure Include:
liumholdl 1-arhor and bay, Cali
fornia, $!i2.u0-. Coos hay, Oregon,
$125,110(1; Cmiullle river bar and en
trance. Orognn, $100,000; Sldpanon
channel. Oregon, $i;!.'i.000; 1'inpo.tin
river, Ore.-;oli, $"i00,00l), find $1,300.
OP" for llift Columbia and lower
W'illaiuotto river below Vancouver,
Wash., and Portland, Ore.
Chairman UcMnpsey of the com
mittee said Mutt he does not expect
to seek action hy the house on the
measure before adjournment.
W'ASIHNOTON, May 2H. (!)
1 he house today approved the con
ference report o'l I ho $222, l!lfi,000
lax reduction hill which now goes
to President Coolidge.
There was not loll cull voto. Tho
senate, yesterday adopted the com
promise report after receding from
its sliind for publicity of tax re
turns. CI airman llawley of the ways
and means committee declared
that. In his opinion, the treasury
could stand Hie amount of reduc
tion now called for..
"There Is tin question of n suffi
ciency of revenue for this or the
next fiscal year," he said, "hut the
problem will arise In 1OT0 and sub
sequent years. I believe, however,
Hie miliary can stand this much
reduction,"
WAHIIINCTON, May 20. (ff)
Treasury actuaries estimated today
that the tax revision hill ns passed
by congress reduces taxes only
$ I r,ri.oo0.lion for the fiscal year
l'12'i and Tails well within the fig
ures auKKestcd by Secretary Mel
lon. Baseball Scorea
National
It. II. K.
Philadelphia l 1
New York Bit 1
Sweet and Lynn: Walker, Henry,
Clnrkson, Faulkner nnd O'Fttrrell.
K. II. K.
Most on l 1 "
Brooklyn 1 8 ' 1
(ireenfleld and Taylor; Vance
and Ileberry.
K. tl. K.
Chicago 8 I
I'ltlsbiirg 1 li II
Malone and Itartnctl; Krcmor,
Tauschnr and Smith.
American
H. II. K.
Nnw York ,.. 7 i:i 0
!'hila.!Hihlu , 4 9 7
CovelnHklft, Khealey and Ren
eoiih, (iiiihowHki; Qui tin, Hom
me 11, Orwitll and Fox.
n. IT. K.
St. I-oiiin 4 11 0
Cleveland 7 13 2
(Kden, Ktuwarl. Ktreleckl and
Hrluiu. (J'Xelll; Grant and U 8uw
ell. WanliliiKton at lUmton dnuhle
(leader poHtponed; rain.
Detroit al Chlcimo pnRljtnnod;
rain.
Call for Statements
WASHINGTON, May 20.
StalementH of amMilvn oxpendi
I'lit'ti filed hy pretifdeiitlal randl
dateN in nil Ktalo renutrln ueli
accdiiniH Kill lx called for next
week Ity tlm fienate tampflsn fundi
eomnii'.U'H.
EASTERN TITLE
MARGIN
Stanford Has a Walkaway
at Intercollegiate Meet-
Nearly Doubles Score of
Yale, Nearest Contender!
Rain and Mud Pre-
vents Record Breaking.
HAIiVAltn STADH'M, Cam
bridge, .Mass., May 20. (P) .Stan
ford's mighty team had a field day
in the mud and rain today, win
ning tho Intercollegiate A. A. A. A.
1 1 rack and field championships for
'the second suecesslvo year with n
j total uf 43 points.
Tho Cnrdinnls spread-eagled the
opposition. They nearly doubled
( the score of their nearest rivals.
Vale, which totalled 25 1-3 points.
HARVARD STADIUM. ta ni
lirHlse. Ma.. May (P) Stan
ford univei-Kily'a Kieat tiaele and
lield team today captured tho ln
tercolleKiate A. A. A. A. chanipion
HhlpK for (ho Hueund sueci-HHive
year. With II of the IS eventK
completed tho Cardinals had plied
up a total nf thirty-nlx polntH that
axKUted them tho title rcKardteisH
of the result of the reinuluiiiK
eventH.
Vale. Stanford's nearest rival,
had eighteen polntH.
In Kplto of rain and muddy track
which can nod the withdrawal of
Charley Month, uprlnt champion,
from Kouthern California, the in
terculleKlate A. A. A. A. track and
field champions roI off to u sensa
tional mart today.
The fiiMt final saw thn downfall
of another ehantplon, HIM Cox of
1'enn-Stntn In tho one mite run he
fore, the Hpeclacular finish of
Ralph Kuttman of Harvard. Com
liiK from hohlnd on tho last lap
with ii determined rush, Luttman
cut down Cox in the last thirty
yards and ran away from the title
holder with n hurst of speed to
win hy eluht yards.
Kmct-Hon (Hud) Spencer, Stan
ford filer, bowed to Ray llarhutl,
liurly Syracuse star In a driving
finish for the 440-yard champion
ship. J.uuncelot Rons of Yalo led
around the I urn Into the stretch,
then Spencer leaped out In front
and appeared a likely winner until
Marhul i cut loose. The Syracuse
aee won ly a hure yard in 4 8 1-10
seconds while Spencer was four
yards In front of Ross.
In it (treat hurst of speed that
swept him yards out In front uf
the pack, Jimmy Quint), 1 loly
(.Vohh are won the 100 yard dash,
in the mud in 0 0-10 seconds, the
fastest time of the two days and a
renin rknhle performance. Qulnn
finished three yards uhend of
llarwood of Syracuse with the
ol her Holy Cross star, Jimmy
Daley, third.
Shot put won hy Krlc Krenz,
Stan ford, GO feet 1 Inch; second,
H. 1. Roihcrt, Stanford, GO feet
half Inch; third, Dnvld Adlemnn,
(tenrtcctown, 46 feet, 0 3-4 Inches.
lilO yards hifih hurdle Won by
J. R. Nichols, Stanford; second, J.
S. Collier, Rrown; third, R. 11.
Game, Yale; time 15 1-10 seconds.
Two mile run Won hy J. L.
Reid, Harvard, second Joseph Ha- I
Ken, Columhln; third L. I. ilrown,
MIchiKun State. Tumo 0 minutes
1H seconds.
Nnhin Out Wins.
Hnbln Carr, Vale, successfully
defended his polo vault title by
cl'it l in-,- 13 fret 6 Inches, but fail
ed in three attempts down the
muddy runway to ncKthte a new
world rerord height of 14 feet 2 j
Inches. I. en Mantes of Southern '
i alifornla, the Olympic champion!
and present world's record holder,
was unable to reach his best un-i
der the conditions und wits stopped!
at 13 feet.
Cnder the wretched weather con-i
dltluiM no new record perform-
uncOH were possible. The three new
meet murks reglnlertd yesterday,)
two by Kile Krenz In Stanford ln
the discus and shot-put and by A.j
I... Rates of IVnn State in the broad j
Jump stood. J
Krenz and Ray Murbutl. Syracuse!
captain, were the only double win-'
ners. Marhutt beat the Stanford 1
nee, Mud Spencer, In the 44n-yardi
run, and then captured the 220. j
Stanford was the only far west
ern contender, but It was stronff
nnoiiKti to take the easterners tor
a ride. Southern California scored
six point and California five.
The final team point totals:
Stanford, 43; Vale, 25 1-3; Cor
nell and l'cnn State, 16 each; Syra
cuse, 15; Harvard, 14; George
town, ll; Trlnceton and Michigan
State, 10; Pittsburgh, Columbia
and II oly rs, 8 each ; Dart -
mouih, 7 1-3; Ilrown arAl New I
Vork university. 7 each; Southern
California, 6; California. 6; Maine,
4; pennaylvnnln, 1 1-3; Cotffatp.
lluverford and Bwarihmore, 1 each.
TALIA
WI 1U LSI II I
BELEVED
TO BE DEAD
Police Believe Doctor Was
Killed When He Failed to
Save Wounded Yegg
Note Left Furnishes Clue
Bandits Still at Large
Capture Doubtful.
DIGllTON, Ka May 2fi. C)
Itn usel by the slayhm nf a physi
cian called to dress tho wounds of
one of four desperadoen who Wed
nesday killed two officials of a
bunk ut Lamar, Colo., hundreds of
possemcn from four states today
wero puli-olling the rouKh country
north of here.
Discovery of the body of Dr. W.
W. Wlnelntfer 0f Oighton near
Oakley in west central Kansas
yesterday, centered the search la
that district.
The physician was lured from
his home here Thursday mtcht by a
man who said a friend hail been
injured in a tractor uccldent. The
doctor's body was found near the
road 5 miles south of Oakley. He
had been shot in the head and had
been dead only a short time when
oiricei-H searched the scene shortly
after noon. His automobile hail
been pushed over nn embankment.
A note scrawled on a shoe box
cover was found In the car.
It said: "Oh, you murderers ye
Drs. sweet revenue, Dixon, o o
Hnterprlso."
While officer's were unable to
link' th-ir' jwva with pr-evlou devr-l---opments
It was thought that the
wounded robber may have tiled
while undergoing treatment and
that Dr. W'lnelnKer was slain when
tho three desperadoes resumed
their fllKht without the handicap
of caring for their companion.
There is u. town named Knler prise
In Dickinson county, in east cen
tral KansaH. Kind inn of the phy
sician's body Increased fears f Mi
llie safety of K. A. Kesslnger, as
sistant cashier of the First Nation
al bank of Uniiir who was kid
naped after the robbers shot ami
killed tiio cashier and president
and fled with upward of $20,000.
DurliiK the search yesterday
there were persistent reports that
Kcsslntter'H body had been found .
near Scott City, Kansas, hut pussc
men denied this.
PKXVEU, Colo., May 26. (P)
S(iiads of Denver policemen und
detectives searching the city park
district, where a Denver patrol
man exchanKod shots with men in
a mud-Hpattered nutomobile to
day failed to find any clue to tht.
whereu bouts of tho mnchlne.
Police were Inclined to discount
the theory that tho car may have
carried the bund Us who hold tip
tho Lamar, Colo., hank and ex
pressed the opinion that the auto
mobile from which shots wer
fired nt Patrotmnn Jack Haw
thorne carried bootleggers engaged
In running liquor Into Denver In
the early morning hours. Au
thorities here declare they were
ndvlsed the police cordon drawn
about the territory north of
DlKhton, Kns., where tho bank
robbers who kilted the president
nnd cashier of the Lamar bank
nnd later killed a physician whom
they had abducted, was prevent
ing tho robbers' escape toward
Denver.
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BY IRATE WIFE
MEMPHIS, Tenn., May 26. (P)
Joseph G. Stewart, 43. former
president of the Dixie Margarine
company, wns shot to death In
bed today. Deputy sheriffs said
his wife. Ruby. 41, told them that
she shot him of tor he had threat
ened her life because she would
not consent to divorce him.
Hho was" charged with murder.
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EVENT ON 1RMX
COnVAI.I.IS. Ore., May 28. fypy
Oregon won the first even In the
nineteenth dual track meet with
Oregon State here todny when Pren-
dewast and Koaa noaed out Doty
of the Slalom.
PrcnderKnat, OreRon. Nrat: Ro,
Orcpon, aecond: Doty, O. 8. C.
third. Tints 10:211.