Medford Mail Tribune
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MEDFORD. OliEGON. SUNDAY, JUNE 3, 19JS.
No. 73.
Today GAYPARTY
By Arthur Brisbane ; If I I I pr iai
A Useful Root.
Magic $250.
Farr Off China.
Uneven Prosperity
(Copyright," 1927. by Now York
Evening Journal Inc.)
(iooi-jje liermini siiau", he-1
coiiiini; less important mill less
accurate after seventy, declares
tlnit aeeulnulntcd money is the
root of nil evil. .
Without accumulated money
Niagara. Falls wouldn't he har
nessed, the Panama Canal,
i
which helps Britain as much as:
does ns, wouldn't he dux; ""
tomohile production wouldn't j
he on a quantity basis and this :
niiiinttM- i-n,,li1i IiiiVj) liorlin llu I
v ' m I -l-.i
240,0(10 expensive autoinohiles, I
. r t
instead of 240,000,000 iuexpeu- J"M- '"
' . t Tueil:iy mnrninK In his hotel room i
hive automohik'S. at r-orlland. today told Seattle ,
' de'eetiven, to whom he pave him- :
(Jreat aeeuiitulatiuns of cuiii-1 hls "f "" """""""TT '
, ., ... .land of IiIh terror-haunted flight I
tal, like tjreut aeeumulation ot , from . ,., , death. 1
watec .Ffii.ur down hill, renrc-! As ho talked he nurod his right
hand through which the Bame hul
KCllts )OWer. i l,.t ,h.lt c;,UK0(i 'hH ' rompiininn'n
Eliminate necuinulnted eapi-'eath had drilled a wound, ilia
, , , , , .. . . I
tnl, and you would eliminate
possihilities of higher civiliza
tion. If the people, luiycn't hniins
enough to wateh and control ae
cumulated capit
at mcv woum
not have enough, to control
small capital.
There is magic in the five
words, "Two hundred and fifty 1 . .J'a"1.';,fy '.,., C1W tlu.n
dollars." A college professor, declared. "I oouldn't think of l y
l,;,.o,l In ,l..liv,., leetnri. , 'blng but to get away. I wont to
j.i.vi.
ing the power companies, testi
fies that he got two hundred
and fifty dollars for each lec
ture. ' . ,
And' lawyer th earnest
Kti Klux Klan hears that a dis
tinguished United States Sena
tor gut $250 for each lecture at
tacking individuals distasteful
to the Klan.
How little the average man
ldiows or fares about far off
Chimi
Tnnn Phi Taii iiPMriniT IV-!
J mm Uii-uui is ne,n ing i t ,
Klll'J. UIKX. JUll UVfr near Ul
. . I
!
Murslial ChllUtr TsO-IjIII Ifivesj
hope before the atlvatn-inp;
Japanese and othni compliea
titms, and prepares lo abandon
1'eUin, once China's mighty
eapital.
Is CIwiii-j: TsorLin a definite
person in your mind ?
In May various corporations
declared dividends amount in
to ir:i47,!)00,405'. And .Time's
(livideilds will total $.0 0,000.-
000. The country is prosper-1
mm The task of iut olliiroiit !
men is to divide the prosperity
more evenly.
Mr
Clllltl
. Ulll'llllt, Who Olll-C OWIlOll :
1.1 Of tiflior..! Srot.M'S. but!
tlno.su "t HOW, returns from Kll-
L.u.;,i,T . (Tli hi, r,rut Lnll
rope, sHjmg. the biggest bull
arket ever Seen Will (leVelOl)
in two or three months. .Thcju-nH discovered
hur hnnin vet tn pome." : S"" died
Mr. Dnnint thinks brokers'
loans will amount to ten bil
lions and expects to see "teii-million-shnre
days."
Ai
Tlmt mny nil be true, niul
. .F it ...nt- twt It, It. I 1,1
r-" ' ",-"" - ' j ""'"land that no construction work has
1 wie man keeps out of ttnmb- "f. 1 ""ry "' ni.v..r. , nur
,; !""""" 1,,od"y l,y "n;r Z Planned yet. However, the com-
More iiuporta.it, the G KN L - J ' e" ,on - , n,i means t n.i.e
' Herman manufacture. The pis- .. . . ,, .
INK news is the fact that Henry j to! was in a small leather pocket , )h .,riv nn, ,
Knurs Ill-ill V of emploves last I holster. Iloth the nunllnr and! ' 'lr
.... ,. , hoNtcr covering were cncrusKdi Mnnr Vr.ol Wm-kril.
week 'uiliuliered JI.J.4-JI, inj-'ll- with what appeared to be blood.: V.M.PAItAIHo, chile. June S
est totlll ill llis reeord. Tile to- P"-e nld. There were five car-lSevernl venyels. among them
, ... ,, ,-,,;, "'It"" In the magazine, which : th" Urltlsli mutorshlp Lot.nlo. ran
Iai einployilient by all Detroit ,. .,,. grnnd In a violent storm which
automobile milkers Was 2."i!l,07.'J. ' Clear fingerprints were obtalnrn lahed the coast In this region yes-
tri . ul'tl
j uat i!s M"n't,
,liK;,iMiishpi1 Cllii-aifO fiti-
no
7CI1. KOinellllies mum . - . -
face Ai f apone. well aetpiailll -
. . . , . ;
ed with the beer running bust
ness, lias been retained by a
(Continued on fag four)
mlllK in
CELL IMS
Masterson, . Known Here
Surrenders, S u f f e r ing ,
From . Wound In Hand1
From Bullet That Killed!
i
Woman Claims Tragedy:
An Accident To Face,
i
Hanging Charge.
SKATTLK. June VP) (leuvgu
Masterson, wanted liy Portland
....li..,. ,.. ,l,.-,.,. nmriler
'- !
cha.Kes n. connection with the!
uanii lulu kiiih: utioiii iiii-.itvui
lenUl) rt )le ,, kl. , f,.olll
heeomlng infocted hy iassing a
tube of glass coated with iodine
through the hole at intervals dur
ing the three days he had been in
I hiding in Seattle.
"it wasn't my hand that bothered
J mo." he said, "it was my mliul."
I Masterson insisted that ho had
; jjhot Mrs. Stoy by accident. lie
j said ho became panic strlcKeu
me, no sum
when ho saw she was dead nnd
whs virtually out of his mind when
Kiuithor liDtt'l una chnnLreil tiiv
rlotliCH niul nt G n. m. I caunht tho
fti'Ht car to Vancouver, Wash. I
threw my poeketbook and papers:UKO to look into t lie feasibility
into tho Willamette river thinkincr0f a KOonic road to tho top of
it wouiu mane police inink i natt ,
commuted mielde. I Just laid
io an inoxigiir; u was awnu. ;
Tils, wound was dressed at Pue. i,
flnlnhed Ills ntory nnd ho was Pft
In a cell at tho city jail, where
he will be held until Portland offi
cers arrive. Tic said ho would nc
eompiiuy them without tho for-
I nut lit) of extradition.
Ills story of the shooting itself
was that Mrs. Stoy was a guest at
a drinking party In his room dur-i
log the evening and stayed after
the others had gone,
.-,.e iceu j
h'S PtM'n1, 110 mU1, "n,, n'sU"d if
, (,nul(l It H(l Htiip(,.(l ,n 0
ntiniuKi-, nv mini, unuir
handing it to her and the pistol
was discharged.
"The bullet went Hirough my
riht hand and thru struck M rs.
Slnv.' he went on. "Hie rollsipfri
wi'lmut n word. I tried lit slop the
blood but 1 saw (here was nnihliii;
T could do anil I turned to the
telephone to call n doctor.
.lust ns 1 reached (he receiver spirited citizen In general, and 4
T heard a gasp nnd T went back fi. Thomson, superintendent of
to her side and found she was'rralcr National park,
dciid." J Th,. committee members were
Masterson t-nld that he had met I amazed at Ihe sheer beauty of the
Mrs. Stoy the owning of the shoot- I pnnoramic view from the park site
ing and did not even know her Inst j on the top of Uoxy Anne, and at
; ' name until he lcarn'd it nt police
, I hendniiHiters here. Mrs. Stoy. who
was 32. was tho wife of Arr hte !
Stoy. a former Aberdeen prize
fighter.
Pf'im.A.VI), Ore, Juno 2.-W
jiiL.f W(.rn ne.ml ln Imju.p rirvX,
I here today upon wr,l from S.-atll.-1
that Oeorge K, Masterson. 4'J
bad
""''enilered himself tn police there
search 'that had begun for bin, last
T"1'ny. He Is under Indlctm, nt
, .i - .. . , .. . .M'-Lailghlln and rllcrl Iloek. Mount
,bv ic ot ,. . Marj,.,-le s inIlull(,y nlld ,., ,. , ,,.
'"' "' "
Tuesday morning.
I few hours after I
mldniubt
. , . , , , ,
n-l-e-lor I - V.. Chill left for
Pea.tle tonight to return the nrl--
oner to I'o. tland II, oxp.rte.1 to
leave the Puget Sound city tomor-
, '
row morning
1 II" illlllllllillKT H!MH lll.il 1 ll"
llcved to hnve sent the bullet
throuuh Mrs. Ktoy's body was
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I .-i.uu.
I C. I,. Smith Klertnl.
: I'OIiTI.AXD. Ore.. June 2 W)
. --' "i
i . riiuin, i paiiie. ,
, ,.tM Braml r0unelllor of tbcwhleh Mis. Kloien.e Brook.- Aten
1 """nweni ,iiv,s:on or tnc i nn
Commercial Travelers of America
at the close of a two-day convert-
tion here today. Spokane was ; x I O.nol) plus for a special
chosen fof the next meeting, Mayjfrsme and won ftOOQ more In lltl -
:i, 1S:J. 'gallon.
RUM PROSECUTOR'S HOUSE BOMBED
View of a section ot the wrecked house of Lewis W. Powell, dis
trict attorney for Kenosha county, Wisconsin, at Kenosha, after a
bombing which police believe is a warning from bootleggers. Povell,
inset, had been active in the padlocking of saloons and roadhouses
throughout the country during the past few months. Although tha
blast wrecked the side of the house and shattered window for
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blocks around, the district attorney
. ..
Committee Go To Summit
Friday and Amazed By:
Panorama See Rim of
Crater Lake To Figure
Out Way to Finance.
!ho members of tho citizens'
nittiitull li. niioiiiiiteil some t hue
nXy Anno from tho .liiiierost or-,
chrd ulld for the establishment j
0f a park on the lop ot mo moun
tjiin. while in u,.jjonoil way know
lllxons. of the de
Kiralilllty of such a projected drive
and nark, since their visit to the
scene last Friday nC eriunci are
very enthusiastic about me project ;
and will work from now on with ,
renewed vigor to devise nnam-iai
ways ano means iu uiiiuuuii)
bring it about.
None tf the members of the
committee except Paul Kynnlng.
county engineer, wno nas maue
m-vey of the proposed scenic drive ,
up ()ie muuntllini hatI evvr wvn lt i
or the lop of the mountain where
it Is proposed to establish n scenic
Pink, until Friday afternoon, when
liny Inspected Ihe surveyed drlv
and park Kite. The other members,
of the committee are ( . Gates.
1(iim member nf the stale highway
commission; Hiili I. Kanldn. su
pervisor of the Craler National
forest; Pert Anderson, public
j the excellence of the surveyed
(drive up the side of the mountain
frnm lh 1 Hlh-i-Pst nivhn ivl n iltK-
tame of four miles. Knginoor
; Itynnlng has surveyed what they
deem Is a very fine and desirable
grade, with a maximum of C-a
per cent.
I,", !. I mi ,.f l'x-,. A., Ihnr
W(...0 . ,. ,.,.;.,. ,,.. m
j city in Hie valley, including tlold
,. ,, rJ(.n.,tin(. ,.;,.,,, Pnnj
! JZ.Z.. ' T:'V'i""l
Monot'xhasta In California. Mouitt
Crater lake retrlon. and even to
no ine lake Itseir.
1 ,Mm"""u"1'
1 viewing the top or Itojcy Anne ns
'wH, n,)t(,,, fol.
.pnp ,,rk ,.,,,. ,vlth lts
j nram. fnP , .
: , , , ,.
parkways and water supplies,
Tnp comtnilu.p whp (inti1UHj.
asllc over the proposed drive and j
park, makes It plain that as yet
the drive has only been surveyed!
iirioav. a nuinoer or llgnters v ere
. . . . .
quanUty of merchan. ll-n lost
n im rnan II i losv.
YfiltK -A i.-,teri.l..ee
, l tilt.Kx makes her look loo fat Is
for sale in a dealer's gallery. The
artist was paid a retainer of!
ROAD AND PARK CHANG'S ADIEU !
Amn nnvu a mm td oiiima mil c
Hiur iuai mm iu uninn iull ;
ni mo OTiimrn nnnrrnnDCOTi
riHiio oi uup nurorirnDLoi
J
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and his family escaped umnjured.
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Ex-Dictator Leaves Pekin
In Special Train, as Na-
tionalists Advance De
clares Only Aim Was to
Save State from Bolshev-
ism.
riCKINtl, China, Juno a. tr,
Chung Thu-I.Iu, for two years ruler
t . d nm.nu.,.n
nullhl,ri, ,i1k ,,0wor an
f "hlnn. vn-
and left the
ancient capital at 10:ir. o'clock this
morninf;. He departed on a spe
cial train which had his old strong
hold at Mukden, Manchuria, for Its
destination.
Chang sent members of his
hnilMhohl on lhpud of himself. A
mmIv linnl nIllI Hnilll retinue trav
ii0(t Jn (l )llot truln which m.t..
ceded that In which the cx-dlctator
rode.
He left behind a committee of
ni.io.-u t,i i.htirui. uf the eitv and
iHHUMl a farewell message express
, h tn t CM wou(,
,H,.vl,;;plhP (!vil Wiir atul the tlu.t.at
;nf bolHll(,vijim jthaL only a man to their liking
; Th)4 (jtv W)(M nnl,.rtv this morn-I can carry the farming stiite of
, ,MK nn(, "u,,, , eommlttee of elders, the west in the coming election.
said that s-'itisfaclory arrangements
had been made for bunding over
control to the victorious leaders c.f
the nationalist or south China
armies.
In his farewell message. Chang
Tso-Lin predicted early cessation
of civil warfare.
"This fighting." he said
has
reduced many to bomelessness and
starvation of an extent beyond de
scription. If we continue to fight
these people will only suffer more.
"Such condition was not con
templated nor expected when 1
startvd the anti-red campaign. M-y
assumption of my difficult post
was With the object of saving the
j j,mt,.
ICven tliouKh my rtculre ha not
been f lllfllU',1. T t'linnot bear to
continue military operations. I
am. 'therefore, ready to evacuate
Peking with my troops. Hence-
forth political Issues are left in 'the
hands of tho people. of the ways Is one of the many,
"I have been a m Hilary man hatfl political developments the future!
my Ufe and have encountered j holds In store.
many difficulties. lint I would Hmllh got off to an early start
sceriflce -anything for the sake of j In tho annexing of delegates, manvj
the people's welfare. (of them tied to him under difi-
Hoplng that rhlna will not be
management of Its nffairs and
Hoping inai imp ooisnevisi pern
which
vlved.
suppressed will not be re-'i
I declare myself Innocent t
and my conscience clear before
the world , and before all future
generations."
e june m
HA I, KM. Ore.. June 2. OP)
Ten thousand visitors from at:
parts of the state are expectrd
in Salem for Oeneral Catholic day.
ihe annual celebration of the Ore.
gon League of Catholic Societies.
Sunday. lune 17. tin Saturday.
June 16, the nnnual
business!
'...il r .!. ui.i. fnihnllc!
icentral society will be held. fh
! ...;.,,. .., . ,J
I ...ij .,.i iricnl
i high moss will be celebrated
In
t automobile pavilion.
NKW YOItK meriihllne Karrar
I is shy a diamond and pearl brooch
lworth 20oi. It vanlshed'during a
jtaxl ride from a thMter,
RUMPUSES
UHM FOR
BOTH SIDES
Lowden and Favorite Sons;
Strive to Defeat Hoover j
Farm Bloc Fans Bit-!
tcrness . Over M'Nary
Veto Clashes Predicted j
at Kansas City Boiir-,
bons Also Torn.
!
j WA.Slll.VCTOX, June 2 Ml
iThe lieinibllenus mo nmvliii; on
! Kmiu. I'liv .vi.i, ,.i- ..r thi.li -
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""" j-onvnu-c. ma. in, ,
tMiitilMir nut lnna I fonvpiition will be
V -
!., t i......
Itlttor unimosttles have been "l"'"h w offcii'ti in cvidenco erahlp of the indu.stry was dect
iirnuHcd. and unU-sH all Hlmw fall I ""J1 th?' , WIMU ho'u aml Ud upon at nn "omerBency meet-
they will nruvuke more than om-
i rui kuH just before ami during the
balloting ftr a presidential noml
nee U'hm than a fortnight lienee.
of them already
ground, are nut
the
battle)
elainiK of lreimth on behalf of
tln'ir eamlldates, and the whole i
Hi Illation haw been beclouded fur-
iner oy i actional siruo over ine
farm relief question.
I Nn.it-.-'u llmiliMiunlu it- I I li tUn
showdown near, are refraining!
from predict lonn that tho com
merce secretary will go over on
the first ballot. They are striving
and hoping for that but for the
moment seem content to pass tin
word that their man has around
700 first and second choice votes
all lined up
A msjorlty, G15, would be needed:
to nominate.
Arrayed against Hoovor, who
will remain In Washington during
llio convention. Is a field of presl-
dentfal aspirants and party leaders
who are determined to head off his
nomination. In this group Is Low
den of Illinois, who In 1 i 2 0 made
a losing fight for the presidential
t nomination
and four years ago
it'VJied down a chance to bo Cool
Itlge's running male.
This year Lowden "stands second!
only to Hoover In the, number off
delegates buttoned during the pro-1
; convention seuson. Among his
supporters are many influential I
IlepubHea ns fjroni the corn and
wheat belt who are considerably
wrought up over President Cool
idge's veto of the McXary-Haugon
hill, . They look on Lowden as their
champion, and a movement Is on
foot for a trek of farmers to
Kansas City lo Impress on the con
vention detenu tes the rnii tent Inn
, Ibose who are fostering the
farmers' protest almost lo a man
nei fnr Lowdnn, They regard
Hoover, w I t h particular disfavor.
Insisting that hn has worked
against the interests of tho farmer
In the past and has given support
I lo Cootldge in his rejection of the
MeXary-Haugen bills,
This impcndlmr clash he(we n
Ihe Hoover and the Lowden nni-;room' 15 '''' away, was the
Hoover forces, both over n farm i " ounded girl.
relief platform deelarullon. Is one I When questioned, Miss Adams
of the tilings that Is causing ron-! m"'"y udmltted firing the revol
eeni ninong party ehleflnlns ho'v"r' Police hu 1(1 tonight, but sho
want liHrniony If possible. j refused to say whether the weapon
The Republicans are not the had been discharged accidentally,
only ones who have troubles on! "' wn" "'"n" In the house ut
their hands. HUH a bit scarred up i tl,n''." "h" was quoted as say-
by the drawn-out convention battle
nt .Miidlsun hquare flarden four
years ago, the Democrats will nsr
j smble in Houston June 26.
Whether their convention will hn u
get-together or lend to a parting
, nlte Instructions from the folks at
FI
SPOK A X li. June l.lP)
Clark's ferry, operating across the
Columbia river hctwiVn Wilbur
and Keller, broke loose under the
force of high water this morning,
rrylng Its load of ten persons.
two automobiles and an oil truck
I four miles downstream before It
'wan taken In tow by a motor
launch and hauled back to the
river bank. It was expected thnt;n" ln"nv kiicnen niliiuens.
It would again be In operation by! A "ludy ' 11,0 ,llnt" H"J '"
tomorrow. fa:,s strewn over ground that ovl-
Tho ferry constituted a crossing i l,'n"' w" ""' ,he ",l0 of un
of the rler for travelers n route;
til it it. wher Hie Biinuiil
.on day" celebration I. In progress
today, and tomorrow. Th. nearest
I other eros.lnir Is on the fenv ut
Xespelm, ill miles downstream.
Oregon Weather
Knlr: warmer and falling hu
midity In the Interior: moderate
northwest becoming north winds
vn the coaiit,
iCLEAR4BASS.
UrUUUM HtY
E
Judges Find No Evidence;
To Indicate Much Malign-i
ed Species Are Cannibals'
of The Waters One Ex-j
hibit Had Feasted On a
Flounder.
I l'OKTLANU. Ore., Juno !. OT
j Kour .striiii'd buHs wciiihlng from j
i five, tu eight puundtt euch from the j
i wuU-i-h of Cooh Hay upiieured 8 1
! mute witiu-HNcs for their kind at ;
tu hourine; held her today In the t
; office uf llurold Clifford, state j
' (,-anie warden. i
l Th8 husH were brouKht up from
,., -.,, ... nlunrw fhnnron
,iy P,'Py Un commcreiul and
J ' '
uiiKiuiK iihii, una itiuir M-vtTui
L-lliiir flHh. and their several '
uu,ie wu .
Ntreums
The judKe, a special committee
named by Warden Clifford to ln-
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4, ,, u' " " , u i.iu
the defciiHG and found fchat
thre of tho basH, males, had noth
ing iu their HtomueliR which Indi
cated that they had not yet started
to feed nnd probably had recently
entered C'ooh hay. The fourth
IT,., V " h , ' ,
j fcmnle, had devoured a fish, but It
wuk found to he a flounder.
-TRIES SUICIDE
; I I Irt 1 I J
! Girl ,18, Refuses ' to Give
Reasoi) for Rash Act-
Readily Admits Firing
Shot Into Bosom Taken
To Hospital With Death
Near.
I'OltTI.ANU, Oio., Juno 2. (PI
Knld AdaniH, 16-year-old hlll
Hehoul Klii. wflM In a hospital here
tonight in a dying condition, Ht
temlantH nald wit li n revolver bul
let through her right brcaid. I'olleo
wald tho girl's own finger preyed
the trigger.
The Hhoutlng oecurred In the
glrl'H home here ahortly after 4
p. tn. Hho wuh found more than
two hotii'H later by her mother,
who discovered the revolver on ft
! front room davenport. In a bed-
Ing. "No one else was there. I
did It myself, but don't ask me
the reason. I wouldn't even tell
mother."
BREEZE SEVERAL
IT BONES
I
ItKXD, Ore,, June 2. tPl Un
earlhed by winds which swept over
a section of central Oregon, once
covered by vust lakes, traces of a
civilization that preceded the com
ing of white men lo America have
been discovered In the Kort Hock
i eountry of northern Lake county
i , 1 m" w" lnrteu nerc loauy
, "v "'" r j. i crr,. ,., ...
i' icomoiogy. wno reiurnen irom a
vl"" lo a" nvv,t which he reports
" covered with blenched Human
nones, lnnuniera o,e. R in Briimri.
nllin v,llage has led I'crry to
-nm mninirun no.-s country
h"1,,n 'c 71n,cr ''h'nglng
1 civilizations for thousands of years.
! Honl uf flints, formed into
knives, arrow-points and spear
heads are said I, be perfect speci
mens of neolithic workmitnshlp.
Among other discoveries was a
, burial ground a promontory
which lulled out Into a lake that
I drM I" the distant past,
EAT GAM
FISH
PORTLAND 1
TTr I llll III
WUN I ItLLWni
SECRETSOF
UTILITIESi ANTIPODES
TOLD QUIZi UNDERWAY
I
Hearst Papers and Senators
Norris and La Follettej
Backed Move to National-1
ize Power Industry
Plan Scored In Letters
Held Session to Thwart
Efforts. i Lijii j
WASHINGTON. Juno . (P)
Information that "a concerted
effort on the part of the utility
. - . .
",UUM"'y 10 co"""lt a,,a "tom
i.i
luuu'"u "Ji - Butriiiuim un ..-
lhg - of promlnont utilities mon
at Chicago in 192&, came from
two letters introduced today In
tho federal trade commission's
investigation of power utilities.
The lottcre wero among tho last
of the largo batch which had
come from tho files of George K.
Iewis, manager of the Kocky
Mountain committee on public
unities) Information and wero
both written by him.
Writing to Fred Norcrosu of
the Home (Ins nnd Electric com
pany, Greeley, Colo., under daU
of February 3, 1925, Lewis said
he had "Just returned from a two
day special conference- held In
1 Chicago on tho 'call of M. S.
! Hluan, chairman, National Public
uljlic
Itclatlons Section, N. K. L. . A.;
Martin InHull commonwealth
KdlHon company, Chicago; St. H.
Aylosworth, managing dlreolor, N.
15. L. A.; V. T. Griffith, presi
dent, N. K. I,. A., and other lead
ers In utility Industry." ,'
"Tho utmoHt secrecy waa main
tained," he added,' "a to. tho
purpose of tho meeting.
Lewis said "thoso mentioned
ouovo and others," hart revealed California, ; studies maps and
at tho conference, "that a group cnartll and other data iearlng on
of radical 'representatives '"ihclr flight 6uthwastwaVd. ' - "
wasiilnglon nave uanuou iokbih-
backed up by tho Hearst In
torcsts for tho purpose of mak
ing capital out of the utility in
duatry." Ho told Noroross that
"every phase of this menace was
discussed:" after which resolu
tions wero adopted preliminary to
a drlvo against "this dangerous
tide of radicalism."
Another letter date exactly a
month later. Informed K. W. KIs
slck, manager of tho Doming; Ico
and Electric company. Doming, N.
M of tho Chicago meeting and
said It had been disclosed that
Ihoro was then "on foot a moro
syslemiillo effort to bring about
......nn,e,.t end ntiito owncrshln
lr ,,i,n niilities than ever be
fore." . .
Ho added: "Tho group which
for years has devoted Its time,
utteullon, inoncy and Influcnco to
effort to nationalise tho railroads
has now turned toward the pub
lic utilities, especially tho light
and power Interests."
"Senators Norris and I.aroi
lette." Lewis went on, "and about
... , ,...
started a concerted drive on pub- maintain the original
V. .,.. ..,,, .i.,wu an outgrowth of
lie uum.es ui w.u -
ml.
, In at least slxtocn states ana
In a scoro of owns and cuios. Al
ready seven other slates beslden
California and Washington are
confronted with slate ownership
proposals. The utility organiza
tions of California, ns you know,
have been oompelled to spen.l
millions to protect their properties
against the onslaughts of those
who would turn to state owner
ship, which In that state Involved
primarily an Initial expenditure
of $500,000,000. Tho utility or
ganizations of Washington for
thrco consecutive years have corn
batted the efforts of the radi
cals to Inaugurate state owner
ship, noth of- these states suc
ceeded In defeating these mean-
,"" "
ures ot the November elections
,,t had they not been organized,
both measures would nave car-
rled."
Henaior iorris ui ,cunini.,
rp're-,Wagents"Uof th.rZ
seeking government ownership
the Iwls letter to Klsslck. Mw
Is predict that "propaganda" by
Norris nnd IiaFollctte would tead
to much progress for the gov
ernment ownership principle w'th-
In the next "year or two'
unless
,"""' ',' rfect-i
,-!...-..-. - -
ed here ana mere anu
where.
NF.W YOIIK. June 2. - n
The 42nd renewal of the classic
Suburban handicap. $10,000 added
at llclmont Park, today was won
by Dolan. an outsider. Chanac
Shot wua second and Scapa Plow
third.
I'BKINO, June 2. T) Marshal
Chang Tso Liu Is leavltwr Peking at
midnight. It Is understood he baa
arranged tor the Shansl leaders to
take over the northern capital
peacefully, I
FLIGHT TO
Southern Cross Takes Off
at Dawn on Last Leg of
Pacific Flight Courage
Spurred By Criticsm at
Delay Suva Is Pros
pective Goal.
HONOLULU, June 2. W)
J uat before laevlng for Kauan
with he mornoplan Southern
Cross, Charles L'lni, co-pilot, an
nounced plans to hop off for
Suva at daybreak-Sunday.
HONOLULU. Juno 2. (vF)
The monoplane Southern Cross
hopped off from Wheeler field
lor the Islnnd of Kauai at 4:30
li. m. today. Kauai Is to be the
plane's starting point for its
flight toward Sydnoy, Australia,
by way of Suva.
BAItKINO 8AN1S, Island , of
Ktiuiil, Hawidl, June 2. VP)
Work was uolng nishetl here to
night to prepure the monoplane
Southern Crosa for a hop-off to
ward Suva, Fiji islands at dtiy
break Hunday. Suva is expected
to be the next and second stop
ping point In the planejs flight
for Sydney, .Australia.
Tho army signal corps office
annuunecd receipt of the word
that the Southern Cross was to
tuke off at 4 a. m. Sunday (0:30
a, m. .Pacific coast time).
Tho departure from Wheeler
field. Island of Oahu, . for tho
Barking Sands runway followed
a buBy 36 hour period during
which . tho' four aviators, Captain
Charles Ktngsfoi'd-Smlth, Charlis
iJlm, Harry W. Lyon and James
Warner, Inspected their plan'-,
measured the gasollno remaining
nftitp' their- fllrht from Oakland.
JlAllKI.VQ BANDS, Kauai, Ha
waii, - Juno 2. (P) Tho mono
plane Southern Cross landed her-j
shortly before 6 p. m. today from
Wheeler field, Honolulu, to pre
pare Its flight to Sydney, Australia,-
by way '-of buvu l''IJi
Islands.
HONOLULU. Juno 2. (P)
Eager to resume their , air Jour
ney to Sydney, Australia, tho four
men of the giant monoplane
Southern Cross devoted today tu
a ninspectlon of their muchinc.
Tholr triumphant arrival yester
day from Oakland, Cal., after
a flight of 2400 miles heightened
courage already high for the
great adventure over a total ot
7K00 inllOH to tho Antipodes. If
the plans and tho field at Uurk
Ing Sunds, Island ot Kauai, arc
ready the filers may take or(
for tho south seas tomorrow or
Monday at tho latest.
Charles Ulm, who with Cap
tain Charles Klngsford-Hnilib.
'"' ""
i ed that his doterml nation to
schedule
criticism
i . . .
. ".,'..
"Home of our critics have even
been so unkind as to dub us 'non- .
hop fliers,' " continued U!m, "But
we have paid no attention to that
sort of stuff and have batted
right along. .
"We have gone Into this thing
exhaustively as is humanely pos
sible and wo are planning 100 per
cent performance all the way to
our destination."
Ulm explained that since tho
filers began planning the flight
to Australia they had Investiga
ted - all trans-ocennte air trips,
both successful and unsuccessful.
"There was some lesson for ui
to bo learned from every flight
' j .... .h , i,. it in
""" '
, tor. we o,k o U on our own ac-
A conference won held by Ulm
and Klngsford-Hmlth lost night
. ., .,,..,
J ' r',,"" "
, the course to 8u,a FU
the filer, questioned Bryan anil
examined all : available photo
graphs having a bearing nn this
stage of their Journey, parttculur-
... u ,k. tl,.ta nt Cntnn
'
and Knderbury.
u i ,n
atolls dot the raclfln 1.800 miles
south of Honolulu and 1.316 miles
north of Suva. They are ll
rectlv along the course of the
! Southern Cross and offer a haven
j In event of forced landing.
I While no trouble la expected
by the airmen, tney neueve in be
Ing prepared c.ie Indication of
this is Ihe care with which they
are making every arrangement.
Should thev be forced down be
fore reaching 8uva. they will be
able to erect with their radio
equipment a land sending sta-
(CpoUnqsd on Pa. 91,7