Medford mail tribune., August 12, 1928, Page 11, Image 11

MEDPORD mm TTvTRTTNT!, MT!PFOT?T.
NEON BEACONS TO FEATURE THIRTY TOURIST STATINS ON COAST
PRISON FOR 1 HE
ABLY DESCRIED
P linn been 11 HiiilxK-r full' Unit
1ih ih'iTL'cd Dr. Jului Kelpi'Mr.
Owellu Slovsi kiull author :ynl
pla rlclit, must suffer tliu infi
nities of a lust for tmitipv. the
theme of pl.ty, "Colli." which
will he prcncnted in I'hikuc this
full. Vet thai I.-. what lm hap
pened. In-. Kelpelar was a fiituro
, in a erlnie cotniimieU for the sake!
tit solil, which luouBht him u life
w lltence. 11c will nul he alile tol
a, tend 111c prri.iierp of his play
condrmniiiK the very Kreed that
itnppea mm when ho nhetted the
lnurdei' of .Margaret Vorosmarty. ;
"Oold" in Hie title of a remark- !
able drama scheduled for the J
opening presenlation of the (.'lecho j
Slovak national theater thin fall. 1
It iH a Krimly realistic play with
a plot 1-cvolvlnn around the nisis ;
ter influence 01 cold on the lives;
and happiness of men. i
The author, Dr. John Ivlepetar, I
one of the foremost Czech drama-1
lists and vice-president of -the j
fzheeo Slovak Authors' l.eaiiue, j
will not be present at the pre- 1
jnierc of his drama, for at th"
time when the national theater
presents "Ooltl." Dr. John Klepc- I
tar will be in prison sevrint: the ,
first year of a life sentence im- j
posed upon him for complicity in I
a sensational murder.
Together with the playwright I
were convicted two accomplished
young men, both leading figures
in Slovakia's political and literary j
life, writes Emery Deri in the ,
Xew York World magazine. All
of them were lured to ruin by the
came temper that betrayed the ;
pathetic characters in Dr. Klepe-
tar's drama. "Gold" was written ;
almost two years ago. one year j
beforo the. crime, which abruptly
ended Dr. Klepetar's career had j
been committed. j
Ijlterary Atmosphere 1
The playwright lived amid lit- !
erary Ideas and artistic ambition:;
and worked sixteen hours a day
writing novels and dramas ami
spending half of the day working
at I'rague university, where he
held the position of assistant pro
fessor of gynecology. Everybody
predieted for him a great career.
Among his friends were two
young journalists, Juhn Michallto
nad Nichohui fciikorsky. They
longed for gold, for real -wealth.
They were awaiting their golden
opportunity when suddenly Mar
garet Vorosmarty, a young wom
an lately returned from America,
appeared witli a small fortune'
amounting to about $8,000.
Miss Vorosmarty, who original
ly was a school teacher, hud gono
to the United States primarily in
order to support her aged moth
er, slio worked In New York
us housemaid and later ns lady's
companion with a New York
family, and wns able to put by the
substanlial huiii of J8.000 a
small fortune, indeed, In her homo
tlwn, where she expected to go
into, business.
A Carefully Laid Plan
Miss Vorosmarty was the sister-in-law
of Nicholas Sikorsky. He
spoke about her with his friends,
Michalko and Klopotar. The idea
of getting the dollars from the
girl settled more and more deep
ly In their minds. Finally Mich
alko took the truin to a provincial
ttiwn where Miss Vorosmarty lived
with her mother and departed as
Miss Vorosmarty's fiance. Miss
Vorosmarty handed him :i.tn0 to
be invested in real estate in the
capital, whero they would live
after their marriage.
The thrco conspirators decided
tho matter must settled at once.
They sent a telegram to Miss
Vorosmarty, asking her to come
linmcdla'.elv to I'rague and be
married, she arrived, happy and
unsuspecting. The marriage, they
said would tiike place at :! o'clock
in tho private office of tho regis
trar. At 2 o'clock Michalko. his fi
anco and Sikorsky went to a house
on tho first floor of which was an
office. An official looking man.
wearing a formal frock coat, re
ceived them in a room having
the character of a state office.
Tho solemn looking man was none
other than Dr. Klepetar. who per
formed the alleged marriage cere
mony. The newly wedded pair
left for Tara. In the Carpathian
Mountains, full of lakes and wild
canyons.
Two days later Klepetar and
Sikorsky arrived. Then Michal
.ho proposed a long Jaunt. They
took a lonely toad leading along
side a ravine. Sikorsky went ahead
with the woman. Michalko and
Klepetar following.
I.urctl to Her Death
Suddenly Michalko drew a re
volver and shot the woman from
behind. She died Instantly. Then
the murderers difmembcred the
body and threw the pans down
the gorge, at the bottom of which
a mountain torrent swept them
away. No clue reniHlned.
The same day the sent a tele
gram to Miss Vorosmarty's moth
er In the name of the daughter
to the effect that she had received
a cablegram from Xew York and
ha.1 left hurriedly for America.
Months passed an nothing was
heard of the new Mrs. Michal
ko. At last the mother wrote to
the family where the daughter
had been employed for years.
When she received the answer
that they did not know anything
of Margaret s whereabouts the old
woman turned to tho pollco for
help.
Tho Investigation lasted for
months. Sikorsky was the first
to bo placed under arrest. He
broke down and confessed, and
Michalko and Klepetar were nl
so arrested. They wero tried and
found guilty. Tho court senten
ced Michalko to death. Klepetar
to llfo Improslnment and slkorfky
to fifteen years at hard labor.
if "ir o4
rr
'mrsT 12. 102s.
tin;; Tor a Kitlf rtnn-M
'S).KiilH'. These nllie.s
the shown of tho mountains -I'lettr,
blue watetH Unit cuine tlash
iiij: di'Wii Vivei- tutnttlinK vuterl';tUs.
fteforn we leave here o are
fcoiiifc to ill vie up tht'iu7. h the
'i'liiy apple rouuliy iiiul take
UfalUT riilo oil Lake rheiun
1 "u . .uu i.U nines into ihe heart of
('a.seaile inouitlAf its im tliis trip
ami ifj omS We ilnn't want to liu.
I havetf't heKtin to tell ow alnu(
jail this "In la ml Umpire" has to
'fter Iti the way of rerreaUon !' jtui
. must tlrlv e over here ami w-e il
, for yourself, any u ay. I am rer
tainly ft'atl that the Assoeialetilil
' company i-atno into this tei i itoiy
this sunvmer or fce mtltht net have
ii'eii U oO' litis trip. Vim Hhntilil
st-e MkiiiIii 1'aik. aiul the nre
' ous water fall l ight in the heart
.of the eity. l.ove.
iYVil VI..
1'. H. You will he interested to
know thai 1 am iloiiis more ami
i more of the driving these tiay.i ami
.laek now only hsutTh-s his feet
( when I net into n iraffii- Jain, tie
1 usetl to almost scream!
rilit neaiOiiloyoo eommitteos i is only fail
ure fed ly to tell otl that il In the Shell roni-
i puny "sit" on every nrciilent ease,
i A ml it isn't healths to trust to the
lender tnei'.'ies iU oiip's fellow.
r VJCW, TTTRTTR
g
it" the aerideiit is eaused Kood htiMlucHH. Wo nnvton insur-
ilLivlMj; or womi-lhiiiK am-o ami ain puhlle ond will Hiid
; help out driving condilion.s why
jshoultln't wo he interested V And
I after all. why shouldn't they?
employees
tiy n '. U!e
of (he hfn)
"our effort to rviluee a
'"ll") m Shell ..ffieial
"is ins
Another
Record
Conlrart Klcnpd bv Klectrlcal Produets corporation and Rlehflejd Oil enmiiany rails for air and motor lMarnns on
I'arllle hichway, with tourist center to be entablished at each. Five of the units are slated to be built In
tile near future in Oregon. I
Traffic Crusade
Reduces Accidents
TflURIST CENTERS PLAN
XiHOS BKACON WILL CVIUK
FLIKRS AND MOTORISTS.
Klectrlcal Products Corporntlon's
jFroject to Extnd From
,, Canada to Mexico.
Efitflblishment of 30 tourist centers
with Neon beacons for aviators and
motorists between tho Canadian and
Mexican borders, five of which are
to be in Oregon, is in prospect, ac
cording to James C. Zancker, vice
president and Reneral manager of
the Electrical Products corporation.
manufacturers of Neon signs.
! Mr. Zancker announced the sigTi
j tng of a contract with the Richfield
i Oil company and the ultimate cost
1 is approximated at $10,000,000. Many
unusual features are anticipated in
I this new development, according to
the information received by the
! Portland plant of the Electrical Prod
I ucts corporation, which will be en
I gaped with the plants at Los An
1 geles. Oakland and Seattle in minu
i facturins ,the signs which are to
! feature the units. Tht. work is ex
i pected to be completed in 18 months.
! It is planned to establish units at
j intervals of 50 miles Uong the high
I ways of the coast. The beacons will
t be 1-5 feet in height.
At the Jbnse of each of these
I beacons, none of which is to be es
tablished within -tho corporate limits
of present cities, a service station
of Spanish architecture Is planned.
Surrounding the service station will
be a one-story hotel building and
store space and garage. These busi
nesses will be operated on the chain
system, with the same prices pre
vailing at each place.
From I-os Angeles to San Fran
cisco both coast and valley high
ways will be used. From San Fran
cisco the course of the California
highway through Redding and the
Shasta mountnlns will be followed
and from Mcdford the Pacific high
way will be used through to Blaine,
Wash.
HOME EDUCATION
'The Child's First School Is the Family.' Froebel
Issued by the National Kindergarten Ansoclatlon, 8 WpbI 40th
8troot. New York City. These' articlea are appearing each Sunday
In the Mail Tribune.
08SERVING YOUR CHILDREN
Jeannette Stevenson Murray
OhMTvliig; Your Child
'Y bought Jean u new coat
yesterday," said her mother. "At
every turn today I've found her
standing in front of me with that
coat on."
"Of course," said tho neigh hor.
";diu wauled you to talk about the
eoat tell her how niee tdie looked
in it."
"(Mi. I never thouplit of that,"
her mother replied. "1 just kept
telling her to take it oft and go
were aetiug out "Tho Throe Hc-uch"
Shy was surprised when Duvld was
naked to be the great father bear
and more surprised when she
heard David's "ureal gruff voice."
After the session, the .teacher
explained what David needed to
bring him out. The mother had
her eyes , opened to the fact that
she had been accentuating the
faults of both buys and that they
'hoti Id have been treated In exactly
; away and play. lhat. was too had. opposite ways.
; 1 remember now she seemed rather' At home t lie parents slopped
disappointed." 'speaking of David's shyness, invit
ed In company especially for him,
encouraged him to go alone to his
friends' homes, drew him Into con
versation by making it easy for
him to express himself and took It
as a ma tier of course that he
. would stand up for his rights hi
the home and among the children
of the neighborhood.
1 With John their problem wuh 'o
' divert him from himself and in
Uoresi him In other children so that
I ho would not Interrupt and over-
ride them. It It M-lte that John
hud superior ability but his parents
. ceased to mention it.
They were advised to buy him
tools and encourage him to muke
! things. This gave vent to his
superabundance of energy and
initiative and lessened his desire to
"boss" everything and everybody.
A. mother has much to gain In
! visiting the kindergarten. Hho can
teacher observed that ho was pain- j observe her child as ho does his
fully shy and ulwnys giving up to !,part and compare hltn with tho
others; so she herein commending ; others. Then. too-, she can confer
his work at the tables, asking hfm iwitli the t earlier who Is an Impar-
i to choose the game and cxix-dling ; tial and trained observer, ever
j him to take his tut n. j ready with sugue.stions as to the
! One morning his mother visited best method of dealing with each
the kindergarten. The children ! child.
I Too often mothers are so ab
sorbed in their own interests that
they brush their children's affairs
aside as of no consequence. have
:one mother in mind who sits down
iiuictly and observes her children,
even arranging for others to come
in regularly that she may have a
group to study. These children
j will have u great advantage over
the two lads in the coiner cottage,
fur much of their home training
j had to he undone.
David, the elder, was self-effac-:
ing while John was always wanting
to occupy the center of the stage.
Their parents emphasized these
! characteristics by talking about
them before the hoys. Mother
;would say, "John, you can tell the
clerk what I want better than
David."
j Fortunately for David ho en
tered kindergarten alone. The
"Itig liuslness" has provided
story writers with many a plot and
incident to illustrate efficiency.
And if you ak the California State
Motor Vehicle department, they'll
verify this one.
A large oil company with some
twelve thousand employees, nearly
every one of which operates an
automobile, discovered that il u as
having too many accidents. Per
haps it was the I'&UO company
owned ears which interested tho
company officials hut this firm de
cided' il could reduce accidents io
its employee's oars as welt as ita
own.
Pondering the question, the oil
company concluded that the men
who knew more about accidents
than anybody else would bo the
traffic officers.
Did they have any ideas'.' They
did. They were full of ideas -not
cranky notions cither ideas that
they thought won iu u ork wall
whole population if put into prac
tice. The oil company listened. Then
it appointed n central committee of
three employes. Sub-committees
sprang up in division offices; sofe
ty meetings were held among em
ployees. It became the duty of
every employe to avoid accidents
as part of his work! Truck drivers
were taught to pull out of traffic
before stopping, to delay t hem
selvcs rather than others. 10 very -one
pract iced court esy a ml a lert -ness.
Obeying speed ai)d traffic
rules was part of one's job; and no
one wants to fall down oti a job!
It worked just like the traffic
chiefs thought it would. Jn three
months, accidents were down IH
percent am) showing signs of dis
appearing altogether. Shell em-
Month
July Sales
Greatest of
Any Month
In 18 Years
Again in July when motor car sales generally slacken
Graham -Paige broke all sales records for any month
in eighteen years; the last week in July being the greatest
week in the company's history. And for five consecu
tive months, Gralum-Paige has established new all-time
sales records. t . j, .
Kivo rluiflHta sixes ami elKhU prices ruiiKinK
from $ I oilo lo JL'iiuo. Car illimtralod Is Model (ill,
rivo-passi'iiBcr HiMlan, with l-hpecd i ninMnlssion
iHtnmlanl mr shift) $15 10. Delivered In Mcdford
fully equipped.
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103 South Riverside Phono 202
PAIGE DEALERS H. D. GREY
J. 0. GREY
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Road St(f Romance
TOKYO, Japan; Auk. 1 1 .--(VPl
Prcmjer Tauaka has abandoned his
usual' week end and is remaining
in Tokyo owing to the Manchuriati
crisis.
It is known lhat the premier is
concentrating his energies In tho
preparation of a statement in he
issued shortly. This is cx peeled
to present tho historical hack
ground nf the Manchurian prob
lem and to plead .Japan's claims re
garding; a special position there.
Mem hers of the government be
lieve that such a declaration is
necessitated by developments In
Manehuria. the direeti?i of. the
crisis in which Japan may be
called upon to act to safeguard in
terests vital to her national being
and by the keenness with which
the world chancellories aru await
ing Japan's next move.
.SPAMAItns WU.L IMG I I
AXCII-AT UOMAN It! INS
vith Jack and Ethyl
Ins the original Irttrr of young ife on hrr honey
moon over die Pacific Cout lo the girl-friend back home.
):ir Minion ;iud Jim:
I a mwriting this front tho
Davenport Hotel over here in
Spokane but the only time we hiive
hero in t his niiignlfioent hotel Is
when we are sleeping or eating or
Iwrithur letters. I hud no idea that
! the "Inland Km pi re' of which
, Spokane is the center offers so
; much in the way of places to ko
i and things to ce and Jttck has
; done so much fishing in the past
1 few days Hint I am expecting hint
i lo nprout Kills nl liny minute,
j When we got over here In this
j metropolitan city, they told us that
(there are T(! lakes within a CiM-niHe
! circle of Spokane and I think wo
JuiV" viHtt'-d tlH'in all. over at
(oour lTAb'tic f got talking with
jan old Indian there I pr-Hjnic he
'was probably a chlof hi IiIh tribe.
he was dignified enough, and he
'told me t hat his people believe
that the "(ireat Spirit hovers over
these waters" and makes thein ho
inviting and altogether delightful.
Nowadays of course there nro
good roads every where and yet
there nro scoreH of these beautiful
lukes unspoiled by man. - where
green plno trees blend with blue
; skies and the silver of the water
to make seenle germs gerhs that
j would be mighty hard to beat
'anywhere. There's un lake a mile
wide and four miles long, for cx-
itniple, t bat serves iih n perfect set-
I O MIR ALTAR li A group of
i archaeologists have obtained fl-
uancial backing for a plant to
: excavate the ancient city of Cnr
I tela. Interest in the project was
i first aroused last year when a
Spaniard accidentally discovered a
; Uoinan sarcophagus and other evi
dence of ancient habitation,
t The Mai'duess of Utile, owner of
a neighboring estate: the Duke of
Alba and the director of the Span-
ish credit bank, are among the in
fluential persons behind the pro
! jret.
MalSTribunc clarified ads reach
j 20,000 people or more every day. tf
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il
THEY SAY
"Swim in
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Water "
Our weekly ;t(cr (est, liy Iho
State Board of Health
uliows it lo bo in "A" condition
"Safe for drinking pui-poneM."
The only safe water is a sterilized
water. Our pool ranks with the
highest in the state for purity of
water, and surpasses any in South
ei Oregon.
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MERRICIi'S
MW
There must he Sound Reason
for suck mounting Suaxssf
New Chrysler "t" Town Sedan. ti61 - iil'::
WHEN the products of a single
motor car manufacturer have
in five successive years overwhelm
ingly gained in public esteem both
t home and abroad
When each of these annual gains
has constituted a sales record for
the whole iaWwty
WHbn tW tcmi gpim m ffabjMarfe
is the only rcw f m hn
the greatest ia 29 Jfi 0 mn:nm
.bile manufctir 0
When the annouaceaMt r't5
products sweeps the natioa with
Wew Chrrler Pricej Reyil Sediti, M.1f
l-pmii&grrCAtip (with rumble lMl, $1;RmuI'
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New Chryiler "65" Pricei Bmineu Cepet
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tl 14)1 Cempe (with rumble leel), $114. Allpricel
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enthusiasm and produces an increase
of orders actually ten times greater
than its best previous year
Then it must be apparent that tht
reasons are to be found in superior
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artistry and assured long life.
You are cordially invited to put
any Chrysler to a test and compari
son of your own. You will then
instantly aecognize in its surpassing
quality and value, sound and logical
reasons for Chrysler's mounting
success.
UN
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128 South Riverside Phono 762
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