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) The Weather Tirrro&sbTnlr. .Maxim am fOMterday 81 Minimum today 4 Medfokd MtfiLTRIBlM Weather Year Ago Maximum .'. 74 Minimum .':i rillr Twwtr-thltiJ Itm TWELVE PAGES MEDFORD, OREGON, TUESDAY, AUG UST 28, 3928. Xo. 58. S VISIT TO VALLEY UiWERGH Effl ... . j ' ' 11 j : " r- in a ii ui Ann; Today By Arthur Brisbane How Solid Is the South? So the Elephant. Died. , Mohammed Won't Come. Exhibiting the Dungeons. (Copyright, 1028, by Star' Co.) Tho hitherto "solid: South", worries democrats, and the "solid rock-bound ropublienn" state of Pennsylvania worries the republicans.. A surprising poll taken in Texas, nominally 4 to 1 demo cratic shows Hoover and Smith running even in a straw vote. In North Carolina the cam paign is degenerating into an 4:l.i open rengiuus iiut, wjic ucm j ocratic manager finds this fea- j turo of the campaign, the op position to Governor Smith be cause he is a Catholio, "most difficult to deal with." It ought to be dealt with adequately by asking those conducting a religious political fight to read in the constitu tion of tho United States, that part referring to religion. "San Nira, Burmese Christ ian, took a sacred white ele phant on show to Ijondon.- That is profanation, as bad as if you took the grand llama to Tibet and made him turn wheat cakes in a restaurant window. The sacred white elephant returned to Burma, died of chagrin and humiliation, ac cording to his worshippers.; . . On the . same day Snn Nira murdered with ;;, pipkaj; and " sledgehammer his" roommate, Said Ali, also a Mahout. .... - - Tho Burmese Wilrrejoice in this "proof", that their relig ion is powerful. . Xobody will toll them that their sacred white elephant was white only because it lack ed pigment. It's name, by the ivay,' was Pa AVa. . The Bible says ' you must make any graven imago of the Deity. '- : '' " '. ' The Koran, said to have been written for Mohammed by an intelligent, educated Jew and made up of various " religions, went a step farther Jt says you mustn't . make a graven image of anybody. . " v Kcnial Pasha, disregarding JfMohammcd and Alia'1, erects in Constantinople a monument to honor republican . rule in Turkey. The figure of Kemal himself stands out in a bronze group. " . - Some Turks will cxpeot Mo hammed to rido down on his white horso Alborak and de stroy that monument. When the Turks took Constantinople, Christians gathered before the great church of 'St. Sofiu, be lieving1 that angels vould de stroy the Turks at the last moment. ; They didn't appear and St. Sofia is still a Mohammedan mosque. ' Mohammed on A 1 b o r a k won't appear either. The Czar's dungeons where prisoners died slowly in cells below tho level of the Kiver Evn, and the execution, rooms where political prisoners were beaten to death with the knout, arc opened to the public by Russia's new government as an interesting revelation of Czar dom. ' ' Thin should porsnade nunnlans ' not to bring the Cults btck. How aver they may feel about Botahe- IHI. Yesterday in many churches, jrrlre. was derated to thanks for Wday'g signing of the peace treaty In Paris. (Continued on rage Four.) HUro Ul-r 1 7 'Kfllt WMbLiFT I I 111 111 III I II X?-A I LIIIIIU fill LI Bi& : .. HB&IW I UIV 111 1 1 IUM MMl 1 I 1 1 III I I II I Ml rV;;:-r i&m k IL kr-j-- Lone Eagle Attends Business Conference at Harry Scott Cabin Does: No Fishing Will Fly Over City On Return Trip Thursday Or Friday Many View Plane SEATTLE, Wn., Aug. 28. IP) A small monoplane, be- lleved to be that of Colonel Charles A. Liudbergh, who was to fly here from. Medford, Ore., toduy, passed over tho city at 2.60 p. m. A crowd gathered to meet the noted flier at Boeing municipal field saw the plane shoot past through the hazy air, headed northward. A few minutes later the plane waH seen heading south ward again. PORTLAND, Ore., Aug. 28. () i Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh landed at the Port of . Portland I airport here today at 12:18 p. m., ; en . route from .Medford to Seattle. His plane was taxied to the hang- j ars and Lindbergh called from a window of the cabin that Ho wanted to "gas up." - Ie then - prepared to dismount from the plane, but a crowd had gathered' nnd ho closed tho. door i of the cabin plane. To a: reporter1 who knocked' on the door of the cabin., : Lindbergh said he had no information to give out. He de clined to sny whether he had been successful In his brief fish ing trip on the Rogue Itivor near-Medford-, and said he would not divulge the names of passen gers in the plane. It "was understood hero that tho flier had nn nppointment to meet officials of the Boeing Airplane works in Seattle nt 2 p. m. I.lndheiirb hooped oft ngain at 12:35 p. m., polnllng his machine i northward. Ho took on 40 giu ions of gasoline here. Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh, America's lone eagle, left the local airport in his Ryan monoplane at 9:20 this moraine for Seattle, fol lowing his unexpected, arrival on Sunday afternoon at 4:30 and will be in southern Oregon again next Thursday or Friday en route to San Francisco. Colonel Lindbergh did not stop here for a fishing trip but with five other members of the new trans continental air line, which will begin operations next t0v lmiri a business conference I yesterday at the mountain summer I home of Mon lucaer una nnj Scott of San FranciHco. As unaffected by IiIk fame aa ; an ordinary citizen. Colonel Und-j bergh arrived at the airiwrt this morning from the Tucker and Scott cabin near Prospect and pre pared the silvery monoplane, a replica of the famous Spirit of St. Louis, for its northward Journey. Ropes held back a small crowd from entering the hangar and dis turbing his worlt in which he was assisted by William Rosenheim, airport mechanic, and other air port attaches. When approacneu ny a iwuu m bune reporter, the colonel was un screwing an oil connection prepar atory to draining old oil from the plane. He stopped his work for a moment and warmly shook hands with the reporter. "I ami very glad to see you, he said, "but 1 am afraid I can not say much," his ruddy face beaming In smiles as he finished. "Are you going north to Port land or Seattle," he was aked. "Don't know. Irs alt indefinite In regard to my plans, but I may possibly stop in Portland. I'm just out on a trip, that's all." Asked a short time later if he had been fishing, the colonel was non-committal and smiled in a knowing way an he continued his work on the ship, wnicn oy mis time had witnessed the completion of draining the oil, which was made useless because of gasoline having become mixed in witnthe letters, mostly by their first it. The plane holds five gallons names or initials. He referred to of oil and must be changed re- ularly, he said in answer to query, L'han hoi work was nearly com - pleted, he paused long enough to listen to plans tnat nave ueeu formnlated for Meaiora s new air - jwrt and ueciaren was emu that Riich a step had been taken. "Well, that's fine that you are doing such work," he said, "and I know your efforts will be repaid In preparing a new landing field, However, I am not commenting on the present field because the avl- u. noiilnn than I tn ex. - ..v nnlnion. (Continued 00 page flvt.). Kg? ? $ W J Public Ratification By l-d Li V T If ;----4 I pfe ' t I Employees Next Step. .. ,1 'j I ' I 'WM- x T -Ur-i ' 1 t J ' , ' ' - - ' " lain iiA. -44,1 T C I '' WASHINOTON, Aug. 28. tfP) , ! W it .. , , in ii l dpi. Charles A. Lindbergh.; Accused. Lover of Wealthy Woman Reveals Secret Drawer Letters Hope Husband Drowns, and Tell About 'a Church Girl' Who Lost Her Job. i.ns AVfitti.FS. aub 28. UP Three gossipy but ardent love let- iters lnjecteu into me L,eo r. o.ei' ley murder case by the "butcher boy lover himself probably will not be read in their entirety at least in the trial records. The letters together with a phot ograph of Kelley were found yes teiday secreted In false bottoms of drawers of the dressing table ot MrB. Myrtle Melius, Kelley's wealthy sweetheart, whom he Is accused of having slain. It was Kelley, who 'during a visit by the entire court to the Mellua home, the scene bf the slaying, pointed out the secret compartments with the comment that they contained "something Interesting." Deputy District Attorney James P. Costello refused to make the text of the letters public. uWhat's the UBe It would simply cause further embarrassment and mental anguish for members of tho family and other persons who are named in the letters," he said. Newspaper reporters' .peeps Into the letters showed they were ad dressed to "Dear. Myrt," and all signed "Daddy." In the missives Kelley told of his undying love for "my dearest girl." Writing of her husband, Frank Melius, wealthy and prom inent sportsman and business man. i Kelley said: "How does he spend his time down there (Ensenada, Lower Cal ifornia) fishing? - Well I hope he falls off the boat." Many persons are mentioned In j "Helen" and "Belle" and a girl ajwno lost ner 300 Because sne was too much of a church Rlrl." Ad - ! Hit tonal contents of the letters , were not disclosed by Costello ior ; publication. , 1 ne trip 10 me Menus nome was ; maae ny tne court yesieruay snore iy alter a jury 01 six men Hon m women had been chosen to hear the cane. Court was adjourned j until Wednesday morning, today j being a holiday due to tho state 1 primary election. "' . . 1 ' '.' .' , Washington and Oregon: Fair Itonhrht nnd Wednesday tonlirht nnd Wednesday, with fotr; near the coast; warmer In east portion. Gentle variable wind i ir a BiiTMnTnv aio- 9fl iTPl (The U. S. board of mediation an- nounced today that an agreement hud been reached by the executive officers ot the Order of Railway I Conductors and the Brotherhood jof Railroad Trainmen . and the irallroadH of the western territory 'in the dispute between them in volving rates of pay and certain rules. Final approval of the agreement is subject to ratification by the associations of general committees of the western territory. Should approval be denied by the employe associations or genu. eral committees of the west terri tory, the hoard said, the dispute would continue to exist and. would'' have to be treated in accordance with the law.. Meanwhile, the board said, the employe organizations have agreed provision insuring the presi dent, and the board of mediation a reasonable opportunity to proceed under the law, ro far as the calling of a strike before , any further action has been initialed on tho purL of the employes. ' It" was the belief of the board that- the agreement, which under the law cannot betrtiiut! ptitolio; will be acceptable to both sides in the dispute, ' ,The plan would affect 70,000 employes on &0 railroads Involving 8 percent of, the mileage west of Chicago. The original demands of the labor organizations involved a pay increase ranging from 10 percent for yardmen to 18 percent for j conductors and other trainmen, j The railways offered tC pay in-1 crease amounting to approximate-1 ly 7 Sii percent on condition that certain working rules be dropped. The Increase was acceptable but the employes refused to give up the rules which they maintained were more important than the pay ! question. The board of mediation has had the matter under discussion with the parties in the. dispute since !"" 2- Baseball Scores . Amerlcau. First game: R. JI. 13. Chicago 0 8.0 Philadelphia 13 1 Thomas and Herg; Grove nnd Cochrane. Second game: R. IT. E. Chlcngo - 3 9 Philadelphia ; ... 4 ! Ml Inninss.) Adkins nnd Crouae; Quinn, Rom- mel and Cochrane. R. st. Louis 8 Uoston G 13 . 4 (11 Innings.) Blaeholder, . Htrelleckl, WJltne, Cray and Manlon; Ruffing anjd Hoffman, Berry. R. H. K. Cleveland 4 12 2 Detroit ; , 8 12 1 j Miller, Grants, Underbill and Myatt; (llhson. Vnnirtlder and Hnr-i grave. - .' National . n tr v ' , " ! Boston 3 10 0 New York 2 12 2 R. Smith and Taylor. Benton, Scott and Hogan, O'Farrell. First game. R. H, K. Philadelphia 2 4 1 Pittsburg & 1 0 Hweetland nnd Davis. Hill nnd Hemsley. Second game: R H K Philadelphia 7 11 3 Pittsburgh 1C 21 0 1 tense, Walsh, Mllllgan, fiweet- land end Lerfan; Grimes. Dawson . and Harareares. j name. 1;. 11. v.. If. 13 " j Brandt, Cooney and Kpohrer; Hcott and llognn. Oenewlrh, R, H. K. St. Tamils 6 10 ft Chicago 0 7 3 Mitchell ,ind J. Wilson; Mnlone, Jones and Hartnett. They soy wind blowing Into the' mouth in)ures thn tonsils, Men - this to the driver who occii - the buck seau t4 LOST AVIATORS AT COCHRANE, CANADA Bert R..J, Hassell and Parker Cramer, lost aviators, at Cochrane, Canada, before ihey took off for Greenland. They were last hoard from when within 00 miles of their goal. Among those who visited the airmen at the Cochrane field were Mrs. F. C. Ivy, wife of Cochrane mayor, extreme left, and wives of other leading citizens who called to wish them Godspeed. COPENHAGEN1, Aiwy.. 2S. (fl) PosBiblo proof that the Jlockford-to-Stockhohn. fliers llert Hassell and Parker ' Cramer, reached the cant coast of Greenland, was con tained In a communique issued by the Danish government today say ing that a; noise like that of an I d a h o. Democrat Declares! High Percentage of Dele- gates . to Both Conven- j tions Violated Volstead Act Nine .Years of Nulli-, fication Pictured. i i ORAXOEVIIXK, Ida.. Aug. 2S. 1 (JPt Tho country has hud nine j years of mollification of the pi-ohl- ; hitlon law and is 'prepared for sen- slble mudifU'fitlon, George lonert, 1 Welser attorney, declared in his j keynote address nt the opening j session of tho democratic state ! convention today following his ! election as temporary chairman. j Donert boldly hurled the prohi bition question Into tho conven tion. Most of the delegates had come pledged to uphold tho demo cratic national platform which contains a dry plank. "There is no beating around the bush,"' Uoncrt doeliired. "We have had nine years of nullification and there is no relief In sight." Donert snid there must be modl- 1 j fication of the Volstead net to per 1 j mlt sale of light wines and beer. As for "dry" planks in the plat I form of the major political parties, Doucrt branded the Inclusion HYPOCRISY OF SON DARES DAD BLASPHEMER OF DPL0IflT0 SHOOT HIM;j SAVIOR FACES "Ihe most damnable hypocrisy K. i ever written Into a political docu , 2 j nient." 4 I "Heventy-flvo per cent of the I delegates to each national conven tion violated tho Volstead act In ! the 24 hours preceding the adop i tlon of the dry planks," he de- t c In red Doner t voiced approval of the national ticket, making special reference to Oovernor Hmith, the presidential candidate. Mail Tribune Bargain Days Coming Soon The Mali Tribune will soon announce Its annual Dargaln 4 Days, when Ibis paper will bn sent seven days a week for a 4 year for r. which will be a 4 saving of from $2.ri'V 4 P,f' year, according to whether 4 - you receive your paper by m.-. it r i,v ,Prritf i.n.i whether you pay by month or by the year. This rate will apply to both , prewent nnd now subscribers. m anywhere In the city or United Htutes. The only conditions ! 4 being you muwl bo paid up to 4 September L 1828 or there- 4 after and that your sulmcrip- Won must either be paid nt this office or mailed durlm; t ine nargain Days dates to be announced soon. Hop ad eiowhore in this; i paper. 4 , .l airplane had been hoard by the native colony at Akigusemish. The village, says the announce ment, is located at latitude G7.50 on the cast coast of Greeland. The government had received no pre cise information as to the time. The Danish governor of Green land informed the government that he would make an investisn- J Tragic climax to Family Quarrel in Chicago Par ent Phones Police of Rash Deed and Slayer Found in Prayer. CHICAGO, Aug. 2K. (PJ -Oviil'l the wire into the f -.gIn . police station early today came those words: ay uou nave mercy on me. i tjiive just Killed my son. come j here." j Police squads sped to the home of Arthur F. Knlk, Northwest park commissioner,, where they found ! Fa lk kneeling In prayer on the ! floor of n front room. Nearby thli wife und dauKhter wept hynterlc ally. C list airs, In a bedroom, police rnnnil tin, lw.fl,. f ir.l,-r.,l I.1.. 1 I. "' ' lllu lll.il. I I. I,.w.u ui.l .1.1 Hia' body by shotgun bullets. A disconnected story, as told by Falk, his wife and daughter, was that a dispute arose between fath er and-son, .during which tho youth announced he was going to leave the house. "You'll only leave hero dead," was what police say Falk, senior, replied. The son then dared hlH father to shoot, according lo tho story told police. Folk got his shotgun and the shooting followed, PRESIDENTKEEPS SUPKHIOK, Wis., Aug 28. (A1) It rained In the Mruln valley Inst! night. Water came down In sheets as l!--;htning zlxzaKKcd over pine tree tops and thunder resounded through the hills, hut tho night was not wild enough to keep Pres- I'"1" ooiidge Indoors at Cedar ; ,jf,(lRp- 1 ,ie wanted In glvd Itoy A. West, 1 mtnry of the Interior, whfl was visiting him, a thrill, nnd he illd. lln company with (leoran Itobb, a ytrii'raii iisncrniiin aim kuiuo wno has tnugtit the president urg of the dry fly, tho two were out on the river when the storm struck. Secret service mon wore disturb ed for tho safety of the president hut Mr. CnnlldKn was out on Ihe river to fhh, rain or no rain and It was nearly 10 p. m. beforo ho took West hack to 'the lodge. The storm was. one of tho heav- 'eBt of the summer nnd the ills- 4lnlav of llirhtnlair was snectnciibir nnd followed bv terrific thunder crashes and periods of utter dark- infss, heightened by the wall of pines. - tlon of these fresh reports. Search for the missing men is proceeding , along the coast and inrongu the extent he will partlciputo person -interior of the southern region otjaliy In (he presidential fight there. Greenland. The Danish explorer Knud Ran mussen, is aiding In the work nnd has appealed to the population to watch and report new develop- ments 'Christ Likened to Sacco and Vanzetti and Called An archist By Radical Leo turer Prosecution Under Ancient Law Planned. nOHTON, Auk. 28. (IP) I'olico j today were seeking Dr. Horace M. j I alien, former Harvard lecturer and now on the staff of a New : York school of social research, I wnom iney cnarge wim vioinumi ot a niaspnemy swiuiie. old. years! me ponce say tnat miring at his office. However, the candi Sacco. Vanzetti memorial meeting, dato thinks the time is ton short. j here last Thursday, Dr. Kallen tie- cur the preparation of an address, i c la red that Jesus Christ was 'an. Representatives of the republi I nnarchlst. A police net-Ream at-: can cundldalo still were seeking tended the meeting and took a, ! stenographic report of the speech Anthony Rlmba of Itrooklyn, N. ; V., edftor of n Lithuanian paper was tho first man in recent years; to be prosecuted under the ancient ! blue-law. During a llrockton ad dress in l!)2tl be wnH alleged to have denied the existence of a p Honnl fiod. Ho was acquitted when the judge ruled that lllmtm had merely given his personal opinion in a manner allowed by law under a.declslon In a test enne many yenrs beforo. The warrant for Dr. Kallen's ar rest was sworn out last Friday, but It did not become known until the police visited tho headquarters of the Hacco-Van'eltl defence com mittee In search of him. ' It was naid that in his speech Dr. Kallen said, "Hacco and Vanzetti were an archists; ho were Jesus C'hrlHt, Soc rates and others." Among the other speakers were Dr. Alexander Melklejohn of the University Wisconsin; John Cowper Powyss, LiikhkI) lecturer, and Professor Itobert M. Lovett of tho University of Chicago. The law regarding blasphemy wns enacted In 1017. and provided 1 ror " r,nc of nnt moi' t,,nn 3fl0 "r imprisonment up lo a year. It f "l''h,d an net of 1B0 which made death tho Holt penalty. Rim ia wns the first pcrxnn to lie prose cuted under It In more than 100 yea rs. She's old enough to ho called "miss" If she won't tackle corn on tho ooh until sho gets back to tho kitchen. SAMPLE PRESIDENTIAL BALLOT I infprul to voto, for v for lrcsipnt nt thn Novcniher election. I nm rcgislerod nn n - - (Ninne pnrty) Signed (Name) . Address - (Kill out nnd nihil to Straw-Ballot-Contest-Editor, Mail Trihnnn. Mpdfnnl. Orpirnnl. MAP PLANS OF HOOVER ON STUMP G. 0. P. Leader Urged to Invade Strongholds of Al Confers On Campaign Tour May Visit Oregon Later To See Reporters Often. By James 1j. West Associated Press Staff Wrlh-r. WASHINGTON, Aug. 28. () Continuing conferences with re publican campaign managers in the enst, Herbert Hoover today was assembling information upon which to base a decision as to-ih William H. Hill., chairman of the Xew York state Hoover com mittee, had an engagement JwHh the republican standard bearer to supplement the advices given him yesterday by Charles 1. Hilles. national committeeman for New l'ork, and Daniel E. Pomerov. vice-chairman of the New Jersey committee. Reports received by Hoover since his return . from tho west Indicate that tho eastern situation Is one requiring nttention and his advisers are urging him to go hit" New York, Massachusetts and Now Jersey for nt least one Hpeoch for each sUito and. moro, if timo .etn ho found for them. After ho has canvassed, the ouhI orn .situation, he,... will , ba in. a bosition to frtirly' well 'map out his onmpnlgn, up to "election time. It Is certain that he will take advantage of his swing hack u his home In California to vote for making a serins of addresses. Whether he wtfl tako tho 'northern route hottie, through Wisconsin, Minnesota, Montana and Oregon, or the southern route remains to he determined. Hefore that time ho very pmh-. ably will go into the middle west, speaking at Chlcngo and som other cities, und also into tho border states, but these addresses ore likely to follow those In thc east). Home of his advisers think he Hhould speak In New York and nearby states not later than early October. Hlwilllit Hmivni' r1nrWlo li. niiikn : IL luhop miy mi,ireKs next Monday u will iw, i Wii-him-ton with radio hookup. It was stated today today to secure a building In wliii h open his personal headquarters. There has been some delay in ob taining llie home of the laic r'p- resentatlvo Fiotblnghain, of Muss achusetts, and some other build lug nearby may have to bo tensed. Tho delay Is causing the nomi nee some Inconvenience nn ho has no place to carry on his offlco work, which Is piling up " hltn. Ho alHO wants a suitable assem bling place for delegations that will come here to see him and for the accommodation of the newspnper correspondents assigned to his headquarters. Tt Is Indicated that after the office Ih t up. Hoover will see the oorreHpondents nuich moro frequently than ho did on his re cent woHtern tour. Ho prnbablv will talk with them three times a weelt, but there is no indica tion that he will remove the baa against being quoted, which ho im posed when ho started westwarl of tho middle of Inst month to de liver his notification address. NKW YORK, Aug. 28. fP) Oovernor Smith announced her-? today that drafts of three separate plans for hlR presidential cam paign sneaking Itinerary were be ing framed for his consideration, and until he' had had an oppor tunity to consider them he would have nothing to say outside his Ktumplng tour. "I have no Idea in the world turn where I will go or how mam speeches 1 "Will make," he tnM newspapermen in hf.s suite at the (Continued on Pair Flvol