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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.)
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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.).
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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 -
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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