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o i . The Weather Fprconst Italu lonielit and Sun. da Mhiuiiuiu lote-rdar h 64 Minimum jrefcrdar 48 IFVlpltJItkHI 01 Mail Tribe Weather .Year Ago Minimum 611 MIiiIiiiiiiu 40 MEDFORD, OKKCiOX. SAITUPAY. XOYKMBKU :t, 192S. wtly rgfrwnth T r No. 2'2.". MEDFOKD v mm IS HOOVER ON! SUNFLOWER ! STATE VISIT Kansas .Hears Series of Rear Platform Talks By Candidate Today Pueblo Address Tonight St. Louis Given Farm Relief Plan Outline Last Night. lly James I. AVost. Associated Press Staff Writer. tlOOVEK TKAIN KNUOL'Ti: TO PCEIU.O. Colo., Nov. 3. iV Herbert Hoover today telegraphed President Cool id go that any Aiwr lean would be proud of the state ment which the chief executive inado in his message to tltu candi date last night when he told htm that he would "turn over the great office of president of the United Htatea to your keeping, sure that it will be In competent hands." "I deeply appreciate your mes sage which readied me this morn Ing," !Ioovrrs telegram said. "Any American would bo proud of the statement you hnve mode, and I am sincerely grateful not only for it but the confidence and encour agement which you have given mo in the whole of the hint seven years." l-IOOVKIt TUAI.V KX ItOl'TB I'UHUI.l). Culo., Nuv. 3. Wi Having completed his ono cam paign tour in I he northern tier c-f border Htaten, Herbert 1 louver to- tluy passed Into tho normally re publican amtc of Kansan. the hon.e of bin running mute. Senator ChnrlCH Curtis. Kcforo hfm were a werlcH of rear platform talks In the Sun flower state ftnd the fourth and lust addresei of ,his transcontinental trip. This will be delivered early tonight at l'ucblo Colo., where bis special train will make a stop of half un hour. Durlnj; his two nights end a &y of traveling from . -Wiuiliinc-iyn, the Iteuuhltcnn presidential candidate has been aecorded ou thuplavllc receptions, which cul minated last night In a demon stration at St. Louis that rivaled t ho one given him at .Madison Square Harden .in the home elly uf . h's Democratic opponent, when he cloH.'d his eastern campaigning more than 10 days ago. Speaking in the Coliseum. Hoo ver presented to the agricultural west a plan for the formation of a new governmental Institution' the purpose of wbb-h he sal'l woulu be to meet not only the present farm needs but also those which might arise in the future. itcik-r riait. "We propose to create a fede ral farm board, composed of men of understanding and sympathy for the problems of agriculture, lie said, and adding thut this board should have, "power to de termine the Tacts, the causes, the remedies which should bo applied to each and every one of the mul titude of problems whb ll wo mass under the general term, 'the agri cultural problem.'" This program further provides rsjiro than Investigation." he do clareil. "It provides that the board shall have 'a broad author ity to act and be authorized to assist In the further dovelopmcnt of co-operative marketing, that it shall assist in the development' of clearing houses for agricultural product. In the development of adequate warehousing facilities. In the elimination of wastes In dis tribution nud in the solution of other problem's, as they arise. "Hut in purtlcular the board Is to build up with initial advances of capital from the government, farmer-owned .and farmer-controlled stabilization corporations, which will protect the farmer from depression and the dc n orallzatlon of sumin. and peri odic surplutsos. "It Is proposed thnt this board should have piaced nt lis disposal such resources as aro necessary to make fts action effective." 1 SUFFER CROP LOSS COL1ALT. Ont., Nov.V i. r Vnprecedcntcd rain has caused losses to settlers In northern On tario, which estimators paid may lotnl more than ft. 000, 000. ViUl hundreds of settlers faving priva tion, after the virtually complete loss of their crops. oruunird re lief work is being planned In th farming sections along tho 0mls kamlng and northern Ontario rail rood and in Algoma. according to I'YoU Kennln. member of the pro vincial parliament. 4atc on Jladio Ton (gilt. C. K. tiaica will deliver mi od ilnw lonUclU over KMKI), Mnil- 1rtAmtv.VItMrlii ratlin Mtntliwi. le- regnnlln lornl nffalrrt and nilro cnttaff o election of A. W. IMimw ns wnyor. v Pro Golfers Win With Handcuffs ami Overcoats KANSAS CITY. Nov. 3 Handcuffs and overcoats 4 are the latest style for -;folf, 4 as wftiter approaches. Hill Wtherspoou and Hunk Decker, Kansas City profes- stonuls. wore such handicaps when they won a match from Jess Stuttle, another local pro, mid Mrs. O. S. Hill. Unit- ed North and South and Trans Mississippi champion. Stuttk and Mrs. Hill wore overcoats, but no handcuffs. The m a t c h was tho out come of a boast by Stuttle. Aa a gathering of profession- als ho said he and Mrs. II 111 could beat any two profes- slonals in Missouri. Wother- spoon a n d Decker accepted tho challenge and agreed to 4 haudiciip themselves with overcoats and handcuffs. ' Only nine holes were played. The handcuffed pair htid a margin of six points at the end of the round, play- ins for two points a hole, low ball and low totnl. Dcckor had a Its, Stuttle, 3I. Wother- spoon 41 and Mrs. Mill 47. . USED HALT SPEECH iiorisvu.u;. iy.. xv. 3. m Republican campaign headquar ters announced today that a Hoov er rally at Versailles last night was Interrupted by smudge and fumes from two formaldehyde candle- und that one woman is seriously HI I from Inhaling the fumes. I The statement announced that i after the candles had been extln- Mrs. Alexander Thompson j mulshed and the ;ourt room clear ed of the fumes, the mcethiK was 1 restimci I and that 'oodt'ord eouu I ty Hcpublicans have offered it j reward for arrest and conviction of the persons who placed the can- dies there. The meeting, arranged by Mrs. ! M. C Jlcarn, Hepublican woman j c h a i r m a n for V o od f o rd count y , was bein addressed by Mrs. Alex 1 under Thompson of Oregon. TILT FOR COAST LEADER TODAY i.os ;i:i-i:s. Nov., 3. Stanford's powerful Cardinals, as a team acclaimed the greatest Coach Glenn "Pop" Warner ever ha-s eoached nt Palo Alto, and the injury-hounded Aut fighting Tro- jatis of Southern Cal'rnla, two 01 inc wesi s gnuiron giants stormed Into the Coliseum here today for the battle for continuation in the struggle for Pacific Coa-d confer-cii0- supremacy. Conference records that were unmnrred by defeats cumr under the eleals of the two aggregations. With tho last ticket sold Pi ad vance, n packed house wus guar anteed for the Coliseum, something over 76,000 spectators for one of the most colorful gridiron games of the coast season. Q Princeton 0: Ohio 6. Columbia 0: Cornell 0. Pcnn Hufio 0: Notre Dame Harvard 8!: Lehigh 0. Trinity 0: Wcleyan 2A. Michigan Jl: Hlinols 0. 0 Pittsburg 1: Syraeuse 0. v Hoston college CO; Manhattan 6. JtutRern 12; Catholic Univ. 0. Colgate M; Wabush C. Pennsylvania Su: Chicago 13. Vanderbllt U; Kentucky 7. fleoigia 13: Auburn V. Purdue .19; Case j. i K'- j 1 L SCORES 1 1 COAST PLANE CRASHES NEAR DE SABLA, CAL. Six Passengers and Two! Pilots Injured in Forced Landing West Coast Pas senger Ship Bad Wea ther Disaster Cause. CHICO, Cal.. Su 3.(T Six passengers and two pilots of A Went Coast Air Transport passeu- lou.ly when the piano crashed near j midnight, in the heavily timbered 1 mountainous country hovcral miles 'from I)e Sahla, 0 miles northeast of here. 11. If. l'ulnaui, of Portland, and i D. Silver, San Francisco, the moat 'seriitusly hurt passengers, were ruKhed to a hospital here. Miss Mildred Devitt of Seattle. C. It. Ailiims uf Portland, patwengers, mid Lewis OoldMuilh, pilot and Xoel It. Evans, assistant pilot, were Icrt scrioiiHly injured. The pin ne was discovered after it crashed by an aged recluse of I the mountain country who brought four of the injured to camp of the Pacific Power and Cias company at 4:30 a. m. The camp, four miles from Te i Sablu, is at the top of a mountain .and the plane had crashed on the opposite side of the mountain from De Hnbla. Names of . the two remaining passengers in the plane were not available. The plane left Portland yetcrday at 10:10 a. m., and was duo at San Francisco late yester day afternoon. Goldsmith encountered heavy weather in crossing the mountains Into California and at :15 p. m. i landed nt Corning, 150 miles from i Sa n Era nclsco w hurt he took o n -'00 gallons of gasoline to get him to his destination. Ho said the J weather wns bad tut that he be J lieved he could make it. Two hour ! later the piano was believed Hight- ed over this place, bnrely GO miles from Corning, f-ntcr U was sight ed over Maxwell which indicated 1 tho plane was flying In circles, j evidently ' endeavoring 'to fiud n safe place to land. '' ' ' SAN FUANCISCO, Nov. 3. (A1) Lewis Cloldsmlth, pilot of tho West Const Air Transport plane which crashed near Jo Sabla. Cal, ad vlHed C. U. Curtis, local manager I of the company, that none of the six passengers had been, fatally injured. Curtis quoted Goldsmith as hav ing blamed the accident on failure I to receive proper weather reports. The local manager said Goldsmith had run Into a storm In the vicinity of the accident and hr.d attempted ! to land, thinking ho had found 'a j safe place to come down. Thu piane was not badly dam aged, Curtis reported. POUTLANIJ, Ore., Nov. 3. P) Names of five of tho pasftengerH on the West Coast Air Transport plane which crashed poat Ho Sabla Cal., were given out at the office of tho company here today. They were: H. H. Putnam. A, S. 'Whit more, K. U. Jffrcy and II. Cra mer, who boarded the plane at Portland and M. Jean Dcvltt, who boarded at Seattle, 1 C. H. Adams had a round trip ! ticket but did not leave here on I the airplane, tho company an ' nounced. .CHICO. Cal.. Nov. 3. Of) Miss Mildred Devltt of Seattle and Los Angeles, termed by tho pilots of Ihe Western Air lixpress airplane ! wrecked near De Habla as the cooleht and nerviest person on the I ship, told the Associated Press the 'story of tho accident today. "Jt was the most terrible thing I ever f'Xperienced," sho said from her hospital cot whore sho lay with a sprained ankle. "The first I knew of the crash was when a tree limb torokfi a win dow. I put my fur coat over my face and wus the only one Injured who wua not cut about tho face. 'Then the other window broke and we started falling.'' 1t seemed miles nnd miles, but was only as far us a tall tree. "Then the crash. "The pilots were not hurt and they nsscmhyl the crowd, trying to get the eight people together. "Tho plane was spllntercdto shreds und nothing was left but the engine so we were vory much surprised when wo found wo were all alive. "It was raining and cold. "The pilots managed to find a canvas and put us ono by one under It. "Tho ground was wot and we moaned all night. "We thought we were lost In the mountains and worried about our people hearing about It before we could tell them. "There was no food. There had been Just enough lunch In the plane for one day and It had been eaten. "A pot of coffee wan salvaged from the wreckugp and wc built a fire nnd drunk coffee all night. "We thought someone would see the fire and come, but they didn't. "About six o'clock thin morning tit was 10 o'clock when wo crash ed) the pilots found a burning xtump and a pathway which led to a miner "to cabin. .(Continued on paae eight) AIR STOWAWAY Clarence Terhune, 19, of St. Louu. a golf caddy, tecreted himself on th Graf Zeppelin. before the dirigible left Lakehurat on Its return i flight to Germany. He was not discovered until after the Zepp had i sailed. Terhune is the first air stowaway. ! STATE'S DEFICIT OVER MILLION IS SAMi.M, Ore., Nov. 3. (Pi The state deficit is S1.07-I.S54.S4, ac cording to official figures In the ome.e of Ktato Treasuruf,Kay. " . , Tho general fund balance on Oc tober! was $104.3008. Keceipls during the month were $1 ,ti92, 443. and unreceipted items were JltiLMtili.Uii. making a total of ;j.3uLt.:'iy.(u. 1 Against this are certificates of indebtedness totaling -".00.0')U. and -also ?.iO0,OOO Is owing to the state j highway department on funds borrowed from the department 1 under the Hare bill. Funds sub- j loct to transfer total 933.&10.2 7. 1 Tho total of these amounts Is j $;f.3H 1. 073. Ml. which compared : with the $2,309,219.0 Item shows ' the deficit. f SALKM. Ore., Nov. 3. UVi The : annual report of Mark O. Mel 'a I- lister, state corporation com mis- ; sioired. shows that for the fiscal iyear ending June 30 last the tolal receipts of i in; department were $437,005.38, while the cost of ad ministering It hu department was only $33,1 1 H. 51. making a net bal ance of $403,145.71. j Huilding and loan associations : operutive in the state at the end. of the year totaled 53; 4 7 of which ; were domestic and six from other j states. Tho capital stock of the domestic associutious totaled SI' 2,- 06,700 and the foreign ?52,5SL',-; ioy. j Oomesle corporations filing artl- j clcs during the year numbered j 1207 and foreign corporations 132. , Thu aunual tax against the foreign 1 organizations totaled SMS. 700. MUD BATTLE FOR BERKELEY TODAY scorn: KNI IIAI.K. ! Oregon, 0; CaHnUii, 0. ! liKHK KLK V, Cal.. Nov. 3. wPi i Prospects of a mud battle com-j parable to the California-Washing-;, ton game of last year was Indicted for tho California-Oregon fooToall contest today when rain started falling last night and was predicted by the weather bureau to continue until tomorrow. With the northerners down from Oregon with one of the heaviest lines in years, the wet field was taken by observers to greatly en hance tlu chances of vlcto. al though it may slow down their fast attack. The field at the California Memorial rtadlum Is practically devoid of grass, and rain will re duce It to a quagmire. & O Tho game Is a conference con test, and a victory for California .vlll keep them In the list of teams undefeated In conference competi tion, while If tho northerners win It will ' ive them a pUkM chance to finish In a tic for the conference championship. - There would he Just as many divorces in rurul sections if sep aration required tho sacrifice of nothlnK except three installments on the furniture. SHOWN IN REPORT: GORVALLIS TODAYS ON ZEPPELIN i VETERAN LINEMEN FACE MONTANANS COltVAM.IH, Ore., Nov. 3. (Pi A light but determined University of Montana football team, inwnlr-odJ- fighUnK'tVm',iKl- I'ntHed bj Major MUburn, head coaeh, was determined tit whip out a victory over the. heavy Oregon Slate col lege siuud on Hell field hern to day. lOven with Melleiiger, heavy plunging fultliaek, nut of the line up. Major Milburu and his eleven faeed the game with confidence. The Montana sipiad, 2S strong, worked out on llcll field yesterday In a limbering-up session. Mil burn has two potent substitutes for his star Mellenger In Klcgren ami Tom Davis. The coach favor ed Klcgren to s'.art against the tjtaters. . Headed by Jute Carlson, veterun guard. Coach Paul J. Kehlssler of OrcKon Ktate, planned to use a veteran line today wtih sophomores In tho biiekfield positions. Kchisslcr said Maple, veteran quarter, would. be the key to the passing all nek, while Thompson, fullback, and. Hughes, right half, were to take turns at punting and Hue plunging. LOCAL RADIO HEARD IC.MKH. the Mall Tribune-Virgin i rati o Htatinn, which, since pr;j- j curing their lower wave length", have been receiving enthusiastic : long dls ance rwports on lueal pro grams, have re-eel ved suvoial mes-; sages from radio fans In Call-f fornla th past two weeks. 1 Yesterday an air mall letter enme from Carl It. Chandler, 3J9S La Salle utreet. hos Angeles, i describing n timbers on Monday nlaht's . broadcast, whleh took In the programs of the Porter Lum-t ber co in puny. Kadi Transfer and the Southern Oregon "t eom-j pnny. That a clear reception waaj had between M atd 9 o' lorlr , when thcro are a nTiinber of lare Hpeelallv gratifying to local resl I dents, who have u civic prida and interest In the homo Malion. THUGS TAKE MEDALS FROM ZACH D. WHEAT KAN HAH CITY. Nov. 3. IPf Two prized gold nwdals given him for service on the pennant-winning Urooklyn buseball tennis, uf 1!MU and I'JUt were stolen from the'home of Zach D. W'heut, when two robbers runsucked the house IhsI night after choking Mm. Wheat into unconsciousness. A Vivo diamond Mlckpln nnd clothing ulffi were ' token, Mrs. Wheal was alone in the house when t the men forced tntronce and de manded her Jewels. YVIiein she told them the jewelfr"wero not In the house, they seined and choked her. then made u- hurried search of the house. 1 GREATER DISTANCE ! LOWEta NOWj 1 RASKOB PERMANENTLY !0UT OF G. M. C. " : Wall Street Hears Demo-; CratiC Head Will Not Re- i sume Connection With i General Motors - Polifi- cal Differences Hinted. i a.W'l The, M-:V YOIIK. Nov New Yui'k Times today says that aeein'ditiK to reports in Wall Street, John J . Kaskoh, who resigned as ; I'h-iinnan of the finance com mil I tee of (Seneral Motors to accept the chairmanship of the iJcniocra- ' tic natioiiiil committee does not In tend to resume that nost after the oleetiuu. Whetht-r he IntVnds to tsWo up j his post on the hoard of directors, ami his t ii-e-im'sideuey could not i be learned, the Times says. He j retained thnpe posit .huh when he: retired from the finam-e chair-j mum-hip. The Times says It Is reported that he intends to sever all ennneclion with tho company ; tmd his resignation will be sub mitted to the directors next Thurs day. When Mr. Kaskob resigned from his position with (ieneral Motor-, Alfri'd P. Sloan. Jr.. the president. wrote him a cordial letter wjilch exprcytfed I he hope that when tho campaign was over. Mr. Ha kob would return to his finance nost. Many rumors had been Npreiui that considerable differ- j ' i t i nrrs had drvoloped between Mr. j llaskob and other Influential mem-i AllCCSTA, Ca.. Nov. .1. (P hers of (ieneral Motors over poll-1 A message from Wm. .MeAdoo. ticn. Mr. Sloan and others ofayins he would preserve h's party the directors have expres.sed their ; allegiance this yen-. was . nuul'i support of Mr. Hoover. . ; public here tjday by Thomas J. I'nleH he has already disposed : Hamilton, editor of thu Augusta of his Interests, which Wall Street i Chronielo. says he has not done, Mr. Jtaskobj Hamilton telegraphed McAdoo Is one of the heaviest stockholders as to how he would stand in the in (It neral Motors. Several years election next Tuoeday. Tho Mc uko he was Instrumental in rcor- Adou reply follows: Kanlzlng the rompany and inter- Csting the Oul'otu interests in It, , am absolutely opposed to Oov Tlie Times says there also is.irnor .Smith's pusltlon op pruhl conslderable conjecture us to ; bltlon and tho isth amendment, whether Pierre K. OuPonl will j but 1 shall preserve -my party al restime his chairmanship of the leghmce. Am making same reply bonnh - of mUwioiuvV- Jrm.Y - which Uo Mlmilan Inuuiiv f rnny HtoViilh'' ho was grained a leave of nb- j Pleasant A. Slovall is publisher senee shortly ufter Mr. Haskob;of thu Havannaii. press. i reH izned. He travc as his reason; Mr. Hamilton was the pro-corl' that he d'd not wish to embar- a.H the iHimpany by his associa tion with the Association Against Lhc prohibition Amendment. .Short ly afterward he endorsed erno.- .Smith's candldaey. MOW VOltlC. Nov. a. (I'l Af t(M vicwlim a iirPHcnlfition af WiiKnpr'H npfTii "TunnlmUHiii'" !it t)w Metropolitan. Nonl MurriH, 24. Kreut prand Hon of Conunodofi) t'orn''lltiH Vamlcrbllt, tihot nnd kllliil hlmnpir nt hlx iiaront'H homo In r;nt Hivfiiteenth strofit. A typowiittcn Mioto turkt'd bo-1 .-.veen the leaves of a dlnry l ie only clue to inc suicide mo- tH-e, If read: "Tannhnuser wasn't b r a V e enough to stlek It out, but f hnve the couruKc to do It. This Is Hie last entry-" The body wns discovered jester tlay by a locksmith called to re move the lock on Hi door of his apart ment itft.tr his absence had aroused the feai h of his family. He was n son of Mr. and Mrs. Dave Dennen ..Morris, the father being a lawyer and prominent In financial' cireis. His mother was the former Alice Vanderbllt Hhepurd. DRY FIELD FOR MOSCOW, Ida,, Nov. 3. IV Idaho and Washington Htate cot lege were promised sunny skies nnd a- dry field for their traditional' home-conilim battle, on Macl.eiin, field hero this afternoon. Tho Vandals were ruled some- j what below Washington !( Cod- gars a week two, but Idaho's vie- tori- Inst Haturday over the Unl-1 vers It y of California nt I, oh An geles eleven boosted their chances, and Indications were that this! would be ono of the ureatest strutc- j glen In the history of the schools' athletic rivalry. Poth tfnmn are In excellent phy-, flcal condition and ull regulars, were Dialed to start. I Ocrn Defeated. HALT I.AKU CITY, Nov. 3. P George Kotsanaros. l-o Anuelcs heavyweight wrestler, defeated Ira! Dcrn, Utah urappler, hero last flight when Derti failed to return to the mat after tho second full. Dern took the first full In three mlnuteif and Koteonaros tho second In 10 minutes, . - MOSCOWTUSSLE; 'tlines oute for w Arm. ommission CIIJCACD. fll .v. 3.-M.l ' How to Itixumc u litrutenaut- 4 colonel" was outlined to the Suciety of Amcrirun .Military 4 Engineers in a speech by Vice Prestileut Charles G. Dawes "When 1 was examined for ! my commissm us lii utnumt colonel in Rio enaeenng 1 corns," he said. " kucw aut enKineermg. ; "I was asked the miestton: r 0a T. d.a I ! field?' ; f " 'I'd send for a surveyor' was mv reply. And I passed!" Opposed to Gov. Smith's j Prohibition Stand, But I Will Retain Party Alle I giance No ' Campaign l ing This Year. ' Replying to your telegram, I , vontlou mannger. for Mr. McAdoo In tlcori4ltt In whon he car- rlid tho muio In tlio Oomociatic liiopldontlul proforvnuc prlimiry Dawt SpeK ALLEGIANCE IS i nnrnrnurn nw i ITOtKVtU bt ! WM. G. M'ADOO .iov-1 ovor former Srnalor Ohoui N . j fndorwood by 50.000 majority. ClooiKln voted 100 limes .for M- Adoo in the MudiHon Kqliaro Citu' i den eonventlon. j Ilotll lfHtntlton nnd Htovnll hnve been wnrtn Hnpportei'H of Mr. Mo Adoo In the punt. Doth Wore delo Katos nt laiKe to the 1U2I na tional i!onvenlIon. Mr. McAdoo and (lovernor Hmith have been regarded nn reprertent- iik the oppotiltn polea In Dcmoo Llraey and their hlMtorle uultlo ot I .Marllfon Hinntre (iarden, where for ila.VB neither would Klvo nn lueli in the Unlit for tho ihohI ilenllal noinlnallon, niurked one of tho most dlHCordant perlodH In the party's history. Tho former seeretnry of the trensury lias refrahfi'd from ac tive pn'rtlelpnllon In the eiinipnlBn this yenr. und his -name was not presented to the Houston eonven tlon. There had been rumors ro hoWever. purtleularly In f, , ,10 .,,, nlllko A Cleorgfa, that statement of some kind before election day. The last extended public tit tt ranee of Mr. McAdoo was a statement desgned to he move him from the 1928 pre-con-ventlon campaign. CAPTURE SLAYER OF S. P. EMPLOYE; IHXIKNi;. Ore.. Nov. 3. (P Jo seph U. McOanlels. VI, captured on train near Oakridgo, confessed to officers that he hnd slabbed K. A. Mcf Irew, Southern Pacific brako man who tiled of his wounds, offi cers here wet1 Informed- today. McDanlels took officers to the place where he thought he hud dlHcurdod the knife, but wan un able to find the weapon, riouthcrn Puolfic special agents and county officers planned to bring MoDuu lels to Kugeno by automobile to avoid a crowd of 400 Irate persons In Oukrldgc, sheriff Frank K. Taylor was advised. Officers reported by telephone that MeDanlels confessed he hud fought und stabbed Metirec eurly Thursdny afternoon near West fir, Ore. MeDanlels wus captured on a freight train by Dale Hryun. train man, who with deputy sheriffs and railroad officers were searching ull trains. He was turned over to the operator at WIcopee. a small flac station un the Cuscude line above Oakridgo, und today was brought to Oakrldtfo on u speeder. Orvirua Weather. Italn tonight and Hunduy: mild temperature; xtronir nuulliorly winds on the count. ' LAST TALK N PERSON BY SM Confident of Election, Demo cratic Standard Bearer to Tell Home Folks Reason for Optimism Last Pub lic Speech of Campaign Tonight Radios Monday !y Harold 1. Oliver, (Associated Press stuff W-tier.) NKW VOltK, Nov. 3. W Having taken the time In the home stretch of the presidential cam paign to plead wtih all the force at his command for election of the Democratic state ticket headed by Franklin I). Roosevelt, t.overor Smith winds up In Madison Square Oarden tonight the most intensive fight of his 2 5 years in politics. Tho Democratic standard-bearer is confident ho will he the next president of tho United States, and tonight he will tell the home folks the reason why he thinks so. It will be the last audience he will addresM In person and his man agers Hoped to make It tho largest of his three swings around thu country. Monday night, after Herbert Hoover has made his final 15-mln-u to appeal to the American people from Palo Alto. Cal.. to retain the Republicans In power at Washing ton, the Democratic nominee will uddresH the voters, hut it will be from a radio broadcasting station. In his first speech In his home state since he addressed the Demo cratic state convention at Roches ter, October 1st. Governor Smith told an audience In the Brooklyn Academy of Music last night that tt was up to the people of New York to keep the Democrats In power at Albany If thoy wanted to Poo "a conKtruct.vo, forward-looking, wise and economical adminis tration" yt.their affalrs.contlnueU. : ' . SUito Issues.. 4, . DlKctiKSlriff stato Issues and their relation to similar question in tho national campaign, the nomlneo as sailed Albert Ottlnger, state attor ney. general nnd Republican candi date for governor, on his water power, agricultural, education nnd stute f I nan en stun ds before hu struck tho question of prohibition. Ho described Ottlnger as a "wet dry." and said he had made the "Interesting ffuggostion that he will wait until thu commission appoint ed by Mr. Hoover report's on it." "Well," thu governor remarked, "thnt Is a little bit too long to wait. Thero isn't going to be any report, because there Isn't going to be any commission. I'll nlteml to that. As I have promised through out the country, I shall take that uucHtlon to tlie American people and lay It heSoro thorn fairly, chir py, straightforwardly and Intellt trcntly, and I shall let them nettle it." . . Loud upplausc greeted this state ment and then the governor swung into his own eight years of ad ministration of state affairs nnd chotlcngcd his opposition to find fault If they could. "At no tlmo In the history of this state," he said, "was the gov ernment of this state In as trnod condition ns It Is today." FLIER TUNES UP CALHHOT, England. Nov. 3. (A"i Lieutenant D'Arcy (.leg In a final tryout today before making an official attempt to beat the world's speed flying rocord of jols'a . miles an hour, reached a j speed estimated at C miles nn i hour before straightening on the course. The present record was set by Major Mario De Itarnardl of Italy at Venice on March 80. Lieutenant Orieg 1s using a sup ermarlne N-S20 plane. If thu tlmo proves satisfactory ho will apply to tho nlr ministry for permis sion tn make an attempt to break the rocord at a favorable oppor- ' lunlty. , , f, M'NARY TO SEEK KAI.KM. Uro.. Nov. S. VP) Honulor (,'hiirlcM 1. McXury will Introduce tn conKreu a hill pro viding for the appropriation - of $10,000. to be used In establish in nn experiment station for walnut und filhert culture In the Willamette valley. JleXnlv, In a letter to W. 'T. fitoli of Hnlem, raid thin measure had keen agreed to In a confcronie with C A. Kccd. afglutaut pomoloirist of the department uf agriculture. The -money, If appropriated, will be used to put-cham a 60 -acre tract, construct buildings nd maintain two men in qhrg. ;