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The Weather v rr. . . t rr sw Weather Year Ago ' Maximum , 3ft .Minimum si recoM Rulii and ixxtfibly buow. Maximum yesterday ljuuot ihU luoruiiig 38 Iai1r Tutnty-lhinl Year Wekly Kifty-Mvtnth Yir MEDFORD, OHEUON, WEDNESDAY. DECILMDEU 12, No. '.IHU. MEDFORD MAIL TRffil Today By Arthur Brisbane The King in Danger. Old, Dead, Rich. America's Big Five. (Copyright, 1928, by Star Co.) Had news about King George, the doctors' latest bulletin brings deepest anxiety. They do not dare attempt an opera tion that was contemplated, be cause of the king's weakness. Muurance companies charging 10 per cent to insure the king's life for a few weeks, evidently had information more exact than that given to the public by the doctors. Atlantic City police found a dead man, very old, and near his body !)100,000 of hoarded money, small bags filled with ifold, crumple'd, faded bank rioles. The world! wondering much, thinking little, wonders "What comfort that old man could find in the money." Ask some poor old man not yet dead, depending on cold charity or relatives that arc in different. He will tell.you what comfort the old man of Atlan tic City found in the possession of $100,0(10. The money made? him independent, a FHEK MAN. Poverty is slavery. Save something. "Will Hogcrs selects an "all American team'' of ability, as follows: Thomas A. Edison, Henry Ford, Herbert Hoover, John 1). Rockefeller, Jr., and Lindbergh. yv. probably leaves out the ablest man in the country, as yet unknown. That's fortu nate, for it means wc have re serves. Kogers would have those five men run the country, "move Thanksgiving day up to- elec tion and do away with elections entirely." The plan would work, of course. The original John D. Rockefeller could have done the job alone . when he was younger. He would have known how to select the men. Hut the people must plan to govern themselves as babies must learn to walk, no matter how badly they do it at first. lg.you always hired a man to pish your baby around in a wagon, the baby wouldn't de velop. ' .' Thomas Moran, known to the police as "Ked," killed two po licemen. He felt that he had to live, crime was the path he chose. He killed two trying to remain alive. , Sentenced to the electric chair, "Ucil" will be killed in bis turn.' Keepers, are watch ing him closely to thwart his attempts to kill himself. First he killed that he might live. Xow he tries to kill him self that the electric chair may ft get him. Strange uiynials iire human beings, from the ganginan and hi retail murders to the giant killer Napoleon, who always carried poison with him. O . Philip Challenger, from Santa Barbara and Chicago recently working as a Chicago reporter for $18 a week, now is plan uing to spend $1000 a day'. is grandfather left him 'J,0OO. 000. Wiser than many, the young man decides to study archaeology, and iuvites a sci entist to accompany him on travels around the world. Of eoffrse he decides to kill big (Continued oo rage Four.) OPERATION PERFORMED ON RULER Purulent Fluid Drained By Puncture Slight Im provement Noted Five Specialists in Attendance Early Afternoon Public J Startled By News Queen Unveils Memorial. ! LONDON, tut... Dev. 12. (A') Kins OeorKe underwent 'an opera tion toduy for removal by puncture of purulent fluid around the base of his riKht lung. Some of the fluid was removed Hiid further drainage will be neces sary. Announcement of the operation was nmdu In a bulletin timed at H : -l p. m. und signed by five phy sicians. The bulletin read: "The sIlRht improvement noted III the king's condition noted this morning Is maintained. Some puru lent fluid around the base of the right Inn.;; l as been removed by puncture this morning and further drainage will he necessary. " Buckingham palace officials were reluctant to comment on the after noon bulletin, which was the first issued at that time or day, but the fart that the (InclnrH hurl KtHtpil that the slight improvement noted been maintained was taken as a good sign. The operation, technically known as a minor one, was performed tills morning und the secret was ho well kept that It was not until mid- afternoon when the second bulletin t of the day, issued at an unusual -hour, that the fact became known, j Kven to manv in the nalace itself the news was unexpected. The bulletin containing the In- to: mation was framed after the five specialists had been with his maj-1 osty about one hour In tho early ! afternoon. . , .: Public Startled j The Lritish public, which has been watching with tense anxiety every move around the palace, was startled by the tidings and seemed TOneially at a loss what to make of them. There was much relief , that the bulletin was accoinpunled I llte 81,pei. foa(i district Including by the clause that slight improve-1 iun, w(h approximate valuation of ment reported in the king's condi- j j17 nm, 000 upon w,I:i, a lax of tlon bad been maintained. ; Hbout 3 niillu would bo levied. They The- medical correspondent f spoke of the advanla-;os or tho liro the livening News, discussing the ; pose(1 road including bettor facill balletin, said: ' I ties for moving products and for This afternoon's bulletin din-1 attracting tourists. Tho road, it closes rather a serious aspect of wa8 declared, would link tho thrco the case, but if the purulent Until ' ,lnl.tn nd sollt, highways and is .localized it may not be so seri-, wolli, ,ap one o( tn0 faVorito re ous as appears at first sight. Any treatlonal areas of the state, extensive drainage will be effected Tne propoaed hlghwuy would be by a little tube at the chest or t 'o I completed by state government and icmoval of a small portion of the 1 L.ollntv c.0.0peiation. Tho road dls rib. Tho news is something of a ! tl.,t.t waH planned to provide the setback but we shall be ablo to conn(y-8 8hare of the expense. The judge ueiier 01 ine imponaucu ui the development from tho night bulletin. It is a good tuctor that the slight Improvement in the gen eral condition is still maintained. Doctors Consult 1110 senousiujas ui i'ia iiw...oo( ;i0 ullt f 41 r0Ui districts ln condition was indicated by tho fact 1 ci,,,i0(i t.i0 tentative boundaries. that nts live pnysicians i-emainuu in consultation for more than two houis at the palace this afternoon. Dr. L. 15. 11. Whitby left Just be fore 5 o'clock. Soon afterward Sir 11ii ;1i Rlgby, honorary surgeon to the king, visited tho palaco and was immediately shown . to the room where the doctors were con ferring. Sir Hugh, besides being honorary surgeon to tho king, is surgeon to j his majesty's household and sur- geon-in-oruuiHrj 10 me ":a((on. V'nlea. lie Is one Ot tlio lliont vii perienced surgeons In tho kingdom. LONDON, Hug- Dec. 12. (!) Despite anxiety over the Illness of her royal husband. Queen Mary gave renewed evidence todny of her devotion to duty. She motored from Buckingham palaco Into the city ot London and for the rirst time unveiled a war memorial one to members of mercantile anil flahlng fleets who were lost at sea in the world war. Incidentally, the occasion was the first on which the queen's voice has been heard on tho radio. The en tire ceremonial was broadcast by station BBC, giving opportunity for tens of thousands of British sub Jects to hear the voico of their ml er's consort in this time of anxiety , and BtresH. I The Noted Dead f RAM DIE:", cal.. Ix-c 1 a. W Kev. U. J... "f'.oIlKhtly Morrill, li. Internationally known aut h o r. . plote trotter j-01 lecturer, filed vflLerday at hU home here. He wi4M a former resident of Minnea polis. Morrill was chaplain of the Amerioan Actors Alliance. C'ulMIIl MIHUa Manned. HAVANA UP) Lutabliiihment j of a Cuban national milllia ,B b!n projected by Manuel wlfii .lapon, lal advlwr- of the In- teitor department. WAITING AT PALACE FOR NEWS OF ALrafl IBi I ARGENTINA! SliiFiWiaitfe ifcrf 3H Two Arrested in Buenos J'FW' ?vi'ip Aires Plan t0 Wreck Ho- k5f . .4&r V. ,?sf . Jttftr ver Train Police Search- Large crowds, gather dally at the gates of Buckingham palace George's condition. Picture shows group waiting for news of king's COMMISSION IBlCllOlpfff r 10 CONSIDER ITRIES SUIGIDEiANDES ENROUTE UMPQUA R0AD;IN Rrjseburg Hearing Told State Highway Body Will De cide On Election-Opposition Is Voiced By Road Districts. i im5i.'nrni r iw i ' HOhhULHU, Oie., Dec. I.. P) The state highway commission announced after a hearing here ftt0 yesterday on creation ot a road district for- finanning Umpqua hiEli- Way construction that It would con- sm,,r whether an eloctlon should be held within boundaries which would be considered advlsnhle. Senator B. h. Eddy, Dexter Rico and A. C. Mursters spoke In favor ... I1B.ilon for an nlm iion to t re road now exists between Rosebur: and Diamond Lake except tor 22 miles. C. I.. Chonowllh, representing a group of opponents at Oakland and Miilltarllii lii-nuoiil.trl f nm.i-i ut l-n tl.-nu and claimed Ihat owners of more than of the lands op- jioscd the petition. II. A. Shaw, representing timber interests, objected to taxing timber lands which he said the road would not beneril. ten C. Dey, Southern Pacific attorney, objected to includ ing ri--;ht of way of the company along ir miles oT the boundary of the district. Lawrence '1'. Harris, of Kug01l(. representing ' various (, uyBtrl(.t8 uao 8,)oke , omK). F LAY ASIDE HOPES CIMCAfiO, III., lcv. 1 CmiKreKHinan . .1. DicklnHOii ot Iowh, mkl wet torn nurirultural leader and Hiinnorter aT Herbert Hoover during the recent campaign, today urged the American fanner to lay aside IiIh hojies for an equal ization fee arrangement for farm relief and to .ve full support to the preHldent-elect'B program for agriculture. The Iowa ItvrlHlator. Kneakhii: he- fore the annual convention of the American Farm Bureau Federation hU the farmera were utiflrd in the conclusion that a Hpeclal bch- Hion of congrcsR would be called to carry out pre-election pledg'ca, and that agricultural relief legfala tlon should await the action of the special nesMnn. M r DtfWInicfin fovlnwpil thn rnn. LmmpnrlHllnm fnr firm rplinl mnilf jjy Mr. Hoover during the campaign and contrasted the president-elect's propoM,g v(th rPrnmmendnHons miirie hy lament Coolldge In his recent mes&ge to congress. OF EQUALIZATION JAIL CELL! Denied Forgiveness By ployer, 'Phantom Honey-j moon' Girl Drinks Poi-j son 'Did It for Ken' She Says. ' 1 j C1I1CAOO, 111., Dec. 12. ) I Dorothy linker, tho hoiiehmld I whose "phantuin honevmoon" to New York and Niagara Kails was ended .by her arrest, for - stealing $21(10 from her employer, tried to take her life last night by swallow-in-'; poison. . The IS-year-old girl's suicide at tempt occurred In tho Kensington police station after she had been confronted by .Mrs. Nollle Mauer, from whom she confessed taking 'the money and a fur coat. When J Mrs. l.auer denied forgiveness the i girl drank the poison before police I could stop her. I "Tell Ken I did It all for him," ! she cried. Police said she referred to Kcn ! neth Hagan, her former sweet- heart, whose lack of attentions prompted her "to live like an helr- 088." I In New York, whore sho was ar j rested 10 days ago, she lived In the I height of fashion, buying expensive cioiues anu tasing a sjuu taxicau ride to Niagara Kalis. "It was great while It lasted," she said, "but I'm sorry I did it." Last nl-?ht sho came to (.'hicugo In custody of a police .woman While photographers prepared to take her picture Miss Maker, in notlccd lor a moment, drank the poison. Doctors said she would re cover. YOXKKHH, N. Y., Dee. 12. In a daylight holdup in the heart of this clty'rt huKlnt'HH neetlon, Meven or eight robberH opened fire thlH morning on the collection tar of tho first National bunk and e eaped with a f 100,000 payroll after wounding one of the linn It guanlt". The collect ton wagon, a partly armored automobile, wart trans porting the payroll from the punt offite to the bank for later deliv ery to tho Alexander Hmlth St. Hmin Carpet company, one of the large I organisation of It kind in the world. Two bank guarda and a city policeman were riding In the car. , At the Inturnectlon of qHuciiu Viia avenue and Hudson atret. In the center of the city, a group of men In another car opened fin on the bank car, nhuotlhg directly through the wlndtdileld. Adolph Haunter, one of tho guardn. was hot through tho arm. The other guardu and policemen were sub dued by the robbers, who escaped with tho payroll toward New Vork City, switching on the way from their original automobile with a Jersey licence, which they desert ed, to another car. I'inliinil Fill PORTLAND. Ore.. Doo. 12. WPj Tho city h-alth office toilay re eelvnil rvportu of 25 new canen of influenza, making a totil of 19H under treatment. DAYLIGHI RAID NETS $100,000 FROM BANK CAR! KING'S CONDITION T to -hear latent reports of King Illness. BUENOS AIRES Em-'Great Barrier Crossed On i i 'Journey From Chile to Ar- gentina Only Important Region Hitherto Unvisited By Hoover. UH ANDKB, Chile, Dec. 2. (A)r I'ri'Hlilent -elect Hoover today wan crowing the Andes mnuniulnn on ivieclal train, en route from Santiago to luenoH Airen. He trav eled over the highest tranKcopti nentul railroad 'route In either of the AtnericHf, carrying hi.s inintdon of friendship and understanding acrosH one of the might lent bar riers known to man. From Low AiuIoh to Us terminal at Alcndoza, tho total length of trana-Andean railway Is approxi mately 1 04 miles. Its highest point 1b 10,5)2 feet ahove hcu level, and It provided Mr. Hoover with the opportunity of atudylng one of the greatest engineering feattj In the world. Mr. Hoover, In crossing the An des, completed hi travels to the only Important region In the world that ho had never visited before. The train was carried over the mountain by a raok system. On the Chilean side the line haa been electrified, the energy being ob tained from large water power plants near Hantiago, , Coming to the Miimmll of the mountain the road ran through a tunnel nearly two miles lung and the (rain In parsing through this tunnel crossed the border between Argentina and Chile. M r. Hoover ha d c fa re w ell to Chile after exchanging hearty ex pressions of friendship bet wi'en the Culled HtalcH and Chile with his host. President Ibanex. At a lunch eon which was the climax of the Chilean welcome, President Ihancz Maid that the national spirit of the nited States had given to the world incalculable heneflts and an even greater hope fur future Hplr II ual and material advancement between the peoples of both con tiuenlH. Mr. Hoover. In replying, said that iu both countries there was a com mon history of building in a new world, n new form of government founded a pun a new coneepllun of human rights. He asserted, "Our economic Inlerents are reciprocal and our progress in proHperlty and comfort can only bo mutual." In addressfng newspapermen who are nccompa'nylng Mr. Hoover, Hie Chilean president said: "You must not forget that this country dchlreH Kolld friendship with the Culled HlateM." ROHKIUTItO, Ore., Tec. 12. -fp) M. W. Coonoy, former Douglas county agricultural agent, died to day an a result of pneumonia fol lowing Influenza. Mr. Cooney's wife and lO-year-old daughter both died last week from the same catiso. He. was born In Lincoln, Neb., De cember 2.1. 1KK6. and In 1113 moved lo ti n state of Washington, follow ing his marriage. He came to Koso burg in 1920 as county agricultural agent and nerved In that capacity for five years, being foced to re tire because of III health, He leaves 1'lve children. , BOMB PLOT 10 MIDDCn IM:-- ing for Anti-American I ttyuaiuio i Jw uuai ua to Insure Safety'of Visitor HCKNON AIIti:S, Deo. ,A plot to bomb Herbert Jfnover'n I special Ir'dn has been frustrated. With t'.:o men under a rest, police .today ware continuing their search for any a till -American agitators i who might be Involved. Fifteen hundred guards will be I employed on special duty to In -1 sure the safety of the t'ulted Htates I president-elect when ho arrives to morrow and during his visit.' President Itigoyeu, In a statement on the plot, said police In search ing a house In Kstomba street found four hand grenades, two cyl indrical bombs, one square bomb, dynamite, revniviy-s, auioma.lc pis tols, quantities of ammunition and I TiO 1 0-peso notes. The police announced that a 1 room In the raided house contained 1 a detailed map of tho railway sys I tern. I'nllce believe the plotters j intended to place tho bomb on the tracks on the outskirts of the city Just before the arrival of the lloov j er special train. t I'nllce in raiding the house ar 1 rested a ynuth who said he was ! Carlos (iutlerez, IS. The author ities said, however, that the real name of the youth was Alejandro Komauo, and that he was 21 hut , posed as younger In hope of oh- 1' lalnlng leniency under the minors law. They described him as a stu dent of chemistry ami they believed that ho manufactured the bombs, j Later, a second man was arrest ed near lite house. lie gave the name of Jaime Oliver, but the po lice said he was Jaime Castro, a chauffeur. ' - - j Police at Work. j President Irigoyen said: Th- piesldenl of the republic, being de sirous of making agreeable the vis!', of the president-elect of the Cnited Htates of Anterlca and of offering - the greatest possible guarantee of 'safety to the personnel of the Il lustrious visitor, commanded the police to Intensify their obxorva- j lions of dangerous elements." I The president added that this ' order had been carried out by the division of invest luat ions which discovered the house which was j raided, i Although only two men were of-. ' flclally announced to have been arrested, It was generally known J today that the police had been ac tive for a week In picking up stis- pects. These suspecta will he con fined until after the departure of Mr. Hoover. The authorities not only are determined to prevent any plots against Mr. Hoover, Mil also are determined to disrupt any pub lic demonst rations against the United States. Since tho bombing of the Na tional City bank on Christmas eve I last year, when two persons were killed and 20 injured, police vlg . Ilance In guarding tho Cnited Stales embassy and consulate, the Amer ican club and buildings housing American firms has not been re laxed. A bomb was discovered last month on the steps of the ItuenoH Aires cathedral which' l across the street from the National City bank. As It was being taken to the police station It exploded and a pedestrian wna KUIvil, This was believed to be a part of a gen eral program of agitation against American Interests In Argentina. The perpetrators were never ar rested. During the Sacco-Vanzettl agitation there were some violent demonstrations In Argentina. llOHKHUlt'l, Ore.. Dec. i2. A The annual meeting of the Slate Hurt leu It ura I society opened here today with a fairly good atten dance. Halem, Kugene, Portland and Mcdford fruit districts were particularly well represented. The meeting opened with an ad dress of welcome by Mayor Ceorge Youek. a brief t-tlk by the presi dent, C. K. Moyer of Hosehurg and an add reus on canned prunes by IKobert I'huIuh, of Kalern, Hpeakers this afternoon were Dr. i K. C. Heeley, of Koseburg, Ketulck i Kate, of Days Creek, II. Van Hoe- venbtirg. Jr., of fiohl HMI, I'rofes sor II. D, Kcudder. of Corvallls, M. M. Hums, of Portland, and A. I,. Peck of Corvallls. A Joint meet ing with the Koseburg CJarden club Is to be held tonight. The conven tion continues nverhurs'tay ar.U Friday, HORTiCDTTUlSTS W CONSIDER FLU OPEN -MEETING SERIOUS AS IN 1918 nnornunn mn i KUOLDUKU UUAI Tw rizens, One Hi ? Marry Two Hips. neP arizen 4 Wn.i.lNV.TON. Conn.. Dec. 4 12. itVi Two Parizens and one of the Hipskys will marry il pks unit out' of the I'arizrus here Saturday. It sounds confusing, but It Is just a i use of two sisters ami a brother in one family mar rying two brothers and a sis ter In the other family. is the way they will X ,,Kr.,.hr: i.. ., Am,.ii. t 4 lilpyky; I'hui'loH Paiizen uiui Irene lllpsky; l'alll lllpsky utul lliirlmrH 1'nrlzi'n. ' i I IN BAM ; Nine Policemen Shot By 16-Year-Olcl Youth From Barricade Tear Bombs, Steel Shields and Machine Guns Used By 200 Of ficers in Capture. CHICAGO. III., Dec. 1-. (A1) A Hi-year-old negro youth today shot and wounded nine policemen, among tnem Deputy ComiulsHlouor Martin K. .Mu 1 Km, hefo.e moro than 200 policemen and firemen, using shotguns, pistols, tear bombs and machine guns, succeeded In break ing into a building whom ho had barricaded himself and killing him. Tho crazed youth, lOrnent Whitu uiHt, Hin ted one of tho most pro tracted ha.rtcadcft In tho history of the police department, with poilco meu firing o.i tho building tn which no iiijuj uih Htand, fini adjacent buildings, tolophono poles and even from laddurs. When finally cowed W'thitmirst had IK bullet wounds in his body. Ho lived two hours do Bplte his Injuries. Three alslcm, 0110 u year-old baby, und two brothers of tho no gro, were in tho houso with him throughout the sfego. Ily huddling In an inside room thoy wero ablo lo oscapo most of the ofrocts of tho lour bombs thrown through tho Khattored windows Wlitm tho slogo was over and they canto out of hiding, all wore nearly while t.om tho plaster clipped from tho celling of tho room by police bullots. Stat ted With Brick Whlleurst throw a hrlclj through a storo window and tho police pur sued him Into his homo In North Townsnnd street. ' Obtnlnhx a shotgun In I ts home, Hie negro turned on his pursuers, wounding Policeman Edward Fon taine. , Kolnforcemonta wero summoned, then for five hours 1 ho police, uh lug stool shields, tnarhlno guns, i lot guns, tear . bombs und streams of water, tried unsuccessfully t ) dislodge (ho hoy, who tlrod with pistols and thn shotgun. The po lice finally broke; Into tho building at dawn and cornered him in iho hath room, llo was shot down H4 he a Item pled to shoot suvornl offi cers. Tho wounded policemen wero suf fering mostly from minor buckshot wounds, although the condition of one or two was considered serious. Deputy Commissioner Mullen, di recting Iho attack, received n charge of buckshot hi his ear and net:k. STATE BOARD DOES OHTTMNIX fre Dec. 2.--fP) One death from Inf luenxa iu Port land, a 3-jear old boy was report ed to the health office today. There were 1!I8 cases In tho city, Including ZTi reported today. The weekly report of the statu hoard of health. Issued today, 1344 cases reported. latio county reported cases, Douglas oou il ly 1 1 1, Dr. Kretlerlck Ktrlcker, secretary of the state board of health, said ho did not consider the situation as serious as tin epidemic In 1!MH, but Urged prcrautloits against spread of the dlsense. Te.vjiM I loud I ' Ire. HOl'HTON Texas, Dec. 12. (D Three persons lust their lives In a fie In the old Poyln hotel, a 5.1 -room slructuro here today. Trapped In his room. J. J. Lind ley, 35, of Houston died of suffo cation. Tho bodies of L. Dougan and an aged cripple were removed from the ruins. NEGRO 1 - i . I I1LU.ULMI I AIinQ AID ; LMUUU rn i PIONEERS Past and Present Air Heroes Praised By Coolidge at International Civil Aero nautics Conference In crease in Industry Pic turedWright Is Guest. WASH I NO TON'. Dec. 1 2. (aF) The elito of the atr assembled, hero today at the International civil aeronautics conference and heard President Coolldgo aluglo out past and present heroes who luie uono 1 niucn to make Ameri ca air minded." j The progress of man's efforts 'to conquer tho air, going back to tne tounh centuiy before Christ. wan outlined by president Coolidgji tooay in an address before tho International Civil Aeronautics conference. Mr. Cool.dge drew a picture of I flying, especially of heavier than air flying In thu present day, I which showed tho great strides of this new Industry since the Wright brothers rose from the sand dunes at Kittyhawk, N. C 25 years ago Mil the first sustained flight In a , machine driven airplane. He pointed out that In lit Si tho value of the aeronautic Industry in the Cnited States was $5,000. iioo and that It now Is $150,000. "00. Kegular flying In this coun try beginning with a short air mail line he said, was increased to I fi.ftoo miles and plans wero under way to extend international lines to tho isthmus and South America. i "All nations aro looking for j ward to the day of extensive, regular and reasonably safe inter continental and'lnteroeeanic trans portation by airplane and airship," he said. "What tho future holdn out. even the Imagination may bo inadequate to grasp. o may be sure, howtoyeft. thftt .the priectIon and 'extension of air transport throughout the world will be of the u.most significance to civiliza tion. While' tho pr.mary aim oi this Industry is and will bo com , mcrclal and economic and the prosperity of the world will be Immeasurably" advanced by It, In d fectly, but no less surely, will ;lho nations be drawn moro closely togetner in bonus of amity ana understanding." Wright ITuUcd. M r. Coolidge devoted a large portion of his address to a review of tho history of aeronautics. In which he praised tho achievement of the Wright brothers. , "Others, whose names will long be remembered had done much to solve thn problem,' he said, , "but It ' remained for the able, persistent and -modest brothers from Dayton t demonstrate com pletely' tho possibility of a, machine raising Itself hy Its own power and carrying a man In sustained .flight." Turning to the widespread uifo of the airplane, today and Its rapid development In recent years, Mr. 'Cool dge said that the "wonderful and spectacular flight to Paris" of Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh and his subsequent country-wide tour, had done "much to make America air-minded." The nineteenth cen tury was the railroad and steam- boat ago ho said, while the twen tieth "will be known for the de velopment of aeronautics and air : transport." I "Air transport means much to the Culled Htates." he said, 'dl- jVtded aa It la In the west by lofty mountain ranges and deserts. In the early days It took six months (o go from Missouri to the Pa cific coast. An airplane hns trav eled across the continent In less than 24 hniirSi We are stretching out our arms through the air t" Canada and to our friends and neighbors on the south. ( ' Orvllle Wright, the first man lo fly, Is guest f honor at the con ference, to which 40 nations have rent representatives. Col, Lind bergh was seated with the 12' members . nf( the Amerioan delega tion, appointed by President Coul Idgo to represent the I lulled Htates In the three-day discussion t world aeronautical problems. LUPE VElIZ ESCAPES AS CLOTHING BLAZES IIOM .VWOOD, Oil.. l)c. 12. (P) Lupo Valo. movie acirem, wai imvecl from Injury by t li o quick action of. 4 liriilierty man, who threw a rtii around hr and quenched :r flra w.hlrh hull cansht In hr old fniihlnned hoop klrt ndrlw the fllmlnu of a fire aide acene. Halt burned. thn skirt w 'A t y r