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The Weather
Forecast Cloudy, and probable
rata or kuowQ
11Utlua ycHurauy 43
IO west today 19
Weather Year Ago
Mailmuni 49
Minimum . 86
0
Daily Twmtjr.thiru Year
Weekly Kill y with Year
MEDFORD, ORKCON. TIH'IfsPAY, 1 K( KM ISKK :M? 1!L'S.
No. 271.
Medford
Today
By Arthur Brisbane
Vanished Darien.
Interesting Graveyard.
7 To Fight the Flu.
Man, Queer Animal.
(Copyright. 1928, by Star Co.)
SAVANNAH, (in.. Pee. I-.
The Savannah Press says Presi
dent CoolUljre will probably visit
Sapelo Island, off the (ieorjtia
coast not far from hero, just
lifter Christmas. Howard Cot
fin has invited him to use his
iniiRnitieent. residence on the
2"i,(Kin.acre island which Coffin j
owns.
t
11' the President goes he will
. , , .. ...mi ,,.i
he Kind of it. Georgia will
come him from one border to
,the other. He ought to come
hj' motor and see the healltiflll
.
state as a eiosuup.
The drive would take him
through this fine old city. And,
at Darien, 00 miles away,
reached bv as tine a stretch of
fy ..
highway as any on earth, tali-
fornia included, he would stop
and muse on vanished ureal-
ness. lie would pass the Hank
ol iJarien, once tne uitigest KtlMl tle oxphnioi-.s took piuoe
south of Philadelphia, with n, looked like jagged trench.
.' Twelve persons were injured se-
eapital of $1,000,000 now a tiny rlulu,y ,.,,gii to i.e sent to hs
eniintrv bank of 25.00O. Onee Pii"'. while many suffered in. nor
'
thousands of ships came to
Darien for Georgia pine and
cotton, bringing s ballast stone
that HOW lines the shore. Da-
l ien, WlllCll gave Its name to
Keats' Darien at Panama, set-1
... c . , ,i t ,.,,
tied ny ncotclimeil inai caitn.
first to (leor"in, would, not let
p w , j
the railroad come in- the
river is good enough," said Da-
..." .. ...
fien, and dlCtl, in spile Ot IIS
fino luirbnr .;
HUB IIUIUUI.
, . 1 .
Wise havannail, tnai Knew
b(tter, now hits both harbor
Bnd railroads.
It's impossible to see every-1
tiling in America, but t?vtme
Ollght to see Sapelo Island, its
i ?, ....t!
beautiful forests, ancient iorts
400 years old, ruins of Sjjanish
. : tnna . 9 ..iw.11 in fnni
missions ot 0st PI' shell 10 teet
live bv SIX f'ett lleetH OI Slinmp
. u..:nfy;M :., knni-lrnla ftf
Mwnr ... ...u...., ... .......w,., A horse was killed and a taxi Uose.
bushels at a load, and tieeehee 'cub turned over, its driver heinir Mr. Manners has written or col
. , w, lUfli- -...- taken from the shattered vehicle lahorated on more than 0 plays.
negroes, possessing their own f a hlwpKaIt A Krepn grocer's ; Miss Taylor appeared in the lea ri
sneeial laneuace, sttspeeted 1V jcart enrrylnsr palm trees was overling roles of most of his plays.
other negroes,
talk qurer.
'heeause they
. Tile President ill bis walks'"" flan, shoot. nx from one spot
' I:.. ,k tpnn, ...lilln tho L':,M poio-'tncn
on I IIP norm end OI MIC dphiiii-; llinyH eIn,.rKeney erew wearlnK
fill island, would visit, with rev-'"' mnks, worked vm-orously on
, , . . , tho mains. .
crenee the graveyard of the nc-j Kye wltesses expressed aston
tiroes, and atlmire the prac.ticul lshment that the casualties had
' ,. . ., . . not heen worse. The fumes of
and religions side ol the neiiro j..,,, .,., tin driftinc throunh
jebaraeter. On each of inanv!'he dist. h t this afternoon and
, , , . i traffic was diverted from the af-
jfraves he would see a lamp, an 1 f(rted area.
alarm clock and II eiip. The I Those who were Injured snffer
, , . , , . ... el from shock, the kbs fumes and
tdoek is lo awaken the spirit at , mmnl. lnjries to their limbs,
the rij-'bt time, the lamp to lipht I "or mid-day amrther ex-
his way, the cup for drinking 1
after wich a lonw sleep.
On one pravestone, written
in the concrete when it was soft,
be would read, "Iu memory of
my first husband, Carl llilry,
born April 2rth, 18")7: died
September 11th, 1889; are 32.
M rest."
Oil another, ''Cesare
iMt'kson, lie (lied in iniTn. Meepjiielow. K. Itohertson occupant
on, son.
More tlinn iiNi.iH'iO new cnse
o
of inflnen.n in -0 stes, the
epidemic moving enstwiiril. The
best remedy for influenza is
oxygen, fresli nir. The blood
must fi)fht the perm and oxy
gen is the food and strength of
the blood.
Strange Is the nature of man. In
New York a young man confesses
to strangling a 16-year-old girl
whom he loved. He says she want
ed to kiss him. That is his excuse.
At Hrunswick. Ga., Walter Raw
Jlas. In prison, saw his wife whose
tSDplaint had him jailed for wife
Muting. He seized a carving
knife, dashed from the prison, over
took his wife, itabbed her several
time, lllri excuse is. "I loved my
p
(CoDtinutd on Pst Four.)
Mm
N LONDON
GAS BLAST
War Reminder in Explosions
Pavement and Shops'
W r e c k e d Pedestrians j
Flung to Ground Con-j
fusion Reigns Firemen
Battle Shooting Flames.
l.OXDOX. Dec. :0. lPj West
land central London were given a
'Startling reminder of wartime air
raUIri today when exploding nas
iniaiiiN caused a miniature earth-
wN-;illak(. lhlll up ,onB .stl.etehes
of streets and caved in shop
,.xlnrllinx ,.,,.. whn
workman enured a manhole, with
nil electric lilnwer used to remove
foul air Hum passages leading into
a larse Inspection chamber helow
the roadway outside of the post-;
office depot In Itroail street. i
This fir', explosion was fol-1
lowed hy u series of .shocks along J
the street. flinging curbstones Into.
the air, knocking down pedes-;
lrinnx n,i shattering shop w.n.-;
dows. one manhole lid was hurled:
high into the air and entailed
ohlu n ,m0,.ms. cnuks appealed i
m the iod, wooden Mocks werei
heaped up and the streets along!
hurU bolne 1 i cn I oil fit I hl S-('I1I
ui' rt'turn1nf to tlnMr liomt-s.
Hhut'thilmry uvemu1, new oxfoi'it
.i n.l ut u In I'.lnnniijlilll'V
were the principal ones affected
d the dani.me extended over
more than a mile of pavement.
Worst- Than II I
Tho. crush of the explosion was
worse than hombs durlnn air raids
,vM ,),,, occupant of a flut nearby
who was blown oft his feet.
"i thotiKh't there had been an
,.v,,iosion at the base of the build-
Ins. which shook llku tissue
paper," he said.
Smoke rose to a heiKlu of yo
or 40 feet after the first explosion,
,...:Ji..,J .,, ..,i. ,l,..,.Uln-s
...
,iU8hfd Into the streets and fire
onjr.ws appeared from every di-
reetton. Their wervlces were not
irreatly neede! ami they soon do-
parted.
There was much confusion as
exactly what had happened
when the workman entered the
munhole where the original ex-
plosion took idace. There was a
m,(ipn st.rpam a spm,t of fInnie
and a terrific explosion. The
workman strolled from the man-
clothing atlre. but
lie was quickly rescued and taken
"lo a hospital. :
Humeri una me nruncnes oi uir
ilialms snapped by the detonation. I
Firemen nl Work. !
Kire hrlsndes nlayed their hoses
flMISl'tll t'lK IIIH ; PUJtllC llinmi"
from the original trouble. Flames
I enveloped two slx-slory buildings,
which roared away simultaneously
with the flaming gas in the road.
J The occupants were able to get
I away 'safely
On
pf the most remarkable
escapes was In a house on high
street. A manhole cover, weigh-
lug several hundred pounds was
Mown 0 or 7 ft feet In the atr.
(crashed through the roof of the
noufif' through a bed wnere a man
naa . "if ii imu ..m
of the bed In the tinner room said !
he had heard his alarm clock
huzz ng away and had rolled over
"to Mop tta row. " wnen tne man-
hole cover tore through the part
of the bed on which he had Just
been lying.
iy mid-afternoon, the number
of caiuultleB had risen to 17.
AS TRAFFIC OFFICER:
,.... ,
V, V'u . " ;
11. fete Itelnhart. who several
. . .
RW nn an n
fJcei of the Mate truffle depart-1
ment hecnuwe of an alleged Infrnc j
tlon of the Mate game law, hn
b?n reinstated, according to an
authoritative announcement. Rein-
nnrtas accused of killing a deer
U. imt the. charge was ,,(
subsiantiate.1.
COMMITTEE
The Inauguial committee Is making plans In Washington for the Inauguration in March of President-elect
Herbert Hoover. Seated, left to right: Edward F. Colliday, William T. Calllher, Erving T.
Glover, U. S. Grant, III, chairman; Dr. Hubert Work, Mrs. Virginia White Speel. Standing: C. C.
Glover, jr., Robert Fleming, district commissioner: Corcoran Thorn, Theodore P. Noyes, Edward C.
Graham, Joseph C. Hlnes, David Lynn, Sidney Tolavero, district commissioner, and Joshua Evans, jr.
AUTHOR OF PEG HOOVER PLANS iUPWARD TREND
OW HEART IS
Hartley Manners, Actor,
Playwright, Passes in
Riverside Drive Home:
Laurette Taylor With,
Husband Who Brought
Her Fame. !
NKW YORK. Dec. 20
Rrnadwuy today mourned .
(Pi '
MUXt- i
ivy AiHiinerH, p.aywriKht and uctor
ocst known aa tne author of "FeK
j -My Heart, one of the most pop- i
mar piays ever piouuceu in Aiuer
lea.
h wife Laurette Tavlor iho 1
DEAD.NEW YORK INAUGURATION IS ANNOUNCED
ac,re88- wnu ro8e , fume ai) pegjt Mexleo fily and TexitH before
jn her husband's play, wits Willi M'h 4.
nim when death came last nttht at ! Tlle l!llln was rolllnB alonu the
their home ou Riverside 'tlflve. Unf "razillan eoast today at better
wua yeal-8 0i(i, j than 1 r, knots anil is due to dock
Horn In London, Mr. Manners "' Rl' Janeiro at 2 p. in.. t r-
started his career as an actor In ; row-
Melbourne, Australia, In IMS. i The Utah will sail on the last lap
jt wa3 not UI)tj 1912, however, : t tnp journey home at noon Sun-
that he achieved wide fume. In day and tho Hoover party will
,1 . j j . ,.,, ,1 I'I,,IkI,m ,1v ,,l,n,n.,l -1.1,.
,,,,11. jci tiv niuie una pioouceu,
"PeK o' .My Heart.'' stairinc Laii-1
rette Taylor,
ob4i'iire actress, ;
whom he had married that aame
year. The play had u run of 02
performances on nroudway and es-
t ahli.shed both Mannera and MIbk
Taylor in the theatrical world
if has been estimated lhar "Pe
0 My Heart" has been played more
than 500,000 times on various
as and haa been translated into
almost every known lanmtae. It
in estimated to liavo earned its
mUhor more rovalties than anv
play in the hisloiy of the theatre;
wuii tne exception ol '.'Allie n irii n
iMannera naa not neen aciive in
the theatre in recent years. He
explained he could not compete
with the sex dramas that flooded
New York and lie advocated a re-
I,, I'luitn tli.iitr.i
Wltli 1 automobiles tagged
yesterday and a 5 up until early
this af tern on n. the drive besrnn
yesterday morning by the police
department was still going strong
lonMV. with the expectation that
another 25 cars would be tagged
i.,.nt- niirhirnii r.. ,-..!.. 1 1
traffic rules, principally parking
flVer the one-hour
limit In the
OllFinCM1 MJCLIOO.
Hall of one dollar each was dc-
nrwiiod i.v tho m-. t..i-iiv r tu
owners InH fon-non at the police
Bia(ion, the only exception being
,.nr owners who were in .Medfont
frrjin ,.ura, points of some distance
Hl)rn nA AppleKate and W i.ner.
.Motorists atpeated at the police
-tatlon In cheerful moods and had
no exc uses to mak-, Indicating that
they had expected to get by the
j one hour limit. The majority
j . ... ,...Tri nn-j tin. .ix.-i-ii riiuiiMHK
aiKi nurtiiM-Kn men oeriarcu u w:is
a matter of forgetfulnens. .Motor
ists In Medford from rural points
were not required to put up a dol.
lar bill, but were Unrnotl bv th
police to be careful in the future
,n Vnrking their machines while
ln A'eilfonl. A perusal of the 1IM
lusAj ........1- . w. ... ...
s . . m in- mi intn wt ninny j
vien known local cltlzenh.
Oregon Weather
Fair eftfit, cloudy west portion
lonlglit and Friday becoming ttn-
jettled over the west portion with '
PARKING LIMIT
DRIVE SNARES
AUTO OWNERS
rain or snow rrwiay. Hllghtlyf Val! projert Oregon $f.O0 to
w a r m r r; increasing southeast $r,M,no: Yakima project', WaBliinj-
Uinds. (t0D( toon lo if5o0-
PLANS HOOVER INAUGURATION
e
TRIPS BEFORE
Havana and Mexico City to
Be Visited Before March1
4 Due in Rio Janeiro
Tomorrow Afternoon at
2 o'Clock. !
f. s. k. vtaii, ux nouTt:
TO
ItIO .1ANKIKO, J),
,. i.ry a hi...
. ,,,,,, ,
"' n""Vl''' ,I,,''I,1C'1 l,,nt
no win not viKii iiaviiiKi on uiu
lu-t'sont goudwill trip, it whs Mated
tmUy chut he would gu lu the
feu iu 1111
Cuban capital before his ImiUKuru-
tloll. He is also eonsl.lerlnK a visit
-
Mr. Hoover was on deck yestei-
tl,iy w-hen tho Utah passed the
first shin sighted since lea vine
Montevitleo. It was tho Spanish
f i eijihler Aluniemil which dipped 1
her cdrs and exohan".!
cans
with the batileshlt)
The LHeh will be convoyetl today
by two Ilrazilian ernist;is, the
H:hia and the Rio (irnnde Do Se.
These vessels will accompany the
battleship to the Hrazilian capital
as an escort of honor. It will be
the first time that the ship carry-
ins Mr. Hoover has had an escort
m mre man one wn rerun
SETS RECORD
itoosr;vi:LT t-n;r,D.
Hec. an. (A Mlis Viola
Y.,
tit ry
came down out of the raln-fllled
skies at 1:M o'clock thin after,
noon after establishing an endur
ance soln flight record for women
of citfht hours t minutes and 37
seconds. She made a perfect land
ing despite the hfiivy rain and
sbow-d no f:itigue from her hours
in the air.
koohkvki.t ru:i.u. n. v..
Dec. ill. lP Hiindled In 11 vast
tiniriunt of clothlntt to protect her j
from u chllllnf! wind. Miss Viola
(Jentry, x. look off in an open '
cockpit biplane, at 5:44:H o'clock j
this morning In an attempt to :
establish an official women's en-j
durance record. !
Her plsne carried 100 gallons of
gasoline and she Imped lo remain
In the air until 7 o'clock tonight. '
; No em,urnnre r,ci,nl for w,'",pn
' "ow nfflpl'I,v recognized. The
? V " ,M,I J
1 of ,n,; Aeronnuti-
''""n. j
(
nil I
111! I
UILL
WASHINGTON, c. 20
An Increase of fl, 786,500 In the In
terior bill as pansetl by the hdithe
was authorized by the nenate ap-
... .,. ' .. .. ..
ti laieiua vuiiiiilllieo loony in
laylni? th meiunire before the en
a.o. Tho bill now carries fliSti,-
In cl tided In t he tnereji se are
funMs for the following reclamation
protects:
i .i
i i
' i . I
WOMAN Fl IFR
I J I II II T I bllLII
N ENDURANCE
i CONDITION
Chest Condition Improved
Heart Gathering Power
General Strength Gains
Future Course of Illness
Difficult.
LOXLO.N. Dec. Sll. OP) An of-
i 111,111 ouiietin issueit into tins
! afternoon stated that Iv 1 n k
j (.luome's prosress ., .Mtahllsae.l
on 1L fii'nit,i' IiusIh. .
'iho ctmdltimi if tho rlKlit bUIo
r ho ..,1,.. 1 .. i,..t . 1, ......
iiiiiiuvn ami 1 ill lu'uri in humm)
i gathering power. 'I'he exhaustion
I continues profound but the Kenerul
j Htn ntfth Is sliKluly (mproved.
The te::t of the official bulletin,
tin: d 3:3U p. m., wuh as follows:
. in order to make a comprehensive
.survey of bin mivJe;Jly's present
! prct(;reKH and to difeusii the lines
alon;; which treitinent In the Im
: mediate future had best pioeenl.
"The condition of tho rlht side
' of tho chest has Improved and
there is evide::ci of more normal
. j-osplratory fupcthnu,
"The healing of the empyoma
with Its sever' local infection, tho
atisfactory. must of neeesjiily he a
unRthy process.
j ne neart is slowly KaincrinK
power and while the exhaustion
remains profound a slight ' acces
sion of general strength Is notice-
aide.
"The future course of the 111- Senator Hmlth. Democrat, (Jeor
ness must from, its nature be lov . Kin, a member of the committee,
ami not without difficulties, but ; Interpol. ited : ""Oh, yes, this Ih the
. we are happy to state that the i uKt. f economy."
.king's progress is .now established
j i n a firmer basis.
fiiigned) "Hewett.
I "Hlgliy.
; "Huzza rd.
Itolleston.
I "Dawson."
I The queen and 1'rlnceps Mnry
j went lo the zoo t oday. The Prince
I of Wales took an hour off to
watch tho finals of the squash
i ac(uets championship.
"llnw'n your dad today, prin
I eess," il man shouted to Hrlncess
.Mary at a ChrlstmaH party organ
j I zed for disabled soldiers.
'Hlettlng on nicely, thank you,"
'the princess replied,
i Hrincess Mary later told one of
j the organizers of the party that
- she was delighted to he able to
'say that the king was much better.
She added: "Hut the ipteen had
I such a wor rying time."
PLEADS GUILTY TO
GE
j I'O P.TI.ANP, tre., Dec. 20.
; Arthur owe Hacr, 4a, forincr
Mfthodist minister ut Ijivlngidon,
Mont., pleaded gniliy In federal
court here today to violation of
, i!u. Miniii Ae;.
4I u mOM,hH
and was sentenced
In McNeil l-htnd
prison.
Huer was arrested here Oct. 13
(charged with bringing Iremj He
j mils. Milwaukee, Wis., waitress to
J Portland, Han's attorney told
j the court that there had been a
I rconc!liatln between liner and
i inn ne no is
, with Hai r's six vl
' Whfn she chum
,Mnc Hetnds told
his wife who Is living lu Scuttle
rhlldren.
a used Huer'n arrest
I officers thnt he
j had performed a fake marriage
J c-n niony nn their arrival here last
I J Hm r Mdlng both us bride
groom and minister, tolling her
that as a minister he had author
Ity to do this,
Hrlve ( ontlfiiicw
i I'OHTUND, Ore., I)ee,
20. (Al
Continuing their drive
fekless niotorifi'H, police
ngainsi j
bad ) ftf) tiaines on the police
docket. These included 147 new
arrets. Thirteen wero cited .on
bench warrant" for failure to an
swer officers' summons,
Commissioner A i t c h i s o n
Tells Senate Committee
Work Hampered By Lack
of Funds Denies Neglect
of Cases.
WASHIN'CTOX, live. 10. iA)
I'lydi- K. Atii'hl.sun of lr'K(n, who
hiiM hooti ri'iioiiiiiiiitod as n uii'inhtM'
1 1 if Iho intcrtaU' commorro ioin
t mission, appoiirod u.s a witness tn
, iltiy hcfoi-t- tho sonuto inlorstnlo
o o m in o r i' o criiuiiilsslon hon1,
' uinl was prompuy inld hy Senator
! hot lor. Jit'itmorat, Mniitana, that
1 niiilaliits hiiil Ik'I'm tilado in him
thai Iho oumnilNMiotU'i- hud iiokIpoI-
od valuation eusos a.HslKnod In him.
( Thooomnitsxlonor, who ivhh onll-
oil ai tiio ii'iiu'st of ht'olor, wan
asked what the eom mission had
diino about lelophono eonipauy val
itatlun which was authorized ly
eoiik'roK.H In liilf., and when Altehi
Non replied that tho t nmmlHslon
had heen to husy with other im
portant eases. Wheel r said:
' I will he frank with you. fom
plaluts have heen made that valu
ation ease. nNsined V you have
heen nenleeteil for an unreannnnlilo
time."
"All that 1 ean Kay Is that I
have not heen eonselou.s of that,"
the commissioner replied. "I be
lieve that the opinion of the rone
minsloii 1h that my work has been
kopt up."
Altchlson tidd the committee that
he had lieen u twinned to revise the
eommifFion'.s Htatutes, but that be
) h-nl nnl boon i.f Hlo ,.H....-
t
i work.
I' pun request from Senator
Wheeler, the commissioner agreed
lo submit data giving h list of the
cases assigned to hi in personally
when hearings were assigned, when
theyVere held nnd when the cases
were disponed of, n nd the reason
for the delay, if 'any.
! Aitchlson had testified that the
. telephone valuations hail not come,
up Ikmmufc the commission has
been too busy with railroad valu-'
, at Ions and that "wb havo taken
I up within the limits of our uppro
I prlations (he things of vital 1m-
porlanee."
j Wheeler asked why, Is Insufflel-
cut money and facilities were at
' hand to take up the telephone cane,
the commission had not come to
congress for relief, and Aiteblson
i replied that the commission "is for
l bidden by law to ask for money."
WEIRD INDIAN
ST. I'lrrKKSlU'KO, Flu.. Dee.
2d. (pf itending over a kettle in
which wuh brewing a propitiatory
decoction of rootH and herbs, and
nppeallng tn the Ureal Spirit for
comfort and guidance ln Ills trou
ble, .losle Hllllc Hemlnole medicine
man. charged with slaying u squaw
of his tribe Hunday, began the last
of a four-day ceremonial penance
today, as enjoined by the custom
of the Herninoles.
.still clad in tiie torn and bloody
garments which gave evidence of
the battle hi fought with three
Jealous Keminolcs who attacked
him Saturday night, .Ionic JUIlie
said, "No can change clothes, no
can eat, no can tell about fight
for four suns."
Kver member of the Hlind Pasn
community performed ritual pur
gation yesterday each taking a
strong draught of herbs as a sym
bol that all .ok 1 1) llillle's cIuiih
people suffer vicariously for the
mUdoinws of any member.
Soon after Christmas, .losle Hlllle
will Journey into the far Kver
gladen to appear before Ingram
Hille. great chief of all of the Hern
inoles. He will be arcornpa nied by
W, Stanley Hanson of Fort Myers,
who is leader and padrone of all
the Seminole, Then he must wait
for the lime cif the green corn
dance In June, when all notable
infractions of Seminole discipline
custom, and all serious inlo
deeos are Judged, sentence passed
and execution carried out, lu the
case of Josle Hlllle, It may mean
death.
The Muaw that Josle Hlllle Is
charged with stabbing was taken
lit Mlnml hr.s.i.lli.1 l.tr Ihs Iti.lli. ti
Hemlnole lnw will lit nllmve.l In
,nkB 8 cottt0 ,y lny Whitfl au-
I Ihorlt en. both Kfittn finrt frdArnl.
roHTl,AMJ First aer'al whole
rale fish market In IJ. H. Inaugu
ral ed hire hy I'acldo Aerial Sea
food Co.
CEREMONY FOR;
UNE MAN
VViJ' ."Rogers Says:
NI1W nliK, !)-
l'ii.
Well. ' 'inally stopped lis
from in 'ug marines to
every w i eonld hear of.
They an- having" une in Af
ghanistan. The thins will hu
over before congress can pro
nounce it, much less find out
where it is located.
It seems the kins? over
there thought he was adopt
ing modern ideas by limit
inn bis subjects to one wife
per each. No wonder they
threw him out. He was just
old fashioned and didn't,
know it. He wasn't modern,
In- was just queer. Yours,
Wild, HOCiKRS.
'Black Spade' Turned f or
Mike Devito - Ranieri
.... . D
KlClnaping Witnesses He-
POI't IlireatS Of leSIl-
mony Given.
, ,,
CH1CAOO, Dec. 20. m Follow.
lnK a hectic day In which the life
of tho trial JuiIko was threatened
! ami 111 state wltncoses were report-
led mlSHlnK, the slate closed lis caso
.IhlH u tenioon in the Ir al of three
defendun s aectiRed of the kidnap -
Iiik of little Lilly Kanlerl, from
I W!10.'," ''I"8ecu1'"" "a3
ed the death penalty.
! CllK.'AdO, Dee. 0. Ml)" Tho
' black spade lay Vitco up before
DEATHWARNING
niiru iniTiiron
IN GANG TIL
Mike Duvlto today. cane oi u rjuropenn in otam, Be
lt was Ant'elo retlltl, one of ' iously afflicted with this disease,
three men on t rial for kldnapln i wno ex)erlenced complete "relief
Hilly Kanlerl, who declared the ; unU wu" vt'y Improved In gen
death card had been turned, JtiUne ! elnl health by the urn of thl
Hohert fientzel was told. fruit. It should be added' that
"Tho defendant. I'etlttl," said ' d.itbetes Is very prevalent In 81am,
Assistant State's. Attorney Mueller, Probably due to the heavy starchy
told u lialllff who was KuardliiB '"Ice diet used in that country.
him: When this art.ulo appeared,
"Mike Devito will ho the next to i "omo of my friends who wers
jdle." jconcerned with diabetes, and who
I The first to die was file Scully, iknow of my work in co.lecLng
1 assassinated Monday. .Scully, like plants in the Orient Immediately
Devlin, was an Important witness beeeched me to obtain seeds of
for the state In its effort to convict this plant. Since the plant hotani
Potlttl, Andrew fnpellnno and cnlly ,s related to our cultivated
Tony Capollano. Scully was shot tomato, I suireested to one of
down the day before ho was to the.,e friends that a patient of his
havo testified. . who was aifllctcd with dlabe.es
The assistant state's attorney try a rcgu.nr diet of tomatoes,
quoted I'etltti's nlloKOd statement 'th.s was done, the small yellow
during it henrlnn on petitions to tomato, woll known to all garden
release three men held In connec- era In America us the yellow per
I Hon with tho Scully killing. I tomato or tho yel.ow plum to-
1 "Your honor surely doos not mato, bo!ng used. Remarkable
wunt to release these men to kill results followed, the sugar lmme
Devllo," Mueller said. d.ulu y dlsapper ng from the pa-
; Mueller then read to tho court tlents eliminations. It is possible
Indictment charging Petlttl
with cxtnrion.
"And Scully was the only witness
against him on this indictment,"
he said.
A;ucilei followed with the read-
ing of an Indictment charging ex-
portion against Hasquate Capitnsto
and Hu I vat ore Mastrolnnnl, two of
'the three men hold ln connection
with the Scully slaying.
"And Devito Ih tho only witness
on this indictment," he ald.
The third man held Is Fred re-
tlttl. brother of Angelo. I many oases. Hlnco the tomato Is
As a result or Mueller's state-! a highly desirable food, rich ln
ments Judge (ionize) pot poned valuable vitamins, certainly no
.until Saturday the hearing on the harm will result from giving this
I habeas corpus writs fur the three (remedy a trial.
being held. At present It Is not known Just
Two other state witnesses re-' what quantity of tomatoes will
ported that they had been threat- hold the disease in abeyance. Un-
ened If they testified. They were til this Is determined I would sug
' Heputy Sberlfr Don Hleau and I gest one-half toinalo at each
Adolph (loselln, both of Kankakee, J meal.
'ill., whose teMtlmony has to do Tho experiment station has an
'with the form of the Cappellanos extremely small quantity of seed
wnere tuny uamcr. was nem priH -
oner I. 'I days last September.
The trial continued today.
tacom v ui, ho, 9n
The two convicts who' staged n
eleverly planned escuiio from the
Tolled Suites penitentiary at Me
! Null Island during early morning
mm QUICKLY
devotlonul service yontordny were , . , ' frown. Tho Hiamese
eaniurert on tl,., ....nl, n,, ,1'lant Is a perennial and since It
capiured on the houIIi point of
Knglo Islund, nenr here, this moru
lug. The two men, Jesso Wntkins, 25,
serving a lllo sentence for murder
committed In Ban Prunclseo In
IU27, and Alvln Hodges, i, of
I'hoenlx, Ariz., serving a year's sen.
tence for auloinohllo theft, woro
found concealed ln a clump of dense
undergrowth by two penitentiary
guards.
Oprrait' On Ikwn.
HALKM, Ore.. Dec. JO. (Pr
(Louis K llean, member of the
state puhllu service commission
for tho lust two years, will under-
go a major surgical operation to
dHy nt a Hulem hospital. Mean
I Vi" been III for several weeks. His
home Is at Uugene. ,
MAY FIND
DIABETES
CURE HERE
Professor Reimer of Talent
Experiment Station Makes
Important Announcement
Seeds of Siamese To
mato to Be Planted Here
Local Sufferers Urged
to Assist in Experiments.
lly F. V. Itelmer.
Southern Oregon (experiment
Station. -'
A year ago an article appeared
In Science, written by Mr. H. M.
Smith, ut Bangkok, Slam, tehlng
,of the remarkable results obtained
in the control of diabetes by eat
ling the fruit of a native soianum
I in that country. 1 recognized the
i Importance of this discovery and
since that time have . made re
peated efforts to obtain seeds oi
;m;t ZZTlvlS
;rS'K,,r of 8eed for
I Accord, nis to Mr. Smith the dls-
coveiy of the preventative value
lot this plnnt was made by a doe-
" ' Hlum. one of his patients
D.iitiu.ijr uiiiieieu Willi Hill,
disease, but he observed that the
amount of ausar eliminated varied
I ,n a stiikliiff manner, at times
,,. ,,.!',,, ..... u.
,.,,, ,lllU tllls fhietuatlon was
,, tl) tt VMrlaUon ,n dlet, a
jirtK.eM of oxl,,uslon he ound no
lBUKnl. climlnated for a pu.
jrllll nt , luniri) af(el. tha Uent
.,, catcn , frults tn, t,
!soiBnum
1 Since 'that time extensive teats
;nve bcen conduo,ed wlth . many
natives in Slam with similar re-
j Bull' Mr. Smith also report! the
: that tho common red tomato may
give sim inr results. t
li-'fficioncy Proven.
The effectiveness of the Sia
mese plant In tho treatment of
this disease has been well entail
Hshed. The number of cases
treated so far, by the use of the
American tomato Ih too small to
i conclude that this fruit will prove
luaiiy potent; this can he deter-
mined only hy extenslvo trials.
The evidence, however, indicates
that It may prove beneficial In
or the Siamese plant and nil of It
will he required for the test at the
I station tho first season. As soon
,us any seed Is produced It will be
supplied to patients for trial.
I However, the most urgent thins
Is to determ ne the value of tho
(common tomato In holding this
dlneaso in chuck. If this does not
give relief It would be advisable
to try tho small yellow tomato
n soon as that can he obtained.
1 n"i'e tnot r tomatoes- will
' ? iTtL th 1?
plant In the treatment of this dis
ease. That would almnllfv tho
mutter very mueh, as our tomato
conies from the tropics It will
prohahly need protection during
tho winter In this climate.
The scientific namo of the 81a
niee plnnt Is solnnum santi
wongesl It belongs tn the same
family which Includes the tomato,
eggplant, pepper, and tho orna
mental house plant known as Jo
riiiwilem Cherry.
While the patient Is determin
ing the value of tomatoes In his
particular case, he should con
tinue to follow his physician's ad-
vice regarding restrictions In diet.
especially the limited uss of foods
rich In sugaf and starch,
' n .
I KMl'inu Construction startsd
nn first unit of Hllka sprues pulp
and paper mill her.
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