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TWELVE PAGES
MEDFOKD, OlfKdOX. Tl'KSHAV. JAM'AKY 1').
Xo. 'J!)").
Today KELLOGG PACT RATIFIED BY
MailTr
MATE
Marshal Foch.
The Slow Mind of Man.
The Standard Oil Fight.
How Is It in Heaven?
' Copyright. 1929. by Star Co.)
Marshal Foch is dunuerously
ill of In-art disease, at 7.
Hi- is an able strategist, one
of tlic great fighting French
men. It was an inspiration to
hear him say, in a voiee of de
termination that actually made
h-'s hearers' flesh creep, "There
was nothing to do but start the
armies and CONQUER."
His look and his voiee utter-j
ing the word, "vainere," "eon-'
quer," showed the power in j
that brain, half Basque, half)
French. I
' "M
Marshal Foeh will die a con
ttentod, happy man, knowing
Ttliiit his genius, uackeu and se
lected , by Clenieneeau and
Lloyd George,, maintained the
integrity of France. lie will
lie under the gilded dome of
tin- I'nliiec of lnvalides, close
to the tomb of Napoleon l!onu
parte, greatest of all modern
generals, but not half us good!
a man as Foch and not a pa-
triut. !
The 'American rhilosophical j
Society "surveys the world's I
intellect" and will not. find
inuch improvement. j
Man's brain is little, if any,
better than it. was a thousand
years ago. There is no leader
greater than Xenophon, no
mind capable of containing half
!he information that Aristotle
' possessed, ' and to it 'great ex
tent originated.
No modern writers compare
with Greeks, except Homer,
Euripides, Sophocles, Aristo-
lilllllll'S, SIlHkcspeurC, 110 artist j
with .Mii'holautJi'lo to coinpuru
with Grouk sculptors.
lint mail litis yoiio on invent
ing, adding to scientifi discov
eries, making life longer, dis
ease less dangerous, wealth
greater.
Man has changed and im
proved little within himself,
but has steadily -added to his
valuable productions, like u hou
laying many eggs, but remain
ing the same hen.
John D. Rockefeller, Jr., re
quests proxies against Colonel
Stewart, head of Staudard Oil
wof Indiana. Colonel Stewart ae-ri-epts
the challenge and will
fiKht.
i That interests employes of
Standard Oil of Indiann own
ing stock in the company.
Wonder what will happen if
they send proxies to John D.
. Jlockcicller, Jr., and Colonel
Stewart wins the fight.
Of eight men killed in an
army transport, plane recently,
live arc buried in Arlington
cemetery.
Lieutenant Angel lias a serv
ice in the vault of the eenitery
and four others arc buried in
the enlisted men's section of
the cemetery.
Those eight men all lost their
lives in the service oi mcir
country. WHY an enlisted
men's section?
Is there an
seetiou in heaven?" Or does
that nonsense stop alter jou
leave the cemetery!
Aniimtilliili, kin of Afghan
istan, liad an idea and tried to
make tlie Afjrlians adopt it.
Kuroin-an elotlics for all. no
veils on our wives' faces, was
O-t 1'lan.
Veils re.nuiu on Afglmn voni-j
en's facet, and Amanullah ha.
abdicated.
(Continued on Page Four).
ANT-WAR
PACT GETS
85iV0TE
Senator Blaine, Wisconsin,
Casts Lone Vote Against
Committee Says Treaty
No Impairment to Right
Self-Defense Monroe
Doctrine Part of System.
V ASI1I NCI TO X , Jan . 1 fl fPl
Th'.i seniito tudiiy ratified tho Kid-.
lone anti-war treaty. ,
The vot? was H5 to 1. j
Senator liliiim of Wisconsin cast i
tho him voto n walnut tin- treaty. !
Of the nine nbsent numhi'rs it
j was iinnuuiu'ftil that all would haw
vot cm! for tlu treaty hud they been
juesentd.
The vote was taken after Chair
man lioruh of the fui-elu'ii f.'la-1
Hons eonuniUec hail .-read to ihej
senate n report uf the euinmlite-'
which mi id tlic treaty in no way
Impaired tin riKht.,uf elf defense
of any nation.
The report deelnred it to he the
eo mm It lee's utuier.stiindiiiu that
tho Monroe duetrlne was ennsidi'i'
etl iih a part of the nations eenr-
I'y ami a purl of. its K.vsiem of self!
th-fenseT I
Two principal paragraph. uf the!
treaty read: !
"The, hlnh eontraelinK part ie.s j
fiilenmly declare in the. names ofj
their respeetivp penples Hint they
condemn recourse t war for the
solution of international controver
sies, 11 nil renounce it us an inslrn- I
mcnt of national policy In their re- j
latlohs with one another. -"The
hltfh eoutrnetinjr parties I
arce thut the set (lenient or sol-
utioii nf. alt disputes or conflicts i
of whatever nature or of whatever f
origin they may lie, which may j
arise amoni; them, shall never !'
soulU cxOTpt 't-y p.-iclfk- mewm." I
KEYES UNABLE
Witness Withstands Relent
less Cross-Examination;
By. Former Prosecutor!
Keyes Got $40,000 Is
Assertion.
LOS AiNfiULKS. Cal., Jan. 13. '
(!) Jacob llurnmirH tcHtlinony that j
hu paid JIH.imjii to koep out or Sun I
Quontin afh-r tlie crash of the Jul- 1
Inu l'l-trolcuin compuny, and that .
Men tiet.or, the talloi-, told lilni !
"Asn Kuyea" got It all." stood n-1
shaken lodny In superior court ,
after a rck-ntlcss crons-cxaniliiatlon !
of the witneHa by Kcyes hlitiHi-l,
former district attorney, anil chief,
fkuro in tlic prcnent bribery-con-!
spiracy trial. j
The lilnh llt-ht of the trlul thus ;
far was reached when Herman, who
was said to have taken jri.twn.onu .
out or Los Angeles In J1000 bills
while assisting in the wreck of the I
Julian compuny. painted a picture
of "thieyca falling out" up the rca-1
son wliv he turned a'ate's evlrlprw-e j
ngains Keycs and five other de
fendants, with whom he said lie eo- i
spired. !
The dlalofc-ue between Keyes, act-
I11B for the time lioltiK as his own !
coum-it. and Herman was carrh-d
on in the third person; The "brlKht !
yoitnu man." atipuretitly more com-.
j posed than his' Interrogator, said 1
he "iiciieved heyes was prmim ui"
k-(i.a i i-..n r-,.iv..rr.
TO SHAKE STORY
JACOB BERMAN
, . .1 III UV IIIUIIV- . UIUIIM; Ul ll v., ..but. I
enllstM' munsisaid lie would put me behind a
srreen and let me see Keycs ,
"Hut ou didn't trust Hen Get I
zoff. did you?"- asked Keyes. .;
"No, I didn't trust 'him." replied i
Herman, "but I t.sik hlH word for;
It when he said he would put me ,
behind the screen. I always be-j
lli-vt-d that Keyes got some of tbe
money. bat I ali-o believed that (let-)
zoff was holding out some; but 1 !
didn't believe he dared hold it all
lout." I
i fllrlclble Home.
lakehckkt. n. j.. j.-.n.
..f
Uhortly before 2 o'clock thla morn
- ing. completing a round trip flight;
'of some 2000 miles to florlda.
NEW PICTURE
pvir fete
Presiaeni Coouage posea wnn memocrs of nis caoinet on me lawn of me wnice nouse In Wasn
inflton. Left to right, seated: Qwight W. Davis secretary of war; Frank B. Kellogg, secretary of
state: President Coolldge; Andrew Mellon, secretary of the treasury and Attorney General Sargent.
Standing: Postmaster General New; Secretary of Labor Davis; Secretary of Commerce Whiting;
Secretary of Agriculture Jardine; Secretary of the Interior West and Secretary of the Navy Wilbur.
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Federal Agents Reveal
$500,000 'Racket' Chi-1
nese Brought in By Planes J
From Mexico Sx Ships
Used, Two Seized. !
LOS ANdKLICH, Jan. 1 fi . (I')
There were I lie old days when
L'Miichc. bound hand and foot, and
ivnrdi :tllil ench delivered, were
dropped from ton-Inn tramps into
speed bouts in Sun l-'ranelsco buy
lo bo rushed ashore or to hu drop
ped into Dnvy Jones' locker when
tho spotliKhts el' inimS'irution patrol
boats flashed loo uenr.
With tho arrest or five men, two
airplanes and the aliened breaking
up of a $1(10.1100 alien smuKgllnK
Hns. federal anents today revealed
the modery version of toe "smug
K'ltnn racket" with its methods as
lomnntle. and dariiiK as the ships
and sea technique and far faster.
Tho names or three of the men
arrested here were withheld by
the federnl Uninterul.ton officials.
The other two are John T. Henry.
35, and Frank Smith, S:t. Smith
claims to be. the nephew of a Den
ver superior JudBO and related to
a Colorado state senator. MVjro
than 2511 Chinese have been hiiiii"
Kled into California during tho last
four months fiom Mexico, the fed
eral agents reported.
Cost $1000
The aliens, Uiey say. were land
ed from ships out of China, either
InMexleo or Central America, and
made their way to the border. One
thousand dollars was the price to
got into the United StateH. When
a plane loud was ready for ship
ment, the officers said, tho Chinese
would be herded into nu open field
across the border at niKlit. A plane
with no lights would swoop down
out of the skies and land.
Hoarse vices would whisper in
the dark, Money would change
hamh:. and tlic bland, hair t- rri-1
fi'd Chinese wuuld bo dumped into
dm nlittu. likn ho inanv rnicka of
potatoes. Willi B roar the huge',r At hiit time .BenLVOn.
go would be u In I lo3 air soaring
.Moat ot the liikeoffs wore nindti
near MexicaU, ofticerw KHid. Tlie
iilienn wnro Inndon. tli Indenil t
agents said, nt lonely m' the ronner "Hislest hu- b.-rs of the assoclallon partl. l.iated.
Sun Ftanclsco. Sun HcrnardinoundnHn w)o rpH)(lrH n ,,., lM lnre,mnlH unanimously en-
Ba-n"!,"- .. . . , I The two were seen often together durs.-d I he chest laojeii nnd ex-trin-pr
Hum '"'7 f'- nnU neither denied Ihe engage- pressed a desire that It be success-
were used In the an mg g ng org 1111 n ,.,,,.k-H ., t ,,-i I fully enrrl.-d out.
brcidTnr1l.f ofri.ia.sl1'- ' re..u.i.oh-, Moffat.. Hob HI rang and
been seized and tlie otn
clnlnied to have evidence thut a
deal hud just been made to pur-i-hasc
a trl tnotorcd plane lo bring
over aliens from Mexico In even
'treater numbers.
HACItAMKNTO. Jan. 13. lt'l
With the ariivul here today of
Professor I:. M. Mills of Colum
bia university, the tax expert
h.re.l by the California Tax com
mission lo help work out tho 4
per cent bank and corporation
tax amendment, members of the
legislature are to get tho firm taste
of the principal problem before
them that of providing an en
abllng act putting the plan lino,
effect.
OF PRESIDENT AND
Qriroon Store' Rofmthal in'
U"VVI1 "V-I..V..IL. w
Be Announced By Mrs.
Daniels at Party Sur-
prise to Hollywood
Many Previous Rumors.
HOLLYWOOD, ('III., .Inn. IS. ,V
Ill 11 copyrlKlit'-d story luday the
Kxmnlner hh.vs Hint Bche HiiiiIcIb
i -'"d Hen Lyon, screen stars, ar to
I marrien in inn near iiiiure, unci
tlie ungugemcnt will be announced
early next week
by Mrs. I'hlllls
Uuiilels. mother
ot the motion pic
ture slur, at a
p -v iu. i.v iu uc ..ei:
-'Iby Mrs. (icorge
Kltzmam-ico o f
his city.
I lie r..aiuioei
lays that inc
Die I
'orlhrumlng mar-
light last. Sunday
Bene Daniels nt a beach parly
given, by Marlon Uavles. screen
star, when Miss Daniels wore an
engagement ring presented to her
by Lynn. The engagement comes,
the paper says, as one of tho sur
prises of Hollywood, adding that
neither Miss Iinnlels nor Lyon have
ever been married before.
Humor has hud Miss Daniels en
KU.;ed to marry more times per
haps than uy motion picture alar
in Hollywood with the possible ex
ception of Con-
SLIIOITC 1 UlillUUKl
Miss Daniels re
turned to film
land from a four
weelis' vacation
In New York four
?
months ago to de
J
2
ny a long stand
1 1 .,,.. ii.hi
Hh(, W1H pngliged
, ,,..,.
i mtchcock, well
i.
, rn, on 1(,r cnl.,1K,,mcn 1n(.cr ,
ftald it waa one she bought e!;;ht
years ago.
At one time Mh Danlela was
la- JI. '-i v.i
ousiy opposeu 10 ine mnicu. r,. . nrny wi-rt- B.-ie.-i.-u oy i-resi-
Miss Daniels' reported ngau.y j dent C. A. Meeker to act as a nomt
ment to tlie truck star was sup-1 '-atlim coninilltce for the ussocla
planted abonl a year ago by a re- tlon election of officers on Kehru
port thut tho match bad been ary II. Mr. Meeker will also pre
"broken ui" by .lack I'lckfonl. tlie j sent, at tho next gathering of the
film actor. For a time Miss Dun I association members, a plan to
lels and Pl.-kford were seen h.O further ntlmwlale Interest in tlie
gethor a great deal, but both do
nld an or'iagentent. and Miss Dan
; ils' mother also look occasion to
deny It. t ehnnts' association, which will be
j When Mrs. KlUmiiiirleo, lheh-d ut Corvallls on February la.
I former Diana Kune, married her 12 and LI. was made by Mr. Men
I director hiisband Ihe engagement : ker. These annual meetings, Mr.
was announced nt a dinner party
given by Miss lianiels, at which
time. It was said, Miss Daniels
promised that when she became ell-
ffUFP.l Ihe announcement would be
made at a purty given by Mrs. Flu
muflrlce. Oregon WentlK-r. -
Oregon: Generally cloudy to-
night and Wednesday: tempera-
lures below normal. Moderate
east to. north wind on tho coast.
HIS CABINET
,. ..... . i.J
IViarCIl Dm bet MS Date lOI
Medford Stores to Vic in;
Display Springtime Modes
'Greater Medford Day
Also Planned.
A clly-wido suring openln,; ecle-
hrnll ui nt whteli limn M'erifnr.l
stores will vio with each other In
displaying new springtime modes
and fashions, will he held hero on
Mulch 5, as a result of action taken
by the Medford Merchanls' asso
ciation last night at their monthly
meeting at the Hotel Medford. Col
orful window displays, which will
eclipse In brilliance oven those of
Modrord'a. Christinas openin-t lust
(December, are promised by the lo
I cal business men.
I A It l.ri.,.1. .I..ri.tll.. i.l.n. ,,.111 nnt
. , ',, ' , ,
,,, .,. .ui,in
members, it Is teutatlvely planned
that. Medford stores will remain
open on the evening of the open-
Ins, an'ordlnK homo KhoppnrH and
out-of-town vlHitni'H nn opportunity
to Inspect the Hcason'M Intent crea
t Inn h. No mMrchnndttu) will ho Hold
on tho o veiling of the oputilntc. how
ever. Thn Hlores will he nttrHet
ively decorated for the oecunlon.
wludowH w lit l! trimmed with
HprUiK inerelmndlne nd Home
HtoroH will offer mitslL' and pro
runiH for their nui'HtH.
Greater Medford Day
A few weekH ufler the ttprln?;
opening celehrullon, the Medford
mereliHiitH are making ptniiH for u
:(reater Medford day event, details
i of which will he worked out by n
) committee of inerehantH. TIiIh IIk
i co-operatlvo nierehaudlHliiK day w ill
h" "eld to netiiiHlnt HliopperH W'itii
the fuel thut Medford Htore-H offer
the very latent and flnoHt nterchan
dlne found In large cHIch In the
eiiHt. and on tho eoant at prleeH, in
moni fiiHtaneeH. he low the averane
-mm, ,
C ommunity ( bent plan to the Mer-
ehnn h aHHoelation laHt nigh , OMk-
I . i ' "' in "hi ' H.on;I(Un(J count.( W(;P0 fo)lowt.d by a
of (lie movement. After n dlHcua-
wion. In whl''h K. W. flray, f'nrl
I Fiehlner, f:arl Hwlgert, Klmr Wil-
I'A'ncss men's orKanlzatlon,
An announcement of annual eon-
I clave of Ibo Oregon detail Mipr-
Meeker Hilnfed out. are of vital
Interest to merchants und bo urged
the Medford business men to ut-
tend this year.
Xmiik lcfl 1 00,0(10.
POltTI.AND, Ore.. Jan. IU. (Pi
Henry Lang, member of the firm
I of un & company, operators of
groc ery store, who died here
Janunry 1. left an estate valued
at 1100.000., The probata pctl -
(Ion was (lied today.
ASK RELIEF
UN
Reclamation Body Recom
mends Districts Be Re
lieved Repayment Interest
On Bonds Limited Lia
bility for Water Urged
House Passes Road Bill.
SALKM. Ore., Jan. U. (P
In Its blennlul report, made pub
lic today, the statu reclamation
commission recommends ttiat lrrt
Kntlou districts lie rellovcd from
obligation of repaying lo tho stale
money that has been advanced for -Ibo
paymeiil of interest on dls-
trtct bonds aiso the commission; Heavy pa Yesterday Rail-
ri-comiiu-ndn repeal of the Interest ' '
guuruiitot- net, under which these
advances bavo been mudo.
The reeonimendutlon is made i
Ins ail aid to Ibo distressed dls-
trlels. The i-oiiinilsslou holds, how
ever, thai the districts should not
be relieved of this debt until the
bondholders huvo secured ' a
wilte-ofr that will assuro the fu-
llure success of the district.
Other reeomniendatlons are:
That all reorganisations, lo bo
soeeessful, should provide for a
1 lulled liability in the land, owner
no (hut, be would know with aomo
certainty what annual puymen.s
would be rc.u;i-cd lo pay his wutcr
lohfit'irK
That tho . refunding
snoiiio oo aiiienoeo in m wuy liui..
i"n:j,llf; t,, , ,'r,17,uro '""
Thul'fpruvtHluiivNhould -b .made
for tho use ot bonds and Interest
'oupons in paying taxes levied for
payment of principal and Inter
est on bonds or for paying orr
liens.
That Home authority , should ho
glvili for clearing up delinquent
taxes so that after i-eorganlisallon
the land owner oouiti uegin wun
i-easonabln burden or. It taken
by district or county, could
bo resold at Us market value with
a cleat- title.
SALKM, Ore., Jan. 15. (II
The houso of representatives thin
morning passed the resolution
submitted by Iloprcscntatlvos Cllen
11. Metsker of Columbia county
and Churlos W. Hoblson of Clat-
sop county asking the widening
of the Lower Columbia liver
highway rrom Portland to Svcn-
n. nine miles from Astoria, a
dlstaneo of approximately 8 mlleH.
The r end at prcnent Ih 10 feet
w.de, blaek top, Rnd tho roHolu
tlon uskH for tho addition of con
ereto HlahH,
A Hccond rMolutlon ponftcd hy
tho hoiiHo authorlzeu tho aocro-tdt-y
of Hluto to furnlKh, nt houae
cxpeiiHo, cither Hull Hun or othor
pure water for drinking purpottea
In the hoiiHC. The rcaolutlon fol
lowed tho reading of a letter from
tho Bceretary of atato In which
ho offered to furnlnh Hutl Hun.
or other water, nt tho denlre of
tho houHc. Among tho offers re
ceived was ono from tho mayor
of lii'iid, who would furnlMh Tu
malo water.
Alopl IliileH.
Adoption of the Iiouho rules of
tho iMth HeHMlon with a fow minor
changes and addlllonn, the second
roadliig of hoiino UIIIh one, two,
three and four, and their rofor
enco to the coinmlttooH on tovIh-
Ion and on rcpeo! of lawa. and tho
f(r(jt d, of , bm ,4
()(1.odu;,oa hy Q K Hotter, of
I motion for adjournment until 3:00
o'clock Tuesday afternoon.
I Itepreseniatlvo Potter's bill, the
only one dropped Into tho Hopper
Tuesday morning Is a bill for. an
net to provide for the recording of
cci-t'fled Copies of instruments of
writing executed by the slate land
hoard. ' . .
Tho st-nule met at 10:30 o'clock
and Immediately adjourned.
HALKM. Ore., Jan. 16. MV
Heerelarles fit chamber of com
merce and similar promotion or
ganizations will be placed on tho
railroad pass of reduced faro lists
If a bill to be Introduced by Hena
tur loillott of l-olk and llanton
futilities Is enacted into law. Tho
measure would authorize the pub
lic sorvlee. commission lo extend
that prlvllego to the promotion
secretaries.
HALKM. Ore., Jan. 15. Pl
The ladles' gurden club of Cor
vallls Is asking fur the Introduo-
ilioil of u bill In tho legislature
j providing for highway beautlflca-
lion by the elimination of advr-
I Using board and other advcrtl-
'Ing device along the road. It I
I believed there Q be opposition
Ifrom rural producers who sell
thclr produce at land along tho
highway.
Halting Traffic
j For Hat Buying
I Brings $5 Fine
LONIitiN, Jan. 1 0. (VP) f
A woman summoned Into
police court for obHtructiuK
traffic with her automobile.
v protested to (the Judne that
she had only stopped for a
few minutes to buy n hut. 4
"As a matter of Interest,"
said the imiKitdrale, "how
4 Ioiik does It take n woman to
buy a hat ?"
"In this etxse 40 minutes,
sir," said the policeman who
made the charge.
The woman waa fined 5. 1
ZERO WEATH E R
roads- Highways Blocked
Six Deaths and Many
Accidents North Central
States Coldest.
CHICAGO, Jan. 1 S. (!') Zero
weather, wearing a shawl of snow,
continued her unwelcome visit to
middle America today, with little
......u"u . r .-..,. .Ur
ou.er oay ai lens.
Hnow cuvorcrt inot uf tho mW-
- ,
c.uies ana oiockiuk .rnnroaau ana
highways In the open country.
There wei'B half a tfoien deaths,
allribulable to tho . cold, and in
numerable accidents, One of those
critically injured . In automobile
crashes In .Chicago was Lou Kos
loff, one of tho city's theatre or
chestra leaders and entertainers.
Ills skull was rructured.
Temperatures fought their way
from nine below zero Sunday night
to a high of nine above lust night,
then begun a gradual drop In keep-
Ing with tho prediction of "slight
ly colder toduy. Hlow rising tent
poraturoH are promised for AVed-
nesduy through most of the mid-
weat.
The six Inch snowfall In Chicago
offered a Meiloua traffic problem,
clogging directs and drives,
a Chicago and Northwestern
railroad engineer was killed hy a
snow plow at Minnesota Junction,
Wis., after a desperate atrugglc In
which ho clung to the plow for
moro than seven miles before tin
ally dropping cxhauHted, In Ua
whirling path
. At Milwaukee the cold became
so acuto that a scheduled hockey
game between Marquette Univer
sity and .Chicago Athletic associa
tion had to he postponed. .
lielow-freczlng weather was re
ported an far. south as Arkansas,
but It was the North Central slates
that took tho brunt of the cold.
Minnesota, .North Dakota and Wis
consin points reported tempera
tures averaging around eight be
low zero lust night.
NKW VOHK, Jan. 10. UP) The
North Atlantic states toduy were
recovering from a cold wavo which
sunt the temperature below zoro
in many place. and caused two
deaths. Thcro wero high winds
and snow ot blizzard proportions
In several districts. .
Ono man w-ns frozen to death
In HyrucUHO, N. V., and another
died of exposure In New York
City.
The drop In tcmperaluro was
gencrul along the seabourd from
Maine to Pennsylvania and extend
ed. Inland to tho lakes and west
ot the Allegheny mountains.
The tcmpcruturo was below zero
In many places in Mulne, Massa
chusetts and Connecticut and up
state New Vork.
. Atlantic City, N, J reported the
northward flight of wild ducks and
geese, hulled as a harbinger of
spring.
TOP13KA. Kun Jan. 15. (II
A cold wavo that sent the mercury
down near to zero In a half dozen
Kansas cities last night, was houd
ed out of the state today.
TO J
PORTLAND, Jan. 15. (V)
"When municipal court eonvened
here toduy. 3ttl motorluta faced tho
neceaalty of explaining why their
automobiles Mtlll retained tho now
antiquated 198 Hcentw plates.'
Judgo Rtadtor said tho fine
would bo $5 for thonPwho had no
logical extiuno for being without
tho XW plate.
SNOW FOLLOWS
MIDDLE STATES
BOY TELLS
NORTHCOTT
AX DEATHS
Sanford Clark Takes Stand
Against Chicken Farmer
Lewis and Nelson
Winslow Beaten to Death
With Axes Is Claim-
Witness Has Bodyguard.
CO CUT llOOM. HIVKHSIDi;.
Cal., Jan. 1 &. iff) Hun l-'ord Clark,
15 year old nephew of (lonlou
Stewnrt Nortbcotl, luday told from
the wituesu stand of the heating to
death with axes of Lewis and Nel
son Winslow at Norihcott's Wluo
vlllo chicken ranch.
ItlVKllSlliU, Cel., Jan. 10. W)
Gordon Htewurt Northcott. who
today wns lo hear further details
of alleged staying ot young boys at
his- Wincvlllo checken runi-h rroui
the lips of Hunford Chirk, his ir
yeur old nephew, has threatened
to take the direction of bis case
Into his own hands when the time
comes to cross examine his young
chief accuser. The 22 year old
Canadian chicken farmer Is ac
cused of murdering Lewie anil
Nelson Winslow of Pomona, and
un as yet unidentified Mexican lad.
Hanford Clark, who months ago
told a blood chilling tale which
started' police. Investigation of tho
Wlnevllio farm, started the re
telling of bis story on tbu witness
stand yesterday. -
Adjournment of court for tho
duy out jiff, his Mory,Justns Jiu
was preparing to dlftull IJioVlleged
killing of Lewlo and Nul'son Wins
low. . '; ,
He already had told of an un
successful attempt to kill Lewis
with ether, nnd of Ills laboring all
duy to dig a grave to recelvo tho
boys' bodies.
Cross cxanilnatjon ot tho young
witness Is expected to iio started
this afternoon. At that time.
Northcott has indicated, be muy
take the reins from the hands of
Norbert Bavay, his counsel, and
question Hanford himself.
The. boy yesterday appeared ob
livious of Northcott's presence In
tho court loom. Ho inudo only
one roquest beforu he took tho
witness cbulr. Thut was that J.
W. ("Tex") Boyles, six foot two
deputy sheriff who has been his
special guardlun slnco ho has been
hold at tho Riverside county Jail
hb a material witness, to bo allow
ed to remain with him.
Boyles occupied a sent Just III
the rear of the witness chair thru
out Ban font', testimony which In
cluded In addition to tho begin
ning of tho otory of tho Winslow
boys' death, dcluils uf alleged
mistreatment of Kn n foi.l himself
by Northcott, The hid said ho had
been beaten with "a club, a lath
or a bell" over the period of Iwo
years that he was kept ui the
Wlnevllle ranch, and that North
colt sometimes struck him with
hla fists. .
lUVKHHIUie, Cal.. Jan. 1.1.-(rt-l
"That's very luterestln," siild (lor
doll Htowart Northcott on trial
hrc for tho murder uf three boys
when waked at the county Jail this
(Continued on Pago Hlx)
Will Roger Says;
XEW..Y0KK, Jun. l.V
The senute is fighting over
a bill providing $25 ,CMX,f ,H 0
more to add to the prohibi
tion enforcement. The dry
claim t li e y
need tlie ex
tra 'money to
Ket more evi
dence. Tho
wets claim,
" Why should
w c furnish
the drys money for evidence!
We have to buy our evidence
ourselves." !
kSineii Morrow .did some
real good fur.hix country
and received Niieh praise, our
rich men are begiiiiiinj,' lo
realize that you got to be
Miinethini; besides rich, to be
favorably known nowadays.
J. 1. Morgan is the latest re
cruit. Yours,
WILL ROGERS.
JOT