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- i TW Weather
Forecafit Cloudy, and etowlr ria
Uvv temperature., -,''
Hlyhoat yeMeaday 411
lowest Uila moraine. SO
boom' precipitation, 5 . m. ,0a
EDPORD
Weather Year Ago
Highest rear ago today..
Lowest year ago today..
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MEDPORD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, "JAN ITARY 23, 1929.
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No.-303.vv,
TNI til YMT
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EXPERTS SElEK GERMAN REPARATIONS SETTLEMENT
Bus Crash Victim
- Confesses Crimes
With Last Breath
rnn nm
inrA or
hhll IMUI Y . 1- -v i ;
1 By Arthur Brisbano
You Ask, 'What Is News?'
Religion Can Stand It.
Beheadjng William, , -;
75,000-000 Rings a Year.
CCopyrighti By King Features '
" -v ': Syndicate, Inc.) '
, , -
Picking Up a newspaper you
ask' yourself, "What really IS
ricwls? ,J ' Poi"- instance, - - that
very;''revereud Dean Iiirc 'said
it' ttitiy be necessary -for ' the
countries of Europe ""to com
bine to draw Shylock's teeth."
Shylock in 'te)o Sam, who
modestly asks JBnrope to pay
part of a tcn?l)illion-dollar debt
of honor. ,''''
' British cleftrvmert unite to
' . . T ' , , . t-nn -of boards- and commissions
: repudiate Dean . Inge 8. state- of th, 1J!UUt! ri,,,nm,.m than to
'lltt'llty ami say 'they.;4Ucfe . US. ;.4.Uro- tlit eonsoliiiaUrm approval
jK Thin is hardly news., ' . jn-.ii) tho iPKifintur. Js tho opin
;' Our British friends tried the , in; xprtHiHi by. members of the
it. n..u:i ' 'Anno 'i?? huu-u and sonate committees on
topth-pulhnj Jlroeess m-37iG. ltuminIf,tml.on and reonmnizatioa.
whett UnC ,Sam was small ;
ligaiti in . 3812, They are prgbr
ably'ttoo kind hearted -to ty it
agaiif.
r
Aihcw vaccine prevents distemper-
in dnpR absolutely, "all
cases, all breeds. " '.
That's not important news.
except to doRR. A vaccine that'
i!i . rn. .,.;i,.r !
wm.m , ''"''7 -:!,,keleUM,. to . lllied in at the
uiad and bitiiijj .children, wonW- ia.ij ixttoii'tiv-'oi.on.: The dif-j
t'niniw valnnhlA.' " ;V
i-An Englishman with all of ;
his stomach rcnioved is back at
. . . e
work With '-the upper-part-Ot
his small intestine stitched to
" -jv, .-..-.
;hfj gullet. The digestive
elands were loft - in, so he di -
t Ai . ' .,
fcMrtJ and hVeX :;:'Pr-r"
.WliRt WO- iltititl 111 this Dl'OS ,
peroiisconiitry issomethint; tP j. '
fligestall thefood we put in 0
.,..l,u 1,.. t,.nm th..
stoinauhless Uritisher .that it is7
slomaLniess ihiiisii.i .t
important to take care ot our
.. , , ' t
,iu(aiiy iauw.
- - . ..... i . xi: i
them out ;with irrepular tating. l
'! -! ; - ',' .,T " ; i
.. ijlal'fi.nai. t pen,- nm qonrntrc
oondncrinir - illness,', is' out ' of
.That's important news,, for; i!
Unselfish; patriotism and ability
constitute frreat ness; Ifoeh is a
groat miilli . ,,,,'. -,' ;.'
7-M-'; "' "''
l?rof essor' Barnes told scicnt-:
IKHl-enjoyillg1 llic siKiit "i tut; of tho. stato board of, cmbaimer .scemeu almost a parpoi
WenVh' neooltf ' that ' he loves. examlr.rs to succeed V. F. Walker fon- oxaminauori. snowe.i, . a fW!C.' Hoover so recently had
JWncn ,.peopiff, nai n ""V"-J, H-rI,1,fiein . i-h, ,vernor nn- dther.takn his life oi'..boen kl led I.Eastward is Miami. Beach,
islH BatlteWd ill No York tha,t annual revenues of $4084, ' of
'-.' . 4 ' , '-VvjVifhich J39.494 .would be, now money
Utffy lllUKt (JhangC tl"J" .V0UCPl were explained .beforo the ways
oCflVid Now lie tells Dr. Henry I and means committeo 'last 'night
r. 'I n. . . ', X i -1 - 'i ...A'iby.'d." H. Oram, state labor coni-,
Faiffit'ld, Osborncy head of , the !;,,,,,,,.; V v - . .
amivf..iin A'heiflHnri 7-fop' th'j I , The committee did not , commit
'. t ' ' i o i!-.- . ,1 !
AflVftnOpment ot hcienac, ana
rwdinar j Caves, wio-' rebuked
, '. ,k - ,j ii -i.,; :.;
h.ni'rn.l nil t hevelercv in cen-
liiriif and all the clergy, in gen
cn'd, lluit religion is out of date,
liiiitlefrs the progress of ciyilr-.
zation Valid'-in "primitive aiid.su
pcrshtious." - .
::;'.'''atHti6n,ythia.'..pre!wol
AyiioVioaehes' history at .Smith
' Yollegci says the teh eomiiinnd
ni tints ' ncctl , revision, orthodox
reiigion.. . increases'.' human suf
fering,, being based on "fears
and, ,s.'iperfitiohs which obvi
jOiisly iiavc;not, the slightest Rci.
' cniifia validity, hut terrorize
' Icbnntless millions,"
;; , . , -.' v :
, 'O.iXevertheless churches will be
ofll next Sutiday and' ivHgion'j'deatha. tor 'thVweek ended Jnnu-
tvjll cpntiinie to rule the world
: (ioiig hftcf- (Krofesspr Bnriies
tjnyeis ou.beyrind, to lcarnypcir
; blips, more than he knows how.
V ;.Jr two hundred years William
, of -".Orange had stood on College
Green in Dublin, on nis war norsa,
flometlmea .the -Irish' NutlbnaHsts
tered It. then the sUtue was put
puuou . toe. Biauit!
up again.
i ,iJTlie other day Irish Republicans
i blew up William wttu aynamue,
WMia.' tu.it! v w.nnlrid vniit.s
I voi.ts ' wb- th i Mniip
;7hop, cut off the statue's and
todk. it away..
It .will . never, be
erected again, . , . ,
' that's a pity. Irishmen of all
kinds should keep In Dublin n
statue ot good old William, If only
. 4 (Continued on Fog Four).
ii r nn ii III 1 l t (
G0T0V0TEK m&WW
Joint Meeting of Legislative
Committees Told Easier
to Secure Consolidation
... State . Departments . Thru
Pepple Than Legislature
-Lynch Reappointed. 7
SALIyM. Ore, Jan. 22. W
That' it would-. be' an. easier mat
ier to Vecuro the .up.'.ruv'al of- the
:'lople on; a plan tor the consoUda-
me unit Joint mooting of the
two committees, , neici iiiesauy
afternoon,- every member, stated
that his constituents, were In fa-,
vor of some pinn of consolidation
or ronrufintitlon that - would, do
iiwnv. with tin nl lent iona and use
less : hoards and would promote:
inbr effie.ency in state iyo ve ru
men -
. Hector MacPherson, ' representa
tive from Unn and chairman oi
the -joint committers,, favors th
pin of aubiniuinit. a constitutional
amendincnt to' tho people, , tho
llcuily of -paw.lns -ar Plan ot con-
;;olklation tlirouKlt the - - leBlalatura
Sichwniio
broaKht to ncnr; ,nya MltcPhoraon,
Ilea 1.1 tho piecauro
on iu individual leir.aiMora by thuj
bOHi'dw and . conun'sslon.s, each .ot .
VHIcK'lir'flltlft absorptloh. "Every
board will want to be tho haio:
-.and -none "will -consent -to playlnBi
Jom iincpherson told his com-1
jniH.u. - . ' -
v Members of. the committee Jso.
!ii'pWsod .-in' uhwllllnsneaH to "liass t
line DUCK" tO IIIO IIOHIHI Ul VUIIH",.
hv irivihir them tt blanket law per-
wre uun. ..v,
day reappointed by Governor Pat-
a member of tho state
: ,. tnr . ,, of
7., " : ' . . .
j . .,, , .... nl,t.
which no was :appoime to un uui.
u'nfIiplred t0'rm, ot jame8 . w.
Maloney of i'endletoh, will expire
' Tho - governoir appointed B. a.
o-,.i. ihWIn..! n . ,i member
Joints;' oiily one .member of this
aoanr tne .
. . . '.;''. '- .,
SALEM, . Ore, Jan. 23. WT-rt
Three measures that are designed
! to make the state labor depart-
iihent self-sustaining by producing
itself on tho proposed measures,
W)Jt npptllntert SonIltor Kiddle and-
Represtintutive''; Aiigert and Collier'
a ul)-coinmltte to draft the bills,
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after', which they 'Will ho further
considered.-
,'.-.- ' -rf-
FLU
IS REPORT OF
DECREASE
CENSUS BUREAU
, , : ' ' . . J-ifirly lhl minrniiii;. ho was re
' ' v . porti-d' ;t-jiylnx.. fhe hernme Svor
"'" "WASHINGTON, .ran. 21. ried ovr. the' abxenjce . of DavlF.
A decrease In deaths duo to In- nrd with tht aid of Alvin Thomp-
(luensa wa hown by advices to- aori. a ht'iphbor;. brolce ,'into the
day to - the,. eenKiia bureau from mom, finding tile Avo bndltiH on (he
Cllien wnit'll viiuin;u , " "
uw . 111 ii.ninarpil wtlll l.tLO
deathn .he-precedlnK .weeki. ' ! duy 'niht. but that hj-heard tin
,:Slxty-eiKht clll. reported 2274 phot.' - - , . -1 j . " ri '
fU'RthH from pnoumonla , during; jjaylk,- It Wiifl' learned, had been1
latit week and 2463 .during-' the , iwrnted --from hU.wlfe, Mim. Jean
former, period.-. The general mor- DovtuV Of -I-oh AnueleK .' for more
tallty rate for the eountry at large ttmn a year, and hnd filed wilt for
Waa edtlniated at. 18.9 per 100,000 divorce and custody tjf ft flve-year-popuUtlon.
compared with 1,314 old daughter, - . ,
fnK thA t.(fiitr.nilUift' ..linrlod Of I . riuowt inntiKf ! nf Mi T)nviu nnd
.ast year The death into for tho
weelt ended January 12. was z.5.
Public health officials said In-
fttienBri 'prevalence ntill ! decrens-
Ing . and that reports . from 43 j
Htatca' and tho dldtrlct of , Colum-
hlo, ishowed Ji9,3Sfi hew wises for
the Week ended January 19. com - -
ilred Hh 18.18 new nres the
preceding week.
J . Orejtrm Weather
, Orcfton: Cloudy tonlsht,
lna unsettled Thursday,
becom-
slowly
rising; temperatures' west portion.
Moderate .winds becoming south
erly-on-the coast. -' - - -
' ' Members of the International committee of experts who will attend conference In Paris to revise
the Dawea-plan and seek a final settlement of the reparations problem. Above, left to right: Owen D.
Young, United States;. Dr. Alberto Pirelli, Italy; Dr. Hjalmar Schacht, Germany; Togo Mori, Japan.
Below: Emlle Moreau, France; Emll Franqul, Belgium; J. P. Morgan, United States; Jean V. Parnu :
tier, France; sir Joslah stamp,
Beautiful Blonde, and , Me -
chanic - Found Shot to
Death Murder-Suicide
Pact Belief; Upset By
Later Pistol Clues. ;: I
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POLICE ADOPT HOOVER RESTS JACKSON'S Fl
! nniinnrn inr ;
IDEA
IVIUKUtK
;, :.,. -f (n,m,li"""6 " nwma nuu-
shot to denih In a Cedar street,
romln houao earV this . morninB.
later today apparently developed
Into a, murder with sdmeono other.
than Davis firing ono'and perhaps,
both of the fatal shots,. ,i ;
Examination pf tho 'unidentified
. woman's .body," revealed that she
nan. met oeutn .rom a, ouim-ur
Into her Load from a small caliber
by a . bullat from, a. .-16. -caliber. lls-
BeVl!n.-lu)t ;,'.illW' autontauefnocted'with toeVwand bv a cause-
plslol found near tho hod on whlci
the tyo nude, bodies were
cred-hd two. empty shells In (l;
bur iote. report .stated that, six
unfirod .shells were.. found In, it.
: Polico. 'sald the. note, wrlneiv-hy
Davia; on -the flyleaf of a brink had
been lc,cplp.ii!il, ,aiid road as fol
lows:'. 1 ., ; ,' , " ''. !','"',fi
- "My -wlf" and l.or family klllefl
thisLwoinan-and -it looks bad for
me, but' I 'am innocent, They .nay
they ar'o KoihK"lt"klll nic 'w:lth';hif
own ruii. n bus hot boon slioi J-cf.
y, ,y? . . v' .'fSlgneaV "IMV-iK?.1,' .'1
; ".!. . Killed KUcv-lmv. H ; .,' ,
, ...f., .'..v..i.
. Tde honlleUU hurcou 'if. vorU.nl:
onthe.iheory tlitll the ypuiur Iwonif
:tn kilied elsevyhen?.. hipUKht
th the .rnoniliiK Ihhiho In a (,'ftV nit it
Hint her bd; ,wjih druKtfCi, iici'nsr;
the poroh nnit. inkfn ito Bnvlrt'
roon,. and urtdrosstJil. pth bnilteit
Wore nude, wtirn founds lollce re
ported .firulln Tn Htn-nk of hlonfl
arro" i ihc- poreh. and n pool
blond; which hud been covered by
a vua in- the room '
DavlH had lived at the roomltid
hoiiFe for two yentf. ! Pdlre re,
nortt-d Touife AVHnrnM, land'-
tndy.-.iiN Raying that , she heard- n
eotiplc. )remimabty DhvlM and ihe
rjlrl. enter. tbo houe AInfla hlh-
woman as saying- that die licnid
iini, - iujr, iuiivu ., i l- m mi
anmnntin onlur thn hnilun 11 IP Alnn
Mrs. .WIIIIaniH, police' nald. hud n.u
ftolvod them' of . any eomplleuy
AVithout cIuch as to the. popwlbl
murderer of either one or .both
nprvimv nf''" -iiffi nrt''ivn"lpp'
to , establish Identity .of the rtend
Kr and locato tho' small giin with
whleh .she was killed.
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'GobbV tn Weil
"CHICAOO, Jan; .23. HP) flinrles
"rt-.hbv" Hrlnett. catcher for the
Chicago Cul.s. and .Mlsst Martha i
Msrh.ilr'vif';.',:C'hlCMgo are, - to be
married January 28, Hnrtnett rtnd
I his, brlile ' will - snenrl their, honey
moon on Cetallna Island.-'
England.
AN D PREPARES i
President - elect Settled in,
J.' C. Penny ' Estate j
75,000 . Persons Staged,
Strenuous Reception ;
Given Fishing Outfits.
MIAMI LEACH", Pla., Jan. 23.
Kg'hou a'ro
-A day of rost in preparation
S i. j .
' Keys had been
Settled nt ,b, j, a penney ej.
tate on ,)eIle ,,,, , ulscaynn bay, !
nflBr their Lain n.lo fr..m w.h.!
.. h .',...
i, onmo 7Rnnn- wm. nn Vho...
arrival 'In Miami. Mr. anil Mrs. Hoo.
,ver . Wkod forward to a month's
; diversion before their return to the
nutiohol capital. . . '-
: The- little. liaim-thatchGd Island'
tne tropics
.' visited,
fringed
with pAlhi' trees and .dotted, wttli
way tbat sti'etchea, three miles
dlscov-Jqltross Biscayne hay.'
Danled to Florida hv a lareo 8taff I the moetlng Of , secretarloa ' and
Sut.vandMis
bleated .b,e; would devote himself,' y' ',Ur" f Oregon.-which will be:
itinM.' ih'iMK.'.i ia h.n .nlheW the- last of. thin - - month nt;
nnni.lomi'l,.n f ..rni.im .1,. win
face, lilnv after ' bis- aHsumptlon of
office, ( - J
. May Tour Indies i . ','
m. No plans bs,ve boon made, but it
appeared possible . M r. - arid Mrs.
Hoover would make a short tour of
tho West indies-before their return,
north.:'' : -: - - - -
Deep oeo 'flshlr.-i In the "Amitle"
or'tlie ''PdHy" was a plettsing pros
pect lor the president-elect, who
was; presented on hia arrival yes
terday with two angling outtltB.
, The -arrival of the Hoover train
In Miamj was the signal for a celebration.-
Crowds tlirniiKed the thnr
ouKhfureti and Mr.' Hjoover's auto
mobile pasHod between almost , a
continuous lino of bands.
Official welcomes were accorded
hv , Morton Mlli'oid, 1'epreneiitlns
Oovernor Doyht Carlton of Klorlda:
Mayor B, ft. 'Sewell'of Mlaml and
Mayor Louis V.. SnedlKar of Miami
Beach, ' ,, .; ... .
.Olker. In .the official welcoming
party were Mrs, Ruth Ili-yau-Owen,
congress : woman-elect ffoin the
loiirlh dlslrlct of riorldu; Louis
OatKH, llrltlsh consul In Miami, and
Domingo Mllford, Cuban consul at
Key, West; - ;,"7 - , v
PORTLAND POLICE
PORTLAND. Ore.. ,Iun. 23. 1
Police here 1 today were engaged
In wurfure against safecrackers, at
though I be flrBt shot of the war
wus yet to. be fired. Plana for a
campaign to clear . the city of crimi
nals were laid at a conference of
all commanding officers lnvt night.
Since. Nnvember 1. IS safes have
been blasted in Portland. From 12
of these $3500 In .cusli has been
taken.
A remiit nf the conference
AFTERCRIMINALS
many puirolinen will be taken from iii m. tho mercury came to a" halt rated ns tillable. -tho
day! and, -second night reliefs In lis downward, .plunge at 20 do- l-'rom a population or 8116 In 1883
and placed o$ special duty at nl-sht. I rt.ees-above r.oro. This waa colder I the total has grown to over 25,000
XbesD baye order to arreut all by three notches than at any time in 1929,- with, prospects ot a jood
umplcious cliaracteri. : -Uurlng the ulsUt. ' urowtk wery yea ' "
f l I - ,-'-7 - 7 !
w- i
DATES SET
.11 T0 14
Running and. Pacing Races'
to Feature Best Fair
hooieSAri c"'.a Ror-inn Pir.
wviyivn jv iiuvins w.i
.. .-: . ,' .. ..
cuit Pending Investigation
.. ,-... ..
,By,secretary.
. The Jackson county
fair dalca
! linvo" licun' set for .September 11,
i IS "'1 II. ono day surlier than
hokl last yeur, and beforo thu state
fair at - Salem, which will bo held
"f,;.:." know ' that''
nJ. .'"'t LC
"oxt-fall fcttti.W i will, bo the
best yetneiu, burring iiiHi..weatni-r
AUn. h., ........ tu
.JVUCl UII.VIM'Vll Mi.'I..i,n--.,
aa it bi'pws ai-gcr and better an-
ii. f .i ... i.h.
comlna' fair 'with more caierneas
than uruuI,. for after a-lapRe of.
I severat years, '.circuit i-unnlttf? and i
paCnK races vlll be tho main fea-.j
turo,,of tho daily, program.- Such
races, could npt be Riven. -at. 'last
fall's fulr- because 'the fmillage tax
Cor. -the -.county -fair's' support was
Iipproved by-the voters top late-for j
arrangements -to , bo mado'for clr-j
:cultiraces.( '.-I'. i ! -.' ',: j;,-'.-.-l-
It will, not be known until after
I -Portland 10 fix dates and program
features for each fair, Jtiat-'whlch
circuit's races. will, bo .-,enff:ffod for
the Jackaon County, fair, next Hep-
FOR
tat y of the local fair, association, I "ovnaling the remarkable growth
will attend this, meeting, nnd after U has taken place . In Jackson
his return the program "will bo comty since. 1862 is a comparison
lined up by the board of directors. Between the assessed value of prop
l'rosldont :. Ki Oiuch oU the usso-' "JV nt that time and at. the end
ointlon will not be able tn attend Pf 1928. showing a difference or
the meeting. - . ' m01' than 126,000,000. The sum-
No-mailer what dates for their I mnry assessment roll of last yenr
fab-H the various other counties In nn1 u total' of 27,fliH,610, uxcluslve
tho state may wnnl.' the Jackson j ''J Ini',"R uUHtles, ns compared to
county fair dates are iilreudy li re- 1l ''i,8s I" I'l'W.
vocal. ly set! . being Influenced by Af ",ttt time there woro only
climatic and fiult harvest tlmo 101,0 Qiinllfled voters, over .12,000
conditions: and other fairs, outside,'""" "'"' l"H present total. How
of the state fair, If they want the over, .00,000 bushels of wheat, C7S0
same races or othc,' enterlaltininnl
ntlractloiiH must set- their dates be
foro .or after the Jackson county
fair, so as to enable tlloi-c litli-.-ic-tlnns
-to ' .consecutively visit each
fair Jn turn.
,l,Ieret..t.re tho. local ' fair has
had the. Pacific Northwest-circuit
of harness and running .-races.
However, '' there ' Is ' n leaning nt
present in' Hie minds of the local
fair officials, towards having the
races of the California branch of
the American or National circuit.
The latter races have been very
satisfactory to the Lane counly
fall1 officials at Kugene for a year
or so past. 7' . '-' ' i
., As, to which circuit will be de
cided on will depend much on the
conditions as Heerotary I'Yohbaoh
finds;' them at the ' coming - state,
lnn,lnu ,.f r.p,.m... UA..a,n..iA n.
offlclnls. . .
, '' " ' "' t " " ' '-'
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DOPTI AKin MfDPIIDV IW
riiiil
v TAILSPIN DROP TO 20
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.PORTLAND, Ore;, Jan. 23.
'Tho thermometer ' "Wit I"'" "
tollsnlll here this niornlnr. At 7:30
Liner America Heading for
Disabled Freighter Florida
Search for Teesbridge
Abandoned Dannedaikt?
.Sets Jury Sails for. Ber
muda Attempt. ' A ;
NKW YORK, - Jnn.' 23.-7-(P) Tho
, UnltiHt Stntva liner nteamnr Ameii
lea icpuruxl at. 2:80 1. m. today
that' alio was- hnadlhfr ior,thie orlp
j pled frelKhtoi' l-'lnrlila- on rartln
I lioarlims . and- t'xppetetV "to reneh
her at 0 n'liock this evenine. ' 7
NKW VOU10, Jan. 33. A')' Tho
Klnrin -laslied ..Atlantic .' today ...waa
believed to have .claimed one nhlp
whllo It reared mountnlnouH seas
asalnst the rencuerH of two othei-H
In dlftri-Hn. ... 1
i: 'HOMfch' fon'tho Tlrltlah frelshtoi-
.TeeahrldKo. with her crew of 3n'
wtiw anantioned when, i-ohcuc vea-
i aela could find no trace of her 300
Imllna eaxt of Cape Race,: New-
ifountiinnd. ' :
1 On in hp - -
rwtcu ships, tho , America, waa !
Captain Cleorue Filed, hero of the I.
reacue of the crew of the British .
freighter Antlnoe throe years oko. i
The other two headed tor the dis-!
anted- vessels weee. tho President
.Harrison of th Dollar Lino and
tho Ocrman fielBhter Vorck.
Tho Teealirldce. bound i'rom
rZoyAI?nrinw,',J'.hll,a,0,i,i?,!
I freighter Affilnn nf hA
Transport lino responded, Reach-
!"? 'hn psM".n !
iinoKe, t.aptain J. T. Hutchinson
Ihrldge, Captain ,J. T.' Hutchinson
searched in vain for the ship or
her lifeboats, then resumed -his
voynRe yesteraay.
NEW . YORK, .Jan. 23.-P) "The
aloa nislili),f-Ain erica i,.t-opoitsd.,.by
radio nt 11 n'etnol,. tltlu
ti.i .ho tanker i).,.,,iii,.
; distress 800 miles off the Virginia,
i -l". nan-, set up a Jury rig and
j'Wi. attempting to. make Bermuda
unuer nei-.own steam'. . .
NBW YORK, Jan. -M. (P) The
President Unrfleld which
,.,, s,.n,i . '.
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Mantilla Reef, In the Bahamas,
flnn.,.l ,
. . mV. n 7 ""')'', .uup-
t,lln Thomas P. Qulnn. the com.
'"rte1';. '"formed officials ot the
JJollar l.ne. It was not necessary
lu ii-iiiuve any or nor .cargo.
bushels of barlev nnd BR nun I'.nui.
els of onts fere produced.'-There
were 11100 horses, 11650 horned cat
tle, 1328 sheep and 5000 hogs. Holls
of 1HI15 revealed a slight Increase.
Ill (hat year tho county had a popu
lation ot 29S5 people, divided Into
1701 males and 1204 females. Jn
ISSl the .properly value of ih
counly Increased to $2,461,362, of
which $1,013,851 was taxable.
Private lands hud un acreage or
229,1'78, or which 1 13,011 acres wero
Improved.' The number of sheep
had Increased to 31,332 and hogs lo
0625. The number of -horses and
mules had tripled and cuttle had In
creased by over 3000,; The tax foils t
oi isnz revealed a slight Increase ;
and the rolls of 1888 showed nn In-,1
crensu of 20.000 moro ncros ot tax-.
able liiiitl.Valued ill S8.25 for lm- j
I'lureu aurengo ana si. DO ror Ulllln
; proved. Hotscs and mules tlecreas-
ed several hundred, but tho gross
value of property Increased by over
SuJTJT ,h"B."-d-
Today there are 3429 horses In
the county, not ns large a dec-ease
as would lie expected as a result
of the advent of the automobiles
and tractors. The number or sheep
has decreased irom 81,332 to 11,084
ii.it. ixu ......tijei- .11 .ii..... ...in ill-
creased from 9036 to 20,905. There
,nre now 868,976 acres of taxable
but the number of rattle has In
land III the counly with 108.640
COUNTY VALUE
66 YEARS BIG
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BEI.LBVUB, Ohio, Jan. 23.
WVfcihakon by his experiences
in the bu crash here yester-
day, which killed 17 passen-
Kfr outright, .Teddj'aO'Braw-
(4 ski of Brooklyn, confesed
' 4 during the niK'ht to two bank 4
' robberies before his name was
1 f added to the death llHt early 4
this niorninpr. 1 . ; , ,
; Seriously injured, in a hoa-
pltul, . O'Brawaki fought for
his ; life uutil ho realized it
4. was , liopeless, 1 and then nd- 4
mttted that ho committed a 4
bank robbery in Detroit last 1
4 summer, and another in Call- 4
4 torn la some time previously. 4
4 , He did not say which hanks 4
4:ho robbed or how jnuch mon
4 ey was obtnlni'd. - - v.:, 4
4 4 ;
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I rormer
District Attorney
Opens Defense Fight
Overfiow Crowd Eager to
View Accused Acquain
tanceship, Admitted With
Julian Oil Case Lawyer.
LOS ANGELES, Jan. 33. (fl1)
In 31 scene dramatic because of its
cusualneas,, f ormei. ' District Attor
ney .sa Keyes, on trial for bribery
-was placed on tho witness stundin
superior oourt today as the defense
opened Its fight to clear Keyes and
two co-defendants. - . ,, . -,.
- i Koyesr'-whu- hus-; lieeli-tho',1 out
standing"" figure since 'the ' triai
started,,-today stood out In even
bolder relief, with the dismissal
of charges against three of; the six
defendants, Charles Rclmor, Dnvo.
Oetzoff and Jack Hosenberg, leav
ing Keyes, Ben (ietzoff, the tailor
and alleged "fixer" and Ed Rosen
berg, formerly a defendant Jn the
Julian fraud case, .the trio iwhosu
fate will rest with tho Jury.
The action of the -defense occn
sloned no surprise In the packed
oourt room,' for counsel previously
hud announced ' that the veteruh
prosecutor probably would lead i
their parade of witnesses. : j
Long lines of spectators were
stretched down the halls, leading
to tho court room and only a frac- j
tlon of those who wanted to see j
the prosecutor of William Edward
nlcUman and Aimeo Semple Mc
Pherson tako the witness stand for '
tho first time In his life, gained)
udmltlanco. . j.
- Called to Stand ' 7 ' 7 M
. As court convened and Presiding
Judge Edwnrd I. Butler formally !
announcod tho dismissal ol the
charges against three of the . six
rt'"frndnnts following the resting
of the state's case yesterday, Jud
Rush, Keyes' counsel, turned to
Ills client, und In wards which had
fallen many times from tho lips of
ICcyesn his public legal career of
25 years, Rush'snld: "Please take
the' stand." , ,
Keyes ' calmly roso from Ills
chair, buttoned his coat and was
sworn as ho took the stand. Tho
man who the. stato claims received
ninny bribes from tho promoters
of the defunct Julian corporation
to . "fix" fraud charges rtgalnst
them, looked evenly at the specta
tors and then began to nnswei- his
first questions In this new role of
defendant. '
"When wero you married, ' Mr.
Keyes?" was tho opening question.
"In 19H3," ho replied In a loud
voice. . , .' . . , , .
Tho first reference to tho Julian
trial came when Rush asked Koyes
If ho Toniombnred the dntn'of the
corporation's financial collapse.
"Yes, It was .May 9, 1927," Keyes
answered.
Keyes was asked if he knew Ray
Benjamin, a San Francisco attor
ney who represented four of the
Julian promoters before tholr trial-
including Ed Rosenbr-ix-. a.' on.
defendant wllh Keyes. Keyes nd- ,
mlttod he did
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CHICAGO, Jan. 2.1.-MA) I'mler.
the influence of n stronger ile
mand from shippers, the hog mar
kot hero today scored the sharpest
advance of the season, Closing BOe
higher than yesterday's average.
A few loads of choice butchers
went over the scales at the close
fur 9.90, or Ihe highest price paid
since last October. Bulk- of run
of choice butchers of all weights
went at .849.88, while some of
tho plainer kinds wero sold nt 9,00
0.40. .''. ,' ,
Cattle aqd sheep were steady.
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k'nl TUDCC
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Marine Patrol Has Clash
With Rebel Band Monday
Only Meagre Details
Received SarTdino Re-
. ported Planning Big Of
tensive. " . .
MANAGUA, Nicaragua, Jan. S3.
(fl3) Latest advices from northern
Nicaragua slate that three' marines
of a patrol of seven which clashed :
with outlaws northeast of Yall in1
the department, of JInotega ..on
Monday, were, killed. , ...
.Thoso killed we're privatos Ev-v
erett -A, Rector of Des .Moines, ia.,
whose death Had previously been
reported;, Rastus Collins of Lyons,
On., and George T.' Oswill .of All
ami, Fia. . . . , ., ,
First word of Rector's death was
brought. to marine headquarters by ,
a messenger yesterday wh(lq ttddl
tlooul. advices received, 'today told
ot tho doatHs "of the other , two.
Only meagorest details' have been ,
received of tho clash: -'7
: Steps toward declaring .martial
law , in. the northern , departments
are being taken by tho Nicaraguan
authorities and the training of vol
unteers for servlco in . the . region
is going on rapidly. . ,
A messenger brought word . 'to
marine hendquarters, thaV. Privato
Everett A. Rector had 'been. '.killed'-.
In action by outlaws. . He .had ho
details of. the Combat . 'which'. oc
curred northeast of Tall in the de
partment of JInotega. It waa.pre-eumed-
that a marine ,patrol.. en
countered tho outlaws in, the dun-, '
glo.far..from a.tclegvaph ji(je,';','-..;
Dr. , 'Francisco Mulrenn, surgeon
for-the .i-ebHl forces or -General
Augustino-' Sandlno, ..said in. 'Bon- -duras
last week thut- tha general'
was planning a -big offensive 'In
Nicaragua. Abuut,jlhe,j9n4ne 7tlni(
President'-- Moncnda . otNicarngua .'
turned down a peace proposal from :
Sandlno, which ' urged - that . the'
northern department- ot 'Ueva Se
govia be-separated, front. Nlclragua
and turned over- to tho rebel lead
ers. . -' -,'- .. ' . ' ... ,. ' -Th
last previous . olash occurred
oh January. 10 In'-Nueva gegovla
when Lieutenant William H, Hmlth
ah. American medical-officer, was,
wounded and two native, guards
were killed.. In the same district,
on December 6, Gunnery Sergeant
Charles Williams at Astoria, N. Y..
was killed In an encounter with a
band of, marauders when, he, was
lilt by a stray bullet.
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GROCERS I0LD 1!MS
OF WOMEN AID SALES
"CHICAGO. Jnn. 23.-41 Women
shoppei-s' Whims that can be capl
M'B"d for Increased sales were
detailed , before ths convention of
the National Wholesale1 ; Grocers
asyoc.'ntlen today. . . . .','',"'
Carl Wi Dlpman, editor of the
Progressive Grocer, said that when
a store Is arranged so that women
have access to the stock, they will
buy from 10 to 60 'per cent more.
' "They buy more freely' 'when
goods ore priced on the odd cent.
They like the bargain atmosphere" ,
Dlpman said. '
Will Roger. Say:'
NKW YORK;- (fan .23.
Only got one (liNtinjtioii7 -l
was the original jror'row' fori
sberetnry of state, riinii. ' ' It
will be of
fered lo him.
Hope li e
tiikoH i!. He
is n r e a t
fellow. Our
j ) tv s e n t
friendly rela
tions with Mexio nro due to
notliiiijr in the worlil 'but the
sheer personality , of Hint
mull. , t ruined diplomat
would' never linve iido'ptcd
his plan, aud it wns the onl
one Hint would have worked.
It would hove been iniiflity
easy to spoil tilings down
there. Tours. .' , .V ". '.'' '
77 AVILl, . ROflEIiS. ''
V. S, California bad ruin.
You give uh plenty of moist
ure in the ground ami Flor
idu 'eiin linvo nil your IIhoa
vers, Morrows, Works, Str'ib
liiiKM and Dempseys. 7 -.7 '7