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o The Weather Forecast Fair, ami slightly couw Umlglit. Hilkest yU-nlay XA lxmewt UiU morning 13 l'iv-ipl(tiltoii 24 hr. in 5 n. m. HI edfokdMajel Tribtto Weather Year Ago IHghot ago today 57 Lowest your ago today a"r TrMr-llOnl sr. .Vt'frtJ flfty-tMrfllll W. MEDFORD, Ql,'i:(iON. MONPAV. FKr.UL'ARY, 4. 102!). No. :m" SAVES 1 2 M ffolTREE US Not a Word of Sense. Corn Sugar Whisky. Marvels of the Radio. More Senate Sunshine. IC'opsTleht, Hy Klnar l'oaluros Syndicate. Inc.) A dear old lady from Slio, V-i.shing to pay t he liiliest pos sible compliment to tlic wife i'f nn editor, siiid: "It's the won derful articles your husband writes, and nobobdy euu make a word of sense out of it but himself.'' IJrofessur Einstein's own ex planation of his new scientil'ie discovery takes twice as many words ns the discovery itself, whatever it may be, and surely no one can make a word of Kense out of it but liimself, 1 Creating your own system of geometery is the latest scien tific fad. Professor Kinslein lins his own geoinctery and works with it. One of the new systems tells you that the angles of a tri angle are not necessarily efjual to two right angles. It. reminds you of the " gen tleman s game"' of poker. Play ers were nut asked to show their hands. Mr. Kabibble, ask ed how he came out, replied, "How could I lose?" Professor Kinstein' new the ory calls forth th interesting statement that "the energy re lation between an electron and its nucleus generates un helix odial earner of energy. These carriers travel without' riXirtT motion. The transverse vibra tion inlieHenti in these forces cives rise to the phenomena of light." Perfectly simple. That's all that happens when you light a match. - , Prohibition helps the makers of corn sngar which is used in distilling a most horrible alco holic poison called "white mule," or "third rail." The names, full of meaning, indi cate that a mule's kick, n third rail's shuck or a drink of that lii(iii(l are ubuut , the same. Twenty years ago l.VJ,000,000 pounds of corn sugar were made. In PV, flUl,(:30,0U0 pounds were made. The difference in weight rep rc."ents) (the a mo mi t used for distilling home made whiskey. Unfortunately, $ 2J ,000,000.00 asked for, or $2,400,000,00 could not stop private distilling.-. V The radio pobsesses an impor tance and value not fully real ized. You bear sailors' telling of rescues at sea, or the Presi dent "urging economy on the nation, or reminding you that prosperity is good, only if spir ituality is mixed with it. Music played in Kuglaud is heard in Alaska, children wait for the fiour devoted to them, and special programs are pre pared for children in public schools! ' To exaggerate what the rudio will do for education and gen eral enliglitcment is impossible. A, house without h radio set might as well be a bouse with out a window. Thomas Hastings, who built tin public library In New York, and got a Bold medal from King George tor being the best architect, has lllfldc plans to remodel the capltol. They will "dlH'l Bloom, let in outside If !ht and air." Old gentlcmWi for whom the building was built did n. appre ciate as moderns do the Import ance of oxygen, and never h.-nl of actinic rnyB. Did lliey get tilong '.'about a McU as we do. with our new fan glod notions?" They did NOT. (Continued outage Eight.) j DRIVER AS FLAK Pickwick Stage Skids From ! Highway in Rain Storm- Stout Oak Holds Machine From 50-Foot Drop- Fred Hoffman, Chauffeur, Burned Alive By Gasoline Burst. 11KPDINU, Cal.. Feb. 4. (Ai A Mont oak tree, lone :'iit hid ut the MJimuit or a precipice, was credited today wliU having .aved I he lives of J '2 passcuffcrs in the crash of a I'ieUuick slum' yester day, four miles north of here, al though it exacted the lift' of tlu' driver. Tin ytatre left San Kranoisco for the norih Saturday nftcrnoon. lull skiilileil off Die highway iluriiu.' a rainfall and struck the uak. The explosion of the uasoline store cn- I Veloped the lilts in flames, even as tlip passengers were smashing their way out of tin unturned carriage. TIip driver. Kred Hoffman of Hed diiitf. pinned to his seal hy a heavy branch of the tree, was burned to death. Four pas.senijers were in jured. The injured Were Mr. and Mrs. (Jporpo A rlow of Yietoi ia. It. ('., who both suffered severe cut about the leys; Timothy Wright, war veteran, Ounsmutr, hurn.s about the body; Theodore Olav crty of 1 11 Venice boulevard, .s Any fl es. head and hands lacerated, find K. A. Wdlfe. The lalls. Ore., who suffered Injuries to the loiza and arms. According to pas.seir.jerM. tin bus in crashing Into the oak tree, was thus prevented from hurtling over an embankment, tlu r.u-foot drop of which might have been fatal tu all of the in. Other pasf-enveri in the bus wen? Matt .Surieh, San Wsnelseo: Annie and Ksther Allow. Vfetoria. Ii. ('.. daughters of the eon pie among the injured: H. l- Kbert, San Fran cisco: William VI. liegulm. '--iM 1 West Sixth street, I,us Angeles, and two men whose names, were not obtained, and who left immediately af'ct' the wreck to continue their Jou nuy. Driver Is Trapped. Th buse rolled over on one side and struck Ho tree. As Un- ga.au j line lank exploded. Hoffman, trap peu in me ironi seal, erieu; "('let me out! J lurry I" Timothy Wright, who succeeded in extricating himself, went to I luff man's assistance, but without lifting the stage, the driver could nut be moved. In the downpour of rain the other passengers tried to lift the wreck, but failed to budge it. and finally were driven off by the flames. They atflud in the rain and watched the flames engulf tin screaming driver. "It's alt off." Hoffman cited, an the" flaiites swept over. "Tell my wife in (tedding my last thoughts were of hrr.' Then he died. Officials of the Hickwlek Hinges attributed the, wreck to the sud den extinction of the hinges lights in the storm. UKDJUXti Cal.. Kcb. -t.- llt Hailroad . traffic north of Ucd liluff wan blocked early this morn ing, -when flood wator.s of lted Hank creek carried aw ay a rail road bridge couth of here. I'aw HengeiK and mail were transferred by way of the highway bridge. Kullroiid officii. Ih from Kncra mentd, flerber and Dun.smulr were at the mm in- of the w.tshoul, while crew were at work clearing away debris and preparing lo rebuild the ford. Illghwiiy traffic north was halt ed at Cottonwood, where there was three feetof water In the nub way. An Inch and a half of rain fall occurred here laxt night. Hull and Mghwny travel were reported blocked by utorm condi tions at iJunniuir, where a heavy Hnowfall was in progress.' Tho Mount Shasta urea also was re ported under a heavy unowfall. Hoffman wan well known In M'd ford. was regarded as one wt the best Htafce driver? on the Pacific coast and was a freoucnt visitor In this city, stopping here on sched uled trliis from Ilt-ddln, where h-r made his home.. . An eye witness. M. F. Itohn of KlamatlFallf?, who bIho was 0 pas seucer W the bus, in telling of tho accident to Charles Howard of this city.-told of futile attempts to nave Hp doomed man, who eon If! not extricate hlmnelf from thp wrecked machine. The llames burned so furiously that all aid was balked. He was eun.it km to the end and. ENGULF CAR (Continued on Paje Eight.) LINDBERGH FLIES MAIL TO PANAMA OVER TRAI L HE BLAZED YEAR CTTir: . t'"'WWWMMMWWBMMWWW ii,il'MrTv ol. ( harle.- A. I.hulherglt. who Ainerh-a just a year ago, will fly tlu hitt operation today, lie will fly route is irattNl on the map. HAUNTED Ii WOULD REMOVE GANGMEN FIGHT FORCES SLAYER BILL DEADLINE LOSING BATTLE TO CIFESSIONTOR THEHOUSfiAGAINSTPOLICE Harvey Selhaver Tells Se-jKubli to Move for Longer Eddie Peach Latest to Fall attle Police of Shooting 16-Year-0ld Sweetheart' in 1924 Failed Complete' Suicide Pact. ! SKATTIJ-;, WiiHh., Feb. I. (A) Harvey Lee Snlliavcr, walked into the Seattle police station laL: I last, night and contcsm d Hint ho had killed his swer-thrart, Sarah Blf7,abeth Johnson, in Khigston, N. j., Aupimt 14, nm. The murder, he told officers, was part of u suicide pact, hut that h" ran away horrified alter shooting j the Kiri. "iorgetting to kill myself." i Since that time he has wandered: aimlessly about the country haunt ed hy the memory of his 16-year old sweetheart. Selhaver, police related, said that while working for the ghTs father lie became infatuated with her. The suicide pact was jnade, I ho wild, when tbe Klrl told him that ;sho was soon to become a mother. I Shortly before the content plated , double death, the girl suggested I (hat. limy both drown themselves, lie replied that a gun wan more i certain. When he shot the girl he became horrified at what lie had 'done, andafter a moment's irreso-1 lutlon fled. 1 Selhaver was held for Kingston ( i authorities. i Known No Peace j 1 "Never since 1 killed her." he j i said, "have I, known a moment's j j peace till now. I wandered from Kingston to Hocliesler, N. V., and j from (hern to Simkanr, Wash., then i hack to Pittsburgh, intending lo re turn to Kingston and give myself Up. Hut wtmu I ':ot lo Pittsburgh I my nerve failed me and I started ; est again." ; He suid he had been in Seattle several months and from day to I dHy lealized that he would go mud if he did not surrender. ' "I am glrtd It is over," Hie con cession said. "Now I can sleep for the first time in peace. Sarah Kilzaheth was the eldest of lour children of Joseph A. John son, a farmer. Selhaver had been i warned to end his attentions to the girl and a few days before the kill-! iiiK was discharged by Johnson. f The girl's body was found with j a bullet hole through the head, ly-' Ihg on a college cumpus ontho allure of Carnegie lake near Kings ton. ; A note in the handwriting was found under a cellar window j of flu Johnson home, disclosing the i suicide pari. Though his body wast never found, it was thought after) a mouth's fruitless searc h for Set-j haver, that he, might have carried! out his part of the tact. ! 4 I andoik A new A merica it I. a j Franco lire engine recently pur1 chased by local fire department. bhi.((l u trail of glory on hi- goodwill lliglu to (Vulral and S.-ulh rirst plain lo I'liiiauiu on the nv irl-klv Mhednle wlilch gocw Nikorky amphibian (lielow) w. th u fall load ttf mail. I.lndbeigh's Time in Which to Intro- duce New Bills 34 Meas- ures Drop in Hopper Early' Today. ; HA IJC M . ( ) re., Keb. 1 . iIV-1 f members of the house agree with Kubli of Multnomah, Monday will not be the last day In which bills can be Introduced in regular pro cedure. Hurlng the Momlny morn ing session of the house, when 31 new bllLs were introduced. Kubli warned members that Tuesday morning he will make a motion to rescind houe rule 1 . Cnder this rule .Monday at 4 o'clock was the deadline on the Introduction of new bills, and after that time a new bill could come lo Hie house only by unanimous consent or by the approval of tin; legislation and rules committee. No rub; of this kind Is in effect in the senate, says Kubli, therefore the house should not tic fw lifindieappcd. With the threat or the 1 o'clock deadline the house hopper was chock Till of new bills Monday morning. Among the :4 new bills was house bill 3 .Hi, by Collier of Klamath, authoi;(ng courts lo levy assessments not exceeding one fourth of otic mill to cover the cost of maintaining the county fair grounds and buildings. These funds, says the hill, shall be placed in a special found to bo known as the fair fund and warrants may be drwwn thereon by the county fair board. The old age pension act made lis appearance Monday morning under I ho sponsorship of ah Anderson and Hronuugh. all of Multnomah, ami under title of house bill No. :i.-,7. 1'nder Hjls act county con eta of each county would be designated as old age pension commissioners and to them would be given the power of providing old age pension relief not to exceed per month to one person. Applicants for the pension must have attained the age of (!", have been an Inhabitant oi Ihe I'nlted States for la years and a resident of Oregon Tor at least 10 years mid be without In come or property. Casualties of the Air Service PKNHAOOLA. Flu., 1b. A.W) Ham well P. Howell and Andrew Hrlnk. attached to tbe naval flying Mfiiadron brie, were hilled here today when their airplanes crash f In midair, during a formation flight Ooqnllle Local teed and seed store changes locution. Before Officer's Gun shots ' Halt Escape At tempt Jealousies De velop in Saltis Mob. CIIICACO, Feb. i.- ()-- Mullels continue to cut down the member J shin of .loo Sultis' mob." j Kddio Piech got three bullets In 'the chest yesterday when he found I police walling lor him In his apart ment. MHi '1 hursday l was Steve (Hull Cain) Kuc,ynskl, "traffic manager" In the beer business ot which police say Saltis Is the head. Kucyiiskl was shot dead in a South Hide apartment, apparently the victim of jealousies that have developed in tho Saltis ranks since tho leader began serving a tail sen tence for cairying concealed weap-a oiis. The shooting of Ploeh by Police Set .cunt Thomas Casey occurred when Plech tried to escape. He campluined of feeling III ami ashed Sergeant Casey lo gel him u drink of water. As the officer slopped Into the Kitchen Ph-eh looped for the window, smashing the pain; with his fist. Itefore 1m could Jump Casey fired three times. With blood oo.Iiik from wounds Plech propped himself against the wall. i Offered Bribe "Uiinme a pass; let ine escape," he said to Casey. "It's worth SH'M to Villi." "Nothing doing," the officer an swered. "Flvo hundred, then," said Plech. "Aw, cul it out." Casey said. "All right, shoot me." shouted Plech, lurching toward the window as though to jump feet to the ground. The officer fired ii';aln, and Plech, wanted in coimeclloii with the Savoy ballroom, Hie Hraiiada cafe and other recent robberies, fell with another bullet wound. Ills condition today was said to bo crit ical. Mend-mint William Cusack iden tified Plech as a member of the "Saltis mob." Since Sitllls went to Jail, he suld, thu gang has be come disorganized, many members of the "mob" turning from beer running to other crimes. Ploi hot III NliW YOllK. Keh. 4. UVt Gif ford Plnchot, former governor of PnuiiHylvarilii, mm ttt the Am bassador Hotel today ' with a cold In tin- throat, and had cancelled all engagements. Mrs. Plnchot, who came here hint night, with said his condition was not M-i ions, M K X H ' O CIT V (A't President Portes Gil appointed u committee to draw up rule for aviation and to eo-opeiate with International jbo-jn-M for the advancement of fly I iny LINDBERGH TAKES OFF .one Eagle Inaugurates New Pan-American Air Mail Service On 27th Birthday Takes Controls of Giant i Sikorsky From Miami; Crowd Breaks Police Line HAVANA. IVIi. i. in -- i-,. I 1'linrns A. l.imtlM-rcli, .i)tiMl't irm In- lii.-l hip nf ti,. I i i t r iikuI ritulit to I'atiiitun, lmitli'il ;il t'o- limiWii flilil ul o"i-l..-k this tnuniiMK. two hoiit-s ami 1 :t inhi-', uli's ufli-r tiilchiK ofi fi'oin .Miami. ' Tin w.'ath'T as favoahlo anil III- i-olulH-l linpril lo foarh lVllzi-J hy iiiiil-iifti-niouu. i MIAMI, Kht., Feb. 4. II') Col-! onel Charles A. Lindbergh, who j rave up piloting a mall plane two' years ago lo gain world acclaim! through his New York to Paris ! flight, beca me a mall pilot again j today bis L'Tth birthday to blazei the trail for the Pan-Amerlean alrj malt service. j lib fug early today. "Slim" pi-1 bued a giant Sikorsky amphibian 1 plane from Mliuni with the first load of mall lor Cristobal, 'anal Zone. Accompanied by Henry lecl Ituskey, radio operator, Colonel , hn A. I la in Met on. and .1. T. I Tr.ppe of the Pan-American Air-1 em ft corporation, he hopped off, lor lluvnnu at tl:0S a. m., and al; 7:1S a. m.. left the Florida maln-i laud and passed oitt over the Car- llhbean. ' ' : j Mr. Trlppn will IcavV the plane i at 1 laviina before Lindbergh hops j off from the Cuban capital for Melle. Itritish Honduras, w here he and his crew will spend the; night. Tomorrow Lindbergh will continue on to Managua. NU a-, ragua. where, alter another night's j rest, the flight of Cristobal will be I made, completing the L'327-mllei flight from Havana. j An overnight accumulation of j mall brought the load to inorej than r.mt pounds, although only . 2iM) pounds had been planned for the Initial flight. ! Lindbergh nosed tho Giant craft j out over the bay and south ward ( toward Havana, tjio first stop of, the long flight to Cristobal. ' Off Again. : "Well, wn're off again," Kind-: bergh said lo Ihnnblelou, as he ! climbed Into the piano. ! The tniiis-Atlaiitle flyer arrived , at the air field at f : 1 5 a. m., and; (Continued on Page Klght.) LOCAL HOTEL Humors are again In circulation tu Hie effect that u new largo and modern hotel is hood to bo erected In Medford, and that Hie owners or promoters of it are quietly selecting a idle. Just how much credence can be placed in thu rumors Is not known, but Investigation develops Hint the promoters of new hotel, apartment house or some such structure have been dickering with . V. Myers, ii win r of the property at llm northwest corner of and North Ivy streets, ' extending a block on the west side of Ivy, and having a frunlujo of J6U feet on Sixth, and because of u hiiiu.11 dis agreement In price the deal Is still hanging fire. This property1, on which arc sev era I dwellings, Is the last Ideally located one In the down town sec tion for a hole! or large apartment house, and Is In the mltlst of a rapidly developing part of the business section. Mr. Myers holds Us present value nt ? .'U.060. and because of its constantly turn-using value, does not care whether ho sells it or not, but will not ll it (or any less. Ho has lifted tin? piopfily with real estate dealers, ami says ho understands fiino new hotel promoters still oopc to acquire pOKM'HKloll of It. In connect jon with his real estate Investments Mr, Myers, who recently purchased the concrete garage building on North River side occupied by the Hulek agency from John Uenlson. mailn the final payiuutit of $12,000 the last of last week. WTHMAL DEAL NEW SITE REPORTED Teacher and Pupil Who Eloped Return With Forgiveness 4 $ l:l.l,.VH.I.:. Cm., i.-VIi. 4. Mrs. M. M. Dillons. ""'-y.':ir-ilil N.-hiMil itMi-hrr litnl ! IMwhi f hap In. her 1 T -year-old pupil, were iceimcll'd with their families today.. While ;h kidnaping charge entered against the woman when she disappeared with the boy two Weeks ago, has h"en ilrnppcd. The lad's desire to get back to his mother, brought him home after u trip to Toledo, Ohio, and bark to Am eric us, (ia.. with Mrs. Vllomj. M im. We I Ions was at the honio itf Iter mother, her hus band is with h r. A charge of kidnaping against the wo man haH been withdrawn. t L; f J SUBMIT PLEAS FOR FISH LAW Meet Here Today to Out line Legislative Program Local Committee Aids Probe of Steelhead Boot legging From Rogue. A ul id paling thai a number of bills affecting future fishing cuu dltlous on the Hogue, will be in troduced In.tlui leHlMnturt this session, the Hogue (liver l-'ish committee a ill. the Ittauk Walton League of Josephine County, met here this afternoon to outline a const ruct."o program which will be siihiiiiltei!, to that body for ac tive consideration. Jtcpresenlu- tlves of boih organizations will be present at the conference to he held during llm week In Salem in connection with the Introduction of these bills. I Further Investigation of the I alleged boid legging of steelhead trout in the ltogue and other southern Oregon streams, is being i iuii lied on by the local committee, - anil was a subject of consideration al Hit; meeting this afternoon. An article by James It. AlcCool, which appeared on the sporting - section of yesterday's Oregon inn j outlining the condition, follows: All of southern Oregon Is ho 'stirred up over the bootlegging uf i steelhead trout. In Curry county j that a special delegation headed by John Adams, lower Hogue river j guide, Is to visit the state legisla ture to demand thu enactment of ; a law making the steelhead a game fish In the waters of the entire state. Mr. Adams and lirry Lions, a fellow rancher and guide of Curry county, took matters Into jtljclr own hands when, according to Adams, they could get no action fro in the statu game commission. I Tbe wo left their homes a few j miles below Agness on the Hogue liver January HI on a missionary I trip to chambers of commerce and j sportsmen's orgaiiltfatluim of Han- don, Coqulllc, Grants Pass and Med ford. In order to get money lo pay their expenses they wrote biters to California sportsmen who hciiI the hi $ I HO, with tho pro mine or more money when they should need It. Tho I'.auk Walton league of Pa ml on sent Mr. Adams to Poii- j land, pay! ut; tin,, expenses of the trip here, and Adams yustnrday got in touch with Will H. Lewis, president of the Multnomah Ang lers and Hunters' club. Mr. Lewis promised that his club would enlist actively in the fight lo clean out the fish pirate of Curry county. Twche Sel Xef .Sel.eil "Hportsmen or the uppr Hogue river have wondered this winter why the fishing for steelh"uds was so poor," said Adams, "and t hey were amazed at nry revelations. I received a teiegram Katurday from Larry Lucas, faying that ho and Heputy Game Warden llcting of Coos county had taken 12 sot nets from the I tog no between Agness and Gold Hcach yesterday. Tho river Ihih been blockaded by set nets all w Inter and though this sort of gur tit prohibited ut nil times In the Hogue, no action has been taken by thu stale gume com- I mission heretofore. "When Lucas ami I started i down the. river January 13 we counted id net nets ltween 2 and !4 o'clock In the afternoon on the I way from our homes to Ould lleach. on January H wo wont ! back up thn river ami saw It! set nets. On January Hi I went down tho river once more and counted j ten net nets 1 returned up tho 'river next diiy und counted seven I 1 (Continued, on Pago Klght.) ' SPORTSMEN EUROPEANS SUFFER IN I Forty-Four Die Over Wcek- End in Storms-Shipping Hard Hit Constantinople Has Worst Blizzard in 25 Years Many Wrecks in Black Sea. LONHox, i-vh. -I. fIi Al least j -11 persons met death in Kttropo lover a week-end of unpreccdentet (Storm and cold conditions, tho I Haiku n states and Turkey being , particularly heavy sufferers. Shipping was everywhere de- ranged, especially In the 1 slack Sea, where numerous minor wrecks were reported. The most serious disaster was off (ho coast of portuVnl, where Hie German freighter Deist cr foun dered yesterday after being driven on tho rocks during a violent gale, j The crew of lit! assembled on the 1 topmost deck, but a huge wave 'hurled 20 of them Into tho sea. The remaining six went down with , their vessel. j The second largest disaster was j In tho Husslan Turkestan town of Alma Aata, where a landslide on 1 Saturday swept 11 persons to their deaths. I Four workmen sent to clear tho tracks of the SlmpUm express In jThracean Turkey were frozen to 'death and the work of digging out the train which has been blocked by snow. '.for -thru days, was called off. i - Three persons were frozen to death In Hudu pest and many others were suffering from expos ure. It was the coldest day in j fifty years, tho tomperaturo drop- lug to '2t) below zero centigrade fin some places of Hungary. IxiiKlon In 1'Off. : While London groped through !a choking fog, which was the worst one of the winter, a belt .of bitter cold wrapped Itself a rou ml Kuropo and Asia. Ship ping along the China coast was bucking nn Ice barrier 30 miles out to sea and clear across Kuropo and Asia thoro was a cold wave, which has not been surpassed for a generation. The third day of tho worst bliz zard In 25 years cut Constanti nople completely off from the world by laud and sea. The so viet steamer Krasny Flolt, aboard which Leon Trotzky, former head of the red urmy, hut now in exile. Is believed to bu a passen ger, had taken refugo ' near thu entrance, of the Hosphorus and (Continued on Pago liight.) Will Rogers Says: NKW YOKFC,' Feb, This viek end news coiriift under thu fish and txaiiiu du piirlint'iit. , Our two leading aetors lei't Hie Imuiaiis flat last week. Taking them up alphabetically, Mr. Coolidgu went clear to Florida t o spciik to tho birds, u n d I'lisimlly ve in i n tl them Unit their luxury was directly Irtwewblu to tl He publican administration, that under u Democratic regime they would no doubt revert to win very. "While Mr. "Coolidge was orating to the juybird, the woodpecker and the robin redhreaf on the udvuiituges of prosperity, why M.. Hoo ver fought off and defeated single handed a Vpound sailfish that was trying to get into bis cabinet, . Ymirs, WILX K0CJKI1S. I. S. The Virginia quail are wondering when Carter (Hush wilt build u snnetuary for them, us they continually rely on poor marksmanship, d BLAS