dford Mail Triune
Weather Year Ago
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MEDFORD, OH BOON, MONDAY, FKHHUAWY 18, VJX). n
No. 329.
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The Weather
Forecast rnir tonight mid prob
ably Tuesday. Not much lorn
(eraturc change.
lUirboxt yesterday 55
Ixnwst itiu morning to 5 a. m S
ME
0
Tod ay. ADD MM
By Arthur Brisbane i THH 1 1 I ft
Consider the Mosquito,
liortant to Doctors.
Mr. Mellon, Fix It, Please
Guessing About Hoover.
(Copyright, Uy King Feature
Syndicate, loo.)
Miviiie jo stone diiiast
Friday, SO years old, having
lived us lieQiitiJ "from tins j
lightning rod to the r adi'i
Descended from the family of j
the Admirable Criehton, and !
better baluuced than that in-.
t cresting prodigy, Melville K. ,'
Stone was a good newspaper j
man, n good friend and knew J
how to live, wisclv and .satis-
I
faetorily. Not many kuows
uiueh
, Consider the mosquito, and
lib something about her. Thi!
male, unimportant, except as a
father, does not bite, or plant
,.A . . ,.
disease in you. One solum')
iuusqu) mother would add to
the world, in one year, more
thau one hundred and fifty
nine billion mosquitoes, if her
children all lived.
Scientists say man has 110 en
emy as dangerous as the ano
pheles mosquito, making mill
ions of hien worthless, through
malaria, which 'only mosquitoes
gui
lt is even believed that the
fall of- Home may have been
due to mosquitoes on the Ron
.line niarsflics, ratl'ier thun to;
whiskered invaders from the
k. north.
y' . ii 1
plunos that would not fly mul
sliips that never bailed, mi the
big war, uuM rid this country
m,wu J1- ""V
intcrcsteU in killinir mosquitoes
is wo nre interested in killin
"c nu 111rtifsl-a 111 K,,lin
L'tlvll Otliei. O
M
It is suggested that uirplunes
might figlit mosquitoes, flying
low undO spraying marshes.
AVonderfwl finf machine, that
can pluut forests, scattering
seed on dfiiuJed areas, figlit
forest fires, hunt for gokl, ami.
q i
most rTltportllllt, hclpoinail to
..-..miui-r his inst-et cneinies. I
(important lo doctors iste
iinnuuiieciiiiu.it by Professor o
Uielii-t, of tri French Aciitleiuy '
3 Sciences, of a serum for use .
in severe lieinorrhaycs. :
Tlic serum, its 'basis consist-j
in:,' ofO1'01'1"'11 s"'lfi 0 "'trii
acid.jan be used in place of,
blood transfusion, with KreateiQ
safety, in many cases, j
, r.xpcriiucnts with 100 doi.'
jtid later with linimin beings,
-prove that this serf stimu
lates fic formation of blood
corpuscles; 'Jo per cent of the
Jogs, and all the human beings
survived the experiments
r
The scrum may-' Save the
lives uf many women, iS't-liild-bit,
and Others, but will not
take the place of blood trans
fusions, when it "donor" run
be secured with blood iilcut,!
.Willi that of the patient,
In war, thousands that die
from loss of bloyd might be
sflved by this serunu
The world of finance, speculators
and meu nltenillng to regular busi
ness, would lie glad ll .Mr. Mellon
iii1,l fiilr,. In hand, and rcgulat,-
vtmcv conditions, in connection
Mi stock siiecnlatlon.
all the wbv up. He did not accil-
mulatc ACCIDKNTAU.Y what Iri
railed "tho second bl KC8t fortuue I
iu the world." .Mnetv-nhie per cent. I
at least, of those Interested would
accept his advice. ff
'W I
There are bad features about the !
(cnMrally Ignorant speculation in-
Mncks. Moiiev thus Invented might
better be invested in other ways.
Inevlt.ihlv. hurlmr ignorantlv and
f lucklessly , manjr arc doomed fj!enl1'1 bachelors llii each rffi
henf heavy losses
It is nefessarv to lssu" wavli-
fugs, and tho Kederal ltesen-e Bank !
(Ceutlnuca on Vaso rouv), i
run juiu
E
;
Chiropractors, Christian Sci-j
ence Practitioners, Natu
ropaths nd Undertakers
Not Compelled to Serve
Public Service Bill Igjtro
duced.
SA1.KM, Ore., Feb. 18. W
chlru,m'a,:tul''i- t.l,ri.st!an Science
1,r;lit lllniiiirn ,in 1 11 i-.,li.'i 1 lie nnA nil-
derlukcrs tire added lo llio list of
thOHCQf'Xcmpt from Jury duty ill
bouse bill 390 passed Monday
mornlm: by the lower house. Tho
bill u.lso provides that tho jury
lists shall be drawn fftm the
registration rolls instead of en
tirely from the tux rolls. The
sli"! market agent's duties came
in for considerable discussion- on
lhe tloor ot t!lc hoUfi0 moluiay
morning before ir. 11. 373
passed. This bill. Introduced
Johnson of Wallowa, raises the
license fees for public and termi
nal warehouses from ?2 to ?10
liei year.
House hill t2-. the equity classi
ficulion hill, was sent directly In
the calendar and will come up for
third reading in it day or two.
Speaker Hamilton alaicd'that the
blll is to he put Ihroiigh with nil
possilile speed hecallsn ot 11 ntlir.-
her of county officers' salary in
crease hills which me helrg hold
up until lhe diKixSitlcg of the house
Ujlas.HHicalion tun is learned, miiouiii
. "he two houso pass tho county
I classification hill, the individiiul
salary hills will be dead.
Six oilier bills passed by the
1 t -VI. .11. l.ii- ..... .niter n-rtrrt-
oiiousc bill 281, relating to plac.O
, "n "rousm "
'It. IJ. 3I Amending sections!
relating to terms of county court
H. II. 52 KepcaHns obsolete;
MoctioiiH relating lo fencing rail-
road HncH.
IT. 11. -105 Amending .sections j
rcl tiling to applications to n.Oiro
prlule water. q
SAI-K.MM. Ore.. IVb. 1 S. (!!'
eiai.) mil permitting countioK.
! L'Uks anJ li,1,o1 distl iclH to lnvest
(.surplus nionhcin high cIukh Hecur-
' itles poFod the house nnanimoi.-5-
! ly today. .
,
KAl.KM. Ore., FeV 1 S.-HV, That
continued existem9 of tho Oregon I
public service remmlsHlon K in
actunWoopardy. and Hint ahnWion j
of IhatOjody at an curly jJato inny
. ' I
w-u luTiay -wiieii i
n
Governor Vatlci-wm i-iminmiitcil onQhis was not illsi-loHwl. hut follotv-
a hill introducci hy Senator J. o. i -
I-.oil.-y for creation of n do purl-1
111,111 'll 1,UU'0 V J Ml! HI
vrovlJcs for obulitiun of the
vl01 '''" " "' '
meni of publi. votks. The tiiH;hal been confined to a faiiitiirium
nholltlon of the hit-!
, emergency olauwo.
E
OKTI,.NL. Ore.. Feb.
Aviation autnorities noro touaj
iwct-e yet unublo to determine deli-
nitely the cauno of the fatal plnnBc
tiiiw mniinn in
IIIMV U IIIIM P AIM
i in i muMiy Lnn
of the tiny monlanc at Swan , ,,(ms Th(, teei iresorlptioiis car-1
Inland airport here yesterday in rinlS ,,.ll0K thowInK they were is-!
which llliani It. Kenton, citizen HU(.(1 hetween Seiilcbcr L'l and Oc
flier, lost his life. The general I lobul. ,7 iHSt. jra. Hubena also
theory is that ronton attempted iffilmn Hint her film action.;
,.. , ,. 1... 1... i..,.i . . ' t,..U.
unirn ,n.; i,i.,,n- n,-,v,u- 1., (
gained aurflcientQJylns ppecd. 1
Witnesses suld tho little plane,
.in nmiii i-uiiivn rfa iijiiph
suddenly lurched nt SOU feet
tude. pivoted onco and dropped
t
jto arth like a pliltiynct.
IT
WINS TRAPSHOOT
AT KANSAS CITYin
, 1
KANSAS t lTY. I -eh. 1 S. oFi ;
Frnnk Trnch. Portland. Ore., I
"rn sing ;m out or i-o taiKots to
dny. won the International flyer j
n,.i
'rapsnoot nero. ills total score ,
tn- the throe days was i6 out ot a J
pos - lblo mo. .
tratishnot. hire
Nvfcf. l-illut, Houston, Texas,
and O. II. Fransi, St. Louis, tied for
second with S6 each. Tlu-y broke
2S out of i'G targets.
Tax ltailielia-s
ii.n a.na. too. i in a new
, twist iu fuba a efforts to get Its
!""! iio u married I y tnxiny per-
nicy escape tne liiuirllnonlal noW-
has come to light with announce-1
'oont that splnmcis mu.t flic th'-ir I
photographs with a. governmental j
matrimonial bureau. I
CAPITAL RUSHES INAUGURAL PREPARATIONS
Workmen are rushing preparations In Washing :on' for the Inauguration cenfiionies March P. Tky '
art shown erecUng ths eland in (ror.t ot the capllol on which President elect Hoover will take the oath
ot orrice. upper rignt 13 tne reviewing stand Dein built at th
stand at white hous?.
-.-o 1 - - ,
! it 1 n n a 111 11 11 rim ri n i i n rmnnn nn inr
IMLIYIA ilUDmi JhNM flNU rltlobll rULIbt
nrn nrnATmn -j" . crr Ann nmn
RLUUflWIinU ! ilK'I'l Ac IMV 0LL HDUUU Lift
AT HER HOI
Film Actress Leaves Hos-;
pital After Operation!
Mother Say Alma Paid1
Dr. Citron $1200 in Five
Weeks for Drugs.
I IXJS AXtitiMW, Cal., Feb. 18.
j UY) Alma Hubena, film actress, do- ,
.'scribed as in a serious condition -
from a norv4u)t hronkdow n pud cx-'
cuHsivc use 01 narcotics, today w
out of tho Hollywood hospital and j
recuperating in her homo, from nu
operation. iSiniurtaucouKly state
IM1V RIIIH' i
nnd federnl olTlctnls renewed their
Investigations Into the alleged llio-.
gal jrcKcribin.; of lhe narcotics tor
her. O
Miss ItuheDft was removctl to her
honu1 lato yenterday from llio hos-
duv Irom this him-!
pituV
u-ii ini-u-,u.it !. ii,i,i,,,-.
. .' ..O r !
went an oieriunai. j no mutiio 111 i
iii.L it her contlillon lltld heon
imrleil as critical, l'reviotisly :hj !
for Irealnient of lior disordered ,
leuminioit ir. i... jbbhc ..iuunt m.-i-
1 .. .it.i i ... , t 'in ii..... i
ici ly IIJUs iihyalciuii. Is ilio only
ouo ol eight ptiysieians being In-
IvcHtigatcd for. their alleged Illegal
iHctiviilcs in prescribing narcotics.
iTho state board of medical catn-
rm ii ll with ihrt nrnsoiei'l nf reAjWv-!
ing his lieenso bcc:,o of 81 tmr-
cotlc piAicrlptlons alleged to have
been isued by :Qn to -Miss l!u-
bens, lie declared Hint, altlioitgli j
In. rild 111-escvl lie thn nareo ca for
'her iinlll he learned that she had
I. . . , . 1 . .... I
liecomc addicted to ilse, some of
the prescriptions Iwrcyorged slnr.--
t,irr.
tnrr.u
.....th, h ...1.1 i. 1
.. ..ffi,.!,. .. .i... ,.
- ... :
,,,,, , .,.., ,Ir. (-.lirnn '
S1V0I) , ,v.,ck (or preHerl" j
nauglllei was uiatiuiK 11 iism 101
ncP nfu to surmount her addiction
- pi,, , netress todav was In her mo-
i tner s cure in ineii uceiij inn.,
altl-jhome.
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I'OIITUM), Ore.. Feb. IS. UV)
Suffi-ring from gunshot wounds
Inflicted by his brother who lulu-
took him for a deer while the two
were hunting in the woods near
1 heir home yesterday. Antone
smejkal. If., of lliul.m. Ore., was
i ,. ims,,n in.ft
He was rushed to Portland by
automobile nflcY the
Ident. At-
( ,vos suffering from wounds In
,h lv.a ,, Khoulder.
.
BILL IS SiGNE
i
O
IV.l HHIXrl H.V. Feb
Is. f,!v i
1 -resident Oolldgo today iini.d
the Korbcck mlsintoi y bird bin.
et.al.llshlng bird r'fuge vari-
own sections of the country,
u 01
i UIUULH II! U i
DAPT DI AM!
I nUI I LMM
O "
Anonymous Predictions of j
Early Disarmament Effort
and Foreign Office Dis -
claimer Aired J3y oLondon
Press Sir Esme Says lnJ
timation Made Unofficially
o
l.ONIKJN'. En?.
rn . i. ii
- '
kngland iHuclined to woiuVr just
what the new tliHurmament dlBcuw-
L.oll ,vtth ,,, VnilMl w
' 1,10 lloiinincw ot tne .mtio
about.
' " I'liin-u. nuMiient unoiiymnus
priMiictioiiH iTT early ruiiRWiil ol i -
n 1-lnii iiwm I r.t'1'..i-, ul..t..n..,t ..t ul..
---- n'"-"i " 5
I'-fmio Jlowaril, nillDusnailor at
I'iosioi-i. and hatindiiy a clisrlaim-
ur e.iineii y mo loreiBn ouice
" iouim an expansnc iuiiuk
in i lie ,,i, 'in mi ill, nn nrnuu .
--- ,
"cnauio sourcea luiormcd tin:
ssociatuii i-ress tnat the lorc'gji
mieineni. 01 naiuruay uo-
i- nti olllc'al nnnoiiiico -
iV.used reports of the am-
nasHiulor s Intlinalion of tirospect-
'v illsarmainent action finle Jliu
conimuniiine. noccssary. w
V.' . - ' ..
said mat nis last weoli a intimatioe
" canv rosuiiipuon 01 uuairn.w;
jnent olforts was iiiade entirely on
hlu n IV ti tn 1 1 In 1 1 ri) iinil tt-nu nut 11 11
' on initiative and was not on
beh of his government
Th- btinday linum diplomat:!'
,. ., n.i ... . ...
I n'ffl oiiiniiiy iiuioH uipioiuatic
conKindent says tt is obvioin
lj
(Continued on Iaso Eight.)
FIRE- DESTROYS
The Grange hall at Kagle Point
wa.s totally di-slroye, I ,y fire early
r T I I in r-.ji nl I I I I
i ii n ii i ii i n i
Lllllll l LUV UI1I I
nnuiviirn.A nutm iiB.K-d k. -w
uTFuniFDniMTltfFM...
ni i nui i i mill n in urn nn nee nnn
Huift-.- morning, ,'t'ho origin oti(1'l An' nnidiMitlfled
tho iilaze Is unknown, but It I
thought to huve been caused :,y a
carelessly throiyn elgaretlu aiub. ooo-ioh i nrn in oi cu e-
which fell In the woodpile In thel"'l' h' "ml police, finding a pair of
basement. .pliers al Hie toot or the pole, bo-
Tliu fire was discovered by I.u- H' ved Hie man had been one of l
elus llngcade, about 8 o'clni In:1"-' of copper wire thieves opi'r
the morning, who. with i,G?.,, atlng' In Ihls dlslrlcl. They tboimlil
Ward, spread the- alarm. John
spread
PhilllpH, the night phone operntor.
awukf-ned cltlz'-nJ!, Jmt when they
arrived the flumes were far atl
J vitttced. .Kimlo Point has no water
I system, find tho pumper from the
i local firo d-par(mr-nt wi culled.
! It arrived on tho ncene in record
time. The Kirueture wmm a ma.- of
flumes and beyond navmg, how
' ever.
t Calm weather preVt-nted the
t preaa oi tne uro io iif nearly j
uigii b nuoi onuoin aim
I.-VI11
nasium.
Tho loss Is estimated ut about
f JJOO. partially covered bv lnsiir-
ance. la party, ponce said ih'fj seizeu
It is highly probable that theilwo bottles of lliiiior from the
building will be rebuilt lit an early wreck, but tho survivors denied!
date by the Eaale Point iraiigc. 'hut Pawlc had tuhen any of It-
is treasury. Lower left is reviewing
OF BABY GIRL
Four-Year-01 Doris Smith-
Mum hv Missinn Sinr.(
-
Fnday Death at Hands
, "tal" al
Ul MUlldJl.l l! redlEU
. No Clues Found. .'-
1S.-MV
SAX l-llAXClSl'O, 1-ul,.
-I'-tvil- fllllt 1-.II1I-.V1.! I--..!. I
Ti.
j " ,iX
Virginia Smith-Murphy who lmH'
A iiuay win
never be
fotlllll HllV!,
! Chief of l'ollce William J. Qnlnntho room. O , .
tin oner overv nvn n i n ni:ii mm
-
ju,. heiren mr mo cnim ana nor;
""""Y"';
OMHhoiit a single tangihlo chio.
froni a cMy ,,iluJ-B,0,,ti; .
I iniiruivs avoio t-oiivincoa IIkiI hiid,i
I mul Iwi-n tho vl.-Uin of n Hiilnnii-
.1.-111. ...
-.,..1...
"1 m Hfrnlil," naltl Captain of
iwu will find tho i.ttlo kIi-Ph l.odyoinori.oii tnu i.oksh.iiiij mm y.
in noun; baiieiiiont in tho iiciicii -
i.ornood niro nho disappeared.
11. i t . i... t .1 ..i... ......
. A .hlx m um im iiy-viiui. miu
peninsula oilier joined I.Vtho hunt
; yeKtenlay, while radio KtatiotiM
.i-,milcari ncwu of tho child's dls -
iipcaiiinee and ileHeripliona of
1 her and tho man with whom uho
;.,.0. i mihih-
i -ri, ..iiii.i inimn f,.,
.,.,, ,.t nhn-nnues iii .letferson
;,.,,.k . ,,y (l mm. , wt,, ,)0'j-i
jhavOi cood deHerlntlon. Tlic oiiiy
nrlvt tllua f;ir ,VUH ,llt uf Joll1
. ... .,, ,...
l,(lM n,lt' herc who aumils hc)
1 ' '
, Ulc ' cllll,lrt,
I
, ....
Ireu in tho
.tiinjv ruiiiii. uui. iienie iiiill no
. - .. , .... .... ,
,,'"??ruu"u.-
.or. 'amine wt uu io i noiieo
thai VVilllains wan tho man wholu"Uy .turned iT-.or to urn
tmiHtook iter for a Ul-tio girl j-rj- jv-ni-w... n,,, .un,,,,.., .."iir.ny or tne lato , counsel or tue
jday and reached through the ploy- walked from hla home across the .,u. Saloon league.
I ground roiling and toro her drexyn"l-"0t to view the body of his son. i "n,, was going to make tho peo
I Williams denied the charge. 7 recovered qttlukly, tinH'u'c" ,tu hclleve In hell fire," continued
' A note of dcfluneo purporting friends that ho would fueo -thoeed. "Ho jireferi eil force. That
to como from the abductor of the. Isituiitlon as sloieully ns poaslblo. hH the nplrlt thiwa taking the
hild, was In tho hands ot police.
It rend:
YoiAKneVi rtind her." It was i
MAHYSVIU.H, f'al
Feb. 1S.--body
was
found liHIll'Irnr frnm crnu'.firm nf
in isilo which Biipported Q;ible car-1
"" W"H ito troeuted while trying
lo cut ow
Hfctton rf the wire.
DIES IN CAR SMASH
i:i;i:ki;i.Uv. col.. ri.. 1. (,T
Harry Fawke. l'L'. of Oakland
wiii killed by overturning of his
j.'tutomoiiiie wb!ic he and three
Hither t'riivoridty of rudfornla
dents were l-eliirnliity home from
DOHENY JR
KILLED BY
Crazed Man Commits Sui-1
cideOAfter Struggle With
Oil Magnate's Son Di-;
vorce Last .October Said
to Have Unbalanced Mi$T
of Hugh Plunkett. 1
o o-
I,(i AXflKI.KS. Fob. 1S.-
(,Vj
InvcsllKatlon of the murder of
Ktlwanl I. Dolii'iiy, Jr.. niilliunatr
son of the oil magnate, early to
day had (.on.s)ruetv?d a pluturo of
I a lifo and Uratli .striir?Klt with u
, i-ra.cd man, IiIh woruiai-y, frivnd
land niurUuivr, JIukIi IMunkcU. Th.j
'sluypr comniltlrd muIuIUo whun he
J fuunilf-ihinim'K traiuiud iu youin?
! 1nh.v l!.i-..iK lllllk. i.t.i.i..M
W iiinii-iiuii
urcyHtont'.w wluro iudU'i'Auim of
in dcsm-ralo kWlii;lMi wi-in btillt
9 Into a scene of an untold tragic
'driinui.
Since T'lunkotl's wlfo obtained
an uneonlesti'd Utvc last Orto-
Iter invoHti-alors of llio dlHtrtet
attorney 'a Office said, young l)o
hony'ti fonfldenthit secretary had
;hown a nervous nllment which
had licoonio KcrioiiK. Dr. 10. C-.
Ftshbautth, the Dolieny Oamily
j physician for 10 yearn, at tho re
Mtt't of the ,'l(i-yenr-old heir of
the Doheny millions Juid uttended
IMuAett, Saturday afternoon, a
I few hours beforo tho double trnp
jedy. a family eonfi-renco had been
i hold over l'lunkott's condition. Tho
(conferees attempted to induce
ilMunkett. who was living at ' Groy-
slone" to co to a pontorlum for
r.i n.i i.-..i,on.,t u-i,i..h i.
tfimnil
SECRETARYICONTINUEDTO CAPITAL
iy cm.i o. niKiit,1"1- wi,d,'a li"" ' aimi-j. -uu
jciniiiii,,. nnil a robo wlion Ills bwly I l'1,,,ul tut Ht-ntuiu-oK uml ,. hIow
lhn nn fiM f llhinj -l.-ui- lm H-.n nuI.hIIUiIocI for
Th InvcKtmnlliiK ofH. 9Ih mwl Ur.!f,r l"ruiiM.ii. erti.- ly for t- im-ltyj-
FlHlllillllKll t'SlircHfll'll till) lll)i(Ul
il,.t nlKht thai Onl,,.y lrn.1 b0l.
callott t l-ltnikclf- mom Into ill
it... ll.n) lk.,l.nm l.f.fl uitm i
"hl' L",."!!!:!
' ...
today led!h,M'n gnihered from ovldoneo In;
imhih; m. m
, , . ,.,,, ,i
.ri"- - . . V V ' "n.. i t
. ii-oHiri.i(1i. ihT.f ln.io.nv had
, . V , f
InviwllKiilnrH l)io.:zc.l Hint tho
- ,"ii",i"'J iiii iiii 1 ' "
" ii"j.
.
olin'
lllllli; LOU lllllll MHb llOlll 1111
wo inoiini ninmoi,
! - -"'u " '
I' " "'" '" "'
eel ill ,-iinirH n leu- letiL 11 uai b
- - -
" iien tne mini mm men. Q
iinineniuieiy j-iunseit nr. "o,wth lilood, filled the air with tears
io to " on m """"
o .um. ivi''i'
' uniiKh. who had been called front
ia theater to attend I'lunkctt. "Vou
n'fctav nut of bere.'l.l'lunkett shotlt-
aceordliiK to (W physli iiui, who
'ahl the cr.Qd man turned uut
and slammed tho bedr0ni door.
iieniuu linn, a snoi loiioneu. m.
l-lshbuugli sent XltsOolU!y hack
to her living room, and entereii
I'lilliKelis room to iijiii
room to flJtd both ,vns ........i,,,. , th ,,' " " - " rcb. 18.
O , . , , ns "'' , M ?"i''T1 Uanny Dovcro. 82. old time
kr Dohei O founder ot i , ' r .", ', " ', iU.trl. who appeared with
ne," i. .e?, I i v.?- va,- ! t lP"'""" H 'nti-ose and Vest, Lew Dock-,-ned
Per to Ills tiJZ ilwd from a blog- lJ "nJ b dtaa ""'t
ion. eolliinseil when lto .O.i... .. ,i. i i n,!-m-
bodies
The elder
the oil busin
Allhoiigll Mrs. uolieny Has rc-
ported suffering acutely romUf tbo teiuperanee folks a few.
shock, the physician siild, stto nau
liiot allowed hcraclf to beeoinc liyH-j
terlral.
I DlKtiict Attorney Huron T'ltts
lnst night 4.--11 the Hino of l)o -
heny'a mu- ut lOlilG o'clock
IHaturdny night.
In order lo cllnilna'c any doubt
I thn t tho tragedy was the rjtnlt if
a mind suddenly BO" nimW bltiai
staled, "wo will pui-li our Invcstl-j
Kiitlnn until wo have completely j
reeonsirucled tho murder and mil-!
Ido as far as it Is elritimstantlally ;
Possible.'
JUDGE LITTLEF1ELD
DIES AT BREAKFAST;
Pel). IS. 'JT
I'OliTf.A.VD. tire.
-Juilgo Kdwln V.
l.llllelieiil, oi
the law firm of Joseph, Ilaney
nnd l.lltlefleld, died ut the briak
fayt table at Ills home 'Qe this
morning. He had npparcfHV been
In excellent health. Q
Judge Minefield wu ZT years
old last Thursday.
V.sterday and this morning he;m!tll,ni, cnan.tur wi,n:
;iipp, areii to he enjoying ins umiu.i
stu-igood health. At breakfast today
bo was conversing with members
of his fainiiy wnn no oxciiumou; i iiiuditit.
"i am dizzy." I 4
lie fell forward on the table.! linker- 2(i!i,iji)M hotel under coll
'lend. 'stiuctloll Uore.
ATTACK ONPRESIDENT
PROHI LAWELECT GOES
Threat tor Expose Solon
Drinkers Declared Jest-O
'Force Substituted for.
Reason; Bible Abandoned; .
Law Becomr Failure, As-!
sertions of Mis'i&urian.
-e-
W'.Slll.(lTON lVlV H (.PI
' J,eforo KnHrry crowds lured by the
I prospect of an oratorical conflict
hclwecyvwo roily Hi'd debaters
"n" renv
Itccil aiTtt ISorah" .-oiiutor Heed of
Missouri resumed today his fare
well attack hi the senate UQi the
prohibition law.
The senator began soon after
the day'a session opined, aware
ttmt. St-natur Hurnh of Ulahu, con-
1 tn.iil-.t.Hl dolln.eliH' ti r.n.li-
A inuwuir or uiiiUHinWit ran
tlirouuh tho tralloHrs wIm-ii Hcod
! declared rtt the henhinlnK of Itls
laddre.srt tnat 'a remark made Sat-
- unlay in jowl hwviiih Iu have caused
une;if Imsy." lie rererved to
i hl islatemeiU that he might some-
tje make public the names of
cu n Kidmen who vote dry but
m'Verthelei'K drink.
"I thought T hud made clear
that It wiih a Joke, hut 1 (suppose I
slmuld have labelled It ao," the
MIsHourlau aalil with a broad
aiiiilu.
"I am nut Kuing to (jiake those
nauii'.s public. I would not violate
tln'-'coiifldenco of friends,
may ho composed.
"I may hnvo inado
Ho all
inlstuke.'H
P
during my life hut 1 hnv never
nunk to the low level of a prohlhi-
timi iiifDnnt-r.
1 Vith tlllH ttrt'llinilmry, tho Neilli-
' " .....,......,,......,
u m-ayer l-ok ami lmvu inkon to
''" ",0
t "",,r.-' I-
n.uilii9 holy." 'who asked 'what
tllfforencfi it i Id If jOI'ow hunf
dreds died of liquor pobinm-d h9u.nM(i(1 ' ... ' . .
., ... . ... .
-'- i-.. ,
, "v t iii'Mt:ni, 1L ineho ttirii
'V)t,rniil,: l't,!'"'"fon of Homo one
"isance." lm said, no no
tMk twice about thorn." .
' InKderanco Abroad
'lint this Hplrlt of Intolerance U
i uIh omiI
ho miiEiI. "utid wo hum- tho
'ii'i-'a that whatever enn ho dono
- !Y. i o , i
: l iuhtmHiK
The law jimlirieil any
, ,..rho ,aw )aH ,. tl(i lnat,.u.
j mnit of tyrants hIiiuu tlnio hecan.
In miots have, by the law, wuiKht
. . ... .. . . . . ..
'io jn nv anil eioiiii men- neeils
wbl. Tmve B ilnraled the world
and kW.uiik of lhe dyini!. O
Tho law: What Ih (he law? It
UOnot womethli.K that mu-W ; "n "u nn1 however, that there
wprltiKN fnmt ctunmon consent It 1k no niyHlory uhout tho mottor:.
i more, It miiMt ho founded on Juh- I thftt hn complete hla in-
thy. iind must express emiity mid !f,KUrnl n,1I'3f,R "old confer--
llk-hl.
"An Imiii-niiei- niiinat. eriini
,.,... .. ,,rlmn .,
act nf an Individual who aSsns-
j si,laten the dark." Heed argued
W J!M, then read from a blog-
place of, tho kIWily inlnlstiatlons
years ago. ;
"It Is the spirit of force opposed 1
1 lo tho kindly yplrlt of Hie Saviour!
if 0anklnd. Sim. you can't o- j
)pel free people. Hence, HiIh Trfiv j
j Iuih liccotne a nilserable faltlli-e." j
i. - '
ELK HILL' RULING
WASHINGTON', l'elj. 1
The Htipremc court today refufod
to reconsider itH reucnt decision
Mliut tho sicrolara- of het interior
l..l , ....
i .1,,. iikhi iu oi l nil nizo inn
title of the rllandaril oil company
ot California to valuable oil lands
In Kilt Hills, Kern county, Oil. !
Tin- action makes final tho!
court's decision on January 1: thutj
former Secretary Fall, in eon-1
sideling the matter, fatted to de-J
Cillo Ulll'tln-P 1,11. .1 n-i.a nf 1,t,..n.,1
it was aurveyid. and Hint Fall's 1
finding that tbo company's tltlo
had become unassailable was not!
; Bids Goodbye totand of
Sunsnrne This Morning
Friends Aboard Special
Train Florida Hospitality
O O
Gimi Praise To Await
Inauguration in Capital..
Uy JAM liS Ii. WL'ST
Awm'liilctl ITcsfe Stalf Writer
MIAMI, Fhu, Feb.' IS. A
President-elect Hoover bade faro
well today to this land of sunshine,
heading for Washington on a npo
clal train, which left here at ll):liu
a. m.
Uke the two dars just pust, this
wius one of lntiw.so heat, almost
like a July day in the national
capital, hotter perhaps than any
Mi. I loover encountered on his
latfiGmerlcau tour.
'rho next president and Mrs.
UtOvcr occupied a private car
alone, but several of their Inends
had compartments in other cars of
the long train. These included Mr.
and .Mrs. OlKur Ilicard of New
Vork, who have been house gueatrf
at Hello Isle, arji A. W. Khaw of
Chicago, a menWor of the coin
mil tec on economic trends of which
tho prfwl'XnL-nleet Is chairman.
Mr. nn?r Mrs. Hoover left the
JameH C. Pennoy home on Hello
Isle less than half an hour beforo
train time, motoring across Jil
enyne bay to the Florida Kant
Coast station here, whore, n. izc-
n,i0 m owd await s thorn.
Hospitality IViiLsed
.Ueforo leaving Miami, rrnsldent
eloct Hoover slopped to express hO
appreciation of tho . manner in
which tho. people' welcomed .hini.
"I vftnt to exproHH my appro
bation to tho people of Miami and
rlorida."- ho Raid. "They havft
Kivwn "Uf n. vovy vbapyv vacation
nil it wo hopiv'to Tlo able to come '
again." . ;:
- Tluv speeiat J due in Washing
ton. n"l:30 p. m. tomorrou, nd
Mr, and Mr. Ifivor will go di
rect to their S street homo to re
main until inauguration day.
4 to enter tho national capital, Mr.
Hoovor'H decision to ko back It
dnyH boforo the end of tho admi
iKtration of Calvin Coolldpo htus
furniKhed ptill unothur suhjoct for
1 1 ' , u ..... ,
.......... t.. u
ties in determining upon tho com
plete personnel of hln cabinet:
other that some of tho conprnw
sional leadera . uro not satisfied
with hlM plnns repnrdlng farm ro-llef-tariff
revision exa .seHcion of
tho new- congrcHs. and still othern
that ho wantK to conforith soinn
of thnwo ho has chose it as mom-bei-H
of his official family.
Tho proHident-olect lifcuself jun
"laiuwimea Jienro. u is expiaineo
jiiucii wiui Homo wno coum not '
como -onvonlently to Hello Islo at
uim mno. -
ltmny levcio Demi
"WUKKLIXa, W.'Vtt.. Feb. 18.-
n . ( Q
Will Rogers Says:
XKW YORK,' Kcb. 18.
There bus been quite an ar
gument over whose budget
will pay for the new cruisers
just voted. Conlidge has of
fered to split the cost CiU-500.
lie will pay
for the bltii
prints if Ifoo-'
vet- will pay
for the cruis
pi'S. tireeeo
oWed us $17,
S.'iO.OfK) on 11
war debt, so Saturday con
press passed a bill to lonn
'em . 12,150,000 so it would
make it an even 'M million,
AVc don't like to be bothered
rS
Me
with beiii"; owed smull, un
even sums. Truth comes out
mighty slow. Florida wantn
the federal government to
pay nil the expenses of put
liui! ft windbreak around
l.nke Oehobee, so the water
won't all blow out. Religion
didn't drive that state Re
public!: -j. Yours,
WILL ROGEItb.'