The Weather
Forecast Partly cloudy tonight
a lid Wednesday. Warmer.
Highest ycMerdar RS
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EDFORD
IkBBUNE
Weather .Year Ago
II Itcliot year ago
lxmesi ycair jro
rUp Twotj -third Year.
Atefclf nrtj-MTCDtii Yitf.
MEDFORD, OREGON, TUESDAY. FEBRUARY 19. JOlMi.
Xo. 330.
MAIL'
TodaylTHREAT TO
By Arthur Brisbane 00001 HW
A Mistaken Grand Duke; jJU 1 til D I
Happy Mule. . . nfr
The Reticulated Pytfcpn." jPI IM P AmPv
Optimistic Wall Street. yf)yg
(Copyright, By King Features
L.t.. A Inn a Txi
Gmnd Duke Cyriinindimir-1
ovitch, head of tho Romnnoft ;
t'Cn'l.v, and, luckily for him, j
outside of Russia, thinks .lie
wm bo czar, lie is mistaken,
but his statement that he would
keep the present, bolshevik sys
tem, of government, extendin'r
' it to a "log-ieal, constructive
p'hOc," is enlightening.
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Relations of the czar appar
ently have discovered that bol
shevrsm, giving laud instead of
blows to the peasants, and cdu
i cation instead) of ignorance to
the masses of Russia, interests
Russians.
Just now Russia is morn in
terested in the question0 "What
happened to Trotzky thiSi in
any visionary grand duke's
plansP Whether Trotzky has
been "suppressed" or what has
happened to him nobody knows.
It is dangerous for a det'osed
revolutionary leader to dis
agree with those in power. 0 '
"Honest Hen," a mule, hav
ing worked nianv years f?r the
city? of Atlanta, now old and
feeble, was to Gc slaughtered
and fed to lions in the zoo.
Atlanta'sekiml hearted may
or, Ragsdalc, willdmy tho mule
and pension him.
- ' A .'kinds thought:. ; Many nU
old man that 'lannt be fed to
the lions beciiusc tender heart
ed laws forbid it, while they
don't forbid old men and wom
in to worry themselves to
Heath, might ajnost wish (ley
verc -deserving mnles
"Do pustibus nnn est .dispn-1
tnnlum,' tvliieli mean! "There
is no use fiiarreling voth an-1
oilier mini's taste." j
A young Cliit'Hponn, formerly !
f) repoiO'i' at $18 a week, sutl
Aenly heir to a fortune of jfl.-j
CIIX1 n Any, iSis 'decided how ;o
Spend liis money? O
' flic will go to Borneo, hui.l
, in g for a "perfect specimen of
the. reticulated python," bifiRest
reptile known to nian. ITo
takes n seientifie expedition
with him and his time will not
lie wasted. '
Hut how many.. things could
other young men think of it.
they had $1000 n day, leaving
the reticulated python to his
own devices?
Another week opening finds
Wall' .Street, refusing to be
scared to death. SpeculQU's
are like "Old Dog Trey, ev.O
faithful." Grief cannot drive
tnem nway.
. Jack up the interest rate,
nnd still they say, "I think
stoeks arc going to be worth
more, anil so I nin going to buy
lieni." The prices lifted ik
their little heads as soon as the
market opened, and kept them
up. '
Oile comforting fact for gen
tlemen that sPee'iiiate in stocks,
a'nd paying 10, V2 and more
per cent for money. " Federal
Jteserve -Jiank in 1!W8 made a
net profit of fi4,0.")3,(KiO, or
1,000,000 more than in 1027.
It jjeiTus only reasonable that,
the Federal Koserve l?ank, ef
ficient in putting up int-crest
rates, shntlld get ji good share
of the profits.
Clarence Darrow, able lawyer.
says the crime wave Is duo to "the
curb on liberty.
. Inck of liberty may distress
aonie not many llootlegglng turn -
'. '
(Continued on Pago Four),
Activity Against Gangsters
of St.. Valentine's Day
Massacre Brings Death
Threat Detectives Called
On Carpet for Question
ing. CHICAGO. Feb. 13 UP) Coroner
Herman N. lluntlesen revealed to
day his life has been threatened
twice in the past three days which
ho attributed to his activity inves
tigating the St." Valentino's day
massacre of -woven members or the
Mm-an gang.
Sunday Dr. Bundosen said, he
received nn anonymous olephou
call in wlili-h hiOsaid he was told
"you P ill he the next to die If you
don't watch out." He salt! lie -received
ah anonymous letter yester
day asking him how he would
"like to kick tho bucket."
QKvery detective squad member
oiftho Chleugo pollee force total
ling; '525 men,, was called ill for
questioning in the gang massacre
investigation today. Fach was
asked :
"Where were youOlast Thursday
morning between , 10 and 11
o'clock?"
-That was the hour in which
seven of Cleorge tHugs) Moran's
men -ero lined up In a ?A(rth
Clark street Karate antl slain.
.state's Attorney John A. Swan
son Issued the order for question
ing of the policemen, q
"It isn't because Kwanson be
liefs the gang, killers woro led by
city detectives." ' ono of his aides
explained. "It is because ho b
absolutely sure that they were
not." .
Police Commissioner "William
Russell is convinced that no pollee
men were Involved, but he Is lend
ing
bis assistance to the stale's
altorney'H to c.lcay up the. n.yster.y. i
ji is 1110 commissioner h ineory
...... .r ., ... , nUU
uniforms It was as a disguise.
Kvery sqtuid car that has been
sold in the last 0w years Is beltiK
traced.- In this manner, police be
lieve, they may find that the ma-j
chine used by the murderers was,
as witnesses said, In a polee eui but i
one thatohad been disposed of by j
the Oeparlment.' O . . j
dohnehr1azed
by death of son
n 1 "Colonel, are you feolinR as faip-, , .V , , M, . "' floor of the house Monday after
LOS AXOEI.E8. Fob. py'iu. you look?" someone ohK1. ! Sound the ! """" th,,t unp lhft nt Mil
Silent Buur(lH totay tooAlKil nt A frown replaced his Rrln, ti('? hft a rlcht to Hve after
tho Kates of "ClrevTtone." neverlv!ho Aid not nn-swer. ' . . ' ... ' j dark."
Hilts mansion of K.hvartl L. Do-
neny, jr., murdered iin or nnt of
the eoimtry's sreutest oil fortune?,
while a white-hatred old man pre
iVnred duzedv for tho closing seiO
of hn life's orowninf traKedy. K.
Ij."oheny, whose role in the check
ered romanoiQ'f oil has encompassed-
mliny hnra.ssint; ehnptern, was
fir-'htlnK his preatesi hattlo a bat
tle against the benumbing teniaeleji
of crief a the body of his only
Bon was laid to resc.
YotinR Doheny wa slain Kntu&
dnv nlRht hy Theodore Hutih Clun
ujl. IUh friend and confidential
secretary
Up from Depths
KEY WEST, Kla., Keb. 10. (')
Two fearless members of a sub
marine crew, who yesterday brav-
-'' ' cruslilnK force of the sea
!al a depth tifJIQ feet clad only in
hnthing suits anil equipped with
oxygen Inflated lungs," today were
none the worse for their exiierl-'
encc. O !
IJesceniling to that depth yeslor- j
day in the submarine 8-1. Meuten-'.
nut C. H. Momsen and Chief Tor- j
petlomnn Kdward Kallnowski left
1 - ; :;'
mm
Ihe submarine nnd came to liifinack from his month's vacation
lsrface without outside aid. A phy -
Isycian pronounced them unharmed
'liv the terrific pressure,
OREGONIAN SETS
V. JJf M4jl. i
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Victorious team c(the don races from Truckee, Cal., to Tahosi Tavern during 3 winter sport
carnival In the mountaiiS. Fred Printi mushed first In each of the 32-mii Iap3.
iTCII olinTLICn I ftTCOT A in TQ OIVTCCM DM 10
I lLbLomUmLl iLHILOI HIU IU OlAILm DILLO
I OF ROMANCElNlGHT AVIATORS; MONDAY GRIST
;
Mrs. Lindbergh Arrives Jo -
day From Sosstantinoplej
'
Colonel to Greet Her at'
o '
Inroovf Pitvi Pion Ronnie (
Questions.. ;
XRW YOItir. Keh. 11.-
.ijp rut
onel Charles A. - ljii;dbf ruh this
eveninK will have his first eppor- j has come to tho aid of aviators by
tnnlty to talk to his mother of his nuiklnK dannerous landlnK on un
romance with Miss Anne Morrow, j liRhtod flyinj; fields uniieccssaiy.
Mi-j. Kvaiiiroline Llndbciirb. whoi In obedience to the nolo of n
h nn. ,imlu, ,r ns n uunst
nsU,u,fr , .iho..Am(ktJ'JM!..wJioolI
,u Constantinople, U arrlvinK on
thn lincr rirP.ient Wilson.
Htbouch she has been advised
of his eilKHKement by radio, it is
nresiimiMl the rolonel will be at the
.lersev Cllv nier to erect her and
tell her personally of his plans to onslrated his ability as an airfield , jn ,.XepKH ,l( ,),,, x por ,.0nt llmltii
marry the dauuhter of tho Amur- I attendant whenoin repeated tests : tioti.. This'board of review mav a-t
lean iPmbassador to Mexico. I 1,0 flooded the new airport with j an , ndsory-capacity only nnd
Colonel I.indberuh arrived from 24,000,000 cundle ; powor in ie-; lis itdvantiiKc Is to furnish publicity
WashliiKton at Curllss field yester- P"e to the distant voice of a , (g a proposed tax levy or bond
day. Oulublo on aviation but silent 1 "'alio blKh In the nlr.- ., . : iK,u(li m
on all matters p?rtalnmK to his en-i ,,cla "anson, airmnil pJot, ap- j. Henderson's bill, roKutailiiK dry
Basement. proacheil the field from various 0inniK establishments ,11.11 . 353,
Ills face wreathed in a smile, the ' dreellons and at different altitudes . ,,,, s (Ioom nt ,hc n,im,B ft hnUH(1
colonel descended, spoke enthtisla-l ln. ,hP "" t"7'nB on a wind-j mun,bei-s. . .
tie.illv of the new iv1n.AmrtiAjf,0Vlrel'l;c,',T '"Vh The Itussell d;.K bill Is beinu held
mail flino which he ii.aftBurated, tlm0 u",u,,"?l,ln . '"V";" ca'- l up until amendments can he made
nnd declared the route a dToroimh-l hn, f,nlt ', m'-f'""iical m,Mi i , mn(n ,-,,, ,0fw (lmsll,.. An
ly practical one. I flhe.d on tho HbIiih I uell of Multnomnh sal.l from the.
.Vlnnel Unctberph. when are
yon fToitiK to Mexico City?" was thci
.
next question.
The colonel hesitated a moment
and replied: "Are there any other
queNttons you care -to ask?"
There was anothor quest Jon, and
it was: "Colonel, is there any
thing pertaining- to Miss Morrow
that you would care to dipruK."
Apparently there was not, as the
colonel merely repented his query
whether there were nnyOiher ques
tions. fOllTI-ANO, Ore.,' Feb. 19. (.'J')
.Mrs. Almee Semplc .McPlicrson.
Los AnRcles evnnKulist, was today
on her way to Sacramento lo keep
appointment with the InvesllRat
ini? conimittce of the Callfo.'iila
IcKislntum. This committee will
meet Thursday for n reopening of
the investigation of the $2500 "love
offerinn" extended to JudKC Carlos
S. Hardy hy Atuteliis temple, over
which Mrs. Mcl'horson presides.
Thn evangelist passed throuc,h
Portland today on the Shasta lim
ited. She confined herself lo h-r
drawing rom and received, no' O;.
The mother, of the evangelist,
Mrs. Minnie Kennedy,, who has
been in Portland for twn weeks,
checked out ol her hole! here tn-
day. She Is believed to have left
lor neiillie.
.Mother and douunier tun not
meet.
WASHIN'OTON. Feb. 10. (Jpl -
n Florida. I'resideiit-eleet Hoover
reached Washington today at L!:M
n. ni.
u vrrnr mumi i 1111 i mi ii ii ii
II li;ilUU IIL. I Ulll III IU i awa awi i
! rnn AnnrAnAiinr AJinnM 10 01 A IRA
a: ri ik UKfruKum i.r huiiiiiiu i i i iiiiui
i un ni i ununnuu ITIUUI1 10 ULHIIfl!
at UAnnv nnnDr !
I Ml nfllUJ! riUDL
FAST PACE TO WIN
Mechanical Man Turns On: Kindergarten and Oregon
Flood Lights at Call0 off Plan Bills Passed to
i i ' q
Siren Tests Made at i ; ate Doq Measure Found
e !
WoAarL' A ip n n r t PrnVP. -
Successful Last Night. r
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NKW.VRK. X. J., Keb. J 9. (Pj
Mr. Televox, the mechanical man,
siren on an npproaohlnii plane tho
ju.cchjiiUv-11 .ltJ"'. --.MUhoV. .in--L.lln
j flood licbls at the Newark ail pjji-t
I nmiu w;
vlthoul the aid of hu
! man hands.
Mr. Tolevox. whose name, fioely
'translated, from tho Circek and
! l-atln means '-distant voice," dem-
, ,r. .O
. ,, . . O '
up In tho Iteed Helector when a
sound of n certain pitch In im
pressed upon It are triPftmiilUed t
vhe grid-glow, converted Into elec
1 en,.,rV n.,,1 n , ,.l 11,.,! u..ffl
eieutlyPo operato the switching
mechanism of the flood liKhts.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 10. IIP)
Echoes of the Keeil-ltornh prolll-
jbitlon debate sounded In' the
senate today ns Senator Itruce.
demoernt, Maryland, described
prohibition conditions In Itornh's
stato of Idaho ns "shocking."
Itornh, who dcfcndml prohibi
tion in nn hour's speeiTT yesterday
In reply to nn A'ack by Heed of
Missouri, sat siitigly silent as
llrure rend a newspaper nrtiele
whose headlinn Kiiid:
"liinho drowns, dry problem In
1 moonshine. "
Canadian liquor, Druce declared,
flowed freely Into Idiiho nnd other
border' states.
"Tbat's why R'Wnueh liquor Is
being produced In Canada," he ns
serted, "not only to satisfy the
needs of American tourists but to
I supply the large amounts that are
j exported Into the United Hiali-s.
.
PROPOSED FLIGHT TO
Ml
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i PA
'A It IS. Keb.
IP Short ly
I after taking off on a- flight to
ptlanoi, French. Indo. China. Iheu-
donne Cnstes, famous French
i filer. ornhcrt in imndy forest a
, few miles outside of Paris. Ill"
plane was destroyed but he nnd
his crew were utc, ,
i
I n I in nnnri ii in
iiniiii i ii ii iiiioii
iuanu mmm
- nnn n t mi in
SIERRA DERBY
i
s.Tnn nroctir Priori Vnto !
;; " Amendment Passes.
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,.AI.l:.M, Ore., Keb. 1 !!.(?) Six-j
tem house bills, ineludinn the kin-1
,lrt -".n-irtn Kin ,i ,i, .n,,,in
ph-n" bill, received the house tlckeH
of admission tn the senate durlni;
.a l-inp and tedious session Monday
r.-rr'ioi-;..-.i.j.,-, jrf, :. :
. ' The "Oregon .plan" bill, -as pass
ed by the house, provides thai tho
board of centre may -be asked to
serve us a "board of review" to nit
on appeal, in any tax levy or bond
saue )... ,,m. munlelii.il eorn.atli
The hotipe nsreerl tn rnnctir In
the t-ennle amendments to II. 11.
200, the Kobison reforestation bill.
The bouse sustained the irovcr-
nor's veto on house bill 210.
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A iiiis Nl.-'U ,,.v lll
Xn""? ,n.r',,r"'i 'n,,1"!,,,d; ,
, " JS- , ''vidlnK for Invest-
fiiMricts nnn muniripn nues.
n. j , :i s i UPiutiiiK to the trans
portation for Mudents of union
hlnh school dlstrlets. : ,
II. "11. I'rovldinp for thn ap
pointment of special, deputy con
stables. ' '.--.
If. II.. 37 VntfylnK statutes re-
enrdinp travi-Ilnn expenses for
county nfficers. .
II. I!, 33ti Amendinr0 oetfon
4f.8ft Oregon laws makliiK quali
fi cations for voting tn road district
meetings the snmo as school dis
trict election,
If. 11. 2Iir. ItestrletiiiK Issuance
of tax certificates of delinquency
to private persons.
II. V.. 354 Kxtcndlnir authority
of ttalo enwineer iver structures
built fur trrlgrttioP purposes,
amending water code.
K. II. 4 "i4 Amending sections
relating toelectlon of school of
ficer, ( '.
IT. II. 405 Allowing Interest on
certain t'nlversily of Oregon funds
to revert to the university Instead
of beliiR turned Into Rperal fund
of tho state.
' O-
BERKELEY BARBER
IDENTIFIES PHOTOh
OAKLAND. Oil.. Kfh. I 9. (Pi
I With the idi ntiflcatlon by a llerkc
' ley brit'ber of a pletlire of four-
yenr-ojil Doris Snilth-Murphy as
that fo a girl token to his shop
loniiy, scan-h for the girl, miming Through Us largest single endow
since .last . Friday, shifted lo the ment. a gift ot 8,IHii),nuO, North-
east ly
The bnrber said the girl
was
I brought to the shop by a man do-igraduato school In the west." Hoh-
I srrlbe.i a "hiinchhnek" andlert W. Camphell. president of the
ituken away in an uutoinoblle.
Di
E
FIST FIGHT
Senate Corridor Scene of
AN
KLEPPER 1
s Encounter-Debate Over ; ; TZ I ;
, , . I would be Tl'ISi veai3 old. at the '
Salary Increase for Ac-1 time m- au death. Titeouiest
' 4 person to die was 9" years of .:
c i d e n t Commissioners ae ,im "o "kcsi, outswu :
of several Infants who died at ;
Brinci5 OtBlow? Card51"1'11'' wait ,w" v"1- T"of !
Dllliys UIIDIUWS, .vaiw were several ileuths In tho . j
D,.it;fSl vnrl 'teen ase, with nlto u number :
Game BegulatiorPAxed.! rrom t v,,nl.s, fl)liowei, ;
i by more friim 110 to SO yenrs. .
" ;
SAl.K.M, Ore.. l-b. 19. (!) A ! :
fist flcbt between SeifVors Joe
Ounno mid Kloppt'i-, whU'h drew
spoctuiorH in O Jam nt tho .sMiuto
door and in ilitOurridin ldins to
l ho ohamher, foatured piiMsufiO
Monday ul'tornoon of tho houso
hill imroiisliiK nuluries of tho in
dustrial uooldent oommlnsinnors.
I Tho moa-vurf! wns up on rooonsid
t'ralion, after it had heen ileftmtoil
Sulurday.
, in tho ooui'ko of his urRumta
nnninst tlio hill, which propoHOH tn
Ini'icaNc tho Millar lew from S;iiii)u
tit $IS00 a var. Dunne n'ft-Vred to
the ease of a whltiw ekliiK ad
justment qi' a claim from tho eoiO
inlssifiO. Heplyint; to this Kleper do
olared Dunne Inul not told the
;,VAT.,oonyas e h.t opportunity
Sen-i!nX?zoU'r";he whh:w.K'vhose
limine had not huon mentioned.
-i tir npoioKies -on0
whom I orltteizo on tho floor of i
UHh Menate." Klenner answered. 1
After tbo'Vnle bad beon taken
.both senators left the chamber.
Spectators say Dunffe slapped
Klepper wiili hiH open hand. Ivlep-
j per responiled to tho attaek. As
he started towards Uunno, say cye-
w itnesses, he was srnbhed by Tom
1 olllnsi "i I'oriianu. wnno i-reu
Idiffoiil, also of -Portland, Kl'ahhefl
)unnP.' Thn tnterterence . seemed
to work to Kleppei-'s advantage, it
was said, for it enabled his blow
lo land with. full force. Jtut updor
!uino's left eye. -; ''" .
aenaior Dunne arose at tls
point anil npninKlcd to the senate
and to the visitors. "I thought
Senator Klepper should h n v e
apoloKi-ed to that llltlo woman,"
he said, "and when he refused I
thought It was time to tako mai
lers into my own hanils,"
After a Ioub debate Into which
more kood humor was Injected
than ihere had been ill humor In
the previous argument tho senate
killed by Indefinite postponement
the Corbett-lOddy'-Moser bill lo
Hike card Raines, out of all pool
anil billiard halls, "except the Y. M.
t. A., IoiIro ' halls and similar
places. A mnjorlly of the Judle
ary committee reported favorably
to the bill and a minority aRalnst
tt. The niinorlty'was adopted.-
Aieasiu-es passed by tho senate
.Monday afternoon included:
if. II. .1.1B, by Collier Author
izing county courts to levy assess
ments for maintenance of county
fair bulldiiiRs and Ri-ounds.
II. 11. ion, by committee on re
peal of lawn-ltepeiilliiR law which
makes romrbonds exempt from
taxation.
11. II. 254, by Joint committee nn
Insurance I'ermlttltig llfo Insur-
unco companies Incorporated In'wlll ofrer stylo shows and nnrlni;
Oregon and having surplus of at .exhlhliftns in their stores (Wring
O'-nst J. 100, 000 to mutuallze.
II. II. 2110, lO Wells (living prl-o-'lty
lo veterans of wars of the
rolled l-Vites in civil service ex
aminations. 0 ;
SOUTHERN PACIFIC1!:
PREPARED TO ASK
BLOCK G, N. LINE
- o
Portland, on-,. Feb. nt.tfl'i
On the ground that Ihe territory
Is already adequately covered, the
Southern Pacific railroad Is pre
pared, says J. T. Saunders, freight
traffic manager, to protest the pe
tition of the (!real Northern for
permission to extend south from
Klamalh Falls.
PORTLAND, fire., Feb. 19. IIP)
An attempt lo knit the organizn-
Q-s of western rnilroads and wct
lii lumber producer into a solid
formation to defeat what has been
termed a "conspiracy of railroads"
( east of Chicago against western
finished lumber products, was un
i der way hern today.
I The meeting was attended by
i more limn 100 delegates represent
I Inr; all rnilroads ervlng the lumber
industry In tho west, und the West
f'uast Lumber association, made up
of lumber manufacturers.
Northwestern Endowsd
CIIICAtiO, III., Feb. 111. (A')
wostertk university hopes to bull, I
up "Ui.t most outstanding under-
board of trustees, has announced.,
! Average
in Jacks
Figures v
Span
"unty
ears
.
If not already that Old, peo-
pie in .lacksou county have a
reasonable assurance of llv- i
ins to be fij'4 years of neo If !
the itvernKe life span of coun- ,
ty lesiilentH, us figured out tit
the county clerk's office tills ,
4 forenoon, holds true. Tho 4-
nses of the lao people who
4 died since last Seploniher were
added toKPtlierAad then di-
Si nn"hS:Wi
. .,,
Elmer WllSOn ChOSen VICe
President Hunt, Strong
and Mann On Board Gov-
ernors Spring Opening
Plans Discussed.
Maieneo A. Mcokor, well known
Medford ImslnesH man and owner
and iminnKOr of tho At.oM. depart
ment store of this city, wns se
lectujl as pieslilent of the Medford
Merchants' nssocluiOm ut tho regu
lar monthly itetherlnK of that or
Kaiiliatlon Inst nirtt at thn Hotel
Meilford. lOlmer Wilson, associat
ed with tho Metlrnrtl Furniture &
Hardware Company, .was chosen
vioe pt-pHldont, .iiiiit .Goorge, Hunt:
It. 11. StrniiK and John (J. .Miinn
were elected to lncnihcrslilp on the
board of directors.
Mr. Meeker, In Ills short addreift
of nj-m'ptnnco, plotlncd his efforts
to lurthor tho constructive work
of the mcrshnnts' nssoclutlyn. He
also oulllncd the salient points of
tha state nioi-cluitn' convention,
held at Corvullls on February 11,
la and 13. Advertising, IniyliiK,
window trimming, snlesmanshli)
and nianaKement-nll vital laetors
in successful merchnndlsInK wer-V
briefly touched upon In Mr. Meek
er's tulk.
SucHs In within ourselves," Mr.
Meeker emphasized In Ihe course
or his romarhs. "There muy lie
ninny con! JltlnR factors upon
which a measure of It Is dependent,
but we must have the ambition nnd
ability within ourselves to actually
achieve unqualified success." '
Spring Opening Planned
Extensive plans for n clty-wid.--
sprlim opening celubrntlon wore
discussed by the mercOints who
woro present at last night's asso -
elation meeting. Medfcird stores,
on March 5, will present elaborate.
j seasonablo displays of merchan-
lillsn show wliiilnu-ii u-tlt hn imvelln.l
ami some of tho local merchants
the evening. Kverv effort will ho
made tn draw oC-nMown peoplo to
Medford to see tho comploto stoeks
earrled by shnpn in tls city. r
Finest Scolt will head the com
mute" whliih will -supervise? Ihe
tleiaWi of Medford's great sprlnR
nlng celebration. Mr. Scott will
HsshOil hy - Ilnrry Jacobs,
Henry Fluhrer, Morris Leonard,
It. 11. Strang, William A. dates. II
Schercr, K. H. llrophy, Ho'nnd I
Hubbard, 11. Crane nnd Herbert!
Orny. O j
An eflort is being msdti to bring
fl. T. Vance, dean of advertising !
nt the Oregon Slate cnlldxe, to
Medford for the next meeting of
the Medford Merchants' associa
tion. MV, Vnttco sioke to mer
chants hero Inst fall and the effort
In again have him speak' here 'Is
being inndo through the popular tie..
iikiihI of local merchants.
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VQSHINCTON, Feb. 19. Upy
Presiilent Coolldgc has drawn up
for sulnulssioii to congress n sup
plemental budget estimate recom
mending that an additional flA'il,
Tilt he nnnronrinled for prohibition
enforcement in the fiscal year end-
ling June lti:m.
It was explained nt the White
House Hint, assurance had been
given that proponents nt the
000.001) amendment for prohibition
enforcement which was attached to
tho first deficiency hill would be
satisfied with the sum recommend
cd by Mr. Coolltlge,
MEEKER NAMED
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SNOW AIDS
ESCAPE BY
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slaVer of Don Mellett and
Two Other "Lifers" Saw
Way From Prison Blind
ing S n o w Obliterates;
Tracks Seven Refuse to
Join Dash. : '
COUtMlil'ti, Ohio, l-'eb. 19.
Three life term murdercr0nclUtU
inif Pat Mcliermott, slayer of Don
Mellett, Canton publisher, and tiv0
other prisoners sawed their way to
freedom from the state penitent
i tiary here ciu-ly today.
I They dropped from tho roof of
the residence of Warden 1'ruSloii K.
Thomus and escaped undcio cover
of a bllndinK snowstorm that soon
obliterated their trucks.
I Besides McOermott, tlioso " who
cscatted are:
William Youne. 40. W&hinctan
county, servhiB a llfo term for mur
I der.
' Mlko Jacko, 21; Cuyahoga oun-.
I ty. nervlnK a lite term for murder,
I .lames Walton, SO, CuyahoR-a
; 'n-. servinB . term ot 12 to
125 years for robbery. . . : .
J" U0!"0- 26- cuyahoga countv
for robbery. ' - .
Tho blinding snowstorm loft of
ficials with no clues n to tho di
rection the men took in leaving tho:
penitentiary. All extra Runrds were
sent out to aearch near the prison
Immediately after the scapd was
discovered and poRce of surround-;
Iiir towns and cltlea were notified
ta bo on the lookout for tho men. .
Seven other prisoners-, including
another llfo term murderer, who
were qunrtorod with the five en-'
caped men, refused to mnk? the
dnijh for liberty; - ;,.
r Tit a statement issued several
hours after the escapes, Warden
Titomm itavii rwtponslblllcy "IK ;
noranco ana uisoneaienec or ordora
on tho part of officers." ,,
Charles Shlblcy and' J. h: Isaacs, .
guards on duty In the third tier,
wero summoned from their homos
for questioning- M" the warden, who
also quizzed tho men who remained
in their cells while their follow .
prisoners escaped. .
A fellow prisoner, who refused !
to escape, said that Walton sawed,
tl bnr of the cell before tho lights
went out lost night while he drown
ed out the rasping sound of tha
saw with tho drone of a Jew's harp. ,
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NEW FUMBLE RULING
CHICACIO, Feb. 10. VP) The
change In file fuinbld rule does
h"t meet the approval of Wlel
Hanley, head football conch for
Northwestern university. f
"We . must consider the spec
tator Jn tootbnll, nnd when we
take iHvny the thrilling long runs
after ra recovery of a fumble,
we're taking away something vl
tn0' said Hanley. ' j
, l'ortlaiii? Swamped - .
VANPOIIVBK, 11. C, Feb. 10.
(IP) Vancouver's hockiw-. i team
swamped 1'ortlnnd here Hat night,
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Will Rogers Says:
NEW YOKK, Feb. 10.--Tho
war ditlii't scare thn
senate as-had as Jim Reed's
joke that he was going to
tell who voted dry and drank
not only wet, but anything
.whether it wis wet or not);
Some haven't
slept since he
threatened lo
do it No
man that has
left the sen
nte in ninny
n day will be
mi.-oi'd like Jim.
Aiu't it
funny how many hundreds
of thousands of soldiers we
can recruit with nerve, but
wo just can't find one poli
tician in a mi'ion with back
bone. We pot n new cure for tho
flu here in New York. Mny
or Walker prescribed the
Btrihlintf-Shnrkey fight.' -Yours,
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WITX UOGKRS.
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