The Weather
Me
DPOED
Weather .Yew "HER
r furecnst Partly cloudy, mid not
much change iu temperature.
HUrlMMi yesterday 51
Ixmcrtt this morning to C a. in... Jifl
Highest year ago today.
.Lowest year ago today
fully Tifftrtj-llilrd Tr.
MEDFORD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY. FEBRUARY 20,
No. 331.
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TodayliWOULD FJJLLOW HARDY
By Arthur Brisbane
Add $2,000,000 From
J. D. R.
Warning the Coroner.
Shooting the Reporter.
Interesting Crime Age.
(Copyright, By King Keature
Syndicate, Inc.)
if men nre welcomed in j
heaven in proportion to their
deeds on eurtli, there will be
a spocitil committee of welcome j
to meet John I). Rockefeller ;
when lie arrives. May it be f0 .
l
.years hcuoc.
Yeterday President Angcll j
of Yule announced a gift of!
$2,000,000 i'vom Jlv. Kockcfel-
lor for expansion of Yale's
medical del'artiuent, the build-
.... .
mg Ot a laljoratory, eic.
Mr. Rockefeller is the only
mail that has givejj away IIUX
Jp!?DS' OF MILLIONS OK
JJOULAHS. .
Since the people do not know
cuonyh to use tlir unlimited
resources for their own wel
fare, they are fortunate in hav
ing intelligent hicn that collect
lumdrcds of millions and spend
them usefully for education,
lo.'ultli, scientific research, com
batting disease, etc.
In Chicago, Coroner HiQide
son wants to know who the
gentlemen "-nero tlia? stood
seven gangsters with their
faces to the wall, "frisked"'
tlfcin, then killed them all by
liiaeliine gun fire.
Tlic coroner is warned that
if he continue his I lie I less ef
forts to convict the guilly, he
'i)! b bufuped ,of J.' V.icn
Chicago gangsters say it, they
mean iU o
f
'JTJie hPle Billy MeGlory, of
New Yorkdivckeeper and well
informed, long-ago said to two
young New York Sun report
'$s: 'You boys ought to gel
a ironing uorse aim uugg uiiWOrk f-iu.r church. lie spoke
spend Hie ul?eioons on thoOiften several times weekly over
, v- . jthe Angolus Temple radio station,
road anionlt the roadlioiise. Not .tlllk(lll lo lht. youn(s fkM or th0
.' Week that von wouldn't get .church. giving Ihinutlinrly advloo
0 .... .. 1 IL (,.Lp mi'Uvc Interest
a couple ol hundred dollars tor
not seeing what you
might,
O
At Laredo, Texas, Hurry AVil
lians, newflmper reporter, 21
years old, is shot dead for Pac
ing tilings that border sraiw-
... O . , ,
.V rs Ulil noi want mm to see.
ITe UllCW too much abo"t
smuggling vhisVy, drugs, Chi-
nef and other laborers across
lev- anu otner lauorers across
w . , . .,, .,
WlM noruer, aim win wine no
more rcorts.
O . . i
Texas bankers pv i"
q ,1,
:i genuine oush to anybody thtit-1
kills a bank robber. o
v
Several havS'bt'en aeeused ol
killing and colleelijg rewards ;
on giOlenicn that wtg! Owt :
robbers at all, others are no-!
eused of "framing"' would-be
burglars, arranging with them;
(5 rob a bank and killing them
in the process. A sure and
lawful'' way oC'ctling money.
It is not likely that the re-j
w ards will be given up, for 1 lie ;
Texas bankers SiO they pay.
It makes bandits mieomfort-;
A tible to know that anybody who
shoots a hole through them will I
get $501)0, and Texas lank rob-'
beries have diminished.
You enter, press n button In a j
dark room and llpht floods 11,0
iu4ijn. We are used to that miracle.
lQ this one is new. An airplane
approaches dark landtn-; field,
sounds u loud siren. Sound wuvrs
acting on the mechanical feunrd or
robot. Immediately turn on thu
llchta. flooding the field and makes
landing safe. And no huninn he- i
!ng pluys any part except I pilot ! C ur,inal vieo. protect of the Sa
with his siren. jered Conpre ratlon of Il(t,s. who
, w ,.r".; TliO, .t.i-i,.caiha8 been prnvrly 111. took n turn
Th? n,Ls? I1!1 ulMor tho worse today and his rcla-
P U ! , ' Tiirtit iiirtrri will
planes In the air. Then there will
be no need of refueling in fllphf.
no need of a plane coming down. t
land that Dorhaos. is not far awi .
i
(Continued on I'aje Tour)..
DARKEST
AID 1 AYS AIM
Persecution of Jurist Charged
at. Train Last Evening-OGave Judge $50 Month for
Four Years in Church Service Made Many Converts
in Vancouver Legal Difficulties No Handicap in
Church Work 200,000 Members Now May Hold
Revivals at Medford, Ashland During Summer
itcconimend iiniicachiiiejit
SACRAMENTO. iCnl., Feb.
20. lft) A resolution recom- 1
1 mending tho impeachment of
Judge Carlos i-i. iianty nrfi,is trouble, 1 will do all I can
4 misdemeanors iu office will jt0 help him. If ho needed my
ho presented In tho lower i lloll, j woui follow him to the
house of the legislature today olmH llf the piu.ln tu India or
by the0iuvest!';ating -commit- ll0 darkest Africa. He is a good
tee. according to Walter J. !ld man and 9 do not want him
I-l'Oo. 0 ? I persecuted with as liltk reason
Uinnlnious adoption, of the , tfl(n.0 )( ut tho ln.oscnl tlm0.
resolution rcOnninciH Ing the v M McPherson, accompanied
impeachment of Hardy cnmoon ,,, b hcr lnanascr Qf
ns a surprise movo by the v 1 ,,uirc., Dn Jon aol)c, all
conimlttce last night waldron, did not
Aimc., Scmple McPI ersou, , fi - tQ tWQ .
ihe Impeachment is lum-ly ;n" wmlnBly was elad to talk.
based was speedil)'-? siiulll Sueecas 111 Vnneouver
from Portland for Sacramento 'Now, what would you like to
as the resolution was QjelliK ; have mo say?" she said upon
i drawn.
.
td.AAAAA4.AA4.4.44 4,
(liy Krnest JtoMel.)
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:iperi0' iIuuku liuius iwiuj v-
. I.
4'T.iii, fi-oiii A inpn Hemn e?
- - -- -
M,-lJliersi,n lor aiu-scu ickiii f,-r-ices
while on the bench. Is inno
cent of all wrollKdoilis". said Mrs.
lel'her?on. durim; u train atop
iu Ashland last lllsht while en
route from Vuneouver, 15. C. to
Jicr . h'jadniiurters. In l.os Anselcs.
hue uenieu sue nan ueeu hum-;
l Angeles, now threatened wlth.toriuni nu u.
ra, . people was crowded every night,
'.mpefthment proccjdInKs as ;v,th hlllldreds atIlIBnIur out in tho
rerlilt of tho tccontunco ot al(oa Clin;llnIln ari ,vni, snow sev-j
moneu to sncranieiuo 10 icsuiy iu;n revival moetiiigd wero Ig'lng
Impeachmeiit proceedings against 1 )n n,011l- n ia neeillesn to say
JuriKe Hardy, whom "he churac-1 tllllt j lul( niay converts they
lerized as a well meaning man ,.ulm, ,, lo ttf uuar or tho penl
whom she had known for years. Iu.nts" In big groups. It brought
Sho declared she saw nothing j,,,,, joy 1o Sce they had accepted
wrong In presenting the check frt,0 i0rd."
what she claimed was for cvco'-i
thing else but legal services
four 0p.iiO. said Mrs. MePherson.
.lud.-n llardv WO active ittntli"
and also took nc acllve Interest
in Hoy Scout work In which hcr
church was also interested.
;nvo Judge S.1B .Month
"l'or all this work." she said. "I
cavn Judge Hardy Sf.O per month,
covering a period of four years.
.Vow, -Oiat is wrong with that? I
have alwavs irivcn offerings to
havo
men
Ati have sioken over tho
hurch radio or spujtcn boforo
V - oiigiO'atlon. 1 gave Wll
the
William
,c,.nl..,,3 ,....... .... uffcrin,. when
ho spoke for us several years ago
liavi
:.,,0eived similar offcrii.O.
"Can toyou
io) ' iero is
fHllIIH vl; niUIIK. CU, 11,11, .,,1P.
Mcpherson,
given the
that check was
ju.tgo lone a f tor my,
'trouble' had
been definietly set-j
j lf ,11 wp br ;' "-
l''es rcmlcred cr, dunng that lime.
tho . hock wWid certainly have
Ji' - en give,, u, hm, befo.-o. it
merely a. matter conr-urnlm: c, lurch
----.j.--s-.-o.-rT7r :
GivesGBenediction
n jC " 'iff tr - s
Cardinal Pietro Gasparri
tlves were B.niimoned to bin bed-
side. The cardinal is h'S years old-
Cardlual GaHparri, tho papal see-
: f''r? "' '"
.nmiii, nrmuniK me i
pope s best -
iTrlfhei text special benediction. I
AFRICA 10
by Evangel-st in Interview
. I
work, and It Ik wholly Out o
place lo bring tho trunsuction Into
-court.
"it !H not Justice for the Judge '
she continued In an unc.xclted.
cnlin 71lco, "and while, it It wholly
lullKhtlns on 1,10 depot plutform,
but hefoie the reporters found op-
n.ti-t mill v to answer her CUOStioU,
I she told of the successful revival
e told of the etiuccuHfui revival i
meetings yho had been holding in .
11 f lni- nn llllJ-i-t
ni.uui - w
.1 t.i. ,.li n Killll
. ...... .
jcrui iiiciics uw-ii vn 111c hiu
' They must have liked my Her
niunx In Vancouver." sho euld,
"as Ihere was siot a nittot that
pcnplo were not in lino waltlnK
to get In. The newspapers of
1 Vancouver were kind to nio-and
;9rtve - ..,W( jjolunms-..of. favura'blo.
,,ij,.ity in regard to' tho pood
"ijut what Obout your troub)
down south';" she nuS asked by
one of hcr interviewers.
'My trouble? You mean Judge
Hardy's trouble," Kherepllcd.
"Does the fait ot your con-ncoli'o-i
wllhCXho judgo Hardy sit
uation detract from the Interest
you havo In your work?" sho was
usked. q
No Jli4HlicMtl
"Wbv should It haudlOip my
work. the replied. "I liuvu
POached regardles of wnat nap
pens, and will continue, even If
1 go to hell, and the first thing
1 would do when 1 got thero
would bo to start a revival meet
ing and then I would oven con
vert tho ilnvll. I nave prencnen
fur 8 years and vOil
nntl! 1 am through wit!
th tho
world. t Is no struln o,r one to
do tho work, especially when you graph which had been placed in
see the penitents coming. tn tin their cell. Walz Kinoked one ti:
allar In hundreds, all anxious to : arette arter another and was smn!;
serve the Lord." O ' ing as Q.: was led down from hlr,
i, , v,,,, i ih,'u.ll to the chair, lie was visited
, i
think there would bo" around!
"minim ,,,e,i,ovs rnrn,i in nlli
pnrlH of thu world in Kngland,
in v;irioiit aiictions of Kuropo, In
Canada, and cfpeeiatly in Ibo
United Stains, -tvhoro wo now havo
liiryo churrbes in all the bitf
j'istern contors, nueb an (JhieaKo.
1pti-cit. Cleveland and others. K
has only been 11 months Blnco
we havo taken in the branch
churchcy, thus swelUnt; our mem
bcrBbtp, having entered tho field
of interdenominational work' shoj
replied.
Askn Vboiit TCadio
J
MiH. McPlioron was anxious to
learn bow tho radio station of
Anyelus temple was heard in
southern Oregon, nndaid It was
'i
on tin :i.ir tlireoULitmM weekly
on the niPits of SinOy. Thurs-j
duy and TVhday, with intor:tins
proKiuni of music und proaclilntf.
t-he was interested in tho work
her brunch church has been doing
in Ashland, and at flrnt mletool:
the two reporters, who met in thoi
orruior along nrr drawing room.!
for members of hcr chunh. fih3
wont out.-ide to wo if any mem-
her of hcr Ashlund flock wcroi
prp-ent. but found only two amain
-,'irK Hurricttc and K 1 c a n o r cj
lit?-'. dauKhters mm. A. O.i
Hewn, watting to W et her. '
Tbry were not members of he.Lf Ing her after she had Hiiffered
rnurcn. but (riKKicd in girJlfh gleo,
.. . w - -""
iltlle
nanus. wiylng "Hello,
dearies, as sho greeted them. Th"
rtiim Biuyu uiicK Ulio ioo'-u ut
Almee in secmlnir awe until a,r
elderly woman, wblto haired and
bent, took the two youngster by
tho hand and led them away.
Mrs. Mcf'hcr.on was unxlous to
purchase the evening papers nnd.!
ieannlng over tho front pages, hcr
(Contlnuei on Pae Eight.)
MEXICAN
Two viewt of the wrecked train of FjjctKler.t Pcrtss Gil ,;f Mexico. Dynamito wrecked a culvert
juit before the train approached, and (the locomotive ?.nd several cars were ditched. One man wai killed
but the Mexican execute was unhurt. T!ie outrage occurred oa the day Oursgon'a tijycr wan execute.1.
ELECTRIC CHAIRlFIVE KILLED IN
SOCCEEDS ROPEiOVERTURIrNGWAY" FQRPARK
FOR'TWO. BOYS!
. ... - ...
UOOK UOUIliy, III.. CWUULUO
i
,
Anthony G re ceo
Chyles tyalz for Slaying
Officer Latter Says He
Might Do It Again.
CHICAGO, 111., Feb? 1!0. (A'y
The execution of twu youths in
tliulr .'li.cuis,-e l;; .tuijuy. Imvoihiced
.mo electric enair to t;ooic county
I us the- h'Jral death' devicu suDniaiit-
ln;r linnpllib.
Anthony Oreccoo mid Charles
Wnlz died wltliin 10 minutes xt
each other shortly after ndnignt
for tlm murder of Patrolman -Arthur
ICsnu during a drug store hold
up last full.
Tl;e executions were carried out
witli precision mid wero completed
within lie minutes after tirecco, the
first to die, Innfe been led into tho
dealh chamber, blindfolded, by iwu
guards. Croeco, who wuh 311, was
silent throughout thu proceedings,
but W'uIk, a year younger, turned to
one of the guards ns lie walked to
ward the chair anr mumbled:
"Never mind: I'm all right."
As he was strapped in the cltair
ilc wliispercd:
"tJood-bye, folks."
"W'alz, who manifested an air of
bravado throughout the trial mid
after his convlctin. mainlnined
yn i. , . vu.i. !.
imiu 11,1 niito nu ii,,-nn,:,i lie u t$vi it, l
sleep nnd leave a enll for 2:01o H
contlnuojaml Greceo played cards with ln
of their Kunrds during Uio cveniWi;
and listened to a portable phono-
. ,,, tiltl(,r nn,j brother late in
'jjio afternoon.
Might Do It Again
Asked If ho wero sorry for the
mnrder. Walz replied:
O might dn It again. Ho would
hin.','il me If 1 didn't get him."
Grvcco was n,oro runiorsefui.
While talking to his parents an I
other relatives, he remarked:
"I'm sorry: I'd never do It
j t)K"'-
gll 1,,,,-ed outside tho county
jail during thu evening, irfie to Uie
zero weather.
r Absent Treatment9
Failed As Cure of
Hog Cholera, Claim
4-
4
CHICAGO. Feb. 20.
UV)
Absent treatment oh a
means of curing hog cholera
is beforo the circuit court for
Investigation. f
Mrs. Miirv A. T-rtf nf Ilriilf.
XVi( wantfl t)e (0irt to en.
JoIn Mra KHr.abeth Curter, a
chlcuiro payeholosint, from
collecting ?1500 in notes, glv-
cn nv tfrH, A.e f0r "abHent
trealinent." !
The treatment. MrM. I.cO !
fiaid. wa Huccorffiil in cur I
a nervou breakdown. It prov-
; - - ; - -
fier pot dog became 111. A
team of horses, fretting Iroin
T uaiucaii auit.-n, hi noil uuiier
the long distance thought
treatment, the court was told.
"'it ulQtlio thought treatment
Mrs. Uirter was able to pro-
s. uarlor was able to pro-
Tide (ailed to keep tho hogs
ullvo lifter they got the cliol-
era. Mm. 'o averred.
'
PRESIDENT ESCAPES
!a O
ILLINOIS TRAIN
I.. , ,
IViaiiy IMJUrCU WllUn DI UKUib
VFish Plate" Ditches!
Coaches 1200 Men EnJ
Route to Mines on Train
Doctgrs Hurried to SceneJ
PfOKlA. 111., 1'cb. 20. (p)-At
fensr "Mvi: ' meii: a ru Itnuwii' to'.liiive
been killed and a dtnsnn nthera In
jured so Herlously Ihcy may die
when rouroeoaehcH of an H ear
cur train of the Peoria Terminal
railway overturned and caii-;lit on
Tire today near liollis, III., Iu mlleu
south of here. a
Tho train was carrying 1200
miners to the Crescent coal mines.
15 'iillcs south of here, and about
'M of tho 200 miners iu tho four
overturned conches were Injured.
Hall and mine olllelalH nttrlbiil'ed
tho wi.-cl; tn n broken "fish plate,"
I ho Iron bar Jidnlng the ends of
two rails.
Three- of tho dend were Identified
linmedlutel.P. They nre Cecil
Walter, official ot the miners' mi
Ion; George Jones ani George Wil
kinson, nil of Peoria. Ambulances,
doctors and nurses were sent to
lie sceno and the first Injured
wero brought here in autiniobl!s
, , purS()I1K nv11K ucai. lh0 Kccn of
t,e- uecldent.
FEDERAL BODY
TO MEET HERE
'OltTI.AND, Oro.i'eb. 2n. iP
! liu.'Uijdiiito)v ffilliiwiiiir din ki.
pion of the inters! Wo eoinmcrf:e
,. I coiniuisMlot) hero .XTTireh
thu
body will meet in Medford for a
hearing on Ibo mrt,,;i alleged
violation of thn ftTTiith Kectiou of
ils regulall'fti by tho Southern Pa
cific railroad. The WefHeni Ore
gon Traffic iiHHoctatlon, formed
Ihrco wocliH ago, liml equeated
that the hearing be held in houUi
ern Oregon.
Tho truftle UHboclation deelareK
tho Houthern Pacific: ha violated
Hcction ot the interstate com-
mcrco coinniiByioiin ruins which
ia det-lgned to previa a rhurgo for
a charge ot more trrfm 100 pur cent
In 'Oena of the lung haul rutc.
Tho Interstate coinmerrcQ'om
nilcsionO "1 bo ad;cd to fmcu the
railroad to comply with the regt:
II Ion and reduce the short haul
rate which l. now claimed to he in
excess of ii70 per cent on Home
commodities.
The 'A'cKtcrn Or"on TruO': n
coclalion rcpicuml-j It citlcH of
tho wcf-tern section of the atnte.
Oregon Weather
Onmiraily Houdy tonight and
in - my mm in i-in;im-
i northwent. wiirmcr In cunt mid ccn-'
,rnl imrlions tonight.
Fresh south
TteTiy W1I1U3,
j
ItF.EDLKY.' Calif.. Keb. 20 VP)
llalph llolln, 10, was burned to
;eutn ny explosion of gasoline.
Officials mid ho lighted a match
while trying to pour gasoline Into
ino family automohllo from nn
4-Upon bucket. Jlo was tho son iif
. Mr and Mrs. Nolsou Bolln.
ON SUORT HAUL
1 1
ASSASSINS
lilt PAVES
W ROXY ANN
I. . . . . . ,
LI0I1S UIUU TrOJCCl TOr IVIU-
nicipal Park On Promon
tory Given Aid by Reso
lutionForest Service Is
Also Aiding Plan.
Another important step looking
, fovwar-t to 'coiivert-iuir Hoxy Ann
peak Into a municipal park at
;mm tlmtt In thu futui-c, was taken
by the cily cuuneil la.-t night at
tho ret ui-Nt ut the ljluna club,
which has been wording to this
end fotsomo tlmu past, a rcolu
tlon was itdoplcd asking the coun
ty court to petition tho govern
ment to withdraw all needed land
on tho peak and Hh approach from
entry.
IiiiiHmuch as the Uons club
Home Mine ago ncuuired posscHHlnn
of a tract of i!00 acres of bind
situated In what Is called a key
posit Ini for tho establishment of
the lirouoMed war It. and will donato
It to the city which Homo time ago '
filed on hind covering the peak i
of ?:oxy Ann, when the other layl
is. willidriiwii from entr'Q In uc-
cordunce with thu resolutlonf of
the city council nnd county court.
litis ' would leuvo the sltuntloit
clear for tho critabltshment of
Huxy Ann park, whenovor tho city
lis financially able to carry out the
, project.
Tho cont of the land the city has
filed on will be nboTit $:trao, when
the ( puiliase8 It from tho gov
ernnii-nti Tho Crnlor Niitionnl
KoresL Korvbjo Is also cooperating
to eventually bring thu proponed
I park Into existence.
I irfist night'; resolution. Ahlcb
j wns piesenleil (y U. (J. Tyreo,
Oio-esldent of tho Lions club, nldud
by KrncHt Scott, past rujHldent of
the ehth. reads in part us follows:
'at, wherr-iw, the city of ltd
foi'i eonleiJipIitOs building a park
on lloxy Ann Peak east of Med
rord: and
WliereaM, thu J.btns club of Mod
ford ban aciiulrt'iViL tract of land
101
i ,;"
ntoinliig acres and proposes
to donate- said tract to the city of
Medford for park and recreational
purpfir-cH provided thu city will
aculro other necessary lands: and
Whereas, the city has been
granted a filing on tho laud cover
Ing the peak of subl Itoxy Anu
lilllln ii ml iu ihl.-mtu Pn..ii..ul.
all goVi')-nnieiiW;inds jn the vicin
ity, nnd In order to nccotnpIlHh ;
this v.lthdiawal It Is nuceHhary for
the county court of Jackson coun-j
ly, OrejTon to sign u petition for i
ojch withdrawal addrcHstjd to the I
Hceretarj- of thu Interior; 0
Now, therefore, bo it rcpolved: i
That tho county court of Juck
son county, Oregon, bo and hereby
Is reriucHted to sign amLforward
the following pcLltion, in Qjpllcate,
to thu Vnlted .States Land offlcu at
Kusebtirg. Oregon:,
"To tho Honorable, the Heoro
tnry of the Interior:
'Tho county 0urt of Jackson
county, Htalo of Oregon, respect
fully petitions thin the following
land belonging to the federal gov
ernment be withdrawn from entry
I f ( kinds- ni.-rc Ih t-iven n. do
m-r t tin nf llm In ml Ti
occupied, non-iulnrrnl and Is valu
able chli-fly for park and recrea
tional piirpo.es.
"The city ot Medford propones
to build a park on said lands and
Improve the saino for such pur
pose. Tho nature of theso Im
provements will bo Imilur to other
like projects.
iCoutiuucd on rags Elgut.2
MAYi HOLD GREAT PIT
SESSION I0 BELCHING
EXTRA DAYS! LAVA FIRE
Consideration of Tax On In
tangibles Is Deferred to
Thursday on Request of
Carkin Confers With i
'Tarm Bloc," Grange and;
3 Others.
! SALKM, Oru.. Fob.
Uii-ljVi-
I PrtiKpuuts for mljnun.montXjf tho
Icnisluturo by the end of tho weak
Mtiok 011 a UubioiiN huo (IiIh innru
M11K with tho notion i Koprosonta
itlvo C'ar'o rhtitrnuiii of tho prop
jorty roliol' tax t'ominisninn. in aHk
that coiiKUU'iation (bo boiiso
Jul the coimnisHion's bill lnvylns a
Max upon IntaiiKlblos ho put ovor
It., 'ri,......! , O
CarUln inndc tho roauost, which
was honnrod, follow hit? n c:on!'or
oiK'o hotwoon himnolf and other
roprosontativcH of Ibo tax relief
comnilHslim and Governor ratter
Hon with0 reprosentnttvoK of tho
"(arm blue" in tho house, Hlato la
bop orKitnizutfonK.0tlio Kiano anil
others interested in tho enactment
of an income tux measure.
TI10 "fnrm bloc, headed in this
Instance by HepreHontutivb T. (i.
(Continued on Pago Kinbt.)
FATHER DORIS
S
1
BAN KTIANCIHCO, Fob. 20. (P)
With hundrt;u q( ; dues Xj3 tho
myr3turjxus disappearance or four
year old Ijoi-Ih Virginia Kmith last
Krlday leading nowhere, pollco to
day concentrated their efforts on
learning tho whereabouts of her
father, Ulytrscs 10. Hmfdb last seen
In Now York. Meanwhile rewards
for capture and conviction of tho
kidnaper increased to $tilW0.
Working on the theory that
Smith, divorced from Ibo mother
of tho iniKHlug Doris might havo
kidnaped hr police here wired
New York authorities to al?f In tho
Dm li Smith.. Murphy.
search. Officials at Pocntello,
Idaho, wero also asked to look for
Kmlth, who has n sister living in
that city. J'ollco thero quoted hcr
as suylng she had hoard nothing
of her brothor slnco ho shipped for
HHglrnn und Ireland on tho steam
ship 1 'i an k 1! r before Chrlslmas.
Authorities Inclined to tho bo
llcf that the child was unharmed.
This wits strengthened by a letter
received hy her mother anil step
father. Mr. and Mrs. lOdwurd J.
Murphj'. A scrawl on the envel
ope, signed "K. K." gave tho omin
ous warning: "This Is tho last time
I'll tell you phe's nil right."
Police ran down dozens of clues,
but without advancing solution of
the mystery. A Ilcrkeley barber's
.xclied report that ho had Just cut
tho missing child's hah was in
vestigated, hut when detectives
found the child, they learned sho
was tho daughter of tho man who
accompanied her,
POLICE SEEKING
VIRGINIA
MNti
Kilauea Swings Into Activity
Early "today Founds ot
Flame Play About Hale
maumau Pit May Con
tinue Several Days
Crowds View Upheaval.
! IIIU), Uawali, Feb. JO. (!')
j Kilauea, world's largest active
I volcano, begao erupting early Yo
day. Fire broiro out at 4:50 a. 'ni.,
i two largo fountains of flame play
1 1:0 continuously east and west -5u
I (o Sou feet high in the Hnleainu
: nm pit, which is 1 S00 feet across.
During tho next two hours uctiv-
Ity. increased, scores of fountains
spreading in long cracks across
tho pltOottom. Throngs hastened
from tho Vulcan House and from '
Hilo to view tho oruption, tho bent
Hpeetaclo since Jfl'i-l as tho flumes
lighted the early morning sky.
1'rofesnor Thomas A. Agger.
voleanobOiHt, "td that the erup
tion was "according to Hoyle." Jlo
oxplalned that riie lava pool was
-SOU by 1500 feut in extent, with
cracks J0u fcot long. Tho activ
ity was must intense at the north
end, where fountains of fire leaped
1!5 feet upward.
Jaeger bcUovcd that eonyldcr-
ablo lava would bo thrown before
tho oruption ceancd, which might
not bo for seVeral days. Tho dem
oiibt ration was not wholly unex
pected, eartluiuakes und uva
lanches within the pit havo oc
curred recently.
The watchman at tho Volcan
Mouse observatory first observed
the eruption and with a bugle
summoned crowds to the pit. A :
full moon aided tho volt-mm ' In
Plight ing tho Kilauea area for tho
crowds which came afoot and by
automobile. A lunar rainbow adud ,
to' tho'werril biiauiV of tlVo" fiery
spectuole.
I'our thousand feet nbovii, the
sea at Mllo, the glow cast by the.
plnylng fountains was magnificent.
Mnunu Loa, towering inoro tlian'
J 8,000 fcot above tho sea, was Illu
minated by tho flames which
poured from Its side .
-o
HAVE MEMORIAL FOR
i
SALKM, Ore, rob. 20.
Briggs and Carkin, both of Jack
son county, introduced a momorlul
to tho houso Tuesday afterliobn
momorlalizlnff congress to provide
finunehil assistunoo in rofinanclng
construotcd feasablu irrigation
projects on tho sumo basis ns the
U. H. roolamatlon projects. These
projcci uro In direct competition
In amounts not to oxcood their
economic valuo as determined by
surveys mado by fodoral agencies,
sayH thu memorial. o
"It would bo guod Koverninent
to loan federal funds without In
terest to relieve 'armors on exist
ing meritorious Irrigation district
farms who aro pioneering develop
ment," says tho memorial.
Will Roger. Say:
NEW YOUK, Keb. 120.
How do wo stfiml all this
uncertainty ? Here is is only
11 duys till iftuuguratioii time
and wo don't know wlmt
Sir. Hoover is going to do,
and wo don't
know what
5Ir. Coolidsc
in going to
do. Lin d
bcrgh iu , tho
only ono of
our three
prominent men who is not
ushiimcd to havo it known
in advunce what he is going
to do. Mr. Hoover ought to
out of courtesy to its mem
bers, announce his cabinet lit
once, for just lots of "tiinc a
cabinet atlmuts more atten
tion betwecu the time they
aro announced und the time
they take seats thun they
ever do ufterwards.
Yours.
WILL ItOGERS.