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MEDFORD, OKEOOX, .SUNDAY, FEB7.:;
No. 335.
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Today BILL BANSMQJHEROF;
; IDAM BELOW1 DORIS NOW I
4tm;)0t. CRK HELD UNFIT!
J 1 (Copyright, By. King Features 'J , I
Syndicate, Inc.) I . .
Corporation got good
ice and 'government, sometimes,
poor service. Col. Lindbergh ,
is named federal aviation nd-!
visor and WHEN H E WOSKS ;
hift lTnolo Sam will pay him $25;
a day. . ;
All Hollywood knows tlint j
Lindbergh could have had i
ij!:iOO,000 for making one pie-
turo which would have paid '
him about $10,000 an hour for
his work. '
,4 However. ;ik Lindbergh snvs. :
, , ,
flying is his business and.! a
.
day for
.......l. A-..n..n-,Ar,f
flying would suit him better
than any price for standing be
fore a camera. rjesidos, he has
a job with Onrral Allerbury
of the IVnnsylvania, selecting
.....tin ,,j rtrt fA.. ,,.
r.,..(
railroad which will rn' a sal-
.try ..considerably better than
SiTa.dllV. ' 1
.' t ' '
"important to owners of 25, -
000,000 automobiles, running in
America, is tins question: .
wnai can ine . eoverumeni,
and Herbert Hoover do about P C.Oitornla Ore-
oiiu nuriitrvnuuvH '';'; Tower Company. .
conserving the nations Oil sup-. r - -J.,-, .
nlv? 1 .bA1-'1;3 3-fr,,rt,,i
Py ' HIb!) I Ifln to declare tho steel-
, 'head n game fish, and prohibit
Slalisties Show that the conn- commercial fishermen catching '
lev will use in 1020 'OXK BIL-V'"
. .inxV.OXK.ilUNDlM!r.),;AXTJ
TVS BULLION BARRKLB OF
-.jf Oil;.' ThoHO barrels, nicely
strung, end to end; wmii.i make
a necklace of which your little
boy ean tell you tho length, al
lowing five feet to the barrel.
I'ses of oil , gasoline and
other products of petroleum in
crease daily.
. Horses will -soon disapHar
from pity si reels. Railroad men
will tell you that gasoline trans
portation by motor bus and
truck is only heginning.
-The New York Central .Rail
road has ordered from the Gen
eral Elect rio oinpany driving
machinery for its first combina
tion oil-electric passenger- en
gine f9 feet long, weighing
fl.-)0,000 pounds. Much oil will
he needed to move such an en
gine at high speed with n train
of cars behind it. The biggest
Herman passenger ship, just
launched, is motor driven.
Where is the oil to be found
and whence will 'machine power
come, from when reckless folly
shall have squandered the na
tion's oil wealth! Jtcn that
now lalk of a "surplus oil sup
ply" will live to pay 50 cents
, a gallon, an?! more, foio'-'nso-
! line. .
.
Kngines using gas more eco
nomically will come. Kvcn
good engines wftstc 85 per ecu!
o fuel. Tower from , the sun
will be harniked some day,
I and someone will perhaps in
vent an electric, motor better
than a gas engine.
"Rut n'fcthnt is in the future.
The danger of a disastrous oil
situation, with irreparable dam
nje to the automobile industry
nnd high costs for automobile
'owners is here NOW".' .
Q ' If Mr. Hoover, who combines en-Bliieerln-
skill wilh plenty of will
O power, can solve that problem, the
country will he much obliged.
Meanwhile, wise companies eon
serve their oil In the ground, buy
ing supplies from the squanderers.
Mr. ItfK'kefeller and his asso
rlales knew wht Ihev er Bho.il.
when they estohllshed oil resources
T as far away as the A ctlc 'tn-i .
and reach out for oil In Mussls
nnd Veneiuela.
When Itabolals described flor-
sorv-IR9ue River Measure Now;
i Up to Governor Jackson,
Treasurer Salary ln-:
crease Passes Senate :
Final Hearing On Abolish-j
ment of. Rival ' Regents
Monday. Hope to End
Squabbling.
SALU.M, Ore.,' Fob. 23 (Sp
c'nl to Mall Tribune) Senate bill
r .. , .:..
1G4 introduced by Joint delegations
i .,' . ' , ,, , ' ' i
"h''ng :nSUe river from I
Iftnm rnn.ri'n.Xtnn linlnw l-U.. Untie!
" "
ties Irrigation and
domestic
passed house
today nnd now Is I
In the governor's hnnds for Bp-
I'rovnl.
flrrt l.V.I, '! TO 'I'vo.-. I
. .
s.u.roM
salary Increase bills were parsed
I.. , w
l.y.lhe senate today. Ono of
.mreane u salary 01 mi whei rhef Jan'10s ,0 JllV,8 Mo.
Uiwim - r of Jefferson county fiom!Kraphwl ofnt.ei.R i,h,.0 hmMuk that
inerea n.VsltmVy o7a ".!
Walker. treasurer of Jackson
; county from 51,500 to $2,000 a '
i'r - .. . .1
The dam bill would halt the
jlnnl .lt ,.,,, ,, whluh ls ,lowi
" ' " construction oi a power
piant at com inn, wnicii is now
in iinguuon between tne city oi,,.v ui,,...., imai,.,,,,! r n,e woman
" rVr?.."' " . .
;n
" ,m'V' .V' ".. 1
lost. " However, the sportsmen nre
1,
iney have a bill which closes the
stream to commercial fishing. If,
however, senate bill 151, which
will prevent construction of dams
below lllg Ilutte creek, 'passes and
uniform seasons are established
on tho streams in lho vicinity of
the Hogue, the bill to close the
Hogue will not be pressed.
KALKlf. Ore., Feb. 23.--W
Tho senato blik creating a state
board of higher education and"
the University, of- Oregon and tho!'"'' was a . i 1.1..1..,. .. ...... .... j
n,.n U,, ,.nll..., ...! r,n,l.lll
schools , will come' up for
hearing at '2 o'clock Monday af-
ii'i-noon. KeprPsentntive . Mac-
l'herson motioned for such pro
cedure together with denying ho
was 'conspiring against the unl-
crsn.
"The constant warfare between'
the university. and the college Isl
most intolerable," be said. "Ore
gon is divided between ,two camps.
III. follow,. i-m nf llie Inn Intuitu
tt.,nti Tn nn1U..n lu i.nlni, mi. In I
organize its forces and the uni
versity is doing likewise. Doth
shies are strenuously oppi-ing any
movement that would centralize
control and bring about a greater
efficiency of the schools.
' What about the rest of us
who are looking at this disgrace-(
ful thing and having to pay the.
bill?
"lt has been brought to my
attention that I have been work -
Ing for the colleiro to the delrl-
ment or tne university, i wanning to urunsen unvein
thl, situation tn be settled. Theislate hlU.wnys was re-referred
scate , proposed by Senator- the alcoholic committee.
ment or the- university. I want!
I'.ell f.n,1 Kltnlxincl,.!, U ntin nf
the best pieces of legislation of-ja person twice convicted of drlv-l
fereil to Ihs body and 1 urge that I ing ad nutomohlle on the highways
early consideration be given to while Intoxicated would be subject;
the bill." I to serve a term of from one to .
Macl'horson said that his nnniejflve years In the penitentiary and I
had been associated with the mat-1 pay a fine of not less than 1 1200 I
tor so as to Impugn bis motives! oY more than .n0. ;
and to jeopnriliz.e tho measure.
110 said that; he had asked Sena
tor llnllcv nf tjine cnunlv In name I
i coniitilttPft of ihroo nr lvp litom
horn of the nlnmnl of the Uni-
vf-rwhy of Orfpon to invest int(V
nil the corrohpondonre hp had hnrt '
rOKrrrtinr (lie mnttrr Hinrp rvliiir
to (It'tPrnilno whothnr )in had ron- i
Hldj-ed to do anything (c:iJnnt thn
univfntity. " j SAX KItAXCIHro, Vvh. 23. (A!
Uoprospntatlve Wt'lln of Mull-' The wi-uilir outlook for the
nomtth votfd nt'a'ntt it hut yH- J ljoKlnn1nuMhruai-y "J4, v nn
trday h moved that tho iwfliun i nun:fdlirre today hy the rnltd
bmuirht hack for rcrriniidrni-' tate weather buroau nn fnllnwn:
tfon. Put In vott H dpvood , far wivttern ntatw: Thp outlook
that there " wW juit enough d -
iA..I(..n ,L.aat If Iba .ftn WlnJ
' . . , ... .
3 1 fiKa ilixt r(rronid'Ta1lon.
hy
HoiifP hill a.lit, inindurod hy
flndiTfon nnd Ilronaitnh, . pro -
vldlni: n method fr the nxinif
liability as the result of autnm.i-,
hllo accidents, failed to pass after '
It was iv extended on.idera-
... 1. I!.-.:
' t-
,o, uoo LI. '
.CI measure. 1 ney sum mm in-
7ul ... h-rMnllon that was need- I.KI'Kri Kit. l-.ni:, H'i.. in,
bill a. I.irwallon tnat was n thoroughbred hunters, 1
" ,n """ frr"," ","" ,0n.''"i.....T. ,Z ZV ,il! f',k,
carding reckless nutoinoiuie nrn
I era.
flnblsieln. led lho opposition
Grandfather and Welfare;
Society File Charges as-
Abduction Climax Los
Angeles Authorities Probe
Accused 'Pair Mrs.
Sharp Has Police Record.
SAX FltAN'CISCO, Fob. 23. (A) !
The nuK'hluery of the law that !
worked at top speed for seven
days to return kidnaped four-year
old Doris Smith-Murphy to her
distracted mother was thrown Into
reverse Rear tonight as efiorts
were uiit.ated to wrest the four-'
, , , , . , , ,
' . i
Ihe grounds or alleged iiutttues.
The first move came frnm lho i
i,,U'1 mnlBrnul ei-n ml 1,. I her III.. !
,, r,., ,hl ,, t,-,.nlnn
oelnH for Din iirei.Mnllon nf i.rnel. I
ily to children which Investigated
I . .. ...!..
' "' '""M"
Lor Ang-lf!s pnlleo indny
evl
(UMued an Intercut in the eano
SXS" o't STEST iuvo.d!
in ,e hWnapng e sent to the I
soll, 1L,, t.jty.
Chief Davis said lie wanted the!
the Doris kidnaping In Los Anu-
jeK m ye, mialv,.,l.
. Thl, ..., ..,,, ,. i ,,s Ariireles
he,eon the kidnaping charge.;
watt 81lid , imve ii0nced Los;
Angeles nuihorlties to ask for the
finger prints nnd descriptions.
developed tonight that Mrs.
Rh," hI1H in trnulilo here'
,o the'Tldir' "ing of bal
I Doris.- She was charged wilh hi;-
four' years ago, -police records re-
vealed. The charges were dismiss-
,ed without trial after she had a
I
previous alleged bigamous mar-
her present husband.
The records also revealed that .
Hie home of the Murphys was In
vestigated by the San Francisco
society for the prevention of cruel !
ty of children nhnut a year ago.!
The tase was dropped when H wiH ;
ifhown that baby Doris was prop-;
erly cared for. Officials of the.
society said tonight that "in view :
of recent develoinnents it .is imper-'
alive that the case be re opened." i
From another source tonight :
Ulieilipi WWIIIIl llll 111...... n.m.
Winn uii in... ... n.in..
mother. C. II. W aason, grandfath
er of the child said that Mr. and
Mrs. Murphy were not suited to
tare tor baby Doris, for whom
U'asson has a. great attachment.
Mrs. Murphy, celebiatii the,
!ilnt. A.-eiti nf the child's return
'. .;,,, ,,,. Khn will re-
. ,. ,.. ... ...k0 u,p )aiiy
j from her.
iFELON CELL-FOR
. '
. R VI. KM, Ore.. Feb,
,
fci.'. .
I Following a spirited debate In
I which a Inrge number of senators
im
participated, the bill providing tot
a general tightenlll-r Of laws relat
ing to drunken tirivera on ine
I l'ndi-r till! nroVlSlOIIS Ot Hie bill
lUNSETTLEDVEATHER
THIS WEEK OUTLOOK
;i for unf-ttlid v.cnthrr with rain
In tLostiirn IVn m tr t l.n (sn.l Wiwt
I . w.. ...
northern plateau r.-Kloi..' and fair)
, northern platoau r'Khn, and
( weather followed hy unetth-d
Xcvadit nnd taiinirnia until
the
Found By Mother In
middle of next we-k when the " '"' " ; " " ' ,,,.Plvrd
went her will become unee.lled wltlO' ?mU,y' , "' h'. '".rJ V,
the possibility nf ruin.. if h" "T'JZ vl .
V.. 1 -.n.w.r.,..r.. - r InHI. Iln ''Is II UlOOHlbllO. 1 1 Is Wife, el-
. ,. .. C J ...!,
,w
- --
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nrouvm .. , ' '
mutely
"II I..IU fll H ll'Jtl'.n 11' "
KIDNAPED GIRL
! t- IX, ')BM ill " , OJJ
r tit '.s MWilil-kMl
Nationwide search for Done Virginia SmitM Murphy came to a happy ending with the recovery
of the four year old child uninjured. She is chovn (lower left) In the arms of her step.father and her
mother. Mr., and Mrs. Edward J.. Murphy ot San i1 f .nciaco. Above at right are Mr. and Mrs. Charles
Sharp in whose custody Doric Vilgima waa.held for 'ive days, in the Mission district apartment, Indi.
cated by cross. C. C. Bidwell. radio salesman, ir3t) furnished the first clue to the whereabouts of
the child. He was held for aueationing and the Sharps arrested pending investigation.
FIND CLUE TO
L
Desk Sheds Light On
Douglas Mystery Gil
breath Never Returned
From Trip In Hills Flight
or Suicide?
rtOSL'IICRG, Ore:, Feb. 23. (P,
, .,,,, ,.,, ,! ,iia.
nppenranco of Ike (lllbrealh. miss -
OST TRAPPER
m iui nnni nrninh inniiiM no nvnu minor
Ltn iii uurturuHiiiJni'iHo "'Mi'ulwc;RADI0 FLASHES
ing since January 2S, was shed to-1 "' ' ' ""; ..,' tlllli Inferiority complex lit Tact a ver
day wilh lho finding by his moth-; l nH" " ' B.,,U1S leih h, ? ' . itni.M nrmv r , ,iv ,.
In her homo In lilddle of an
order fillbrenth wroi.- directing the
First Slate ami Savings Dank of
Uoseburg to pay SUM. his savings
ncfounl, lo his mother.
I'ha older was found by Mrs. M.
M. (iilhrcath when she opened a
drawer ot a desk. It is the iirst
tangible clue to the case which
has baffled officers for the past
mouth.
Officer's declared today the note
Indicates tlllbrealh left the, coun
try or ended his life.
C.llbieath left Ills home In search
of yew wood, currying three days'
provision. When lie failed to re
turn more than 2la men beat tie-
j BiirioimdliiK territory, uncovered
i moonshine activities on Silver
' l'eak and discovered a set
which officers thought might liav,
-""' w(,n
stolen articles were found In their
im,,p,,i,i ,,n(i sentenced to
.V. " . J'Vc llL0l."x lo l'o v"
j ' n.'"" ,0.hn,L
owned tho sotKiin
COUPLE CHARGED
SMALLPOX CASES
,
I-OUTDAVD (ire Feb. 23.
Cbuiged with having spread fro...
thirteen 1" twenty esses "t small-
pox In I'ort! Mr. and Mis. Hoy
llnvfi. w..r.. Lidnir mmIIL'IU hv 1lOll "
tooay. ine iwo i'mummi h-...
their home today nn Jr. HaroM
Avcrlll, aMNintant riiy nrairti
i.f f 1-r r. entT'd to inv?rttlatft the
situation.
,,r' Av-eriu quarantined the homo
in! u"in ""
" rH 11 niiin.-vi 0"i i"
I toll, went out the br.-r
loor and
,the coonle drove away.
; . - . , , -
j..-. -
eov.r.d. officers say. worked In,
re,,a,.rant while III. Hayes I-
i. . .. . ... ... ... oh
.1". ,. .
III,- HiBrim. ,n,n . .... -
RETURNED TO MOTHER UNINJURED
DRIVER OF CAR
occo Belcastor Center of
Chicago Investigation In-,
to Butchery Div Tacker
Not .Connected With Kill-
ings. Police Claim !
Theories All Fade. ' .:
CHICAOO, re:.
-Wr-TIn;
1 liih-uku uniiiiu; sum loinKiu i in. i
! "'.uence -taiiie cu ny .cm,B.,u ,,s
"-" "
ideullficHlion of ltocco
chauffeur and member
Jl 11 iv
"'i""".
. nurwin i'.i. !:i ifli The
st viilenilne'a dav gang nia isacre
tn txlit appeared as much of a
IN -MASSARRF 0 RON SHOWN
mystery n it did nine days ago. mess couierenre ai ine
unless lho authorities hove undls- 1 niverslly of Oregon todny.
closed Information as to the Idea-1 Mr- Sawyer - ineseiited fnrt
tltv of the gunmen who shot down u' "I the final session of the con
seven members of Ibe Monin gang : fernnce, and wa precedeil by the
in their headquarters. eleclloa of Kurlo ItlchaiilRon, llal-
llalf a dozen theories have been l,lH- publisher of Hie folk Comity
built up, In lho inlorlm and as I lienilzer.Ohservnr, as president or
many clues uncovered, nnlv to 'ho l!i:io eonference nnd-, (lenrgo
evnporalB Into' unsuppoi led beliefs i Tunibiill, of tho .University school
of Inconseiiiienlal happenings when i"' Jouriinllam, as secretary. Mr.
subjected to examination. I'ollce Hlchnrdson sui:ceeds Frank II. Ap
who seveial times have announced Ideby, publisher, of tho ur Dranilo
Ilia uli.li..'u u-(tiil,l n elem-Dil llo
i Observer, who presided at ' I his
Kli"lln n lew hours and have given out
new. and oflen conflicting Infoi nia -
, t Urn . ay by day H hi ro - - "i
i. . ,. , . . ' ,i.
,' " ' . , ,
'' 't'" ""v,'1 ,,,',,,"u if"'";
thin concern the savings nl
yet made public.
The latest "solution" lo he ex
ploiled bv Hie authorities c.atno to -
dav wilh' the lliidlug In Detroit of
Dr. Loyal Tucker. Chicago denllst
.,, r....... ....... I.lu
WOO oisiiii peuieo in in-,.. '
. . ... ici.... l,
borne nisi, nigin.. wneu n, .. ..v...-,,..,,, , ,,.,
learned he had vanished life police more attention tn business lis a
at first announced that he had source of news, declared (leorgo F.
Identified one of lho killers when " ornwiill, of Hie Tlmbermun.
shown a photngniph hf the suspect, ' Following a report of tho com
as a man whose ninth he had ex 1 niltloe on exchange of dnla hy
traded lecenlly. weesiies. preseuien ny Arne nne,
l-ator Dr. Tiicker was round In i Tillamook, and the new field man
a diiz.-n condition In Detroit with e-'er of the edltorluli association,
the story Hint he had been slug-
kidnaped and driiR;ed In Chi-
cago by four then who took hint
away 111 an .automobile. John
Kgan, chief of detectives, declared
Dr. Tinker was not a materia wit.
neHH. UIKI Mtat UK
, i.i..,.i iri..l
at the lime ofli""'"
-. - it,..i,.,.fi
:; na... ,t-
hi hv
SitMwm Urrrt Val"
ir.vi.tiv i"it 1. p. Vlriii:ilv
Un nH-Vl.an n.H,K.,.er r;.T.-
, fapondnlr aiM lln-ir Wivph ncav rnn
honut of it t-pe:kUi Hniiiiiiniiini'c
. , . ..
,,"n"u"t "'" ', :"'n""'"';
"""',"",,n r""'"'
. .,,,. rhalr be plllCed Oil
- B,,. hi. ,.uil
i be ..cciijw.'-.' In turn by the Amert-
een ceiii. i,
-j
1'... 1X1:1,1. I'el.. L'J.-a-i-. It
-.,. n..n, r,iei..r f.i bi.He of
' , ... ,,, ,, ., ,m ...,., ..,, i,
-- .
night.
COMPLEXES OF
Editor Proves State Has!
Poverty, Inferiority, and!
California Complex, None
Justified By Facts Judge
Sawyer's Paper To Be
Broadcast.
KUCiHNK, Ore., Feb. 23. M)
u logon sailers from n nnvurtv
oomph-
a California complex, nil
",, , ' ,
Ul lliuill JU!MIUH(l jy 1HCIH. 111)1)-
trt Sawyer, pultlishcr of Oiq
"end llulleiln nnd stnte hlghwav
oniinlssliiner. declared in Ills ad-
t "ie final session of the
' V 0 a r ' s conference. . Resolutions
1 were uiiopteii iiroposing that Mr
- '" - - . ''
I Mr. Sawyer, who presented facia
and fi..iM, . ,.,. ,.
;f"'., J. i,1" rr V, J
I- ' only ,
nit Oregon
r""i'.r
11 suunieu imniicihliy and edu
'-'a lonaiij'.
1 Dr. Arnold Hcnnelt Hall, presl-1
jOcnt of the uulversily outlined a
' I'lnn for a business survey.
I It Will be lllcl-eiiHliiirlv lifx-euunt-v
,, ., ' . , "
lor llln U-r.nl:lv l.i. xua i... .,. I,. ......
resolution was passed to the er-
f.' Hint such uu exchange of data
!"' he put In effect for the
weekly newspapers.
Mudy .(lets Cliiilr.
M;n. V(,K 3 . (,.,
for the I.otio Ktigle!
l name
of tlto a''tref5tef
of
Ameri. u
ht-ne Km n kiln Ih send I riff
up n weddinir iimwent in Anne
M or rr w n Iahi 1j X V hair, p re -
.FOtitod liV (IfHffiulanls of tlin nmn
nrvh to .t.meph .ffernon and lnteP
iitivi'ii uy nun n iiiniiini .ti"-i
.iihu. I
r.ilt 1'iills I'llghl.
WIHC.IIT FIKI.D. DAYTON', O., '
Feb. 23. lA't Ueut, Jlarry John- ST. PAI'Li Minn., Feb.
son's third attempt In 11 days to , Kxpendllures tntullng jr0,000,000
Kinlilish a new airplane iililiud -(for new e(iiliin lit and lnaliitea
record ended here today at 1: in lance nnd improvement of existing
p. m., nn hour nfter be started. I equipment and trnrk have been nil
l.ieiu. Johnsen landed after he en- thorlied by the (Ireat Northern
, ,.i. i,e,l
dense huso at 2.aiin
that ohseured slaht of the
- ... .
HKPOLiiicsi
TO VISIT ANNE ANFi PflRK
OR MARRY HER
Lone Eagle Hops at Dawn
For Mexico City Gives . ; . .:
Hint of Wedding Plans a&Final Week of Legislature
Wichita-eLands at Abi- to Produce Much That
lene In Pitch Darkness.
KAdl.lO PASS, Texas, Kel. 33. :.
' W1) Colonel C'hnrlCH A. l.lndberKli
'landed hero at 7:30 p. in., tnnicht
! enroute to Mexico City. He said
; he would spend the iiiht here and
' leave for the Mexican capital at
daybreak. . ' "
Lenvliu; Abilene at 2:45 p. in.. SALEM, Ore., Feb. Z.iP)-r-,
i.iiulbni'Kh yetilrel four and one-: Carried by about 50 votes, the
i half hours to fly the 300 air miles . house late today passed a resolii
'here. A strotiK headwind held him 1 lion voting oaeh member ?5 a. day
;to 50 miles an hour much of the ; durlUK the session as expense
time he said. ,
The nol(d flier refused to am-
pi If y his statement that he was:
I koIiik to Mexico City. Asked if he j rue thlrty tutn legislative assemo
llnlended to marry his fiancee, j ly will adjourn slue die next weekV
Miss Anno Morrow, at this time, probably at midnight, Saturday,
'he preserved a Btonv slleueo. Marrh 2. l'raetically all of the
Notified that Llndbei Kh was major leKishitlon is in senate com
IhOUKllt to J8 llentllm! tills llirft.
Hon. more, than a hundred, persons
were at the air fluid when his lints the income tax, and the motor
! motor was henrd. He circled the j license fee hill has sent to the en
i field once and landed in pitch dark-j ate. . . "
! lu..ss. . i For the seventh and lust week of
After bclr.-? shown to a hotel, I the session, there are several meas
i Lindbergh made nrraiiKements to lures which are controversial and'
ihialn a passport to Mexico, lie ; biistllus with politics. Among
then retired to his room ami asked
not to ho disturbed until morning.
Ills Travelair monoplane was func
tioning perfectly, he said.
WICHITA, Kan., Feb.. M.-')
Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh has
I broken his silence on his engage
ment to Miss Anna' Morrow. Asked
by tho Wichita llencon whether he
thought his mnrrluge would affect
his flying he answered "Yes." As
llo where he planned to llvo he
'replied, '"St.. Louis is my. home."
i . .
BIRD AT POLE
'Direct Contact With Anarc
tic Made and. Best Wish
es Given World KDKA
Programs to Cheer Long
Polar Nights for Expe
dition.
MESSAGE FROM
itiTTQiit-iini i Feb 2 1 im i "''itlon has been adopted by sen
IM fTSIII IIOII, la., -. i. .tn ,lnli hnose and will n linear on
For the first time In the history
of radio broadcasting, a message
direct from the Antarctic was
given to Hie rndlo audience of the
world early today.
After establishing two-wny radio
cominuiilcntlon with the Hyrd Ant
nrollc. expedition, radio station
KDKA hero picked up a ntussage
in code, send by Coinmnnder Mell
aril K. Hyrd, re-hroadcast the orig
inal signals and then radiocast an
Kngllsh translation of Hie wireless'
"tootatootoola-too."
The raliroadiaist followed a spee
h,i ii.iw'rntn nut on the air liv
KDKA, each week for lho", Hyrd I
expedition and lor the people of i
the far north.
Conimniider' Hyrd. In his mes
sage, addressed .to llenrgo wenui,
:anadlan Westlnghouse company,
Montreal, Canada, said that "We
have been having 2t hours of day
light since arrival, but In n few
days now the sun will sink below
the horizon, and In another two
months darkness will set III.
"This is going to ho the most
trying period of our slay down
here. We nro all looking forward
In anticipation to the coiilliiunnco
or your weekly broadcasts with all
hands grouped around the loud
speaker listening lo tho voice of
KDKA. You can't Imagine how
much this is 'olng lo help us over
h this is oing lo neip us
rough spots of the long winter
tho
tllKht
' . .
I' rteilllS
"lU'Ht wlnhpfl to nil or
at homo."
HILL LINES ILL
LI
railway for llia. c. o. Jonss. vice-
I president In charge of operations,
-
(announced todny.
HI OnLLliI
Does Not Matter, In-i
come Tax Bill In- Dire
Straits Portland . Gang
Prepares to Pester Gov
ernor. '' . '.'.ii:-
money.
, ,
SAL1C.M, Ore., Feb. 23. (P)-.
mnira, iuo nuure u uii l"
entire tax relief program, except-:
these will he action of the home
rule hill to permit Cortland to fix
its own telephono rates; a resolu',
tlon making a "pork barrel" but'
of the hlsliway department', at': ,
tempts to over-ride the veto of .the
governor on (he bill giving MtilP
uomali county two additional.
Judges; fish and game legislation
and the proposed personal Income
tax.- ' -
Polities la showing In the pro
posed personal Income tax bill. " Its
backers nre uncertain whether "tn
pass lt or refer lt to the- people!
If-tho bill, la missed .the legislature .
will he ertticJHod for trying' to-forCii.
on the people u tax which .has
boon repeatedly voted down by the
electorate, if the bill Is reterrea
In tho people there' are hints taut
the tnx on Intangibles and tho ex-
clso tnx will have the referendum"
Invoked and all three ' measures
may be slaughtered by the peo
ple. .. - - -, : ' i,, :
The highway "pork barrel"' res
olution Ih swelling hourly. Heine;
n resolution,., the governor has no1
veto over It. The resolution dir
ects the highway commission what
to do, but there nre lawyers who
say that the resolution Is merely
suggestion, no matter how -strong
Its language, and that the highway
commission need not regurd It as
a mandate. - - . , .
Much remains to bo dano In the
coming week, but the past .week;
has Been some Important matters
disposed of. The kindergarten bill
lias pusr.ed and the credit tor this
goes to Mrs. Doruthy Lee. .
Dividing tho boards and com
missions Into a cabinet form ot
state government is an idea to be
submitted to the people. The res-
the ballot in due time. Heretofore
when the legislature has attempted
a cabinet government, through con
solidation bills, the hills have al:
ways failed because boards, com
missions ami departments . united
to defeat the proposals. . ,'.,,!
F
lOUTLAND, Fob. 23.--P)'-
Flow of one thousnnd gnllons .' of
moonshine a day was cut off last
night when federal nnd state pro;
hlhltlon officer nnd tho Washing
ton county sheriff's force descend
ed on n plant which officers dig
nified with tho name "distillery.';
It was located on the Williams
ranch near Six Corners' on the TiJ
gard road. ' ',
Leslie 11. Case, Horace Case,
fleorgo Maxwell ail Kdward Sftu'i
were arrested at the still, cha.'ged
with manufacturing liquor.
The distillery was of a-ncw type
nnd was complete with- holler.
M)ml wafor ftll(, Ccclr)c lfKlt
)lmt . u T(l1c W(lg mated ut
ila.oi)0. -
... . . n , nti.en.ln fnp'
I fourteen days, and the liquor hud
been coming to l'ortland.; Approx
iniiitely an.ouo gallons of mash am)
4ilo gallons of whiskey were 'con
fiscated. I flEX.wri.l.M, Da., Feb. !!. W)
Mr persons worn killed nnd four
others Injured seriously, some per
haps ratally, In the explosion or
the boiler at n sawmill owned hy
W. A. Cnnuet hero today. Tho
mill was wrecked, Involving o.fj
estimated loss of 1S,000. ; V
SPOKANR. Wash., Fob. 3. VP)
One hundred animals were soM
yesterday at what baekors claimed
was "tho largest sale of registered,
short horn eattlo In the United
stales." Buyers paid JH.00O for
the ptiro bred animals.
(Continued on 1'ags Four). I (Continued on rage Eight.) today.
working at a factory.
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