Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, March 20, 1929, Image 1

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Newspaper Page Texto The Weather FowcaM- Octtaslonnl rxiin tonight it(l Thursday; iiuwlcratc. Highest yesterday ..: flu Lowest tills morning1 to 3 u. in... -HI Weather Year Ago Highest jrtir ago today ..., ti? IjOucmI year nu'o today Ottly TMUr-tb1rd TU. -..m (.my-Mftfnttl 1 elf. MEDFORD, OliHCON. WEDNKSPAY. MAIM MI 20, 1 fli2i. Xo. :5.')9. Mail tribui Today ,By Arthur Brisbane ee Seattle. When Col. Ewing Starts. 4- Billions of Diamonds. Tom Slick's $30,000,000 (Copyrlnht by Klnr? Features Syndicate, Inc.) The Grcitt Northern railway: announces n cut of live hours, ; beginning next summer, in the'! running time between Chieaao! nnd Seattle. Other linos, doubt-! less, will follow suit. ! The run will be: made in H3 ! hours, bringing Seattle' as near! to New York, Chicago and 1 other eastern and mid-western ' eities as I.os Angeles and Sim : Frnno'iseo are now. Jfrirlunatelv for the Pacific i ii iinn nnn nnn coast and the 'jfiO.nOO.nno m- liabifatltS that will live OIK' . i , ,i day between San Diego and the Canadian line, "the coast " is , a winter resort and a summer resort. m- x ..i. .1. i : . .mi part- oi me coast, is nun -c marvelous in summer climate and scenery than Seattle and the whole slate of Washington. Go there this summer, front J l ho Atlantic, and you will J spend the leu .hours saved on the round trip idling yout friends ' that, you really have! seen America. i Spoon-fed newspaper pub Ushers and others who say the race of lighting editors ' has vanished should see recent lumbers of Colonel l-'wing's newspaper1, ' the" Oi-Wri-, states, will) Colonel Kwing's. iight against the- governor if lillltlSIII lift. I ' f Charles A .D.'inn, in his most' nergetic days, telling what hi thought of President Hayes could not s n r pass Colonel ! Kwing. . ' j The colonel of brachyeepha- lie type, responds to things he. doesn't like as a stick of dyna mite does lo n sledge hammer blow. This country owns four thou sand million dollars worth of diamonds. At ti per cent, which is a low rate, it i-osts the owners $240,000,000 a year to look bcauiiful and shiny, not far from a million dollars a day. Hut it is worth it if it nukes the owners happy. T M . A small part of the four bd- .n...,m,r,4,. ,11'inmiiilu flit- IIUIICi I i: 'i i m i uiHiiivi,", ing useful work, cutting class, etc. ' The most, useful diamonds j are little black- stones, hardest of all, that Professor .Michael son, of Chicago university, em ploys for ruling with marvel ously fine lines on spectro scopic plates. The black tliit monds, attached lo an auto j that same Ktlt that he had .lls ' . ,, c i played as the commander-in-chie. jutiiie iiiih.iiiiiu hi - l)ortV irroiinil wliPW trill- ' , pnrntnre doosn t vary, movo Mwick nntl forth limtr nftrr hour. no mutt wntoliinjr them. WVIicn I'rofesRor- MitilmlwiM Ttnkes 'you down where his black diamonds re working, you niny stay' only n liiinut-. mid lire nsked to lredlhe as little ns possible, tlint the heat of your body iiml brent li miiy tiot ehnnjre. the fempernltirc of the small room. That is exacti- tude. Tnm .miek. when vounir. ... A .k..i niwiw not Permitted to see his for- a mule driver, roustabout niwi., r cnmra(I(1 in nrnifi. tool dre-sser. He wns also an iw..cr7ipb . , - 1 -The f.MemOMt strategist of th Amcnean, nU Mi-ient, ins ,,s.(rrPHI war, Hir John Kr. n. h Open As be V 0 1' k e d hv f eharaeterijiatlon nf FenH n a n d . x. ii i :.. i Lf-ibl i Fo'h. murshnl of France, thought, and be has jnM oki imnnni l-i.tv jWrt Of his Oil hold"mU to the Prairie Oil eoinpany for t1 - I iVlO fKK). : . Mr. Slick, who does business as ''Tom Slick, IncorKrntedf' TAPS' FOR MPU WAD .rWBMUUl in idol Marshal of France and Foremost Strategist of World, Ends Last Cam paign After Long Illness Led Allied Hosts to Victory. .,, ,, .. .. ,, ,, , , PARIS, March 20. iJP) Marshal Foch will receive a national fu neral, hiiAhetit li'iltule of the Krcnch nation to Its illnsliimis dead. ' " 1' A H IS Vllrch I'll. (A1 MarKhal ;,,.,,.,,, ,,,.,, . ramnus eoen,us- into. who lwl iho allio.l armies in virlury in the Wurlil war, ilieil al h0H, ,0,,liy ,(ft(H. 1(.ncthy iiiihmw. lie was 77 years niii. lie died at f.:"iO p. nt. (12:50 ; p m .,.,. st(,,m, .., I AllhnuKh it had. Ions been a- 1 parent that the Ki'eat K1neial was iui. iii i t-jU,nnK his lest cninpiiKe." his warrior heart would not Rive In and day after' clay- he i'oukIH off the ilievilahle etui with KTlm iniir. nsi ltut u ciolition of heart General t och .4 4Vk3f ' ISfel ! ' ti'ftulilv. disoHHP and a lun in tifiTi won- tun firtnl al his wiv. (in KVIt. tlie Assoc. iitfil I'rrss was nuthtu-itativi-ly informoil that the marsh;. I'm diath sci'imd only n niail'"!' oi' days .i wt'ilt, licrliaps. or ten days. I'lit 1 1 1 niaotiat with indon.ilal.U- will- ln-!d off death pvii tontrT than his dmuors tlioimht possiile. ( Tim end came peacefully with thtf marslial's wis'rf and liis two (lauRlitcrs In the room alter he had received the la:U saeramentH of 111"' church. The two duujiliterH liad hnrely reached the house as their father was hruathlug his last. Doc tors naenieves and I lei .-Hover had hern working over the mar shal tor a lmlf hour when they de cided to Hiuntnon the marshal's wife and tel her that her famous husband wait doomed. "(Jod's will lie done." she said simply, hearing tip under the news with the same courage that her huslmnd had dinplnyed thrnuuh his lonn struKle imainst an i.ievitahle death. "The foreinosl fiuhter of the Kreat .war, displayed m illness v tin ten tne auiett ainiies iu n- tnry in the World war. ThrouKh- out it all. from January 14. when ll0 f(r3t ir,cnniP siavoly ill. until the end. he sliowpd euuraKe. nn failinc ofpinnlmlty and cvon sood litmior. The pud cumo Jiift his doctors reached the marshal's house llils fVeiiiiiK. lie had bevn conwrUnis the entire nftfrtinn and lind b"n found in a iiincwhat Improved condition at ( o'clock this morn inn when the first visit of the flay was made. AHhouKh the nutrshnl had many uiiod days dtnln iiin illncfia. he was not pKiniittod to nh visitori. Ainonit th'i;e wlio ealied nnon him wan (iem-ml John .1. PirnhlnR. coi.mand''r-iii-ehiof ol the Aniri- n ("rppditloilHlV fnrC'S. f'.PlUTal Fer.shinn tmid hiH rejrpcts to MadaniK Kuril. 1t in af-cordii nee with the strict rule nf (he doctors , a the "savlnr of civilization." tbn : (own ln hlttoiy s the military ' lender who, with inoie th;m in,fion,onfl oWP-rn unoer his corn- mand. directed five haith at one- , i0taf -t by four ye.-n s nf Inde. ! j '1 JF 8ytga I rr.Vfll&HT ONE VIIW . tO NIW YORK IASTER FORGER rirn uiaw hut OF BIG PRISON Falsified Court Writs Bilkj Leavenworth Officers', After 'Pardon' 8 Years Ago Wink at Prisoner' Fatal in First Try. ' KANSAS I'lTV. .March 20. VT Astounded hy tlo revelation that a man forced . his way and that of another out of the largest federal prison in the county. Tnited Slates offieials today planned lo return llayrt Van Gurder. .recaptured mas ter pen artist. to his cell .at . Leavenworth. Kans.. and continue. a seuri-h for (. Von Ksrh. Ills com , panion. ! TUe escape of Van fiorder and t : Von Ksclio, aecomplisiied March 2 j through Vnr.tretl court orders, was j ! revealed yustorday when Van j 'Conler, arrested in Milan. Mo., lor ! J t'oi Kinp money orders, was rocoR- j ; nii:ed Py postal inspectors here. Ilej j had been hrouyht to Kansas t.:ity j for arraignment in federal court.) The inspectors who knew Van ; CJorder wan supposed to he1 in tlie ' I Leavenworth prison, learneil that he and Von Ksch had been re- . leaseil on a writ of habeas corpus , and three documents purporting to '. ; be ordi'is from tlie United Slates i circuit court at Topeka, Kans. 1'iison auiliorities received tlie 1 fake documents through the mail. Van (Jorder obtained the docu- j ments from the clerk of the dis- , iriet eourt at Top I a last month : when he applied for tuo certified t copies of a .writ of ha be is corpus on which he was. to be taken lo ; Capo Girardeau, Mo., foi trial on j chai'ues of postal theft, at curding' to Alton M. Skinner, assistant : lulled States district attorney for"' i Kansas. Aparcntly the documents were mailed to theprison officials .by n ' outside accomplice or slipped itilo the mall by a convict employed to ; sort and open P-tters. ft was recalled by government ' (offieials that Van fiorder attempt- ' ; ed a simitar forgery to escape eight years ago.' At that time, he ; forged the t'nited States attdi'ey , genei al's name to n pardoni friend mailed the "pardon" from1;' W ashington in n franked envelope J that had been stolen frmnj, iJie ; nfl'icp nf tbn jillnnicv dimioi'ii l ! Van ('order hud been ''dressed out" unit lintncr omcdi'I rrl rnini the- oenitentiai-v when he winked at a prisoner. The guard became j J auspicious ami he was held I prison offieials investigated. while Thev hit rued the pardon was a forgery and returned him to his cell. Van Ciorjler, till years old, claims to be a graduate of the I'nivprslly of Minnesota and a former school teacher in Minnesota and Wlseon-sln. FOR SCHOOL Ellis S.bi;.M, Ore., March 2Q.-Ai Frank .1. .Miller of Allcmy. mem ber of t.ie board of regents of nor mal schools, said taday that he would not suggest to Governor Patterson that a friendly suit be started In the courts to determine the tju'-stion of the validity of the Itell-Hi-huluierif-h bill creating n state board of hig.ier education to supplant the present three boards (rf regents of the Mate university, the state college nnd lh' lim mal schools. Mlllrr said he had in'miml siteh a suggestion to the - governor, but understands now mat the governor thinks the action unnecessary. He added that Slate1 Treasurer Kay j thinks court action should be tiiucn. lie said he would call on tho governor taday ami that the t liell-Schulmerich net probably ; would b discussed. i SALEM SOW BITES PRIZE CALF'S TAIL , SALFM. Ore.. March 2. iA Q registered Jersey calf lielonulng 0 .1. M. hones of Turner may haw some trouble taking prizes at llve i stock shows ns a result of Its nt itempt to (isfociate in a friendly way with a brood sow. The how was buy mnking a bed. Annoyed I si the intrusion of the calf, the sow bit the tail off tin youitg r-g- Isterr-d Jersey, ! PKIIKA. Ky.. Mar. JO. Pi - , Doctors, nurses Hnd volunteers! hnv united to wairn a battle! ; against an epidemic of cnrlt f-ver j ' nnmbering 3".0 cr among a.nftO j j students at lierea eolIge here, Ilr. j jdladyjf I.Urk of Chicago, who withj i her husband diwoired the anil- j j toxin for sc-irlet fever, arrived here I t today tn a-supie charge of the rit-' uatton. HOMES UNDER Numerous refugees from South Georgia floods are under the care of th- Red Cross st Savannah. Ga. This picture shows several build -ng's i t Townsend Ca.. submersed by the rlsino flood waters. zWUIVItNULAIIViMABLLANu LLWi THEY ARE WIFE OF HURT PILOT " UPlOCrC . ' Cat., Mate Will; Take Daughter to Bedside But Not 'Weeping About Him Tangled Romance of Aviator Revealed. ' ; NFWA.UK,, N. ,).. -March. .2-i,-.frV Two women today were claim ing to he the wife of Pilot Lnu Foote, sole survivor of -the plane crash Sunday ' In which 14 Were killed. ' ' ; A telegram from Turlock, f'al., inn Hiring about the .condition of 'Foote. who was severely injured In the crash identified the sender as the wire of the pilot. ' The woman known here as Mrs. P' uut-, said at her hotel that Koote had a divorced wife and 1 seven-year-old daughter in Tur lock. Calif., and that her own ! niarriage 10 i-ooie iook piaee. in ' that .slate. ' At the hospital Foote was said to have a chance fur recovery. Tl'UI.OOK. Oil.. March 20.--W) Mrs. Lou Foote of Turlock, es tranged wife of the pilot, who was seriously injured In a plane crash at Newark. N. J.. Sunday In which . M lost their lives, will take their T five-year-old daughter to his bed .slde if he requests it, but will not fgo along she said yesterday. j ' On only one condition would I go back to the bedside of M r. otc," she said In denying state ments previously attributed to her Mint ulie u-MM LroiiiLr cist I in medl- 'ately. "That condition Is that If hi. i dying wish were to see his baby girl. 1 would go back then as P woifld be the only decent thing Lo do, but I would not git back a lone. "I am not weeping or crying mound for him.' Mrs. Foote, who obtained an in. terloeutory decree of divorce from Foote on charges that he ran iiwiiv w It h a Merced woman, ! branded the "Mrs. Foole" with the ! ill-faled flier as "a fake." Mrs. Fnnto obtained her first de- err e last July, but has not yet re ceived her final decree. ! "I'm standing on my own feet,' ; she said. F HALKM, ore., Mar. 20. (- of ficials connected with th state hanking- department explain that the Milt filer! by the department through A. A. Kchramm, state sup erintenilent of hanks, against Frank C. F.rnniwell of Portland, who for merly held that office. Is at the r"quest of depositors of the French & Co. bank, insolvent. The suit was filed yesterday at The Dalles to recover tia.cr.c nl ei;pd ti have been disposed of dur inir the liquidation of the hank in 1 without the sa net ion of the circuit court. (), II. Kobertson. former Oregon state enator from Condon, now living nt Crencont City. Cnl.. had personal charge of th" liquidation, according to Infor mation here, claims I hn tthe assets fold were disponed of at the bent po"ibte advantage. A M KH. Iowa, March 20. 'Pi Hammond Conger, noted distance runner, todny received his master of neience degree In zoology frohi Iowa State college. FLOOD WATERS f " ' 4 N OF II FAME BATTLE DEATH Miss Normand, 'Hard Luck Girl', Does Not Know Husband Suffers Also Condition of Comedienne Serious. ,'' ' ?v. v i:j;vi:i:hV' mu-s., cai.. March ; 2", 4- While Mabel Normand, '. often -described as tho "hard luck girl" of the; cinema firmament, ' lay in her palatial . home here today, waging her desperate, battle against tho insidious ravages ot f the "white .horror;" tuberculosis, her pUysielan, Dr. - 10, C. Flsh baugh, was calling a consultation lo decide whether She should be removed to a sanatorium near l.os '. Angeles. l.'nnware that her husband, Low (..'oily, w ell known in movies, and on the stage is back from New York, and is fighting his butt lo to "come back" from a slate of complete nervous prostration, she struggles on. , It was feared the knowledge .of her husband's Illness might ' weaken the slender thread which ! holds life in the body of Inn act ress, who hor friends say, "never tin in d ii hungry man or w man away. j And Cody, grimly fighting hid I battle against shattered nerves, j following an attack of Influcna, in a health resort near Kan Ber nard ino, doesn't know th it .Ma bet lis Hearing the valley of the sliad- ows. I le conliiu ted inf -ttetiKft In ! New York while arranging for a j vaudeville tour of Knrope. Ills physicians fear the effect on his ! already weakened nerves if he j learns the sad truth. I X-ray examinations have shown i thiii both of Miss Norntand's : lungs are badly infected. For 'days a fever, which kept her tem perature at Ut degrees, sapped I her strength. Her condition is j grave, and her physician was to j decide today whether her removal , to a sanatorium will aid her ! si niggle to live. E ID NEXT JUNE MKXICO CITY. March 2.-A -r-Coone Charb's A. Lindbergh and Ills fiancee, Miss Anno Mor row, expect to be married some time in the month of June, It a stated upon the highest authority. The place of the ceremony has pot yet been decided. Anne Morrow will be a June bride, but she nnd Col. Lindbergh have not yet decided whether the iikii rlage ttha 11 be solemnized In Mexho city or In the I'nited Hiatus. The Colonel h expected to fly back to Mexico City at least once and maybe twice to visit his fiancee before June. IS OKLAHOMA CITY, March 20. , tA't 'iovernor Henry H, Johnston was eon vic ted on (he first Im I pea eh nu nt charge voted upon by j the senate court late today, The article voted on was that : charging general incompetency. MIGHTY FATHERiRATE HbJG :RITY - I1RGEI1 OF WATER ATlCONVENES HEREto RFTAIM TOP OF LEVEES N EX LLR 1 D AY a d pi A p c Mississippi at Quincy, III., Western Oregon Traffic As-iH J LMUL at Record Height, and' sociation to Present Tes-, . Rising About Danger Point Hard Wind Feared, As Flood Waters Battled Farms Menaced. i (JUINCY. ill., March SO. VTJ : The Mississippi river was ap- The Interstate (.'onintereo commis proachiug the tup of lis levees to-Js.on hearing on rail freight rales day, still rising after reaching the .tt the l'aeifle coast was expected highest siage in l.l years. ( to adjourn here today and to con- The river was expected to reach vene in Medford Kriday for fur lts crest here some lime today, ther testimony. Today's session just short of th flood stage, oi ( consisted simply of a "cleanup" of -a feet. j testimony, reviewing that of pro- There wiis da tiger nevertheless, . vlous days. The Western Oregon that the levees, weakened by the Traffic asHoehtllon will present its ! out a railroad." said V. O.- WU contlnuul pressure of tne last few case at the Medford hearing, with loughby, assistant superintendent days, might give way, especially j testimony advanced to show how In charge 01 a.r mall on the Pacific In case of hard rain or hard' the. rates as proposed, would et- ( const, at the Medford chamber of winds. feet towns in tho Willamette val- j commerce, loruiu today, iih part oi! Seepage had already caused ley anil In southern Oregon. j l is speoch, delivered before op sonic damage and cracks were v. A. Curt In. secretary of the j proximately li!ij local citizens., being stopped with . sand bags. I Port land Traffic and Transporta- fm Wlllonghhy, well versed In Firemen were called out to pun.pjtlon association, declared tho pro- his subject mutter, H tressed the Pil ot. t overflow In manufacturing posed rates are discriminatory and j portance of present day aviation plants 'along the river here. unfair in that rates on rail ship- j and delved into what the future Knglnecrs had predicted lastjnients from Seattle to southern holds in the aviation world, night the levees would withstand Oregon points would, in soino in-, "tlentlemen," continued the speak a stage of llUi fo,ct and soon after-I utam-es, be less than would bo the er, "whether you realise it or not, ward it was reported that the1 rates from Portland lo the same you are at the junction of the roads, river hail reached this heighth 1 southern Oregon point on the mime ' At the election, April 2, ynu are to and was sllll rising. I commodity. decide whether or not you Intend The recent rise had extended as; In many other instances, Cur- j to take your place among tho cllies far north as Keokuk, Iowa, and tin declared, Portland ami Seattle (hat have the, loreslght to prepare down into Marlon county, Mis souri. The line lake drainage dis trict In lllinotH, which was flood ed last fall, was endangered again todny, as well as the tjulncy ind Indian (Irnve districts .north of here. The river was also un usually high at Gregory landing and Mark In Missouri. Water covered railroad tracks between here and Keokuk nnd i new rate schedule from Sun Fran- j had an election for the purpose to trains were being routed overjclsco to Portland and PugfH Hound , float hoittlrt for ulrKrt construction other roads.. Thu .area, which ! points, in, joi.ipetltiou with wutorjto bnlld a. 'port xultfthl Xor present Would -he Inundated If the river rises much more, or If tho levees give way. includes thousands of acres of farm land. i ON LAST LEGS General Escobar, However,! Says Retreat Is Strategic,! As Calles Pursues With; Heavy Force Leaders to' Be Treated As Crooks, j Kit PASO. Texas. March t). tfl') S. Franco Trias, rebel consular agent, announced today that tlen enil P. lOtl ns Calles had left his command In Coa bulla, for lrapti ato, fiuanajata. on receipt of ail vices concerning federal reverses in Leon and (luanajuata. Irapuato Is about I Ti'i miles from Mexico my. Insurgents captured both Leon and lite town of Guanajuato, t'rias reported he had been advised. All Hate authorities were reported to have fieri to Irapuato. The main body of the rebel army was a step nearer the Amer ican border today, having retired from l'yvi Ion .Vi miles northward to .limine,. The government Interpreted this movement by Ceneral Ksenbar, insurgent commander in chief, iih another sign of rebel disintegra tion, declaring that the revolt was as good as over. Insurgent quarters, however, as. serted that Kscohar's retirement whs purely strategical and Intl nwited he would draw the federals further and further away from their base and finally meet (hem In a decisive but lie In the difficult northern country. ! General Calles continued bis methodical preparations to crush ' the rebels. He has arrived at Tor- i icon personally and todaj was pre- j paring his anhy of 30.(10 1 for a further northern advance. The rebel forces, described as numbering about 2-',00M, continued j concenl rating at Jltnincz. j Hebe) troops also were reported i continuing a southerly mnrch i along the west coasl, drawing closer to the seaport of Mnxatlaii in Slnaloa. 1 The government charged the rebels with looting banks of mil- Hons of pesos with tho Intention or fleeing to the I'nited mates with th- loot. In such event ex trad it inn may he asked, not an poiu'-al leader inn as "ordinary erliWiials." INDIANAPOLIS Chuck Wig gins, indianapolls, outpointed MEXICO REVOLT AS REBELS RUN Handy Heifert, Pittsburgh HO); sound, Ontario, ttccordlng to an of Hovnrd Jones, fitilsvllle, out-I fleial statement Issued from the of pointed l.on Iovenee, Terre Haute j flee nf the general manager of the (f . timony Before I. C. C Southern Oregon Freight ; Tariff Held Discriminatory to Portland. ' j 1'OllTJ.AXn, Mal-i.h SO. (A) rates to southern Oregon would be equalized and Portland would 'advantage you already have by be loso the rightful advantage It now 'lug located on an ntr mull route, enjoys In being closer to point of j The advertising turtle to your citv dellvery. j on that account cannot, bo reck- The hearing Is being conducted . onetl In dollars and cents. The city by Kxamlner Flynn of the Inter- 'of Oakland, Cnllf., Ims enjoyed state Commerce commission on lwomlorn.il advertising because of petition of the Southern Pacific, tits airport which seeks lo nut Into effect a ! "Not long ago the city of Fresno I traffic JUG OF BOOZE KEY POINT IN INDIAN TRIAL Accused Klamath, Charged With Murder, Unable to Explain Return for Hid den Whiskey During Rum Orgy Case Goes to Jury Tomorrow. PORTLAND, Ore., March 20. (TPj lllurton Maker, Klamath Indian charged with second -degree mur der in connection with the killing of I ted well Riddle, another Indian, took the witness stand in his own defense la federal court today. Questioned by his attorneys, linker recounted the story of tho wild rum orgy that proceeded tho fight which resulted In Kiddle's death Nov. 2K, hist. He told how Riddle had attacked him with a knife, and how Marie Raker, the defendant's wife, had struck Rid dle with a tire pump, knocking the victim down, linker then declared he struck. Riddle twice over tho head with a machinist's ball ham mer, Raker (".stifled that he did not know he had killed Riddle until he was arrested ho vera! days later. The battery of prosecutors, led hy Francis Marsh, tried to shake the Indian's testimony but failed except upon one point. Raker, under cross-examination, was un able to explain why ho returned ; to the scene of the slaying nnd re covered a gallon Jug of whiskey i he had hidden tn the sagebrush there, j linker's testimony took up the , entire morning session of court, The defense was expected to complete lis testimony today and J It. wart believed that the case , might go to the Jury tomorrow morning. OF FAST TRAINS TORONTO, Ont., Mar. 2n.-dV Neventefti person are dead, Includ ing 13 passengers, and five wrl- j ously injured as the result of n ; head-on collision between two Can-j adtun -National railway trtilns early) today at Droeourt, near Parry (central dlvNIon hero thin afternoon. Fresno Cited As Example of City That Failed to Hold Prestige, By Air Mail Chief C. of C. Forum At tendance Large. "With the steady growth of civil arconaiitti'8 and the establishment uf Impul'lnm airways across, ttci I'nltvd States, the necessity tnr suitable airports, becomes appar ent. As air traffic 'increases the city without ait airport will he in the same situation as a town with- for the future or to give up the rtny iieedH.' "Tllo lmnd Ihsiiu. railed ' i mid tho very next day three cities , were, seeking to ho embraced- In jtho nlr mail route lnstcnd nf Fresno. The tmmo can happen hero. Oitiea must keep pace with other cities around them or be left behind." i In closing his speech, of which only a small part Is herewith re produced, Mr. Wflloughby said: "How can I impress you with the I Importance of providing an ado j qunto airport? Are you to give, up i to your nelghhoi H the thing you have already in your possession? Are you going to Korve notice to jtho world that yon are a hack num ber that you have uo ftilth in the future of aviation? That 1b what you will do If the bond Issue for tho nirport falls, of passngo. I ap peal most earnestly to the voters nf this city to voto tho bonds for tho Medford nirport." William linlger of the chamber nirport committee was In charge nf today's luncheon and introduced Mr. Wlllonghhy, whose timely in formation was also broadcast over radio station KMKD for the benefit, of nil radio listeners in Medford. Interesting facts were also ! brought out in a few remarks made by H. H. Smith of the nliport pub licity committee. Ho rend Hovernl lottcrH from Paeiflo coast aviation interests favoring the construction of the new airport. One letter frnm nil airplane corporation In 'Ohio watt also read and Indicated an nvl-' ntion company wag interested In fContlnuM nn Paw Vwr Will Rogers Say: MOW VOKK, .March If). It don't menu nothinn tn yon nil in the I'nilcil StatcN, hul to hh here in N e w V o r k pick i ii (? n T n m in liny IT n 1 I loader comi'K tiiuli-r t h c hi'adini; o f n e Hume of Taiiiimiiiy ix cliiiiil- inn tl'"t Smith -hcn iiov prnor giwo tin- johs to ri-jnililii-aiis. Smith i-liiims that miiki'H it 50-511, tlint Tam many ifiiY'fclhi'ir voto.s in N6 vi'inhcr to n ri'inihlii'iui. linimy Walker don't fiiiv milch who they put ill jiwl so it will he Homebody that will help him stay in, ud (lovonior Koosevelt is so Jnisy tip i 'Albany with u piie.k of vepilblienns on hi.s liandN mi the legislature, that he has no time to pet mixed up in this, but the whole town is in nn uproar, nobody don't know who to hand anything to. Yours, WTi.T ttOOKtlS.- 1 - nTlniied on rac Klght.) (rontlnued on J'g Four).