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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.-
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nTlniied on rac Klght.)
(rontlnued on J'g Four).