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Newspaper Page TextT n U7 i Mhdford Trbbune y a ue ww nunr rorecat Probable rain tonight and Thursday. lUchmt yesterday Lowest, UUs morning 33 Weather Year Ago Higliost year ago today A3 Ixmetit year ago today S7 Daily Twrty-fourth Yfir. ffkly KiTir-seientti Vw, TWELVE PAGES MEDFORD, OREGON, WEllXKSuAY,. MARCH .27, 1929. - ' No. 5. Today By Arthur Brisbane Money 20 Per Cent. Lambs to Slaughter. The H. H. Medicine Ball. Bombing the Ice. .:: (Copyright by King Feature Syndicate, Inc.) Little lambs that won't lis ten when big- people tell them to stop speculating, must be made to listen. Monday, when the price of call money, with which specu lating is done, went to 20 per cent, they listened. New York pawnbrokers are allowed to charge 12 per cent. When , eminently respectable fananciers charge 20 per cent, yon may be sure somebody is making money. How lovely thnb a moral lesson should pay a iiTofit. ,- Pleasant for those that lend, Not so pleasant for little lambs. Hut they ought to know that when high finance starts to gc them, discipline them and cure them, it will do all three. - - - Wall Street Monday was the "maddest" but by no means the "merriest" day in all the protratced boom and the boom ers felt like a high-powered ear that runs into a stone wall. More than 8,000,000 shares' of stock were sold, many selling because they had to. The remarkable thing with nioney.costing 20 per cent was I fat stocks did not drop lower, and. that a -j' rally" should'havc vomc aUhe end. Lofs oT riioney in America. But little people may as well make- , p their minds that they are to be shak--en out, if they don't get out. What the effect will be on general business remains to be seen. That question will in terest the President, just com ing into office. Ho doesn't want a Hoover panic or Hoo ver hard times. At 7 in the morning Presi dent Hoover "tosses the medi cine hall" with friends. Thot exercise may be gentle or vio lent, depending, on the weight and speed of the ball, the num ber playing and length of rest between throws. Even under good conditions, no man past 50 should throw tit? medicine ball without a doc tor's approval. The motion of leaning backward, then sudden ly forward with a violent effort is hard on the heart. ' Tossing the ball outward and upward from below the knees, !not from above the head, is the ,vafer plan. ' .While the President, tosses hid medicine ball, which does not cost the country 'Anything, the presidential yacht, .May flower, which cost the people KJOO,000 a year, is in the Phila delphia navy yard, removed from commission. Anybody wanting a ; comfortable, jacht Jhsy soon be, able to buy the 'fayflower at a bargain. President' Hoover is interest ed in making airplanes useful. He sends seven army planes, in cluding three giant bombers, to attack a 19-mile ice jam in the Missouri river at Bismarck, N. D. The machines wilrdrop GOO bombs, weighing 110,000 pounds, containing 10,000 pounds of TNT. Bombing the ice gorge, if sueeevful, niay save extensive sections ffbm flooding by the backed-up Waters of the Missouri. What conldi such a collection of Continued on pi Four). CORVALLIS GIRL TELLS OF AFFRAY Mae Troxel On Stand at Trial of Lanza Bryant Love for Slayer Had Cooled, She Says Date ; With Bryant Denied ; Men Grappled After Blow Bryant Used .Knife. CORVAU.IS, Ore., March 27. (IP) Miss Mae Troxel, chief vit ness for the slate in Us prosecu tion of ljin.a Hryaiit, 20, for first degree murder, took the stand to day and told of Incidents surround ,lng the death of I,ewiH (Hip) Dick erson, Oregon State college football Htar. Dickerson whs rulully stabbed on December 17 as he was accom panying Miss Troxel, a waitress,, to her home. Miss Troxel testified that at one time she had on affection for Bry ant but said tills afternoon this affection had cooled last fall after he had accused her of going to parties and dances with other men. The state charges Bryant with having attached Dickerson In a jealousy fit. The state, through Miss Troxel, introduced evidence tending to show that Bryant' had removed his coat before reaching Dickerson and Miss Troxel and that he struck first with his left fist to Dicker son's face, the blow glancing off and striking the girl. The two men then grappled and Dickerson arose, crying that lie was stabbed. Miss Troxel testified that she went with him to his boarding place five blocks away, accompanying himl over his protest. Dickerson died five days later. . Miss Troxel denied that Bryant had had a date with her that night and aaitl she believed he had been drinking. . Under cross examination she ad mitted : having sent Bryant a Thanksgiving day card addressed to "My Sweetheart. The stabbing occurred a few minutes after midnight on Decem ber 17. . . John Newsome, cook at the res taurant where Bryant is alleged to have obtained the knife, identified the long, pointed blade as one he had left In the kitchen Sunday night and which was gone the next day. Frank J.eoiinrd, n friend of Bry ant, identified a second knife, slmi lar In shape and size, obtained two nights before from n bakery, and with which, he testified, Bryant had declared . he was going to "slit somebody's back." A similar statement was made the next night. Leonard said. Defense attorneys! attempted to show in cross examination that the first knife was nsed at a picnic the day before to cut pies and cakes. Leonard denied that the knife was put to such a use. William Gates, a friend of Bry ant, who was present when Dicker son was stabbed, said Bryant de clared: "I guess 1 cut that up pretty bad. Next time I'll use a gun." Three other witnesses produced by the prosecution offered testi mony tending to show that Bryant had been drinking on the night on which Dickerson was mortally wounded. In cross examination the defense sought to show Hint Miss Troxel and Bryant were engaged and that Bryant's use of the knife was In sell' defense after Dickerson. had first attacked him. . z REBEL OUTPOST MEXICO CITY, March 27. VP) Federal cavalry under General Eulallo Ortiz, which la lending the advance of General Almazan's forces was reported at Chapulte pec castle this afternoon to huve arrived "near Jimenez," important rebel outpost' town in Chihuahua. DOUGLAS, Ariz., March 27. (P) --Ten men were arrested by Unit ed Htates special agents here to day on charges of smuggling arms and ammunition across the Inter national border. Their names were withheld. m e WASHINGTON. March 27. OP) American Consul Wm. P. Block er. at Mazattan. reported to the state department toilay in a tele gram sent at A o'clock last night that the rebel forces which had attacked that city were In full retreut north of Qulla. FEDERAL FORCE NEAR MNE MISSISSIPPI POURS THROUGH BREAK IN LEVEE i : : TTWW Thl aerial picture shows the Mississippi river pourlno through a breakjn the levee nsnr the Indian Crave drainage district north of Quincy, III. Thoueands of acres have been Inundated. The (pP I" the levee wae more than 200 feet wide when this photograph was taken and has been widening rapidly. INVESTMENT UNCLE SAM T MEET CITY SUM Hall Says, Federal Installa tion for Airway Cost About Same' As Medford Airport Small Fields, Not 'Ports' Is Shown. The government win Invest ap proximately the same amount in the local alrpbrt and its conces sions as the amount to be voted in the coming bond election by the people of Medford, according to Seeley Hall, principal speaker be fore the Lions club tills noon. "The radio communication Bta tlou alone will cost the government in the nelghborhooa ot $76,11001)," said Mr. Hall, who also named the 24-hour weather bureau to be es tablished at the local" port. The Medford airport will be one ot the 17 largest in the United States. 1 The question then, arises, why cities like Grants Pass, Roseburg,! Albany and other points along the line had voted bonds for flying I fields, none ot which had exceeded )50,000 issues, said Mr. Hall, who explained that there was a contu slon in the minds of many people as to the difference between a fly ing field unil an airport. "An airport is d flying field, but a flying field is not necessarily an airport. Medford Is to have an air port and one of the super-ports at that," sold the speaker. Mr. Hall ended' his talk by urg ing the Lions, who have unani mously endorsed the proposed new airport, to ge out and work actively for the passage of tne nonus on April 2. Bob Chrlstner and Tom trnmens, two nign scnooi upper ciassinen, were the guests of the Lions club today, In keeping with the policy adopted by all local service clubs of entertaining upper cliiBsmtn and getting them acquainted with business men and the civic work being accomplished by these or ganizutions. The Russian Royal choir, which will be heard in the armory Sunday afternoon at 3 o'lock under the au spices of the Lions club and the American Legion "Whoopee Re view," was advertised at the lunch eon thiB noon. Among todny's guests were: Walter Brown, Seoley Hull, C. Eu gene Johnson, Bob Chrlstner and Tom Einmens. , 1 E RESULT OF STUNT PORTLAND. Ore, Mar. 27. (JP) Captain Ira Knker, pilot of the Jueatlon Mark on Itn record en durance fllifht, left portlnnd today for. Snattle in the Hoeing com tint plane, he had flown from Oakland. He left Hwnn Inland airport at 10:55 a. m. WASHINGTON. Mar. 27. (TP) While the aej-onitutlcs flection of the department of commerce had no Informtaton today an to porutihle charges aguinut Captain Ira C. Saker. noted army pltnt,' arising from "Blunting an airplane ova finblenJ f'al slenoet -warn MuTff today that any nuch matters that arise would automatically be re ferred to army authorities for con sideration. If wan explnined that the army air corps itt considered respon sible for the discipline and obedi ence to air regulations on the part of all H.H pilots. Captain Kaker was understood to have attracted the attention of the civilian air inspectors at the Oakland port by bringing his army plnne too clone to the ground over a large crowd. - BY MEDFORD GAINS ASK PRODUCERS 0 RECOGNITION AS CUT OIL STREAM A ERIAL LEADER Pacific Air Transport Of ficial Says City Should Embrace Chance to Be come An Influence On Coast Airways. A Pnciflc Coast Transport of ficial, who visits Medford very of ten, pays a high tribute to the "alr mindednesa" of our citizens and Joins others In telling what a won derful opportunity Medford has to "become a dominating Influence in the establishment of coastal air routeB." His letter follows: Rent lie, March 22, 1929. . 1 I have noticed Avith -extreme In terest that Medford 1b voting " On a bond issue for $120,000 for the establishment of a class A airport for their city. A progressive spirit and airmlndedness such as this Is very seldom found In a city the size of Medford, and I can only attribute this airmlndedness to a very active Interest on the part of well Informed persons In aeronau-; tical matters residing in your city, having keen thought and foresight, into the future. J Several years ago one of. the largest cities In the United Stales' passed up the opportunity to be put on the nir-mail map, thinking that it meant nothing from the standpoint of business future and growth. Within the Inst six month this city has spent many thousands of dollars endeavoring to get nlr-mail connections, realiz-i ing that another city several hun dred miles further is gradually taking considerable business which had formerly been theirs, becnuse this trading community was almost an entire day nearer the city on the alr-mnll map where before the cMtnblighment of air-mail the re verse had been true. The people of Medford are for tunate In having certain alrmlndcd Individuals with the public Interest at heart residing In their city, be- cause air travel will unquestionably make Medford one of the best known cities on the Pacific coast, and placing her irlthln a few hours of the great cities to the north and south. Hundreds of people travel ing over this air route In the great liners of the future will have the opportunity of observing from the air the grent agricultural, hortieul- 'turn I and lumbering possibilities In the vicinity of Medford and will stop In their traveling up and down the coast. It will be essential, I believe, for many years that mail, passenger and cargo planes stop nt some point between Portland and Han Francisco to refuel and obtuin weather reports. Mcvlfnrd, txTaiiHC of (lie HKgTc4vefiPi of Imt citi zens, has it I mul y PHUibllMhwl her self an a lender In aeronautical matters on the Pnciflc roast. When many larger cities hung back in estahlirihing "first class airports, Medford took the lead and now your citizens are own in consider ing an advance step fh building an airport such as you have under consideration, which should be sec ond to none on the Pacific coast. Tills should aurp Med ford of a dominating Influence In the cxtnb ll.Hlutittit of -oast a I ulr route, and I am quite sure that your bond Issue will go over with hardly a dissenting vote, because hundreds of your citizens have already learn ed what It means to be r key point on a major airway, and the small advantages offered at this time are as nothing compared to the future possibilities. PACIFIC AIR TRANSPORT. A. K, Humphries, AsMlant to President, o . Pacific Telephoen nnd Toleenh company extending phone line from Newport to Taft. c-ifn Vfrh pn"! In thUi Iclnlty will bo Improved In very hear tuture. TO -1 928 BASIS Petroleum Institute Com " mittee Urges Curb Over production Would Begin April. 1 Study to Avoid Waste Asked. NEW YORK- March 27. (JP) A return on April 1 to the 1H28 production basis was recommend ed to the directors of the Ameri can Petroleum Institute today by the Institute committee on world production' and consumption of petroleum and its products. Announcement of the commit teoV -ittm was m'ndu y H C. lUltnuSr'M'ialncriL :"6f 'iheA Texas' company und general chairman of a meeting of of producers held at the Institute's offices "In attempting to formulate a plan whereby the conservation of crude oil can becbiv an actual accomplishment, and lit the same time avoid the widely fluctuating condition resulting from overpro duction, the committee has been guided by the thought that what ever Is. practical should be done without delay," said Mr. Holmes. "At the' Houston meeting of the committee orr March 15 last, re gional ' committee1 reports wcro considered,'! said Mrs. Holmes, statement, "and the recommenda tion Is being submitted to the board of directors of the Ameri can Petroleum Institute that, be ginning April 1, averngfl . dally crude oil production for the four regions, namely. Pacific coast, gulf nnd Atlantic coast. Interior, and Mexico and north Houth America, should not exceed the average dally production during the year 1K2S." The general committee also rec ommended that committees be es tabl shed, to enable tho Industry to keep In effect any plan adopted as workable and to study ull va rious features through which a more orderly operation can bo conducted nnd waste of all kinds uvolded. , OF TRUCK KILLED ItOHFJIURO.wOre., March 27. MP) Frc Young, a truck driver, was fatally Injured near hero lute ycsteiday When a northbound- pas senger li nin truck, and demolished his gravel truck at the Hhndy Point gravel plant. Young did not see the train and drove his truck di rectly Into Its puth. He died in a hospital thirty minutes Inter. ' Young Is survived by his widow nnd n small daughter at Roseburg. CHILD HEALTH DATE WASHINGTON. Mar. 27. MP) President Hoover has Issued a proclumatlon designating May 1 as Child Health day. The document declared "the good health and pro tection of childhood Is fundamental to national welfare." ' Invltfd "the people of hie I "led States nnd all agencies and organizations Interred In this most Important ntibjeet to make every reasonable effort . to bring about a nationwide understanding of the fundamental significance of henlthy childhood, nnd of the Im portance of he conservation of the health: and physical vigor of our boys nnd girls throughout every day of the year," , l DUNN WILL DEMAND l lEfOO IS HELP SOLVE FARMERS lb. CAPTURED AUTO FEES President Norblad of State Senate Names Solons On 13 Committees Mars- ters of Roseburg Only Southern . Oregonian On Fish Code Body Report j to 1931 Assembly. ASTORIA, Ore.. March 27. (JP) President Norblad of the staio! senate, has announced the up- j piilutmenl of members of 13 com-i in it tees to function during the two-year period, lUSD-lUUO, nndj to report their findings to the-i slatu legislature in January, ItUl. Tho committee to prepare a new fishing eu(lt) and to Investigate tho j dlffcreiH-es between sport and commercial fishermen is composed of Senators Mutter, Multnomah; ! Reynolds, Marlon; Mars tern, Rose burg, and F. Kankkonen of As toria, representing commerci al fishermen. Other committee appointments follow: County officer salary equaliza tion: Senator Bailey, Multnomah. Administrative reorganization of state government: Senators Mil ler. Josephine, and Bailey, Mult nomah. . State text books: Senator Fish er. Yamhill. Floor facilities In leglslntlvo chambers: Senators Upton, Des-, chutes; Eddy, Douglas. Amendment to permit war vete rans living in state 10 years to take advantage state soldiers' com pensation art: Senators Jones, ! Clackamas; Upton, Deschutes. Used car license amendment: Senators Kiddle, Union; Dunn, Jackson. . - Cabinet form of government: Benntor .OdiUur,', J oHeiihltta-w.v, j . . Amendment to permit county central committee to fill vacancies In senatorial, representative ranks: Senators Carnsnor, Ontario; Kuck, Wasco, to prepare- affirmative j argument. Senators Btrayer, Ba- kor; 'ifalley, Lane, to prepare nega tive arguments. , To prepare, affirmative argu ment measure repeallr constitu tion article whereby state guar antees payment Interest on Irriga tion bonds: Senator Bailey, Lane. Increasing pay legislators to $1100 per session: Senators Marks, Linn: Schulmerlch, Washington. Cooperation Washington, Cali fornia committees regarding sup nrpHK'on nnrcotln traffic: Suna- , tor Dunn, Multnomnh. Liability owners, drivers, motor vehicles: Senators Dunn, Mosor, Multnomnh. PLACERV1LLE, GAL MENACED BY FIRE PI.ACF:RVIU.,H, CbI., Mnrcli 27. (A') With a shortage of water .confronting fire fighters, a hlaze Hiilri to have started from faulty wiring in the lillto thentro, threat tnol an entire hiiHiness hlnck and part of the residential section of tills city today. Telephone and tolegrnph com munication was cut off for some time this morning when the main wires were burned out. , GO 10 JURY TODAY PORTLAND, Ore., Mar. 27. MP) The case of perry John, Klamath Indian chaYged with murder in the second degree In connection with Iho killing of William Ward, a logger, In a cabin near Chllo(;uln, February 7, was expected to go to tho jury In federal court late to day. M. O, Wllklns, attornoy for John, at tho conclusion of testi mony, moved for a directed ver dict of not guilty, hut Federal Judge McN'nry denied tho motion. KING GEORGE ABLE t! POONOR. Kngland, March 27. MP) For the first time since the be ginning of his Illness In November I King Oeorge today performed an official ceremony at Cralgwell House, where he Is recuperating. The occasion was a reception to the new archbishops of Canterbury nnd York who carne to do hoimiKC to their sovereign nnd kiss his huii'lQJii their appointment, PRESENTED Farm Bureau Federation Lays Three-Pronged Re quest Before House Com mittee for Farm Relief Surplus Crop Control Effective Tariff No Sub sidy for Farmer. WASHINGTON, March 27. MP) A ihiee-prongctl dcnuinrt that the new fiiriu measure provide surplus crop control, make the tariff effec tive and not subsidize the farmer was laid before the house agricul ture committee today by Chester A. Cray, as the view of the Amer ican Farm Bureau Federation. Cray did, not present a detailed plan lull suggested that a federal farm board be set up with wide discretionary, powers to choose from lint various relief pluns (hat have been presented during the pnst several years. Along wlih the board, ho said, there should be an advisory council comnosed of fnr- mers and representatives of farm orga nlzntlous. He depicted his organization as ready (o abandon the equalization feo which twice drew vetoes of farm relief bills if tho administra tion could provide something equally as good for controlling tho agricultural surplus without subsi dizing the farmers ot the nation. But, he added, his organization had found nothing elso that would Insure the refund of money pro vided by the government fur sta bilizing prices. George Shipley, of Washington, who described himself as a phil anthropist and able to present the views of President Hoover, snld the president favored a federal farm board to provide self regula tion for the furmera.. lie read ,at length '' fYoin the -c-a in'p a I g n HpeechcK of the president. The farm board Idea was ad vanced also nt the senate agricul ture committee hearings by several witnesses who said the board should have broad powers nlong production and marketing lines. WALL STREET BULLS BID UP NEW YORK, March 27. MP) The "bull" party regained com plete control on the New York Stock Exchange this afternoon and bid up a wide assortment of Issues S3 to nearly $-'U a share. Interna tional Telephone was sent up $l8.r0 to a record price at $200, while fluid win Locomotive, Bur roughs Adding Machine and Hnus-4 ton Oil were bid up, 912 to $15. Chrysler nnd Radio, which sold off more than $3 during the forenoon, tallied net gains of $4 and $7.50, respectively. ! r e p n e Cnnnneii mount eil 97 and General Motors 93. STEELHEAD NETTER IS POHTI.AND, March 27. OP) I nec-iiuse he ndmltted using a net to ' catch the 700 pounds of steelhend j salmon ftMiml In tho renr of his automobile, 1'olor ('lift, 3G, of Ka- lama. Wash., was in Jail hern todav I under fftoo hull. fllft, arrested last nlRht, Insisted that ho hud caught tho fish In the Itogue river where It is not unlaw ful to use a not. He snld he had brought the fish to Portland by way of Vornonla, to sell. He Is held on aft after-hniirs charge for further Investigation by the fish and game commission. WAHHINOTOM. Mych 27. W Hotndoor meat from Alaska for the army Is being considered by gunrtormaster (loneral Cheatham, in view of the mounting cost of fresh beef and the fact that either canned or frozen reindeer meat apparently . can be delivered at army posts at less cost than beef, the general snld today he was studying a proposal fur adding this meat to the stock of commissaries us u sales article, " S BY CHANG Treachery in Nationalist Ranks Leads to Easy Vic tory for Shantung War Lord Fleeing Soldiers, Leave Munitions British and U. S. Ships to Pro tect Foreigners. CMRFOO, Shantung, China, Mureh 27. t) Marshal Chang' Tsung-Chang entered the city at. H a. in. today nnd practically, without hindrance Trom Its nn- tlonallst defender - took Control, The Rritish sloop CnrnJTtQwer and' the United Slutes cruiser Trenton moved in shore to a position near the foreign quarter to meet any. emergency which might arise. Defeat of the nationalist troops followed treachery and defection of 7000 of their number who, went over to Chang, former war lord of Shantung province. , The nationalists, who were- led by General Liu Chen-Nlen. began; to ret rent nt 3 a. m., after ro-' verses in a battle which had raged for two days east of the city. They passed through the city east-1 tvnrd In the direction of Nlnghal--chow, leaving behind them- large! quantities of munitions. - . Hhops all over the city, were closed nnd shuttered tight and residents remained inside. The. Chinese chamber of commerce' sent a delegation to Chang to ar-, rang peaceful transfer of the town, looting by the victorious troops was feared. The Shantung marshal's forces ' Immediately took charge, of tho. cable . station, the manager ot which ' had previously asked a. guard ,frnm-, tjiejf re n ton iowtJfo -harbor. : , ' ! . fc, :( , : ; ; , Tho nun mis of Chang's troops . passed through the city pursuing , the retreating nationalists. , They ' were welt armed, and had trench t mortars and machine guns. . . , Treachery of a subordinate was assigned as the Immediate cause of I, hi Chen-Nlen's defeat. Tho . subordinate had charge. of a sector , ot the western defenses. Last night' he refused to carry out orders to . attack, leaving a gap through which the enemy advanced, fore-, Ing the nationalists to retreat. Tho new positions of the, two war vessels, close In shore, It was -believed, would have the effect of partially maintaining order In the city. ' LEAD PINEHURST PLAY; P1NEUURST, N. C, March 27. (yP) Morton Smith, Joplin, Mo., star, shot Into the lead in the north ' and south open at the end of G4 holes with a score for the three ' 18-hole rounds of 211. Will Roger Say NKW YORK, March 27. Hoover gets rid of something itHclesH every dny. Wnit till ho sees the HCnute and con Brewi. He hiuiU tlln Mayflow er without wnrnititf, took tho White House stable, mn.de a pnrnge for fishing poles out of it, sent six horses to t h $ museum that had never been able o , ho ridden sinec Taft got thru with them,' traded the me chanical horse for a medicine bnIL and makes everybody catch it before they fcan get any, breakfast. That's to discourage senators eating there. Imagine Heflin and Bleasc throwing thnt thing at Moses and Reed of 1'cnn. Yours, , WILL ROGERS. P. ,8. :.. Federal Reserve sunk the stock market after two weeks of warning and brought Die sucker crew in destitute and inanncled last night,. ' ;