i EDFORD MAIL TEfBIINF The Weather Forecast -Fair tonight ami Katur lay; heavy frost tonight. Hlgham ywuvdny fifl Ijowc&i thbt morn lug- 22 Weather Year Ago Highest year ago today S. Uiwwi year ago today 4t pad, Tsenty-fuurth Yar. Weekly Kifiy-nrtmh lrr. SIXTEEN PAGES MEDFORD. OREGON. FRIDAY,' 'MARCH 20, 1929. No. 7. M COACH HAS BID HUM M A Callison May Coach Frosti Squads at Eugene Eldon i Jenne of Washington High, Portland, to Have Local Job, if Callison -Players to Follow KUCrcXB, Ore., Mar. 2D. (P) Coach Callison, producer of cham pionship foothall ' and basketball Learns at Medford high school for "L,."? T". llZu!r'c. of Virginia,' a for. chief coach of tho Oregon fresh man mm tul h. ' Negotiations have been under way for several weks, Virgil D. j Karl, director of athletics ut the! University of Oregon, said today. j Callison has hoi been elected to the position, but the position has ; been tendered. Eurl mild he will be formally elected on his accept ance. Kfforts to reach Callison ut Mei ford today were unsuccessful, friends of Callison said he had left town for a couple of days and it j Howev,r, there Is a general dls was reported that tho was on his ,t0n nt the Capitol to leave the way to Eugene to conclude final Bltulltloni for tne present at least, arrangements with the university. , hnrlit nf ,,. federal reserve 'Nothing final has been clone or , boai.d The boKrA ls seeking to can bp done until we hear from check ,he constant growth of Callison," Earl said. "He is a very i OBng by meniber banks to bro flne coach and a very fine young kera nml dealers, man, and we will be glad to havej chairman Norheck of the sen him If ho decides to accept, al- a(t) banking committee declared though we have understood there ; UMI1V ,nut he -would "leave things was another i.rfcr which he had to tu tn0 federal reserve board for consider before giving us his an- lne present." - ' SWCr. 1 At lnuf Bulnn lite .senntfl coach orivVt . Thu,! spend (ho Kastor vncalion. lie out menus ... in.s ci.y , he had not ma.le up his ml... def- , Oregon offer, but was seriously considering it. ln the event that Coach Callison accepts the university offer, the coachshlp of the Medford high school will be tendered to Eldon Jenne, conch of the Washington high school of Portland. Business men Interested in high school ath letics talked with Jenne during the state basketball tournament. Six football players of last year's state championship, team will fol low their old couch to Ihc Oregon campus, if he .signs the contract. Coach Callison feels that In go ing to the university position he will broaden his horizon, though he does so with the kindest regards for this city and . its nthleli backers. ' IS SHOT FATHER OF ACCUSED BOYS CIIICAOO, March 20. (P) A Iton.an Catholic priest was shot three times and probably fatally wounded today by the father of two boys whom the priest had had nrrested for hu.'gla rl 2 I n g his churcu. The priest. Father C. A. Erkens wlck. pastor of the Church of the Holy Ghost on the West Side, was accosted in the church yard as he talked to several men by the boys' father. Oadlano Menna. who asked for the head priest and when the minister replied he was in charge of the church, handed 1m a letter. As Father Krkenswlck ftarted to read It Menna whipped out a pistol, shot the clergyman In the head, and then fired two shots Into his hHCk as he fell. .Menna fled to his home near the church where police s.iunds armed with tear bombs and riot guns arrested blm. The priest was hurried to a Hos pital where doctors said he pro bably would die. Menna's two PRIEST ml a pal were arraigned iniiwn days of 162. with Miss Helen ys' court today on charges Hicks, alar of the recent Florida. sC". the hoy of having stolen from tho church. CONGRESSMAN FACES JACKSONVH.LF,. Kla- March 29. (JPi Congressman M. Alfred Mlchaelson of the Seventh Illinois CWM-iCt. CoMltS I ttim indicted on tnree charging violation of the national prohibition laws by a fed - eral grand Jury here lat October. reconU on file In the office of the clerk of the United States district court revealed today. MARKET IS LOOKED AT BY SOLONS Stock Fluctuations Watched! for Effect On Public Glass Would Dismiss Charles' E. Mitchell As! Director Reserve Board Favored to Handle Situa tion. WASHINGTON'. March 20 Congressional leaders are closely mitchine Ihe fluctuations of the stock market and their effect on mer Democratic secretary of tbo treasury, has advanced a proposal that the federal reserve hoard dis miss Charles K. Mitchell, president of the National City bonk, as a class A director In the board for supplying money to tho stock mar. ket this week when call loans were boosted to, 20 per cent. Senator Kins, Democrat, Ctnh, is preparing a hill to authorize the federal reserve banks to for bid loans to be used In marginal trading operations on the slock ex- 1 oVtnnnod -,r,k'Si assistance in speculative pun)(111,s Tlie 1)urd rellled thut it did not now deem any legisla tion necessary. ' . . C. C. HEARS PLAN RAILROAD NYSSA TO WASHINGTON', March 29. (P) A project for the construction of 1fi ml.au n. rnilrnad (mm Nvusa nr. to. VVtnnoniitccn. Vev . Ihe 1st. I ter a point on the Western Pacific, j was placed before the Interstate commerce commission today by the Idaho Pacific Railroad company, a new corporation. The petition, signed by Robert Phillips of 15 Whitehall street, New York City, said that the Idaho Pa cific corporation would finance the proposed construction by sale of stock. It added that the line con templated would serve to connect northwestern territory with Cali fornia railroads. A military purpose also would be served by the juoposed line, by pro viding now non-existent north and south communication in case of a Pacific coast war Invnsinn, It was said. Opportunity to give more data on the proposal was sought. HAS GOOD LEAD SOI'THKRN PINKS. N. C. March 9(. ion Tnrninir In an 2 todav .. ,. rmm,i nf the first VIRGINIA VAN IE annual women's mid-south go'A! to reveal any new angle upon the tournament. Miss Virginia Van i tragedy and was merely a matter Wle, runner-up to tho national of formality to establish the deaths, champion, had a lead of five The verdict read: "Charles It. Slot slrokes with !( than half nf the ! ter, (iladys Htetter and Charllne field of 102 competitors yet to hejStntter came to their death from heard from. Injuries received lis a result of a Out in 41 and back In the same, dynamite explosion set off by Ihe miu v..n Wle had a total for the turnament. In second place nn 1(57. I NFLICT SHARP LOSSES; 1 NANKING. China. March 20. pt:hinese na-Wosallut soldiers. moving iu nu u---... t" m..c...c. j In th Wuhan cities of Hupen, have i captured the city of W usuen. in- ! dieting sharp losses on Wuhan trooim there. Wusueh Is in Hupeh on the Yangtse Klang. belween th 'Wuhan cities and Nanking. WHERE PRESIDENT WILL FISH THIS SUMMER ' "v . . .-si i.: . "ia it -W (i! (BtUf- 'FPv -j?", ts At MS V Wa (Ml fv" t i 3 V . J 1 r SLjS& MJk -ftd mi Fishing tactics learned In many sections o the world will be uted by President Hoover this Bummer on week-end trips to Hunting creek near, Frederick, Md. The creek flows through the 1,500 cre Catoctln Manor estate, purchased by Lawrence Rlchey, one of Mr. Hoover's secretaries. mfiTrnfl rnnnn ontTnn ni inin nnninnrof- Al r iM.Mrlvl rUK V m M DLIIVIf iUUIMCOO im GIANT 1RGER AI SHED D00R.N0 i ' '-. - . New York Hera,d Says ln ternational T.' and T. Buys R- C., A. $100, 000,000 Invplved To Buck Big European Trust NEW YORK, March 29. OP) The New York Herald Tribune said today that the International Telephone and Telegraph corpo-, ration had purchased K. Communications, Inc., the world- ,.,. wireless svstem of the Kudlo Corporation of America. Tho price was about J 100.000,000. Negotiations had been under way for some time. The Herald Tribune says the agreement was signed in a' suburb 'of Paris yes terday by Owen D. Young, chalr- man of nnd n Corporation oi America: David Sarnoff, vice-I president ana general muiiu. the R. C A., and Thomas w. L.a- mont, a partner in J. P. Morgan & Co.. for I. T. & T. . The deal makes the Interna- Hrtn.il TMenhone and Telegraph ' company the largest international s-nmmunlrntions system in the world with a comprehensive tele phone, telegraph, tcabto and wire less system extending to the re motest parts of the globe. Financial circles saw In the pur chase an effective means of com- batting the national radio-cable groitps being organised um ou, pa rtlcularly In C.reat Britain. FORMAL INQUEST SALEM". Ore.. March 29. (P) , ' . . .i J I ..( lllip.eni 111 llim:iLiuii ,v ..... double homicide nun Monitor Thursday which in the deaths of Charles and his two young daughters failed deceased. Charles II. Stetter, with suicidal and homicidal Intent." PORTLAND, March UP Atr"ted in K.attle on n charge nf driving while drunk, H. 1j. Cab, i j former agent for a Portland sav- ; Ings and lan association, is to net -- , staoie ui,m wno iri to gi mm toosy it is cnargea n i u.c 'defrauded Mim I.orena Wilbarnwrn of Pendleton out of $r,oa, and that , he took $125 from a Vancouver, Wash., Human. irim HUEY LONG &fij inn mil mivMiiiW' Army Dirigible TC-5 Torn From- Grasp of Ground Crew and Wrecked Four Men Aboard ; Escape Without Injury. LAKEHURST, N. J., Mar. ?!!. OP) An army' blimp was a tangle of wreckage today as the result of Its rude reception by Jersey coastj .,,, wh(ie on a visit from Lang ' y Mold. Mlginia. The army non-rigid dirigible TC 5 was torn from tho grasp of a ground crew of 100 and hurled nearly a mile by a gust of wind that struck It while it was being walked into tho hangar. Captain John McCullogh, com-. mnnder of the hliinn. and a. seaman of the landing crew were slightly , mjui eu wy uums Miutnvu " i (he ship blew away, I Warrant . Officer . Lasaiter and i three soldiers were aboard the blimp. They escaped uninjured when the ship, relieved of its holi um gas, came down near the Lake hurst railroad station. The fact that the rip cord of the helium bag was In the hands of one of the ground men and was pulled wnen tne a.r.g.o.e lore away, relensing the gas, 'probably saved ( me nhij) from being Mown out to ,, nmj HIlVeiI the lives of tho of- firPr lind three men aboard it. The accident to the TC'-C la the fourth rhtshnp to overtake the blimps which were originally built for the navy for experimental pur poses. The TC-10 was wrecked In a storm at Ij.ngley Field and sank In the Delaware river. The J-3 and -3 and In night J-4 suffered severe damage storm near Washington the of March 4, while they were there to take part In the nlr maneuvers j held in connection with the Inaugu ration of president Hoover. , SsiGENERAL ARMENIAN FALLS INTO TRAP MKXICO CIXV, March 2f. -7H Federal Oen$il Armenta who with 300 tnen crossed tho moun tains from Honora' to Chihuahua to escape rebels under General Man- zo. apparently has fallen Into the)amj nilnisler of war, trap set for him by tho rebel b-ndr Cn raveo, ex-governor of Chihuahua. This was indicated by advices to Mexico flty that Gen eral Armenta "has arrived at f'hibuahua City" despite govern ment effort to warn him of Ca ra ven's defertlon to the r'belM. General Armenta, believing Caraven still loyal to the govern ment, had asked for supplies and ammunition. Curavea untirc Ar rnenta of his loyalty and off"red hirn refuge with his tired troops it chihuahua City, even sending trains to transport his men t MM her. When the government learned of Armenia's predlctmenl It attempt ed to warn hltn but evidently failed. SAY PRESIDENT RELIEF PLAN C nUmnnn Linnet Coue UorH U. uiciuciio iiuiol uajo h.'f.i-Hiu Tll, Dn tU 1IVHIICM -I dIV DCIUI Agriculture Committee- He'S Not at All HopefUl Of Requests. WASHINGTON. March 29. W A pessimistic note was Injected into th; farm relief hearings of the senate,, agriculture committee by B. Clemens Jlorst of San. Fran cisco;, who expressed doubt that any general farm relief law would be enacted (luring tho'' coming special session of ' congress. The'so that we can educate our cl.il- committee m e m b e r s, however made It cleur they did not wharo th's view. , Chairman McXary read a tele- Dvnm ffntn Knxrnl n rv IfVrlA Wtlfctl VM,. . ,,,;. thnt woutrt be able to reach Washington hy ( Mummy wiieri wiw juiiiiiiiiico to hear his views on farm relief. The house agriculture commit tee heard John Vesecky, of the Kansas wheat marketing co-operative association, urge legislation whicrh would make it of advantage to farmcrs'to organize. Horst snld that It- was difficult fnr nny -Unoa t talk before the , ,.0miniUce . because neither tho ! p.e8t(.nt nor congress seemed to,dcath, Is' worth only an lnflntesl- know Just what relief plan was wanted Too many plans are being advocated, Hurst snld. and most of them "are no good." "I nm not at all hopeful we nro going to get anything," ho de clared. "You are alone In Hint view," replied Senator Norbeck, of North Dakota. , ,1 : pfi U T L CITY. March 2!). (Th ickens, Mexican consul at formed the government todav that II. ere was a plot on foot to assassinate eneral Plulnrco Ellas Calles at his l.eodquarlers In northern Mexico. Tho consul said a telephone con versation between Iwo prominent rebel leaders (presumably at Kl Paso or Juarez I had been over heard In. which It was related that FMoltar, on fleeing from Torreon, Icli behind Mm "well paid agents" to kill Mexico's former president I' PL LAKKIII'RJX. N. J . Morch 20. (P. The neiMnavy dirigible, Los Angeles, was returned to Its han gar today efter two nights and a day of fruitless search along the coast between here and Norfolk, Va.. for tlio' amphibian airplane In which T. Kaymond Flni.oane Jtochester, N. Y., and three others dlsapnearcd lust 1-riUuy nn APCMTOI Charges Against Louisiana Executive Instigated By , Standard Oil Is Claim- Spent $10,000 to Defeat ; His Tax Bill Is Allegation '. Newspapers Flayed. RATON ItOUC.K, I-a., March 29. (A) Tho Standard Oil company today hod been drawn into im- peuchment proceeding 'y Oover- j tvr iluey P. hong who ehurKd its agents instigated tho accusations from official misdemeanors to a plot to murder against which ho i must defend hlniNelf Monday night J lofm the hniiHA nf rmtresentntlves sitting as ii supreme grand jury. in a Higneit statement, Oover nor Long charged the oil company was i atlempllng "to tear tho state wide open and to remove tho governor from office who dures to mention that anything can be done with them." He nceused the company of spending ten thousand dollars In opposing his proposed tax on oil, saying "money has turned loose in sluices tu Baton Rouge." He de nounced the newspapers ns Stan dard Oil publications with their pages covered "with every Imag inable lie and vindications." "This is tho third time In my yet young life In which thin nefarious corporation has been able to drag me beforo the bar to fight for my own liberty and political preserva tion, all just because 1 fought down the line until they were com pelled to submit to right," declared tho governor. "What I proposed was it tax on the business of the standard Oil company to .make Mil sell lubricating oil nnd gaso- Uie in Louisiana. Thut form of ,mH ,)mn um H now paid by c,npnry.. ((Vflry nieivhant, doctor and mwytr mm ty muriy rvvry uum I ness In this state." So I proposed I that out of the Hnmn one hundred niUllons of dollars made by the oil the state a wee bit so that we might help these unfortunate hu man beings who are suffering and dying becnuse wo cannot help them nnd In order that we might give relief to schools that cannot run without some help." "I had rather go down to thousand impeachments than to admit that I n.n. governor of tho state that does not daro to call the Standard Oil company to account drcn and care and afflicted." for destitute, sick WORTH ONLY $25!PLAY CRUEL JOKE LONDON, March 20. (P) Charles Dickens' writing desk, on which he wroto all his greatest work from the' age of 21 until his mal part of the value of the mun uscrlpts written upon It. Just f2S was paid today for Dickens' desk nt Sotheby's auction rooms, where a copy of the first edition of his novel. "A Tale of Two Cities" yesterday brought oroo. The sum of 2B also purcnosca llobert Burns' bannock toaster,! nn Iron contrivance built to stand on the hearth before a flro and used frequently at the Scottish bard's dinners and festivals. Tennyson's clonk of black broad- loth, with a bronzo chain and hook brought only 30. PORTLAND, Ore., March 2: (A1) Tho inanoger of Henry Duffy's local stock company theatre an nounced toduy he had received telephone confirmation from Duffy in San Francisco that the Dufwln theater here would not be closed. When Duffy was In Portland last Tuesdny he formally announced he would close his theater here he cause ' of difficulty with labor unions. Since that time the luhor organizations have cooperated with Duffy In eliminating conditions which In Duffy's opinion, ham pered his Portland enterprise. Duffy theaters In Vancouver, B. C. and In Seattle have already been closed. KANSAS CITY, Mo., March 29. Ml Two armed men today forced DUFFY-WILL NOT CLOSE SHOW SHOP today forced a telephone th' ol mt ol a man- ""initlor illclng ablesJdUon k of $2.35 antPi,lr!y William C. Ijiwcon repair man, to climb out of, hole where he was spll and (hen robbed him 'a Docket kuUe. Apes Raise NaU Girl, Is Report Kameruns Trave- HErtUN, March SO. W From an agent of the firm of KristPller, which has plan h tatlons in the Knineruns, 4 comes nn account of a na- tlve girl brought up by apes. A hunter fired nt a group fr of apes in trees. The one Vic- ' tim proved to be a negro woman. Krom her lack of customary taloo marks, it 1 was concluded she had lived 1 h with the aites slnco child- 1 hood. t"t PAPER TO PAY IN LIBEL SUIT A circuit court Jury this after noon nt 2:2fi o'clock. In. the suit of Harry O. Young against the lally News Publishing company, for al leged libel returned a verdict in favor of Young for $410. Of this acnunt, 400 was for compensatory damages nnd 10 for exemplary damages. Young sought $10,000.. The trial lasted three days and was bitterly contested. . The court completed Its Instructions nt 12:30 o'clock. The Jury retired nt 1:20 o'clock, and Its deliberations lasted slightly more than an hour. Attorney Ous Newbury, chief counsel for tho defendant, said this . nfter.-.oou t:iai an nppeal would probably be filed hy the news paper. The verdict carries with It tho costs of trlul. which will amount! to less than $100. I Spirits of . tho Tour trainmen , murdered in the Siskiyou . moun- , tains six yearn ago by three broth ers, now serving life sentences in the state penitentiary at Salem, came floating through the circuit court room this forenoon when R. K, Kelly, counsel for the plain tiff In the $10,000 libel suit of Harry Younn, against ' the' 1nllv News Publishing company, pleaded his case In the closing arguments. The case, which began Wednes day forenoon, was expected to go to the Jury this afternoon, follow ing .lengthy instructions, covering principally the iaw of libel, by Judge Norton. ' Colonel Kelly painted realistic word pictures of the murder of the four trainmen at the lonely Siski you railroad tunnel and declared the publication of the alleged libel ous article In the Pally News, con necting Young with the fiendish crime, placed him in the oppro brium of the public. In the closing argument of the defense yesterday afternoon Attor ney Don Newbury pleaded the cause of the newspapers in the conscientious dissemination of news to the news hungry public. The argument denied every con tention of damage by tlio plaintiff. PORTLAND, March 29 Pi The state highway commission meeting here today Indicated that the Multnnmnh county grand jury may be railed on to investigate a fake bid of 121,290 for construction of a bridge over the Malheur river on the Central Oregon highway. . (. B. Van Duxer, chairman of the1 commission, said the bid was aj palhle forgery and thut the at torney general had been Informed of tho ease. . j The fake bid was accompanied , hy a surety bond on tho non-exls- tent (I rem Britain Sureties, Ltd., j and was signed by Andrew Scrog glns as agent. Scrogglns is un-, known. The bidder signed, his name by mark, with the name Michael Brunei written In. ' Bru-' net- Is unknown. Bruncr's address was given us 14GG Wilcox building, a twelve-story Portland structure. Kvery effort will he made by the commission to run down and pun- Ish the perpetrator of the forgery, ; Van Dltzer declared. CHINA STIES ROCK HANKOW, China, March 29. (PiThe new American river gun boat Tutuita struck a submerged rock In the gorges of the upper Yangtse river today, near Wan hsien. T' compartments were flooded but ship's pumps control- I led the water Inflow-- She will go ' tA Shanghai for repairs. The Tutulla had been on patrol duty In the Yangtse. The U. S. H. Monncucy has arrived from Shang hai to observe developments of the at Hankow, where oppo- leadero of the Kuomlntang exoectlng attack fiom '.Nanking forces. $41 0 DAMAGES IFE1N CELL FOR BRYANT ISAYS JURY circt Dearee Murder Verdict Found in Corvallis Trial Recommend Life Impris onrtreht Slayer of Dick-, erson Owes Downfall to Drink, Testimony Shows.' roHVALIJS. Ore.. March 29. ; (P) Ijinza Bryant, 20, Corvallis "hometown boy." who stabbed to death lwls tlllp) Diekerson, Ore- ' gun State College grid star and' assistant coach, in a fit of Jeal ousy, today stood convicted of first degree murder and fnclng life Imprisonment. A Jury, which deliberated as little more than six hours, re-' turned a verdict of guilty late last night with a recommendution that; Bryant be imprisoned in the Ore-' ; gon stnte penitentiary for life. t : The state had demanded the death; penalty. : Hrynnt stabbed Diekerson the ' -night of December 17, when ho. accosted the grid star and Mao Troxell, Bryant's alleged fiancee, and an encounter followed. Diek erson, heavier than Bryant, bore, htnv to the flrround. Bryant plunged T a long pointed butcher knife Into Dlckerson's side, puncturing a lung. He died four days later. .! The' verdict brought to a closo ' one of Oregon's outstanding mur der trials. Bryant, reared In Cor- I vallls, n. little Willamette valley college town, was well known a ' was Diekerson. The .case created considerable 'excitement In the town and each day of the. trial' found the courtroom crowded with onlookers. 1 ; ; It was a story of a small town . love affair. Testimony brought out at the trial indicated Bryant and Jillss Troxell, a. pretty .-brown haired waJU'eas.. had "kept- com--pony" for several months. The became engaged. Bryant went to Wash'ngton to work and letters followed from Miss Troxell. When he returned, testimony indicated, ho started drlnkln and more than once the pretty wait ress remonstrated. One night when Miss Troxell feared Bryant, she asked Dicker son to accompany her home. That night Bryant armed himself with a butcllr Unite and waylaid them. He contended the knife was to be used at a plcnio, but Miss Troxell said the kjllfo, according to Bry ant, was to ho used to "slit some body's back." ' Bryant accepted the verdict sto ically. H's mother collapsed. Sentence will be passed at 10 o'clock Monday morning. ' Kinulale Mrs. Hoover CAMDEN, N. J.. March 2D. VP) Citing the example of "the mis tress of the White House," a reso- ' lutlon adopted by the South Jersey conference of .the State Women's Republican club urges members to decline all social activities where liquor Is likely to be served. : j Turkey Has Rlcnors ANGOKA, March 29 (P) Among other Innovations there are stenog raphers tn Turkey now. They have developed with the Latin alphabet. Their best record Is 200 syllables a minute. Will Rogers Saytt NEW YORK, March 20. Wlint , do ynu know about Mr. Ifoovor having to put n. telephone in the office of. the president at the AV h i t e House f Mr. Coolidge been goiitg down to the oorner drug store to tele phone. That is Mr. .Cool, idge, though. John Qtiiney Adams nnd .Dolly Madison didn't have any, the thought of putting pne in never entered bin mind. Here Ix another angle, too. Maybe he had one in, and took it out with him when he loft. Fifteen congressmen land-, ed here yesterday from a wet port They -only searched one of their baggage nnd fond four quarts and the. other 14 claimed immunity, and they shot n womah for having a half pint of home made wine. Yours, - will Rogers; lias