'; The Weather O Fair tunlK)it am! Tuesday. HlirlHut ycnterday 1xwpi Ms morning Weatter Year Ago o Highest yonr ago today 48 Lowest year ago today BEDFORD Hilly Twenty-fourth Yw. MEDFORD. OREGON. MONDAY, APIilL 1, &29. Xo. 10. MAIL TRIBUF Today By Arthur Brisbane Man Follows the Seal. Busy Prohibtion. London-India by Air. Senators and Finance. (Copyright by King Features Syndicate. Inc.) .Sir Hubert Wilkins plans to eross the Arctie in si siilmi.'ii'ino under the ice, to limp out tlir depth of water, shape of the basin containing the Aretie, etc. Ho would follow cracks in the ice,- coming up every 24 hours to- recharge batteries. Thus for thntiKanilK of vearx the seal and walrus have ex plored Aivtic and Antarctic seas. They have known how to keep holes in the ice open all through the winter for breath ing and observation. The lower janimals show us. We improve on their methods. Prohibitionists plan to stimu late patriotism and respect for law with illustrated advertis ing. One picture will show the pioneer of '4'.), with his cov ered wagon, crossing the west ern desert, beset by Indians. The appeal to patriotism will read, "Arc yiiU doing as much for your country as this man did ?" iSome wets, perhaps, will re Tlv. "Yes. I am dying of thirst He did no more than that." ; V "NVets are encouraged by mis '4..1.... i ...:..i'.., tin, lim.-r, ami luinixi inn, i wl ml drys. The government's boot legging accusations against Tvn nfnie nrv eiiiiu irnsnieo. aiiti . the killing of a woman in Illi nois -by enforcement officials, encourage the wets to organize a drive in the middle west. m Michigan has repealed n stringent state dry law, called the "life for a pint" law, un der which an old woman was sentenced to life imprisonment for having a pint of liquor. Wisconsin will have a refer endum next Tuesday on repeal of the state's dry law repeal, jind Massachusetts wets plan iio less than the repeal of the prohibition amendment, with the aid of lawyers throughout Ihe country. M Wets believe that their time lias come, in spite of President Hoover's program of rigid en forcement. It is unwise, how ever, to forget, the great num ber, not heard from, that are , i i ,:u .,.; hone dry and will remain so. )rys do not exaggerate when Ihey say that the nation is Y fundamentally dry. The Hritish are dclitrlitctl, with pood reason, at tne siari of their Uritaiii to Jnuia air line. . epnliir round trip flishls ' 4Ptran yesterday, from London tlo Karaidii, to be made every wee!c. The Lnndnn Times calls the inauguration f this air service "a very notable event in the history of British fly- ,, 1 ST. I.OTia, April 1. fn Tvven- jly-two injured, llivee repoi-ted ihIhh- a I line and 30 to -10 farm bulldlnsa It is a notable event m tne ( wl.0(.k(,, or ,aiaB(.,i was t,e historv of the l'.ritisll empire. I known toll early today of an Kaster ' lt 'Htorm of tprnailo proportions that which hecoines sniall'O'. more ; cllt swaln tlirough rarnl onh eomiiaet more earilv protected, ieast Missouri early last niKlit. N ) v ' ' . - . . .deaths were reported, but several wWlinut Insult? sie or wealt n, . B ...u... n..twiir.n V-ith air eonuiiuiii.'ation. Vn9. ! Sean Mns Parties under diree .iiiii ..... e jtlon of Ihe I'oplar lllufi Ited Cross (senffprs will pay ' Tare from ! chapter, this mnrninir were at 1 onHoii to Karachi. Letters j tempting to make their way over J.oncion to iv.irmii. jhiirhwavs(jtiewn with trees and that formerly took 1o and a other debris to make a further v. if i :i i. ,l..i;,-.-.vl in iiaii hum seven days. Kach London to India pim - 1 ... ,. 11 Jenifer Will lie uituwi'u m i'-ja I fsmarek. Mo., a distance of "l,.BuBp" 'M iionmls. in.;alKut TO miles. cluiling his own weight. 4 Continued on Pa Four). NATIONALS M 2,000 Troops of Lieu Chen-Nien Inflict Heavy Loss On At tacking Horde Walled City of Ninghaichow Withstands Ancient War Strategy Villagers Flee Press Gangs. CI1KFOO, Shantung, China. Apr. 1. A') Nationalist troops of Lieu rhen-NIen sallied from the walled city of Ninghaichow today and in flated a serious defeat on the army of Marshal Chang TsunR-Chang, klllinx more than 2.000 men. Chang made a determined effort to carry the eily liy night hy the medieval operation of an eseolade. While the ladders anil hooks weru being fixed the. attackers met a counter offensive from those inside Ihe wall and most of the severe fighting of the campaign took place. ' The situation here is quiet but tense. Thousands of villagers from nearby towns are flocking to the city to escape press gangs who are roping them in outside the city to act as coolies and grave diggers for Chang. Chang is under a reported agreement to maintain quiet in this city Itself. WET FUNDS TO Association Against Prohi bition Offers $50,000 to Assist Prosecution of Dry Raiders Mining Man In terested. LOOAX", Piari, April 1. (JPi An offer of $50,000 has been sent to attorneys for the family of Jos eph Dokitifr. Aurora, lit., to assist in prosecution of raiders who shot Mrs. Deklng to death, by Orman W. JCwing, Salt Lake broker and mining man, Mr. Evving announced hero. The proposal, Mr. Kwlng said, was made with the consent of other persons in western states interested in the Association Against the Pro hibition Amendment. Keply has been received by Mr. Ewlng, he said, indicating that funds are needed, and F.wing said he had already directed his attor ney to solicit the funds. "While we deplore the need for publicity In this gruesome case," Mr. Kwing said, "nevertheless, Mrs. Dp king's martyrdom may save others a like fate at the hands of the fanatics who have succeeded In setting aside the Inalienable rights and guarantees of the constitution." Kwni? a()(() Um( ho o(tpr orlKlnnlly marto for tho announced purpoHP of Klvinp Mi-h. Doklns a pulille fiinr-t-al and to ns.sl.st In pros ecution of hrr slny rs. survey. lleporls indliated that the slotm. accompanied by a terrific down- pour or rain and nail, struck at i:' P- m. near noxie in northern JArka-isas. and swenl north as far j fury of the local lied Crnss than- iter, was In charge of the survey in the damaged area. CHANG IN I i ASSIST DEKING EASIER STORM HITS MISSOURI; MANY INJURED Loses Fa9nily sr Wv- sfcjjti,u&t fo Mrs. Lucille Stetter, Monitor, Ore., was widowed and her two children killed by her husband's dynamiting himself and the girls to death. I DP TOPEOPLE Committee Makes Final Re view of Need and Possi bilities New Air Traffic Facilities Rely on Med ford Spirit. The imperative need of a class A airport in Med ford, that will accomodate nny make of air craft for many years that will be offic ially recognized and used by pas senger, express and air-mail lines, has been proven beyond doubt. The reasons for abandonment of the present field, because it is too small, with no chance for onlarge- ment, owing to the lay of the land, the high-powered electric tele phone and telegraph lines In close proximity and because it has been con dt-m nod by the ' government,' have been explained. The location of the proposed new site, three miles north of the city, after careful Investigation of all sites by the airport committee and government experts and its being pronounced aa ideal by those of ficials, has been set forth. The cast of the port has been shown, over the official slgnaturo of County Assessor Coleman, to bo infinitely small to all taxpayers, especially In comparison with the benefits to he derived by the, city and everyone. The receipts of the port, from companies and all kinds of con cessions, rentals for buildings and hangars and storage of planes have been estimated by reliable sources to he $15(10 in excess of expendi ture for the first year. The estimated payroll of govern ment employes who will be station ed here, if the port is established, salaries of pilots, mechanics and other employes (not of the port it self) for the first year Is $80,000. It has been shown that the gov ernment will expend in the neigh borhood of $ 1 00,000 on a stiiier radio station, upper nir weather bureau and beacon lights, all of which have lieen ordered Installed, provided . the city builds the air port. The mayor nnd city council mem bers have stated over their signa tures that Ihe council committee v HI secure the services of an ex pert airport engineer, will super intend the construction and will only issue bonds In the amount necessary for the actual expendi tures. The proposition is now up to the citizens of Medford to decide, by their votes tomorrow, whether they are going to maintain the enviable position the city has acquired all over the country for being "air minded" and progressive nnd are going to keep pace with the rapid onward march of air development, or whether they are going to give up to their neighbors who are waiting anxiously for the oppor tunity that which Is already In th'ir possession NEXT MOVE IN P QUESTION Ve helievo Hertford people will eoileRe athlete, today waa non rrxpnnii tomorrow, as they alwnyn j teneed to a life, term In OreKon have In the piiHt, when proposltlona I a t a t c prison. Diekemnn wan of etiiinl Important have confront-1 "tahheil by lirynnt Ieremler 17, ed thci, and will roll up a Rood'1""1. md died four luy later, majority for the hond. 9he. hy I Jealonay over attentions to a lown .ei-vlnir nollee to the world that 1 wallic w.in established as tho Medford Is to remain on the na- niot: for the liillltm. o tlonal air map and become one of I J"lKc O. K. Sklpworth pro the most Important airport cities nnd iroveinmont treminals on the Pacific coast. AIRPORT PmUCITY COMMITTER, Chamber of Commerce TU'TTE, Mont.. April 1. fPi Wages of all employes on the daily paynl1 of the copper mining com panies of lttitte today were In creased 3fl renin n dav with a nro- nr.rt)Mnnte Increase for all contract miners. The Increase also applies to employes of the reduction works and refining i-lonta ol th Ana- conda Copper Mining company at Anaconda and Great Falls. () - MArtSHFIKLD,' Ore., April 1. (A) Following a light frost Hun - dv imtf-) f. Coom Riv country waa expetlencing the first day of real soring today. The thermom - eter was Moodily rising. SOLON WILL FACE RDM JNOICI'NT Congressman Michaelson of Chicago Surrenders to U. S. Marshal Morgan of Ohio Refuses Discuss Charges He Imported Liquor Case Will Investigated. Be CHICAdO. April 1. Cun-.l gresMnnn M. A. Michael.son ol'j Chicago, indicted at Jacksonville, ( Kin., on charges of violating- the, national prohibition law, surren- I derail today to Henry C. W. Liuhenhcimcr, rimed .states mar shal. Congressman Mlehaelson's appearance at the marshal's office In the federal building was sur rounded with secrecy and he was ushered immediately into the of fice of I'M win K. Walker. United States commissioner to make bonds. Congressman M ichaelson ap peared volunlarlly at the federal building, apparently without any advance notice of his intention. He. fore tho commission ho waived a preliminary hearing, posted $2000 for his appearance and an nounced he would go voluntarily to Florida to face the charges against him. He denied emphatically ' the charges contained in the indict ment, particularly that he ' had smuggled liquor Into Florida from Cuba in a trunk marked "expe dite" to hurry it through the cus toms office without examination. WASHINGTON. April 11. (P) Itepresentatlve Mitrgau, of Ohio, (who regards as a closed Incident the alleged finding of four bottles of liquor In his baggage when ho returned recent ty from Panama, mphaHi7.cd hi position toujiy, by putting this notice on his office door: "To press reporters: Nothing more to say." Morgan has denied that liquor was found in his luggage and cus toms inspectors at New York have declared with equal emphasis that four bottles were found and were returned to the Ohioan. When newspapermen telephoned Mr. Morgan, he clung to his, refu sal to discuss the subject and when informed of a report that the alleged liquor was intended for the wife of a friend of his, he laughed and said: "I thank you for the informa tion." NKW YORK, April I.. (JT) Unit ed States Attorney Charles Tultle today began an investigation of reports that - Representative Wil liam M. Morgan of Ohio brought four .bottles of liquor Into the country a week ago. Representa tive Morgan has repeatedly denied the truth of the reports. As soon as he reached his office Mr. Tuttle communicated with II. ('. Stuart, nssistant collector of the port, and instructed him to send to the federal attorney's office all customs inspectors, agents ami other persons having uny know ledge of the facts concerning the arrival of Mr. Morgan on the liner Cristobal and tho contents of his baggage. COKVALI.IS, Ore., April .(' I.nnza Bryant., 20, slayer of Lewis imp) Dk-kerauii, (Jreidn Slate nnvAiToniT i in IKfttfWIflllll II la I I i., inmnni v 111 I 1 111 VI I M mn rr rrnn C i Mil Ad rUK lilt I LRIVI MYRTLE CRELK SCHOOL P ATf (IN MAIN MUM I I PI M 1 n"un ntcnoe and UM youni! i 4 1 V5 ,hnt f,,,"'e '" ''"'Mail Tribune to determined by the manner In which he conducted himself at the prison. The court advised llryant to study while In prison and to at tempt to rectify tho mistaken he had made In bin past life. Asked if lie had anything to Hay before sentence was pronounred, llryant thanked the court, bin at torneys and at; others connected w,n ine "nc lor the "lair trial I -have had." A few moments later he was fn ln automobile on Ms way to the jtatft prison In Halem. No re(utst for a new trial or ap- pfaj of any kind was made by do !fe-"- lawyer. j Several of Bryant's brothers and sister were In th court room. His widowed mother, who broke down !on hearing the rerdh I last week, ' was not present today. FATHER SLAYS $EXF j:ffi Ira Charles R. Stetter, Monitor, Ore., former, placed his children on his lap and touched off nine sticks of dynamite under the chair. The vrecked home is shown above. ppnniintinw mi nra wifrc I i huuuuiiun ni LunuLit umiuu i fl'41 Mill fidFSiFFATimF FINFRYi J, J. MULL UULU, I Ul I I UilL. I II I j ON - FULL BASIS! Vote to Boost Output Local. Lumber Plant Double! Shift Expected Later! ; Cannery Facing Big Year j Is Report. Spring awakening has come to! industries of the city, with prepa rations for busy days ahead. Commencing tomorrow morning tlio Owen-Oregon Lumber com pany will go on a full produc tion basis. A vide of the mill employees was h Id '.his noon upon the matter. Tho plant has been operating on a six-day' basis for some time. Itolh the pine and (he fir log wi,''iantps oC tho company, in thi.: Ulitto Falls district, are now opc-j rating, and will soon bo on a ca pacity hchedule.1 ' Work has started on the oxton-! s!on of (he crane loading shed, at the local plant. It will be length ened KiO feet, and will Increase the capacity of the shed. It Is expected that the plant will be operated on a double shift during the summer and fall. The; starting date will be decided upon ! later. Hardeners have started ro-mak-' Ing the front yard of tho Owen-j Oregon office build. ng. Tho ground is being rcplowed and n ferlilUed, and will be planted to fancy shrubbery. The garden faces on the Pacific Highway. According to General Manager .lames II. Owen, this work is be yond his Jurisdiction, and In j charge of John H. Owen, jiresl-1 dent of the company and Mrs. I James H. Owen. John S. Owen I will arrive tho latter part of the! month on his annual visit to the , plant, rfnd will then inspect the company's holdings it) this vicinity' and the landscape garden, accord ing to Manager Owen. The Rogue River Canning com pany, rounded by tho late H. S. Ituliis, expects the best and busiest year In the history of the conoern, according to Heth Itullis an ol tlclal thereof. The advance orders for canned cherries nnd pears, are the heaviest yet enjoyed, nnd Man tiger 11. l Itoulelle, manager of the cannery, is making arrange ments Tor an carl ystart. In order to fill the demand. v The machinery of tho plant is now being put in shape for lh" season s run DESTROYED BY EIRE ROSKIH'UG, Ore., April I. (TP) The two-story brick Kcbool house at Myrtle Creek was destroyed-hy fire early today. The Tire Is be lieved to have been of Incendiary origin. Several recent firo losses has caused Myrtle Creek to helievo n fire-bug Is at work in tho vicinity. The Fchool house loss is estimated at Ifin.nof) with 27.00 insurance. School will be held In two church buildings. Give Returns On Airport Election The Mail Tribune will give the people of the city nnd county the result of tho air port bond election tomorrow evening as fast as the votes the counted. These returns will be given over KMKD and also at the Mail Tribune office. The first partial returns should be In by H.'iu. 1 AND DAUGHTERS EASTER PARADE Fashion Experts Detect Slight Change in Mode- Rainbow Colored Shoes Strike Eye Tweed En sembles Ultra Smart. NKW YORK, ApiM 1. P The consensus of fashion experts who watched Faster itaraden is that modish skirls arc just a trifle longer. Howing to a recent decree from Paris, many of the fashionable paradeir. along Fifth avenue wore dressy that came an tne'- or two below the knee. A few that were emphatically longer were seen. Here and there were riistlnclly low hemline.- HhdwfhH .it "tendency "'to'1 dip In uneven fid lis. There were also plenty of ultra short skirts. Shoes were so variegated that they often struck the eye before the other components of tho cos tume. Purple, green, pink, beigo and steel blue suedes were the rule. lavender kid nnd polka dotted footwear proved startling. Reptile skins were popular. Most of the women had cos tumes in which blali. relieved by liberal dashes of white, predomin ated. All shades of brown and tho new steel blue found favor. Loose ly woven tweed ensembles In browns and heather mixtures were among the smartest outfits. Hats took a distinct step toward the novel. Their variety of sbapo and their brilliant colors, ranging from scarlet to a greenish yellow called abslntlie, 1 m mediate! y caught the eye. Modish skull caps, showing nary a wisp of hair and making faces appear a trifle harsh were popular. Novelty jewelry such as heavy gold and silver chains and clank ing bracelets added a note of final ity to most costumes. The men also made quite a showing. More than ever before one saw high silk toppers, some of them with crowns of black crepe do chine; striped trousers, cutaway coats, grey gloves,- grey vests, black and while ties and stiff shirts. (I ray gloves and snappy snake wood canes were everywhere In evidence. NKW YORK. April 1. W) Prices of many active stocks tum bled K to 22J)H a share on the New York stock exchange todny and then rebounded In spectacu lar fashion fn the last hour of trading. Farly losses wore sub stantially cut down and In a few cases wiped out altogether In a lale rally that followed an In crease In ihe call money rate from 10 to 10 per cent. NKW YORK. April 1. UP) William C. Ourant, known In Wall street as a confirmed stock mar ket "bull," today addressed tele grams to 1 00 leading executives ark lug them If they regard the market prbes of the securities of their companies as too high, and censurng the federal reserve board for creating public Impres sion that thoy are. 'At a time when banking re serves of the country are In no way threatened." he slated In tho telegrams, "I ho federal reserve board, by uuestlonlng the rights of banks to loan on stock market collateral In giving tho public the Impression I hat our lest securl t es m n selling over their niurket valuu. MIL UM LUttMO MAIN BOOSTED I NliiwiRPUNES U. S. ENVOY 10 Ain pcpri e FRMEh5DEA0?'U End at 4.10 P. M. Sunday o Heart Attack Closes Ca reer in 75th Year , French Nation Mourns! Passing War Time Friend j PA P. IS. April 1. (P France will render military humus to the! laio Myron T. Merrick, American' ambassador, on Thursday and then! will send the body of the beloved! America n back tr his homeland aboard the newest, and fastest' nih cruiser, the Tourville. I It is I Uely that Premier Polu-i care, who delivered the funeral oration over I he body f Mar.shnl Myron T. Ileriick. flee over Ambassador body at tho American embassy before it Is taken to the Ameri can pro-cathedral on Thursday for services. The time of the Totirvlllc's de parture has not yet been fixed. utmo a ....n i hp vriir. tn' day mourned th death of another of the men who helped It through the dark and rocky days of the war. I United States Ambassador My ron T. Herrlck was another nn-j lion's son, but this country felt the loss almost as though he wero her own. It remembered how, when in 1 It 1 4 German armies knocked at tho gates of Paris and tho govern ment flcfl to llordeaux, ho himself refused to leave his post, though warned he might be killed. "There are times when a dead , ambassador might be on more serv-' Ice to you than a live one," he told them. ) More recently they knew him as the man who took a hero, Colonel -Charles A. Lindbergh, and piloted ( OGDKN, t'tnh, April him among them after his splendid , Kruno Von Thelen, 4!, a bookkeeper exploit of the air. (employed in Salt l-tfke City, was Death came to Ambassador Tier- killed by a locomotive on 'ft crosa rick yesterday at 4:10 p. m., uttering at Kfverdale today as he left a sudden swift heart attack that homo In an automobile on the way left him within an hour lifeless, i to his work. but with a smile on his lips, on i his bed at the embassy, lie was 75 years old. Hhorily afterward Premier Tlay-, mond Polncare told Colonel T. Hentley Molt, aslstant military at tache at tho embassy: ' Anything that the French government can do shall be done. Ambassador Derrick's family may ask anything they please and It shall be done." French newspapers appeared to day with flaring headlines, "Franco lla.i L.ost One of Her fl real est Friends." Cojumns were devoted to eulogies. A long procession of automo biles brouuht distinguished French men from fill walks of life together with A merlcans residing here, to sign the embassy register and ex press condolence. Madame Fueh personally telephoned the ambas sador'fl daughter-in-law, Mrs. Par mely Herrlck. flenoral John J. Pershing was another en 1 1 or. Nation's Tribute, President fiaaton Doumerge Im mediately after he was Informed of the ambassador's death entrust ed n nexprcssinn of condolence on behalf of the nation to Admiral Vedel, General Lassen and Jules Michel, head of his civil cabinet, who called at the embassy to de liver It. WAfiHINOTON, April 1, 0P) The death of Ambassador Myron T. Herrlck at Paris has forced upon , President Hoover and Secretary Stlmson a number of problems, In the selection of a successor, which they had hoped not to have to con-i slder for mome time. The Pari post Is regarded n one of the most Important In the j diplomatic service, and th new administration had considered It satisfactorily filled because of Mr. j llerrlck'n known desire to stay j there, for a while longer at any, (Continued on 1'age UUjht.) lUVIulUM General Escobar Claims 400 Federals Slain 1000 Prisoners Taken in Bat tle Near Escalon Sunday Government Troops De moralized Is Claim Fight All Day. MKXICO CITY, April 1. (Jti l-::tt p. in. Heavy fiKhliiiK.be jtween federal and rebel forces in j the region of Jimlnez, which hatl been under way since sunrise to day, was reported to tbe presiden tial palace at noon. JfAliKZ, Chihn, Mexico, April 1 . (A'i Aided by 1 5 airplane. Mexican rebels actively led by" their commander, lieneral Jose Oonxalo Kscobar, today chilmed to have won an initial victory In a I o-hour battle near l-Jsculon Sun day in which -100 federals were reported killed and 1000 taken prisoner. The rebels moved Into the ter ritory around Escalon Saturday night. It vaa reported, and en gaged the federal command ahout noon Sunday, fighting until night fall. Today a rebel detachment is said to be pushing fleeing fed oral troops toward Torroon. ,' General Kscobar indicated that he would remain in Kscalon today, ; but would start south tomorrow, on the heels of what he characterized as -demoralized government troops. Among the -federal officers re ported killed In the encounter, de scribed as "the Initial battle of tho campaign" was general Eulo glo Ortiz General Kscobar, in hln report related that he participated lif th-VKagfment operating-fft - machine gun In two clashes. In lllPi I'll'Mt lirt VWirl Pit I ho imn feom the second a counter attack by federals, he handled the piece from the center of tho railroad tracks, facing tho center of the approach !ng federal lines, he said. Two surprises wero accredited by the federal commander, with having brought his troons victory. Federal troops were reported to have reached Corralltoa, north of Kscalon. yesterday. The rebel general said that his march to ward Kscalon had not been ex pected and consequently the gov ernment troops were not prepared for it. The second surprise came from tho air, he said, when If rebel plnnes appeared over tho battle field In the midst of the fight. : 4 IS KILLED IN UTAH His wife saw htm killed as .she waved goodbye. Ho was a member of the Kt'iCH lodge at Ashland, Ore. Will Rogers Says: NKW YORK, April 1. This week's Nobel prize goes to Bunker Charley Mitchell for iliKKiHK up that 25 million when the hoys wim just going over the full s. U e hefjied out the small investor, for 2f liiil lion would be no good to a bin one.' Congress wants everybody to go broke just to prove they are right. See where the Hritisi; em bassy limited 10,000 eases at II a 1 1 i mo r e. That's just enough to title 'em over for the week-end till fl shipment worth while shows up. Siaiii embassy got in two truek loads the other (lay. That's a lot of nourishment for a eouplo of twins. I would rather own a embassy than to own a country. V Yours, WII.Ij rooers. pi