Medford mail tribune., April 03, 1929, Page 1, Image 1

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MEDFORD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, APRIL . 19129.
No 12.
The Weather
Forecast Partly cloudy tonight
and Thursday.
Highest yesterday TO
Yowest this morning 32
Today
By Arthur Brisbane
The Street Performs. ,
When You're Dead.
Mr. Mitchell Moves Up.
.Our Stick-Upnights.
(Copyright by King Feature
Syndicate, Inc.)
: Wall Street performed Mon
day as usual.
Money opened nt 10 per cent
and stocks fell from one to ten
points.
Ijnteu money went to 15 per
cent. ' Then stocks went up.
Explain that.
fJewilderedi victims of our
n'Jfional usury system, so ably
encouraged by the Federal Re
serve Hunk, ask -"How lon
will high money last V
The answer is, "As long as
tte lenders can make it last."
Monkeys in forests drink
water, contentedly. In civiliza
tion you give them milk and
they won't drink water, fiiv?
them beer, they won't drink
mil Ciive them whiskey, they
won't touch beer.
That's the way with some
bankers. They jrcre happy
with 4 per cent call money.
Now they insist on whiskey,
which is 20 per cent, and they
will get it if they can.
. With the Federal Reserve
helping them., and a few con-
fressmen contributing their
inrc of the silliness, the usury
probably will last.
Myron T,. Hcrrick, United
Ktates ambassador, is' dead. The
French plan n magnificent state
funeral, "the finest ever given
to n foreigner on French soil."
The ambassador's body will re
turn to America on a French
man of war.
All complimentai' and pleas
ing. But how little good it
does when vou arc dead. A
coffin of pin' boards, a few
friends to speak well of you,
would do as well.
Our "stick-up' men are as
numerous and interesting" as
knights in old dais of chivalry.
Mary Johnson. Chicago sten
tjHrap'ner lady, wfls "stuck up."
The bandit took her purse, hat,
coat, then said, "That's a pret
toy dress, take it off." She
stood shivering.
Along came a young gentle
man in a limousine, lie took
her in, saying, "Girlie, you had
ought to have ' learned some
thing from that other fellow.
I'm n stielp man, too. Lo6k
nt these guns." lie showfil her
ijvo "automatics," but remark
's that she had had enough
' )r- one night, took her home.
' (The great Amerieai. nation
i)nj or later will have to do
liieTliing about the crime tidal
vave, born of prohibition, boot
legging, easv money and graft.
" m o
New York ' Guaranty Trust
fciid National Bank of Com
merce united, with about two
billions of resources, becoming
"the biggest financial institu
tion in the country." It was
suggested here that Charles E.
Mitchell, head of the National
City Bank, wouldn't stand that
long.
He stood it no longer l9n
Monday, when be announced
the absorption of the Farmers'
Loan & Trust Company, put
ting his bank's resources at the
top of the heap.
Hack In (lie shadow alts Cenrne
T. Baker's gigantic bank, the first
National. He has Individual lie
pnaftor with more money than
f'ne ordinary "big Dan" nas, an
ogether.
Perhaps he will decide to swal
low something and become bigger
than anybody.
If yon have good bank stocks,
don't sell.
jCo&Uaaed on Fm Four).
FORI VOIE
VIRTUALLY
IN ACCORD
Polls Besieged By Air
Minded 2243 Cast Bal
lot for Class A Port 182
Opposed Work to Start
. Soon As Possible City
to Retain Place As Key
On Air Routes.
At a special meeting of the city
council this uilernoon, steps tor
the issuance of the aliiort bonds,
approved by the people of the city
yesterday, ami a cnnvasH of the
votes was made. The official count
is:
Yes
First ward 4:15
Second ward 71
Third ward
Fourth, ward . 49!)
No
ri;
4fi
31
Total 2244 182
Medford yesterday voted by an
overwhelming majority for the
Issuance of $120,000 bonds for the
establishment of Class A airport.
The official count was:
For the bonds 2243
Against the bonds 182
A total of 2425 votes were cast
in the election the heaviest vote
in the history of bond elections in
this city"
The vote by wards wok:
Yes. No.
First Ward 4 35 50
Second Ward - 721 50
Third Ward 588 45
Fourth Ward 499 31
Total '.. J 2243 182
The airport committee of tho
city council, composed of K. H.
Janney, chairman, and K. M. Wil
son and J. O. Grey, will take Im
mediate steps for-the issuunce of
the air bonds andthe securing M
an expert airport engineer for the
survey of the field. . lie will prob
ably be assigned from the Oak
land, Cullf., airport.
Work will start as quickly as
possible on the construction of a
5000 foot runway, and It is hoped
to hwe it ready for use by June
1st, when night flying of the air
mail starts between Seattle, WnsU
Ingto via Met! ford, and Los An
geles, Calif.
The site, which will comprise
280 acres, Is located between the
Lliddle road and the Owen-Oregon
company tracks, about a mile
from the Pacific highway and lies
three miles north of this city.
Most of the land has been pur
chased by the city from its revolv
ing fun, to meet the requirements
of the government that a deed bo
on hand before work would start
for the" installation of a super
radio station. It is the largest,
and the first of the type to be
erected on the Pacific coast. The
concrete bases for the huge steel
tower, now In transit, are already
in.
The land already purchased Is as
follows: 196 acres from W. H.
Core, 14 acres of the Chartrow
place, upon which Is located a
house and barn; 18 acres of the
Mann place, also Improved, and 32
acres purchased through J. W.
Wakefield, upon which a barn sets.
Removal of these Structures will
start at an early date. There Is 60
acres more in the proposed port,
part or all of which may be pur
chased yet.
The airport site was formally
a proved by government officials.
Kulliling Plans
Among the chief buildings and
Improvements to be conducted at
the airport, and the approximate
costs are:
The Administration building to
cost $12,000, the upper floor to be
used as an "Upper Air" weather
bureau with a 24 hour service.
Through, this and the super-radio
service It will be possible for a
plane flying any of the established
air routes of the land, to receive
weather condition data at any
hour of the night and day.
An Immense hangar, dimensions
110 by &5 feet, to cost $15,000.
Rest room and depot, to cost
$1500.
The grading and clearing of the
site will cost $12,400; the seeding
$1875; gravelling and rolling the
runways $15,680, and oiling and
macadamizing the ficldt'$10.000.
The boundary, flood, and beacon
lights, and the installation thereof,
will cost $7000, It is estlmuted.
Heavy Vote
From the opening of the polls
yesterday afternoon at one o'clock,
until they closed at eight o'clock
last evening, there was a steady
stream of voters to the voting
places. Never before In the his
tory of the city, was so much
interest manifested In a bond elec
tion. The women voters of the
city took a keen interest and com
prised closed to fifty per cent of
the vot cast.
The Medford airport will be one
of the largest on the Pacific coast,
and the amount of the bond Issue
Is the largest ever voted for a
similar purpose In this state. By
the verdict of the electorate, this
city retains Its place as a "key
(Continued on Pag BU)
Laughs at Sad
Film and Lands
on HartLjCement
CHICAGO.. April S. OP)
When Thomas J. Pillion eoes
to the movies, it is to laUKh.
Pillion guffawed In the
! wrong place at the Stule-Iike 4-
theatre so. at least, the
management contended. The 4-
film was sad: a circumstance
4i which did not coincide jvith
Pillion's mood, so he .waxed
merry as others wept.
Some one ihrew him out
for his 'clnen'l lese majesty. 4
He sued. Today his attorney 4
contended that man's right to
laugh, even nt a sad movie.
had bevn vindicated by a
$300 settlement in Pillion's
favor.
STREET BONDS
WILL BE SOLO
SOON j, CITY
Council Orders Action for
April 16 Meeting Auto
and Dog Ordinances Not
Completed Street Im
provements Asked.
An - ordinance to Issue $113,
993.41 in improvement bonds, cov
ering all the street paving, grad
ing and graveling improvements
done In the city during the past
year and the cost of. which was
assessed on the property bene
fitted, or liable therefor, under
the 10-year payment plan, wuh the
most. Important legislation passed
by the city council last night. By
the terms of tho ordinance the
bonds, .wbjfifc .,JKilUJMajV.&VkPe
cent interest, will bo advertised
to be sold at the council meeting
of April 16.
Two. other important proposed
new ordinances, one for the regu
lation of auto traffic in the busi
ness section, and the other to do
away with the dogs-at-large nui
sance, were not ready yet, and
will come up for pussago at the
next city council meeting. Several
ordinances of minor importance
and much routine business was
discussed.
No returns of the air port elec
tion were formally received during
the meeting, but tho councllmen
and mayor were made quite happy
aa Incomplete returns strayed in
that the new airport issue was
overwhelmingly carried. They only
smiled and no discussion of the
matter was held by them.
Neither did the council pass, as
expected, the new ordinance to
regulate public speaking and re
ligious meetings in the streets of
the business section, but put off
the matter until the next
cil meeting.
All of the above mentioned or
dinances are generally recognized
as containing considerable mu
nicipal dynamite and therefore
the city officials desire to move
very carefully before enacting them
into laws, and deem that two
weeks more will be necessary for
further study and consideration.
However, here were no council
manic cold feet on the ordinance
to prohibit the holding of any
wrestling or boxing match Jn a
local theater under the same
priced license which is paid by
the theater for its regular amuse
ments, and this ordinance wa
passed. Inasmuch as the theater's
management some time ago had
decided not to hold any more
wrestling matches, no one was
hurt by Its passage.
Tho new program for paving,
graveling and sewering of other
streets was discussed at much
length, with delegations of citi
zens from various streets affected
present and making known their
wishes or opposition, after which
It was decided to have the coun
cil committee on streets dress
this program up for final con
sideration at the next meeting.
The total estimated cost of theue
Improvements Is $41.91u- the cost
of which will be paid by tho
property owners affected. In 10 -
annual payments, under tho Ban
croft act. The paving, alone, will
cost 29,940, the grading and ;
graveling will cost $8650, and tho 1
Hewers w.H cost $3325.
A small delegation of members
nt hi I'nrenl-Tpacher council was
present at the meeting to call the
attention of the city officials to
the fact that signs warning mo
torists to drive slow. In the vi
cinity of some of the public
m hools, especially the Junior high j nskod at Intervals during the ope- ! election of the new directors, the after driving Into town In an nulo
srhool. wefe Inadequate. The ht-jratlon which lasted an hour and i new bonrd will meet for th pur-1 mobile alleged to have been stolen
dies told of the grave dally dan- forty-five minutes. He was not i pose of electing officers for the . In Spokane. Sheriff A. F. Calkins
gr to pupils and cited Instances.
The mutter was referred to the
committee on streets and roads.
Prune Tariff
WASHINGTON. April 3 (
The department of commerce wus
Informed today by It trade com
missioner at Sydney, S. 8. W thai
Australian growers are seeking to
increase the tariff on Imported
prunes, i
SOLONS HEAR GOVERNOR ACCUSED
The house of representatives
Impeachment charges against Governor- Long.
PIGEONS
USED
BARRY THREAT
OF
New York Doctor Gets Pack
age Containing- Two Pig
eonsTold toK Free Them
With $10,000. Police
Watch Flight.
NEW YORK, April 8. W). A
blackmail plot In which pigeons
were to be used has been revealed
by the polico after failure of an
elaborate attempt to trace the
birds to their owner.
Several weeks ago Dr. Louis
Alofsln, nf West 3Sth street, re
ceived an express puckage . con-lulnlrA-twu
-pigeons., Tied, 4a..U
neck of one was a silk uug in
BLACKMAIL
which was a note threatening him I tht, ourtls protest under considera
with death uiiIcmh he placed $10.-!tlon. Tho vice president, however,
000 In the bag and released tho . iH determined to 'undo what he
birds. j considers a tdight to his sister.
At the direction of the polico lie
prepared a note In which he ex
plained to the blackmailers that he
had been reluctant to entrust so
( much money to such uncertain
i means of transportation. He sug-
gested that nn appointment be
made so that the money might be
turned over personally.
After the pigeons had been fat-
tened to slow their speed they
were taken to the roof, of a mid
town building a n d re I ea .scd , wit h
one of the birds carrying the doc
tor's note. At the name time, a
score of detectives with binoculars
stationed inemaeives on me roois
of high buildings from 27th to 4 2d
streets. They watched the pigeons
circle and saw them'fly across the
Hudson rive r into w e w J e rsey
where they were lost in the haze.
Three days Inter Dr. Alofsm re-
coun-'celved a letter, sent from the gen
eral post office, stating that the
chance of arrest was too great
under the doctor's plan and con
taining u threat of death for tho
doctor's en tiro family If the
$10,000 wore not forthcoming. The
letter said the pigeons ftuld be
expressed to him again.
Since that time police havo been
guarding the physician's home.
USE NOG,
run
NEW YORK, April 3. m
Colonel Edward M. House, ad
visor to 1'rcsldent Wilson, was
resting comfortably today In
nrivnte h os nltal
good.
The oneratlon
performed at thoi
Harbor s a n ltar-
iutn. was d o n c
with the aid of
spinal anaesthe-
sla, and CoIonM
House talked to
the surgeons while the tumor was'
being removed. j
''How are thlnes ffolne?" he
blimlfuldcd and was able to wntch
the operation to some extent.;
Shortly before the end of the op"
ation the effect of the annesth
sia wore off and the doctors urfjed
him to take gas.
"No. I will stand It." ho told
them. "1 don't core to tuke gas."
Kort Hock. 20,000 sheep will
be grazed thin summer in thi dis
trict of Deschutes national forest.
of the Louisiana legislature hear
CURTIS RESENTS
I
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ASKS StimSOn tO ReVerSe
Ruling On Sister's Social
Position Kellogg Leaves
Successor in Dilemma.
WASHINGTON, April 3. CP)
Vice' President Curtis has asked
Secretary Stimson of the state de
partment to reverse tho ruling of
former Secretary Kellogg that his
hostess, Mrs. Edward Kverett
tittup, a sister, should rank below
the wives of ambassadors and min
isters at. official dinners.
In a statement today Air. Curtis
declared that he Is "not bound by
Mr. Kellogg's conclusions and has
proU'fted .'to Air, Stimson." . ,
"'fjoe tAW,:seietrfry'of iftatei-..sonicw-hat'of
a dilemma, has taken
Un March 19 the vice president
notified the department that Airs.
Ciiinn was his official hostess and
asked for her full recognition as
Ktii'h Tb flnv btfoin Mr. Kelloirtr
SOCIAL
SUCH
N DINNER RANK
left office, a week later, the secre- Northern railroad from Klamath
lary replied that .Mrs. Can n would rla. Ore., to Keddlo, Cal., to con
take her position at official din- iect with the new northern exten-
ners in, rank below the wives of
! tnc nmbassndors and ministers In-
stead of at the head of the list
which is usually tho place of tho
wife of the vice president.
Mr. Curtis Haid today 'that he
had "notified Hecretarv of Slate
; Htlinson of my dissatisfaction with
tno ctlon of former Secretary
Kellogg and have asked foi
. versa I of it
Jfo said tnut Mr.
upon the question
Kellogg acted
without discussing the matter
with him."
CHAMBER VOIE
NOMINATES' 15
AS DIRECTORS
As a result of the primary clec-'-Lcob Herman during tho Julian
tlon of tho Medford Chamber of 1'etroleum Corporation case trial.
Commerce, which closed Mondavi Keyes' Jlfe story is being pub
nlKht, fifteen citizens havo been Hhed by a local newspaper and
nominated td fill the seven vncan-! Oeuoff said he was aroused by
cies on the chamber directorate. I what he claims were false state
The primary election was conduct- ments made by Keyes. Getzoff said
ed by sending a complete member- no wl" "u'11 thf! whole story from
ship list to nil member of the tnp witness stand If he recovers
chamber, ami approximately J50 from hl" Illness. "I will prove my
ballots were cast. The election,
coniTTiittee, composed of A. H. Mil
ler, A. I., Illll and Bert Orr, count
ed the votes last nlnht.
Of the following named members
of tbo chamber, seven will bo elect-
a f tor undergoing e'l to ln directorate at the final
nn operation for election which will bo held during
tho removal of a 11,0 coming week: C. C. 1-emmon.
tumor on his Hub Deuel, A. W. Pipes. T. K. Unn
bladder. f lis con-! '''I"' Clyde K.ikln, O. O. Alender
ditlon was tie- Hamilton Patton, VZ, C. OaddK
scribed as very! forn. A. II. Miller. J. C.
M inn, J. D. KusHI. A. A. Jlity!
' r n o n H. Vawtcr and
C. A
Meeker.
Mevn members of the board will
hold ihelr positions for another
yn the but of their two-year
term. These hold-over directors
include W. H. itolger, It, H. Hum-
mond, J. C. Carle, John Cai kin,
P. A. Hcherer. C. A. Hwlgart and
J. W. Wakefield.
A soon as possible after the
chamber for the coming year, and
for the adoption of a program of
work and a budget for the organiz
ailnn for H2!,
Money In C'lowN.
ItKA DI.VO. Pa., April 3. (7PH
The Mexican rebels are paying $125
a day for aviators. At least such
is the ntatement of three young
Heading filers who have gone to
the wars,
M'NARYBILL
SECT HYDE
Senate Agriculture Commit
tee Told Bregon Senator's
DUn Chnnlrl Dn Cine i
i iaii onuuiu uc l ii oi
VVUII Ul OMCUIdl ocaaiuil
Speaks for Self, Not
I
Hoover, Is Assertion of
Hyde.
;
i
' W A H 1 1 1 XfS TO X, April 3 . (P)
Secretary Hyde told the senate
agriculture connnlllen today Hint
tho Immediate need for assisting
agriculture In to pass the McNary
bill at the special session.
WASHINGTON, April 3. (P)
Revision of the tarifl on farm pro
duels, red u'( lou of transportation
costs by the development of Inland
waterways and federal nssislanoe
In marketing through a farm
I hoard were recommended to the
! senate agriculture committee today
Secretary Hyde as the basis for
a sound agricultural relief policy.
The secretary read his views
from a prepared statement. Alllui
ho had a long conference with
President Hoover last evening, he
emphanized that ho was "speaking
for myself alone."
"I wish to state," he safd, "that
In discussing the subject, I am
speaking for myself alone. I havo
not within less than a month, had
j the opportunity to consider
the
problem in detail and I ahull not
attempt to present any detailed
piece of legislation. You gentle
men are very much more fitted for
(hat tank than I."
I
PORTLAND, Ore., April 3. tP)
Arufiinents for and against thelein Cross should have passed that
luoponcu uAioiiHioii oi uie ureui
1 oi me western i-nciim, were
j nuule here today In a meeting with
Portland ciiambor ot commerce.
o "ront Northern had asked
tho endorsement of the local chum-
j or. The Southern Pncifio and
I Union. Pacific filed objections with
the interstalo commerce commis
sion, declaring that the application
of the Greut Northern Bhoulil not
be acted upon favorably.
GETZOFF REFUTES
KEYES LIFE YARN
LOS ANOKLKS, April 3. (P)
Men OetzoTf, tailor, who was con
! vlclod with K. H. Uosenberg and
j former District Attorney Asa
j Keyes for bribery conspiracy, is
sued a statement here last night
charging that Keyes had englneer
I ed a plan to obtain "gifts" from
'"' mat Asa Keyes receiveu
$22,000 cash from jne which was
given me by Jacob Herman for
him."
SPOKANE SEEKS
YTIEKA, Cal., April 3. (VP
While federal authorities were
holding J. J. Palmer of Spokane
; fP extradition -under the Dyer Act
j p(,jre of tho northern city today
. werp demanding Palmer s return
j alleging that ho was involved In a
j murder, seveal recent robberies.
i and In forgery activities there.
i Palmer, who was accompanied
j by a 15-year-old girl ho said was
hi wife, was Jailed here vesterdav
of Siskiyou county informed tho
northern authorities, that Palmer
was now In federal custody.
Turtle Mde Trip
SKW YORK, April 3. (P)
Doubtless a hare never went so
fast us this tortoise. Major Hea-
grave bus revealed that a friend
P'H a turtle In his car as H wanned
up for Its record-smashing trip at
231 miles un hour.
City c i Result
by f ast Service
of Mail Tribtgie
f The Mull Tribune, as usual,
4 gave the people of Mod ford
and all the country surround-
In g, the first news of the
4 airport bond elet'llou anil the 4
complete returns of the same.
This was done over KMKD,
and over the telephones from
8 this office. The fir-' 'oport
given out whs fi m the
4 Fourth ward, fifteen minutes
after tho polls cloned, follow-
h 'd by renrts every few
minutes. My k:45 p. m. U
j was known there wpuld be a
1'iK imijui lly fur
,, ul .,.45 )e ,,.
Many people from
tho
14 mtimlpv uliifniimUn. Me.tf.ii-H 4
wm ii-piy iim-iestui ani
telephoned thlH office for
MISSING FLIERS
Plight of. Kingsford-Smith
and Southern Cross Cre" j
Almost Hopeless Fake
Message Is Blamed for
Hop-Off.'
BYDNKY, N. S. W., April 3.
(p) one clue came dut of the
wild Australian bush today to
guide searchers for the airplane
"Southern Cross," which vanished
Mare'h a I with Captain Charles!
Klngsford-Smlth and three com
panions, who were on the firm
Vf lan tnVA-"f11ftht"to- Khglartdr - '
The Drysdule river, mission .sta
tion mis morning nigiianeu cap
tain Chateau, Australian royal
air force aviator, out on a search
ing expedition, that an airplane,
had passed over the stntion on
March ?1, heading southwest. This
was the dny on which the South
way
HYDN'JSr, N. H. V., April 8. (D
Friends of the missing- Southern
'Cross aviators today hoped for a
'fortunate circumstance to over
'come the otherwise almost certain
hopelessness of their plight, '
Only extreme good fortune, most
.thought, could culminate In the
rescue of Captain Charles Klngs-iord-Smllh,
his pilot, Charles T.
lTlm, and the two men with them
who Sunday flashed a mysterious
message to the world and disap
peared somewhere east of Wynd
ham, western Australia.
. LONDON, April 3. P) A dis
patch from Sydney, N. 8. W., to
the Evening News today stresses
the mystery which shrouds the
.telegram received by Captain,
.Charles Klngsford -Smith before
the departure of the Southern Cross
Saturday. '
From this telegrnm Kingsford
flmlth assumed that his agent nt
Wyndham reported the weather
was good and favorable for his
flight. The aviator's brother ut
Sydney declared that he saw this
telegram but did not notice -the
signnture.
On the other hand, the postal
department nssertH that there in
no record of such a message.
REBEL RETREAT
MEXICO CITY. April 3., 12:30
p, m. (Ai Koports reaching the
government from the front near
Jimenez today stated that the reh- j
els were In full retreat by train, j
Itosalln, about half way between
Jimenez and ftachlma pass.
Federal cavalry was In pursuit
In the hope of overtaking those j
traveling by train. The progress
of the train was slow because of
the necessity of repairing bridges
which were burned by a small
band of federals who managed to
skirt the rebels while tho battle
was In progress at Jimenez.
NACO. Sonorn, April 8, (A1)
night bombs were dropped on fed
eral entrenchments In a renewal of
what has developed Into regular
dally Mexican air raids here early
today. Seven exploded with unde
termined effect. The eighth was a
dm). None of the missiles fell on
the United States side of the line.
John Day highway will he oiled
bolween Condon and Fossil
LUCKY
BREAK
ONLY
HOPE
JUNE
m
PROGRESS
ITS GAIN
VICTORY IN;
WISCONSIN
Referendum Election Shows
Sentiment in Favor Re
. peal State Dry Enforce
ment Act Home Brew
Also Favored Laws Un
changed By Vote Legis
lative Act Required.
MILWAUKEE. Wis., April 3.
(p) Anil-prohibitionists Hcored a
victory in the referendum election
yeHtenlity when an overwhelming
seal linen t In favor of repealing tho
Sevedson Btate prohibition enforce
ment act was registered. '
Returns from 15.il of the state's
ii"fl! precincts, representing every ,
section of the Btate, showed 205,
H12 in favor of repealing the en
forcement act and ll3,02 opimneil
to repeal. On the other question
of removing the home brew penul
ty the vote was: Yes, 1H2.065; no,
104,042.
As returns continued to add to
the majority in favor of eliminat
ing the prohibition enforcement act
from the statute books through
legislative action, wets claimed that
llio.OOO.
This claim was made by State
the margin of victory would exceed
Senator Thomas M. Duncan, Social
ist, author of the referendum, the
result of which he maintained
would be regarded aa n mandate
to the legislature, at its present
session, to carry out the expression
of the voters.
Yesterday's vote will have no ef
fect upon the state enforcement
laws until the legislature nets, and
the vote is, not binding upon' the
lawmakers. The purpose of the
ret erenUu wvtws, tow obtain ; by ,
"yes" and "no" vole the sentiment
of vdters, There appeared : no
doubt, however, but that the legis
lature would shupe Its action by
the result of the voting. - .;
HANKOW, China, April 8.- (Aft
Nationalist troops of the .Nanking
government, having advanced
along tho right bank of trie Yang
two Kfnng, were within 25 miles of
Hankow today. 1
Leaders in the Wuhan cities
were concentrating every available
man at Yanglo, to miles down the
river, and severe fighting was ex
pected there.
Although tho Wuhan forces on
the north bank of the river appar
ently will be out off from the en
gagement the Wuhan officials
were said to be confident.,
PORTLAND. Anrll 9 xrnH
man Frojen, 5, died here last night
as me result or play with a loaded
pistol Monday, The pistol acci
dentally discharged in his hands
and the bullet pierced his hond
below t;ie Jeft eye.
Will Rogers Says:
' NEW YORK, April 3.
Ifaidline snyg, "CongresH
nmn's Yacht Held Up find
Senrclipd." No wonder Hoo
ver got rid of the Mayflower.
Looks like art ad to show
that there in n congressman
that owns a yacht. Ho should
feel compliinniited the first
eoiiKressiiian searched that
they didn't
find some
t h i a g on.
However,
this was a
brand new
yacht t h e y
were just de'
liverintr from the' yacht
hatchery. Lucky it wasn't
the old one.
iiiillfiKhting season open
ed in Madrid Sunday with ft
douhlo header. Gene Tun
ney threw out the first bull,
and cx-Qneen Marie the sec
ond one. Yours,
WILL ROGERS.
P. S. : There are two tilings
that can disrupt business in
this country. One is war and
the other is a meeting of tho
federal reserve bank.
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