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Newspaper Page TextMedford M TREBU: Weather Year Ago Hlgliest year ago today SS Ixmcht yciir ago today 43 Dlltj Tity-rwirlh Tar. Wetti FUly-mcolli Ynr. MEDFORD. OREGON, MONDAY, APRIL ir, 1929. No. 24. The Weather Forecast Cloudy, with rain to ntetit and Tuesday. Highest yesterday ..... &3. Ijowcki this morntnjc 42 24 hrs. precipitation to ft a. m... .43 AIL Today By Arthur Brisbane When Smallpox Starts. A Homeless Satan. War Costs Money. N Happiness Offsets Gin. - (Copyright by King Feature Syndicate, Inc.) Those who don't believe in vacillation, please heed. ' The 'Anchor liner Tnscan'ui arrived in Liverpool from Bom bay with one sailor sick.. He had smallpox. , Thirty passengers on the boat with him have developed, the disease thus far. Five' of them are dead. .The sailor had not been vaceinated.Tho other vic tims bad not been vaccinated for many years. ". , Vaccination may be all that" its enemies call it, but it does prevent smallpox. Without it hundreds of thou sands would die of the horrible disease in the United States every year. i Poor China, torn by revolu tion, shows efficiency in certain directions. " ' : In Canton the execution of undesirable radicals has been carried out so extensively as to make machine guns necessary for the killings. One thousand were court martialed and shot within a week. M ' Fundamentalists' will read with indignant amazement that of 500 Protestant clergymen, officially questioned, 47 per cent of them did not believe in hell;' (SO per ' eent.r.tliink the devil exists, but don't believe he inhabits a burning pit, amus ing himself by burning human beings through all eternity. Worse yet, the next group of elergymen will be less fund?, mental than preachers of today. Of 200 divinity students only 12 deny the theory of evolu tion. In the conflict of science and theology in Christendom, so ably discussed by President White of Cornell, science seems to be winning. A religious controversy starts in the number of letters sent to the White House and State Department requesting that no United States ambassador be sent to the' new Catholic tem poral state at Vatican City. The Vatican, which seeks no useless - controversies, denies mat me pope oiierca any oojec- lion to a proposed visit to Je rusalem by the British arch bishop of Canterbury. So far as the Vatican is concerned, anybody may go to Jerusalem that can pay carfare. A financial fight going on, quietly, between the radio and the big telephone company, is watched closely by Wall Street Usually big financiers avoid fights, the little fellows have ; money enough for all. Put, if telephoning can be done with out the expense of wires, the ra dio people want to know it. n - The allies, dividing their orig inal Versailles bill by five, agree to let (iermany pay $24,000,, 000,000 and call it square. That's just 24 times the amount that Bismarck made the French pay after the war of 1870. Ciermanycould settle for ten billions cash down, instead oi" paying twenty-four, billions over a long period.. J Bnt payments are in gold. And the world has not ten bil lion dollars' worth nf that metal. Mr. WhaJcn, the virtuous po- FARM! CONGRESS '-CONVENED Special Session Opened for Relief Consideration and Tariff Revision Republi- . can Strength Greater Farm Board With Re volving Fund Is Planned ; in Bill. . WASHINGTON, April IB. 'IP) The now farm bill druftcd by Iho house ngrlculture committee with the view of setting furth. a basic agricultural relief program for the Hoover . administration, was introduced In the house today and immediately referred biu-k to that commlllee by Speaker Longworth for the formality of official ap proval. WASHINGTON, April 15. (VP) Faced with the task of solving two fundamental American problems, a j Hiwcltil session of the Hat conKiess met today nt the call of President Hoover to begin work on bills to. aid agriculture and to revise the i tariff law. It was a new congress, but It was predominated by old faces and iu political makeup was much more strongly Republican than that of the congress which went out of of fice on March 4. The Hoover land slide of last November had swept out of office many Democrats and carried in many Republicans to take. their places. A farm relief bill was ready for house consideration when the noon hour ushered In the session. Minus the equalization fee of the McNary Haugen bill, which was so distaste ful to the Coolidge administration, it. would create a farm board, with a revolving fund of $500,000,000 ot handle the sm-plutt -question. In a few days a tariff bill will ne ready for presentation. . Organize ToIny. Today's session was largely for the purpose of organization. The senate, however, with Vice-President Curtis already installed as presiding officer, was ready for Its legislative functions. The re-election of Nicholas Longworth as speaker of the house was merely a routine matter. After this it was just a question of calling the rolls, Installing the spaker and other officers, appoint ing committees to notify the presi dent that congress was ready for business, swearing in new mem bers, adopting resolutions of re gret at the death of members who had passed since the last session, and adjournment. President' Hoover will send his recommendations for legislation to congress tomorrow. He decided nt the last minute today, however, to submit a number of nominations for confirmation, Including that of former Vice-President Dawes to be ambassador to Great Britain. Klght women had seats' In Iho house when It met, nnd for the first time in many years, a negro, Oscar DePriest of Chicago, was assigned a place. MOVE ON REBEL AT JUAREZ. Chihuahua. Mexico, Aplrl 15. (JP) Federal forces be gun repairing railroad tracks In the direction of Pulpito Pass today fol lowing the announcement of Gen eral Juan A. Almazan, division commander of government forces in Chihuahua, that he planned to move against rebels at that point. The tracks were damaged by the rebels when they evacuated that point. General ' Almazan and his E000 tioopg arrived from Chihuahua City late yesterday. T DECLARED FALSE BY MRS. SIELAFF SACRA M K.N TO, A .-.! : 5. (A) "Miss X" who pnped as having been at the Carmel cottage during the disappearance of Almee Hem plv Mcl'herson, was named today bv Mm. Lorraine Wiseman-SMaff ax having fteen MIiw Rachel Wells of San Francisco and "evry line" of the aifidaviis made hy Miss Wells ana nerself regarding the Ciirmei evtsoae "were false she stated. WHERE HERRICK FUNERAL WAS Trinity Kpiscnpnl Cathedral in CIovWuihI. Ohio, wlicro funeral T. llcrrlck, VniUcl States AnilMiKsiitlot tt l'niiuf I Yankees Touted As Favor ' ites to Repeat Rival Managers Predict Tight Race Watinnal ! MflllP Claimants Close Match. By PAUL R. MICKELSON Associated Press Sports Writer CHICAGO, 111., April 15. (JP) With the Yankee menace still cast ing its bulky shadow across the pennant horizon and chilling inter est, the American league tomorrow launches what promises to be just another one-sided championship race. Three years straight and six times in eight years have Babe Ruth and his Yankee mates blasted their way to the championship. American league officials and rival club owners and managers, who ad mit they and the box office re ceipts are a bit weary of this pro longed Yanke domination, dispute the "experts" by predicting a tight race fionv the first clarion call of "play ball" tomorrow to the last game In October. The pTece resistance of tomor row's four-game menu will be the clash between Philadelphia and Washington at the capital. Presi dent Herbert Hoover is expected to start hostilities by throwing the first ball. Walte Hoyt of the Yankees has been chosen for mound duly against the Boston Red Sox at New York. Charlie Ruffing or jock Russell are the probable starting pitchers for Boston, liaseball Com missioner IC M. Iandis and another baseliall hungry crowd will watch that conflict. Detroit's starting lineup nnd pitcher were somewhat of u mys tery. The Tigers open their cam paign at Cleveland. Joe Shaute Is expected to draw Cleveland's Inl tinl mound assignment. ' The White Sox-ltrowns opener nt St. Louis may he a mound, duel be tween Alphonse Thomas und Hnm Gray of St. Louis. NEW YOUK, April 15. (IP) The National league starts a fight tomorrow that won't -he decided one way or another for six month: or so. Some critics contend that the 1029 pennant won't bo clinch ed definitely much before the closing day of the, Beason, Octo ber 6. In a league os well-balanced as the National, experts forecast the eventual result only at their own risk. Most of them have con tented themselves with staling that four clubs the New York Giants, Chicago Cubs, Ht. Louis Cardinals and Pittsburg Pirates are the outstanding contenders, so closely matched that no one of them can he selected as a favorite. Th's quartet Is almost unanimously picked to tnko the first four places. LA. LOS AXOBLrCS, April IS. (IP) A girl bandit, armed with a pis tol, shoved a note rending "give me money in big bills," to the teller at a branch of the Citizens' National bank here today, accept ed $2000 with a smile, and walked out. She made her escape on foot. PENNAN V MAJOR LEAGUES OPENS TUESDAY ReeH Renigs on Jackass Charge Against Solons ST. LOUIS, April 15. VP) Arriving in St. Louis to attend fr a testimonial dinner in his ! honor today, former Senator 4 James A. Reed declared that he was "treated outraKeously 4 by the press" at a Jefferson 4 banquet in Knnsns City, at 4, v wiiicn ne spoKe. v "It has been a lonit time 4 since I have had any cause to fr complain- about the press." l it me Aiissourinn snui. "nut 1 f wns lotcd last nlnht as say- congress are Jackasses. Now, I said nothing like that. I 4 said no -law makes ,o. thlnK right or wrong." loiter hi the" 4 speech I said that nlmply be- cause severnl hundred Jack-. 4 asses were in favor of a thing, fr does not make it right. ---"' ALLIES DEMAND PARIS. Anrll 15. UP). Dr. DEFER ANSWER FORREPARATION HJalmer Schacht, German spokes-, by hit-and-run drivers, and 14 oth man. faced representatives ot thorB were injured In central Callfor creditors of his country today and nla alone. As a result of the series apparently deferred temporarily n of tragedies an 18-year-old Petalu- .posltlvo answer of yes or no to their bill for dnmages incurred with murder, while nuinnriues oi In the world war. several counties sought the drivers After n closed plenary 1 session 1 responsible for the death or serious of the experts committee on repn-l Injury of victims, rations, lasting an hour and ten Among thoso Injured were Rob minutes, during which .Dr. Bchai ht ""t Newton Lynch, vice-president or had the floor a great part of the tlio San Francisco chamber of com time, the exports ndjourned until mcrce, whose ankle was broken 11 a .m. tomorrow. The only, when his car reached a Redwood actual decision arrived at was not City grade crossing simultaneously to publish the figures contained j with a train. in the allies' bill at present. This time, it was believed, Dr. Schacht nnd his conferee might use In an attempt by private conversations . with the creditor nation delegates to scale down the annuities and total figures still further. There wns nothing! toduy to indicate what these totals might be, but when they were handed to Oermany Friday a present elnlms value of between J10.000. 000,000 nnd $12,000,000. 000 and an eventual value of around flit. 000, 000, 000 was under stood. COOS BAY LOGGERS RFT RfinT IN PAYi''''.r""rc,,,..,. ULI UUU0I 111 'ill bullet, several of whk MAItSlIFIELD, Ore., April 15. W The Coos Bay Lumber Co., to duy unnounced a ten per cent In crease In pay to all employes In Us logging department. "7" A PROCLAMATION O Whereas,' Ihirt.v-tliree slntcg, iiiclmlinir OreKOii, nrc roc nciiizinn the week nXpril 14 to 20 an '-'He Kind to Ani mill Week," niifl Whereas, mich a humane movement in of liitrh purpose, pt'iieroiiH impulse ami a fine influence in our community, therefore lie it resolvetl, that the citizens of Medford accept the kindly purpose of thii?,eck in its Immune spirit, mid he kind and penile to nil animals.' , - ' A. .W. I'IPKS, Mayor. HELD TODAY sorvk - os vtro hvhl today for Myron Hit-Run Drivers, Grade Crossings, Wet Pave ments and Booze Cause Tragedies Portland Boy ' Admits Slaughter. PORTLAND, Ore., April i5.(A) Gale I'Y Delashmitt, 27, surren dered to police today after he had been sought since Saturday night on a charge of driving the automo bile which ran down and killed Mrs. W. M. Poole at a west side In tersection. Police said Delashm.it admitted driving the automobile. J'SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., April 15. (IP) A riot of careening cars, crash ing glass and screams of victims, lilt-run drivers conspired with grade crossings and wet pavements to lake a toll of 111 dead and 28 In jured in Pacific coast automobile accidents during the week end. Ten more are expected to die. John Barleycorn added his quota of trag edy and reports of fatalities con tinued to swell the number of dead and Injured. Five wore killed, three of them , ma youth was Jailed there charged IE FIRED AT RUM CRAFT HITS HOMES ASHORE MIAMI, Fin., AJrll 1 B. (IP) Const gunrdsmen who Inst night pursued a fleeing rum crnft up the Miami river and startled Riverside resi dents with a machine gun barrage, faced a prospective Inquiry todny hy Commander It.- L. Jack ot the i United Stale coast guard base at r "tracer" hlch struck buildings ashoro and a houseboat moored at the river's edge, the crew or the liquor laden rum boat abandoned the cratt.-which was captured by the coast guardsmen and given in charge of United Ailcs custom otricals. SIXTEEN DEAD WEEK-END CAR ACCIDENT TOLL LAST RITES FO NV TO FRANCE Funeral Services for Myron T- Herrick Held in Cleve landSimplicity Marked Few Flowers Family Request Lindberg Seat ed With French Repre sentative. CLEVELAND, Ohio, April 15. (IP) America bid a sad rnrewell to duy lo Its distinguished ami be loved ambassador to France, Myron T. llorrlck. With an Impressive ceremony In Trinity Episcopal cathedral, the rinal rites were said, marking the ciuse of the career I hut led M r. Herrick from Ohio farm hoy to one or the highest posts of trust ill his country's service. Draped with flags of many na tions, the chancel nf the cathedral, with ila tall lighted candles, cast a somber light upon tho casket. Atop the unopened casket was a black satin pillow bearing the med al of the Legion of Honor. At the foot was a large sliver psulm. Both decorations were .expressions of tribute rrom France to the ambas sador that it looked upon as an adopted son. The Bolemully 01' the service was heightened by its simplicity. There was no sermon, and except tor the .wreaths from President Hoover, j Myers Y. Cooper, governor of Ohio, land Secretary of State Stlmson, at jtlie request of the family there I were no flowers. ! Seuled In the front, facing the casket, were the relatives, the am bassadors son, Parmoly Herrick, Mrs. Pnnnely Horrlclt, their boh Parmoly Herrick, Jr., antl O, R, Harrlck,j.ug$d .brother, of. the am. bassador. Nearby were sealed Col. Charles A. Lindbergh and Count le Sar tiges, as official representative of franco. Others close to the mourners' pew were Postmaster, General Wal ter F. Brown, representing Presi dent Hoover; William R. Castle, Jr., of the department of slate; iliivld S. Ingnlls, assistant secretary of the navy; Governor Cooper and his staff; Major General Dennis R. No lan nnd Lieutenant Colonel Hurry Harley of the U. S. army. T FOR AIR LIGHTS Work will start at once on tho construction of power lines to the Bites for 35 airway beacon lights, between Delta, California, and Drain, Oregon, on the Med ford dlvitdon of the coaat nlrwuy by Atom, accord Ins tu tin an nouncement made today, followinK a vlHlt hero Suturdoy und .Hunduy nt n ri noKinllMlIn onol. neer of the department of "com-' morco. Ho was in conference' I with California-Oregon Power company officials, and it Is un derstood a tentative agreement was reached. Miller left Sunday night for llolso, Idaho. The beacon lights' are, for tho A S DON ON ELECTRIC LIN most part, located in Isolated areas. tnB point that MctUord is duo for a ahd their installation and the pre-jean year, and that a new roach llminnry work thereto, will entail will have a "hard spot." The "spot" an cstlmnled expenditure of close w ,e softened ror him somewhat to $250,00(1. as spring football practice, under Until the beacon IIkMs are in-1 the dire V inn nf Ouach .Callison, stalled, there will be no night flying, originally achcduled to begin June 1. Tho work of eroding the 60-foot towers and building of power lines lo them, is expected to tuks six weeks or two months, under tho most fnvorable conditions. The beacon lights are ot tho circulat ing typo and are set at an angle of two degrees. The 36 beacon lights aro located In tho territory served by the California-Oregon Pojyer company and t hut company will furnish tho power for tho lights. Owens Hails From Pure Water City Jnmes H. Owen, a lumber- man of Modford, arrived at the Portland yesterday. When Mr. Owen comes to Portland , he always signs the hotel register as being trom "Pure ' Water, Oregon." Portland Oregonlnn. Photograi Pest Drives Rockefeller From Church Door LAKEWOOD. N. J.. April 15. iP) A dozen camera- v men prevented the attend- nnce of John JD. Rockefeller, Sr., at church yeterduy. The Hev. Marshall Hewell, puHtor of the First ttuptlst church, announced indignantly today f that he would ak for a po- lice detail next week to keep f photographers off the church property. Cameramen were grouped about the church steps and lawn when Rockefeller's ait- tomobile arrived. The aged millionaire looked once from tho window of bis limousine nnd ordered tho chuuffeur to return Jo the estate. There was a rush for au tomobiles by tho photog raphers and a half hour's chase about town followed with Rockefeller making a vain attempt to get Into an other church. NEVERS COACH Stanford Men Say Former Fullback Would Be Inter estedBlanks Also Sent tO Jack EvanS Spring Practice Started. Alumni of Leiand Stanford uni versity in this city have started a movement lor the hiring of Ernie Nevers, former fullback star ot their alma mater, as coach ol' Med ford high Bchool athletic teams, to fill the vacancy cuused by the res ignation of .Piuilc Callison td be freshman coacl-ut the University of Oregon. . , Saturday, Perry O. Cradford, the vice-president aud general mana ger of the California Oregon Power company, advised Superintendent of Schools K. H. Hedrick that Nevers would be interested," and an application blank was mailed to him. Similar word was, also re ceived from other Stanford gradu ates of this section. In response to a requeBt from local Bchool authorities- to the Uni versity of California, that a man be recommended for coach from that school, the name of Jack Ev ans, coast conference football game ufficlal and former University of California player, was submitted. Evans has been assisting In the coaching of the Golden Roar squads. An application blank was also sent to Evans. ' Nevers, for three or four seasons, was the mainstay ot the Cardinal football team. After graduation he was a pitcher for the St. Louis Amorlcan league team and played professional football. Local Infor mation Is to the effect that he Is In a mood for high school coach ing. He Is now a pitcher with th) Mission team of the Coast league. Murreli Imkcp, former Univer sity of Oregon linesman, who has been assisting Coach John J. Mc Ewnn, is also montloned for the local berth and, Is said to have (Hod his application. Elect Tenchert The annual election of lonchora for the schools will tnlio place to morrow evening nt tho regular mnn,inir of the school board. The sulection of a coach will be do- ferred to a later date. Over a score of applications are on file for the local coaching posi tion and all will be given considera tion. Mnny of tho applicants stress started last week, with 19 husky candidates r.-i suits, 11 of the lot members of :ast season's second j team, which saw a lot of action. j Superintendent Hedrick said to-1 day anent the required coaching, qualifications of the local school: I "Wo aro looking for a man who can establish a physical education course that will take In every pupil from the primary grades to the high school, ns well as coach foot ball and basketball." ' - The Ornnts Pass Courier Satur day printed the following regarding Nevers: , "Is Ernie Nnvors, star backfleld man at Stanford university, a tew years ago, to be coach or football at Medford high school this year? This question agitated local sport followers here today following re ceipt of, word that Nevers had giv en out information to a former Stanford man that he had been of fered the place. Prink Callison, conch (or the past few seasons, has left Medford to coach the Univer sity of Oregon freshmen. If this report Is true, It means, that Med ford Is probably trying to retain the stale football championship de spite the loss of Callison and a large portion ot the team, as Ncv. era Is certain to have a big draw ing power to the school," Mill URGING MEDFORD HIGH L DIES AFTER T Rattle for Favor of Ken tucky Society M atron Fatal for Cleveland Man ufacturerOil Promoter' Held On Homicide Charge Trio Had Attended Gia Party. . : NEW YORK, April 15. yPW-j Rivalry for the favor of' a Ken- j lucky society matron was revealed today ns preliminary to a scuffle . i on fashionable park avenue, which i was followed by the death ot Ar-? thttr Morgan smith, rich Cleveland manufacturer and the arrest ofb Semuel K. Hell, oil promoter, on; a charge of homicide. - Hell was arrested after police; learned he nnd engaged In a scuf-1 tie with Smith as they were leav-, lng a party In the apartment of Hotel Marguery nt 2:30 Friday; morning. Mrs. Sihuette Is the; widow of. Harry 8. Hnrkness. sportsman, who left ner ,.-;, 000 Inherited from his father, ay standard oil magnate. ! The scuffle, witnesses said, waSj the outcome of air' argument whether Smith ' or Bell Bhould accompany Mrs. Tlobert L. Brown, i I .,f Ijivlnirlan. Kv.: to the Hotels Plaza, where she was JytoK.i I She was confined to a hotel In ( I the custody of a policewoman as a material witness. t . .. Skull Fracturea. -Smith, who was secretary nnd. ! treasurer of the . gas macninery t company of Cleveland, died In the : f lumi tin, v. m j, , An autopsy disclosed a fracture of the. skull, which the medical, .examiner, said , was , the cause of , n.,.1 nn.nl.. liVmntf nffprnrion. aeam. . - , . , - , .. After Bell and Mrs. Brown no,a been' driven away from the en- , trance or th Marguery, leavings Smith lying where he- fell, a taxi cab driver helped him to his feet. He wandered - a short . distance down the. street where he was nrresiea ana iu.:.cu u, un . charge of Intoxication. He was released under a suspended sen- , tonce when arraigned In magis trate's court' and returned to hl hotel, where he died In convul sions a few hours later. ' t Bell was arrested Saturday, night nnd after being questioned by Police Commissioner Whalen and detectives of the homicide squad was arraigned yesterday. His attorney entered a plea of not guilty for him and he was ordered held without ball for ap pearance in homicide court tomor row. . Walter Beinecker an Insurance man, and h! wife, who were guests at the party, told police Smith had paid considerable at tention to Mrs. Brown during tho evening and had several drinks. i a i n i at 1 1 1 ati i rr 1 1 AUA1N5 1 HAolT UtAL MATIYBVILLE, Cal., April 15. (IP) Northern California bankers warned fruit growers against too hnsty signing of crop contracts In view of short crops and possible higher prices, Cuused hy frost. Will Rogers Says: BOSTON', Mass.,. April 15. Today is a historic day. Mr. Hoover, all during his career, bad men almost lay down their lives to aid him in carrying out some good That all ends today. ' Con gress meets, and his 'faith in human na- ture will start waning before sun- down, lie will find no tinge of Red Cross on that hill. Six hundred gathered there from all over the country, just waiting for somebody to sug gest something worth while, and then show him what hap pens to it. I can hear Mr. Coolidjje laughing to himself away over in Northampton and saying, "Well, 1' glad I didn't try to relieve 'em." . Yours, ' , . . :, j WILL ROf.EKS. VA CURB GH n 2 (.Continued on Pace Four),