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Newspaper Page TextThe Weather ForroaM, Flair tonight; Sunday partly olondx. liUthcnt yesterday '.. t Irnnt tills morning...:... 38 Medford Tribune Weather Year Ago Highest year ngn today .... 68 lsmct year ago today 1U Mml DUlT Ti-ii!j.(ourl T(U. , Htlr ftUMnraUj Vur. Today By Arthur Brisbane Who Sold the Lady's Liquor? Hard Fight in Mexico. The Power of Comparison Editors and Cooks. (Copyright by King Features ; Syndicate, Inc. 4 J, Mr. Smith and Sir. Bell went to a. party. ' Mr. Smith got drunk, Mr. Bell remained so ber. Mr. Smith, according to evi ' dencc, was determiucd to tako , liomo a lady brought by Mr. Bell. Followed a discussion. Mr. Smith fell, or was pushed. i cracked his skull, died. j The, jury refuses to indict Mr. Bell. . Men who drink boot 5 leg liquors must take the. eon- actfuuuuvo, uuiiaq UVluw muuv.i ... can be proved. :,' What about the gentleman xnai soiu 10 me inuv pi-uim-cnt in Park avenue social cir cles" the liquor that Mr. Smith ;i drank before he was killed ? ! xti i.. . i. .: cd in hiin. Rebels in Mexico appear to have the better of an import-.- ant battle with federal troops. Boody fighting is reported. The Associated Press, refer ' ring to the revolutionists as ''religious rebels," describes them rushing into battle' with J-dcsperato courage, shouting, "Vive, Cristo Key." : (Long live ' Christ the King). ' Those that possess the power tV ' comparison are strong. I compare himself with the north- iin of lealniiHtr to 'a.toad. 11 v. ujg upon the vapor oi a ciuti- . ' "Dapper Don" Collins, whom the. police call a' professional swindler, says of detectives in .icneral, "Those babies couldn't i Ictcct a horse shoe iu a plate of v.iiash." That's also a striking J comparison. The Publishers' Association will condemn by solemn reso lution purchase and control of public newspapers by paper and power manufacturing cor porations. ., There is comfort for the pub ftshcrs in one well established fact. A man may bo able to buy newspapers without know ing how to KUN newspapers. Big packing concerns might buy up restaurants wiOli the idea of supplying all the meats for customers. But if they did iiot have cooks for the restau rants they wouldn't have any , customers. . An editor owned by power or paper trust isn't much of an editor, and his papers won't amount to much in the long run. . ". ( : ' . . In France, citizens wait in lino to buy stock iu a French Ford company. More than 100, 000 applications have been re ceived. Iu Ilollaud, citizens have sub scribed for 60 times as much stock as Ford has for sale Very pleasant compliment for ; Henry Ford. How maddeuing it must be fur s,o,lc of the get-rich-quick printing gentlemen to see such a marvelous opportunity wast ed. If they were Ford they would print the stock that anybody could buy, and then more. Professor Nicholson, of Chicago , University, a real scientist, says cvorv m.)suould live "as long as . UU IIUUB LUL' "unu niuu.iiuD. ...... ho might as well die. n should VvtjQs long as lie A ma Continued on Pace Four). TWENTY PAGES ppIjERS MEDFORD IS,l rnirnni rnn L mrai-UK , NOBLE HOST -Adb Business Session Convened at Armory Candidates Report for Journey Across Burning Sands Parades Scheduled at 4.30 and 7.30 P. M. Entertain ment Sunday. Shriners of Oregon and Califor nia arrived here today by plane. special train and automobllo to attend the Joint ceremonial of Ben Ml Tcmplo of Sacramento, Calif., and Hillah Temple of Ashland. Up to noon over 500 Nobles had regis tered nt hcadquurtcrs, with 300 due on a spcclul train at 2:40 o'clock this afternoon from Oak land, Stockton. San Francisco, Sacramento and northern Califor nia -points. A I Kiuler Temple of Portland also sent many visiting Nobles. The business session opened at the armory this afternoon at one o'clock, and the candidates report ed at 1:30 o'clock for their' journey across the sands. Two parades are scheduled. The first will be this afternoon at 4:30 o'clock, shortly after tho arrival of the special train from the south. The second parado will start at 7:30 o'clock this evening. . The bnnquot at the Hotel Mcd ford will start at fi:.10 o'clock, and will concludo nt 7:30 o'clock. Cov ers will bo laid for 800. The oeremunlnl session will start nt the armory at eight o'clock. The rltcs-Will be "conductod by Arthur Ollokman, grand potcntato of tho Hen All Temple of Hucraiycnto, Calif,, nssistod by his entire divan. Tomorrow tho .Visiting Khrlncrs will have a wide range of enter tainment Including fishing ' in Rogue river, golf at the Rogue River Country club, and u trip to Prospect where lunch will be served by Jim Grieve. The caravan will leave at 10:30 In the morning by auto. The special train Is due to de part tomorrow night at 7 o'clock The city was gay with decora tions, with ninny visitors from nearby points to see the parades. The ceremonial. O. O. 'Alendcr fer, general committee chairman. Is one of tho largest ever held In the state of Oregon and has at tracted wide attention in fraternal circles. i Police Predict Dry City By Tonight Bomb Outrages Cause Activity Against Ring Racketeers Smash 55 Places. CLEVK1,AD, Ohio. April 27. (P) Smashing their way through tho city with an average of a raid every hour, police carried on a drivo against bootleggers with the prediction that virtually no liquor would be obtainable by tonight. . Two bombs, meant for Captain William A. McMastcr and Sergeant Patrick J. Holland, coupled with the slaying of two men suspected as hijackers caused the raids. In two days squads armed with axes land crowbars broke up the furnish ings In 55 places, arrested 103 tier- sons and confiscated aft uncstlmat cd amount ofllquor. A fresh list of suspected bootleg ging establishments was furnished today and the squads, under orders to smash tho furnishings of every place entered, continued the drive which will amount complete re taliation for the bombings when It Is completed. Saf,-.- Director Ed ward I). Harry ssltir McMastcr and HOURLY RAIDS ON BOOTHS IN CLEVELAND Holland headed their own squads.) exacting personal vengeance upon j Cleveland the bootlcggeis accused of the 'Chicago bombings. ' Shaute and Myatt Club Patron Shot .!5Sl:V.IH;.A.0:"--rf!iN-ew York Cl. V n. h , ,d . J n? the band t who raided the place and obtained approximately J2000. Philip Malcolm Memorial Class " ; ' -' ' acts i ' H ' The PliUlp Scliuylar Mulcolni nioniorlnl c-Ih.sh -nlilvli recelveil (legrtiefl at the Scoltlsli Itltu ivuiilon in tills rlty tluriiig: the past tlireo days. The !I2 degrees were conferred by tlte Slskyiou lxxlgc of I'crfj-Clion or this oily, the ItoM-burg Itoso CVoLv anil I.ugt'iic toiincll aud Oonslstoi-y. Front row, left to rlllt-r-ir. F. Ijmgc, A. J. Klm-ker, ir. U Nutting, It. M. l'ariner. .1. O. Fnust. It. It. Saltimirsli, 11 . Kldrlilge, 11. G. Scliurlmr, S. H. llnwk, J. B. Kirk, Win. l'erry. Jerry Jerome, ltaek Floyd Hart, J. Owens, I). V. Johnson. M. C. Kult, O. .Murk, K. M. Nclll, 11. Brown. IS. S. Coo. C V. Hugh. W. loneguil, K. A. Walker, St. H. Xlfliols. I. II. t -lcn nil. 1. O.Cinwfind. BORED AVIATORlHOPES FOR STAGES CITIZENS DODGE Fledgling Pilot Zooms Over Chimney Tops Plays Tag With Motorists Ar- . restea in Air-nes ... crease strength Before finarrl HnnsfT HnvJ T"rA:::" 1 " : i' '.ilU SAN ANTONIO, Tex., April (!) A fledgling Pilot; i'rivata P. F. Fletz, 2nd scrvlco squad ron, Brooks fiold, was shorn of his wings today and housewives and motorists in Highland Park. a suburb, breathed a sigh of re lief. Without authority from his su pcriors, Private FIctz, lacking t pilot's rating, took up an airplane tor an airing yesterday, zoomed luw over iiuunuwjiap .ui .... U1UUUU INIIUMUJ. . riglit of way with motorists. One driver was reported to have wrecked his cur in dodging the plane. After pollco had received ap proximately 100 telephone calls from residents of tho suburb com plaining of the "acrobatic" flying, a half dozen planes took off from Itrooks field In war formation. They returned a few minutes talor surrounding Private Flotz. Ho made a perfect landing. j The private was pluced under arrest uy . ",' "T .' commander ot mo uem. woo . !y o1)OK0a- on tcn counts by Presl ho would fllo court marliulJ(,nl Hoover, would have a ten charges against him. Jdcncy to bring about overprodue- riciz sum iiiu iiiuiu airplane engines had bored hlnii ano inai no nuu lunstu inK support to the provision, and freedom of the nlr and tho roai'Honalor Iiorahi Republican, Idaho, of an open exhuust. Baseball Scores National First game: Cincinnati II. St. I.ouls Luquc and Couch; Uo;tk, Frank- house, licit aim Wilson. II. H. K Chicago 8 15 1 Pittsburgh 7 14 0 Maloney, Wake and Schulto; It. It. E Swcetonlc, Hill aud llargreaves. Uoston 5 10 0 New York 4 10 4 Smith and Taylor; GCicncwIch, Kenton and O'Karrell. R. R. K. Philadelphia 8 It 1 Brooklyn 3 7 1 Wllluughby and l.craln; Clurk, Dudley, 1'attlson and llenlinc. American It. . I .10 St. Louis Detroit - lllaeholder, Strcleckl and Man ion; Uhlo and Phillips. it. . 3 Washington Uoston 1 i 0 Jones, Braxton, Lrown, Marberry and Tate, Kuel; Maeraydcn and Uerry. II R. K 1 5 2 7 12 1 Thonia3 and Berg. r. n. e 9 10 I Phlla.lalr.hla 7 14 'A PlPSras. Moore and (iralKiwskl. I J n ,,. . 0rovc YerkelI EttrnilhlJW an(I Cochrane, Orwoll. MEDFORD, OliEUON, SATURDAY, AP1UL 27, OPEN DEBENTURE IN SENATE Advocates Expect to In Issue Comes to Vote Next Week Norris Amend ment Seen As Answer to Hoover's Criticism Bo rah Is Recruit. WASHINGTON, April 27. (P) Advocates of the' export debenture plan of farm relief hud high hopes ,i.i u, ....,,. , ,., , ,,,,... ,vu - comes 10 a vote ncxi wet-it. They planned to center their efforts during tho week end recess of congress on tho amendment of fered late yesterday., by Senutor Norris, Republican. ' Ncbr ask a, which would add to tho debenture clause In tho scnuto fnrm bill a provision for decreasing tho deben- . ...I.,.nn.,a,. nFm-,l,,. M dcvoloped i crop on which they would be applied. That proposal was described as an effort . to answer tho criticism tlmt the debenture plan, vigorous i.inn of einos affected. It was - ,.,. was counted as ono of tho recruits 'ft probably had guincd for tho de 'benture supporters. . Senator Norris - argued that "there Isn't anything In tho bill I without tho plan that will restrain overproduction." but held It was i"qulto evident" that without somo such restruint as ho proposed It would opcruto to increuse produc tion. r :' Snow In Poland. WARSiiW, April 27. (IP) Heavy snowstorms wero reported throughout Poland today. Welcome to Hillah Realm It is a pleasure to extend to l'otcntute Arthur GlueUmiin and bis Ben Ali .Noblt'H and to all visiting Shriners a most cordial welcome to the lioinn of Hillah Temple. W consider it a signal honor fo have you as our quests and we hope that our hospitality will eiual in warmth our high esteem and friendship for you and all wearers of the fez. Everyone in Southern-Oregon is joining wilh us in ex fending the welcoming hand lo you. We. who are Nobles of Hillah Temple, are gratified with the w hole-henrted in terest and co-operation they have extended ts in our effort to make this ceremonial the outstanding event in Oregon 'n Shrine history. We sincerely hope that all of the visiting Nobles will thoroughly enjoy their visit to the realm of Hillah Temple and that their pilgrimage today will be but a forerunner of many journeys to Southern Oregon. 1 K. C. ("Jerry") JEROME, Potentate, Hilliih Temple. 111 Receive Scotish iTYIN FOURTH PLACE STATE FINALS! EAST COAST Jefferson High Senior Takes, First Honors in Oregon' Oratorical Contest Pen r4fimi'Second 4-Lincoln f High Third. PORTLAND,. April 27. VP) Wilbur Thlbault. senior at Jef ferson high school hero, won first place in the state finals of tho national: oratork-al contest hero lust, night. Tho orutlon was titled "The Constitution Toduy." Munch E. Oadwa, 10, Junior in Pendleton high school, wus second In tho Oregon finals. Ar thur Russo of Lincoln high wus third. Fourth place went to William Dougherty of Mcdford; fifth to Hagun A. Moore. Ontario; sixth to Miss Julia. Mctculf, St. Helens hull. Portland: seventh to Misa Mabel Mooro, Klamath Fulls, and eighth to James Urooke, Univer sity High, Eugene. Thlbault will no to Los Angeles to represent Oregon in the Pa - irio ...,nt noniest. Hn won first nrize. J125 offered by the ore gon Lar association watch wlued nt 100. presented by W. M. Davis, 'president of the liar association. Oadwa, second plncc winner, re ceived a cash prize of $80, and Uusse won a check for $50. The judges are said to have experienced considerable difficulty in deciding between Thlbault nii'l tinilwa. The first ballot gave Thl bault three firsts, and Oadwa, two. Rut a peculiar situation ex- Isted, that although Thlbault liau'ono noor earner. three firsts, he was behind Gudwa , Despite a law In Connecticut under the "low point" system of j forbidding other than eastern Judging. Under the rules this re-, standard time on public clocks. .i.. .v i,u.- h. called! New illVcn and Hartford huve together to cast ballots. They did this and Thlbault won tho ma jority vote. Thlbault was tho Inst speaker of the evening. 1929. LLAH CER Rite Degrees DAYLIGHT III BEGINS SUNDAY Twenty-Five Millions Will Gain Hour of Sun By Changing Timeoieces New York Central to Con '';. ".v.,., -v..... form With Trains. ' ' j drained and. owing t the peculiar NEW YORK. April 27. (fl'j soil, they liavo a grass siirl'ace. Tho Heglnnliig tomorrow nnd' eontlnu-1 1""'1 la properly llglited and. accord ing until September 29. somo 25,- nK 'o government requirements. 1 000,000 persons will work, sleep and cat by timepieces that arcllll'd cemont 100 feet square, but L hollr compnrd wlth!01ly " teniiminry or frame struc standard time, and thereby will havo opportunity to be outdoors longer In daylight hours. Officially clocks will be sot for ward ono hour nt 2 a. in., tomor row to begin tho daylight saving season. Most persons simply will set Ihelr timepieces an hour fust before they go to bed tonight. Tho change will bo made effec tive in this and lsfi other New York stato communities, through out New Jersey, 111 Philadelphia, many parts of Pennsylvania, New Knglund and In Chicago and a few other Inland cities, through out tho province of Quebec andi'onguion mom us the Increase In 1 somo cities ot Ontario, Tho Wall Street district will conform to tho summer tlmokeep- and a goldlng. This means that trading hours on tho stock exchange win lie tho sumo by the clock as dur ing tho winter, but actually tho opening and closo will be an hour earlier. Kailrond Conform". For the first llmo tho Now York Central will operate thoiJ" aim ou acres that will probably Twentieth Century L'mlted on day-,! bo added. Ilowovor. thin may not light saving time. The Pennsyl vnnla railroad has nnnounecd that the Hroudwuy limited Will depart j adopted daylight saving time. In Now York Stuto there Is n, local option. Massachusetts provides for the change by stututo. In Rhodoiown the cost to tho lowost point. Island each community governs Its own time. New Hampshire holds to eastern stumlard tlmo with thn exception of Nashua. Two cities In Vermont and three In Maine have udupted daylight saving tlmo as huvo sevcrul In Michigan. - Throughout Europe tho prac tice of setting tho clocks ahead Is general. Paris and London hnve been on duyllght tlmo for a week. Duvllh'ht saving enables Indoor workers lo have more time fori recreation or other purposes in the open nlr. In New York ny. for Instance, It Is often possible to Indulge in outdoor sports In Juno as late as p. m., daylight time. Farmers have constantly objected to the change. KXTIM COMI-M Extra copies of the Mull Tribune Klirlno Edition are available nt this office. Tho 4 copies are 5c eacli.Ar 10c wrapped and malledfo any point In tho United Htatei or Canada. : mmml BIG REiullBELS ARE ON AlRPORTiROUTED BY IS POSSIBLEGIL FORCES i - First Anticipations Too Low Lease Proposition 0f- fered Portland, Maine, Not On Air Route, Esti mated $16,000 First Year, Took in $22,300 in: Three Weeks. - Tbut .Medforil, with a Class A alt port hullt on constructive lines, ptoinises to bo morn of a key city than was first anticipated is more evident ns tho mayor and city coun cil confer with airport engineers and bulldet's. visit airports now In upcrutiun and study the growth ul aviation. It has also been brought out that r i1ht"CrU n"'. " .TI'T returns than was flrsl . anticipated. ni, I, f. ro !f?;"m' , rUlav, af,or noon bel wee il o mayor and conn-' ell and v. O. Arthur, manager of I the airport division of tho Austin company, airport cngineors anil builders and extensive general con tractors, with offices in New York and throughout the country and who now ate building tho los An geles and liurbnnli. Cal., aud Seatllo I airports, and W. R. Kngsstrom, western cngineof of the same com pany, this tact was brought out. Mr. Arthur prosonted drawing? and plans of the many ali'iHirts they Imvo constructed. Among (hem was ono from Zanosvillo, o Unit would eoinpnro fnvunibly with tlm proposed port hero. The Zancs villo jiort Is 5000 . feet , long und,2. BOO foot wide; has one runway 500 feet wide and '5000 feet long, one 000 by Sliltl) rot and anolher 850 liy Stint) feet. Those runways n;'o liermanent hatiBiir of steel turo for adniinlBtrntlon building, pilots'' qunrtors, first aid. etc. The grounds cost $M,000. runway and Improvements 18,000 and miscel laneous expense survuys, engi neering, etc. 5000, total 1 10,000. Tho Alcdfurd location is 5200 feet . ''. a naif mile wide and has plenty of room lo construct run ways to compuro with Zanosvillc. it iu m;u i..nt. . ,.. nmkc the runwava not) fV.i ! and about 3000 feet long and to wincn them later to 6000 foot, which Is now required for a Class A port by tho government, and inn si.o oi aircrait requires. Dralnugo Is nulla a problem on I ho local field und II will be neces sary to grnvol the runways and tie them together with oll or else hard surface tho ontlro' width and tho length. ' 1 Tho grounds huro will cost about 2!l,500, of this amount J25.000. al reudy having been expended for uO acres, nnd there tire between bo needed. This would leavo MO.- 000 of tho Ixintls voted for runways, i ilg,lit!ng, hangar, administration j building quarters for tho wealhor bureau mid other rcqiiiiumonts of: tho government for a Class A port. Mr. Arthur stated ho would rec ommend not spending the wholo i amount Hie first year, unless foitn i necessary ny surveys, ns receipts "rn essential to the success of ti Port and it is necessary to hold lo ndvouatcd only a temporary structure for administration, weath er bureau, frBt aid station, etc., now. This fnny not meet tho de sire of the city. "Tho location In .Mcdford com pares most favorably with any 1 have soon on the coast or-elsewhere and I havo flown all over the United States vlslllng tho Itorts we are constructing, as well as others, and have been In Mcdford several times." said Mr. Arthur. . "Tho lo- i cation has plenty of area for de- velopmcnt and I predict wonderful growth of your port and Unit Mcd ford will be a prominent place on ho airways provided you plan weU and build accordingly. "I have such faith In this belief that I will sign an option to lease yliur port the first year, by my company, agreeing to guarantee you 0 per cent on your total Iu vefitini'. When tho receipts of Hie port reach the Interest amount then our company is to rcceivo all tho receipts to n certain amount tho exact amount I will make known If you will consider the proposition and all above that amount tho city will share In the 'receipts." (Continued on Pago Eight.) No. 3G. Southern Sonora Stronghold Swept By General Calles Federal Planes . Bomb Navajoa Rebel' Leaders Flee to U. S. Border Troopers Strengthen Line Patrol. MUXICO CITY, April 27. (IP) Federal victory In the lour-day bat-' tie Willi 1600 "Ctisteros," or -so-called loligious rebels, ut Tepatit lan, Jalisco, was reported to the government today by General Sat amino Ccdillo, commailding tho tinny of central Moxlco. Uu.'ioi'al Ccdillo said 150 rebels had been killed and 20 captured and had been executed because "ore no Jails tor their eon- rinemnlll. A ,,ured rebels wo. wounletl, whllo his own forces lost , d d a ;!9 wounilcd. . XOCIALHS, Sonora, Mex April 27. (!') The victorious forces of Genera! Vluiai-co 15)lua Calles have routed the rebels In southern So nora. In a scries of air raids fed eral planes' hurled 148 bombs on t,o rebel stronghold at Navajoa. Many soldiers and some civilians wero reported killed. . The rebel genernls fled to tho border and were hero today. American passcngcrB on a train. " fall of Navnjon under an assault by the udyunclng federals led by n n n a r n T I ji '.i fl rrlnnn u Tho unnit ru'-Aioxieo tsunami?" o.na;scv--erul' private residences wero dam aged ny Iho'fcdora! bo mini.' Rebel, forces vyero reported retreating, to- wnru tho, border. 1 , - .Mexican women, some of whom Wero wounded arrived at Naco lust night, ami announced that 30 rebel' soldlcrs had been killed and many others wounded In a federal air ral4 on lite rebels' hill camp near I,ainorltu,: Sonora. The federals announced the enpturo of six. rebel officers, several hundrbd men nnd several troop trains with arms and ammunition. Federals took the town of Buenos Aires, whore ISO rebel eavalrymon were reported to havo surrendered. Guayinas Shelled. The Amcrlcnn travellers also re ported that Gllaymas hud been ""died .by a floral gunboat, and that nil Americans had been ad vised to congregate at Kmpnlme, railway Junction east of Gunymns, where they were being placed un der the protection of the Amer ican consulate. .' , t The rebel conimnndor-in-chlcf. - ucnorai "unzmo I'-sconar, logotner fOnnllniind on Paco Eight.!" 1 Will Rogers Says: '. BOSTON, Mass., 'April ,1!7;. -I believe I got a plan for lief I in to' get his resolution by deiiouiieing nieif- who throw bottles at Senators in stead of handing 'tun to me. Insert the following elausje: 'If you will pass this bill o f mine, I will absolute ly and posi tively abstain from opening mr mouth on or. any other subject during the rest of this season." If he tacks that clause on, any thing, else he wants in the body of tho bill, they will pass. They will even agree lo sever Massachusetts froni the liniuii. The rjoviuthun has, got .a scientific and meehaniual problem on their, hands They can sell litiior coming west, but can't have nny on leaving going east. So to make money they have to figure out some way where they can always travel west. Yours, '" WILL HOOERS.