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Newspaper Page TextTribune ford Dfclir Tweoty-fowtb Tcv. WHlf Ptfiy-MftbUi Yew. MEDFORD, OREGOX, SUNDAY, APRIL 28, 1929. No. 37. Med MAD TdayjPOLtTICAL By Arthur Brisbane ; i, nflT Dfl 1 Q The Prince Flies. He Sprays .Hens. Mark Hanna's Daughter. Russia's Programme. (Copyright by King FctturM Syndicate, Inc.) The I'rince of Wales again flies to l visit his father at Bognor. " IKs increasing use of the air plane will help aviation in Brit ain and in this country. A con siderable number of gentlemen, younug and old, in America, that would rather be like the Prince - of .Wales . than ' like George Washington or Lincoln. That's fortunate for them. It's easier. ' ; Thousands that would not ' read an Kinstcin pamphlet will read this. Walter Dorey, colored, of At lanta, Ga., confessing to chick en stealing on a wholesale 'ba sis,,, tfells the judge, VI just sprays 'em with chloroform. Then stands back and wait. In about five minutes they flop off the roost and are ready for my sack." That's more interesting to many of us than the distance of the farthest star. ' Mrs. Ruth llanna McCor mick, member of Congress, wants, and may have, a place I on the Naval Committee. She inherits from her father, Mark llanna, an interest in shipping, and, what is more im- -poriarrt,', ff-'tetnlenecy 'to imvv- ALIj the shipping. Mark llanna didn't want part of anything if he could get all of it. And his daughter wouldn't be interested in any proposition to niako the United States play second fiddle to Britain: or Japan. Russia announces an indus trial program to spread over five years and fight capital with its own weapon. Russia is to be the world's industrial giant with the great Ural-Siberian railroads, canals, cheap water transportation, ' power plants. Wise men in "capitalistic governments" will not laugh at Russia's pretentions. Pitt laughed at the power of the French revolution, ami thought it was all over when he, at last, decided to join Aus tria and Russia in crushing that revolution. ' Disagreeable surprises await c? him. And still more disa greeable surprises when the power of Napoleon followed the power of the revolution. A .fprofessioiml Itootlcer wf.'o confessed his trnrtc carried on 'his business along the Tint ed States const, in the Gulf of flexion, using n (.'nimduui ship. f A 'Cosat Guard milder Hank thn "I'm Alone" when it. re fused .to stop. Now this coun try aprees to arbitrate with .Canada the right of the t'nit (Hi. States to suppress violation of Jaws on our const. That is satisfactory, we shall probably have "an even break" in Hhat arbitration, Suppose the United States owere in the League of Nations, or the World Court. Canada would take the "Tin Alone" problem across the oeean,Ot be settled there by n body nicely organized, ten to one, gainst the I'nited States. What t 'l-hamre would I'mde Sam have under thos conditions! f Disastrous tornadoes 1 n Ooria i and South C'nrolinn killing- nearly 100, emphasize CopUnud oo Pw four). I UI UU LU N STATE Democratic Fight for Gov ernor Between 0s Wqst and the 'Weeper' Bur dick Seeks Patterson's Place Is Rumor Carkin For Tax Commission In terests Upstate Wise acres. . ' PORTLAND, Ore, April 27. (IP) The OreRonian wll say tomorrow that there is hrowing a far from placid content In the democratic primaries next year for the nomi nation for governor. The latest Information is that Klton Watkins is being urged to go into the con test against his former antagonist. Bert K. Haney." Watkins admits he is being pressed to make the race, and has not made up his mind, nut intimtues that if he should seek the nomination the campaign will be no "pink tea." "The prospects are," the Ore gonlan continues, "that there will he three candidates running: Ashhy C. Dickson, Haney and Watkins. Judge Dickson nerved on the cir cuit court In Multnomah county, through appointment' of ex-Governor Pierce. Hnricy is a former member of the United States Ship-1 ping board, who resigned, and Watkins is the only democrat who has been elected representative in congress in a genratlon. "Judge Dickson has announced his Intention of being candidate for the nomination. Haney is show ing the earmarks of a candidate and delivered what has been con strued as lils keynote speech at the Jefferson day dinner a few weeks ago. lie, like Judge Dickson, was a Smith delegate at the national convention and seconded Smith's nomination. 'Watkins. although a democrat, did what he could to prevent Smith from carrying Ore gon over Herbert Hoover. "The feud between Haney and Watkins opeend in 102(1. when Watkins announced himself as a candidate for the democratic nomi nation for Cnlted States senator and, as Watkins views It. Haney 'butted In' by also becoming a can didate. That was a primarycam paign of sensations and plotting. "With the personal element In volved, the democratic party can look forward to a lively primary fight If Haney and Watkins are both in the race In such an event Watkins could reasonably expect the co-operation of cx-Oovernor West, the democratic national committeeman, for West and Wat kins have much In common po litically and od teamwork together. "Wtkins makes no secret of say ing that he Is being asked to run for governor. "Judge' Dickson Is relying upon the backing of ex-Governor Pierce. The story goes that the Judge will campaign Intensively In Multno mah, Clackhamas. liaker. I-ane and Ivlnnn counties, while Pierce will take the stump for him In the rest of the slate. This report presup poses that Pierce will not himself jump Into the rnce with a view to capitalizing on the income tax measure, now under process of ref erendum, and which will he on the ballot in the general election In 1030. "Speaking of governorship, n brand new rumor which was hatched during the week Is that Denton G. P.urdlek is being jit-oomed as a candidate, providing evry thing looks propitious. Mr. tturdlck, for many years represent ative for the counties of Crook. Deschutes. Jefferson. Klamath and Lake, and former speaker of the house, haj moved his residence from Redmond to Portland. His personal plan Is to seek election to the legislature from Multnomah county. "While Tturdlck Is scanning the state house with the eye of a legis lator, some of his friends are pro poHing that he nlm for the execu tive office. They argue that P.ur dtck's championship of the. so called 'home rule" hill In the re cent session, whereby Portland would accede from the public serv ice commission and make Its own telephone rates, gave him a lot of Jublicity which can be easily capitalized. Thin publicity would serve In a eampalcn for the legis lature or for a state nomination. It Is not Intended, however, to slip Durdlck Into the gubernatorial prl marv fight unless the set-up looks good. "Resignation of John H. Carkin ns a member of the lcKlslature from Jackson county is construed In some quarters as having somc thinn to do with the jdato tax com mission. Carkln's own statement J that his private afalrs nnd hi duties fl city attorney of Medford require hf attention and that the resignation hns no connection with talk nf his candidacy for the tax commission. Cnrkln. chairman of (Continued on Page Eight.) CONGRESSWOMEN 'i - " Women members of the seventy first congress attending the opening ot the extra cession to con sider farm relief and tariff revision. Front row. left to right: Representatives Pearl P. Oldfleld, Arkansas; Edith N. Rogers, Massachusetts; Ruth B. Pratt. New York: Ruth H. McCormick, Illinois. Back row: Ruth B. Owen, Florida; Marv T. Norton. New Jersey: Florence Kahn, California. DIXIE LEVEES TOTTER BEFORE Thousands , of .Farm Acres; Swept By Mississippi' fide Crest Passes: Quincy Missouri River .Towns Suffer Many 'Dykes Resist Peril Rains Feared. QUINCY. 111., April 27. (P) Havinpr forced it nnicldy flood wntei-H over 2(i,000 uerea of furm land In this region, the M IshIsh IM1 liver today turned a threaten ing face to the south and ripped open dykes protecting 27,000 acres In the neitihhorhood of Murphys horo. KiMlnK Rtopes from Chester ! the Rulf were reported as the riv er eame to a Ptandattll at polntB to the north nnd began a Kiadual drop. Jt was the South Grand Tower levee that save way at Murphys Iioro permit thi(r Inundation at 7. 100 acres of land. Shortly after 20,000 acres were reported under water at McCluro which suffere'-! Brent damage In the flood of 102".. . A li hnueti the river was rlslnK at Jt Houlhern end, crcwtn wcro In sight nnd no further trouble was anticipated iinlesH there were additional heavy rains. ItasementH of buildings at the waterfront in St. I-ouls were full of water which alno was spreading over the lower parts of the city. Thounnnds of acres of farm land In the HiirroundiiiK county were flioded. At Hannibal. Mo., water caused the wnll of a building tn crumble. I No one was Injured. The water, wns so hiph It entered the firs floor of huildtnp on side strep's near the river and flooded base ments In the hufdneHH district. Trains were late In pnttinR Into Hannlhal. All levees held satis factorily. The flood (dope at Quincy was stationary most of the day at 21.1 fet but hegan to recede during the afternoon. Vlth the South Quincy pordens and the Indian Grave districts here rnder w:iter. attention turned to the !,'ma Lake and Hunt districts north of the eity. The levees, were in coo.l condition nnd there was little worry the 30.000 acres would be covered. Onod reports, also, wer? received from the Hnl district. extending on this side of the riv er from a point opposit Hanoi bal. fo.. to one Louisiana. Mo. across from Casualties of the Air Service SAN ANTONIO, Tejta. April 2'; (p Cr,'(gfc inir 2r,on f"t Cad t Wallace W7 Hart, student Til" ini the advanced flying school. Kelly field, was killed last nitrht Meciiite. fnur mil n frQ the Mrdreme. He was the son of Mrs M. V. Hart, St. Louis, Mo. FLOOD WATERS: UPEE PROffilCilSAYSj I-- I AT OPENING OF . ; 61 HOUR TRAIN TO CHICAGO IS Time From Portland CukPasadena Man Admits Slay Two Hour's Less Than . Schedule of Rail Rivals- Service - Starts In June nnrl Hill I inns Mav Mept! New Order. 1 TORTLAND, Ore.,' April 2". (P) A. S. EtlmondH, nuHlKtant trnfifc nrnniiRor nf the Union Pacific rail road, announced tonight that on Juno 9 the railroad, In conjunction wllh Iho ClilciiKo & XorlhwcKlcrn railroad, would Inaugurate a (il hour train from Chicago to Port land, CcllpHliiK l,y two hours the tlmo plnnnod by any other road .serving the Pacific northwest. The return trip to Chicago will ho made In fluhours, 45 mlnmcH. The announcement was made through Kdmonds from Carl H. Oray, L'nion Paclfio president. On March il the Great Northern railroad announced It would re place the- existing UK-hour train wllh. a tiS-hour passenger service dome, time thlH summer. All other railroads Immedialely announced intention of quickening time from the east, hut Iho Union I'aelflc de cision is the .first starling date es tablished. ST. PAi:!.,. Minn., April 27. W) InliiiMitions that the Client North ern railway may meet the Cl-hour transcontinental train running linie between Portland nnd Chicago, an nounced at Portland by the Union Pacific, wer econtalned In a state ment Issued late tonight by llalph Itudd. president of the tlreal Northern, when- informed ot the. Portland report. SACRAMKNTO, April 27. (VP) Chi! lies Morel ng, f:i, vice presi dent and co-owner with his broth er l-wis. of the Sacramento base ball club in the pacific Cuaai league, died unexpectedly in a local hospital this afternoon. Heat h followed a sudden relapse from on attack of flu. Moreing was a native of Stock ton but had been engatied in the farming and contra (ling business w.th I-wis Moreing for years. They purchased t he f' leramento t.a ebitll club in 191 f ' l;XTit. ropnx Hxtra copies or the Mail Tribune Shrine IMition are 4 available at this office. The coiiies are fc cuch, nr l"c wrapped nnd mailed to nny ! jSAGRAMENTO BALL jCLUB HEAD, DEAD point In Jhe Cnlted States or O. W. Heribrier w.-iJ-ectrocuted by Canada. W bis radio aern f&n the radio 4! wires cyme hi contncrQ. Ith n hlh ,ttnaiun'lliio. EXTRA SESSION 0 PINT OF BOOZE MURDER CAUSE ing Employer With Ham I mer Wife Faints On Way to Questoning Ac cused Defies Prosecution To Hang Him. PASADENA, Calf!., April 27. (TV-John L. Howard was I nilnned in justice of the ienee court hero today on n charge of murder In conned ton wllh th hammer sluyinK f hl employer, Iclor A. Cooley, 1'usudena atitomo- bilo dealer, and his preliminary hearing set for May 3. Mrs. Pearl Cooley wh ordered detained by police. They wild they would question her further In con nection with the death of her eslranRed husband, who was fa- i tally attacked In hla apartment hero April 16. An attempt was mad etu remove her from a sani tarium toflay, but she fainted as at tendants were dressing her. Howard had made a confession, claiming that ho struulc Cooley on th ehead with a hammer when the latter reached under his pillow, ap parently for n Kim. They had uar reled over a pint of liquor nnd Cooley had threatened to discharge him as niKht manager of his auto mobile rental establishment be cause of his drinking. Howard said. Iteforo his arraign went, today I toward was taken to the npart ment he shared with Cooley to ro enact the slaying. Detectives dis cussed the. question of whel her Howard, a ilht-handed man, could have struck Cooley on t he rik'ht. side f his skull from a posi tion he said he occupied. He re fused to show officers how he had slain Cooley nnd said he would make no more statements until he had consulted an attorney. Howard eh til longed the district rittorney to "beat" his plan to plead Mullty and "escape the rope." Mrs. Kvolyn Merrltt Hanan, min ing heiress, who wa to have mar ried Cooley and who flew here In an airplane from lieno, Xev., after , the attack, returned to Heno today. ! HKATTIJ'!, April 27. P Wll lifim Clark, serving a sentence of year at the county stockade for attacking Identified i young woman, was ycMerdny as an -es caped prisoner from San Quentin penitentiary. O He wts senteneed to serve from a year to life at the California penitent lary on n similar offens., It l believed ami escaped when a member ,r a road gfing. Ills Identity X ,11 discovered through fliiser print KKN'T, Wash., April 27. (A QUENTIN ESCAPE ' J011INJI ! .... , sites CONCLUDE CEREMONY Parades and Ceremonial Held Last Night, Over 800 Nobles Registered Fifty Six Ride Camel Over Hot Sands Sacramento ' Temple Band Makes Hit With Public Varied En tertainment Today. Shrlners of California and Ore gon ended last night the joint ceremonial of All Baba Templo of Sacramento, Calif., nnd the Hll lah" Temple of Southern Oregon, and today the fozzed Nobles will ploy golf, fish, nnd Jomney by auto caravan to Prospect, where lunch will be served, Tho de parture from the mountain ro treat is scheduled to start at five o'clock. The visiting California Nobles will depart on a special train at seven o'clock. Tho cere mon'al was one of the largest ev er held In the state. Over 800 Hhrlners were In attendance. The special train bearing mem bers of Pen All Temple of Sacra mento, and delegations of Stock t on. Oak la ml, a nd Ha n Francisco Khriners arrived at ll:-10 o'clock yesterday afternoon. Headed by the drum corps nf the Hi Hah Temple, the Nobles marched to the Shrink " headquarters at tho Motel Medford. An hour Inter the first parade of tho day was staged, In which all the visiting Shrine notables, drill teams, 'nnd Hhrlners took part, afoot and in autos. A ban quet was served at the Hotel MeU- I iord beginnirtK m t:S0 b'uhnik..-: V The night parade was held fit 7:.tl o'clock, a double airport hea con light flooding the start of the procession. Headed by the band or Tien All Temple, they marched to the 'nrmory, where tho FWI candidates were Initiated, nnd tho Veremnnlal session con ducted. Arthur C.lucUmnn of Hen All Temple, nnd his divan conducted the ceremonies. Other high Shrine officials at tending were Chnrles ,K. Mlnslng- er. Potentate of Al Knder Temple., Portland; and O. I. Horner, Po-i t n trite of Ah tors Temple, Oak - I land, with members nf bin divan. They were guests of, Jlillah Tem ple. I The Egyptian Patrol of Stock-, ton. Calif, during the parade exe cuted a number of maneuvers. The Hen All band, known ns "Tho Million Dollar Hand" was a pleas ing feature of the public events. Tho list of candidates Included Masons of Coos, Klamath, Curry, Josephine nnd this county, and several from California points. There was n largo delegation ! of Portland Shrlners nt tho cere- J mntilal. Ashland Hhrlners turn ed out en masse. Dignitaries of the fihrlno rodo In automobiles, Including Vernon 1 Vawter, Carl Y. Tongwold. nnd Kdison C. (Jerry) Jerome, Poten-i tate of Hlllah Temple. J Many out of town people spent the day in tho city, and the streets' were crowded during tho parade. Noblo Welsenberner of Hlllah Temple, Ashland, was tho oldest Shrluer in the lino of march at the two parades. Ho held a post of ; honor carrying tho national col ors. He Is the oldest Shrlner on tho Pacific, coast. Pictures of the parades, the ar rival of the special, and other events were filmed by 1 1 (trace I. Hromley of Tho California Oregon ower compnny publicity. The films will be .shown locally ns soon ns they can ho developed. The Onklnnd, San Francisco and Sac ramento Shrine Temples have re quested a showing of the films. BAY CITY PEOPLE SAUNAS, Cal.. April 27. W) One person was killed and five worn Injured today In a head-on j uutomobilo collision four miles south of here. Tho dead m.Wi Is William Men- dletn. Tho Injured nre Mrs. Snmh Wilson, Mrs. Patricia Itrenner, ! lionise Oordon, J. K. Daiigherty; nnd Russell lleriick, all of San' Francisco. Daughcrly nnd Herrlek were held In Jail here by Coroner J ' A. Cornett of Monterey conn for Investigation. DatiRherty was bound for !,os Angeles, the coro ner said. 4 Oregon Weather Oregon; Cloudy, cooler enst por-J tlon; normal humidity, moderate' northwest and north winds. I Impeachment Sought Impeachment of Gov. Huey P. Long of Louisiana is sought In a resolution prepared for introduc tion in the fcUte legislature. 31 A TON llOCOK, l.a., April 27. (TP) C.overnor Huey P. Long was served formally today with notice; of the impeachment charges voted j against, him by the house of rep-f rcMenlatlves and was directed to appear before the senate In Its ca- i paclty at noon on May 14, for trial. -The senate sergoant-nt-arms nad ; his assistant called at the executive offices In the stale house and handed the papers to the governor In person. The governor, sur rounded by a group of friends, gl-mced hurriedly Lhroimh the pages and laughed. Wins First In Beginners Di vision at. State Contest :"af"'Corvallis Ashland Third for Oregon Title, Won By Myrtle Point Records Broken ' COKVAMAS, Ore., April 27. (P) Myrtle Point won the cham pionship In the seventh annual statu high school typing contest hero today with a speed of 07.01 words a minute, breaking one of IhT' four slate records. Dolly Rich ardd, J laker, too ktne- Individual speed champlonsrip with n 1'nte of R.I. .11 while Kdna Jones, Med ford, won first in beginners divis ion. Dalles took first place for ac curacy, while Dorothy Arant, For est drove, led with Individual ac curacy. Thirty-seven schools of the state nnd lKti students took part In the contest under the auspices of the School of Commerce nf tho Ore gon State college. Second place went to Dalles, third to Ashland and fourth to Salem. In the amateur division, com posed of second year students, tho winners are: Miss Richards, Myr tle Point, first; Heneva Vnlkmar. second; Alice Ituennlng. Kugene, third; Doris Mann, Myrtle Point, fourth. SENATORSFAIL TO WASHINOTON. April 27. P) Tho senate judiciary committee failed today to reach a decision on the right of Secretary Mellon to hold of Nee nnd adjourned until Monday after two hours of dis cussion on Die report of Chairman Norrls' ruling against the seere tary. The- commit! e voted unanim ottsty, however, that President Hoover had a right to retain Mr. Mellon In his cabinet without re submitting his nomination to Iho senate. The Noted Dead SAN DIIKiO, April 27. I'j President Gregory of St. Mary's college, Oakland, arrived In San DIcro tonight to take charge of the body of It rot her Steven, who died here yesterday. Iturtnl serv ices will be held Wednesday nt Mnrtlnea, Calif. Urol her Steven, who wnn 82 years old, was hc-fli In Kdmonlon,1 Canada, For 45 .Qirs he had been a teacher In the order of Chris-1 tlnn Itrothers. His work took him I to colleges in England, Ireland, France and Germany. He was a. noted psychologist and phlloso-1 pher, but his great nlm in life was, to help educate boys. He hnd been hero since lust November. , i TYPIST HONORS TO EDNA JONES MEDFORD HIGH DEBENTURE FUN OF DEFEAI Canvass. Show's Light Mar- , gin In Senate Against, With Mid-West '..Soions! Backing President Mc Nary Comes Out For Nor ris Amendment Dakota Statesmen Tilt Over Is sue. WASHINGTON, April 27.-HP)-" After a close check of the senate membership, administration lead ers claimed today that the export debenture plan would fall by n smull majority to win a place In the new farm relief bill. fc On tho basis of their examina tion, the leaders have determined to let the plan come to a vote as soon as possible, but It was re garded unlikely that the farm bill would be passed before the end of next week, probably Friday. Republican leaders have decided In use otl their influence during the remaining days of debate to keep their forces Intact, and Presi dent Hoover also Is taking a per sonal Interest In the tight by con ferlng with senators regarding his own view' in opposition to the de benture plan. - , ' . The first Sign of a break In the ranks of middle western republi cans, who generally have been con- sldered the democrats' staunchest supporters in the move to provide fur the use of export debenture certificates, was noted today when Senator Nye, republican. North Dakota, aid after-a call at the White House that he was strongly Inclined to .vote ngalnst the de-bentUTO'prppoiinl.-' He'sai.1 he had. not . definitely determined hja coume, but that If nO'sbftlcfen! ' reason Is advnncert to warrant hl.m changing his mind, he would vote with .tho administration. -. , . "I have, always been opposed lo a subsidy for" farmers," Nye de- dared. 'fThe, .debenture plnn seems , nothing piore than that.. We sen ators who vote for the debenture plan, might find ourselves obliged ( to fight subsidies far other things which wo oppose." The North Dakota senator's col- -league, Senator Praaler, has al ready a (Incited what he described as the Hoover farm program and bus "announced he will-vote for the debenture plan. . ; , . Chairman McNary of the senate agriculture committee, who has the farm hill In charge, sndl he be lieved the Norrls amendment to the debenture proposal, providing for a reduction of rates when over-production In a dohenturable com modity Is foreseen, would be ac cepted by the senate without dif ficulty. , Therefore, he added, the vote on this proposal couhl not be consid- . ered a test of .sentiment. He con tended many servitors would favor strengthening a proposal even If they were opposed to the proposal . Itself, so that If It should become law It would bo In tho best pos sible shnpe. Senator Watson of Indiana Is ex pected to jisk n vote on Thursday, ns republican lender, on his pro-. ;. posnl to eliminate the debenture plan. Admlnlslrallon leaders place only 12 republicans at the most fn the line-up In favor of the plan and expect to receive support from at least fie democrats. If. their calculations nre borne out, the plan would fail by from two to five voles. ' ,' i' smemooready. for 'blossom dat ntM-iEjiH, urc, u i . v t A profusion of blooms will greet motorists Sunday, who Journey to Snh'm to take pnrt In this city's nnnuat celebration of "blossom day' Not in n great many yeun have the blossoms of prune," cherry . .. ..J In Btrh II 1 state of perfection as they will he Sunday. On some other "bios som dnys" the date of the celebra tion nnd the blooming of the trees ! have not synchronised, but this 'vi.hr fhv wimhtnutinn Is well nigh perfect. --.. -' ' . ' ' ' j U. S. LEAD ON ARMS OfiNKVA. April S7. m Lord CtiKhendun, Urltinh dldarniamrnt HPukPRinnn. AnnoumU today liln Bovernmpnt would follow thfl lMd lukim )y the Unltoil tHntrii yenter duy nnd nrci to the oxcluslon of trained roacrvea as army cttccllvea.