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Mfiworb Matt, Tmtrtttw. : Weather Year Ago IllKtxwt your aito today 81 Luwoit fear ago today.... ; ail Daily Twcgtr-rovrUi Tear. Wxklr rutr-MUi tur. MEDFORD, OHEOON, SATURDAY, MAY 4, 1929. No. 43. The Weather Forecusl tToudy umlglu. and Sun day; iolbly Hlwuera. 1 Ugliest yesterday 67 lMHCNt tills morning 4H Today ' By Arthur Brisbane Tad Is Dead. Men, After Fifty. A $190,000,000 Bridge. D. A. Crawford, Pullman Co- (Copyright by Kins Featuna Syndicate, Inc.) "Tttd"-l'orgaiiis'dead.. Mil lions know him. He analyzed human nature in pictures, ,as veil as Dickens did in words ' He worked as a boy, in a mill, to support his mother; her younger children. When- his right hand was mutilated, in nn accident, lie drew pictures with his left hand. A Hearst editor asked him to conic from San Francisco to New York for double the sal ary he was paid. Tad replied: "I have inv mother and six kid brothers and sisters. I wouldn't leave them." . Invited to bring them all at Mr. Hearst's expense, he came and established a reputation throughout the whole country Prize fight enthusiasts, Svilh half an inch of forebear, or ! Charles Dana Gibson, with a ' Ibrow like the dome of St. Peters, will tell you "Tad was a great man.'.' . '.'" . Dr. ;-. Danid K ' McCarthy, teacher of medical jurispru prudance at the University of Pennsylvania, says: "Xature a has not much interest in men ' after they reach the age of 50.", If that is true, Nature . lacks intelligence. ., .,. , ',. . ... ' " Goethe wus past 70 when he wrote the second part of Faust! Galileo was GO when he pub lished his great work, "Dia logues on the Ptolemiiic and Copernieian Systems," and was compelled to. kneel in public rnd retraet his statement that the earth goes round the sun. - Modern men have so much to learn that it takes about fifty years to get started on the road to things worth while. Man's body may not amount to much after 30, but at 00 the brain be gins to work well. , t, " y The same learned professor ' says Nature cares nothing about brains in the dominance of any race: "Some ,day the black race may rise up to domi nance. '' . , . Some day the chimpanzees may dominate the natives of ..Africa. Hut it isn't likely. - Railroads arc more prosper ous than they were. The 13alti: more & Ohio is interested in plans involving 189,1)00,000 for a bridge across the Hud ' taon, connecting the rest of the United States with Manhattan Island. That plan, originally ad vanced by the Pennsylvania railroad, seems to have become . n UQIUIIIUlk w VII. v . ,tion. Tlmt railroad hus been I active and aggressive under the leadership of Mr. Willard. Samuel Ilea, formerly presi dent of the Pennsylvania rail road, and Gustav Undeuthal. famous engineer,, still in eliarire of the enterprise, di.seu.ssed the Fifty-seventh street bridge plan at V. K. Hearst's house some years ago. M Meanwhile, the Pennsylvania is actually spending $100,000.00 elec trifying Its system from Wilming ton to New York. General Atter Imry predicts a New York papula tlon of more than 30,000.000 wilhin a few years, and Is getting ready for It. . Railroad men once made money X by wrecklug railroads. Now they make money by building. That Is better. It pays to get a good job and (Continued on Par Four). STUDENT ISOUTLINEOF JAILED IN DEBT PLAN PYRE CRIME IS DEFINED Lover of Mrs. Peacox Held As Material Witness Tells of Petting' Parties Husband Found Love Letters Dead Wife Told Mother Married Life Was 'Hell On Earth' WHITE PLAINS, X. Y., May !. (fl1) Gene Itusaey, student at Johns Hopkins university, who told of a love affair' with Airs. Dorothy Pea cox, was in jail today us u material witness in the "torch" slaying of the young woman. 13 u skc y wus arrested in a New York hotel on nn order obtained by counsel for Earl F. Peacox, the husband, who has confessed he strangled his wife and sot fire to the body. Bussey has been quoted as say ing ho indulged in "petting parties" with Mrs. Pericox and corresponded with her. He suld Peacox found one of the letters and thretitenecl to "beat tho lifo out of him." The New York American today published a .letter written by the young Mrs. Peacox to her mother-in-luw, giving tho 20-ycur-old wife's reasons for leaving her husband. Tho letter said in part: "It didn't take us long to realize we made a mistake. It was two . months after we were married that j wo decided to separate. We found J that our natures never could be, reconciled. ' r j "We kept up the pretense of be-j Ing happy, just for the old-fash-, loncd custom of making believe that our marriage was a success. 1 But our life was. really a hell on earth. Wo wercht' really man and wife, 'but Just a. fighting, paltry of foolish , kl.du", , , ..' District Attorney Frank H. Coyne said Peacox hud made a new state ment in which ho had "talked him self out of a self-defense plea." In hti original confession, Peu cox said ho choked his wife when she pointed his pistol ut him. Coyne said In the later version tho pris oner said ho struck his wife a min ute after they entered his Mount Vernon;-X. Y., apartment, hitting her on tho head with the butt of the' pistol. Coyno, who is seeking to estab lish a case of premidtated murder with jealousy as a motive, has in dicated he pluns to delay presenta tion of tho case to tho Westchester county grand Jury until May 13: : 4 M MONDAY FOR SALEM SAIjEM, Ore., Slay 4. ;p) Mon day will probably see the end of tho iS-ceni gasoline prices in Sa lem and a return to the 23-cent level in force until a few days ago. retailers who have been engaged in the price war this week indicated Saturday afternoon. . Baseball Scores National, , R. K. E. Chicago lti 17 0 Philadelphia 0 10 1 Malone and Grace; Fcrguaon, Lien go, Elliott, Humcc und Iberian. R. H. K. .9 9 0 .. 7 12 2 Allloughby, Chicago Philadelphia Hoot and Gruce; Collins and IxM-lan. R. H. E. St. Louis 10 13 3 New York 7 14 2 Haines. Haid and Wilxon: Hub bcl. Mays. Henry und Hogun, O'Karrell. ( 10 lnnirtKH.) It. If. E. Cincinnati 7 , 10 0 Brooklyn . 3 3 0 LUean and Gooch; Koupnl, liul lou and IMclnich. ' , R. H. E. lMtlBliurgh 3 H 1 JUoHton 6 11 0 Petty. Hill und HumnSey; Stebold and Hpolirer, A nicrlrii n R. H. E. ltc.stun 1 II 2 I Detroit 2 9 0 Huffing und Befry: Worrell und Shea. K. H. K. Washington 3 9 I Cleveland 4 5 4 Had ley. Marberry and Huel; tShaute and f. Hewcll. II. H. K. New' York :i! 16 2 Chicago 9 1 1 4 Hoyt, Moore nnd Dickey; P'aber, McKaln, Dugan and Crouse. German and American Dele gations Reach Agreement On Reparations French and Belgian Assent Is Sought Final' Decision Rests With France, As Largest Creditor. PARIS, May 4. &) Tho Ger ,man and American reparations delegations have reached a full agreement on a complete settle ment of the reparations problem. It remains, however, for tho Americans to win the French nnd Delgian delegations to their plan. Owen D. Young, clilef of the American delegation, today -was conferring with the delegations of tho other creditor , nations to this end. The British nnd the Japanese delegations . were stated authori tatively tentatively to havo ap proved the. settlement, leaving Franco and Belgium particularly and possibly Italy dissenting. The final decision, of course, rested with France, far and away tho largest creditor. If conferences today are favor able it was believed there will be a plenary session Monday, when various of tho reparations ex perts, who have left Paris, will havo returned. It was said there wero natu rally many details to be arranged yet, hut the broad outline of the plan was well doflncd. It was far from certain the French and Belgians will accept the American proposals. The French point of view Is that they presented an lrreducimo min imum claims total, based on what they must pay to America plus. only. a ''.'fraction' of "what "they have spent for reparations, . Premier Polneare has declared publicly that France cannot make further sacrifices and It was rec ommended that even If tho French experts approved the American plan In order to disposo of the vexing problem it was most prob able parliament and the govern ment would reject tho settlement. KILLS G.M.HESS ROSEIItTRG, Ore.. May 4. !) Geurge M. 11chk, janitor in the Itost'burg pot office, wiih Khot and killed ut his home, about one mile west of hero early thin morning, According to tho story told hy Mrs. Hess to officers, a man rap ped on their ' bedroom window, about 1 o'clock this morning, awakening Mrs. Hess. Tho mun told her to turn on a light. Ilesa was awakened, got up and turned on a light. The mun un the outside fired through the win dow, the bullet striking Hess in the choHt. Mrs. Hess ran from the house to summon nid from neighbors. When they returned they found Hess lying dead just outside the houne. No motive for tho shooting could be advanced by Mrs. Hess. Discovery of tho revolver with which Hess was killed was the first result of tho investigation made by police. Reconstruct Ing the scene of the killing, officers traced footprints of the killer from a highway across an orchard and up to tho bedroom window. The tracks then led back to the road and to a fence on the opposite side. Working from that point police found a .32 caliber revolver In the orchurd. An attempt was being made to day to trace ownership of the weapon through the serial number. Hess, 50 years old, hud no known enemies, police wild. That robbery was not a motive is indi cated by the fact that a pocket book lay untouched on the dresser within easy reach of the window at Which the assailant stood. , Hens is survived by his widow nnd one son. Norman, a Htudcntujt Whltman college. Walla Walla. WOMAN DIES AT WHEEL SALEM. Ore.. May 4. fP) Mrs. Cecelia Morris, 57, died sud denly at the wheel of a new auto mobile that ehe was lea ring to drive at UruadncreM Thursday, ac cording to information t reaching here today. A salesman who was teaching her to drive wa with her. NIGHT ASSASSIN BR MAN AMERICAN GOLF STARS- PRACTICING IN ENGLAND American golfers In England are tuning vn to- n. British open, the next big engagement, start ing May 6. These Yankee stars, snapped at Sandwich, are (lii; to right) Al Esplnosa, Horton Smith, John Goltfen and Walter Hagen. j . BELIEVE SOVIETiCOMMlTTEE OFsWALSH SEEKING AGENTS LEADI NG S E N AT E BERLIN RIOTING MELLON Death List Grows to 27 English Journalist Shot By Police Paper Says Russ Reds Planned May Day Rioting. RERUN, May 4. () Tho number of dead In tho commu nist May day disorders of tho PHHt' thrce-'tfays' Teaohed "27 "today" with the deaths of six wounded persons -In various hospitals. Among the dead was an Eng lish newspaperman, Charles Krau MacKuy, representing tho Waitara Daily News of New Zealand. .Po lice on HcrmanstrusHQ shot him dead before dawn today when ho refused to go back Indoors in do fiance of their orders permitting no one outside. Mac Kay spoke no German arid his friends assumed he did not understand the commands which were shouted at him threo times before the shots which killed him were fired. Tho police pointed out that they had forbidden news papermen to enter the disturbed area after 9 p. m. Reriin police wero Investigating" today charges of a borough news paper , that a Russian communist loador aided by threo members of tho soviet army general staff had led tho Gorman communists In rioting of the past threo days. Tho charges hiudo by tho bor ough newspaper, tho Neue Kelt of Charlottenburg, wero that tho soviet communist orgHnizer, Man lelskli arrived in Rcrlin 14 days ago, accompanied by three widely known Tcheka organizers and three members of tho red army general staff. . Tho pupcr said tho delegation Immediately began work 041 do tails for uprisings. Of tho deaths, 25 were reported officially, while two were not of ficially listed. In all, nioro than 150 persons have been Injured in the fight ing since May day. BY KLAMATH FALLH. Ore., May 4. OP) Governor I, L. Patterson and Dean J. R. Jewell of Oregon Ktute college wre tho principal speakers last nighAat the nnnuul banquet of the Klumath Fulls chamber of commerce. Governor Patterson reviewed the work of the last state legislature and said that body was the most efficient group of lawmakers as sembled in Salem in many years. . "I havo no apologies to make for tno money expended," he declared, "and I urn sure tho legislature has none. 1 am not one to throttle Oregon, and I am not afraid to nn fViA ml 1, to. an Intn tnl.f (hut a A. v..v .v 1 vanceincnt and progress might bo 1 Incured. I wan tto see the whole 'state go forward as you have here -in Klamath." ' Dean Jewell urged the city to "dress up Its front window' Hint It face value appearance "might do justice to Its actual worth." (Social I cruder If lew. PHILADELPHIA. May 4.-MV-Mrs. Ella H. Pancoast Widner, wife of Joseph Wldener, died today Hhe waa widely known In social circles. VOTES Steiwer Aids in 8 to 5 Bal- lot Holding Treasurer Mot; Disqualified By Stock-j holding Minority Re-J ports Sent In. ! WASHINGTON, May 4. ifP) Eight members of tho 17 on the Homta judiciary committee voted ivuny imii Anurcw it inuiion as a stockholder was not disqualified from serving hh secretary of the treasury, and two minority reports wore sent along to tho senate. - The vote for the report of Sena tor Wtelwcr, Republican, Oregon, giving Mr. Mellon clear title to his office was 8 to 5. Four Demo crats not voting arc being polled. Tho report of Chulrman Norris declaring Unit Mr. Melton as u stockholder was disqualified was reieeted 10 to 3. Senators Doruh, Republican, Ida ho, and King, D e in o c r a, Utah, however, concurred in a third re port declaring that whilo Mr. Mol jlon, as a stockholder did not violate 'tho law, that any participation, di rectly or Indirectly in business by the aecrctury of the treasury would constitute a violation of the statute. Tho commltteo by a simflur vole refused to call Mr. Mellon for an open investigation of his Million with tho companies In which heJs ,a stockholder. T HIT BY STORMS 21 LIVES LOST ATLANTA, Ga., May 4. W) -Tho death list from the tornudues that struck seven southern. Htatos Wednesday and Thursday stood to day at 38, with tho greatest toll in Virginia, where 21 persons lost their lives. Relief workers, penetrating tho isolated sections yesterday sow tho death list mount above 40 nnd then drop again, duo to con flicting nnd overlapping reports. In addition to the dead, more than 100 persons were injured, many of them seriously, and an enormous crop and property toil was taken. Tho grcutest lo?a of life wna at Ryo Cove, Va., whero 12 children and one teacher were kilted In the collapse of a schoolhouso. Ten other persons were killed In widely scattered sections of the state. Six fatalities wero reported in Maryland, Arkunsas had flva dead Tennessee two and Kentucky, Ala bama nnd Florida one each. Relief work wus being carried on in all of the stricken sections under tho direction of the Red Cross. Injured persons were being Innnculated against disease and clothing and shelter novldtd for the homeless. Including '4? persona killed In Georgia In lat week's series of storm, the south', death toll from tornadoes In two weeks stood at 84. Oregon WcaUH-r Oregon: Generally cloudy to night and Sunday, unsettled west portion. , probably with showers near coast, moderate temperature. Normal humidity; gentle south westerly winds on coast. VIRGINIA Wi LIGHT ON WHO PAPERS Interest of Paper arid Power Co. in Newspapers Is Ob ject of Resolution in Senate Brooklyn Eagle Buys Out WASHINGTON, May . 4. iff) A resolution directing thor post muHtot general to Inform the aen ale' of the namoH -and A'ddcHHCs, of - nil editors, and' stock and bondholders of papers in which the International Paper and Power company claimed an .Inter est,' was introduced today by Sen ator Walsh, Democrat, Montana. Senator Walsh usked immediate consideration, but Senator Watwon of Indiunu, tho Republican loador, said ho wiahed to "look it over" and the resolution went over, under tho rules. Asked by He. nut or Watson what the purpose of tho resolution was, Senator Walsh replied, that it "de sired to find out if aomo change is necessary" In the law which requires nowspapers to file a list of their owners with the govern ment, ' .'-. Tho resolution would roqulro tho .postmaster general to submit tho names of all persons' con nected with the nittnugomont of tho papers concerned, as well us tho mimes of all holders of bond or stock or any othur typo of M cuiity. : NEW YORK. May 4. (V) Tiro Rrooklyn Euglo announced today that tho International Paper & Power 1 compuny no longer had nny financial interest in tho Rrooklyn Euglo or In any of tho Gannett newspapers. Frank K. Oannett, president of tho Gannett newspapers, today de livered to the International Paper and Power compuny his check on the Chemical National Rank and Trust company for more than $2,700,000 retiring all of the In ternational investments In tho Rrooklyn Dully Eagle, tho Albany Knickerbocker Press, the Albany News und the Jlhaca Journal Nom's, which uro among the 17 papers controlled by Oannett. CLOUDED BY MISHAP MUSKOO!:i:. Okln;, May i.UF) Kd (IwrdniT,. Bnnttli' nemo, drop ped out of C. C. 1'ylc'n liavemcnt pmindlnK hrlgndo today bccaUMO of a pullod tendon. Ho wan brought hero by hln trainer in an automo bile. Ho will bo tho uet of honor al a chicken fry itrranxed for tonight by negro bunlnoas men of Munko- gee.:, ' ' ', :.. 1 , IN'URPKNDK.VCK. Ore. Slay 4. (A) Mi's. Helen AUKUKla .Martin, formerly of ltoHcburif. died at the home of her daughter. Mni..lIomer tllll. Krlilay following vi Ktroko. She Iim been vlHltlng with her daughtet for tho latft few wceka. Mr. Murtln waa born In New York Feb. IK, ft&3. coming to Oregon from Kanaaa In JH90. Itemains will be forwarded to Koseburg for Interment Monday. t g a s o t ; c mums OPERATOk is seeking DISAGREE YACHT RACE Mass Meeting of Valley Sta tion Owners Shows Di vergence of Price Opinion Oil Companies Enjoy Present Situation, Claim Weaver Remains Firm for Cut. Although called to oftoct a set llemont among service station op erators of Mcdfurd, Ashland and Grants Pass, laat ulghl's meeting at the Hotel Mcdfurd of retail gasollno dealers apparently widen ed the breach In efforts to Bot a rixed price per gallon.- Arugmenm, in some cases ' personal attacks, took up most ot tho evening with the 60 or more operators present unable to agree. . (insollue Una been selling ns low aa 19 cents In Medtord and as high as 26 cents, with tho latter price still 1 Vi couta cheaper than in Ashland, whore dealers aro ad hering to a unllonn prloo. Hbw ovor, In Grants Pass priuoa vary, with some stations selling at 25 cents and others at 22 M. cents. The lower pricea prevail at stations In smaller valley towns and at road side stations. ' t W. C, Kookard. operator of a atation and gasoline pump on North Riverside, put the matter up to a vote whether the high price should be adopted, and while tho majority vdtoU in the affirmative, the volo .was still far from unani mous. A 26-cent price was sug gested, but this move also tailed ot acceptance. , .. 1 Mrs. G. U. flullen, operator of n station in Talent, perhaps was on the floor last evcnlnn as much as any , one present and wna one of th; inottt.lndlanant. . Sho attacked the Standard Oil company and de clared the company had. not Riven hqr a square deal, She a I mod part of hqr attack ut Carl Woavor, , as being' p "mouthple.c.o", of tho com pany, nnd Insinuated ho waa opcr ating under company orders when lie cut gasoline from 27 to 3 Cents.; ; . . .... , ... - ; ' . m Weaver. Firm Weaver was out of his chair In a second and branded tho accusa tion as a falsehood. He declared he would sell gasoline at the 23 cent price even if lie were nat con nected with the Standard Oil com pany. Ho' declared the 7 cent profit, as suggested In the 27tt-ccnt price, was too high, and would bo an In centive, tor more stations to opep, thuu crowding an already over crowded field. Gasollno profits woro forinorly only from 3 to 4 cents, he said, and saw no roason why the public should pay for tho folly of the establishment ot so many sorvlcu stations. Hft-8.' lliillen, when on the floor another time, declared service sta tion operators were given tho short end of tho deal, with farmers being able to guy gasollno 111 GO-gnllon lota at HVi cents per gallon, a cheaper rate than It is sold whole sale. .A 7-ccnt profit Is necessary to mako up for loss ot tho farmer trade, she said, and If it Is not ob tained, the stations will be oper ating at a loss, with farmers and others obtaining gas at cut rates, patronizing tho stations only to re ceive free air and wator. Another desolate picture ot the gasoline war was painted by tho owner of tho Oaks service station near Grants Pass. He came re cently to southern Oregon, after having filled a number ot liigh salaried executive positions In the cast and In Portland, lie retired from active business life to on Joy southern Oregon and engago In the service station business, but tho present situation has become un bearable, ho said. In order to meet competition, he has been selling gasoline at cost and. thouKh he bai sold hundreds of gallons d'ly, he has been devoting bis time to the work for nothing. Ho could not understand why the situation must peniist with tbe possibility ot mak ing paupers of many station op erators, who bavo their life's Bar ings Invested In the property. ; . Trade Divided 1 This man had boon selling at tho regular price and ono dny out of 1800 .cars that passed by his place only three st.opicd to buy gasollno. It was not long until ho was forced to cut prices. " Tile 27-cont per gallon price Is too high, in tho opinion ot V. C. Hookard, dealer In the Uorrydale district. Tho public will not stand for It, and this high prlco only gives the Incentive to some other , station to cut underneath It, be said. Rookard favored the 25-cent fee, but declared ho would join the majority In any prlco they choso. Ho has boon, selling gaso llno at 21 conts to meet tho price of a competitor who had beon sell ing at If cents per gallon If the purchaser changed oil. Rookard declared ho was sorry to cut tho price, but he saw It was tbe only way to protect his business. If gasoline Is sold at 25 cents per (Continued on Page SU) Challenge of Shamrock V Sent By English ' Club Ten Months' Notice Re quired September, 1930 Suggested As Date Americans 'Have Won . Since First Race in 1851. LONDON', Mny'4. Sir Thomas Llpton, noted Jrlsh Hport.s man, again hatf challenged fur tho America's cup, historic yachting truphy, according to-an Exchange Telegraph dispatch from Dublin. The challcnvo filed on Sir Thomas' sn n?; arc THOMAS U PTON behalf by the iloyal Ulster Yacht club, has been sent to tho New York Yacht club and suggests Sep tember of 1930 for the challenge series. . ',, .'t; V ' ' : U H UPAtrTr North rlnla4.d.- Muy 4. , V Tho now yaeht which Hlr ThomaH Llpton will build lit umut tenipt to gain tbe America's cup,, famous yachting trophy,- will bo called the Shamrock V. s. ? - f It will bn about 77 feet long at the1, watorllne, this measurement bringing It into the 23-metor;elanH.-It will bo designed by -Charles V,, Nicholson, ' who ; designed other yachts for tho famous sportsman.' Officials of the New York Yacht club said they had received :.no official word of Sir Thomas' chal lenge Under cup rules, the chul lenger is required to give ten months' hotlco In writing, together with tho name, of tho owner of tho challenging bont and tho principal dimensions of the craft. Tho original raeo for the 011 p, then a Uoyul Vacht club squudron trophy, was sailed In 1851, around tho Islo of -Wight. Tho chooncr : yacht Amoricu nnd sailed uci-oks the ocean, and decided to competf, winning by a wido margin. The cup hus boon tlcld In America ever since. , . .-; , There hnvo been 13 challenges, tho Llpton Shamrocks huvlng com peted In tho last: four. The first Uhamroek sailed in lHU'J. tho. sec ond In 1901, tho third In 1903 and tho fourth in 1020, the lust time the cup has boon In competition. In : the 1020 race the defending yacht, the Rtaolutc, was salted by Charles Francis Adams, now secre tary of the navy. Will Roger Say: ; .BOSTON, .Mass.,' )Iu,v 4. Hud it long . and plcusiint duti ,tlis .'.morning! witli, Mr. 'PrankSteams up at his store ii'nre. ;;'He, '."aa you' know',' is .Coolidgo's best friend. . Ue called, b i in -s o. . I t h (! White House cat... iTere'D one; hc.toldj mc: ., .. .' One of our newly .. riuli wanted to he un iiniliiissuiltir and suid,- "1 want- , to .do something for my country, but it must bo in a .big wu.V. aud must be one of (he most important posts "", , . , ' ,.. . Mr. Coolidgc heard it and remarked, "Well, I give him the biggest post t litre is, the wholo out of .doors." ', ' ' Yonra,.. ''. '; , wiUi Rotii'Uts. ; , P. 8. i One thing if. llicy throw Mellon out for eompe teney, it won't e followed by any other dismissal Tor the same reason. -,; , . ,. . i . :.J - .... ;tjL an iff
