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MEDFORD, OREGON," FRIDAY,'- MAY 17, 1929.
No. 56.
1
Today
By Arthur Brisbane
Yes, Quite Prosperous.
Gold and Credit
The Church and School. '
The King Returns. ;
(Copyright by King Feature
Syndicate, Inc.) .
; : Those that read the Iloovcr
report of extraordinary Amcrir
can prosperity ' constantly in
creasing will nsk "How. long
can it last?" : '. - . '
- It can last indefinitely, un-.
less our supply of common
sense piyes out.
The President Hoover report
declares that this country has
not more than "scratched the
surface of its gigantic possibili
ties." Write that On your cuff,
i and 'don't still things short in
this country.- ' ; ','., :.
Amcrican.money and Ameri
can credit are SUPPOSED to
be upheld by a certain amount
Of gold. '' ,' -:'.: ; .
Nobody knows anything
about money ' or its history.
Blinkers, perhaps, less than any
body clse.: They were much op
posed fo the Federal Reserve
. banking system' when it was
proposed. Later they decided
that it was a. blessing. ''
; Now they adopt it, since it
. assists them in the profitable
practice of 15 and 20 per cent
usury. ' " ' '
' Mr. Ayres, authority of a big
Cleveland banking concern, is
amazed at the weight of credit
that a little gold jsair bear. ;'
i In 3924 we had four and a
t a. bank credit of forty -five ibil
lions ten to one,.', '- '..'
In 1925 the gold supply
imounted lo 9 per cent of our
bank credit. In 1927 it fell to
8 per cent and last year to less
than 7 per cent. Now the per
centage is lower than it ever
.was.
, The fact, of course, is that
gold is merely an idea like an
African' witch doctor's fetish.
The real thing back of credit is
the wealth of the United States
iu lands, resources, factories,
people NOT gold.
In connection with recogni
tion of the pope's temporal sov
ereignty, in Italy, there has
been- discussion' as to control
of schools... The matter was
: settled, for the Vatican, by the
pope's address to the pupils of
. Jtundragone College, published
in the "Observatpre Romano."
The pope, according to the
Associated Prcs, holds that the
, education of the young is the
reponsiliility of the church, not
of the state, and the pope does
not relinquish ; the church's
' ''precious charge held for ccn-
'. turics.", .. :'''?
; It is believed that his posi
tive statement may1 cause dif-
: ferences of opinion in the ranks
of the Fascisti.
King Oeorge has returned to
his favorite residence, Windsor
.castle, with years of life prom
ised by doctors. Loyal subjects
turned out to cheer their king.
Newspapers print his picture
.headed "Long to Reign Over
Us."
. The idea that men do not
want to be ruled is a mistake.
To be ruled is exactly what
they DO want, and to be freed
from the responsibility of self
. rule.
It is painful for a dog to walk
, on its hind legs, painful for hu
man beings to rule themselves
. and think for themselves.
"Everybody in in the market."
That la almost literally true. The
(Continued on page 4, 2nd section)
ANNOUNCE GRAF WINS
MERGER OF BATTLE FOR
BUS LINES SAFE BERTH
Three Key Transport Com
panies Form Capitalized
at $30,000,000-iPacific
Coast Lines Include Yel
loway, Pickwick, South
ern Pacific, Oregon and
Pacific Stages- ' ;
CHICAGO. 111., May' 17. (ff)
Consummation of a merger ot three
key motor transport companies con
trolling stage Hues in nearly every
state and representing a capitaliza
tion of :IO,000,000, was announced
today. . -
The merger will bring .together,
through an exchange of stock, the
Greyhound lines operated by the
Motor Transport corparatlon, with
hajadquarterB In Cblcago; the Yel
loway systems, with offices on the
'Pacific coast, and the Pickwick
stages, with general offices at Los
Angeles.
Paoiflc coast operations of the
new company will be controlled by
Packlc Transportation Securities,
Inc., and will Include lines in Ore
gon and California; formerly oper
ated by Yelloway, Pickwick stages,
Southern Pacific Motor Transport
company, Oregon stages and Pa
cific stages, and lineB from Los
Angeles to El Paso and San Fran
cisco to Salt Lake City. One-third
ownership will be held each by the
Motor Transit corporation of Chi
cago, the Pickwick corporation and
the Southern Pacific company.
. All the-companies involved will
retain their individual identities,
but will be operated under com
bined control.
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REPARATIONS
TAIUS, May 1 7. (P) The repa
rations experts of the creditor na
tions today were studying the pro
posed text of the commttee's re
port with the Gorman conditions
preparatory to a full discussion
among themselves later in the day.
Dr. HJalnmr Schacht, head of
the German delegation, remained
at his hotel pending an'agreement
between the allies and the Ameri
can representatives, hut one of the
German experts called at the head,
quarters of the committee Just
after noon with a response to
inquiries as to the meaning of
some uf the phrases in the Ger
man conditions.
The principal opposition to the
annuities suggested by Owen D.
Young, is now coming from thn
Belgians- und Italians, but all the
creditors found what they held to
be objectionable features in the
German conditions.
t
IN BLAZEATIWIE
LONDON, May 17. (VP) The Ex
change - Telegraph company dis
patches from Warsaw today said
more than 100 persons were burnt
to death In a huge fire at Iwle,
Poland. -'..
WARSAW, Poland, May 17. WP)
More thun 4000 persons are home
less and destitute as a consequence
of the burning of almost the entire
township of Iwle, on the eastern
frontier ot Poland.
STEEL CORPORATION
INVADES PORTLAND
PORTLAND, Ore., May 17. (P)
George W.- McMuth, industries
committee chairman of the cham
ber of commerce announced today
that the Sonic Steel Corporation of
California has purchased a site In
the Guild's Industrial district on
St. Helen's road and will begin at
once the erection of a plant n.nui
square feet In area. The initial In
vestment will he about J12.i.000
and the plant will employ from 40
to 50 men.
Bank President Suicides
OKMl'UIKK, Okla., May 17.
A'I The American National bank of
Okmulgee, whose president. Tom
King, shot and killed himself last i
night, fulled to open Its doors
,..
uay.
allies
agreement on
Crippled Dirigible -Battles
I Heavy Storms" Over
. France to Mooring Mast
. at Cuers, France Nine
p Hours Spent in Struggle
With! Mistral Wind of
Rhone Valley. ! ' '
OUKns, France, May 17. (P)
The trans-Atlantic air liner Graf
Zeppelin, after an all day struggle
against sotrms, landed here at
S:3G o'clock tonight , (2:35 p. m.
R. S. T.) .-; '., s '' '- . '
The big dirigible was safely
brought to earth beside the only
landing mast in France. It wan
the same . which had served to
moor the French dirigible Dix
mude, lost in a storm over the
Mediterranean sea nearly six years
ago.
She concluded her perilous
odyssey 'through the air after 3x
and a half hours of flight, nine of
which were spent in tenacious
struggle with the famous Mistral
wind which blows down the Rhone
valley intermtttentely,,,
4
EIGHTY PER CENT
CLEVELAND. May '' 17. .
-Fear tmulfch1 percent ' of the
surviving victims of the Cleveland
Clinic disaster will, die in afew
days from the effects of the poison
gas they inhaled, was expressed to
day by Harry- L; Rock wood, city
health commissioner and concur
red in by a number of doctors and
chemists. ' :
The exact number of persons
who Inhaled the deadly tunics thai
came from burning X-ray films
and other chemlcalH Is unknown,
but doctors estimated there were at
least 100 besides those who already
have died. ,.
If Itockwood's fears prove true,
eighty more deaths will bo added
to the present total of 125.
FRIENDS S P.
L
SAN FRANCISCO, May. 17.
Action by rail shippers along the
Southern Pacific and Its subsidiary
lines toward Intervening before the
Interstate Commerce commission
to oppose appllcatoln of the Great
Northern and Western Pacific rail
ways for permission to construct a
line from Oregon Into California,
was taken today. - - -
The Good Hallway Service asso
ciation, said to have members from
California, Oregon, Washington.
Idaho and Nevada, held a meeting
here today and adopted a resolu
tion to oppose the line. Kdwln O.
Edgerton, former president of the
.state rallroud commission, presided.
Baseball Scores
National
R. II. E.
Brooklyn ..:....... 14 17 5
Philadelphia 13 2
Clark, Ferguson, Moss, Ballou
and Plcnich! Hoy, Elliott, Milllgan,
McOraw, Holloway, Wllloughby
nnd Davis, Lerlan.
R. H. E.
Cincinnati 3 6 0
Chicago 9 11 1
Donohue, Ashland Gooch, Dixon;
Blake and Gonzales.
I
R. H. E.
New York .-,.,.... -10. o
Boston . f 16 3
.Mays, Fitzslmmons nnd O'Far
rell; Jones and Taylor,-
, R. H. E.
St. Louis ......;........'.. 2 7 , I
Pittsburgh 6 10 3
Alexander and Wilson; French
and llnrgreaves.
. . American
, R. H. E.
Boston fill 2
New York . 3 0 0
Morris and Heving; Jloyt and
Hlckey. IIS Innings.
n. ii. e.
Chicago : 6 14 n
Detroit . S 9 3.
Kaher and Crduse; Whltchill and
Phillips.
MR. COOLIDGE ASSUMES NEW ROLE
( A
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' ' . , . !, . Associated lrcas Vhota
It la now "Calvin Coolldge, director of the New York Life
Insurance company." The former president is shown with Darwin
Kingsley, president of the company, at the meeting at which Mr.
Coolldge was formally elected.
RALPH BAILEY
ELEGTEDO.S.C:
Two Nledford Men Gain Of
fice in Close Vote at State
College Independent
. Party Elects Student
Body President. 1 :
ConVAlXlS,-' Ore., May 17. OP)
eiecren preaitient ui . t,u urwuvmiuu
student body of Oregon Ktato col
lege, and Carl Totten, Days Creek,
was elected editor of the Dully
Barometer In the second student'
body election here yesterday, made
necesHary oy inrowiug um me u.n
lots In the first vote because of
irregulurltles.
The vote again .' was extremely
ctose with victories split between
the two rival parties. The nHSOd
ated fruternlty-soroiity puvty how
ever, won five more major offices
than It did In the first election,
and lost one minor office. Votes
cast numbered 2850. . . i
In the class elections the assocl
ated nurty won every office over
the Independent rod-fruternltr
party. Cheater Hubbard of Med
furd won the senior presidency by
a sinKle vote over Henry Deboest
of Corvallls.
The result of the student body
election, classified b parties, fol
lows: '
Associated party: . Carl Totten,
Days Creek, editor Barometer;
Dorothy Crawford, .Oregon. City.
Hecrctury; Harone Hoone, Corvallis
first vice president: Heater uavis,
Salem, second vice president;
Ralph Huorke. Corvallis, l'atil
Toreh and Klayne Hearing, rort-
lund. members Greater Oretfon
State committee; Milton Leishman,
Baker; Heyman IjUdwfg, Corval
lis; Wlllium Bruce, 1m Grande, and
Joe Mulligan, Portland, members
of Co-op board.
Independent-red party:
Hnnson Melnke, Corvallls, pres
ident; Harold Kwalt, Kstai-ada,
third vice president; May Johnston
BirkenfelU; Ralph Bailey, Med-
ford, and Delmar Brown, memberH'
co-op store board; Ronald John
son, president Memorial Union. 1
The election was closely supervised-
by faculty representatives
and the strictest secret method was
used. In balloting,
I'resfdent W., J. Kerr nf the
.Slate college declared void the
previous election after a commit
tee had discovered what -It termed
"gross irregularities" in the ballot
ing. SEATTLE PASTOR
TO BE UNFROCKED
TACOMA, Wash., Mny 17. fP)
Uov. i'Vnuk Lindhlad of Scuttle will
bo unfrnrkpfl and Htrlpped nf nil
mlnlNtoHal rights and prlvllrjtcit
when hln cnno In prencnlPd hofirp
a moeilng of the wcirtern ntftt?a
leadprn of the Asuembllri? of n.jd In
Han Fram-iiico nrxt "week, the Hv.
P.ank flray, , northwpdt dlstHrt
Hiiporintpndpnt nf the denomination
dpclared here today. ,
Undhlad rfKinn-'l hln brittle
pastorntp after confining the truth
of rharKPH made hy a yolinfr matron
of the ronKrepatlon on whnt ihe
believed to be her death bed.
Rev. Gray on Id today that he
had Jut returned from Hpoknne,
where he placed I.lndhlad'ft ran
before the northwest dlntrk-t board.
ir attended the-rittle meeting at
which UndPdndVnade hli confeji
lon'and tendered hi reniynution. ,
CHEIHKIAIM HEADS
1
FUTU RESAFETY
National : Convention Hears
Prediction Increase of
100,000 Private' Planes
Next Two Years Many
Port Problems.
CLEVELAND, May 17, UP) r-
for solving airplane safety prob
lems, expected to Increase more
than ten .fold In the next two
years, were brought out today at
thq, natlonul airport convention
heo. 1 '
Prominentia 1 r p o r t authorities
spent the morning In endeavoring
to answer more than 200 ques
tions asked by. persons in all parts
of the v United States, who have
airport problem? on their hands.
The grid glow tube, now acting
as truffle director on some cor
ners; will in the futuro afford
filers Immediate und well-lighted
havens In fogs and darkness when
trouble arises, according to U. C.
HlmpKun of South Bend, engineer
from the Westinghouse electric
and manufacturing company.
The tulu extremely sensitlvo to
minute electric currents, can bo
made sensitive to a particular
sound, such us a siren on a plane.
The siren would act on the tube,
causing it to turn on flood lights
at smalt fields, close together and
qnmanm-d, where a flier In diffi
culty could ullght. ,
The prediction that the hazards
of flying would be augmented in
the next two years by an increase
to 100,000 in the number of prl
vately operated airplanes, wero
made by Wlllium B. Stout, De
troit airplane magnate.
White Medicine
Fails As Cure
for Aged Squaw
FKISHNOf Cal May 17.
(P) All the pomp of formor
days' marked the ceremonial
f held at Ahwahnee Indian
roundhouse, 40 nillea east of
here, today when "Mrs. Char-
He Hart," sister of the later 4
Chief Peter and one of the
last of her Indian trlbo was
burled. Her Indian name Is
known to but a few of the
Digger, Indians and by them ,
kept secret as was also that
of her sinter "Mrs. Jin Roan,"
last known of the tribal f
witch doctors, who died two
4 years ago. She was believed 4
to be more than 90 years of
age.
"Mrs. Charllo Hart," be-
camo Ml several days ago and
f after fulling to respond to
"white medicine." prescribed
by physicians, sent her hus-
4 bund to a secluded Sierra
4 Nevada canyon to obtain cer-
lulu roots and bfrbs. She
died before his retffrn.
4
Humphreys Still Missing
POltTI-ANI). Ore., May 17. P)
Search for Lester V. Humph
reys, Portland altorney, last seen
Tuesday fishing in the Deschutes
river near North Junction, contin
ued toilay, although there was little
encouragement to spur on the
HT-archers. (irapplera continued lo
drag the river In case, as Is feared,
Humphreys fell Into the swift-run-nlng
stream and drowned. '
..
DISCUSS
PLANS
ALS VISIT
IN PHILLY
Scarface Capone and Body
guard Given Short Shrift
in Quaker City. Con
cealed Weapons - Bring
Sentences of Year in
. Prison Soon After Arrival
From Resort City.
rillLADKM'illA, May 1?. (P)
Scarface "A1M Capone and Frank
Cllne, Chicago gangsters, sentenced
to one year for carrying ooncenled
deadly weapons entered Moyamen
slng prison at 12;B0 p. in.
llcful-A ha U'HH Mi.ntfini'pil. Pfl-
Ipone told Director pchofield of
puniicity public safety that ho had
.iust fixed un a "nem'M nnct" be
tween rival bootleg gangs of Chi
cago ending the war which has
resulted in wholesale killings by
gunmen. .
PIliLADKMMHA, May 17. (P)
Alphonue (Seurfuce Al) Cupone,
and Prank Cllne, his reputed body
guard, were Indicted placed on
trial and sentenced to a year's Im
prisonment hero today, a little
more tlan twelve hours after they
had been arrested charged with
carrying concealed deadly weap
' ons. . " ' .
! The sentence of the court was
'the maximum prison terms under
the law, ' ,
Capone. and Cllno nrrlved here
yesterday from Atlantta City. Last
J night they were picked up leaving
a motion picture houso by two
Philadelphia detectives who were
tlooktng over theatre crowds for
suspicious persons. - They did not
resist arrest and we.re tuken to the
central police station In city hall
where they , were charged with
carrying concealed weapons after
a--8 calibre pistol - War found' -on
each. .
.
SAW WHITE PINE
OC1DEN, Utah, 'May 17. (PI
Announcement of the organlwtlon
of a (2,000,000 corporation Involv
ing important lumber Interests of
Oregon with headquarters at Og
den was made today by M. S. Ec
cles announced that the corpora
tion will cut between 60,000,000
and 00,000,000 feet of white pine
lumner annually..
URGE LIVESTOCK RATE
WASHINGTON, May 17. (IP)
A cevislon of rallrpud freight rates
on livostock In western territory,
which would Involve some general,
but slight Increases, was recom
mended today to the Interstate
commerce .commission hy ngents
who have dumpleted an Investiga
tion Into existing schedules,
The commission assigned the re
port for oral nrgument here July
10.
"'Livestock In much of the west,
cm district Is not nt present bear
ing Its fair allure of the transpor
tation burden of . Its new scales,"
the report said.
TENNESSEE ARRESTED
ELIZABBTI1TON, Tenn., May 17.
(P)--Ad)utant Oeneral W. C.
uoyu or Tennessee was arrested
here today on a warrant charging
'aiding and abetting an attempt
to commit murder," sworn out by
icvolyn lleaton, a striking textUn
worker Injured yesterday by an au
tomobile that dashed through a
group of plckelors who blocked the
road. lie was released on $1000
bond. '
A warrant also was 'Issued for
Joe Calhoun, drlvor of the car thai
struck Mis Hoaion, and a deputy
left for Jonesboro, whero he was
taken yesterday for safekeeping.
Art Ix-nlrr !lo.
KANSAH CITV, Muy 17. IP
f'onrnd Hug, 6, Kansas C'lly art
dealer, whose testimony figured
prominently In the recent half
million dollar "In. Hello Ferrlon-
nlero" portrait damage suit In
New York, died here today. I
CUT
Says' I Vc , Guilty
XHUHP
rnrr- -irmffinMinmMwrrr
Mis. Kva Itableti
HONOHA, Cal., May 1 7. (P)
Mrs. Kva Brandon Rabten, 3J, ac
cused, of poiHonlng tb death her
war veteran husband, Carroll, at
a . Tutlletown dance April 27.
pleaded not guilty to a charge of
murder when she was arraigned
before Superior' Judge J. T. B.
Warne here today. Judge Warne
set the trial fortune 10.
The courtroom was thronged
with spectators as the so-called
"mall order bride." formerly from
Quanah, Tcxuh, entered on the arm
of her attorney, Charles Vance.
The proceedings wtro brief.
SEND PLAN TO
VOTE OF HOUSE
: WASHINGTON.. Vay l)7.1-(P)-r
Tho house todny voted to Bend the
farm relief, bill' carrying tl)e ,djsr
"puted export - debenture r'plan Ttb
conference for conciliation- of" the
differences with the senate
i' The- house Republican : leader
ship decided to' waive what- they
contended 'constituted an invasion
of the constitutional rights of the
houso so that tho bill could be sent
to conference ' Immediately and
thereby - materially expedite final
action ot farm relief legislation. As
a result, of the house's aatlon the
bill now Is placed In tho hands of
a conference committee, composed
of members of both tho house und
sonuto. ' , . 1 . j ,
House Republican leaders are
hopeful this conference group will
decldo to eliminate the debenture
plan, : ,
The house vodted 249 to 119 to
send tho measurd to conference. '
WALLA. WALLA, -Wash., .May
17. (IP) Two aviation students
wero. killed todny when a plane,
owned by the Walla Walla Air
ways company, crashed from 1600
foet. The dead:
Elvln Cnssell of Hammer, Wn ,
and Allen U'.Mara, believed to be
from Athena, Ore.-
The plane was demolished. : It
carried no other pussengers. ' ,
Officials of the company refused
to . discuss the accident (or tof
venturo un opinion as lo Its cause
until an Investigation was made.
FOUR YEAR PEN TERM
PORTLAND, May 17. (P) B.
I Holman 85, former cashier of
the First National Hank of To
ledo, Ore., was today sentenced
to four yearn nt McNeil inland'
after he pleaded guilty In federal
court to mlmippllcntlon of 1000
In hank fundi.
The "specific charge on which
Ilolman was Indicted wan the
$1000 theft, hut he was eald to
have ahHconded with neveral thoun
and dollnrn over a one-year perldd.
Me wan arrested recently at I-ob
Angelen. Ho Is married and has
two children
, .
The Noted Dead
IIKHLI.V, May 17. (IP) Mill
Ijf-hmnnn. famous opera' singer,
died toilay at the age of 81.
FMimI llody Fugrlie Malt
' MKUCHU, Cal., Mny 17. (IP)
Tho body of a man Identified ns
Thomas -Onlen, about (10 years of
ago, formerly of Kugene. Ore., was
found In a lot near the Golden
State highway, neur here this tnor-1
nlnf, I
CONFERENCE BY
GROCER IN
FLORIDA IS
M0B1I1
Bullet Riddled Body Found
in Ditch Taken From
Jail Early Today Had
Altercation With Police
Chief Wife Who Insti
tuted Gun Play Dies of
Bullet Wounds. ..
I.AKH CITY, I'-ln., May 17. (P)
N. (1. Unmey, a grocer, was taken'
from the Jail here by a mob early'
today and lynched. The man was
arrested last night after an alter
cation with police during which
Chief of Police John If, Buker was
wounded and -Mrs. Romey was
wounded fatally.
Romey's body, containing many
bullet wounds, was found by a tar.
mer, sitting upright In a ditch on
the Columbia road. - .. r
Romey's trouble with the au
thorities started . yesterday when
Chief of 1'ollca Baker told hlnj
that he would have to clean up
some rubbish In front of his store.
Shortly afterward, according to
Judge Guy Glllem, Romey tele
phoned Chief Buker and told iln
he had placed the produce back on
the sidewalk nnd for the officer to
"come back and try to make me
move it again." ; . . . . . . . ;
Baker returned to the store and
another, argument ensued. . Mrs.
Romey, who Joined in the alterca
tion, is alleged to have procured a
pistol and fired, three shots . ut
Baker, one of which broke the of
ficer's shoulder blade.
Chief Baker then opened fire bt
me woman, wounding her five
times. .She , died in a hospital
about midnight. , .
Romey was arrested and placed
In Jul). ' '., :, , :- ..' ;: .
know, exactly- when - the lynching
took, place. ..'but thought ,, it was
about i o'clock (his morning. ; '
A coroner's Jury was summoned
hut the verdll.it was not made pub
lic. ' , . - " .. , -
SEARS ROEBUCK MAY
CHICAGO, May 17. (P) Sears,
Roobuck and company has signed
an agreement with Gardner Mo
tors - for ,.y Joint investigation of
the status of - the . motor car as
merchandise and the possibility of
large scale pruductrjn of low
priced automobiles In the future
for distribution through the Sears,
Roebuck channels. General Rob
ert E. Wood, president of Sears
Roebuck, confirmed a report Qf
the contract today.
OREGON'!' WILL PLAY i
GAINESVILtli,Tlh., May 17.
() Athletic' Director Charles V,
Bachman of the University of Flor
ida announced yesterday that the
University of Oregon will meet the
'Gators here In the last (tame of the,
llrZb foothall season, Decemher
Approval was received' for the
game this afternoon from Coach
John J. McKwnn of Oregon, and
contracts will be mailed Immedi
ately to close the deal, Bachman
said. 1 . ' ' ;
Will Rogers Says:
PHILADELPHIA, May 17.
The Zeppelin turned back,
trouble with riding on that
is. if anything goes wrong it 'a
too titr to 11
hitching
post. Went
over to New
York today.i
See where
Police Com-mission-
er Whttlcn appointed a crime
committee of 20 to help him
keep a list of tho crimes. If
they hear of any that he
don't, why they report them
to him, then at the end of
the year the one that has
heard about the most crimed
gets (he prize. Tours,
. - WILL KOCJKRS.