Mfiworb M a n . Tmtrtmie
The Weather
forecast: Fnlr tonight mid Tuctt
- day. but local Uiujidcrotorms lit
mountain. Cooler with rising
. humidity Turttday.
Temperatures
Highest yesterday 87
Lowest tills morning 47
allr Totj-f6urU Tear.
m-Ot nu-waub Yew.
MEDFORD, OREGON, MONDAY, MAY 20, 1929.
o
No. )9.
Today
By Arthur Brisbane
Susi's Airship.
And Other Air News.
Even China Is Awake.
The Cat's Rubber Heart.'
(Copyright by Kins Feature
. Syndicate, Inc.)
" Susi, female (,'orilla, passen
ger on the Graf Zeppelin, in
. tercsts the croVd more than
,. the real lady passenger. . . -Susi
slept or rested calmly in
lier cage through all the high
1 wind and buffeting.
Proud man thinks, "Poor
' Susi ; she did not even know she
wtn floating through the
clouds in an airship. Man set
her ailing, 'she had nothing to
i oy about it."
What about us, Susi's second
cousins? "Not one in 10,000
white men realizes that he is
afloat in space, on an airship,
Tthe earth. God set us float
ing, as Susi's owners set her
' flying.
It's a wonderful airship that
we inhabit, heavier than if
made of solid steel, whirling
round and. round, its slowest
speed 1000 miles an hour, on
its axis, its speed around the
siui more than 1,500,000 miles
a day, (0,000 miles an hour,
1000 miles a minute.
Ours is a. real airship, going
off through space,, omewherc,
with the sun. And we know
and think as little about our!
real journey as Susi ' knew
nbout her trip.
' Don't despise Susi.
Human nature is fundament
ally pood with nil its fighting
and slaughtering. The French
hevitnted to let the Zeppelin
fly over French territory- -too
many opportunities for taking
photographs, useful in later
wars, perhaps.
But when the big ship was
in trouble, French soldiers
were scut to help, French land
ing fields and hangars were
offered, and at this hour,
French and German mechanics
arc working side by side, put
ting the big dirigible in order.
Col. Lindbergh announces
regular mail service between
New York and Buenos Aires in
dl) hours. Later the line will
be extended, and Lindbergh
will start the line, as pilot.
Marriage, evidently, will not
moderate Ms flying.
M ,
Britain has established regu
lar flying schedules between
London and India. And Mex
ico announces her first post of
fice flying lines.
With the great industrial
and financial powers in Amer
ica competing in aviation, Gen
eral Motors, Ford and tho Na
tional City bank, this nation in
pite of government sluggish
ness, must be the world's
greatest producer of airplanes.
Fortunately, any airplane
can carry machine guns, and
arry bombs and drop them.
The country will gradually ac
quire air protection, in spite ot
itself.
Which of the great concerns
will produce the first supcr
drcadnaught of the air?
Henry Ford planned it, three
years ago, a machine with nt
least 12 powerful engines,
carrying 100 men. including
mechanics in its own machine
simp, costing about one miT
li.g.
Before that la built. Sloan of
General Motors, or Mitchell of the
.Vatlonal City, may start a machine
ten timet aa big.
And who will build the " aerial
nA'1,lt". "mall, powerful, safe
mJcne that, like the small auto-
(Contlnigd on Page Eight.)
PATRIARCH
SESSION
HELD TODAY
Grand Encampment of
I. 0. 0- F. Opens Tuesday
Councii Closes With In
stallation of Officers and
Degree Work Late Today
Ladies' Auxiliary Also
in Session.
With the department council of
the Patriarchs Militant, military
branch of the I. O. O. F., held to
day, the grand encampment of
the I. O. O. F. will open tomorrow
forenoon at 10 o'clock, as a part
of the Odd Fellows' conclave held
here this week. The council was
scheduled to close this afternoon
with the installation ot appointive
officers and conferring ot degrees.
The Ladles' Auxiliary was also in
session today, and was to close
this afternoon with the same pro
cedure. The forenoon sessions Included
only routine matters and were
scheduled to be followed this aft
ernoon with the installation of ap
pointive officers and the con
ferring of degrees. A mlitary ban
quet was scheduled for 6 o'clock
this evening, with the department
council Ladles' Auxiliary and can
didates for Decoration of Chivalry
taking part, at the Methodist
church. Guests are to form In a
body at the Hotel Holland.
The Patriarchs Militant was hon
ored with a social service In the
Baptist church last night, where
approximately 200 members of the
16 cantons of. the organization
heard a splendid sermon delivered
by Rev. W. H. Eaton, a member
of the org.ni7,ation. Arthur K.
Mickey of Portland, song , leader
and pbllclty director of the organi
zation, led a song of his own com
poslWon, "Pattiiarcha Militant
March." written to the tune "Pen
tecost." ' Miller Arrives
Will C. Miller, commander gen
eral, of Augusta, Me., who heads
the whole organization ot Patri
archs Militant throughout the
world, arrived In Medford last
night to review and inspect the
troops. This is only a small part
of a 25,000-mile trip he will have
mado during this year. Ho will
leave tomorrow for Boise,. Oldaho,
where he will inspect the state or.
ganizatlon there and then tiroceed
through Montana and other points
on his way east.
The outstanding event of Com
mander General Miller's visit here
will be his personal conferring of
the grand decoration of chivalry
to two members whose work dur
ing the year has been notable.
They are Colonel A. .1. Walther
and Major K. Woertcndyke, both
of tho Canton No. 1. Portland.
This will he followed by the con
ferirng of the decoration "f chiv
alry on between 30 and 40 other
outstanding members from various
parts ot the stato. lxjcal people
who will receive this honor In
clude Lottie Howard. Ella Parks
of the Olive lodge, Medford;
Emma Jones and Ethel Held of
the Hope lodge No. 14, Ashland;
Lillian Hwacker of Live Oak lodge
No. 198, Rogue River, and Joko
phlne Isham, Etna lodge No. 49,
Grants Pnss.
Open to Public
This beautiful ceremony will he
conducted by Hrlwllor General of
P. M., W. E. Wadsworth of Ifar
rlsburg. Ore., assisted by Com
mander General Miller and other
officers, and Is open to the public.
The local armory, whore the ses
sions Bnd ceremonies are taking
place, has been beautifully deco
rated in the Rebekah colors, pink
and green, and tho stage, to he
occupied by the commander gen
eral, is an elaborate setting for
the officers of the lodge.
The main body of visiting mem
bers and delegates are expected
to arrive tomorrow, bringing sev
eral thousands visitors into Med
ford from all lyirts of the state.
Every b('el room available has
been reserved, and many visitors
are being quartered in private
homes.
The flashy suits of the Patri
archs Militant members and of the
axillary members added color to
today's convention scenes, a fea
ture of which are the many deco
rated store fronts In I. O. O. F.
colors. In addition to flag deco
rated streets. a
VIOLENT QUAKE KILLS
y IN ASIA M
ANnoRA. Turkey In Aia. May
20. iJPi Thirty-nine peraon were
killed and 19 injured In a violent
earthquake at :40 p. m.. Sunday
evening at Souchernl. near Akvas.
Asia Minor, a thousand hnurteii
were destroyed or badly damaged
Dempsey Signed
No Articles to
ReEnter Ring
.
t . NEW YOllK. May SO. VP)
Willie RdmittlnK that any
bonaflde offer of a million
dollars U "worth thinking
about" Jack Dempsey today
told the Associated Press flat- 4
, ly that he has Bignod no
articles for a flKht in Akuh 4
I- CalienCe, Mexico, 'or any place
else, nor has he now any In-
tentlons of making a come- 4
back.
10 AID CITY
Mmniliig tho saving ot nt least
$5000 to the city ot Medford In
the construction of tho new
municipal airport, the Boeing and
Paclflo Air Transport companion,
operators of the Pacific coast air
mall route, have pledged to co
operate with the city In that A. K.
Humphreys, assistant to the presi
dent, and C. Eugene Johnson,
operating engineer, -will assist In
every possible way In tho laying
out of the new field.
These two men aro . now In
charge of the construction of the
$1, 500. 000 Hoeing airport at Bur
Dank:, Calif., and win come to Med
ford at any time needed. This will
eliminate the employment of , a
special airport engineer.
The - Assurance of this coopera
tion came with the visit and con
ference of Mayor A. W. Pipes,
Sccley Hall and City Engineer
Fred Scheffel with Boeing officials
In Hcattio last Saturday. Tho three
men returned to Medford today
with the news. " . ..
A conference of five hours was
held and during that time airport
construction was discussed from
every angle, resulting In consider
able enllghtment for the local men.
A new plan of construction for the
administration building, shops and
main htmgar was evolved, and was
described this afternoon by Mayor
Pipes as being another means of
saving several tttouaand dollars for
the city. .
Instead of erecting separata
buildings for the administrative of
fices and weather bureau, an addi
tion can be built to the ' main
hangar. The addition would be 20
feet wide, 100 feet long and two
stories high. The first floor Is to
Include the waiting room and busi
ness offices while the second floor
will accommodate the United
States Weather Bureau and Include
sleeping quarters for pilots.
Tho weather bureau office
would also Include equipment on
top of tho dome shaped roof of the
hangar. .
On tho opposite side of tho hsn,
gar, plans include a 20-foot addi
tion for the shops, in which motors
nnd other equipment can be re
paired. This plan will bo submit
ted to tho city council airport com
mittee, and Is entirely in kcoplng
with aviation standards recognized
by leading air transport compan
ies, according to .Mayor Pipes.
STUDENT SHOT
L
PORTLAND, ore., May 20. WP)
Herbert Been, 17, Jefferson high
school studct, was shot and killed
in a corridor of the school hero
today by Walter J. Kink, Jr., Ben
son Polytechnic student, In an ar
gument over a girl.
Fink shot Been three times and
then, before he could be overpow
ered, turned the gun on himself.
He was taken to a hospital, where
it was thought he would die.
Been died within a few minute.
The shooting took place In a
crowded hajlwiy of tho Jefferson
high ftchool at the end of the sixth
period." The students said Kink
walked Into the hallway and eaucht
Been as he was leaving a class
room. Ftnk pulled ft small revolver
from his pocket and shot Been
once In the chest. As tho wounded
lad tried to escape. Kink pulled
tho trigger twice and two bullets
entered Beens back.
A lengthy argument between
Fink And a 16-year-old girl pre
ceded the shooting, a friend of the
girl told police.
The argument was over Been and
Included mention of several letters
written to her by Been.
After the argument Fink way
laid Been in the hallway. When
Been rame along Kinko asked. "I
that him?"
"Yes.M was the answer.
Finke drew the revolver end shot
Been, who was unable to escape.
Klnke then shot himself. The
wound was 'Jfust over the heart,
hospital attendants said, art ring that
there was little possibility that he
would recover.
AIR
COMPANIES Mr? W
AIRPORTSURVEY
JEFFERSON
BY YOUNG RIVA
MAN O' WAR'S SON DERBY WINNER
AAV ribt
FY ' Vi fr:
LI 1 1 j-St
' Clyde Van Dusen, ownod by If. P. .imlmi swirled through Hie
mlro to victory Saturday In the lilstorlr Kentucky Iorby. The three-'
year-old gelding Is tho first son of Man o War to win the classic.
DENT1STS0UGHTISPEED
IDENTIFY SKULL
L
Teeth May Give Clue In j
Gruesome Find Believed!
Belongs to Torso Foundj
Six Weeks Ago Look forl
Arms and Legs.
LOS ANGELKS, May 20.- (JP)-
Search for the dentist whom
authorities believe might establish
the identity of the victim whose
skull was found In the jLoh Angeius
river bed near hero Saturday, to
day occupied the attention of
county investigators. "-'' "
In the opinion of the county
autopsy physician, the head be
longs to the torso which was found
nanus arms and legs floating In
the same river six weeks ago.
Since that time no clue has been
established as to the Identity of
the woman victim, no motive for
the crime has been fixed, and only
one person has been connected
with tho slaying in tho rolo of 'a
suspect. He was later released. '
A search was being carried on
today for the arms and legs near
the spot where tho head, with the
skull fractured as if by a blow
from a hammer, had been picked
up by small boys. Not realizing
what their growsumo find meant,
ono of tho boys impaled it upon a
stick and carried it to tite road
way, where a horrified 'woman
motorist loaded tho hoys ln,to her
car and hurried them to tho near
ost telephone whero she notified
police. '
NO TOWNS IN PATH
. ST. FRANCIS FLOOD
KENNETT, Mo., Mlty 20. UP)
An army ot workmon loat a hard
flliht with flood WHtom of tho
St FranclH Itlvor whon tho lovee
crumbled about Hoven rrlllen north
west of Kennett laHt midnight. Tho
break was expected to Inundate
approximately 4.000 acre of
furm land and cover hlRhway 84
to a depth of several feet. No
townn wero pndangored.
Between 700 and 800 men had
been working desporately along
u stretch of levee 14 miles, long
to prevent a crevasse.
,
Baseball Scores
American
n. H. K.
Chicago 8 10 3
st. ixiuib .:. ..: e u 2
batteries: Thomas, WhIhIi and
Crouso; Oray and Unhang.
R. H. K.
HoRton 1 6 1
Philadelphia 5 G 1
Batteries: Ruffing and Uerry;
Itommel and Cochrane.
National
n. H. E
I'ltUburgh 1 6 1
Chicago 6 8 0
I flatteries:' Swetonln and Hema
ley; Bush and Gonzales.
" " n. H. E.
St. Ioul i. 6 11 3
i Cincinnati 18 0
i Batteries: Haines and Kmlth;
I Lucas and (looch.
j AmIi Duty nn Avmiulo
I WASHINGTON. May 20. IP)
.The Imposition of a tariff duty of
1 1 G centii pr pound on avocado
' "Hra waa urged upon President
Hoover today W Representative)
! Ruth Byran Owen, IJemocrat, of
Florida, and Hwlng, Republican, of
California.
ANGELES
REGENT
SUIT BY SHOUT
Judge ' McMahan Hands
Down Pro Forma Decis
ion in Consolidation Liti
gationAct Becomes Ef
fective On July 1.
i SALEM, Ore.. May 20. (P)
Tho suit brought 'by L. I? Smith
of Portland, seeking to have the
legislative aut consolidating tho
bus, ii). -resents of state inai.Uu
tlons of higher learning declared
unconstitutional, will Immediately
go to the supreme court for de
cision. . h 1 .
; So that tho case might he ex
pedlted .ludgo L. K. McMahan of
the circuit court today handed
down" what Is known legally aa a
pro forma decision, sustaining the
demurrer ' of the state against
Smith's complaint, This means
that the" decree was handed down
Informally tin tho Judge's cham
bers, without argument or the
submission of briefs.
The reason given by Judge Mc
Mahan for handing down tho de
cree in this manner was that tho
case, regardless of the way it
would bo decided In tho lower
court, would be appealed, also that
because of extra duties In presid
ing oVet two other courts besides
his own, Iir would ho unable lo
consider tho case beforo July t,
which. Is the date tho act becomes
effective.
FOLLOWING ALLIES
REPARATION LEAD
WASHINGTON, May 20. (ZD
Secretary Htlmson said today the
general feeling A government of
ficials and congressional leaders
who conferred with President Hoo
ver over a ' revision of German
reparation payments to tho Tnlt.M
States was that If other allied na
tions accepted smaller percentage
payments this country could not
do less, ..' ' ' ,
If thero should b a reduction
In German reparation payments,
the secretary declared that all
that could he asked of the United
States would ho a reduction In
Amrlcan payments of no greater
percentage than the percentage of
other allied nations.
From reports from abroad, ho
said It was indicated the repara
tions experts would make recom
mendations for a paring down of
the total Oormany must pay, also
a reduction In tho annual pay
ments. .
POWER JRUST TRIED
10 CONTROL PAPERS
WASHINGTON. May 20. tPl
An attempt by the "power trust"
to huy the presa of the nation wan
charged In the senate today hy
Henator Norrls, Repuhllcan, Ne
braska, In reviewing the testimony
In the federal trade commission In
quiry Into newspaper Investments
by the International Paper nnd
Power company.
CUT IN MAIN
SEVEN DIE
IN SUNDAY
AIR FALLS
Six Airplanes Crash During
Sabbath Major Noyes
Among Victims Michi
gan Airmen Plunged to
Death in Home-Made Air
plane Portland Stunt
Man Killed-
1'ORTI.AND, Mny 20. P)
John I.ockwood, 33. V u r 1 1 a n d '
aerial stunt man, died in a lion-'
pltal hero today from Injuries
suffered yesterday In a parachuto '
drop. I.ockwood was taking part
In a flying circus hero.
The stunt man left the piano
successfully at 5000 feet. His
to?wa
was within 100 feet of the around.
A slauhiiiK urotw-wind then caught
the parachuto and Juockwood watt
pitched and t owned about. Within
15 feet of tho ground tho para
chuto Hllpped sltlowuyH "and Lock
wood was Hlammcd agutmit tho
earth.
(By the ANOt-ij.tcd Pros)
Koven pennons were killed and
elKht were Injured, throo Heriously
in fix atrplano ciaahea Sunday.
Major Joseph Noyes, 40. ot Ok-!to
Inhuma CHv. llniteii Ktute. dn-
partment of commerce Inspector for the Owen-Oregon Lumber com
for Illinois,, wan killed ami Frank P11"?- hetwen Hutte Falls and
(I raves, 20, lowell, Ind., was In- Klumath Kails, w,H bo made
Jured seriously at Kankakee, 111., "ho-rUy according to James H.
whon Graves' plane crashed from 1 Owen, general manager, where
a height of 65 feet after u 2000uuon.a surveying crow, under his
foot attempted spiral landing. Ma- direction would bo put In tho
Jor Noyes was examining Graves, ieIt1,
lor a commercial pilot's llconse. Manager Owen said that tho
Corporal Archibald Bryent. uJ""1"" responsibility of deciding
H. Air corps. . was killed and th feasibility of tho route, aa
Lieutenant Edward Herluberg, proposed, would rest : upon the
pilot, slightly Injured at Galveston, : shouldora of tho chief engineer,
Tex., In an attempt to take off. ani1 thnt M lgrea on the estl
Tho machine n o s o d Into the mated cost ot tho road, would
ground. ialso be the final word.
At Muskegon, Mleli.T'OOWge? ,F . Manager. Owon eald- ho' was ',n
Klng, 28, and Morris R. Mellln;ls""tltttln" a 'couple of en-
gor. 26, lost their lives in their. B'neors who havo built railroads
home made monoplane. A wing " th0 northwest; and know every
waa torn from the fuallago whllo aa,e ' game." and 1 think
King was pulling out of a volun-1
tnrv nn.. .iivo nrt ilm .hi., ora.h-
cd 1600 feel ,
A Calgary Aero club piano'
crashed at Calgary, . Alberta, kill-;
tno- v v uinvnn. nni n v Mn-Uhe
Galium. A wing broke when the "tructlon work. If finally doclded
plane was making a loop and the unon will not start, before next
machine (ell from a. holght o(, !"" . '
2500 feet. Louis i Hill, chairman of the
' Louis Scott, 10, -mechanic, was! board of the:Great Northern rail
futally Injured, und O. O. Corhon. rol,1' and P"rty will visit this city
pilot, was slightly hurt in a crash' nd valloy the coming week. They
near Rawhuska. Okla. In an at-, Portland yesterday by auto
tempt to land after engine trouble 1 '"r Astoria. They wilt motor
had devclopod. the plane struck aw" 11,0 b1 stopping at Tllla
high tension wires and .foil Into "ook and Crescent City, Calif.,
a fln0, coming to tho Rogue River valley.
Four" persons wero Injured, two via 'lh Redwood highway. Thev
seriously In a crash ot a plane win speno a nay .in in.s sect
In an attempted take off at.Robse "" K 'iniatb Falls over
volt Field, N. Y. Tho seriously,""' Ashland-Klamath Falls Jligh
hnrt wero Dorothy Gusnoll, 25, j way. thence lo Rend. Oregon, and
Baltimore, Md.. and Mrs. Lucianno return to "I'ortland over ' the Co
do la Paulle. New York. '"m lH ""vcr-t allfornla highway.
Dlx thousand Sunday visitors at I Al points vis ted by the Great
the Unnhert-Fllcd St. Louis flying ' Northern officials aro either con-
field In St. louls,
saw
plane
..itn.l 1... nu..u llelnlvo SI
. ',.1 i nb
from 160 feet. The pilot 'and his
passenger,
Will Lanaedorf. 21.
wero slightly Injured.
COMPLETE PLANS
FOREST RESERVE!
HALKM, Ore.. May 20. (Pi
All details for the creation of a
slate fnrost, which comprises the
Mllllcoma tract of 70,000 acres In
Douglas county, have now prac
tically been completed, according
to announcement from the office
of the aialo forester. This is
brought about hy an exchange be
tween the stato and federal gov
ernments whereby the slate trans
fers to the government 70.000
acros of scattered school lands
lying in national forests and tho
government transfers to the state
an equal acreage lu a compact
body.
The Mllllcoma tract was one of
three from which the stato had to
select. Tho tract lies south of the
Umpqua river between Bcottsburg
Ferry and Koedsrjort. It is 15
miles long by 11! miles wide and
Is traversed by the Drain-Heeds-port
highway.
Honor Mnririfn
WASHINGTON. May 20. Ml
A marble bust of the late Martin
It. Maddon, of Illinois, was un
veiled In the capltol today while
colleagues of the legislator who
served 24 years as a mem!r of
the house and for a long time as
chairman of the appropriations
committee paid tribute to his
memory.
DOUGLAS COUNTY
Plane
to Rest
li tp of Tree
MARSIIPIKl.D. Ore., Mny
20. (A) Like some huge
4 fnbled bird, an airplane
perched In a tree-top near
here toduy, one hundred feet
above the ground.
Tho ship, piloted by T)r.
lCarl .ow of Coquille. and
carrying Wllllum Richardson.
crashed Into the top of the
fir tree neur Coaledo late yes-
terduy. Dr. Low said the
controls stuck and the plane 4
went Into a dive. . The doctor
was uninjured. Kic:iardHon
received a minor cut on his
face when his goggles broke.
TO
F
Have Complete Charge
of Rail Survey to Klamath
Falls Crew to Take
Field Hill Party Coming
for Visit,
The Hclcctlon of a chief engineer
naVp complete charge of the
work of surveying a rail routo
1 nH,B ,n" nmn 1 wam
I ' cai iimucr oirieini sain.
'that It will probably tako all
summor and fall,, to. get an ae-
""" " " ""' ruu"
estimated 'costs." and "enn
coined with actual Great Northern
building operations, or linked to
rumors of Hill lino operations.
I The auto trip Is characterljiod
"r ln" " omiiais us no nuiu
pleasure and "good will trip."
LEAVE SOON ON
RETURN FLIGHT
CUKK8. Krsnre. May 20. ifl'i
Motors of tho firaf Zeppelin wero
being repuired today to permit the
dirigible's departure, either Wed
nesday or Thitrsdity under Its own
power for Its Kriedrlehshufen han
gar, -
Two of Its five motors wero
pluced In commission yesterday,
both upon testing emitted a tune
ful drone, which delighted t'aptsln
Iehmann. Two new motors ar
riving from Krledrlchshufen will
ho installed as qutckly as possible,
with tho likelihood the trip homo
would be made with only four en
gines functioning.
Investigation of tho cnuses nf
tho engine fiti lutes of Friday has
not lesNenerl tho mystery attitchcd
to them. Three crankshafts wero I
broken clean and sharp against thq
Joint where they entered the bod-
les of the motor. Thero was no :
evidence of previous weakness. I
PARIS, May 20 (iP) Th French
air ministry today accepted an In
vltatWn from Dr. Hugo Kckener to
tako Tlve French aviation officers
as passengers aboard the Graf Zep
pelin when the airship returns t
Frledrlchshafen. The five officers
will he chosen from the staff of
the Cuers-Pierrofeu flying field.
Coqu
Co
OWEN
NAME
CHE
ENGINEER
EXTENSION
DIRIGIBLE
1
LC. CLOSES
VALUATION
TEST CASE
Supreme Court Holds Law
Requires Consideration of
Reproduction Values in
Railroad Rate Making
Decision Starts Prema
ture Bull Movement in
Wall Street.
WASHINGTON. May M.iA')-
Tho St. Lou Ih and O Kullon rail-
mud succeeded In tho uupremo
court today In uimetUn tho valua-
tion which tho government had
placed upon It for rato muklng and
other regulatory purposes.
JuHtlce -McReynolds, who read
tho opinion, asserted that the law
required the commission to givu
consideration to reproduction val
ues and that this mandate of con
gress muHt be enforced.
The, bitter controvoray, waged
fov years over the valuations placed
by the Interstate commorce com
mission on railroad property for
rate-making purposes, was ended
In the highest court in a substan
tial defeat for tho commerce com
mission. NKVV YORK, Mai 20. (Pi The
stock markot went Into a sharp
' nosedive In tho last hour of trading
today after an earlier outburst fit
buying in the railroad stock, In
spired by tho United States u
prome court's decision filvorablo to
tho St. Louis and O'Fallon railroad '
In the famous valuation case, had
. carried scores of rail stocks up 2
to 22 Vi points. The railroad Issues
nulckly dlpped 3 to 13 points below
their early high lovels, and a' long'
list of Industrials crashed 4 to 18
polnu below lust week's closing
quotations, ' ' ' r
; There was nothing In tho day's
j hews to explain the sudden change
L In . speculative, sentiment . iVtlhauoh
I 'the general market ha been head- '
Ing downward for the greater part 1
of the day. . Wall street long has
been expecting that a- favorable -'
. decision would start a general re- '
' vlvnl of bullish activity and whon
this failed to develop, professional '
operators started a concer'ed v
"bear" attack on tho general list
I which was swelled 'by a largo vol
ume of liquidation of frightened
Investors and small speculators. ,
TO MEAT INDUSTRY
WAHH1NOTON, May (;P
Tho government finally Hiu.'ceeded
in the supreme eourt today In Its ,
'efforts to give, effect to the consent
decreo entered In $2Q alined to
eonfino the packers exclusively to
tho meat packing Industry.
Th court ordered the. California
cooperative canneries removed
tram tho controversy. AVhon the
canneries wero permitted to Inter
vene In 1924 tho decreo was sus
pended, and has not stnee been In
effect, Hy removing tho canneries
from tho caso tho government Will
be enabled to havo tho decreo
made effective.
Will Rogers Says:
TO UK DO, Oliio, May !20.
Itclen Wills,, wu av your
pidture In that court tlri'Ss.
(let back inf o
those . tennis
romper
i n i e k. 1 t
Iljokcd l'ki
tin- Statue of
t.ilierlv with
an out rich
inn insteiitl of a lantern. I tut
the queen come to see you.
I cot the wronK outfit
hrontleaKttliu; the. Kentucky
derby. The announcer was
Hoeing--' hiti.' first race, he
knew horses like I know
Homer and Shakespeare.
"Ollitctti witmr ridden hy
Jockey Naishpur. ' ' Exterini
nator second. No, they arc
putting the floral wreath on
Larkspur, a uicce of Man p'
War. Wo will now take you
back to the atudio where
Texas Ouinan will recite
"Black Bess."
Yours,
WILL ROGERS.
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