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Medford MailTrbbd.ie The Weather Forecast Fair and mild tonight and Wednesday. Decreasing hu midity. Temperatures Hlgheat yesterday 68 Lowest this monUnff.. 34 D&llr t7-ftxutis tctr. TWELVE PAGES MEDFORD. OREGON, TUESDAY, MAY 28, 1929. No. 67. Today ' By Arthur Brisbane Britain's Election. An Epitaph for Sun. Theory Is Easy. , Ice Water? No Thanks. (Copyright by King Feature Syndicate. Inc.) At Britain's general election next Thursday surprises are ex pected. Austin Chamberlain may lose his seat. .Birmingham is radical and "labor." Lady Astor, contributed to the house of commons by Vir ginia, has a hard fight, and is able to handle it, including rough words ana actions Dy some who think her husband too rich. It; is generally ex pected that Balwin will win, by a much reduced majority, with labor a close second, and Lloyd George's liberal party with barely 60 members, but enough perhaps, to give him the bal ance of power. The British are fortunate in their national leaders..' Bald win, Lloyd George and Ramsay MacDonald are all men of abil ity, unselfish patriotism and industry. ' One British , gentleman, al nHost in. earnest, has recently suggested this: "America is very rich. We are hard up. Why not let America run its own count ry aud ours, and help pay our taxes in an Anglo American empire?. Having the brains, we British would, easily get control, and run the whole thing." That sounds conceited unless y6ii" consider the "source! ' Sim Ynt-Son, president of China, dead for a long time, not yet definitely buried, is on his way to his final resting place in- the mountains near Nanking. What will be written on his tomb? "Here lies one who estab lished republican government too soon" might do. M Some student should write a book on the epitaphs of con querors and statesmen.'. Napo leon's inscription recites that he wished to be buried beside the Seine "among the French people, whom I have so much loved," Republican France should long ago have added, "and whom I have so plenti fully slaughtered." But the great Corsicnn brought glory to France and men cling to glory." In Samarkand on the tomb of Taainerlanc, greatest Asiatic killer, except Genghis Khan, was written: "This is the rest ing place of tho illustrious and merciful monarch, the most great sultan, and the most mighty warrior, Lord Timur, conqueror of the earth." Taamerlane built pyamids of human skulls, lighted from within. If he was merciful, you can imagine what the oth ers were. But he did rebuild magnifi cently Samarkand, where Gen ghis Khan ruled before him, and where Alexander, in drunk en anger, killed Clystus, his best friend. . . 1 1 i It is easy to theorize, easy to have a special session of Con igrcss, concentrating on farm relief. Theory and the special ses sion did not keep wheat from dropping to a new low record for the season, last week. Fanners, in an age of Intensive mans oroduction. work on In the old disorganized Individualistic -way. Farm relief will be needed until farm work Is organized on modern lines. No roan In an old (Continued on Page Four) SENATE 10 GET TAW BILL TODAY Expect House to Pass Meas- ure Before Nightfall Provides Changes in Thousands of Commodi ties Every Person in Country Affected By Pro posals. WASHINGTON, May 28. (fP) Tilt- ho umo toduy iNUwed llie ui riff bill und sunt It to Uie seiuitc. Tho vote on final pussuffc was 26-1 to 147. , WASHINGTON, May 28. (fl) Substantial increases In Import du ties on thousands of commodities of the farm and factory are pro vided for in the now tariff bill, which before nightfall la expected to be passed by tho house an.d sent to the senate. The measure, the first tariff legislation In seven years, also recommends sweeping changes in administrative provisions of the law and a reorganization of the tariff commission under a sys tem designed to speed up its work. The bill revises, mostly upward, rates in every dutluble section of the existing Fordrfey-McCumber law, which Jt is designed to sup plant. Every man, woman and child In tho country and nearly every for-, elgn nation In tho world is affect ed by the economic changes pro posed by the measure in the seven-year-old Republican protec tive tariff structure. Perhaps the most far-reaching change Is the advance of sixty four hundredths of a refit in tho effective duty on sugar, raising th present duty of 7.76 cents a pound ' on'-' Cuban - raw" sugar 'to 2.40 cents. ' 1 Other rates advances, designed to p.fd the farmer and manufac turer, affects such commodities as wool, , cattle, dairy products, meats, grains, textiles, glass, paper, furniture and clothing of all de scriptions. Flares Duties. Important commodities long al lowed free entry into the United States are made dutiable, includ ing hides, leather, boots and shoes, cement, common building brick, shingles, cedar, . maple and birch lumber. Tho measure also sets up an entirely new rate- schedule to em brace manufacturers of artificial silk under the official name of "rayon." These goods are pro tected In existing law under the silk schedule. From a public standpoint the Increases In th sugar rato and the boosting of the duty on raw wool from 31 to 34 cents a pound aro regarded as more Important than the others. Tho duties placed on shoes and raises in rates on hundreds of other farm and fac tory products also will have a bearing on family budgets unless producers absorb the higher im posts Instead of passing them on to the consumer. While the measure Is understood to be :. objectionable in some re spects to President Hoover, It meets bis request for a reorgani zation of the tariff commission by providing authority for him to terminate tho terms of office of the present six commisslonrs at his will by the simple process of of sending the names of their successors to the senate for its advice and consent. ENFORCEMENT WASHINGTON. May 28. (TP) Hope that the national law en forcement commission will secure an accurate determination or fact and cause of lawlessness and fol low them with constructive, cour ageous conclusions was expressed today by President Hoover at the opening , session ot this newly created body. "Both the general public ap proval of the necessity for the cre ation of this commission." the" president said, "and the extraordi nary universality of approval of Its membership are In themselves evidences of the responsibility that He upon you and of the great public concern In your task and of the hopes that you may succeed. "I do pray for th success of your endeavors, for such suc cess you will hsve p' formed one of the greatest services of our generation." HOOVER OPENS BODY SESSION PUB A ON OF ROLL CALLS IS RECOMMENDED Senate Rules Committee Votes to Ask Publicity On Executive Session Action Motion to Lift Floor Ban Fails. WASHINGTON-, May 28. (re publication hereafter ot All roll calls taken In executive sessions ot the senate In the consideration of nominees was recommended to the senate today by It rules commit tee. The committee also recommend ed that In future only a majority vote. Instead of the two-thirds vote now required, be necessary to the consideration of a nomination in open session. The committee, however, reject ed the motion of Senator LaPol lette, Republican, of Wisconsin, to restore the privilege ot the senate floor to the preBs associations. The vote for revision ot the rules to permit an open session upon a majority vote was 9 to 3. The three senators voting in the negative wanted all sessions for consideration of nominees to be open unless closed by a majority vote. They were Senators Harri son of Mississippi, Swanson of Vir ginia and McKellar of Tennessee, Democrats. rogOevalley crop survey to be sought ...The ' Koguo niver,. Traffic asso cmuon. acting in conjunction wnn the Fruitgrowers' league, will tako steps to secure a survey of tho 1929 fruit crop of the Koguo River valley. ; Heavy dropping of the fruit Is now under way in Hogue River valley orchards, similar conditions prevailing in California and north west districts, according to re-: ports to local growers and ship pers. This is attributed to the lateness of the season. Fruit authorities generally ad mit, the Rogue valley crop will be less than last year. J. 13. Edmlnston of C. & E., who last season estimated tho car shipments the closest In the pre shipplng season, figures that the crop for all varieties wifl be 86 per cent of last year. His first forecast was 90 per cent of last year. Edmiston. predicts that tho car shipments this season will bo 600 less than last year. Ho has vis ited most of the orchards of tho valley. J. Court Hall, local fruit grower, did tho same thing, and yesterday predicted that tho 1929 crop would bo 1000 cars less than last year. Edmiston, owner of one of the largest blocks of Comlco pears In the valley, estimates tho Cornice crop will bo 75 per cent of last year. Hall figures the Cornice crop would be 30 per cent of last year. Most of tho growers and packers estimate that the Bosct crop will be less than last year. Baseball Scores Amcrlcun. n. H. E. Philadelphia 4 12 1 ISoxton 5 8 8 I'.Attcrles: . Walborn. Hliores and Cochrane: M. Canton and Berry- K. H. E. Rt. Louis 4 12 2 Detroit - 2 8 1 Hn iter leu: Gray and Schrnig; Prudhomme. Yde and Phillips. R. H. E. Cleveland 6 12 2 OhlrHKO : 2 11 1 Itatterles: Rhaute and !. R- well; Duuan. JleKaln and Autry, . - Nallnnal. R. IT. E. Brooklyn 3,7 0 New York B 9 1 Clark and IMclniuh; Mays and O'FarrelL R. H.' E. Boston 8 14 1 1'hllndcli.hla 15 0 Batteries: Jones, flreentleld Cooncy and Teu:ett; gweetland McOraw and Davis. OLD ORCHARD, Me May 5s. (A Captain. Iewlrt A. Yancey, navtaator of the Oreen Klah, an nounced ttiday that the plane would leave hero at 8 a. tn. to morrow for Rome. The announce ment followed a telephone confer ence with New York weather bu reau officials. Final preparation for the take-off were under way this afternoon. RETURN FROM I - WAX a' 1 - J. C. Penney, who operate chain department stores, arrived In Los Angeles with Mrs. Penney at the end of a world cruise. CANYON PLUNGE MINERS COST LIVES OF 9 Two Bodies Recovered Victims Identified Be lieve Car Became Unman ageable On Highway Find No Trace of Auto mobile. . Ol.EN.WOOD ,: MP QINqSWV May 28. HP Nine poraons loaf their lives 8unday when an auto mobile in which they wore riding plunged from a canyon highway six miles from Jiero Into the Colo rado river, sheriff George 'Win ters announced today. But two bodies have been recovered from the swollen river. The announcement followed Identification of tho bodies of tho hoy and girl which were- recovered from tho river by Ezeklal Tapia, brother of one of the victims of the accident. The nino persons In the car, Tapia said were Nick Oarcla, his wife und their four children, threo boys and a girl and Mr. and Mfa. Leo Tapia, and their baby. The bodies recoverod woro children of the Garcias. Sunday Garcia dqove from Oak creek, accompanied by tho Tapia family, to get his family. The party was cn routo to Oak creek when the car evidently became unmanageable and plungod Into the river. No trace of the missing automo bllo has been found by the sheriff and it Is believed It may havo been carried down tho river which Is above flood stage. Winters said It was doubtful if tho seven other bodies would bo rocovered. HALT QUALIFYING AT TXDIAN'APOLIK, May 28. Rain and mechanical difficulties had drivers and officials alike cauffht In last minute jams hp re today with the annual 500-milc automohlle race little more than a day away and only 19 of 44 entries qualified to start. - As a result, all day was to be Riven over to time trials In the hope - that the Marling lineup would be completed by nightfall. Unless that was done, offlcisls said It would be nocenary to sun pend the rules and permit qualify Ing trials tomorrow. The 23 fastest cars will be eligible to start In the race. Heavy showers and motor trouble prevented any driver from qualifying hln mount yesterday. Myron Stevens, Lou Angeles driver, provided thf only thrill when he lout control of his car late tn the clay and was hurled from It as it nktddod on a turn Into repeated somernaultft. Btevens escaped with a fractured right arm and bruines. The car. entered by William White of ijum Angelett. was wrecked. Staters to How. COnV.MAAH. Ore., May 28. 4ft Coach Orthus and the senior rowing crew left here today for Seattle, where Oregon State col l-iee will meet the University of Wawh riKton frenhtnan tenm In the Agglen' third and final intercol lcylnte race of the season COLORADO BLA. WORLD CRUISE E J" , fti-X-Xf . ( . ... I - Annotated Preat Photo IN DEPTHS AS : Nine Killed in Alabama ' Coal Workings Rescue! i Crews .Busy Throughout r ... - J j Nigm famines urowa : About Mouth of Shaft. YOLANDE, Ala., March 28. (A) Nine men were- killed , and two fibers severely; burned, in ,nn0ex tdosTon., 1000 feet oelowe the surface- In the ConnerHVllle mine last night. ' - Officials said the blast was cauued by an overcharge of dyna mite. The bodies were recovered early today by rescue crews who worked throughout the night fighting flames that enveloped tho work ings after tho explosion. Tho doad, including seven white men and two negroes, are: Grover Herring, Eugene Her ring, son of Grover Herring, Bill Kimbrel, Charley , Patterson, Mit choU. Turner, Willy Kelly and Harry. Kelly, brothers, Phil Grees and Allen Pearson, negroes. The injured, Mark Hulwey, severe burns, recovery doubtful; O. E. Chastalno, badly burned but will recover; George Byron, a pumper, emerged from the flaming work Ings unharmed. Thfe explosion occurred at . 7 o'clock last night and several hun dred persons, miners and their families, crowded about the mouth of the horizontal shaft, awaiting word from returning rescue crews who held hope that the men were only trapped by tho flames and could be rescued. EXCISTOSE AFFECTS OREGON PORTLAND, Ore., May 28. JP) The throe fltatert of Oregon, Wnh itiKton and California are directly affected by the ruling of the United HtateH nupreme court yen terday lntho MaHHachUHetIA oxclrto tax cane, It. IS. Hmith of the (Ireuter Oregon amociatlon. Kaid today. Mr. Hmlth wa a member of the IrglHlatlvo committee that drafted . tho Oregon cxclae tax meiiaure. The Huurcmo court rulod that Htatea were prohibited from requir ing corporation and othorn who pay annual excise tax or franchlno taxes for the prlvllego of doing MiHlnoHH. to Include in their net inconio aa a mcoHuro of tho tax, intereat received from the govern ment, atate and municipal tax ex empt Mccurltlca. . IT Washington, May 28. (p) Mabel Walker Wlltebrandt submit ted her resignation today as assist ant attorney general, effective June IS, and It was accepted by Presi dent Hoover. Mrs. Wlllehrandt submitted her resignation March 4, along with all other appointive officers of the government. The resignation was not accepted by President Hoover and she remained at her post at I his request despite the offer tn wave the government gervlce. PERISH RESULTS IDDInAI DA u ON SECRET Lindbergh and First Lady of the Air Escape Curious After Surprise Wedding Ceremony Was Simple Omit Word 'Obey' in Brief Ritual Couple Not Flustered. ENGLEWOOD, N. J May 88. () Taking a waiting world com pletely by surprise, Col. Charles A. Lindbergh and his bride, the for mer Anne Morrow, were ftway oh a Becrot honeymoon today. ' ' The mariage took place without previous announcement at 4 p. m, yesterday In the drawing room of jthe home of the bride's father, , Ambassador Dwlght W. Morrow. Half an hour later the couple drove away from the estate unac companied, apparently bound for New York. The' Rev. Dr. 'William Adams Brown performed the ceremony In which a simplified form of the marriage service, with the word "obey" omitted, was used.- He Is a Presbyterian, as are mombers of tho Morrow family. Only members of the Morrow family and Mrs. Bvangeline Lind bergh, tho colonel's mother, wlt neHtted the Informal ceromony. Theso Included the ambassador and Mrs. Morrow, the bride's two siHtors, Ellsazeth and Constance, General and Mrs. Jay Johnson Morrow, brother and sister-in-law of the ambassador, and Miss Alice Morrow, his sister. So quickly and quietly was the wedding held that it was 6:30 p. m. before the public knew that the marriage had taken place. The bride wore a simple white chiffon dress, mado by Miss Mary Hmlth, an Englewood dressmaker, who "has- sewed foi'Th "Morrow family for years, Tho bride wore a short veil and In .her ungloved hands carried a bouquet of blue larkspur which had been picked in the gardens of the Morrow estate by her fiance a few moments bo fore the ceremony. Each guest was glvon a ploce of tho wedding cake. Dr. Brown, describing tho wed ding, said: "There were no special decora tions. The very simplest wedding ceremony was used at the request of the family. - It was a very un usual and very brief ritual, de signed to use a minimum of words and time. "There was no best man and there were no bridal attendants. Ambassador Morrow gave hj daughter away. .: , "The bride was vory charming and vory lovely. Bho wore a white veil and a white dress. Colonel Lindbergh Wore a plain business suit. "Miss Morrow was quite com posed during the entire ceremony. Colonel Lindbergh was entirely at ease. He hasn't any nerves." DI-. Brown explained that . he omits the word "obey" from the marriage service unless requested to use It. Ho said the othor omis sions were at the suggestion of Colonel Lindbergh. , Possibility that the coupto were planning a. flying honeymoon was seen In orders received at liooso- volt Field from Colonol Lindbergh tnat his Bluo Falcon plane be con ditioned and ready for flight. Colonel Lindbergh Is 2 7 years old ana his bride is 22. Their ro mance began when Lindbergh' was received at the American embassy In Moxioo City on his goodwill tour December 14, 1027. At that time Miss Morrow was a senior at Hmith college, where she had made something of a name for herself as a poet with contrlbu tlona to college publications. WOMAN FLIER SETS NEW HEIGHT MARK MINES FIELD, Los Angeles, May 28. UP) Driving her trim cabin monoplane to an unofficial altitude of 24,000 feet, Miss Mar vel Crosson, veteran Ban Diego woman filer, landed here today after a two-hour flight with the women's altitude reoord appar ently broken. c 4-- FRUIT FROM FLORIDA WA8IUNOTOX'. Mnv 58 riocretary ' Hyde today ordered a public hearing June 1 to discuss the advisability of extending the Florida quarantine against the Mediterranean fruit fly to "each and every state in the United States." . TOW Savat o Study Wht institutes Well Born Child CLEVELAND, May 28, (P) Five years from now scientists at Western Reserve university hope to be able to tell you Just what constitutes a "well born child" and ex- actly what ho ought to be like at various years of his life. The project was announced at the commencement week meeting of the chapter of Slgmu XI at Case School of Applied Science by Dr. T. Wlngate Todd, professor of anatomy at Western Reserve. It Is proposed to study the child In and before the nura- ery school period as woll as to examine tho growing body and expanding mind of boys t and glria In the second dec- ade of life In order to find out how the patterns of adult behavior become fixed dur- ing that period. P001PLACES Council Votes Reissue Per mitsMay Be Revoked for Sale of Liquor Or On Other Law Infraction- Protection Promised. All Is peace again between tho city administration and the pro prietors of the pool and ' card rooms, following a unanimous vote1 by the city oouncil at 9 o'clock this forenoon to reissue to all such establishments ' new 'licenses, In cluding three Front street places which were closed some time ago because . of - thel .selling . "bitters," The new licenses are; Issued un der the ' reoontly 'amendod ordi nance stipulating that any pool and card room license may be re voked for the sale of Intoxicants, and also a clause that, such li censes may be revoked at any tlmo a municipal, state or'fedorul law is broken. The doclslon to grant tho new licenses was reached after tho apo dal council committee to investi gate conditions at each card and pool room had recomended that such action be taken, This com mittee reported that its members found no enolosed small card rooms, or screens or blinds about tables In the establishments except a purt store room with card tables, on which friendly games of cards could be played without charge, which the proprietor had stated he would have removed. The cellar room of one establish ment has been removed' since the recent agitation started. The assembled proprietors at the meeting this morning were told that they could obtain the now licensee within two hours, as fust , as they surrendered tholr old licenses and as fast as the city re corder could make out the new bnes. . "It Is' not the purpose V the city council to work a hardship on any pool and card room owner as lonr as ho Imposes no hardship on the pcoplo," sold Mayor A. W. Pipes In addressing tho assembled pro prietors.. "Wo recognise that the pool rooms aro a source of amuse ment for many, and moot a cer tain popular demand If they are conducted properly and In oon formanco with the law." The mayor called attention to the fact that at times himself, the police and councilman received complaints of alleged wrongdoings against certain pool and card' rooms, and hence the decision of the city administration to Insert the clause In tho ordinance that a license can be revoked at any time for violation. , "And I want to stato right now, said the mayor determined ly, "that' when any license la revoked In the future, it will be for a period of a 8 years. , "Bo long as your places of busi ness are conducted right, the city council will give you 100 per cont protection. "We appreciate your co-operation at this time in settling this matter, and hope that you will continue to co-operate In . the future" IS EDISON ENTRANT SALEM. Ore., Mar 28. UP) As reprenuntatlve of the lutrict com posed of Marlon, Polk nd Bon ton counties In the Edison scholar ship contest Archibald Atkinson, senior at Woodburn h(h school ha been selected, Atkinson was the unanimous choice of a com mittee composed of four faculty members"trom Willamette univer sity, Albany college and Oregon btate college, - w : NEW LICENSES ALLOWED FOR RANCHER lit 15 Mysterious Disappearance of Wife and Young Son From Tulare Farm to Be Probed Daughters. Make Charges Bloody Axe and Shovel Figure in Story. SACRAMENTO, Calif., May 28. (VP) The mystery of the disappear ance of a woman and hor nine-year-old son from their ranch near Terra Bolla, Tulare county, in 1923, and of suspicions that they met foul play are to be discussed by G. F. Franklin, 00, of Sacra mento, his four children and Sac-' ramnoto county authorities today. Franklin was remanded to' the custody of the sheriff here yester day after his threo daughters. Nellie. 14, Ruth, 17, and Irene; 20, charged him with statutory', of fenses. But the district attorney sheriff's office wore more inter ested in a story told by the girlu , and their brother, R. H. Franklin, 16, to the effect that their mother and younger brother had di.iap- peared from their Tularo county ranch In' 1923, under peculiar cir cumstances. The children declared that their mother Intended- to' take her youngest child to Portland, Ore., there to have him treated for' an affliction of speech. The two went away with their father, they told . Deputy District Attorney Guy P, Johnson, and the father returned the' following day saying, he had put them on a train for the north. On the same day, they said, Frank lin appeared at the ranch hoUBS with a bloody axe and shovel. ' No word han ever ' been received from Mrs. Franklin . or' her son ' Slncei the children said.'.: ," , Franklin declared 'today Ithat his children, had "framed" on'hlnv because . he would . not lot. thorn "chase around." He also said he had received a lettar from. Mrs. Franklin In Portland last. July, Irene possessed this lottor, Frank lin said. ,i , Both of these assertions were denied by R. H. Franklin. He charged .his father with unspeak able Immoralities Involving his sisters and declared that, consider ing the "lay of tho land" at the ranch, Franklin could not have taken the wife and son to the rail road station. . Nor did Irene ever have a letter from her mother, the boy said. ' .-. ' EUGENE,' Ore., May 28. " To eastern Oregon goes the state high school debating champion ship. Hermlston high school ar guing the affirmative of the ques tion: "Resolved, that a gradu ated Income tax Is a desirable fea ture of a state systom ot tax.i" lion." won the state high school dobating ohamplonship title at the university here tonight, defeating Hcappoose high school. , - Ituth Bensel and Walther Ott were on the winning team, with Rose Donovan coaching. Hermls ton won the eastern Oregon title, and Hcappoose, the western title. Will Rogers Says: I. PITTSliURGlI, Pa. May; 28. Throw Iowa out of the football leHguo for paying too much attention to their players.. Most of the col- Icgca just give 'cm board a n d schooling if they want to j t a k e any school ing. These other colleges are not so shocked that they won't play with Iowa this fall then break off next year. : There is only one fair way to ever arrange amateur ath letics in any line in thU country, and that's let the athletes' work on commission of what they draw at the gate, then make them pay their own schooling expenses. ' Yours, "WILL ROGERS, ACCUSED BY CHILDREN