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Newspaper Page Text1 Medford Mail Trbbk"ne The Weather Forecast I'naettlcd, probably local showers tonight and Sat unlay. Not much ctuuure In temperature. Humidity above normal. Highest, yesterday - ?0 Temperatures Tjotvost this mrrnlne 42 ?4 lira, precipitation to ft a. m... .03 DtUr Tvtntj-fnrUj lar. mUt FTItf mutt Twr. Today By Arthur Brisbane Lady Astor's Reply. 300 Feet of Sod. Imitating Lindbergh. More Fighting Ships. (Copyright by King Feature Syndicate, lne.) . President Iloovor tells liis na tional law enforcement commis sion to make a "courageous re port." llo wants the truth told, even if it hurts the feel ings of the wets OR drys. If truth hurts the wets, that can be attended to by hiring more enforcement officers. The ' treasury has plenty of money. '. But if truth hurts the feel ings of drys, by reporting that prohibition cannot be enforced, then nothing can be done about it Congress will not pass any law not acceptable to prohibi tion. Great Britain elected a new parliament in a much-mixed election. It was expected that the to nes with Baldwin would win by a small ' majority, which could be overthrown at. any time by a combination of labor and hloyd George, who is the whole liberal party. Lloyd's insurance charges 45 per cent-to insure against an absolute labor victory. Lloyd's usually knows in Britain, as Wall Street knows here, but at in the lead." . The' feature pf the whole election was, a Virginia gM, " ta'dy Astor, of . whom 'George Bernard Shaw truly says: "Her defeat would be a national ca lamity." ': ' r That young woman has taught the British some things hcy did not know about hard political fighting and quick re plies. At one meeting a woman of the labor party shouted at Lady Astor, "My children are as good as yours." Lady Astor's instant reply contained sound philosophy. She said: "As good as Which one of minef One of my sons is a star gazer, who dreams too much to make money. "The other would make a fortune if you banished him to Timibuctoo. If fathers and mo thers can't make their children equal, what makes you think the labor government can do it?" ; Many mothers would ask Lady Astor, "Which do YOU consider the best of your chil dren, the star gazer or tl'3 one that could make money in Tim- . btietoot" The star gazor is PROBABLY the better, whether Lady Astor : knows it or not- Any fool can make money, especially if he lias a little imagination. ' To be a successful star gazer takes brains and real imagina tion. ' ' ' Thieves stole 1300 square feet of beautiful, heavy, smooth sod from the green of a golf course and sold it to a cemetery, which didn't know it was stolen. You could nmse a while on that, .(tflmut nninr, lrt t lla nltlPP . ... where the mountain loons upon Marathon. t What a feeble thinp ia man. In his youth he works. Later .with golf clubs he spends a few davs "putting, With smooth soil under his feet. Then for a long time he spends his days with sod over his head. . The scd is more permanently (Continued on PfiRo Tour. fcjcwunJ Section) TWENTY-TWO PAGES LlIIESi LEADING IN ENGLAND Conservatives Suffer Bad Setback in General Elec tionLabor Party Will Not Be Able to Gain Abso lute Majority Lady As tor Lloyd-George, and Baldwin Successful. LONDON, Eng., May 31. ) Wltji only 31 districts unreported tonight the labor party maintained Its lead but without an absolute majority. - The vote was: Labor, 287; Conservatives, 246: Liberals, 61. The remaining results will not be known for a raw days, but will hardly affect the standing. ' LONDON, Eng., May 31 (") jDesptte the smashing successes scored by the labor party in the general election at the expense of the conservatives, enough returns were In hand this evening to show 'that the laborites could not secure an absolute majority in the com mons aver all other parties. Ramsay MacDonald, third of tho leaders of the three great parties Megan Lloyd George Lloyd George to be heard from, scored a tre mendous triumph in the Scaliam division of Durham. He increased the labor vote by more than 13,000 over the figures totaled by Sidney Webb, labor member for Seaham in 1924. Premier Baldwin's victory at Mewdley, Worcestershire, was his first three-cornered fight. . He poll ed 111,953 votes for 2575 for the Inborlte, Ilancoc;,-. and 7186 for the 'liberal, Carter, giving him a plu rality of 6S32 over both his oppo nents. Lloyd George Wir.s Lloyd George also came through from hlB own constituency of Car navon, Wales, by a wide margin. Premier Baldwin's son, Oliver llaldwln, and Lloyd George's daughter, Megan, also will be In Ihe next house of commons with their parents. Oliver llaldwln, who returned from Dudley, Worcestershire, tho same county as his father, is a la liorlle and for some years has been opposed to policies of his father's party. Megan Lloyd George, on the oth er hand. Is a liberal, the same as her father. She was returned with a strong plurality. Malcom MacDonald. son of the i labor leader, also was returned to icommons Jack Jones, the fiery labor lead er was successful at Westham. Winston Churchill, the outstand ing personality of the conservative party and ' chancellor of the ex chequer In the llaldwln ministry. l wan re-elected in his Ennlne con- s'"'-"cv In the agricultural county ( ""ree mal members of the '"rtnfn family triumphed for ia nor. There wrp ehf women In lh recntly dissolved parliament, of whom slr were footed ot the lsbor ticket. The women returned th i jt Continued ou Page Five.) S it'' I - - 1 Phoebe Can Cuss Like Veteran Since Capture by Coppers CHICAGO, Jll., May 31. (JP) Ah, ha ! ' Phoebe the par- rot nas a story to leu the policemen t ,-, , . Up to the time Phoebe got lost from her cage at . the Hugh M. Garden home yes- terday her most virulent oath was "Hot coffee." But now she says " ' and " " and " " as. well as a lot of double-jointed cuss t words. Air. Garden cannot under- Btand how Phoebe could be- v come so profusely profane in f 10 short hours, especially since the only human beings she met during that time were three Lake Forest policemen who spent most of the day trying to get Phoebe out of the tree In which she had perched. Mr. Garden said Phoebe could hardly have picked up her cuss words from the policemen. " , no!" said Phoebe. ID MURDER LIST Grocer Is Third Victim in 36 Hours 'Stool Pigeon7 Taken for Ride, Dumped in Street 'Kid' Austin Held for Ransom. CHICAGO, May 31, (ff) -r-Another murder tho third In '36 houi'H, and tho most brutal of the three was done last night when a man walked unto Ettorq Quaterri, 64, sitting1 in front of hts little groc ecry, and fired four buUetaJnto his body. . '" . .Quaterri. did not difif at -cntfe': He J wan conHClou when police, arrived, and able, to talk. But he-would not way who Hhot him; and he1 de nied knowledge of any reason trans connection, black hand threat or perHonal vengeance jtor the shooting. . . Yesterday police found the body of Domonick CoBta, known as a thief and stool pigeon. He had been done to death In gang fashion taken for a "ride," . beaten, shot and then dumped into a fieid on 83rd street. A few hours earlier Thomas McKlliott was killed in a pistol duet in the basement bar room of a downtown grill. The kindnaplng, apparently for ! ransom, of "Kid" Austin was an I other of the flares sent up by gang sters over the holiday. An anon ymous telephone call to the detec tive bureau ttald: "Don't worry about that Austin guy. He is just being detained until his friend. fix up . a purse cf $20,000." CHICAGO, May SI. W Two detectives and a neighbor were shot and killed on the north side toduy by Ferdinand Preuss, who was believed to have become sud denly insane while arguing with his wife. Two other detectives and another person were wounded. The dead are: Sergeant John Connelly, Detective Harry Hagberg, John Cboruxak, 87. The wounded: Detective Joseph A. Murphy, Detective Mclnerney, Ous Jnlos. Preuss barricaded hlnnelf after killing the officers and fired stead ily Into the street. Several squads armed with machine guns and bombs rushed to the scene. Preuss, rated an expert shot, used a double-barreled shotgun. Neighbors said ho had been drink ing for three weeks. He Is the father of three children. 1 L WASHINGTON, May 31. P) Declaring that the authorized nnd contemplated naval program of the United States ror new ships amounts to 1,170.800.000, Secre tary Stlmson said today In a state ment that few realized the Immense burden Imposed on the world by the cost of modern ships of war. The secretary's statement' w as made In commenting upn the speech of President lloovel.at Ar lington national cemetery. Mr. Rtimson declaring that he wished to "rail attention to another as- 1 pert" of naval disarmament. I 11(1 Ip In !1 1 Hp. nrcCKLKY, V. V., Mny 31- fP) j Mm. Virginia Dny, 25, u Ktahhod , to dftith today In a flKht, poHr I My, with Mm. Lucille Underwood, 22. In the mining settlement at ; Kircrt, near her. The victim wan : rtald to have wielded an ax hnn dle during the melVe. Mm. Tndpr , wood wan arretnil. Author. lien did not larn what precipitated tho AN SLAYERS ADD "MEDFORD. OREGON, FRIDAY, MAY 31, 1929. 2nd Division Warriors Gather in Boston for National Reunion 'II' i jtA stl v v Vh J i Vtl 3 - MaJ. Ocn. J. G. Jliirlioril (uprfcr left-), roininniiilcr of tlic 2nd division ill tlic llk'au V(Mm1 attack, attending- the reunion of Ills outfit In Boston liHluy. Other liUtll ofricerx pnwnt int'ludo Mnj. ficn. I'reriUm Hitiwn, clilcf of stioTf (lower left), anil MaJ. Gen. J. A. Iicjciino (rlKlit), ii'tlroil lincr 01 east suffers: More Than Score Perish From Heat' and Drowning Traffic .Accidents Add to Toll Veteran Dies After Parade rExertioriI NEW YORK, May 31. (P) More than a score of deaths from heat and drownings marked one of the hottest Memorial days in the east. Thousands flocked from tho sweltering cities to seek relief at bathing bcacheB, while highways were Jammed with automobiles, adding to the toll many deaths and Injuries from collisions. In New York City tho tempera ture rose 'to 83 degrees, adding to the discomfort, from-the heat, Four persons died four others wore HEAT WAVE ON MEMORIAL DAY prostrated and there were nine ; cation of tho Idaho Pacific Rall drownings. ' j road company for authority to IC was US in Boston. In New England, live persons died from the heat and four were drowned. At Corinth, near Glen Kalis, N. Y., the temperaturo was 110 de grees. Three drownings occurred in upper iNew torK smie. Three persons were drowned in New Jersey, and at Meadylllc, Pa a Civil war veteran dropped dead ! after taking part In a parade. I Pittsburgh, Pa., reported two deaths from drowning. The heat wave extended Into On tario. In the province there wero two deaths from heat and two drownings. ' , ' NEW YORK, May 31. (P) Two spectators wore killed and a driver and two others were Injured at a Memorial day nutomobllo race at tho Metropolitan fairgrounds, Mid dle Village, Queens. The car was traveling about 80 miles an hour at one of the turns of the dirt track when it left the course and hurtled up. a small em bankment Into a group of spec tators before It turned over. Katz told police he lost control of the machlno when he saw aj I boy run onto tho track, and i swerved his car to avoid hitting mm. 1 POPE CELEBRATES VATICAN CITY. May II. (P) Pope Plus XI celebrated his 72nd birthday actively at work grant - ing audiences and answering cor - reFpondence, today. Ills Holiness postponed until later his repl es to whole h-a es ! of congratulatory telegrams and rabies, which literally Inundated his secretarial staff. j The pontiff, who was born at Deslo. Italy. .Mny 31. 1157. and named Achille Haiti, Is still In vis - ivi'OU health, v. s. .Murium. CROSS STAIE ROAO STATUS pregon Commission in Dark J As to Reason for Hearing I Postponement Nyssa I Line Intervention Petition -Ma? ISe Factor.-"" 8Af,KM,, Ore, May 31. (P) Tho itlattiH of the proposed crosa tute railroad cubo, now pending befurd the fnteratato commerco cbnimiplon, is worrying; the state public 'service commission. The ifavorable recommendation of the examiners has been before 'the Interstate commission for some months, and the case was set for hearing: June 13. Now the hear ing has been postponed. Why It was postponed is a mystery to the Oregon commission, according to i Commissioner II. H. Corey. It Is I believed, however, that the appli- ' construct a line from Nyssa, Ore. to Winnemuccir, Nev., may have bearing on tho situation. me uregon commission iias.ueu pennon wuii me iiummuio cu...- ; mere commission for Intervention In opposition to tne Nyssa-winne- mucca line on' grounds that it would Jeopardize the cross-state line from Crane to Crescent lake. This action has nroused the peo- pie of Nyssa, whose chamber of commerce has written a letter to the service commission demanding to know the. reuson for its. unra- vorahlo attitude. Commissioner Corey said today that tho reason Is clearly set forth In the petition. lie added Ihnt the Oregon commls- slon woutd be favorable to the Nyssa-Wlnnemucea line If the Crane-Crescent lake lino is first assuredr . Corey snlrt a reply would prob- ably not bo sent to the Nyssa peoplo until the return of ('hair- man L. K. Henn, who Is in Wash ington, T. C. DOCTOR BESTS L 8T. PAUL, Minn., May 31. (P) Lieut. Walter Raymond Mlllen polo player and army officer with tho Third Infantry, stationed nt l''ort Knelling. was seriously wounded last nlKht in a pistol ,ucl ; which police sold wns over a wo- fman. Dr. William II. Hirst, pi0 physician, was arrested. j Moth men, police were told, had railed upon Miss Nan Kllzaboth ' Ferguson, 2(1. Dr. Hirst, who Is 53 'and married, was seated with her iln an aul'ininblle. police mild, when j Lieut. M tiler arrived. There were i words, and the two men drew olstols. walked to the middle of the street, and opened fire. Lieut. Miller was shot In both legs. I Police declared one shot had been fired from Ihe officer's pistol, but It went wild. ' 1 Ir. Illrst nnd Miss Ferguson Vvm huid (or (uillivr ijugoliuiHU.. BRINGS WORRY OFFICER IN DUEL OVER FAIR RICH PRIZE 10 WINNER RAY KEECH Forty Thousand , and Tro phies Will Be Given In dianapolis' Race Victor Each Driver to Share Big Purse Louis Meyer and Jimmy Gleason Finish Second and Third. INDIANAPOLIS, Intl., Mny 31. (A1) Approximately $40,0(10 In cnah and Ht'vern! (roubles will lio giver. Ray Keorh, Philadelphia, horo to night for having won- the neven teenth annunl 500-mllo autoniobllo race yesterday at' tho spoeilwuy. The presentation will bo made at a banquet for tho drivers who will divide there a purao of $101,500.. F.ach of the 33 plIotH who started the long grind will receive some money, regardless of his pobltlon ut the end. Used as they are to sadden death within their ranks, the racers were shocked at tho acci dent which resulted In tho passing Huy Koeeli. of BUI Spence of Los Angeles, Spenco died from a fractured skull a 'short time after his car hud turned over early in the contest. It wns the first fatality on tho local track In ton years. Louis Meyer, High Onto, Calif., tho 1928 American driving cham pion, who finished sccund yester day, will be ,, given ohecks for nbout $10,000. Jimmy Oleason of Philadelphia, who was third, will be rewarded with about $7000 In ensh. 1 outers who will get largo shares , tne m)nty ar0 Cn,., MttronOBO Milwaukee, who was fourth! Speed rjardner, Philadelphia, fifth: Fred Winnal, Philadelphia, sixth; Louis r-hiron. pttriB. Franco, seventh: umv Arnold. Chicago, eighth: Cliff Hergere, Los Angeles, ninth, and r-'recl Frame, who wag tenth. Deacon Lltz, Dubois, Pa., who Wna In the lead for 122 miles but wrecked his. car In a wild, uncon- trolled dash off the track and did not finish, won 14800 In lap prizes and a few hundred dollars of a J10.000 consolation fund. Lou Moore, whose car broke down five miles from the finish line while he waji two laps ahead of all others for necond- place nnd $10,000, won $2300 In lap money. Ho finished second lust year, ;lV0TE BEFORE RECESS IS DESIRE OF HOOVER WAHHINOTON, May President Hoover Kikld 31 (yp) toTuy ho was In entire accord with vlew of conprcHfiJonal leadem that thero should huo roceiui 6f cont-oBs ex- cent for a few week, unless there was an agreoment for a vote In tho senate on tho tariff bill and for limitation of debate on the confer ence report thoreon. ' ' , Baseball Scores American. H. II. E. Detroit 6 ' 13 2 Philadelphia 9 n 1 Carroll, Yde and Phillips; Khm ke, Itommel and Cochruno, National. 11. II. E. Philadelphia 10 11 2 Pittsburgh 11 12 1 Wllloughby, Mcflraw, Bweetlend and IJavls, Irlan; l-'rech, Dawson, Melne and Ilargreaves, Hemsley. It. II. E. Cincinnati t 10 1 Ht. haul Ill M;iy. ltelmrr and Hukcforth; t'ruukbuute and .WIUvO. j i: 4 g-s:jka, v. Parents Blamed For Lawlessness by Club Speaker t SWAMPSCOTT, Mass., May 31. (IP) Campaign for strict observance if the laws of the United States would not be necessary If the American par- ent fulfilled the obi y Ions of parenthood, Mrs. John D. Sherman of Denver, Colo., de- claretl today before the Amer- 4 lean home department of tho t 13th biennial council meeting of the General Federation of Women's Clubs. f l "A home that lacks rever- ence and respect lor the sa- cred things of life Is a men- nee to the community," Bald Mrs. Sherman, !WILL MEET TO SQSC Rl ER DISCUSS PLANS Saturday Conference Is,on "" ' """ canker. Hence, ho declared, all ship. Planned at Hotel Medford, TxnKln DrJ nnii..."1' snuauon. out tnat spec al ef- TrafflC BOdy FigUreS forts ore now made to check up nn n n i i r , lon any possible Invasion by, the 80 Per Cent LaSt Year S Mediterranean fly. Crop for Season. There will be a meeting to morrow afternoon at 2 o'clock ' at the Hotel Medford of Bote grower and the Bosc pear committee for the purpose of discussing plans for the sea son. The fruit crop of the Rogue River valley tiie coming season will be 80 per cent of lust year, for ail vurlties of pears and.appios, according to the Rogue Klver rrat. flo association comparative vote, taken at the regular meeting this nooa. Fifty of the leading trult distributors gave their estimates I on the crop, irom peraonal surveys and observations, 'i he vote showBrt tHarff-WHHf 'ha -40. Mtot 'S ..ml.. and iillOU cars of pears. Last year there were upproxlmatly 3600 cars of Dears and fcOO cars of apples. The cars by varieties were as o.wt Mini, i . iouowa: HartlottB ... 12 Hoses .; Com Ice ... 725 10S D'AnJous '726 Howells .'...........: ... 180 Nellis 271 ' A motion of Raymond Reter for a poll-of the traffic association on endorsing the Southern Pacific rail way In Its opposition to the Hill line extension was "referred to the proper committee" and virtually laid on the table. Rotor declared that the endorse ment was due the Southern Pa cific for its helpful friendliness and wIlllngnosB to improve Its service from this valley. The traffic committee endorsed the tentative reiwrt of the Bosc pear committee, David Wood, chair man. Tine committee will meet with the Bosc growers tomorrow afternoon to discuss final detallB ,' t,le P'an. The tentative plan In- elude the Btablishing of new Rose ' l,e"r markets the coming season , 'n Detroit and Pittsburgh, the use 0' a neutral label and only extra ,'ancy uoscs, ana advertising of the Uoscs In these two lame cities. H. Von Hoevenburg of the Win ter poar committee made a report, in which he advocated the stand ardizing ol' pear box weights and the elimination of the bulge In pear boxes, to which lie attributed the bruises on winter pears. He urged a campuign of education and much missionary work among the east ern dlstrlli"li'a and trade, to the toothsomuncss of the late, varie ties of pears. Kogulatlon of pear box weights through the co-operation of the fruit distributors was recommended. , Mr. Wood and Mr. Von Hoeven burg both recommended the use of tho word "MUDKORD" displayed on the end of pear boxes as a vital advertising, wol In the eastern markets. It was reported that a commit tee was in touch with the Tomlln llox company regarding the print- lnK of tho ', MedfBoi.d on" bo ends. The mailer of mnll boxes on the depot platform was again discussed without dorinlte action, and It was revealed that Grants Pass has three mail boxes on Its depot plat- form. I Attorney Rawles Moore reported , on his late digestion of the farm re- lief bill, now pending before con gress, and also reported on Inter- j state commerce commission rulings on the Icing of refrigerator cars. 1 A cotton glove was exhibited and Inspected for mass purchase ! ror use in orchards and packing houses, and the cotton glove was referred to the purchasing commit-, tee without action. Tile Humphreys Will. PORTLAND. May II. IP) Tho will of Lester W. Humphreys, Portland attorney, and former 1'nlted Htates attorney here, hns been admitted to probate In cir cuit court. The estate Is valued at nniiroxi- uiatuly fiO.vUQ, No. 70. CALIFORNIA BRANDSFLY TALE FALSE No Fruit Infected By Medi terranean Fly Found at Siskiyou Inspection Sta tion Hourly Reports Made to Governor Young Circulation False ' Ru mor Mystifies. SACRAMENTO, Calif., May 31. lP) Officials of the agricultural department toduy reiterated that no fruit fly InfestutlunH had been found In grape fruit shipments seized at' the Oregon-California line. The head of the state depart ment said all Florida citrus ship ments had been contrabrand In California for the nast IE vtm ments would have been seized and destroyed rogardles of the fruit The department said It is in hourly communication with In spectors on Oregon-California bor der points, and that no report had reached Sacramento toduy or at uny previous time that the Medi terranean fruit fly had been found in any fruit shipments in the state. SACRAMKNTO, Cal.. May 3t. (Special) Hoports from Med ford, Oregon, that fruit Infested by the Mediterranean fruit fly had been seized at the Oregon line by California fruit inspectors wore branded as absolutely false by state officials here today. Interest In this question la so keen In this state that Oovornor Young ordered all Inspection sta tions to keep him advised hourly, ie siismyouip done this BVr since the -no bafgo was ' decliirod.- A' special Inquiry made "of the chief in spector at this station today brought an emphatic denial of the truth of the fly Infection report. What all the fruit growers of California fear Is the discovery ot fruit harboring the dreaded pest. The moment any Is discovered at any Inspection station word will be flashed throughout the statef' and vigilance at the Inspection stations will be doubled. Agri cultural officials here declar great harm to the fruit Industry may be done by circulating false reporta. ... Oovornor Young Is at a loss to understand how this sensational report started as all Inspection stations are under strict orders to make no reports of their findings except to the state agricultural department at Sacramento. Must Buy Trousers. PORTLAND, Ore., May II. P) As part of her sentence for allow ing a vicious dog to run at large, Mrs. Pauline Pavoevlch must buy the dog's victim a pnlr of new trousers. Huch wns the ruling ot the munlclpul court yesterday, flhe was ordered, too, to keep the dog chained. Will Rogers Says: I'ITTSrUfBOII, Pa.; Mny 31. Newspapers enn never blnme police force for not finding criminals. Here they have had everybody from the managing editor down to the news boys looking for Charlie and Annie and can't find them. What would they do if they wero looking for some body that nobody knew? They are just about down at Claremore, Okla." He has flew all over, this country and knows the best . spot. You know where he could be all this time, at one of those camps where they trained the soldiers for overseas. Millions of soldiers that was training at 'em couldn't find 'em if they left 'em and wont into town. Tho. fellow that located them for the government has been an outlaw for years, so Lindj Is at Yaphank. Yours, WIU'j KOOERS.