Medford mail tribune., September 16, 1929, Image 1

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Mail Tribune
The Weather
EDFORD
Temperature
Fair tonight niul Tuesday. Hl)t
temperature it nil low liumUllty.
Highest yesterday ..
hnwnt litis inorrtiii;
no
1U
fMtl Twenty-fourth Yw,
flrt-kif Fifty ighih Yar.
MEDFORD. OKKtiOX, .MONDAY, SKITKM 1KK 111. l!fj!i.
No. 177
Today
By Arthur Brisbane
o 1
Another Yak Slipping.
'Wise Frenchmen-
Crying Does No Good.
Shooting Into a Truckload
Vote Loughran
i
As Outstanding j
Ring Performer
MIXED JURY WILL DECIDE FATE OF MRS. PANTAGES
Synehtic Gin
Causes Death
Portland Man
I
DENIS
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i. ' -' Syndicate. Inc.)
i : Nicholas ltoc rielt, in "Altai
Himalaya,'' ileseriliin;; a ov
f rrl'ul yak, slipping n a mighty
I glueicr toward (lit- pn-cipicc,
' nays "At t lie very end of the
preriiiee. flu' yak, straining
himself, elutelied down with his
short, strong feet."
' The vaU was saved.
May I nele Sam be as fortu-
j iiati' on the diplomatic laoier!
!,of lleneva. At this moment he!
j is slipping rapidly toward the
v ; World Court -preeipiee and at
nny moinent he may go over
I the edfre. Clever British stntes
iincii. assisted by able American
Invyers represent in;; interna--,
tftjjial biinkiii'T, are pushing him
along.
''At any time you may with
draw from the eourt without
imputation of unfriendliness,"
says the league to I'nele Sam.
!'; That is what card sharps on
trans or steamships say, invit-
'injt you into a frame.
V JVaiice and Italy, l.altn
ua-
lions, tlisliUe tlie close co-oper-
ation of the so-ealled Nordic
nat ions lirilain alwl Anii'l-ieii .
Whil,
MacDonald is ill Allier- .
icn talk in
over naval agree
ments and freedom of the seas, j
Itl'tv anil 1'rance will have a '
, .. I
separate naval eoiilerenee.
; Britain asks France to aban
don submarines, i The wise
French, Tree of Aiif-'lo-iuaniae
obsession that afflicts some of
our officials, reply :
"No, we need submarines.
With a small fleet under water,
;Wo can, in ease of need, take
.'cure of all your chips afloat.
So
the submarines.
i PJV u c IV' C( I
. France, like America, is self
: su)ipoi'tiu;, or. if anythiiifr is
laekiiiL', France can tret it from
fdjoinini; neighbors independ
I cut of shipping,
f Urilain is iml selfMipport
1 iiiK. and would starve without
(S'aec fleets to feed her. I'er
:has that is why Uritaiu is
j: ljuildini; triu;jiii I i- Zeppelins,
j. Tliev could brill',' food tliroti'di
s the air.
I
y Vraiiec lias nut t'cr.L'ot trn tliiil
ihc Xi'Imhi mtuiiiiMi'iit was luiill
to ("tilllK'Mlol Kl'PIU'h tletcilt
at sea, mid means not to lot it
liapi't'ii jp-rain.
Siiltinai'iiics ami
liirplanrs ,
-ii i . . .i . '
Hill easily attend to that.
All
American uovernmeut.
(Cnuttnued on I'ago Kour)
Lionel fine, iimtuitfrr o tJie
)tmtan h ,"i A 10 a he eticitnr.
ar lil lmp rIiIh to marry, ml
They rk wHiuller an'
not o Hpt to unit." I m-all
j fl h well n- If It nix Utenlav
tvlrn my maw ued our grHM- to
mike Jelly " il Utfo Hud. to-
day.
I H & tit i
I H- .M l
1 ' ufsJij
II
Ten-Mile Sweep of Flames
Endangering City All
Able Bodied Men On Fire
Line 200 Fighters Cut
Off Clark County Man
Is Burned to Death in!
Dwelling.
i:sT(.M, lrc.. Sit. 10.
A'i A change of wind at
I ::tt) p. in. leday savcl this
town from H.Hlr ilcviinic
tlon Uy -".re. All ilay Ions
rimiies on a Kt-nillc fnnt.
driven liy a high wind, had
steadily approached the hiiii
nninliy. l-'lrc Tightei-s wvw
holdiiu; Ibe 1 lames al '2 p. in.,
and the town ai-peai-eil in no
Immediate danger.
KNTAC'A DA. Ore, Sept. 1 B. (Pi '
r
Unin;; UTicnin rnltfil. a furcM fh-i t
was swccitltm aluiiK' a Icll-mite ;
from tivv miles from this city this ;
! Hflci'ilunn in llic f;n c if u liiiili j
!,..,.., 'i.,.l W'liil.. 111., I.,u-m
iw,ls hl no immniliatc dungcr at i
I ' : 1 !' niurh concern was felt
Tw, luindrcil fire fk-htcrs In the
I.-t Dee (lislrlct, ftvo miles from
municailon today l.y destruction of j
forett cerviee telephones and had
nut heen hetird from since yester-;
llay , !
All roads Inlo. tin: dstl'lct afc j
blocked by fallen trees and burn
iiiK limbs.
The forestry offb-i w-f,.s rtot par
tieulurly eoneoined nvcr the fat"
of the two bundP'd men Inasmuch
as much burned over laud would
offer litem a haron in event flames
cut off their retreat before the ad
vancing fires.
Ileports that from 1M to 110
homes had been destroyed in the
Ln P.arre mid I-a Oep districts were
believed here to have been exag
gerated. llcjncs, Krwnrt Hum
It whh known, hnwever, that at
It a st 'five homes had been destroy
ed, that the Log l.a Iiurrc, large
summer resort, had been burned to
the ground and that two school (
hoiiKes had been de.siroyeil. j
The resort was valued al $."iO,iMin.
The lunucs of John Tarter, Kmfl !
j S. ( arvcr, .la men Willoughby It. ,
j Thomas farter and I'. I. Anderson:
were consumed by the flames.
i What the fate of Kstac.-da will!
' be no one coub tell today. Al-
though there was considerable ,
, green timber between the fire line
and the town at P. in.. & high,
wtml, such as enme up this after
noon, could sweep t be flam cm
throuuh the timber in a relatively
short time. The wind this after
noon was blowing directly from
the fire i the city.
All men in the Kstarada wer
taken to the fire tines last nighl ,
r.nd today. No general attempt h:ts
been made to remove household
ur store u-oods from the town al-i
thoimh several individuals have
become a armeti ami nave none so.
.M.an.lon Homes
In the Garfield district fifteen,
families are declared to be in peril
and have abandoned their homes.
Trucks loaded with household
woods and fanning ciuipmem
Miami In front yards as the house
holders note t he ad vit nee of t he
flames. ,t a i'4ii;il all were ready
to flee front the stricken area."
' lit ports receiv.-d here said the
Ielph creek fish hatchery on
Kaule Creek had been burner!.
rump No. I of the La lee Lum
I her company w;m destroyed and
' Camp No. J n partially wiped
out. The fire started in the La Dee
, company holdings. V-iterd;iy and
1 l:i-t nlu-bt it swi-pt a hea 'I sixteen
' inib". driving 3"i fire fiubtrrs be
fore i;.
KST.U'AIlA. Ore,, Sept. ;.-- uVr
The forest fire which today con
S'ltllleil a most grave inetlliee to
this f-lty b;is since yesterday tiiketi
a property loll in nearby column
nit left in exi-ess t.f .i;anou exelu
Mve tf destroyed timber.
i;-Taead;t is ji town uf from
1 Mi') to '.'"fin population, situated
on the i 'lac U ii mas river. It con-
! sisis essentially of two nuiln
jstriets. btth well bbieked tint ith
! it. mm store buildings. Tie re-o-1
d ii' di-tri' t has many flm
j hollies. Milne i if the 171 STIflUm;'
hotii.-. of w ealt by I'oi tfandt rs.
VANTorvKi:. iVii.ii.. s. t.t n;
Philip Pone, ti.'i, run her
whs burned to death ii nd h Is 63
ear-uid wife, ami son William
ea
Ull
f,,r,
i
c pei'kuii.iy liUi ii .1 u hen t
zt fire trapped lb m in tin ,
tContiDM d 'n Pufc-c liightl
wilkksp.akkf., ph.. sept.
I tl. tiVi Tommy Long bran,
n- t i r o (I light -heavyweight
champion, training at Har
vi'.v'n J-jiUi', ni'iir hero, for his
bout with Jack Sharkey. has
received a gold belt, offered
by King, a mugaine, atinual
ly to the boxer voted the most
outstanding and reflecting the
most credit on the sport. The
belt last year was awarded to
tienp Tunney. whose crown
Loughran hopes to gain.
I
Daughter and Son Slain By
Machinist Wife in Criti-
cal Condition -Fired
to Hide
House;
Crime- i
I
Commite Suicide.
VAXCOWKU. H. ('.. Sept. 16.
(ff) William Campbell IMiillips, 37,
a quiet mannered machinist, ran
amuck with a hatchet tn his home
hero today, killed his daughter.
Joan, aged in, and his 4-yenr-ohl
uon, Kiic, Blushed at li is wife's face
and head and, (hen to conceal all
traces of his crime, set fire to his
house and ended his own life by
culling his throat. His wife, My
Phillips. H:t, wa brought tinron
sciotis and In a critical condition
to a hospital.
iMrs. Phillips escaped by Jump
ing from a second ntory window
Into the hack yard. She was gashed
in the neck and suffered a frac
tured jaw.
No one hut the principals wit
nessed the murders. Muto evidenre
of what happened was revealed If
firemen who went to tho scene in
answer to an alarm.
The basement was In flames.
Hushing upstairs the firemen then
found Joan and Eric horribly but
tered in a front bedroom. The
boy was dead.
The girl was still alive as she
was carried out but succumbed be
fore she could be placed In un am
bulance. INST
SALKM. Ore., Sept. ifi. (7r
I'lont behind a desk piled hlgli
wit h lcfjal rcferenecM and about
which lie bad been conferring
with prominent Salem attorneys
during t hi; morning, Walter Wins
low. S:i leni attorney, who was
drafted lust week to fight fires in
Dougta county upon orders of
the state forester and later re
leased ut Uie direction of (Jovernor
Patterson, today announced that
he would immediately bring suit
against someone for damages.
Baseball Scores
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n.
Clcvcl;,n,l I
.New York 2 T I
ItjitUTicn: MIljiiH. Vcrrcll ami
I.. Scucll: WYtl nnd Dickey.
P.. II. Iv
St. I.oilla 3 ii 1
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lE;iltcrlcs: CruwI'T mt'l Mhii
l'n: ijiiimt. Sh'i"cs, Kiirnshiiw niul
( 'ni'hrunc.
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Ilufiini j
liMltd-lc: 'rht.mil
HuffltiK Hint Ilc'li)i;.
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I'.'.-iim U
Clncltiiwill .. .4
1 t.-rj. ft: Siiiltli anl .Seuhr
I.ikmh niul (iixi-h. Snki'Torth.
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ll. 11.
Plrbi'leTphia .. - 5
Piitd.nrg A 1
Pat 'cries: Sweet la nd ti ml
lain: Pel! y ami I h-nisley.
( I ''t Jrinfti
. Second giime:
ii
PbllHdelphiit I 7, I
pm-hnrg . 5 1 I J
Suiyihe, c.dlin!. Dailt-y. McOraw
.iml Lei a in; lira in v und Hm -fervuv-.3.
GRAZED PAREN
iiorp lUTMirTUADTMAM PflCQi
lUOLO nHIUnLI MHi'imnn uulo!
UPON CHILDREN TO STUDY EAST
Men and women of Loc
Pant.iges, wife of the Pnc1!'-
PEAR MARKETS
Oregon State College Expert
to Initiate Survey for
Winter Pear Committee:
Stop in Detroit Planned
for Advice.
Prof. Henry I art man, Oregon
State College fruit authority, its
s'gned to a study of marketing
and storage conditions In New
York City, for the Winter Pear
Committee of tho Fruitgrowers
league leaves today to begin his
duties, after a short stay in Cor-
vailis with his family. Kit route,
he w:ll stop off in Detroit, an l
advise on the care and sale of
Host! pears, shipped from this
valley ti that eily. In a campaign
for t be development of new pc.tr
markets. ,
The survey of prof. Hart unit
will last until next June, and will
be the most intensive study "f
eastern marketing and storage. In
tho history of the northwest fruit
Industry.
Tho survey will dovetail into tlie
pending Interstate Commerce com
mission probe of refrigerator car
rates and the federal survey f
refrigerator car temperatures, and
gathering- of shipping data now
under way.
ne of the protects, to be stud
ied by prof. Hartman, is the
feasibility of building ripeninu
warehouses, similar to those usd
in the biinana trade for plaeln;;
the winter variety of pears on the
New York market, in first class
edible condition.
Prof. Hartman has been In the
valley since the first of the month
gathering preliminary data, with
Prof. P. C. Keimer of the South
ern Oregon Kxperlnieni Station at
Talent.
The work of Crof Hartman I
being f nam ed by ibe Kml! urow -ers
league ami the Uogtle Ulver
Traffic association.
WORLD SERIES
PlllhADKM-HlA. Pa.. Sept. Pi.
- ifi With the postal service
pouring a stream of requests for
world's series baseball tickets Into
Kblbe park today, the niamigemeiP
i of the Philadelphia Athletic had
to rent a floor in n nearby factory
building to lake care of the mail.
i Twenty girls, engaged to turn
jnut return messages of glee or woe,
depending on whether the reply
was "yes" or "no," went to work
under the direction of Hubert. ('.
Schroeder. exec tit I ve secretary of
the elub. Twenty-five youths were
engaged to sort and open mall and
penorin other duties.
lb, f 'ire l lie temporary "oft ice''
opened there were I'.'i messengers
congregated outside with special
delivery letters. Two trucks load
ed with missive front Ihoae: who
lope in see Al Simmons "slam one
ii mile" pulled up. They contained
j I'M sacks of mail.
I The managemenl had announced
no Hp pi test Ions would be consld-
i ered where the oMtmn k of the
envelope wan prior to ti.':0I a. tn.
today. This cmied n bit? jam nt
the rcntrnl postofflce. More tliHii
ld.bOM letters were deposited he
Iweeti I a. u- aoti I a, m.
TICKET DEMAND:
u i mho u un ut
;
Angales selected as jurors in the
- or.ot theater mnanate.
Ben Sheldon Gives
History Med ford's
Good Roads Quest
The .Mail Tribune publishes
today the first installment of
a four-, hapter letter to the
highway committee of the
JMedford chamber of com
merce written by Hen Shel
don, former legislator and for
many years prominent hero
in good road movements.
.Mr. Sheldon's letter is a
narration of t he efforts and
achievements of public, spirit-
ed nrua nidations and Individ- 4
uals of this locality during
the pust twenty years In tho
opening of scenic routes for
tourists anil the development
of adjacent agricultural areas
1 through better roads. It is
presented as convincing evi
dence that Medford's attitude
hiui always been not selfish
advantage but all around de
velopment of southern Ore
gon. DON'T LEAVE AS
British Uniforms Disappear
for First Time in Past Ten
Years in Occupied Ger
man Territory About Koe
nigstein. KOKNPiSTKlN. Ocrmaiiy, Sept.
Hi. -(A) Hritlsh uniforms, a fa mil
In i- sight on the streets id' this little
mount a In resort for the pust ten
years disa p pea red almost, en 1 1 rely
today.
The comiimmler of the soldiers
in this locality withdrew all Tom
mies to their barracks while await
ing transportation homo during
the week.
"Above all don't leave ns ene
mies." was the word given out to
i:iitili officers and men.
COMMON., Curiiiiiny, Sed. Hi.--iTi
The Interallied itbineland high
coiiiniiHsiou does l)ol expect l-'reUch
troop- to move Into Welsbadeti as
the Piitlsh evaeliiite it Dc.Xt month,
as uiis feared hy the Wiesbaden
population aHer a visit of French
general staff officers to confer
wiih (tetteral Thwaiten. Hrlil-h
coiMinander In the Ithiti'dand.
officials of the high commission
tit e la red today 1 hat even t he re
hioal of the commission Itself to
U'i. vi,H,.n I- tn doubt.
. PASCO. Wash.. Sept. ij. ypi .
ii'oiiiiiict air mall route number 'Al
nompteletl (tn fht dy of openilion
vtt.nlay with the arrival of
, pi. no from Spokane carrying Mil
1 pound and a plane from Portland,
'.veniUe nnd Taeoma carrying ap.
o ,. ; mtttely ,'nii pouinls. hen
thkIi' fligiit eoiitract -ilr mall num
ber :. to Poise and Salt Lake, with
Pilot C. I', I'ifee at the control.,
took off at H;.i, it curried 1H7H
j poinds six ounces of mall. 'I w-t
jplin.s carried the Spokane inall
i while Pilot Joe Tuff bad the roust.
tn ill in one plane.
Tb- incoming plane unit pilots
, ueie wHeoriied by u crowd of
jtbi'.e tv WUr ttl'Uf-and people, he ft,
'ENEMIES WORDi
:in rhineland;
! PASCO AIR MAIL
I ROUTE IS OPENED
: MVf , I rtu.t
second degree murder trial of Lois
FEDERAL FINES
Tonic Sale Plea Made With
Understanding No Further
Grief, Is Claim Topers
Buy at Drug Stores Now,
Is Assertion.
Archie Sutherland, William Hlne
hart and Kanktu Kstes, local lool
hall operators, fined $"i00 cacli for
sale of wine tonic hy tho ghiHH over
a bar under the Internal revenue
regulation prohibiting; tho salo of
Ibiuor without n federal penult,
will appeal itnd ask for u compro
mise fine, ns provided for under
tho internal revenue rules, their
attorney said today. The trio en
tered u plea of guilty In the stale
court to selling whin Ionic by the
glass and were fined $:tl!5 and costs
last spring.
Frank PoSouza. counsel for the
pool hall operators, said that he
would ask for "a compromise on
a nominal basis and by nominal I
mean SIM." He further stated that,
hia clients entered a plea of guilty
In tho state court on the, under
Htiindlng "that would end It." At
t orney I )eSoti.a a lso h hi t ed t hat
the basis of hia plea to the Inter
nal revenue depart incut would ho
thai the three pool hall men had
snrtered enough financially.
The pool hall operators also file
another Rilevanr e. They claim that
the tonic topern purchase, bever
ages at the drug stores hy tho
bottle and adjourn up the alley to
Hwig. Wlmn they finish a Ionic
bottle they ca.U it fnlo Ibe pool
hall garbage can. The prohibition
officers find Iho empty bottles In
the garhage cans and make a rapid
fire deduction that the pool hall
operator In again selling Ionic by
the glass contrary to the statutes.
Then the pool hall man has to
prove thai ho Is not.
tUneo the campnlgn last spring
the pool halls have not been sell
ing Ionic over the bar, they claim.
Winn tonics, hnwever. are still
popular and the detntind Is brink,
selling for from $1 to $ I. fin per
bottle. When Hold over I he bar
they were dispensed at 1T cnnls
per drink.
Komi-:, Sept. h iin The ,u.
giot rains generally Improved the
situation of' Australia'1 wheat crop,
stated a repoit dated today to the
I International Institute of Acrlciil
1 1 ure. A fa vi -ruble result for ' be
, pri st ul a;rlciill ill at M ason in New
tSouih Wab'H. Victoria and south
j A tsl i a lia now depends on the
r-aiher of the ii'-xt no. nth. but
j forecasts for Ailstnilla already
Indlcale a record production,
TAKE THREE LIVES
NF.U PITliill. N. V . Sept. Hi.
A'i Three peiHOIIS were reported
killed and fotty to fifty inon- or '
less M i iously hurt in a s i iei f if
si-vver explosion on Wgute street,"
the tint 111 bliMlpe-'S nil eel, tod t '. !
Store front" along Wfiler street be. I
tween Mji In and Second street nil-;
bipsnt, ami fire slaitetl In the
hit! if"' fin m-dilii- store of Moo
Myer alter an explosion within the:
btul'Jirig.
POOLHALL MENifOR M'MILLAN
ASK REDUCTIONiTERRIBLE SIGHT
I'dHTI.AMi, Srpt. 111. wl't
Chail.-s 1-tMerson. 4.".. dii-d
here tudny ,i f t i-r w had taken
a drink of synthetic ntn un
chiised front a north end
hootlcKKcr, lie became ill
immediately alter drinking
the liquor.
Mrs. Louise Adams, L'l', lost
Iht sight today after drinking
gin. police were told. She was
taken to cmergeiwy hospital
where It was said her sight
was beginning to return.
CLOSES! SHAVE
Escape of Schooner Bow
doin From Icebergs Told
By Explorer Ship Lifted
Bodily By Pressure of Ice
Hull Battered.
KVDNKV. N. 8.. Hepl. 16. (P)
The escape of his schooner How
doin from Icebergs that born down
on her on August 1 ft whs described
today by Donald 11. McMillan, ns
the closest shave lie ever had In 21
years of Arctic exploration.
The shit) hud left Malno and was
sailing off Frohlsher bay when It
was caught in heavy ice near Koks
1 it 1 1 il point. For 11! days the ltuw
doln was Immovable In tho grip of
the ice pack, although clear water
was only 100 yards away, tho ex
plorer said.
On the twelfth night tho field
ice began to break up and tho sur
rounding bergs began tu move tit
about four miles an hour.
"It was a fearsome sight," Mr.
MacMillan said. "The great bergs,
some of them from 00 to 3lf() feet j
In height, were plow lug through
the field with a tremendous com
motion, piling up the shattered
floes and alt the time coining
steadily down upon us."
While the commander cautious
ly attempted to maneuver tho ship
througliMhe loosened Ico, the llow-i
dolu was suddenly lifted bodily and
canted over on her beam ends on
a targe floe by pressure of the suv-j
rnuilillllK jce. foowiy. me pi ennui e
slackened nnd tho ship slid down
into open water.
Afier sliding hy towering Ice
mountains with only inches to
spare, t be I low doin swung behind
a large berg ami rutin securely
down the coast in the open water
in Its wake.
A scraped ami battered hull !s
the P.owdoln's Memento of her en
counter with tin ice. A fler re
finding the ship, the purty will re
turn to Wtseassel, Maine, the starl
ing point of the expedition.
EXPECT TO ARREST
i I
I llOIK.KIt, Texas. Sept. Hi. (VP)
j Apprehension of the man whom
I the whlow of District Attorney
John A, Holmes believed was the
I ambush assassin ot the young of ll - -cial
waH expected today by Texiis j
Hungers heading a group of flogged i
officers threshing out dozens of i
clues since Holmes was shot down '
' hy three pistol bullets Friday night.
f Mrs. Holmes told Hunger Cap-'
tiiln Frank lliimrr that she believ
ed she knew whose hand held the t
i gun. Captain llamer planned to,
' talc- the man she named In curdody
today.
W ASH I N !TO. Hept. 1 . cVP
The republican tariff bill whs as
sailed In Hie senate today by Kena
tor Din all. It (publican. Idaho, hs
tilvlnu- inwuf f ich nt protection to
am leu It ure ami "not tn accord
with the pit -dgs of either party In
tip! la ?( ciiiiiialgn."
Coiirt lte-iime4
SAI.i:.l. (tie.. Sept. I ll.- (VP) The
-late supreme court, which has
been on vacation for the last six
week. resumed its work today. It
1 expected that UMliil grist of
Tuesday opinions will be handed
down tomorrow. A 11 the Justices
luvy etui n d to Suktil.
CASE ha:
SURPRISES
Judge Hardy Issues Sub
poena for Rev. Shuler to
Explain Charges in Radio
Talk That Jury Already
'Hung' Prosecutor Says
Go-Between Makes Confession-
I.OS ANOKLKS. ept. IS. tf'j
Two sensational developments in
tensified interest in the battle oi
tho state to convict Mrs. Lois
PantagcH, who is accused of the
second degree murder of Jur j
Pokumoto as the result of her asset-led
intoxication and an auto
mobile collision, us her trial was
resumed In superior court today.
Tho first sensation, which re
acted liko a boomshell in th.;
spectator-crowded courtroom, was
Superior Judge Carlos Hardy's or
dering of a subpoena for tho ap
pearuueo this nfternoon of the
Kev. Robert (Fighting Hob) Shu
ler. Ho Is to be called upon to
explain his charges, innde " over
his radio broadcasting station lasb
night, that tho Jury trying Mrs.
Pantages already was "hung.'
(Jo-ltetmrn Confesses.
The other stirring development
was the announcement by ChieC
Prosecutor James p. Costellu tint
a man who had come to him
confessing that ho hail been a "go-bet-woou
in arranging a nuictiim
of Alexander Pitntages, millionaire
husband of the defendant, and a
person Who has testified as a de
fense witness in the trial. Co
tello said Iho "go-between" w:ih
Jack P. Yelliu.
Vellln related. Costelbi said, thiit
the defense witness involved was
John Cunleruo, who last week tes
tified that he had seen a "mys
tery" ear force. Mrs. PantageV
machine Into tho fatal collision.
Tho proseoutor uuoted Yell in as
charging that Conterno, about two
days after tho accident, indicated
to him there would be "plenty of
dough" If Yellln would go to Pan
tages and tell hint that 'a brother
lodge member" wanted to see him.
Con term told Yelllnt tin- prose
cutor continued, to tell (be the
ater magnate that I he meeting
would "do bint a lot of coed."
Don't Itcinciiihcr.
As (he result of tho uiiexpeeted
development. C o s t o I I o recalled
Conterno to the Ktand as the fir.u
w.tuess this morning. t'nder :t
rapid fire of searching questions
Contemn admitted thai he knew
Yellln. drilled concerning specific
dates of usserted nieetinus and de
tails of eon versa t ions Yellln had
reported holding, the, defense wit
ness either ma tie point blank de
nial or replied "I don't remem
ber." Coslello Iml lea ted I Init tho new
"surprise witness" Yellhi. latr
would be called to bdind by Ur
state. Will Rogers Say:
SANTA MONICA, Cal.,
Sqil. Hi. l'liilii Snuwiltin,
Mr. Kamsiiy Mud niil 'j
"IipiiiI iniiii," wi'iit ovi'i' on
till' I'liiilinrnl : ul liillicil tin?
lillii-s out of
ii luilf billimi
of (tiM'iiiiiny's
r c i ii t ii
t i o n moiipy
niul lie I'Hinc
linrk to Kmk
lnii'l n li
tier lii'i'o tliiin il in-1 lonnlil."
Ho lianiHiiy ;iy.s to liiin
srlf, "I will do lln KdiiiK
from now on," so lir is imiiii
inj; over lirrp. So wiitrli him,
Ifrrlii'l't. Kinflisliincil lire t ho
only riii'o of jn'ople that
iicvi'i' travi'l for just fun.
Personally think lie
wants to slio" us tin- advan
tages of ICii'-'lanil relainins
t In- largest navy. Yon won't,
lie aslu'd fur any unmet ary
eonsiileration, Mr. Hoover,
just do u littlu l'aney ship
Milking. Yours,