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Medford Mail Tribune The Weather i Fair tonight ami Wednesday. Warmer Wednesduy. Temperatures llljitwst yostorflay ixuvcst thu iiioinUiir :;:t pif Tw ntj-fourth Vfif. flecty Fltr llitb Year. TWELVE PAGES MEDFORD, ORKCiOX. TUESDAY. NEPTK.M KKIl 12 1. 199. No. IS").' TodayiRETENTION By Arthur Brisban. j AP nniliTfl Youth, Happy, Hopeful A Dry Capital? Hardly. Farming, Pleasure, Pain. Escaping From Earth. (Copyright by King Petturw Syndicate, Inc.) Major John Coolidiie, sun of Calvin Coolidne,. was married yesterduy to Miss Fluri'iiee Trumbull, daughter of the gov ernor of t'oenueeticnt. The nation knows the quali ties that young Coolidue should, and doubtless will, inherit. The new Mrs. (Volidtfp, with a faee that shows eliaraeier and common sense, is a wife weh ehosen. There milit lie a Coolidjie in lite White House in l!:!7 named Calvin. There may be other Cool id ires there much later. Senator Howell of Nebraska asks President Hoover to make Washington dry, been use we might to have one sample dry city. Ife says the President could ston hunt legging at the capital. The President is an aide man. lint nobody on this earth could make "Washington really dry. Now could President Hoover prevent Senator Howell, of Ne braska, from taking ; n bottle of whiskey from a white or col ored bootlegger, and handing liim in his private office?. Tjiat is how the thing is done, although bootlegging by Senator Unwell happens to be I unthinkable. J "' - - ' ; An individual who makes ivhiskey secretly, sells it se cretly to somebody who sells it again secretly to the individ ual who intends to drink it. Howi arc you going to stop that? All the President's horses and all the President men couldn't do it. The only hope is to create among American citizens re spect for law and the constitu tion. That seems a slow pro cess. Kiiriiiiiipr lias .its pleiiKiireK mill its pniiis. 'i'liis writer, farmer by pro fession, writer by necessity, was (,'ricvetl lo see on his farm in New Jersey nmirnifiuent curs of corn each with the murks of n borer at the small cut!. On the other hand, it was n pleasure to see in one field, planted with corn grown origi nally in Mexico, developed in California, a straight line of corn stalks 17 feet high, the ears so far from the ground that no farm hand could reach (Continued on rape Five) It's himl o' lliterr-tln' .I'M to rylh- slona- nn" wmuli-r c.i bi.Iii' lo (It tiin on nct. Tlier- no aiir-nlon alMMU tin- lnw nil' nttnton, hut tlier'o coii'HIernhle nnitety hmt nesuitHt rraih-n twin' ahlr tn ImiM up niwlrr aniMher riiftnrnnn tel. (Copyright John F. Dllle Co.) ur ruwtn I President Pleads for Flexible Provision in Pending Tar-1 iff Bill Most Progressive Step, Is Claim of Hoover Change Would Leave No Remedy for Isolated Injustice. WASHINGTON. Sept. 24. CP) President Hoover, in a formal state mi-lit today made a plea for die retention In the pending tariff hill of the flexible provisions, which a majority of the Demo crat hope to repeal with support from some dozn or more inde pendent Republicans of the sen ate. The president in this, his first .statement on the tariff since the Hawley-Kmoot hill was drafted by the house ways mid means committee, said he had no hesi tation in saying that he regarded the flexible tariff "as of the ut most importance in justice to the public; as a protection for thej Hound progress in our economic sysiem, nml for the future pro tection of our farmers and our industries and co maimers." Mr. Hoover asserted that the flexible provision was one of the! most progressive steps taken In j tariff making In the history of the country. Ho held it was! wrong that there should he no remedy for isolated cases of in justice that might arise through the failure to protect certain in dustries, or to destroy the op portunity to revise duties which might prove higher than neces sary to protect some industries, and therefore, become onerous upon the pubMc.."" " - " Maintaining that the flexible provision as it is proposed to he amended; places no despotic power in the hands of the chief executive. Mr. Hoover said the provision was supported by fnrmt labor, consumers and manufne t it r 1 n g organizations, and had never hitherto been made u poli tical Issue. SEATTLE Rl Deputy Sheriffs Attempt to Halt Big Sedan Occu pants Open Fire, Step On Gas 16 Sacks of Booze Found in Car. SKATTMC, .Sept. 24. In a runnhig gun battle between two rum runners nnd two sheriff's tlep-j titles here today, an unidentified liquor runner was shot to death. Ills companion, who gave the ! name of t fust, 31, of Kenton, j ith., suld he did not know tho dead man. Deputy Sheriffs James Moore; and Walter A. Kelnders, driving ij prowler car, observed a largt se-, dan which aroused their suspic ioiit. They drew up alongside nnd or dered it tn stop. Instead of obeying, one of thn men opened fire, the deputies said, while the driver stepped on the gas. The deputies pursued the fleeing car, Hclndcrs firing five shots. A bullet found Its mark In the driv er bod y. he slum pert over t he wheel nnd the machine plunged Into the ditch - I The other man leaped out before! the deputies could reach the wrecked car nnd took refuge In j underbrush along the road. j Searching it. the officers found fast, who denied having been Jn the car or knowing anything about 1 the dead man. Sixteen sacks of whiskey were n the sedan. Moore nnd Heinderi declared liquor was dumped out of the car during (he rhnse. The gun used by the rum run iith was not found In the cor and Cast was unarmed. Officers were ' searching the road in the belief that it was thrown away nhortly before, the crash that ended the Ch;.se." Te :b-!d man was heavy set nnd fc"twei-n 3" nml 4n vi'jrn old. of ficers said. He had lf his Wt l leg. which had been rcp.aovd by a SOUGH i RUNNER SLAIN IN GUN FIGHT noudt-n one. EARL PEACOX ON Earl Francis Paacox, 22 - year hit pretty young wife, Dorothy 'inset), is presiding over the trial. LARISON VICTOR DEFENSE AVERS SHEARER TOOK OVERSTARBUCK Battle for President's Cup Grows Hectic As Players On Last Nine Holes at Golf Links Starbuck Handicap to Win. 4 IXASIE Tdirlson iU?fohf-KlnrDuclr, B nml . Art Stnrburk nml C. O. Ijirl hoii wore all wiuure at tiic end of the fiisl nine IioUu of tliflr afternoon tour of 18. lith More flisptayiiig btttiit(ful ffolf. The mall pilot reiiilfHl ati even 40 on (lie outward jour iMiy wlillc faiirlson rcqiilpeil 41. ljiri.son receives a lx-HtnUe advantiiKO In the renuilnlnv K and this Is exjiet'ted to be Huf- The l,e huekei' w.. s'llhtly jn l.-rt again thta morning when In J, . . .. w j the finals nt the Medford golf club ; K-t cm,. for tin presidents cup, Art Star- 1 . .1 n 1 . .ni,.. , CflD IIMKQ PIIDMQ''MAIOD''! iui lihuo uui lino mnnL ui ; I ! t., ;,i r .hn rllt is nnoiattackei tne prosecntloirB method, . . ui.,1, up ,m C. .0. prison the h h, poWered trauble tehooter from . o ,,.. ILIl III! Ullt Untune ui ii niiitn on each 18, the g'lf fans practkally unanimous In their be-1 , .... Un ,, lief that Uui. on who has to, shooting consistently In the I 80 s couldn t be beaten. The best they could see for Hturbuck wan to inaku It a close ngntt and this all the air pilot's baekei'M claimed was a sure thing. It was a close fight, but in the morning round it was Ijirison. not Starbuck who had to work to keep u breast of his opponent. On the first nine Lrfirison camo in two up, whereupon Starbuck proceeded to shoot u four, four, three on the next three holes, nnd the, match was squared. From heiv on It was nip and tuck, with Slar buek not so strong on the nip. but Larison as strong as horse radish on (the tuck. In short, Larlson had a ter rible slump from the game ho has been playing throughout the tour nament. This was particularly true with his puiter. II. simply W"'11 not work Instead of shooting x.". golf as be did when he put out; lion Clark tn the semi-finals. Iurl- son shot a !;". Starbuck, on th1 other hand, except for four holes, shot a pretty game, coming In wllh an MX, Those four, however, were pretty bad. and when the temperamental flyer started up Ihe hill, it was noted that his en gine sputtered and his radiator started to boil. At two o'clock Hi Is afternoon the two contestants teed o(T on the final 18, to determine the handicap champion for 1929. Keve - rul wagers were reported at even ; money with 'Starbuck nnd Ittir-on backers evenly divided. . E BEFORE COURT WlliTi: PLAINS, N. V., Sept. ! tA) Pflng the very gun with which ! he felled her, Karl Peaeox demnn , strated In court today how he etiuck his w.fe on the head with ; the pl.tn bint In the encounter 1 1 hnt cost her her life. ! The Weather 1 Oregon: Fair tonight and Weil penday; warmer Wednesday, tien tie wcaterly winds on the count. TRIAL FOR SLAYING YOUNG WIFE AsMOdattd Press Photo - old radio mechanic, on trial In White Plains, N. Y., for the killing of Heinzelman Pea cox. Supreme court Juetlce Arthur S. Tompklna PANTAGES CASE! Wealthy Woman's Lawyer, Closing Argument, Claims Intoxication Charge False Big Audience Hears Forensic Ace. l.OS ANOKUJa, Sept. 24. (A1) -i The dofentw of Mrs. Lois I'mituueui,! ,-wno )K (41 irun ior inc sffimu ui-1 ! kioo murder of Juro Hokumoto, ihroiiKli an automobile colltHlon, went Into its flnul striiRgle today.! The wealthy wonmn'H rhlef coun-j j Bnl, Max Steuor. closing his argu j ment, branded as "made-u; ; stories" pronecution testimony of 1 her averted intoxication at the I I time of the crash. I j Steucr, New York "veteran of 1 many legal buttles, brouKht u 11 hli forennlc powers Into action an he ' 'bha""t1 """ ".V ""e' chaK h'8 wei,l,y client wH reHpn- . slble for the death of Hokomoto. , , . . . , ... Ueglnnlng his nddress with a , , 0 , , .... , . oft. nearly inaudible voice, Steuer iOf presenting Its caso. (iradually J . ' .:,, ously the testimony of prosecution witnesses. Listening to the determined dc- 4l""u u ,u'1 " "Yf 7 n,,tY was one of the most colorful audi- . hlBto Vromlwnt 8orU.ly WOmen. motion ,,. ni.aaa ' ,1 picturo actors, actresses and pro ducers, and the cream of I-os An geles' legal, ranks rubbed elbows with roughly clad working men. Hundreds of persons who sought admission to the crowded court room were turned away for lack of space. WASHINGTON, Sept, 21 P) Senator Ilronkhurt of Iowa said In tho senute today that senators hud been Invited to a dinner 11 1 the Wfllanl hotel where liquor wus kept "under 11 luble with a cur- tain around It" and that anyone who cared for u drink could help himself MRS- BOOLE AGAIN IS PRESIDENT W. C. T. U. INDIANA POMS, Sept. J, W Mrs. Klla A. lloole. of Brooklyn, N. V.. was re-elected prcMldent to- Irty at the fiftieth annual conven ' tj(,n of the National Women's I , h .Mii,n Temp-rance I'nion. She ;,.M M(,l( tilin rnr, Mlnce 1926. f.lldoi ni Ittirgalti ! lir-.ltMX, Sept. 24. 1Ai Gliders j ten feet long with a wing spread ' cf 2S feet and weight of 45 pounds j ur on sale. In department stores n the Installment plan. Hubby Indignant When Wife ' Reports Fifty Cent Shortage riJICAr.O, III.. Sept. 21 J, There may he olhers who, like Mrs. Frances fSonzalea, was unable to account lu her husbnnd, lavld, for r0 cents nf the I" he gave her a wcr4: ago. She added, ( subtracted, nnd let X eipial this and Y eipial that, hut nny way shn computed she was four-hits short. Mr. (ionr.ali-s was Indignant. He pointed out low at tun end of ii SECRET PAPER Fl Naval Lobbyist Obtained 'Vital Document' to In fluence Legislation On Navy ConstructionLet ter Read in Quiz WASHINGTON, Sept. 24. A 1 utter by Wlllium B. Shetu.er, an 'onsdr'Ver" for Amorlran shipbuild ers at the 1927 Geneva naval con- furence, claiming that a secret Urit !h)i document which he obtained lnuiicpd the legislative course of the 15-cruiser construction bill In the seuutQ fast bush ion, was read Into the record today of a senate Investigating committee. The letter was addressed to Ho mer L. Ferguson, president of the Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry dock Corporation, lust March, short ly after the cruiser bill passed. Shearer wrote he realized serious opposition confronted the program, that funds might not he appropri ated, tho clause referring the start of construction- by a given time eliminated, mul that the number of cruisers might be reduced. This apposition, he added, came from the "highest authority In the land, including the secretary of state and all of the International ists and floculled pacifist bodies." "As you are aware." he contin ued, "I was the possessor of a Brit ish document, ho vital and amazing In its construction, that I took It In the navy department, where un der the highest authorities this document was photographed." Wire Report on the Pear Market CHICAGO, opt. 24. (IT. 8. D. A. CHICAGO, S'pl. 24 Hf.H.D.A.) (IV Today's pear receipts: 12 cars California, I !i Oregon nr- ived; t!2- curs on track; 13 cars sold. Auction prices: California Hartletts: 470ft Hoxes, t'l Hfi-I-Uir.: average, $.H(. Oregon Hart lei ts: 1 2S4 boxes. Kxt ra fancy, $2.itO-$3.!Mi; average, 3.ti0: C70 boxes fancy, $2.!0-3.70f average, $3.25. NKW YOKK. Sept. 24. (H. fl. I. A.) Today's ouctiun pear prices: Oregon Harlletts: 20H0 boxen, extra fancy, $2.7r.$.1.tl0; average. $:i..12; fane., $2.6f-$l.(jO; uverugs, $3.23. California ttnrtlcttn: 10,4(10 box es $tn:i-t4.ri): average, $3.3il. run Krli.ml I'ltoVlDKNCK, It. I., Kept. 24. (II Now conies a school for font ball spectators. Tuss Mchuuggry, Hi own couch, Is lo conduct a course In Ihe university's extension series. The Idea Is to enable the pulillo lo understand the fine points. All nges, all fxcie nrw eligible. years a lift-cent shortage would nmimnt to whatever It would amount to, a lot of dough, anyway. Mrs. tionzalc had him arrested. Judge Jos. I'urke spoko sharply to flonssnles yesterday. "You mean thut If I don't be good I'll go to Jail?" Onniales In (pitted. "Might," snld Judge llurke, "I'm good," gold (iumalet. M BRITISH IAX SLASH AI BY HOOVER Substantial Reduction Will Be Recommended to Con gress in December Financial Condition of Country Warrants Cut, Is View of Treasury Ex pect Prosperity. By Chariot IX Wutkum, Associated Press Staff "Writer. WASH1NUTON, Sept. 24. A substantial reduction In taxes, favored by President Hoover, will be recommenMed to the regular sessions of congress next Decern- j oer ty ine treasury 10 oecom ei fectlve next March 15, but just what form the reduction will take has not been determined. I It was learned today at the treaa-, ury that tho government financial condition in prospect for the coin ing years Is regarded as warranting a shish in taxes, and with this. In view experts will start work within a week to determine how much of a cut can be made and how It will be distributed. The financial officials who have watched the government revenue this year, which at the close of business September 20 exceeded the collections for the first two and a hntf months of the lust fis cal year by $118. 038,480, pointed to continued prosperity and large income tux collections as the base upon which the tax reduction would be made. Since July 1, the total Income has amounted to $K21,237.G06, while tho Income tax collections on returns for the calendar year 1928 have totaled, up to Septem ber 20, approximately ll.80U.000. In addition, the treasury expects to collect approximately $500,000,- 000 income-tax when the Xe,com. ber payments are 'made. . With oonllnued business', pros perity, experts feel that Income taxes will keep on mounting and equal if not puss those of the lust year. It has been the experience of the government that each time taxes have been reduced collections have been substantially lncreused through withdrawal of funds from tax-exempt securities and their in vestment In other lines. Treasury officials in proposing tax reductions fur many years fig ured that the government must have a margin of at least $100,000, 000 between Income and expendi tures. This opinion has boen changed in recent years, however, and officials havo expressed tho belief that a smaller margin was safe. -4 NKW YOHK, Sopt. 24. M) Tlio stuck niuikut hruku badly in Hie IuhI hour of trailing Iniluy miller a flood of Belling onlem lu Ilia lilKli priced Indnatrliil und pulillu utilities Mock, many uf which drii)icd $5 to 25 a Hhuro lie low the day's IiIkIi levelH. The HelllliK wan Inriueiieed hy Team thut an IncrnuHe In the Hank of KiiKliind's illxeoiint rule on ThurHilay would reHiilt in a withdrawal of fnrelKn filndB from New York, pulillculloli of a report that steel mill opera tions hud fullen below the level of a year ago and the testimony of Alexander I.t'RKe. (orincr head of the International llurvester rom puny, thut the stock, of which he Is a heuvy holder, was gelling ton hltth. Renewed liquidation of the mo tors, many of which fell to new niinlmums for the year, started a Keneral HclllllR movament. The closing was heavy, Ihe sales approximated 4,000,uu0 sliares. The closing was heavy, the sules approximated 10(10,000 shures. , KKATTLK, Rept. 24 (P) Stormy weather loduy forced the Ittlsslan plnne "Land of Ihe Soviets," to postpone its take-off from Attn, must western of Ihe Aleutian Islands, for Dutch harbor on I'nn luska Islund, Xew lil-ryllmler ,ulo KltlKDItlCIIHHAFKN, (Icrm.-lny Sept. 24. P) A twelvs-cyllnder iiiilnmiiblle U to be put on the market by Mnyhsch Motor Works, Zi'opvlln bulldcm. 'Quee v "ckets to Are A. , lo Fans CHICAGO, Sept. 24. OP) Have you a world BorieB ticket yet? If you have it's Juki too bail it's counterfeit. Wlllium Veek, president of the Chicago Cubs. Issued a wurnlng today against spurl- ous tickets which ho Bald ul- ready liave ninde their appear- line. "Official tickets for the series are now being print- ed," Veek said. "They won't reach the hands of their pur- chusers before October 2 or 3. Anybody who pruduces a tick- 4- et now is holding u counter- felt." 4- 4 L I Leg Broken When Kicked By Horse Yesterday Plucky Ranger Builds Fire and Waits for Aid Use Truck As Ambulance. Russell Winn, patrol guard of the Crater National forest attach-, ed to the Uig Elk ranger station near the head of the south fork of Ulg Ilutle creek, suffered a broken leg helow the knee while trying to culch his saddle horse nhout three miles distant from the Fish Luke roud camp at 2:30 yesterday after- noon, when the horse kicked him, Tho mishap occurred 'close ' to the roadside and Winn, unable to walk, managed to hobble around und build a tiro in the-road to keep himself warm while lie Iny down until someono cams ulong. A long time later the big red forest fh-e -truck' came thut way and tho' driver saw Winn lying there und went to him. ; The Injured man was - helped onto the truck and taken to the Fish Luke road cump, und from there to Butte Kails, miles away, where Dr. H. W. Hteurns, who hud been summoned from Medford guve 111 m first aid treutment. Following this Winn wus plucod on u cot on the truck und Willi Hugh H. Hunkin supervisor uf Cruter 'Nationul forest driving nnd Oene Rogers, a forest rungnr, holding htm tn place on the cot wlille going over the rough roud, was brought to tho (.'ommunfty hospital In Medford, arriving ut 1 1 o'clock Inst night. Messrs. Rankin and Rogers who were inspecting tho Owen-Oregon timbor land huppened to he at Butte Fulls when ho was brought to thut point. , Mrs. Winn, who Is telephone operator at the Big Kilt ranger station, Is in the city today to be near her husband, but it Is nut known how long she will stay. Because of, theh living nt the Big 101k station In the summer and fall seuson their winter home in this, city Is closed until ufter the forest senson Is over. 1 CAPITAL BEATS SPOT IS CLAIM PORTLAND. Ore., Sept. 2 I ifl Oscar de Priest, negro coiiKress mun from lh first Illinois dis trict. Chli-iiKo. suld here today he believed more murders were com mitted tn Washington, D; C, each yeur tbun In his home city. De Priest, who lust night spoke, before N no Portlund negroes, nt n meeting spnnsoied by Hie Port lund brum h of Ihe Nutintinl As sociiitlun for the Advancement of I'oloi-eil peo,h-, snld In defense of his home town, Hint 1'hlctigo is not so wicked n city us Washing ton, "the city thut should set an example tw Chiciigo and nil othor cllli-s of Ihe United Slates." ' One r.-iuls ii lot iihotit a mur der In Chicago," De l'rlest said, "tmt you don't .ee -inyililng about one In Washington, yet while the iiuili'iiul i-apltul Is much smaller, I believe more murders are com niliteil each year in Washington Omn In my homo city," The congressman said he ex pelled to Introduce a bill at the n nt session of i engross lo make aliens living In this country who do not tnke out cltUenshlp papers i pay n lax lo the government. "Thi. should he an occupation tax." De I'rlcHt snld, "that every alien who lias lived here five years nnd net become a cltisen must pay. I think they should i he furred lo pay an additional tux ' vu uivlr liwvmtn." 1 , RUSSELL WNN FOREST PATRO HUR IN WOODS CHI" AS CRIME RIO GRANDE FLOOD HELD FROM CITY San Marcial, N. M. Believed Saved By Volunteer Workers All Women and Children Removed to Safety Three Deaths Reported in Inundated AreaHeavy Rain Falls. AMU'QriCUQUlS, N. M , 8tnt, 24. ll') l-jajiplntr at Sandbag hastily piled on top of the newly constructed levee at San Marclul( N. M.. tho ruin swollen tor rem of the hlo Oranda today held ih town viitually in a state of setter. Hundreds of volunteer workers, after an all night vigil, were be lieved today to have staved off the major damatfe of a broken levee, but backwater from the river was standing In the streets ami. nil women and children hud Veen removed from the town to safety of tho hills. Three deaths had been reported from the flood swept area. An unprecedented two-inch rain yesterday . sent the river over its bunks, cmhuiKerinK hundreds oi!. lives and hundreds of thousand of dollars worth of property. Th- ICscondldo hridKe. on the main ' III I'aso highway four miles north of Socorro was put out of eoniiub sion when both approaches werj washed away. it was the second flood of tho year lor Han Marcial. A similar -rise in tho river tn August almost wiped the town off the map. ' San A cm In, ,L0 miles, above San Marcial. which was wiped out tur Iiiki Uie August flood, was again flooded ; Inst night. The river changed It course and rushed tlif...i.,t ' tl I I I I I a , uultlom.nl Ahout 3d houses originally imulo. up tne lawn, ana ot tuene, six nun been ' relmllt. They wero badlv damaged' by the new flood.' Tha inhabitants fled,, and there was no loss of life. .. ; The. village of Polvaderot ' 1.1 miles north of Ooenrro- was flood ed and nil the people- left. Ono house eollnpsod. . The .river began falling nt mld ntiiht, and was reported to b falling ns far upstream as Outrun, the largest tributary north : of Her.. Vth. MUXICO CITV, Sept. H. W UespatChes to Ijl l'lensa from JatuiKi, ciiiital of the state of Vera Crux, today reported that 130 per- 'sons hud been killed and severnl hundred wounded In fighting con nected with municipal elections J throughout the suite on Sunday. The nephew of Ihe presidential cundiiliitc OrlU Ilublo was said to liuve died In a riot In Vera Cruz Oily. Ui Pr, -Una's report suld that tha worst disturbances were in Orlza bll und Corilobu. - ri ! 1 Will Roger Says: AJIAKIM.O, Tpxiis, Sept. 4. Hi'ou down in the old riuuth I'tiiintry, viHitcil. flip MiisIiimI OS, n purl of th nltl X. 1. T., which whs nt ope time the liin cest l-aneh in the w o r 1 (. T h y, n r f funning tbs whole piHiim country, and in a k i n K it pity wit limit, reliiif. " Well, John nnd Florenee Hot lnurriril yesterdny. It whs jti.st ii yenv hko now tlwit Ihey eiinie to see the Stone show in New llnven together nml I introduced them ta the niidieiice. I cnttld see then thut they wus sorler keeping I'ompnny, Well, we pot lindy nnd Anno going nlonit fine now mid we wish John nml Florence the snme. We K"t. to dig up nnother love match to promote. Yours, W'UA, ROGERS.