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M M EDFORD AIL TRIBUTSia Temperatures Hlglte yesterday !! Lowest this morning $2 The Weather Fair tonight and Saturday. flallf Twenty-fourth Tetr. Wdu Flfty-eiginii lar. SIXTEEN PAGES MEDFORD. OREGON. FIJI DA Y. S KPT KM UK It 'J7, 1929. So. 1SH. TodaJURY RIGHT By Arthur Briiban. 011 A ft T A h So He Burned Her. Aiming at Ford. Terrible Inconsistency. Mixed Florida News. (Copyright by King Feature Syndicate. Ino.) In New York a murder ease interests a good many millions, including special writers, art ists, and tlie general public1.. A young man nainer Karle Peaeox, according to his own admission, strangled his young wife. lie did it, jt seems, be cause she did not love him enough, or that he loved her too much, or in some other way true love's course was wrong. After killing the young worn. an lie took her corpse to the woods,' pOUred' 1'rOseilC OVer j :,',j 4 : ' it, and set fire to it. i This was done because a I kindlier idea suggested itself that it would shock the young woman's mother to see her , daughter's dead 'body. If she were burned up she wouldn't be shocked. The question now is, "What idea will occur to the judge and jury trying this interest ing case?" TIlC Senate UpproYCH, 40 to " 31, the amendment to. the tar iff bill forbidding "Americans with factories abroad to send foreign made articles into tiiis . , . country under on American trademark.'" Formerly goods ,.,u..rt i ,.i ,.i i .... iiiuiiiuaimiui cuiuuu .--1 w,orc, hist year terol with flu American trailo.vlous occasions. - - - " mark could he, brought in with the consent of the trade mark owners. The idea is said to be aimed at Henry Ford's tractor fac- ory ill Ireland, Ill5uOT(J.ll to , Senator Keed, and is "a move ment to transfer Americiin owned factories abroad at low er labor costs." Henry Ford may easily man ufacture his tractors in Amer ica. He did that before, until he needed the Dearborn tractor factory for bis new car. For the information of the tractor industry, it. may be mentioned that Henry Ford be fore long will produce a new kind of tractor, made here in America. ' , Mr. Doran, federal commis sioner of prohibition, is shock ed by the "inconsistency" of leaders who regard liiiior drinking as an evil for their employes, but feel the law should not interfere with their own drinking. (Continued on Page Four, Second Section) J (i Ijz! Tl CkK ..... W ,J,i-3li s 'It'a not aIIiii niHtwrllv tlie llvrr. fer oflentlinea beln' married j by Drew I'earson. a newspaper cor , 'II causa tlio same nalr. Irritable, respondent, as associates of Shear A, lo Ii I -ltli cver'body ferllnV er. Pearson was at Geneva at the , mid Dr. Mopps today, aa a patient, time of the conference. put lit" shirt ha-k on. W e never j If the naval experts should fall hear o any bootleggrrs pullln' a to answear Pearson's statements, bllrnlfnld trot. j the committee Is ready to summon (Copyright John F. Dill Co. ' Utem. lOLLllAODMlA 0 Oi Washington Jurist Creates Sensation in Address Be fore Oregon State Bar Association Call of Jury Should Be Discretionary With Court, Is Assertion. Declaring that the right of trial ' by jury i8 an obstacle in the way of law court reform, and that speedier and more satisfactory re sults could be effected by Ub abso lute abolishment, Samuel R. Stern, of Seattle, former superior court l itiHff) nf Wine eniintv. Wnshinetoti who Is a guest at the Oregon State Bar association convention, caused s(.n8ation aa the maln gpenkeP nt the opening session held In the j federal court rooms this morning. Judge Stern said that while ho was not pretending to include in ",f sueef tlon8,a "0'ut?n L' and civil cases should be deter mined, he was tempted to declare that the right to call a jury In either case should be discretionary with the trial court. Only in such cases as he thinks he would prefer to huve a question of fact dcter n.liM'd by others, should the right to empanel a jury bo given, roundel! on KxperlciK1! The visiting jurist said that hl suggestion was founded upon an experience in nun u cciuuiy ui active - practice at the bar, even including jury service; a term upon jtrllll of jury nml non.jury caBe8 in " number of federal and state jurisdictions. It was also based, ;he Wlid? u-IJOn inquiries he had j made, not alone in this country "Ul inn in me uneni, anu m jjuropu, and on two pre he visited the courts in over half a dozen coun tries. Indicative of n movement In'thls direction, according to the judge, nre changes now being made- in many slates and verdicts which formerly had to be unanimous, but now can be determined by certain idii iorilv vntoH. ll nlsn mentioned equity and other cases where "ad visory" verdicts are received which (he court may adopt or reject. t'litH'k on ('rinu "While it may be true that the chief purpose of the Hoover law enforcement committee will be to propose a curb upon the present ciime wave and Inability to secure convictions for violations of - the state atid national prohibition acts, nevertheless what I am about to suggest is Intended to effect that same purpose, for In my judgment trial judges having jurisdiction to try causes without the interposi tion of Juries, will prove a more wholesome check upon law Infrac tion::, tlyin the trial of cases with Jurors to pass upon questions of fact." ho said. That the criminal fears the court more than ho does the jury, was also a statement made by the speaker, who added that out of the I - men or women sitting on the Jury, the criminal at ways hopes to find someone whose sym pathy he can cnliMt and whose vote for acquittal he re" secure. Welcome by Kelly Over lfio members ot the State Bar association gathered In the federal court rooms at 9:30 this morning to attend the opening ses- (Continued on Page .Seven) L REPORTED PHI f t ii i nn i ArliT Ur YAKU Abtm! WASHINGTON. Sept. 27. (P American naval experts to the nn- i successful 1S27 Geneva limitations conference will he called by the scnato naval Investigating commit tee to answer charges tlmi some of them associated with William II. Shearer, flio fSri.OVO "observer and reporter," of American ship builders at that parley. The scnato Investigators also have determined to go Into tho government's secret flies to find out If thcro are any records there rtf Uliaarn, tm-hn tiua Knnn .anrit. I sented to the committee as being I on he record of Scotland Yard. I lending the resumption of the i InvestfEAtlnn Mnnrinv when Shearer will be called, the senators are awaiting word from the naval Ut- fleers who worn namnri vesterdav NAVA EXPERTS SENATE OPENS v Ataociated Press Photo The senate naval investigating committee has opened Its Investigation Into the activities of Wil liam B. Shearer (standing, right), big navy advocate. In the unsuccessful 1927 Geneva limitations con ference, and the part, if any, played by members of the American shipbuilding Industry. Seated, left to right: Senators Allen, Kansas; Shortridge, California, and Robinson, Arkansss. Daniel Cohalan, attorney, is on Shearer's right. COSTE DEPARTS ON LONG FLIGHT i 10 SET RECORD Famous French Ace and Companion, Bellonte, Hop Off From Le Bourget Early Today for Siberia No Radio Carried By Plane. " 1,10 IlOUltCJET, Sept. 27. (Pj Eastward from PflTWTGarly today streaked Dletidonne Costo, French air nee, and his bosom friend, Maurice Bellonte, In tho famous scqutplane. Question Mark, on a. long distance flight aimed to break tho world's record and put the fliers down somewhere In far Si beria. . Announced as a distance flight to the east, nevertheless, the objec tive bf the intrepid and tempera mental Frenchman and his com panion remained uncertain, until after tho start. because Homo thought Costo had prepared to make another attempt to fly the Atlantic and reach New York. In keeping with its name, the Question Mark was rolled from j Its hangar at dawn to puxxl" watchers wailing for tho start of a, mystery flight. Stripped of wire less equipment and heavily 'loaded with every gallon of fuel tha' could be stored on her the start was made at 8:15 a. m., the plane clearing tho runway nt a thousand yards and then touching lightly analn at the 100 and 14 00 -yard distance before rising sluggishly to 100 feet to veer Into the cast and disappear In tho direction of Hoissons and laon. The last btt of freight Coste took aboard was fishing taekb'. He has no wlreleHs to keep in touch with civilization, but his fish hooks will help him if ho should ho forced to land in the river dis tricts of North Hussin. Coste an nounced Mh Immediate destina tion as Irk ut k on Jake Baikal. From there he plana to mako an other hop to Tokyo. Maurice Bellonte, who has been Costes flying companion on re cent thrilling ventures, Is nllornato pilot of the Question Mark, which can renin In up 50 hou rs, musurs JOURNEY TO U. S. LONDON, Sept. 27. UP) Prime Minister Itamsay MacDonald and his party including his daughter Ishhel, entrained at Waterloo sta tion this evening for Southampton en route to tho United Slates for bin visit to President Hoover. Touching on the purpose of hi.- visit In connection with the Anglo American naval negotiations, the prime minister, In a talk with newspapermen warned against too great expectations, saying: "I don't as I have already said, expect rny stay in Washington to lead to spectacular developments ad a retolt of the continued nego tiations." Baseball Scores National n. it. e. Hoston .'. 6 10 0 I'hlladetphia .. 11 14 t Lcvcrett, Peery, Delaney and tjpohrer; Koupal and Davis. NAVAL PROPAGANDA INQUIRY Dual Tragedy Witnessed By Family Medic PORTLAND, Ore., Sept. 27. (VP) Stricken by a heart at- attack Induced by the shock i to her husband, Mrs. Wilbur I S. Dudley. G4. died today with- H 4 in a few minutes of the death : nf her husband. 70 years old. were ming when the v family iin.vtficiuu umvcu ioi -r treat Mr. Badley, who had suf- fered a sinking siiell. While the doctor was administering to tho ono, death came. Turn- Ing to the other ho dlscov- . ered that tho tragedy was two fold. 4- FOR ATTACKER T Armed Guards Posted On Highways to Stop All Autos Sheriffs Map Ac tion American Legion Members Are Deputized. IDAHO FALLS, Idaho. Sept. 27. (P) A man refusing to give hia name. Is being held by Sheriff Harry Moppen as a possible assail ant of 11-year-uld Dorothy Croft. Chemists at the Latter Day Saints hospital here have analyzed stains on his clothing as blood. TWIN FALLS. Idaho, Sept. 27 iV Armed guards wero posted on highways In southern Idaho today with instructions to stop ail automobiles In an effort to ap prehend the man who Wednesday night attacked Dorothy Croft, 11-year-old Idaho Falls girl, and be lieved also to bo the slayer of Mario Wont, of King JI ill, whose body was found with tho hroat slashed, in the Snako river last week. Hberlffs of five counties met at Twin Falls last night and mapped a plan of action following reports that a brake man had seen a man answering the gencrnl description of the suspect, west of American Falls yesterday. The Croft girl, who was beaten Into unconsciousness an she ap proached her homo and was drag ged Into a vacant lot and at tacked, said she scratched her as sailant with her fingers In nn ef fort to free herself, Hho wild ho was about 60 to B"i years of age with a heavy beard tind wore a long overcoat and blue and white striped overall. This description corresponds In some detail with the leserlntlon of a man seen In tho vicinity of the King Hill mur - der at about tho time of the crime. Jack Baldenon, Pocftlelto Oro - SEARCH IDAHO 1 0 N Spanish War Veteran Slowly Shrinks Through Strange Disease of Bones l.OH AMiKI.KS. Hept. 27. 111 j I'll he able lo hide lie 111 ml a shoe Joseph Mayott, fit, veteran of the box. I was five feet, seven Inches Htmnlsh-Aincrlran war now resltl- tall eight years ago, but now I'm lug nt the Hawirlle Hobllers Home, was revesiea looay as an mniiimiy to medical science, The man. In no pain and no danger of death. Is afflicted wl'li a ,are malady which eauses him to grow shorter In stature. ' "Doctors say I may live (0 years longer," Mayott said, "but l( 1 do OREGON FRDSH GAME PLANNED FOR MEDFORD f . American Legion Committee Working to Secure Cali i fornia Or Stanford Year- t ling Squad for Clash , With Callison Men. Negotiations are underway by tho Med ford post, American Le- tJD,forhe staging of a football game in this city between the Uni versity of Oregon freshmen, and either the University of California or Stanford university freshmen yearling squads. Tho University of Oregon Frosh havo agreed to play here If a suitable opponent and date can be secured. Tho high school football sched ule lias open dates on October 3!), and November 1H, and It Is planned to have the gamo on ono of these two date. Telegrams were sent to tho Cali fornia schools this morning, ask ing for terms and date acceptable. Jack Henef lei, graduate mana ger of the University of Oregon, is assisting In tho preliminary ar rangements. The appearance of the Univer sity of Oregon Frosh team under Prink Callison, coach of the Frosh and former coach of the Medford high school, would give southern Oregon gridiron fans a chance to see some former high school stars in action again and tho contest, if arranged, will bo tho bftnner ath letic event of tho year horo. The first proposition was to have tlie University of Oregon Frosh and Oregon Htale Hooks play a game, but iho two teams already have two games scheduled togeth er, and tho athletic powers of both schools figured a third game would lie too much. Arrangements for the gamo are In charge of C. T. linker, secretary of tho chamber of commerce, and leading football fans of the city have agreed to assist In tho flnan- ; eM truarantoo necessary. u jH expected that something I definite about the proposed inter- j collegiate gumo will bo known by next week. The appearance hero of tho Unlverstly of Oregon Frosh squad is practically assured as hundreds (if valley residents unable to Jour ney (o fOugene aro desirous of see ing tho Oregon Frosh. gon Short Lino detective chief, advised sheriffs last night that a brakeninn reported a man attempt ed to board a train west of A men can Falls yesterday saying he wanted to reach Portland, Ore, Tho brakeinan reported tho man'a faco was scratched and his clothes were similar to those said to have been wrn by the Croft gbl'H at I lacker. j American legion member and I more than 20 special officer wero j deputised at Twin Fall luvt night 1 :o hImI In the search. but four feet ten.1 The dliieane. for whloh no cure Is known, has been called I'ligent's disease, tt is a strange ailment which gradually reduces the idse of bones, physicians, more than 400 of whom have examined May ott, said the shrinkage might stop anytime. DIAL 1 E SYSTEM IS PLAN HERE Fifty Thousand Dollar Im provement - Now Under Way Hammond An nounces Five Months' Work, Eliminating Over head Wires, Expansion Facilities and Moderniza tion. lmprovementa to coat approxi mately 150,000 on iib local linen and equipment have been begun by the Home Telephone and Tele graph company of Aledford, ac cording to an announcement to day by Manager R, 13. Hammond. The present work, which will take from four to five months to com plete, Is expected to-provldo for tho telephone needs of Medford until 1931, when automatic equip ment, such as the dial system, in slated for Installation. The overhead wires now In use in Medford wilt he, to some extent eliminated by tho const nut ion ol1 additional subway cables, of which there are now five in use, feed ing the entire exchange. One of theso cables feeds tho area west of tho central office and no relief Is proposed for this cable at tho present. The other four servo the area east of tho office. The over head wires aro In good condition. However, In some cases tho load Is now 70 to 00 nor cent and re lief is necessary where additional growth (s evident, said Mr. Ham mond this forenoon. The Improvements will Include the placing of a 112 pair of 24 gtiuge cable In the present subway from the central office pit to the corner of Main street and River side venue. Tills full-size cabte is, to. be utilised In cutting ft some of tho loud now carried by cables east of Front street. The new coble will b!mo eliminate the deteriorated and obsolete typo ter minals In the alley between Sixth and Main street, behind tho Hut chinson and Lumsden store. The poles now serving will bo ro movod with the completion of tho present work. Now Cablo Ktist. In tho existing subway east of Bear creek on Hast Main street, a (10(1 pair 22-guago cable for the entlro length of the subway from Bear creek to Crater Jjiko avenuo will bo placed and tho present ma ana Yii-pair zz-guage taper-, o, M. Corklns of Lake county, H. Ing cablo occupying ono of IIick. Zimmerman of Astoria, W. M. two ducts In the undcngroiiiid run I Duncan of Klamath and Judge H. win tie removed, un 1'Jast. .Main from Portland avenue to Kiistwond drive a 101 -pair 24-guago cable will be Installed, whllo on Kut Main from Barnoburg road to Mo doc avenue a 101-palr 24-guage aerial cable will bo built. On Hillcrost road a 101-palr 22-guuge cablo Is proposed to extend from Main street and Darneburg rond to the east city limits. These cables, said Mr. Hammond, nre nl! necessary to relievo present con gestion on cahlo or open wire un l provldo for future development. Hemovo OvcrlKud. As a result of tho Improvements east, of Hoar creek, It Is probable all but ono of tho overhead cables will bo removed, and t lie one left In service will 'euro for distribu tion along Main street for a num ber of years, A 101-palr 22-guaun aerial cablo extension will bo con structed oil Houth lllversldo ave nuo from East Main to Hoyd street and Is found necessary to re lievo tho present cable on South lllversldo. Kxlcnaluns will also bo built on Park and King strcotn, 1 south of KleVenth street, j An aerial eublo will be built on North Itiversldo avenue to Mim zanltu street mid will be supported! on the tall poles of tlie pacific Telephone mid Telegraph com pany. Aerliil cables will also ho built north of Sixth street In ih alley between Kront and t'eiilnil streets to relieve the present load and provide for fill lire dcvlnp mnt. oiber cables will be built on Kir street north of Third and on Kocoiid street, west of Wood slock. I, Ino lo Alrimrt. A new lino will also bo con structed lo tho new Medford mu nicipal airport, a mile and one-lmlf north of tho city and, will take euro of all telephone communica tion from that source. fleeiiiise of a 20 per cent In crease u,,, number of dally calls which average 20,000, there will also be needed Impro enienls ut the telephone exchange, where !I0I new tlnes.wlll be added, mean ing Iho addition of 20 or so "ans wering Jacks" to each exchange board, or central glri. The Itsiril average of 'calls had been 10,000 dally, up until the present year. The Improvement work w-as le- 'gun lust Monday under the direr- lieu of o. II. (Illbert of Portland and will probably not bo complete 1 for at least four months, so ex tensive i tho work. (Continued on Page Seven) Spot Cash Sale From Classified Ad in Mail Tribune Kny Toft Is a firm believer in classified advertising in H tho Mall Tribune uml Hays he uhvnik gets results. The latest 4 was a classified ad for a resi- 4 deuce property for sale in J Jacksonville. f Mr. Toft says: "I received 4 24 answers to the ad in two 4 days and disposed of tho 4 property for the. price askod and received cash." t44-4 4 4 MEET AS PART E Chief Justice Coshow Pre - sides at Separate Session Judge Norton Gives Ad dress of Welcome Dis cuss Changes. Presided over by Chief Justice O. P. Coshow, the Judicial council of tho state of Oregon met sepa rately In tho circuit court room whllo tho opening session of the State liiir association was In pro gress nl tho federal eolll'L room tills morning. An address of wel come was given by Judge Henry Norton of the local circuit court Discussing proposed chunges In court procedure, the body ot Judges, consisting of members ot tho su preme court and circuit jiulgcs from a!l over tho slato, began the outline of a definite program to bo presented nt the annunl meeting of tho Judicial council to be held at Salem in January. 'Among tho well known Judiciary present Ht: the stato bar associa tion convention are Iho following: Supremo court. Chief .lustlco O. P. Coshow. John Rand, Thomas A, Me, Hildc, It. II. Kelt. H. .1. Mean and Georgo Hrown: tho circuit court Judges hero are: (I. K, Sklpworth ol' ICiigene, T. K. J. Duffy of Mond, J. II. Campbell of Oregon City, Waller II. Kvans, I.. P. Hewelt, J. II. Stevenson, A. Kckwall and Clarenco (illbert of Portland, James A. Koo Jr. of Pendlutou. Arllo Walker of McMlnnvlllo, Krcd Wil son of The Dalles. John McCulloch of linker, J. W. Hamilton of Hose burg. John T. Brand of Mai-shtlcid. D. Norton of Jackson and Joseph fno counties. . faieoTpSin WIIITK PLAINS, N. Y Sept. 27. fPj Karle Peacox's fate was In tlie bunds of the Jury Into this after noon, following the charge of Jus tice Tompkins, in his trial fur kill ing his wife. In the summations tho defense pleaded temporary Insanitay and the state demanded dentil in the electric, chair. selungIlo 0 D E! E NKW YORK, Sept. ".7.(P Slock prices declined drastically under a flood of selling on the New York exchange today. Bullish domoiislnitlons in a few Issues wero unavailing, Toward Iho close professional support was with drawn and about a score of Issues suffered extreme losses of about $H to $:tfi a share. Short covering failed to cause ap pruclahlo rallies In the final deal ings. The decline was in reflection of the unexpected Increase of $19;!, 000.000 In brokers' loans which was widely Interpreted Indicating that stock had been passing from strung hands to weak hands. Auburn Auto, a rather mercurial Issue, tumbled $;!ft a share to $I:0, I'. H. Steel dropped $!.2u to $22U.r(), which Is nearly 110 under Its rec ord price ol' a few weeks ago. Col umbian Carbon dropped $19, and such Isities as American Telephone (leneral Ulcclrlc, Kastnian Kodak, Amn. Can., Dtil'nnt, Johns Manvlllo, Columbia (las, A. M. Myers, West Inghouso Klectrlc, and Simmons, lost from $7 to $13. OREGON BAR CONCLAV CAUSES PLUNG N SHAR NOTORIOUS DAKiniTO IM DHNUIIO M BANKGRIME Contra Costa Holdup Be lieved Work of Fleaglc' Gang One Believed Wounded in Gun Battle; Escape With $35,000 Made in Car Witnesses Identify Two By Photos. 1 SAX FRANCISCO, Cal.. Sept. Zl. IP) Remnants of the notorious, Kleagle gang of outlaws, whose depredations throughout the west, include the ruthless slaying of four . persons in the robbery of the La-, mar, Colo., State bank last year, were being sought today for the slaying ol' a constable during tho holdup of a bank aO Rodeo. Contra, CoBta county, yesterday. The ban dits escaped In an automobile with JltS.noo after mortally wounding; Conatuble Arthur J. McDonald, ' who In turn wounded one of tlie robbers aa they fled. Witnesses identified Jake Flea glo, leader of tho desperate baud, and Joe Miller, a Floagle lieuten ant, as tho actual robbers from P"- lice photographs. A third bandit, was not recognized. Fleiigle is be lieved to be the wounded bandit and from bloodstains on the ger away car. which was later found abandoned In Berkeley, he in thought to have suffered tt fatal, wuund. The robbery occurred 'yeslerdiv morning. 16 minutes after an ar mored car had delivered a 127,000: payroll. Fleagle and Miliar nr said to havo entered Iho bank.i. while the third robber sat .at the: wheel of n light touring car out-, sldo. . ! . ! , One of the wo covered employes while the other forced A. I). Dern. manager; to open the vault -anti.' hand out the oanvas sack contain ing the payroll. Constable Fires As' the bandit reached Tor the, sack Constable McDonald drew his, gun and fired. The bullet sent tho, bandit bank against a wall hut. he returned the lire, as did tho rob ber at the door and the man In the car. Trapped between the throe, McDonald directed Ills file at Iho robber with the money saelf and tho latter sank to tha floor with tt bullet In his stomach. A' mo ment later McDonald fell, fatally wounded. ;rhe wounded bandit staggered lo his feet and under the protection ot the others' guns mado his way to the car where lie collapsed. His accomplices followed and after dragging the wounded man Inn the tonneau sped away Into Hi'. Contra Costa bills. Sheriff R. R. Veale of Contra I Costa county expressed belief that the three wero tho same nnnaito who held up a Southern Pacific passenger train at McAvoy, near Martinez, five weeks ago and es caped with a $16.0011, payroll after wounding the engineer. DENVER. Colo., Sept. 37. (ATI--Branded by three criminal part ners as a wanton killer, "bruins" and leader of Hie four that held no the First National hunk of iJininr. Colo.. In May, in:s, Jake Fleagli has been the object, of a nation, wide search. Ho was charged liy throe, Including a brother, Ralph (Continued on l'nire Sevenl Will Rogers Says: KINO MAN, Ariz., Sept: 27. Klyiiitr tiloiiff nn n fine trip. Will Imiil for (jus nt Kinujimiii in a. few minutes anil nrrivo in Is Annolcs in it couple of morn ,liliui'n. Tim wliolo southwest never looked llltll'H jrrccii ; a li it pretty. I "told y o il yestnr- diiy.'I (1(h11 KIU'NS w Ii it t WHN ill tllP piipcrs and it whs. Senate Mill Miruiiiii!i over the tiu ifr, this time with the president. The lnv sny.i ho can tdinniie various duties if lie sees fit. That's wlint, is culled flexible. Well, the Hcniito snys that (fives ldm too much fiiitltority, that lliey theniHelves nre the ones tlmt nre renlly competent to do that. Now you tell one. Yours, ' ' WILL ROGERS. . , mi