Medford Mail Tribune
The Weather
ItMTentilnjr eloudliifws lonllit and
- Wednesday; occasional raliin.
' Not- much t'liaiitfo lu taiucra
lure. Temperatuies
HighcM. yesterday 79
lxinwi (lii morning 39
Piily Twntyfoufth Tftr.
ItMkl; rutr-elihth Vur.
TWELVE PAGES
MEDFORD, ORKflON, TUESDAY. OCTOBER 13. 1929
No. 20
Today
By Arthur Brisbane
What Her Money Did.
Mussolini And Solon.
What Is Life? No
Answer.
Why Submarines?
-(Copyright by King Features
" (;,;,' Syndicate, Inc.)
A woman, 80 years old, is
found dead, in an apartment
for which she paid .$12 a month,
very little in a big city. Miss
Brandt,' who brought her a
bowl of hot soup every day,
found the body, called the po
lice. Detectives found hidden in
the ajiartutcnt $400,000 in bills,
gold, silver, bonds and bank ac
counts. y Every one asks "What good
nid all her money do her?"
Thousands of old people will
answer: "Great good. It kept
lter from worry in her old ago,
-Jtind allowed her to die in
peace."
Few realize the bitterness of
poverty, as years creep on, and
strength and friends fade away.
That old woman 's money
brought her just one thing, IN
DEPENDENCE, , and nothing
could be more precious.
' Mussolini says he relin
quishes seven portfolios, impor
tant places in the Italian gov
ernment, to create a machine
that will keep Italy going "and
1 no longer guide it."
This indicates that the dicta
tor does not take the royal fam
ily seriously, as a governing
machine. But he has treated
that family royally, preserving
its constitutional rights, and
v showing ajl respect to the king,,
Vtvhoni he doubtless regards as
a necessary part f government
paraphernalia.
To understand Mussolini, con
sider Draco, Solon, and others
of the law-making type, more
recent. Mussolini is their ra
cial descendant.. He asks him
self what laws the people need,
invents and promulgates them.
Draco punished great and
little crimes with death "be
cause the lesser crimes deserv
ed death, and he had no greater
penalty for the great crimes."
Solon, asked if he had given
Athens the best laws that could
be given, said he had given the
Athenians "the best laws they
could receive." He knew and
allowed for the weaknesses of
liuman beings, as docs Musso
lini. He would not hesitate to
repeal existing laws, as Solon
did, cancel debts, make special
rules for the relations of a hus
band with a wife, or grade the
(Continued on Pane Four,
Socond Section)
Tliir'n a pop'lar Iniprvjolnn that
doctors an' dentins arc iy
marks, but Jnt the samp they
don't Mvm to have Joined any
"book o tlip month" Hub. lon
Moon's iici1hw wits Jugtcd Inst
nlirtit fer drlvln' a car after tut In'
patent medicine.
JOSEPHINE
FORYEGGS
Two Suspects In Grants
Pass Safe Blowing
Attempt Are Nabbed In
Roseburg One Seriously
Injured Officers Believe
Robber Rendezvous Is
Located In Wilds.
GRANTS PASS, Ore., Oct. 15.
(A) A posse ot deputy sheriffs
from Josephine and Dowlas coun
ties, headed by Sheriff E. H. Lister,
woro penetrating the wild und
mountainouH section uf Josephine
county today In search of an al-j
lctfcd robbers' rendezvous. I
Sheriff Lister organized the i
posse after he and Douglas county i
authorities had questioned Ray
mond Carr, 29, who with his broth-
er Harry, 116, arc held in the Rose
burg jail, suspected of attempting
to blow the Golden Rule depart-:
ment store safe Sunday night. A
finger and an ear were found in
the wreckage, and authorities said j
they corresponded with the .miss-j
ing portions of Harry Carr's body. 1
He U in a hospital at Roseburg,
near death. j
Ruymond Car brought his broth
er to the hospital Monday and ex
plained that Harry had been in
jured in a hunting accident, but
hospital officials became suspicious
and notified authorities. The Carr
brothers were placed under arrest.
Sheriff Lister Indicated he be
lieved the rendezvous In the moun
tainous section of Josephine coun-1
ty is the base for operations of a
gang of robbers who have worked
in southern Oregon cities the past
six months.
Raymond Carr denied all knowl
edge of the robbery. He denied
he and his brother had entered
a physician's office at Grants Pass
where opiates and surgical tools
were stolen. Authorities said the
brothers stole the medical appli
ances and thvn .endPHVored to ad
minister aid to Harry, who they
said was Injured by the blast of
explosive In the safe.
RORKBl'RG. Ore.. Oct. 15.
Further developments in connec
tion with the case of Raymond and
Harry Carr, suspected of attempt
ing to crack a department store
safe at Grants Pass. Ore., awaited
the arrival of Sheriff E. H. Lister,
who is expected here today.
No attempt has been made to
secure a confession irom ciuicr ui
the brothers. Aside from a short
questioning last night, Sheriff Lis
ter said he desired to check up on
their past movements so -that he
would be able to refute their
stories that they were hunting in
Coos county when J lurry Carr If
said to have suffered an injury
that caused him to lose about half
of his hand.
NIAGARA FALLS, N. Y., Oct. 15.
P) 1" a farewell message today
to the American people. Prime
Minister Ramsay MacDonald said
he left the United States "rich with
the proof that, while tho Atlantic
divides us, the cause of peace
unites us."
The Hritlch statesman read his
statement to a group of British and
American correspondents just be
fore ho set out for a trip around
the American side of the falls
which carried liim across the In
ternational boundary and back on
British soil after 12 days In this
country on a good-will mission
without precedent in the relations
of the United States and Britain.
"I have spent 12 days among
you," he said. "They have indeed
gone swiftly and havo been very
crowded. From the moment of
mv arrival to this moment when
I must say good bye 1 have met
with nothing but hearty demonstra
tions of friendship and with a hos
pitality bdth public and private
which has approached the over
whelming." WHO HAS "BILL" DOLLAR?
4- Will the person who has
"Bill" Dollar In their posses-
slon please call this office,
phone 75. We want to get in
touch with "Bill." ,
The Weather
Oregon: Increasing cloudiness
tonight and Wednesday. Occasion
al rains west portion: cooler cast
portion Wednesday. Fresh south
erly winds on the coast.
PEACE UNITES
COUNTRIES IS
M'DONALD VIEW
MACDONALD DELIVERS PEACE MESSAGE TO SENATE
jiJll
James Ramsay MacDonald.
States senate making an Impassioned plea for the cause ot peace
OF
CITY
TO BE MADE
BY!:
Chamber of Commerce Is
Informed That Big Plane
Will Maneuver Over
Medford On Thursday
Seattle Fetes Visitors
Today.
KKATTLK, Oct. 15. Conver
sion of the Russian plane "La mi
of .thft Soviet-'? "from bou, -to - a
land ship was completed today and
Chief Pilot S. A. Shestakov was
confident ho would be ready to
leave here Thursday morning for
Oakland, Cal., on his Moscow-New
York flight.
A Hinrniiirh si 1 1-VP V nf the two
big motors of the piano was being j
made and all apparatus was test
ed. While the plane's schedule will j
not permit stops enroute to Oak
land, the Russian aviators prom
ised to circle over Tucomii, Port
land, and Medford to give resi
dents of those cities an opportunity
to see the ship. Regrets were sent
to many telegrams of Invitation
from cities which can not bo visit
ed, including Long 'Reach and Los
Angeles which are off tho route
laid out between Oakland and New
York.
The four Soviet fliers were out
fitted with new suits of street
clothes today and were to be feted
at an elaborate dinner given in
their honor by the chamber of
commerce and the Seattle chapter
of tho National Aeronautical asso
ciation.
A tnlf'Kram was rocelved today
by Seoloy V. Hall, chairman of tho
:hambor of commerce aviation
committee from 8. A, HhCHlukov of
the pintle 'Iand of the KnvletH,"
on a niKhi from aiohcow 10 iscxv
York City, Indicating that tho
plane would not Mop at Medford
but would circle over tho city
while en route from Scuttle to San
FiMnciMcou Thiuwlay forenoon.
Tho wire, sent in renlv to an
invitation to land (We. Ih as fol-
lnw: "In appreciation of your
telegram, we shall be pIcaHCd to
circle over your city while enroute
to San FranciHcn. IeavliK Seattle
Thursday morniim."
The plane will probnhly pass
over Medford late in the fiirenoon,
hut if the sky Is In anyway over
rant, It Is possible the ship may
land here for weather information
and supplier Mr., Hall thought
this afternoon.
. 4 , .
I'AIUS. Oct. 13 (Pi The French
rwhlnet turtHy tleetded formally to
acrept the Hrltlnh invitation to
participate in n five power nuvHl
limitation conference at London In
January.
TOKYO, (let. 16. liPl The ,Tap
nPHP. cabinet today approved the
final draft of the Japanese reply tn
the HrltlKh Invitation to a naval
dlwirmamcnt conference.
LONDON, Oet. IS. VP) Italy has
aci'eplert the HrltlKh Invitation to
a five power naval conference.
.
Peru, 111. Paul Pnntnlen, f'hl
cnRo, knocked out Kddle Andernon
of Haltlmore, (; Kernnndet !on
salen, Mexico, knocked out Ixiu
Penny, Aurora. III., (5).
CIRCLE
rain
Great Britain's premier, armeared
Driving Elevator
While Intoxicated
Brings Fine, Cell
PORTLAND, Ore., Oct. 12.
(If) And now wo have tho
driving a n elevator while
drunk ehnrBC.
.loo Hoos, who has Ills nps
and downs in a downtown of-
$ flcp building, wus sentenced
to "pay a - fl"" and spend 10
dnys in jail today when a po-
licoman testified Joe's erratic
elovator acted that way bo-
causa tho driver was intoxl-
cnted.
Police said Hoos was Intoxi-
catod when brought before the
police judge.
STATEISLOSER
Curtailment of Season Cuts
Hunting License Income
$30,000 Is Report Of
State Warden Develop
ment Work Dropped.
P( UTLA N P, Ore., Oct. 15.
(A) Harold Clifford, state game
warden, told the stato game com
mission yesterday that .postpone
ment of the deer hunting- Heason
for 12 days this fall not only
cut Into the time limit for the
hunter to ban his deer but also
sliced the income of the state
from licenses nearly :i0,000.
Clifford said that as a result
of this unusual slice in state
Income, every department of the
state pmin commission, would ho
operated on a saving basis and
promises to be one of tho lean
est years experienced In Ore
gon. Kvcry Item of development
now programmed, unless they are
of major importance, will he
dropped, tho stnto Bmo chief
said.
Tho commission Vroposcd yes
terday to present to the next
session of tho legislature an
amendment providing for the
lengthening of the deer hunt
ing aeason In direct proportion
to the time cut from tho start
this year. Commissioners said
tblH would Insure the stability
of Income.
Kiigcnc rantur I -caving
l;CiKNi:, Ore. fP( Dr. Charles
Lewis Trawln, for four years pas
tor of the First Baptist church
here, has received a call to the
lirst Ita ptist church of Kresno,
Calif.
HUNTERS
STAY AT HOME
Slide for Life Has Fatal Ending;
Several Chicago Spectators Hurt
CHIOA'IO. 111., Oct. H.. (P
Rudy Clmlno, 23, New York dare
devil, fell to his death while slid
ing down a rope from tho 41th
floor of the new Civic t))iera build
lng toilay and In hla fall injured
several spectators, one of whom
was thought to have suffered B
broken neck. Clmlno was perform
ing for moving picture cameras.
Clmlno landed half way between
Washington and Madison on South
Wacker drive. He struck the base
of the elevated structure as he!
Isnded. !
Hundred of workmen had gath-i
Associated Press Photo
before members of !h. Unliut
among all nations.
Iron and Steel Production,
Auto Sales, Mail Order
And Chain Store Earnings
Show The Prosperity Of
Country.
WASHINGTON. Oct. IS. -(P)
Secretary limont nald today that
buslnofH Ih in u very healthy
cntvUtlon, .Jind. that it had main
tained a .high level for tho first
.nine months of 1929.
The output of pig Iron and
steel Ingots, he. said, was "usually
regarded as an accurate, reflec
tor of industrial conditions," and
he cited that the output of these
products was mora than 17 per
cent greater than for the cor
responding period of last year.
Silk consumption, ho reported
showed moro than nine per cent
gain and wooI( cotton and rayon
consumption Increased. Automo
bile production "often used as
n measure of consumer-purchasing
power," also Increased, his
statement said, and industrial em
ployment was larger, payrolls
showing expanse. J total 1 trade,
Including mail order houses, de
partment stores, and ten cent
chain stores, showed a business
well above last year's record, ac
cording to the commerce sec
retary. The secretary reported dividend
and Interest payments twelve per
cent u hove the corresponding per
iod of last year, while default
ed llballtles of failing business
rirms declined 11 per cent. He
said wholesale prices woro stable,
and foreign trade showed height
ened activity. ('
Mr. Ijimont asserted ho was
making "no prognostications' hut
was merely "recording what
happened."
1
has
P,U CONVENTION TO
OPEN TONIGHT AT G. P.
fl HA NTS PASS. Ore., Oct. 15.
(pi Arrival of a large delegation
of Parent-Teacher Association rep
resentatives from Portland and
noi l hern Oregon today gave con
vent Ion heado,uarteiH Us first of
ficial Htiitosplmre.
Scores of other dclegales an
mining 1V automobile. Plans have
been mado for tlii) entertainment
of morn than 500 delegates. Tho
convention will open officially tn
night with Mrs. V. W. Gabriel,
president of Hie HSKOiiatlon, pro
siding.
ered to watch Clmlno'B feat. He
was performing without pay, and
! few seconds before the accident
j moving picture operators had pho-
icKraphnd him for talking films.
Clmlno had proposed to slide
down the rope head downward hut
: had difficulty trying to gel. his kj-
nlllnn. fCach time he flung his feet
! upward they ' traveled hack to a
normal position, until ho began
slowly somersaulting In an attempt
to turn himself upside down,
Clmlno, who lived In New York,
1,8,1 been engaged by the Paths
company for the stunt.
FIRST 9 MONTHS
1929 BUSINESS
AT HIGH LEVEL
AL CAPONt
TARGET OF
Chicago Police Holding Self
Styled Execution Chicago
Gang Wife Wrote Let
ters to Incarcerated;
Leader Asking $10,000
On Threat To Tell Police.
CHICAGO. Oct. 15. VP) Knink
liiege, alias Perry, wus hold on
an extortion churgo today while
county officers investigated a
charge that bo slew a former
nttacho of tho stnlo attorney's
office, who, tho Daily News said,
bud offered a gangster $50,000
In kill Alphonso (Scnrtaco) Ca
poiie. ClllCACiO, Oct. IB. W) Tho
state's attorney today held In
custody a man he believes holds
the key to some of tho most
vicious gafig; murders in recent
years.
The man Frank lllege, alias
Ilige. alias Perry was being ask
ed these questions:
"Who killed McSwiggen (as
sistant States Attorney William
H. McSwIggin who was nssassin
ated In front of tho Pony, cafe
April 27, 11I2G)? ,
"Wero you one of tho mon
who took part in tho execution
of seven of Hugs Moians gang
stors, lining them up against a
garage wall and shooting them
clown last Valentines day?"
ltlege's arrest last Saturday fol
lowed three months of Hurveil-
lance. Three letters written by
ltlege's wlfo to Al (Scarface)
Ca pono,. now in jail In Phila
delphia for gun toting, put tho
stato's attorney on Diego's trial.
The letters were intercepted In
Philadelphia and turned .over to
suite's Attorney Hwanson, who
has since directed tho Invostl
gallon which led to lUcgo's ar
rest.
Asked $10,000
Mrri.' lilege'a letters to Capon'o
asked $ 10,000 from him to en
able her husband to flee Chi
cago nnd gangster enemies who
sought his life. The letters
threatened to "tell the cops ev
erything" If Capono failed to pro-
vldo flight , money for lllege.
The first letter said, In part
"You know what Frank hns
done for you. He's got to get
out of town pronto, for tho other
mob (gang) are wise. So you
get us $10,000 In cash, and get
It quick.
Tho second letter was some
what stronger In tone and told
Capone to "kick across" with tho
cash, "or Frank will go to tho
police und spill everything he
knows. Everything.
Tho third letter was abrupt:
"All right. You are Just ns
good as putting Frank on the
spot. Well, howil you llko got
ting tho finger on yourself?
Frank's going to tell. He re
members 15 shootings he did be-'
cause you ordered him to do
them. He's going to tell Just
who killed McSwiggln for a start
er. And hen going to tell about
why you had him bump off Hon
Newmark because you heard Hon
wanted to steal your racket and
had put tip a cash offer to the
man that got you. (Newmark
was an Investigator for former
Stato's Attorney Robert E. Crowe.)
Would Tell Massacrn
"Yest and then he's going to
tell about your sending him to
New York along with others, to
let tho daylight through Frank
Ualo. Of course he's going to
sing about that Valentino's day
affair. And how aro you going
to like that, Mr. Al Hrown?"
(Capone also is known as Hrown).
Mrs. Hlege gave officers addi
tional Information, they said.
They quoted her as saying:
"I guess you've got the goods
on Frank. I probably could help
him a bit by giving you tho
entlro goods on that doiiblo-crosn-Ing
A I Hrown. He thinks he's
nice and saTe, tucked Into that
Pennsylvania Jail, while Frank's
left behind to takn tho big rap.
PALL WITNESSES
TO TELL STORY
WAHIMNOTON, Oct. IS. (II
The government rested Its case
In the bribery trial of Albert
H. Knll today after Introducing
testimony concerning his deals
wltli Harry P. Hlnclalr, oil mag
nate.
Tho defense motion for a dlr
eeted vordlet was overruled by
Justice Hits and the first de
fenso wltneB (!ano Dunn, pres
ident of the J. (I. White IOngln-
cerliiK corporation, which con
strueted th naval nil storage
tanks nt Pearl Harbor, was call
ed.
EXID IN
iggest Change
it t'rean I'holo
John McNab, a San Francises
attorney, has been designated ts
study federal judicial procedure
and formulate changes to be rec
ommended to congress.
1 AIR
SYSTEM PLAN
OF PRESIDENT
Administration Hopes to Set
Up System of Mail And
Passenger Airways War
And Navy Departments
Making Study.
WASHINGTON. Oct. 15. (P)
Tho administration Is giving close
attention lo tho principal air routes
In the hope or setting up a Bystem
of national airways as mediums of
mail transportation and passenger
trattlc.
The question ot determining what
airlnnes could constitute a national
system has boon placed by Presi
dent Hoover before the aviation
Boctlons of the postoftlco, war and
navy departments foF study, s
Regarding tho letting of mall
contracts, Mr. Hoover believes that
a liberal government subsidy is ad
vlxable and necessary to establish
tills method of transporting malls,
and It was said the poBtot'flce de
partment had been proceeding on
that basis.
The question, however, is viewed
by the administration as one In
volving complex and difficult prob
lems. It was said also the administra
tion was considering mail contracts
for the mercliant marine In much
the same light because It was de
sired to determine what the moBt
Important trndo routes wore and to
try to build these up as a really
important part of the merchant
murine by the granting of suitable
contracts.
.
TO
E EFFORT
WITH C. OF C.
As a result of n unanimous vnto
nt the 'Merchants' Association
meeting In the Hotel Medford last
night, Hint organization became n
special division of tho Chamho of
Commerce, to be known as tho He
tall Merchants' Bureau.
This special merchants' division
will be administered by its own
officers and will not lose ItB Iden
tity as a group, developed primar
ily to trade promotion work. Its
policies nnd activities will bo con
trolled through an elected group of
officers who shall act as a retail
trade cotnmlttoo of the Chamber of
Commerce.
According to tho plan of organi
zation submitted by J. D. Itussell,
chairman, and Ills committee, mer
chants must agree not to subscribe
to funds which have not tho en
dorsement of the committee, nnd
all solicitors must ho referred to
that committee Tor approval.
Dues, which have heretofore
been paid tn the Merchants' asso'
elation, will lie paid to the Cham
ber of Commerco anil tho funds
received will bo deposited in a sep
arate fund known as tho retail
trade fund. This will be utilized
only for tho purposes approvod by
the retail trade committee, which
comprises tho officers ot the de
partment. That Armlsllc day, November It,
will he observed as a holiday by
all tho stores In tho city wbb an
other decision reached at last
night's meeting. Fire Chief Hoy Kl
llott rurnlshed the principal means
of entertainment by demnstrating
salvage covers tn prevent loss by
fire In department stores. Ho was
assisted In the demonstration by
Fireman Joe Krcdrlckson.
NATIONA
MERCHANTS
MERG
PANTAGES
TO TEST I FY
IN DEFENSE
State Finishes Presentation
Of Case Today Theater
Magnate Will Have 20
Witnesses Surprise Is
Intimated Chemist Up
holds Story of Assault
On Dancer.
l.OS ANGELU, Oct. 15. (P)
With tho announcement by Dis
trict Attorney Huron Fitta that
Police Chomist Hex Welch, whoso
cross examination was to he com
pleted today was to be the last
wltnosa called by the prosecu
tion, attorneys for Alexander
Pnntages, wealthy theatre man
on trial In superior court on
a statutory charge brought by
Eunice Prlngle 17-year old danc
er, expected to produce the first
of somo twenty defense witnesses.
Defense counsel did not make
public tho orders In which their
witnesses will testify, but said
that at least four days will bo
required to hear them all. Pan
tages will take tho stand In his
own defense, and Attorney W.
I. Gilbert, Pantagos' chief coun
sel, intimated that several sur
prise wltnosses will be present- i
ed.
Welch was the most Import
ant of six now witnesses called
by the state yesterday. Ho ldent-
ifled clothing, presented as a state
exhibit, as the garments worn
by Miss Prlnglo at tho time of
the alleged attack in Pantagoa'
cubbyhole office In a downtown
theatre building and told of mak
ing chemical examinations of tho .
various articles of wearing ap
parel. The chemist testified that .
his examination convinced him
that an attack had been made ,
on the dancer, t
Tllllo Russo, usheretto, whose .
testimony was Interrupted by ad
journment for itha- week-end hol
iday last Friday, was the first
witness called yesterday. . 8h
had previously testified that Pan
tagos had ."coached" her In the
story sho wag to tell the dis
trict attorney.
Girl . Was Bruised
Catherine Belles, a police wo-,
man who made the first exam
ination of Miss Prlnglo on the
night of August 0 a few hours
following the alleged attack, test
ified that hor examination dls- -closed
marks and bruises on tho
girl's body.
"I first saw Miss Prlngle about
7 o'clook In the evening," de
clared Mrs. Belles. "I was In
structed to make a comploto
examination of her nnd her cloth
ing. This I did, and then re
ported to Captain J. J. Bruttlg
of the police crime prevention
bureau.' At the time Miss Prlnglo
was very nervous nnd hysterical.
I discovered, bruises on her body
and noticed that her clothing
waa ' torn. After the examina
tion. I turned hor over to her
mother."
(Continued on Page 8lx
Will Rogers Says:
BEVERLY .1IILLS, Cal.,
Oct. 15.-That was a mighty
fino thiiiR of President nnd
Mrs. Hoover going to I'liia
dclphiti to see that liaseball
game. ' BiihcIxiU is still and
always will
be our na
tional name,
requires
brains, more
pruetii'e and
more real
skill tlinii all
otbt'i's put together. It's the
only ujamo when '6u see it
played you know ' whether
the ones playing it are being
paid or not. There was 20,
000,000 baseball fans that
listened to the world's series
that knew every play made,
Btid why, nnd how it was
made, but still don't know
whether Harvard is a town
or a mouth wash, whether
Yjtlo is a yell or a loek, and
think all Notre Dames are
ehurohes. So viva baseball.
It's for us unfortunate ones
who won't have no alumni.
Yours,
WILL ROGERS.
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