Medford mail tribune., October 16, 1929, Page 1, Image 1

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MEDFORD, ORKGO-N", WKDXKSDA V, (XTOHKU 1(, 1929.
Xo. 207.
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Today
By Arthur Brisbane
One Big Thing Done.
A New White Slavery,
lityg Servant Problem. .
The - Marvellous French.
(Copyright by King Feuturea
gyndicute. nc.)
The base-hull' championship is
out of the way, Philadelphia
ami Connie tick winning, with
President Hoover looking on.
Next come 1 lie great football
games, with peace, naval anna
Jnent reduction and other minor
. affairs of life sandwiched in
between the games.
A committee of fourteen says
night clubs are responsible for
today's vice, or some of it.
Old "white slave dealers"
are antiquated.
ei'hc night club owner en
gages young women through
employment agencies, many of
them deliberately and knowing
ly purveyors of vice.
Young women think that
they are engaged as dancyig
instructors. It is the old "white
slave" business, on a somewhat
different basis with bootleg
ging as an adjunct.
French women face a serious
servant girl problem, but they
will get little sympathy from
American housewives. Women
in France complain bitterly be
cause they have to pay a really
good cook $10' a month and
board.
" Extravagant Americans "
flre blamed for the high wages
jyiidexaggcrtcd . demands of.
modern French servants. They
even ask for hot running wnter
in the kitchen and object to
having only n candle for n bed
room light.
The French arc a marvelous
people. No other can compare
with them in thrift, determina
tion and sleepless energy.
'Just now France , is a little
bothered by Mussolini's re
building of tho old Roman em
pire, and its habits which in
cluded the disagreeable custom
of traveling north over the
Alps.
The French government is
spending 100,000,000, real dol
lars, not francs, increasing the
strength of its Alpine fortifica
tions. , The French believe in peace,
like it, want it. They ulso be
lieve in safety and being pre
pared. France has accumulated one
thousand millions of dollars in
New York, n good American
lilLLIOX, equivalent to twen-itv-five
billions of French
(Continued on Page Four)
Mrs. I.nfc Bud lias rcrcivcil four
A plusscs on comoiilon an'
iiroblrnn an' Iter daiiKhter has
only been hack In school to
'iwecks. Now Hint nf're all fed tt
n the female ftarrr. let's IwcUr
ilown to hiiHlnpM an' wnlclt onr
Mcp In traffic
(Copyright John F. Dllle Co.)
PRIESTESS
OF. CULT IS
Mrs. Mary Otis Blackburn,
Leader of Divine Order
Great Eleven Unable To
Raise $10,000 Bail
Sister Priestess Is Given
Liberty Evidence Held
Insufficient.
LOS ANGELKS, Oct. 1G. P) A
blunt statement that Samuel
Kiziu, husband of the daughter of
a religious cult leader under arrest
here "probably was killed" was
made today by Deputy District At
torney Charles V. Kearney.
LOS ANCKLKS. Oft. 1C (P)
Mrs. May Otis Blackburn, high
priestess of the Divine Order of
the Uuya! Arm of the Great
Kleven, was held in jail today in
default of $10,000 bail for trial in
superior court on twelve counts of
grand theft brought by Clifford
Dabney, wealthy oil operator and
formerly a member of the religi
ous cult.
Mrs. Ruth Wcllund Rizzlo,
daughter of Mrs. Blackburn and
second priestess of the organiza
tion, was released yesterday when
a municipal court judge ruled the
evidence against her was insuffi
cient to warrant action. Mi, and
Mrs. William P. Rhoads, cult
members held In connection with
an investigation of circumstances
surrounding the death of Willa
Kb (mils, their foster daughter,
were released on orders of Captain
Hoy Cato, police investigator.
Cato said there was no evidence
tending to show that the girl,
whose death was concealed for
three years, had died' of unnatural
causes.
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SOVIET PLANE
The IjiihI of Soviet" will
land here tomorrow. It loinl
iiirport offU'lnU ho li-ooiiimoncl.
iKx-onlliur lt it trlPtcram from
tlH' filers received Ihls ilfler
ikmiii. From jirewent liitllea
tloiM. tills will lie the rcttun
inelldiitloih Seeley Jlall HaUl.
l.eo Gerseovitch of New York
City, advance representative of the
giant plane, "Land of the Soviet,"
landed hero this afternoon at 3
o'clock and hopped oft' for Son
Francisco a half hour later.
Gerseovitch said the Russian
plane would land here if unfavor
able weather conditions prevailed
over the Siskiyons, which seems
likely, as the sky is overcast and
rnln Is predicted. Cereseovltch
said if the weather was fair the
plane would continue, after circling
the clly.
They are due to arrive here about
11 o'clock tomorrow morning. They
will hop off from Seattle, Wash.,
between 7 and 8 o'clock.
C. T. Hnker, secretary of the
Chamber of Commerce, and I.ee
("inrlock met Oorseovltch nt the
field, nnd advised him of the
aviation facilities here and th
new limiting field. (ierseovitrh
said lie would advise the mem
bers of the Soviet crew of dala
furnished him here, upon his ar
rival at San KrnnclHro.
"The Land of Soviet," Is prn
cecditiK cautiously since crossing
the I'ariflc, nnd Gerseovitch said
for this reason the plane would
hind here, if foul weather loom
ed to the south.
Gerseovitch Is rustling to Hun
Francisco to make arrngenients
for the landing nnd reception to
the "Land of tho Soviet ", there.
TEN PER CENT LEER
COKVAM.IS, Ore.. Oct. 1G. (VP)
Oregon will supply 10 per cent
more turkeys for the nation's
ThunkHKivlriK ami ChrifllmaB tables
than heretofore, according to the
lirst turkey repnn issued today 'y
the marketing department of the
OieRon State co'l?ge extension ser
vice. How prices will he Is still un
certain, but advene! quotations ve
MO cents a pouii't for No. 1 drespcj
toms.
t
ft'ASIUNum, Oct. 16. &
Alexander IKKQ of Chicago was
confirmed today by the senate as
chairman of thti federal farm
hitird, with a term of one year.
MAY LAND HEREIDRIVE FOR AREA 1930 TAX LEVYjCOUNCIL EDICT
IF WEATHER BAD
Soviet Fliers Who Will Greet Medford From Air
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Russian aviators shown beaching their piano at Dutch Harbor Unalaska, photographed for tho
first time on American soil, and posing for their"" pictures at the dock at Attu.
TRADE DIVISION TOTAL VALUE OF CURB FREEDOM
C.OFC.PLANNINGjCOUNTYSET FOR OF TOWSER BY
Promotion Campaign Will
Be Conducted To Develop
Medford As A Trading
Center "Bill . Dollar"
Sees Volume Possibility.
Important Bteps in the further
development of the ' trutie area
HurrountiiiiK thiH city will bo taken
by the business men throimh
inelr new . ndjunct of tho Med
ford Chamber of Commerce re
tall trade division. This organ
isation was formerly tho Med
ford Merchants uHHOclotlon un
til Monday evening, by unanl
mouK vote, Its members decided to
become associated with the Cham
ber of Commerce.
The ofricei-H and directors of
the former Medford Merchants
UMHoclailtin will continue to ad
minister the affairs of the body
known bh the Itetull Trade 1I
vlslon, and the wcopu of the
new organization will be con
ulderably bruadened through the
eonneetinn with the Chamber ot
Commeste. A trade promotion
campaign will be conducted by
the Hetall Trade Division and
the Chamber of Commereo to
encourage the development of
Medford us a trading center for
all of southern Oregon nnd the
large area In northern Califor
nia adjacent to the Hlsklyous.
Mercliniits (.rullfkil
"We are gratified with the en
thusiaHtic manner In which the
members of the Medford Mer
chants' association endorsed the
plan of Joining with tho cham
ber of Commerce," Clarence A.
Meeker, president of the busi
ness men's organization said to
day. "We are convinced that,
by working in closer conjunc
tion with the Chamber of Com
merce, we can accomplish mop?
In the line of trade promotion
than by operating as a separate
body. We do not lose our iden
tity as an association but in
stead receive the cooperation of
the Chamber uf Commerce In
furthering our efforts in mak
ing this rlty a greater trading
center."
Volume rosHihllily
In perfect harmony with the
new, more ambitious plans of
the Medford business men, Itlll
Dollar" Mozart urged the mer
chants to "go after" the great
volume of business In the wide
area surrounding Medford. Mr.
Mor-art's address nt the Mon
day gathering of business men
was enthuslntlally received,:
Mozart, who has recently open
ed the eyes of this . community
through his Interesting nnd novel
(Continued on I'ava till)
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The total value of all taxable
property In Jackson county, as
equalized by the board of equaliza
tion and compiled by the assessor's
office yesterday Is $28,420,730.
This is the basis from which the
130 tax levy will bo made. The
valuation last ytr was $28,1 54, -2!0.
The Increase Is $2tIG,440.
The values of property, exempt
ed under the law, and by the bonrd
of equalization, totals $407,1 SO,
Deduction by the board
of equalization $ 1,950
Kxempted property taken
by cities to protect im
provement liens 2f,5K0
Irrigation district exemp
tions 19,420
State exemptions Hi. 920
Soldier exemptions b 3 , & 1 0
I Kxemptcd because taken
by county for taxes 249,770
The total land acreage In the
county is 7IJ5.S35 acres, of which
10K.4S9 arc listed art tillable, and
(Ifi7,34.r, acres as timber lands ttnd
non-tillable land. -
Merchandise and stock In trade
Is placed at $1,450,490, and hotels
and office furniture Is scheduled
at sir.o.iuo.
Tho classification of property
sh o ws there a to 3503 h or Hen ;
10,059 stock cattle; H297 dairy
cows; 13,370 sheep; 2035 goats;
2479 hogs; 1744 dogs; 30,29
chickens and turkeys nnd other
fowl; 474 rabbits; 70. foxes, and
148 stands of bees.
CHICAOO, Oct. 10. (P) Frank
Hiege, alias Perry, today charac
terized as "lies" the charges of his
wife that ho participated In or
knew about most of the recent ma
jor crimes of Chicago gangsters,
"My wife," he said, "is a woman
of great imagination. 1 haven't
seen Ivr for a year."
County Wards See "Cockeyed World"
As Guests of Fox Theatre Manager
Klulit eaKercyed boyB. rnniilnn
In age from 70 to 'JO, Hteppcd out of
KloHiiiliin encloHCil Chevrolet" In
front of tho Craterinn I ten I re to
day and were extended In cordial
welcome by J. II. Rulaman', who
was their hnnt at a theatre party
nt the opening matinee of "The
Cnrk-Kyecl World," super 'comedy
talking picture.
1'aiislnn heforc.tlie mirror In the
lobby of the theatre, three of them
gave their long, flowing beards a
final stroke before proceeding be
hind the usher to their places In
the house. The eight enthusiastic
youngsters, Irnnsported to the the
atre through the courtesy of the
I'lerce-Allen Motor company, were
accompanied from their home at
the Jackson county poor farm near
Talent by one of the women pa
tients of the Institution, and Mrs.
Irene Wells, superintendent.
;
Conline Dogs or Use Leash
Is New Ordinance To
Take Effect In Fifteen
Days Taxis Relegated
To Limited Parking.
To prove Its versatility the city
council last night found time
in the general transaction uf busi
ness to pass the new dug ord
inance requiring that all dogs
must be confined to their home
premises or kept In leash nil
the year u round; listened to a
complaint about the conduct , of
the dog hospital; passed a res
olution that laxlcab signs must
be removed from Main st reel
nnd that taxlcabs must observe
the hour parking laws along with
Kcncral mr owners; took steps
to characterize the old Itadoven
fruit drier as an unsightly fire
hazard : nnd opened a number
of bids , for street and sewer
improvement, and took cogniz
ance of a number of minor rou
tine matterH.
Kri'ectlvn In 15 Days
The new dog ordlnnnco to do
nw.-ty with dogs running at large
by requiring that they be kept
to their home premises or in
leash goes Into effect In 15
days, no matter whether the dog
Is licensed or not. Tho mens
ui e is n unanimously unpopular
one with owners of dogs, and
If strictly enforced, as the mayor
mid council men say It will be,
I hi' sight of a dog running free
(Continued on I 'age Hlx)
j Thrilled over the prospect of a
'theatre parly In Medford, somo of
li e boyst started gelling "primped"
i up nt an early hour Oils morning,
according to Mrs, Wells. The best
: of attlro was none too good, and
a finer looking hunch of elderly
men could scarcely he found than
the eight when they slralghlened
i their shoulders nnd marched
'through tho welcoming doors of
Mr. Ueismnn's theutre.
"If they only had a pretty girl
I apiece to go to the show with us
! our day would be complete," said
one grey-haired man, In a low tone
. Iliut was nevertheless of sufficient
carrying quality lo reach the ears
i of a flapper gazing at the posters
I outside the theatre, llolh Ihe flap
per nnd tho spokesmnn smiled, nnd
the latter nudged Ills partner as
they passed Into tho lobby.
AGED WIFE
W AXE
ON SPOUSE
Abuse And Drunkenness
Given As Reason For The
Slaying of Mate of Thirty
Years Debated Long
Before Deed- Decision
Reached Though Life In
Jail May Be Penalty.
SC.MMIT. N. J., Oct. 1(1. (!')
Mrs. Laura Mathilda Titus, white
ha (red a ml w rl n k led by sevent y
years of life, today killed her 73
year old husband with an axe.
Tho victim,, James Titus, mar
ried her 49 years ago.
Mrs. Titus confessed tho killing
to police. t
The woman. weighing little
more than I mi pounds, and bard
uf hearing, said she slew her hus
band becau.se she couldn't endure
any longer his abuses. Ho drank
heavily, she said, and was intoxi
cated this morning when she
struck him twice with an axe. She
said her husband nrose at 3:45 a.
m. and went into the yard. He
returned about a half hour later
and asked her when she was going
to get up, pulled the bed covers off
her and went down stairs.
Mrs. Titus went downstairs
where she found her husband
lying on the floor of the living
room. She sat down nt n writing
desk where she could watch Hie
prostrate form of her husband,
and debated with herself whether
she should kill the man whom she
married In Milltown In 1KK0.
"Will I or won't IV" she asked
herself. "(ind above, must I go
through today what I havo been
through for tho last week und four
days,'' she said in telling of the
matter.
"I will do It," sho concluded, "IC
logo, lu Jail fur-liftt fot it A.-.,
Then she went' Into the yhrd nnil
got tho tixe, the womun said. Upon
her return to the houso sho laid
the weapon down and picked It
up twice before sho struck her
husband. She struck tho Necond
blow, she said, "to make uuro ho
was not breathing."
Her next move was to call
neighbors, who notified tho police.
Mrs. Titus hnd lived with her
husband In Summit for more than
thirty yeorH. Ho had beer) em
ployed by an fco company until
pensioned n few years ago.
I
ON ALBANY FARM
ALBANY, Ore., Oct. 10. (P)
CluirlcH Hccl.Hkn, II, wiih kllli'il
yi'sterilny whllo hunllnK phrnminlH
nn hlH ftithor'H farm ni-ar Hi;lo with
hiH.lwIn brother nnd threo nccl
di'iitH marred the oponlliK of the
ihe:iHnnt hunting Hensmi,
I'hurleH bled to death before
meillral nKtdHtanco roulil be ealled
when hl K'n dlHchni'Ked acciden
tally and tho charfce Hevered un
arlery.
MukIi Klrkpatrlck, mayor of
Lebanon, wan wounded In the
hand by blrdxhot. Hurley Mitchell,
Lebanon, received liirdrdiot In bin
face nnd M. Klder of Khedd, Ore.,
wuh nhnt in the hand, faco und
Hhiulder.
Lawrence Uenderwiel. 18, HI.
Paul. Ore., wan in u I'ortland Iioh
pltal today with a hum! Hhnt off
following an huntliiK accident.
MOZELLE HI IMS
A? PASS P. U MEET
C HANTS I'AHH, Ore., Oct. 1(1.
Hj Mild fed studenlM, patnper-
; ed nt home by purentn who
t supply them with too much
1 money will kIvo America n future
j feneration of under developed
offprint; who lack physical
Kiarnltu Mlrut MoKelle Hair, mem
ber nf the tlnlveiHlly of Ore
gon f ft cully, told delegate to
the Parent-Teacher Htato ConsreHH
here today.
MIhh Hair declared reeordH
maintained by the university In
dicated that the fault and fail
ure of tho rollf-K Htudent did
not rent no much with the edu
cational training presented him
nt college nn It did the training he
received at home.
Hhn ptretwcMl the need of n
Kreater underHtandltiK between the
parent and teacher.
f! It A NTH PASH, Ore., Oct. 16.
(Ar) Itotarlan (telegales from nil
nee Hon of southern OrcKun wro
nrrlvinR In Orants l'nn today for
the am umn banquet under the nu
apices nf Ihe (Irunts Puss llotary
club. About 3oo are expected.
Air - xd Baby
I mm
ii a;
Associated Press I'iolo
Ramona, 15-monthc-old daughter
of Paul Carpenter of South Gate,
Cal., la tossed as high as the house
by her father, who Is teaching her
acrobatics.
FRANCHISE FOR
TELEPHONE CO.
Both' Sides i' Pleased: By' The
Concessions Utility
Gives $1000, And Free
Service on Fifteen Phones
Development Is To
Proceed.
With Jho recommendations of
(ho citizens committee incorporat
ed, except three Words, by mutual
agreement, the city council last
.night unanimously passed tho or-
dlnanco grunting the Home Tele-
phono and Telegraph company a
10-year franchise renewal dating
from yesterday, Willi both the
com puny and those people who
wanted to be suro that the city's
Interests were properly safeguard
ed during the life of the-franchise,
well pleased. .
Tho terms provide a payment of
$1000. nnd giving by Die company
1 5 freo main Hue telephone lines
witli maximum extensions needed,
for tho city government's uso.
Tho terms nt the time the fran
chise was renewed 10 years ngo
were $1000 and lo free main lines
and three extension lines to the
city.
The citizens commit too 'recom
mendations In tho main stipulate
that the company must give ade
quate service throughout the life
of the franchise renewal. In nccor
dnnce with the city council's de
mands by ordinance; and have a
clause that prevents the franchise
being assigned without the consent
of the city, except to the Pacific
Telegraph nnd Telephone company
which linbls the nmtrnl of Pip
I lomo Telephone and Telegraph I
company.
itnth these companies and Man- '
ager It. It. Hammond of the local j
company are especially well;
pleased with (he Incorporation of 1
I the latter clause, as it enables the i
company to go ahead with Its ex- I
tensive program of Improvements, j
and also protects the Pacific Tele-
graph and I Hi-phono company,
enabling It. to go ahead with as
surance In its development plans
for this territory.
At iManager Hammond's surges
gcMtloii the words "suburban" nnd
"long distance" . were eljminated
from the ordinance In stipulating
that reasonably good service mum
be furnished, as tuiburbun nnd
long distance phone U'rvlce-are not
within the control of tho home
company and are In Jurisdiction of
the state.
The company had no objection
whatever. Manager Hammond said
Kn the recommendations of the
citizens committee being incorpor
ated In the ordinance becnuse the
niattpr covered In them Is already
covered by the state law, nnd has
been for years. '
The committee's recommenda
tions Incorporated were ns follows,
barring the elimination of the
words "suburban" nnd "long dis
tance": "(I) We ncllevo tljat the com
pany Is an Oregon corporation,
and wo suggest that after the name
(Continued on Putfo Ulx)
COUNCIL V
AN IN
OFFICE BUI
Defense Witness Testifies
Screams Heard In The
Pantages Office A Few
Minutes After Entry
State's Allegation of Half
Hour Interval Hit By
Optician On Stand.
I.OS A NCI ELKS, Oct. IC (P)
Testimony that not more than four
ml mi tea elapsed between the time
that Kuulce Printile wiu een leav
ing the I 'nut age- theater balcony
on last August i, and the moment
at which her scream a were heard.
was given today by a defense wit
ness in the trial of Alexander Van
tages on a statutory charge brought
by the 17-year-old co-ed dancer.
State's witnesses, including Eu
nice, previously had testified that
approximately half an hour
elapsed between those two mo
ments. The witness who thus con
tradicted the previous testimony
was Dr. C. H. Herd, an optician
having nn office on the snmo floor
of tho building as the theater bal
cony exit.
Dr. Herd also testified that ho
snw the girl leave the balcony
alone, which also was contrary to
statements of prosecution wit
nesses. BOSCS SELL AT
$4.16 DETROIT
The third car of Bosc pears
placed on sale in Detroit by the
Winter Pear committee, sold today
at auction for nn average nf $4.10
per box, an Increase of 61 cents
over the price paid for the Second
car,
A telegram snld that the jobbers
bought actively, with a strong de
mnnd. Homo of the Doses were
sold to Toledo, Ohio, firms a
prosperous city thnt has heard of
the fame of the Hoses ns a table
dainty.
The average of the third ear of
Hoses outsold all the Uartlctts
placed on tho Detroit market by
$1.20. , .
The Winter Fenf committee and
fruit men of the valley wore en
thusiastic today about the recep
tion accorded the Uoscs by Detroit
buyers and trade.
The fourth car of Buses will be
placed on sale nt an early date,
and from present Indications will
exceed prices received to date.
Tho Winter Pear committee Is
continuing its newspaper nnd radio
campaign, nnd Interest has been
aroused among Detroit housewives
in the pear.
Will Rogers Says:
HKVEIUiY HILLS, Cal.,
Oet. Ifi. Mr. Hoover is t'li
jtiblt! for the Nobel peace
prize for liin self restraint in
trying to remain neutral dur
intf the ninth inning of that
game. There
was no par
tieular rea
son why ho
should have
lieen so care
fill. They
are both He-
publican cities, ami both po-
lticially eloiin find whole
solne and Itiw abiding, nnd
it was a ureal ad for justice
and clean living, that two
such upstandtiiK nnd right
tons cities should compete in
our greatest sporting event,
and it should be nn example
to these corrupt hoodlum
towns for them to turn over
n new leaf and try nnd be
upright and n credit to their
inhabitants, and maybe they
would win a pennant once in
a while. It just shows you
that justice always prevails.
Yours,
' " WILL ROGERS." '
4 MINUTES
AUCTION MART