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Newspaper Page TextM M The Weather " EDFORD AIL TRIBUNE Tempera tin e 1'nsrtllnl tonight uml Saturday, wltli raliis. yul mucli i-Imiiku lu tomicraturo. llicllot yesterday HI lion-rot this moriiiiiK 87 D1II7 Tventr-fourlb Tur. KHr Klltr-lbUi Yew. SiXTEKN PAGES MEDFORD, OliEGON, Fill DAY, 0CT0BE11 18, 19J9. No. 200. Today By Arthur Brisbane Women, Men and Strife. Poets May Say It. Wise Young Dinosaur. .Soldiers With Books. (Copyright by King Features Syndicate, Inc.) Tlic British bishop of Man chester fears "strife for mas tery between men and women." That strife will never be dan gerous. Women manufacture the men, which is the highest kind of work, and men do the work. II an hasn't the faintest chance of competing with wo nan in motherhood. . No wo man lias ever competed with men in what we call works of genius. There never has existed even lv n fifth-rate woman painter, rwriter, sculptor or musician. fa llen and women supplement each other and get along very nicely. Woman comes first, for the creator is greater than the thing created. Michael Angelo was greater than his first work. His mother was greater than he. A poet may say: "I am the master of my fate, I am tiie captain of my soul." But, it is unwise for a lady who wants to testify in court at Charlotte, N. C, to take that stand. Mrs. Miller, 20 years old, called a "communist labor agi tator," told the court that "man controls his own desti ny.' She was impeached as an atheist, therefore not worthy to be a witness. Kukh.h'h rovernmont; going in the other direction, is open ing nine more "anti-religions universities," to preach athe ism. Russian trade union organi zations arc ordered to appro priate from "cultural funds'1 a sum every month for organi zation of militant atheists. Organized atheism will not go far. And organized intolerance, telling u man what he may or may not believe in the United States, will not go far either. Samuel Instill, Jr., following in his father s industrial dino saur tracks, as president of the Midland United Company of Chicago, tells the American Cias Association that to boom the gas industry and increase sales they must cut prices, and use "persuasive advertising (Continued on Page Four. Second Section) "llcllovo mo. I'd ImiIo to rrnnc hump from Mngnnr Fall an Mart rlslii In on n Inidjrct. I'd wa'it a IHIIp time to alt ainins nut." says Mliw Pawn ,lpflni-ur, spoil ing o' the ftKilldgn Trumbull wrd tlln'. If anything to bo done about Hip bare kit tnd. it look' like Jnrk Frost will hare to do It. FAIL NOTE DOHENY AY Wife of Oil Man Identifies Mutilated Paper in Trial of Former Secretary Doheny Says Money Was Merely Loan to Old Friend in Need Signature Was Torn Off. WASHINGTON, Oct. IS. (JP) Mrs. Carrie Estelle Doheny, wife of 10(1 ward L.. Doheny, whom the government charges bribed Albert IS. Kail with $100,000 to obtain the Elk Hills, Calif., naval oil lease, testified today Fall's signature had been torn from a note for that amount no the former interior sec retary would not be embarrassed if anything happened while she and her husband were en route home. Wearing a black dress, trimmed in white, she said her husband hud told her to keep the signature carefully so it would be available when time came to present the note for payment. She added she had taken the signature from New York to Los Angeles and put it in a safe de posit box. Jury Sees Note Today Mrs. Doheny produced the signature in court. She al ready had identified the note. Frank llogan, chief defense coun sel, put them together and pre sented the complete note to the jury, which examined it carefully. She was on the stand only a short while before her husband was called. Regarded as the most) important witness for defense, Doheny said the $100,000 was a "loan to an old friend in need" and not a bribe as charged by the prosecution. Doheny said he first met Fall in j Kingston in 1886 when Fall was a miner at the Grayeagle mine. ' Undoi'- rapid examination the wtlncsH covered a span of years during which he achieved success in business and Fall rose high in political life. I'sccl No Influence Doheny said he had nothing to do with President Harding's trans fer of the naval oil reserves to the jurisdiction of the Interior depart ment hut told of receiving a letter from Fall in 19 21 in which the latter asked him to get the Pan American company to relinquish rights to part of Klk Hills, lie said he replied his company would be glad to do anything to help the government. Fall later told him, the oil man said, of his desire to purchase an addition to his ranch property and spoke of trying to borrow $100,000 from JOdward B. McLean, Wash ington publisher. Doheny said he ottered to let Fall have the money but the cabinet member did not immediately accept the offer but asserted if he did ho would give Doheny a mortgage on the ranch property. (Continued on Page Eight) SIXTY PER CENT AIR TRANSPORT CHICAGO, Oct. 18. (Special) Air mileage flown by commer cial aircraft transport companies in the United States registered an increase of 60 per cent in the first six months of lDIifl. com pared with the corresponding months of 192S, according to a bulletin issued here by the Ameri can Itcsearch Foundation. "Transport airplanes in this country flew a total of 8,000, 000 miles in the six months end ing July 31, m!)." says the bul letin, "compared with about 6,000, 000 miles in the first half of last year. Continued at the same rate of Inrrease for the remainder of this year, commercial air mileage of America for lft2fl will be 16, 000.000 mites or G.&OO.OOO greater than the 1928 total, or one-third more than the combined flying mllesgo of England, France, and Germany last year. "Rapid expansion of commer cial air transportation I" Indi cated by th fact that 10.000 miles of Airways were lighted for night flying up to July 1. 1ft. This Is a distance equal to three times the mileage between New York nnd Wan Francisco. Exclu sive of government, military and private fields there were 1377 airports In active operation In the first nix months of 129. Most of these have facilities for sup plying airplanes with mtor fuels find oil. GROWTH SHOWN HOOVER AND FORD TO ATTEJND EDISON JUBILEE m President Hoover, Henry Ford and Thomas A. Edlaon will meet at Henry Ford'a home at Fair lane, near Dearborn, Mich., October 21 when they attend the Ediaon jubilee there. LIFE SENTENCE Slayer of 76-Year-0ld In mate of Michigan Ladies' Home . Held Sane When Lead Pipe Used to Save Daughter From Witch. KALAMAZOO, Mich., Oct. IS. (JP) A Jury of 1 1 men and one wom an early today found Mrs. Pearl Burgess, 52, guilty of the murder of Mrs. Etta Kairchlld, 76 year old inmate of an old - ladies" homer whom Mrs.' Burgess and her hus band, Eugene, had admitted beat ing to death with a lead pipe, "because she was a witch and had killed a hundred people just by wishing them dead." The jury was out from 11:20 o'clock yesterday morning until 1:37 a. rn. today. Mrs. llurgess sanity was the point on which the jurors were reported to have found difficulty In reaching agree ment. The verdict carries with it a life sentence. Judge George V, Weimcr did not say when he would pass sentence and attorneys for Mrs. llurgess ft id not indicate whether they would appeal the case. Mrs. tturgeKM ami her husband were arrested after Mrs. J-'alr-chlld's body was found In a cistern behind the Burgess' home on the night of July 18, the samo night on which sho was killed, They did not deny ythe slaying. Their daughter, Eugenia, 17, was singled out by Mrs. Kairchlld, they said, and they were forced to kill the woman to save the girl. Mrs. Burgess later retracted her confession. Several weeks ago her husband hanged himself In his cell in the county Jail here, leaving his wife to stand trial alone. Defense attorneys pleaded Insan ity. Witnesses testified that Mrs. Burgess had suffered from "delu sions of persecution because of mental derangement" and Ir. Hush McXafr, the Burgess family physician recalled a conversation with the accused woman last spring In which she had mild "evil is going on in the world. Evil influences are everywhere about me." S. P. TESTTRAIN EUGENE. Ore.. Oct. 18. W) Several cars of the teat train of the American Hallway association, conducting tests on the Southern Pacific line between Walker and Creswell. were derailed at 10:20 a. m. today. No one was Injured. An unusually long train, com posed of tank cars and steel ca booses was being used In a brak test. The test wan under the direction of Professor Harry Heu henkoenig of Purdue university. Telegraph lines were temporar ily put nut of commission by the derailment. A wrecking crew went to work Immediately to clear the line. 4 PENDLETOii WOMEN ASK FOR MILK INSPECTION PKNDLKTON, Ore., Oct. 18. Ifr) Pendleton Woman's club went on record yesterday favoring ap pointment of a milk Inspector for the city. The Dairy Association also expressed a desire to have the city employ an lnprtor. FOR WOMAN WITCH MURDER Famous Fighter of Bygone Days Dies Vancouver VANCOUVER, B. C Oct. 18. (JP) Prank Slavln, 68, famous, heavyweight prize- 4 fighter of two decades ago, died In the Shaughnessy mill- tnry hospital today, after an illness lasting more than a year. Born in New South Wales, Australia, Slavln rapidly fought his way to the top in the ring. He was in the Yu- kon for many years after leaving the ring, and at the outbreak of the war enlisted In Victoria and served over- seas with the 67th Western Scots. GLENDALE END OF Kcoro, KimI First Quarter Medford Juniors 12 Glenriale High 0 Three minutes after the opening whistle, in the game between the Medford Juniors and the Glcndalo high school, Ooblc, a speedy little halfback carried the ball 40 yards down the field and two lino bucks put the pigskin across for the first touchdown. The kick for the extra point was low. Tlio Juniors showed excellent team work. The Juniors immediately started another march down tho field, with Thurman, noble and Gallnsky making long end runs, behind be hind strong Interference. Goblc went 15 yards around end for other touchdown, nnd the kick for extra point hit the crossbar square in the center. The Glcndale team outweighed tho locals and had their legs greased, but wore unable to make consistent gain, the Junior forwards breaking througn several times to throw the man with the hall for a loss. The visiting squad was forced to kick often, nnd in the first quarter never had the ball in Medford ter ritory. About all the kids In town were at tho game, along with J. C. Mann nnd a large representation of fathers of tho players. Tho attendance was close to 600. Among the spectators were the Menlo Junior college players, who will hold a short workout for their game with the Ashland Normal tomorrow. 4 PORTLAND. Mrs. T. B. Wil cox, Sr., presented the Town club, exclusive women's social organiz ation, with her sunken garden here as a probable site for a new building. QUARTER Woman Is a Person, Finds English Council After Due Deliberation LONDON. Oct. 1 8. (JP) A wo man Is a person, the privy coun cil decided today, reversing a de cision of the Canadian supreme court that a woman In not a per son and therefore Is not qualified to set In the Canadian senate. The lord chancellor of Great Britain. Lord Hankeyt delivered the judgment, taking the unususl rourse of reading It In full before the court. The judgment was of exceptional Interest, not only for the constitu tional point Involved, but because It also raised the question of the general status of women. The appellants were the Hon. Irene Parlby of Allx. one of the first women In the empire to be li Associated Press Photo 'ENGINE FAULTS L Soviet Fliers Turn Back to ! Vancouver, Wash., After "i Passing Portland Leave fat 6 Saturday Morning , if Possible. VANCOUVER, Wash., Oct. 18. (fP) A leaky radiator and a faulty oil Intake forced the Russian plane "Land of the Sovietn" to land here at"i:3 t. inV today afloVlho Mos- cow-toNow York flloro had gone us far south as Oregon City, 18 miles south of Portland. A loak In the radiator of the left engine and a clogged oil intake on tho left forced the Russian airmen to re trace their route. Mechanics on tho army field Raid It was doubtful whether repairs would be completed today nnd It was considered that the takeoff for Oakland would bo mudo at 6 a. m. tomorrow. Lieut. Carlton F. Bond, Pearson field commandant, who had cone up In an army plane to meet tho Russians, conducted them back from Oregon City. The soviet fliers aro S. A. Shesta kov, Philip B. Bolotov, Moris V. Sterllgov and Dlmltry V. Fufuev. They asked for weather reports and for reports of flying conditions on tho coust that they might study them while repairs were being made. flundrcdB of school children flocked lo the Held to see tho plane and fliers when school officials of Vancouver took Advantage of the opiwrtunlty and Instructed teach ers to lend tho children to the scene. Pearson field army nttnehes act ed as guides. Hundreds of automobiles from Portland and Vancouver and near by towns jammed Into tho field to see the plane. PORTLAND. Ore., Oct. 18. (IP) Following recommendations of the commanders' council of tho Amer ican Legion, Mayor George Baker today appointed Dr. W. G. Scott and Harry Dor man s members of ! the municipal boxing commission. They succeeded Dr. C G, Habln J and Thomas Sweeney, who resign ed while the hoard was under fire. come a cabinet minister; Mrs. IsiuJse McKlnney of Clarosholme, first woman elected to tho Alberta legislature; Mrs. NHIIn McClun, writer and lecturer who has rep resented Kdmonton in tho legisla ture; Mrs. O. C. Edwards of Mc Ijeod, veteran expert who has been convener of laws for the na tional council of women, nnd mag istrate Kmily Murphy Kdmonton. one of the first two women In Canada to be appointed magis trates. Their appeal to tho privy coun cil for a fresh interpretation of the vital clauKo ln the British North America act, following the ruling of the supremn court( ha-1 not been opposed by the dominion government. FORCE ANDING RUSSIAN PLANE LETTERS TO TARIFF AIDE IN HEARING Senator Walsh Asks Lobby ist for Copies of Corres pondence With Manufac turer Employers In tended to Return Salary Received From Govern ment, Is Claim. WASHINGTON, Oct. 18. ) A nutation from the minutes of the Connecticut Manufacturers association approving the assign ment of a "representative" to Senator Bingham, Republican, of Connecticut, to help "protect" Connecticut industries in tho tariff bill today was read into the record of the senate lobby committee. Senator Walsh. Democrat, Mon tana, after rending the notation asked the witness. Charles L. Kyanson, who the "representative" was. "f presume myself," he replied. Bingham has testified Kyanson was "loaned" to him by the associ ation to assist him at the time the tariff measure wus before the senate finance committee and that this possibly had been a mistake. An. intention to return all money received from tho government was given today by Kyanson before the committee as tho reason for not notifying his employer, tho Con necticut Manufacturers associa tion, that he had been put on the government's pay roll by Senator Bingham, to assist the senator In tariff matters. To Itetiini Pay Kyanson, one of tho witnesses at yesterday's stormy session when Bingham said his employment might have been a mistake, insist ed today under questioning by Chairman Caraway that "I did not intend to keep the government pay." . vWuro aomo of your Ideas ro- neetea in tlio tantt bill''' asked Senator Caraway. "Perhaps. But all I did was to save Senator Bingham tho trouble of collecting Information. I hope I was of help," said Kyanson. Senator Walsh, Domocrat, Mon tana, asked for copies of corre spondence exchanged bet ween himself and officers of tho associa tion during his work in Washing ton for. Bingham. "These aro of a more personal nature than I realised," Kyanson said as ho turned over tho corre spondence. A letter from E. Kent Hubbard, president, to Kyanson, dated July I a was read by Senator Walsh. Did ii Great Ileal "You havo done a great deal more than we bargained for In tho beginning," Walsh read asking: "To what does Mr. Hubbard re fer In regard to your one month's work In Washington?" "His Idea, I think, was that three or four weeks ought to be sufficient tlmo to prepare data for Senator Bingham," cxplalnod Kyanson. Quoting farther, Walsh read: "Undoubtedly tho results which you have accomplished are far reaching and will bear fruits for soma tlmo to come." "What did ho mean?" asked tho senator. "Ho know nothing," tho witness said. "You will havo to ask him about that." "Isn't tho plain meaning of this that Mr. Hubbard hai information about rates tho Connecticut manu facturers were going to get nnd those were tho results ho was talk ing about ?" persisted Senator Walsh. "I don't suppose Mr. Hubbard knew anything at that time about tho tariff rates," replied Kyanson. WASHINGTON, Oct. 18. (JP) cnairmun Caraway of tho senate lobby commitleo said today he had no Intention asking for prosecution In connection with any posslblo violation of law which might be Involved through tho employment by Senator Blngharn, Kcpuhllcan, Connecticut, of any official of the Connecticut Manufacturers associ ation to advise hlrn on tariff mat ters. Senator WiiImIi. Domnpnil M.m tana, said he thought there was a : question of violation of law ln I volved. lie added that without passing ludument be hellpvotl thia subject would be a matter for committee consideration. Tho com mittee at nn executltve session to day considered employment of counsel ami Investigators but de cision was withheld. FOR CHANGE IN PLEA NKW YOHK, Oct. X (p, A motion by Chrl D. WaxKoner, bunker, of Tellurlilo. Colo., that hl plea of guilty to chnrne of nmll fraud be changed lo not guilty waft denlpd In federal court today. Death Verdict "4 V Aaaortatril Press Photo Mrs. Sarah Powers, 71, Macon, Ga., rooming house proprietress, was found guilty as accessory In the slaying of James Parks, a room er. The verdict carries the death sentence. CRATER TRAVEL CONTINUED BY Over 5000 Visitors Entered Park So Far This Month, Is Report of Superinten dent Solinsky Weather at Resort Delightful. That between 5,000 and 6,000 people In about 2,000 cars have visited Crater Lake National park so far this month, and aro continu ing to arrive dally, was tho news brought back to tho city by Super intendent E. C. Solinsky, who re turned to Medford late yesterday from having spent several days at th. park. He nld .today.. that the weather at the park Is delightful, as Is Illustrated by tho fact that himself and others wore yesterday walking around in their shirt sleeves, enjoying the sun. Day be fore yesterday a II 1 1 lo snow foil, but It passed away almost as fast as It fell. This big attendance so far, fol lowing thn official season's close September 20th last, Is already far beyond tho entire post-season at tendance of last year, and will con tinue until winter weather sets in. Charge of one dollar for en trance of cars Into the park f L.r tho first tlmo since the season's opening last July 1st, has been 1n force since the official closing, and Superintendent Solinsky says that tho charge will be made as long as cars can drlvo about the rim. Tomorrow noon, Arthur L. Day, sclnritiflt nnd volcanologlst, nnd director of the Physical Labora tory at Washington, D. C, who has been appointed collaborator of the national parks service, will arrive In tho city en routo to Cra ter Iake to study the park geology there. Ills special mission Is to study out tho best locations for tho new 18-foot wide rim drive thnt is to bo built in the future, so that It will Include tho best places along this drlvo In which to view the most Important geology features of the rim. It Is not know Just when the work of building the new rim drive (Continued nn Page Eight) SALE OF BONDS KA,i:.M, Oro., Dot. IS. (P) Of flclulH of tho no w I y ornftnlzed lingua Itlvor IiTimUlon dlatrlct of Jaokion county iiro hero todny to link tho fltnto roolninatlon commis sion for authority to Inruo bond In tho nmiiunt of 1210,000, nnd ap proval of a contract, tho naturo of which In yet to ho determined, whereby tho district will tnko over n part of tho work of tho Public Water company, formerly known as tho Hokuo Itlvor Cnnal com pany. A portion of tho work ha al ready been taken over by tho Med Tord IrrlKatlnn district, nnd If fav orable action In Blven tho delega tion horn today, all of tho work will ho held by thp Medford dis trict and tho new Itimuo Ulvcr dla trlct In partnership. The now district contains 4774 acres of highly developed land In the Itoguo Itlvor valley. Tho oflclals hero aro Mlko Han ley, Don Clnrk and Victor nuraoll, who are tho hoard of directors; Frank Dlllard, engineer, and John H. Carkln, attorney. OD WEATHER LOCAL MEN ASK PERMISSION FOR ra be E Raid On East Coast Rack eteers Shows Two Million Dollars Made in Six Months Huge Sums Paid in Bribes Connec tion With Capone Gang Is Seen Had Monopoly. NEW YORK, Oct. 18. (JP) Entries In a small black account book showing (2,000,000 profits In six months, huge sums paid for bribery, ships and liquor, revealed today the proportions of tho syndi cate which federal officials charge monopolized liquor smuggling along the Atlantic coast. The account book was seized with other records at the mansion In Highlands, X. J., headquarters of the ring, when federal and state officers made 32 raids along a 200 mile front ln a drive against the syndicate Wednesday. William J. Calhoun, prohibition administrator for New Jersey, said the little book, about five by ton Inches, contained In addition to no tations showing the profits which were divided In ratios of seven to 23 per cent among the members, closely written memoranda of large sums paid to local officers for protection. Notations showed, he said, that last March the syndicate spent $700,000 In Montreal "for ships, the purchase of liquor and operat ing expenses." "It Is no secret that this mob of bootleggers Is more or less hook ed up with the gang of Scar face Al Capone," Wilkinson added. United States Attorney Charles H. Tuttle, in announcing that tho three federal districts In Manhat tan, Brooklyn and New Jersey would cooperate in the prosecution of the syndicate:; sa'W: ; 4 ! "This ring not only was con ducting smuggling of contraband on an enormous scnlo with ramifi cations In England, Canada and elsewhere, but was by practice vir tually monopolizing this business of illegal Importation." I BLACKMER FINED WASHINGTON, Oct. 18. (ZD Justice Slddons of the District of Columbia Supremo court today signed a formal order assessing fines totaling $(10,000 against Harry M. Blackmur, former presi dent of the Midwest Oil company. Counsel for Blackmer noted an appeal from the doclslon. Black mer now In France, failed to ap pear when called as a government witness ln the naval oil reservo cases, and $1 00,000 In bonds ho held In this country were seized under a special statute. Will Rogers Says: HBVERLY HILLS, Oil., Oct. 18. Been rending in the papers today about the big bootlegging combine that they captured in the cast. They had their own broad casting station jiist to keep their sales men inform ed on chango of prices and whnt the op position was doing. They h a d enough guns on all their various boats that if they are not in vited to tho next disarma ment conference it will be on account of jealousy. Y.ou know what will happen when the whole thing goes through the courts. Why, two truck drivers will be sent fo jail, the radio announcer will have his gold membership card canceled for six months and the leaders will go into vaudeville till they can make new mergers and then open bigger and "better than ever." Yours, WILL ROGERS. 1 n f it v.