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T The Weather EDFORD MAIL 'OTBUNE 4v Temperatures Fnir ami mild tonight iiml Tliurs. liny, lllttlio.st yesterday 80 littwcst (His morning 85 DI)t Tratr-hnirUi Tor. Wwllj Kli,.lhih yi. MEDFORl"), OIU'XJON. WKDXKSDAY. OCTOlWIt 21. No. 214. m. Today By Arthur Brisbane Another Big Airboat. . Another Atlantic Flight. (flr, Kingsbury Cuts Prices C. E. Mitchell Says 0. K. (Copyright by King Features Syndicate,' Inc.) Progress iu flying advances rapidly iu Europe. A few days ago Germans showed a gigan tic hydroplane with 12 engines, flying, carrying 16!) passen gers and crew. t Great Hri'.aiu is building a )lane of yf.ie same size, a tri plano iuR'end of a biplane, also wtli 12, engines, to go faster. Ilenvy Ford was the first to talk ii'iout a 12-engined plane, ' "tocarry 100 people, with a uuuM. ine sliop on board." The (ye'nians and the liritisli bnihl fw planes. A !!2-year-old Montana cuttle man, W. V. Hitemnn, Jr., is on his way across the ocean from Harbor Grace to London. ICc said nothing about his trip until he started Monday, leaving a note for the airport officials, and taking only 103 gallons of gasoline. Kiteman, typical westerner, drove some cattle to Kansas City, saw an airplane that lie liked, bought it, learned to fly it, then thought he would fly to London. There are a mil lion like hi in out west. M Mr. Kingsbury, head of Stan dard Oil of California, . cuts prices, lie pays for California oil from 50 to 75 centra barrel, jfn excellent plan to prevent the reckless outpouring -or on and waste ofrgns... .Mr. Kingsbury says " There is being blown into the air in California 800,000,000 cubic feet of gas every day." The fuel value of this gas 'equals 132,000 barrels of oil every day. 4t Reckless squandering of our oil reserves, and waste of gas, allowed to escape into the air, are a disgrace to the common sense of this country. The notorious "Coal Oil Johnny," who hotbed in a bath tub full of champagne, was ;i conservative in comparison with some modern oil men. . M Charles K. Mitchell, head of LXew York's National City .vifiinu:, Tom me worm yester day that economic conditions 'arc fundamentally sound, aid , bucked his opinion in Avail ' Street in ways that big bank ers understand. Market prices jumped with (Continued on Page Ton.) "I don't rrnicnilier the name of tt. but tiler's some stufr eomln' in from C'anailn lliut'll lake that off." said Joo I'lne today. as I' watched Klmrr Kite Iryln' to p ttic the wlnt off on olo roi'kln' A luilr. Oh, fT tln bikxI olo or "lerly flays when llw wry wont 'thing nn ron W mil a teller was iHirM- llik-f. FEAR FLIER LOST LIFE IN WATERS Fate of Diteman Deemed Sealed As Tiny Mono plane Fails to. Appear After Fuel Limit Passed Believed to Have Taken Northern Path Across At lantic Waste. BELFAST,. Northern Ireland, Oct. 23. (P) Up to 5 p. in. today (noon E. S. T.) Urban f. Ditemun, Jr., solitary trans-Atlantic .filer, had not been sighted by an Irish sta tion. He was due at London by this hour after leaving Newfound land yesterday. I10RTA, Island of Fayal, Azores, Oct. 23. (P) There was no sign of Urban F. Diteman, Jr., American flier, at 6 o'clock tonight. A high wind was blowing and a storm was approaching. (By the Associated Press) The slim flying margin allotted the midget mouoplane. Golden Hind, was reached today and when it passed the craft and its pilot were believed to have been added to that long list of sky adventur ers who braved the North Atlantic and failed. When Urban F. Diteman, Jr., took off at Harbor Grace, N. F.. for London at 10:46 a. m. eastern time, yesterday, he carried 105 gallons of gasoline which he estimated would' keep him aloft 25 hours, or longer than the period he would re quire to cover his course of about1 2360 miles. The 25 hours ended at 11:46 a. m today and only negative reports of the flier and his craft come from the sea and Englpnd. Other estimates were that Dlte mnn's fuel would have kept him in the air but 20 hours. Meanwhile, he had not been reported or flighted. Diteman was believed by some shipping men to have chosen a path far north of the present ship ping lnnes, but if he was forced down on the water his little craft was conceded but little chance of surviving the North Atlantic waves. He carried no radio. STOCK MARKET NEW YORK. Oct 23. (VP) Amid scenes of wild confusion stock prices plunged into another dras tic decline late in the session of today's stock market. The ticker fell more than half an hour behind the market, and traders were frightened into panicky selling when word reached brokerage offices that prices on the floor of the stock exchange were several dol lars below the quotations being printed on the ticker tnpo. Although the market was dull until early afternoon, the late wave of selling was so huge thut total sales reached 6,363,300 shores, sur passing Monday's turnover ol 6, 091,800 shares, and the largest single day's volume of trading since the record day of March 26, whea more than 8,000,000 shares were traded. Among tho high prices and rath er inactive issues Adams hxpress tumbled J9G a share. Auburn Auto $86 and .1. I. Case $42. CAPPER SAYS TARIFF WASHINGTON, Oct. 23. (& Senator Capper, Republican, Knn fuiH. wild In thp venule today the prnriinff tariff was n vloltitiun of party pled Ken to the farmer and he intended to vote again! all Industrial rate Increases except n "few" he believed to be Jut. SOVIET BIRDMEN ON CHEYENNE. Wyo., Oct. U. (IP) The Itusalan plane, l.and of the Soviets, passed over Cheyenne ot nn altitude nt iooo feet nt 1:20 p. m. todny and headed eastward nppnrently for North I'lnttc, Neb, SLUMPS AGAIN UNDER SELLING RAIDERS TAKE Here Is the fortified arsenal found by federal dry agents when $1,000,000 liquor smuggling syndicate at Highlands, N. J. ' ROGUE VALLEY WATER PLANS I Reclamation Body Disap proves Part of Project to Purchase Works 1 Public Water Company Hop kins Ditch in Deal. SALICM, Ore., Oct. $3. fl) The state reclamtUion commission look no action nt its meeting on the application of the Rogue River Valley Irrigation district for uu thorlty to issue , $210,000 bonds, und disapproved certain parts of its plan to purchase the works of the public water company. The commission said, that an item of $37,1)90.86 for the pro posed purchase of the canal sys tem above the Hopkins .Lateral appeared to be included in the sold and unsold water rights, therefore the Item was not approved. Also the commission refused to approve a 1 (l per cent discount on bonds which the district proposed to ex change for water right obligations at par. According to local officials of the proposed district the above is merely a preliminary statement, outlining certain contro vorsial points which will undoubtedly be settled at another meeting to be held in the near future." There- is no question In the minds of local officials hut that the proposition will be OKed and put In operation at no very distant date. SERVE TWENTY YEARS PORTLAND, Ore., Oct. 23. (P) Orville Davis. Klamath Indian, will go to a federal prison for 20 years Instead of being hanged for the murder of Lawrcnco Walker, Klamath reservation. The new sentence was Imposed by Federal Judge Heart today after Davis pleaded guilty to a second degree murder charge. The death penalty, imposed April, 192K after Davis had been found guilty of first degree mur der, was overruled by the circuit court of appeals, Kan Francisco, on grounds that the government had used improper methods In ob taining a confession. , BAGSHAW RESIGNATION TO 8EATTI.K, Wash., Oct. 23. (IP) Knoch V. UaKBliaw, head foot hall coach ot the University of WanhlnRton, today suhnilttRil his resignation to Karl Campbell, grad uate manager. JACKSONVII.LK, Ore.. Oct. 2J. (Spl.) The Missionary society of the Prenhyterlsn church will meot at the home of Mrs. Fred J. Flclt Thursday afternoon. Hludy of the book "From Jerusalem to Jerusa lem" will be token up, after which refreshments will be'perved. SUITABLE ARSENAL OF, $1,000,000 RUM RING Med ford on Map As Center Coast Mileage Measure . 4 Medford U certainly on the motor map. In the current 4 number of Automotive News there is on page 42 a picture of the Standard Oil garage at Fairbanks, Alaska, with this notation below: "Nearly 3,000 miles north 4 of Medford, 30 miles soiith of the Arctic circle, and 60 be- 4 4 low zero." 8 Medford is so well known 4 4 on the coast that even Ore- 4 4 gon is not needed to Identify 4 4 it. And obviously It ranks 4. as an importnnt motoring and 4 jr-go4(iaMhical center with -mion-- world institutions an the Arc- 4 4 tic circle, the Kiiuator and the 4 4 Tropic of Capricorn. 4 4 Some boost! 4 City Council and Citizens Committee Favorably Dis posed' Toward Popular . Project Outlook Is for 20 Mills Levy. The citizens' committee and the city council held their Itrst Joint meeting lust night to prepare the city budget of expanses rnr the tlseal year of 1930, and will moot uruIii Thursday night, October 31, to complete the work, following which tho budget will bo advertised for 20 days prior to holding a pub lic meeting at which objections, If any, can he made by anyone to the total budget, or any ot Its features. It there Is no objection the council will then pass the builget ordi nance. The tentative budget pre pared by the various city depart ments outlining their needs, and which provides for increased ex penditures In a number of them, was under consideration lust night. At the conclusion of the meeting ft was evident from expressions heard during the rapld-firo discus sion, and questions asked of heads of departments, that some of the increases asked will not ho grant ed. Heads of various departments were present to make explanation of their estimated needs.. No Action No definite action was taken on granting the budget of any de partment. The llnal action will lake place at the meeting next Thursday night, but It was plainly evident from the discussion that It will take much rearranging of department estimates and paring down of some of them to enable a fair distribution ot money to take care of the actual needs of each department and new project needs. The tentative outlook now Is Hint tho tax levy for the budget will bi about 20 mills, ns against the lew of !!',3 mills to provide last year's budget of 13f ,2K8 In order to pro vide for next year's estimated ex penses which, at the conclusion of last night's meeting, looked ns If they might reach Ils.fmo more than last year's budget. (Continued on I'nge His) ROXY ANN PARK FUND IN BUDGET iFOR NEXT YEAR f Associated Press Photo they raided headquarters of a ' . RESORT QUEEN BY STEPFATHER ( i Twenty-Year-Old Missouri Roadhouse Hostess Takes Hand in Quarrel of Par entsFather Is Shot - through- Heart. -r- .-. . V RAKN'I.ART, Mo Oct. 23. (P) Miss Helen Vachuda, 20, who con ducts a roudhouse known as "Hel en's Place" near Imperial, Mo., drove five miles from her estab lishment to tho home of her step father, William Zuruba, 48, here last night, and shot him dead for striking her mother. Xiiss Vnchuda is held in the Jef ferson county Jail on a charge of murder. Her mother, Mrs. An tonio Zuruba, Is held as an acces sory. 'i no g I r 1, who wears men s clothes, wan In her roadhoiiBo last night when two men told her that her mother and stepfather were (luarrellng, she relnted nt an In quest conducted soon after tho kill ing. "I got my revolver, put II in my pants pocket, Jumped into my auto and drove to Hill's (Zuruba's) house," she related. "When I reached the house, I heard Bill and my mother quarreling. I walked In and asked: 'What's the trouble?' Then I saw Kill jdap my mother. 9 "I pulled the revolver and warn ed him that, if ho struck her again, I would shoot him. Hill hit moth er again. Then he stretched out his hands and dared me to shoot, t fired nt him because I thought ho was going to attack me." Only one shot was fired, the bul let piercing Zuruba's heart. The glil remained at tho liomo until officers arrived and arrested hor. 1 . RECEIVE HONORS WASHINGTON, D. C, Oct. 23. itV) Knights commander of the court of honor, elected by tho su preme council of Scottish It Ho j Mukoiir of the southern Jurlsdlc I (ion, announced today, included the following Oregon men: Mdney Z. Hartley, Portland; Marry P. Coffin, Portland; Albert II. H. Ifaffenden, Portland; Lycur gus Wood Hon, Puker, and Onirics O. Wiltshire. Corvalll. Thirty-third degree Masons elected Included three men from I Oregon. They were: llopkln Jen i kins, Portland; William J. Kerr, I Coi-vallls; t'arl (I. Patterson, of J taker. POSTPONE SENTENCE T, 1.08 ANOKI.K8. Cal., Oct. 23. (A'l I'ronounccnient of sentence upon Mrs. Ixils I'antages, recently convicted of manslaughter, was In definitely postiK)ned by Superior Judgn Carlos H. Hard. An applica tion for probation Is being considered. AVENGES BUM F OM FURY LAKE ERIE Freighter Grounds On Leam ington Reef in Heavy Storm Woman Among Saved Waves" Pound Shores of Lake Michigan Green Bay Residents . Driven From Homes. . DETROIT, Oct. 23 (P) Thirteen persons, . including one woman, wore taken off the grounded freighter N. J. Nesson of Detroit at noon today shortly after the vessel began showing signs of breaking up under tho heavy seaH which have been pounding it on tho reef off Leamington. Tho rescues were effected by Canadian coast guards from Point Pelce under command of Captain IS. A. Benson. The woman was Miss Alice Humphrey of Detroit, a stewar dess. She was the first to go over tho side of tho small boat which was manned by coast guards and vol unteers from the crowd, , CHICAGO, Oct. 23. (Jf) Tho worst lake storm of the year a storm shooting high waves against the Illinois - Wisconsin - Indiana shore lino of Iako Michigan swept eastward today, cold, raw and snow-choked. In Chicago it left crumbled sea walls, flooded bitBements, water filled boulevards; in Gary, Ind., homos deserted by families fleeing the menacing seas; In Michigan City, Ind., a $300,000 property damugo; along the Wisconsin shore, crippled truffle and proper ty loss; while In lakes Huperlor, Huron nnd Ontario shipping fought the anger of the waters. GROT BAY, Wla.rOet.. 23. (fP) Boats were called into service today to remove some residents of H00 homes In northeast Green Bay, whose houses were surrounded by 2 & to 3 feet of water following a rise of the East river during last night's storm which did damage estimated ' at $150,000 In this vicinity. WASHINGTON, Oct. 23. (P) Tho navy department announced today that two men were lost over board from ships of the scouting fleet during a Gate on the Atlantic yesterday. Lieutenant Erwln Van Brandt was reported lost from the light cruiser Mnrblehead unci Boat swain's Mate John Michael Welch, was lost from the battleship Flor ida. Tho bodies were not recovered. They were presumed to have been washed overboard by tho heavy seas. Both ships were with the flk'ct off Hampton Houds, Va. 1 ' sconisH RUE MASONIC MEET Concluding the Impressive three day reunion of tho Hcottish Itlto chapters from Kugene, l(oscburg und Medford, the final work Is being put on In the Masonic Tem ple this afternoon nd evening by the Uugene contingent. This team will climax the ceremony by con ferring on candidates tho 32nd degree of Kcottlsh Itlto Masonry, huving taken them from the 19th onward throughout the afternoon. The first work of the reunion was done by the Hisklyou Lodge of Perfection, thin being the local group who conferred from the fourth to tho fourteenth degree. Taking up the work where ithey left off, tho Rose burg chapter, Hose Croix, put on tho next four degrees yesterday, leaving the final portion of the program to tho Ku gone body. I ' Knit! to le the most successful reunion ever held In the history of the local organisation, the three day meeting was attended by more than 100 members, officers and candidates frorn various parts of Oregon. Bcottiah Hlte Masons who nr rlved last night nnd today for the meeting nnd the reunion are the following: Itev. D. P. Cameron, Dale Wyntt. J. K. , Hill, Klbert Bedo, C. A. Barlel nnd W. J. White of Cottngo Grove; Clarence F. Hyde, T. D, Harmon and Harold Wells of Eugene nnd A. Amund sen of Talent, ftngliftli Too Ctool. LONDON. British Importurn bllity perturbs Mme. Alno Knllas, novelist wlfs of the minister of Ks- tonln. Her greatest nmbltlon, she writes, Is to see a "really angry Kngllshman. ' END CEREMONY Pantages' Judge ' ' -mm J Superior J i id go Charles Frlrkt wliii in presiding nt tin' (rial of Alexander Pantages, roust ihealor magnate on charges preferred by Kunlcri Prluglc. Brief Testimony By Theater Magnate Closes Introduc tion of Evidence for Ac cused Former Janitor ! Unable Testify Objec tion of State Is Upheld By Judge. i LOll A NOBLES, Oct. 23.--PI Quietly but with an action that sturtled the courtroom, tiie . de fense In tho triul of Alexander Pantages, thontro multl-mlllton-nlre rested its ense nt 10:24 a. m. today, nfter completing Its exami nation of the vaudeville mngnato. runtuges, charged with commit ting a criminal offense against 17-year-old Kunice I'rlngle, co-ed dancer, wan on-the witness stand 16 minutes today after occupying It throughout Tuesday. The defense asked him but one question in re-direct examination. It wuh: "Aro you left 'handed or right handed" "Klght handed," Pantnges an swered. This presumably was the defense's prime move to show that rantnges, in hls,nctton in tho mys tery room, could have carried out his statement that ho pushed Miss i'rlngle Into the corridor nfter she nttempted to embarrass him. Ilrh-f juls The state's final examination of the theater man wus brief, relating to his previous testimony on the weight of his body nnd statements he made to police officers con cerning Its condition after the al leged attack In the mystery room. As the state finished with the witness, James Cassldy, former Janitor in tho : I'antages thentre building, was placed on the stand, usked one question nnd then dis missed when the state rulsed a successful objection. At this turn, tho defenso roso nnd announced the end of Its ease. I'untugos, who was on the stand nearly all of yesterday, dramati cally told his story on direct exam ination nnd repeuted It under pre liminary cross examination by prosecution attorneys. Ills testi mony was un emphatic denial of the charges brought against him by Miss I'rlngle, and was in effect a counter chai-go thut the girl was the aggressor. f.lrl Insistent The theatre mugnato testified that on Aug. 9 he first saw Miss I'rlngle about four p. m. in the I reception room of his offices nnd ; ho Just said "hello" iut that time. ty . mi iinur inter as ne was leaving, bis oftlce to keep an ap pointment ho again noticed the girl in the reception room nnd she j sioppeu mm. "1 wanted to see you on busl nnKs," she said, i'antages replied "1 can't see anybody now as I have an appointment at tho barbershop. Hut come right ulong, and you can wait III the show." I'lintnges testified that he told the girl to go hack to his office nnd he would tnlk In hnr. hm ah. said she wanted to see him pri vately whrre they would not be Interrupted. He said that after ontorlng tho room the girl removed her coat. His own coat, he suld, ho had re moved before ho entered the room, contradicting previous testimony of Miss 1'rlnglo that ho had asked her permission to take It off dur ing .their conference. They sat In chairs facing the office door. which I'antages said, was open about fifteen Inches. "I looked at the lady and I said, (Continued on faite Six) DEFENSE IN PANTAGES CASE ENDS HUGE LOBBY H 0 CUBASUGAR Producers Agreed On Outlay Up to $95,000 for Propa ganda Influence Legisla- tion Preferential Treaty With Cuba Was Main Is sue Low Tariff Desirable WASHINGTON, Oct. 23.--(P) If. C. Lakln, president of the Cuba Company of New York City, testi fied before the senate lobby com mittee today tho organization had un extensive propaganda organiza tion and thut Cuban sugar pro ducers hnd agreed to met ex penses up to 9 its, 000 for activities in Washington. The committee asked if lie wanted the tariff on sugar "as low as you can get It," the witness re- Plied: - "Naturally, yes." "You have an extensive propa ganda organization, haven't you?" inquired Chairman Carawuy. "Yes, sir." Lukln then Bald that (75,000 had been spent so far this year and that 124,000 of this had been used in publicity work at a bureau in Washington, In charge of Mrs. Qladys M. Jones. "What are you trying to accom plish?" pursued the chairman. "I hardly know how to tell you. In the last analysis I didn't want the sugur duty to be increased." "You didn't want tho preferen tial trenty with Cuba to be abro gated?" ... "Yes." . , "How ' did you make your ap peal??" .. "Directly to congressmen." Lakln added the Cuba sugar producers had instructed him to take up their campaign in Wash ington and huu agreed... to- -meet expenses up to $95,000. ' , WASHINGTON, ' Oct. 23. (jP) Joseph E. Wuichet of the Connec ticut Manufacturers' association, who wrote an office memorandum showing he had knowledge ot the secret rate-making sessions of the senate finance committee on tho tariff bill, testified before the sonata lobby committee today that he could not recall how he obtain ed the information. "Is your memory generally bad" asked Senator Walsh, Democrat, Montana. "By no means perfect, hut It Is bad in this particular Instance," he replied. "I suppose you reallxo your faul ty memory In this Instance seems vory strange to the committee," observed Walsh. "I realised that before I cume to Washington to testify." Winnie May Hammer of Selma, Ore., sustained Injuries ot an un determined nature this afternoon wnon struck by a bicycle ridden by Woodrow Turpln, a messenger boy, at the corner of the Medford National bank. Will Rogers Says: NEW YORK, Oct. 23. About the banquet; nt Mr. Fowl's, it was great. Every time I would waste some cof fee out of my saucer it would be on a billionaire. I start ed to kick on m y seat for the guys on cither side looked like a couple of Ford deal ers. So be fore I would sit down 1 luude 'cm . tell. .One said ho ' was Orville Wright. I told tho other one I suppose you are Lindbergh. lie says no, I am only Dr. Mayo. Well, between a forced landing and an operation I was at home. And say, a Democrat presided, of course a Repub lican provided. And Mr. Hoover mnde ft humorous speech, Told what the elec tric light menns to the man that was too lazy to fill a lantern. But when all's said and done I was disappointed. I thought they would givfe out Lincolns as souvenirs. Shoot, they didn't even pnss around Fords. . Yours, ; : WILL ROGERS, , G
