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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
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RESORT QUEEN
BY STEPFATHER
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Twenty-Year-Old Missouri
Roadhouse Hostess Takes
Hand in Quarrel of Par
entsFather Is Shot
- through- Heart. -r-
.-.
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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.
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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.
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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