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IL TRIBIj'FE The Weather Forecast: Fair tonight ami Sat urday. 1 Not much change in temiiernturc. Temperatures Highest yesterday 80 Lowest this morning 33 Dtllf Twtntj-fourtb Ttar. WwU FUmlthlb Y. S1XTEKN PAGES MEDFOKD, OKEClrOX, -FRIDAY, OCTOHKK l.-. W'2i No. 2 lti. Medford Ma Today By Arthur Brisbane It Went Up, It Came Down.' The President's Plans. Tainted Football. 1 Men and Mice. (Copyright by King Featurea Syndicate, Inc.) Recently Will -Rogers told the Seattle Post-Intelligencer : "There never wns a time when so many fools were making money." Today he can tell them there never was a time when so many fools were los ing money so rapidly. One, solemn New York bank er thinks the drop in stocks "will send back to work many people who have been sitting around brokerage offices, on the trail of easy money.'! , ' Time wasted watching tick ers on blackboards will doubt less be spent more usefully hereafter. ) Hut usurious money lenders who have been charging stock gamblers 8 to 20 per cent in terest arc not the men to r6 buke the gamblers. You will hear, perhaps to day, "Big bankers have step ped in and stopped the de cline." ' That happens after little peo ple have been shaken out, and stocks have dropped to a fine investment basis. Millions today sorrowfully realize that it does not pay to gamble. ..... President Hoover's nlnn for n great system of inland water ways realizes, m prospect, tun hope of those that welcome an able engineer to ' the White ' House. Total expenditures . planned will nmniml to $325,000,000 mid every dollar will pay for itself ten times over. The President observes that the annual increase in expen diture will amount only to the cost of one-half of one battle ship. The President might have added that in modern war the whole of one battleship would he worth less than one-half of 10 cents, since battleships arc now merely targets for subma rines and airplanes, worth noth ing except to battleship build ers. The C'arncgio Foundation says college football is "tainted with money." Free teaching and cash bonuses are given to young men that can kick harfl, run fast, and tackle savagely. It would be more pleasing if colleges sought great teachers as eagerly as they seek great (puirterbacks. (Continued on Page Four) If women mil as small they're crocked up to Im they'd go bark to ulinc-top skin on' kick up now on' then. One o' the earliest merger o' which there in nnr recont It nnr krnut nn' mrc rih. FIND FALL GUILTY OF OIL BRIBE Former Secretary of Interior Took $100,000 Bribe From Doheny Is Verdict Recommends Mercy Serve Notice of Motion (for New Tial Doheny Trial Expected. WASHINGTON, Oct. 25. (JP) Albert E. Fall was found guilty today of acceptins a $100,000 bribe from Kdward L. Doheny for the least of the Klk Hills, Oil., naval oil reserve. The jury recommended to the court that the former interior sec retary he shown mercy. Kisht men and four women com posed the jury which convicted the 68-year-old man, now broken in health, of fiullt in this connection while servins us secretary of the interior in the Harding cabinet. The .verdict was hunded down nearly eight years after Fall re ceived the money from Doheny, ft friend of prospecting days when they and the west were young. First Oimo Won. The case was the first criminal action won by the government in thoae growing out of the celebrated senate pll investigations. The gov ernment has recovered the leases, but Full, once branded by the su preme court as a "faithless serv ant," Is the first person connected with the leases to be convicted. During the trial Full has appear ed In court most of the time in a wheel chair and on one occasion a recess had to be taken because of his condition. ' The four women and eight men on the jury stood as they announc ed their verdict Individually. One by tine they were polled, each replied: "Ouilty, with mercy of the court." As the jury, which had been out almost 24 hours, walked to their places, there was not another sound in the courtroom. "Ladies and gentlemen," asked the court, "have you reached a verdict?" "Yes," was the reply. "What is your verdict?" asked the court. Guilty Verdict. "Guilty." replied Foreman Thomas E. Morris. As the verdict was rendered, Fall slumped back in his big leather chair. Mrs. Fall and her daughters, Mrs. C. O. Chase and Mrs. Jouett Elliott, leaned forward in their Heats and wept. Mrs. Doheny sat with dry eyes. She slowly fanned herself. Her husband sat next to Fall, with little apparent emotion. He clapped his hand over his ear as the court reviewed the case. Tho courtroom was crowded to rapacity. Defen.se counsel served notice of a motion for a new trial. It was the third criminal charge Fall has faced as a result of his oil leasing policies. One charge, that of conspiring with Harry F. Sinclair, now la Jail on conviction of contempt of the court and the senate, ptill awaits trial. The, Sinclair-Fall charge was that of conspiracy to defraud the government of the Teapot Dom naval oil reserve. It was brought to trial In 1927, but resulted In a mistrial when Hums detect Ives hired by Sinclair were found shad owing the Jury. Subsequently, Sinclair stood trial alone and was acquitted, rind be cause of thl It has been expected the charge against Fall would be dismissed. The other charge against Fall was that of conspiring with Do heny to defraud In the Elk Hills lease. Hoth were ac(uitted. Defense counsel also announced nn effort for arrest of judgment would be made. ItoblHil of RlghlM. Frank J. Hogan. chief of the defense, said Fall was "robbed of his right for trial by Justice." "He wr,n robbed of his constitu tional rights by the Judge's charge," the lawyer said. Doheny burst out: "It's that damn court," he shout ed an he shook his fist. The verdict Is regarded by gov ernment prosecutor as meaning that Doheny will he placed on trial. WASHINGTON, Oct. 2.1. V Senator Walnh. Democrat. Mon tana, who led tho senate Investi gation Into the naval oil lenen. aid today on heorlng nf Kail's conviction: "Kvery right minded person ought to be gratified thnt this large measure of Justice hat been done," Appoint CotnmltIoner. PORTLAND. Oct, 25. C. M. Humphreys of Iji Grande wan appointed Tnlted Htates commis sioner for thnt city by Federal Judge Dean today. He succeed: Colon Fl. Kberhurd, resigned. Former Cabinet mm fc' -: -V- v j ' ; : - Associated t'reat Photo Albert H. Fall (left) whoso conviction of , accepting n bribe In connection villi the naval oil lease was announced today. Is shown with prim-iimts in the defenses left to right: Kdward lu Doheny, wit ness; Frank Hogan, Doheny 'a counsel, and Murk Thompson, counsel for Full. EOlilS!C.E.C0lHlE STRANGLED BYjOPENS TONIGHT YOUNG ROBBERIPROGRAM SAT. Twelve-Year-Old Tells of; Slaying Bed-Ridden Wo man When Found Pilfer ingJJresser Lost Money in Game of Dice. - NEW YORK, . Oct. 25. (P) A 12-year-old boy Was held on a charge of homicide today for atran Bting a 76-yeur-old widow who de tected him stealing ?3 from her dresser. Mrs. Clara Hewes, bed-ridden widow of "Hewes the Magician," awoke just as Edward Moran, the Janitor's son In the West 17th street apartment In which she lived, was leaving her room. "Edward," the boy quoted her as saying, "you put-that buck when. you got It." "So," suid Edward in his confes sion to the police, "we got to wras slln' and she tried to take the money away from me. But I got my -hands around her neck and gave her a shove, and she fell right back on the bed. She was so still 1 got scared. I then threw a brick i through the transom to nink ' everybody think it was robbers, and went back to school." Three hours after Edward had taken the money he had lost $2.50 of it in a game of dice and .had spent the remaining Bu cents' for candy. : Although Mrs. Hewes lived on charity and small sums she obtain ed by telling fortunes, who was found to have $1 5,000 in the sav ings accounts of four banks. Suspicion was directed to the boy when police learned he had stolen money from Mrs. Hewes be fore. E A truckload of 50 gallons nf alleged moonshine' whiskey, de clared to have been destined for Jackson county trade, was seized lat night by l-'edral Agent Terry Talent near Selmii and Dave Webb, 50 years old, was arrested for transportation and possession. Webb, a resident of tho mountain country near the Oregon-t 'nllfor niu line. Is being held in the Grant Pass jail with the probabil ity that federal charges may be placed against hfrn. Webb was driving an old model Ford truck and attempted to escape, related Officer Talent to day, but found thnt he could not climb up a steep 20-foot embank ment. Kvery time he made pro gress of a few feet. Webb slipped back to the roadway. The alleued moonshine was con tained In five ten-gallon kegs and was declared by the arresting offirer to have been tho poorest quality ho had ever seen. It con tained sediment, green spots, pre sumably from a mountain still, and fusel nil, containing sufjlcb'nt poison to cause blindness and pos. sihly death. MOONSHIN CAR CAPTURED ON REDWOOD AD Official Leaves Court Southern Oregon Young People Gather at First Christian Church for Cra ter Lake Union Meeting Rev. Nelson Speaker. . The Christian Kndeavor conven tion of Crater Lake I'niun, which opens this evening at tho First Christian church, will 'attract a large delegation of young people from ail over southern Oregon. Kev. It. W. Nelson, formerly pus tor of the First Presbyterian church of Phoenix will be the main speaker, lloss Uuiley, Htate field secretary, wilt take part In the program Saturday. Friday livening 5:00 Registration and assignment ment of entertainment; Medford Christian church. 0:00 Dinner for union officers, society presidents and conven tion speakers. 7:00 Registration and assignment of entertainment; Medford Christian church. 7:30 Song service, Hev. C. li. Porter. Prayer dedicating the conven tion, Rev. Mltchelmore. 8:00 Address of welcome, May A. W. Phipps. Response, 1,111a Martin. Announcements. Special number, Ashland Chris tian. 8: ao Address, "Jesus and Youth Carrying On," Rev. R. W. Nel son. tlcnediction. Ha tu rday's program Is ns fol lows: Saturday Morning. 8:45 Quiet Hour. Rev. Carman K. Moll. !:!" C n e r a I conference on graded C. K. Rev. W. P. Har ney. (1:40 funeral conference on three fCont Inned on lare Klx "Baby Faced Killer" Found Guilty; Bravado Lost As Fate Pronounced CHICAGO, Oct . 2 5. (A) Wee Willie Dundy, called tho 'Haby V WT Wllllo Doody. Fare KllWr." wns fminil guilty to day of murder, and sentenced t'J With Friends REMANS HOPEFUL FOR PILOT'S SAFETY General Belief That Dite man's Name Has Been i. Added to Toll of Aviation Death List in Atlantic Flight Attempt. NEW YORK, Oct. 25. (P) The nnrno of Urban Dltemun, Jr., waH generally believed today to liavs been added to the toll of those who tried to fly across the Atlantic and failed. Unsliihted and unheard of since he headed his midget monoplane, Gulden Hind, out to sea from Har bor Grace, N. V., on Tuesday, all but the most hopeful were con vinced that tils adventuresome pro ject hnd ended with a forced land ing In a stormy sea. Those who clung to the belief that the Montana nvintnr-stockman hud escaped pointed out the pos sibility thai he may have headed northward and landed In some iso lated Island or been picked up nt sea by asblti without wireless. One of those who refused to give up hope was his wife, who yester day at her home In Hillings, Mont., received a letter he had mailed from Harbor Grace before his take off. . Hut his 70-year-old mother at Portland, Ore., has becomo ro Hlgnod to tho belief that her son Ih dead. His father also, prior to leaving for Hillings to comfort his daughter-in-law and her two chil dren, said he was convinced his son was lost. Ih4iink Hospital Ads. J'OUTI,AND, Ore., Oct. 25. (0) Methods of advertising a hospital without violating the medical code of ethics were discussed today by more than 1 0 dc legates to tho Western Hospital association con vention here. The association em braces membership In all states west of the Kocky mountains. llf In the i-lectrlp rhalr. Tho Jury Iw.ih out two hours. I Dcioily wu tiL-H for the slaying ; of Charli'S lx?vy. rhw-f of police 1 ttf l'.c-rwyn. who was shot dead : luAt May. when he attempted to nrrest two men In a stolen nulo niolille. The convlrtlon was one of the few In recent years which j j have brought n death sentence I against defendants classified as KanKMier-Kunrnen. 1 The IXMxIy bravado, which had been noticeable throughout tho trial vanished when the Jury fore ' man announced the verdict. Tho ihort staturcd, "baby raced" loody dropped his head t his chest anil court officers rushed forward when it seemed he would collapse. He was led nway with two bailiffs holding hlin up. ' In closing arguments for the prosecution late yesterday, nsslsl iint Htatp's Attorney Harry llltch . borne said: "It's high time old i man public! got a break. We axs the death penulty for the sake of Illinois. We've got to stop mur der. You've got to stop It with your verdict." 1 STABILITY ' DEVELOPS IN MT Powerful Support Thrown Into Stock Market Aids Recovery From Panicky Condition of Thursday Trading Volume Again Enormous Closing Tone Noted Strong. WASHINGTON, Oct. l!.r UP) President Hoover HHtd today the fundamental bu.HliiL'tjB Htmctnre of the country is on a very sound -NKW YOltK. Oct. 25. (P) Pow erful support wns thrown into the stock market today and prices de veloped considerable stability, de spite an enormous volume of trad ing again severely taxing the trad ing capacity, and delaying the ticker more than an hour. Trading, however, fallod to all proximate the fervid pace of yes terday's near panic conditions, which resulted in the staggering volume of nearly 111,000,000 shares. Tho early buying movement cov ored virtually the entire list and gains of i! In 20 points from tho previous close wore recorded. A. M. Dyers rose 1!), Stnndnrd Gas & Klectrlc 13. Canadian Pacific 12, lOuslnian Kodak, 12v and Air Re duction 11. Advances of 6 to 9 points appeared In Goodyear Rub ber, Hush Terminal, American To bucco II, und American & Foreign Power, Western Union, Hrooklyn Union Gas, American Wuter Works, National Hisciit. Johns Mnnville, timet & Arizona, International Ilnr Itcpublic Iron & Steel, Bendix, Cnl vestor, Houston Oil, AUIs Chalmers and a few others. The feeling that the market had passed through its spasm of liqui dation' and had definitely changed for the better causod more confi dence In the late afternoon trading and prices made headway despite the persistence of air pockets In some of the high prices shares. The vitality of if. S. Stoel, Ameri can Can, Genornl Electric and American Helephono wns Instru mental in bringing In a Inrgo vol ume of outside orders. The clos ing wns strong. Sales approximat ed 0,500,000 Bhares. CHICAGO. Oct. 25. (fl1) C. Fred Stewart, one-time wealthy real es tate operator In flithurban lOvapH ton, committed ftulclda today by asphyxiation. Ills wife attributed his act to despair over losKea in the recent craflh of tho stock mar ket. The slump this week vlruutl ty wiped him out, associate! said. SHRK OFF FOR FESTIVITY A number of mcmbors of lllllnh Temple left here this morning for Mnrshflcld to attend the fall Shrine ceremonial, and a largo del egation from this city, Ashland, Klamath Kails and Grunts Pass will follow them tomorrow. Everything In nil set to welcome the Shrnlers from various temples throughout the west coast when they arrive In Mnrshfleld for the spectacular ono-day Jubilee. The merchants of tho coast city have co-opcruted in dressing up the streots and stores in .Shrine col ors. According to Potentate Jerry Jerome, Indications aro thnt tho Marshfiold cercmonlul will at least equal the one singed In Medford lost May. The lllllah patrol, winner of much acclaim In Los Angeles dur ing the Imperial session In June this year, will take a prominent pnrt In the activities during tho ceremonial sessions at Marshfleld. The captain, Rex Harnett, has heen busy the past two months getting his patrol prnctlced up so that they will he sure to make a good show lug. Klamath Kails' drum corps will also he on hand with the high typo of music for which It is known In southern Oregon. Specially chartered buses have been soeured for tho local Shrlners by Ilert Peasley, business mnnnger of the patrol, so that there will be transHrlntlon facilities nvailable for all who want to tuke the Coos Hay trip. EASTERN ORE. GRANGE TO MEET IN LA GRANDE I.A C1HANDK. Ore., Oct. SO. OP) Approximately Joo visitors are ex pected here tomorrow for tho con vention of the eastern Oregon members of the Htate Orange. MR F Naval Delegate MMa - . k In i " Charles G. Dawes WASHINGTON, Oct. Uli. (JP) Charles C Daw en. American am hassador to Crcat Britain, has heen determined upon by President 1 louver as a fourth delcxute to the forthcoming naval limitation con ference at Jjondon. LOCAL TRADERS SUFFER LITTLE E Buying Orders Noted By Medford Broker As Indi cating Confidence One Buyer Reports Loss of $1500 Thursday Slump. While the effects of the depres Hlon In the New York stock mar ket were felt generally throughout the country, Medford and the Hague River valley are believed to have fared well, according to con sensus of local traders today. A largo percentage of southern Ore gon people are Btock buyers but nono have been heard to utter any jouu eumpminiMv. , M. N. Jlogan, Medford broker agent, who has been in close touch with the situation, expects the stock market to remain somewhat choppy fur an Indefinite period and believes a number of stocks that have not been affected by the depression so fur may now drop at any time. He attributes the de pression to over-speculation and over-lnflatlon, and was not of the opinion that big money Interests were using engineering Ingenuity to crowd out smaller stockholders. "During the drastic decline of tho past week," he said this after noon, "I have not had a single selling order. On the other hand, there has been a constant stream nf buying orders which seems to Indicate that stock buyers of this valley have fared better than over tho country at largo." Local bankers, who were ques tioned on the stock depression, felt there was no reason for ularm. although stuck valuations have been lowered by over seven billion dollars during tho past week. That means that the small stock buyers. suffering to so mo extent by the losses distributed among many millions of buyers, will be more conservative In the future. Stocks will not be bought on such a large scale und this will tond to retard tho return of stuck murket prices to their former levels. Home families, dabbling In the market, will stint themselves on spending money for recreation. perhaps meaning they will go to u few less moving picture shows, and other forms of amusement, i The majority of tho small buyers! will continue to hold their stock In tho hope that It will return to Its former level or at least close, but tho market is In such unsettled condition that no prediction can be expressed what tomorrow's prices may be. One Medford fruit man reported today that the depression had also affected the fruit market to a certain extent, but not seriously. A local stock buyer , declared yesterday that he suffered more from tho prenciit depression than he had for the past 30 years he has been Interested In the market, hut he was optimistic that nor malcy would be reached In due course of time. Another buyer re ported the loss nf $!fi00 yestordoy, but laughed over the possibility that the money would remain lost. Ktock purchaHcrs who buy on a margin were most hard hit, being forced to sell by Inability to cover their louses. RATE RAISE DENIED POIITLA.NI, Ore., Oct. 26. (PI The Grants Pass water company wns denied Its petition for nn In crease In the present water rates nnd nn extension of time In which to make Improvements by n ruling Issued Thursday In Portland by the Oregon state public service' commission. The meeting wns nt-1 tended by city officials of Grants Pass and attorneys for the water, company. AR PANIC CODIES OF LAKE DEAD MARKSPOT Victims of Car Ferry Ca tastrophe Found Encased in Life Belts Near Ke nosha, Wis Boats Busy in Salvage Work Story of Sinking May Never Be Told, Is Belief. .MILWAUKHU, Oct. 25. (Jf) ,V dozen bodies marked the resting place of a Lake Michigan steamer and revealed the fate of her crew of 54. Kach encased In a life belt, they flouted among wreckage from their ill-fated ship, the Grand Trunk car ferry Milwaukee on the lake 1 0 miles southeast of Keno sha, Wis. A half dozen boats were detailed to steam to the scene und complete the work of salvage today. Last night, searchers recovered seven bodies and bits of wreckage which told how the Milwaukee plunged to the bottom during Tuesday night's storm. Tho story of the nctunl events loading up to the sinking seemed destined to remuin locked In the bosom of Lnke Michigan. The man who could hnve told Is dead. Ho is Cupt. Robert "Bud Weather" McKay, of Grand Haven, whose 50 years -of battling the treacher ous lake gales ended with defeat. His was the first body identified. While searchers were writing the last entry in the log of the Mil waukee "foundered" federal In vestigators were laying plans for an investigation of the tragedy, ono of the worst since the Lady LOlKin disaster In 1860. . , I'lun Investigation The United States steamboat In spection service, through Capt, William-A. Collins, of Milwaukee, wanted to know If the sinking of the vessel was due' to negligence of those who prdered the ship to clear port In the face of storm warnings or If the manner of handling the ship was contributory to the tragedy. The Grand Trunk commodore at Milwaukee, Capt. Charles A. Mc Laren, -said his company welcomed "any investigation that may he made Into the unfortunate affair,"' and added "my company would not knowingly take risks either with the lives of its employes or with Its proporty." Marine men hero, discussing tho cause of the disaster, believed that the freight cars carried In the hold wore torn from their moorings by the buffeting of the storm. RELAPSE IN: ILLNESS 'WASHINGTON. Oct. 25. OP) ' Senator Theodoro E. Burton of Ohio, hns suffered a serious re lapse In his illness and his fnmily today expressed apprehension over his condition. Will Rogers Says: NEW YORK, Oct. 25. I hnve been in Washington on inntigurntion tiny, Cluremore on the Fourth of July, Dear born on Edison tiny. But to have been in N c w York on "Wailing Day" when Wall Street took that tail spin, yon had to stand in line to get a window to jump out of, nnd speculators were sellili) spares for bod ies in the East river. If Eng land is mi posed by interna tional treaty to protect the Wailing Wall, they will hnw to como over here to do it. Tin: wall runs from the Bat tery to the Bronx. You know there is nothing that hollers as quick nnd ns loud us n gambler. They even blame it on Hoover's Fedora hat. Xow they know what the farmer has been tip against for eight years. Yours, WILL ROGERS. G
