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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