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Trtoone The Weather, Forecast: Tonight nnd Sunday fnlr. No t'luingo in temperature. EDFORD Temperature Ugliest yostcrtlnj- 10 Loivittt this lllOrillllg 'IJ Dally Twenty-fourth Year. H'etUr riflr-tlllitb Yrar. MEDFORD, OREGON. MONDAY. XOEVM lNK 11. 1S)'J!). No. 2X1. M Mail Today By Arthur Brisbane The Banker Killed Himself ftfThe Girl Returns to Work nisi hit neiyiuei. China Still Fighting. (Copyright by Kins Feature! Syndicate Inc.) Wall street's crash carried many little 'people to destruc tion. Thousands are broken hearted, cursins their folly; some unimportant, killed them selves, others disappeared. Saturday c a m c the first "hiji" victim of the stock col lapse. J. J. Iiiordah, head of the important County Trust company in New York, thought to he enormously wealthy, aide to Rive ..")( 1,001 I to a national )p3iiiai.rn, shot himself t o death, l'riends report his com pany's affairs in order, and believe his mind was unsettled bv slock losses. H In Camden, N.' .1., n bank clerk, '2S years old, salary n week nivcs himself up, say nI he had stolen $75,(100 for stock gambling:, meanin; to re turn it. He could not sleep and wanted to no to jail. His salary was small for an important position. Included in AVall street wreckage is Miss Margaret Sliotwell, talented. young pian ist. She inherited $000,000 in Reynolds Tobacco slock, as good as gold, or better. Hut what is $000,(100 to a girl with , talent ? ,w.. :; . 1 .., ,, " She used liar Reynolds stock 'ns margin for stock gambling and it is all gone, wiped out, nnd she owes her broker $50, 000 besides. J Heing a philosopher the young lady says " I am through playing the market, and am go ing hack to play the piano." That is the right spirit,1 and hopeful for the broker's $.10,. 0(10. i 4-4 The Oermans have launched their O-HS, the first "freight boat of the air," largest land craft in the world. It flew V.10 miles an hour yesterday, car rying more than thirty-four tons of carfjo, four engines, wings ten feet thick. This boat would go to San r'rancisen from New York in twenty hours. Keonoinically run, using Diesel engines, as they'might do, such air freight ers could deliver in New York, Chicago, Pittsburgh,, ripe fruit picked the (lay before in Cali fornia, Klorjda, or on the gulf Toast, flying high, no. need of refrigeration. It would pay to carry 31 tons of ripe strawberries, (Continued on page Four) : V .... . AVF" 3 ii Jlohlin n mum mjti'tnrr is Stirrer t nongli fer ilcizrn wnmrii, Hello, iMtw'f It rump I've got it riollnr? Tlml flllin' Mnllmt feller Itu mnilr a inHflke," Mild rnrnirr Juke lipniVy i.ir. Ml HsTfl PAT HONOR WAR DEAD OF NATION Hoover Heads Official Ob servance of Armistice Day Achievement in World Peace Cause of Pride Legion Posts in Ceremonies Hoover On Air Hookup Tonight. I'AttlK. Nov. II. (A) (.enerul . John J. lVrslihiK visited fornu'r I'rviuift t.'k-niriicfau this ufter j noon to pay his Armistice day re j speots. j WASHINGTON", Nov. II. W) (With pride in America's iichicve i monts in the cau.se of world peace and paying impressive tribute to the world war dead, the govern ment's officialdom, ii e a d e d y President I loover, joined with the rest of the nation today in observ ing tho eleventh anniversary of the sinfne; of the armistice. Opening the commemoration was the recital of burial services over the plain marble slab in Arling ton 1 cemetery, under which lies America's unknown soldier, and then as the most notable exercise of the afternoon u memorial ser vice at the tomb of Woodrow Wil son, the war-time president, In the national cathedral. President Hoover will deliver nn add res.- tonight under the auspices of the American Legion to a distin guished audience of government officials, diplomats and world war veterans. Throughout the nation, exor cises, parades and addresses form ed the program commemoration, Legion Leaders. The 12,444 posts of the Amerl rnn Legion, numbering r . .850,000 war veteran members, took the leadership in ceremonies through out the nation. As the first event of the tm- 'Continued on Pngn Ettrht) T Railroad Chief Has Nothing . to Tell Public About Rum Party After Grand Jury Appearance Respects Proprieties. WASHINGTON, Nov. 11. A) K. 10. Loom is, president of the Le h iii h Ya I ley ra 1 1 roa d, after ap pearing before Jhe grand Jury today in connection with the "Wall street booze party" three years ago, paid he had nothing to dis cuss for the public, odding "you will have to rely upon the labo ratory nnd experience and smelling propensities of Senator Jlrook hart." ' it rook hart, who made n speech before the senate describing the dinner which he and Loom Is at tended, had previously testified before the grand Jury. In his se m 1 1 e add ress the Jo va n as - sorted he saw Ioomls pour some "alcoholic stuff fnun a flask and drink it. Loom is, who accepted nn Invi tation by District Attorney liovcr to nppear before the grand Jury, said after leaving the Jury room: "It was a private dinner, and I was n guest and t have mo Idea of proprieties." r-onfcrH Willi llfivrr. lie fore Ruing to the jury room Loom Is r conferred with 1 lover fo, 10 minute In the hitter's office.- Frank H. Halght, managi'i of the Wilhtnl hotel, another wit ness who hud been Invited to tell the jury about the dinner, fol lowed Loomis to the court house and went Into a conference with Assistant District Attorney Ki ndly. A third witness. Invited todav. Walter Liggett, author of a magazine article dealing with liquor conditions in Washington conferred with Neil llurknahnw. another assistant district attorney. Writing In the current Issue of Plain Talk. LiccMt et Invited Washington's weekly consumption of hard liquor at 32.oaft quarts weekly, asserted that 4000 people nre engaged In the linunr traffic hre and raid In add tf ton that "ihw In plenty of drinking In high government circle nnd thnr fapltol Hill l probably the wet-1 test place in WashinRton." LOOMS SILEN ON DETAILS OF 1011! DINNER vista of I TOOK 3 MILLIONS FLINT. Mich., -.Nov. 11. () I, The gross Khortuge In the funds of the Tnion Industrial bunk here, disclosed recently with tho nn- j nouncement that Several Junior j executives had admitted vising the bank funds in stock market spec ulations, has reached $3,592.000. it was announced t the regular meeting of the hoard of directors! at noon today. With deductions, I through Insurance settlement nnd ; other recoveries, it was said, tho j net shortage will ho . less than $2,000,000. SHANtillAL Nov. 11. W) A spokesmnn for the foreign minis- ; try of tlie Nationalist government j today stated that tho United States had submitted the name of Nelson Johnson to be American minister to China, succeeding John V. A. Mac.Murrny. It was considered nm certain that Johnson would he ac ceptable to China. Aat : TIP O.I IM)IA.lOI.IH, lucL, Nov. II. O. L. Ibslcnbauier. tinilniml i-oinimimler nf the Ainetlrail Leinn. Im1ii- IhiiciI tut Arinlstlcv Ibiy mcHWige lo the people of America ns follintst 'Meniorli's (if the gallant service Hrf'ormet hy the men of nicflni nn (he lsitlbricld f l'mncr. Mime tl.HMlhig hnk to clar hli nil ever-lnrrmslng vlvhlne-s. We turn Imck ihe Migi- of the past and Ihe again ihoe never-to.lH forgotten moments or vlclorr which brought iiiirfMrnhM-d )o and HtliHliM'M of ilit world. "The American Ix-gion, roinpineil of the men tvlio bclp-d make poHMihle that grenl a blevemciit of eleven year ago. Is Ksl tjr cngageil In the lnk or preserving nnd Hnetiiiithig In itraei Hiom saitii lilgli IdcaU of scrvlec which In-plrcd our men In 1017 and 1IN to mke llntr llcs for their roiiniry. ' Arml-ilM liny Uis Meiilhir slgullUriice to Hie men of Hie Legion hectiiiK It Hot only rehe rlieri-lietl mcmnrlcM bwi It rves to luipros iifoii nil veteran ihilr duty of (Hintiniicil wrvlc lo Ihe nation, A tiny of Joy Ihouitli Oil nmy he. Mill It strike hard Ihe note of loyally which clwmtctcri.c il tb" 4-nlce of our men In time ofwar ami which slionid elutrnrierlM itielr wntce In time of Mure. 'Conerlvcil out nf the rommon Inlerewis of Ihon who serriMl, Ihe spirit of the American leglon IfMlay n Ihe spirit which spurn'd our men to noble denU on Ihe field of buttle. Tlie legion U Juttiryliiff lis existence nllh pnigrnm of rvkkI rltlwnshlp, with uotlHiig de vol Ion o Hie care or our fllmhlctl cfinirnde nnd deienilent children of veteran, ailvunelng the principle ((f Ann rl( aitltm, nnd Riving1 iinMirih service lounnls t be tieiiertnent of our city, slate and nnllon. Our wlrlirnlhin of Ihl Arnil-t-e lny. htmevrr, would lie to no vnl If vie do tint tle ndrnn Inge of Hie -plcmlld oiiNrtuniiy It affonU. to plelge nnevv our alienism" o Hag and eotintrr, nnd lo rvtUit uNtn iIh diitlr noil olillxnllon which we, at rltlxrii, owe to Ihe list Inn. The lives, which were ntirrl out hi Hie IiIjim of tho World War. will not hnvo been smririord hi vain If we dedicate our be- efforin lo the tiplirt of tlie nnllon nnd lo Ihe retervnllon or Hhim glorious principle of freedom nnd detiiormcr for tvhlrh our crHiirnihn ilhil.-" The American Legion Carries On ARMISTICE DAY 1918 1929 Dy JAMES W. GOOD Secretary of War ELEVEN year ago today, the gun that for four jjnars bad clamored their dreadful chorus from the Nortt Sea to ' the Swiss Alps, were aUenced. , The greatest war of all history, a vast and desperate struggle reaching to tha roots of human life, had come to an end.' ' " '$ , We, with olher peoples, had made a solemn aaerlTice for the amelioration of the work! and each pouting year has brought a deeper appreciation of the nobility and algalficaneo of that sacrifice. No words we speak, no monumrnU we bnild, can pay adequate tribute to the devotion, the heroism and indsvance of .Ihotte who gave their lives and all that life means in order that we might achieve victory, but as each succeeding November brings another Armistice day we keep faith with them by1 reconsecrating ourselves to the establishment of lasting peace.- Since we celebrated this day of human triumph a year' ago much progress has beeo made along definite tinea to insure International amily.J The outlawry of war and the proposed disarmament conference are palpable'evidence that we stand with all our moral and materiel strength on the side of peace We are true fo mir IniKl with Ibe dead and a.' with the' coming of this day we look backward down the lengthening lie yean we gratefully remember their and derite new inspiration and courage lo meet .4 ah beneficiarhrs of Ihcir. sarrifices-f . TAKES STOCKS TO NEW L XRW YORK. Nov. 1 1 . (JP) V. H. Steel common nnd several, other leading issues broke to their low est levels on the current decline In a steady stream of selling today, which carried scores of leading Issues down $fi to nearly $2fi u shnre. in the abbreviated trading session on the New York Stock Kxchange. Closing quotations of some of the leaders were: IT. S. Steel com- j mon, $159.50, off $11.60; General j Motors, $40, off $3; General Elec- j trie, $103, off $22; Anaconda, $S2, ; off $4.76; Montgomery Ward, j $54.87, off $3.02; American and Foreign Power $fil, off $6.25; j Johns Manville, $96, off $20; Cn-; nadian Pacific, $103, off $3; Erie,' 61. off $I.X7. There were no nd verso trade or business developments over the week-end to account for the re newal of selling, hut the suicide of James J. Hiordnn. New York hanker, who had been prominent ly identified with a group of men i . Ilodenhamer ows l. Commander-Tht American Legion berotc'spiril1 robligalions TARIFF BALLOTS WASHINGTON. Nov. 11. P)- Vice-President Curtis' presenc6 In Chicago today for nn Armistice day address prevented mo Dress ing.. .of a 31 tit 31 vote In tho senate und resulted In the defeat of a Republican finance committee amendment to" the tariff bill to ro-j store the existing duly of 45 cents' a pound on tungsten ore, a steel making raw material. j Senator McNary of Oregon, pre-j siding at the time, had voted j when his name had been called I on the ballot. This prevented hltn from casting a ballot as the presiding officer.. ' SEE RAIN AND SNOW . IN EASTERN OREGON MEiJD, Ore., No. 11. UP) Rain and nnow swept over eastern Ore gon and today the high points of the Cascades nnd the Ml no Moun tains wero white. Heavy biiow Is rnitnrffwt In linvn fallen In the Mf Kenaite pass country. Temperature I dropped low. iictfvo In Mock innrkt't oprnittnnn In thn !nt few ynai-H. riiuxcil ui.lo xprpfirl uncaxInrxH, an.l mui-h ncr vouk lUiuliliillnn. Is .Jr WRECK . FAST TRAIN Bandit Pair Pry Up Near Saugus, Cal gineer May Die Burns Received Rails When Boiler Explodes Loot Is Placed at $500-Posses Searching Countryside. LOS ANGKLKfc, Cal., Nov. 11. iA In the deso!att mountain ous country six miles west of Sau gus, Cal.. two desperadoes staged a bold holdup of the West Coast limited of the - Southern Pacific company last night by wrecking the speeding train nnd probably fatally injuring lis engineer. Their loot was approximately' (TiOO. . The robbers, working with nn a p p a r e n t f y well-planned plot, chose a curve in the tracks to pry loose 10 lengths of rail with tools they aro believed to have stolen from an euuipmcnt shed at Sau gus. Saugus Is about 40 miles north of here. . The speeding locomotive hit the weakened rails nnd plowed Into a ditch, overturning and carrying with it baggage and mail cars and two coaches. Tho engine holler exploded. In flicting burns on It. C Itall, the engineer, which may cause his death. No others were hurt and the seven other ears of the train re mained upright. , . As the train crashed to a hnl, two masked men waving revolvers, appeared out of the confusion and dark' In a sleeping cur four lengths from tho end of the train. Hob Conductor, They encountered .Conductor Oils m. Fi-enctn One.pf them siud (Continued on I'ngo KlKht) TO OPEN MEET HERE TUESDAY State Horticultural Conven tion Comes This Week- Industry Will Be Studied Fruit Sections Sending Delegates. The fiOth annual meeting of the Oregon State Horticultural associ ation will begin here' Ihls week. The (larden Clubs of Oregon, re cently ufflllnied with the Horticul tural society, will convene tomor row, with representatives present from Portland, Salem, L'ugene, Itoseburg, Corvallls, (I ranis Pass, Ashland, and other western Ore gon points. Tho Harden club of .Medford will he the host club, Mrs. Carl A, Swlgart president. The (larden club meeting will be devoted to a program looking to the preservation of natural scenery, beaiitlficallon of cities ami highways, and other kindred mutters. The first session of the Horticul tural association will ho field Wed nesday morning. All meetings, will be In the Klks temple. The morning program for Wed nesday will be devoted to prelim inary organization and addresses hy H. Van I locvenberg, .If,, presi dent of the State Horticultural so ciety, and Albert (lurch, president of the I'Yuhgrowers league, ' During the course of ihe con vention, which concludes Friday, the fruit Industry from nil angles .will be discussed, with talks by ad vertising nnd marketing experts, heads of growers organizations In the Vaki uia and Wenateiiee dis tricts of Washington, nnd members of tho faculty of the University of 'a 1 1 Torn la and the Oregon Stato college. ; Delegates from the leading fruit sections of the Paciric coast will attend. At forum meetings, held evenings and somewhat apart from the regular sessions, the practica bility of an Advertising campaign will he discussed. The program for the meeting, broad and comprehensive In Its scope, was arranged by the pro gram committee composed of local growers, with David H. Rosenberg chairman nnd Paul Scherer nnd Albert Huch lis members. The Horticultural society has a paid up membership In thin valley of 2it(i members, It Is expected thai between S.'0 nnd 4uo will he In daily attendance at the meeting's. IN HOLDUP GARDEN CLUBS -'ad Hal Choice, L any ! J f 5 "fr DKltLIN. (,Vt The real flaxen-haired and blue -eyed (icrnuiu "(Jretchons" between the ages of 24 and 2S have 4 the best chances to get mar- tied, in the opinion of matrl- mnnial agcnciefi. ltlumles, but not would-be blondes, are high in favor nowadays, as they are thought to possess all the talents that make good companions. .Men customers always ask for the "hausfrau" type and say that flappers do not, ns a rule, he- come good housewives. L Former Texas Appeals Court Judge Denies Knowledge of Slaying 28-Year-Old Court Stenographer Stab bed With Bowie Knife Accused Man at Drinking Party. AIHTIN. Ttx., Nov. 11. M) AcuuKod nt HtiibbhiK tn dontli n. Hllpri'mo vnuvl HlmKniphr, John W. Ui-tuly, furmci-. civil upihmIh court JuiIro and niittnmilly Unown ImrrlHlor, ilimluU tixluy In hlH coll all knowlcdKO of tho murder. Brjidy. )vaHjhaiBd Jteaterdajt: wiUi tho Hlayliw Hitturday nlKht at Minx I.i'lilla JIlKliKmllh, US. Donlul ciune thiouKh his luwyer, 8nm Dlcken. Ulckons Huld Brndy, who Ir 60, had no UnowlpdKe of MIbh Hlffh Hmlth'H death or tho evontH Imme diately prior thereto, addlnn that the former JtidRe of tho third court of civil aiipealH wan . "allocked" when ho learned murder chare had hocn filed URainst him. Tho flrot person admitted to (ho accuxed man'a cell waB hl wife, to whom the news wan broken hy two HlNtei-H of charity, . Mi-h. Brady' cnnipauionH on, orrandH of mercy in tho poorer nectloiiH of Auittln. What wub wild in that firm Inter view in not known, hut when Mrs. Ilnnly came out nho declared he would Bland hy hor husband "in all his troul))e." On Drinking Party llrady'B nttorney mild Brady went Saturday to tho Texas unl-veiBlly-llaylor football Rnino nnd later wljh friends who wero drlnk- IllR. .Miss HlRhamlth, stenoRrnpher for tho suremo court commission of appeals, was stabbed to the heart with what was described ns a 12-lnch knlfo soon after she ulluhU'd from nn automobile In front of hor apartment. Tho only witness, Frank (irahnm, Jr., n. stu dent at tho University of Texas, refused to tell his story to anyone except tho county attorney. Just before the stnhhinR, F. K. MoNnuRhton, Inside tho npartmont house, hoard u man and a woman liuitTcllnR on the front- porch. Then lie hoard a scream, he said. He ran out anil wrested a knife from llrady'B hand, llrudy he suld had one fiiiRer cut but said noth- IliR. Officers who arrested him said lie seemed In n time. ltratty formerly was county at torney of Travis county, member of the third court of civil appeals. nssl.Htant nttorney general, nnd nn attorney for tho stale hnnkltiK board ilurliiK the administration of former Governor .lames K. KerRU son. his friend. (Iraduate of the University of Texas, he has been interested in the unlversity'fl af fairs, and an actlvo worker In tho KnlKhts of Columbus, MINM:AI()I,IH. Nov. 11. (PI Public utility plants allied with the W. Il, Koshay company, whirh went Into receivership here n week affo, will continue their operations, said a Htntement lulled today hy Joseph K'hapman, receiver of the company. I'xi'litinge Firm Falls NKW YORK. Nov. 11. P) The New York Produce Kxchnnge firm of Moiitford and Malone wn posted today as unable to meet its engagements. Oregon Wrnthcr. Oregon: Fair tonight nnd Tnesilny, with moinlnR valley fogs and Increasing cloudiness west portion tonight. .Y.ndornlo vari able winds beenuiiliR southerly on the const. "Gretchen. As Matt A KILLS WITH KNIFE LOCAL VETS CELEBRATE Ai E Men of Three Conflicts Mrch in Observance of World War End-G. A. R. Ranks Reduced to Four Floats Feature Noon Feast at Elks Temple Annual Ball Tonight. Veterans of three wara marched this forenoon In observance of the eleventh Armistice Day, and their numbers were larser than in yenrs past, with the exception of vete rans of the, CHI I war nnd. they had dwindled do w n to four marchers, old and feeble, but still able to keep a, proud salt. Tho purade was the heRinnlng of tho anuuul Armistice Uay celebration and attracted more than averauu crowds to .Main street, lined Willi spectators from Oukdaie avenue to Kiverside. . . i An "Interesting- feature of tho parade' was the number of World war veterans who were in tho lino of march. Instead of tho usual small handful, thero. wero over 150 In double file and tho same held true for the Upanlsh Amerlcnn War veterans of whom there, were between 35 and 40. .' Success of tho parade committee efforts wttB also shown In the in creased .number of floats, entered " by lodges nnd organizations. Many Mareliers. . Led ' on a prancing steed by Marshal H. s. Deuel, tho lino of march included tho ' following: ' American Legion Drum Corps, Headquarters company, Company A, O. N. a O, ' A.- Ii. marchers, Women's Relief Corps, G. A. SI. ;VWTln'oTitosvhAmerioirrljegluir"l'"m!""''i World War Veterans, American''" I.OKlurt Auxiliary, 40 et 8 train, Hpnnlsh War Veterans, Auxiliary, Ked Cross float, Salvation Army band, D. A. II. float, Jacksonvllla fire cart, Jacksonville float, Bulck autos, Marquette nutos, Christian church car, Lutheran, church car, . Klks'. band,' Elks' service flag, B. -. &!. Women's club float, high schqpl bnrtd, decorated high school ears, Redmcn lodRe, Redmen float, I. O. O. P .float, I. o. O. F. canton, Canton auxiliary, I. o. O. F. mem bers, R. N. A. juveniles, Rebekahs, Hoy Scout troops, St. Mnry'B Acad emy. Bombs Signal Hour. Tho parade followed the dom- onstratlon of lndder climbing by tlie fire department at' the Hotel Medford, where large crowds had Rathered to watch the firemen ro through special drills. - At 11 o'clock, 1 1 bombs were fired, commemorating 11 o'clock of 191.H ' when peace came to a war strick en world. The parade began on schedule and was declured to ho one of the best seen In years, es pecially In the way of floats, rep resenlatlx'o of much effort on tho part bf their makers. " The blR event for this afternoon (Continued on Pnge Bight) FOUR KILLED OAKDALE, Tenn., Nov. 11. (A3) Four persons wore known tn have been killed and more than 60 passengers Injured In the wreck near here enrly today of the Ponce da l-cou, Inst northbound imssen- Kcr train of the southern railway. Three of the dead wore train mo.u. The other, was Marlon llnidHlinw of St, Augustine, Flu. The wreck occurred on n curve nt 1 : :!0 o'clock this morning at (lion Mnry, 25 miles north of hero. The exact cause was not known. Nine donches loft the track. The heaviest casualties among the pas sengers Injured were In the first three cars which were filled. with excursionists who had spent Sun day Wi Chattanooga and on Look nut mountain. The body ot Engineer Elsman was pinned under the engine nnd hnd not been recovered. The Injured were taken to Som erset, Ky., Rnckwood, Tenn., and to Chattanooga. John Russell, 17, of Mill Springs, X. C wan among the passengers Injured. He Buffered a fractured skull and other Injuries which left him partially paralysed. Tho I'nnce dp Leon Is a fast Southern railway passenger train which operates between Cincinnati nnd Florida. The wrecked train, known as nunilicr 2, north honnil, left Atlanlnc last night at six o'clock. IN WRECK ON SOUTHERN R.R. . .