Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, November 14, 1929, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextT edford Mail Tribune The Weather Forecast: Fnlr tonight nnd lYUIay. No rliangc ill temperature. Temperature Highest yesterday .... Imist this morning 5 Dillr Tventj-fourth Year. Mitkj Firnr-tiKhtb Year. TWELVE PAGES MEDFORD, OREGOX, TlirKNDAY, NOV KM I'.KR II. !!):!). Xo. 2:W. ' PEAR PESTS TRI STATE Admits CK Deaths Life Futile.' She Jumped. Starvation in War. Uhu I in no Hnn't Pot Men true 77th Generation M I... i i i J ICADIV TAVil Bandits Wreck Train to Hold Up Passengers Today tAKLi I flAi1 - By Arthur Brisbane... . !A k fll I HPf L 1 ! Ifr''?!!? DISCUSSED AT SESSION ! ISMApfl i m. mini m! MxIte I III 1 1 n Mil I U ftVV -1 ia t"ail (Copyright by King Feature Syndicate, Inc.) A frirl of IS, well educated, liiindsome, hired mi airplane mid jumped to her dentil, when 2000 feet up. Her fare well note says: "Life is futile, to jo 011 living is wrong," and asks "What shall 1 find in death?" Whatever she finds, the young lady, on arrival, should uol go up in a plane and jump out. She found an interesting world with great possibilities here and should have stayed. y Had she married at 17 and liad n hahy at IS sh.; would still he here, fussing ahont the l.ahy. Too much introspection, an mi natural life filled with vague theories producing temporary insanity are responsible for the sad tragedy. We are here to work, help others around us, and make the world better for those that fol low, as our predecessors made it better for us; do our duty, and not ask Fate tpiestions. Kate never answers, earnest work always answers, satisfac torily. 1 President Hoover would pre vent food blockades, thus end ing, the waging of war by star vation. .,, : Unlimited food would-mean a longer war, more killed. , But .killing only decimates nnd affects the living genera tion. Starvation injures gen erations unborn. Soldiers are fed, children go hungry. Science shows that powerful nations today all descend from " cannibals. Under cannibalism the children of strong men and women always had plenty of meat, while those too weak to catch and eat men starved, dwindled, died out. Concerning n meat diet, Mr. llagenbeek, owner of the world's greatest collection of wild animuls, brings from Eu rope this news: Lions do not eat carniverous wild animals; i.they only eat vegetarian ante lopes, giraffes, etc. They know by the smell that man is carniverous nnd ignore him as not "good to eat." If (ieorge Bernard Shaw, confirmed vegetarian., went to Africa, lions would get him. This interests Swift, Armour, etc., seeking to discourage the (Continued on PnRO Kour) The leave 'II nonn he (rone on' Um-ii Uio "room for tourist" Mljrti 'II hare the lnmlp nil to tfmti vlrrx. Wlrni miiiip folks can'i Mlt "t any other vmjr lliejr eome ont In MHteiiient. (Copyright John K. THIle Co.) FOOT OAiL. iiL Reduction Before Christmas Promised By Chairman of House Committee Will Cost Government 85 lion Current Fiscal Year . Democrats to Confer ., On Plan. Washington, Nov. u.(i) Tax reduction "before Christmas' was the promise mndc today by Chairman llawlcy of the houtie ways nnd means committee v.-hlc'i must initiate legislation :o carry out the treasury proposal for a $16A. 000.000 revenue cut. Hnwley said the- suggested re duction would cost the government only about $85,000,(100 in the cur rent fiscal year. In the next fiscal year, he said congress could re enact nnother plan of temporary reduction. AVASHIXCTOX, Nov. 14. OP) Tax reduction a material slash in the Rovernment's annual nHess- ment upon the incomes of millions of individuals nnd business institu tion? today was definitely nnd imminently in prospect. A general cut of one per cent in the normal rate of taxation applic able to incomes of the present cal endar year and effective all a Ions: the lino, from the mammoth cor poration to the simple wage earner whose earnings Just exceed - his personal exemption. Is planned hy the treasury department. Frog-nun Drawn A detailed program , lias been drawn up. after a careful exami nation of the many factors which control government revenues nnd expenditures and, with the appro val of President Hoover, will he recommended, to congress for im mediate action when the national legislature meets, next - month in regular session. All this wuh rovealed by Keore tnry Mellon in a statement pub lished today and Issued after , a series of conferences with his ranking lieutenants In the depart ment and with President Hoover. The desire Of Mr. Hoover and Mr. Mellon for tax (reduction has j been well known for many months hut in their own view n detcrniln- j ation of the effect of "many clr- oumstanecs, upon the nations fi nances was necessary before action could be taken. Although saying that complete estimates of government needs as compared with prospective gov ernment revenues were not yet available, Mr. Mellon, In a state ment, asserted that the study of the situation had progressed to such nn extent that a recommen datfon for tax reduction could be made. Iltislnoss Prosperous "The Indications are that busi ness profits, dividends, interest and wage payments In 1929 will considerably exceed those of the year 1 JH'S," 'ho said. "Our esti mates indicate (hat the govern ment should close both the fiscal years of 1930 nnd 1931 with a surplus. Tnkinc nil factors Into consideration, the secretary of the treasury, with the npproval of the president, will recommend tax re duction to the congivss." Congressional leaders In charge of revenue legislation gave their tentative approval to the reduction proposal nt conference with Mel lon late yesterday. ' Speaking for the senate Demo crats, Senators Simmons of North Cnrnlina nnd Harrison of Missis sippi, announced that their appro val would have to he tentative, until they had conferred with col leagues. Present Proposed First $4000 taxable income , i, rr t( $4000 trt IS00O 3 2 SSO00 and over fi 4 ( orporatlon tax rate IJ l NEW YORK. Nov. 14. P) Former Governor Alfred K. Smith today announced that he had re signed nn a director of the Metro politan Ufc Insurance company. He tendered his i-esiunatlon h month ago. nONN. Germany, Nov. 14. iJP) The Krlm trrigl-romlc note that en veloped the last days of Princess Victoria Hchaumburg-Lippe, slot or of tho former knlscr, was again sounded today with the arrest of Alexander Subkoff, her youthful husband, whose escapades hhdj caused his exile from Germany. AL SMITH RESIGNS AS ILINE ON COAST iMOiinAMor ninrnTnn! tii.il laHiii if mr ill; i MH- hSSBJKSB W3BK. -MXIT , n : I , -4 Associated Press Feature Service.) j: J 1 Derailed Southern Pacific lorumutivc near Sntigiis. Cal.. a 1 1 or !l ws v recked Ity handlts who la I or U Associated Press Feature Service.) Derailed Southern Pacific Im'nmoiivo near Saugiis. 'al.. at lor !l robbed passenger. Kiigliieer It. l UNIVERSITY SB LI WiLL CHEST REPORTS HELD AS SLAYER EQUAL RUNNING SHOW $12,878 i . OF SPOKANE COPtTIME OF ESPEE Long List of Robberies and Gun Play, Admitted By 16-Year-pld Boy After Arrest Companion" Ar rested in Minneapolis. SPOKANE. Wash., Nov. 14. (JP) A 10 year old Minneapolis boy, who admitted io' poUc a long' list of robberies nhfl shootings today faced the charge of murdering a detective. - "; Robert M. Landis, the hoy, shot Detective Roy Fordyee who was searching him for concealed weap ons In a hotel room yesterday afternoon. Lrfindis' right arm was broken, by a shot from Detective George Bradley's pistol, and his head was bashed with a pistol butt in tne struggle to arrest him after the officer was shot. The detec tives had seen him purchase a pistol and had gone to the room to find whnt use he intended putting the weapon when Jtndls suddenly opened fire. The youth first insisted he was Ralph M. Lai-sen, of Knu Claire, Wis., because, he assorted, he was afraid he would be returned to Minnesota to face habitual crim inal charges, but after several hours of questioning he admitted his identity. "Well, I'm Landis," he finally said. "I left Minneapolis lost Sat urday, after pulling a Job there. A man got shot.' I think it was in a drug store. I threw nwny one of the guns, nnd I told the folks J was going away go west and straighten up. I wuh a student at St. John's university at Collcge vllle: they sent me there to straighten up." Jandis told police that he had committed "lb or 12 Jobs" since September, when he wus paroled from the Minnesota state reforma tory. Minneapolis police said they hail arrested H. A. Pnmdeau, be hoved to have been Lund is' com panion in several of the holds. ST. l.OtIS, Nov. II. 0T- Ac quisition of the Maddux Air lAnv un the Pacific coast by the Trans continental Air Transport, Inc. effective November lit, , was an nounced today at the general' of fices or the T. A: T. The announcement said the nw line would bp' operated as the T. A. T. Maddux line flhd will b Jointly operated along the we.t const and between Hun Kt um-isco and Agun Caliente, Mexico, adding approximately 1000 miles of air line to the T. A. T. system. I, OK ANGKI.KS. Nov. 14. Airplane transports, flying pas sentters night nnd day across the Fnlted States on a 12-liour sched ule, were prcilhlcd by aircraft authorities In papers read lam night before the Southern Cali fornia section of tht society of automotive engineer and the aero, nautical chamber of oftimore f America. in a t AnoTiinroDI rLHIimilini iK.A.I. ALUUIRtbiAQ AFTERMATH iiiunniiv rnii iH0 ftt ILniflHinj v h i A Hrn H i i Hull vas sorionsly Injurvd. . SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 14. &) j The Southern Pacific today re-J sumed attacks on Western Pacific ( and" Grout Northern testimony sup- . porting the petitions of the latter roads to build n 2U0 mile railroad ' in California. The purpose of the j proposed line is to link the two systems and thereby open new transcontinental connections ns i well as provide a lew coastwise j I rail route. The. second day of the interstate commerce commission hearing on the petition opened at 9 a. m., C. S. Mahaffle, chief examiner for the commission," piV'sldl'iig. '"'' E. J. -Foulds, Southern Pacific attorney, . drew from President Hurry M. Adams, of the Western Pacific,, In crogs examination, the statement that the "Shasta arbi trary" might lie removed by the Southern Pacific - without the ne cessity of building a new line from California into the north. He re ferred to the charge of $18 to $24 applied by the Southern Pacific on tianf continental fares ' coining Into California from Portland to San .Francisco. . The charge Is an mid it ion to the rate charged by central nnd southern routes across the country. Fotilds also drew from Adonis the admission that the San Frnn- I Cisco-Port land route over the . Western Pacific nnd Great Nor I thern lines would bo about 106 miles lunger than the Southern Pacific routes between those points. Adams added, however, that the Western Pacific anil the Great Northern . will match the running time of the Southern Pa cific between Portland and. San Francisco. The Western Pacific president i said his company would start run ning one train daily each way as soon as the new line is completed. Regular passenger and sleeper service wjll be provided between Chicago and Sea tile as northern terminal and San Francisco the southern terminal. i.os ANfirn.Ks ,iv a pi. Alexander Pantages. wealthy G4 ' year old showman sentenced to a one-to-fifty years orison term for j criminally at tacking Kuniee Prin gle, young dancer, today was sued for SHHt. Unit damages bv NtcboliiK Duueuv, l?iJnlan playwright, and j a principal in runtages recent trial. Jjtineav charged slander. j Duneav's complaint, which was . fib d iii superior court, alleged thnt Paiitaucs, on the day of his arrest 1 laM August and nlso In testifying , fn his trial, had accused the plain i tiff of "having conspired with Miss jprfnglc and others to blackmail i me." I Duneav aho quoted Pantages as j declaring in the presence of other i persons that "ho nnd others cn- spired to frame and he Is the mas- ler mind of this conspiracy to !frume and get me." The Holly I wornl actor and author declared the theatre magniMe hud made similar false accusations on a ! number, or occasion since August 1 9, the day of the nttack nnd of Puntagcs' arrest. Duneav's duiiwigp suit Is the sec- joud brought aftatnst Pantages. i Frederick T. Wise, one of the jstate's principal witnesses in the trial, some time ago sued the thea ter magnate for $250,000 damage 'on similar grounds, PANTAGES SUED! nu ni AviininiiT . vtps v recked by handlts who la I or jj TOTAL TO DATE Seven Thousand Needed to Place Drive Over Top Solicitors Continue in Field Public Not Awak ened, Is Belief As the result of the efforts of approximately 125 Mottford busi ness men and employes,, who hove takm tlme off from dutlea at com sltfrrfthle' xpehse' in some caKes, the Community Chest drive, which opened, yesterday, today had a tf tal of $I2,87Jt from approximately 130S donors, leaving ovur $7000 to be collected before the drive can he called a complete success. The solicitors were (dill In the field to day and plan to ho until every pe.' son. who has not 'contributed, has been reached. . The chest solicitors were of the opinion that the public was not en tirely acquainted with the merits of phest work and refrained In some coses from giving, even though some individuals prided themselves on many personal lux uries nnd then were reluctant to donate to a cause which places food In the mouths of the hungry, clothes on the hacks of the poveriy stricken, provides shoes for th" barefoot, care for penniless depend ents stricken with sickness nnd death, In addition . to providing funds for such worthy causes as the Health association. Jackson County Humane society. Hoy Scouts. Y. W. C. A. and Girl Scouts. The Red Cross and the Salvation Army are included and It is their burden to provide for the needy and destitute from funds provided them from the chest. C'lto ICxn tuples. Severn! examples of work done by the chest were brought out In the, discussion, which tvas led by Hamilton Patton. chairman of the drive, and one included n destitute family living in the east side of Medford. - Their clothes were mnde over "from father's old pants nnd old coat," with safety pins and tueks in prominence. Investigation of the family re vealed that their home was in a joiiMI shack a hovel that hardly contained the hare necessities of life. The family did not possess a tea kettle and were forced to use boxes when eating about a table that boasted of no fitting nourish ment for growing hoy and girl. When relief workers questioned one of the children why an appeal to charity had not been mud be fore, the little fellow answered: "Papa didn't want it to get out how poor we are." Work on Oiho. However, the Red Cross and th Kilvntion Army iu now working on the t-ftse and there are oth'r rases similar to It In Medford. nnd the benefit they will receive from charity is dependent upon the do nations received by the Commun ity Chest. II was brought out by various speakers. Another solicitor told of a fam ily In poor circumstances a wid ow with children but that wldov. dewpite her burden, wr.s willing to donate one dollar a month to th- chest to help other who were still le fortunate than she. The suggestion was also made I hat local minister could stress the chest work when delivering their sermon next Hun-lay. telllmc their conKregatlon the seriousness nt the chest work in spreadjng comfort to those In dire clrcum-! glances. Including principally de- j tiiute families with humrry montlisi of children nnd babes to feed. i I'rgo Coulrthulloii, F.very man and woman In Med (Continued on Page Bit) .! Red Spider Gaining Ground in Coast Orchards, Is Statement Hood River Expert Norris Advocates Two Oil Sprays Prob lems of Industry Dis cussed By Dr, Shear. ic o v o in in o ii d u linn thai Fugciio ho selected for tho I into moot lug nt t lie Oregon State HoriU'iilliiniJ associa tion, and Howard Merrinm of Goshen, Ore., ho chosoii pronl tlont, was made by the no ini tial ion and oitmciitloii xin iiiltteo In. a roKrt filed this afternoon. Prof. Clayton 1. Ixnig of Oregon State college wuh recommended for re-olocllnii as secretary and treasurer. The resolutions committee was expected to make Us final rcKrt Into today. Trustees recommended for election were Ii. W. Johnson, Monroe; .1, o. Hull, Kiigeno ami 1. T. Reynolds, Salem. Control of tho "Red Spider," and kindred mites, as a menace to fruit production of the Pacific coast states, was the prlnclpnl topic . at the morning session to day of the fiOth annual session of the Oregon Stale Horticultural as sociation, and thu first annual meeting of the western pear meet. Three hundred and fifty horlleul-l turists from the orchnrd sections of Oregon, California and Wash-, ington, uttended the m u r n i n g meeting. DoRoy Chllds of the Hood Hivev. (Ore.) Kxpurimont station, de clared that dn the past 10 years, the red HpUlovhud steadily . In creased' "fir tho "orchards of the three - Pacific coast states, . until now drchhrdlsta faced a long fight for Its control. The red spider, he and other speakers declare, has a preference for Rose, and D'AnJou varieties of pears. L'bc ot oil sprays, in tho summer months, to combat the pest was urged, und weed control and gen eral cleaning of the orchurds. in the remaining months, ns a pre ventive measure was recommend ed. Dust and noxious growths, were named as breeding places of the red spider. Reports wero made to 1 show, that in the past 10 years, the red spider had shown a steady In crease. A (I viKn tea K pro y s, Robert Norris of the Southern Oregon Fx4ertment station at Tal ent, in reply to queries, sold that two oil sprays should he used lu battling tho red spider; the flrsi to be applied, about June 10, and the second early in July. This was the period In which the red spider flourished', and reached Its peak of destrttctlveness. The spider eggs were distributed In the spring also, hut the damage was mild. Court Hall told the gathering that his observation had shown that the spider operated chiefly on the Hose and D'AnJou varieties and that the Cornice for some un explained reason, were unbothered, Pert Anderson asked If therj was an enemy insect for the spider and li. W. Carlo ton sug gested that the weeds along thy orchard fences be sprayed with a .powerful oil, as a precautionary measure. J. A. Perry felt that alfalfa and other covet crops were nesting places of the spider, ' Counter-acting parasites, weed spruy and cover crops, other speakers thought were Important angles of the spider war. Thera was a general and spirited discussion of the red spider men ace, and (he glt of It all was that orchurdlsts should use, nn oil spray, during the summer months, nnd the rest of the year wage a constant war. The red spider operates on the under side of the leaves, and; Is !a vornclous est, able to stri? he foliage from a tree, in a short space or time. Wednesday Afternoon Session. Prof. Warren P. Turin of Hie Fiilvorslty of California discussed the problem of black ends and hard ends in pears. ,11 o said that Injuries from tills source wero not confined to pears on J a pane no rool stalks as generally nupposed. Neg ative result s have been obtained by experiments in different fortlll ern, Irrigation, kind und depth of soil and location, which tried three theories; water deficiency, nutri tional troubles and toxic condition of the noil. Control of the ailment Is still unsolved. Professor Turin snld. Prof. F. C. Kolhior of tho South ern Oregon ' experimental station, who has conducted experiments lor black ends and hard ends, wus quoted In the dlscUHHlnn. Professor Tufts said that 40 per cent of Iho Martlet! pear trues of all ages In California wero nn Jap anese roots. (Continued on 1'iiko Uli) H4 ' ' m i ,V7: i 1 ! (Associated Press Feature Service.) Associated Press tctcphoto of Mrs. Gladys May Parks, who con fessed to burning to death Doris, 2, nml Timothy Rogers, 4. near Camden. . .1. She was arretted In New York. SALEJ.ULL Strong Interests Throw Sup port to Leading Issuer Bears Discouraged Dis quieting Situations Ad justed, Is Report in Street - Rediscount --Rate Is l Lowered. . . : ... . NI3W YORK,, r;uv. 14. Wall Street cast aside its mantle of gloom today as prices of. leading securities rallied 92 to $20 a share and closed higher nt the top. It was the first sustained rally after a week of, destructive liquidation which has wiped out billions of dollars in quoted values, and sent Hcores of stocks to prices which represented only a small fraction of their year's high levels. Total sales on tho New , York Stock Fxchange fur the abbreviat ed session wero 5,fiU9,30 shares, compared with 7,7l,4fiO shares yesterday. NEW YORK, Nov. 14. (P) Curb stocks rallied sharply In sympathy with the brisk upturn on the "big board" today. Leading Issues gen erally recovered from one to near ly twenty points while some of the high priced stocks made more spectacular gains. Trndlnir quieted somewhat although the ticker fell far behind the market. NEW YORK, Nov. 14. fJP The New York Federal Reserve hank today decreased the redis count from 5 to 4 per cent. NEW YORK, Nov. 14. P) Di rectors of the Ctcneral Motors cor poration today declared a 30 cent extra, cash dividend on the common stock as they did In the previous quarter, in addition to l he regular quarterly payment of 7f cents. The extra Is payable January 3, and the regular divi dend on December 12, both to stock of record November 2 3. N E V Y O R IC. No v. 1 4 . (A"1) fit oe k prices rallied sharply from the opening of today's market and held most of their gains. Trading qulted down when It bo came apparent that strong finan cial Interests were determined to support lending Issues around the low levels established yesterday, but were not Inclined to mark them up In competition with other buyers. , , t ; .Auburn nuto ntri up'"$4H."5 a share on n few sales.. Allied fh rad ical Jumped t'1'2,' Columbian Car bon 120.50, .!. j. uHe. $1, U A. Industrial Alcohol $18, (leneral Electric $17 and American Can Nat ion n I Rlseiiit. Electric Htnrnge Mattery, Standard (las and Elec tric, Ward Raking preferred nnd Westlnghouso Klectrio sold $ 1 4,. BO to $ I ft. 50 a share higher. WASHINGTON, Nov. 14. lP) Secretary Hood, dangerously 111 nt Walter Reed hospital, was thought today by his physicians to have entered the critical period and the next 4H hours was expected to de termine whether ho would survive the acute attack of appendicitis for which he underwent an ope ration yesterday. Army surgeons attending tho war secretary noted with some apprehension that his temperature: hud risen slightly this morning. This, however, was not consider- j ed particularly alarming ns It was said the psllenl's temperature might rise as a natural defensive measure on tho part of the hody ns a reaction from tho oporatlon. EN RALLY SEEN WITH Advertising Campaign for Coast Growers Will Be Presented at Meeting Western Pear Interests Tonight Local Growers in Preliminary Discussion With Visitors. Plane for a Trl-Pacific Coast State pear advertising campaign will be presented at the meeting tonight of the Westrn Pear meet, held In conjunction with the Ore gon State Horticultural association convention. The committee, composed of David R. Wood, and David Rosen berg, Medford and Victor C. Fol lenlus, Hood River, representing the state of Oregon; F. R.. Uod dan, Placerville, 'Berkeley Schorr, Sacramento and Allen Standlsh, Santa Clara, for California, and O. K. Canant, Arthur Knrr,N and Walter Hebert all of Yakima, rep resenting Washington, met this noon at the Hotel Medford. After a preliminary discussion, it was decided to hqld another meeting this evening . at six o'clock, for final formulation of a plan. Members of tho committee, this afternoon stated that while no definite plan had been reached, it was the "sense, of the committee, that something along the adver tising line should he done, but how was the problem.:' ... The amount of money, to be ex pended In the campaign and the quota for each district, the extent of the advertising,-and dotallswere discussed this afternoon -from all n ogles. ' ,: , , . , Discussion Tonight. fl'he' "ideaa-Tof ' the committee. along "advertising j lines will be submitted Jo the pear meet this evening, " and the . -subject ' thof-T oughly'dlscusaedt V - One', plan advanced, lis that all pear growing districts of the Pa cificicbnst, approve a sum for ad vertising, and then pro rata . tho, sum. among the different sections, on- a box basis. A cent per box la the hlrih amount named, , and . some favor a half-cent. '"' '' It Is the , opinion of the' pear ' growers, that the advertising cam paign if conducted, should he nntlonal In scope, attractive, and placed where it would reach the greatest number of consumers. The angles of the advertising plan are so "wide and varied, that t Is robable that the committee will he In session tomorrow, work ing out the details, nnd make a final report Friday evening. Dixon la Speaker. Ben B. Dixon, advertising ex pert was the chief speaker at the advQrtlslng session of the pear men last night. 'He used posters to Il lustrate, his remarks. He held i that the people of the United States were 'heavy consumers of fruit, but the main Issue was to convert them to eating more pear. Other speakers argued that the chief problem was to secure tho support of the growers, to the edu cation of the consumers to eat ing pears. The whole-hearted sup port of all pear growers was lin- (Continued on Page Three) Will Rogers Says: HKVRRLY HILLS, Cat., Nov. 14. I guess this stock nuirket drop is due to tho fact thnt Kockefellcr nnd all those Itig nieu , who stubil i.rd it n eouple of weekR ngn h n v e about remthed t Ii o limit of their margins And are being sold out. Whnt the market needs now is nnother hunch of men that will stnbili.e it during its next 100 point drop.. When the senatorial in vest itfnt ions 'in . Washington onimenee to softer drift over onto the second and third page of the morning papers, why the committee calls Grundy and he brings 'em back on pngo one aain. lie is so 'delieibusly frank nbout his dealings that he is tho biKK'st novelty in Wash iiiKton. Yours, WILL ROGERS. 'V.