Image provided by: University of Oregon Libraries; Eugene, OR
About Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 17, 1929)
PAGE TWO WIFE.TESTIFIES IN hid.lir women from testifying In,' The rule was t aWc by J uJe ......... C Amlnnon durlnft trial of a man defenne of their huHbandii, has been :' " .nin nurrotlM The i fRnrtred' by ia fedsrai' judge here. d eten8e called (he man1!! wife and 1 J w ' H J. Heio.Pll Ul Hit ; (no gOVernilirill uujrinu. west Tennessee district declared! -i know the rule you plan to I women can testify in his court in ! Invoke,',' Judtte Anderson told tho defense, of their Jiusbands,. Fori prosecutor, "but the rule that a ihoi h,, h... n,kii,n.,i . mnnot testify for her nus- -, . ... .. I from doing so. The practice his: band in criminal cases in federal MEMPHIS, Tenh.' fP) 'Ah ' ani j been abolished in many- .state court is ignored in this district In dent ru) .,law tri .courlii of tha j courts but still holds good in some : cause I think It is senseless and I'nlte.rt States unrt HnRland, for-I federal courts. I barbarous' Chevrolet Used As Demonstration Car TOM IIBI1H WIlHIBilMWa m - PI I tS&m&PiHh t ' . n ' HPAXTON, England (!') Once nRUInf tdeatli at - Agamune hurt drawn; pnpulur attention to thiri HtrnnKo walled colony of myHtluH who protest belief Jn the. lmmor Uillty of the flnnh. ThlH time it was Joseph Court, uned 70, who wiih cn tried out the pmideroufl fcfltpn of the "Abode of liove" for an upright burial after ih fanhton f the cult. T)ilrty-three women and two uu-rt followed the coffin. Jjouglafi Hamilton,' present ruler of the "Abode," rend a few Imiycra at the Rrvenldo the?' women "he(l ttfu-f and fiehttered flowerH, .and the dwindling band of AKapemonlteH retui-ned home. -'.-'. .Sptrituallzatlon of the inatrlmo nlul Ktate wan the n vowed nbjeet of the sect when the Uev. Jlenry .lameH Prince founded it In 1K-H(, and ever since tho "spiritual brld.s" of the colony have been a potential ftource of dlHQKreement with the outside world. - Jrlnco styled himself "menslah" ami ftent a proclamation 'to all eountMen notifying mankind that "flenh IS saved from death." ' At mfi time he had t()0 follow er. Well-to-do women were the ehlef (ontrihutorfl. When Prince died, in J89fl, there wart a great falling off of thono who lifld tieoeptpd IHenilly lilft h Htnnptlon of "immortality. JIb mantle wah seized by tho Jtov, Joint ilugh" Kmyth-Piggott, who hnd great1 magnetlHm and attract ed new women devotee to the col ony., r I Mh tnkliiff of. "plrltual lrldV and hl encouragement of iHe Custom around great Inllgna- ne a mob got . pant tho walla anil tried to tar -and feather tne prophet: -. The mob -wan In uch a hurry it turfed and feather tho wrong mnh. Mlnyh-Pljtrgott vdled two years agry and wad succeeded by Hamil ton. Hamilton and one other man nr'the Hole male survivors among the in milieu. tfoyei War talkie " Feature at Rial to CIJmnrlnK'iill of the great war pictures with a punch finish, the liko of which has never been brotiKht before the eyes of t:ie motion picture fans. Henry King, with "She (Iocs to War!" ngnln establishes ' a precedent for. this lypu of screen fare. The picture Is on -view on at the Hlalto tboatre. , He has taken Itupcru ilugbes' stbry and made , It llvo on tho sorechr enhancing a most Impelling tale of woman's nctlvlvy at home and ut tho front during the World War-with many human nnd Itu iorous touchos. . There's d l-omanoc In "Sho (3oes to V'ar!" as bb as all outdoors and It Is chronicled' In n most henev abl hiBhnwr." ... ' ; 1 Aside from1 his story thero is that unerrlns King direction, vlsuiillned -by tt cast of tnlented plnycrs headed by Kleanor Koard imii. In the role of Jonn Mmant, arrrfgant. selfish, soclety-'s pet ahd loader, of i it rati her, fast set who uans viry social mcuns nnd politi cal influence that will assist her In 'securing personal glory over seas, she learns her lesson amid tho, horrors of war. 'The Unholy Night" Is Craterian Film Orlm spectres, uni'Miiny' mystery In the dnrkness of it London fog, screams lit the night nnd sinister shadows In an old manor house, all wound up In one of the sttapK est mystery plots the screen lias ever seen mark "Tha IHnboly Night," Hen lieehl's new thriller, by Lionel Him-yinon-, now plnylng at the t'rnterian theatre, as an all lalklng prnduellini, ) This new production shows an other side of iho directorial talents of llarrymoro, who, after scoring one of the ilranulllc successes of the year In ".Mnilamtt X," turns his band to the uncanny and super natural, evolving the tunsl -gripping mystery drama in yenra. : 'ihe new picture was adapted from llecht's "The Doomed Hegl inonl" and tells the alniy of n body or Hrlllsh officers pursued by an uncanny enemy. The cast Is one of Ihe most elaborate of th, season.- ' Krnesl Tnrrenee, as the mysteri ous "Dr. Hnllou," appears In a rule entirely foreign to i:iis nrllsi. Norma Shearer Star in Craterian Talkie Norma shearer, who makes her talking idoiure debut In "The Trial r Mary Dugiiii." which Is a Kin per cent dlalbgue' special and which opens tomorrow at the Crn- tr-t-liin IhiialHi- 1. I. ....... A h .(imu,,u . mi, ine "Rlri with the 100 per cent talking picture voice." Miss Shearer, who never has been- on the singe, studied voice eullure nt Ihe t'nlverslty'ur South ern California herore she wna as signed tn the title role In the ltay nrd Yaltler stage hit, and when studio executive heard her first lest I hey were nmared by her Per feet diction and voice imalltv. Critics then saw the test and )iro. financed It "loo per cent." Iwl Htnhe. H. B. Warner nnd Itnymnnd Hsi-kett are rn. featured with Miss flhearer In Iho murder ilrnrnn. - With a view of forming n si ml farm, It ,1s believed. Count John McCormnck will transfer his race homes from Ireland to lOnglnnd III (lie. end of the present season. Fourteen Chevrolet sixes, equipped with special bodies, are being-used in the states of California, Nevada, Utah and Arizona to distribute "Shellane," a natural gas composition, which is being distributed by the Shell OH Company."1 t'&Jfo.,tft,MJ:, i mvm SAM A. livii. Ivors; A I'haitkgivintr Mssftti Timothy Hubble waft mire of h;s trouble . ... Had no eVunl anywhere; Oh, thero was never one who had ever Kuch n. heavy load to bear. Forever groaning. a n d moaning That hit purse was mighty flllm Forever grumbling, nnd mumbling That the' iJjrrt mistreated him! A neighbor chlded him and ,(.; derided him. Saying: "You're friend, Vov each good not thankful, I blenstng you'ru' now possessing Would Ho other blesHlngB fiend? Your hard thoughts smother, a ml try. my brother, i fllvlnjr thanks as yoii should do: He'll bless you double, and all I ynur trouble . I Mav vanish llko mornlnrr dew." ...1 1 V ... . I hope Tim llubblo Willi all his trouble Took all these words Inlo his; benrt; j If he's been giving slncero thanks-1 giving, Hiiro the Iird has done Ills pa ( Tho only record anybody should ' v Iry to mako on public highways , versa. I free trade. Hut ho wasj Is a record for safe and sane I nine; t onsclous of the enormity I driving. , uf his dream. - j Wilson Is the Inst and greatest I flladys: "draco Husle is a nice j AKnlnBt the tlods." The others K''1" I adventurer In llolltbo's "Twelve j Helen: "Yell, so nice that wheal Against the tlods." The others j she dreams of auto rides shel(I,p Alexander the (Irent, Casanova, j walks In her sleep." j c,,HlllllllM. .Mahomet, Lola Molltcl, ; There would be fewer auto ni: clilenls If tilt the rubber about I the cars was confined to thel 1 1 res. ir n,....n ..i. I, .nlt.. ....ils everyone who goes riding around without any, there would be room fur nothing else in the world," said a Meilfol'd man, ei-ltli-ally. The Fimlne ibul kiinclis Is Ins-' lug power . . . the mini knocks has little to lose. who l-'rom our War Correspondent : Along the Mexican border. l'liUcd Htatcs soldiers were searching ve hicles which pass close to cross ing Inlo Mexico. tine .evening a car, full - of young- people, was slopped nnd the usual procedure of examining the bottom of the car was In progress, when one young lady nsked: "What aro you looking for?" "Arms," the sergeant politely replied. "Why.M remarked the flapper. "It's all legs down there." An Increasing number of 1111 lo drivers refuse to Vnt the other other fellow's dust. So they slop on the gas and hasten to return to Ihelr own dust. II seems that one or the em ployees ir Henry Ford drcamel that Henry died. He dreamed that be first saw the blink cask- et being borne by six of Henry's j oldest and most faithful employ ' ei s. As Ihe casket came by ,llcn 1 ry raised up. looked around, and offered the following suggestion: "If you would put rollers nn- : der the casket, you could lay off five men." 1 A Medford woman driver ran into an enitinnkme nt and bent a render. It worried her. Showon to a garage, nnd asked a median-! Ic: I "Can you fix this fender so my i husband won't know It was bent." "No. lady, 1 can t. Hut I'll tell you what I can do. I can fix It up so that In a few days you can nsk your husband bow bet bent It." Able; Vot is tho Idea of raid ing the price of gasoline all the time?" ' I (larage Man: "What do you! care? You haven't a car." I Able: "No, but t got n cigar lighter." I (Copyrlcht 19J!, The Moss j Venture Kynd.) - . ,- - - '. '. .! Justice Now that Ifijisei' 131 II not the j one yotl ,nro. thinking 'aliouh-p-ln ( free, w hope.'he 'hiis reformed. Tin, oxiK rVnce oujtlu to have been n severe lesson to Kaiser DIM, none; A third time Kaiser illll faced the! oilier than a !erman police dnllnw; In tho. circuit court, and i of Mount Sterling, Ky who had ! once more tha penalty was fixed been sentenced to dtath by three; at death. Then -the case went upi cmiria on the serious charge of to tho stale court of pneois, and j sheen killing. Wo do not know ; now. nfter nearly eighteen'months bow Riich an offense might be . of waiting. Kaiser Hill is mule listed in the dog code of ethics free. Tho three lower 'court sen or canine latv. Vet all dugs should 1 tences aro reversed, Since it ;9 be made lo know that killing J found that Kentucky now- is with sheep In the beautiful rolling hills nut court Jurisdiction to njtce a j or iventucKy, on tno plains or Jan-'j dog in Jeopardy of , his life. ; sas or In tho unsurpassed Ozark Kaiser 1:111 had offers of as i region of .Missouri Is bad, very I slstance from thousands in his sadly ! . fight with the law, which seems I Vet there will be relief at tho to indicate that Mings may .-hare news of Kaiser Hill's escape. Twoi t.vcn years ago Kabier Hill was brought j the hour of triumph, dogs' every nto n magistrate's court, charges j where should ,bo warned. No j were preferred, tho case argued ! anil the Judgment rendered. Kaiser; ''lIMiad killed sheep, and he mu,t in-, urn u.vii.-iw dim u Milan I K'Hiny. . i ui-re .is me iniuience (laughter, about the flame nge .MUion ine younger generation of Kalwer Hill, appealed. They fought Book Reviews (I'.y Itlcllilnl liissock) N KV . YOltK. Wood row Wilson ! dreamed of a world safe Mr : do- j moi..rai.yi ;. i And William Boil'ilio. eSsayi.'t J l' t .... ! 1 V. . . . i, ..Anil William Ttolldno, eSsayi,it and crlllcnl reporter, thinks , that dream might hnvo been realised I If only Wilson, for one week i among the ICuroiieans, hnd been a little crauy." ! . The common people everywhere! cheered him as a hero, hysterical I I.V. They screamed for him to announce world disarmament, unl-! I Cagliostro. t'harlcs XII of Sweden, N'upnlcnn I. t'nlillne, Napoleon 111 and Isadora Duncan. I Tragic! Ailvciiturc I Adventure, as Itolitho defines it, not hunting wild elephants In Airiean jungles, itauicr, u is tie- , nance 01 society nnu law. j "- n,,KHn-.-,. Munum, vicis- "Adventurc," he says, "Is the!sltude nnd prayer that led to his Irrecnncllabln enemy of law: the ; Insurrection and the violent raids adventurer must be unsocial, if 1 that ended at Harper's Ferry and not In the deepest sense nntl -social, because he Is essentially n free Individualist." .The adventurer's Hfo Is hard, for he must fluht things as thev are. Ills end Is tragic. "It Is that he Is (loomed, to cease to be an atl-'maruue from dod" commissioning venturer." ; him to destroy slavery by force. Adventurers such as llolltlio'.i j "An I-Ipoch and a Man," n chfon are stlgnintlncil by social dlsap- Iclo of Marlln Van Huren nnd his Pi-oval. Naturally Wilson's iolgma1 times; by Denis Tllilen Lynch, pre Is luircly political, the writer j sents a lively picture or the pres liolnts oil I . "and not In the slight-i blent who lived until the days of est moral, as Is more usual In ourj.lohn llrown and was himself nn cases." ' anti-slavery lender. Lynch credits He "lionised himself as Ihe sll- I Van lluren with fashioning the prcmc bead of the continental em-1 national polltlrn.1 machine as "It pile of the 1'nlled Unites . . . He i remains today, ends war. And then In person, he I M'be third volume Is a biography si ts out to save humanity by end-1 of Kthnn Allen, In which John Pell log war forever ... shows as head man of the tlreen "Wilson adventured for the Mountain Hoys who fought nrf the whole of the human race ... "Me fell there because the isyotiR A POOR The cell hu been the stepchild of the home to long thai we neglect it without thought. But , wiihclNn, tractive Amihican Rahiator Heating Equipment the celUr comes inlo in own t list u mil utl of the home-" 1 for plkyroum, wotktoom, den ot model uundty. , , ; ( WE GUARANTEE ALL WORK American Radiator Heatinq EQiiifMENTisinexpenjive toown nd operate end n be bought W.U.f.1STI y. on ronrenient payments, . l,ct lis lell you about It. A. SCHMEDLI 100 East Eighth Street Phone 418 . 5 . .,1 1 -' S l I . :fc-..i;ji.-.-fr?iJ for a Dog the case through the county court, anil lost ,thnro.. Again the judg ment was ,'Hint- KaJscr Bill must (lie iilflmiloh Hd a hriiva l,.vi) : n(1 kln tn. ?Vcrylmrty hut Bheci.. j more friends than sheen. But in sheep killing, mind you. And don't make Kaiser Hill more.-of n hero th;n he; Is Crime must not be I dogs. height was loo great, because he saw-all the bunriies of the "World, ihd hare Immensity of this mass of common people which he had worshipped all his life, but hever 'Imagined -until that day he knev he had them, their lives, nrifl all - unronntnhloi future aces tit them .In his own hands.. . j j' A "writor's: vti-Uor,'1. Dolltho. nl- 1 1-eniU' a --yileT Imrnlulihrt - ft. ihn anuniiance and cianty or his Ideas "lr ',rn,e tnal nBrn mukes vlvln a "lozen biographical cratl 1 clsmh. ! lllHtiiilial ' The American period from . Ihe Revolution to tho Civil war Is cov- ered in three new biographies. "John llrown. The .Making of a Martyr," by Hubert l'enn Warren, begins wftb a sixteenth century John llrown who wna burned at the stake In Knglnnd as a heretic, "because ho sat on a priest's robe and would not deny his Cod." Warren then makes graphic the career of the tragic American Who gave. Ills life to the antl -slavery cause. J,,n'i Brown inherited an lnde pendent s)lrlt from his father. who was even irked by the thought of living In a rented house. The , imuso jrms 01 sent hlin to tho scnffold. The key tn his gloomy charncter, says Warren, Is In "the thing which friends called Puritanism and enemies called fanaticism." ltrown believed he held "letters of I Hrltlsh with' an arsenal of fiery words as well ns shnrpened swords. CELLAR STEPCHILD jf '; - f f ! .-- i; "fB KJ tir - and i-n. T j , periencc with four speed motor cars, llltlC'-'JrrOVCCl Graham-Paige engineers not only Fmir riPpd have refined arid perfected the "f u U1 ; y H- '. four speed transmission itself (two Performance qut mds ad standard CRATER . J. 0.,GR13Y--, ,. n , - - - ; m ' ' Jackson County Building & Loan Association -'V . ... ... " . - ft. . .k t. SafeProfitableAvailable - :'"",- ' v ' -i- .-. ... , -arid Capable home management; and the fact that your money is secured by first mortgages on carefully chosen Jackson County property assures this ABSOLUTE SAFETY. Combined with this SAFETY is PROFIT and AVAILA BILITY in fact, all the requisites of a GOOD INVEST MENT may be found in this stock. ' " l '' Our Home Loans solve the problem of financing your new homer Let us tell you all about it NOW! " ! v JACKSON COUNTY BUILDING & LOAN rVi r ASSOCIATION y -, f t i J- Ovet 80 Years in Medford Hot tine ef 6ur ' Stockholders Has Lost a Penny c mmst ''. i ' ' : ' . ' Thidudh long and successful ex- " gear snnt Dut nave utevtiuptu every detail of motor ahd chassis construction to bring out the fullest pbssibilities of briiliant, dependable . four speed perform ance ; In bur 1930 line , you now find th'is time-proved feature In corpbrated in the finest sixes' and eights we have ever offered . , . . . LAKE AUTOMOTIVE 6. 103 South Riverside J?hone 202 GRAHAM-PAIGE DEALERS . :-IS-rf. PAYS 57JPERCENT! : vmrs '". ' J" ''' Tit-yr 1 r-H. D. GREY - 4 Stock PHONE 105 and we'll gladly call at your home or office and explain, irr detail, the advantages of our Preferred and Installment stocks. This call will place you under no obligation to buy. Call us NOW. t ,.5' (.' : r ! j bafieB'y buying There is no true econb- : . my in buying a battery ' at too low a price", end , later paying more trian . ybu save, for a tow-in ' or for recharging or re pairs. ' Buy at the safety point of fair price ancj high quality and you'll get satisfying service, :and be money ahead in the .end. '. 4fl Choose a Willard of the correct electrical size for your car. It's the biggest dollar's worth of battery value you can get. Look for the WILLARD SIGN; ; " There is a Dealer in Your Town Littrell Parts Co. l Distributor Medford, Oregon '