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Medford Mail TK. ibune V The Weather Temperature lliffhcst yoslorrtHy ...... I.nivt"! tills lllorllllljr Forecast: Tonight and Friday fair. No change in temperature Ialty Twntyfourtb Ynr. wwiir Kirti-fiiniu Yf. M KDFORD, ORIXIOX, TIll'KSDA Y, NOVEMBER . 'Jl. i)'2t. No. 21:1. Today By Arthur Brisbane Wonders, One for Wall St. Where Would You Move? No. Farm-Tariff Relief. Happy Little Octopi. (Copyright by King Feature! Syndicate, Inc.) Of wonders there is no end. Kverybody knows that in his Mend arc while eorpneles, or phagocytes, that nttnek disease jjerms. Who would have guessed that our atmosphere contains benef icent atoms tliat nhsorb and de stroy dangerous ''cosmic rays I that bombard this eartli from j all directions? I Prof.' Robert A. Millilum, oT ( 'alifornia, tells you alout that, j Wall Street, will devour this i-. i.. ..i.,.i ... .i... x'..i 1 Aeademv of Sciences. i There exists a "crystalline epepsin" that, can difrest more than ten million times its weight in vug albumin in 24 hours. K something; like that, could be ftiund to digest "a hundred million times irs own weight of undigested securties, it would be very valuable just now and so, me underwriting bankers would rise and bless it. Mayor Walker, of Xew York, who intends to show other cities how to create employment by spending money wisely, on tun nels, bridges, wider roads, etc., said yesterday: "If this coun try is not all right, where are you going to move to?" r . No new tariff for the present. The Republican' regulars,' who thought they must go through the motions of "farm relief,'' were swept aside yesterday, and on motion of Senator Walsh the senate adjourns today. ' "Secst thou a man diligent in his business, he shall stand before kings." Standard Oil was diligent and in old trust-busting days somebody said : "That will soon be a one billion dollar octopus, fio to, let us chop it up." - The big octopus was chopped into little octopuses, that this year have paid cash dividends of $218,000,000, or 5 per cent on four billions, three hundred and sixty millions, j And the little octopi are gel Wiug stronger and stronger, fatter and fatter, bigger and bigger, and nobody gets ex cited any more. -Millions have studied the puzzle, "How old is Anne?" A I few are working at another puzzle, "I Tow old is .man?" (Continued on Page Four) gfenDfo Curves noon to supplant bump. I roil let- M l I ' ii Mpplnmt in iter Weekly Mlpliom column. 'lr l'alr Woman' Kyf." v ferment pulp, skins, stcnis on' nil," a woman unit IclUn lior j"mpanlon when ilio orjran tiiRht. j FORD SAYS VAR NO AI FAULT Present Condition Not Due to Collapse in Inflated Share Values False Im pression Should Be Cor rectedRecent Business History Gives Explanation Is View. WASHINGTON, Nov. 21. (!) Henry Ford announced today at the White House that an immediate increase In wages among Ford employes had been determined upon. WASHINGTON, Nov. 21. (P) Henry Ford said today alter leav ing a cr.iifo.roiioe of husiness men called hy Hie president thai Hie first IhliiK to was "to correct Hie impression that the present condi tion of nfl'aira is due to the slock market." "Collapse of speculation may have been the occasion of a business hesitation," .Mr. Ford continued, "hut it certainly was not the cause. "The stock market does not make prosperity but prosperity is absolutely essential to such an In flation of values as wo have seen duriiiK the past year. When an Inflated stock market breaks It docs not necessarily cany general business down with it, but when general business declines it inva riably deflates the artificial values of the stock market. "That Is what happened. It was only the temporary diversion of business men's attention that pre vented them from selng what was happening. It is now clear to all that the real explanation of the present situation is not to he found in stock market history, but In re cent business history." WASHINGTON, Nov. 21. () A White House statement issued today nt'ter the conferences of President Hoover with more than a score of husiness nml industrial lenders said it had heen fonnlth;it construction should he expanded in every producent direction, hotli public, and piivate, so as to cover any slack of unemployment. A preliminary examination, the statement said, indicated that con structive activities could in l!t:50 he extended "even over 1!I2!," add ing that the American Telephone & Telegraph Co. was proposing to assist by a considerable expansion in its construction and betterment program over the year 11120 when something in the neighborhood of SiSO.OOO- was expended for this pur pose. LOCAL UN . Mrs. Rlddell Sustains Broken Hip Mr. and Mrs. R. W. Taylor Badly Hurt Rid dell Car Skids Crosswise of Pavement, Six Medford persons sustained Injuries last evening in an auto collision on the Pacific highway a short distance south of I rants Pass when cars driven hy D. K. H. Hiddcll and li. U Tsylor of tills city, collided on n slippery, ice covered curve, .Mrs. Uiddell suf fered the most scrh'us injury in breaking her hip. Taylor MjMalnod broken ribnd Mrs. Tnvlr.r received a. broken nose. Dr, I!iddeI( received ( tin injured eye, while M is. Krnest D;in;;l-y arid Mrs. C. A. ksmith. ritliug In the back scat of the doc tors car. MiMnimd painful bruises and cut;, 1 The doctor's auto was rounding a curve when it began to skid dangerously across the highway, stopping erosttways of the paving. The Taylor car, gning north, strut k it brondsido, turning the latler mi its side. rimh nutos were badly damaged. Mrs. liiddcll is n pa tient at the Community hospital here, Mrs. Smith nnd Mr. Iangby, members of the Jacksonville chap ter of the Ka stern Star, were en route with Dr. nnd Mrs. Rlddell to Craiits Push to attend nit enter tainment being given by the (Hrants Pass chapter f(r Jackson ville members. INJURED WHEN AUTOS COLLIDE CLEMENCEAU ; 1 Former Premier Georges Clemencffau, who suff;red a slight heart Is being carefully attended By physicians to prevent a similar attack. patient are shown above. L A. ARTIST HAS BEST POSTER IN; PORT CONTEST; Prize Entry Is Modernistic j Two Forest Blazes Reported j Rogue Valley District Pur Idea By Jimmy Patrick of j Southwest of City Dry chase of Irrigation Works Chouinard Art School -Total Sixty-One Posters Received. , As the result of a careful Holec tion, Jimmy Patrick of the Choui nard School of Art at 1-oa Ange led, was yesterday named the win ner of Hie airport ppstm' contest, carried on by the - chamber of commerce for a-mutable poster ,to be displayed Tor advertising 1'" poses lor Hie bUt Medford uirport dedication and celebration the early part of July next year. The prize winning entry hat a modern istic idea in three colors, red, pur ple and orunge. Its simplicity was one of Its win ning features, making reproduc tions of the poster an easy matter, A map of Oregon, With .Medford dearly defined, together with an airplane flying above is Its general idea. The Judges, TV K. Koss, Clyde ICalsin and Thomas Sworn, made the decision on color arrangement si m licit y, adaptability, easy re production, art technique and ad vertising value. There were a number of .Medford entries in Hi. Gl posters, all of which Indicated long hours of application, but none found places in the honorable mention list. The list is as follows: Gladys Itrown, Chouinard School of Art (two posters; honorable mention on each). It, Dolli, Otis Art Institute, 2401 Wllshlre Blvd.. i,os Angeles. Charles F. Porter, Chouinard School of Art. Los Angeles. Kloeb Art Service, Portland. . Jimmy Patrick, Chouinard School of Art, Los Angeles. Charles I. Clayton, Muplcwood, Oregon, H. M. Ward, 2Tr,:t 2(!th st., Sac ramento, Cal. Toward A. Hall, t!U Harden j nve Eugene. c. M. Howling, Portland. -4 A lielmont st., i SUPPLY IS AMPLE PORTLAND, Ore., Nov. 2 1. ii't John Mann, commissioner of public work-, said, today Portland enough stored water to last 2 on days, despite the bng drouth. Construction of the Hear creek dam wan just in time to provide' ample water storage, lien H. At or-J row, chief engineer of the w;,'er. bureau, said In calling attention '"j the ;l';bt Hint tlw reservoir enj hold 1 1.000, 000,000 gallons of water" nml Hull Hun lake. PorHimdV main water supply, another 3,ii0M.mm.ni.i I gallons. j COSTE ESTABLISHES l.K ItOrilCSKT, Frnnoc, Xov. 21. A') fapmln rtlpuiloiiiip Cnnto anil I'ompanlon, Maurice Jaiui' Hi'llcinti". lanilifil ln.Tr at 1 1 : sr. a. m., iicIIIiir a now recoi-il of (our ilay iiml 50 nilnuliH from llnnnt, l ic'iii h IniloClilna, In ParlH. TIiIh wan (S Ikihih anil .'ft inlnnlHn fanler than f'osto anil .Iohi'P l.rllrlx trav cleil Ihe am 7500 mllfs last year un Ihnlr round tho woiM 1 rip. SUFFERING FROM RRE FIGHTERS RECRUITED AT GRANTS PASSlWATER PLANS Condition An Aid to; Flames Stubborn Battle, Is Predicted. ! CHANTS PASS, tire., Nov. 21. (I1) With the thermometer stand ing at nine decrees above zero, crews of fire f.ghters left hero this morning to battle forest fires rag ing In the outskirts of the Siskiyou notional forest, southwest of lyro. One lire' wa.s reported outing its way '.oward the Oregon boundary from Del Norte, Calif. Another fire with a five-in He frontage was being driven cast ward a few miles from i larbor, Ore. Additional fire fighters wore being recruited on the streets here and hurried to the scene. In view of the unusually dry au tumn forestry service ofl'lcers ex pect a stubborn battle before the flames are extinguished. Ct rants Pass has bad but one general rain since last Juno. After a cessation of forest fires fur two weeks past, four fires were reported to the Crater National fi.rest service hero early today as burning In the Applcguto section. The lainest of these covers four leeli ncres and which has lu-on burning since Monday, anil one of the small ones are in the Carherry vicinity, and the other two small ones are in the Pennsylvania mine locality in 'alifornia territory, but still within the Crater national forest. None rtf these fires are danger ous and only six fire fighters are combating them, but they aro ag gravating to the forest off bin Is and personnel because of com big at this lime of year and the fact that, no matter how small, each must be extinguished. BOILEREXPLODESSUCCEED EDGE WASIIINHTON, Nov. 2 1 .rj j One person Is dead, four others) are reported near death In hospi- ; tals and 2U hurl as the result of an explosion today In the basement of a five anil ten cent store. M is. 10 II a 1 et h Da wsnn d I ed shortly after being removed from the wreckage. Mrs. Anna May Cockerel!, and a two year old child. Mary Anne CucUeidi, Ali-rf, IMn.i Kent and al i en Thayer, wore In serious i condition at hospitals. Mis. Cock erel! and the child were in Ihe store nt the (line of the explosion. lire officials said lliey hud traced the cause of the explosion to n hot WJiter boiler under the Hdewalk in the basement of the store. The top of Hie steel mnk was found acres the street, 4 (WOODMEN INSURGENTS I OLD POLICIES rolITI.A.VO, t)ri., Nov. 21. (ft IM.ms for mi tiuiiniKi'il fl,:ht f'i' posM'Hlon of vM pollch'H which wen surn-niliTPil hy nicmhiuH who nri-pptcd tho hlKhrr Inmiranro rnli'K lii.iiii.'iir;itiil hy the mlmlnUtratlun in lii'iiwr Ir.Mt wprlmr uill ho form- uhHfd (,t a mum tnrrtlnfr of tin1 tniirKint proiip of tho Woodinru of I ho World hero nnxt Tuoid;iyj niuht. SEVERE COLD 1 Ansuctaleil Veils I'lmlo attack as the result of a bad cold, Typical poses of the 82-ycarold GIVE SANCTION LITTLE BUTTE Authorized at $200,000 Bond Election Next Step in December. SAl.ISM , Ore.. Nov. 2 1 . (P)- The Jtoguc Itlver ValUy Irrigation district of Jackson county was yesterday authorized by the state reclamation ' commission to pur ehnsdvihyUjation .works from the Public Water company, paying for them Willi about $200,000 Irriga tion district bonds at w5. The district had previously pro- J posed that it pay $111(1,000 cash or 9L' la.uou in bonds at yu. To Dnn proposals the commission had ob jections. The commission believed a Hl-poiiu discount was unreason able. The works purchased wer& for merly hold by the Jylttle Miitte creek Irrigation district. , A (cording to local officials of the now Irrigation district, this settlement Is entirely satisfactory and means thai the bond election wilt be called as soon as prelimi naries can be arranged probably early In December. That the bonds will be voted is regarded as a matter of course. Following such authoriza tion the district will tali" over the properties and rights of the Public Water company, and there will be a new Irrigation district in opera lion, where the old Hopkins lateral used to be. A. K. Heames nnd Hay Moran represented the Welch Public Water Co. Interesls at the Salem meeting, while John Carkin nml Kngineor Krank DMIard represent ed the now Itoguo Itlver Valley Irrigation district. I IN U. S. SENATE WASHINGTON, Nov. 2. !) The nomination of Senator Walter K. Kdgu of New Jersey to he am bassador to Franco was confirmed today by tho ttenatj. NKWAKU, X. .1., Nov. 21. (P David llalrd, Jr.. of t'ainili'ii, toiiay wiih appolntoil t'nlti'd HlnlnH Bona lo Hi Hiicrccd Waltor K. KtlKi1, h." (invi-rnur .Moriian K. I.arnon. Ilo will nerve mil il the next general (dei'lliui In iNuvi'inlier, '.M. At that lime a Rpeelnl election will ho held to eleil a Henator lo Kervn until .Mairh 4, 1M1, when Kili'.e'n remilur term explren. I'.alrd Is a wealthy luinher dealer uml the xon of n Culled HtateH Henator. It waa KdRC whom llalrd now Biicceeds that appointed the elder llnlrd to the senate to fill a vaeanoy eaiTHed hy dealh. The Hon Iibm never held ft pnhlle office. A polltlral leader In the antilh ern Hectlon of the el a 1 1", llalrd waa lamely credited fur the victory which I'tilled Htalea Senator Ham ilton l' Kean won In the five eor nered flKlit of 1H28. Ill late father nerved from March, I it 19, an miocemior lo Wil liam HiiKliea. l.lku hla father, hln pai.imoiinl InlereMt In life la poll-Ilex. APPON R CRT C SM OF SENATE RESENTED Blame for Wall Street Col lapse Rouses Ire of Re publicans and Democrats Washington Post Edito rial Brings On Debate--McLean Is Flayed for Oil Scandal. WASHINGTON, Nov. 2 1 .I') Chillies K. Mitchell, chairman of jihe boa iM of the National City j hank of New Vork, wan blamed in (ho senate today by Senator Clus. Democrat, of Virginia, for a lead ing part in the stock market col la psc, while hi nuie leaders of all j Curt tons assailed tho.se who were putting the responsibility on the doorstep of congress. iilass, a. fiti-mor sevrofary of tho t reasury, .said member bun kg of t ho Federal Itcscrve system had nolhlng to do with the crash, but "Air. Charles 10. Mitchell of the National City bank was the chief offender." "He in the man." Class asserted, "more responsible than all others together for the excesses that have resulted in this disaster." WASHINGTON", Nov. IM (P) The house loday agreed lo t ho Hen Me's plan to adjourn Hm exlni session of congress hIiio diii lny. i WASHINGTON, Nov. 2.(JP)' ltcpnlilicaiiH and nemoc.rnta in the aeiiaU! Htruek out today at critics of the senate, and more particu larly at those who would blame. eongiesH for the recent stock mar ket collapae, the debute Including an ultack by Henator Harrison of Mississippi upon the "propaRandtt" disseminators for Presldunt Hoover. Senator Racket t ot Kentucky, one of the Republican regulars, de fended the senate,, which has been under the control during .the tariff contest of the Democratlc-Ilepnb-I lain Independent coalition, nnd as serted that criticism Riven his col leagues was unjustified. " Harrison, one of tho Democratic leaders, nssi'rtcd "today HiIh Semite is more responsive to the will of tho American people than over be fore." Hits Journalists . The Mlsslpplun referred to aome newspaper friends of PncBldont llnnver, whom he did not name, who dine at the White House and lire taken down to the president's c.'.nip to write comment unfavor able to the senate and favorable to someone else." Senator Johnson of California, Republican, attacked critics with in the senate membership, remnrk ItiB "the most contemptible and wretched bird there Is Ihe bird who fouls hiH own nest." An editorial in the Washington Post today condemning tho Democratic-western Republican inde pendent coalition brought on the senate attack and sharp criticism was directed at it nnd, more par ticularly , t the publisher of the newspaper, Hdward H. .Mcliin. A motion hy Senutor Sackett to enter the editorial In the record and to I. uvu II read to the Semite pieclpilated the furore. The Ken tucky senator explained ho only wished to Hhnw that the senate was being criticised unfairly. Norrl Bitter Senator Norrls of Nebraska, one I of the Republican independent lenders, said he thought Hint in "considering the editorial In ques tion, wo ought to consider Its source." lie then referred to McLean's connection with the senate Investi gation ot the Teapot Dome oil scandals. "When one of the greatest crimes of modern days was being perpe trated," Norrls said, "when Ihe government or Ihe United States was being rohhed of practically a billion dollars' worth of our pub lic domain, when through the treachery of a high public official the government of our country was being robbed or those re sources that we thought wo were preserving for a day when danger of war might come when that crime was being perpetrated, It was Ned McLean who came to the relief of a man In high place In governmental atfalrH who was sell ing out his country. "It was Ned McLean, the owner mill mititiuliiii. nf llilu nlioi.t wlio 'lied to the committee of tho sen I ale, who made statements which afterward were proven iind admit ted lo he false, In order to mislead ihe Investigating committee nnd to shield the man who wan robbing his country." FIVE WOMEN KILLED AT GRADE CROSSING IAM,AH, Tex Nov. !M. MV Five women Were killed here todKy when the tiutoinoblle In which they were rldlnn craned into a molor car of the S.inlH Ke rnllrond. Respect for Cops Reaches Low Ebb Station Is Robbed 4. 4. .j. KVANSTON. III., Nov. 21, I Pi Anyone who would roll a police station may safely he spoken of as a very low per son, The room of the police magisl rate at police head quarters was vacated lor a tew minutes yesterday. When the. magistrate returned he discovered his telephone bad been Hiolen, a marble desk set also, and the court's supply of pencils. Tim bench itself was nailed down, a circumstance which tlie court remarked was most fortunate. Double Track From Gerber to Eugene Needed By 1936 Says Witness in I. C. C. Hearing On Great Northern Petition Ne- , vada Enters Plan for Al turas Line Link. KAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 21. (P) The state of Nevada today Invited the dreat Northern and Western. I'uciric railroads to connect their lines by making us of the Southern Caclflc's Alturus branch diverting truffle from tho Western Pacific at FlanlKan. Nov., northward , - to oonnect with thft-leeafc-Northern system at Klamath Falls, Ore. Tho proposition was made by John F. HhatiKhncsHy, chairman of tho rnllrond and public service commission at Nevada. It came In the closing minutes of tho morn Iiik session of the interstate com merce commission hearinK into tho necessity of tho proposed construc tion by the (ireat Northern and Western Pacific of a line from Klamath Falls to Kcddlo, Culif. Nevada, one of the lntervenors onnoslmr the Khimnlh Ifnllu.lvnd. die line, followed tho cross exami nation of A. (I. Alott, chief engi neer of the California railroad commission. Mntt was questioned by 10. J. Fouids, Southern Pacific attorney, on a series of maps and charts Introduced several days afo, He said his conclusion that the Shasta roulo of tho Southern Pa cific, would have to be double tracked by 193B or 1037 from Oor ber, Calif., to KiiRene. Ore., was based on the Southern Pacific's action In double (racklnK Its Ogden route. Would He Surprised Asked by Fouids If he did not think tho Southern Pacific's Hlack liutte-Klamath Falls lino would be used to relieve traffic on tho Shasta route, .Mott replied: "I would be surprised If the Southern , Pacific did that. Tho mamiffonient H tno careful of op eratinK economy to move much freiKht over that winding line with heavy Rrades." The (.'alifornia engineer, reRard ed by attorneys as one of the stroiiKOHt wiluesHcs In favor of the petitioners, was asked: "When do you think that tho saturation point will be reached on tho ItakersMeld-MoJavo Southern Paclllo line which Is now carrying more freight than the Shasta line?" "Kib'bt now," the witness re plied. "Would you sny the line south of Ifakersfleld should be double tracke'd "Yes whenever anything hap pens to tlo up traffic for u squirt llmu It results in a very serious eongestloii. Remote control, eas ing curves and various improve ments have helped the situation Of course it will be several years before the Shasla route will be In as bad cfindltlon." LONDON. Nov. 21. (PI The wlwh nnro cxiu-i's.ird hy T. 1. "Tay I'll y O'Connor, veteran Irish sliiti'sman. Unit ho mluht ha hurli'il In Knuhind lo typify tho reconi'lll utlon of tho two moos, was ful IIIIimI solemnly loilny. Vi'tmlnMtor cathedral wns orowiloil with mournors unxloiin to liny tholr tribute tn tho fnniotin "fulhor of tho hoiiMO of enmmonH" nt n roimlfm mnu oelehrntcM hy I'ho Art'hhihop of Liverpool prior to n linrlnl noi vloo nt Krnmtl Orooii renietory. 1 fill! FOR SHASTA RGUTESODN 'TAY PAY' BURIED ON ENGLISH SOILi EAST A SI 21 Newfoundland Has 15-Foot Wall of Water, Following Monday's Earthquake News Given in Radio Re portAll Land Communi-' cation Cut Steamer Aids Stricken. ST. JOHNS. X. F., Nov. :'1.(.T) Twenty-seven persons were drown ed on the south coast of Newfound land In a IS -foot tidal wave which swept up from the ear:htpiaU there Monday, a wireless report reaching the justice department lo- ' day from the steamer Portia, .said. Nine persons, mostly women and children, lost their lives when everything along the waterfront at iiurin, including It! buildings, were swopt away by tho wave. Four bodies were recovered there. Klghteen persons were drowned at Lord's Covo -and liimallne I -t the Burin district. , . The steamer Daisy was giving' as.Hislft.nce to the. stricken commun ities. All moans of communication other than radio are cut-off from (ho south coast. . i . - r St. Lawrence also was reported to have been swept by Ihe wave, but no lives were lost there. TRURO. N. S Nov. 21. (!) Twenty-eight persons were report ed to havo drowned on the Rurln. N. F., peninsula in the tidal wave which accompanied Monday's earthquake, private advices re ceived hero today Hald. : Tho wavo was between 40 and 5a feet high. Kleven houses-with 1 6 , occupnutH, wero swept Into the sea at RuHn. Other avuwnings. tUornr thQ.iipAilh-rf ern. Newfoundland coast were re ported but . unconfirmed. EXPERIENCES COLD PT5NDLI3TON, Ore.. Nov. 21. (P) The morcury dropped to tho lowest mark of the season last night when It skidded to flvo above. Today Is cola and clear with it slight .rise in temperature. LA ORANDK, Ore.. Nov. 21 (rP) Today's weather apparently was on Its way to repeat yesterday's HI above, the coldest day since last winter. CHICAGO, Nov. 21. (JP) Frigid temperatures held sway today In the mlddlewest and northwest, nnd In many places the ground was spread with snow. Continued cold nnd fair weather; with readings' ranging down to zero was the forecast for today. Some of tho low marks for yes terday wero: The Pas, (1 below: AI Inneapolls, 1 4 ; Sioux City, 1 4 ; Hlsmarclc, U; and Sault Hte. Marie, HI. Will Rogers Says: mcvKKLY iur.r.s, Cat., Nnv. 21. Hoon looking to hoc wlmt I poukl do towiirtl " ri'HloriiiK coiifiiltMlPO," nnd discovered t he following fuels: Confidence. Imsn't left lliis country, it hits just not wise. And the (in.vs Hint it ROt wise to are where it him none. Railroad men of the country lielifn niveting in Wiishinuton and decided to put on more hus lines. Newspapers headline the fact that 10 were killed in Mexico election day, and it should he. headlined, for it nsl on isli inir, n.ston lull inuf to ns, for wo enn hump off that many eleetiliji an alderman in Chicago, or any of our bii? cities. Mexico has (rot fl lon way to jjo before they reach our state of civiliza tion. Yours,;,..... ,: .. AVir.L. uorsKtts. T DAL WAVE ill::;