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Newspaper Page TextEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE The Weather. Forecast: t Tonight mid Tuesday ruin; moderate icniKTttture. M Temperature Highest yesterday -1:1 lowest IhU morning W To i. in. ycMcrduy To 3 it. in. tmliiy .... I Dtih Twtotf -foul U Tear. MEDFORDt ORKOON, MOXDAV. l)KCKMKKli i), 192!). Xo. 2(i0. HEALTHIEST FARM CHILDREN Sev Freedom EUROPE IN Toda-yjBAR TRIAL STARVATION lifer OF JOSEPH LOOMS FOR IS HPFNFn MANHHIII I Rl FALLS THRU WEST COAST AREA CLUTCH OF STORM 10 IV Wl kllhl IMIIIIVMULI Copyright Klnfc Features Synd. Inc. ' Since men liave existed, their iniiiii business has been to col lect information anil convey it from their own minds to the minds of other men, and this process has gradually brought about civilization, ' Very ancient gentlemen wrote what, they had to say on bricks, in strange characters, and baked the bricks. The Egyptians made hiero glyphics on monuments, with strange, angular nieu, birds and other animals. They would have vcn horrified by the type writer, "so unartistic" 'and Busty. v , - The l'hoeniciaiis invented our short alphabet. The Chi ncsc cling to their alphabet tt five thousand characters and more. Then shorthand came, and the telephone, and radio, t In. t pours information, through the ether, into every ear. Now comes, most interesting of all, the Newsrccl theatre, on Broadway, in New York where pictures, moving and talking, show the news of the day. The Newsrccl theatre, crowd ed before 'l p'cloek in the morning, many standing in tin; rear, showed yesterday young soldiers of Switzerland drill ing, with wondorfuf 'precision. Knowing that every man in Switzerland has military train ing, taught to command, as well us to obey, yon realize why oilier nations lot the Swiss alone. - You see and hear Sir Oliver Lodge, a truly great man, pi' luipst the greatest living scient ist, discussing interstellar space and the power residing in "a vacuum." l'Yoni all over the world the Hearst mctrolone news reel. and the Fox movietone bring news events of the world and sound accompanying them. There will be such Hewsrecl theatres in every city soon. From hieroglyphics, in stone. 4 to pictures of yesterday's events, moving and talking be fore your eyes, is one of the (Continued on Page Four) 15 Mr. ami Mm. Hnrly tap's smi. lllnStn. home from college fr Ok wcrk end. wiu mistaken fer ft hiirfalo an shut white step-pin In th pnMnfrim party UHlny. Mpt be patient an don't frvl. If Fortl an' milk bottle? an freight kin nil sit hack to win re Ihry hr long: thor Imlnt no ood reason whv your daughter won't turn UC n'I Constable Plum. cutvolln' a mother ih In mom In. (Cnpyrlght John F. Dtfla Co.)' no Former U. S. Senator Stan field Gave Information for Articles On Wemme Es- ' tate and Attacks On Jus tice Rand, Says Political Writer Telegram Editor Quizzed. SAI.EM. Ore., Dec. D.(P From j furmcr United States Senator lio'u-1 ort X. Stanficld camo the first in formation In which was based his scries of articles on the "Wemme estate and attacking Justice John D. Hand of the state supreme court, Henry M. Hazen said on the wit ness stand in the disbarment trial of (ieorge W. Joseph, which opened today. Hanzen is political writer for the Portland Telegram. Hanzen said that he got other in formation from Frank Hanley and K. C. Summons, and documentary Information from the offices ot United States Senator McNary, and representative Franklin F. Kor rell and some from the office of United States Senator Steiwer. Hanzen mentioned these names while being quizzed by W. Lair Thompson, spokesman for the at torneys prosecuting Joseph, as to whether ho obtained any of the Information from Joseph. Hanzen said none of the information rela tive to the Wemme estate came from Joseph. 11 .. nH.niito.i i,v ii-,r,-. 1 1, a , : some questions relative to the legal I expecte( ll"r5'- wle 0 Amorl end of the ank les was taken u I cans are remaining at their homes, by him and Carl II. Urockhagen. Tlle majority are missionaries. publisher of the Telegram, with Joseph, Hancy & LittlcflclU. Thompson quizzed Hanzen close ly to determine whether the tr- tieleK were written as H Uulltlnil Hand L Thl"'w Hanzen denied, explaining that-no i rampalgn was on at the time and that he did not then know that Hand's term oT office was to" ex pire. Hanzen admitted he helped Joseph prepare his radio talks against Hand during the campaign. Henzcn was on tho stand when the noon adjournment was taken. He witri preceded on the stand by Brock hagen, who was questioned minutely by Thompson to ascertain whether Joseph was consulted ns to news matter that was to be used in the Telegram. This was denied by tho witness, who said that, as far as -he knew, articles to be pub lished In the paper had never ben discussed with Joseph, notwith standing the fact that Hanzen was In frequent contact with Joseph. Political articles for the Tele grain, were passed upon either by himself or by j jester Adams, the managing editor. There were times, he said, wiien neither v n in Portland, that such articles were passed upon by the editor in charge. On Stand for Hour. Nearly an hour was consume I while Urockhagen was on tho stand in Identifying and marking as exhibits various Issues of thv Telegram containing the trlcles In question. Urockhagen was not cross-examined. Thomas Manunix, who filed th-j disbarment charges against Joseph, whs a quiet listener, with his at torney, Frank Lonergan. Joseph' disbarment charges against Mannix will be heard as soon as the Jos eph case Is concluded. The hearing Is being held In the hall of representatives, as first planned. IN ATTEMPT TO HIIAKOl'KK, Minn.. Dec. 9. lP; Th ree ha n k ro bbc rs we re shot and probably fatally wounded to day as police officers, lying In wait for them, opened fire with a machine gun as the rolihcr left the First National Hank. Working on a "tip" from the protective department of the Min nesota' Bankers' association, that the Imnk would bp robbed, the of ficers had maintained a watch for several days. The robber were permitted to enter v bank and wVre preparing to drive away with $1500 when the officers opened fire. Charles D. Urown. Minneapolis, manager of the banker's protective department. Id five officers In the amhiifh prepared for the bandit 'and operated the machine gun. 1 Afier firing. Hrown rushed up j to th car. As h opened the door, he said, two men fell out. The third stepped out of the ma chine and staggered Into the bank. "How do you like It so for. AMBUSH THREE STICK UP BANK Chinese Population Short of Food As Soviet Refuses Allow Citizens to Leave City Nanking Refugees . Arrive at Shanghai Pi rates A 1 1 a c k British Vessel. SHANGHAI, Dec. 9.IJP) Dis- patches of the Kuomili. nationalist suyui miiuui .iiewa useu i H um Mukden, dated yesterday, said: "The Chinese population of Man clmli is facing starvation due ta a shortage of foodstuffs resulting from the Soviets' refusal to allow anyone to leave the city. "One thousand miners of Chalal nor who escaped when the Soviets bombarded the mines are reported to be imprisoned by the Soviets. "The Soviets again raided Pog ranichnaya by air inflicting slight damage." SHANGHAI, Dec. 9. (P Seventy-five American women anU children refugees evacuating Nan king arrived here today by steamer from the central capital, There were also refugees of many other nationalities,, forced from their homes by threatening rebel suc cesses. The refugees represented all tho American women and children and some of the men of Nanking. Other foreign women and children were HONGKONG. China, Dec. 9. (A) -Twelve . persons were killed. about 60 native passengers drowned land 40 or more wounded last nigut . " nuuuuou iksl ine 1 a swarm of Chinese piratpa ."... . V. !'em8h,P Haiching for its posses- BIUII. ' - TJMee-'' women flbbar thtf" Hah chlng, which reached here safely after repelling tho attack, were a Mrs. Campbell and hbr two daugh ters, missionaries, from Loa 'An geles They were not Injured. The American women were wit nesses to the bloody conflict and spent hours of terror aboard the ship before the Hritlsh destroyors. the Sterling and the Birds, came tc Its aid. Much of the superstruc ture of the vessel was burned. It finally made port here from Swa- tow. POLICY VOICED Alabama Democrat Says President Has Made Mess in Handling Matters In herited From Coolidge Administration, WASHINGTON, Dec. 9. (P) The first utterance In congress on the disturbed situation In Haiti was made in the house today by Rep resentative Huddlcston, Democrat, Alabama, who said that President Hoover had "made a mess" in han dling matters there, although, he had 'Inhcr'.'.c?" i'.:? equation ro.n ttie Coolidge administration. The Alabaman, who several years ago also Initiated congres sional discussion on the Coolidge Nlcjiraguan policy said there never could be any military encounter In the Island, as all that could take plaep there would be a-"massacre.'' "It Is a question of how many natives the American marines c.i K?t to," he asserted. "It is a foot race, not a military encounter." Huddlcston said Mr. Hoover was responsible for what had happened in Haiti since March 4, adding tin.' president now asked for a coir mission to Investigate there to havo congress "hold the sack" for him I'OKTDAND. Dec. 3,- -OFi The best goose hunting of the season js reported at Arlington. Harold Clifford, state game warden, said today. Many hunters have had no dirrteulty In filling the legHl bag of eight gpese, a day nnd 30 geese a week. boys?" Brown tald he asked nn he reached the car. "You've got us alt right thif time. Mr. Hrown." one man re plied. The bandits Were taken to n hdspltal where physicians said all probably would die. CRITICISM FOR HOOVER HAITIAN I Associated Press Pbotm Florence Smock. Lake county. Florida, and Harold Deatfine, Morgans county. Irdisnf both 17, wen health honors at the boys' and girls' farm ' congress in Chicago. ' - STEP TOWARD T American Charge Signs Pro-1 tocol for Adhesion of United States Senate Approval May Be Lack- ing in Final Act. CBXKV'A, Switzerland, Dec. !i. ItV) Jay IMerrepont Moffat, the A m erica n chaa'go d'uf fa i res a t Heme, today signed In behalf of the United Klutes government the protocol for the adhesion of the United States to tho world court. WASHINGTON, Dec. U. fP) A merica drew a step, nearer to participation In the world court today with tho affixing of Its sig nature at Geneva to the revised protocol of the court, but the rough-edged hurdle of the sen ate In1 still tn fumt of the final and formal entry. Senate upproval must be given to the revised protocol which con stitutes a modification of Hh reser vation;! to American entry. A stiff contest is certain In the senate against the revhicd reservation md senate leaders do not believe President I loovnr will place the Issue before the senate in the near future possibly not until the next session, a' year hence. Those who led t he .stubborn contest originally in the senate against American luthcrr-me to the court still are opposed to accept ance of the modification to the reservation which the senate made in voting to adhere to the protocol. This group includes Chairman Horah of the foreign relations committee ' and Kenntor Johnson of California, the ranking Itepub llcan of this commit tee. CM her Kcpuhlican stalwarts Including Henator Moses of New Hampshire, second ranking Republican on thp committee, are preparing to re new (heir opposition. It is the contention of this group that the modifier protocol, signed today In behalf of President Hoo ver, and worked out last spring by Ktlhu I toot with a committee of jurists, has weakened consider ably the senate's reservations. BROCKHART STORY WASHINGTON. Dee. M. MN Th grand Jury today derided to Ignore testimony by Senator Itrook hart of Iowa relatively to the ' Wa 1 1 St reef boojte' ' pa ft y gl veil by Walter Kahy. New York bro ker, to new members of congees- In iwi'fi, at which' the senator said Honor was served. Prior to his appen ranee be for. the grand Jury. Hrookhart hud said In the senate that he sat ? tho dinner between Otto Knhn New York financier, nnd K. K liomls. president of the Ihlgh Valley railroad, and that the Ut ter poured "some alcoholic stuff" from a glass and drank It. WORLD COUR BY SIGNATURE ACCEPT NG FEE JUDGE UNDSEY DISBARRED FOR Colorado State Supreme Court Unanimous Against prmer..,r Juyffljet.tTfipurt Judge Professional Mis ! conduct Charged UHXVKH. Dee. 9. P Ben II. I.iiulscy, former Juvenile -court judge, today was disbarred by the Colorado state supremo court on charges of pro fessional miscon duct, embracing accept anco of fees while he was Judge. Tho disbarment whs tho result or .1 g d go Lindscy's accept anco of fees from Mrs. Helen K 1 w o o d Stokes, a wealthy Denver and New York society ma Judge tin undscv tnm. j The decision of the court was unanimous. The charge against Judge Kind sey, who won wide fame for his administration of the Denver Ju- veniln court, Was that he accepted 37, nun nom Mrs. Helen uiwood stokes, 'prominent Denver and New York society woman, who was at tempting to establish the rights of her two children for u settlement of the W. K. D. Stokes estate. He was charged with taking $10. "no from Samuel Untermcyer, New York attorney, in the same case. .1 ud go JJndscy was Judge of the Denver juvenile court while Hie j Stokes case whs pending. In his defense he said his connection lit the Stokes case was "disinterested from the work of the Juvenile court" nnd that ho acted "merely as arbiter ami mediator." In addition to his wide fame as Jurist and author, .1 udgc Llndsey attracted widespread attention for his doctrine of companionate mar riage1. His writing and lectures on this subject have been widely dls-i-usMed. f SOUTH OF YREKA SACHAMKNTO. .Oil.. Dec. ft. Culled Pi-cm.)' A Ward of a con tract to O. MeHcyndils of Made line, Cal., for hauling and treating st nek piling and crushed rock along Pacific highway between Cazelle and Yreka was announced today by thn department of public works nt n bid of llj.'Sl, The department also renorted eliminn. Itlon of detours with the opening of new paved siietehes near Mount Shasta City and completion mf new pavement betwern Shasta river and OmxpIIc, which Kill be opened tomorrow. . I ApH1ll WASHINGTON, Dee. 9. (At Joe l Tr oche, convicted of mni ilerlnu Mary Lorenzo, In -; Dorado coun ty. Calif.. In November 1927 today lost his appeal In the supreme eolitt. I l w I t'Ji.HIIMWl I i ., Longest Dry Season of Rec ord Broken By Steady Downpour Snow Seen in Higher Altitudes Grain of Eastern Oregon Benefits Forest Fires in Grants Pass Zone. POHTLAND, Ore., Dec. !. (A) The Pacific northwest stood re lieved today after one of tho most extended dry seasons in Its his tory. Hain. starting Saturday night, poured down steadily over northern California, Oregon and Washington during the night and yesterday, breaking the long pe riod of drouth. Portland received 2. 26 Inches of rain In the past 24 hours, nearly us much ns the total for the past months combined. The sky wus overcast today and indications pointed to another downpour. Snow fell steadily iti the moun tains and prospects were good that more was to be forthcoming today. The weather bureau Indicuted that eastern Oregon was due for a soaking rain today. Wasco re ported last, night that tho long drouth there had been broken by a fall of .80 of an Inch. Tacoma and Seattle, In u criti cal condition, because of lack of rainfall Imperiled their power sup plies, were due for extended show ers today. Light rains fell yes terday. Aid to Wheat. The main bins of Oregon, east ern Washington and northern Idaho were particularly benefited by whatever rainfall they expe rienced. In some districts It said wheat had been molding tn the ground because of lack of mols turew.. -.--4,- i: ,,-.. In Vancouver, tl. C, a heavy rain turned to, snow. Eugene was ' drenched by the rain that started there yesterday evening and continued through out the night. Farmers in par ticular welcomed tho rain as It was reported that many uprlngs had gouo dry nnd the general lack of water hampered farming activi ties. Farmers believed tho present rain In tho Kugene nrea would sufficiently soak the ground to fa cilitate fall plowing. The chart gave a precipitation of .ii'l of an Inch fur Eugene, .77 for Salem, and .21 for Albany. Marshflold hnd a rainfall of .70 of an Inch: Mod ford. 22: rtonebtirg .Hi, and Walla Walla, Wash., .(II. Crania Pass reported that rain which fell thcrc'for 4 bourn hm quenched all fires burning in the Siskiyou forest district nnd in ad jacent territory. It wiih the first gene'rnl rain, since June. SAN Fit A NCIHCO, Dec. 9. o1 Barometers wore, falling steadily along the Pacific const today to definitely mark the end or tbu longest drought In half a century, broken yesterday by a general rain, which swept down from the Hrit lsh Columbia coast to as far south as Fresno, Cal. Although light In northern and central California, the rainfall In the northwest was sufficient to al lay fears of n further electric power shortage while ranchers and agriculturists were Jubilant over the promise of more rain to day and tomorrow. Extending north of Vancouver, H. C, the rainstorm moved south and east. Washington. Oregon, Idaho. Nevada and Utah received a wetting as did northern and cen tral California, where parched ranges and farm lands to as far south as Fresno wore benefitted. CLARA SETS DATE TO HALT GOSSIPS LOrt ANOKLKS. Dec. ! - Clara Kow, motion picture player. and Harry Hlehman, musical com edy actor nnd nlnht entertainer will be married In New York Cltv on New Year's day. Definite an iiburicemenl of the wedding dale was made by ltichnmn. following a conference last night with M Iss How, who is in a hospital con valescing from an uppcndh-ltls on- eratlon. MIsh How . previously had declined to name the wedding day, but consistently has denied rumor. that her engagement to It (chimin had been broken off. Announcement of the wedding date, Itb-hman said, was made -is an antidote for gossip-monger. Humors of asserted quarrels, cur rent- In Hollywood, consistently have tMen dented both by Itlchinau nd Miss How. Only yesterday they were called upon to deny a story from New Vork that Mis How's presence In the hospital ws the result of a self-inflicted wound growing out of a lovers' quarrel. Associated I'rcsa Photo Irene Bordonl, screen star, filed suit for Annulment of her mar riage to Edward R. Goetz. AID 10 ROGUE FISH OUTLINED BY R. KILL Wing Dam at Canfield Rif fie, Ladder On South Side of Savage Rapids Dam Among Improvements Suggested at Meeting. I'OUTLAND. Dec. i &) Plans for an Improvement program which would render the Rogue It Ivor, mow accessible to fish In their annual run upstream, were advanced by Italph Cowglll, en gineer who has made a study of Rogue river problems, nt ' the monthly meeting of the State Oame commission today. These plana Include construc tion of a wing dam at Canfield riffle, v which wouJd divert- tho water to a narrow channol and permit the fish to get upstronui without shoaling up , below the riffle whore they are cusy proy to Illegal netting. Construction of a ladder on the south side of the Havage Itaplda dam was ad vocated nnd n more strict fish code urged by Cowglll. The effect of Irrigation on the amount of water avullablo was declared to bo exaggerated, as surplus water Is stored at flood season for summer Irrigation. Harold Clifford, state k'ame warden, wiih Instructed to take steps to see that local justices of thn peaco made a more rigorous enforcement of penalties for viola tion of the game code. The commission reported tftnt 2.1 cougura were killed In Ore gon during November. Klx. of them were taken In Coon county. Ctlllty Head Die. AltFKDKKN, Wash.. Dee. fl. (Pi W. W. Hrlggs, vice-president and general manager of the Grays Harbor Power and Dlght company.' died hero today. He was 69 years old. STOCK RALLIES ONTINUE WITH STEEL IN LEAD SV'AV YORK, Dec. y. (P) Tho rally In stock prices, which has continued with few interruptions since last .M outlay, was resumed today under the leadership of U. K. Steel common, but heavy profit taking brought about sharp reces sions In some of the recent leaders. Hxtremn gains In the active Issues ranged front one to eight points, with Auliurn Auto scoring an ex treme gain of 31 '4- Trading was fairly heavy In volume, with tho t ticker running about half an hour behind the market In the early afternoon. The announcement of a four for one stock spilt up In Kwlft and company common, coupled with rumors of other split tips nnd stock dividends, provided the chief back ground for the advance. Hrlxk bidding for C S. Hteel common carried that Issue up more than fl points to 1 H!, or SU points almvo the low point reached In the break last month, but profit taking cut flown the gain. The rise in the motors was re garded as the usual proautomo bill! show demonstration, and was ChcI I ita t ed by t he ex Istepco of a lai go sleeping short Interest tn t hose stocks. Profit taking came Into the mar ket In Increasing volume In the last hour. V. H. Hteel and other leaders lost substantial portions of their earlier gains. Tho close was Irregular. Total sales aggregated 4,700,00" shares. Worst Weather of Century Continues to Hammer Great Britain and Conti nent More Wind to Come, Is Belief Many Vessels in Difficulty Air Service Halted. LONDON, Dec. 9. (tP) The bit- , tor hammering of a storm, be lieved tho worst In the past cen tury, to which Great Britain and the continent have been sub jected for nearly u week, continued today with somewhat lessened force, but tho possibility of ;i worsen blow to come. No t 1 ess than 60 vessels a Ion g the coast were reported In dis tress while the raging seas pre vented assistance being sent to them. The Leonardo da Vinci reported that she was still fighting tho fu rious storm nnd hoped to bo ahlu to tide tt out without mishup. A further sinking of a. -steamer was reported today by tho steam ship Manchester regiment which picked up 45 sailors. Ono lift boat was lost In tho rescue. There was somo doubt as to the identity of tho vohscI, which was abandoned, although it, was believed 'to be the Voluminu, en route from tho British isles for Philadelphia. The message from the Manchester - Regiment de scribed the vessel as the Columbia, but this was thought to be gar bled. Lull Comes. A lull during the storm this morning was sufficient to allow resumption of some cross-channel services which had' been tied up over tho week-end, but tbu channel waB still a seething muss of water and transport proceeded undo drWioultlfls. MnDwortH and Irish sous condltlgns ntso wcr.j still rough and the rest of Khg land reported that' tho gale was yet raging. Arriving at Plymouth today the captain of tho liner Nleum Ams terdam reported gates throughout the voyage, saying that It wiih the worst weather ho had expe rienced durlnfc his career. Anxiety regarding tho steamer, Alberta, was alleviated by news of her arrival nt tho chnnnel Island from Houthampton nftcr a 24-hour journey. Tho continuance of tho gale pre vented tho resumption , of regu lar air services". One air liner carrying freight succeeded in fly ing across tho channel. CAPTURED. IS BELIEF SKATTLIS, Dec. U. (P Tho "mystery man" arrested In. Junes vllle. Wis., today for Kent tic police Is believed by authorities' hnrn lo bo the long sought ( "perfumed slugger" who was thought to have, attacked and attempted, to harm more than t a score of women throughout the Pacific northwest more than ft year ago. The most recent exploit of the "perfumed slugger was when he. frightened two glrla In the univer sity district when he entered tho room where they were sleeping. Will Rogers Says: HKVKHI.Y UIU-S, ('ill.', Dec. !). Willi Mr. 'Hoover plmuliiiK with pverylindy lo Hpimd all this moimy. I won der what ll little, ;i'iitlemiiii iii n rented frame Ihhi.su 'in- No.rth- H in p.t o n tfs thinking. The idea . of h ii c li upend i n K w 1 I 1 make him turn over in' his lied of iliiiKUziluinMmmcTipl.s. This UiitiWRj- Mneloli!ild on hi poiioe- mission' visited the wruiiK country;-it wns Haiti where he belonged. ,; There iH a tremendous movement on to get lower taxes on earned ineomes. Then will eonie the reid problem, "Who among us on salary urn' earning our . in come ?'' Yours, WlUi ROOKHS.