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M The Weather Forecast: Tonight mill Wttlucs iluy rubi; iciuneruliitv uiiclutnxctl. EDFORD AIL TRIBUNE Temperature Highest yesterday .13 Wmcst ihls iiiorniiiic -I" To 5 p. in. ycMcrilny I.Hll To 5 it. in. Oil morning -I Ptlly Tmty-ftwUi Tear. Kntlr ririrUbtb Vear. M EDFORD, OKM-XiOX. Tl'KSDAY. DKCKM 1IKU 10, 1L9. No. 261. m Today jNi PERISH ; By Arthur BriBban. Ill nPITII AH1 Any, Memory After Death Many Brave Men Left. Will Sloan or Ford Do It? Will CoolirJtJe Run? Ask V-y Him. ' Copyright KIiib Features Synd. Inc. Does anything interest tis lift or we die? Does Clcmen ceiin know that he saved his country I Is Nelson prouil to point downward mid show his tall noiiiiiiiciit to Kniiua Hamilton? When the Duke of Marlbor ough refused to receive them at Hlcnlicim because they were not married the sprightly Lndy Hamilton said: "Nelson shall have a monu ment, to which Blenheim shall he but a pigsty." Nelson has ' . - . Does A ushingtou point to his fine monument, by the Poto mac, thus impressing Sally Fairfax, flying around near him? Or are the pessimists right, and is it true that: The cloud-capped towers, the gor gcoiiH palaces, The solemn temples, the great' globe it.soir; Yeu, nil which It Inherit, shall dis solve And leave- not a mark behind. In any case, T. P. Nelson, brave pilot of the postoffiec air service, killed on duty, would have been proud of his funeral, could he have seen it. While thev lowered him into, most miantiy were nweepins IthroUKh th1 whole tiuildinK. the earth, to drive bis plane . while studio oniplnyes voiiBiit f i ing the clouds of this earth rneck "lc tlamcs "llh 'Miaratus , Jut hand, otlirrsi turned in tiro no more, Ills flymg friends of ; alarms, which hruusht all avail olller dnvs iiifliiilimr l,iinllw.rrli I able apparatus from upper Mn- , flew over his grave,' dropping blowers, and tears with the I'loweus. We may know nothing be yond the hour of death. Hut, even so, it is worth while to do something that will make good men remember us and regret our going. Manv brave men are left on earth, as brave as Inhii'c, Cril-. Ion, Dugueselin or John J. Snl- J livan, himself, and brave some- j times in a better cause. - j In the great storm Weeping i Itritish coasts, wind going KXS miles an hour, a French steam er, the Ornais, seemed doomed with its crew of nineteen. No boat could be launched and live. The coast guard eould not send a line bv rocker. rr i , . .... t i i fining L.oi'iiisnmiin tinmen M I.atty said be thought he might live through the hundred yards (Continued on Pago Four) MEALS Five Those Ktooane igcri. Si" 'J I'll! IB Ml ..r H.i.,.r pi,i....i ii.i(,v..r' tV i' a in 'I Mhlirlit suggest ttuit wnnM (rn'Htly j 'f the conflict over Chinese Kast OMer lip bn-ine. no' swIiir n lot J ern railway operation. nmnrjr over to the Irirtllmau Trains were repurtfd nlreadv Vtamicls o trade would bo Tit evt r'j operating between Manchuli and fller itiHktn' 2 1)0(1 a vear Khallar in western Manchuria. r tm for n nlillt! mm Pr nis hills... un. llier uw; yle mi I hnd to lump to II. but 1 .don't fevl liulf nuiinclimted ' Ml did." Mid Mnnie Mism. Kwlnv. t Xlot1iln' fpr Iht Innir tln. Copyright John k Dili Co.) E Flames Trap Film Workers in . Pathe Exchange Bodies Found Near En trance When Fire Quelled Blast Comes As Chorus Girls Dressing for Minia ture Revue. XKW VOIiK. Dec. 10. (P Trapped In a blazing motion pic ture studio in upper Manhattan to day, nine persons lust their lives. Ten or more other persons wen; seriously injured, either by the flumes or by jumping to safety from the windows of the throe -story brick building. One hundred persons were in the studio, located at Park avenue and 134th street and used jointly by the Manhattan Studios. Inc.. and ; the Pathe Motion Picture exchange, j shortly before 10 o'clock today, j The stage was set in the rear of the first floor of the building, prj-j paratory to filming: a minature re- view, titled the "Black and A hue Itovue." The orchestra loader and his 14 musicians were waiting: for the signal to start playing. The cameras were ready. -' Chorus Girls Waiting. On the floor abovo were about ;10 churns girls, many of them not yet dressed In their scanty clothes, waiting their calls. There was a flash from the back drop and flames and black smoke rolled across the. stage. Immediately all was In confu sion. Men and Women fought to escape from the flumes, which hatttin snrt the Bronx to the scene. I'olk'P' rrservt's and ambulances beKan arriving, but there was noth ing that could 'be done to help those trapped In the building. For over an hour the fire raired and then, as the flames died down, the nine bodies were found, mnt of them Just Inside the 134th slre.-t entrance to the bulldlnts. a steo or two from life and safety. Al thotmh several of the bodies weie badly burned, most of those win) lost their lives had died from suf focation. E Overnight Advance Brings Chang Division to Gates of City Nationalists Pre paring to Make Desperate Stand. CANTON', Dec. 10. (A'l ChanK FALL OF CANTON REBELS BELEVED NEAR Fak-N'ol's revolting "Ironsides", division kninked at tbe doors of A Christmas present for I'os; Canton today after a prei lplliile 1 master Wm. . I. Warner lame today overnluht advance which broucbt ' from I ncle Sam hn. neeoidlnj them near the city. Artillery fire was plainly audible. The rebels apparently have broken the government lines on a wide front. Rumors circulated that the fall of Canton was immi nent. The utmost uneasiness re sulted In native drdef. It wan said here the breach In the loynlist's lines hnd beei made in Iho TslnK.vun district, f0 miles north of Canton, where land mines ; J were exploded bv stampeding a herd of water buffalo agalnM the nationalists. The rebels fol lowed behind the cattle. I It was understood the nntiotial j Ists planned to exert the utmost effort to hold Canton analnst the Invaders. II4IMMV Mnnehiirln 10 iTV-Tsui Yun-ShetiK. Manchuria's cliirt ncKonaior, pen iooa Khabarovsk, Siberia, to resum the parley with Simanovski, litis flan representative, for settlement tracks which were d.tmaued muiuhu activities are beimc paw-ed by soviet troops, which are said to continue the occupatlim of jthe two towns with a view of nc- elerating the present 'hlnese-yo- vlct negotiations. CONGRESS HEARS PRESIDENT'S ANNUAL MESSAGE William Tyler Page, veteran .... j. . GOES DEG.14TH Telegram From Senator Mc- CRESCENT CITY GUARDSMEN IN DUAL PICTURE HARBOR REPORT CONTROL OVER OP MURDERED Marv tn Prpcirlnnt fiatpQ troubled Taylorville under protee-! dt J 10 rieblUeill UdlB!)llon of th0 1111lla,.y .NHtionull SayS SlirVey Will Be in 1 R"'""" were . quartered on one i J J j side of the courthouse in the mid-i Hands of Army Engineers iUe of the Ht,uaro- i,ntl n,lno work i ers were congregated on the other, j Farlv DatP ; At Klncald, several miles away, j ' A'telegram from Senator Churl '.h I,. McXary,- received by C. 13. Gates, president of the Northern California-Sou thorn Oregon , Development association, this murning, slates that the survey report of Crescent City harbor will he sent to AYash Inifton, D. C, abouL December 14, and will be. given consideration by the. board of army engineers at an early date. Although the report is somewhat delayed, the assurance of the sena tor that the board of army engi neers will review It as soon as pos sible Is very encouraging to of ficials of the development associa tion. Immediately upon receipt of Uv telegram President Gates sent letter tn Seniitor MeNai'V lo usee - I tain if the report will he note upon in time for the Crescent City project to be included In the niii mendat Ions of the rivers and harbors committee. . j There seems to ho a feeling hero that Crescent City harbor should! have a fair portion uf the total fl the rivers find lnirhors fund, es-1 pecially In view of President Hoov er's announced building program, j and It Is expected that a very bro id i view will probahlv be taken v. it.-i I reference to development and ex pansion work. Senator McXary will he notifi-d Immediately the bonrd of army en gineers lias taken action on the harbor, and hln reply, will bo eager ly looked for. ncoordlng to Presi dent Gates. to an AHsoeiaieii ri os mipatco. from Washington. D. C, early thlsi afternoon. President Hoover nor.i- i nated him for reappointment to j another four years at postmaster o;'j Merlford, w hich Is equivalent to his I being Klv'-n the uppolnttnent, as t!'n' L'niterl States senate Is sure to con firm th appointment, I Mr. Warner hfls hoen postmavfi' of Med ford for over eight years. "iv i"""-"' " H ni uitsi iniisier in .iiiii", i -- ' that position, to fill out the, unex- pired term of three or four rnonthsi occasioned by the death of Po.-?-! rnnxter Oeorge P. Nlmms. He ha-li received two four-year reappoint - i ments fince. and now cornes a ; four years more tenure of of five f from President Tor)ver. i NO JACKSON COUNTY LITIGATION DECIDED HAI.K.M. (Me., Dec. In. A'i -No, decisions pertaining to Jackson; county cases were handed down by the supreme court today, i Wnrrni Ift Pig Ktnli CHKYKNXK. Wvo.. Ii-c. Hi. iPi The vslue of the estate of the rftlate Senator Francis 11. Warren if Wo mine Is valued at more than $3. Oho. (out. Recording to tabulation of bequests Included In the sena tor's will filed for probate here to day In district court. clerk of the house of representatives, (reading President Hoover s HiciiiuciB uive mcir close attention. MINE RIOTERS; TAYI.oriKVII.I.E, tPt Today's dawn 111.. Dee. 10 f,ound strtj;e- ca va Iry and In fa n t ry we re en -camped to prevent conflict at Peahody mine No. 7, between rival union miners. Two acore automobiles leaded with members of the National Miners' union, swept out of town toward Klncald two hours before the time set for the mlno to open 7 a. m. :SEA DISASTERS LONDON, Dec. 1 Known deaths in the terrific storm which has battered Great Itrltnin and the continental roust for the past week today reached HI3, most of them occurring at sea. Seven out of ten steam trawlers that liHd been missing: have now been definitely accounted for. It was learned this morning that (be captain of the steamship Krledu was washed overboard ami drowned (luring the Htnrm. When the vessel was first in difficulty four af her crew launched a boat but the seas were so high the men had to he rescued by tugs, The Krieda finally wax towed Into Dover habor. . I PORTLAND HOSPITALITY i TOO MUCH FOR VISITOR!- STORM DEATHS! MIIMDCD1C0 IM hUIIULI IUJ 111 . lieved to he a steamer, was afire PORTLAND, Ore., Dec. 10. j to,,il t H) miles east soiith- W. H. Kdwards. motorist, arriv.-d ' east of the Isle of Shoiils. Aid was here, placed his car in a ganijif j hefng rushed to the burning craft, and started across the street for a The blazing ship was sighted by hotel. Kn route, a lone gunman: the lookout at the Isle of Shoals robbed him of Kdwards re-j coast guard headquarters and the traced his stop ami five minutes navy yard here. The fire appeared later whs heading back home to 'to tbe lookout to he located In thu Palo Alto. Cat. bow of the vissd. Hichs for Kaiser Resound at Banquet of German Warriors HKKLIN. X)p.r. 10. JP) Hoch "Wo do not belong to those tin for the kaiser resounded Ht a Imn : gniteful one who forget what the qm-t kIvcii last night by old war, kaiser has done for the army and j comrades to Field Marshal von ' the fatherland's prestige," ho said. Mai kensf-n. veteran Cermn koI- "He was our best comrade. The j dlei on the occasion of his aoth world war Is not. yet ended. Hie ! birthday. ; struirgln for llermaiiy's future ron- last niieht s banquet, which had llnues. I hope to witness the , all the military pomp of past days bf-Kinnlng of the fatherland's ie t was attended by the former crown - stirieence. although I cannot ex i"-""'- n f"M i''"n f Clark II imsars and his brothers. hltcl, A im unt and Oscar, us well as brilliantly uniformed genera U from the former kaiser's army. Tho hall was decorated with the imperial colors and rang with Horhs for t he kaiser, called by Admiral von Hchroedr. Kb-ld Marshal Mac kensen, wearing the uniform of the death head hiis- the hull watched the revival of the sars and numerous orders, thank- pn'-wsr military splendor, ed the company for the cheers . President von Hindenhui g. who for their "noble kaiser and klnK."H 'd friend of Field Marshal which he said had given the meet- i Mackennen, bud hi in for luncheon Ing due consecration, 1 today. ! I . WOMAN SEEN Rockford. Teacher Was Staid . 'School Ma'am' Or Siren Search for 'Motive of Slayer Baffles Police Dentist Is Held. ROCKKOHD. 111.. Dec. HI. (P In search of a motive for - the slaying of Miss Cordelia OummerH- hoWJiTiv, Htt-rHCtlve- school teacher found beaten to death In her apartment Sunday, authorities to day were confronted with conflict ing details picturing the woman at once aw' a matter-of-fact "school murm" and a woman of secret loves. As her friends in Rockford knew her, M lss Gunimershoinipr was n teacher devoted to her work, head of t.ie foreign language depart ment at Rockford high school, a 'woman who tatmbt both dav and night a ixl whoso diversion coiiKtst- I ed mainly of an occasional evening jal bridge with women friends. 1 To the authorities thu teacher ! presented another picture a woman admired by two men neith er of whom knew of the other land each of whom protested his j love for her in frequent letters, found carefully kept In her kitch enette apartment. ' ! While an eccentric dentist. Dr. J Kloyd Leach, was still In custody I because ho had been seen ill the neighborhood of the teacher's home the night she was killed, authorities said they had no evi dence to link him with tint crime. One of the teacher's correspon dents. Glen Wiseman, Is in Tar pon Springs, Kla., and the other, Roy Seribncr, in New York, OFF ISLE OF SHOALS PORTSMOl'TII. X. !!., Dei-. 10. iVP) An unidentified vessel, b- pect to live to s'-t! its consumma tion." He then expressed hope that it rj"W f term a n nrmy was In the making In which the obi Prussian v'ruies mid spirits would prevsll. The eiithuflasm of the k u e s I s reached Its hi Kb est point whrn a band played famous old army marehes. n great crowd outside PUBLISHER 'FINDS! FARMER HIT Solon Asks Probe of Alleged Propaganda By Minne sota Newspapers to In fluence Congress in Tariff Vote 300 Newspapers Purchased in State, Is Assertion. WASIIIXOTOX. Dee. lit. (P -Senator Norris. Republican Inde pendent of Nebraska, demanded in the senate today that the lobby investigating committee call for questioning more than a hundre.i editors and publishers or rural newspapers In Minnesota, to de termine who paid for a page ad vertisement appearing in papers to day, urging congress to pass the tariff bill without slushing exis; inK industrial rates. The advertisement appeured simultaeously with an appeal ad dressed to congress hy the Minne sota editors, urging the senato par ticularly to pass the tariff measure with It.s "splendid new farm rate schedule," and not to hold It up indefinitely with attempts to cu Industrlal rates below the present law. After Senator Allen, Republican, Kansas, had read Into tho record the advertisement as appearing In today's Washington Post, Senator N orris demanded that the lobby committee examine "this propa ganda." Pretended 1YUuIn. "I want tho farmers of Minne sota to know what their papers, which are pretending to be friends of the farmer, are spending thtiir money for," he said. , Later, Senator Schall. Repub lican, Minnesota, said he "wondered1 what euutcrn money Is being shot Into the state uf Minnesota to pur chase our ipowspapers." "For over a year, in the state of - Minnesota,' '-deulftred Hohall, "some concern haw been using a utility to buy 300 newspapers, and I understand they have ibeen pur chased. I do not know whether they are the nowspapers mentioned hero today." Senator Fletcher, Democrat, Florida, then Introduced in tho record and editorial from tho Mi;i neapolls Tribune entitled "Tho Farmers of Minnesota." FATHER LOCATES Kay Chlldcrs, IS, and Klla May Ivirby, I H. local couple, who disap peared Thanksgiving day were located the first of the week. Tho youth was with u married sister In Portland, and has Joined tho navy, and the girl Is now with an aunt living near Yakima. Washington, according to the police and rela tives of Iho two. Clem Chllders, father of the youth, has returned from Portland, The couple made the trip In his iuj to. which was badly smashed in collision on Portland streets. Tho reason given by tho youth ful pair for their runaway, was that the girl was dissatisfied with her home life, tho police, say. U. S. MARSHAL WASHINGTON". Her. 10. (TP) ApVolutment of John I., Hay of Portland, as federal marshal for Oregon, was recommended to At torney (ieneral Mitchell today hy Senators MeNary and Htclwer of that state. Senator Ktelwer also rerom mended to tho post offlco depart ment the reappointment of j. N. Jones, as postmaster of Portland. The Portland office has been the subject of some controversy. J)sy would succeed Clarence Hotchklss as marshal. AS PROSPERITY HINT MOW YORK. Ieo. 10. (VPi The I'nlted States Hteel Corp. reported today that Its unfilled orders In creased 3H.7H3 Ions during Novem ber -i u total of -1.125.315 tons as of Nov. 80. This Increase, w bile moderate, whs a pleasant surprise to Wall .Street, which attaches considerable haromctrif; value as to Industrial conditions, to this monthly compi lation, t Two Pair W In Penny . e; Player i itad HHH CHICAtJO. Doc. 10 fVl The last poker hand Hubert Cold man ever will hold in this world was a winning; one two small pah. The old man he was liked to play penny ante. It was at a friend's flttt, ami when he suw whi.it h chad he shoved forth a nickel bet. The others had nothing and threw down their hands. Then they saw Goldman was dead. . J. 4 $ (r Jt . Lobby Committee Wants to Know Why Commission Grain Dealers Fighting Federal Farm Board Mar keting Policy Report On Joseph Gundy Carries De nunciation. WASHINGTON, Dee. 10. (!) Julius H. Barnes, president of the U. S. chamber of commerce, was summoned today by the senate lobby committee to appear Friday for questioning in regard to his activities In connection with .the federal farm hoard. Barnes, a former grain operator on the Chicago hoard of trade, is reported to have, opposed tho farm hoard's grain marketing policy and Chairman Caraway of the lobby committee announced that ho wished to inquire into the mutter. Many commission grain dealers arc known to ho opposed to tho hoard's grain marketing policy and notlca was taken uf the situation In the senate hy Senator Nyo, Ke publlcan. North Dakota, who da feuded the hoard's policy and as serted It had "come to grips with a farm foo of great strength And Influence." WASHINGTON, Doc. 10. P) Asserting that If Joseph It. Grundy was named as a senator from Pennsylvania tho appointment would be made, "by tho people who bought and paid for the office the governor of Pennsylvania now oc cupies," Chairman Caruway today submitted a critical report oC tho lobby committee's findings on Grundy's activities In favor of In dustrial tariff rates. Possibility of the appointment of Grundy to tho place made vacant by the rejection of William 8. Varo has been uppermost in tho minds of a number of senators during the past few days and opposition to him had been Indicated should ho seek to present bis credentials. E AT WOLFCREEK Downpour of Monday and Last Night Measures 2.35 Inches More Rain To night and Wednesday in General Forecast PORTLAND. Ore., Dec. n.(A1) Morn rain tonlKht and tomorrow with probfihlc lower temperatures, was the general forecast lor Ore gon and Washington today. In many points In both states, ra.n continued to pour down after tin nll-nltcht session. Hnnw at high mountain levels was predicted and it was believed occasional gales were stirring themnlves upon the Oregon coa-U. "Wolf Creek, Ore,, cxjifcrlenced a terrific downpour yesterday and Isst night, to the extent of 2.J.r Inches, the heaviest in the entire West. Oregon City was second In the precipitation list for the pa I 2i hours, with n mark of 1.U3 inches. Albany was third with 1.7.". Inches, and Hale in and Marshflebl contended for fourth placo wltn 1.72 Inches each. other points reporting rainfall for the past 24 hours were: Med ford. l.ftH Inches; Portland, 1.17: Kugcnc 1.5K; Kelso, Wash.. 1.00; Itoflphurg, Maker, .28; 8entt!c. .90; Hpokane. .IS; Vancouver. H. PLAN GRA N PLAN OPPOSITION 10 DEL OF NORTHWEST C, .10; Walla Walla, .10. GAVE DRINK 10 JUSTICE Witness in Joseph Disbar ment Trial Furnished Liquor to McBride On Many Occasions Is Testi monyHeard Justice and Lawyer Thomas Mannix Discuss Cases. SALli.M. Ore. Dec. 10. (T) That on ninny oeciiKiunH hu ' fur nlHlied intuxit'tUiiiR llqu'ur ui ChicC .lUHtluo McBride of tho statu su premo court, Ihnt ho hcanl ijcml Ing cases In tho nupremo court freely dlscutuied between .McUrldo und Thomas Miinnlx, and that Mcljrldo promised him a victory In his divorce can were 8tuie menta made on the witness stand today by Klvln C. Colidit of l'ort land, a defense witness in tlu George Joseph disbarment trial. Condit made his statements uu direct examination In detail ami reiterated them In part on cross examination by W. Iiir Thomp son, one of tho prosecuting attor neys. Thompson succeeded in tan gling tho witness to some oxtent ill regard to tho tlmo ho heard ponding cases discussed as related to tho tlmo they were actually In court. Condit waa tho first witness culled by tho defense, tho prosecu tion having routed uftor ratling two witnesses, Arthur 8. Benson, clerk of tho supremo court, and Albert B. llldgway, former secre tary of tho Multnomah Bur asso ciation. Tho prosecution mudc a fight against Introduction of Condil's testimony relative to liquor, con- , tending that tho case should -ho-' hold strictly to tho fact that thu caso of Condit against Nepinich and Mannix had been filed In court, wfth Joseph as attorney for Condit, tho- prosecution's conten tion being that this In itself wus a malicious attack on a member of tho supremo court and was causo for disbarment. The ref erees rulod that it should be ad mitted as far as It pertained t McBride. but that otherwise the caso should not bo discussed. "It Is competent testimony, no mntter who it hurts, let tho chips fall whero they may." was the stern ruling of presiding referee Hklpworth. Condit said that after ho bad been unsuccessful In a divorce case against his wlfo In 1928 bo was taken to the office ot Thomas Mannix by Tony Neppach. "My atlornoy had told mo nut tn go nn with my enso." said Con dit. "Neppach Introduced mo lo Mannix and told mo Mannix could win my case for mo. Mannix told me ho had been successful before, tho supremo court. I asked him if ho could get mo a divorce and ho said ho was sure ho could, lie (Continued on Page Six) Will Rogers Says: 1!KVKHIY IIIU-S, Cal.. De. 10. Hny, did yon know Unit nn old country boy front just 28 mill's from (.'liti-c-more, Okln., wits secret nry of w h r! 11 1 mime is I 'nt Hurley. And lie is nmkiiiR ti o il riiflit fro m t It C j n m t n o. lie li a d ii ' t tiny more than been uinint cd than he hntulictl tine willi Haiti. Course I hat's jiof, m null of a one hut it njuy lend into Homctliinir lijrur and better. Due. to l'at vvi are liable to wake up sonic' day with presidential timber on our liuuds riht down, home. He Whs appolnteir"! cause ho llHtl fought in tvi wars anil six Oklahoma im peachments, lie was like Mr. Hoover soon to reali.o that, while, the Democrats were always riRht, they were seldom presidents, so he re liuiiii.shed tils social stand in"; mid joined the urciit uu-; washed majority. Yours for the home town boys. WILL UOUKHS. mm nt