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Newspaper Page TextM MA .The Weather Forecast: Probably rain tonight mid Saturday. No vIuiiiko In temperature. EDFORD IL I RIBUNE Temperature Highest yesterday SU Lowest HiIh morning 4tf I'm'ipilulloii, 5 p.m. ycxlcnlur .11 Precipitation, S ii.in. today Ill rllf Twnlf -lourlb Ttw. . Kntlr TKlr-UthUl Taw. SIXTEEN PAGES MEDFORD, OREGON, FIJI DAY, DECEMBER 13. 1929. No. 204. EAST- ED Today '4: ; By ' Arthur Briibm WEST RAILROAD LINK Letting Convicts Read. Taking Babies Away.' Pity Savage Brides. " The Man Without a Car. . Copyright Ring Features Synd. Inc. 1 '' Warden Lnws of Siiig Snip; prison, wise mmi, says: "I shall lot my bonvicts read in news papers accounts o the out break in the Auburn peniten tiary. There will be a good ', deal of buzzing when they read them. But the effect on their morale of withholding the news papers would be worse than al lowing them to see them' That's an intelligent man. The czars might 4)e ruling yet , Had they known enough to let the people know the facts. Information and discussion Ysupply a great, safety valve. The warden of Auburn pris on, captured by convicts in re bellion, said the convicts, of whom -many are dead, were made desperate 'by the knowl- edge that if they failed they would surely go to the electric ohair. In this case,- at least, capital punishment did not de ter men from murder. An "expert" of the Russian government proposes that all babies be taken ' from their mothers, "immediately after birth," and brought up by the state. He wouldn't even give them time to bo weaned: Somebody should tell the gentleman the difference bc- tween mother's milk and other ' milk., . : ., V- '' Also somebody" should tell Stalin, Russia's real ruler, that . : while human beings will stand much regulating, women rule in the end and will riot allow their children to be taken from . them. '' 4-4 Sparta tried that, although it didn't take babies from their mothers. Sparta did not live. Ignorance, unfortunately, ac companies the raising.' of chil dren in spiritual 'and material things. ' . An able physician says "!!) per cent of families ure ignor ant of the proper care of chil dren." ' Nevertheless., an ignorant mother is better for the child than the most scientific and cold blooded government insti tution. - ' The Duchess of Athol, who goes to and fro on the earth, and up and down therein, and sits in the house of commons, (Continued on Fag Four. Second Section) 0w f H?KTMA$ &ootAne in. wow m m will LOOK- O r JVVK Among tlw ole Min-rsllllon llnti Are fa! rnilln away la tlw oner im'Ur hnlk-f tlml Pf-mw-rat ranw Miinit an imnlr. I don't nun! tn .tic gloomy. (Hit I lip mct-gln' o' TlMiikaaiTln' with CliHtms ltmk mighty Imminent to me. (Copyright John V. DMIe Co.) STATE WINS LONG FIGHT FOR OUTLET Union Pacific Must Con struct 181 'Mile Line Be tween Crane and Cres cent Lake at Cost Nine Million Will Traverse Largest Area in V. S. Without Railroad. WASHINGTON, Dec. 13 P The interstate commerce commis sion today (or the first time as serted its power to compel a rail road to build, against its will, ex tensive new lines, when it directed the Union Pacific system to con struct 181 miles of line between Crane and Crescent Lake, Ore., at an approximate cost -of 19.000,000. Because of the principle involved the proceedings drew in all the railroads of the Pacific northwest and in handing down the verdict the commission also ruled that It had tho power to compel the rail road to undertake the work. The Oregon-WaBhington Railroad and Navigation company, a subsidiary of the Union Pacific, was directed to begin the actual construction. Complaint Justified The complaint, brought by the Oregon public service commission, si.lil the central portion of ;the state had not been provided with the proper rail facilities and that the line from-Crane to Crescent Lake was badly 'needed. - in the opinion the commission said the complaint was Justified. Two commissioners, llrainerd and Farrell, dissented, expressing the opinion that the commission was without authority to compel rail roads to undertake extensive con struction against their will. . Commissioner Porter also dis sented, but he held the commission had the power to direct the con struction but that the use of it In the case under consideration was not Justified. Commissioner Wood lock dissented without comment. It Is considered certain that the commission's decision ordering the Union Pacific to construct the new route will be taken Into court, in view of the opposition the Union Pacific had evinced to undertaking tho work. i ,- Link East-West The line would run from east to west across the center of Oregon and would link up transportation lines which now operate chiefly on the cast and' west borders of Ore gon. The commission remarked that a line "across central Ore gon has long been a desire of the people of that state," while the area lo bo traversed was said "probably to constitute the largest area within the United States without rail facilities. Several' railroad arguments quas tionlng the right or the commission to order a common carrier to ex tend its. line were reviewed, and the majority decision, in spite of statements of dissenting members, specifically stated that under ex isting law "we rind that authority has been vested in us to authorize or require the construction prayed tor." Development Hampered "The view or the public service commission of Oregon Is that the development or central and western Oregon Is being seriously hamper ed due to the absence or an cast and west line or railroad across the state." the commission com mented. "Traffic now originating In western Oregon and destlnpd to eastern points must move either south or north before eastward movement begins. It is urged that Oregon's development has been held hack and seriously hampered by lark or direct routes." As to the amount or trarric prob ably available to the new line, the commission Indicated there was whio differenc, of opinion. The majority declared, however. H at "case after casa might be cited where applications of carriers for certificate covering construction tinder less favorable circumstances as related to probable trafric. reve nues and public benefits than are present in this case have been granted. Denial Unjustified Since railroads undertaking to build have been allowed to go for ward where earnlags on contem plated Investment were in doubt, the commission said "There can be no Justification ror denying appeals or the people for relief and for reasonable chance lo develop a great state.' ' I'OKTLAXli ifi Home ripe to. matoes picked In a garden at Va chats.' Lincoln county on Thanks giving day were dlxplayed her. THESE BOYS AND . , ... v ' I ' ,. f Anawwlrit I'fCK I'httln Here are national 4 H club champions crowned at natio ial livestock show In Chicago. Rear row, left to right: Helen Haldiman, Monroe, Wis.. Upton trophy: Elsie LcBlanc, White Castle. La., bread Judge; Florence Smock, Florida, healthiest girl: B;ulah Livingston Raleigh. S. C, cotton dress: Lois Bailey, Eugene, Ore., leadership: Nola McCormlck. Kama., wool grin winner: Marie Sieverson. Min nesota, and Nadine Brewster, canning udglng: Lu;iile Waling and Beanie Stertier. garment ludglng. Front row: Tryon Rosbrook. Olxon. III., meat judging: Harold Oeatim. Indiana. Healthiest boy: John Patno. Lipton trophy: Theodore Lorenze. Hitchcock.. Oku., leadership: iioyH Bieisch and Arthur Schick. Illinois, meat judging: Enoch Vigness, Alfred Mueller and Chelsea Pratt ol Minnesota, poultry Judging. - . , i LADY BURGLAR IN AND OUT OF JAIL ALL NIGHT Arrested Last Evening for Robbing ' Riverside Ser vice Station, Pauline Ple sik Escapes, But Returns for Luggage. " ' A determined ' .woman was Pau lino Plosilt- of. Oakland) ...Gal.', In the county jail today facing charges of robbery and jail breaking, follow ing her first arrest last night and her second arrest this morning at Ashland.' She started 'the evening off at 6 o'clock by the alleged rob bery of the Portef, Shell service station on Riverside avenue, tak ing the sum of $16.50. She was placed In jail, broke out, then broke in the Jail for luggage and went to Ashlamn . Joe Lewis is also in the jail as an alleged accomplice of the wom an und the pair are being investi gated In connection with the at temptod burglary last night of the hmbry servico station on East Haln ' and ' Almond, and the at tempted entrance of the First Na tional bank, which constltutod the ripples of Mdlford's first crime wave of the season. Robbed Till The woman stopped at the serv ice station to Inquire for road In- formation, and - officers . say that while tho service 'Station attend ant had his back, turned sho look me money out or tne cash register and continued talking to the at tendant when he came back. She aroused his suspicions when she ran to her car, parked down the street, and threw something Into the seat. The license number or the machine was taken and shortly after it left, having the woman and the mun as' occupants, the theft was discovered. Officers at Ashland were advised of tho theft apd watched, for the car. They managed to arrest Lewis but failed to find the woman, ror wnom ueputy Sheriff Paul Jen- nlngs and City Traffic Officer Sam I'rescott of Ashland .searched for several hours. When sho appar ently could not find 1-ev.ls she hired a taxi and drove about the city looking ror him and finally alighted at tho Plaza contention ery. where she purchased sand wiches. . . , . . When SDino-sinall change was ha. Ing coitnifd out to her. according to the officers, the grabbed the chango fiom the clerk's hand and dlsnpepaied. Deputy Jennings was notified and In a short time thqy "linn tne woman Hiding behind a tree in l.iihlu park. Escaped Jail She was brought to Medford and locked In tho women's ward of the Jail, which she apparently did not like.' as around 10 o'clock sho crawled through the transom ever tho door to liberty. Aflor she came on the street, ortlceia ay. she round an open window and reen tered the court house and Jail to take some luggage alio had forgot ten. She was not seen again until Orricer Prescott arrested her In Ashland while Handing on a street corner. The woman Is 28 years of ago and of slight build, Lewis claims he Is not an accomplice, but was only picked up at Kugene lor a ride. Wheeler lPi The Wheeler Khln gle mill has been wild to the lwls Mhingle company ot feouth Bend, Waeh. GIRLS ARE NATIONAL FARM CHAMPS OF E i GRANTS PASS. Ore., Dec. 13. ! Iff) A possible solution to mo wholesale burning of gludlolus bulbs here several weeks age whs seen today by authorities after the arrest or W. . C. Harmon. Jose phine county bulb grower, who officials said. . admitted burning bulbs to collect J1200 insurance. Harmon's confession, authorities mild, indicated the lack of ready sale caused him to fire the gludl olus storage house. H. H. Pomeroy, deputy state fire . warden, . Part land., 'had been In tho city directing the' Investiga tion. '' ''.' PLACE IN SENATE WASHINGTON. Dec. 13. P) The amlllng andaffabh:".fnce of Joseph R. Grundy):the iew senator from PennHVlvania, wait one of the 'flint seen In the senate chamber and ltn presence resulted in the Hcnate having it full membership of 96 members for the first time In three years. Grundy apparently was k1vIS no thought to the turmoil of less than 24 houra ago when a group of senators spoke out In protest against hla taking a scat because they said he had been connected with the now famous Pennsylvania senatorial campaign of 1 06. DAMAGE FROM GALE MAHHHFIEhD. Ore.. Dec. 13. iP A heavy wind accompanied by further rainfall here lust nlKlt and today broke down trees and flooded the city with heavy gusts from off the bay. Seven Inchnsl of rain have falien-here since tlw 1 dry period wart broken HHturday. I Meal Seeking Frenchmen Cannot Dictate American Skirt Length NKW YORK, Dec. 13. A I Foreign entablements In the foimi of long ftklrtr decreed by lai-!H stylo dictators have been' denouiK i ed by New York club .womin. ' After hearing the nklrt delml':lt at length yeMterday- la a meeting' apomiored by the New York Hiute Federation of Club Women, hi 600 delngiiten Indicated by oy-' pi a line their approval of a male ( ment that "Amrlean women can-, nut be dictated to by a small cn-j terle of meal ticket e e k I It g ; Frenchmen In Parln." Six modeln. three drome) In lb"! nhort hklrta of ImhI year and, thrn in the new longtr ntyle, were calK Ji lo the platform. The Miort nki''.j won a popularity vote from tlw' audience. I Gertrude Lawrence, nglinh avl- reiw. wearing a aklrt 12 InrF.h?! from the floor, defended loiu klrt. Hhe raid: "The new style, with their Ions,! graceful lines, are more aihlnt'c. : They are easier to look at and th-iti Mhou4d he a determining reanon fr! up. They make tall women lock, I en like bean-pole, abort women look Utter and fnt wornn lockj more slender i "Under tha old itylea limba h.il SELF HELP THRU BUYING IS PLAN CIVIC COUNCIL Concentrated Purchase of Jackson County Products Will Be Fostered Inven ; tory Dinner January 8 Survey Planned. '; At a meeting of the Ccntrul t'lvir. Council held tilts' noon t tho Hotel Medford steps were taken for con centrated - purchase of Jecksnn county, products by Jackson coun ty people, whatever the product. To this end, a civic Inventory din ner will be held January 8, and n civic inventory taken of tho city and county at an early date. . The women of the city will be jinked, to take a part in the cam paign. Carl .Hwlgart said the do mestic pursestrlngs wcro largely controlled by the womenfolks, ar.i they would be Valuable aides. O. O. Alenderfcr said, that the campaign "was simply a question of education, and a united community front would yield results of benefit to all. He cited the case of Bend, Ore. where merchants will not re uelve goods shipped In pasteboard boxes, as a stop towards aiding the lumber Industry. It Is planned to hove heart-to-heart talks with contractors, urg ing them to use Jackson count? products, and to secure tho co operation ot . prospective builders to Insist that contractors use coun rV products. The keynote or the movement Is to maintain the pay rolls ulcady here, and tn secure new ones. The Buy-Home-l'rotlucts will be culled to the attention or nil the civic bodies or the city, and nil members urged to participate. K. I. Daxey acted as ehalrmun ir the meeting, and discussions were presented by Dr. Inskeep, Kmll Hrophy and Mayor Pipes. PORTLAND, Ore., Dec. 13. IF) Dewltt H. Jones. 82, one of the first students at Willamette uni versity and who erossed the plains twice to come to Oregon, died yes terday at his Portland home. become log, knees were no longer Joints, but InMtltmlnni, and com mon charity demanded that the ten of some wumen should he cov ered. F.vcn -beautiful legs ben'lt by the now styles, because suggec tlon Is always better than revela tion." ttlta Wntmnn. short tsory writer, arrayed In a frock which was 17 inches from the floor, voiced the declaration of American Independ ence of 1'artft Htyle tyranny In a !peech championing the short skirt. She said; "My task Is almost helpless. I mn pitted against the entire wort. I of ' fashion and rommerro and against something much' stronger th shper charm of Miss l.a'v rence. Hut we must fight. They want to lengthen our dresses and shorten our waists. They are cut ting us short where we ouicht to be lonn. and vice versa. "I don't believe In knees except In bathing suits. , Hut I do believe In honesty. The new styles are not honest. 1 do believe thst there Is 4 femininity consistent with hon esty. And I do believe that Amer ican women should refuse to b? meal tickets tn the foreign Htyle mongers." SEEK NEW SITE FOR P Bar to Fair Grounds Plan Forces New Canvas of Locations By Mayor. Councilman Kershaw and Richardson of Humane Society Delay Irksome to Friends Dumb Brutes. Mayor A. W .Pipes and Council man P. M. Kershaw and Hid Rich ardson spent this .afternoon In searching the outskirts of the olty for a silo for the Humane society's dog pound and animal shelter, fol lowing the decision of members of tho Jackson County Fair associa tion boai' and the members of the city council's committees on ap praisal and parks and playgrounds, at Informal meeting last night, to bar auch animal plant from any location In the fair grounds. Thla action was taken when tho members of the fair board present inado objections to the proposed location of the Humane Society plant north of the livestock build ing, holding that there waa danger of the county fair stock on exhibi tion catching possible disease from a atray Impounded cow, horse, dog or cat. Then when they got to thinking further over the matter they decided that' such danger might cumo from an other location on the grounds. Hentlments of ob jection were made by Ray Ward of Kagle Point, Henry Congor of tho West Hide district, and Verne Pen dleton and &. K, Ncalon of . the Table Rock district, v-- , , Council inch AJso "Oppoacd The council men of the two com mittees present were also opposed to granting the Humane society two aoroH on tho West fringe of tho fair grounds where tho old nlrport buildings wore located, as this ground may be needed by the city If Bear creek Is ever Improved into a park. Thon, too, some of tho properly owners In tho neighbor hood of the fairgrounds ohjectcd to tho Humane society plant being located on the grounds. Also Just -before tho meeting a telegram waa received from tho county court at Portland asking that no action he taken on leasing any slto on the fairgrounds before tho court had been consulted. Therefore after the informal gathering last night, at which Hid Richardson represented tho Hu mane Society, the council commit tees decided to oppose any further effort to locate the plant Inside the fairgrounds, and while thoroly in sympathy with the Humane Ho- clety work and recognizing Its ab solute need for a dog pound and shelter for other Impounded ani mals, drew up a letter of explana tion of tho fair grounds slto re fusal, and pledged cooperation otherwise. . . Workers Irked The Humane Society's officers and leading workers are becoming disgusted at the opposition they have been encountering in acquir ing a plant for their work, which Is universally commended by the public. They desire to build the plant at once, and are gaining much sympathy because oC the barriers they have encountered so far. The society cannot get to functioning until the city' grants them a suitable site. It was the plan last night for Mayor Pipes to appoint a special committee to at once look up a site, but the informal gathering broke up so quick that he was un able to do so. Inasmuch as the council will not meet until next Tuesday night tho mayor took It upen himself with P. M. Kershaw, chairman of the parks and play grounds committee, to look up a site. If possible, this afternoon. Mayor Pipes and .Messrs. Richard son and Kershaw In this seiych this afternoon, are looking for an available slto on the northern nut sktrta of the city along the new airport water line. Tho public explanation of the council committee's attitude, Is as follows; ' Coumitmanlc KxpbitmlHin, ' To Honorable.Mayor and City Council of Medford, Oregon: "We. the members of tho land appralsat and parks and play-; grounds committee of the city j council of Medford. Oregon, make! the following report of our find-1 Inks In reference lo leasing or' selling two acres of land In the Jackson county fair grounds to the Jackson County Humane Hocloty: "F.rst of all, we sincerely be lieve that the Jackson County Hu mane society Is worthy of a very great deal of encourflgcnieiil: flfa members are putting forth every effort to better the condl- (Continued on Pag 8li) UN Little Girl Asks Santa Claus for Nose As Present it SPARTA, Wis.. Dee. 13. P Klght-year-old Doi'Ih (irnw j whoHe mother 1h dead und father mlKHlng, wuntn Snnta t (.Maua to bring Iht a new J nose. J She wrote n letter to Simla which appeared in the Spuria fc Herald and which asked for fr only one gift a nose. l)oii f lost her none several monthn fr ago when a cupboard tipped over on her. t'ounty Judge II. A. Rich- f ards Is playing Santa before Christmas eve. He has ar- ranged for Doris to go to the Wisconsin general hospital at l Madluon for treatment. ' IS BY Portland Attorney Is Grilled By Local Lawyer Relative Connection With Wemme Cases Disbarment Hear ing to Produce Large Volume of Evidence, Is Assertion.'. " SALEXT, ' Ore:; Disc.' IS.fl3) Thomns Mannlx's connection wltli the sarins of court cases Involving the K. Henry Wemme' endowment fund will produce a greater amount ol evidence than is required by law tor tho disbarment of an attorney, Arthur K. McMahan, one ol the Mannix prosecutors, told the ref erees today ,i his opening state ment as. the Mannix debarment cane wSnt to trial. The case against Mannix was started by Geo. Joseph, also a I'ortland attorney. Trial of Mannlx's disbarment ac tion against Joseph waa concluded lato Thursday.- Reamea Prosecutor McMahan. Arthur Clark and Evan Reames are the prosecutors In the Mannix case. McMahan said the evidence against Mannix would be In three divisions, the (irst Involv ing the Wemme cases, the second worthless checks alleged to have been Issued by the defendant, and the third his alleged claim to hav ing Improper Influence with mem bers of the supreme court. McMahan reviewed In some de tail the hlHtory of the Wemme cases. This shows, he said, the giossest efforts by Mannix to com mit fraud, to deceive the courts und destroy the fund as an endow.! mont. Through it all, he said, "runs a vein ot selfish Interest, and we will show that the defendant had no other purpose than to acquire the fund. Back Door to Court McMahan touched on the other divisions of the prosecution only brlofly. Munnlx s alleged claim to influence with the supreme court he referred to as his "hack-door entrance to the suprome court." Frank Ixinergan, attorney for Mannix, also reviewed the Wemme cases in his opening statement. He contradicted .McMahan, who had said that Mannix appeared In all the Wemme litigation. Lonergan said he did not. l.oncrgan said he would show during tho trial that there was nothing in the way of deception or willful misrepresentation on the part or .Mannix tliut should warrant his dlsliurmnut. Munnlx was the first witness culled and Attorney Kvan Realties grilled him relative to his connec tion with tho Wemme casos. TO DIAMOND LAKE I'(ltTLANI, Ore., Dec. U. (P) Division of fttlO.OMO of forotit ser vice money for road develonmont in Oregon during the year begin ning July 1, IV3i) was undertaken today by thp statn highway com mission and federal road men. If the Diamond Lake road la made a part of the state program, 7 ft 'Ml for a survey will bo made by the government, $5000 by Juck son county and $21100 by Klamath county, members of the commis sion announced. MANN X QUESTIONED AM ALL OREGON 10 I. C. C. Order Means Reali zation of Program Insti- : tuted in 1922 for, Rail Construction in State Oregon Commissioner Sees Market Outlet in All Directions. N A COREY SALEM, Ore., Dec. 13. IV) Construction of the CVanc-Crea-cent Lake line, ordered today by tho Interstate commerce commit,- slon, will complete the ruiiroad construction program x Initiated ly the Oregon public service comniiH slon in 11122, H. H. Corey, mem ber of the Oregon commlHslon. . . said today. Corey was mainly in-, strumental In starting the move mcnt. - Ho said the new road would give all Oregon and west ern Iduho market outlets In ull directions. . , . , v . "The' news received from Wash ington. D. C. this morning carry Ins; the information that tho In terstate commerco commission hu Issued its order In the Orcguu public - service commission conl plnlnt cascr which requires tho construction of a line of railroad from Harriman near Crane, Ore gon to Crescent lake, Oreajon, a distance of approximately 185 miles Is Indeed gratifying to all who participated (n'thia long and arduous battle," Corey said. r, ; PniBTOlllOlltllllMl. : 'V'fn tlTe"einfip1oTnrillea by tho,. Oregon commission -which mndn all the carriers of the state of Oregon defendants, the prayer was that the Interstate commerce com mission order the construction of a line of railroad to be constructed from Onkl'ldgo to Kirk, Oregon, known as the Natron cutoff; also a lino from Bend to Klamath Falls', and a line from Crane west ward to connect with tho lino from Bend to Klamath Falls on the Natron cutoff In tho vicinity , of Crescent lake, and that a lino hp constructed, from Harriman to Burns and a line from Lakovlow to connoct either at Klamuth Fnllil or northwest to connect with tho cross-state line. . "It will be noted that this en tire program Is practically com pleted or In tho course ot com pletion, with the exception of tho cross-state line, Crane to Cres cont lake.' whlc his now ordered to be constructed. ' i . Market Outlet. "The completion of theso linos will give all Oregon and western Iduho market outlets In all direc tions and It will open tho entire state to the consuming markets of the enst and to the pBflflc mar kots, ports and terminals, where by heretofore, unserved territory may ship their products to th" markets of the United States and foreign countries and establish a more direct route east for morw than 800 billion feet of timber. which must reach eastern mar kets In competition with lumber from the neighboring states of Washington and California, that (Continued on Page RevenV Will Rogers Says: ' HUVKRLY H1IXS, Oil ,' Pec. 13. Uncle Joe (iruntlyj burn on Sntulay, started lob bying oil Monday, investi Kiited on Tuesday, made n senutor ' o n V c d n e day, inVwtti. Kitted Tlturn- day, baek' to lobbying on Friday, got tariff raised Saturday, and that's not near th eiid of Uncle, joe Clrundy, ; ' '. ' Homo new plan lias (rot to be Worked out in our prison system. Of course tbis may be n radical stiKuestiou, but couldn't they fix it some way where the guards carried the guns instead of the prison ers f Yours,- wiMj rohkrs.