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M M EDFORD AIL TRIBUNE DiJtj Twoty.fowtli Twr. WttUr nrtr-icbtb Yttr. MEDFORD, OKKOOX, SUNDAY, DKOKAI IWAl 15, 19129. No. 2G0. Today PPULAT10N By Arthur Briibao Prisons, Rebelllion, ;.t ' Crime. Our Fly-Catching Parent. A New Standard Lady. Women May Preach. Copyright King Feuturos Synd. Inc. Something is wroii); with on r jH'isnns. There is something 1" think nlinnt seriously, in eon lici'linn with our, desperate crimp wave. For the second time this your oonviets in' Auburn prison have risen in rebellion, following les jierale uprisings in nlln-r pris-ons,-sei.iiiK the warden and a dozen puards, having hilled the bend lieeper. Homlis, bullets, tear fins and determination will end this re bellion. The men are desper- file, defying death, but the in telligence of their leadership is not high. - The public, will wonder at these repeated outbreaks in the American prisons, the most des perate of all only recently in the state of Colorado, five pris on uprisings within n few months. How is it that eriine dimin ishes in Europe, with prisons offered for rent for industrial. nd other useful purposes, while we have a steadily rising crime wave in this country? Js it that bootlegging has fin anced crime on a gigantic scale, or is it part, of a general disre gard for law promoted "re spectability," t h e "upper classes" flouting a probibition ,Jaw because" it haiipMis'iiot to ' please. them ? . ; . . Whatever the cause, Hie re tsults arc serious, and the nntion will have to do more than tall: about them. - William J. Hryan used to say "You can have monkeys in your family, but I don't want, any in my family." What would he think if Dr. Harriett Cutler Waterman, the learned lady of the American Museum of Natural History, could tell 1 1 i m that one of bis ancestors was th " fly-eatebiug lemur," an inferior cousin of Ihc ape, that walked around on his hind legs, leaping into the air, catching flies and birds with its hands? That's what the learned lady says and she can prove, it. l!ul what difference does it make? All lifv on this planet comes from the same source which rules the universe. Why should we complain if we had humbler forms in the beginning! Mr. liryan would have been much surprised to (.' himself as he looked eight months be fore be was born. A fly-catching lemur would look like Mi chael Angclo's Moses, com pared with Uryan at (lint age. The t'niteri Slates nurcan ol' Klnndnriln Kays the ideal woman 1h now "the peiOct 34," not the "per fect 3fi." of days before the "boy. Inh- figure." If your bimt Ih 36. your wolst drttmilil men sure 31 Inchon, your liim .,'.1 I nr.. ph. Thirty-four hunt. 2S-inrh walHt, 37-inch hips. In the "Htamlarrt latly." according to the bureau, which, however, known nothliiK about It. Abraham Lincoln's mother wuhii'I n "perfect 34" nor was "ilertha with the big feet," mother of Charle magne. For n cloak model, Ihc "perfect 34" In ideal, iterhapft. For an efficient mother, which is what counts, hip nor bunlR, blpser wnlftl. bigger ItlpH. St. Paul wild women nuirt not nil Iff church with hare head, or prfuch. Samuel Johnaon Haiti, "Sir. n wo man preaching W like a tlog'n walk ing on It hind legs. It I not done well, but you are Btirprlsed to find It done at all." Neverthelewt, Ihe preahytpry of (Continued on Tne Three) NOW . 4 r Six Per Cent Gain Over Last Year Medford's Popu lation Fixed at 1 3,882 659 Children From Homes .of Ex - Service Men. According to I ho school census just completed by the school sup erintendent's office Med ford shows jv school pnpulnllon of !1(M7 per sons between the nties of four nnd twenty years. This is nn increno of more than six per cent over the figure fin- last year which wr.n 3438. lf.sin the same ratio figures as that employed by Hie secretary of sir.ie In coniputliiK llie slate's pon illation two years an; namely, that the total population is about 3.7ft time the school population, Su pt. K. 1 1. I ted rick yest erd.i v placed the city's population at 13. Figures from the city schoel siiiierintendent's office snow that the scbool population of the city has considerably more than don -hied in the last ten years. In Octo ber 1 !H it, the total school enroll ment was 1604, while the present census shows 3G47, The urowth by years is ns follows: 1911), 160-1; 1920. 1!I21, 2201; 192", 2122; 1023, 2277; 1024. 2651: Ifl2fl. 2711; 1026. 2047; 1027, 3237; 102S, 3438; 1020. 3647. () The total school enrollment for this year (1022) showed an actual increase of 0 7 pupils over the year before indicating that the school census Was not correct. During the year from October 25, 102K to October 2f. 1020,- 72S names were 'dropped nnd, 037 names were added. Of these 10 j were dropped because they h?l pnwsod the twentieth birthday ai:d 1 7 fi wercndded by reason of hav Ins come four years of use. The (treat est shift in population was In the ward served by the Llncol i school (between ltenr creek and the Southern Pacific railroad tracks). The least shift in pop ulation was in the Roosevelt vail oast of P.enr creek. The number . of non-citizens among pnrenhn nnd guardians of children I listed nt 03, which shown a slight increase over last year when . the number was Sil. Of the foreign born who are beads of families of school, cbil dren there are twelve dlfferert nationalities represented, and ap portioned ns follows: Canadian 23, Japanese 9. English 6, German 0. Swedish 3, Scotch 3. Greek 3, Nor wegian 2 nnd one each of Krench. P.elginn. Swiss nnd Italian. There are 2 1 Japanese children between the ages of four and 20 years. Private schools enroll 145 of the children on the Medford census. The total number in private schools however. Is somewhat larger than this figure due to the fact thnt they include n number of non resident of the Medford scho-d district who do not belong on i's census roll. Eight children oX school age in the city are crippled to such nn extent that they cannot attend school nnd nre receiving instruc tion in their homes by two visa ing teachers, who give each child one hour or more dally of indi vidual work. In connection with the school census, a census of the children of ex-service men and women was taken. The total number of such children in the district between birth nnd 20 years of nge is given as 650, scattered among 363 fan illes. Of these 225 are less thf.n four years of nge. This new fea ture of the school census Is a part of a state wide plan being fathered by the American Ieginn. t The purpose is to make n general check-up on cx-servlce men's chil dren to see that the needy rnny be receiving such care and bene fits as they may ho( entitled to receive from the government and otherwise. 'DEAN FAWGETT' OF O.S.C. TO REWARD PORTLAND, Ore.. Dec. 1 4. M Mrs, Mary Fawcett Campbell, better known to thousands of graduates and former students of Oregon Agrichllural college as "Denn Fawcett." died nt 9 p. m.. Frldny nt Columbus. Ohio, after an Illness nf three weeks, accord ing I" word recnlved today by lis ter Cnmphcll, Fnlrvlew. Mrs. Campbell, then Mrs. Miry K. Fawcett, was for six yean dean of women at the state college. WASHINGTON, Dec. 14. (P) Thad II. Itrown. Ohio, today was named general coiinH of the fed eral radio commission. WHERE U. S. MARINES ARE GARRISONED IN HAITI - Anaociuted 'reaa i'ttoto Porl Au Prince, Haiti, where U. S. marines ar enforcing martial law following disorders In the republic. Lieut. John Blanchard (Inset) and a patrol of 20 marines repulsed a band of Haitians near the city of Aux Caycn after a sharp clash in which five Haitians were killed and 20 wounded. TAILOR FORCEDjWETS PREPAREjMOIHER FREED TO CASH CHECKIFOR EXPOSE OFIOF DEATH HER AT GUN POINT DRY HYPOCRISYlSON COMMITS - i , . - Young Detroit Bandit Not Satisfied With "Chicken Feed". Introduces New Methods In Banditry and; Nets $2500 For Day's Work. DKTHOIT, Deer-' 14.i-(P) Jos eph Krydos, Detroit Inllor, ' had only $20 in cash In his shop 30 he felt comparatively safe from a big loss by the holdup route. Hut the particular young robber who chose to hold up Mr. Krydos todny wasn't the sort to put In a day's work for just a bit of chicken feed. "I want real dough. the young man said. "Write, me a cheek for $2.f.00." Krydos' wrote the check, and the young man called a tax lea h. They went to the tailor's bank w here, prompted by metall'c nudges from the robber's pockv, Krydos obtained the 'money In hillv. Outside the hank, the young finished bin day's work awl-Vent his way. foulWit AT FOREST GROVE PATIKKT O HO VIC. CM.. Dee. M (Ah An invt sligalion of pnssible foul play In the death nf Mis. Dvani Levin I'nwer, divorced S..n Francisco nrtlst nnd writer found dead In a cottage here Thursdnv night, whs launched by .Sheriff J Carl Ahbott today when be learn ed die had had a ipiarrel over th telephone Willi an unidentifi-d man .Monday night. Sheriff Abbott left today for Cnrmel to Interview Mrs. Hoy Sut ton, who revealed the ftifirrcl, which she said left Mrs., l'owi.r in tears. Mrs. Power was at Mrs. Hutlon's home atthe time. Shortly after, she said, Mrs. Power sllppel away without saying where sh was going. t ' , ; i Whether Mrs. Powr kept n 'ren dezvous with the man at the-cot-; tage rented by hef December 4, 1 helng investigatedj ..The thenrv first accepted w;w thnt she dieilj I from nn overdflse of sleeping tni-j j lets. A chemlsl making' an nnn !s!s of her stomach today had not completed his report. 1 CHICAGO, Dec. 14. A1) Who cares?" That was the reply of Oscar d Priest, negro congressman, today when he was Informed that Ri resentatlve AllgNind of Alabama had resigned from the honorary enrolled bills committee cflun r. (place on It was Riven to D Priest. Congress Group Unite For Opposition To Present! Situation-Facing of True Facts-of Prohibition By! Nation Is Objective Mili- tant Action Promised.' . i WAfllll.NOTpN, .Hec. H- VP) Calling on all wet members for "constant nnd claily attendarice on the floor of the house, an infor mal committee of thirteen leading nnti -prohibitionists In the house met t today to form a permanent organization ngainst'the dry lnws. At the 'call of Representative TLnguardia, Hepubllcan, New Vork. the group met in his office, agree.) to hold n further organization meeting January 0, nnd nnnounce'lj "We nre in a position ns national; legislators to unserve the hypo crisy and the costliness of prohi bition and the breakdown and failure of the attempted enforce:' "ment." . , Representative Linthlqnm, Dem- .ncrat of Maryland, present presi dent of the unofficial committee for the modification of the Vol! stead act. was nbsent. Llnthicum j explained In a letter to Ingunrdfij yesterday that he believed t hu mecting was unnecessary xv this time, hut rumors of a rift among; the wets were answered by thej group's statement today that: "There is complete harmony in ourj ranks nnd nn earnest determina tion to carry on the fight nnd take it to all parts of the country." I ' Tho committee deemed It Ms duty to "compel the facing of tin'; true facts and actual conditions! created by prohibition." nnd said.) "It Is unnecessary to point to thf organized propaganda1 of the drys, nnd the energy nnd Industry of, their advocate. This house group! calls upon all members earncstlv nnd sincerely opposed to prnhlbl , tion to take nn active part In the militant and aggressive opimsltltn ; which they intend to Initiate." The statement was signed by two, Democrats, Sahath, Illinois, an 1 i O'Connor, Louisiana, nnd eleven1 Repulillcans. as follows: Hrltten j nnd Irwin, Illinois; Connolly. , Pennsylvania; Kahn and Knglc bright, California; hampert, Hch.i fee, Kadlng and .Schneider, A is-: ennsln: Mnas, Minnesota, and Ii-j guard in. .New York. ' j LAKEVIEW TIMBER TO GET RAILROAD . LAKKVIHW, Ore.. Dee. 1 4. (A T. Dusenbury. owner of a bil lion feet of timber nrnr here, an nounced yesterday that the right of way had been obtained for .1 railroad fnun I-nkeview to his tlm ! ber and that construction of the . road would start In the spring, j In connection with this nn j notincemr'nt, R. H. Adams, tlmber ; man. announced he would con struct n lumber mill nt Lnkeview I nnd have It In operation by ' spring. j WASHINGTON. Dee. 14. The lico.nao.ooo Inmie tax t- diiclloti Was .'nlohted today tiy the scn.ile J Lad Stabbed Assailant Of Father, During Triangle Love Fight New Mex- ico Jury Refuses To In- diet Either When Facts Known. ' RKLMAU, N. M. Dec. H. (P)-- Uaymond Kugb-r, ten-year old son of Mr. and Mrs. George Kugler nf West Helmnr. today was reveal ed as the slayer of William Stude mnn, his mother's friend, to which killing the mother confessed las: October. She was relensed from jail only Thursday, when the grand Jury henrd the boy's story and re fused to indict her. It nlso relent ed the boy. ' Prosecutor John J. Qulnn today admitted thnt Raymond had con fessed ntnhhing Htudeman with n knife when lie found him beating his (tho boy's) father with an ax" handle, .Jle said ho thought he had cut 'Htudeman In the arm, whereas In reality-Mtudeman's jug ulnrvvdn wns severed. Mrs. Kugler confessed to shield the boy, she said. Raymond himself confessed im mediately after the killing, but his mother Insisted his story was not tho truth. The grand jury dismlsssed the case against the boy, considering his net ion Justified after he ha.1 told of seeing his father on the t; round, unconscious and the six foot tall Htudeman pounding at his head with the axe handle. LI MOl'NTAIN VIKW, Ark.. Dec. 14. (P With the Identity of a man claiming to ho Connie Frank lin for whose nlleged mutilation, torture nnd murder, five men tre under Indictment, still a qucHllou. the ense tonight was ready for presentation in court Monday for settlement. Two brothers who will , oppose raih other In the trial, High Wil liamson, the prosecuting attorney, and Hen Williamson, chief of rff f prise counsel, today completed their preparations to present to a Jury for derision the question of the Identity of a man who til" state claims Is dead. Efforts of defense to establish the man's Identity as Franklin, whoso sweetheart, Tillle Rumlner. 1 U-year old mountain lass, find two other persons have declared was mutilated nnd burned to death tat March 'It. by night riders, have failed sn far. Home residents of this mountain section am positive he is the missing youth nnd others just ns positive he is not. Tho men under murder indict ments who go on trial In the lltt stone courthouse here Monday .ire Alex Fluks, 4.1-year old father nf five children. Ilermnn Greenway Joe White. Hubert Hester nnd Hill Younger, all natives of Stone cotir ty ' INTANGIBLE TAX CLIPS STATE LEVY Will Be Lowest Millacje In 17 Years, And Computed At Six Millions Jackson Share $190;646.58 New Measures Yield Re sults, Tax Board Shows. SA I. KM. Ore.. Dee. 14. (P) The new intangibles1 and excise tax lawn have resulted in a decrease of , rfl.nio.HOl.iu in the slate prop erty tax levy for 1030. Exclud ing special mlllage taxes author ized by vote of' the people the levy is less than any other maiie by tho state In the last 17 years. This was announced by Ihe stn:e tax commission today In makinu public the levy for the coming year. The commission estimates the returns from the excise and In tangibles taxes will be J'.MiO.Ona. The commission computes, the total state levy for I!i30, including the 2-mill elementary school tax which ,1s retained by the count Iom. to be $0.8K3P045.0G. The 1H20 levy The reduction In the property levy Is caused by the excise and lntunglbles taxes for tho r en son that the new tax laws provide th.it the revenue produced from those sources ahull reduce by a corres ponding amount the levy that oth erwise would be made upon prop erty. Of the total 1930 property levy of $0,8K3.fl4ri.0fl the comparatively smalt sum of SI. 673, 473.05 In lev ied to meet legislative appropria tions. The remaining $fi,!!09,- u72.ni Is special taxes voted by the people In excess of tho C per cent constitutional limitation for lncil elementary schools, higher educa tion, market roads nnd war vet erans'' statif-nhK-Jhff'K-mlH-bh! mnetary school tax alone , totals $2,2411,977.48. Not only Is tho total state levy decreased, but the share of, the state levy apportioned to each county Is reduced. Tho total levy for counties Included: Clatsop, $147.2011.04; Columbia, $104. 787.48; Deschutes, $81,4!ri.25' Douglas, Mill. 020.83; Jackson. $1!M),G40.EM; Josephine, $47,582.4!!; Klamath, $210.(185,14; Ijuic $320, !I30.88; Linn, $202,320.22; Marlon, $318,82 2.05; Mullnomah, $2, 5(13, 810.110; Tillamook, $1-31,073.60, E BY HEAVY HUN EIT.KNR, Ore; Doc 14. WP) Oim nt I lie hi'nvlpst rnlrm In recent yeara fell hero lotluy, more than nn Inch railing in Ihreo hom'rf thin niornlnif. ' The total rainfall rrnni 0:411 a. m. In 0::i0 p. m. wuh 1.24 Incite, r. HtrcolB worn, flooded nnd creek" overflowed. Ktomi drtiliiH were ttnahle to carry tho lnrne volttnte of water. ICrflHNU. Ore., Dec. 14. W) The McKcnzle )aH Ih open to travel at tho nrexent time nnd the han on traffic dan heen lifted. Hnymond Walnh. renldent hlKhway engineer, nnnotineed today. Wnlfdt unld It In perfectly wife In cromi tho paK hilt HllKKeHted that inotorldlH npenk with men lit work on the rond on In conditions. "ChalnH are ndvlohle," Walnh de clined, "hut with ordinary cau tion nn trotthle Hhonld he exper ienced." The unow plow on thin aldo of t ho piiBH hn heen worklnn nil the time, Wiilxh havlnit Inntructi'd the crew to keep the pan" clear na low na jiohkIIiIo. I BY MO HE IUHMAItCK. N. D Dec. 14. (IP) When John llrazerol Buffered n fractured akull In n traffic ornnh here inoio than n month ago IiIh mental facultleii ullpped hack to the World war period and he ho- canio n noldler aKaln. l''or weeka llroierol foncht lat tlea in hla delirium. And then the World wnr wa over; he alart ed the trek home, ehecklnn off Ihe mllea of hla dally prnureiii.. Klnally he reached Hlnmarck. hl deatlnatlon and returned to nor mal conacloiiftnesn. llofipltiil nttnehea revealed the atrantte Mory today nftee Urnster- ol had departed for hla home In Waahlniilon, I). P. ' Sues For Divorce AtaoclQtett t'reaa Photo Mildred Harris, film star and for mer, wife of Charlie Chaplin, hat sued her husband, Everett Terencs McGovorn, for divorce on grounds of desertion. I FILES REPORT OF 1930 WORK 19 Leading Pests and Dis eases Beset Valley Fruit, And It Cost $150,000 To Hold Them In Check Last Season Much Educa tional Work. ,Tho rtlcium of aclentiata, who de clare Oiat tho hattlo la now on In full forco hetween the inaect kins dom nnd the human rnee for earth supremacy, la not to he lightly dla paraKcd, la home out hy the re port of the 11129 nctvltlea of County Horticultural Agent I.. P. Wilcox. It -ahowa that Jackaon county fruit ralaera were compelled to wage unrelenting warfare on 19 different Ulnda of Innect peats nnd diseases for preservation of their crops. ti . . Agent' Wilcox estimates thnt roughly speaking, over $150,000 In lahor, appllnnces nnd spray mate. rials wuh, sitent to free the 19119 Jackson county fruit crop from the ravagea of Insects and other tree destroyers. .' Tho codling moth was tho most destructive, followed by the San Jose scale, aplder mite, pear blight, peach blight, peach leuf curl, pear srnli, sow fly and other fruit worms. To meet nnd drtent the opera tions of the fruit pests. Agent Wil cox conducted 29 meetings thru out the county with a totol atend ance nf 2,129 orcharding nnd help ers. Ho traveled 9.334 miles by auto, conducting demonstrations and In malting 6G! farm calls. This was nn Increase of H14 mllea of travel over last years record. The attendance Increase over 1928 wni I, Til 3 persons. Thnt tho program of more Inten sive cultivation, better fruit, and Increased production Is being nh snrbed by orchnrdlsls Is shown In the largo number nf patrons who 'have sought ndvlco by office and telephone calls ns disclosed by the report. Tho pnst yenr shows 3.nno office conferences ns against 2.014 In 1112s, anil 1.141 phone calls ns agnlnst 7 K I n yenr ago. From his headquarters wns eon ducted nn nctlvo educational cam paign by mall. Twenty-two form lettera containing valualdo Instruc tions, during the year wero posted to 4,400 people na agnlnst 2.4H2 In the year previous, From tho office were distributed 142 bulla. Ilns nnd mimeographed reports on special fruit subjects. During the yenr an exhaustive study was made of the codling moth, whose ravages nre the moat destructive of the various pests nn.l dlseas"s operating in tho county. The study was devoted In par ticular to observation of tho emerg ence nnd life' history of tho codling moth m that effective control In the form ' of spraying measures could be applied nt tho right pe riod.. Ten Imps wero estnbllshed In five different locnlltles, ranging from Table Hock to Ashland Cafchcs were recorded and times for effective applications of sprays were worked out. The results of these studies were transmitted 'o Ihe nrrhardlsls In the form of spriy notices nnd thus helped mitigate the destructive tnctlca of the moM. The Weather . Oregon Sunday nnd Monday fienernlly cloudy nnd mild Hunday and Monday, probably local '"Ins Btindny In the west portion; gentle lo moderate southerly winds nn the roast, COUNTY AN KID REDS" SEN! BACK TO FOLKS President Orders Release of ' Juvenile Agitators, And Return To Parents For Action New York Com munists Badly Mauled in Demonstration Against ! Haitian Policy. WASHINGTON', Dec. 14. (P) President Hoover had .10 commun ists released from jail today uftnf , their arrest during n demonstra tion In front of the White House, ' making the position that they should be "font to their parents" Instead of granting them "the favor of cheap martyrdom." Ilia action Introduced 80methln new Into the handling of such spasmodic demonstrations which occur In front of the White House, the capitol and foreign embassies. There have heen numbers of such in recent years, especially after questions In connection with for- . elgn policies had. heen given tin usual attention. These Invariably have been orderly,, as waa tho one today, but heretofore those nr. rested In front, of the White House have, generally . been required to post bond for their release, - The young men and women had spent two and onehalf hours in various police-station, - nnd th house of detention before Captain , J. P. Carroll, . of ithe park police., received the request for their re- -lease from the White House. . . They were charged with - parnd. Ing without a' permit. ., - i . The White House issued the fol lowing statement: "The president considers that tho misguide ,o-outha onllnu. them-, selves communists, who havo been"" arrested for demonstrating ln front '. of tha executive office should beV released and ent to their, parent. "He does not- believe thnt , nnv such discourtesy seriously en-, dangers the republic and that a night In Jail is only doing thent the favor of cheap martyrdom." The arrests were made at 2:30" p. m., when 14 girls and 22 young' men gathered at the went gate of the White House grounds carry- Ing placards ' which bora such phrases as "Defend - the rioting masses of Haiti against American imperallsm," and . "The Kellogg pact Is Wall Street's declaration of war." ( ! .. -, , , The signs were confiscated with out resistance and five policemen walked the demonstrators over Urn -half mile to the District of Co), umbla building without disturb ance. ' . On the way to the district build ing, the communists sang "W&ve the Scarlet Banner." The proces sion was orderly. , Kdwln Bender of Philadelphia. . who described himself as spokes man for the group, announced that . another demonstration would bo held tonight half way between the White House and the capitol, on . Pennsylvania avenue. NEW VOHK,. Dec. 14. m Fourteen men and women were arrested and .two policemen wero injured today In two demonstra tions staged by communists who carried banners applauding the Haitian revolt. , After a' parade bad been hroken in front of the city hall by n ' charge of mounted policemen and reserves, the communists retreat ed to Union Squaro to start their demonstrations anew, but bolted and fled Into tho snfety of thoir own building, tho Workers' Ceil-, tor, when police followed them. LICENSE PLATES SAYS SECY. HOSS SAI.F.M. Ore., Deo. 14. (P)- Purchasers of motor vehicle li censes for tit first six months nf 1930, which should be in the hands of car owners by January 1, must retain for the six months ending Juno 30 nf next year their present motor vehicle license plate. This wns the announcement mnde here today by Hal K. Iloss, secretary of stale Plates cover Ing tho full year, July 1. 1930 to June SO, 1!1. will bo Issued hy the state department prior to July 1 nt next jresr. . This procedure Is necessary, tho secretary explained, because of ft lnw enacted at the 1929 legislntu.'n providing that hereafter tho an nual automobile license fees stu'l he paid on July 1, Instead of nn January 1. as has heen tho pm? llco In the past.