edford Mail Treble
The Weather
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Temperature
Highest yesterday 45
Ixmot this morning Ittt
l'rciptatioii
To 5 p.m. ycMcrday OH
'I'u ii. in. UHlay Oil
Forecast : Fa ir tonight and
Wedncsdur Willi morning YiiUey
fox; not mmii eluntRe In teiiiM'ru
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TWELVE PAGES
M EDFORD, OIUKION, Tl'KSDAV. . DKCK.MBKK' 17. lit'!).
No. i!(iS.
Today
By Arthur Briaban
We Are Losing Gold.
But Business Is Good.
A Whale's Gastric Juice.
34th St., to Europe, By
ftv Air.
Copyright King Features Synd. Inc.
Wall .Street is worrying a
little because of gold leaving
1 lie United States, (iokl shipped
front New York last week,
worth elose to $.-().()(MI,0(HI, set
n record for several years. At
that rate control of the world's
gold would soon shift from the
1'niled Stales to Europe.
The liank of France today
lias more gold than, any na
tion except this.
This country did that during
the will", when American dol
lars were worth 50 cents each
in Spain, and Chinese money
yood higher in the world's cur
rency market than I'ncle Sam's
money.
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However, we have plenty of
gold left. And, what is more
important, we have the things
that you ean exchange for gold,
.and the industrial intelligence
that beats competition. So. there
is no cause for great worry.
Secretary Lnmont reports to
President Hoover that Christ
mas buying is more active this
year than it was last.
Mournful victims of the Wall
Street earthquake- do not in
clude ALL the population.
Nothing is wrong with this
country, or its industrial or
gaizatinns and stocks honestly
issued.
A gambling craV.e " that in
f eluded million!) of ignorant
speculators and tens of billions
of dollars, plus reckless stock
issues, causes trouble. Hut that
will pass.
Gambling, like hard drinking,
corrects itself. The gambler be
comes a bankrupt, the drinker
dies.
Dr. Uoriicp Culvin , liiol
ory professor itt Howard Cot-
li'pe, liliptisi instminoil or .w.i-
hiimn, is disclinrtjetl
II( told yoiuif; (rontlt'iiion tlinl
ho 'did not believe the wlnde
swallowed .loiuili, kept him
down some time, then couched
him up on the bench, safe and
sound, .
Whales luive powerful diges
tive fluids, find their thnmts
, are too smiill to swallow any-
thin
bid. They live on minute
miinne creatures.
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Xherrfore, Dr. Day said he
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(Continued on Page Four,
Second Section)
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1 &hVfW
One would think Ihnt a grcat considerably during the early affr- j Itohert . M. Jone of Tennes.ee to
hlB brainy nation like olir. "l' : noun as several leading shares wer.' be members of the Interstate ruin
lis mntrhlrvi stntCMliell, rl"'r,jbd up from 2 to more than 1 j nvrce commission, by the scne'.e
nn' Inventors woulil figure out points. . ! Inter.tate commerce committee.
sonic oilier way lo In Ip farm-j steel was quoted at 17! S In the I
cr 'i-rpt by loonlll' lillll money. "Ijfnai hour, when many oiher trid-i WAHMINOTON. t)ec. 17. Pi -llon'l
hc'.lcve I d like lo live In , lng favorite, showed advances of j The appointment or Klton I.. Jlor
urenl b' Jnk"r New rk "licrej; onnts over the previous clof. "hall, fhilllcothe. Mo, as snlocot.ir
they're ercon enough lo wiy t2 m.ivople'. fla dropped Jiljmlnts u of the deiiartnimi of agrK-ultur.
scr a ntovln' jilclnrr." sulil lxm,..4o. Tlie clo.e wns strung. Ha'.-s " announced today by Secretary
Mikhi, Imlny.
FEAR 621
MI BLAST
LOST LIS
Oklahoma Coal Workers Are
Trapped Beneath Surface
i
By Explosion All May
Have Perished Rescue
Workers Find Ten Bodies
Workings Not Badly
Damaged.
McAJ.ESTKIi. Okhi., Deo. 17.
llodbs of miners who im1 1 j
death today hi an explosion that
trapped employes of .the old1
town con) company's mine in
north MrAlester were being as-1
seinhled thin afternoon at the.
bottom of tiie sloping nhufi lead
ing to t lie surface. Aliout 10
bodies had been recovered at 2::t
p. ni.
Kesi-iie workers were concen
trating on an effort to determine
wlietlier any of the miners sur
vived, and. if so. to effeet their
rescue. It waa said the ' mine
was not badly damaged hy the
blast, and hope was held that not
all of the workers had perished.
The recovered bodies were not
brought lo the surface presum
ably been use of the large crowd
of relatives and spectators crowd
ed about the mine property. It
was planned to take the bodies o
n morgue before attempting identi
fication. Companion of Tom Murray
in Escape From Prison,
EUGENE KIDDERj
JACKSON FELON)
BACK IN PR1S0NI
Returned tO berVe oetl- Mom ol these ore of the Uosc. Co
, . ,. ... . I mice nnd D'Anjoii varletleB, tluiugli
tence for Stealing Auto n wm i,B reureBentod.
Here in 1923.
SAI.EM, Ore., Dec. 17. (fl) Bit
Bene Kidder, companion of Tom
Miirrsiv In the liitter's first escape
,from tho penitentiary here In Aiir-
ust. Is hack in the
state
prison.
- lie arrived Monday after an nh
sence of five and a half years, dur
ing which time he served a term
in the Deer Lodge prison In Mon
tana, helng arrested upon his re
lease there to finish out his nine
year sentence here. Kidder was
committed to the Oregon prison
from Jackson county lo serve 10
years for larceny.
Murray was recaptured within a
day or two ufter his escape with
, Kidder, in a subsequent i.rean
I.MIIUUV HIIU HIS t'lf 111 ltl llllillH. 1,11-
north Kelly and James Willos,
killed two guards and were sen-
itenced to haim.
I Murray cheated the gallows by
'hanging himself in his cell.
Murray with liolxrt Hull enlered
ideas of guilty on November 9, 1!23,
before Circuit Judge C. M. Thomas
to stealing a Ford nutnmohlle be
longing to W. T. Hess or this city,
and were each sentenced to 10
years In the state prison.
Kidder and Hull, with nuolhfr
i ,i i.-mmm-i in i rr VUIIIIIJ JUII. ,11-
! tempted to escape by knocking the
Ijaller down with a window weight.
I The jailer subdued the three with
i his flfttu mill rfinimnl Ititll an t.nrit
I against a cell door that his shonl
liler was bndlv brnUeil.
According lo informntioi fur
nisheil local authorities. Kidder wag
a prison agitator and escaped from
the penitentiary within a year of
his receipt from this county.
Wall Street Report
NKW YniiK. Pec 17 i,Pi T''o I lhe "lmr "'o couple had
stook market finally turn.-.! up I perpetrated a hoax.
:nc;',r,;ydu:!ng tvx approve nominations
dull forenoon, w ith sales during Ih.-1 MCIM I ' P C IUICMDCDC
first two hnum of trading totaling I ' w. U. IVILIYIDLni
less than a million shares. I -
Operators for the advance were WASHINGTON. rec. 17. tip)
encouraged by the comparative stp. - Immediate approval was 'given fn
bility of the market during th"thf nominations today of Josci.1!
morning, nnd ncllvltv tlirked no. 11. Kilstnilln nf l.',v:ichn.ella nml
npproxlm.-.tcd 2.JOO,noft shares.
Students
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Yli.'He students form the Westminster Cabinet ul the I niversltj' of Oregon, and are. led by Maxwell
Adams, student paMor. Westminster house In used by the students as u social center, a;i;l a meeting
place lor discussion. '
Left to right, front row: Insert, Ucv. Adams; Walter Evans, PortlttnJ; Barney Miller, Ashland;
Amah Iiwrenee und Paul Bulr, Portland; Itnb.Tt Kurdy, (iruugrvilic, Id:ihu. Second row: D.trolhy I'lher
harJ. Lu irande; It in. thy Ilallln and Carl More, Kugcne; Dorothy ftlrk, Oregon lt ; .lohn DiuIJh, Kn
geue; Helen !Jol, Portland; Sam Whong, Synd Chun, Korea; Mrs, Mux well Adams, and Mr. Adurns.
IfcicU rtiu : rruuert Knpjisli, Kufjcne; Lorctic ('hrlstenson und UotnlIU May, Portland; Hetty Pen
noeli, Mursiifleld; Ijiura Clithrro, Seattle; Donna iill, Lebanon; t Uenn Jluiimv, Cathi-rinu Urideuux,
Mary Itodiue, Irma lin, Hltaabcth Serpi-t, Portlcn' .
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PEAR TREES INII
ROGUE VALLEYi
Thirty Thousand Dollars
. Will Be Expended By
growers in Enlarging Or
chards Spray Systems
Installed by Many.
Close to $30,000 will be expended
this winter by orchardists in . the
planting of new blocks of. pears
throughout the Rogue Hiver vnlley
nml work will start as soon as the
present-1 wea the? conditions -mo tier:
ate. Clearing skies after the re
cent rain would make conditions
Ideal for the. work.
Four carloads' of young pear
trees have been ordered from -California
nurseries and delivery will
I Some of tjie orehnrilH already
tiave holes duE for the trees and
I others are wuiLfnK for the Kround
to dry Riifficlantly to liennlt work.
The cost of planlllli; the trees on
the new acreage will ruiige, it Is
estlnititcd, from $G0 to $75 per acre.
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Stances take the place of aged trees
i the productivity of which has hecji
'lessened and in other 'casoa apple
'ifnaa l.nva l.oa.t rtliM.irl in n,.,b
room for pears. ' .
On tho holdings of James E. ICd
miston and W. K. Hlildle of the C.
& K. Company 200 acres of new
trees will he planted. Henry Clm
dir, a member of a California hank
ing and orchard family, will plant
15U nitres to new trees in the Tal
ent district. New trees will I set
out at the Modoc orchard by 'tho
Potter Palmer company; the Mill
crest orchard, and at the Hedskln
oichartl, owned hy K. V. Carletnn.
H;iry Aiming will set out 40 acres
in new trees and Harry Duhmiue
of the Central Point district will
plant n five-acre block.
This winter a number ol' orchards
are installing pipe systenin for the
handling of spray. The work 1h
being done by the K. It. White Ma
chinery company and It Is finding
tho work difficult Ihese diiyn In
the sticky belt. Thp spray pip?
system simplifies and expedites the
spray work.
PAMS. Doc. 17. ft'nlted Press)
Home profess to see a move for
publlcltv tor I'nln Negri In the rec
onciliation between herself and
'husband, Serge Mdlvanl.
(.'oiislilcrnblp optimistic comm ;nt
by li e pair on the subject of mat
rimonial quarrels has heightened
iiyoe.
U V. of O. Active in Religious Work
Growers Urged j
Attend Meeting
All g ro we rs, d i s t r I b u t o rs,
and representatives of ship-
S pinpr firms, are invited and
u rged to attend the an mm I
meeting of the Fruitgrowers'
league tomorrow afternoon.
at 2 p. m. in the Hotel Med-
basement. Matters of Import- 4
nnce to all brandies of the !
fruit industry win be pre-
r seiuoa, nnu a special invmi
4 tion is extended. v
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CALLES SLIGHT!
MEXICO CITV. Deo. 17. (P)
The Mexican Kovernmont today
struck bark nt La'reilo, Toxns bor-1
ili't city, fin- the attitude taken
by John Vails, district attorney
there, town rd (leneral IMutarco
Klias Callcs, former Mexlcnn pren
IdeiU. The fnreiKii office' onnouncetl
that effective today the Mexican
ciitiNiilate at laredo would be
eiofled. The depiirtinent of Inte
rior announced that pcrutitwinn
Ktunted to the I-ai-deo chamber of
comineree to iymie tourist caids
for entry Into Mexico would bes(
rete;nded.
mexicans hit
Ilaredojexfor
Christmas in Jail Unpleasant ;
Prospect Facing Woman Bandit
For Activity in Medford Area
l.ile in the county jail Is not all
tuat it might lie and it will be con
siderably worse If the Christmas
holidays are lo be spent there, es
pecially when she had always cele
brated Christians a Tree woman,
said Mrs. Pauline I'leslk, wiio has
been held since Thursdny for Hie
robbery of a service station at Ash -
land, wl.eie she is accused of tak
ing a small amount of money.
When she appeared in Judge
Taylor's court yesterday afternoon,
with Joe Lewis, an alleged accom
plice, both were bound over lo the
grand Jury under ball of tlliuu each.
She became enraged nt (ho judge s thai Is, Joe Lewis and I, we want
deiison and slapped E. C. Cooper, ;to go to Sun -,anclsco liy Ihe lled
liroptletor of tlie service station ; wood highwny. I don't see anyway
which she Is accused of having j why they are holding him. Joe
lobbed. ( I never did nny wrong outside of
kl rlon't 'like it here." she said ! meeting me. not so long ago and we
nt the jail this forenoon, spenklng like each othei lot. He's an aw
In a cairn, pieasam voice, "but I rally good leilow."
don't suppose there, is much I an 1 Mis. Plesik also spoki; of her ag
do about It. It Is so lonesome and i lug parents In Kansas and that
It tho solitude continues I am going ' they probably needed her pretty
to lose my mind. The first night badly now, hut Kansas Is a long
here, Thursday, ; was anxious to way off and so she thought she
get out, but I did not give it serl- j would ftend them some money for
ous thought until someone called j Chrlslmas. Hut now that can't be
through the window and wanted to I done and she Is w-onderipg it her
sec the jailer. I .in I gave me an!i.iientn think their daughter has
idea, as I did not know the Jailer ! forgotten them. Hhe Itas decided
was gone Just thea, nnd so I crawl- j lijr falt er and mother need her
id through the hansom, and out ; worse than Joe l,cwifl In Ihe Jail,
into the darkness. : but .Ice needs her, too, so he said,
"I guess I must have been out and she seems to be having al
most of ti e night and It was nbout imost n hard lime lo decide where
4 or r o'clock the next morning," vlie should bestow most ol her nf
she continued, "when I decided to i lections.
break back In jail for my luggage. ! Sho did nol deny sha had been
I had to try several windows before ) in Jail before, but Ihe Jail here
I finally found one I could open so i si " ms to' make, her morn nervous
that 1 could crawl back In and then jllian any In w.iicli she has heen In
I started to find my wny to Ash- , earceiatod. Hhe has wept, cursed
land. I was lost and started w-alk land screamed over her misfortune,
Ing nn the Crater Iake highway. ! but still she is Inside looking out.
but finally caught a ride. The man land the worst of It Is she does liot
was only going lo Ashland and so even dnre to guess how It Juill be.
I had to get off. I wish lo heaven So 11 e blonde halred Auslrlnii worn
he'd kepi on going to California, nn of Us keeps walking about her
and now I v.oubUrt here. jtnoin In solitude, looking forwnrd
There's another mistake I j only to the visits of Ihe matron,
made." she said. "I became' too Mrs. Joe UnnleL". with the three
anxious lo get out of hero. I should meals of Ihe day.
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ninuro nrrrc !
OPPOSITION TO
RRAIN PHI IHYI
uiu nil l vliui
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Exporter Fears Loans 10
Co-operatives Will Over
Stimulate Production
Denies Protest, to Hoover
On Policies.
VASlUN(ITON, Dec. 17. (P)
Julius HurncH, chairman of the
hoard of the United Htutcn cham
ber of comtnerce,. and Kialn ex
por.iV.ieHtlf led 'today 44for tho
auffsite Tiobb.v eomrtiltlee that tho
activities of the farm board were
tending to over-Htlmulate the pro
duction of wheat. .
Barnes Hifld lie was Horry- that
farm lioartl uolirles had to be riin
cusHcd because "busincHR was will
tnK to Hivn the board n chance to
l?et Htarted." .
He said ho objected at a confer
ence with Chairman KeKKe of the
farm board to tlie linard H plan of
loaning money to wheat coopera
tives at the current grain juice
with . the imderKtn rutins that the
producers were to share. In nny
Hiibseiiuent (ncrea.se.
1 Itarues ,wiik called by the lobby
committee after reports thnt he
had prntfHtcd the board's grain
policies to President Hoover. This
(Continued on 1'nire Htx)
have been a good woman nnd
stayed In and saved tho transom to
escape from some other time per
haps alter I had been sentenced, If
I'm going to be. Then I wouldn't
have been so foolish as to get
caught again. Another mistake I
made was not to accept a job
! hail offeretl a while back, but then
the Job, wasn't going to be open
lor long.
"Oh, yes,. I expect lo get out of
here In a short time. If the Judge
comes down from Salem--he ought
lo use an ulrplane," slm concluded,
"and If ho does, and we get out,
OCEAN HOP
SHORTENED
BY MISHAP
Aviators Injured in Forced
t Landing Last Evening On
Brazilian Coast 3600
Miles Covered in Flight
From Seville Physicians
Sent to AidFast Time
Made.
ItlO JAN1CIUO, nra.ll. Dec. 17.
(A1) Major Lnrru-llorges. I'ruguay
an flier, and his French compan
ion, l.lenteiuuit Leon Challe. were
seriously Injured in a forced land
ing last night on tho northeastern
coast of Hra7.il ntor a oiaio-milo
flight from Seville Spain, across
the Atlantic.
Tho I'ruguayan legation in Itio
Janeiro Issued a stulcmif.it this
morning describing Hie Iwo pilots
as having been injured when their
plane overt urneir in a wild spot in
the stale of Kin Crundu do Norte,
near the village of Maracuja. A
third man in the plane, the me
clianic, upparently waa not hurl.
Physicians and others left Natal
for Ihe Hcena of the disaster at
o'clock this morning to render
aid to tlie fliera and to transport
them to a hospital if possible.
Sixth Crossing
Although the filers failed or their
purpose to uiako n non-stop 6UU0
tnllo hop lo the capital of Uruguay,
(hoy achieved the sixth successful
crossing of Ihe South Atlantic and
covered a distance ot approxi
mately 300 miles. .
That ihey miule tho 2000-mile
ocean hop by just a narrow margin
waa Indicated by Ihe fact that Ihey
werd forced to land near Natal,
which is on the extreme lip of the
South American coast where Cap
tain Francesco Igleslas and his
companion, -Captain Ignnclo Jimln
nez, landed In October of this year
on a aimllar flight from Seville.
. Throughout the- flight they mudo
excellent time, averaging woll tip
to 10(T mllesf an hour, but appar
ently they rnn Into difficulties off
the Hlazlllun const. They had
shown anxiety regarding weather
conditions on tho const, having
sent several wireless messages
asking for Information. ,
Crowds Seek Spot
With the news or tho airmen's
landing nt Murticuja crowds of
eager sightseers began lo leave the
surrounding countryside for tlie vil
lage. First reports of tho landing or
tho piano reached tho outside
world by wny or a small private
telegraph line to Natal.
From the meager advices which
trickled over this line It appeared
that the airmen lost their way
alter striking the coast and landed
at a point about 60 miles from the
coast near the border line ol' the
slate or Hlo Grande Do Nolle nnd
Piirahyha. The landing was made
soma time between p. m. and
midnight (between 7 p. m. and 10
p'. m. 14. S. T.I This would mean
thnt the rilers were In the nlr ho
tween 31! and M hours.
The piano was reported to have
lurned over. I.i making Ihe landing,
Injuring both men.
Tho aviators were found hy a
group of horsemen rrom the In
terior who were riding towurd Ihe
cnasl. Tho spot at which Ihe ma
chine enme down was distant from
habitations - and It was several
hours before tho horsemen could
reach a town whore It wns pos
sible to gat In touch with Natal
and to give nn nccoiint of whal
had happened. ,
AS "DECEITFUL"
HA I. KM, On-., line. M.iA)
Thotnnp Alannlx. oVf"nriant fn (11m
Iki mien t pi'(KiillnH on churgH
liroimht iiKiilnnt him by vovkk W.
JoKf'i.h cr port In nil, ivhh hlttorly
.-iHHjillttl ,y Attorney Arthur (Mark
or C'urvaliin, who mudo the opf-n
inn Hrnumpnt for iho prowcutton
tMfiay, ArKMincntH Im-kih after a
few minute hud tx'cn tflvcn lo
tpfltimony thin mornlnR. Clark
WiiH thi nfily attorney hoard prior
to tho noon adjournment.
Clark rli'chirfd Ihnt a ehaln of
c V t d o n v had lu'en produced
aiialnKt .Man nix, "from which ho
can not owapp, and that evldenrc
Ik from hfn own rcordM." lie wild
(hat Mamilx' rourne nf eonduct In
tin Matt and the federal eourtB
had been "deceitful, nelfinh nnd
without Jiifitlftralton, and ho hart
n t It lit to continue to dishonor
th profrHion of which lo in n
IlienilMT.'
MANNJa flayed
By PROSECUTOR
Sad jmile and
Tears Fail As
Shoplift Alibi
CUK'AtJO. lire. 17. (.1)
The time lias com', finally,
when State Street Sadie's sad 4
smile, the tear In her eye und
the pathetic droop of her
shoulders have availed lu-r
naught in a court of law. 4
Judge Marry Fisher seni her
j to Juliet penitentiary yesier-
day for from one to ten years
I im- shoplifting.
! "State Street Sadie" is 40
1 years old. an age when sad fr
I smiles and drooping slioul- 4
j drs lose some of t.leir effc.
! fr tiveness. fr
She pleailed guilty to the !
f-haige yesterday, as she nft-n f
4 has tione before, and said she 4
was sorry, also as she lias J
done before. J
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Haunts of Chicago Hood
lums Combed for Fred
Burke Poiice of Many
Cities Have Scores to
Settle With Reputed Lieu
tenant of Al Capone Aid
in Massacre Seen.
CHICAGO. Dec. 17. (A1) Tho
law peered today Into the known
hauntH of OhlcuRo'ii panKtoi'H and
hoodluma a the Bearch for Fred
lturke, roputod killer, thiof nnd
bud man, centered In this metro
politan urea.
... JUuke. aliUH Frederick Pane, fit--,
"tally wourtde'd' Policeman Chnrlw
Hkelly In at. JoNeph, Mich., laft
Huturday nlKhl but the police of
many cities chat-Ke him with nt
leant 12 other murders and nutner
our bank rob be ties.
Chicago pollc?c are certain It wr.8
Hurko and tJuards Winkler who
diMKutHed themKclves an policemen
and lined up the seven Maron Kunt;-Htet-M
UKuiiiHt the death wall In tho
Ht. Valentine's clay massacre; an.i
the Herald and Kxamlner mild to
day It had been revealed that ths
two men wero In tho pay of "Head
race Al" Capone, KctitKland over
lord rival of Oeorgo "Hukh" Moran.
Kounnl fH $100,000.
In fact llurko Is wanted for so
many thlnKs so budly thnt rewards
for his capture now total $100,000.
The woman- who lived with
llurke as his wife In the lnko front
homu In Ht. Joseph was revealed
last nlcht by police as Mrs. Viola
llrenneman, formerly of Kankakee,
III. Hhe came to OhieuKO a year
or so aRo and met llurke at thnt
time said to be a lieutenant in
tho Capone gangland forces.
They went to ' Hammond, In;!.,
to live, police hero learned. They
lived there at tho time of .the Ht.
Valentine's day massacre, under
tho mime of Mr. and Mrs. Herbert
Clark.
llurke's 'reputed trail In crir.ie
(Continued on I 'age Hlx)
Prank Chester, who has served
ns catcher on tho Medford baseball
team, find Lewis Dtinlap of i'ort
land are hold In tha county Jaii.
following their arrent at H o'clonk
last night on the Pacific highway
south of Ashland, for transporta
tion and posxesslon of alleged In
toxicating liquors. , The men's cir,
o new Ken sedan, will be confis
cated by the government, accord
ing to tho arresting officers. Fed
eral Agent Terry Talent and Dep
uty Sheriff Paul Jennings.
The car's cargo, claimed (o be
destined fo M red ford, contained 1 T j
bottler of apricot branny, ttl quurts
Of assorted gin. Scotch and Bour
bon whiskey, one gallon of alcoh,
one gallon of port wine, one gallon
of tnrmnshlhn -and nine bottles of
wine.
The iielznre wns made at the
Klamath Junction station and the
men submitted without resistance.
They were scheduled to appear ht--'
fore United States Commissioner!
Chauncey Florey this afternoon,
t,..,lk.. -ltl, tliiunrn ,.f t'hl,.r. '
Cul.. and Middle M.'.nn and Thomas
Yokmn of lloseburg, arrested y
tcrday morning on moonshine
transportation charges.
SEARCH
BAD MAN IN
GANG LAIRS
OFFICERS NAB
LIQUOR CARGO
FOR MEDFORD
Ml A
ON
DAY
Long Distance Non-Stop
Record Goal of English
Fliers Head for Cape
town, South Africa, With
1200 Gallons of Fuel in
Monoplane Radio Will
Give Reports.
CKANWRU- AiunnoMi;. Mn- ,
coltish ire, Knjr.. Dec. 1 7. (!') A
Royal Air Korce monoplane pilot
ed by Squadron Leader A. f S.
Junes-Williams which left here
tills morning In nn effort lo estab
lish a lonj? distance non-stop flight
record to South Africa, crossed the
Krench coast at Marseilles thin
afternoon.
Tho next point on the flier's
itintirary was Sardinia.
The weather was perfect as the
two airmen crawled Into the ma
chine, which was loaded with n
thousand gallons of petrol.
NothinR was left to chance. The
cabin was painted Inside a dull
color to soften the plate during
their three days In it. They car- '
tied sporting guns and curiously
shaped knives to cut a pnth thru
tho Jungles, In tho event of . a,
forced landing:.
Specially prepared food which
they had-along would enable them
to exist many weeks If 'necessary.
The machine carried a remarkable
little wireless set which during
the trials recently over Northolt '
transmitted signals to Cairo.
It was stated later tho mono
plane took off with 1200 gallons of
gasoline, which was 200 gallons 4
more than It had been believed it .
would be possible to take. It was
hoped the addttlonal fuel would
enable the two nlrmcn certainly to
reach their destination, Capetown.
MAttHHILLKS, France, Dec. 17.
(P) Captain 15ieudonne Costo
his "oompritLUm, Juul- CodosV
landed ut the lutres aviation field
today after setting n new world's
record for a closed circuit flight '
of 8,01 6.8 kilometers or approxi
mately u few miles short of 5000'
miles.
The airmen wero in the air for
52 tiours and 34 minutes and dur- .
Ing that period covered a wide cir
cuit that carried them over Avlg-'
non. Nimes and to the 1st res flying
field.
Costo and Maurice Hellonte set
a new world's record for the long
distance straight-line flight in fly
ing from Potis to Alanchuria re-
cently.
Train Ride Costs Life
REDDING, Cnl.t Dec. 17.
Elmer Gladden, 18, of Casper, Wyo.,
died nt the county hospital here
after both his legs bad heen tfev
ered hy a Southern Pacific freight
train In the yards here. He appar
ently had tried to board it. '
Will Rogers Says:
HKVHRIiV IllliliS, (.'ni.,
Ui'c. 17. I welcome to our
nnuii'iit nnd honorable news
paper profession, and I urn
sure my eo-ilefeiidaiils, Mr.
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same, to Kd-
die (.'alitor, my very tfood
friend. . We spent our liter
ary apprenticeship in the
same school of hard knocks,
Mr. Ziepfcld's'Follies. . AVc
eked out a bare existence
among nothing but bare
backs. There was diamond
necklaces to the right of lis
and Kolls Uoyees to the left
of us, nnd qpstunics of pow
der completely surrounding
us. Those were hardship
days, but great training for
our journalistic future. Kd
die specializes itt Wall street
and financial news, lie is
another Iioger Diibson, and
how I envy him, for my little
efforts will always be lowly,
I will never get further than
just a polico reporter or the
affairs of congress.
Yours,
WILL ROGERS.
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