Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, December 18, 1929, Image 1

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Newspaper Page Textedford Mail Trie The Weather Forecast: nln tonight Mid Thurs day. Not much f'linniru In tern- Dull Twelf-fourth Tat, HmM Ttltr-lftith 1ml. M EDFORD, OliKUOX, WEDNESDAY, DEC EM II Kit IS, !)!) M -rr TT c 9 If HI Temperature II I l II J IllKhrst yoMtonlajr U II I I ' 1T3 l-mvc,t Mils iiiiiuiliiK II II I I 1 I j I'm-lnltiilliiii. 5 p.m. jrmiriflujr.- -I- 4. J JL -j M I'ri'cliillHlliin to 5 n. ill. Iiiday ... M v. , No. 209. Today By Arthur Brisbane Protection for 100. Texas Wants Freedom. Air Right of Way. Copyright King Features Synd. Inc. The nir mail brings t Presi dent Hoover a petition signed ,by the )i'esi(lentH of seven Ilni tian political organizations ask ing li i tn to keep our murines in Haiti and supervise the presi dential election coming in April. This year little Haiti 1ms 100 candidates for the presidency. They are all fighting men, and their followers are fighting fol lowers. They want the marines to slay and keep them from Tdoing to each other things that they might do. E. 0. Seiiter, running fr gov ernor of Texas, says: "I am as much opposed to the reduc tion of Texas to a dependency of New York City gamblers and stock brokers as I would he to its annexation by Turkey." And Mr. Senter is afraid that "the busy marts of commerce which now exist in our Texas cities will soon become but, roosts, and our banks will be converted into subsidiaries of Wall Street plungers, and our state become n mere appendage of distant landlords, unless, etc." All this sounds strange to a distant conservative Eastern candidate. He wonders what it, is all about.'iind -asks hliu ' self, "Does that man in Texas . really believe that the people arc supposed to have anything to say about their govern ment ?" Britain tries to be conserva tive, but occasionally in a mo ment, of excitement, thinfrs fro wrong even there. A gentleman named Matry, trying to teach his fellow citi zens how to "get rich quick," is in court and his fellow citi zens have lost $100,000,000. Even in our get-rich-quick methods that would be doing fairly well. W. B. Mayo, aviation engi neer, says a genuine nir line ought to be built with n right of way one mile wide, landing fields every 15 miles. Willi such an arrangement, ' says he, flight would be pos sible ami safe by night and by day, and in almost any kind of weather. However, lon before such fin nir muin rond could be as sembled and fiiifiuced pilots (Continued on Page Four) We never hear notliln nhoiit Taena-Arira any mrc, on I n dcr ir l( contained inn much aim A hoi? Another fine thing about fox fannin' It don't break your wife's bark. (Copyright John F. Dllle Co.) iBURCH SEES NECESSITY President of Fruit Growers League Cites Examples of Successful Co-operation Van Hoevenberg and Wood Also Speakers at Meeting of Valley Fruit Men Today. At the annual meeting of the Kr ii it growers' league, held this afternoon ut the Hotel ' Med ford, achievements of the past season were reviewed, ami plans and poll-1 cit-s of the future discussed. There was a. large attendance, and much! interest manifested hy growers and! distributors. Addresses were made by Albert; Hurch, president of the orgnni'a-: Won, II. Van Hoevenberg, Jr., and David It. Wood, chairman of the Winter lenr committee. All dis cussed the problems of the Jiogue 11 Ivor grower. President Burch In his remarks said: "The keynote In all that has been said relative to past accom plishments or future aims is co operation, and what is there about co-operation that onuses some peo ple to rise up in great anger, and froth at the mouth, whenever the word is mentioned?" He cited as an example of co operation the handing together of the 1,1 colonies, and In modern lime, the co-operation of the cop per industry. The Talent and Med ford Irrigation districts, were given as local examples of co-operation," without which our fruit Industry cannot prosper." Watch Ma Hi et Act. . "I take it that practically nil of us are ready for some degree of co-operation,, und the question is merely In what degree, and how far we shall go. Thin brings us to n question that all of ub must face sooner or later, and that Is. whether we wish to use the Fede ral Farm Marketing Act, und I take it the most of us are disposed to wait and see how It works out with other commodities. 1 believe in our present situation, we can well afford to wait. All of us are too intelligent to he misled by statements, thnt any grower will he compelled to Join. It Is Invl tntionnl and not compulsory." President Burch listed nmong the accomplishments of the year, a reduction of packing charges to the growers; establishment of weights for pear varieties when packed; securing of federol and county co-operation. In having n drainage survey of the valley start ed: launching of a movement for securing a tariff on bananas; en listing support of the Oregon con gressional delegation in securing promises of a federol appropria tion for enlargement of the frost protection work; efforts to secure federal and state protection against any invasion by the Mediterranean fruit fly. and, support of the Winter Pear committee campaign in Detroit. President Burch nlso named the formation of the Pacific flrowers' council as a forward step, and that advertising of pears was both n growers' and n distributors' problem, "and we must see to It If we are to prosper.' WocmI ltcports. David H. Wood, chairman of the Winter Pear committee filed n progress report fin the Hose enmpaign In Detroit. Ills report showed that In the campaign, the Detroit sales exceeded the New York average by 0.97 cents ner box. He said this was In spite of unfavorable conditions surround ing the sale of the final car. He characterized the campaign as a success, and said: "The Detroit campa'gn Is a splendid piece of co-operative (Continued on Pago Two) FEDERAL OFFICER WASHINGTON. Dec. 18.P) Jol;n L. Day was nominated today tn he t'nlted States marshal (or Oregon. PORTLAND. Ore.. Dec. 18. itY) John I Day, whose nomination as United States marshal for Ore gon as confirmed today, has been actively Identified with the Hepub llran party In Oregon for ypars He lias been chairman of the Mult nomah county Republican commit tee for the past 14 years. Although this Is the first public office Day has held, he directed tl-e congressional campaigns of C. N. McArthur, M. E. Crumpacker and Kranklin K. Rorell. Day succeeds Clarence Hotchklss, who was nmrnhat for eight years. CO-OPERATE Christmas Feast Complete Should Cost About $4.96 CHICAGO. Deo. IS IU) Kour dollars and ninety six cents is sufficient for an entirely satisfactory Christ mas dinner, according to tho America n f o u n d it 1 1 o n . The piece de resist a nee roast Roost Is priced at $2.(iU and the accompanying "trimmings" as follows: i!un somme, 6:e; celery, Kic; beets 18c; rice muffing -lc; prune salad. 30c; ' rolls and mar garine, 2 tie; coffee cream. 20c; pumpkin pie, 40c. Crazed Man Stalks Streets of Town With Smoking Weapon List of Names Marked for Death Found On Killer Victim Slain As Seated By Bed of Sick Father. RO.MNKY, W. Va., Dor. 18. iP) Three persons were kilted and three others were wounded hy a litiufir-crazeri man who visited them at their respective homes here today and shot them with a .shoiKUn. A Justice of the peace. the county jailer, and another man were slain. An eleven year old girl and two women were injured. , One of th men, Asa Wolford, 2R, was slain an ho sat nt the bed side of hiH father who was III, The county Jailer, Hen JO. Miller, 55, was shot down at the jail, where he lived. Miller was decapitated by the charge from the shotgun. Walter Crabtree, 35, was arrest ed as the slayer an hour after the crazed man had walked through the streets of the town dealing out death with his shotgun. Crabtree completed a six month Jnll sen tence two weeks ago. He had been jailed for pogsestdng liquor, rind lcath I,Lst County authorities said a list of names including those of the slain men, were found on Crabtree. These names were believed to have composed a , 'death list" of the man's intended victims. The slain Justice of the peace was H. C. Inskeep, fa, a prominent citizen of the town. He was called to the door of his home nnd shot in the abdomen. The wounded persons were Mrs. Carrie Wright, Mm. (Irace Wolford and Mildred Hott, 11. Sheriff J. B. Savltle said none of them was seriously hurt. Feeling In the town ran high against Crabtree, hut the sheriff said he did not expect any mob violence. Crabtree was taken to Keyser In Mineral enmity for safe keeping. BUTTE FALLS TAX I A netltion. signed hy three llutte Falls taxpayers, asking for a hear ing before the boundary board on the budget passed at a school meet ing Monday night, was filed with the county court this afternoon. An order was Issued setting the hearing for January S. The petition states that Items Included In the budget, some of which amount to ns high as $liooo, will cause unnecessary ami exces sive taxation in that district, and requests that the board review th'.1 listed expenditures with a view to lowering the budget. The papers were signed hy Mrs. Clara Hughes, Mrs. C. O. Courtrlght nnd Mrs. U H. Smith. At ihe time of the hearing, evi dence will be sunmttted showing what the petitioners claim to be unnecessary expense. A number of witnesses will be called on both sides. Attorney for the petition ers ar- Kelly A Kelly and Porter J. Neff. . , LONDON, Kng., Dec, 18. (Ay The rtrltlsh nir mlnlntrf received report thin evening thai a huge airplane, believed to be Ibe Itovnl Air Force monoplane that left Oanwell airdrome yesterrtny for Capetown on n non-mop fllKht, bad made a forced landing In Ihn d wrl south iif Tunis. LIQUOR MAD VIRGINIAN m m mm m. m m m m m m mm m m m m m m 1 1 II I I' l III l - imllo lulUjFEDtRALBLDG. WHITE MANTLE PAYERS ASK QUI CLAIMS TO BE I Associated tre$8 Photo A young man who claims to be Connie Franklin and said ho was the missing, suitor of Tiller Rumlner has caused the prosecution to consider a new grand jury Investigation ot the girl's story that five men tortured Franklin to death near Mountain View, Ark., last March. FOR ASHLAND Oregon Projects Eligible for Authorization By Con gress Will Be Doubled By i Passage of Elliott Con struction Bill. PORTLAND, Ore., Deo. 18. &) The Oregonian said toda; In a special dispatch from its Washing ton; D. C correspondent that tho list of Oregon federal building projects eligible for authorization by congress will he practically doubled in number by the. passage of the pending Elliott bill Increas ing tho amount available for con struction outside Washington by $1 IMUO.000. "In addition the bill gives the treasury department authority to engage private architects for large projects like the Portland federal courthouse,' the newspaper said. ''The Oregon federal building program, 'Under' the limits of the existing authorization of $242,000. 000 includes in addition to the $1,ir0,ooo Portland project, new structures at Astoria, . $2r0.0(0: Corvallls, $l!H,miO; Klamath Kails, $2rr.000; Rend, !ir,"(H; Marsh field, $0.r.()00 and Oregon City, $100,000. "The Elliott hill increasing the total amount available outside of Washington, D. C, to J HM.OOO.noo will open the way for recom mendation by the ' treasury and post off ice departments for new construction at Ashland, Grants Pass, Mood River, MeMlnnvllle and Tillamook," the newspaper con cluded. TO PAY WIFE VISIT I)S ANOKMCS, Cnl., Dep. IS (P) The Hiiin-rlor courL toilny Knint eil Alexnmlur I'munKftK, multi-mil- ON PROGRAM-OREGON- AREA Mabel Normand Suffers Relapse Veterans Recall Many Presents UIH ANOKI.KS, Cnl.. Deo. 18.--IAt A reltipfp following itn appin--ent Improvement In the condition of Mivlel .Vormnnd. one-time ;n minury of Ihe films, today erenud AiBoctatttt lreu VUof Mabel Normand anxiety over her condition nt ;i .-inl(nriuin near her, where Mm i. confined (or treatment of tuber- MISSING YOUTH I0VER EASTERN ive-lnch Snowfall at Bend During Night Traffic Continues on Slippery Roads Rain Forecast On Coast. , PORTLAND, Ore., Dec. 18. (A1) Rail, highway and air traffic up the Columbia river gorge and In tth,er sections of the state continued ns usual today despite a three nnd one-half inches fall of snow at Hood River nnd five at Rend dur ing the night. Tho Oregon State Automobile association was surveying the situ ation today and announced that barring slippery conditions of the highway caused by slushy snow, travel over the Columbia highway was safe enough. Air pilots said they managed to get through to Pasco without trouble and railroads said they were operating trains on schedule. I'M ward L. Wells, government meteorologist, said continued rain fall was forecast for western Ore gon. Southeast storm warnings were posted along the coast. KLAMATH FALLS, Ore., Dec. Dec. 1 8. (VP) The first snowfall for Klamath lowlands was record ed yesterday when about an inch fell in the Kort Klamath country. I LA ORANDK. Ore., Dec. 18 (P) j Snow started fulling early today .and was an inch in depth before I noon. A Ithough the snow was I melting rapidly In the downtown ' sect inn, the drop In temperature brought to an end la days of 1 warm weather. i riAKKIt, Ore, Don. IS (IV) Know ! Ih'K.'Oi fallliiK lioie ilurfriK Ihe iiiulit mill wax i ill nillliiK (ixluy I with four iiif-hi'rt on the Ki'ounil. lionnirp Hhowmiui, permission lo liiive IiIh cell In I In- couiily jnil I lor n lirlef period lo vImII IiIh wife. ; Mm. I.oin 1'iininKi'H, who Ih ill Ml 1 llielr home hero. ciiIohU. Atlendiim physicians dn. Her ibe I her stale of health a "nerl iun." Home time hko they wild I'. wan doubtful if he would recover. V-y a (pieer coincidence, the d'n eawe which Ih threatening the for mer nclrciHN' life Ih the name mif f'red In n Kovernrm'nt hoHpltal at I Albuuuerqiic, N. M . by hundred j of World war Vetera tm to whom ; nhe lined to nend ft constant nt renin I ut it I ft when Hhe was at the height j of her career, although she never j allowed h-r name to be t-unneeteil with her RenrO(dty. The Incident wan recalled by newB dealers on trains running j through Albuquerque from Isx j Angeles, when they learned of Mi-s I Normand' lllm . ! Thy mild Miss Normand, on her rnhny trips Herons the country aev 1 ernl years ntfo, always telecrntihe I abend of her train to station at tendants nt Albuquerque, nnkitti; them to hf.ve a truck at the depot, j When she arrived, they said, slw iwould order It filled with flowers and fruits nnd other food deli cacies and despatch itn driver to Die hocpltal. The trainmen said Mie swore them to secrecy on the Identity of the giver, explaining thnt she sent the gifts In n spirit of sincere sert tlment and not as a Krandiloquent net. OREGON 10 REAMES IN BENEFIT INf fS REBUTTAL PROSPERITY j" $ , ARGUMENT New Construction Projects for 1930 Reach Total $68,759,199 Portland C. of C. Survey Shows Outlay Will Be Double That of 1929 All Types of Work Planned. PORTLAND, Ore.. Dec. 1 S. (A) The Portland chamber of com merce announced today that fig ures assembled by t he Vrganiieatinn indicate that ' new construct Ion projects, both public and private. , for l'.:io, means an expenditure of $i;s.7htt, t ;m hi Portland, other parts of the state ami small sec- lions In southern Washington and norlbein California. j This total was assembled from j building permit applications, from data furnished by various concerns ; planning expansions and from sta tistics gathered by the press of the i slate. It has been forwarded to headiiuarteiH of the United tSates hum her of commerce at Wash- : ington, D. C, which is assembling ( data from over the nation. The outlay planned for 11)30 is ilinost double that for the year Just closing, when, according to the chamber's compilation approx imately $47. 41-1,37!! was spent In new work. Residence construction, business buildings, factories, railwuys, all company distribution plants, roads dams, forest service projects, every typo of now work is included in the report. Items of maintenance are ex cluded. Portland JlcncftlH ! Portland manufacturing plants spend around (3,0(10,000 for new work, according to tho report; tho Portland, Electric Power company h4, 300,000; Southern Pacific, $4. 000,000; Pacific Telephone and Telegraph; company, $0,1 118,000 M u It noma h county, - In tho neigh borhood of (5,000,000; city of Portland, more than $7,000,000; tho federal bureau of public roads, around $2,000,000; reclamation service (In Oregon alone) $$2,631, ooa; the state highway commission $7,000,000. The Great Northern expeuts to spend about $1.1.000.000 If permis sion Is granted by the Interstate commerce commission for Its ex tension In California. Tho North western Klectric company's outlay is reported at $0,500,000 and if the Union Pacific railroad constructs the cross state lino voluntary or involuntary, the total expenditure in the slate will mount between $9,000,000 nnd $13,000,000. GRANTS PASS, Ore., Dec. 18. (A) The weather hero Is cloudy and warmer. The total raliihill during ihe last 10 days Is slightly above 10 Inches. There Is some snow on tbo mountain tops. HELEN WILLS TO IJKKKI'XBY, Cnl., Dec. X.(fi) The wedding of Mian Helen Wllla, woman's, tennla champion, nnd Frederick S. Moody, .Ir., Han KrauclHco broker, will occur next Monday noon In Ht. ClementR chapel here, tho mother of the hrlde to-ho announced today. Only members of (lie Immediate fainllleH of tho young couple will wltuesn tho ceremony. BODIESOFSiXTY M'cAUCHTKK, Okln., Dec. IS. fVP) Threo bodies of miners. brliiR liiK lo 00 tho number recovereil slnc (hn dlHastroiis explosion yes terday, were hrouKht to the surmce this afternoon from the Old Town Coal company's mine In North Me Alester. The mine bookkeeper ex pressed the beller thnt two bodies were still In Ibe mine. NKW YORK, Dec. 18. J) The Clydn liner Algonquin and (he Ktnness-llermuda steniner Kurt Vic torln were In collision In the fo In New York harbor loday. Tho Kort Victoria sent out an H. O. H. call for nil harbor craft li stand by. which was relayed by the Mac kny Hadlo company. The pRHseimom on the Port Vic torin were Iranvferrcd to Ihe pilot hunt, I ! W fc Associated Press Photo Cordelia Gummersheimer, 30- j year-old school teacher, was found t slain in her apartment in Kocktora, 1 III. She had been beaten to death with a piece ot gas pipa. WITH STATUTE Order By Council to Halt Construction On Nieder meyer Building Brings Application for Permit Work Not Halted. KollowinK a dlHciiKHlon ot the matter at some length last nittht nt the conclusion of which tho city council nave city Superintendent Fred Kcheffel punitive Instructions to stop all further construction work oh tho new $80,000 cotnbina- ' I liin f hnn t nrltiiul nnsu Itn Mrl I n tr corner of Sixth and Holly streets, now belli; erected for . Louis Neidermeyer, with Karl H. Fehl as contrncior, until a new permit had been taken out for tho construc tion of the foundation, which Is practically completed, work wttB not halted on tho hulldluff this mornltiK, iih Mr. Fehl applied for such a permit at the city building Inspector's office. The plans und specifications of the structure were also submitted, and the permit for the foundation was granted. This will be Fad news tn n small crowd gathered at tho building sceno this morning gleefully watching the work going on, us Its members, having learned of the city council's ultimatum last night, thought that Fehl was going ahead tn contempt of that edict. Work was begun on tho struc ture two weeks ago under a permit Issued two years ago when It was thought tho building would then ho erected, but on complaints reaching tho city ol'llcials that tho specifications of the new building differed from the old one, the of ficials lout night decided to halt any further work until a new per mit was Issued. The new plans and specifications, which Architect Frank Clark has about ready, were submitted and u new permit Issued about tl n. in. today. At one of the best council meet ings ever held by the present ad ministration In Ihe matter of unanimity of nctlon In the discus sion of nnd transaction of busi ness tho hiHt meeting of the year for the city council last nlght'was a notable one with every member prewnt except John J. Huchter, who Is 111 at home. Action was unanimous on every in n t t e r brought up. There was not n dis cordant note, the mayor and coun cil men agreeing on everything. Itcsldcs passing the new milk ordinance to Insure n better sup ply of milk for Med ford, deriding to enforce the curfew ordinance forthwith which forbids any boy or girl under Ifi yeurs of age tn he on the streets after 9 p. m., un cbapcroned, instructing City Ku peiintendent Hchcffcl to jdop all construction work on the new the ater building until Karl H. Fehl, the contractor building It, had taken out another permit from the city building department, wh Ifli ho did this morning, a num ber of minor ordinances were paHsed, routine mutters acted on and future policies discussed. W hether It was tho nnte-Cbrlst-mns spirit already Influencing them the rnunrilmen wbo seldom agree on anything unanimously among themselves without a little era h Mm?, stood shoulder to shoul der nnd declared themselves unit edly back of Mnyor IMpea In all constructive matters. Much a spirit Is seldom seen In any counellmanlc body, ns Invar iably n little difference of opinion on nny subject brought up Is the rule. Homethtng has happened to bring this spirit of co-onerntlon about, hut whnt It Is enn only be conjectured. , . Hnlnler-''The UtHe'more With lllg Values" opened for business lit IHnnne building. FEHL COMPLIES OBTAINSPERMiT Mannix Case Near Close Lonergan Perspires in Four-Hour Address in De fenseCharges Filed By Prejudiced Party Is As sertion Check Item 'Smoke Screen.' SAL.KM. Ore., Dec. 1 8. 0) With sweat streaming from his face, Frank J. Ionergnn clotted his address to the referees in de fense of Thomas Manulx at 11:1 ' o'clock today. 1 le spoke for a total of four hours and 25 min utes nnd when ho finished tho court adjourned until 1 o'clock, when Attorney Fvnn I tea men will begin his rebuttal address for tho prosecution. At the end Lunergnn mentioned all tho charges thnt had been made against his client In the dis barment action started by George Joseph. The charge that Mannix had attempted to corrupt n mem ber of the supreme court. Ijoner gan said had been abandoned. The bad check charges he referred to ns "only n smoke screen, nnd designed to tear down Mannix' reputation. Relative to Mannix' connection with the Wemme coses the attorney sold tho records were replete with evidence of his hon esty and energy for whnt ho thought was right. Lonergan said the charges against Mannix had been filed by "one prejudiced to . the nth de gree nnd who would do unythlntf in tho world to , undermine him." J tint Ice Not Called. . Concerning chnrges that Mannix deceived the courts, Lonergan said the prosecution '.bad ,not caHed -as a witness Justice Belt "of the, su preme court, who, when be was n circuit judge, tried the first Wemme ense. "Never, In all the history of the Wemme litigation." be said, "was the chnrge of deceit rnlsed. It was not rnlsed until It appeared in these charges thnt were filed ngninst Mr. Mannix on December 7 of this year." Judgo Fred Wilson and Judge Sklpworth questioned Lonergan an to the present status of th Wem me endowment fund nnd what was being done to carry out the terms of tho will. Ijonergnn replied thnt nothing was being done. He em phasised the White Shield homo as having been the ."npple of Wemme's eye." He said he dirt not blame tho trustees of tho fund for the failure to effectuate the trust, but blamed the attor ney, who, he said, advises them. VETERANS' HOSPITAL BILL IS APPROVED WASHINGTON, Dec. 1'8. P) The senate finance committee to day favorably reported tho Rogers Hospitalization bill and added $1,1150.000 to tho $14,000,000 auth orized for new veteran's conHtruc- j tlon In the hill passed by tho I house. Will Rogers Says: HBVKRhY .HILLS, Cnl.. Dep. 18. It's not often that a woman Rcqnietl can lit! hiji lifiifli'il, lint Mary MuCor, mick, the singer, had unions her old 1ms hands nn i ni in a t n r o prince, thnt is lie was ii prince hut he hud nothing to be prince of. He was supposed to lw "Prince of Georgia," so I suppose his mother was Em press of Atlanta, and his fa ther King of Co-Cola. Well, it seems that I'oln had asked waivers on him hut when she heard tthnt Mary would take up his option, why Tola, fe-line-lik?, reconsidered and started feeding him attain.. Well, did jrnry rave f She did not. She said, "I hope they will he happy, and it's saved me n board bill." That n Knl, Mnryj cheer up, we will dig you up the Duke of Hollywood, Yours, ":" WILL 1U)()KKS. J mJL